The Sun. — London, England, 1815-12-25 00:00:00

`I'LIE QUV,EN''S 11,2T.G11N TO.WIN'I)SOII.... On. Friday morning; soon after nine o'clock, her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES, with ,their Royal Suite, left the PRINCE REGENT'S Pavilion at Brighton, for Windsor Castle. They arrived at Horsham soon after eleven o'clock, and they being expected there about that tinie,• a- great concoursa of people were assembled upon the occasion. They only remained thcve dur ing the time they were- changing horses and then proceeded on for Dorking, • and, on their arrival in that town,, they• were greeted with the ringing of hells and other demonstra tions of public rejoicings in the town ; they were received at the Red Lion Inn by an excellent hand •of music in the front of the House, who struck lip the national air of " God save the King.'' -- The Royal carriages were thronged with women, 'who presented to them flowers in a most resneetlnl manner, which t c Queen and Royal Daughters 'Very condescendingly acceptetf, and appeared highly pleased with this token of attention. and respect. The Royal Travellers alighted from tteir carriage and remained in the - Red t Lion sonic tnue and partook of some refreshm.nft ; during the time they gave directions for the distri bution of money among the pour of the crowded spectators. On their leaving the house the 1)0- pulace;ave repeated luizzas. When they arrived at the George Inn, at Cobham, a suite of rooms were prepartnl for tihnn ‘sith good firei, the cloth profusion refr,sonents, mid every tiling s o very_corutortable that they remained there up - wards - of an' hour. The QUEEN and PRINCgt4SES again exercised their Royal bounty to the poor of that pl,:ce. Aftet' leaving, Conhatu they proceeded on for Windsor Castle, where they arrived in gond health, about four o'clock, and are'expected to reinnin till the Utli of January, when 'they will return to Brighton; to spend some tLys with the REGENT. Lord ARDElZ.Teßlaiiied in attendance on the KING, in the Castle, dir t riuy the QUEEN'S absence at Brighton, kb' ! , ite'of The Queezes conneil. On Saturday his Lo dship 'kit • Windsor for his seat near Epsom. Yesierday the QUEEN and PRINGESSES attended Divine 'Service ia their private Chapel in Windsor Castle. BRIGHTON, DEC. 24.---The Pavilion •eontintv's tu be cue scene of hospitality and pri:icely &kid s"T. Each day is generally distinguished Uy l itatious of the Nobility to the PrttNcr.4EGENT'S . clillner and evening music, cart!,. and conversation parties. ` Friday and 'yeSterday his itoya! High. tress entertained upwards of 40 Gentlemen; among 'hom were Mr. Wilberforce andMr.-1301eVarew. The 7th of January, being the anniversarytTthe Ptincess Charlotte of Wales.'s birth-day, au . will be celebrated at the Pavilion with nutguifieence. nee Maiesty will at:corilpany .t he Prhicess C-har iotze trout Windsor on this occasion, and. we tin- - derstand that most of the Royal Family will be pres t TUE AUSTRIAN ARCLIDUKS.—Saturday :after toon the Archdukes JonN and LE:wts, of Austria, Paid their, promised visit to the E tst India douse and Bank of England. - Si'r William Cop :41'6'e at tended their Imperial Highnesses:, At the Ifidia iltl4se they were received by the .Directors. to 'vhimo, aster ' viewing the interior of the *edifice, they eYpressed the higilest satisfaction. At the Bank they were welcomed by the Goveraor;Du- Pity Governor, and some of the Directors : they v xamibed attentively the various oiiices, of which tl:ey expres se d their admiration. Mr. Mellish cx -I"ined to them the uses of the nunicipus apart .lll2"ts, and also tile different nature and kinds of 3tOCk• It was observed that their Imperial liKii l)esces' curiosity was prticulatiy exci!cd O i per iising th e Words ‘,‘ Imperial atintliriCNi,' In .0- swer to t'.eir incinhi , .'s respecting this, Mr. M.l - gave them a full explanation. About lour o'clock thcv partook of a cold collation in the ' 13 "" Imrlour ; after that they visited the 'I rea lurY and c,iher dtpaittnents. Their Iturriol .di ghness , s :ook kave of Mr. Mellish very gra ciously, and retired in the Prince Regent's car nage with Sir William Congreve. The DaebesS ot CUMBERLAND is recovered.— i:c; :ioval IlightiebS reeeked a Visi: front e Comitesis LsivEN, the Lady of the Rassiau Authas,i.ador. , „.. • It is now , certain, that it was General - DECAEN, and' r;ol6entral CLAUSEL, Who XV ctS arrested in th e I ue re!.n o , at Paris. Ce"eral CAus EL, it is believed, has effected his. escaped from France. Aecomits of the arrival of G2oucllY in Ame tica, have, it is said, been received at Paris. • Calm. CON. th HIGH Lira.--An elopement has recently taken place, which, we lament :to say, has involved in deep distress several doble and highly 'l!onourable families. The Lady is young, beauti- N, the 11101 her of several children, and wife.of a : e ` t _ i nguished offi cer .. The ,gallant is. old enough " tier gran dfa t h er , a married man, high in the l era ge, and of large fortune. XTERESTING CASE .—We understand that the Agent • of his Grace the oke of lienrono is now a n this country, arranging proceedings 'against the - 9 11111 in e l 7 l i aSt other P and some rints in this City, for a Libel against a distinguished and truly amiable female of that ancient house, impeaching atPr conjugal fidelity in most gross terms.—(Ditt 4in Paper.) ' .We have antlority to state, that it is.the inten ..lion of his R. 11. the Duke of York to honour this .atity with his presence early in January.--Gliaih• eraa) ltoyal Favour is spoken of for the next heir `.bale Ofthat highly venerated and true friend of eonntrv, the late Right, Hon. THOMAS CoNot.LY, 4 1 ) n Khnin y th e , :Earldom of Strafford d e scended In 4 :ght o f his mother,,Ladv ANN WENTWORTH Co-. a (4 . 1 -Y, but w ho refused the name' from having no t r i t yto inh er it. Th e •Gentkman alluded to is of same name. and hi s c hi e f res id ence i s ; i n the .'7"inediate vici nage of . 11;0.. • Mites . to a considerable ainaunt , -Stolen vbt..l:yOld Bank, were exchanged on Tuesday evk itt 13 iiiningham by ,a man, who, according -"5 the .description given of him, is the smile that chat:zed to ..nwes ai Abingdon. NAVAL NEt.'es. rtANtsGATE,. Dcc. 2 l.— Lae last night mid early thi's morning a great many transports have arrived with troops from Calais ; one of them, the sloop Ull 1011 DRAPER, Master, in coming for the Harbour, struck the East Pier, and is sunk at the back of the Head . ; fortunately all the mini's and crew are saved ; we are landing her store's, and shall try every endeavour to save the hull; if the wind continues westward, and the weather moderates, we hope to succeed. The Chichester packet, Captain RUTTER, and the Defence bye boat, HALL, of Dover, have put in here dis masted. P. S. Several transports are now coming in with troops on board, from Calai3 ; among them • are the brig Trafalgar, 661 ; the brig Jt►uo, E.B. ; and the Liebe. FALMO Dcc. 22.--Arrived the George packet, NoliFoß, with mails from the : - Brazils, in 64 days. Sailed the Swiftstir s e packet, Captain Cunny, with wails for the Brazils ; 131ucher packet, Captain. PRICE. with mails for Surinam.— Wind from W. to N.W. • PORTSMOUTII, DHC; 24.—Arrived the Martl►a transport, CoGr.r.t, from the Downs ; transport, HuNTEtt; from the Downs; Mariner transport, RUTTER . , from Bllrb3dOCS. Sailed his Majesty's ship Hope for Plymouth ; his Majesty's ship Algerine on 'a cruise; and his • Majesty's ship Larne oit a cruise. MILFOIID, DEC. 22--Arrived the Elizabeth, Roach, from Newport for Kinsale; Norwich, Griffiths, from Cork for London Vigilant, Martin, from Newport for Cork ; Orion, from Bristol for Liverpool; Margaretta, James, from Cardiff for Bowbalmy; Golden Grove, Mills, from Cardiff for Waterford; Esther, froth Neath for Arrington. Sailed the Richmond, Irish revenue cruiser; Mary Ann, Wm.,DoßsoN, from Lisbon, bound to Antwerp.—Remain in the harbour; his Majesty's schooner Whiting. The Dauntless sloop of war, Captain Bmtnea, arrived on Saturday at Portsmouth from Antigua, after a long and tempestuous passage of six weeks, bringing dispatches from Sir J A MBS LEITH, GO vernor-Getteral of the Leeward Islands, a mail from Guadaloupe,.'and one from Antigua. The; e is"not any very interesting intelligence from i rbe Islands ; they Were all healthy. The (itl.y ship left at St. John's was the Spider, breaking up. The recent alarming fire there was confined principally to the stores of - W. OWEN Guterinnent Contractor. On the 7th instant the Dauntless fell in with the brig Maida,- front St. Kitt's, hound to LandOD, in great. distress; she hav ing, on the 28th ultimo, during the most dread ful weather, been struck by a sea 4 which, in a ruoPient, %vastred the cabouse overboard, with the mate, cabin-boy, Mr. and Mrs. HARDING, and their son,'and a young Lady, who were passen- gers ; they were never seen afterwards. N.lr. Han:. DING belonged to the Ordnance Department 'St. Kitt's. The Dauntless put lour men cm board the Maida, and she has since arrived at Portsmouth. • Since the Dauntless left England, site has been employed in the Chesapeake, Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Cape of Good Hope, isle of Bourbon, and at St: Helena. Site convoyed the phce l ,ix trans.port, having part of the Bourbon, Corps on boaid,-frorn St. Helena to 1331 badOeS. The Spew, 20, Ciptairt J. LAKE:, which has been fitted out and .thanned in the river fn the St. nelena station, arrived at Spitheacl on Sai day morni:ig She %yin proceed immediately. The Pandora, Hon. Captain Nu r., will sail from Portsmouth (or the Cork station, whedthe wind is fair. • Ou Friday the Antelope, 50, Capt. G. SAYER, fitted for toe reception of the flag of, Rear-Adtui ral . JOLIN 1 - lAtivEy, Couintander • in Chief at the Leeward Islands, went out,of Portsmouth Har bour, Extract of a Letter from Captain BOND, of the Waterloo, from Liverpool to Qitelsec, dated Gas pec, the 15th Nvember On the 14th ult, we wade Cape Breton ; on the 26th got into Mall flay—it carne on to blow a snow start') ; the An thorn,. DOYLE, and 15 more, got on shore within a few miles of me."_ Government gave directions in the course of last week, to the Agents of the Prison Deptits at _Fort on and Part moor . (Captains MOTTLEY and SHORTLAND) to provide vessels and send home all the French prisoners that are under their charge. This day, those in confinement at . Forton will commence being shipped, either for - Havre or Cherburgh. It is not a less pleasing than no noticeable circumstance, that every indvidual, pri soner at Foam' .Dcpbt (and there arc upwards of 600) was wounded at the battle of Waterloo, and 'hat they will all return home, except Who died from consumption, perfectly. cured and in good health. The Pircemix transport, Lient. CHAMP:wt.', agent from Canada, for the safety of which the most alarming apprehensions were felt, was towed into Portsmouth on Friday by a Havre packet. She was dismasted in the late gales of wind. The re mainder of the naval mechanics, from the Cana dian Lakes, are arrived in her. The llivoli, 80, Captain DtcKsoN, and the .French frigate Alelpotnene, her prize,- Caine into Pottsmouth harbour on Satnrday afternoon.— . Should the Rivoli prove, on survey, to be in a fit 'Slate for service, she will be re - commissioned for a guard-shir at that port. THE ARMY. A grand inspection or the Grenadier Regiment of Guards took place this day on the parade Grmoul opposite the Horse Guards. His Royal : Lii;::liness, the Commando in Chief, Colonel of th 4t distinguished regiment, was pres.nt on the Oeention, having arrived in toWn from Oatlands at ten O'clock. Ins Royal Highness was accorn pauied by :.he Arch-Duke JOHN of AUSTRIA, in St. James's Park, to view the ceremony of relieving gua.rd. The Rand; of the two Regiments of Guards were in their full dress state . uniform.--- The Duke of 'Ion& was in full. military dress.— The Arch-Duke wore that of the Imperial Guard. The Parade was crowded by an elegant assemblage Of Ladies and Gentle Men. The Bth (Ist battalion) and 23d regiment's are to march to Portsmouth garrison, to perititu, iu part, the duty of it. The necessary atrangements have been made to disband the second battalions which are in the Hampshire District, on the 24th instant, namely,. the 6th, 39th, _and 57t1t, at Winchesser ; 82d, at Gosport; and the Bth, in Portsmouth garri son. '2d battalion of the sth regiment, at Gosport, is to be reduced from ten to six com panies. SUturday•week the Cavan Militia , quartered in Limericii, received - all order n) discontinue enlist ing num for their regiment. The order is ge neral. Potrrsmovni, Dcc. 23. 1 —The division of the 66th .(C6l. Dog regiment) wLiclr embarked, have not yet sAileti. They .are waiting•for a wind, as are also the remainder of the regiment for skips froni . the:River. The wen are thus dispos lid of:— Berwick 50,men West Indian 50 men Embarked. Barossa 50 men Al)Cona . SO men • • Hussaren. 123 tueu Regulus 100 men ISlactlta• SO men David • -SO men Retrieve • 60-men 50 men Loudon lO men Amity • - • liggage ship. Three more of the ships came in this evening, and the remainder are expected every hour, It is supposed the whole will he embarked onNlonday‘. Five compiinies of the 25th,' froni France, for Ireland, are still de:iined here by contrary winds. The Ist -battalion of the Bth, trout Windsor, will march into Cospo.l on' We 27th, 28th, and 29th int. Th 6 2d b:ittalitln; doing duty in this garrison, will be disbanded, -and the men turned over to the Ist battalion. The 28th Regiment will. march into Hilsea, on the 27th, 26111, and 29th' itw. They are to march 'into the pruison, Nntl it is supposed 'will occupy Golewort Barracks, Width will he vacated' on Monday, in consepience of the 2(1 'battalion of the Bth being removed. • _ • The Forehouse Barracks 'will be occupied by the Quoen's loin) Gosport, immediately - the 66th eln.bark.—(/Jams Coitrier.) FIRE AT PORTSMOUTH. SUNDAY Moßnuao, Six o'CLOCK.—This morn ing, about two o'clock, a dreadfol 'fire hroke out in the bowie of Nit - . 'How, Broad-street, on the which'raged with the greatest fury for a- Considerable time. The house and stores, of Afr. How are entirely' consumed, together with two or -three nouses in Seagnes-couit.— Mr. lit ather's ofike, -and Mr. Jobber's shoo :were in Sitch imminent - 11,4n A er, thAt they were completely stripped. - Assistance was afforded with the - utmost alacrity, glut owing to the great exertions of the RoyllEfiginftrs, Royal Marines, fifi!li Regiment, and other together with many inhabit,unts, Itilr. Rnott's brewThouse, and S:nith's shop, as w ell rti.scver.il other houses, which were', at One time,-' - acfnally On fire, are at. present eonsit;cred out of , tfil:atr,er, - and the fire is apparently nearly extinguished. DREADFUL CATASTROPHE. -DEc..B.---This city, which, since. .1807, has. sant:4-(A very greatly, expt'ricne'ed s terdaya new h.isfortune, which has tilled its with titiliction. About nine o'clock-in the- morning a powder magazine opon the rampart, near St. James's-•Gate, opposite . the broad street, called Schntseldamm,.bito which fourteen artillerymen went ci little before, blew. p with a dreadful shock like that of an earthquake ; about the magazine, as well as iti ir, were h great many cannon balls, shells, &c. which,by the %;iorelice Of the explosion, were thrown in all direetiops, even to , the' most remote part of the city, where they did much da mage ; the windows, doors, &c. were every where forced in. This terrible misfortune has cost many persons their lives and health. The llomber of killed and 'severely wounded, which e.annot yet be exactly determined, is estimated at about 300. The bonus near the wagazioc,,in'whi c h t h ere was a considerable quantity of powder, arc re duced to rubbish ; those farther off partly thrciwn down 04' greatly damaged. The N'hole quarter of the city where the accident happened is' without roofs and windows. The Sehtitseldatrus street ti•as so covered with dead bodies and torn limbs, that it resembled a field of battle. It hap pened to be exactly market-day ; all the hoo:lis, bay-waggons, the men, the horses, in short, every ,thin;; was destroyed. The eloirehes of Si. Bar.- tholonie‘i, and St. James's are Much damaged, and one Of then! malt he pulled dowp. The extra:- ordinary cold of 15 to 18 degrees added to the misfortune. However, thank [leaven, all the wounded were yasterday brought under covor ; they are attended to with the greatest humanity. It is probable that this horrible misfortune is ow-1 to - great carelessness. A letter in theilaerlon Courani states that there were only 27 ewt. cat pcwder in the magazine, same 100 cwt. h av i n g 'been happily rentoyett it mouth befprc, the accident took rluce., PEDESTIZIAXISt. TUVirEtt inOrnin, at 12 o'clock, Tofr'ee started, ant!, th assitminee of his son, they CoMpiCted, at half-p-ast 6, 23 miles ; at .12, 42 mid finished their under taking, of 1200 miles, 10 minutes after 4, being allotr.ed till a opiarter past 10 'yesterday morning to -a.ceittnpli,li ir. Of this pertOrniance youn',4- Toffee, a boy only 12 years of age, 'meat 502 miles, and the lather 698., • T el BLACKHEATH PEDESTEIAN.-The eon. course of perions assembled yesterday upon I3lack heath to view the extraordinary-performance of - Eaton, the pedestrian, was very considerable. He. appeared in 'undiminished health and - gpirits. Not the - slightest doubt serums now to he entertained of his final success in this unexampled undertaking. Doubts were almost universally enteraioed at the commencement of this Herculean match, of the Posijbility of effecting it. During- the perform. mince of the task also, reports svrre c rculated in jurious to the character mut exertions of Eaton. The tollowiug affidavit, however, was made at the Mansion-house, On Saturday !--- " We, the undersigned, do male oath. that Mr. Eaton has, up to this lime, in every respect eisnforine,' to his en- , gageinent of svaikiti4 1100 miles in ,1 ti,, Incecssive hours ; one .or other of Us having gone over the grupatl- with hint, night and • .y, since his counnenecalent on the 10th of ' vember last. (Signt.ll) "II H. GIIEAVES, . I ..GtZEENFIEtI), .` W: Witreß, JAMES %Vts•r. " Sworn before me, at the Mansion House, this 9.3(.1 da) of December, ISIS. ALvr. iIEW Woof), Mayor." At s.A. ~ ;dock yesterday evening', E4ton complete.' 1062 wiles, at which time h►r was pro , teediug with his uswi vigour, towards the corn 'pletion of his task, which will be ttitimately ac complished on Treiday inornia4, !it eight o'clock. The following is, in all respect§, an exact tran script of a letter, lately received by a Landlord ii DubVn, and dated at the Sherdt's Prison : " Dgbit 'Stk----As me selt Ives cumniin two town yesterday miwn is I was never more astonisht or sirprized than I wos for a mowinent whin I had the mngt part of yore innpny In my brichsis poket and renteanin part tide hard and fast in the tale of, Inv-shirt thrusting to be abel to pea ii sow "ninth. at•leist when upp comes a feller wid a staf and &aired mesel to go wid bin!. for that 1 was his plisner he keys sail he vow o ntc munny the divil a beapurth e evor I had *id hint awl the deays of my xistins but bee serail tnr. Fathur had rt not that nanne was on an it wid do as well the hole det is only 101 b: and if a Ina me out or gowr ba:e I will give me CQW and ax any won in the bole country, if I amn t a honest man and all the mutiny I• have owl u, r. ped I hop yew conic for I ant the - than that dren youre stones from t e tnouu tatie wid billy Ledwidg hig , mewul s DO now more at retina tell.deth, " BARTLY F.IGIN." THE MICE AND THE Ca•rnoucks.—Aceremotry which.perhaps might h ave be en very good in the 15th century, hut•which one is astonished to find in our enlightened age, has been performed this week in the Catholiek diz,tritts about Basle. A solemn. malediction and excommunication, has been pronounced against the mice guilty of coin. minting depredations in the fields. We shall not fail to acquaint our readers of this anaftema, and of the ftm:.:ession H , tl:7 :tave produced.—( Gazette de Lunstione. Dec. SMITH tor LLD ' Dec. -2).--Thi s day' s M ar k et had but a mid dling supply of prime Beasts, and the sl e w of Cattle in ge neral was not considerable ; Beef and Mutton were cheaper ; Veal was dearer ; Pork sold at last price ; and the trade, fur the most.prtrt, was to!cra!sly g , uod. The sales in the Hay ket were somewhat lively ; '.over has dropped in price ; Httv arid St.- int fetched last i t: icesi :DISTRESSING ACCIDENT..-.-A _distressing acci dent took phce.on Saturday se'nnight, as the de tach ;nem of the North York . Militia were fear ing Stafford forLiehtieid :—AS one of the hag gage %vaggohi was pissing by the Hough, with several of the soldiers' wives sitting on the gear ing, the frame- of the gearing broke, and several womefileTl. Among these was the respected wife of serjeant Watson, with her first and infant child at tier breast. She was encumbered with a soldier's cloak, and fell with her head betweeu the fore and hind .wheels, when the wheel going over her head, crushed it 111 a manner too shocking to be described, and caused her immAiate death. She had held the child so fi: in to Tier breast in the fall, that it was taken tip without having sustain ' ed any Coconet's iiiquest sat on the bode, and rer , ,rned a vtmfict of accidental J)ecrth. F;FiCti!eident at Lochend, near Ed:;;burgh.— Ve regfey td inetit.on, oti iStL i while several young gentlemen' were anorsiog - themselves tvith skating upon Lochend, . the iee gave way, and several -of them were preci pitated into the :merciless 'element. Lieutenant GotiELAY, Royal Navy, instantly fired with the hope of saving the lives of the unfortunates, Wronged into the water, and, having -succeeded in recovering three -of them, attempted, as a last ef fort, the fourth (ItoattaT, the son of Bailie HAD-. DAWA Y , Leith), but, melancholy to relate, both *milt, to rise ho more, Every exection, was im titediat4 made to discover the bodies, which un fortunately did.no: succeed till too:late to restore animation. Lieutenant Jouri GOUR LAY, Royal. Navy, was the only son of Captain . GOURLAY, Royal Navy, Gayfield-square, and hut , returnel from the service of his country to the bosom of hisiriends about two months ago. HATToie Gattoini.—On Satorday,-Mr. .21fackenrot,who is charged with iorging bids to the amount of many thou-sand potoids, oo,:ervent his f nil examination, Mr. ALLEY, wild a ineared as his counsel, requested Mr. Briggs, the soticitor for the prosecution, to give tip the papers seized at his house hi Gower-street, as they contained matters necessary Air his defence, with which it would be otherwise impossible to proceed. Mr. Briggs replied that the papers we:c of the utmost im portance towards carrying on the prosecu tion : he must, therefore, retain them in his pos-. session. Mr. Alley said that time papers could aot legally detained, and instanced the case of WAks; adding that . Mr. Mackenrot ought to bring an sacitdioline would hazard r against M r . B r i ggs . The latter a the consequences °filet ention. The papers were so extremely voluminous, that it would occupy a person ten days in examining them. They, would probably he the means of - im plicating many other persons in the prisoner's guilt. lie was then committed to Nenate fur