The Sun. — London, England, 1816-12-26 00:00:00

DEAL, DiC. 25.-ArriVed; and retniiin, the Violet, AL1,17,N, from Buenos Ayres, with loss of anchor anti cable ; Raehael and Ann, CAs'e, and Hannah, MoOa, from Quebec.. Came down froni the River, and remain, the Sir S. Lashington, Charles Grant, Inglis, and General Harris, for India'; and Pilgrim for St. Kitt's. Arrived, and sailed for the River, the Drumclary store- Wind S.W. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 25.-4trived the Quest, Venus, Trafalgar, and Juhu and Eleanor trans ports, from Gternsey.. The Fox tratisport; froni Guernsey, gut on shore ois Bainbridge 1.61;7, big is expeocd to come cif without Much Atiinage at high water.-;—Wind S.W. FALMOUTH, DEC 25.--Arrived the Thomas Brouch, NELSoN, from Virginia ; Chapman, from Loudon for Cork and New South Wales ; from Shields for Jamaica. Sailed the .Ana, Diana, Tiope, Margaretta, Hester, Sally, and Jenny, for London Mercury and Cribh for Portsmouth. Tue brig Crown, WlLsort, attived off the Lizard , the 02d from Salo,in '23 days, all well, ,tact prouedttl for Londop.—Witid The country ship 14 , Ard Castlereagh, Captain J. B. LAI s'o, kit Por Ittstmth on the I4th of May, and reached Bombay the 6th of August, having consequently performed one of the quiehest voy ages' from England ever known. The Castle reagh made the Island of Jolt biIIDA in 69 days from the Isle of Wight, and but for some light winds loiter pansingJohanuir, would probably have re:l6,- 0 Bombay within 80 days: GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS OF RUSSIA. Ott • Saturday, his imperial Highness walked along the different streets of the New Town, hi company with a single gentleman, but did not 'tisk any place Yesterday, 'at nue' o'elock,'the 6th dragoon guards, from 'Piershill BaVrackii, and the 92d Te ginient, from the Castle, were drawn up in trout of the Royal Hotel, Prinee's•Streef. 'When his iliglniess came omit from the hOtel, he mounted a grey chatger, and was saluted by the 'troops with presented arms, &c. He then rode along the• line, both in front and rear: Having taken his station at the loot of Hanover-street, accom-. Ponied by the 'Commander of the Forces, the Of leers of the North.. British Staff, and a Russian Aide;-de-Camp, the) troops passed his Hignness first in slow, lime anti then in quick time—the ea iPalrY stmigly. h e troops then marched off,' and Highness retorned to the Royal Hotel. He was dressed io the unit'ortnUf the Russian cinards, a dark greet % cc at, .with Orange cuffs and large silver . elitinli:ttes, and . 'wore a star on his breast. His Aide-de-Camp was hi a siniihr dress, but had rin epaulette?. At t,so o' c lock kisitad. Vie College in a private manner, also Heri.ut's and Watson's Hospitals, the Riding School, &c. :He likewise inspected. Piershill Barracks. In the sftetnoon hitt - Ugliness gave ats elegant dinner at the Royal 'Hotel, to the Lord Provost, elle Lord Advocate, the Commander of the Forges, Ailtni tal Sir IV. Johnstone Hope. ;Ind several other Gentlemen belonging, to this city. Thii day the ,Grand lltike Nieholas and hit suite iitrt the Royal Uutel (Nlacculloch's), in foar ammo) four; with tour onfrriders. They go to Chisgbw 1)y Linlithgow and Carron. The Carriages pelting; to the Prince Regent, Mt quite plain, and are only used tor travelling.' Two of the out.4iders arc in the Rtiyal liVery.---(Edin itrgh Courant, Monday); EARL STANHOPE.....—The Mirka! of Earl S•r,it • hare took: place on Tuesday last: The corpse interrtd in the family traOlt fit The ceremony was conducted With the Utmost possible plainness, .agreeably to the direetioni in the. Noble Lord's will. There Were neitlier beetle nor mourning coaches, but' the body was tarried to the grave. The chief mourners *ere his:son,- the Hon. Colonel Stanhope, and Bon in -law, Mr. Taylor. It was attended by Lord ilolland, Lord Grantley, Mr. Jekyll, .‘lr Dyer, ;he Rev. Dr. Cartwright, Mr. Stone, Mr. Polhill, Ile. Murray, Mr. Varley. &c.---by the Mihle Latl't,t will, dated i n 1805, he. appoints ten exe cutors,.viz. Lord:Holtann, Lord Grantley, Joseph Jekyll, • E N . Goorge Dyt-r, Esq. the Rev. C. WyTill, Dr. Goodwin, Inc _Rev. TOIM 'N o r t h, DitTid Stone, F , rl. the Rev. Dr. Gregory, anti ihe lics . Mr. It(Winion, The two loyA ipen ar t , dead. To tllL'e executors,' utter a few legacies, he leaves all his 'dispoable property. kik f. , rnilyareltittnentioneri in the will, but thry ere sil entitled 'to certain sums by the 'yardage setitemet . its ; Hmt the pr e se n t Stanhope 311C tads to the family estate, Worth 12,0001. per Suirum-, LEADS RIOTS.---The last Leeds Mercury, ad- Vrrtitig to the t bits reported toh..ve . taken place there by ' Th e Y or k Herald, siqs:-.'" This, we be lieve. is o,e. first intimation the inhabitants of this town have had of this intended riot ; and we should like to know the authors of surmises so tinfounded, and sp injurious to the character of the populace of this place, who have never evinced the slightest tendency to riot or outrage. We are autltOrisell to add, that the advance of the thin . - tar t y 40 T•ikester, was neither by the order nor the privity of the .Magistrates of this borough, who bad no intimation whatever of any breach " t the peace being in contemplation, and whiclr, bad such an intention existed, they would 11ave beets apprised of. It is probable, therefore, that some mischievous person has been practising what i 8 railed a hoax upon the Military Commandant York.--ii is a subject,, however, Which ought to be investigated." M Rs. COUTTS—MigiVa/e ' o C I% tributed .comfort yesterday to s tipwaras of 2000 objeett of real comprission and dis Tress. It is not Possible to describe scene which presented itself at so early au hour as ten in the morning, at which time Mrs. Conttt.arrived fro:it town to , witness the proper d i stri bution of her charity.-- An assemblage of the nntortunatc, from the age of 10 to 90, isail Colleftted abottt.nine in the morn. in 2. The most respectable tradesmen of Iligh gatc hHd, Ole last Mnittit, hero retiorqed to search' the abodes ti the antortanite poor; and Omir who were' considered real 64-els of hrneA: reute, many with six, seven, aO4ighrehildren, reedited sealed 1;c:cos, with the 'mintier of chil- (ken On the ticket, which, when presented . , tided the partite to obtain relief ininead . , meat, Clothing, and money.- according to the descriptitin given in the ticker, certified . hy a signature. One thousand of those tickets were i's - sued. The whole of the poor of Hiyhgate, with the most distrePsed of ffampstead , and Horosey, rereived aid, and at . tone o'clock nor ►►ne poor. ohjeet..requiring re lief, appeared ►tt the gates of Holly Lodge. Inde pendent of this holiday, and yearly gift, h 0 poor and deserviug old WOMAR receive weekly, from . , th e sa me hand, three shillings per week ; 12 aged woine ll Ids° in the alms-house the same, with each a sack of coals ; and 100 of the poor, every Saturday:during the Thur severe months of the winter, a dinner of the 'hest soup, and half a pound of prat._ • Lambeth Parish.—The popnlons and wealthy psrish of Lan►heth recently held a Meeting, to pro-. r id e f or th e distressed inhabitants, and eatne to Resolutions appointing a Committee of Gentle men to solicit the bounty of their fellnw-pa rishioners, with view to raise a fund sufficient to give employment to the inthistrionq poor now nit of work. His Grace the Archbishop of Can. terhury subscribed 501. Front the. Walent eitate there was given, through the hands of the Church. wardens, &c. 2001. and the wet- by Rector, the Rec. Dr. Wordsworth, gave 231. These examples were followed by many respectable individnalq, and much good is expected to arise from this benevolence. Brighton, Dee. 2.—Yestertlay, the whole of the poor poptiLition of this town end peightiow hood ‘'ere supplied with trent end bread, tier:or/l ine to the number of their .fruniiies, from the bounty of the 'Prince Regent, who was iiesitntis that ev e ry one ,should e•njnv ,►t gond Cheigtopcs dinner. A plan was obsetved in the distribution n t t h e ith ee , i l provi.cion. of• Fits Royal, Highness, that deserves part;cular notice On the clay pre ceding, every npplic•nt was furnished with a ticket, eperifying the ►veight cd . meat; anti viunibe l r Of loaves. Tn preve►►t confusion, the provisions were delivered in four parts of the town,- under proper assi•talits ; a c id, in less than th►ee boors, more than, 3000 persons were furnished. with up, (wards of . g:ioo:bs..of excellent beef, an.l 10;00,0 Ina quarter'''. loaves, It was gratifying to see he poor carry , away their charitable donations isith such expressions of thankfulness and eon iinthient.—The nova! bounty was not limited to his seasonable rrlief , for ilk Royal Highness or!er.,ed that fl selection of the most -ntstrterotti families should receive, this morning, an extra allweakiee of meat, bread; vegeiables, beer, and, in short . , every ..nperfinnns artirde from the kitchen and larde'rs of the Pkrvilion, to be fairly distributed itomng • The Heti. Wm. INTALME, of Pantimre, with a patriotic and benevolent spirit, And. to excite the exertions of the fishermen. Of the East and IVpst Haven (fisbinz villages on,his erste); has offered preminms of 201. 151: and 101. to ttpy tht•ee boats who shall,_ betwixt flit. 17th Deeentber and the 15th April,next, 'bring the largest t'ittatitity of fish roshor:, and sell them at the most .Moderate price to t -e labouring and intinstrioilis poor.; Lord JAMBS MURRAY, on his departore from Dankebl, on the 14th inst. left to each of the pa iishes of Dtmiteld and Little 50/..ster. tri h. given to the most needy, and this over trod atmve many - private charities it.oin himself and Noble Lady, during their residence t►t Dunkeld. Mr. Poort and Miss CitithaNt art performing at Newesslle-tspolf-Tyn6, Mr. Binav, who Made bh debut at Covent- Garden Theatre last season, in the .characters Shyloeli and Sif ..drchy Macsarcosm, has t e-appeared at :New-York. The American Newspapers speak angrily of his itteptiOn in England, and accuse us of envy and all finchatitableneSs towar4s tracs 7 drlantic'talent. To support this charge' they as scrt, that Mr. BIBBY was wdrsti than unfa vourably, received. lie was hospitably grrated with shouts of Off! or before he hid ulteiell line of his character.", On the contrary, Mr. Biucv was, on Dais entre, encouraged by cheers, arul,.upon the whole, very favourably received in Loudon. PocsoN.---The common Soft Soap used with .niter is uPreventive of the Venereal Infection. It is" possible, therritare, from the circumstance, that if instantly used after the inflietidtt of the wound, it may prevent the fatal effects of the Bite of a Mad Dug, l'uttANTHuoPus. Christmw Bares • and New Yr«r's Gifts !--the very best that ran he given or received, are td be had at CARTEIei, Nti..B. Uniting Cross.--,13y the purchase of Lottery Shares, you may secure to yourself or friends ki 11 absolute fortune.—The risk is what every one . Clll4. afford ; the fortunate con sequences are what every one desires. Instead, therefore, of merely wishing children or friends a itappy new year, make it one, by giving thew a probable chance of prosperity for lite. A HINT To CHRISTMAS PARTIOS.«...A 6013011- ,IWe I)ucliess,‘high approving of the present Stale Lottery .Selietne , (in which it will be seen that the small Prizes are much increased there being 800 of 25 Gitineits, and die lowtst being 17 Pounds), recommended at her last,eard party to play for rickets or Shares instead .; of money ; very aptly observing, Although they play ed for small strikes,, they might pia 'tingly i'housand`Guineas. railway:4, of Ci?nditit-street, Las just pule . lisite'tf, to,trto the Firi,t Yohtine of the Private 'Correspontienee of De, I.lgtoAmlN TRANKLIN anti a work of. tit6re general it'itcrest *has hot; thiak, issued city reeeutly from the tlresi.., • 'Against litany of tlie politicdl doctrines of . 41 man, we most ,e l )nsvienticnislyra ; to malty of his religioilS 1)1 .. 11)61)14:S we .rte directty oppriscii ; and ;liege are iloatiY of his •• opittions_on It ss important poinjs to which we • . ~.. • • Csswpsi:.34lbscribe. hot vt . i;fi . 811 ionr aiirer c tlCCS, 've . 'e...iithot help ailtnitiog - .t he st relig 'tidily of hiS mind . ; the printiiive and nizissy piicity with - ioiich It•enibraCei the objects lironght under its cognizance . ; the philosophical turn of ,• . , HIS tueas, the prudence of . his counsels, the force of his language, and the •Oleasant and skilful wanner in Which lie treats the subjects of these. Epistles, whether they belong to the light of ptivatc intercourse, or to- public affairs of i►eculia`t imporrauCF, as tl►ry deVelope the hidden grounds nn which the foundations of a new Nation wcie laid. Thui, without approving the individual, or the cause in which he acted sti dis tiugaished a part, we have been greatly enter taited.by pernSing hisletters, and cannot withhold e our admiration froth his ta lents ' • • • Though we occasionally flila good thiitAght dressed up in other words tot more than one letter, there is'', as we have already noticed; a great deal .of original thinking and various information in Dr. FRANKLIN'S Correspondence. His strong Re publican and American sentiments render him not only u n just to the Mother Country, but .literally abusive of her noblest institutions. What the wisest of his countrymen in bur day acknowledge with veneration, was in his time tainted by the vile spirit . of party, which sees no merit except within own poisonous precints, to that ilegrce as to cause vverY thing British to be Viewed With a " diced eye." All the correspondence,therefOre,whieb treats of England the hated; of France the flat tered, and of America the loVed country, must be read with great allowances towards ,the Writer, and u ith great caution in the reader. It is our intention to sustain these few intro ductory remarks by the selection of some of the letters, which we shall take chiefly from the faA. nmilMAr clast With which the first port hitt of the eolunie is filled. Tivse are all atousing,and cu rious, and some ut them admirable. Time conclu sion of time following to 111 . . tiTRAFIAN, the King's Printer, 0 tt droll specimen of the way in which a complimentary way be converted Into a hostile phrtme. The letter is given as a frommilS - pieCe and lac siutile of Dr. FaANkuN's hand -writ ing t— . " Philuttctphia, Jaly 5, 1775. " Mn. STRAUAN, " You are ft Member of Parliatnent, and one of that Majority which has doomed my Country ro Destruction.—You In4e begon to burn our Town s , and murder our People.—Look upon your Hands !..-IThey arc stained with the Blood of your !—You and 1 were long Friends t;..-You are now my Enemy,--anti " I am, " Yolks, "• B. Fit, , ,N15.1.1br.". The Second Letter we have •selected occurs at page - 5, and continuo some very jtidicioni obser vations on the important question of Early Mar tinges 1,--• "To JOHN ALLEY NE, Esq. 46 craven -street, Aug. 9, 1769. " DEAR JACK,—x On desire, you say, 'my im partial thOtigl.lS Oft the sUbject of an early mar riage, by way of 'answer to the nitinberless jectious that hare been made by' numerous per:- sons to your awn. YOU may remember, %%hen you consulted me on the occasion; that youth on both's;des Id be flu objection. Indeed, front the marriages that have fallen under my ob.. nervation, I am rather intlnted to think, that early ones staid the best chance of happiness. The temper and habits of the young :ate not yet be come sit sou' and Uncomphing, as'Wheu more ad *aimed `- ii, lit ; they form mare easily to, each other, and. hence tu n n y occasions of di s g 9 st acre removed. And if youth has lesS of that prudence which is necessary to man'Age a ('amity, yet. the pa rents. and elder friends of young married' persons arc generally at hand to atitird their advice, which amply supplies that defect ; and by earlrmarriage, youth is sooner formed to regular and . useltil and possibly some o 1 thou.. accidents Or connec tidns, that ,might have - injured the constitution, or reputation, or both, are thereby happily pre vented, Particular circumstances of particular persons, may possibly 'sometimes make it pru dent to delay entering into that states but iu ge neral tvl►en nature has rendered our bod,es fit for , the presumption is in witillc's liirour, that size hits not jttrlgtd amiss in ofakin4 its - desire it. Late marriages are often attended, too, with this fur ther iliCollVetlielleC that' there is not the•sante chance .thar the parents shall live to see their riff. spring erttt ateil, late rhi(dren," says the.t4tA nisi' pinvet h. " are early orplions." . A main di* reflection to those n hose case it may in. !-- Ut in America. StPirltigri a,C generally In the morning of lite' ; our citiliicen . are therefore - eat. eatvil and settled in the World by nooti ; and thus; our business bring done, We have an afternoon and evenitig of cheerful leisure-to ourselves such . front, thc fnti ; dt "canone ; n,, ; . ,o:L . .:,.,1 !,:i. :. etnc,, , Qf cverymother mating and ritl!:si:; ; ::-.1.,(...... : child, more of Ittein are . rsised. ; tiiii , ..:e 11r.t, , , , ...i,it pro gress of nriptilaiiianAtino4g t i t s; in.paralfr‘ io Ea". tope. lii. fine, 1 dnigtail you ar. : mari•iig!, and. rongrattilate you inobt eordiilly opOn , it.---- Yob are bo - ir ,tit . Che ; *ity or bet.. ~a itseftti k:iii'o9-; nod riti have escaped .t he iknontoral sink :.i of ceiilificy for Litt. -400.-fit'e of many :,e.re., ,y .; titter ihtenkletlit, but who 11,11V . 11).; 14 , 0 1011/: POSE pontql the. clisnge . .til ,their conditio,n, find, at; length, that it. is too 'late to think.,of it, .unit so live all their lives iii a:situation that gteatly 'les!. ti.etiS .11 iint11 : ::, 'slue At) odd, voluttie Of !asset of bilt di S , I It'it r S II 01 t il ;.. V.: ! ; ti e . of ; I SA i i's /1)(n1 Io II 10 1110 set : What [Willi, yon.of the ,o , ld Inilf,of• a pair of -kissats i it can't .well cut any thing ; itinay pos.- sibly serve to-scrape a trencher. , . ~, " Pray make, my.compliments.andltest wishes ac.ceptahle to your hi illy. I iim.oldand,heavy, or I should ere •thiS h a v e p r e sen t e d them in person.- I.shall make a:sinall,use of thi old man's privilege, that of : ...rving, advice to, younger friends.. Treat your icife always with respect ; it Will procure re. s,pect So you, not only from her, but from 1111 that observe it. Never use ...a elighting expresSion tc) her, even. in jest, for slights in jest, after frecpierq bantlyings„ are apt to . ,end in angry earnest. Be studious in you+ profession, anilltiti will be..learii,.... ed... Be, industrious and frugal, Am( you w i ill bt; rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will lie healthy.. Be in general virtuous, and you will bit happy. At least, you will, tri such conduct, stand the best chance, for such ,consecpienceS. I prat Owl to bless you both ; being ever your affection , ate. [tient!, " 13. FRANKLIN." The laSt of one extracts for to-day is a wdiintii'. . • cal illustration of that orig ina l it y of mind which liave ascribed to the WI iterrt— " To DR. PP.IESTLEY. " Sept. 19, 177 4 i. rr ISsmt the affair of so much iMport;. Mice to you, uherein you ask my advice, I can -901,, for Want of sufficient prentiseS, counsel Yoti whot to determine but if you Please, you hoto. • When those dithent; cases occur; they are ditlicid t chiefly because, while we have iheun under consideration, all the reasons pro; and Con, are not present to the Mind at the sante time but :.sometimes one Set present themselves, and at Othete times another, the first being out of sight. Hence the various purposes or inclinations that alter nately prevail, and the uncertainty that perplexes us. To get over this, my way is, to divide half a sheet of paper by a line into two colnuint, writ ing over the one pro, and 'over the other con: then, during three or four days considtratiou, putt down under the different heads, short hints Of the thlfel rot motives that at AK, rent times OC cur to me, for nt against the mettsuire. 'When have dogs got them all togetherin•One view, endeavour to estimate their tespeclive weights, and where I rit.d two, (one on each side) that seetmennal, them both out, if I-find tt reason pro equal to some tivo reasons core, 1 to like out, the three. It llntige i.Ome Iwo reasons con, equal tO some three reasons p . t), 1 sir ike t,ttt t 14.0 five; and thus proceeding, I nod at length where the balance lies ; awl if atter a day or Iwo of far ther consideration, nothing new that is of import. mince occors tlit either side, I come to a detertoi , nation aceordingiy„ And though the weight of reasons cannot he taken with the precision of al gehraic quantities; yet, when.each is thus con,i tiered separately ;10,1 comparatively, riod the whole lies belore 'pi:, I think ran judge better,; and am Ivil to mike a rash step ; anti in fact, I have found great advantage limit this kind . . ot equatcm, in what may be called moral or pru dential algebra. " Wishing tineerely that ynn may determine for the beg, I am ever, my dear friend, yours most atieetinnaiely, " 13. FRANKLIN."' 1T be continnell.] We are requested.hy Mr. liaaTusst, the Seere. tary olthe Eagle Insurance Company, to state. that PolicieJ expiring . Citrittmas may ha re. H e wed within„lifteen days from that period, either in Cornitill or the Haymarket, where Atittnities are, granted and purchased, and every description of Lite and Fire Insurance effected on the most etioitnhitt ICIMS.-- 4 N;11.' Au Allowance for Rent of. Premises dot voyed:by lire its heretofore. writer in Christmas les-, tivititS genteelly, 11 fine day's play took place ott I(eo n c Greco, Wititorn-road, het ween Harry Grifiiihs; a known game kilow,. l4m l (V, I,' o o, a , se i ent ifi e boxer in miniature, for 10 guineas a-sidg, aw l al p il; - se Of two. road to the Seat ot no. tion wai thin, .but the fight uttordol ranch nvel. Iv arid diyersion. Thirty-eight` rounds wet e twen!y-seven minutes. Griffiths was ilk:dared victor, • No 14.1noLAttY.---Ou Christvis Eve u very extensive robbery was elft (301 by a gang of vil lains, who. entered the. hack fif the premises of Ml', Hall, 'pawnbroker, High-street, Mary-le, bone„ and plundered to a great amount. Mr. Hall cannot posibiy tell the amount of his lots at present ; but. the least ii between one and tuo thousand pounds. The *Mains effected their es cape. Nawsome, of, the Ohl Bailey, was stopped soon after dusk, on Tuesday evening, near the Alfred, firay's lon-lane, by two footptots, who ro bb e d hi m of his watch, atter knocking hint down. Several ;people were moving abont near the:place, .and although alarm was given, the: thieves escaped. A Letter, of a lste date, from Bonnie:atm, states, that the vintage in ,that department of Frauceiand in patty other parts of that Cohittry, had coin pletely failed ; amid th a t aoadvaoCe.had accord inely taken- piace nit all wines and brandies. The latter, which had been shipped tOr exportation at 400 francs, bad risen to 6uo traucs for fitly velts.. London proof was as high ktS 780 francs. A court-martial was oh Monthly last held at Cmsrli,le on _Richard Spink, ,44.1 co i l v )nvi arieinng at.the lath Light Dragoons, accßsett Qf recent escape Of the four Mons from that gaol. t r i e was toond guilty, and senteocd tea rcceivia 1 50 lashes, which punialstucht lsc bats accordingly u tidergocc.