The Sun. — London, England, 1819-11-02 00:00:00

DAVIS'S STRAITS. have been favoured with the following No tiers fro m Davis's Straits : Captain flAwfutts, of the Everthorpe, reach ed 7 7.25. N. anti saw the land to the East and iV est, which he supposed to be islands ; open sea I° the Northward, no ice, except bergs which Mere aground; a swell from the westward,--cur rent set front the Nut t h-west to South and East, 3 4- miles per hour,—fine warm weather, foggy at thinks the country more clear of ice than ls t Year ; the land in the highest latitudes ap— Pared more fertile and barer of snow than in the lower latitudes. Captain &vett, of the Brunswick, went no l'ighe r than about 74. 20.*; found a great quan tity of lee, more and heavier than on former years; lite season had been uncommonly severe in May and Jane, and much of the ice was formed then., cs Captain KNILL. of the Ingria, went to 75. ; l eiy severe season, ice very heavy, 7, 10, end 12 f eat thick upon the whole, there was more ice than in former years. f ` Captain ORTON, of the Andrew Marvel, I b 4 de his fishery in the South-east Bay, lat. 68. to 69 . i had severe weather, with strong Northerly "es ; the ice incre a sed much during his stay by fr e • !zing. and the coming of fresh ice dow n the St raits, the season was much severer than last. pear, but he thi . akq the winter had beep mild, the tja( lves having told him that the country was se... veral times broken up during the winter. BaAss, of the Thomas, reached 77. 30. u n e weather when there, thermometer about 40., ° z.'r water, saw land b o th t o th e Emit and West, tltiults the E a st 4 an d w as a C ont i n e n t, an d t h e I V cst Islands had a level from the. South ward, cur- le " iu the same direction ; there appeared to be P 4 'Sage to the North anti West, but could not ! 4 •V "V far it extended; season very severe, Bay ic e rui tiled in one night an inch thick in the middle of July, yet he thinks the •country clearer of ice ib8 ! 1 lest year." • REMARKS. "" It' appears that the highest latitude attained ts 'Y any Of the Whale Fishers was 77. 30.; but 1! " 41 fly a large deduction must be made front on account of the greater refraction °m ai , ; the " by the ice, I should judge twin 40. to 50. longitudes of these ships is very uncertain, the Masters being too much occupied by the bud he" 01 the voyage, to make the necessary obser- I : atie ms, indeed few, If any of them, are qualified fo r i t . " The summer has undoubtedly been much kore severe than usual, bat, it seems probable ,that the winter was milder ; not only from the Ac count given to Captai n O RTON by th e N a ti ves , trot also from the circumstance of theliigh lati t"es being almost clear of floating ice: . - -I t It seems, however, that a greater quantity of ice Was found in 68 to 72 or 73 than usual, which tn 'Y Probably account for the more sterile ap -I)earance of the land in these latitudes. " It should be observed, that every year a g reat Z an tity of ice accumulates here, occasioned by e g r ounding of Bergs on a reef of rocks, stretch across the Straits in the latitude about 68 eg "es• And this f orms th e i m p e di ment to s hi ps h 149 etrdin g up the Straits, which can seldom be l e" mplished until a late period o f t h e year , an d ual etimee, is altogether impracticable." te e Ta p -s -- trasTat.—The active spirit of th e new tCnagement at Drury-lane The a tr e i s ev ide nt i n e "velty and the revivals which it has already s e : u glit forward. Speed the Plough was repre- 70,, t " last night, and well cast thr o u g h out . E L - L e Bob Handy may well be classed with his " comic efforts. MIMOSA'S Sir Abel Handy is 14 1st er-piece. Dow TON was n o t less successful toil e.'"*.nter , ishflekt, and Pore was hi g hly res p ect - L udo In Sir Philip Bl an df or d. M rs . °ROBB in di ahf liandy, a par t diff erent f rom h er usua l sty l e, 111 1 1; 4 Yed versa, ility of talents. Miss Blandford aave ri M rs. E owist a? l ni i ra bl y. Mrs. ROBINSON * ms a gentle interest to Susan .4shfield, and there ./ ja no Want o f comic spirit in Mrs. HAELOWE'S .tstyl e id . Th e ,u hole was well received. I tto e'day his Royal Highness Prince LEOPoLD, t o by Baron HARDENEROKE, arrive(! in y r ) Iron) Windsor, at half•past seven o'clock. Cuiporation of Dover have unanimously to t e. • t he l'ecdom of that ancient a nd loyal town 11 1 , l i s ,. llo yitl Highness the Duke o f C LARENCE , A ti g i r" . t HOll, the Earl of LiviturooL, Lord (i go e n of t h e Ci nque Ports, Lieutenant-Colonel JaNKmsos, Deputy Governor of Dover . 1 , 1 ;e. end to the Earl of Gum:worm. N I se hlatqess of BUCKINGHAM arrived in tow n ""r day, from his seat, Avington, h au ls. ir S t erd i'Y his L or d s hi p l e f t toWn on a visit to oi. " 11 , at I•iis seat i n N or f o lk. Ord and Lidy CASTLRBRAGH were expected hi ttat 1 .`laY, fron t th e M arquess o f lIERTFoRD'S 1 , 11 , t iv t o '' PERSIAN AMBASSAIIoa and suite have ar -1 t b ..PUMßlicCK_Hotel, St. Andreves's-t.crare, . 4 4 . Is " to Edinburgh and other parts of Scot "is Ex ce ll ency afterwards took up his re fs i; xe t a t-the Roy al Hotel.—we un d erstan d that fiat viSI •ft-(1 many o f th e ( I It the V -- his jwilltcy from Cheltenham. and is I: ) ,„ l ' s "ased the magnificent hospitality " t ithecd.— (Edinburgh Courant, Oct 30.) SE - 111) NEWS. Extract of a Letter from the 4gents to Lloyd's a Genoa, dated 21st Oct. 1819. Ir A vessel arrived here this morning, in 11 days from Malta, which we learn, brings a letter from the Honourable Captain J. Non., of H. M. Sloop Spey, reporting the arrival at Malta seven days before, of the Piratical Brig William, brought there by Lieutenant HousoN, of it M. Sloop Spey, with CHRISTIAN DaLANO Master, and all the crew in irons, except the steward, who escaped, the William having been arrested, at Smyrna by the chartered brig Frederick, com manded by Lieutenant Ho/sum ; and sufficient proof is said to be found out to convict the crew, who art to be tried at Malta on - the 20th instant. It is reported, that after the William left Malta, she plundered an American and a Portuguese ves sel, and that a quantity of Spanish doubloons were found on board her." Extract of a Letter from the British Vice Consul at Genoa, dated Oct. 21, 1819. " By the Nra. bra. del Carmine, arrived this day from Malta, after a passage of 10 days, we have the news of the capture of the William, of Liverpool, in the port of Smyrna, by the tender of his Majesty's sloop Spey. with all her crew except the steward, and they were to be put On their trial at Malta on the 25th inst. fur the piracy committed on - the Helen, Captain CORNISH, bound for this port." HArtwrcH, Nov. I.—The Elizabeth, WooDs, from Archangel for Hull, has been brought in here by a salvage smack, having been run tout of by a light ship off Yarmouth on the 26th ult. by which she lost an anchor and cable, and received considerable damage. YARMOUTH, Nov.' I.—Arrived the Carnatic, AusTex, from London for Wicks, leaky. ST. Ives, OCT. 30.—Put in here yesterday the Charlotte Emilie, NIRD.SAN, from Dantzig for Bristol, with considerable dama g e in her rigging and hull. DEAL, NOV. 1 .-Artive4 htul sailed for the River, the Lady Suffield, BROWN, from Bengal ; she sailed early in May, an.l did not torch at a n y port on her p assag e. Saile,l the Zephyr, trans port, for the River. WHITBY, OCT. 31.—Yesterday, the Eliza, GsLes, from the 'Westward, in coming into the Harbour, received a heavy sea, which carried away the boat, and broke the wheel rope, when she struck against the west Pier, and came on shore to the Northward of the Pier. The crew and stores were saved, and if the weather mode rates, the vessel may be got off again. LYNN, Nov. I.—A forfigo ketch (name un known) _from Dantzic for Bonrdeaux. with deals and staves, was yesterday tnot wing blown on the Head near Wolverton, having previously lost both her anchors and cables and torn her sails, but the vessel and cargo are npr likely to sustain any damage not having vet made any w a ter: Aluroun, OCT. 3 - o.—ArtiVed'the Avon, HALL, trout the Clyde, for St. John's, osit five weeks ; she has lost her boats, bulwarks, statincheons, &c. makes two leer water per hour, and is otherwise damaged. JERSEY, OCT. 27.-Arrived the Margaret, LE GRLSLRY, from Newfoundland ; on her passage she shipped a sea, which carried away four men. Loss OF A HAMBURG!! PACKET.—We are sorry to state, that the Rhine packet, from Hamburgh, which arrived at Leith on Thursday, brought accounts that the Albion packet, from Leith to Hamburg!), had run on shore on the coast of Holland, We learn that Captain Hosts, of the Rhine, on: his passage down the Elbe, spoke a Blankanese boat, who informed bins of the unfortunate circumstance. With the excep tion of the sugar, the greater part of the cargo is saved, and time are also hopes the vessvi will be got off.—(Edinburgh Courant. Oct. 30.) SPORTING I NTELL I G NEWMARKET THIRD OCTOBER OR HOUGHTON MEETING, 1819. MoNoay, NoveNtaLit 1. Handicap Sweepstakes of logs each, for three•yr-olds and upwards T.Y.C. Mr. Forth's Dictator, 4 yrs, Bst. Ld Jersey's Leopuldine, 5 yrs ► Bst. 814. Eleven started—Four pd—The Judge placed but two 5 to 1 agst Dictator. Sweepstakes of 25gs each, 14s ft. fur two-yr-old cults, Bst. 611). and fillies, Bst. 41b. T.Y.C. Ld Stawell's ch. c. Brusher, by Blucher, out of Brush's data 1 IA Suffield'• b. f. by Vandyke Junior, out of Black Beauty 2 Mr. Neale's c. by Ccelehs, out of Gilder Rose a One pd—Even on Brusher. Post Sweepstakes of Mop each, b. ft. colts est. 61b. fillies, tst. Mb. A.F. To bring one to the Post. LI G. B. Cavemilisli's c. by Rubens. out of Louisa - 1 D. of Rutland's c. by Waxy, out of Sorcery ..•••• 2 Six pd--5 to 4on Rubens c. Mr. Vansittart's Financier, est. 71b. beat D. of Portland's Tiresias, est. 10Ib. Last-al& of the B.C. 3000, h. 11.-3 to 1 agst Financier. 111 r. Vansittart's Slim, est. 91b. beat Lel Exeter's Advance, ast. 71b. 10Ogs. b. ft.-6 to 5 apt Slim. Bouverie's Zadig,Bst. 21b. beat Mr. Thornbill's Sho veller, est. 81b. It.N. songs, h. ft:-6 to son 2/Mix. u consequence of letters tram the Home De partment to the Lords Lieutenant, the Yeomanry Cavalry in the Midland and Northern Counties have been called upon to hold themselves in rea diness to assist the Civil Authorities, in case of necessity. Sir ‘VATKIN IV. WYNN, Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire, has requested the attendance of the Lieutenancy and Magistracy, to consider the best means of presen ing the public peace, and strength ening the Civil Power, by the augmentation of the iqternal force of t he i County. Mr. IVEMLESLRY and Mr. BEiNNETT, the two P.'s for Wiltshire, hare, it is said, declined signing a Requisition for a County Meeting on either side of the Manchester question. ---(County Chr6nicle.) • Government, we understand, hes accepted the ofkr of a troop of eityalvy..iii this city. The corps is to meet on Tuesday next to re c o mmen d their Officers to Govcruincut. — (Glatitto Covier.) MODERN' OLVAIPICS " Ludere qui nescit, campestribus abstinct armis." Q. H. F. de Arte l'oetica, I. 377. Mr. EDITOR—My motto unfortunately doe not apply exactly to the OrPosmoN,,- who " know how to play" the Deuce, and abstain not from field exercises. lo fact, Sir, they seem during the Recess to have beat at their old game, ' and trying, as usual, to win by odd trick,. Not many days ago their Gazette was endeavouring to play off a few sports at Ministers ; but if peo ple who have glass windows begin to throw stones, they must expect als6 some hard thumps for their panes It is natural, therefore, that other folks should take a peep at their political Cribbage, in order, as they sometimes reckon too fast, to peg theta down a hole or two ; and, in consequence of this, 1 have been able to see the whole of their game. Thus, Sir, have these great men been employed. Lord Dutchland, Sir Franky Turbid., Harry Middleton, and Lord Hare.skin, at Puss in a Corner. Lord Greenvilla, Earl Black and While, and Pray. late Witch o' Nore playing with Dumb), at Pope Joan;. Lord Do-no-more refusing to take a hand. Earl Billyfitz, Lord Safe-in-town, Lord Grind town, Walter Guy Faux, ,J J. C. Dognow, and Mr. Bird's nest Brush, playing al Hot Cockles, in fields and on Commons. it is supposed they will burn their fing ers. Lord S. X. taking the Gig to plug at Suldiers. Lord Care-nor-won, the loser of the game at Blindman's buf ; because mark Wise shan't do, and tricking hint at the beginning of lite game. Aldermen Shawl and Timber refused to play at whist ; and amuse themselvos with Tee to tum. I'. put down one. T. take up all. Churchman Fiendlay, the Glass-man, trying to mend his Scotch► Brogues. . Paul Blackamore would not play at cards, but built play-houses with them.; and injudiciously thinking to puff them tip, he puffed to Kean, and blew them down. Chevalier Bobby Billson picking leaves out of odd volumes, till be nas destroyed his own books, and is come to borough. John Slorniy.flob-in•the-well tacking together s ome loose she e t s which his Friends have got bound in Paris. Inquisitive Grammarians will here please to observe that " his Friends" are in the accusative case. Major Carry-it-wrong and Coventry Short Cut playing quietly at Putt. . Lord Peoplestone eating Strawberries. Lord Greathunter and his Grace of Shambletown wont play .; but they have put money under the candlestick for those who do. George Turn•aye crying, because be can't cut sticks iii the tally court. The Radicalsat Brag ; Buonaparte looed ; and HIS MAJESTY'S MINISTERS HOLDING ALL TRU COURT CARDS, except the Knaves. I. G. N, _The dismission of Earl Furzwmulst, a men sure that no man of sense can condemn, but which is an honourisbie proof of the firmness of Govern ment, at ahiwe which demands its utmost vigi lance, vigour, and decision, has induced a Mr. WYVILL, the Son of a Clergyman, formerly well known as a political Orator and Writer, to resign his situation as Captain of tie Yorkshire Hussars, in the follocring Letter to Lord GRThIANI, which we insert, because, as a Morning Paper says, '' it is a curiosity in its way." But the proper answer to' this Letter, we conceive, is the old phrase, " how we apples swim -!" " Burton-ball, Oct. 25. "MY DEAR Lonn,—Having observed in the newspapers of this morning, with she greatest surprise and regret, that Lout Fitzwilliam has been dismissed from the Lord Lieu tenantey of the West Riding, for having sanctioned the pro ceedings at the late County Meeting at York, and that it is intended by the Ministers of the Crown to add to the disposa ble force of the Country 11.600 men, no doubt exists in toy wind that the remonstrances of the people are to be silenced by the sword. Having, my Lord, as high a veneration as any man for that Constitution which has so long been the pride of England and the envy of the wot ld, as. an Englishman, I feel I should he unworthy the name, were I to consent to draw my sword to blast for ever that freedom which it must he the auty of every individual of the• state, by all constitu tional means, to maintnin. " It is, my Lord, with feelings of the most unfeigned regret that I thus tender the resignation of my Captaincy in the Yorkshire Hussars; valuing, as Ido most highly, the society . of my Brother Officers, and entertaini n g a f ee li ng o f l oya l pride in being apember of that corps. " For you, my Lord, I shall ever possess the highest regard and esteem ; and I beg to assure your Lordship,- that I duly appreciate the favours you have conferred upon toe, and that nothing but. the highest sense of duty could have induced me to male au great a sacrifice.--I have the honour to be, " MY Lord, " Your. Lordship's much obliged, " M. WYVILL. , " To the Right Hon. Lord Grantham." This Letter, it seems, first appeared in the York Herald, which states that many Privates, in dif ferent Yeomanry Corps, have followed Mr. \Vv. VILL's example. If so, we have only to express our satisfaction that the Corps and the service are rid of such Radical Gentry. The following Letter fro►a the Hon. L.DuNnAs, M. P., has been witnessed to the Elinor of The York Herald Si it—l have this day learnt from a very- intimate friund of mine, upon whose accuracy the most implicit reliance is to be placed,that the information upon which I stated at the County Meeting, 4 . that the swords of the Yeomanry had been sharp ened for the occasion," is incorrect. lam fully aware, that what . l may have said in the Castle-Yard is of very little Ml'. portance ; but it is. most important to me, that I should not consider myself the propagator of an unjust charge for one moment after lam enabled to contradict it. I therefore have to request that you will give the'earliest publicity to this. I am, Sir, your most obedient Servant, - LA W. DUNDAS. Aslie, October 29, It would have been more proper in Mr. DUN. vas to have been sure of his Writ nation before he ventured to make Such a rash assertion, in the hearing of a mob who might have been inflamed to the most violent extremities. What the Hon. Gentleman says would inde e d be o f "little im portance," to use his own words, it uttered at a►►y other 'time and in any other place, but for a Per,_ son of high station► in society to address such an inflammatory " incorrectness" to an incensed 'mul titude, capable of any Radical excesses, wa A such en act of impudence in a Legislator, ar; ah em t h a t he is little qualified to give advice on mea sures necessary for the safety of the Stste. FOR THE SUN. CULTIVATION AND MANUFACTURE OF FLAX, MR. SALISBURI"S PIA . •It is the uniform practice of persons addicted to old habits, in the Culture of the Land as well as of the Mind, to be very jealous of innovation. to be. very pertinacious of the Old System, and consequently, to view any new proposition of economy with a full pre-determination to condemn it ; and this they accomplish, by looking out sole ly for any wounds of objection they fancy are perceptible in the New Method, to the exclusion of a moment's consideration of the additional ad vantages likely to re s ult from its adoption.—What numerous defects and evils did not the antiquated School-masters and Mistresses perceive and ex claim against', in the New• System of Education, in which one Master awl Mistress could give bet ter Instruction to a 1000 children, than IVO were in the habit of atio4ug on the old principle of Day Schools on a small scale. However, the ex perience of some yews has at length put to flight every shadow of argument, except what is engen dered in the bosoms of those who only consulted their own personal advantage, which ought ever to be merged in the welfare of the Conunonity— flow many objections have been continually urged against the Agricultural and Horticultural Socie- ties ? Yet, how futile and ridiculous have they all appeared to the philanthropic and candid mind The times, however, are a very important gromid of consideration in the conduct and prosecutiou of plans formed by all Societies ; for what may be essentially necessary under some circumstances, may be injurious tender others ; thus, he increase of mechanical inventions to lessen the c4il for and lab►►ur, may be looked back upon with Mfr. light and approbation iu time of war, wh.-it hands were scarce and demands for produce very gt eat and urgent ; but, in time of peace, wi,en w weal number of hawk are kit without empluYtheui, and the demand for the munition of war, nod sup plies of other things, either not sa notch wanted, or not to be indulged in for lack of hoods to pur chase, very much lessrnrd. The ups,:ltinery is looked on with R jealous eye, and a sigh aris, $ rant many a valiant bosom, 0 that I rnigiit have that work to ►io which steam and horses now perform! 6hall we, under such a fluctuation, at once condemn machinery to abolition, or is it not wiser to use it for the purpose of vying with other Nations in producing our commodities cheaper than they ; and look elsewhere for empioyment to supply the superabundant hands with work, at once wholesome for themselves both in body a nd -mind, and profitable to others who are now bur dened with rates to support them i Certainly, will he the cry of every real friend to his Country. We bail then wi , ,h great satisfaction the Plan of Mr. SahissuaY as one, of many ways calculated to employ to great advantage most of the paupers in Cities and Towns.—ln CITIES by the manufac ture of flai, mats, toys, woollen, and baskets. Its TOWNS by the culture of such portions of land as may be by spade cultivation rendered abund antly productive of labour and wages. The Over seers of Staines have tried it, and found by expe rience that it will amply pay fur the labour em ployed on it, and save the rates to a very great and unexpected degree, and theretore they have taken more land for the same purpose. 80, say the old Farmers, a crop of flax exhausts the land and brings back no mautire ; it this were true, which I can show it is not, I would ask what return does a crop of turnip seed make, and which exhausts the laud most, and stands the longest upon it / Now the Flax pro duces linseed to a very great extent, which, its malty instances, is used to fatten cattle, the chaff Iced' pigs and horses—these make dung for the land. The Flax occupies the ground twin April to July, and, if tilled by band-labour, will produce an autumnal and winter crop of cabbages or tur nip, or, as has beers tried already, may be sown even with wheat to advantage. 10 short, them can be no objection to taking Flax once more in to the regular routine of crops, especially as it gill do what no other • crop will, that is, empl ,- )y (after its cultivation and harvesting and clearing of the seed) so many hands in working it up into elo U, for sheets, shirts, towels, bags, bed-coverings, Sic. &c. thread lor. Jailors, and twine, and being duns manufactured without any nuisance as forme-Jo', and without daniage in bleaching, it demands, being thus purified front its leprosy, to be atilt it tett again Cato society with other' clean conurn ties. More on this subject shortly. W. GUAM .Y, St Clements Danes, Oct. 27, 1819. Oin IlittAY.—Tuesday.—This morning 'AC- Mac Wi!dish was put to the bar, chargel t wits putting off, on the 28th of August, a Pr•omn issol Note for the payment of 101, with an int ent to defraud Mr. John Minot Fector, the Prot ,rietc,c of the Dover Benk. There were other con nit in the indictment, charging an intent to cl efraud • other persons ; and there were six other i ndiet ments against the prisoner, at the instance of the same prosecntor.—The Jury pronottnetti the pri soner Guilty, and Mr. BOLLAND t h '. p rost , declined going into the ~ .i ti v er c „,,„ the whole mot/fling there Mr. PARKINS attended 'me .Sedge, o f w b o ,„ -a we but was only onc e ' no - Sheriff" in Com t. not anpeat in Court. 4 On Sunday ..101%n Foster, alias Simpson, the public "" Jcutiou er of Perth, died ia the jail of that city, c.f the typhus fever. The eircumstanc es of this man's life are some what sint , . T , ar •— • usse had served several years the I r.vy, a' td bad respectable certificates °I chaser er, at the time he applied for the O ce of pfiblic executioner in Edinburgh ;an • elor,,foyment for which he seems to have had A S ts ,ange pre d e li ct i on . Having been dismissed .; t. '"in his or,ice at EdinbUrgh, on account' of the. shemeful f qoceedings which took place at' the exe cution of Johnston,. in December last, be miter-. cvards dered himself to the Magistrates of !'crib, t :lid was accepted to fill a like vacktikey t here. When in the act of interring his body, some of the co rds having broke, the coffin was lit eraliy ed into the earth, and the idle crowd, who "soA ly assemble on such occasions, gave three cbcc is over Isis graie.—(Edinburgh Courant.) l st' : (Ige isei div r oi title' ifgc 0 a 1 00 tl' Ora COI rr Ws: big