The Sun. — London, England, 1816-12-21 00:00:00

TEE LONDON D:th..Y NEW'SI'M'ERS, [From the Journal de Paris of Ircdnadoy One of the Journals of the South of Germany gives the following account of the London News papers : " The Times is the Journal of the WELLESLI9T Party ; it is in opposition to the Milliners, who do not want the Mat quit of WELLast.av ;It is also 'with the Foxites., The Mornink Chronicle is devoted to the Foxites; and the British Press sup ports the cw,ise of Lord GRaNVILLB and his ad lit:tents. The Morning Helrald is the Journal of the REGENT'S Palace (Carlton -noose). The Editor of the Ledger writes in the republican style, but his intelligence is only addressed to Merchants. The Editors of the Day and Advertiser only write for Mechan;cs ; they copy the other Journa ls.— • Ue Morning Post, which was formerly a Minis terial Journal, is no longer employed by the Go vernment ; the. Editor exclaims against them: reveytheless, no Party .seeks to gain him. The Courier and the Sun are the Ministerial Papers. — The Star writes for the Barracks ; the Traveller for Mercantile Riders ; and the Statesman for the very Lowest Class of the Pe/pie, and the most In rious Democrats." I The &rads Oracle gives the following curious specimen of the slavery Of (ie fresh under parte anti Fouche " The Liberal, a journal which is the worthy suc cessor of the NainJaune anti Mereure Surveillante, charges us with having inserted in October, 1811, a ridiculous article in praise of Buonaparte ; but the honest Editor should have addetl'a trifling cit.; tumstance, of which they could not .beignoratit, viz. that such articles were inserted by order The following is a proof :—ln 1809 the Editors of the Oracle were arrested, itnprisoned, and their Journal suppressed by order of Fouch6. Power ful interest:obtained their enlargement; with.power to resume their Journal on the following condi tions Yon will signify to ,the Editor of the Oracle (it is •Fouebi who speaks in his instructions to . the Prefect), that he must Confine himself to copying the Muniteur literally ; that he is forbid den to extract any article .from other Paris Papers, er those of the departments; that the least depar ture from these conditions will he punished by the suppression of his Journal, besides the measures of high police that may be taken in regard to him.' his order, of which we have a copy, was coin wunicated to us in presence of several persons who et present occupy high situations in Brussels." ST.ATE UP THE SUN. We examined t!i luminary immediately alter perusing the account given by the German Astro nomer, who pretended to have discovered several Bleep caverns in it 3 disk. At that time not a spot remained, and what the Augsburgh Observer took for boles must have beets the bodies which we described about the end of November, and the position of 'which pretty e s act ly corresponded with that of the pretended caverns. In their transit over the-Situ, these bodies are only rendered visible by the inter ruption of its beams which their opacity occasions. They form in fact partial eclipses of that biotin - ivy, which must be more sensible to the inhabi tants of Venus, and still more so to those of Mer eury, than to us, as these planets are nearer the . intervening bodies, and consequently receive a larger: portion of their shadow. Of their size . some idea may be formed, when it is stated, that the Moon, which, on account of its vicinity to our. sphere, occasionally conceals from •us the whole of the Sun, would not appear bigger, or so lig, in its passage over that luminary, as Om least of the spots now tkistinguishable on its surtace,were It removed to the same distance. That they are extraneous bodies and not cavities in the sub stance .of the Sun, appears evident from their hav ing a planetary Motion of their own, - independent tit that ut the luminarx i round which they revolve. We should indeed nut be surprised to find, should tlrey be watched with due attention, that they have regular periods like the other planets. We are most tempted to believe,, that those which have lately re-entered the disk of the Sun, and which tire tratv visible, are the same which we observed nearly three months since, awl have just accomplished • their revolution. On Monday last, only one body, et vtry considerable magnitude, had entered as usual on the left cat the disk, and proceeded nitwit half way towards the centre. Yesterd we found that it had passed time centre, and was fast ap- proaching the right. It had been followed at 11 1 1 Oft distaree by one of .less dimensions, a 'little tuare elevated, which p d nraued the- aim course, whilst at the inferior part of the disk, the left, and also on a new body had just made its appearance. There ate now therefore three bodies passing at once over the Sun, and tiMr configurstion much reiembles that of some others which we have here tau: a obseived. An darrning accident occurred in the Dublin Theatre on Tuesday week, duriltg the representa tion of the Woodman's Hut : in the scene of the ihoott on fire, while Mrs. IiAMSIN, Miss NORTON, and Mrs. MONTGOMERY were attempting to pass over the bridge, it gave way; owing' to its not being properly secured, and .the three were pre cipitated into the fire beneath ; Mrs. MONTGO MRUY forttnittely ticaped ‘vitisnut injury, and Nliss NORTON witlt_ being slightly scorched, brit Airs, Eowilkl WAS.so seriously bruised hy , the fall that she leas been confined to leer bed ever since. SHIP DEAL, Dec. 20.—Arrived the Alert sloop of %var from a cruise. Came down from the River . yesterday, and sailed, the Tortoise store-ship for St. Helena; Sarah Christiana for Sr. Helena; and Hope for Oporto:—Wind N. E. PotursmouTn, DEC. 20.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Sydney from Newfoundland ; Venus, Dttcw, from Amsterdam ; Charles Forbes, MILLE, and Agnes, Bovt.e, froni Quebec ; Chapman, DRAKE ; MOffillt, LEO ; and Admiral Gambier, BRASyI, from the Downs. Sailed the Shipley for New South Wales, and Numa for Gienada. The Charles Forbes sailed from Quebec the 16th No- . vember, and the Monarch, DOUGLAb Was to sail the following day. The Mary, TAYLOR, and the Lord Somers, were ready for sea. The Agnes lost an anchor and cable in the rier St. Law rence.—Wind N. FALMOUTH, Dcc. 18.—Arrived the Heron gun brig from a cruise. Sailed the following packets with mails :—Lally Arabella and Duke of Marlbo rough for Lisbon ; Princess Elizabeth, for Gibraltar and Malta ; Marchioness of Queensberry, for Ame rica ; Lady Wellington, for Jamaica ; and Queen Charlotte for the Brazils. Alio sailed the Bar lOU, SAMPSON, for. Venice, and Lucy, CULLIIN, for Trieste. DOVER, DEc. 2 . o,—Arrived the Fortuna, Or,- 'Seri, &urn Malaga for Ostend, leaky, and is Limier quarantine. It AmsGATF., DEC. 20.—The brig Camper down, HILL, on shore near the North Foreldnd, is gone to pieces ; stores saved. We are authorized to state, that Otere was a misrepresentation in the Bow-street Report, copied into UP: SUN from.a Morning Paper of yesterday, And that Mr. HUGH SEYMOUR bad no intention to provoke a duel, but merely to vindicate the character of his brother. • IVINDscR. Dec. 20...-The, Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER arrived this morning at the Cas tle, on a visit to the QUEEN and PRINCESSES, who were voile to Frogmore, the weather being re markably clear tor the season of the year. Two more Cabinet Councils have been held at the Foreign Office : one on Thursday at two o'clock; which sat till near six ; and another was assembled yesterday at two o'clock, at the. same place, which eta till past five. It is not expected that their Royal and Serene Highnesses the Princess CHARLOTTE and Prince LuoroLD will return to Canieltottl House, ag all the furniture and property left there has been re moved to St. Alhan's House, Stratford-place. • This day Viscount and Viscountess CASTLE REAGH will leave town, on a visit to their Royal and Serene highnesses Princess CHARLOTTE and Prince COBURG, at their seat, Claremont, Slltrey. LUCIEN BUONAPARTE, it is said, has received notice to quit Rome, and' rep:sir to his villa at Frescati. The report of Marshal Sour being on a visit to the Earl of SEFTON, at Croxrth, is untrue. Major-General Sir JOHN BYNG, K. C. B. who has now a foreign corps' which is to be , reduced, is to get the 41h %Vest India Regiment, •vice the late Sir..lAmtts [TH.—('Morning Paper.) It is said, that a Noble Martinis will shortly emerge from his widowed -- stale, and blend his high honotirs and connections, in marriage, with a daughter of an Earl of great possessions in the North. The Officers, non-commissioned Officers, and Privates of the 92d Highlanders, now in Citiu burgh Castle, have generously, and with a laud able zeal worthy of imitation, subscribed one day's pay towards the relief of the distressed poor in that townandneighbourhood. . . Duen.—Yeiterday morning, at seven o'clock, a meeting took place in the Regent's Park, near Chalk Farm, between Mr. D--s, of Kentish TOwn, and Major Dtt D--, of the Regi ment, in consequence of an altercation. which took place at a Coffee-Louse, respecting a young Lady of great beauty and accomplishments, re siding in the neighbourhood of Kentish Town. The first fire Mr. D.'s bullet passed near the blade-bone of his antagonist, carrying away with it a part of the flesh—he was conveyed to Hamp stead. The wound . does not, it appears, assume a 'dangerous complexion, nor is it of* nature like ly to render long confinement necessary. "%VEST INDIA DOCKS.—Au extrt!ordinarY die c')very has within a few days past been made at the West India Docks, wherein a cheque clerk of a warehouse, the master of a tighter, and others, have been concerned in taking away coffer, sugar, a number of bags of pimento, and other articles to a great amount, for a length of time past, out of the. "Docks, by concealing themselvts therein during the night for that purpose. Three grocers of Rotherbitlie, Poplar, and Deptford,•are like wise in custody for purchasing the articles,' know ing them.to have been stolen.—(Morning Post.) ALARMING FlRE.—Yesterday morning, about six' o'clock, a file broke out in the premises of Mr. LESLIE, Coachmaker, No. 8. New Cavell.; disb4treet, Cavendish-square. The manufactory was nearly burned to the ground. The loss sus• tamed by Mr. LE,stts is very great. We understand that the President and Stewards of the North Britons' Society have vested one hundred -and fifty pounds In the hands of the Li verpool Dock Trustees, being all the funds that young and generous Society have in their power to lend:—(Liverpodl courier.) Died, on the 15th of October, at Antigua, of the.yellow fever, Lieutenant SUMMAND, c at . his Majes:y's ship Tigris, son of the late Captain JOHN SHORTLAND, I.Z. N. _ Tuesday a quantity of Spanish Dollars were picked up at Hardin-11W, on the mad front Sit tinghourne to Rochester, which were Lying scat tered in the ntud, as il.dropped by accident. A labouring man, who first discovered them, found ul]icieut to fill his but. VIZ LAVE MOTS, s.c. THE YoUNGRR WATioN.—Letters continue to pour in from all quarters, respecting the riot,:, lint more particularly as they regard the younger Watson, of whom, to a late period yesterday, no satisfactory account had been obtained. The .communications on the sahject, directed to the Lord Mayor, may be supposed to he pretty nume rous, when it is known that the postage alone yes terday amounted to nearly 31. It is but right, however, to.add, that many of the letters addiess ed to his Lordship have come from' the most re spectable individuals, MagiStrates and others, who are zealously endeavouring to second the views of the Chief Magistrate, upon the business of the late riots. One of the communications of yesterday is from' a Alagistrate at Birmingham, and forms a sort of continuation of the account given. by Mr. Wont- . tier, the City Marshal. Ir.states; that:the Young man e supposed to be, 'Watson, was seen to'enter two obscure public-houses in the*towns of . Litch field and Rotledge, where, as before, he anxiously inquired for the London 'Newspapers. In one of these places he wai about to be detained, but young Watson having been described as wearing gaiters, and the young man in question having on a pair of pantaloons, he was suffered to pro ceed on his journey.. The supposed fugitive took the road to Liverpool, to the Mayor and Magi strates of which place intelligence of his route was immediately forwarded. It hatl been stated that three men were brought to the London Hospital, in consequence of wounds they received during the riots in the City, on the last day of the Spa-fields Meeting, and that one fellow escaped after his wound was dressed. A re%bard has been since offered for his apprehension, and it was thought he would soon be taken, in consequence of the nature .of his wound, he having had.his thutnb completely blown off, and his band in other respects seriously injured ; it is evident therefore he must be under the care of a surgeon. Ile declared, before he left the„Hospital, that he went out that morning tor the express purpose of shooting -some person ; that he was in a state of .starvation and did not care for his life. He had hit4ocket nearly full of largel wan . shot. Not withstanding, however, strict search. has* been madelor him, he has not .yet been heard of. ThWather two are still in the hospital, one of them had his thumb and fore-finger cut off, and musquet ball was found in his hat, which is still in the possession of one of the surgeons ; he says his name is John Roberts, 'he' has had no friend come to visit hi.t; he is now in a fair way of re covery, John Reily, the third man, was wounded in the wriFt. His wound is r►►pidly healing without having recourse to amputation, as was at first ap prehended. One or two persons have come to see him in the Hospital. They piove to he dis charged sailors, and loose characters without fa milies. It is believed that subscriptions are received for the support of the Lenders in thraldom. On Mon day Preston was waited upon by delegates from the East and West end of the town, thanking him for bis.parlic services, and assuring him at-, die' support of his friends antler any calamity which he may sustain. The account received yesterday from, Brixton, was, that Mr. PLATT was much better, the wound still discharges mach, two pieces of the coat have! been extracted, and as soon as the swelling is abated, the surgeons intend to extract the ball. HATTON-GA RnEv,—Yesterday the owner of the backney-cokeh, No. 134, applied for a summons . for the Rev. 11.1 r. Parkes, who, he stated, still re-.. fused to pay him 13s. coach hire due to complain. : ant since the first Spa-fields meeting,. although Mr. Parkes promised before- the Magistrates to see him paid, Messri.'Dyall and Preston refuse to pay, and Mr. Parkes accompanied complainant's serVant to Hooper, treasurer to the Spa-fields Cormnittee, to his lodgings in Greystoke-place; Fetter-lane, to prevail on him to pay it, but to no purpose, and complainant Wag Still kept out of his money. 'rite Magistrates told the coot plainnnt that the charge in the first instant was dismissed, but they recollected that the Reverend Gentleman made himself responsible for the pay ment, as he promised beftire a witness to pay it, it was now a debt, and they hid nothing to do with it but they advised him to summons him to the Court of Requests, where he would . be sure to recover it. (CIRCULAR.) Whitehall, Doc. 11, 1816. MY Loan,--I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship, that my Lords the Post-master-General have repi esented to me that they have had under consideration the 'iraportant' sub ject of t►reventing any interruption of the Nfails by falls of snow during the present winter, and haVe, at the satire time, requested my assistance for that purpose. It is unnecessary for me to urge the iMportance of maintain ing the cotuo►unication between the Metropolis and the va., rictus parts of the Kingdum with all possible exactness and', with a view to this desirable object, I have to request - that your Lordship will call upon the Magistrates to direct.tl►e proper Officers in the respective parishes within your Lind ship's County to pay particular attention -to the clearing of the. Roads in the event of a fall of snow, and thereby to pre vent any impediment to the conveyance of the Mails. I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, • SIDMOUTII. His 11Iejosty's Lieutenant for the County of Cambridge. Potanti. , --The common Soft Snap use►l with water is ti Preventive of the Venereal Infection. it is pnasible, therefore, from ti►e circumstance, that if instantly used after the infliction of the wound, it May prevent the fatal effects of the Bite of a Mad Dog. PHILANTHROPUS. A phenntnenon most singular, portentous, and what Is ill never happen again !—CAarratt did NOT 4ell a great Capital last Lottery !—but what is the rational inference ?—Why, that Fortune will cer tainly and .amply make up for it in the present Lottery ; therefore, let all those ►who wish the New Year to he a happy one, coma AND BE TRMPTED, at No, 8, CliAttisQ-Citois, RoNTAiq cArtloLicks. The Dublin Paper last tcceived state, that at nu Aggregate Catholic Meeting, held on the 17th, in that city, a Resolution %vac proposed, contirm. ing the Resolution of the Catholic Prelates of the 2dth of April last, in favour of domestic no mination, and strongly recommending the adop tion of such canonical proceedings as may be most 'likely to obtain that object. The Meeting was held at Clarendon-street Cita. pel, Sir Tlioi4AS ESMOND, Bart. in the Chair. Mr. O'Goamkri read a report of the proceed ings of the Irish Catholics since their last meet ing, after which the Catholic Board was pro nounced by high authority to be an illegal As sembly; he advetted to the differences which arose in the lindy,.whereby, many of its Members had seceded, and lamented that these differences should have existed. OWSN O'CoNNOR, Esq. roseand said; that - Ai, they were pledged to petition every year, while' ever they had any thing to ask for, they were met that day - for the purpose of adopting a Petition which was prepared tor that purpose. • He then -proposed some Resolutions vhirh had been pre pared by the Gentlemen who met at Darcy's on MOaday for that purpose. The two first Resolu- tions were as follow " Resolved—That we do renew our mast earnest and respectful Petition to the Legislature, for the total and unqualified Emancipation at the Catholics of Ireland. " Second—Resol . eed—That we have seen, with heartfelt pleasure, the Resolution of the Catholic Prelates asstnibled at Kilkenny on the 29th' day of last, declaring their readiness to concur in .Domestic Nomination ; and we most strongly and emphatically recommend wall dassei of the Catho lic Community, the adoption of such canonical proceedings as are most likely to produce the esta blishment of Domestic Nomination." The two foregoing Resolutions were seconded by Nicholas Ma Esti. who passed a high eulogiutn on the ['relates. Mr. E. M'Donnell entered his protest against any interterence on the part of the Laity with ca nonical proceedings. He thought the Resolution went far enough if it stopped at the approval of the conduct of the Bishops. He moved, that the latter part of that Resolution be expunged. Mr. Bernard Colic seconded Mr. Al'llonneirs amendment, which was withdrawn akier au able speech from Counsell or Side!. Mr. O'Connor then moved the third resolution, whicls:was as follows :-- " Resolved—That we deem it a duty which we owe to ourselves and our country, solemnly to declare, thnt we will, at all times, and under ail circumstances, deprecate and oppose, .by all means left us by the laws, any influence, either direct or indirect, on the part of the Crown of Great Britnio, in the appointment of Bishops for the Roman Ca tholic Church of Ireland.“ The Petition WRS'lllell read, and upon motion of Mr. O'Connor, seconded by Mn, M`Mahim,. agreed to. " Resolvedhat the charge of procuring signa tures to that Petition, and causing it to be pre« sensed to both Horses of Parliament; at as early a pei iod as , possible in the ensuing Session; be committed to the individuals who c omposed the CathOlic Board and Catholic Associ:►tion." Mr. lac Donnell proposed a ResolUtion to call upon the Catholics of Ireland to support a Re torm in Parliktnient. This Resolution drew, forth tin animated discussion. Mr. O'Connell, Mr. O'Gor.man, Mr. Simi], Mr. Howley, Mr. tVoulf, and Mr. N. Mahon, opposed the motion, as being totally irnelevant to the busi ness they were called upon to debate. Mr. 'reeling spoke-front the Gallery at consider• able length in favour of the Motion, which he said was of more importance to Irishmen than even Catholic Emancipation, for this was a remedy to but one evil—that cured all. This motion was the cause of much clamour and noise, and was at length, at the request of several Gentlemen, in order to preserve unanimity at t h is Meeting, ithdrawn by the mover, who promised to take an early opportunity to bong forward hi, motion. Lord Donoughtuore and Mr. Parnell were' ap pointed to present the Petitions, and after the usual votes of thanks the Meeting dissolved. POLICE INTELLIGENCE RUJEN:!iQUAItE. Roseewe.—Mr. Wiley, who keepi the Burton Ale-house in Henrietta-street, Covent• Garden, charged C. Morris, his porter anti cellarmen, with robbing hint of a bottle of wine. The Magi*. trate (Wm. FI#LbING, Esq.) reprehended in se -veil: terms the folly as well as impudence of the pri,oner's conduct ; but as the bottle of wine had not been carried from under the roof, it was no felony, and he most therefore dismiss the charge. Bow-STREET. ---- Yesterday John Gore was bronght-to . the Orrice, Wand underwent a long exa mination-before i Ir. BIRNIE, the Sitting Magis trate, charged with robbing Messrs. Sturch and Boobyer, wholesale and retail ironmongers. Stanhope...street, Clare-market.—Remanded tilt Tuesday next. , Guti-plimx.---Itesterday a respectable dealer, residing in the neighbourhood of Elect -street, wits thih ed.. with uttering as true, a 1/. note of the Bank of England, he well knowing the saute be forged..---Mr. Kara attended on the part of rite Bank, rind Mr. A R511. 1 1t for the prisoner. I 1 ct4tcn her of respectable witnesses appeared to give the prisoner a good character.--He was remanded for a final exemination. WORSHIr*STR ROBES RY THC Wlcu MAIL...—. Yesterday Francis Wheeler, who stood charged on suspicion of 'robbing the Nor. wick Mail of a parcel containing notes, &e. waa finally examined. Mr. MosP.a, the ,Magistrate, finding that nothine• beyond suspicion could be advanced against trte prisoner, and particularly us no part of the property was found upon his per son, discharged him. M R LBOROO G ..ST ET.......Mr.5% liarTla SiCig a very genteel young woman, was brought to this Office in the custody of Webb, the Constable a St. Ann's, Soho, charged by _Mr... lint, of the Firm of Flint and Key, litien.drapor, Grafton Home; Oration-street, with stealing a parcel, containing fifteen yards'of poplin...4lK was laity committed to Newgatc for trial. r 4