The Sun. — London, England, 1816-12-19 00:00:00

: 2 11 i Amoagst the accidents at bea during the late heavy gale on Friday night, the Hound revenue cutter, Captain LEWIS, had very nearly been sunk by the stroke of a very heavy sea, while laying-Yo under her try-sail and storm-jib, which carried away ber bulwark down to the'bends, and Mains! filled her : luckily, however, by her being promptly got before the wind, and by baling and)iumping, -she got into Ramsgate harbour. She has been very successful, and the -smugglers on the Sussex coast will rejoice, at her temporary absence during , her being refitted. • Dear., Dec. IB.—Arrived, and remain, the mony, Ttn.Locn, from Detnerara.—Wind N. • Fire ,o'Clock.—Wind N. N.V. and thick wea ther.---The greatest part of the- outward bound have sailed : about la sail still remain, to see the result of the wind -to•morrow morning at day light. -- PLYmotrin; Dec.-17.—Came in the Bulldog, DYA , ,orz, from Virginia for Liverpool.--The brig Rover, that was on shore at Mount Batten Bay, lias been got off with daniage. PotursAzotrru, DEC. 18.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Doatnedary for Deptford.—Wind N.W. ToanAY, Dac. in .this ,Bay his /I.taleity's ships Hope, Eridanus, and Beitomart; Wind W.S.W., • FALHov - rx, DEC. IG.—Arrived the Duke of Kent _packet with a mail from Lisbon, in seven days, with loss of bowsprit ;' also the Zephyr, 115.vanct.D, from Malaga, and - sailed for London. The following paclirts are now in • the Roads, waiting a wind :—Lady Arabella. and Duke of tiarthcrough, for Lisbon ; Princess Elizabeth, for the Mediterranean Marchioness of Queens- berry, for America and Lady Wellington,,. for the Islatuts. -.......,,,..gr ripp...,---... Extract of a Letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Nassau, dated Oct. 14 " In the month of June last, the British schooner Cement, of this port, sidled • malt with a cargo of dry goods, amounting in vit, Inc to about 40,000 dollars : thee goods were purchased here by some Spaniih traders. On her way to Havannah the Cement was captitred by the Carthagenian privateer Saw inela, and carried to Campeachy, where some of the passengers were Laded. The master and crew, however; with the traders that were•principally interested, were de. trained on board, - •and the Sa»tinela, with her prize, set sail for Campeachy, and nothing has' Since been - heard of them. We titi not suppose Phut -a British vessel, with British property on Guard, .has any thing to apprehend front those Cruisers; but :we do not conceive a British yes , Sal safe with Spanish property on board.!' • INTERNATIONA L COURTESIES. A Correspondence appears in the AMerican Ors, between Lord' Ex MOUTH and WILLIAM &lA £5ll, Eft!. the Consul-General of the United states:at Algiers, which is highly honourable to both parties. His Lordship stales•from on board the Queen Charlotte, under date (it the 2d of Sep tember, that he had been inforMed- by the •British Consul, Mr. M'botiald, -of the extreme kindness and .attention of Mr. Shake• to him during the period of his•cruel conanement by the Etey giers, and therefore his Lordship felt it his•incli nation, as well as- his duty as Commander in Chief of the British fleet, -to. convey to Mr: 'Shake, in the ntime of the British nation, as well as indi vidually, his sincere acknowledgments for • the tenor he had given of his friendly disposition.— His Lordship then refers- to the humane and . ge-t , Verona conduct of Mr. Shafer towards the Officers and men of Ws Majesty's ship Prortiethetts, who heittg thrown into chains at Algiers, Mr. Slialer; with marked humanity, tarnished them with efothes for their comfort, and money to reheve. the •cravings of hunger; all ‘vhich was done ,at his personal risk. 'Such acts of huMane genero sity, his Lordship observes, Ought to be recor&- ed; and his Lordship pro Mises to bring the .cir ,enntstanee before the view of his Majesty's Go vernment in the light it merits. The answer of . Shafer is modest and gentlemanlike.. He says that his regard for Mr. 11-I‘Donald alone - was sufficient to call into activity every thing in his tower to serve him and his family : and that he tweet tlolibted but that, under sith -circtun Stances, iris counirymen would have received from any British (Meer,- si#uated as he was, the same relief, which it was 'fortunately in his power to extend' to the Officers - -and boat's crew of his tannic: ItLijesty!s ship Prometheus, so unjustly_tle taMed at Algiers; and the letter concludes with expressing Mr,. Shales's sensibility of the fLitter log approbation of his Lordship on his conduct. The gusto; arrived at Windsor, Irom the Pa vilion, on Monday, at lour o'clock in the after- vtlt)11. Yesterday about four o'clock the Princess Au -Gums SaLtas, ihe daughter of the Diichess of Cul.tsvßtaNl, arrived •in the Duke of Cumlisk- ZAND's landau at Cumberland Honse, St. James's Palace, attended by -111adame DLYBouno. The Princess was received by the Duke of CUMBER LAND, the .pnehess continuing confined to her 7Partments. Eder Royal Highness came 'by Ca ."'s to England ; she left Dover on Tuesday, and Slept at Sittingbourne, and floin thence proceeded to Lonthm. The house adjoining Cumberland noose, belonging to Mr. GonToN, in which Prince -ELoCuErt resided during his stay in England, has been taken for the residence Of the Princess and her domestics. Her Royal Highness is between 13 and 14 years of age. • A Court of Common Council will be held to- Inorrow, to receive the PRINCE REGENT'S Answer tg the. Petition of the Corporation. The ,said answer, we understand, almost• stunned the in solent faction, and whether they may have been able in the interval to muster brass enough for a spew of spirit we know not, but we are assarxd, Abut never did such 'a set of crest-fallen Cocks forget their striuting, to waddle out of Carlton Hout# as they • T.11:',..\ DatiaY-LANE.-Last night Coon's Opera of Rama h Droog was revived at this Theatre, after a sleep of abou:t sixteen years. Considerable ex pence seems to have been bestowed on the see. eery and some of the dresses, but still there are ninny of the latter which ill accord either with Eastern costume or magnificence. 111Azztticat and REEVES'S MUSIC is occasionally pleasing, and there vie several introductions which met with applause : half a derten. very faint encores were very promptly attended to.—The :latter eirettni- stance, perhaps, added to a certain languor which we could not shake off during the progress of the dratna—i he repetition ,of what is not highly attractive converts that which is tolerable into that which is dull, • ' .MUNDE N ' S Ckellingoe and JOHNSTONR'S Liffey were, as when the Opera first came;out, the corks which floated the lumbsr. Hoax, COOKE, PYNE, Misses MERRY, MANGEON, &C. sustained the mu sical parts, none of them with prominent merit ; Miss KtiLLY was a smart breeches figure ; and there were ,a grand procession with elephants, camels, &c., a shawl dance by Miss SMITH, a fencing bout, a battle, and dblow np—matters, in the existing state of our Stage, as indispensible to the success of any Opera, as aTooth-diiwer is to a modern Farce. BISHOP OF LICHFIELD'S CIRCULAR LETTER to THE CLERGY OF STAFFORDSHIEN. _ . ECeleshall Castle, September, 1816. REV. tt,—The unexamr.led distress which at present pre vails in various parts of the County of Stafford, inductd the Nlazistrates to procure a Meeting of the' inhabitants at Staf ford, on Monday, the 16th of this month, when a very liberal Subscription commenced in behalf of the sufferers. I have been desired to communicate this circumstance to the officiating Ministers_ of the Churches in the County of Stafford, in order that 'they may recomme nd the adoption of this object of Charity to their pal ishioners; and. I beg leave to add my must earliest wishes for the success of the mea sure, with a confident hope, that it will receive your support and assistance in the forwarding of donations or collections in your parish ; lint in such a manner that the feelings of these persons, if possihie, may not be hurt, to whom, iu this time of extensive distresS, it may not be convenient to contribute at all; . or to contribute so-nitteb as might be expected from them, in 'respect of their rank in society. I Rev. Si r e your obedient Servant, I. LICHFIELD and COVENTRY. • BOXING. There was a great day's sport at Coximad Heath, ear Hazley, Hants, which commenced at ten o'clock yesterday morning, with a- pitched battle !for sixty guineas and. a.purse,of five, between E. Smart, • who beat a - navigator at the name of Atkins, near the same spot, a tew weeks since, and Peter Gibbon, a plant from the Somersetshire stock. All the forest Steeds and crazy vehicles in the country .contiguous were put in requisition, anti the assemblage, it not so .knowing as the gems which adorn a Molesey ring, were of the same motley'kintl. Sam Harper, a rolling • coachman, seconded Smart, and. young Bellhorse, the hope ful progeny of the celebrated backsword player, who was lately sent ou a voyage across cute At lantic, officiated. for Gibbon, with choice bottle holders. A square of 30 feet was formed With hurdles for the fight., . Smart ‘vos the favourite. • Round t. `mart was bit down with hooy blow on the chest at making play. 2. Gibbon attempted the same rush, lint Smart broke away and received him, chanceried his head wjth much sci ence, and contrivell, in the Belcheronian style,, to keep his own out of the way. In rallying hr had none the best, from over , ceight, but some heavy 'hits vre heard round the ring, and smart was thi own. Gibbon became the favourite, and it was plain hebad up bill work with a rough gem, who couldonly be beat by science. S. Gibtioi► went in, and his adversary was hit away in par rying. Smart however, measured him at the mark, and drop ped him handsomely. _ _ 4. Gilthon piped like a boatswin's mate; a loaf might hare been concealed ni alternate risings. of his stomach. He got away for wind awkwardly, and lost sight of the erection of his fists; be wm hit down by a right lugger. A horse to a hen on the event. • • • • 5. and C. Gibbon recerved'enoughto satisfy a dray-horie; he was covered with'blood, and had , no chance. . 7. received a ,C.CVtIC round blow on the left side,"and Gibbon run in upt,n it, and gave him a heavy Semerset. • Some good fighting took place in the Sib, 9th, and lath rounds, considet ing t be weakness of tile men, and the strength of Gibbon served him materially—it was any bAy's battle. It. Stuart fell on his knees in ping in. , 12. Gibbon won the fight by a.chance hit upon his adver sary's jaw, which removed it with a tooth, and he •could nut appear in time. 'l'hc batik was altogether a good one,--it lasted 26. minutes, and the men chewed much bravery. - A. wrestling match afterwards took place for a Subscription Hat and Frock, between a swain from the tale of Berkshire and a Cobham youth, whigh was won by the former. To finish the whole as genteelly as possible, Soule nymphs were preparing to start for a Che mise and Cap, when our account left. Prince LEOPOLD, on his birdr-day, gave •lirce• lions that, every. !mar person and cl►iltl 'should have a joint ormeat and a quarter') loaf. Each female had sufficient flannel to make a:petticoat. From Madrid, Nov. 10, there is a Royal De cree, prolonging the sale of foreign enyou goods, legally brought into the kingdom, to the end of December next. After that period they must all be sold twthe.Philippine Company, for the pur- pose of export abroad, or Conveyance to America. Accounts from Leghorn, dated the sth brought by a Flanders Mail, state, that the plague had appeared in the Lazaretto at Tripoli ; that five persons hail already died, and seven others were infected with the disease. 'he account from Mr. PLATT yesterday, stated, that he was rather better—the snrgeons have covered the actual seat of the ball, and-they are in expectation of being able to extract it as soon as the swelling and inflammation are abated. a. Major TOLSON, of the Life Guards, Whom some of - the papers stated as being under an arrest, owing to a brother officer attacking a constable, has, upon a full enquiry, been most honourably acquitted, and is now discharging his regimental duties.—(Motning Paper:) On the 10th inst. two Frenchmen were guillo tined in the market-place of Rotten, for coining live flr.d two franc pieces of money; 'this is the second occurrence. within the last five months for , a similar offence. ' Yesterday a Court of Directors Wall held at the East India House, when Captain J. Buten was sworn into the command of the ship Waterloo, consigned to Prince of Wales !loud and China. , 0:11G:N P.l2l'itY. t Pit 0 P U On the Person wig: was accused of an Attempt to pullo B LIHN3' P9entiVi'o7 . ll. Mr, Su rit 1( 1 3 . diction Baum. To stealing Bards from stealing rhyme Most natural the gust is; So Plagiarists beware in time, • For thievery no trust is; And here you tee crime leads to crime,— ifstrita' Poems to Bur/14' Justive TEUTHA LINES Addressed to a ' , ern Young- Gentleman, on'reeeitiing a Mali eat Aelter of j'hnnlts, iu his name, front his , Father, for the present of a Itocking-Horse. The SPUR of the occasion, I Dear JUHNNY cannot let pass by, 'Without expressing I'm a debtor - For your poetic pretty Letter, Which proves that yon have got a Horse For bitter rather than for worse. I think in SHAKESPEARE you will see An Adag-eus'd quite pat for me : " , Are Two to mount a Horse incliu'd g..To certain ONE must ride behind." But-Jkow to manage when there's prar..E, Sage Doctor's do' not quite agree. 'Yourself and Faatlev, at your ease, May gallop gaily when you please ; Sidt tho' the Poney 'II carry double Without a whip, or spur, or trouble, 'Tis doubtful if lie would be able Should ANNE get up—to quit the stable, If my advice you'd deign to take, Ftrhaps fur*Harmony's sweet sake, The, way would be, as Schoolboy's do, Without great fuss or much ado, When many Boxers are at one Let ONE be down ere Vallee* on. But fearful lest I should intrude, And my poetr verse be deemed too rude, 111 finish ere yoti can cry pish! With this sincere and ferrentwish, • May JOHNNY, FRANK, and ANN, through life, Trot on devoid of Turnpike strife, And as the journey more extends, Xee'r ride the Moil Hutto. with their Friends ! TARTAR. THE CHANCES. AN EXCELLENT NII‘V BALLAD ; Very proper tp lie run- al Hall, Yard, and Field VU swear there's no plot, and I'll tell you the reason; No eottspiraey settled, no organized treason; No serious affray;---only riot in fun, Despite of the (3ountElt, the POST, and the SUN. It began unawares, by a strange sudden chance, As the grand ItevoInt101) first happened in France; And the Mob—l beg pardon—the Citisens—eaule fly chance to Spa-fields for the chance- of a name.. • The Waggnn 1 y c hance was at baud for the train, The flatiners by chance were At Chancery-bine ; And the Ribbons by chairre rather awlswartily ,got Themselves iutu the chance of a tri - -eoloureti knot. The Chairouts , who happened to he Mi s ter PaystoN, 11Ierely happened to promise to carry the rest on; So into the waiter) he happened to pop, Which made at Spa-ticids just a chance of a stop. h is comrades, by chance unaccountably guided, With sabres and muskets by chance were provided; And by chance where there chanced to be weapons in store, They chanced all the gunsmiths to plunder La more.. Wherever these patriots happepre4 to stop, • Sonitirkance wits quite certain to empty the shop; The pistols otliciously jumped from the shelves, And thu gives very kindly went oil of themselves. But ainck! well-a-day l—ere the chance was mature, They chanced rather rashly to think it cock.sure; And one rapid Beformer hat laid it all flat, By the hasty chance-medley that shot Mr. PLATt. Then Orator Hurry, who had happened to call The Meeting that day for no mischief at all, Just happened to take a short airing at random,, And happened to di ive. to Spa-tieltr in his tandem. And oh! how he happened to wonder and stare At the happenings that happened before he got there ! Quoth the Orator--" nothing can trouble me now, " kor I happen to shew myself after the Row." 'Twat odd to 'be sore—bat odd things will ocour,-.- That Shittiehl should .herppen with London to stir, And ion ull the chances of happining to fail, Without happening to wait for the News by the Mail. Thou ,, b there happen to be such placards on each wall; Thoogifeorumittees should happen such Meetings to call; Though Orator H NT- correspond, with young WATsom i , Yet these are no hinges to fasten )our plots on. „ The Meeting was fixed for the bright hour of noon ; And the one was too late, and the of too soon; Solittwreo them, i twas.cleared of the cionce of the plot, .11y him who was,in it, and him who was nut. Lora love you!—'teas dance 7 —uyou honour, no more; Thtiugh it chanced to Le settled a tortnight•before; And whoever suspects the least bit' of a bellenie, Father Cnatiert shall prove his suspicion a dream. No, no—ther e 's n o plot ; —and the C4ropicte inan tiamitewit that 11r/.opt is the whole of the Then if we should happen to imitate France, The Design is Reform, and Rebellion the Chance. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Earl pf Nlouotoorria,,in Arlingtem-street, from Cand- linParli, Ireland; Lord John Russell, iu Hamilten-place, front Weiburn-althey; Viscontit Alvanley, in Stanhope-street, from Mailers-green-, Hants; Lady Sophia Holmes and fa mily, at the St. Pete:l - burgh Hotel, Dover-street; Captain Sulli'van, at dittO, from'Qbelteultans the Earl of Ashhurn 7 ham, iu Dover-street; Sir Abraham Hume, Bart. in Hill. street ; George P ococ k, E sq. M . P . in Charles-street; Lord St. Helen4ln Grafton -street; Lord 'Thomas Cecil, at Thomas's thitet; Sir Richard Carr Glynn, Bart. and family, in Arling- . tunitregl ; Lady • Emily Wellesley, at Conk's Hotel Bight Hun. Thomas Grenville, in Cleveland-square.; Lady AI , - thorpe, in Pall-Mall; Lord HuntingtielJ, .in Grammar- 7 4111341 re, Captain 'Halliday, at Fenton's Hotel; Hertford.Ba tershy anti familyiut Jordan's Hotel; DEPARTURPS. The Martinis and Marchioness of Tavistock, for Melton Mowbr 4 Y the Earl of Galloway, and the Ilan. Col. Stewart, M.P. fur Hatfield, front Borougiihridge t the Marchioness Dc BourW and family, for Paris ; the Dowager Countess of Sefton, for Er Implon-couit ; Lady Selsey, fur West Dealt, Sussex; the Hall of Chatham, fur Cstrohridgeshire; Sir Geo. Nugent, Bart. fur Great Marlow, Docks; Captain 14fackensie, for Cautbray. ~~ ~..~.~ THE LATE' RIOTS. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE RIOTERS. • MaNstetN•iimisE.--.-Yestereloy all the prisoners in custody upon the charge of being unpin toed , in the late disturbances, were brought im fOr re " The eroWd'assetubled was immense. Tire itistietßolinn was tilled almost to suffocation, and the front .audimmediate avenues of the Mara' sion-house were thronged with persons who could not obtain admission to tire interior of the building. Previous to the Lord Mayor entering into the investigation, lie stated that he had again received variety of communications, some of which were important, as they Went to particularize the con duct of the rioters on the 241 instant. Some of these persous tore in. custody. As usual, there were a number of addition a l l e t ters - re l at i ve to young Watson, 'froth which tire Icillowhig is se lected, as appearing to possess most curiosity, if not interest : " MY Lonu,—You haring failed hi every search that has hitherto been made for the younger Watson, I beg leave to submit to your Lordship's notice the following statement : After Mr, Watson lett the mob in the Minories, and it was found 'that so much atrocity was attached to the shooting of Mr. Platt, (who, by the bye, certainly provoked his own fate,) 'Mr. %Vinson proceeded to the houie of a friend in Catherine street. in the Strand, where filleting that a very strict search was making for hint, his friend passed him to a Gentleman of well-known integrity, where an oath was immediately pro posed and'thken, trot to divulge the place of his concealment « NoW, my Lord, if you will undertake to give me a pirate audience, and keep my name' a secret, 1..wi11 deliver Mr. Watson into your hands on Friday neat. If your Lordship should' think this worthy your attention, you will please to notice it in the public prints ; Tf mu, rest assured, my Lord, it will be impossible veer to dis Cover the retreat of this voting man. - " My Lord; I hate the honour to be, " Your Lordship's Most obedient lintzthle servant,' " P. S. The reason for not giving your Lordship my right address is, the loss of my situation I now bold under a prig vats gentleman. J. K. London, Dec. t 6, 1816." • The Lord Maytir Intel, that although he had complied with the desire expressed by the pretend ed Watson, in his letters, he had not yet received a communication ; but the circumstance did mat disappoint him, as he never considered the linen- Ments genuine. He added his (ears that the de scriptionv,iven of young Watson was not so ac curate a's it ought to be, and said he Would take means to correct it. /11//ioin Ounneil and Thomas Tyrrell, two dray men, were called, and first put to the Bar. The Lord MayOr inquired of John Roberts, the boy of Mr. Beck with, whether be recollected see ing either of them in or about the shop of his master, on the 'day of the riot* ?- , -The witness re plied in the negative. Mr.' Griffin 'called.—The lust man that broke the wind4ws of Mr. Beckwith'a shop was cer tainly a drayinan; but 1 fear it is not possible tor me to recollect either of the parties now at the Bar. [Here the Lord Mayor ordered the ,prisoners each to put on his • hat, when the last witness cont inued] The man who broke the windows had, I think, smaller features than the prisoners ; hut the shorteit prisoner of the two (Gunnell) I eettainiy . saw in Skinner-street. John am a private in the first regis meat of Lilt! Guards, anti- was in .the llitaorics an the day of the riots, where I 3:kw . a man very ae vc in the'rnob: I cannot say it was a drayman, hut he wielded a weapon like an axe, very dexter ously, and made a cut at my arm. The Lord Mayor.—The shorter man (Gunnell) I saw myself, but .who can speak to Tyrrell ? Mr. Griffin and the boy Roberts were re-called, but could not identity Brand,. the Marshalman The prisoner, my Lord, was pointed out to me as one of the rioters, and when 1 went to take him into custody, he said be-knew lie was wanted. • , The Litt! Mayor—What account* you give of yourself Tyrrell ? Prisoner-;--My Lord, I deny being in the mob. Joseph Page—l am a drayman;ind heard Tyr., rell lay he waint the Meeting in Spa-fields, bite heiutiti no more. Gtrnell said he car r i e d a ver y heavy piece, andi was obliged to-obtain a Halter. :The Lord Mayor--=How Inive you,Tyrrell, been lately employed 3. PristaneiMy Lord, I have been out of employ ment for. snme weeks • I used to work with the witness Page: [At this period of the investigation the Lord Mayor was summoned to attend a Court of Lieu tenancy at Guildhall, front which he did not re turn for two hours, when the examination was resumed.), Mr. Hirnish.—T was passing Skinner-street the day of the riots, and saw the mob turning towards the house of Mr. Beckwith ; they had a Nei; flying, - and I saw a drayman advance to, the shop, and with the butt end of a musket break in the windows. The piece with which he did it was very large 4rul heavy. Hone_, the foreman to Mr. Beckwith, eon•.' firmed the testimony of the last gentleman, RS to the outrage upon the shop being first committee by a draymitn. The Lord Mayor.—Can you, Tyrrell, bring evidence as to where you were on the day of the riots Prisnner...---I"Can, my Lord. I was in Spa fields on film day fdi about half an hour, and'theo weft to a public-house.. 1 afterwards went to anothcr public-house, where 1 remained until four o'clock. petsap- named , Gosset was *it'll me. - . The Lord Mayei.---Then let the individual riti mention be brought forward to-morrow. • 'Elio case agaitpt you is slight, and I shall nor detain volt longer than I can help. At to Gunnell, there is so much auitinSt him that be must be kept till Mnaday.---d'emarided. Mr. Harmer, the solicitor; addressed the Court on behalf of Carter, and stated that several tiiends were in attendance to give him a character. The Lord Mayor.—Tbe fullest consideration up to the present time has beengiven to the different cases, and the best opinion taken tvhich could bc obtained. The result of these are, that the pri soners should all be indicted for the felony in breaking the home of Mr. Beckwith, and plun dering it of arms. &c. The City Solicitor does not wish to decide too rapidly, and though all may be committed for the offence stated, there Dye. 18, 1816. Ij { !t