The Sun. — London, England, 1821-01-11 00:00:00

SPAIN. I t he King o f Spain had appointed a Royal rominission, with full powers to proceed into the diti ovtitres, for the purpose of examining the con (eofthe inhabitants, and the state of the n or establi s h ments f or the administration of justice, and th e general secur i ty of the people. sv derfollowing is a copy of the Decree issued by VII. f or th i s purpose. It will be I : , : eti that the provisions are very satisfactory, and LM e hope that t h ey are likely to accomplish the 'ject in view : FEktnNANo VII. &c. KING, &c. • t ""i ng be e n cre dibl y i n f ormed b y some of the Deputies 6 the Coates, and by other means, that various abuses exist '4 the provinces of our kingdom that require amendment and t t i rdr e ,, , particularly with regard to pecuniary exactions in :Ule ° mite of t axes, or under the pretence of commercial and h l " imposts: having been informed also, that many of our t jec ts are at this moment suffering under temporary dis ress(l, capabl e of a remedy without injury to the public r b ""ti es: bei ng i n f orme d a l so, that many grievances have eett l ung end ure d b y our su bj ects i n consequence of the de ea/ neglect of pro , isional establishments created for the 4ttret a dministration of justice, and being convinced that their restoration to a state of activity and force is of the ut 41°st importance to the happiness and prosperity of our People, we have ordained as follows : , That certain i n di v id ua l s t o b e e l ecte d f rom among the th 1413ers of the C ar t es , an d o th ers , s h a ll b e appo i nted un d er e Seal of our Kingdom, to proceed into the Provinces where an)? ( "f the above enumerated evils are alleged to exist, to in ttire into th e same with as little delay as is consistent with 4e ac complishment of so desirable an object. 4 That the Commissioners for the examination of abuses ill the collection of Taxes and Commercial Imposts, shall not be the same individuals appointed to inquire into the pecu biarY distresses of our subjects, and those to inquire into the , Pecuniary distresses, not the same as those whose duty it shall 15 e to investigate the state and condition of the inferior Courts °f Justice, and whether they are still effectual for the pur- Nes for which they were originally instituted. " 3. That each set of individuals so chosen or to be chosen, sl 41 1 make their reports to our Minister of the Interior from ti Me to time, as facts and matters shall come to their know. ledge. " 4. That these reports shall contain evidence taken, with the opinions of the Commissioners founded upon such evi• elence, and upon the information and instruction they shat receive in the course of their undertaking. (Signed) cc Given at our Palace, &c. Dec. 17, I HO." The private letter containing the above, men, t icals no political news, excepting a speculation t hat the decree is intended to answer some tem- Porary purpose, but that it will not be carried 14t0 execution. " I, the KING. SIIIP NEWS. 'SEAL, JAN. 10.—Put back the Minstrel for Gibraltar.— (ar se down from the River the Jane, M'Clure ; and Hope !ell, Smith, for Jamaica;, Britannia, Davidson, for Tobago ; l'ortitude, Career, for Barbadoes ; Mary, M'Kennon, for St. oc erit's ; M e la n th o , P arr i tt , f or St. Thomas ' s; Mary Ann, (°° P", for St. Michaels ; M ar i ner , S cott, for Havandair ; 3 "ne, Hutchinson, for St. Vincent's; Mentor, Clappison, for , L ihn doras ; Mayflower, Gibbs, for Charente; Queen, Gra -4504 for Trieste; and Mary, Davidson, for Malta. Arrived t he London packet, Aspen, from Caen. A vessel was ob served to he sunk on the Goodwin Sand this morning with her role set ; the boatme n report her to be either American or krench built;—the hull is under water. tiAßwrcH, JAN. 10.—Arrived the Leicester packet, with a snail for Holland. Sailed the Freeling and Beaufoy packets for do.; Lord Nelson, and Lord Duncan packets for Cux "en ; and Thetis packet fur Gottenburgh—each with a mail. PowrsorouTit, JAN. 10.—Sailed the Hannah, Webber ; liehe ; Guadiana, Anderson ; Symmetry, Armstrong; and Illatilda and Saxon, Hooper, fur London; and Mary Ann, reabody, for Antwerp. rAt.m.au•ra, JAN. S.—Arrived the Stanmer packet for ire 7 days, with a mail; Augustus, Talbert, from et repani ; and Samuel and Ann, Howes, from Lisbon. Sailed 14 e Walsinghara packet, with a mail, for Jamaica. The St an ,tpacket, on her outward voyage, 16 days ago, spoke within ; a Pt Finisterre the D u k e o f K ent packet (I), out 4 days from : is bon, which vessel not h av i ng arr i ve d , i s supposed to be hy ett w;tit the easterly winds to the northward and west l'ard. The Masters of vessels state, that the easterly winds 414 e not blown far to the southward. DISCOMFITURE OF RADICAL ADDRESSERS.-- Georg e th e B erganu t es o f St. A n d rew and St. "eor ge the Martyr, Holborn, attempted to hold Meeting in the parish workhouse, in Gray's inn -lane, for the purpose of voting an Address Of Co ngra t u l a ti on to t h e L a d y P atroness of St. v aroline. This measure was attempted, because t he respectable part of the parish bad lately /(s ted a Loyal Add ress t o th e K ING , an d t h e Ra ' , 'eat faction, with a certain Common Councilman at their head,rnustered as strongly as they could, but found such a powerful opposition, that they l eft th e Workhouse without coming to any de cision, or at all venturing to produce their boast ed Address.—(,Wrning Post.) The late Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral (B. P. ToNtrANE) has since his translation to the See of 'Winchester, presented the Chapter with a gift of 20001, f or an Altarpiece, of some prominent event in the A postle's life. As Sir CHRISTOPHER WREN has in the pediment of the western por tico already represented in relievo the Conver sion at Damascus, some other scene will pro bably be selected for this intended Altarpiece ; but it is obvious that one of the reasons why there has never been such an ornament at that Place is the want of light. We understand that the Rev. Enw. BACON MPRANK has made an offer to her MAJ EST Y, through r. Alderman Woon„ of his splendid mansion at Campsall, as a permanent residence, which her MAJEST Y has for the present, though in the most graci ous manner, declined, but with an intima tion, that should her MAJESTY, as she proposes, visit Yorkshire, she will certainly honour Camp- Purk with her presence, in her road to ‘ . lVo mersley P ar k, an d th e ot h er res i dences of .ner nobl e an d di st i ngu i s h e d friends and supporters lu the North.—( Yorkshire Gazette.) FOR. THE SUN. MR. EDITOR—AS Mr. HAMILTON ROWAN vras the Chairman of the Opposition, and, according ' to the statement in an Irish Journal, " was among those whom it appeared most difficult to move," when the military, by order of the High Sheriff, dispersed the factious Meeting, perhaps some of your Correspondents will favour the Public with an account of the circumstances which induced that Gentleman to escape from prison in Dublin and to seek refuge in America, that, as he afterwards experienced the lenity of Government, and was permitted to return to his native Country, the world at large may be able to estimate his character in general by his politi cal gratitude. Jan. 9. P. S. Perhaps The Dublin Correspondent or Hibernian Journal will afford the required in formation. A LOYALIST, THE QUEEN. The followinG. are two notices sent by Her MAJESTY'S Vice-Chamberlain to postpone the Concert (which was to have taken place at the Mansion-house on Wednesday next), and the re ception of the Addresses : " Braudenburgh-house, Wednesday morning, Jan. 10. " My am commanded by the Queen to inform your Lordship, that her Majesty has this moment received a notification, dated January the Bth, from Baron Von Oeyn hausen, Chamberlain and Vice-Master of. the Horse to the late Duke Augtistus of Brunsts'ick, her Majesty's brother, an nouncing the me l anc h o l y i nte lli gence of his Serene High ness's decease on the 18th of December last. In consequence of an event so distressing to her feelings, her Majesty has commanded me to state to y our Lordship that s h e must de cline being p resen t a t the Concert which is to take place at the Mansion-house on Wednesday next, the 17th inst. ; and that the same considerations will preclude the possibility of her Majesty receiving the Address from the Livery of the City of London on Monday the 15th. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, " Your Lordship's very obedient humble servant, It. K• CRAVEN, Vice-Chamberlain. " To the Right Hun. the Lord Mayor." " I have received her Majesty's commands to state, that in consequence of the melancholy death of her brother, Duke Augustus of Brunswick, her Majesty will not receive the Ad dresses appointed for presentation on Monday next : and that another day will be fixed, of which due notice shall he given. " R. K. CRAVEN, Vice-Chamberlain " Brandenburgh 7 house, Jan. 10, 1821." :HE THEATRE.—The favourable impression made by the new Tragedy of Mirandola on the audience on Tuesday, at Covent Garden Theatre, was fully confirmed on its repetition last night. There have been some alterations, or rather truncations, which render the piece more com pact, and prevents that languor which is apt to result from a repetition of the same senti ments, however well expressed. The music in the grand scene of festivity, to celebrate the return of Guido, was curtailed. The interview between Guido and Isidore in the garden was also shortened. The acting was again admirable, and the play went off with triumphant success. The Piedemontese Gazette of Dec. 28, says, cc We have received news, by express, that his Majesty, the King of the Two SICILIES, left Florence in good health, arrived yesterday at Bo logna, will be at Modena this evening, and at Laybach on the 4th of January." Perhaps no former year has been more fruitful in events than that which has but just passed away. It was in the year 1820, that our late revered Monarch, and his excellent son, the Duke of KENT, descended into the tomb—the former full of age and honours, the latter prema turely snatched from the active exercise of duties, dictated by a benevolent heart. In the same year our present gracious Sovereign ascended the 'Throne, to execute, in his own name, the high functions which he had previously executed on behalf of his afflicted Sire. And in this year, too, Queen CAROLINE, the Consort of his MA JESTY, returned to England, and, whether inten tionally or otherwise, aroused that wayward spirit, which, blind to present blessings, has laboured to convert the generous confidence and ardent loyalty of Englishmen, into discontent and dis affection. Alderman Woon has appointed a Meeting, agreeably to a requisition, to be holden in St. Giles's Church, Cripplegate, to-morrow, at 12 o'clock precisely, to take into consideration the propriety of Petitioning the House of Commons for the restoration of her MAJESTY'S name to the Liturgy, and the restitution of all her other rights and dignities. Yesterday, the Princess VITTORIA and the Princess FEODORE took an airing in the neigh bourhood of Kensington. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE is entertaining a large party of distinguished visitors, at his seat, Hardwick, Derbyshire. On Thursday afternoon the Duke of WELLING TON arrived in Bury St. Edmund's, and, after changing horses at the Angel Inn, proceeded to Viscount GRANVILLE'S, at Wherstead Lodge, near Ipswich. The Ball at the Assembly Rooms in Bury St. Edmund's, for the benefit of the poor, was at tended by upwards of 200 persons, including. the Marchioness of CORNWALLIS and her daugh ters, and a great many of the principal families of the town and neighbourhood. Friday morning a letter was received at the Custom-house, from Lieut. WHITE, R. N., In specting Officer of the Preventive Water Guard at Wexford, stating that a smuggler, .called the Leather Legs, has been totally lost near Can sore Point, and all hands perished. This vessel had landed part of her cargo, which, through the activity of Lieut. WHITE, has been seized, and safely lodged in Wexford Custom-house. COUNTY ADDRESSES.—It gives us much satis faction to find several Addresses are daily arriv ing from all parts of the Country, and the most fastidious cannot find fault with them. We al hide to the eulogiums, which are passed on Messrs. SIVEWRIGHTS', the Contractors for the present Lottery, for the very excellent Scheme they have made, possessing the unprecedented Number of Nine Prizes of 21,0001., Three of which must be drawn in first five Minutes, on the 23d Instant, the day when Parliament meet; whether any or all the other Six will be drawn that day, a short time will determine ) as the drawing is at hand. POETRY. HOB. LIB. 11., ODE 111., IMITATED. TO E. W/LLOUGHDY, ESQ. An even temper be your care, Not swoli'n to insolence by joy, Nor sunk by sorrow to despair, Since, Willoughby, you soon must die, Whether in nought but woe you pass The whole of life, or oft recline At ease upon the vernal grass, And cheer your soul with gererma wine. Where the high elm and spreading unk Embrace b e nignly o ' er your head, To shade you; and the murni'ring brook Trembles along his winding bed:—. Here bring your odours ; here your wines ; And sweet, but transient, roses shed, While youth allows, while fortune shines, And Fate yet draws your vital thread. You must resign your costly woods, Your ball, and fields, thru' which is roll'd The silver of old Thames's floods; And heirs shall seize your heaps of gold. Rich, and of Saxon Kings the seed— Or poor, and from the vilest slave— You linger. under Heav'n, to feed The reckless and insatiate grave. All to one end : the rushing day Sooner or later brings the hour, And drives us on the gloomy way, From which our feet return nu more. REGISTER OF FASHION. Pascoe Gfinfell, Esq. M. P. and the Miss Grenlells, are arrived at their house in Charles-street, St. James's-square. Marques and Marchioness Cholniondeley are arrived at Choluiondeley House, Piccadilly, from their seat, Houghton, Norfolk. The Earl of Rocksavage is arrived at Cbolmondeley House, 'rotoßrighton, Colonel and Mrs. Grimston are arrived at Reddish's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from their seat in Yorkshire. Peter Labonchere, Esq. arrived yesterday at the St. James's Hotel, Jeimyn-street, from his seat in Essex. Arrivals at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street:—Earl Bective, from a tour; James Spurrier, Esq. from his seat in Surrey ; and R. Watson, Esq. from a tour. Lord and Lady Grenville arrived un Monday at their seat, Dropmore Lodge, Bucks, from a visit to the Marquess and Marchioness of Buckingham, at their seat, Stowe. Captain Clifford is arrived at his house in Stratton-street, Piccadilly, from a visit to the Duke of Devonshire, at his seat, Hardwick, Derbyshire. Miss Garth is arrived at her house in Bryanstone-street, from her seat in Berks. The Right Hon. Thomas Grenville has left the Marquess of Buckingham's seat, Stowe, for Dropinore Lodge, on a visit to Lord and Lady Grenville. Lord Henry Cholniondeley has left town for the Continent. B O X I N G. Two matches interesting to the spectators who admire ruf flatting fighting took place at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, in a2O feet square. on the grounds of Mr. Luken, at Fen nel Farm, six miles front Leatherhead. The first match was forfifty a side, between George Ford, who had milled his way into notice by sonic severe days' work, and lastly with Moss, the busy gypsy, and Ben Granger, the navigator, who fought the game battle with Gillan, in Oxfordshire, last June. Moss seconded Ford, and Barton picked up Granger. The backers of the two men from Hampshire acted as umpires, but as it was an off band match, made but a week since, the attendance was thin. At setting-to the men, over anxious to go in, threw their blow; away, and'got into a close, when a tedious wrestling match took place, and Roth were down. 4. This round took a slice of theirfastness off both. Ford drew clatet front his adrersary's mouth, and in return he re ceived a lugger on the ear, which softened the wax and let out the claret, nor did he seem to like it. They broke their ground and turned to again, when an equal give and take rally follow ^ci and mhen.,tired they closed, and had a. trial at treav ing, which they were harmless at. They let loose each other again, and after a good piping match, they got to work again, and Granger was dropped forward by a left-banded hit in the nose, which let the wind in, and made hint -shake his head. The round lasted• I- , minutes, and both were much distressed. 3. After a pause, a hit each was exchanged, and Ford was thrown a heavy somerset, which extracted a grunt like a pa vior working in stones. _ 4. Ford IN - :as evidently bent by the fall, and after closing his adversary's left eye, he received another swnerset, which finished . him. 5 and 6. Ford was led to the scratch in a bad state, unable to help himself—the falls lost bito the fight. Granger was the most punished, as the only stifling hit Ford received was on the ear. To keep the game alive, another fight was kicked up be tween a rustic ploughboy, whose face was about six inches broader than it was long, and a tailor from Basingstoke. He was a snake-head one that a shot would scarcely touch, and their attitudes afforded the highest filth Four pulley hanky rounds took place without the appearance of a blow, and in throwing, Snip was always under, and the rustic was anxious to keep him there; for the seconds could hardly get him off. In the fifth round, Snip drew blood from his antag onist's nose, and the rustic put his hand tip, and looking sig nificantly at it for some time, he male towards his smock frock, and said he did not understand fighting. It was for a guinea, and five shillings to the loser. Tuesday the Election of a Member to serve in Parliament for the Borough of St. Alban's, com menced, when the following was the state of the poll at the close of that day : For .I,,bri E:isthope, Esq. Charles Ross, Esq. Sir Heury Wright Wilson The Racing-stud of Sir M. M. Sirius, Bart. was brought to the hammer, before, the York Tavern door, on Monday.—Prime Minister had been previously sold by private contract, to Mr: G. Dawson, of Haddington—Minos fetched 200gs—Antelope's dam, 130 gs—the two year old colt by Prime Minister, 50;s—the two year old filly by Raphael, 80gs—the yearling filly out of Antelope's dam, :25gs—the yearling filly, Lot It, I7gs—the yearling, Lot 12, SOgs,—the filly foal, 140—Antelope and some others were bought in. The Stud wcxe sold without their engagements. The fine whole-length Portrait of the late Ge neral Sir JOHN AlooitE, painted for the Officers of the 52d, and intended by them as an heir-loom to the Regiment, has been placed up in their mess-room at Hull. Mr. YOUNG concluded his engagement at the Bath Theatre on Monday evening, and it proved a profitable one, both for the manager and himself. Mr. YOUNG goes to Dublin to perform at Mr.l[Aa. nis's new Theatre, before he returns to Covent Garden. H. JOHNSTON has succeeded Mrs. GLOVER at Manchester, as a dramatic star, and attracted large audiences. A splendid ball and supper was given last week by Sir J OHN and Lady RAMSDEN, at their seat at Byrom, in Yorkshire. The company began to as semble at ten o'clock, and soon after the ball was opened by a favourite set of quadrilles ; these were succeeded by waltzes and quadrilles alternately. At two the supper rooms were thrown open, and displayed a most sumptuous banquet. After supper dancing was resumed, and continued with great spirit until live o'clock. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the destination of the ships Rose, Capt. W . TAGGART, and Princess Charlotte of Wales, Captain BIDEN, was altered from China to Bengal direct. MISCELLANEOUS. DU.ILIN, JAN. 6.— JONAS GREENE, Esq. was this day unanimously elected Recorder of this City, in the room of the late W. WALKER, Esq. ,There never was a choice which gave more gene ral satisfaction. There were eleven candidates. The Sheriffs of Middlesex having some time ago refused compliance with a. RequisitiOn which was presented to them to call a Meeting of the County, to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning the House of Commons for a Con stitutional Reform in the Representation of the People in Parliament,_ a second Requisition, to the same effect, has been presented to the Duke Of PORTLAND, Lord Lieutenant of the County. His Grace has complied with the Requisition, and fixed Tuesday, the 16th instant, for the Meeting. A circumstance, reflecting great credit on Major E. J. WOLSELE I'S Company of the ?sth Regiment (the King's Own Borderers), quartered in this town, has come to our knowledge, and we feel great satisfaction in laying it before the-public. A soldier named Thomas Barber, lost his wife on the 31st ult. leaving behind her four little chil dren, one of whom is only 9 months old —every non-commissioned Officer and soldier of that Company voluntarily subscribed a day's pay to the distressed family. —(Sligo Journal.) Several large . flocks of wild geese and ducks passed the coast of Kent, last week, in an eas terly direction. Seventeen persons met with premature deaths at Liverpool during the late frost, in consequence of venturing upon the ice before it was sufficient ly strong to bear them. It is a singular circumstance, that in the City of Cork there has not been a single apothecary s shop opened in addition to those established 4D years ago, but there has been an increase of 49 attornies in the short space of 3 years. • At Harrington, on Saturday last, a tame gull, which is a fixed inhabit an t o f th e gar d en of Mr. PEut, was found extended on the wound with a sparrow-hawk, in the same situation, by its side. The hawk had hold on the gull by the head. Both birds were in an exhausted state, and ap peared to have fought till mutually overcome. The hawk was taken up and put into confinement, but it died within an hour. The gull recover ed and is still living. The attack of a hawk upon a gull is probably a singular circumstance, and to be attributed to extreme hunger, the re sult of the severe weather, and consequent scarcity of more ordinary prey. Tuesday night a gentlewoman had her pocket picked in the Pit of Drury-lane Theatre, in a very remarkable manner : her upper petticoat was cut theough, and both corners of her pocket cut off. She felt something about her feet in the time of performance, which she took to be a dog, but now supposes it to have been a little boy under the bench, who cut her pocket, and stole two half crowns, three shillings, a silver thimble, and other articles. THE RESCUE PLOT.--Th e depositions of the several witnesses in this affair have been trans mitted to the Office of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to be acted upon as the Law Officers may advise. It is understood that bills for felony in rescuing, for a conspiracy to rescue, and for the assault at the rescue, will he found at the present Sessions. Other evidence in corroboration of the testimony adduced has been received. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday an Inquest was taken with respect to the remains of Mary Crewel], aged only 19, ivho, together with Miss Anne Leece—(See our Paper of Friday last)--- was killed by jumping out suddenly from a two story window, in consequence of terror by fire, at No. 13, Bedford-row. The deceased was ser vant to Mrs. Leece, and it now appeared that the conflagration was caused by the falling of a can dle while endeavouri ng to turn Mrs. L eece , th e unfortunat e young Lady's mother, in her bed. Hereupon the servant girl alarmed Miss Leece, who was reposing in an adjoining room, and who assisted to remove her sick mother to another. Miss Leece and the servant then returned in. order to extinguish the tire, which still continued to spread, while they in confusion had fastened the door. Dreading to be burned to death, both immediately threw themselves out of the win dow. This statement was given to Mr. U win, by Miss Leece, just after their fatal fall. Ver., dict—." That the deceased (Mary Creweil), ia order to avoid the flames, jumped out of a two pair of stairs window, whereby she received the mortal injuries of which she died." CAUTlON.—Servants should be very vigilant is looking after the property of gentlemen travelling into London, as trunks and luggage are every evening cut from carriages, notwithstanding th e frequent cautions that a nest of thieves live by this system of plunder. On Saturday evening, as Mr. Ord, of Berkeley-square, was coining to London, his trunks- were cut from the top of the carriage, somewhere'near Knightsbridge, con taining valuable ladies' dresses; and the robbery was not discovered until the carriage had reached Mr. Ord's house. WILFUL FIRE.—On Thursday night, Mr: SNODGRASS'S mill at Mile-end, near Glasgow, was discovered to be on fire : no water could be procured for a considerable time. The two upper floors of the mill and the roof were completely burned, and the lower floor much injured. The fire originated in the engine house, which is also burned. The premises are par tially insured to the extent Of 40001. At 20 minutes before twelve, a man was observed running from the north end of the mill ; and . passing through a door in the wall, escaped across the fields. Immediately after this the picking.- room, in which there had been no - light, wits dis covered on fire, from which it,. is supposed to' have been the work of someincendiary ; although. the proprietor is giving the same wages to hiss workmen that th e .workers receive at the neigh bouring Edinburgh Courani, Jan. 8.)