The Sun. — London, England, 1815-01-24 00:00:00

iqAVAT: NEWS. • C APTURE OF THE PRINCE OF NEUFCHATEL . AMERICAN PRIVATEER: PRNZANet, J. 21.—Nrrived last night the American. privateer.' Prince of Neufchatel, 119 s tn and 22 guns , ta k en ab out a 'month since by 11 Majrsty's ships Leander, Newcastle, and 11 4\ easta, after a Thug chase—out seven days, and ad made no capture ; she had on board provi . Cons for a six months' cruize. The crew say, that ontheir arrival at Boston from a former rttize, they shared 1700 dollars a man. LOSS OF THE LAUREL. Captain EMMETT, lately commanding the brig Lat. rio o f r Lancaster, with his crew, came pas sengers from Ostend, on Saturday last, by the K" Pe Packet, Captain FAaRER, to Gravesend, to gether With several Military Officers. The Laurel has hound from London to Shields, but iA the readful storm of the 12th . inst. foundered 40 leagues N. W. of the Texel-: the Captain' s a'nd his crew' c2.9sisting in the whole of ten persons, took to their small boat, 'and after being . exposed to the greatest danc , iers itva violently tempestuous b ed, fin . upwards of five hours, were providentially picked Up by a fishing-smack and carried . into Jport, fron whence theymade their way. ,; to °scend : disappointed by learning that no British e ciasod t . vas resident there, their misfortune was b 'ade 'known to Colonel GREGORY, of the 4 , lth Ite ginierit. ' This gallant Officer,-everalive to the feca• .... ... . :itngs of humanity, immediately ordered the s ' llll . rations to be - served.. tO'. the iinfortnuate' i ktilol B as to his own soldiers; _and • Provided them all With billets until a passa,,, , re. - vas- , procured for 1 titeni to this country. •' • . Colonel GREGORY is Cominandaftt of ,Ostend, where his gentlemanly conduit, and rigid .adhe.= Jerre to justice and humanity hai done tunch : fOr 4 1 .:. 9)a.t tov!i, the pOlice'of Which had be'com.e . greatly ter in axed ; return, he has the respeq and adtni ration of the inlizibitants---such conduct does ho- t 's'ltlr to the profe . ssion of which be is elif to the country he so ably serves. "fie followiiig the exanipleof - their excellent Ci ' t ' -- - bilve hi?enexpiniilary in their 'con titter 's of the 44th. and" 78th British I Battalions of Hanoverian '''' • tt~e l) A 2 3. 2 - 1 -C:one- ciOwn frofilthe River for o 3a12, ; neopl -c Union": Lastslndiciman, 11 for Antigua; and the . : 1 7' " have all sailed to the West,. 17-1 ' 1 " Also vived ‘ s s the Lame and Lee sloops Of ar. and Ssi=a.l . l Cutter, from the 'Note; the two former have - sailed for Portsmouth, the latter re 7 inain s.—Wind N. W. PORTSMojiTH, JAN. 23.—Came ifito harb6ur l itty's,ship Pioneer. Went out of harbour hts Al. . tv's Ship .DO:terons.—Wind E. • FALMOUTH, JAN. 21.—Arrived the Active, 13ARNEs.,- from Waterford. Sailed the Snap gnu krig on a crnize ; and the fluke of Kent packet, with 'a mail for 1, 4b0n.-7:-Wityl N. E. C ORK; JAN. 1 8.---The West India fleet, consist ing of 174 trading vessels,"together with the con, voy and transports, sailed from Cove' on Monday. • 77: car. r “(onom ookmEasic l N T u . Do t .ro t . As is ap- Pointed to the command at Jamaie,i, void by the resignation of Rear,Adthiral ,ROLLE*.—The War t'N', 74, Captain RODD, is fitting at Portsmouth, th'receiVe his flag, 'to convey him to Port Royal 411 e will sail with 'convoy. - t.A:3 account has been rece i ve d o f t h e arr i va l at rdra s of the trnder-mentioned ships, on the 4th t i t 4e. last, viz.-L-ASia, ‘Vinchelsea, Marquis o f 4111 1 y, Castle Iltimtly, Eat ope, and Astell. Tlle Ploughman, -DUNCAN, from Liverpool to .sail s ili burgh is nut• into' Aberdeen, with kiss of T , George and .Robert, from Waterford to tji so "Tool, i s put into Milford leaky; and must ar se ' 4 t Vriendschap, SPANDERM4N, from London 1 9 th erdain was stranded near Zandoort the la st ' . Th e • 16 13 three Friends, PURDY, from Liverpool to fiomails, was driven on shore the 24th o f last ~1 11 u at Frouxeiro, near Comilla. Friendship, YouNa;.from Senegal to Lon ' put into Corunn a the 30th 'oh. with loss Of a ts., anchors and cables, and in .a very leaky anlrlle d sinking state, and must discharge. Speed, BROWN, Iron-. Paternio to London; ;,as t6tally lost at Covas, rica‘r_Cortnina, the. 27th c T..aft er b e i ng t aken by the Lion privateer.— 'lly the prize -blaster saved. 0 1 ' 6 . St. Anna, Loof t t, fro t O Ri ga t o Amster -411i; was lost. the 20th Dee.-olf.Windan. T.he HOLIMAN, 'from N ew f o u n dland, Js Captured in lat. 44'.• long. 48. by the . Atnelia ri! Valet'', and p u t i nto the 24th ult. in mi stres s , 01At the Coda of ;DirectOrs . . held on Friday at we Last India House, Captain D?,VID SUTTON tf e ' s sworn into the command of the Vyralmer Cas ifor China direct, d ll e Diadem is ordered t.:.) 1.);.! paid off. ue Brist o l, Fir me , tail! .N:eholas, and San s lately 1 ) , sol d, hay:- b•::11 (4kce. possession of Y th 1)1 purcuasets, ears borne as Sup -i the several e of battle ships in I'Qr2: RY. The folldwing ISncs.tv, , re written on the .Gl-i'Cre of the. un fortrinate LOtrf XXI. avid his QUEl.;ti s .whose •asites were said to be deposited under an hwuhle turfitt the Garden of a private Gentlentam, at Paris:— • Let mimic art her busts and statues raise, Rich in the fulsome Jattery of praise; Let sculptur'd marhles give to distant fame , The King's, the Statesman's, or the Warrior's name; Let brazan tablets tell to future times The fabled virtues of the man of.crirnes! These have their beauties—yet they are but art, They charm the eye,- but seldom reach the heart : This simple sod—this weepini willow bbwer, This circling . hcdge—this solitary flower ! This spot- 7 4%-bre rranee in sore repentance weep, This grave—where Frauce',s mart 'd : Monareli sleeps, Tell to the world of crimes and virtues past, In accents louder than fame's clarion. blast ! Speak to the heart more sad—more awful things Than • all death's ensigns on the twill) of Kings! --1 envy not themighti . est of the great, The pomp and splendwAr of their futteral state Theirs be the honours of the trophied shrine, A turf like this 7 and.pitying virtuemioe ! July 213, 1814. THEATRICAL HOAX IN PARIS. PARIS, JAN.. 17.--Lritp church of St. Roque, in the rue St. liono.re, scents - destined to be the theatre of `destructive or alarming exhibitions.— ;The - traces . of, &ninaparte are still visible in the stepsaud on the-walls of that emisecrated build ing; whert the fire of, his artillery was poured up .: on the defenceless multitude by tfhich they were surrounded---and when by this;.theearliest of his civic exploits., he laid the foundationS of his futur e .. Empitc, in the Wood of the inhabitants of Paris. This day, the same spot was signalized by a spec tacie to thefull as extraordinary, though less Ira gicarin its'innoedjatecems.equenees—what its re .mote ones nuts`-be,- I. do not pretend. to Mademoiselle. ,Rancour, a- celebrated - actress- of t Theatre:Franpis, , and 'a - woman of respec table character.;„died three 'days -agO, at the age of 60. Her corpse, attendett . by a-string of car .riages,and-a large concourse of people . Ofall ranks 'and aeseriptions, was brotight flit; interment this mOrnin;',..„ to the : chorea StAoque. . -Vott - Jtnow -.that . ; by, the, rbrorous.ordinanees of the Itottilsli worship, act Ors. and actresses are in 'a -state. of ex co ammication , ; which, if. enforced; would tle .ptive them of the beurfits . :of Christian burial.— Many years have passed . away since any such bar barno's exclusion was Practiieit here ;•antfcertainlv •the attendants on the frantibs this deceased perforiner were little prepared for the disappoint- . Merit Which awaited the.tii, • when they found the mares of the chuich locked against theca,. and ad- IniSsion. peremptorily refused. Their dismay was succeeded by the Universal indignation of the spec : tators. An ithmense .- Crowd began to assemble ; cries of fury and vengeance.Nrere:hearii in all the adjoinink . qUarters Of Paris the'rueSt, Hotto,re, and all the avenues within a quarter of .a (if the scene; were blocked up :by the pointlace..— The church dolrs were broken open, bat no priest appeared, and the most frightful disturbance was' apprehended.; . nor sr-as it supposed - that the effects of the poitl ir agitation 'would end with the cause which had produced it: the mean time a message WaS sent to the King, -supplicat ing his Maksty's interposition, for the sake of humanity, and for the public Peace of die capital. The first answer returned from the. Castle was, that the belonged to the jurisdiction of the Church, and that theKing'eould not in:et - muddle with the Spiritual Authorities. ~A second Depu tation /11'bl:ceded to the Thuilleries, as the tumult increased, and the danger of some movement ap proachinti to insurrection became every moment more visible: . At .the same tithe a declaration Was communicated ro the Court, on the part of gill. the Actors, Actresses; and Attendants on every theatre in Paris, that if the remains of Mademoi Rancour were not, instantly admitted I'ol the privileges of Christian sepulture, they Would.ltt . a body read their recantation, and adopt the 'theran, or (I believe)-theCalvinbttic faith_ trli second message. succeeded. better than the' first; and brought back an order frotn'the-King to the Priesthood, to riiceivc the corp - se, - and read the funeral service. This was accepted_ by the multi -tilde as a pledge of peace :--;Ltang, loud; and re iterated shouts.b l ioke from possibly..2oNo people, . Yive le' Rai :—a bas - les C4clottes :—a has les Calo ,tins—a (liable les Colotins ! The ceremony wi t s then performed, but I ~aof told with," planned rites." The wens -- d'aimerie.A.--elleval, a detach :rnent'Of-gardes•du 'corps, and afterwards of reg,tl. ! Ear cavalry, were' brinight 'forward to quell the tumult. The military. of all _Classes acted .with ex - emplaryforbearance, and not a single life was lost, nor a bloiv with the sabre given. P.„ S. I havejust.-heard .that the same Priest who raised . the disturbance of this morning, : had once attempted something of the . . sine kind early in the reign-of Bu9naparte ;..brit pretensions of that nature were not to the taste of him who never tolerated a double tyranny,— , the offending , curt: . . : was of consequence put out oronice. A I{“VT. TO THE LONDON MANAGERS,—We have to record the fate of a Tragedy called' The 'Step Mother, produced to a very' good audience yesterday evenink. It- is • evidekatly t-her first at tempt - of a person of no -mean abilities. The speeches are frequently good, but they are also frequently too long; and the catastrophe may be anticipated in-too early a part of the play. There were frequent plaudits, but also frequent moments: of langour and delay. This langour proved de structive to the interests of the Tragedy, and con siderable opposition. attended the fall of the cur tain. The audience not seeming dispOsed to have it acted again, Mr. 111URRAY stepped forward and informed them, that Mr. SIDDONS, who came out to= chi his duty to the public, after indisposition, and whose part finished early, was gone - home, but had commissioned him to: say .that no play would ever be acted on the Edinburgh stage, against the consent of the publie.• Another Was then announced, a4ul harmony teitord„—(Edia burgh Courant, Jan. 19.) PROPERTY TAX.' /1 ,1 1 7 -peat Three: At this,moment.the:signatUres to our Petition agaiust the rt-enactment of the ,Pkopertr-Tax. Aef•nmount, in that which is left for signatuic at our Commercial - Rooms,', to 110 after two days exposure to public view. ; Our,,COmmercial Rooms are now considered as the public Exchange 'of Bristol, andtheyesort'of our reniciPal monied • men. At. the Guildhall, Where . inany a..pennyleSs • • • fluntite nc; doubt,bas-weitten•bis name, or rather it should • be . said has;us mark, there s are • • made ~aboUt 700 signatUres.. • . At a public Meeting '.at :iVorees,ter on Tuesday last, it was resolved to petition Parliament against fire Income Tax on'TradeS and: Professions, the Tenant's Property Tax on 11';.limiers, and - allpther Vtrar Taxes, which expire •Withiu a limited periOd beyond she,termination of the war: •Trie tines did not propose the abolition of the Property 'fax, which was characterised {n them as an egni- - . table mode of raising money for the s e rvice of thc.. State.—(Striffordshire Advertirer.) The Faction bestow:the most approbriousepi: thets tipon the.Property-Tax ;. they.eall it par .e.l . - cellence the " The Ori t ous ON PROPERTY." This is ery natural from them, seeing - that it enabled - t his .cotnttry defeat their favourite, friend;• and idol, Bunnapar&l de FLEURY ' Peer of France, and First Gentleman- to Louts `VIII. died suddenly on the 15th instant at Paris. lle hail his leg broken about- a fortnigltt before, .but he appeared to have a very favourable iecovery.' ;several - of his friends who had paSscil the eve;:iiig,wiih him left him at ten O'cinek, and the flied at ele,yen. A Co/ymbas Podieeps was lately shot, near Wales. This bird is found in the North' of Europe, btit - scarcely ever seen far south as, - Ingland, unless - ill winters ex,tretnely rigorous It is almost p-rpetually on the Ocean, where it dives in pursuit of fish. One of the ittiliorProetors 'in' Doctors' Com- Juons, wheneverhe'readS of " a marriuge in hig4 life," immediately opens a policy as - to the time of the parties paying him.a visit, and hitherto he ha - s been, .very successful. The different ages of the parties form a considerable - part .in the calculation, and whether they reside . ' in or out of Londoll-if they live near a garriSon town or military quarters—Lorfly get tieman has a pnr-. ticular friend, who resides ninell in the houSe; does the baTSideis on very . low - terms. - AMEHICN AVAiI."-,FJVCO it. the reuewnal of the „late negoeiatnin at (fluent, and its supposed fa:: vourable . opening ; . so little expectation of Oct: termination of the war was entertained by the I‘4llititryDepartrnent at home, that all the troops in the English service in the _Netherlands, (ex ceptiug the Guards and the - panoverians) were under ,orders for Amerlcal and commissioners were appointed to settle ,all tt a miliatry expeoces of the troops there ; and up to the 6th of the pre sent month onlv,the liritish - Qeneral cotumandihg at Antwerp, and all lii Stair, were up4f; orderS for the same destination. • In the •rniticile . of. December, fOur ships sail-. ed from the United States v4ith the view . ..to frustrate the blockade, of Which two cure taken, one has not since been heard of, antrone, aecord ing-to letters received yesterday fim ! Rotterdam, has reached the Texel with a cargo ot - tobacco.--- . • this vessel is from Philadelphia. The American Geuetal .lAcKsos• issued a• Pro claw:ttion, dated at l 3lohde. Sept. 21, to the free colotired inhabitants of Louisiar,a, calling, upon them to volunteer in the service of the United States, during the present contest with Great Brita They : were . to be organised, " as a dis tinct independent Battalion or RegiMent," under 'White Officers; to be selected by the Commanding General ; the Non-commissioned , Officers to be •iippoitaed front among themselves. The Legislature,. of - North Carolina met at Raleigh on'the 21st ult., to deliberate on the im portant concerns of our once happy and prosper ous, •but now fallen. •and distressed country. — Edenton Gazette. Detachments from the depots it the following re - gientspf foot - are now assembling at ChathaM, in order to join their first battalions in India : 24th, 34th, .56th, 56th, and 89th . , amounting in the whole to abont42ooo men. NEW SECEsFI6 N3 .—We are not without our sus picious that we shall very soonitave to announce something of this sort whigh will astound our readers even more 'than Mr. CutinAN's letter.— The author of the first letter is discovered. Time will tell all. The Catholics must depend - urin themSelves.—(Cork Chronicle). ILICIiT HoNT,witArst.Es !--7 7 0i) • Stinday. last, the Right . tionourible .Totter PH ILTOT CUE h Ak' dined at Tinnahinch with the liightllv4euiiible.RENßY GRATTAN. This intimacyaugUrs , well for the flight lionimridile the Catholic Board.--- 7 (Dlib. Jour7o • • Low) K tNGsLANo.---On Sumfay se' unigHit, in St Werburgh's-Church,' Dublin, the Right Hon. Lord liiNGsLArm renounced the doctrines of the Church of Rime, and .embraced tae ,Reforthed Christian Religion. : . . A young woman., IS, years of -age- - ; born blind, has, by an operation • on.eacli . eye,,. been brought , , , to sight and ilischqrged iti ithitt , these - few days,. front the haspital for,diseaSes.of the eye in Bristol. An extensive gang ofswindley,s aud thieves ho lately been discovered at Vitennaobv" the Ponce, which is very strict in that capital: :Some of these cheats had the audacity to wear the uniform of superior Officers in the servieg of different fareigu Powers, and to occasionally pass tbemselves off for persons of high distinction. They li,ad coin mitted considerable depredations before tlrey were detected. Five soldiers of the Stith regiment, on tjtefc luarch frotn . Canterbniy, robbed two yr - e.o . between that city and Sturry, on Mondny;- the following day' they were apprehended and cotit tnitted for trial. In . a g#den belonging to THOMAS COURTNEY, of Ballyredin; ; Esq. are gooseberry bushes, on which the fruit is now fully formed---a 'very cu rious eifchiastanctat this season of the year. CORONER'S INQUEST. ,Rl-lOCKING. OCCURRENCES. Yesterdav evening an Inquest.„;%-fiS hel I at the Lion and Lamb,-Lower Grosvccoor 7 st:nate, lit fore A &THOM GEL L, Coroner for Wo.ittninster, on the body of Sarah Silvester., a Cook in the fa , mily of the Rev. •Dr. Robert Hodgson, Rector or `St. George, Hanover-square, who put an end to her existence by cutting her throat With a razor, in a hay -loft over, the stable in the rear of the iniuse, in Lower Grosvenor-Streef, after having delivered herself of a male ellild,•wilose aody was in,ind lying dead near her, with a silk handlierchief tied ailing its neck,, and the body.covered round s itlt Ity,blitids. It appeared ,in evidence, that be tweet) ten and eleven o'clock on Thursday morning, the deceas - ed.was rnisseilfroum her master's house; it wits then supposed she was gone out on some sinessof her own, but not returning as the dinner hour drvivnear, the butler'inquired for her at the ]tenses of several persons' where she used to fre quent, but she was not to be found. Between seven and-eight o'clovk in the evening, the butler and the kitchen.-tnaid commenced a (resit search for tier, and. after looking over every part of the house, they searched the out-offices ; on their go ing tip to the loft over the stable, they found the .door shut close to ; the butler knocked at the door and called, but receiving no answer, he pushed it hard, and found it was unlocked, but kept shut by something being placed against 'it on the in side ; he forced open the door so far as to admit his head, and looking in saw the deceased lying against the door with her throat ciu, and the floor covered with blood ; lie 'turned away -hOyror struck.• 'lie made the circumstance known to hiS master, who sent for Mr. Barrow, a surgeon.— Dr. Hodgson, Mr. Barrow, and several 'of the domestics proceeded to the hay loft. The deceased Was quite.dead, with her throat cut from ear to ear, and an open razor was lying her side, and at het-feet was the body of a new-born male in fant, also dead, with A. silk handkerchief tied round its neck, and the body wrapped up iu . a liay-band. No particular acts of insanitY,,on the part of the deceased, were laid before the Jury ; but it appeared that her having the razor in her possession might.be adcountetFfor, , as it Was ne cessary for a woman to have a sharp instrument for.the purpose of delivery, that she might so have it without. any idea l of committing suicide, ',and- that her pains ,and the Want of proper assist ance* the time .might hring on 'a inumenuiry de yangetneot: On the body of the infant there ap peared - no _particular marks olyiOlence, and the JM:y •% . v.e're led to suppose . that the cause of the .handkerchief being tied round the, child's neck was for the.purpose •of'delive'ring herself,•lhe en (pkv ;was tong and minute, :from, the various re , p'in.l4 in eiyculation,a(length die Jury-, — tinder, thedirection of*tiCtirorier, returned a verdict of Lctiocy ; they gave .•tt: verdict, of, Riund dead, on the body of the child.,TWdc'CeaSeil v,'llS :4 years' of, age, and between seven and eight •yearA,,in - the t rt,ily. - • . , • • • Yesterday another Inquisition at' Hie Gioper'S Arrns, llampilen-street, ' before G. IlonpsoN,:E . sq, ~'oroifer for M?tidie,-, On the body of 'Mrs. finder, a xestibelable widow*-•: lady, a resident of that place,'wh6 siaddetily"ex- - • i)ired on Friday last. Mts.lliiiler had itititnaled to Some" of her neighbours, in the beginning of the week, that she meant to spend "a few days with her friends in town : and on Tuesday, as we understand, she set off to transact sonic business al the- ffank,• and did, not return until Friday, when' she . re- - turned company with Mr. o',Farrel,, a gentle man Who .was lately-a Major in the . army, and . who was the only witness examined before the Co , . rover. lie deposed that the deceased went to visit • Lady Frazer, -wliere she dined on Thursday ; did not . hear her Complain of illness until she was re turning home through Russel-square, when she . complained of a pain in the stomach ^ when she came to the corner of Ossulston-'street,'she a(vaiti complained and went-into a - green 7 grOcer's shop, where she sat for a few initiates ; on coming out she only went .a few yards freAn the door, when she said she must. again return" into the shop, as she felt very ill ; she sat "down,' and almost in- . stantly uxpired : Messrs. Squirrel and Moss, Sur geons, were called in, but before their arrival life was-.extinct--Verdict—Died by th:: I'4itation of God. LIEUT. DAVID O'NEEFFE, ON TUE KERRY RE... unfortunaje Gcntleman, whose conduct for some time past, manifested the strongest symptoms Of mental derangement, has terminated 116 existence in such a mauncr, as ful ly proves the state his mind must have been, in, whilst the manner of his death is sincer e ly t o h e deplored by every Christian. The cOnunission of an act of suicide has hurried him into eternity ; a Coroner's Jury having found a verdict of murder against him, for having on Tuesday last shot a man of. the intake of J Sullivan, a process-server, whilst the . act - of serving hire with one of those ovders o'f law—at the histigation of his fatuity, he fled for the purpose of secreting him Self for the present, which he probably would have effected,. had the situation OfliS 'mind enabled him to have. •pnrsnedArlYratiottal litie . of conduct ; but labour ing :under a degree: •Ok insanity, which must have been consiclevably augmented by the death of the unforttina:te man whom he 'Shot, he committed a similar, act towards. himself yesterday evening in , :the neighbourhood of Tullarees, about 12 miles front ..this town, and by a pistol-shot, put an - end to his life-- 2 -(Kel'ry Evening Post.) DREAPFUL ACCIDENT.-At an early hour in--the morning of Thursday seunight, a man and woman travelling in-ii gig from Taunton, to Chard, were upset in passing theprecipice of Castle-Ike-Roche, in - consequence of which the man was killed on 'the spot, .the.womaku. had her thigh broken, and the vehicle was, dpshed - to pieces. From the sttnituit of the hill to the; abyss into which they fell, the depth iS not less that43oo feet. On Sonday-night, about eleVen o'dock, an el. derly man was found dead at the step of . a door iti Bridge-road, kVesttninster Bridge. It is supposed he fell a victim to want, "and - the. severity of the weather. The body was conveyed to the work house.