The Sun. — London, England, 1819-01-28 00:00:00

: ell' 4 " h eld been left by Nieboll sas th e agent between the Indians e British Gove rnment; b 44 failed•in ut having f ound that Nicholls 'alf to hi s attempt t o prevail upon the th at Brhish Govern pursue thi s c l andestine war in the midst of peace; and til er w ere not prepared to support' his pretenc e ; that (' tee dozen outlawed fugitives from the Creeks were the nation ;---when Arbuthnot, the incendiary, came, and ,;611"tiating them, promises of support from Great Bri• hl t° commence their murderous incursions into the Creeds h 1 United States, Hamhly, at the request of the f th"nsei ves, wrete to him, Nrarning him to withdraw fn. "-') among that hand of outlaws, and giving him a solemn r 'l4)ll ing of the down that awaited him, from the hand ofj us ice'ir lie Persevered in the course that he pursued. Arbuthnot, bl,:::l4lesi, persisted ; and while he was deluding the wretched bidiaris with the promise of support from England. b. he was writing letters f or t h em to the British 11i•nister in the United States, to Governor Cameron, d• of New Providence, to Colonel Nicholls, to be laid a• before the British Government ; and even to the S Panish G overnor of St. Augustine, nod the tt,',T,e,yrr!er-General of the Havannah, soliciting, in all guar ,o4ins.'d and s upport, arms and ammunition, for the Indians, th t e t r nited St ates ; bewailing the destruction of the 01 ' ''g a r " for, and chaNiter the British Government with having ;tthe Indians into the war with the United States, and oting them after the peace. txa.will remark among the p a p ers pro d uced on his trial, a `'.1.1 power of att orney, dated 17th Ju ne , 181;, given k liti "9 twelve In dians, p ar tl y o f Florida, and partly of the h itt P e oUtlaws from th e United States. He states, that this ttn,els'and his instru c ti ons, were to memorialize the British Il les 4llllent, and the Go vernor-General• of the Havanna!). keen PaParsT a re not on l y substantially proved, as of his ni,_are )(IL a hand -writing, on th e t r i a l, b ut i n the 11 44 1) Daily Newspapers of London, of the 24th and 25th of August last, his let are ter to Ni c h o ll s i s pu b l i shed, (some ;TAT e• what garbled) with a copy of I--:farn tl 4 a 7r bly's ab ove - ment i oned letter to •t pent,ect 'rence to thi s Indian power of attorney to him, A'1tt,..„4,, .t raze comm (lan f of St. Mork's. F. C. ,111 Anr,ther of the papers is a letter written 14,61„.11ruit1-, t o rn th e frame of th e . same Chiefs, by Ar , 4 41 R"" _nil G ov ernor-Gen eral li the Havannah, 1 a lr e h ti, h ' ' Permission for Aron ot e sta b lish ten,pl or the Appai„eh;cola; bitterly am . , kt!n ts , n „ 4inin g that the Americans had made settle • -'' their lands, within the Spanish lines, and /tie ti Pun th the n , Gov ernor-General to g ive . orders to die * t hisj a nd send then, back to their own cour i r i t e r e y n .-- s -- e 1144thi:th"heY assign us a reason for asking this them hiiiisa"' the want of a person to put in writing for d the grievances against the Americans : d y f t he ki,: - d utre tioni.-",tnander of the Fort of St. Mark's has hear "44t ,„_,‘‘. and complaints. He approves of . wh at . we ) k , e what we are doing : and it is by his rt corn thus presumed . to address your Excel- NI fro 'ad, and I End these papers in the printed nt.ws : pa a p i e ld r e, In the proceedings of the Court-mar t ia lo only as ~th ee pr ofs t utt to the Spanish Government, not s n ar,ish ,it,141) tht unexampled compliances of the . 1) Il ty '' j'aii . Z.: 4 4 to foreign intrusive agents and inst igat ors je t he') -4 4 11%-illiks aiiirtr the United States, but as placing %4 C.°l44l''..that participation of this hostile spirit t att it : tl Y sat 'of St. Mark's, which General Jackson :',3led4teigniilllP.ins of, and of which we have so well -1;445f „."44etnand the punishment. Here is the Com '44fy, 'Vanish fort, bound by the sacred engagements hpsßatni F at .41, n 'rani by force the Indians within T. his , cora , 4 th4_initling hostilities against the Lolled States, 41;11'titten those same Indians, and deliberately giving plies 1.44/ I 'llrt ) • • appo intme nt of a foreigner, (ration to their ) ,itet t tle 4 " their agent, to solicit assistance and sup tlts• 14411 Novas of the I-lavannah, and from ci t r ern a , ent, for carrying on these same hostili . rro tie continued.T °IThOINT JOURNALS. 1 '40 4 Pill MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. —_— t II P an 4,,: i rortii g Chronicle.) .g. -• . val at Liver :7- i letters were yeater .e.... nom, 14 uet vett f fi le 14 rn rn Cape Francois (St. Domingo), 144 's (1 1 0 11 D . "...ember. In the whole of Chris -141 n rillni(n)s every thing was tianquir, nor 4 0 th''' e te a n , ICtide n a tu re J aPPearAnce of preparations of a ; a gainst th e rival Chief of the South i 1 41 th 41441 (h i A t er H nil• The intrigues of the French i 1/4lihad completely died away. it ti le llia Osmond has solicited his rec:: .. l ke -4'4(10 It ) I,!t'lli ti . 1 l i ; .and M. Andreossy, instead I. tok,l'l„. ° 'Vienna, it is said, will be named 7 4 4 p 'gr situation of Ambassador at the Ot 4te.---(/bid.) -___,...........-__...- I'NP [Morning P os t . ] I t it . qh: 4 , l rtr kr4tjt.." °P THR DU ctie.ss O F CLARF.N t luii YIN.' state in whicit the above illustrious ii,ts 4gm has ' 1 , i t ot,r been declared to be, naturally di. ill, litNtiNtention to that issue which stands in Wi l t l c n" of prestimptive heir to the Throne of .4311,. It'V,doins I t I ► ,refore wilh much :4 1 „, 1 r e v..e . was ti• ,"'lless,` yesterthy announced that her Royal kill:ili e 8 occouchernent is not to take place in a b e °lintry. This commendable example we Y4 I bill'PPY to find followed by all the other • ilehesses, 011,041, . '""'"--.....„....,„,...,..._ ... '"""'"----_____ ------ ilf9esday the Lords of the Council heard an it,'4ll,,r°ln the Prize Court, in a case of capture lit;ii ieleie4trieed at Naples in , the e time . of Lord Nosif;e lt .1.111. ciston hppea.u d against being . 4tte,,L.LIANt SCOTT, that Learned Judge did tltt k "' In the Court ot Appeal. IN. t lifto o 1 1, t pet It Wsnn.---The Common Councilmen t if thl, 'limed %vere Yesterday re-elected. liiilt tel:lll",,Y,:n. luquest,was held upon the body !iliii,tiity,co.l infant who was throw n out of a l ,' liy I, e 4c h w indow, on Monday night, in Pat k ite ..." nlo(btr, Mary Newton, when, under w ver,. cutbstances the Jury gave the follow -10114/1 ti:auset,,:os":" The jury az c of opinion that the li ti ,N t I,lo_` 3". en month s old ; and us an infant Itvr c on °°' lived long, they could not, upon ' l3 st th Sci enc e lo ng, return a verdict of Llurder t 'Luther!" THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Lest Night. MCA TET E ROYAL, U ItY-LA N E.-(315t time), Brutus: Lu cius Junius, Mr. Kean Tarquinia, Mrs. W. West. After which, The Silver Arrow. TUEATIIC ROYAL, Gs vENT-GARDEN. --120 h Roy Macgregor : Francis Osbaldistune, Mr. Duruset ; Diatia i 7 ernon, Miss Stephens. After which, Harlequin Munchausen. TO CORItESPONDIiNTS. CATU LUIS (No. IV.), To-morrow. PRICE 0 THIS DAY AT T Bank Stock 272 3 per Cent. Red. 78i 79 3 per Cent. Cons. 7B-af 31 per Cent 8801 4 per Cents' ...... 5 per Cent. Navy Ann.. 10742 v STOCKS ELVE O'CLOCK. Bank Long Ann. 20 7-16ths i India Stock —.2321 India Bonds .8.55. 87s. pi. south Sea Stock .. 864 Exch. Bills. 2d... 19s lss. pr. Cons. for Acct.... 78?- 79 78i-7g A ititzvED—l Dublin, 1 France. DUE-3 ‘Vatet ford, t?, Swerlcii, 1 Hamburg!). RICH WATER A'l' LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 2 minutes after, 5.) Evening, 27 minutes after 5, THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1819. Last night and this morning we,received the Paris Papers of Sunday and Monday last. The following are Extracts : " ROYAL OItDONNANCES. " Lours, &c. " The Sieur Pepin de Belisle, PrefeCt of La Dordogne, is appointed Prefect of La Sarthe ; the Sic'''. Sers, Sub-Prefect at IVei , semberg, is appointed Prefect of "hut Rhin ; the Count de Casteja, Prefect of Ilaut Rhin, is appoin'ted Pre fect of Haut Vienne; ;be Sieur Paulze d'lvoy, Master of Req , l,sts, is appointed Prefect of l'Ardecbe; the C,unt d'Esturrnel, Prefect of La Sarthe, is appointed Prefect of Lure /and Loire. (Signed) " LOUIS. " PARIS, JAN. 25.—There was a brilliant Court yesterday at the Thuilleries. " On the occasion of the Anniversary of the 21st January, his Majesty has pardoned seven individuals detained at Paris on different convic tions, of which five were for seditious expressions. " It is said that General Maison is appointed Governor of the Ist Military Division, in the room of Marshal Perignon, deceased. " General Excelmans is arrived at Paris. " The Doke of Gloucester yesterday visit Monsieur, and in the evening was at a party at the residence of the Duke tie Duras, the King's first Gentleman of the Chamber. " The report, in one of the Journals, of the illness of the Countess of Gott'lind (Queen of Sweden) is unfounded. FIVE PER CENTS. Saturday CV GO c. DEFERRED STOCK Of the 22d March, 1817, RI f. me. 22d Sept. 1817, 79f. 10c. 22d March, 1819, 77f. 10c. 42d Sept. 1818, 75 1. 20 c. " MADRID, JAN. 1 2.--Letters from Va lencia state, that a Conspiracy having been formed there against General Elio, the Go vernor of the Province, be went with a force to arrest the Conspirators, amongst whom were some Officers, when one of them drew a poigniard, and striking at the General, wounded him in the arm ; the General ran his assailant through the body with his sword, who expired on the spot. " The General of Cordeliers, the Reverend Father Cyrille, has received orders to quit the ca pital. He came from Brazil at the same time as the late Queen. There are several conjectures as to the causes of his disgrace. There are upwards of 20,000 Monks, of whom he is nearly the abso lute Chief. Several Monks are stated to have joined the armed bands in the Sierra Morena. " It is said that Don Pedro Cevallos will, for the sixth or seventh time, be recalled to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs." Halifax Papers to the 17th Dec. arrived in town this morning : (From the Halifax Paper of the 16th) On the 26th and 27th ult. a tremendous hurri cane was experienced at the Bahaina Islands, which proved very destructive to the wreckers on the coast. During the gale on the 27th, the Spanish schooner Yabelato, with 100 slaves on board, from the Coast of Africa, was stranded in the Bahamas, and all bands perished, except the Captain, one seaman, and 18 slaves. There were several other vessels cast away on the same day ; the wrecks of them were seen floating about the Islands for upwards of four or five days. Pre vious to the 4th inst. a Providence wrecker ar rived as that place, and reported that the above mentioned gale was very severely felt at Nassau (New Providence), and that considerable damage had been sustained along the Coast. As we wish to render our Paper amusing and nsttuctive to every class of our Readers, We do not think it proper at any time to overload it merely with Politics, though certainly the most important subject at the present period, when pt temp•s are daily making to destroy our Establish ment in Church and State. For this reason we shall only give to-day a portion of a very impor tant Document issued by the American Govern ment, which embraces the case of Messrs. AR BUTHNOT and AMBRISTER, according to the view which that Government has taken of an :,flair so interesting to humanity, the Law of Nations, and the dignity of the British Empire. But we shall resume the subject to-morrow, and endeavour to present the remainder of this American Mani festo. not losing sight of that variety which may well be expected, and indeed demanded, by our Readers in general. TUE FUNDS.—A depression of one-half per Cent, has taken place in the price of the Funds. This has arisen from the scarcity of Cash, %which has compelled the Jews to I , ring large quantities of the pawned Stock to Market. Aluch business has been done this day, and from the immense quantity of Stock poured into the House, the Commissioners were yesterday served with the whole of their demand in one lump, by a respect able Broker, at 79 reduced. This morning they gave 79 for reduced, and were served generally by the Jobbers. It is shocking to find that the town of Man chester, which had been restored to tranquillity, should again have been thrown into confusion by a Jacobinical miscreant and a few of his myrmi dons. We were going to say, that the Public will be surprized to hear that HUNT has accused the Earl of UXBRIDGE, Capt. FRAZER, and other Officers of the 7th Hussars, of " Riot, assault, and robbe• y," and has offered a reward of fifty guineas on the conviction of one of them, who is accused of haring stolen a diamond brooch, and of having attempted to steal a watch. But no— the Public will not be surprised sit any folly, extravagance, and Outrage of which Jacobinical Ruffians may be guilty.---We shall say no more on . the affair at present, as it is likely to come before the public in a legal shape ; but we may observe, that there is no great risk in the offer of fifty guineas fur a conviction on charges that appear so ridiculous. FOR THE SUN. MODERN REFORNI. Mn. Epiror,---It' has been said of us by some Foreigner, that '' our Kings live in Hospitals, but our Poor in Palaces," and I am happy to find that our Prisoners and Convicts are soo n likely to be as well off ; an infallible mode of clearing► the most noted purlieus of the Afetropolis ; for, give me leave to ask you, Mr. Editor, nay, Sir, I would ask you if you were even an Alderman ! what Lady or Gentleman will reside at a crowded hotel in Chick-lane of St. Giles's, when " com fortable" apartments may be had in Newgate for nothing , when solitary cells shall be reformed into Boudoirs, and whistling shops shall be li censed by Act of Common Council ? Some time ago, Sir, a great deal was said or sung in The Morning Chronicle, about Spartan virtue. think, Sir, we now equal the liberal Spartans, per haps surpass them ; for they only encouraged their youths to steal by praise alone, whilst we are in a fair way of adding to praise not only pity, but much more potent encouragements. What mode the Spartans had, before the happy invention of Newspapers, of recording the abili ties of their youth, I know not ; but certainly not equal to ours, wheme the whole town, nay the whole empire, nay the whole world, are told of a " young man fashionably dressed, with much the appearance of a Gentleman," being brought up for putting his hand, whilst in a crowd, into a wrong pocket ; or of 'tan interesting female," from Dover -street, or some other street, who has given a black eye to her fair friend, or perhaps made a slight mistake in visiting her uncle But our Convict Ships! Why, Sir, they are really inconvenient to Gentlemen visiting distant climes for the good of their country ! But, Sir, I have a remedy for that. I have in my eye a model for a convict ship which I am certain cannot be found fault with by any member of any Corporation. Go, Sir, to Hatchett's, in Piccadilly ; take a place in a Brentford stage ; get out at Kew-firidge ; turn to the left, towards Strand on the Green ; and there, Sir, you will see a barge worthy of carrying Cleopatra on the Cydnus, with glass windows from one end to the other, seats and tables, bottles and glasses, and a comfortable cook-room. If that won't please, why then, Sir, the D-L'S IN 'T. The Marquis of BATH, it is said, is to be ap pointed Lord Lieutenant of Somerset, vice Lord POULETT, deceased. As the Marquis does not reside in Somerset, and LON GLASTONBURY not only lives in that County, but is a great favourite there, it was hoped, sus a Correspondent, that the latter Nublernau Would have the PARLIA NIENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, JANUARY 27: The House sat in its Judicial capacity the first time this Session, and a meeting accordingly took place at the usual hour in the `tore noon. Counsel were heard on the Sews cause " Geddes v. Stuarts."—To proceed again on Friday. Viscount Arbuthnot, one of the sixteen Scots Peers, took the - oaths and his seat. Viscount SIDMOUTH presented a copy of the Report made to the Prince Regent by the Sur veyor-Gneral of the Board of Works, relative to the employment of substitute or other means for the cleansing of chimnies, instead of the usua mode of climbing boys—which was ordered to be printed. INCREASE OF CRIME.—LONDON PETITION. Lord HoLLaszo presented a Petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, sze. of the City of Lon don, relative to the alarming increase of crimes, and the inadequacy, or injurious tendency of the present system of punishment (similar to that presented to the other House of Parliament). The subject was one, his Lordship observed, which imperiously called for the best and speedy attention of the Legislature. The present Peti tioners were far front being a set of ignorant or visionary men, but men who, from their station in life, and opportunities of intelligence and infor mation, many of them being at the head of the Magistracy of the Metropolis, were well calcu lated to form correct opinions on the subject of the Petition. The Petition stated, and he re gretted to say with too much foundation, the great increase of crime which prevailed of late years ; and further, that such increase was in proportion to the increased severity of allotted punishment, more especially as far as the capital punishment for death was prescribed. He could not help remarking on this occasion with respect to a circumstance which' was withM his own knowledge, and the fact he deemed a striking one, namely, that in a neighbouring country, France, ‘rhere before the Revolution the punishment of death was attached to a multitude of 'ilium of fences, petty thefts particularly, the commission of these offences was inconceivably common. In fact, at that period the property of no man in that country was safe ; so great was the prevalence of offences committed -by individuals in various shapes. But after that great event, when those parts of the law were altered, either by the National or the Legislative Assembly, the raking off those capital punishments, and allotting otbers more consonant to the nature of the offences, more especially, when these ameliorations were established by the Code Napoleon, the diminution of those offences was inconeeivanle, and through the certainty of adequate punishment following the commission of the offence, those were in a great measure done away. In this country, he was decidedly of opinion, the like result would attend similar regulations. Nothing more loudly called for the decisive interposition of the Lcgis !attire than those parts of our Criminal Code com plained of in the Petition ; their Lordships could scarce possibly be aware of the alarming extent to which the commission of crime had spread un der the existing system. It was riot at present his intention to submit any proposition to the House on the subject. Ile trusted the investiga tion, and the suggestiOn of remedies, would fall into abler hands. At present, he should merely move that the Petition'he laid upon the table.— He trusted the subject would be speedily and se riously taken up by Parliament. The united opi nions of some of the greatest individuals that ever adorned this country were decidedly in favour of a general and efficient review of the Criminal Code, for the purpose of rendering it more just, com mensurate, and efficacious, most particularly as it referred to the punishments at present allotted to minor offences. lie then presented the .Peti tion, which was read at length by the Clerk. It was the counterpart of that recently presented to the other House of Parliament ; and the effect of its detail and prayer was what had been stated by the Noble Lord in his introductory observe. Lions. On the question for its lying on the table, The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, bt:, rose by no means to offer any opposition to the Noble Lord's motion, or yet to enter into any discussion of the important topics to which the Petition referred, as other opportunities would arise for that pur pose—but chiefly to advert to a cons►deration connected with it, which was rather a matter of fact than of opinion. That there was a great increase as to the commission of various offences, was undoubted ; but it was important to consider how far such arose out of the peculiar state of the country, proceeding chiefly from the transition from a state of war to one of peace. This was a material consideration, and it naturally led to a view of the state of. the country in such re spects, at former periods of a similar nature.— _ This state in a great measure arose from the reductions which necessat ily took place in our Naval and Military Establishments, and which in the present instance were great, far beyond any former example. A comparative reference to the accounts of former periods would tend to show the degree, or how tar what was lamented at the present period was attributable to such a cause. Formerly, however, it was 110 t Slid to lay such documents before Parliament. There was, he believed, no regular presentation of ac counts previous to the time he had had the bo- nonr to fill the office of Secretary for the Home Department, when, in 1805, there were returns made regularly twice a-year of the number of ca pital offences, executions, &c. particularly such as occurred periodically in London and Mid dlesex, and these had since been regularly delivered in. If these returns of late years, comparing the number of convictions which took place in periods of war with those which took place at periods of transition from a state of war to that of peace, were examined, it would clearly appear, that the numbers were per haps inconceivably greater on the latter occasions. The Noble Minister then entered into some de tail of comparison, as to the number of capital con. v ictions, executions, &c. in several yeat s preceding and succeeding the American war, beginning with the year 1777, and ending with 1785, the former annointment. 1 tear 111 - I,T• 0 ibl itY t(' ;tal es, i3 oisl i a and forc e .ar eS. r P a" C i f the e ffeC' On 'f 5 Well ; b aC6 tolCt' ~l~ai l eriO r n e.3n t the''' ore s ;tate' 1 V i mid 4 3- oriels z ees' for 'lie f ' th e Ift arUce clie sl iio n9 th e airo irrr )1 tl ° isO ,0014 pr r rage' 410 er' r rtii"g hti ,. ant's h irr hem' e l'!' oar soh i x re ,giot n iot , Wi ll 0 r° s ge 10 06' fge 0 6- f 16 i ce text . 00' d ol t ' , ell' las es c,o0" b loW ° ao cei I s t v; „do - vO l : 1 0 0; 1 ' ,11 ,suetb , - ritis „ I