The Sun. — London, England, 1819-05-31 00:00:00

NF,WS, NOIIT* Stiteuls, MAY 28.---The sloop Wil lia►n and Isabella, Conrsa, from hence for Dun dee, wi,i, lime, put back with a strong north and laid upon the Law-light shore, and in lbe night the rart:o took fire ; the vessel was scuttled, which caused her decks to blow up : it is supposed her hull will be much burnt; mate rials saved. DEAL, MAY 30.—Came clown from the River lASI evening, arid sailed, the Ahberton, PERCIY"AL, for Bene.al. Sailed early this morning the Hui!• dart transport, with a detachment of the Royal Staff Corps, for North America. PoRTSM , .UTH, MAY 30.—Arrived the Jack Tar, HAxtusoti, from Jamaica for London, out 66 -days, short of provisions—sailed again for Lopdon. ' 7. SCILLY, MAY 22.—Came in his Majest,y's brigs Devon and Helicon, and sailed again on the 2 411. Com, MAY 26.—Sailed his Majesty's brig HarieTkin and schooner Musfpidobit. Tilt: Retrench, Florr, arrived off the Start n°m. Jamaica, in 38 delyq, passed on the 10th ihe Chirks, , of Havre, off the Western i slands, with tier tore ton. .mast gone, in a strong rue at SW. On the 20th, spoke the Jane , of hdon from Belfast to Jamaica, in lat. 17 . 30. 4 "?.. 1 1. 40 W. Vl4 LS sroKRN WITH —His Majesty's ship I lanntless. from Poitsmonth to Bengal, on the 2 1 , 1 , t h March, in tat. S. N. 25. W. ; the trom Cork, On the 10th inst., in tat. 42. -`). long. 30. 15. ; the Trafalgar, frdm aristol to • Andrew's, N 8., on the 10th inst., in lat. 49 . 3 8 long. 13. 49. THE AI ARKE'I S. ti niN EXCHANGE, MAY 31.—Our Market Was 41 "re:y supplied with Wheat to-day, front Essex ) • Tient-, for which there was a brisk demand in th e early part of the morning, and. for that of L'e quality foil 2s. per quarter more was- made than On this day , reek. Fine fresh Malting Bar sold 2s. per quarter higher, owing to the ch ')ile in the weather, which has induced some • 11 . 1 e maltster to conlinate working a tew weeks %ger than they intended ; there was also rather in "it demand for Grinding Barley, which is I. Per quart e r dearer. Oats are Is. per quarter highe r than week, and good fresh Corn went °ll freely at ilia; advance. In Beans and Pease 110 alteration. . IMPORTATIONS LAST Nvcric• 4 . English. Foreign-. Wheat 4,575 350 tarley Oats 2,365 7,760 3,530 3,510 SMITH FIELD, .MAy 31. ntl-NlartFrt Ibis morning was well supplied with prime at..: •he prices remain nearly the same as last week I ihr tract rather brisk.. Mutton and Lamb cheaper Veal 14 - 1 Pork re'oain notninal.—The bASiniSS in the Hay Market non.l. ti,e same as last week, rtnd bat few buyers, ' l.l l ll `' e waiting for the new crop. Clover is something ant' Straw renthlns ai per last week's market.—=The --" "c' is a earrcet statement of the Numbers and Prices at t ett (10 sink the Offal; per Stone of Blhs.) fil t ,:• •• • 4s. Od. to 55. Oft Veal ss. Od. to 6s. 6d. " 0 • .55. Oti. to es. ad. 1 Fork ss. Od. to 6s. Bd. Lamb te a ,_ CaTTLIz. AT MARKET. its 141 d,, , t 3 SI). ep and Lambs ....15,520 229 i Pigs HAY AtANDSTRAW PER LOAD. 114 v.. •• k 4 0 0 to,C6 00 Clover.. ,C 6 00 to 47 . 0 0 _ _ _ Straw — *: i 10 oto L - 2 IS 0 AGRICULTURE, &c. MONTHLY REPORT. hThe COOl her towards Ilke end of the Month is been Javourable to tale luxuriant Wheats, as ~,r % Previoos warm rains had proved to every kind Piing Corn. The general appearance of all, ‘ l l7 I) T'bises an a b un d a nt and early harvest ; but . t ;" t11 °"t a protecting duty, or some other legiti,la 'l" enactintAlt, to enable the British grower to 11 . 1 vet the Foreign importer on fair terms, the landed bu el' k est of this country, it is feared, will be on to sustain itself under its increasing depres ". The Grass dist t (cgs have large crops ; but e Clovers have generally failed, particularly in , rk lk. where they !hive been mostly ploughed 4 , 1 , 6 a nd the l a nd sown with Peas, to which the l l ' r , vvet Y Weather soon gives a promising appearance. d ar , Vi'ling Clovers plant well. Tores.are aban ,-‘," tilmost everysoil. Potatos hid fair for a ge foe-41 crop. The meat market sustains high prices, t ntinie Beef an d Mutton. Veal and Lamb are Lather lower. In Lean Stock, but little business zi 43 been done at The last prices, from the gris t] e n " . not being disposed to submit to the terms Store L ' , !teep are rather cheaper, from i l d e great produce tl,is year in the general fall of ot 44 : 1) ; the lar gest ever known. Although many b . t ut Down ant' other flocks have been clipped, little stir has vet been made in the Wool t i"kPls P ibmigh the last month's prices have ti!" eb vbtaineti tenth f or long and short fleeces in e sales that have been made. ?be Ist or east Devo n R eg i men t o f Y eom a nr y k Aw tl lY, unde r the coP.imahli of Sir JOHN KEN flirt. me now on permanent duty at —.n un. • t ithe 24 t h reg i ment of D ra goons were disband- M onday last, on the parade of Chatham . Nvi ti ra cks, by C o l one l C HRISTIE. They paroded 1, 1 ., 1 six standards, one o f w hi c h was presente d the corps for their gallant conduct at Delhi, by I,.East India Company. (;)tin Thursday evening, the Lord Bishop of eet:c (the Rev Dr Mountain) and family, b xv • . ninnssioncr It osEaT B ARRIE, C.. 8. em .74'lv.ked on board t h e A ct i ve trigate, Captain Sir '" Atex. (iURDON, K. C. B. which ship sailed li:"cl9treliee yc,leuldy afternoon.- His Loidship's _tali 014 bGaril was announced by a so l u t e of 13 4 s.--(Porhatouo Paper ) Li pub 1. tti far lame r To- lore, en- pto' the Ii et stip' L it:, y' p i!) {ln~ [;i10 tio' met" to Of Li . i t I t a ivi stop ireo le 3C an !s i s IJC e! , * ~ ~ .--~ ii,'.o 1 ; ...... jl/ILO a . r' c; :;0 3.. 11 101 thet rcell r 1)Q D 0.,1a cry i no' C (w. I fa' or fiC ioing 'king :.(,110 (hit ieing tliCt man' 1010 66' oao% : ingf (tel ; . I Char' as ign°' fa l° 3 t bag wills' bits~~ t d' . Nst eelins ,ce i'' w 110 l icit" ie to' Ilia' wbeli I) ou° rbt i ti se9° c4 a ; "6 obl c torS e ta 11 0VV°' or ' be Groh A 01° en °le cec! iini FOR TEIF, SUN. • . M. tnitoft—l dispose myself to betiei"e that the Gentletnan who did me the honour of assum lug my signature intended no injury to the Pro. teitant Cause. You, however, acted with your wonted propriety in declining the insertion of his favour, since it is an established point of cour tesy that one Writer should not adopt lie accus tomed signature of anOther. In tl , is instance, what I ant willing to believe, the zeal of your Correspondent has fore-ran his discretion ; and though I shall not question his signing himself VIGILIOR, or even VIGILISSMIS, I nitlit beg to retain the Etclusire assumption of that sig nature to which, so many Vrotestants have attach ed an importance, due rather to its subject than to its possessor. 1 have so little doubt, too, that my cotnpetitar, or colleague, Whichever he may he, would soon enable the public to decide which was " the veritably Amphytrion," that I need hardly take upon myself all the consequences of VIGIL. But I love the difficulty, and lam proud of the danger. I am much obliged 10 you, Sir, for not permitting another to stand in the breach which I have mounted. Your Correspondent advises the publication of the Bishop or NORWICH'S Speech on the Popish Question, that, as he says, " we, of the Church of England, may be acquainted with his motives and ressonings."--To its publication I shall be very far tram objecting, fearless as I am of even Netter " reasoners" than his liberal Lordship.— I should be glad, indeed, of the opportunity of answering it, it worthy of an answer. But for his '' motives !"—Lords of Parliament are ticklish things, and to discuss the 6 ' motives" of the good Bishop might bring me into a scrape, which I would rather leave to the other Gentleman who calls himself VIGIL. P. S. I rely on your continued kindness, Sir, to relieve rue trout any nteessity of vinclicatiug the real VIGIL, like RowLAND's Macasiar 0,0, or PAcx.woon's [Razor•-strops, with a " Beware of Counterfeits." *** A Letter, signed VIGIL, was lately sent to us; hut as we knew that it did not come from the Correspondent whose signature it assumed, and to whom we heve often been indebted, we tfans mitred it to the latter, from - whom we reseived the above article, which ,intockily h 45 been mis laid. Major cAßTwitzGli r and Mr. HOBHOUSE. In the first account of the dispute between these virtuous Patriots, profound Politicians, and sagacious Reformers, the Nlajor displayed an ap- itearance Or Kuight Errantry, which seemed to chew that his opponent was not prompted by the same spirit of romantic heroism ; but the following explanation, which the . latter has given to the Public, throws a new light on the Matter, and apparently indicates an unnecessary parade o f courage on the peirt of the galk,tit " Had Mr. ilohhons , used the. words imputed to him, he would, of his own accord, have apolo gized for them. with the same readiness as, of his Own accord, he contradicted them. But he did not use them ; and what he said of the " Ad dress" was so qualified as to show that be forgot neither' the Major's chat vier nor his own. lie' called some Sidtements in the Address false ; but he at the Paine time said, " that they had of igi !laced. no doubt, trom some extraordinary mis conception ;" language in daily use in all public discub,ions. " Mr. Hobhoose has to observe, that when the Major in bis letter bins that a private re monstrance against the statements contained in his Address would have been more in form than a public comtnetit, he seems totally to fog , t that Mr f-lontiouge had already made that private re monstrance, and had ;:iven the Major the option of hi!nselt contradicting a, false statement affecting Mr. Hohhouse in the Address fo the Electors—he seems totally to forget that. the "Tavern valour" which he ascribes to Mr. Hobbouse had been preceded by the mach bolder exploit of privately attemptiag to persuade the Major to recognise an d to correct a mistake. " Mr.,Hobliouse has to add, that if the Major had recollecti'd it was usual to make an enquiry as to the ccuracy of re-or; p ed words previously to any remonstrance, be would hardly have invited Mr. Hobhouse to add to the stock of public amusement during- the Whitsuntide holidays, by engaging in the singular controversy which he seems to propose. " Whitton Park, Sunday, May SO." Thursday lest one of the Artificers in Wool wich Arscual, being deranged in -his mind, at tempted to destroy himself by poison, but being found out, medical , assistance was procured, and his lite was saved ; the next day he made ano ther attempt, by throwing himself into the river, but being discovered, a boat put off and brought him on shore ; on Saturday he seemed something better., and told his friends be was going to work, but has not been heard of since ; his friends are under the greatest anxiety for his fate. Disadvantages of being but/I.—Last week, a Geo:ler:lan made his appeor.ince in Huddersfield, and - went to a proprietor of one of the coaches to take a passage. for Manchester, but owing to the enormous size ()fills person, he was refused, unless he would consent to be taken as lumber at 9d. per st ; hinting at the same timetheadvantage of being split in two. The Gentleman was not to be disheartened by this disappointment, hit adopted the plan of send ug the hostler . of one of the inns, to take a place for him, which he did, and in the morning, wisely took the pre caution of fixing himself in the coach, with the assistance of the by-venders, from whence. he was not to be tennoved very easily. Thus placed he was :o take his destination. The con sequence was, on his return, he was necessitated to adopt, a similar process, to the no small disap. pointnient of ►he proprietors, who were compelled to convey three Gentien;en, who had previously taken their places,. in a chaise, as there was no room beside this Gentleman, Ail() weighs about 36 stone ! !.!—(Leeds Mercury.) POtTRY. On the AN'N'IVERSARY of ILe• 111 of tFie Right Hon. IVILLIAII PITT. Inscribed to N. ATCHESON, Esq. FoUNDER of the PITT CLUB. WRITTEN BY MKS. COCKLE.* Is there a bosom on this honoured Day, That (loth not kindle with the Patriot's fire? A Muse that loth not ash a charmed lay, To break the slumbers of each silent lyre ? To tell of Britain's greatness ? and that Sun, *bleb in the fulness of its cheering ray, And ni its course of brightness proudly run, Sunk midst the splendour of his glorious day. To hail that happier hour which gave with pride Anothei. 4 Cfi.vrnetvi to a Nation's Pray'r, A Son who with a Sire immortal vied, And claimed a kingdom for his guardian care. His Was no pause in honour's bright career, • Lilie his own Albion on the sea-beat shore 8e caught the tempest-soond with list'ning ear, Nor trembled at the angry surge's roar. 't But when they madly burst with torrent force; Prompt at the helm he steer'd, With firmer hand, The sacred vessel in her dauntless cuurse, • And husb'd the swelling storm, and hail'd the land. Nor his to mark that awful strife alone, Dome§tic conflicts—rash Rebellion's hour; Ile taw to shake his Britain's honour'd Throne, Contending nations lend their hostile pow'r. But saw, and trusted in that better cause, ._ That nerv'd with giant strength each Patriot arm, Their God—their Home—their Liberty—their Laws— The sacred watch-words—the protecting charm. And they DID march to Congaed, Glory, Fame, That onward march, which, in their destiu'd way, Fix'd on the Beacon many a deathless name, Those guiding lights to many a kindred day. Their orbs are set like his, and that high name, Which 2ittal greatness to a Rival rave, , Like Ms is sepulcheed—the voice of Fame Sounds all unheeded o'er each silent grave. Thine was the tide of eloquence that flows, (Lamented Statesman), like the mountain stream, When' the bright Sun in dazzling lustre throws The gathtr'd splendours of his noon-tide beam : Amidst the music of the rushing storm, Bursts in full radiance from his heav'nly height, And on the bosom of its awful form, Pours the full lustre of celestial light., Mute now that matchless melody of tongue, Like the ~rapt Poets o'er some gifted lyi e ! That voice on which applauding Senates hung, i\lidst Roman eloquence, Athenian fife. And yet not lost its counsels—they shall vie With proudest records of thy favottr'U land, Give that great name to Innoorlatity, And 'midst thy Country's chnrter'd lileSangs stand. *The talents of this Lacly are well Itnown to the -Public by malty pm.tical Etiii,ions4lid Tracts oo EDUCATION, which have justly raised tier name iu literary esthuation. t It will be unnecessary to recal to the ;leader the conduct of this Illustrious Statcsinan dui iug the period of the Altitirl at the tiurc. REGISTER OF FASHION. DUCHESS OF KENT. The following Bulletins respecting the health of the Duchess of KENT \vete issued on Saturday and yesterday:— " Kensingtot, Palace, Saturday morning, May 29,1819. " Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and the Royal Infant continue to do well. (Signed) " J. WILSON, " DAVID D. DAVIS." " Kensington Palace, May 30, 1819. " Her Royal 1-Tighness the Duchess of Kent, and the infant Princess, continue in the same state as in yesterday's Report. (Sigssed) " J. ►j'ILSON, " D. D. DAVIS." DUKE or KENT.—To the satisfaction which this Prince must enjoy at having his Royal Infant born in England, must he added, that of its being born on the birth-day of our re vered Sovereign. The 24th of May, the day on which the Duke of KENT'S Child was born, is actually the birth-day of she KING, which was trar,sferred to the 4th of June, from the cliange that took place from old to new style. The Du chess of KENT continues to suckle the infant, which thrives most favourably. FASHIONABLE PARTIES THIS EVENING. Lady Heathcote's rout, Grosvenor-square. Lady Northland's rout, Upper Grosvenor street. Lady and Mrs. Bt rout, Grosvenor-place. The Earl and Countess Grosvenor's Entertainment, Gros venor House. The Eat' and Countess of Bridgewater's Entertainment, Grosvenor-square. The Right Hon. Charles'and Mrs. Long's Entertainment, Bromic Prince Esterhazy gave a Grand Entertainment ycst:rday evening to upwards of 300 persons of the first. distillction: Tile Duchess of Gloucester visited the DUke and Duchess of Kent o!,. Friday. The Dula: and Duchess of Gloucester" visited the Prince Regent yesterday, at Carlton House. The Duke tie San Carlos gave a snroptuona entertainment yesterday, In honour of the Kir.g of Spain's kirth•day, to roost of the Foreign Ambassadors, Ministers, and It numerous party of distiognished personages. In the evening tire Duciress had an elegant fashionable party in Portland-place. The Duke and Dochess of Grafton gave an elegant enter tainment on Saturday to a party of distinction, at their house, Clarget-street. The Marchioness of Salisbury left town on Saturday, for her seat, Hatfield. The Countess of Hardwicke has left town for her seat, Cambridgeshire. Lord and Lady Grenville have left town, for their seat Dropm ore. Lord Falmotith returned to town on Saturday, final his teat in Berks. • Sir Wathin and Lady Harriet Wynn left town on Saturday, fur Droatnore, on a visit to Lord and Lady Grenville. G. Callaghan, EM. has left Warren', Hotel, ltvicut• street, on a tour. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S- BE CU, MAT 29. SLAN DER. MORRIS V. MACKINNON, M. D. This was an action for lantler.—Mr. BINGHAM opened the pleadings, The declaration stated, that the plaintiff being employed i❑ the blisinuss of an apothecary and accoucheur,. and having for many years borne the character of a person well shilltd and quaflfieti for such busii , ess, and having carried on the same with great pl.& and aavan tage, the defendant, contriving and intending to injure him, had wilfully, malicioindy, and with out at:y probable cause, uttered the following slanderous wolds of and concerning the atten dance of the plaintiff on the child of a Mrs.' Bol ter, namely :----" Your baby has been destroyed by calomel: the pallet of the mouth, the hones of the head, and the root of the tongue, have been entirely destroyed by mercury," &c.; by reason, of which slanier the plaintiff . was greatly injured in his profession,-his former patients having cens er' to employ him. The defendant pleaded the general issue—Nut Guilty. The damages were laid at 50001. Mr. SCARLETT stated the plaintiff's case, and pointed out to the Jury the nature of the serious injury of which his client had to complain. Pte . .: servistion of character wars' of the highest import ance to every professional man, but more particu larly to a medical man, whose existence _depended solely upon the good :opinion entertained of hint by society. The plaintiff . bad to complain of the most serious injury that could fall a man in his station of life—namely, the totaLdestructioa of his professional character, by the slander littered by the defendant. Mr. Morris, the plaintiff, ‘s ho resided in Chandos-street, Covent-garden t .bad for many years carried on the business of ass apothecary and man-midwife, with great reputa tion to himself and advantage to the public. He had had a numerous connexion, and was considered ft man of great respectability. The defendant, who resided in the Adelphi, was a Gentleman of the same profession, though in a different braneb, and was a man likewise of character and respecta bility—he was a Doctor of Medicine. It Lappened that the plaintiff had been called in to attend the fast ly of a tradesman named Defoe, some of wiso,,,e children were in a state of One of them hid died, and another being in a dying state, Dr. ntckinnon was desired by the pleht. to give Isis advice; which he did, but oil that oe casoti lie used language - with re , pect to the Wain.. tiff, which reflected in an 'IA. -coming manner upon his professional . sl6ll, and was calculated to do him irreparable injury. The case, lsowever, of plain:id' rested more pas tieulai . lv upon , be slander uttered by tee ,ieftntiant conreraiag to Mrs. Bolter, the person named in the tlerla rathln. About the same .blue that the ph it..tier attended the family Of ;si.. Dc:fo!, he wa,-c,.lled its to minister to the sick child of Mra.Bolter. The. child had been afflicted with the t neasles, and coming dangerously ill, the plaintiff.was sent for; and he gave it such ineriicines as in his jadgment seemed best adapted to ;emove the disorder. The ci.iid, lin9:ever, got worst , , and the mother h a y.. ing 'uncured a t;cliet to :he ktrevwn Pispensary,.. to whics: the cle!zucl.int wals physieau, the !:liter attended the infant ; and upon rtoptiting rho prkilously prtscribt:(l the %Orli dicines it ILid received, he ''as. ittoettiediriat the plaintiff !lad attended, and . hart pfescrilitAr pow der., s ome of which were 51.w. , 11 to ant : upon which he titter it lightly offensive lan guage concerning the plaintiff, and said that he astalicine given rk as poison. WI SIV'S' (dent occasion, when ‘str diet!, lie uttered the words stated in theAeelara:inii. as • nature of the slauder of w!,icl: the pl tintiff h . to complain—slander which was destructive n,:t only to his reputation, but bliAlsted all his lot lire hopes of existence. It - the case Was made nut in evi dence, no damages that the Jury Could give woald more hats conlansate the plaintaff for so serious . _ an injury. J..rne& Defoe, a master carpenter, residing in nuneerfot d- market, stat ed, that in June, 1817, Mr. Morris attended a sick child of his. The child died; and another of his children being af fected with the same disease immediately after, he sent for Dr. Mackinnon, for his advice. As soon as the latter had seen the child, he said he wished witness had sent for hint sooner, but assigned no reason then for the observation. Afterwards, when the second child divd, he said, that it he had been sent for in the first instance he, would have saved both the children, or he ‘s ould have torteited his existence ; but Mr. Niorris knew no more of the inside of a man Ulan he did of the inside of the moon. The defendant had attended the second child two days before it died, and in that interval had seen it six or seven tines. Witness had known Mr. Mortis sixteen or seven teen years, and had employed him before, ile had previously lost.two tither children, under the care of the latter. lie had lost a fifth eh ld under the care of Dr. Mackinnon himself, but it was not afflicted with the same disease as the others. Witness had ceased to milky the plaintiff i n hi s family, not solely in consequence of what the de fendant had said, but also on , account of having lost four children under the care of tip: former. William ,Sidney Jones; shopman to the plaintiff, remembered making up some medicints for Mrs. Bolter's 'child, which the plaintiff had attended.. After the child. died, he re-nemlicied aconversa tion between the plaintiff and the defendant, the subject of which was a Coroner's Inquest, which was about to be held on the b•rly of the child.— In that conversation the defendant acted to write a letter to the Coroner, assuring hint that - there was not the slightest ground of imputation upon Mr. Morris's medical skill ; and that the ruedi. cines given to the child were proper for its dis ease. Such a letter was afterwards sent by the beadle of the parish to the COroner. fact, the plaintiff had told the ‘viiness that the defendant had attended the Inquest, and had assured theirs that there was not the slightest ground for int peathirg the tdaintiff's practice. Tce w:tnels was then asked whether ;be plain tiff's practic. bail not been very consticrable ? Ibis (petition was put„ with a view to show the general injury I.sbich the plaintiff must sustain utu the slotuder of the defeuUkint but ; the Cowl& .~~i, r