The Sun. — London, England, 1819-01-14 00:00:00

---"''' ---- 5: Lir tiit bt ~ ~1~~~ 6.',; 59. P' ir• ja .7911' td. oirpo • " the I 0" ►fie; lee'l l ing clic ef• pets log. ICI l e i . / FE' ;be f .od° , of jar, ell s ttI C los " do sitting to-day, to receive a communica °ll from the Government. " The Duke de Richelieu sets out to-morrow " C °otteil, an estate belonging to the Duchess Richelieu. f : t The . Co unt d e L ascarenne, w h o f u l f i lled the t t r /cii eus of S ecretary-General to the Mi n i ster of b ieinte rior, and who was Chief of the Second V ' SiO n, has given in his resignation. It is un ),,"r3tood th at this Division, which includes the n e Arts and the Th eatres , w ill b e un i te d to t h e Dip and of Books. It is thought that the public exhibition of : e Produ cts of French industry will take place I , th e day of St. Louis. CARLSRVEIB, JAN. 3.—The most interesting t leili gence, and which proves that all the differ :l'2es between our Court and that of Munich are tintirelY arranged, has been brought here by i e Co unt de N e i zers b erg , w h o h as arr i ve d the character of Minister Plenipotentiary () . , rn the Cou rt o f M un i ch. H e yesterday had an 11 11 ` li ene of th e G ran d D u k e, w h en b e h a d t h e nt l'r of presenting his credentials. i rellAtitc.roar, JAN. 6.—The different Commis til . 'l fo r examining the sites for new :fortresses, Di et ~~ t° make their reports next month to the s, l ite A , 4 PPleinentary Gazette was published at a Ur this day. We have only time to give Dart of it, and must defer the remainder till to •otro,„ " India Board, Jon. 13, 1819. 11 iliapatch has been received at the East . 11 ,1 ; i 2 -4 ri cluse from General the Marquess of Hast tn;l. IC •G• and G. C. B. Governor-General and I°,lllander-in-Chief of the Forces in the East 'lilies, dated G k 20th June, 1818, of * hie] ortic pore, ' the following is an extract : 10 ; Nee Row h av i ng su b m i tte d an d pl ace d him ka-ill the ha n d s o f B r i ga di er -G enera l Si r J o h n t ti - " 1 " 1 , I have the honour to congratulate you tbe termination of what still bore a lingering "i rli p e t te r of war. vt• , ' `"e troop s with which Bajee Row bad 11 ') e - ;" the Tapty were completely surrounded. nuod progress towards Gwalior impracticia litirttetitis,etreat as much so, and opposition to t f t'lee altogether hopeless ; so that any Rranted to him under such circumstances hi lt ; Purely gratuitous, and only referable to that which it was felt your Honourable * *11,. 1 " 1 11(1 be desirous should be shewn to an ,sleeted foe. ltih r "„ e ability with which Brigadier-General . Sir gni , - L' l alerilm first secured the passes of the hills, 1104.11 en advanced to confine Bajee Row in front, , 4 411 - f Ilr igatlier-General Doveton closed upon ; ro t)) the rear, will not fail to be applauded qt , l li? lit Aionourable Court ; nor will you less 4 141; a i t e the moderation with which Sir John t r)it,' l tll held forth assurances of liberal and decci ii P r oti tea tment, even to an enemy st a i n ed wit h t4 a ße . ' t te treachery, w h en th a t enem y cou ld no t " rilake resistance. 11 111;,, 4 iee Ro w i s to res id e as a private indivi- N1)),"Iti so me city within your antient po3sessions , Ilenares, enjoying an allowance suited to D e ng l , :i o tl ns °f high birch, but without other pre .l disp atch h as a l so b een rece i ve d f rom t h e :Rl lll ,,ltt of Fort St. George, dated Aug- 12, " ' which dispatch and of its enclosures, the rig are extracts and copies : I I I ! Z et r , fr ° , ll (Dispatch from Mr. St rac h e y, Chi e f S ecre t ary `lorernmeot of Fort St. George, to the Secr e t ar y t o '' 4't In dia Company, dated 14th August, 1818. ."ter, directed t o t ransm it t o y ou a co py o f a 'l4l re porting that the fort r ess o f Alanowli t () Ie tl istrict of Chuckorie, have been delivered "Itnt,'igadier-Getieral Munro, and copies of ac (tst'44l::4 the operations of the force under the 1';4110f Lieut.-Colonel Macdowell, against 't l') c t e's of AI aum and of its surrender* a m. 0n. ,. a is it f liCer. Y the accompanying dispatch from the Re tirel4ittat Poona, the Honourable the Secret Com -I„rmitgi have the satisfaction of learning that rh the Peishwah's late dominions h been P ." 4-'4 by the surrender of the Fort of as Mool st,lll,, 4t h Isi,, kl , 4. 'nd er of Malligaum was notified in the Gazette "ibrrx 181 G, page 2121. ere •N t / " F et that we have not room to admit the 4 t he Documents re l a ti ve t o t h e aggres -11(11 • plt ' n .lust pretensions of the Dutch in the ^t e at ; b ut we h ave inserted thetira s• t/. —t r THOMAS RAFF L ES, the G o vernor of , att whi ch w ill present to our R ea d ers a sa lt, qr y 3tat etnent of the grounds of the dif sts which have taken place on the occasion. 11, t rt4l'nestly refer the Electors of Westminster Littt Let in our Paper this day, recommending fi ‘4 l ) : t.i°l4 As A CLAND to their support as a t .441vtntEltiVe for that City in Parliament. The ilar onet is i n d e p en d ent i n every sense of 44 Ni. -Fd . He would support Opposition as well tt ~eWhen ever h e consc i ent i ous l y t h ought °Ili: 41 the ri g h t, and would never sacrifice his t6til,elll" t 0 Pa rty , b ut zealous l y devote his powers per t 0 o f h i s Country. Such a Represen that ell'c'4ld do h onour to any place, and w e trust 1 , °114)4 r 1 1). hi m w i t h the Idol o f a J acobin ; 4141 l atter will experience a sig na l defeat, ' Q raitr b e chosen by a triumphant ma- SHIP NEWS. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE AGENT To LLUYD'S, AT BARCELONA, DATED JAN 2. " For these last ten days we have experienced strong gales from the eastward, accompanied with a heavy sea, which caused the IVestbury, Gurna, belonging to, and nearly loaded for, Liverpool, to part from her anchors in the Bay, and put to sea in company with four other vessels (Austrians and Spaniards), and none of them have returned. It is stated that all vessels at the different Ports and Bays on the coast put to sea, but no ac count has been received of any accident having happened." FALMOUTH, JAN • 11.-Arrived the Lady Louisa packet with mails ; sailed from Malta the 22d Dec. and from Gibraltar on the 2d inst. ; spoke on the 6th inst., in lat. 39. 36. long. 11. 49. the Irresistable Independent privateer—she had been cruising 90 days. DEAL, JAIL 13.—Arrived, and sailed for the River, the Success, MARTIN, from Calcutta. LtvertrooL, JAN. 12.—The George, Oliphant, fur this port, took ire at Pernambuco on the 28th November : 345 bags of cotton were saved, and the remainder of the cargo, about 900 bags, were injured by the fire and salt water.—The St. George, Inman, from Antigua to this port, was fallen in with on 20th December, in lat. 52, long. 15., with the loss of main -mast, boats, and bulwark, and was in a leaky state. WHITEHAWEN, JAN. 11.—The Otway, Anderson, from Boston to Liverpool, struck at the entrance of this harbour, and unhung her rudder: she grounded within the piers, but is expected to be got off, without much damage, next tide. WEYMOUTH, JAN. 13.—About 20 sail of shipping are in our Roads, ail of which have rode out the late gales without da mage.-292 boxes of oranges have been saved front the Wil liam, Kedger, wrecked on Portland beach, with the sails, an chors, cables, and standing rigging, which have bee❑ ware housed, and nothing now remains on the beach but. the bare hull. 'We understand one of the crew has bee❑ thrown on shore this morning. LYMINOTON, JAN. 13.—1 t is feared some vessel has been lost to the westward, as a wine hogshead, marked V B, toge ther with a quantity of oranges, have been washed on shore at Beacon Bunny, near this port. PADSTOW, JAN. 11.—The Isabella, Osborn, from Smyrna to London, was driven on shore near this place this evening, and it is feared will go to pieces; but, if she hold together, it is hoped the crew and a part of the cargo will be saved. DURGIN, JAN. 11.—The Brauste, Edmonton, front White haven to Newport, went on shore on the morning of the 9th inst. between Rush and S. Ferries, and will go to pieces. HARWICH, JAN. 13.—The Harriet, Massey, with coals, that was brought in on the 7th inst., sailed this morning, in hopes of evading the claims of the Salvors; but 3 boats being dispatched, she was overtaken and brought back. The Hope, Steel, from St. John's, N.B. to Liverpool, was driven on shore near Waterford, on Saturday. The Kitty, -, of Norfolk (Virginia), was, driven on shore on Monday evening near Fisliguard. The Freuudschaft, Elberfield, from Liverpool to Havre, was driven on shore in Carnarvon Bay on Monday evening, and it was feared would go to pieces. Extract of a Letter from ti►e Agent to Lloyd's at St. Ann's, Jamaica, dated 13th Nov. :—" The hurricane was at its height on the 11th inst. it has done considerable damage to the estates in this neighbourhood, anti I am afraid it will cause a diminution of one-third in the crops of the estates of this parish. The destructive wind Mlle from the South." DR• JOHN WOLCOT.—This Gentleman, so well known in the literary world under the name of PETER PINDAR, died last night at his apart ments in Somers Town, after a lingering illness, which confined him to his bed, in the eighty-first year of his age. He did not suffer much pain, and though strongly attached to life, prepared for the expected stroke of death with resignation and firmness. It is needless to expa tiate on the character of his works, as they are universally known. Nature has seldom afforded a more original Genius, and his mind was stored with various knowledge. He was well acquainted with the Greek language. and was a sound scholar in Latin. He spoke French with facility, and had made considerable progress in Ita lian. He drew his imagery from Nature and Lite, which he bad observed with vigilance and accuracy. Perhaps hardly any Poet since SHAKSPEARE has illustrated his works with more abundant allusions derived from the sources of Nature. He had seen much of the world in various parts, and..excelled in the imitation as well as delineation of character. His satiri cal humour was exuberant ; and in reference to our revered Sovereign, it is impossible to palliate, or rather, nut strongly to reprobate, the freedom, to use the mildest word, which he took with the Royal Character ; but such is the ignorance, malevolence, and had taste of the world, that his works were more popular on that account than for the original humour, wit, ten derness, and often sublimity, by which they are characterised. He never attacked any person after he became acquainted with him. He retain ed his faculties to the last, and was able, till within a very few days of his death, to dictate verseslfrotn his bed, which were strongly marked by his former strength and humour. It is proper to add that no man had more reverential notions of the wisdom and goodness of the Supreme Being as observable in the universe. He was a firm friend to the British Constitution, and held in horror the principles of democracy and the fur► of a mob. He was a sound Critic in poetry and painting, and his sketches of landscape evinced a degree of oste which, if poetry had not engrossed so much of his attention, might have rendered him ►w inferior artist. Peace to his Wallas FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR,— . III your Paper of Tuesday, the 22(1 December last, you stated that his Grace the Duke of Witt.t.txG•rox had completed his purchase of Strathfieldsay of Lord RITaRS, anti I see it has been confirmed since by The Morning Post 3 therefore I take it for granted that it is a fact, and you would greatly oblige myself and a nu merous set of your Friends here, if you would give os the most comprehensive description of that estate, which is now become the property of so distinguished an individual. Its extent—its dis tance from London—the town, or village, or pa rish that it is in—its distance from Brighton or the sea-coast—tl►e dimensions of the park and woods—and whether there is any fine running river in the park, or that can be turned into it—and the nature of t!►e soil and its produce, and whether it consists of hill and dale, or level country. 1 fear you will ►hink me very particular, but when you reflect how much every thing that belongs to this great and distinguished Character interests the feelings of almost every individual in the kingdom, I trust you will not only excuse the liberty 1 have taken, but comply with the re quest of your Friend and constant Reader of your Paper, A LOYAL, AND AN AFFECTIONATE, AND GRATEFUL BRITON. Bath, Jan. 12, 1819. *** 'We copied the paragraph to which this letter alludes from one of the Morning Papers, but we join with our Correspondent in attaching a lively interest to every thing connected with the distinguished Character in question, and hope that some of our Readers will furnish us with the required information. BRIGHTON, JAN. 12. This afternoon the PRINCE REGENT was enjoying his favourite ex ercise on horseback along the West Chin, for nearly two hours, accompanied by Sir B. Bloom field and the Rev. Mr. Blomberg. In the after noon, Sir John Leach (the Vice-Chancellor), the Hon. Mr. Paget, and Mark Singleton, Kit]. M.P. arrived at the Pavilion, and afterwards joined the Royal dinner party. The Archduke Maximilian took leave of the Prince Regent this morning, and returned to London. Before his departure he was accompanied by several Noblemen in an inspection of the whole of the Establishment at this splendid Palace This morning the Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley, the Mar quis of Salisbury, Baron de Niemen, Baton Vober, and Major Huligier, departed from the Yesterday, at half-past one o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the house of the LORD CHANCELLOR, in Bedford square . lie Council was summoned s o o n a ft er ten o'clock, and sat till near five. Yesterday Lord MELVILLE gave a Cabinet Dinner at his house at the Admiralty. There were present, the D u k e o f W e lli ngton , Earls of Harrowhy, IVestrnorland, Liverpool, Bathurst, anti Mulgrave, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Wellesley Pole, Mr. Canning, anti Mr. Ro binson. It is said, that an eminent army accoutrement maker is at present preparing, for the Insurgent Governments of South America, twenty stand of colours, to be shipped to Buenos Ayres. The greater proportion have the red cross in the cen tre, a blazing sun, and the motto " Morir o Vincer ;" the ground of the flag light blue, di versified with stripes of yellow. The ship Thomas has arrived at Gibraltar from Buenos Ayres, from whence she sailed on the 30th of October. The accounts by this convey ance are a few days later than those which we before received. No new event of importance had occurred ; but the letters speak of additional exertions on the part of the Supreme Director and the Congress, to collect all the troops scatter ed in various directions into one effective body. The papers continue to, announce the organiza tion of slaves by different individuals, to serve in the armies, and these presents are acknow ledged by the Minister of War in official notes. The auxiliary army of Peru, to follow the ex ample of the inhabitants of Buenos Ayres, have given up from 1 to 5 per cent, of their pay, for the support of the new College of the Union. Mr. KEAN returned to Drury-lane Theatre last night, and was received with warmth by a nume rous audience. The Play was the popular new Tragedy of Brutus, which was %yell attended. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain R. RAWES was sworn into the command of the ship Warren Hastings, consigned to Prince of Wales Island and China. Tuesday morning a dreadful accident happened in High -street, Poplar, to Capt. THOMAS HEAVY. SIDE, of the East India Company's ship Streatham, lying in the East India Dock, and to the second officer of the ship. The Captain had occasion to go to his ship on Tuesday morning, and left I►is residence at Bucklersbury in the City, in a one-horse chaise, accompanied by his brother of ficer ; whilst driving at a quick rate along High -street, the animal took fright at the sud den movement of a rabbit-pole, which was borne upon a vender's shoulder, and ran with the most alarming fury along the road ; on turning corner of one of the streets, the wheel coming against a post, the horse dashed with great force against the shop window of pawnbroker, and broke every pane of glass, and the frame of the window. The poor animal was dreadfully cut and mangled by the glass. It immediately forced itself away, and ran a second time with the Captain and his friend along the street. On ar riving about the middle, the chaise overturned, and coming with a tremendous force on the ground, was dashed to atoms. Capt. Heavyside and his companion were thrown out with great violence for some yards ; the Captain escaped wi!li a few bruises, but his friend, in the fall, hail his nose neatly severed from his face, and receiv ed many other injuries ; he bled profusely.— They were taken to the Spotted Dog, where me dical aid was immediately procured, and every assistance afforded them. The horse was dread fully injured about the head, breast, and body, The two Gentlemen were conveyed to their ship, and afterwards too their homes, in a weak state. TO THE ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTER BROTHER ELECTORS,-The moment of Choos ing a worthy Representative is fast approaching. Our character and our dearest interests are at stake. A supineness on our part, which all re spectable men must deeply lament, has compelled a Candidate endeared to us by his magnanimity and sufferings, to abandon our cause. We are now delivered up defenceless within the toils of faction. Shall we not break them ) Shall we tamely submit to the yoke of every tool which party openly struggles to impose upon us ? Think who was yourlateßepresentative—one of the ablest and most independent Counsellors of the land ; —and shall we sully the seat, and insult the shade of a ROMILLY, by giving him such a successor as a HOBHOUSE, the friend of the \VATSONS, the PREsToNS, and selected by Sir FRANCIS BU EDSTT to relieve him in Parliament from the lowest and dirtiest work of the Revolutionary tribe ? No ; let us rescue our City front such a stain. Stuu ned for so many years by empty cries of indepen dence, let us chew that we will have its reality. Let us look throughout the land, and if we find, a character of tried integrity and Superior talents, who has never crouched to party, whether clad in ministerial authority, or armed with revolu tionary terrors—who has held a steady course, with no other guide than his conscience, and no other object in view than the good of his country—and who, to those qualifications, joins a rank and fortune which raise him above all possible temptations ;—if we find such a man, let us call upon trim as a Patriot to vindicate our character and our rights. Let him come amongst us, and his appearance alone will decide the contest. " But where," will you say, '' shall we look for such a Representative ? Are there any who, after having displayed such uprightness of conduct in the late Parliament, can have been left out of the new ? And it they have voluntarily retired to enjoy the sweets of private existence, can we break upon their domestic comforts with any hope of being able to draw them forth once more into the turmoil of public life ?" Let every one consider, as I have done, and if they can fix upon an abler, a more active, a more honourable and independent man,than the late Member for De vonshire,'Sir THOMAS ACLAND, let hini instantly be proposed, and he shall have my warm support. " But Sir Tnomas ACLAND lost his seat for De vonshire !" Because he was too honourable to triumph over a former colleague, who bad united his cause to his, and whose return he might have endangered, had he not sacrificed his own hopes, and generously retired from the contest. The public mourning assumed at Exeter on the day of chairing his rival, and the unnumbered addresses • of regret presented to Sir THOMAS from all parts of the County, sufficiently slim the sense enter tained of his merits, by tloase who knew them` most, and who only suffered themselves to be de prived of his services because they thought such a loss impossible, and his return too certain.— " But did he not vote for Ministers ?"—Yes, when he conceived them right, and the Country always confirmed It 4 opinion. " Did he ever vote with the Opposition ?"—Repeatedly, when be conceived Ministers in the wrong. " Then he was independent ?"—His conduct proved bins so to the fullest extent of the word, whilst his acti vity made him one of the most mete! members in Committees, and the respect paid to the honesty of his opinions gave him a weight in the House, which few of the oldest Senators can boast.— " But would he be willing to serve us ?"—OR this point lam as ignorant as yourselves. But I should think, that if the most respectable among you were to sign a Requisition to claim his ser vices, and to engage to support him with their votes and their exertions, his consent would not be more doubtful than his success. True, he lately was a County Member; but he could not look upon the • representation of the first city in the empire at an object of minor importance, or unworthy of his acceptance. At all events I shall have performed my duty to the community of which 1 form a part. 1 shall have pointed out a way to escape the foul disho nour with which it is now threatened, and to re gain in the eyes of the whole country that credit and respectability which a series of unfortunate choices has deeply shaken, and which the elec tion of the present solitary Caniiidate would en tirely destroy. Jan. 13, 1319. A WFSFMINSTER ELECTOR. OLD BAILEY.—Last night this Court was crowded to excess by persons of the highest re spectability in the City of London, the case of Mr. Lewis Abrahams, the merchant, having ex cited the greatest interest. On the RECORDER taking his seat, Mr. Abrahams, arid servant, Sa rah Taffe, were put to the Bar, charged with stealing, on the twenty-third of December, 126 pairs of shoes, the property of a Mr. Gutch. It appeared the shoes i❑ question were packed in a chest, and stolen from a cart, and that a few days afterwards the female prisoner Was detected pledging shoes at a pawnbroker's in Houndsditch, when it turned out she had stolen them from Mr. Abrahams ; this led to a discovery, and the pri soners were finally committed for trial. Mr. ALLEY and Mr. ARABIN were Counsel for the pri soners, and called a great number of merchants to the respectability of Mr. Abraham's char,icter, when, after a lung charge from the RECORDER, the Jury returned a verdict—Not Gtalty. NEW PoemArtotts.—We are requested to state, that the following interesting Works have been lately published by Mr. CoLEtuRN, viz.:— I. Memoirs of John Evelyn, Esq. 2d Edition-2. Homes Walpole's Letters to the Rev. Wm. Cole and others-3. Flo rence Macarthy, au Ir;sh Tale, by Lady Morgan, 4th Edi tion-4. Sketches of the Philosophy of Life, by Sir Charles Morgan-5. The concluding Volume of Franklin's Memoirs, comprising his posthumous writings—G. 1)r. Walkins's Me moirs of her late Majesty Queen Charlotte-7. WMU:in, a Poem ; by E. S. Barrett, Esq. 2d Edition—Pi. Discourses on various Subjects, by the Rev. Sir J. Head, Bart-9. An Oc tavo Edition of Northeote's Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds-10. America, and her Resources; by John Bristed,-Esq. of New York-11. Memoirs of Count de Las Casas, communicated by himself-12. r`.lelniiirs of bleier] Brionaparte, drawn front his Private Correspondence and other authentic Documents-- 13. Private Anecdotes of the Court and Fondly of Napoleon, by one of the Suite of the Empress Maria Loniso-14. Nar rative of a Residence in Algiers, with Notes, &c. by Edward Blaquiere, Esq.-15. Letters, Descriptive of a Tour through Hungary, Egypt, Syria, &e. interspersed with nume rous personal Anecdotes ; by John i;ranrseu, Esq —l6. An Account of the Shipwreck of the Medusa Frigate, the Occurrences tits board the Raft, is the Desert of Zattra,