The Sun. — London, England, 1815-12-23 00:00:00

The Company's ships Lord Melville ) Rose, Atlas, Bridgewater, and Princess Charlotte of Wales, were at Madras the 24th July. The coun try ship Moira arrived off Portsmouth yesterday: she left Bengal the 7th July, the Cape the 19th October, and St. Helena the 301 November. We yesterday inserted froth a Correspondent a " I .mnunication respecting the Protestants in France, but through inadvertency did not take care to distinguish it from our own opinions. IVe therefore hasten to say that we are of no side upon this important questiOn. We are persuaded that it comes to us through a medium of the grossest misrepresentations, and moreover, that the whole matter is more of a political than of a reli gious nature. There is too little of- religion, or morality either, in France, and a 'great deal too ranch of politics. Not that we doubt the tho rough disposition of Roman Catholicks to perse cute Protestants where they have the power— Ifereticos persequor et expugnabo, is a funda mental doctrine, and will never be abandoned so. Ic'ng as Papistry exists. Neither that we doubt that the Revolutionists at Nismes may have as sumed the name of Protestants, as less obnoxious than their olden designations of Jacobins or Buo- tapartists, just as the disaffected in this country tall themselves pattiotic and liberal. liut„siniply for the reason we ha . ve stated, that thereAs nut fuel in Frarfre to feed the flame of • persecution, • tor christianity enough to furni-ii martyrs for con science sake. The Goddess of Reason reigned too long, and all good principles have been too long trampltd under foot in that country, to admit of a: suspicion of remaining orthodoxy in any extent to justify th e notion (If sufferings or inflictions on that score. We should as soon look for real ho tour from One of NAPOLEON'S favourite Generals, or real lose of country from these Weathercocks, "ho have; as they assure us, turned every way but the right way for la Patric; never, however, forgeiting that their own interests should lie on 'the same side. TO sum up these remarks, we confess th'itf"iTe rare very hale under what denominations these otribatants• or Controversialists respeciii-ely tie- It royeaci other. Whether the French agitafiir killed e called Protestant or Catholick, the chance is trtativ in favour of his being as well out of the * erld as in it, and we might at the end of the fray, SA Y' With VOLTAIRE, when winding up the accou,o -441* the battle between the Bulgarians and Hangs- Ir iaos (in 'which poor CLINEGUN - D suffered so dread- Fully ~, " tuns twenty thousand / rascals unworthy t° 1 , 1 "' fell gloriously in the arms of Victory." "We this day conclude from the Quarterly Re- T ett) tin' v ery able notice of Captain rOIITER.S: ruiz e :---the article concludes with a most inte. I"t'stiu g of, the fate of the Mutineers of the o f unty, and o f a new Colony founded by some these tniSgtlidecl men ; but as the leading par tie4lars of this narrative were given in THE SUN to " erai mo nt h s age, we do not think it necessary reprint the more perfect accounts. Th e S ioniteur. of the 19th extracts an article froin "Inflates PoliFires, which notices the 1 " ditletence of opi n i on among t h e R oya li sts -"ely atta(died at once to the KING and, the ir.asmuch as one side inclines to a euient, the other to a rigorous system. Each 3id e supports its sentiments with such reasoning hppears •to it the most conclusive. His Na le,ty, it .b,,,ves, is desirous in his clemency, 0 4i ? (I his Council .in its wisdom, that a Royal Or a.uee• shonlct designate many as crimit i tal„ i ( b): e t: th. t such should not extend to all, t " t4e example made of some Chiefs will have I,:iSialutary effect upon their accomplices and their .;erents it) general. And this sentiment the l ! i er of the article fully coincides. r r „ le t EMperor of AUSTRIA, according to the ti o l u - s ca p"ners, is very anxious to gain the affec- Las his new subjects, the Venetians. He Pti s , rl' l atic ed several of their taxes, and visited the tei vm s . , / w here he tasted the provisions, and re , , the petitions presented to him. v." : ite new Wolk of the Abbe de PRADT, on the the Congress, has, it is said, been seized 'by" c Police of Paris. • • lin • • - Prefect of the Department of the eace tl'pbt4llas dir ected L , that a ll the pas sages i n the catechism, c atechism, relative -to BUONAPARTE, shall" 5 from the co pi es use d i n the public ols of his district. tiat;(24",ll L AGARDE st i ll suffers the most excru ed il g Pain: - Th e b all he was shot. with is term fur , 1 Y the French a lingot, and used principally 1i l e destruction of wild beasts. " ( rout, Dover, dated Dec. 21, says : hav,leteeather having become moderate, there Pass a s ` ii ied, for Calais, fi ve transports and several 79th,ge -vessels, with putt of the 9111, 21st, 71st, ri v , il 4ll4 l- 91st regiments, about 600 men. No Pack et , ( thday fro nt F rance. The King George Okty , Sailed with the m a il s o f yesterday and this Irian v eltll Ying al so t h e P r i ncess DE BRooLto, and tail e ' d ? ti le." passengers. Lord HAEDwICKE also 41 40 •") a schooner for Cala n A extra packet jailed With the mail for Ostc"*" Which a great ounther of public priub (Gerinan and Euglisb) have circulated respecting that int- . portant act.—We have not room for this demi • - official commentary to-day. NAVAL. NEWS, AST ARRIVAL FROM St. HELENA: PENZANCE, DEC. 20.—Arrived off this port, and proceeded up Channel, the Timor, PARKER, front the South Seas, with 2 . 30 tons'of oil. The Timor spoke, off the isle of France, the Liverpool fri gate, with the Tamar and Harper sloops of war in company. The Timor is 47 days . from S. Helena. DEAL, DEC. 22,—Came down ,from the River the Friendship, SMITH, 'for Jiiniaica ; Active, LANGDON, for Lisbon, and sailed, with the whole of the outward-bound, for their different destina tions. Came down from the" River the Dick, HArtalsoN, for Surinam, and remains in the Downs, with the Milford Indianian, repairing her damage, and a few transports, waiting or ders. Arrived the Bombay, HARRISON, • from Bombay, and remains. —Wind N.N.W. LiVERrOOE, DEC. 21.—The NCI/11111C, LESLIE, front Jamaica for this port, pnt into Havannah the Ist rlt. ; sailed. again the 7th, and was passed clear of the gale by the Apollo, on the 15th or 16th. The Hawthorn, DovLE, front this port for Quebec, is on slime, with 15 other vessels, in the Galf of St. Lawrence. NEWHAVEN, DEC. 22.—Part of a vessel of large dimensions came on shore near Rotterdam yesterday morning, at three o'clock. Her name is Catch If You Can. It appears she is an Ame rican copper-bottomed schooner—a sail and part (.1' her rigging, aril a quantity of copper has been sAvei? It is reported that this vessel sunk off Worthing on Sunday last. PoßTsmourfr, 22.—Arrived the Phoenix, WALKER, from aiebec—lost all her masts, boats, &c. her bulwarks stove in, and other damage. rrived the Itidtistry, LAY, from the Mediterra ilean, and • the Freedom, CORNPORTII, from Gi braltar. Sailed the Charles transport for Havre d e -Grace.—Wind S.W. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 21 Arrived the Prince Ed , ward, PARKER ' from the Bay of Fundy, with tim ber for this port. FALMOUTH, DEC. 20.—Arrived a man of War brig, name unknown. Pot hack the Swiftsure packet, Captain CADDY, with [nails for the Bra zils ; the schooner Deigate Mutten, Captain LUCHT, from Iti;‘a for Lisbon ; Nancy, Captain Collins, from Waterford.—Wind S.W. Yestcraar a Court of Directors was held at the East India I - louse, when the follwving 011icers wer e sworn into the command of their respective ships, Viz.. -Captain -C. BARNARD, Wexfordj G. Stmrsox, Lady Castlereagh. THE TIMES and MORNING CHRONICLE (Front Mc Times of yesterday) Some days ago we inserted art article froth one Of the French Papers, relative to ,the conduct of the English troops at Marseilles. The French writer spoke in warns terms of the regular beha viour., cleanliness, and good nature of our court trvn►en, and particularly mentioned their desire to make then►seive3 useful, and their affectionate treatment of lirtle children. The writer also gave an account of an English military punishment in such a manner, as s►resved that he had been shock etl by it. We published the extract with a few ' prefatory lines, stating, that the eulogy therein contained, of the character• of a British soldier, would be read with pride and pleasure by all Eng lishmen ; and hoping, that those chiefly concern ed would• not overlook the hint in►pliedly convey ed in the French account of the military flogging. In all this we suppose that there was nothing ob jectionabfe ; nor could we be accused of uttering► any sentiments unworthy of Englishmen, unless our langnage was grossly'perverted and mis-stat ed. Such a mis-statement has, however•, appear-. ed from the pen of the Editor of a Morning Paper: He gives the French article, but leaves out the passage relative to the good conduct of our troops : -he retains t:,e passage about the military flog ging, but omits the remarks which we made up-. on it. Having thus garbled the French para graph, and the observations by us prefixed to it, he wishes to make it appear, tbat we called the account of the flogging an eulogy on the clia racter of the Eng'ish soldier. Now, we believe, it to be utterly useless to address ourselves to the author of such a representation ; neither his taste, nor his moral sensibility can be alive to any just reproof : but we ask our readers whether, a man who should in private intercourse make such a mis-statement about another, and with delibera tion, (for it could not possibly be accidental), would not be thought to have deprived himself, by such a paltry artifice, of the privileges of courtesy. - and social equality ?" An order has been issued in the Canary Islands, 'enjoining that all mails, from whatsover quarter they may arrive, are to be carried to the Gover nor's house, and examined before delivery to the public. It is supposed that this measure origi nated in the circumstance of the late General YORUBA being a native of the Canaries. We are sorry EC, state, that Lord GARr ;NEIt is seriously indisposed. The expences at Beaudesert, during the — visit of the ParricE REGENT, are said to have amount ed to 1,600/. per diem. The Corporation of Worcester have voted the freedo:n of that city to the Duke of WELLINGToN, Lord. ARTHUR HILL, the lion. Lieutenant-C6l o _ Hel HENRY BEAUCHAMP LYGON, of 'the lit Life Guards, and to his brother, the Hon. Lieutenant- Colonel PYNDPt LYGON; of the 2d Life Guards, for their distinvished gallantry. 1j )'E, 1 rt Y. itdi‘t HEADL6 NG HALL. LqiniilkiAT/C, Without fitrther preface, itiiiiiicitatkij , st: LIA: Uri the _ _ _ SONG. 'ln Id§ tart hinn Sit PETER lie 4; . Who krieri not What it was to frown; Death took him mend*, by surjrize, 'And in his Cellar itopp'd hit)) down. • Throttle) all our land We could not bOast A Knight more gay, More prompt than he, - To rise and fill a bumper loatt, , -And pass it round with Hate None better knew the feast to sway, Or keep Mirth's boat in better trim Fur Nature had hot little clay Like that of which she moulded hinr. The mintiest guest that graced his board, Was there the freest of the free, Hie homper`toast, when Pitet pour'd, Anil pass'd it round With thiee time: three: Ile kept at true good humour's mark, The social fintv of pleasure's tide; Ile never Made a brow look dark, Nor caus'd a tear but when he died. No sorrow round his trhalb should dwell, More pleased his gay old Ghost would be, For funeral song, and passing bell, TO hear no sound but 'three 7'ime,t three. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. ARRIVALS'. , General Cafroll, at Long's Hotel, froth Spain ; the Earl of Bridewatei-, in Grosvenor-square; Lord Nugent, in Pall- Mall ; Colonel Manson, at the British Hotel; Colonel Fragen, at Ilatt's Hotel; Sir Richard Carr Glynn, Bart. in Arlington st reet ; Lady Tenipletown and family, at the Clarendon Hotel; Captain Buckley, at Warren's Hotel ; Henry Bruen,' Esq. M. P. at Long's Hotel ; Colonel and Mrs. Rowe and family, at ditto; Sir John and Lady Lubbock, at their house in St. James's-place, from Caltishall Lodge, near Norwich. DEPARTUHES.• . _ The Marquis arid 'Marchioness of Worcetter, on a visit to the Duchess of York, at Oatlands; the. Earl of Powis, to Wollcon, Salop; Thomas ()ale Powlett, Esq. to his seat, Tanover, Hants; Earl Spencer. for Althorpe, Northampton shire ; Lord Cranliourn, to Hatfield; Colonel and Messi a h, and Lieutenant Webh,'lt. N. to Milford House, Surrey; col. Eraddyle, to Hampton Court ; Captatn Houston, to France; Captain Green, to Paris. BRIGH'T'ON, Dgc. 22. At nine o'clock this morning, her MAJESTY, With the' PrinceSses Augusta and Mary, Accor!)- panic(' by their attendants, took their departure frinn the Pavilion, for Wind Sot% His Royal High. ness the Prince Regent and the Duke of Clarence attended their illus:rious Mother and Sisters to the carriage, Which was followed by six inure ; • in. the second were the Countess' of Harrington a nd Col. Desbrowe. The- morning was fine. The Royal Party took leave of Brighton with pay ing the . most respectful attention to the ho , ' !nage paid by all around; her Majesty eXrressed a most anxious wish for the vrosperit;, of the town, and a hope that she might be enabled to revisit. the Pavilion next year. Her Majesty and - the PrinteiSeS bad a farewell party last night. _ .The Austrian Archdukes John and Lewis are expected at the Pavilion to-morroVv, to spend their Christmas with the Prince Regent. La 4 Augusta Leith gave a grand route to a party of Fashionables last night, as-a farewell, previous to her departure for the West Indies. ALIENS.—A foreigner, representing himself as Count Frederick de. Rode, a Captain in the Em peror et' Russia's Hussar Regiment, has been en deavouring to gain admittance into the Pavilion, and caused a little annoyance,. which induced Townsend and Sayers to look , i nto his motives. He was attended by a servant. It was discovered that the nnfortunate man had no passport nor money. He stated that he was of noble birth, had fought in all the battles throughout the two campaigns France,, that he received several wounds, and during his stay in Paris had been ruined by gambling, having lost upwards of 50001. He had walked from London to Brighton, for the purpose of obtaining pecuniary assistance from the Nobility. Townsend and Sayers humanely took charge of him, and conveyed him to the, Alien Office in London for protection, from • .whence the officers returned yesterday. SHIPWRECK.—About three' weeks ago, the Mi hill schooner, bound from Alia to London, struck on the Owen rocks, off Worthing, and stink in deep water. The dreadful-gales this 'week have floated the wreck off this place, where frag ntents of the . vessel and cargo are hourly being picked up: PEDESTRIANINI—:II:ostoS;E, Mc. 22. TOFFEE AND SON---(191h Day.)—Th is morning Toffee started at two o'clock, and with his sou accomplished, at 9, 25 miles; at 12, they had gone 34 miles ; - at .6, 544 miles; and 10 m i nutes before 9, they finished with 65 miles. BLACKHEATH PEonsTRIAN.--EArrox yesterday morning completed 1004 tildes, and was then pro ceeding to accomplish the remainder of his task with unabated spirits. ANCIENT LITERATURE.—An English Gentleman has discovered, at Smyrna, a Greek manuscript of the highest antiquity. Ile purchased it at a low price from a Jew, who was ignorant of its value. This MS. of parchment was in part eaten by the worms, and had fallen nearly to shreds, Which renders much care necessary for its preser vation. It has been transmitted w London, where the learned Israeli, h a vi ng recogn i ze d some lines of Homer in it, was induced to examine it with great attention, from which he is convinced of the MS. being one of a Poem of ;loaner's, on a subject. connected with that of the Iliad.---The style greatly resembles that of that immortal Poem, (Front a French Paper.) • ...t . . The che w o f animal loud yesterday morning at Leadenhall Market was uncommonly large, and sold at nearly 30 per cent. under the price of last year ; poultry of every descripti4n was and equally reasouable. pleutiful, UNIVERSITY' iN"Itt,LIOENCE. • The 11.ei Stephen Jackson; M. A: waVlast vv:!ek instituted to the Rectory of Nettlestead, near li.s wich, on the presentation of Lionel Henry Moore, of Net tlestea4-liall, Gent. • The Gorßrnor.s of Licion School, Hereford halVeng-niuiusly appointed the Rev. John Thomas, A'Ai. iiirgcl Master of the said School, to the Vicinage ,ot •Orleton, iii , that county, va. cant by .-thnticash-of the Rev. Mr. Procter, the late incumbmt• FUNERAL OF TfiE . DIiKE - 'OF NORFOLK. The funeral of this Nobleman set out from St. James's-square for Dorkingtlris morning, where the body is to be - deposited in the fouily vault where his Grace's father and the late Duke lie.— As. Earl Alnrshal of England tEe ceremony' was, of course, 114 of pomp, the foil Owing being tlie Order of Procession Two Mutes on borgeback, with Ct3VCS and dresses. State Plume, supported by I:Uree Poges. night Horsemen, in complett attirements. State H orst,-• • with. Principal Servant . -pf.tbelluegeh'uld bearing the Crown. and Cushion, led by Twu Pages. • • Hearse and Six ItotSeF. • • SimMOurnint Coaches and Six. Family 04 . 6441 • Three Servants in Crape, and numerdus * Carriages of the D ec e ase d' s Fr i ends. • cOMN, Covered witlyrich trirnati.siltr Genoa velvet, with handsome gilt and bnrais4i,eit4ninaments, and rich massive handles, and the plates cog ved with iMm full arms and supporters 'ME Depo%ii urn Prineipis CAROLI HOWARD, Duels de NORFOLK, Cotnitis Marisefialli Anglite, Jure tiered:it:trio ; Cumitis iterw de Araniel et Surrey ) - Baronis de Fitz-Allen, Nlaltravers, _Chin, et 03*Aldestre, &c. &c. Qui Diem Obiit Suprernuin, Die XVI. Oecembri*, Ann gine Sac Nfocce:tv ! Annum Aliens Sel.tuagesiwurn." SOCIETY 0t SCHOOLMASTERS.-,--Ti2e Anniver sary Dinner of this truly excellent Institution was held yesterday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, The Meeting was numerous, his Royal Highness the Duke of KErrr presiding, and being supported by the LORD MAYOtt, the two Sheriffs, and several Gentlemen of rank and learning. His Royal High ness, in a speech of considerable length, expatiated upon the essential benefits of the Establishment. A great number of benefactors and aunts sub scribers were added, the names of whom were read by the Tteasiner, Dr. KELLY, with appropriate comments, A laudable Society has been established at Bel, fast,•itfireland, for clothing the poor with cast off clothes of every description, belonging to per . sons of both sexes, in the middling and superior tanks of life, .which are sent to the society: These are mended or turned into various garments at the House of Industry, and the labour is paid for by 'the subscription of the charitable and wealthy. Thus two good put . poses are ans were d, th e na k e d arc cloathed industtio u s employed. Yesterday morning above 180 prisoners Were removed from tilt: Debtors' side of Newgate, to the,Nrew Prison in Whitecross -street, which has been built and fitted up solely for the accotnirro dation of persons confined for debt, so that in fu ture the Debtors' side of Newgate will be appro priated for felon prisoners and fines. The debtors will find considerably better accommodation iu this NeW Prisim than what they had in Newgate, although the latter is allowed to be a very heal thy prison, as one Hays, who was removed yes terday, has been an inhabitant iri it about 30 years. Notes to a considerable amount, stolen froth the Newbury Ohl Wink, were e xc h ange d on Tues day week at BirMniglatut,,by a man who, acc,n.d ing to the decrillfiOn given of him, i s t h e samethat exchan ge d the Notes at Abingdon. As Capt. Tuoriti):st)N,.of the, Cistus, Newcastle trader, and two of his brother Captains, were proceeding on board thei r vesse l s i n a scu ll er, about nine o'clock on Thursday evening, one of the Captains suddenly started up to prevent a barge running foul of them, when, by reason of his leaning too much on one side, and the tine running very strong, the sculler 'upset, and the whole were plunged into the River. The conser quence wl;s, that Captain T. and another were drowned ; but the other Captain and the sculler. man by a miracle were saved. The Captain and scullerman were driven by the tide near to a boat, when a person who was in it, seeing a hand above water, instantly caught hold of it, and drew the person into his boat, who proved to be the Cap tain of the Dorothy, and to his great surprise the scullerman had clung fast to his leg. The body of Captain THOMPSOZi has been found, and takeit on shore, but we do not learn that the other CAI)... tale has yet been found, OXFORD, DEC. l 3 the last day of Michaelmas. Term; the follo%ving were admitted to degrees Doctor in Civil Law.z44ohn Shaw, Esq. Barrister at Law, of the Society of the Temple, B, C. L. of Hertford Celleze, Sad now of St. Alban ball. Afaiter Johd Robert Edwards, of Pembroke College; Bachelors. of Wildmaa, Yates, Esq. of 'Milo' Gbtud ? t it.. Lancelot Beth's of Queen's Collett!. Mr. Thomas Hill, o f Christ Church. - Mr. William Prows; of St. Edmund Hall. The number of degrees in „this Term was, one D. D. ; one D. C. L.; three B. D.; one 13. C. L. twenty-one M.A. ; tifty-tive B.A. ; Matricula tions, .one bundred'and • Yesterday Mr. ..f.ames• Worsky . was adinitted Fellow of New College. SCCI.PIATICAI.• PROMOTION WC bear that the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Legge, Dean 'of-Windsor., is to sneered- the late Dr. Jacksu.n as Bishop of this diocese Dr. Pelt try be:Canon of Christ Cbutcli ; and the 'Rey. 1111. ikaiv, ..Fellow o f Brabehose Cuticgo; to be l'iineipal of St. Mary hall, in of Dr: Pelt., The RiCAlbbirt'Clareyai . iffith ; B. A. Scholar of has; been presented to the , Rectory ti - fet3rsler, Wilts i vacant by. the re sigiblf.ion of the Siihop of neretord : Patron, the Mariluis'of Bath. The Rev. Francis irthu Ityde Wollaston, B. D. is instituted to the Rectory . Sineeore of East Dereham ; Norfolk, on ':want by the death of the Rev. V. 'Wollaston ; of Chisie burst, kt nt .. - • •