The Sun. — London, England, 1803-01-07 00:00:00

VAL PIA 4/ 5. PLYMOUTH, JAN. S. •• ittkivtD•the Neptunst,---:.—, from St. L o 'b e's, distress ; and Raxger Cutter, from a Cruize. Sailed the Dasher Sloop of War, for Ireland. PORTSMOUTH, JAw. 6. ?MSZD by the Camden and the Royal George, from London for India. The Abundance Store ship is on slit.-w• the lilt of Wight. DEAL, JAN. 6. RIMAIN in the Downs, the Immortalia and 744444 Frigates, Arrow Sloop of War, and Sn;ise Guaoressel. FRAUD AND CRUELTY. fTat illicit transadion with the Brig Advil/tare, or which Capt. CODL IN lately paid th e tr ib u te his lift i n L on d on, when compared with he rece nt ti t vent of a s i m il ar nature , on wh i ch the Inquisition Tribunal at Stockholm has just of warm j m ud s g : 'gent,, becomes a relative objet o us w t a t t ra ns im oo_m _' F n 2'464' Thin nerati""a g l ' j particularly held the following horrid detail, and is . p out by the German Underwriters in the North as a publi c eaosson tend 'timely warning to all parties. On the first symptoms of rupture between Eng. land arta Rassot, ;11 the year r 800, such outwar d . oound Vessels as goti ntell igence of the embargo at tea put into various ports of the Baltic, particularly banteiesi fur refuge. Mr. JOHANN Latin, an dminint.m e: erchant, then h a d on cargo in thi s pre . die t consigned to hi m , est i mate d it six tons Of sold, whi c h he shipped again as Prussian property, 90 board the Swedish Ship L 014114, Capt. 'FURLS ' TOlNfult,t, for St. r etershurgh ; this vessel sailed On the 25th of June; /Sots with several others; at a certain distance at sea Capt. TO% !SORE N parted coMpany, and ta ki ng a course quite opposite to that of the remaining, ships, proc ee d e d to t h e Swedish island-of °eland, and arriving at Boda he cast an ther. •This crew consisted of five men and a book. l ' c L eePer s flamed YOHANN AHLSTICDT, who w en t on shore; here, anti continued his route to Carlscrona, from wheriee he short . ly returned with two merchants, earned OTTZR and KARSTROM, and the ship's bro. Ater Lov la ; the following night these persons had almost all the into goods take n out o f t h e Laurie and put batwo lighters, which carried them to Carlscrona. ring this interval TOItriGREN gave hi mse lf out re only Mate of the Ship, and An LSIR or as Captain, purting that they carte from Ri ga w i t h corn. The day after ARLSTIOT having returned on board they Put to sea again. In a short time a misunderstanding arose betVveen ttie Captain and Ants r enT, when the latter .was beat, ill used, and disabled ; had his arms broken, bighead wounded, and his money, which he Plund'intrusted to two sailors, to take charge of for him, P l undered and carr i e d off. TOINGREN now bored ered a n d and put stoppers in, which, whets theY got to the latitude of Natelga, he took out, Gud made the men enlarge the h o l es , so as to sink 1 the ship: h e t h en forbid them ever to mention the 21 , rime of A HLSTRAT, or to say any thing of what kid passed, and taking out some watches with other Valilable light goods, the crew all abandoned the 'vessel, and left her to go to the bottom, with the, :unfortunate his cabin man layi ng h e l p l ess and bed-ridden in on board. • 4 Captain 'F ORM:RIR with all his crew, except Joteas Lorries, the m ate ; who left the party here, Vieand Went away, now proce e d e d to N atelga, where Y took the usual oaths t h at t h e ship ' s unavoida. ;Ile disaster WaS not produced by the negle& of any lerlividual on hoard, that they had with much air. Itc uity saved their owo lives, and that the mate W 43 st,nforsunately gone down in the ship as he was e n . °. l'inOtino to bring off a cowass out of the cabin. rb e 0 insurance to a large amount had been Louie at l 's ti s e b"L*; bit-ste Mr. Lewes suspicion' was first awa , r e lan Underwriter there refusing a part of 7°'cl, ci.taarks and declining for a while to tell his Yi().atiVel) till '. ~e wicti.vigorously pressed for an explanation, . - stete experiencin g a strong presumption that "°'ne **chief would befal the Louisa. The cif" cumstartet aeon after being to fatally confirmed, and Setting to the ears of Mr. J. P.DAILIIY, a very ac ._,elte Me reliant at Carlserona, he exerted hiniself to q'scoVer the Ca orate,ptain and th e supposed drowned w whi h w ho were at iininedietelY. oPon which two other merchants took flight, but NAIISTROM WaS pre sently discovered and arrested, as were likewise CIVIC of the vessel's crew. A Sr .lid Cotnroission pf the Ingeisitioo was appointed, to bring the conniving oarties to trial ; and the Billow_ iteritencehari iest been adjudesdas roashiivent Oran ;ia so ty f ail eXemplary s•exuatically nefarious . , Vapt. TOR NG 21: V to be beheadd and his body ex , posed on a eite{ ; his property viz. lances- o f the prosecation ; to defray all ex- LuaTic, the mate, t',l_ti another sailor inust ;halve in. the crime, to ,t beheaded ; the Merchant to fi' of four p ay a le ti mes the value of the ladin or t s , . • .g ra i i l taken off, f ut u ent y t) I receiv e 0 pair of stripes, three to the pair, and 0 1 ,1`. ° P en ance ono Sunday at the church door, after :, 11 eb he is to work three years at the hulks in sadsetona, 'and his property to answer all judicial . `tixil'ences. The broker 1.. Looter., with his tiro. e t T. Lovsee, the District Crown Executor, :14* 1 , 1 0 be. deprived of their offices, to be confined one month on bread arid water, . and to do tiltee years hard labour at the hulks : the Post. o lif t:er• and the *two Lightertnen who convey _ t " t ile goods off in the night to be imprisoned slvtentY•eiglst days on bread and ' water ; the Strand la tve.yor, IoY negle6 of duty, • sixteen days of the Tntspenance ; and the Pilot twelve days ; besides p titti nbet of 'pecutiiary fi nes on all such as were ls?v ed i to have bough t any of the goods composing 41 4• g o • A L . 41,aw.suit was lately determinea ih Upped Sax. : Wliich lasted so long, that/cur jirdsvt, six:igen it niters, and nirr4. :I/tor/lit() wit° vvite toglie4(l rbt ini4urt, Ti 1N; 7 . 14V_C1114.E ST. -1.1,1:.4/;D:, Trts very important and interesting circumstance of the taking the Invincible Standard at the present moment, attraßing a very considerable share of the public attention, we are iodeced to copy from an Edinburgh Paper, a Letter written in vindication of the honour of the 42d Regiment, the char4Cter of which.distinguishedCorps has, upon this occasion, been so wantonly and basely attacked. [FROM THE CALEDONIAN MERCV/LY OF JAN. 3.] TO THE EDI TOR. I nave read with no small degree of surprize, a very illiberal attack on the gallantry and moral cha ratter of the 4zd Regiment, or. Royal Highlander), through the medium of a weekly publication. Hav ing had the honour of serving in this distingoished Corps nearly thirty years, I have no objettion to premise my partiality ; and should I even invalidate my observations by this acknowledgment, the per lett recollettion of the chargleristic honour of both Officers and Privates, and rigid regard to truth in every situation to which their Country called them, have such a complete influence over my mind, that I am willing to hazard every advantage to their op. ponent. I shall not minutely discuss the long and la boured libel npim this gallant Regiment, but refer its merits to the penetrating eye of the ATTORNEY Ge- NEIAL, who may perhaps think himself bound to vindicate the hollow' of the Corps from the infamous aspersions of a Writer who " Squat, like a toad, within his loathsome hole, " Spits the rank venom of his bloated soul." The introduttion to these vile allegations con. tains also a coal and deliberate attack on the Duke Of ATHOL, the, Earl of BR EADALBANE, the Right Hon. C. F. GREVILLE, Sir HECTOR MONRO, Sir joitsr M. MURRAY, Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, the wor. thy SECRETARY, and indeed the whole Mem bers of the Highland Society, for ailing . the parts of lunatics or idiots, by bestowing on the 42d Re. giment those honours to which they are by no means entitled, as having captured the Standard of the Invinc;bles on the memorable 21St of March :83r, before Alexandria. I shall leave that respedable Society to its own vindication ; but a grosser insult never carne from the pen of malignity. Nuw, to proceeed to the statement, Mr. Editor : It is roundly and unequivocally insisted upon, as an incontrovertible faet, that the honour of the Capture of the Standard belongs, not to the 42d Regiment, but to AseratNe LUTZ, a native of Alsace, and a Private in the Queen's German Regi ment, under the command of General STUART.— That such a man may have brought to the Head. quarters the Standard now in question, I shall not attempt to deny. This perfectly corroborates the declaration of Serjeant SINCLAIR before the High. land Society. The Serjeant affirms that he received the Colours from Major STIRLING, who took them from the French Officer ; that afterwards the said Scrjeant was stunned by a blow from one of the Enemy ; that he lay some time on the sand in a state of insensibility ; and that on his recovery he neither could see the French Standard nor his bon. net. 44 In pushing, however (says he), to the left, where the Regiment was ca gaged, he met with six Soldiers of the French Cavalry dismounted, whom he escorted as Prisoners to the 42d Regiment, where they were taken care of by Di I.l.ost's Corps. While condutling these Prisoners, he perceived a Soldier of General STUART'S Foreign Corps carry. in into the Rear, the Invincible Standard, which he bad picked up rtubile Serjeant SINCLAIR lay, as already noticed." This, instead of invalidating the testimony of the Serjeant with regard ,to the Co. lours, confirms his assertion, and. proves that Lutz had only the dexterity of a moan who . 11 na's what does not really belong to him. The Certificate signed by the Assistant Adjutant General in favour of Luiz, merely stated, that the said Lutz brought the Standard to the ilead.quarters—a fan which Serjeant St t4c.l,Ant acknowledges by declaring that " he perceived a Soldier of Gsneral STE:Awes Fo. reign Carps carrying into the Rear the Invincible Standard, 'which he bad picked up nubile Serjeant Sic LAIR 11y, as already noticed." The inference is obvious to the meanest capacity ; and if the testimony of St New a deserves credit, and certainly it is as worthy of credit as that of Lurz, or his two countrymen, the honour of the capture belongs to the 4.2 d Regiment, and Lutz had .only the distinCtion of picking it up from the side of SINCLAIR, while he lay in a state of insensibility. To substantiate lnz's claims, an Extra& from " the Proceedings of a Regimental Committee of Inquiry" has been made, but which peoceeditsgs are not sanctioned by the signatures of any of the Officers of the Queen's German Regiment. ,Corporal JOHN SC UM n, after bestowing encomiums on the prowess of ANTHONY LUTZ, deposes, that he saw him in possession of a Standard, but that " the smoke and coefusion of the moment 'were tso great to admit of hit distingUishing 'whether the colours were in the hands of the Infantry or earvalu . 1 " Private WoLo w sets is said _to have corroborated Corporal Sc rim ID'S testimony ; but that part which appears in print merely goes to the establishment of this 661, that he saw LUTZ " (fairly pursued by two of the Enemy's Cavalry, one of 'whose horses he shot, and made the rider prisoner—the other horseman escaped." From this statement, which is evidently overstrained to answer the ptirposes of envy, no. thing is produced to convict Serjeant SINC L AIR of a falsehood, The first evidence states, that the smoke and confusion of the moment were too great to admit of his distinguishing the Colours i—a very fair confession of his inability to prove where or how Ltriz got possession of the Standard. As for Wot, o w END'S deposition, it falls to the ground, for it simply goes to prove, that Lin; shot a bore and captured its rider I—A.nd if this (619410 LUTZ had the courage and capacity to achieve this wonderful deed, might not poor Serjeant SiN cLAitt be ctedited When he stated, that " he met with . six Soldiers of the French Cavalry' mounted," who certainly could not then escape from the British Army; and that, after their fatigue' and disappointments, they gladly, accepted of bit mod to some plact f . safety , To hoWe ver, the testirrionks of the two German Soldiers even beyond' credibility itself; corporal ScstMtp i again called upon tit am*" his declaration, you ol)secve 3 s::rjetint,, cr any.other peract2 t'the 42d It egyntitt, lying wounfied near the spot where the oleur was taken ?—Artowcr—" None." . . How, in the name of ‘Vonder, could —or 0 r/71 ttchoiid observe any person, as he has before declared, that the smv%e and confusion at:ere too great to admit Astituulthing Coburs? But after this honest declaration, which perfally confirms the previous OA of his evidence, the said Cirperal Schmid, as if profiting of the operation of an Oc::ditt, advances the following palpable contradiaion— " I saw no red exit whitever.--except ,L rz, WOLD-: WEND, myseij, and a len. Other; of our Regiment—so far in front." Ctie,littPt—" Did you sr' the. Cd.mr in possession of the i" et..---" YeJ ; w it, though hidistinclly, tttrotg}h Olt waving over their heads." What belief, Mr. Editor, can be placed in such a cootradittory evidence 1 He first admits his in. ability to distinguish colours, and then, by an un_ accountable effort of perception, he suddenly sees met) , thing, although indistinaly, through the smoke! He acknowledges that Lurz had pushed forward beyond him (the said Corporal liroldwend), " about forty or fifty paces ;" that he was alone " about one or two minutes ;" and that he returned with the Colours and a dismounted Dragoon, whom he had made prisoner ; but the " smoke and coiifit. urns were too great to admit of his distinguishing whether the Colour was in the hands of ihe Infantv. or Cavalry !" This must he a vet), satisfizaory testimony indeed, because it contains such palpable cotoradithons ! The plain matter of fad is, which ~o doubt, be proved by the testimony of the Officers of the 4211 Regiment—that Lutz found the Colours lying bj' the side of SENcLAnt, while in a state of insensibility, and that he attempted to con vert them to the same laughable purpose as Falstaf f ' attempted to convert the conquest of Percy by .thtspur. 4 But the wrirer of this hebdomedal essay, who ventures to impeach the honour and veracity of the whole 4u! Regiment, might certainly have in. Bulged his spleen and malignity at the expense of the brave Major STIRLING and Serjeant SINCLAIR, without denuding the whole Corps of all their mill. tary respeftability. He charges them as a set of poltroons, and guilty of every military turpitude short of actual cowardice. His words are— " Soon after the battle began, which was before day-light, the od having had to meet the violent and desperate etlint oC the,French. were thrown into confusion, which induced General Stuart to uush on his (Cerm4h) briktik to their assistance. So complete was the eattfusion or t ijie 4ad, so entirely were they broken and dispoisetl. that, %aim the Re• giment came up, many of the men of the .4zd Reslnicnt fell into the ranks of the Cerinan Regiment, by :MG 1 i 4.4.1, ihrw, .fines, fiver, AC. ;uld adually !Ought there to the end of the engagement." And in a note of the same page, the said Pam. phleteer vents his malevolence in these pointed and unqualified words : The 4 2(1 Regiment, was, indeed, in such a case, that had not General Stuart marched up his Corps (which he actually did witbwit osiers), nut a man of them would have escaped either death or captivity. Their confusion (not to say do/'at), was, and is still, attributed to their IM MO. /ism and INDIICIPLiNt. But, be the cause what it might, the of is well known by every man of the Army of Egypt, and is frankly acknowledged even by the Officers of the 41i1 Reginient themselves, who, I ant well assured arc ready to avow, that, had it not been fOr General Stuart and his Corps, they must inevitably have perished, or been taken, to the last man." The emphatical words are marked as printed in the Pamphlet, and A more direct charge against the courage and capacity of a Regiment was never pre. sentea to the Pub Hz. With regard to " their in. discipline," as this paltry Pamphleteer states, all those who were present at the review of the 42d Regiment at Ashford Common, among whom was the writer of this article, can witness that better discipline, firing, or marching, never was exhibited on such an occasion. I dined with some of .the prestmt Officers after the review, and, instead of . presuming on their superior prowess before Alex andria, they generously declared, that had any 'other Corps been in the dangerous but honourable station to which they were called, they believed. that it would have discharged its duty equally wolf with the 423, or any other distinguished Regiment, because on that remarkable day a spirit of emula. tion pervaded the British Army, apparently deter. mined, 83 one man;to discharge their duty to their Cauntry, and to prove to the French, that, foor. to foot, and man to man, they were as supetior by land as by sea. • To put the subjen of dispute, however, beyond the reach of wanton detraftion, I can assure your readers, that I have seen a letter from Major STIRLINC, written some months, and dated Glas gow,, in which he eArsorily declares, that tge Colours of the Ismilaciblesfrll to his lot ;4 the heat of battle. I think this testimony is at least as good as that of Lvrz, or his German coadjutors, who have not invalidated Serjeant SINCLArk's declara. tion. In discussing the meiits of this affair, it ought certainly to be recolleeled, that there is the evidence of two, viz. Major STIRLING and Ser.. jeant SINCLAIR, in favour of the 423 Regiment ; anti that aorii were concerned in the capture of the Colours, as may be sen b 7 the statement of Serjeant SINCLAIR-at least the Serjeant was an attendant on the Major, when he made the captUre. The Serjeant's own statement is in these words : " At this instant, Colonel ALEXANDIM StuAltr, of the 42d, who was present, went to the body of the Re. gitnent, when Major STIttLING, Of the sal i ne Corps, tol. lowed by Scrjeant Strict—kis, went up to the It end) o . 6er staring the Invincible Standard, mOtti desired bih instant - 0 to deliver it up with bis sword. On kis refusal" tbs , Major (truck him across the head with the fiat part or his sword, and apuiteba at Standard fpcibl) front kern. The Frcilat intin then threw his sword un the ground, exulaitning 4 4 Vive la Republique I" But lam totally ashamed, Mr. Editor, of oc. copying so much of your time and patience by a refutation of the calumnies advanced against the brave 42d Regimens, more especially when I con. sider that it appears a mean attempt on the part of the hebdometlal Pamphleteer to depreciate Mr. KER PoaTtais ingenious represet.tation of the battle of Alexandria, in order to introduce " Portrait of LtiTzi to be sad at a Gtirritt After all the tong-winded, oblique, collateral puffs, the noble and disinterested Pamphleteer sinks into the iirdid and aroarie;aas tradesman by this three and unequivocal °announcement of the engravinz— " The Likeness that of LUTZ) is tine?; the pint is in collars, and is in size nine inches by ' , we've. is Hoyt' azikbv FOR SA 1R at No. rB, Pall. Mall "I“—A more laughable conclusion seldom or evffr appeared' aim so eloisarale and sv illiberal an attack or) a P."!iii thus inadverte .., . —at It f wheq luiiii.Otor; \Owl] ti respe:t)nie %01,,,..e nation becomes the scoff and the tiecirii cat I.vontnii and unprovoked malignity, si.lence or In:. difference becomes a criminal aa, and the pte c:E hiitory may be sullied by misrepresentations. A RETIRED OFFICLP.. t, ,i .+ t~;n! Richardson's Haid, Dec. 27. THE THEATRE, Druty-L 4,11• O THA T sprightly prntlualon of Go 1.1)6M MI'S hu„ mourous Muse, She Staots to Conquer, was revived last night ,at Drury-Lane Theatre, and Attebded by a numerous audience. Mrs. GLOVER. perfortried tile part of iti;As castle, with admirable spirit, mAintaining a due contrast bet Ween the acknowledged, dauglitCr of Gentleman, and the affeCted simplicity of the pre, tended Dar-maid, giving a chat m to the Whcile by some touches of genuine tenderness. BAK It YNIORE, iii the shyness of young Maticliit, before his equals . , was tituch b,..tter than in his free. slum before his supposed interiors. Dorlirtiti's Hardcastle, if not luxuriant in httrotiri was at least strong and natural: Tony bumpkin, even in the hinds of Qum:, wits hardly more humonrous and diverting than the park was rendere'd last night by Ba.iattstitit; Miss CAMP BELL displayed' evident marks of irk proveuient in Mir Neruille. We did not hider' ad; mire HOLLAND in Mailings, nor did we see alit thing genteel, di tkaraßtristri, ih hie oittirkriik gaiters. CORN EXCHANGE, JAN. 7. TitEarl' are but few fresh arrivals of Wheat tO.day, but being stori., of 13tiyer$ of Graiti in general, its sale is dull, and at rather less; Barley,and Malt are heavy, and decline a trifle; there appears no alteration in Pease or .Beans; the Oat Trade is not very brisk, and they may te quoted about is. cheaper ; Flour is at last prices. Wheat 4ss 3Sp a 57:: 04 Tic t,: Beaus - 30$ 4 333 PA Fine ditto , skis asr od Oats - . 1.0 a ini 211$ Barley - 23$ aa7od I Poland ditto :Is a 54$ 04 Matt . - 405 1 45i od Rape Seri. . • pi aVA ke . - 351 a 3N, cd htlo Flour -,. 40 a 490 White Pease 13s a 39i od Seeotaido. .: 4os a 4 4 0 Deans - 33$ a 37$ 6d • . BADbti.EY's t fil Cale wi+l, according to ail« nual custom, drawn fttt- in the Creen.Room of Druryi,Lane Theatre last n;ght and the. Ceremony, a$ usual, afforded considerable mirth. Madarrie BoLLA is now said not to please the Parisians, and is therefore about to return to this Country, where she will be less likely to please, It is more than probable that Matisitie Bost t have an engagement at the Opera for the season; She is a charming dancer, and is every way entitled to public pruteetson. We are glad to find Signora GERBiNi proves Sri otcellent a singer, as the Public will not hav e 3 d much to lament; should they in futtire be disap• pointed by another perforiner. Every account from . Pada mentions the spien, did and ex`pensive entevaintrients given by the Nobility. it is vet* mulch to be 141116 . 4ra that our distinguished Countrythen shotild thus la.. visli their wealth arriong rtrans'ers, when there. i at 6 so thany of their 4IVn Nation, atnotig wtCorri a pro.. portion of their sp.randerinsi wodid diffuse happirtels and contentment. Cirizen it P , p to the )"ilsi se r„ acrd lately his Chi:oy to Berne, entettiined ;110 the Swiss Deputies with a stlnlpttiOUS dir:ner tit VEX! 's Tavern in the Thitilleries can Thuisti.ty sennight. The dinner was said tb be given :it tLc: Pia ST CoNsih.'i e*pence: It is related of a Clergyinan (who is rilSO a tam., ronet of considerable property) that one ,Sunday* after hc had returned from deliVering a discoUrse to . his Congregation, whiCh consisted {p rincipally rcipally tenants and those his own household, he was ex,. pustulated with by his Lady, on the impropriety of an indiscriMinate use of. such words as ate imme. diately derived from foreign langgagcsi which tm4t be quite unintelligible to much the greater part of . his hearers. The Baronet replied; be was not can.. scions of having applied any terms in his sermon, fOr the elucidation of time subjea & which were tilt intel ligible even to the meanest of his servants ; hot if any occtirred to her memory; he tequested het to mention one, and they would make a trial on s'orfoi one of hiS domeStics. The lady mentionadidi t io l , and that she might not be accused of using Unfair means to gain the viCiory in this argument, she would neither choose the highest nor the lowest of his servants ; but one in a middle station ; and in consequence John Shirioti the Upper Groom, was seletietf on this occasion, When th e question Watm put, to him, wheth e r he knew the meaning of 114 .wordfahior with the'greatest readine z i;s ithagift. 4ble, and seeming confidence in his own biiitiesx he answered, "he believed it was a kind Of corny°. siiim i; made into balls,, and given to horsei whent they did not stale well." This excited stich a b'urst of laughter from the naronqt and his Lidy, unit consequent confusion in the Groom', that missed with "Go tit , / way for thi:i time, when I have a convenient season,- I will call for thee." We are harpy to annotince,; that not only all the. passengetsi but a great, pait of cargo or the American Ship 3uva, Curt. CLAE?te, deiphia to London,. stranded on the kith ult. hare been saved. Great credit is dot tb the Captaio.—;— When the Ship struck at the top of the tide¢ she immediately settled e:mong the rocles. Captain C. eootly col!efted his owners' ;Ina the tiltirs vatrtrz.,- anti swain ashott safe ; rctu?ned »Joins' the s k yrf of the sea then running in on the beaeb,, wi(if the SCltthett cared a.. Lady with Ilttr chilti gAut their vuyalte to Lonti,:ir. ~. l''