The Sun. — London, England, 1815-02-06 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS. SCILLY, JAN. 31.—0 n the night of the 27th inst. the brig Queen Charlotte, RAY SIDE, from Greenock for Jamaica, with a general cargo, was lost on a rock called Scilly (a small lock, froth which those Islands take theft' name) ; three pas sengers and one seaman were drowned ; the re maining part of the crew (13 in number) remain ed on the rock from Friday night to Sunday morning, and were taken off with great danger, as the sea ran very high. In the attempt to save this crew, JAMES THEGARTHEN and CHARLES aAczsoN,.of St. Mary's, were drowned-111e for mer leaving a wife and nine children, the latter a wife, being lately married. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 4.—Arrired the Arcade, of and from 1 3ristol,. hound to the West Indies : she was proceeding to Portsmouth to join con but spoke an Engiish frigate, and was in,- formed that an American privateer was craizing id the Channel. Arrived the schooner Heed, IinsERTSON, for London. Yesterday, off, the Lizard, an American private,er schooner passed /ler, tinder a press of sail, chased by two Euglisli troops of war. Came in his l Alajesty's ships Rhin, •bittern, and Fly, from a cruize.—Wind W. PORTSMOUTH, FE,B. .—Arrived his Majesty's • ttbip Rope, from Falniouth. Sailed , h,is Ma jesty's ship Amaranthe from the Downs. The, outward-bound -convoy still remain at Spithead, but will•sail the first fair Wind.—Wind We'terly, F 413. ye , terday the Prince V Orange packet, for Holland ; Lord Nelson Packet, for Cuxhaven ; and Diana packet, for r-i Thtenburgh—all with mails. Also sailed the Active, with recruits, for Holland. Sailed to-day the Rapper, 600, Robert, 440, • Thetis, 437, ° aster,, 79,. Commerce, 324, Trafalgar, 661, Tes.zo-, D.I. trauspOrts), with , ordnanee atores, for Woolwich, bound Antwerp. DEAL, FE13:5.---Came down from the River se :lei4 sail of 'West Indiamen, and remain. Ar ilved the Prince of Neufchatel American livi6- ' t eer, and sailed far the River.—Wind S. W. . . Orders arrived at .I.lylnouth Dockyard, on 117-ed4esdav morning last, for the ar tifi cers to 4 "sh fo rt h w i th, and to launch, that immense Z , I) th e s t. Vincent, of 120 Ons, Which has Nil f .ior som e time sea' soiling on 'he slip. TRANSPORT.—thIe of the pas iu the Sovereign transport, lost on the is October the river St. Lawrence, arrt vt'dill town, and gives a Most distressing tzte, o „ , tit cc that nisastrous event. He says, that -tile in , d e s t ruc k, everyman t h at cou ld • (,)" his exp ertness in swimming prepared to --• lune himself to the mercy of the waves. ..The tea r an mountains high, but the distance t( the shore was short. Man, who cou ld not sw i m, end eavoured to secure y whatever th e y cou ld meet (1 1 that was buoyant ; others, conceiving there has no chance of escape, went below, and there a waited their unhappy destiny. Amongst t er was Mr. JAMES GOLDSMID, on eof the dons of the late Mr. 'B. Gotbsimo, who was an excellent swimmer, hut had had the misfortune to sprain his a.rtu a few days b e f ore, which deprived him - en- till of the use of it. He prevaikd upon a bro ther officer (Mr. FARMER) to retire with . him to !he cabin, and meet their fate quietly there, al legi• ng.that it wa s 'preferable tolrusting to a piece 0 1 - wreck, which could only protract their lives for !feWminuteS, but could not ultimately save them. -lie.urged similar arguments to CaPtainliAmLEN, Who replied, he was not afraid to meet the—des tiny winch awaited him, but he had not courage 311 1iicient to witness the 'agonizing grief of his m'ife,, who was then below,- and was screaming a loud for his assistance. When it is considered that between 250 and 300 souls were on 'board, 6() Ioe faint idea may be formed of the scent 'of eonfusimt and distress which was then exhibited. , 4 1 a Offic'er e»d.nivottred to ar res t the attention of • n t •le .sullerers for a mom en t Ic , just to request tinit Ix t ,h as might h ave t h e good. fortunto e useope eld apprize their relatives of the hapless fate to• their companions.. A . Very' short time elapsed ot :?re the v esse l separated and went to pieces.— , )1. 7 the At - hole number oa board, only 37 were It is said that, Government has come to the de , • latio n of materially -reducing or completely' t a • kl, /3 , i iing the Transport Board, as a separate es-• 14,1.-"ntnent, in the event of the ratification of the ti e • ea tY With America ; and that most of the -101- t e r ? will, be transferred to • other departments,' ttnh,their rank and ernolinnents. beei... co untry sq u i re , near. Cheltenham, having t hrown from .his horse over a hedge, a wag -11)41.1. t was a capital Somerset foe a Glo'stershire . ~ 1 1 • 1 4 10. ; e -cia7, a most interesting yotlng woman, who. married Only three months, and lived in, qt:4 hr ab. being suiumoned to answer a, c harge , 111, 41 each of the peace; at the instance of her threw hers e lf i n t o t h e r iv er ,' a t Il ti k, % 1 1.), and was drowned. The name of this 14Thate otn,m is "il youth n • rord ; her . lets d deal er i„ "a tty. Every means to (Its, body have hitherto been ineftl , 7tnal, on t lie,l 4 ll of the great height of the river, through i' 4 l llt te; r uins.---It is curi4us, however, to observe, '44 4t , 41 the methods wtkk.fahey or superstition. I htt s Q e4 ttd, in order to rind the body,: among : e )t ( ,„' large drittn carried in 'a boat. has been ‘(4, any v • • • " the river, .undct the vould alter when approaching the drowned aril a smait loaf, laden with quicksilver, ''s.'" l set afloat,it ' • •e , -nined, N;vould ael'i,47ol), which, is , lu its progress bv'attraction, when ° t l l e immersed o6ieet !—(Rdth Paner). .: COVE!4T-GARDEN.—If any thing were wanting, to. justify the pretensions of i Mss O'NEILL to suc ceed the great Actress who has retreated from puhlic•life„ber claims would he fully establishk , 4l by her performance of Mrs. Hailer, on Saturday last, at - this' theatre. The character was uniformly supported. with - truth. and the most touchinc , expression. The feelings of the audience, who' completely' occnrictl the house in all parts, were strongly interestel, and the - tribute of ap plause and sympathy was abundantly given: It was in: a - captivating performance, .and we bad only tO regret; rh it such admirable talents ‘ve , ,e , employed tipon a character, who-c condiict can admit •of no palliation . , and the tendency of which is to weaken the pbrigations of female virtue, by sorearling a deceitful veil over . guilt and infaMy. YouiJG t;ave po.werful support to tile character of The Stranger ; and the .whole of . the dramatis persoare were ably rcpresentol by the respective performers. Thy melancholy parts of the play were particularly well relieved by EME.RY and Lls-roN lii Sotolikon and Peter. Daur,V-14.\NE.--r—Miss L KELLY, who performed the part of Juliet at thi's 'Theatre, on. Satiirday last assu►►►ed th:it of Ophelia, i►► which she : up, geared to ►Wore advantage.. She was chiefly suc cessful iat the mud scenes, and gave the songs with . affecting wildness. WINDSOR, FEL : 5 ..---*Tridßy utornin , , , z the. Prin cess AUGUSTA rode. on lior- r ei,tA. The -same day her MATErry, Ptiu.cesses i4fAZABE,TII And MARY arrived at the. Castle sour' aft , :u four o'clock. At five the Royal Family dined. In the ettning her AI.i.IESTY had a party to tea, concert, and cards. The'Princes,s CnAuLorrE of WALF.S en joys most excellent health. :tier Royal 1-lighneSs had a tong drive yesterday, in her phaeton, and went attcrwards fo visit the QUEEN 'Mid PIII: . ;- CESSES:fIt the Castle. Th(:! QUEEN'S met yesterday, to hear the Monthly Report of the. state of the KING. The Members, atter.examin ing the foni• Phycicians in attendauce at ,the Up per Lodge, proceeded to' the Castle about twelve o'clock, and held a Council with the QUEEN, wfßfeh sat but a_short time. The Members pre sent ‘v,ere the Archbishop of CANTERButiy,' the -Duke of MosTßosE, and Lard, Attpr,N, ‘vho, after thehreaking up of the Councl, left for London. :•IYSTERIOUS•CASE DECIDP.D.-1 II the se of the trial of the Officer (Capt. St. elefire), for the murder of a female, of a .certain class, a number of witnesses were examined as Th , the facts of the case, which at first.,appearecl one.of a very questionable nature; and after much ,elitetatitin in the Council of War, Captain St. Claire tvas ad judged to have voluntarily and premeditutely mur dered Cornelia Kaeismackers, called - tire handsome Dutch giii; and in consequence ‘ . he was con demned to the punishment of death,--(French Paper of tfie Ist inst.) .BLA1"!IEMO us hzrosTußE.—TheSixth Chart:her of Coi : . ectional Police, this day, condemned to five Years imprisonment, a - fine of 200 francs, and the exiwtices of suit, a man named Nagede - , who called himself Le Bon Dien, on aeconnt of his al leged inst.); ration ft.orri . heaven ! It • appeared this audacious hypocrite had swindled many of his neighbours outor various Snms of money'—parti cularly the female sex-ip consequence of his blasphemous pretensions.—(Paris, Fes. 1.) GREAT TREAsURE DISCOVERED.—ItIiS sad that an Austrian Officer, named RlPPowyrscu, while hunting near Swiilitza, discovered a cavern, which having explored, he found an immense treasure, consisting of gold and silver coin, and gold in ingots. The whole he valued at more than 23 millions of florins, of which, however, the Trea - -. sury: Chamber has claimed the possession.— ( Vienna, .Jan: 22.) • ! - A FR. CAS I N u GFI LtrE.—Afrocas Qt a very sin gular nature happened on Saturday morning in Portland-plar,e. The case relates to a 'Gentle man who gave. up the possession' of his lionSe to an , eminent Anctioneer,,in consideration- Of Lai ing advanced 16,0001. Agreeably to - . the c0 , ,t0 !nary forms, a man was putt into possession of the premises ;. he so cordially arranged matters as to gain' permission to sup with the doniesties, and was afterwards introrinced to a eorttliirtable bed. About foiw in the morning the inmates were alartn , , l ed by a violent ringing at the Street _door bell ; a footboy got up and proceeded to learn the cause of the disturbance; it proved tri he an Irish footman belonging to the... Gentleman's mother. The foot boy -opened the door, when - in rushed two other men ; they were a police-officer and a:watchman. The parties immediately proceeded to .the bed room, wherein the Man in possession slept ; anti, ‘ritnout hesitation, dragged hint: out of the bed; notwithstanding his struggle, and ;.conveyed him to the Mary-le-hone watch, in , the block-hole Of which he was immured ail night; sOlilehOw in the, scuffle, the man had one of his fingers 'hrolteti. In' the morning he was taken to MailhorotieJi street Police Office, and the case heard !tint deter mined, in a few tninnte, in,favour of the impri soned-party ; but, previously to -his' discharge, he Was instructed to bring an action for damages. ROBBERY OF THE OOST-OFFICE; COttli.-On Monday night, the Post-Office of this City was robbed of money to the antooi.nt of between 3001. and 4001. ; it having been entered by means of a master-key, the wards were perfectly nninjored, the locks e - ottld not therefore have been picked ; some small drawers which contained the hank notes and silver were also unlocked, and hating been emptied, were left upon the floor. A titian tity of forged notes were left behind. toßoNEtes INittuzsT.—On Wednesday an in quest was held at the Rising Sun, -Harpet-street, Kent-load on a view of Mr. Gsoßog CoßnyN, who put a period to his existence•at his residence in the Kent. Road, by shooting himself with a pistOl., Mr. BLO,YE being examined, stated that he resided in the house of. the deceased ; that ori the morning this dreadful event took place, the deceased called himi into his bed-room, where he conversed for near 20 minutes with him. lie at last said, " BLOYE, you and I have had fre quent disputes - upon religion, but I hope there is no animosity ~between us." I said, "-certainly not ;" after which, the deceased got up and 1-:ent down stairs, where he committed the 'dreadful act. The Jury brought in a verdict of lunacy. Mr. COREYN was a gentleman who held a situation 11l r h • the WI,: 99. C-nn ...Li C0 , i2.i:,RC.121.1 .4 . The following has been published for the in formation of the Merchants of Duhlku : we copy it as of . •general utility to all. 6el'Conimercial . • tvorld • "pilblin Castle, Jan. 26, 1815. , - "-MY Loßb,—l am directed* the Lord tieu tenant to acquaint your Lordship, that it having been deemed ,eXpcdient.that measures, should be adopteg for the lttil po e of enabling the Merchants and Manufactirrers .of ,the • United Kingdom to avail themselves of the earliest period of the open; of the markets of the United States,_ iu case the Treaty lately conchided shall ( be ratified on the part of that. Government, the Lords of his Majesty's -Most LlOnourable Privy c Ouncil;haye submitted to the Secretary of.. State for the Colo nies„the expediency of directing the Governors of Nova Scotia, New BrUnswick,iand Bermuda, to permit British 'vessels arriving at any of thtise paces frilin the United Kingdom, with goods in tended tor the United States, to proceed to the :ports Of tkoSe "States'iasi'Soon as -the 'Gover nors shall have received due information of the nification of treaty on the part of the Ame rican -Government and with' a view of enabling the Merchants to dispatch vessels to th'e -colonies above , -mentioired,44cre to wait the.ratification of the Treaty, it has: been recomincinled to the Loid4 Cunnni~siontrs of tk, ii(intiral6y to appoint. convoys from the United• 'Kin;;;iclour for :' , ;ova ( Scotia, Nt...lhtinskvirk, (I.:fferionda; zit the ear liest pos,ilzie period Oat the season permit and I am . to request that yOu will take such mea sures as you may' deeM - necessary for the . purpose o making known the above particti!ars to the Mer chants and others concerned in the'Cify of Dublin. "I have, &c. " /I.OI3EnT PEEL. " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." The ,following Letter was on i`ti!inclay last re ceive:l by the i're.:ident 9f the Chamber of Com merce 4 Liellast: Treas - ury Chantbis, Dublin Castle, Jan. 9.8, 1815. " (3TLEM N ant commanded by the Chan cellor. (A . the Exci:equ„crof Ireland to acquaint you, for the information of the Trade, that under the directions of the Lords of the Treasury of Great Britain, the Commissioners of Customs there have prepared. for their. Lords.hips' cousi derat4n, a draft of a clause for allowing Draw backs on Articles of triSh .Alapulacture imported into Great Britain, and re-eNpo , tted thence and in the . meantime, untilthepk.astire of Parliament shall be Uown, they have given the necessary orders for liennittiug the expurtatiOn with Draw back. " I have. the honour., Gentlemen, " Yuor most obedient, awl very • humble servant, • ".wM. HOUGHTON. " TO the Chamber of Complerce,,llelt." THE MARKETS. • CORN EXCHANGE, k'EB; G.—We had but a few arrivals, and those only from Essex and Kent.. Meat sold readily at on advan - Ce of about 4s. iter quarter from this day week. Oats went off rea.- dily at an advance of.ls. front Friday, which was 2s. dearer than this day. week.. Malt was dull. Barley sold freely at an advance of is. per quarter. Grey Pease and Tick Beans were each 2s. clearer. In other articles uo alteration. Forei,git Wheat 383.485. 58s. Grey Pease - - - 28;. 345. Fine ditto . - -70 s. -3'. New Grey Pease - 3 , 35. -s. linglish Wheat ' - 545. 645. Tick 13eans - - - 34;. 38s. Fine ditto - 70;. -s.-s. Old ditto - - a4s. 425. Old ditto - -s. -s. Small Tick Beans 293. 31s. Rye - - - 245. 265. Old ditto - - 34;. 455. Flue ditto - - - 32;. Feed Oats - - -10 s. 18s. Barley - - 16;. its. -s. Fine ditto - - - 245. 265. Fine ditto - - - • 235. -s. Poland ditto - - • 16s. 19s. New ditto - - F3s. -s. Fine ditto - 9.05. 30; •ialt • - - • 60s. - 645. Ptitatoe ditto - - 335. -s. Fine ditto - -s. !tape Sot'd ' 301, 351. per last. WhitelVase (hell.) 41s. 455. Fine - 555. 60s, New White'Pease -48 s, -s. j.Secouds •t ; -50 s. 553. 'SMIT/11 , 1 CEO, Fee. 6.-.-This day's Market had a . pretty ,good sopply of prime Beasts, and the show of Cattle in other respects was middling ; 'Veal supported last price ; Beef, Mut ton, and Pork.Were.dearer; and the trade in general was ra ther 'comiderable., Tile H e 'sales in the ay-market - Were some what livelr; Stra w and Clover fetched last prices; Hay has got op itt, Anne:tea is a correct-statement of the prices and numbers • • . • • - To sink the Offal, per stone of sib ; 'Beef, 4s. Och to 58. 6‘l. Mutton, ss. .0(1. to ss.loth 'Yea], 6s. G. 1.. to' is. 01. Pork; •6s.Td. to'7s. 6th ' Beast;;, 1950. - Sheep, ]-2,400. • CalveS, 160, Pigs, 290. HAY - !MET. • hay, ti) . 4l: 15s - Straw, 11; 5 - s., to 11. 10s. Clower,-41. 10s.' : to 61. 10s. AFRICSUPERSTIT/ON.---A Special Slave Court was held at the Jilley, in Vere, on the 6th of De-. comber, : for the trial of the . tollowing slaves, viz. Aberdee;?, Adam, and Preston, belonging - to Salt ,Savannah Estate, charged with the murder of an- other slave, named Thomas, the property of John Holmes, Esq. by .burying It appeared from the evidence, that.the parties were all" Co►l gees, and had made a ploy according tci the cus ton► of their country, when, Thomas dug a' grave in Which he laid himself down, desiring his com panions to cover him np for the space of one hour; but that, if he aid not rise.again in another place in that time, they were to open the gra‘;e. Aber deen and Preston were appointed to close up the grave, and Adam to, play on the gombah (African m►ssic),'all of whiCh was punctually performed.— . Some other negrovs belonging to the estate ap peared, however, before the ceremony Was COW,. pletely finished, and had sense enough to open the grave; but it Was too late, the unfortunate victim of his own credul:ty being dead. His Honour the Custos charged the jury, on the crinie, when they found . them . guilty of iiians/aFfghter 5 and the'-fol lowing sentence 'was passed, viz. each to receive - , 30 lashes on the spot where the catatrophe took place, in the Presence of all the estate's neroes, then to be severally burnt. on the ha►-al, and to suffer one month's- solitary confinen“ , nt in the county gaol.—(Jam oica Paper). On Tuesday, last a fire broke otit in .a private i room in the centre of Ingestrie ne;:r Stiifford, the scat of Earl TALBOT. Being, very fortu nately, mid-day, the accident was discovered al most immediately; ; but tile fire raged for about three hours, before it was completely subdued, notwithstarAng the exertions of the domestics, acsistpd troru rin.ate..4.11,, h.,'.1.,. COURT MARTIAL ON SIR JOHN MURRAY. WINCHESTER—FOOtTgENTII DAY, SATURDAY, FEB. 4. Sir John Murray made a-statement in reply to the fresh. eviclenee which had been brought against hint: ILallowell had complained of his acensotionof his hawing kept back th'efi'rst letter, front him to Sir E. Pellew. Ile had never, how ever, tnati.ethat accusation against the Admiral ; he had only said, that he had regretted that cir cumstance at the time, and still did regret it. As to the letter which he had written to the Admiral on the 9th, he did not know that it had any par•- ticitlar to the last which he had receiv ed from him. At the time he.wrote that letter, he di:l, however, disbelieve the .report cared of two thousand French having arri%ed at TortOsa, and a body of their cavalry at Am pulla. He did believe, however, that one thou sand had arrived •at Turtosa (as Ge nera l C a p ons had informed him)) and•he believed that to be the number also froth a proposition made to him from . Tortosa, to • attack that plc e, .and that the inhabitants woUld endeavour to deliver up one of the gates to hint during such attack. He had, however, received 'no such information as would• make it necessary for hint to raise `the siege on the 7th or Bth, as the Judge Advocate a had contended he ought to, have done. As sto the manner lit •which the diSpatch of 'the 14th was sent off, Ad miral Hallowell had waved entirely the secrecy, and had merely endeavoured to prove that there was no hurry. HI must, however, say, that he wrote the' dispatch in the idea that there was great hurry„ and"forthat reason he did not wait to have it regularly copied. It was purely by ac cident that he discovered that the Admiral had written'a letter; and if it had not been for that • accident, he • did not believe that the _Admiral Would have ever made the signal he stated, of no tice to the fleet that there was an opportunity of s'endingletters triEngland. Major-General Don kin vvas still here in' attendance, and, although, from laudable motives, he had refused to answer a question that he had asked hint about those cir camstances,'yet, if the Court would put the ques tion to hint, he had no doubt but that he would ,explain it. • As to the variety of orders he was said to have given on the 12th, he could easily explain them. The first order given to General Clinton at an early hour in the morning, to advance three bat-! talions 'of his and as many of General Whitting hon's division' to the Guya, was to corer a retro grade movement to be made by General Copons. That General, however, - having fallen back in the night, the order of course was countermanded, having no longer any object. As to the second and third order; tlrey were sktbstantiaily the same; the principal difference, however,. was, that the last did not give such precise directions 'about keeping out of the fire of Tarragona on his march. The 'writer for sending his baggage to a place where it - could be embarked in safety, did not ap pear to him to 'be an order that could he W - ell complained of. As to the laSt order for his final embarkation, it was not surprising that lie should trust some part of the arrangements to a General of such rank as Sir William Clinton'. He had • never recollected .03 much accuracy in ordets and • dates as .Gen. Clinton had shewn on the present trial which was the more remarkable, as he was deficient in his recollection in malty • other points. As Sir William had, however, never himself cominanded :an army in the field, he thought that he should not put so harsh a • construction on the number of orders which were issued on the •day of the 12th. It was singular, however, that Sir 'NV. Clinton should not be able to find time to do what he was desired to do by those orders, but that . what he was expressly de sired not to do, that he did with the greateit alacrity. He alluded to the spiking the guns, and that strange mistake he made in not recollecting the signal which lie himself had arraoged with the Officer at the battery. It would 'laic been natural to suppose that a consciousness of his own error in this respect should have inclined him to . be .somewhat more charitable in bis constructions on the conduct anti niotiveS of others. He was surprised at . Admiral Hallowell wishing to press. upon the' Court a' letter which he wrote on the 19th of June, when he, himself had objected to his producing a letter from Ali. Tupper4 on the ground that it was Written after the transactions. Ile probably ought not to have felt this surprise,' as 'it was so muds in unison with the rest of the Adriiire.s conduct throughout the trial. Sir John' Murray then proposed to call General Donkin to the point he had Stated. The Court, however, over-ruled the proposition, conceiving it irrelevant to the trial. Mr. Larpent then sa:d; that there was one ob servation in the .statement of Sir J. Murray ‘Vhich he must explain. As to his having given private advice'to Admiral - HI:Howell about the production of a letter, all he had advised, him to do was t o produce it to the Court, and take their opinion on it. It was their province, and 'not his, to decide on what ought to be admitted. When he was out of Court, be was as ready to give his advice to one patty as to the other ; and in point of fact, he . had given advice to Sir John Murray much often; v tl e in to the Admiral. THE JUDGE ADVOCATE'S REPLY. ' , Mr. LARPENT then began his reply as to the first Q r d. second charges. lie had at first supposed tleet. such reply would be unnecessary ; but as Sir John Mtn ray had gone into such great length of ahgtenent, in answer to the observations he had - made, and as he had taken quite a new ground of defence, h e found it his duty to claim the right tef a 'elcosecUtor to reit;; ; ? - . As, however, many of those aieuneot 4 ,:eere•a4r.vered by his first observations, he should refer flie,C4irt to them. He was most anxious, in this case, to be considered as not wishing toTpreSS any . point against the prisoner further than bis duty required of him, Notwith standing the compliments been paid him by Sir J. Murray ) he klt duty to do away the effect that appeared to him faliaciouS, might" otbet.v4o_ pro. dice. As he had not had time for,such arreni . ,,emeot in reply, he should follow thepraejp i l paints of the defence which Sir J. Murray ha , llett up avainst 1 1P) charges brought byhim.The first pole t that he slioo4 take notice of, was the difficulv of a hich Sir .1- ~.144