The Sun. — London, England, 1816-09-24 00:00:00

N Stlip NtWS. , CAPTURE OF A BRITISH VESSEL BY A SPANISH PRIVATEER. Ixtract of a Letter . froirt the BItITISII CONSULATE OFFICE; dated Cadiz, Nept.B, received tit Lloyd'e 024 day, Sept. 24. " I regret to - haie'tO acquaint you, for the iu formation - of the Committee, that on Saturday; the Ist init. the British brig Lady Warren, WN. WlLLtaiss master, in G 4 days from Buenos Ayres,: 'with a cargo 'of, 'hides, wool, Ae. was sent into this port by the bpl;nish Mistico Piivateer Feroz, Captain BaEZA, and.dittained without conimuni cation.until yesterday afternoon,. when they took from on board the passenger's Messrs.teZtcA and Mr. JOHN FACUNb SALAS, owners of the cargo, and toes 'them into prison, exacting of the cap. : , taro and of the crew (Of Whicis one has been severely wou n d e d by the 'Prize-Master) their de clarations, Without our cognizance or interven tion,-abillltliking from the - Captain his register and Niediterrantan pus, as well as Other ship papers. Being still incbarged with the affairs of this Con sulate, I have omitted no pains to liberate 'the vessel, cargo, and patsenge s rl, and to obtain ade quate. satisfaction ; hitt I doubt much the cum islet success of my exertions." IDEAI., SEPT. 23.—Retu till ; his 111ajesty's ship Croupliede as per bust.--Wind E. PowrsmouTli, SHPT. 23.=---Arrived his Majesty's. Misletoe from a •craisei . 'and are Mary, GIBBS, fiord London, bound to Gibraltir and Calcutta..-Wind Southerly. FALMOUTH, Sgt , t. 21.—Arrived the . gereld;' SPRNCE, from Miramichi, antl'Williarri and Ann, 4oNg s , from Swansea for Rona~. . Sailed *the toMmerce, IlocKaa"; Helen, Lawn r• and the flarmjet and John, BAKUR, for London. Sarr. 23 —Arrived the Aucklan "packet with a mail from -Holland. Tl►e Xcryndham, BLYTR, from Colmar to Sun tlerla►trl, Put into Gottenburgh on . the 12th inst. with loss of anchors and cables, and tvincilsss upset. The Arm, front Londonderry and Philadelphia, .and Fame, from 4uebee to Greenock, were spoken with on the 22d ult. in let. 46.'10. long. 40. 20. by the Helen, arrived at Falmouth. The tour transports fitting in Portsmouth liar teur for,Jamoica are to proceed to Cork, to take to troops. Those intended to take out the 61st tegiment from .Portsmouth garrison are daily ex 'pected from the River. • Portsramitli anchorage was last week, for the trst time these twenty-five years, without a ship lot war lying at it. Sunday morning the Spanish brig Volante, from Lino& bound to Bristol, with Spanish wool, 11 Hvhli; missed her reckoning in a fog, went on ewe at Cionwalloe, and was completely wrecked Tile crew and a small part of the cargo were saved. .• LORD SELKIRK'S COLONY. We lament to hear that tortlierdisattrons telligence has been received from Lord Snuttak's American Colony. After the dispersion of the settlers last autuMn, it would 'seem that his new Governor, Mr. Seams, whose . nione i 3 familiar to our. Readers from his travels in Spain; proceed ed to re-establish the Colony on the Red River,' :tyith a number of emigrants '‘'vho went into the Country front Hudson's Bay, in the last nutumn, and remained there during the winter. MK. SUm ,Ltt had instructions CO- establish the introduction IA Lord SULK IRK, and the Hudson's l3ay COM.. luny, and in consequenet ot some dispkite with, Alte Indians, at to piocuring pro%risions; had with he Canadian•traders, he direptcd a party ot about 20 men, whO were with him in the swing, to fire into an Indian canoe, carrying provisions for the traders. This was immediately retnrned, anal, the inncholy to relate, Mr. Sastet.r., and his whole party, became the victims of the affray. Another .enpeditior, fitted out by Lord§immaK'S ,agents, 111 the remote countries of the N.W , has been 'equally unfortunate, 19 ot the party having pe rished of hunger. . These accounts met Lord &LK' RK on Lake Su perior, where he had arrived witi► a'reinforpe inent of about 300 men, principally -foreignt rs, enlisted from *won's regiment, who had been discharged in Canada. His Lordship's intentions As to further proceedings were not known.— (Morning Paper.) At a Meeting of the, Magitorates • for licensing alehouse!) at Christchurch, Hants, on Monday last, they animadverted 'Very strongly on the ex ,orbitent price anti ,improper quality orbeer :sold stt alehouses under the contronl of public brewers, stud expressed. their .derided 'deterinination to en force the ditty of aletaters in their district, and .the penalties to which Persons arc liable on sale , bf bad liquors of any kind ; apprising the :inn keepers that they would, at the day appointed for 'lieensipg their housei in the next year, provided any complaints were matte, and sufficiently , sub stantiated, of the breWers of whom they rented, their housei having sold them beer of bad'or im- Proper quality, grant to'streh innkeepers licenses for houses of their own, so as to free them train the contronl of Such brewers, and emancipate thvin from their intluence or interference ; at the sswe time referring them to the case of the King tiersus D4ybill, in which Lord ELLBNBOSCNOMi laeld, tha' innkeepers were toot bound, thongh renting; of a brewer, to vend kis beer, if it was of a bad qntlity, or held in. such e'tses to :the 01 any italic or diptcnient. ORIGINAL PO Oh guild to Geri, l'oeta, 'Forniosuin tninies'ailt.magis ftidroum ! NTAItTIALeO; when r' hid at tile'llawn In write, And lauw had finitli'd half ►,►y page, A wiyged Buy Oppeartd in sight, And thus addreWd hie, full of rage : " HoWtlar'st thou thus my Bard asperse ? . " How iiar'st thou thus my Unger move ? " Thy satire ceasefor fear of worse— " Vile Scribbler, clredd the threats of Lore." "Thou lore," I cried with'upials'd eyes, " If so—thou know t it.tny siitire just; •4 But no—thy thrtreeniOgs I despise, 44 For now I see that thou art lust. " Then hence, ur thou'lt hare causc.to ritip " To those who such vile Imp adore." ended—off the Urchin flew, And *Ought for refuge with lIIS:tI—aE. THE TH EAT RB. tobeilt-a4Rbe - tr.— The I)istressed kither was again performed last night, and preieftted AiC I READY mellowed and improved in Orestes; 'whether owing to hiS becoming more accustomed to our Lange Tileacte, nt• to Iris good 'sense in at tending to the critical whicli his performance has collet forth, or to both, is immaterial. _ 7 ltre are ibrry to lean) that Airs. GLove4, cer tainly tine. - et the ablest Actresses of the day '(thatigh not ill her . sphere as' Andrmitathe) is not only not engaged at Covent Cvari.len Theatre, but on the eve tit leaving 'the Leindon boards for Dublin. It ought not to 'be so. At• • ter the i'lay a new E:ttertainthent, said tO lrc from the pen of Mr. 'I oittN, and entitled Your's 'or Mine, was produced for the first time. i nte•follo wing is an out liti'e of the plot lusticoVidget Me."l3l,4Ncit.4 iW. Justice Sparrowilawke Mr. Ststmo..s. •TCaptain Harcourt . Mr. S'utcbatit. Citreleis Mr. DAtUSkIT. • VYl3krrrie7 (clerk to Sparrowhawke) Mr. TottELEY. Humphrey (servant to Harcourt) ..Mr. E:dritv. • Sophia ' • 11iss Sri:rut:Ns. Susan Flouncet Mrs. Glans. The Piece opens with the rirriVal of Captain Harcoort.at his native . village liter an absence of many years, and a report of his death. ile Ands bis father' is no inure, his tieretlitarr estate in the §parrowhawke, mid his twioved Sophia an out to he torn frOm With. The ay..riee Just ice Fidget bad induced Woo to consent to hasten the outline of his dangliter With Sparrowintwhei which tteAt take place when Captain liSicuurt.ohtailicsnn itite4ieW wlth Stlitiia, and previtils upon her tp'cloße with sTarrow• • hawke 'accidentally discovering • the arrival': of Ole ttoiwit, and knowing the eonseqtrenee JO hint would he the ot tree tlarcoart Estate, anti if net. baitity preveuted,that of •,.. ? phia's fortune also, rf,:snives to liceit Harcourt' out id the way, for which purpose he Xuititoys his cleft, O t illarney. The dyeing Irishman, instead of the Captain,upprehends Careless, hisiriendy anti nephew to .lustiee t'ittga, ;who. tiro nelog' brought bebice his uncle, acquaint. hint with the nusrroute of his daughter. and proving to him that . her bash/not is Captain Harcourt, the letA‘ftil heir to Ilse Hurenort ES•iite, JuSticb Fidget cheerfully joins the lovers' bands, to the total discomsture of Sparrowhawte and his-schemes. It won I(I be a painful•task to elaborate criticism upon B...composition which approaches its tinder such disarming claims. The relic of departed genius, probably written in early life and rejected by mattirer judgment, carved and clipped by un skilful hands to suit the fancy of Managers and - . Performers, altered, subtracted from, aditto to, and mended,—stirelt ►cork, if more deserving, 91 cold censnhe titan of warm praiie, it would be in.; human to visit upon the memory of its .reputed tinthbr.. Your's or Mine, thin, is a tight, un pretending piece, rather fiat than eloquent, rather tame titan spirited, rather borrowed than in language, incident, and contrivance. But taken altogether it is a pleating tutertaiontekt, and the music by SHIELD delightful. Miss Sirs- PHENS • Mrs. GIESS, SINCLAIR, DURIJART, ENBRY, BLANCHARD, and Tottzti, did all that matt could do or woman either, to ensure the favourable re. ception which the piece experienced. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FRO\I aMERICA. PHILADULPIIIA; Auo, 15...—Vtiu ask me about the present politics of our Government ; if you see the debates of our Congress, and therm:lrks of our newspapers, yon easily obsetvd that they are, as usicol,menneing and itostilc with regard to Hoglund', and Hll powers snppOtedtO he ;let friends, and meanly submissive to ull powers solvated to he ett'ViouS of nnfrieudly towards her. Hence our swagger it'll; naval and diplomatic expe,iii ion so hence our hurried treaties kir Russia, Sweden', Inflow, ,and Deuninvit ; hence. our iniphs to 14..111 . . nand `v our protracted discussion/ with the Oar , bary states; our assistance totheSpanish lrt%agents, and our intrigues round the Courts of France and Portugal,. ,You- may, perhaps; he surprised that we ate to •ntutlest with rept.* to our immense claims in 'France, in consequence a Mona !airless seizures and decrees, while we talk and act so bravely at ,Naples; but Air. .Madison thinks Ferdinand. IV.• unalterable in his attachtitent to England, while the Present Ministers of Louis XVIII IlNyp given out President a pledge of their hatred of England, of which we expect an evi dence whenever a safe. opportunity offers Itself.— Some of tl►eir,alcpendents are said to keep up a secret correspOndance with Alr. INinitro, by !►rani of the late Reuel' exile•, their former friends. These vile personages circulate the most absurd reports to agitate irs, and to bespatter England. 1 have just heard General Le Fevre affirm seriously, that the English Arnbaisador ut Paris has offered to give back Canada to France,• on condition ut being aided by an army of 200,000 Frenchmen to reconmer our Republic !! I The return of . Mr. Lee, our late t orisul at liourdeaux, was caused by his own 'imprudent con duct.. He publicly declaimed in favour of Brio. naparte ; and be tavouredthe escape to this coun try. of Joseph huona►apaarte, Clause!, and other culpable " A ftienri who visited lately our political or. stele, Mr: Jefferson, heard that Pinekney's tnissinn to Europe was 110 E so much with a view to ex• tort indemnities from Napiti, ns in the hope of giving such indirect provocations to England, that must in the opinion of Enrcipe humble her actual superiority or excite her to renew the war ,with us ! Fortunately for the lovers of peace our finances are at their lowest ebb, and we are totally to p' the taxes laid on during the last war.►. Yesterday Ja3i4es T 'Ha tris capitally ftutided, 'for having wiltully itisaitlted'John I)raper, on the king's highwnY' 'llit.f,;()Zthavilfg "ken .fi'o'n peiou two one pu ou..i..es— Me, Ktsatilutws addressit the Court, and stkteti, that otter having consul:cif Upon t case, it found itritt titcre was Not sufficient evittettee to criminate thel)risoner. ThOttry, therefore, 'littler the direction of the Judge,. fottod verdict---Nut Ottiit}). Tlieintboner bowed, aturretired. • ;IMES OF . Itt VIiDER. trilattin ttlettiilg:pot- make'', Wits of the it - puler of YViiiiatit Reid, iag lat► with a pist(fl. The case was fully stated by Mr. Watford, and the follo*Wing e vitleiice was ttieu Balled for the prosecution Wm. Harman Praulditie, partner to Mr. Tiffin, whose work is near SPitalfields, stated he was at hustie on the 27th July, and'altont eleven o'clock . at night he beatti the ui,charg:t: of • a'pistil, and five minutes alter his partnFr's servant came fur hiin, \Vile it he went toMr.Tiffin's ticiuse, and was told by him that he 'was as usual going ruund his Y'at'., anti by thelig(it hiS *lantern saw a min neitr.the wall in the yard, Whoth he desired to wa lk o tr, o r he won't . , 'tire at hint. The 'INN, iluwever, 'ran upon Mr. :Cann, whet) be again warned "him of his danger, as hisi)istol was 10tid.• Oil ian on towards Tiffin, till he .eattrellear tOhint, and Tiffin retreated a few paces back. When the tiiitn was mist i two YilitlS Trim Tiffin, the pistnl wa's`t6ellarged, end the anon. fell. Tiffin baling told witness this', rl'e,i'red Win to bring a.watchionn, Which a"ntl the elan Was tniind lying on his tnicfs, api)iirefitlplead. cross-examined by llr. were - surrounded with buiftlingS, ept in one , pot, where st lonite !vas to have been built, but which Lad not Wen finished. Tflemi:lootaetory' had been :roibbed.about 18 inoloh3 since, iIS far :is he - caw retncinher, 'there have .heen several nor robberies since that. It t . vB3 vet y dat'k.at time, but the (teCea,Sed Intlt. : llAve . tieNll the light %vliielt None (tow tlae lantern wl-feh fnisonee h e ld in his hand. Tiffin said-to.-witnes's' b'e had 'fired only in as lie did not knoiv what the Mail might du to ?him, add be sas sorry he could not avoid firing. Another 'mail Was Scion afier Tonna lying in tis cm -Hausa" laic asleep. The atittrii .was a etiefling one. Does not think Mr. TiTu could see whether thee Alan was 'armed • or n! ,t 4. James Benson, a .purvey6r, made the plan of the tn - entiseit, now sl►ewn Linn, There was a small portion 44 the yard at that tii►►e not surro► n ►ded. When he saw them kit week the)' were sur rounded by a fence. Sa►uuel Dobson ,kneW th►e C 111 ie 3at the time of the accident, and part of them was not *ti rounded then, but now one house has been built, and a fence iit front of that house, and the re mi►inder of the vaeunt ground has been m►ide. 'At that time any person mignt hive easily entered from the weer, . Thomas Ingrain, ivatchniim, went to house on.the iiight of tile .ttecidetit. Heard the report of a piStol at 16 - 61.20 (ninutes past eleven.' Did, not examine the premises. Saw tleceased; wisti died ,o a quarter of an, baOr atter ivituat firit saw him. Tiffin's ctistoth was every night to examine premises, and he told witnvss be heti fired on seeing the man in tile yard, but was sorry the's'hot had been fatal.. Sarah Barris knew 'the deceased, fiend wns . hint on the evening of his deal). lie Went out for beer Ater been at ruark'et. lie Was very deaf. The prisoner made nb defence'; and Mr. 'thought it unnecessary to call any witnesses in exCnipittion. Mr. attar' GRAHAM summed up, and the fury fount the prisoner-:—Nct Guilty. • The Judge decidedly thonght,that Mr. 'Min hid been sufficiently Werreoted by law In &du; what he did, and. that it ivas iinpossible not to Justify what he :had don'e. The Judge told the prisoner he might leave the bar without any impUtatioa on his cioarActet. Wright,wis noti : 1() the bite, lecated of the murder of sirs. Kirby and Tier infant child, try running his coach Careleisly against the gig in •which they were. IThis case ie afreadYt well tooMt to thelitiblie.)—ile With also charged tnan , .laughter. -Thomai residing in King'is-rOml, #lll ham, Was on the top o f the Chelsea sta•'e ott , the 25titof Angast last. It passed llYde Park Cor ner tarnpike at pine in the evening, and the pri saner at tLe War was driVer*: there were no lamps to the coach ; a carriage with lights had. just pasi. ttl through the Sane gate, and eras about ten or ele'ven yards a-head. Wright was driving quicker than usual, and the ,night was very, dark,; ;the road is very broad at, that place heard the coach, run against something . which alarmed witness very much for his own safety, and that of his wife, who was with hint : 1 ,- Vrighvappeared to be sritier ,qt the time; he .Must haVe seen the froth his seat, hut lie slid dist call.oilt rar'the Coach► . to make way, nor dill he stop to inquire whit had bappened. . . Crossrexaniined by ,Mr. Aug'? =The carriage which was said to be struck Was COming to Meet the one NVright was dating witisess did not see this.cartiage, • Tyler stated, the night was rather dark, but carriages conldeasily be iced on any pair ni the road ; after hearing a Voice, witness instantly heard a Crash, st u d the screams Of some persons wh o w e r e h urt b y the crash, he went over to their assistance; there were no lights at the gate; the gig had one Of its abatis broken, and the woman and :child Was instantly carried into Sr George's Hospital, 'Whitt) is aajoining the road. GeOrge Kirby, husband of the deceased, was driving the gig on the 25th of last mouth about nide ,41! tile evening : he.called to the coach, which was iwa yartlx home him, for God's sake to,stop, and he pulled up his horse ; Isis suite and Went fcti.ont on the left side of the gig, and himself and his Sou s - aged ten years, behind the horse's . heels. The enseli was going then very fast, as there is a deiceht in that part of the road ; slid not hear ,the ithiVer steetit‘ as ke slid nut stop j whams . hittl oat U 11 , C ii 'he get outof the way. JOseph Kivpitt, sen, who was on the box with Wrighti stated,..that the coach 1545 driven. that night with violence, - and tame th', gig with a great crash ; the coach went over a Lauf who`fail out 'of the gig. and witness bade the coachman pat up, bra he made no answer; wit 'ness told . the COadlatall The lady was 'dangerously . hurt or killed ;Ate went home Very slowly'after• Wards. Jo , eph . KiPpirli jun. corroborated the above. Win. Pitman, surgeon of Sr. George's tal, , depose , l to the state in which Mrs.l Irby a 4. her infant were brought into the Hospital alter the accident. In support of character sc'verat witnesses were called, who dceidetlliv;pyke in the prisoneci fa vnnr ; one - partici:tally declared Ise had nee.a heard hirit,awar au oath, nor seen him disguised in liquor. blr. Justice H6Lnovb,stnntned up the evidence, and the Jury found :the, prisoner Guilty • of .4lete. , 41auglecer. FORGERY. . . William TOwnshend was indicted fOr. 'uttering a forged - proma,ory tittle, which purported ,to bit it promissory note of Fortunatus Crisp, to pay tho inisoner the Sum of 730/, The note puiported tv bear tlate the 6th ofjatotary, ISi3.• Ft um the-statement of Mr. ALLEY, •it seemeit 'that the vrisoner 'rind prosecutor were relater!, and listi had an execntorihip together that ell so& counts %vete bet sveen then), and the pri loner gavt! 11,c prosecnior a recut -t its a ietile. o i eo f o f whict receipt Was crated the 14:h of Jid 1814. Attertrurast as late As Easter Term, the pris:mer vrete!Otetl to have the prosta. entor's proinitry 'tote for 751. dated in Jaa. unary, 1813. lie had the hardiness to bring an ';ctioo 01% thi9 %) o tt, and On the (vial Of the eause k alter I, l q 1 - 111, the evidei , ce was So strong. : of its..ll)eing a forgery, thitt Lord Elleishorungli order'ed the note to he eitipotthlud in the lames at v‘e Office'. ofthe 'Court; , . Mr. S. Smith', the Crier Of the Court of Xing's. Bench:, protliterl toe on 't which •witsempotindell iti ! Se‘tial We'te-thett who . stAtetl that. the 'zimlttftire ivhlch purported POrtintattit Crisiiii,lo welr behalf, was hot his , , Mr. crisp th'e'n produced the receipt of a tittle of 01 arcoeitts between them la J01y,1814. The AttOrifey proved th6t stiff action ivits brottgl.t on the note against the prOtecuirlr, which camit no to be tried the Sit i tiogs alter Ea to 'l'crtli, which the prisoitCr, 0101 ?Wilda, WAS Ilon-utitvd. Verdict—Guilty, 'Death. • . • 'CC orge Vaughan is tried this day at tile Ohl Bailey, in conpany with Mackay and Drown, for capital offences, that of btAng accessaries before the fact, in committing a burglary iu the house at Mrs. Macdonald. ) at Hinton. On his beingcow veyed hack to prison on Saturday, he said he would prefer being banged to sulTei ing five years', iruprisoament. PSDE'SI:IIANISM...-(10th Day.)-13ARNET, last night, accotnplislied 50 miles, und this tnoriling 'hest off i igain at * quarter before four o'clock. and wbvti he ivent to 'breakfast, had gone Ja fates,. 'fle non. Mr. *Atm, M. P. and belonging to the B ott iA of Ordnance in London, 'bits arrived its Athlone. His visit is expresSlY for the purpose of inipectiug minutely all matters connected ,witht the Ordnance bepartment th ere, preparatory tot making every furtliCr, reduction therein that is practicable. A pinn has been iltrly adopted by the Magi-• berates who , iegulate .the Norfolk County Choi, likely,to product. very beneficial efFects.' It is in• tended : that, on the dischvge of any person'oc• cusetror convicted 'ot wh6 shall have con ducted himself properly nt:st in prison, ~thecp be delivered to such vrson a letter, signed by the and• gaoler, and addressed to theminister and, overseers of the parish . piersots usually resident, cetiifying iiisThritergOolt be. havionr. And that there be given to sucirrersois a stun of timaey,loyetn‘ble .hior or .lier tit ,return home 1,40 if, alter the e!4pipttion of one month typinAtc.,tiniti of ,futaylist;,li,rge, it shall appear 'by the : eertilicoe,bl:Pie m inister and oversterx,,uf the parish, !.fiat the 'conduct of stlich - person has been 81 , 0144 001 *v, that'a further SUM; at tile dis eretiotrof the dommittee,:be remitted to him or bet.. The great object of the Cumtutitee is to pre. ,Vent persons diSentirged from confinement from returning to their tomer practices, by inciting t 9 habits of industry. On Thursday as a boat was: going down the river Medway to the Latarettes with eight men, it was seci4einnlly ()versa, when ED w Ana Mon. aAN, belonging to the Lazarettes, was unfortn. uately drowned ; the. others escaped without ant injury.. n ß etts rt s e o n ti , i i l i r p t o nt r i t ) L o i v rt e d r r;o o l nto hoard,Di h i except, tr as: t i . c iv r o t:e s k e e a ti . ,Tueiday the traglinff vessel S ulta n , Cap t ai n men, perished. Mr. RANRIN, of Leftwich, near proprietor, and Mr. Goutrlear, North wieh, salt formerly of Northwich, were tutiong the number, and their bodies have since been found. Mr. Itstattiu has left a widow and fi re lovely children to deplore hisloss. Mr. Gout.oet4 and the Cap. lain have also left wives and Exteution.—Limeriek, Sept. 18.r—Thie morning Patrick Scanlon aim! Patrick Barns, in pursuance of sentence on Monday, were executed at Gallows. greets, near this city ; sPer hanging' the usual tune their bodies were brought to the Infirmary fur 'dissection.—To-morrow Sheeby and Evans are to undergo a similot execution. LIMERICK,. SEPT. 14 —The hOnte of -Edmond Bourke, a ,slater °atilt roahetWeen Castle-Con nell and O'Brien's Bridge, was maliciously con sfluargnreartl inu, hoicnhl'it,truft:ksiy broke out g in hi p t ) a u tt r t : The pli : t co ort r e root, spread so rapidly, that the oWtier, bis wife, and .aevan children, with difficulty escaped the fieutes,