The Sun. — London, England, 1819-03-26 00:00:00

A M E Et I C A. CESSION- OF THE FLORIDAS. [From the New Kirk Daily Advertiser of the 27th•] This highly imp.otaut measure is annonoced in lie National Intelligencer of the 234 ~ittst., and cannot fail to meet with the most cordial satis faction of the comotuity. In our opinion, very few events have occurred in our political history which are more deeply interesting to the United States. Our Southern border is now fairly round ed off; we have no foreign' territory enclosed within our hnaptlorieg, and of course we shall probably have very little occasion hereafter to en gage in any serious wranglings with European Powers. Whether it was a sense of weakness, or the condition of her more important South Ame rican Provinces, that may have induced Spain at length to come - into this measure, is of little.itn portance. The cession gives us the Floridas, and the consideration of the cession will probably rea liie to our merchants some remuneration for their losses by Spanish aggressions and depredations. if now a . system of just, mild, and friendly mea sures towards the ludian Tribes, which by this transfer of territory will fall under our jurisdic tion, shall be adopted and faithfully pursued by our Governmen: ; we cannot but hope that the scenes of miscry and blood that have so often been displayed in that region will be closed, and the miserable remnants of these Tribes be rep • dered as secure and as comfortable as the nature of things will permit. CIVIC FIONOITRS TO GENERAL JACKSON. NEW YORK, FEB. 23.—Yesterday, agreeably to resolution of the Corporation, the Freedom of the City of New York was conferred upon Major- General Jackson, io a gold box. The handsome Address of the Mayor on the occasion, and the appropriate Answer of the General, we were not able to procure tor this morning's paper. The ceremony ended will' three cheers from the ale sembled crowd at the City Hall. PUBLIC DINNER. Agreeably to arrangements, thepuhlic dinner to Gen. Jackson was given yesterday, at Tammany Halt. The company consisted of nearly four hun dred res,pectabe citizens, and among the guests were Gen. Porter, Com. Evans, Col. House, and other military and t►aval officers. The Hall was decorated in an elegant and appropriate ma►iner. At about 5 o'clock- the company sat down to din ne,r, when the Throne of Grace was addressed by the Rev. Cave Jones. His Honour the Mayor presided with great dignity, assisted by General Bogardus, Gurdon S. Mumford, Fret!erick Jen kins, Jonathan Thomson, &qrs. Gen. Swartwont and Alderman Buckniaseer, as Vice-Presidents,— The dinner was prepared and served tip in a style which did great credit to the Committee of Ar rangements, and to Mr. Cozzens. The band from tie Wdetington, 74, enlivened the scene by their appropriate airs. The following toasts were dr'•u.k 1. The President of the United States. 2. The Vice-President of the United Slates. 3. The Constituted Authorities of the State of New York. -4. A ndrew,laciison—the Saviour of the South; while :he Iklississippi bears her tribute to the Ocean, his name and his deeds want no other remembrancer. 5. The United States of America—For ever hound to in terest and affection ; one country, one people, a common safety and a common glory. 6. The memory of George Washington—A man unequalled in the histm y of u,en., The Light of a thousand years will but increa , e the 11;:kmond brilliancy of his fame. 7. The memory of Benjawin Franklin—The world has justly said he snatched the lightning from Heaven and the sceptre from the 'l') rant's Ira rid. 8. Agriculture—lt is the pressure on the bosom of the mo ther, nourishment and vigour flow from it. 9. Commerce—An ale rejoices in the bound less iotereowse of the globe; may every ocean be free to ever y honest. flag. in. 1 Innwitic Maim factures—American genius, industry, and o :ll,ini ism, Hill secure our iodepentleucc. 11. The Sovef eign People of the I7uited States. 12. The New States—l'Ve bail their accession to the Union. The Paci6c Ocean is the western limit of the Republic. 13. The Spartan Baud of Modern Story—The Volunteers of Kentucky and Tennessee on the Ramparts of New Or li/ans.. 14. The Army of the I.Tnited States—lt is an army of Free men, alike teri . ible in battle to the civilised veteran and the felocions savage. i 5. The Navy of the United States—The boast of their Qomitry, and the admiration of the world. 16. The Militia—The reserve guard of a free people. 17. John Ada,s, who dared to lie a Whig in 177 N.. 18. Thomas Jetlerson—While we remain "Free and equal" we shall venerate the Author of the glorious Declaration of American Independence. 19. James Madison—A virtuous and wise man ; his life has been devoted to the best interests of his country—that country is grateful. 4d. Politicians—May they all discover that honesty is the best policy. 21. lilierty, civil and religious, to all the children of men. • 22. The SVives and Daughters of our country—Fair are they and lovely; their beauty was worth all the chivalric de fence of New Orleans. BY GENERAL JACKSON. Dewitt rlintort, the Governor of the great and patriotic State of New Yolk. The Gtueral then retired amidst reiterated cheers. The ll>►yor also then retired with the plaudits of the compa,iy, who immediately drank, _ The Pre,adent of the Day. Gen. Jackson afterwards attended the Theatre, tlie front Of which was brilliantly illuminated on the occasion, and exhibited a full-length likeness of the Hero of New Orleans. *,* We arc requet , ted to inform our Readers, that Messrs. COOPER, and Co. Surgeons, of Char lotte- House, Great Chartotte,strect, Blackfritirs . road, have, in consequence of their extensive practice, and for the accommodation of patients at the West•end of the Town, established a dical Board in Woodstock -street, Oxford-street, a few doors from Bond -street, where a Physician of 49 years' experience, and a Surgeon of great emi nence, reside, and where all the Board alternately atten , t,•the whole of whom ,are Members of the Royal Colleges—that thousands have been restor ed to perfect health by their united talents is uni versally acknowledged, many of whom hati been discharged from Hospitals, and otherwise impro perly treated. They are consulted at Woodstock ' Bouse, Woodstock-street, from Eight in the morning until Eight at night ; and at the Medical Board, Charlotte-House, Blackfriars-road, from 'Twelve till Eight in the ,Evening.—Mechanics have advice gratis every evening from Six till Liebt, at both houses, and on Sunday mornings until Twelve o'clock.. PAR',IAMENTARY PAPERS. REPORT from the sELnur COMMITTEE" on WORCES TER. ELECTION PETITIONS. Mr. BARING, from the Select Committee ap pointed to try and determine the merits of the Pe tition of "1 - :) , lmas Harmer, Edward Coney, and others, Vin.-ls for the City of 'Worcester, and also the Vetition of certain Frecnien of the said City, sf•verally complati , ing of all undue Election and Retttin lur lh 64 itt. CiTy, intormrd the House, h a t the s.id Committee have determined, 'llia; Lord Viscount Deerhuist is duly elcced a Citizen to serve ill this present. I'arlia►nent for the siiitt City : . . That . 1 homas Henry Ilastings Davies, E. , q. is duly elected a Ciliien to se; ve in this present Parliatornt for the said City : That the Petition of the s4id Thomas Harper, Edward Coney, and others, Voters for the said City, against the said Thomas Limy Hastif,gs Davies, I!,,ti. did not appear to the said Committee t o he frivolous or vexatious. That the petition 91 the sevend persons whose names are ;hereunto subscribed, freemen of the said city, against the said Lord Viicount Deer ittit,t, did appear to the said Committee to be ft i volons and vexatious : Thgt the opposition. to the said petitions diii not appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or vexation:. Mr. Baring also, from the said Select Commit tee, actrainted the House, that the said Select Committee !rad come,to a Resolntioh, which they directcd him to report to the House. ite s olved, Tl“it when the case of the Freemen of the City of ‘Vorcester, Petitioners against the Betutn of Lord Viscount Deerhurst, cart.* before the snit) Select Committee, tor the porpose 1)1 de cision, the caid Petitioners did not appear, by themselves, their counsel, or agents. The Report of the Corrirni6oners for in quiring into the Duties, Salaries ; Fees, Mid E.no- Innients of the several Officers, Clerks, and 'Mi nisters of Justice of the Courts in Scotland, has been printed by order of the house of Comtnons. It re,..:(Aumends an increase of the .allovvance to Judges for their expeives on Circuit, the pre 'Ares having beets fixed so tar back as the year 17-4, in 'which interval these expellees must have con6iderahly ncreased. It also recommends the abolition of t; e ri4ht of sate of all stibl'l'llinate Offices in those Courts, and that the Clerks of Justiciaiy and Macers should have a fixed salary in lieu of fees and perquisites. FLORENCB. The followirtz is an extract of a Private Letter from Florence, dated the Sib inst.:— , . '' eparations have been making here for the last three -weeks for tiie reception of the Emperor of AusTeta. His Majesty arrived yesterday (s oh . day), and is to spend a fortnight with FER DI - NAND, before he proceeds to Rome to spend the Holy Week. His Majesty's arrival took place about five o'clock' in the afternoon. Th e grena diers wet e drawn up to receive him at the Porta. St. Gallo, and on his passing under that magnifi cent gate, the band played, and the people shouted vival r i ca lAll Florence was out. of doors ; all the houses were locked, even the Restaurateurs ; and toe artizans and serv.ons all left their business to wticome the Emperor. I know this by personal experience, for I was locked out of my lodgiogs, surf could get no dinner at the Re st attratem s ; so that amid all this splendour I fared rather uncomfortably. In the evening the whole low+, was illuminated. Fortunately it did not ; 1 say fortunately, because, since I have come here, it has rained so incessantly, that I th7lw 4 ht I should never see the fair face of an Ita lian sky over Florence. The Bridge of St. Tri nita, that beatoilid and unique piece of architec ture, formed a grand object on the river Arno.— Six artificial columns were placed upon the bridge, and ornamented with lamps. The Palazzo Pitti was tastefully illuminated, and the whole city was one Itglit scene of joy and splendour. There are . con . inual and brilliant Court fetes to be given during the fortnight of his Imperial Majesty's soi.ntrii here. He travels as Doke of Milan, and, contrary to the customs of the Sovereigns and Princes who visit your England, he pays his own expences. " Captain --left me, a week ago, to be pre sent in Rome during the Holy Week. The ce temoilie, usual at St. Peter's, during that solemn time, .have attracted to the capital great numbers of the English who had been here, and in the other provincial parts of Italy. There are not above ninety English now in Florence. Lord Dillon, Lord Rendlesham, and Sir R. Lawley, are still here. The latter is employed in getting up a periodical journal, which he is ahont to publish, with a view to slimy the Italians their degraded political condition, and to rouse in their minds the spirit of their prowl and glorious ancestors. It will cost hint a great deal of money, hut that Ire regards not. He has already established cor res•pondelitS in every quarter of the country. " Maria Louisa, Duchess of Patina, arrived here on Friday last. She is at the Pergola `Theatre every eveniug, and is very graciously received . by -the house. Every one takes an interest in her fate, anti I, of coarse, among the rest. I have seen her two or [Luce times. XViihont being handsome, she may be certainly styled patty ; her countenance is pale nt ; her stature is rather short (halt tall. Her son accompanies her generally. The boy appears to me to resemble his mother. I found in hint no traces of the father, except that he has blue eyes. His hair is light. His mother has dark hair and eves." FOOT RACE.—The match for 100 a-side be tween Rainer and the Chicken. Butcher, the fastest men of the day, took place on Sunbury Common, on Tuesday, over a piece of ground of one mile. Tke match was for 100 gitineas a-side, to do a mile against each other.' Rainer got the start, and the Chicken Butcher kept close in with him, and led in one part of the 'race, but at the lat ter end Rainer let loose, and won the match' by thirty yards. An endeavour was made to stop him coming in by one of the tody-snatching tribe. He did the ground in five seconds unckr rive. mi nutes. Betting at starting nearly even. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE; (From the Cape Town Gazette, Jan. 2, 1819.) Nearly a twelvemonth has elapsed since the at tention of our Readers has been called to the affairs of our frontiers ; the increased vigilance of the officers of the out-posts, the plan which bad been carried into effect of requiring restitution or equivalent for all robberies committed, and the gond faith shewn by the Caller Chief Gaika and his adherents, in restoring ail such stolen cattle as they could secure, had rendered the system of plun dering the Colony so precarious, that the frequen cy of inroads began sensibly to diminish, eind et length our fellow-citizens on the Eastern frontier • began to enjoy that security and quiet which it bad been so long the anxious wish of this Go vernment to procure for them. But it is natural to suppose, that so great a change could not have taken place in Ceffer policy, without creating a s;iong sensation among the marauding Chiefs.— Frustrated in their attempts to disturb the tran quillity of the border, they seem to have attribut ed the check they had received to the decided line of conduct which Gaika and the Chiefs under him bad adopted. No one of the border Chiefs appears to have writhed more under the constraint to which the new order of things had subjected fiim, then ' . J . Sambie. Arrogant and rest less, he seems to have studied, from the moment of Major Fraser's return in January hest, how ee could soonest restore the marauding system; for this purpose lie excited a combination of the Cal ler Chiefs against Gallia, and called in Ilinza to Isis assistance : he inspired the latter Chief with a jealousy of Gaika, as if Gaika affected a supe riority over him, and thus induced 'Etats, who otherwise front his position is unconnected with the border Chiefs and their peculiar policy, to take up arms against Gaika. It was not long &foie the latter learnt that. a serious storm was brooding over him, and he took all those ineasates which were calculated to repel it ; the line he had adopted was, however, unpo pelar, and he therefore could not anticipate all that assistance on his own side the Fish River, which, in any other quarrel, he might have com manded ; so circumstanced, be seelmessengers to Graham's Town to pray for assistance, in case his affeirs should require it ; and, as soon as his Ex cellency the Governor was apprised of what was going forwete, tee necessary histructieas wet e given for Gaika's effectual 'lmpose filstan while, !weever, his ticiver.:l:lr::.-s advanced ra pidly upon him, and coming tip with him ott the Ghonap, their numbers overpowered him after R short conflict, in which he lost near 300 men ; he was forced to retire towards the fastnesses of the Winterberg. Flushed with this first success, his savage enemies, as usual, abused ;heir victory ; the cruelties they are reported to have committed, hardly bear repeating; they have been ,probably exaggerated by those who were sent to Graham's Town from Gaika; but they are said to have burnt the habitations of Gaika's peo ple, to have put the women to death, and to have thrown the children into the flames,. Gaika's favourite son (the fine young man who met his Excellency at the Kat River in 1817) fell into their hands, and was put to death in cold blood, and nearly 6000 head of Guilin's cattle were cap tured by the combined Chiefs. Every support was now , due to a Chief who had so severely suffered in our cause, and Colonel Brereton prepared to carry his Excellency's instructions into effect. Major Fraser was dispatched to Gaika, to ascer tain precisely his position, and to concert with hies upon his future operations ; this difficult and dangerous service the Major executed with his usual zeal, activity, and intelligence, and having rewrite(' to Graham's Town, measures were taken for the punishment of 'lSambie and his ad herents. The necessary preparations having been com pleted, Lieutenant-Colonel Brereton moved from Graham's Town on the Ist of December, taking with him two pieces of ordnance, as.much of the regular force as could be spared from the duties of the frontier, and mounted burghers from the Graaff-Reinet and litenhage Districts ; these last were placed under the orders of Major Fraser ; he crossed the frontier on the same day, at De Bruin's Drift. On the 3d he was joined by Gaika, at the head of six thousand Coffers. On the sth he crossed the Kat River, and the mounted inhabit ants fell upon Poonah's Kraals, where they took six thousand head of cattle, and put these Callers to flight with great loss. On the 7th, Lieut.-Colouel Brereton crossed the Mimic and Keiskamma rivers, and reached "fSambie's resi dences ; that Chief, however (although at the head of more than 15,000 men), had not yen rived to await his approach, but had retreated to those impenetrable fastnesses from whence he had so long carried on his operations of offence against the colonists ; meanwhile parties scoured the Kraals of 'TSambie's adherents, driving their affrighted inhabitants before them. T'Sambie's main force remained in the forests, but here the advantage of the artillery was manifested, the shells which were thrown in amongst them having dispersed them iu every direction, and caused them to abandon their cattle, 10,000 head of which upon this occasion were captured : these Lt.-Col. Brereton placed tinder the protec tion of Gaika's Coffers, not to lessen his own force; but in .order to dissipate the alarm which so large a number of armed Coffers in their rear appeared to have excited among the mounted inhabitants, he requested Gaika to order them to deposit their assagays with him while performing this service, a request which was immediately complied with. Such a mark of confidence the Coffers are not known to have sliewo upon any other occasion, marking thereby not only their reliance upon our good faith, but their opinion of the couiplete su periority of our force over that to which we were opposed. The straggling parties of Coffers were now successively attacked and dispersed, and on the 11th another large convoy of cattle fell into our hands. Thus, after haring des!royed the kraals of all those Chiefs who had combined with 'lSambie, having re-possessed Gaika of the lands from which he had been driven, having captured as much cattle as was necesstay to a eplace the losses sustained by Gaika, and by our own farmers, from former Caller dvpredetions, liient.• Colonel Brereton returned on the 1 from his successful incursion into Calfrarira, having lost only ' one man, killed in the affair at Phoonah's Kraals, and 0 " wounded at a subsequent period. • 00 Gaika's gratitude is best described in his words, as reported by the Li e liteirant-Col onel.'" r, " He expresses himself iudebtetl to his BOP_ leney the Governor for his lite, for the land he holds, and for the property which has been r e : i stored to bins (about 11,000 head of cattle), and at Patting with Lieut.-Colonel Brereton be sb c . tears." who WA. It is to be expected that this blow wi lt p"t a, aggressions on the Colony, and t hat hencefor ; , ward, by means of the friendly Ch ief who is its eiti interest, an intercourse, mutually advantageo.ll9l may be established with the tribes under his to t : fluence, thus not only replacing t he present Set, tiers of the fertile border in a most enviable 0 titude, hitt holding out the strongest motives final stop to the attempts to renew th e forme fittitre settlers to establish themselves ina o ulls try unrivalled for fertility and•beauty. " GENERAL CEYLON. ~A , ,i ty't " The Commander of the Forces congratulateshis ''''''es A i.. and the Honourable Company's troops under his CO O i l i t e n a E d it - s q . uatters, sandy, 81st Oc 181 8 . on the important and decisive event of the capture of t he two principal Rebel Leaders, Keppetapola and Pel ein a t lawe, which may be considered as the death -blow tb to ti , rebellion their efforts have successfully bee n poiritell at subdue. the uneasi it, 'Phis ~ an important du capture e 4 was p s e , ff i effected ini,. xrc:orntl,e,ailit'ss,4,llof., detachment under the command of Catain v'—',r?licleinent Camp to the Lieut.-General, during the it''''',„ ,ewarded, weather, and with many privations, anl‘vhiell ive r ' i iate coav by a division of that detachment, under the nle`: mand of Lieut. William O'Neil, 83d recrituent, co"""0,1tial pectedly Trebel by surprise, on the residence of ttics,Laoidol. third noted Nladttgalle, and the other inferi",..l 14.„„rJef march of 16 miles, near to Parawahaganime, on the borders of the Sec' i a ftef fatiguing a and tiienyere KalaWeye, on the 25th iil the afterilool:,,,„ ii, e dict' , , Enahing prisoners the two primary objects of their s to y oS the others, who have fled, may be expected either render, or be quickly made prisoners." when the party succf. I do, LAW INT'LLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, MAnca LUNATIC PETITION. d Eln the matter of Lady RAS. MURRAY STIOVA' The SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated' Lunatic. only question in this case Was, whether th e Lu Zi• was not entitled to be hat ti an annuity of ',n oel. per annum, and the arrears doe on c it ': - 0 4 was secured on a landed estate , b e l °l.- a Ca other incumbrances, the lands having' a i t lain time failed to produce the amouni the 1_ nity, tinder the following circumstances wk. Lunatic was the daughter of the late s et' that)), and under his will she was entitled to. She lain estates ; before the death of the te s3 7:o its married Sir Simon Stewart, who being ed to debt, she, on coming into possession, ,ab:tc,stite that the give up to his creditors'the produce of to after paying her 1,000/. per 8111111111 the eS.3 had failed to produce the sum of 1,000 1 . per B°l6' -4 and there was th e sum of 4,0 001 . doe for arreo What he• (th e Solicitor-Genera!) had to rtA tie4 was, that th e Lunatic be entitled to be poid tb: annuity and the interest of the arrears, before 3°7 other incumbrancer. Mr. PHILLIMORR followed on the same µi d ' e) e Mr. HART appeared for the trustees, ° stated, tvere ready to submit to any order lit Lordship might please to make. Udie nisf deel''re The LoRD CHANCELLOR—•" pe lion that the lunatic is ervitled to the 1, ()- 1 - annum, and the arrears amounting 1 ° 4 s( i. )4 l - ‘7 ' oot• interest of which, to be added, %Yin ffi" e per annum, betore any other iocumb"cer paid."—Prayer of the petition grau (ed ' Lon don , Sitting pps aointed in Middlese x and ;(110 LLAs, before the Right Honourable Sir A t at of Ifni. Lord Chief Justice of his Ith'i,Y:siter Laster Common Pleas, at Westminster, 1- Term, ISI9 MIDDLESEX. t ONO OS '• . il OA Thursday . fir' April 29 Friday .•••'•' • ' MiY 4 Thursday May 6 Friday. ........... ----- If Thursday Tuesday.. - 13 I Friday. .......... . • .......... - Is I Wednesday .•. . e 6 AFTER TERM. . . Ma; Tuesday.. May 25 I Wednesday •• IN TERM. BIRTH. IC Oll‘ On the 22d inst. in Guernsey, the Lady o f neb ert eonilse, Esq. of the Royal Artillery, of a son. stf 7 iit),o, O ßAlivl t ol i kivn t ie.,, l icß a te t . instant, at Paddington, George '.‘ l * ST3d (j) Company'sonlYc'i child dli MARRIED. ea , P 4l ; On Sunday last, at his house in Portland-Place' of il) jt4lienelapteucbCaitsaoinf .Glo,l):tcloCilarna' DIED. • t •G .. e ' Lieu • ne i r i a i l'harles Morgan, in the 77th year of his agr ere 0 0 1 11 August, last, at Calcutta, ha •• , • rriod t'llafield, 0 William, thirds-on o'i th -- e s l ' t n e - v ‘A, •I1 a rle" - Ia ks. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, A lsa) PE'ATl''''' Lately, at Frescati, neamßßTl _____-------"--------:-.,,, Colonel M'Mahon, I Lately, at their house in Blake-street , us. CO the 1'3(11 oa . ion r . Black Rock, , i, the Lady et York, r. Wake, of a son. pa iioAt D Lately, at Ossiugton, Yorkshire, the Lady of " L i‘ to la lk e l l i a s n s c P , e F e .s r q s,. of --...-----. 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CARSTAIRS, of No. ' 29, , t , A, Ormond-street, Queen-square; and published by ",: iir :g SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Molton-street, at T115ci,.5, Office, No. 112, Strand ; where Adveltisemant3, Ur. Letters, S.r.o. (post-paid) must be ii..ldresscd* I \ pn a. t, ~~. C li t; 4 .0 1 ti