The Sun. — London, England, 1816-01-06 00:00:00

CONAPATVIL. /ATTER FROM AN' OFFI6ER. " SAINT HELENA, Nov. 6, 1815. 7 --We, !who ire :sent into banishment With Buonaparte, to. the! most wretched and desolate spot in the habitable 'world, have good reason to curse his mime : Here eve are literally starving; or living upon the hard Irish beef. which We get for, a ration, in the pro portion of I lb. per day, and which is so hard as to. be susceptible of . as high a polish as mahogany.— The privations we all endiire are very great, and tvere it' not that we sometimes . catch fish (for buying them is (ant of the question) * l do npt know - what would become of us ; five or six regu larly fish every (lay for dinner and breakfast, and lave continued to get a mama! or two each for ifiase meals; but you, must not suppose them like the mackerel von get in England; the largest not being hall the size. • It was lndicreas to see the_ ladies of the 53d (who arrived in the Ceylon, with the second divisionof the regiment, ten days after in) asking for the marker, and their astonishment !r3ll'llot small when they found there was no such thing in the. place. They are worse off than our selves : all the officers have only three marquees rmong them, and those four miles trap! the town. VoorNapoleon is at= a hOuse in! the country, or rather hut, for he his but one room, which serves bim for " hed-room,- parlOur, kitchen and a 'loose at Longwood, about four tuiles from the, •lown is preparing for . hint, hitt will not be ready in two months, and then he will not be mud) better accommodated for the whole of. his suite, (eight persons, Independent ,ot servants), as it will not more than furnishs room for each. The geaerals and their wives are at present in a house in, tOwn, until the one that -Napoleon goes to at Longwood is ready, when • they all 'go there.— Chat. Mackey. (53,1) lives with Napoleon, and he . never moves without two sedeants with him, so that there isuo fear of his escaping. Every boat i n the island, fialierusan's or nor, is moored at sun-set by a naval officer, and reported to time Commander to be done so. -All guards under arms . at sun-set and day-break dratV ! bridges up st sun-set, and as Many precautions taken as if an - enemy were actually in sight of the island ; no merchant's ship of ' any description is allowed' .to antiior, and the ,place exactly the saute as if blockaded.muost closely. It is morally impossible that he. should 'escape from the island without having a ship at a little distance to : receive him ; snd any sail can b seen sixty miles off in mode Cutely clear weather. " Two &hips have been sent to the Cope of Good Hope for stuck; which are anxiously lOoked This island supplies itself with'notbing but vegetables, and depends entirely on 'imports for subsistence. Cutting Off all trade prevents any sup ply, to the inhabitants, but what they are allowed to purchase. front the public stores (the same qua lity us the ration to the troops) ; the fishing-boats not being allowed to fish at night, which was the best time altogether, renders the situation . of Ciri. leans worsethan ours, and they nnfriuur not a little... I suppose the population. of the island May amount to 1500,.. including 500 'Company's troops. The state of society : here Is much behind what one would have expected its au English Colony, In deed, there is scarcely any, stielety to be met with, except the daughters at the Company's:ofiicers, and they can say Yes or No.—They arc what we cstll Yainstocks (natives of the island.) They had a theatre, which; however, was shut lung before we came.—We first made it a barrack, and now a hospital. 'A library, they say, they will have in Six Months. We ere all invited to dice at the GoVernor's on the Sth instant. for. ' Sir GE. Cockburn is going to give a ball at the Castl.(where he liVes) nest week, if he can find ladies : of course we shill go there. Sir George is at his old- work of-fortifying, 'which he carried on so much in America. He is now building a re doubt at Egg Island, about half a mile fronrSt. Helena, to defend a • bay or beach; 'co which, in very smooth vreather, people May land; and get into ''a cavern, and on which •beach the al'. tillerytnen arc nearly drowned.. by the sea washing over them, because they could not get; up the rocks out ul its way. An ene:- Irty with arms •and anunttnition certainly .might be able to get up better than many without, who were only trying to sure their by escaping from the waves. Inclued, there would be 'great difficulty in landing anywhere on the Island (but just at Jlllll6'll' Town), - from thelre mentions surf. To the northward of the Island it is always impossible; and to the westward, except James's and Letnon Valleys, you see nothing but an abrupt rock rising out of the water, The Whole island is 'nulling but a-number of high rocks, evidently volcanic i sherving„,ey,en now, n, great appearance of fire, blacktexcuriated, and its light as pumice stone in Many Inassei. These rocks are LUerseCteci with narrow which in any other , ‘Et country you would rivines : latt,e patches of these gullies are cultivated, thus produce Guinea grass and some vegetables. The following fruits gootb very sparingly : oranges, peaches, dates, figs, bananas, - lemons, , and one .or two more fruits.— You see a few cocoa nut trees, but they - do not bear fruit ; but these are only seen in the yanks, the mountains not even having a shrub on them. The cliMate is Veiy temperate, and they tell us very fine and healthy. The brown canary bird is A native of this island, and. has a .more heautifol note than the yellow one. The Java sparrow, a most - beautiful bird, with a very low note, is also found here. There are also pheasants, partridges, some pigeons, and a number of wild doves, - which we are not yet allowed to ;boot. I expect to send this by the Minden; daily expected with prisoners front the Isle of France. Iris a remarkable fact, that these pri- , sutlers were on the point of rising and taking pas- . session of the island in Ihe !mitre of Napoleon Bhonaparte ; but their plot was discovered ! ! The Chief bad a commision signed 'by Buona parte anti they : would have succeeded in the vn-. terprize, as most of the troops were gone to Ma dras, but most fortunately the Minden arrived the day the insurrection was to take place, anti caused the discovery " • SPANISH AMERICA. By accounts from Vera Cruz, up to the .24th of September anti from Mexico to the 15th of July, it appears that ten transports, accompanied by the frigate Sahhie, had landed 2000 men io Vera ,Cruz, under the command of Gen. Myares, but they had not been able to effect any thing. The Independents were within the neighbottr hood of Mexico, and .had 'cut 'Off the co:nail - mica-, tiou,. with the Ulterior. The emergencies of the. Spanish Government were so, gresit. that Vice! oy Caliejtis bath several tintdi convened General Juntas, for the puirpose of obtaining amaey, but without effect:; aid at la , t he resorted to force, and thereby obtained 400.000 dollars. No ge neral action had occurred between tite contending parties, bat several partial Mies in ditfererft points. The Mexican insurgents have adopted new pl a ns, by concentrating their forces in the North, th coarmanicare the better with Europe. and the !Jolted States, in order to obtain arms. 'Tie' have' fitted out several privateers,, and already : made 26 Spanish prizes. .Tha . insurgents were blockading the river AlVarado, and had taken •the port of litiataino. Three Commissitmers froM the Independent Government. of Mexico 'have gone to tire United States. The Vieeroy.bas prohildted all rettnions,of Ladies in tire capital, from their being all so favourable to the insurgents. Per dinand VII. bad created a new Order, to he given to all those who shall distinguish _t4emselves in subjecting the American Prov,inees.i. it is called the Royal American Order of Isabella the, Ca....! t NAVAL NEWS. DEAL, SAN. s.—Arrlvednd sailed for the River, thp - Maida, HEARD, frOm dirt's.; , Cos sack, NEWTON, from Malaga ; Einerath, ALLEN, from Jamaica ; Harriott, lltt.t, from Seville.— Remain the- flOn. East India COmpany's ships Cabalva, Castle Unfitly, Marquis of liontly, and !Marquis of Ely, detained by contrary Caine dOwn from the River the Emma, CRIPPS, for Madras.—Wind N. W. FALM(,VTII, JAN. 3.—Sailed, the Prussian ship trar . moity, Captain Know, for Dubliu.—Winti Noith. • HARWICH, JAW. 5. Ayriv,etl tlie Most', ‘eith a mail and passengers from Goebel'. burgb.—Wipel PLYMOUTH, JAN. 41—Caine in the . Dorade, l'AnicuaNT:, from Morlaix ; St. Jean, Vositc, 'frm : Roseoff; Agenoria, LEAY, from Guernsey; Panliont sloop of war, froM Tortsmofuth4 I mills try, Daew, from Vlaoa. PouTsmotrru, JAN. s,—Arrived the Mari from Bermuda ; Mary Ann, 'from Bremen .; Olk;e Branch, Li'merick trader, Caotham, Swat- loco, Mibrow, Chamion, Earl St: Vine6t, 13;0y alty, Constantia t , Salisbury, Janet'', Lord Hun gerfOrd, Merlin, and Alfred, from the Dawns ; Port up a, from Itiga Malta, from flatubargh.— Wind Westerly. CORI, 4,0. L---Sailed; itijesy's ship He licon' on a cruise.--Wind S.W. The Cornwallis, free trader, was to sail from. Calcutta for England on the 20th August, amt may be daily expected to arrive. The Mary and Mornington licensed ships were taking in loading at Calcutta, and_would sail about the *Attie time for &Witold. The Marchioness of Wellesley in diaman arrived at Bengal on the 6th AlignSt, and the Maister at. the sure .plitee on the 9th. The' Entlymion and Salisbury, free traders, arrived at. Madras ; on the 290 of August.. The country ship' Frederick and Maria' arrived Off FJlmouth' on the -24.1 inst. ; lefti'Bengal the 36th June, Isle of France 23th Sept., and the Cape 28th October. There were no India. ships either at.the Cape or the Isle of France. ,A small brig was seen to go down olfSearbo. rough, on the 27th ult.. with all her crew ; since. which a fishing cable of that port, hauling her lines near the spot, lit Onght up a drownedsailor, end a red.vane, with two white balls in the mid." tile, appeared nearly, new s :.the ,cti it wti, ytinted white ; and (pile ORIGINAL . ',omit?. tift the bates of the Hottentot Venus, at Parth. The Venus df Mali& scarcely has flown, ' When Paris, alas ! your iicxt. Venus is gone:— And no end to your losses you find: Well may you insackluth and ashes deplore. ; For the/67.'1+er fair form bad no equal 1.-ji,re, "And the taller no equal behind. A VIRTUOSO. EPIGRAM. .11flia Witless days grace in a manner that's odd s Ys there never a Parton among tic —Thank God ! ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. ARRIVALC Lord and Lady Castlerea. , sh, at their. house, in St. James's square, front Lord Sutiirld's teat, in Norfolk; Lord Falmouth, in St. James's-street; the Earl of Bathurst, in Mansfield street, eavendisilsquare the. Countess of Arran, in Dover - street ; Lord Sithuouth, in New-street, Spring-gardens, from . Brighton; gr. Beckett, from ditto; Colonel Barclay, at Blake't Hotel; Mrs. Dent's:it, and Weise° Miss Bennetts, at ditto; 13 ! :.steral Lafeltie're, at the St. Petershursti - Hotel; 31hjor.D'Aubreuil; at ditto. DEPARTURES. Prince E tt. rbazy, aceo:npanied by Mr,. Newman, fur the Earl (If Jersey's, Middleton Park; Lord Rivet - 5, from South sticet, Cirosvenur-square, to Stratblieldsay, Hunts; Sir A. Hume, Bart. for Worndeybury, ticks; the Earl of Bridge water, for Herta; the Right lion. Charles and Mh. Lung, for Bromley-hill; CattilltZonuhia, for Inserary Casile,' Argyle ithire;• Colonel Aeheinn, to Stites; Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Ore. gory Irby, fur Brithwell , house, Iletl4. THE THEATRES. DRUItY-AJANE.-. 4 -'Mrs: 11ARNICS ) whose perform mice of Jittiet we noticed on Saturdays, Lust night appeared in the part of 4 Desctentorta. It would be unjust to say she was, successful, and having in oar torincreritique very mildfy stetted flue causes of her failure, we will not be guilty of the, cruelty of re-Opening the record. Suffice it to say, that Drury has yet to acquire a leading Female Tra gedian. The rest of the play .was. done in :the usual style, only that E.F.AN was , hoarser than e s oinmoti and his. admirers of course applauded him more loudly, on the credit of conceptions which II: was oulble to execute ! COVENT-GAIMEN.—After (..'yrnon, Tklnol69llB Hoaxes light and lively Farce, Trial by Jury, was revived at this house from the Haymarket. This humorous piece beins.sustained by the com bined talents of Messrs. Joss, A/3110T ) LISTON ) SIMMONS. 11rs. Gtsas, soil MiSS MATHEWS, was very faVunralrty received, and Will doubtless run in its fair proportion through the remainder of the season. , FORMIDABLE BANDS OF ROBBERS. NAPLVS, DEC. 4 .—For spine years past bands of rubbers have infested this ci i ty , and the neighbour. hood. Rendered more hold by the success of their first "• : Isttempts, they began to rob the riebest efis'irehes, and the Most:opulent Privat e persons. - Thedest rirct ion of severalother bands had furnished no information respecting these. At last a robbery lately committed in the palace of the Marquis de Ruff°, led the police into the right tract: to dia. : cover the persons who have been guilty of such crimes for„years. By this they have succeeded in arresting the authors of 160 robberies ; among the rest, those of 65,,,churches, including that of the silver, stotne of St. Blaisei seven years ago,— Besides the advamtsge of, disabling the great number of th e from doing mischief. This dis covery has the happy consequence' otrestoring to liberty many. innocent persons who were confined on suspicion. On Tuesday afternoon the Arebrittlccs Joule tenth Lewis, of Austria; and .silite, arrived at the Star Inn, Okfind. Their Imperial Highnesses slept at the War that night, and the, following morn ing,- accompanied by Sir enairromtert Psoue, Regina Professor of Medicine, and the Abb6 BeRTIN, proceeded to examine whatever might be thnug.bt worthy of 'notice in the Llniveisity.— The Illustrious Foreigners expressed the highest saiisfactiOn at , iewing" the different colleges, halls, libraties, Chapcht, and. public buildings the Bodleian Library particularly excited their attention. Dr. lionetyrsON, Sa‘ilian Professor Astronomy, explained to them the use of the Astronomical Instruments, &e. in the Observa tory, with which they were also mueh'pleased, On IVeduesda ' y morning their Imperial High nesses left Oxford for Blenheim, after having warmly expressed. their sense of the great., atten tion that had been Paid them. It is stated front Geneva, that on the night of the. 22d and . 2311 tilt, a very 'heavy fall .of -snow took place,. end ,in the .course of a few hours of-. terwards, millions of living insects were disco-, vered running Atha in it. The Reverend Joint . France, B. A. has been instituted to tile rectory of Brandon Parva, in • Norfolk, vacant by the fesignation of the Reverend Thonia, Shipp, and On the presentation of Thomas Trench Berney, Esq. 11.eTowr Couttreaus. , -- Frentk nobleman one day visiting a fitilititis Duke, - a favourite little dug hit his Lordship's leg; a Peal* nothing, my Lord," said the Duke, " . my dug never hites." On which his Lordship, instantly knoeitirt%; (lawn the little animal with a violent blow of his cane, replied in the same totie of 'vetiver--" Fear no,, thing,. my Lord, I tierce beat dog,.'' A SINOUI,.AR Cluttistfim4ce.- 1 -31r. Wool tort on of Loddon, Norfolk, in n ) a peppy given him by a friend, supposing it to he old enough to lap,birtafter repeated trials wit !tont effect. Pia want of the . bitch it 'teatidered ab o ut the yard; and at ,ittsttotto a sow and pigs : it has ever since been nourished by the sow as one of her awn, A portmanteau, containing watches and other attijess to the value of between '2 and 3001. was recently stolen front the travellers' room, ' it the King" Arms : Inn, Berwick - . The portmanteau wasiotonti empty. on the following morniug; on the ramparts. t PERSECUTION' of the:POTESTANrs in the • SOUTH of FRANCE.' If . the ' btiitie ArhiCh was_ raised in this country upon the above subject does not now subside, w* must presume that it is continued for personal or party purposes, nuteh longer than the occurrences which gave it birth can justify :• neither do we conceive that those who have been most strenuous on the occasion, can either natter themselves or deceive the public into the belief, that they hare done or could do their ‘lperircuted brethren': any good, whatever aceession of public notice they ma y have obtained to th'emtelves. Retrospectively, however, we cannot help now demamling (ha Piutestant"Society for the Protection of Reli. pious Liberty," how they have condut ted. them , selves in that seif-delegated office : whether the society or its secretaries have not suppressv4 most important documents relating to the condi tion,of the Protestants in'Erance, and the con duct of the French Government towards Hinny ? Abbve: all:, did the secretaries never receive, and have they not smothered or concealed froni the public a letter trunsmitted to them by. the *Duke of WELLINwrori, fur no other cause than that their own statements upon the sub!.. jest of the Protestant persecnticuis were there in falsified upon the highest aiithwity ?. So care. ful has been their, fraud, that it is rot till five -weeks after its date that we are now euablad t() lay this letter before the world. We would strongly advise the sphordioute Members, or en couragers, of that society—if there arc auy such, who are only sincere, zealous, misguided men-- to take this as a specimen of the catulour of their leaders, and calmly to consider into what hands they are fallen . '(Copy) /Nate, Nov. 23, 1811. GEKTLEsits,-1 hare had the honuar of receiving your Utter of the .I.ith lost, and I take . the earliest opportunity of rep!; in; to it, I have every reason to helices, that the public, and the Society of which you'are the Secretaries, bare been raisin.. formed regarding what is passing in the South of France. It is natural that there should be violent contests in a coun try in which the people are divided,. not only by a difference, of religion, but likewise by a difrerence of politicaVoPiilion, and that the religion of every indirithial is in general the sigo,' of the political_ party to which he belongs, and at a moment of isculiar interesf, anti of vastness in the Ciiiverti. meat Olt account of the mutiny of the Ariuy,:t hat the weaker paitty ehould . suffee, and that, much injustice and violenC4 ' should be Committed by individuals of the more numerous pia. punderatiug.party. But 'as far as I have auy knowledge ac quired during my residence at this Court last year, and sines the entry of the Allies into Paris;',lll. oOvernmesit bare digit every thing in their power to put an end to the disturbances which have prevailed in the South'of France, and to protect all his Majesty's subjeau in conformity with his Majesty's Promise inhis Royal Charter, the exerclie of 'their reit gions duties according to their several persuasionsond in tlisi enjoyment of their several trrivileges, whatever - may he their religious persuasions. Ina recent instance, an Officer, General La Genie, wad Bent down to Nisnies, specially, by Government, to inquirs into the state of affairs in that conntry, and upon his first report he,had orders, to open the Protestant Churches, which, in the ignltse of the contest hetwven the parties bad been closest, -Ile was severely wounded when in the execution of these ordersi. and I have keen informed by good authority, that his Royal Eighties, the Due . d'Attgoulense hes shire marched at tho'head of a body of 6000 against those Who had oppoitut themselves to thy execution, by General La Garde, of the orders of the Government. renclose the copy of thr King's Ordonnance, issued hi eO4- sequence of this event, which s r ulifciently thews the view* and intentions of the Govermuceit. 1 htive farther to inform y.ti Eli Kt•it is not true that the set- Lilies of the Protestant illiaistt:ro have been 'disci/tabula by the King of France. I trust that shat I hare above stated will sonvin4 the So ciety of .which you are the Secretaries, that the King of Frionse's Geveroment at least are not to blame on account of the unfortunate eireuntstances which have oeentred in ill& South of France: I hare the houoto• to be, are. • (Signytt) WELLINGTON.. WILNs, and.Nfr. T. PELLATT, Se cretaries to the Pratestarit Society fur Protection of Religious Liberty, DRATII OP GYNERAL PRUVOST.---Died, List night, in Baker -street; atter a short illness, and in Ilia 49th : year of hia age, Lientenant-Generul Sir George Prevost, Bart.• Colonel of the 76th regi ment of foot, out late Governor in Chief and, Commander of the forces in the British Colonies in North America. It is reported that a Petition from the Nlvy to the PRINCE REGENT is, preparing, signed by Lords 0114 KEITH, Sir ALEXANDER RAKE, and upwards of 800 Naval officers, pray. htg that they may be tr.:t sin the same footing, as the Artul, as, to half.pay, rank, &c. Mr..WALTHR HowAno, •the person known as the pertiqacioas claimant of the Norfolk He. rit4e, l,a, presented a Memorial (addressed to the KING), since the death of the late Duke. The Rector of Smethcott bas abated his tythes 25 per.cent. and the Rev..T. ALLEN, Rector of Shobdan, - Herefordshire, has also lowered his tytileS R fifth. In the last three days, 3000 trop aricl 300 horses have been tissem4urked at Dover ftorts France. They cotriist of the Ist and 6th Urn. goons. 14th, 35th, 41st, Slit, and 00th Infantry. Last week rme of the lahourers in his Ma. jesty's Dock-yard at Woolwich, undertook, tor st wager of five shillings, to eat a rat, skin, bones * and all; ‘'vhieb the monster performed in a fevir 'minutest In consequence of which he was, home. diately discharged, being dcemad is disgrace to isit IttlEvy sqrvatiti.