The Sun. — London, England, 1816-11-25 00:00:00

THE GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS, Saturday, at three o'clock, thi Grand Duke NICHOLAS held a Levee for formally receiving the Ambassadors, Ministers, Charge d'Affaires, &c. which was attended by the whole of them in their full state costume and suites, except the Prussian Ambassador ; his Secretary, however, was pre- Seta. The Wurtemberg Minister appeared in very deep mourning for his Sovereign, wearing a large sash of crape tied in roses and bows, which bad a very solemn effect. His Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg came to London for the express purpose of being present ; his Serene Highness was personally known to the Uralic! Duke. After the Levee the Grand Duke went nit hi his carriage to return the calls of the Dukes of York and Clarence, but their Royal Highnesses were front home. _ . In the evening the Grand Duke, with his suite, went in IWO Royal carriages to Carlton-house to Cline with - the Prince Regent. They were receiv ed by the porters at the gates in their state live ries, the Pages and Gentlemen Porters in the grand hall in • their State uniforms; a party of the yeomen of the guard and the tOotmen in their State liveries lined the ball. The' Grand Duke seas conducted by the .Lord in Waiting, Sir Ben jamin Bloomfield, and other Court attendants, into the presence of the Regent, who received' him most graciously. There were present at the Royal table to meet the Grand Duke, the Dukes of York ind Clarence ; the Russian, Austrian, French, and Spanish Ambassadors ; Viscount Sidnionth, Earl Bathurst, Viscount Melville, the Marquis of Winchester, the Marquis of Cholmondeley, the Lord Chancellor, &c. At I I o'clock the Grand Duke returned to St. Alban's Muse. Yesterday morning the Grand Duke, attended by bis suite, went to the Russian Chapel, in Welheck-htreet. After the seriiee he rode out on horseback, attended by his suite, in the Parks. A li►tle before five the Grand Duke received a visit from the Prince Regent. His Royal- High sicss rcmiiined a considerable time. MR. ALLEY AND MR. ADOLPHUS. FURTHER. PARTICULARS RESPECTING TUE LATE DUEL.' The following is a Copy of the Letter sent by Mr. ADOLPHUS to . Mr. ALLeY on the 13th, and which led to the rencontre at Calais :-- "Temple, Nov. 13, ISM .6 SlR, .—The time which has elapsed since your visit at liow,street has been quite sufficient to allow all apprehensions am/ suspicious in your family and my own to subside, and I therefore feel myself at liberty to return to a subject itt which my conduct has been, by the most base *D a ma ligoaot means, wilfidly and falsely.calum njated. You have asserted, in words to many Gentlemen at the Bar, and permitted, anti canard it also to be stated in print, that I ha ve 'refused to meet yon WS a Gentleman. At the time of tucking such a charge you knew it not to be tent, and that all the tads with which ywt attempted to. support it were mere contrivantt..s to give your awn conduct the appearance of co urage, and to 'emir own falsehoods the appearance of truth.-- ifoweverohat no doubt may remain on the sub ject, I shall have quitted London before this letter . es put into your hands, and, shall go immediately to Calais, where I shall remain until the. morning at Tuesday next. I shall go instantly there to she Great Whet; the Master's name believe, Maurice. " It in that period I eat) see you there, you will huve full opportunity of convincing me that my charges against youare all unfounded, and that am mistaken as to your valour at least, if not as to your veracity. You may, if you please, he as soon at Calais as I am, or you may take your choice of any day within the time Y specify ; for as I don't think it necessary to work myself into a blustering fit of two hours or 24 hours' dura tion, I arts quite indifferent at to.time, and only so f a r anxious as to place of meeting, as to take care that it shall not occasion a breach of the peace in this kingdom, Irons which, after what bas • passed before Mr. Blame, 1 think myself bound to refrain. But I tell you honestly, Ido not believe you will meet me, for I am convinced that you never had, nor ever will have, the spirit to act like a Gentleman. If any thing can stimu late you to affect a virtue when you have it not, this declaration will do it. But I still believe that your innate and incurable baseness Will nut keel) Pit quiet ; and I therefore fairly state to you. that 1 Wend, on my return front Calais, if I do nut see you there, to make this letter, with a narrative of all that has passed between us, public, as far us '1 may think fit. ". In what has passed between us, I mean to include your abject and cowardly apology on two former occasions, anti which, with other parts of your conduct u n it character, fixed in my'mlittl a • oeterotioation never to call you to (my account, whatever your behaviour might be; and I mean to include the dirty and dishonourable transac tion.on your part at. the hegianiag , of the Sep tember Sessions, the detection and reproof of which, by me, occasioned that rankling animo s\ty in you which produced your repeated displays Or vulgar insolence, and ended id that paltry u plosion of mock valour which gave you au op portunity of (me day's boasting, supported by the arts of false'assertions, suppressions of known facts, and the clumsy fabrications of a pretended currespondence.---I . airt, 81e. ' " JOHN ADOLPHUS. " P. S, My friend, who will deliver this letter, LOS no ftirther charge than that of putting it into your bauds." There are other accounts, of this dud; but the above letter is the only novelty,' and as we are persuaded that the public has had quite enough of the business, we abstain from loading our columns with partial and contradictory narrations. Mr. CANNING, while at Paris, visited all the literary Institutions . ►worthy of notice, and was attended not only by the officers of the respective places, but, in general; by a train of 'rend► tivatts, admirers of the wit and talent which dis titignithell'tbe early productions of his. Mute, and of the turrivalltil eloquence, a nti 1,04 h impoi Lance at Lis viper years.- THE THEATRE. Dewy-LANE.—The Iron Chest, in which the draMatic skill- of COLMAN has preserved all the deep interest of Caleb Williams - , was produced at this Theatre-on , Saturday for the . first time, and • the part of Sir Edward MortiMer assigned to Mr. KHAN. To say that'his performance was successful would be too cool a phrase—it ranks, if not the high est, with the highest aids histrionic efforts, and was throughout highly sustained, various, and impres sive. The character of Mortimer, though charged to the very - boundaries of morbid 'sensibility, is -yet in nature. The mind of man may be so wrought upon by circumstances that he will cons mit the direst crimes to avoid the slightest ; and manyhaveencountered certain death from the dread of some interior danger. Td such cases the soul is Mn the rack, and the wretched Being, under the influence of these fiery passions, suffers all the horrors of guilt, and worse than the horrors of punishment. For' fear And uncertainty are-infi nitely more terrible than the " worst that can befall." Titus agitated and tossed was Mr. KEAN. An the storms of mental torture _assailed him, and woe finely delineated—the agony of discovery, the spirit of vengeance, the struggles of remorse, the conquest of all for Stu.r. and the last degradation by which the whole labile of fame was overthrown, could not in our opinion -he more powerfully poortrayed. We will not .after this general tribute of merited applause de- ' scend to a few minute errors which might be 'noticed. He who could so nobly conceive the part, has talent enough to correct those trifles without the lectures of criticism, should they, .however, escape him, we may recom mend them to his consideration when we have seen'his Sir Edward 'Mortimer again, which we shall Most assuredly have the pleasure of doing with small loss of time. Mr. WALLACK performed Wilford excellently, and MUNDEN'S Adam Winterton was as rich and natural as any thing we ever saw him play—Could we pay a higher compliment ? The Iron Chest is got up altogether with bril liancy, and must prove very attractive. On an nouncing another play for this evening, the Pit rose and demanded its repetition. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. , H i s Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, from Maidstone, in Kent; Lord Frederick Bentinek, from se tour; Lard Mont ford, from Surrey ; Sir James Cockburne, Bart. in Cavendish square; Lord Charles Bentinck ; Lord John Townsbend, from Ball's Pond, in Hertfordshire; Earl of Barrymore, in Brook-street, from Brighton; Mr. Baring, M. P. in Gros venor -street; Earl of Waldegrave, from a tour ; Count and* Countess St. Antonio, from Wimbledon, in Hanover-street; Lord Bolton,. from a tour; Mr. W. Loudon, M.P.; Captain Davies, It. N. at the New linannums, from the Continent; ,Duchess of Buceleugh, in Privy Gardens ; Lady Althorp and her mother, front Paris; Lord and Lady Montgomery, in Privy Gardens; Marquis de L'Arglu and Son, and M. Le Comte L'Ars in Arlington-street, from Paris; Lord Foley, in Hamilton place; the Earl and Countess of CarliamptOn, in Bruton striet; Berkeley-square ; Countess of Guildford, in Stratton ; Sir William Hotharti, Bart. at the Si. James's Hotel; Mr. Peels, at ditto; Hon. George Agar, at ditto. DEPARTUBPS• Lord Gwydir, for Langley, Kent; , Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Vannack, for Walpole, Norfolk ; Captain Hart well, for Paris ; Peter Langford Brooke and Thomas Lang ford Brooke, Esqrs. for Mere-Hall, Cheshire ; Lord Cran bourn, for Hatfield; Lord and Lady G. H. Cavendish, for Chattesworth, Derbyshire; Mr. Thornton and family, from his house in St. James's-square, to his seat, Cobb= Park, Surrey. BRIGHTON, Nov. t 4. The departure of her MAJESTY and the PRIN CESSES from Windsor to this place, we had be fore noticed, bad been fixed for the 2d of Decem ber; but, we regret to observe, that day has been altered to the 9th at nearest, in consequence, it is said, of the lamented death of her MAJESTYib bro►her, the Duke of MECKLENBURGH. The improvements in the Pavilion go on rapidly, and nearly 200 poor labourers return on a Saturday evening with cheerful countenances to their nu merous families with their wages of the week. ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATA.---The Pavilion is DOW fit for the reception of the Royal Visitors, who will pass the Christmas here. The House hold of the PRINCE REGENT Will be here on Tuesday and Wednesday next, and it is expected that his Royal Highness will arrive on, Thursday. 'The last massenger from Naples brought to Government the copy of the Correspondence be tween Mr. PINCKNEY and 'the Neapolitan Go. vernment relative to the claims of America on the latter. The following is the account given of the tenour and result - of Mr: PINCKNEY'S negotiation. Mr. PlNCKrary made a peremptory demand- of the restitution of several of the vessels seized by Alt/.. RAT, or a complete indemnification for them and their wpm With regard to the rest, be offered to wave all claim on the part of his Government, on condition that the United States should have an establishment in some convenient port in the Neapolitan territories. He particularized Mes sina as the most eligible, and stated, that the re quired establishment would comprise an hospital, a depot for naval stores, and some telegraph sta tions. The Neapolitan Government, affecting not to perceive the drift of the demand couched in these terms, though it was impossible to misap. prebend it, requested of Mr. NINC,KNRY to inform them whether the establishment was to be consi dered as an avowed Government concern, or whe» ther it was to be on the footing of the establish ments of private individuals. Mr. PINCNNRY, without hesitation, intimated that it must be re garded as a Government.establishment. The Nea— politan Government, on receiving this .explana tion, rejected the demand io NO; intimating at the same time, that, there would be no objection to the agents of the United States' Government keeping naval stores in the Neapolitan &minions, on the tooting of the ordinary mercantile depOts. The negotiation with regard to the confiscated vessels terrainated in a manner equally unsatisfac tory to Mr. PINCKNEY. FRACAS nrrivErN VIE BRITISH AND AMERICANS AT MESSINA. - The following particulars'have been - published on the authority of a Gentleman who lois just ar rived from Messina :—On the Ifith of September, the schooner Ann, Captain Bell, of Malta, was lying in the port of Messina, waiting for a eargo. The Captain being on shore, the mate observed on board, finder suspicious circumstances, a man of colour belonging to the Java American frigate. Un einlenvouring to search him, the fellow knocked the mate down. Tile crew of the Ann came instantly to his aid, and having overhauled the intruder, found concealed about his person some leather and other articles which he had stolen on hoard the Ann. According to a practice not unfreqttenr with British tars, - they summarily tried him without any reference to the civil power, and punished hint with a smart flogging. • The Mu latto, on being released, repaired immediately to the American Commodore, who, choosing to con sider the affair as.ll national insult, made a formal complaint upon the subject to the American Coo std. The latter, in his turn, represented the oc currence in the most glowing colours in a note to Mr. Barker, the British Consul. An interview took place the same day between the Consuls, and it was mutually agreed that the dispute should be left to the decision of the Sicilian Goverotnent. Next day, to prevent any breach of the peace whilst the matter was tinder investigation, an order was transmitted to the mate of the Ann.not to come on shore. .Captain Bell, hoWever, conscious of having given no offence to the AmericanS, went on shore, and proceeded to the billiard-room. There be was rudely accosted by three Mnerican officers, who asked his name. He had no so o ner replied, than one of them called him a blackguard, the second a liar, and the third a coward • the looter at time same time gave him a blow, and challenged him to a set-to. Nothing could be more acceptable to Bell : he happened to he of Bristol metal, and had obtained a degree of A. M. in the Pearce and Belcher school. They retired toe spacious room, and the conflict speedily terminated, not much to the sa tisfaction of the American combatant. Another of the party insisted upon trying his luck : Capt. Bell was not reluctant to accommodate him, and soon put hint hors de conduit. The third Officer then en gaged him, but their companions, who had by this time numerously assembled, anticipating another defeat, broke in the ring, and beat Captain Bell most Cruelly, and treated hint in a Way which de licacy forbids us to describe. He owed the pre servation of his life entirely to the arrival of the Sicilian Guard at the critical moment. Cap tain Bell, of course, made a representation on the subject of his cruel end unmanly treatment to the British Consul. He went, on shore on the 18th, but innnedi.itely returned on board, ap prehentlinglresh insults. Soon after, two boats' crews from the Java, armed with pistols and .cut lasses, rowed towards the Ann. Captain Bell loaded his guns, and threatened to fire into them if they did not keep off. He thus kept them at hay until the arrival of the British Consul, by whose advice two American officers were permit ted to come on board, with a view to the adjust ment of the quarrel. • During the conversation, Captain Bell happening to contradict the statement of one of the officers, the latter snapped a loaded pis i tnlat bim,which fortunately missed fire. The i n • terview terminated in again referring the matter to the decision of the Sicilian Government. On the 19 th and2oth there werepartial disturbance, between the American officers anti English captains. The mer chants at Messina intending to make a considerabl e remitance in specie to Malta by the Ann, applied to the British Consul to procure u safe-conduct front the American Consul. This the latter re fused to give, observing, that hesupposed the Bri tish Captain was desirous to be off as soon as pos sible, being conscious of his misconduct. About the 21st two American frigates sailed for Tunis, and two others put to sea, with the intention, it was feared by some, of intercepting the Ann, should she proceed on her voyage. By• others it was alleged that the American frigates had been sent oil in consequence of an intimation front the Governor of Messina to the Commodore, that if he did not keep proper order on board his squadron, the forts would he directed to fire on them. The Washington, 74, (the Commodore) and a sloop of war, remained at Messina. The Ann sailed at length on time 22d, without waiting for the decision of the Sicilian Government. She was no sooner clear o f the port than she w as boarded by two armed boats from the Washington. The American officers mustered the crew, and took away one of the men, under pretence of his being an American.. This roceeding, whether it I'r:- stilted from a wish to mortify the British Captain, or was intended as a retaliation for our right of search, is not very consistent with the general character of :Commodore Decatur. It is but jest to state, that 'oeiater the Commodore nor the American seanyen took part in any of the affrays on shore ; the whole was ctmfineil to the American officals, the teatitrof whom was a Lieutenant Arm strong.. The fatal tendency and effects of racing on horseback, on the public roads, arc fully shewn by the following lamentable consequences:—OnWed nesday sestmight, as Mr. JOHN SUTTON, of Rush• ton, was returning from Leek Market, in company with tiro other persons, all mounted, they agreed to a race, in the course of which, Mr. SUTTON'S horse's head came in violent contact with one of the luirses heads in a Leek chaise, returning from Macclesfield, which instantly dropped down and expired. The pole Of the chaise entered Mr. SUTTON'S body, who lingered in great pain till Friday evening, when he bteathed his last. Mr. Surrost's horse also died in three hours after. The Serpentine River and the Basin in the Green York were yesterday completely frozen over. The ice on the former was rather thin, bat on the latter it was near an inch thick. Whether it h owing to the long nights, which of course give more time to dream, or whether it is owing to the richness of the Scheme of the present Lottery, we kuow not, but we are credi bly infoamed there never was, at this early pe riod, so many particular numbers bespoke at the Lottery Offices ; so many, indeed, that we ad vise those who may have a predilection for fancy numbers to ` lose , no time in their application, otherwise their favourite may be sold. :TIIP, MARKETS. CORN-EXCHANGE, Nov. 25.—We bad but a short supply for this morning's market, and a considerable number of buyers, consequently fine Wheat sold at an advance of from Bs. to 10s. from this day week ; Barley is 2s. and Malt 4s. per quarter dearer ; Pease, Ikans and Oats sold rea dily at au advance of 2s. per quarter from Friday; Flour is 10s. per sack dearer. Foreign Wheat - 795. 89s. Fine ditto - -119 s. 1345. English Wheat - 841. 89s. Fine ditto 945. —s. Old ditto - -116 s. 19es. Rye Fine ditto - - - Os. Barley - 425. 465. Fint• ditto - - - —s. New ditto - - - 483. 54s Malt - - - -84 s. 90s. Fine ditto - - - 955. 100 s.. Whitel'ease (boilets)tiis. 725. Fine ditto - Grey Pease 525. s7t. Fine Grey Pease -60 s. —s. Tick Beans - - - 545. 575. Old ditto - 61*. 695.. Sipiall Tick Beans 60%, 665. Old ditto - - - 726. 76%. Feed Oats - - - Be 4. gas. Fine ditto - - Poland ditto - .9Fts. Us. Fine ditto - - - Putiitue ditto - - 01%. 5.24. ltapr Sted 421, 461. Per last. Fine Flour -100 s. 105 s. Seconds - 935.100.. SMITUNFI,P, Nov. 26.—This day's Mar Let had a good supply of prime Beasts, and the show of Cattle in other re spects was considerable; Beef, Mutton, and Pork, supported last prices; Veal was dearer; and the trade in general was pretty brisk. The sales in the Hay-market were somewhat lively; flay sold at last price; Straw and Clover have fallen in price.' • We annex a correct statement of the prices and num bers To sink the Offal, per stone - of NIL Beef, as. 4d. to 4s. Od. Altittoil,,Bs. 4d. to 41. 414.. Vert), 4s. Od. to ss. 44.. Pork, 4s. 011. to 6s. 4d. ' , - Beasts, 2610. Sheep, 16,300. Cakes, 240. Pip, 380. 11.►r-Ilatua:r.--Hay, SI. as. to 61. 15i. Straw, 11. 4s. to , ti. Ws. Clover, 41. Os. to RI. us. HORRID MURDER. We noticed last week the disinterment of a Mrs. DOWNING at Fal►nonth, and the discovery of a quantity of arsenic in her intestines. The folloss jug further particulars arc taken from the Plyn►outh raper After the interment of the deceased, a further investigation respecting this mysterious affair was entered into by J. Esq. the Mayor of Falmouth, when Mr. Donnel, surgeon, who had married the daughter. of the deceased, and at whose house she drank tea the evening preceding her death, was arrested, and ►►fter a very protracted examination, was on Wed nesday evening fully comm;tted to Bodmin gaol, to take his trial for the murder at the next Assizes. Mr. D. is a young man who has, hither to, borne an excellent character, and all who are acquainted with him are astonished at his being implicated in so horrid a transaction. The whole family of the deceased are in the greatest distress. Mrs. Downing was a widow and was possesied of property to the amount ofseveral thousand pounds, which, as she died intestate, is to be equally vided between five children who survive her." DARING ROBBERY. Bishop, one of the officers of Bow-street, has , (mice(' in town from Case-Haughton, with ,a yoting man natuttl James Johnson, ‘c hi) i 3 now' its the. Compter, snider a charge of having stolen from the office of Mess. Beurdition and Hewit, of Little Friday-street, Cheops*, a cash-box,,cunie taining bank•netes, cheques, and bills of exchange to the limonnt Of 800!. It appears, as fat et can be at present ascertained, that the young mats had, at some period or other, been employed by Messrs. Bourddlon and Hewit, who are solicitors. On Tuesday last, he went into t he office in which the box was deposited, and represented himself to one of the clerks us being sadly affected by a bowel complaint, and he in consequence was permitted to retire backward freqeently. At length he went away, and in the course of the evening the box was missing. Suspicion immediately fell upon him, and on inquiry, it was in part confirmed by his having absconded into the coun try. Mr. liarmer, the solicitor, and Bishop, the Officer, immediately went in pursuit of him, and after 3 day's vigilant search, aucceeded in ap prehending him at Cu-e-Haughton. None of the property, however, could be traced. S onic short time since Johnson went into the country, and represented himself to be an actor of great celebrity at one of the Theatres .Royal, and that his trenscendast abilities *ere rewarded by a commensurate salary, viz. a per week Under this representation,• he succeeded iu obe teiniug the atl'ections of an amiable young girl in that neighbourhood, and seduced her to town under au honourable promise. 'On their arrival in town, however, she found that all hit representations were false. .An illicit intercourse, it is presumed, took place ; for, although she was surrounded by nothing but concomitant miseries, she could uot make up her mind to return - to her friends, sup 4 posing that, in the first place, she. would sue in . vain for forgiveness , . and, in the second, that by her return she wonlil fix eterdal disgrect upon her fwtr~ily. Ist beeamca matter of importance, for the sake of justice, to trace the property, and after some trouble`tbe poor deluded girl was found, and in consequence of the communications she matte to 13irliop , he proceetled.to the privy, where the prisoner had been, and after much fatigue and labour, till the money (except a five-pot - rod note) was loglid, where ,the prisoner had secreted It. The five-pound nate was afterwards trece,t to have been paid away by the prisoner. The cheques and bilk exchange had been . deatroyed: . The prisoner is not more 'thati . 2o yeitt of age. On Saturday last the following Geattemen were called to the, Bar, by the Honotirable Society ut the Middle temple ' Alexander Horderii, eldest in of Joseph "foram), Of Wol verhampton, in thy County of Sta Word, John itirerest,'"only,,oic of Tristram - Everett, of Gwerrirala House, in the County. offirecon, HentY John Stott, only son of John Lord Eldon,,, Lord lit Clotos.ellor of Gri4it,ltritain. Edmond Robert I3aucirll, sCWIlii Son of George Drudelt, of the Sliddly Trinp4`, Edwnrd Kinnereity, youngest inn of Thomas Kinnersly, of Clough ila ll,9.rttcc County of Stitflord, Elm Nichokon Alcoa, eldytt *on Of Win. Aloclt, of Skipton in Craven, in tilt. County of York, Oentleronn. A recent letter from Geneva meutions, Lord BYRON'S intentional' passing the Winter at Rome, He inteads leaving G.C34Vii. tilt: first week in De• ermine, accompanied by Mt. DAvto IiAIGI.IB itllll M r . finatpoas, who have been with him some time.