The Sun. — London, England, 1814-01-19 00:00:00

THE _WEATH R. LONDON. Yesterday morning the snow, whiCh we have. been so lont , expecting, from the state of the at mosphere, began to fall'injbeseparts. It has since continued at iatervals , ;and,though in no vast quantity, yet,, ~trorn the vinlent'tlrift"with which it has been accompanied,. to an extent which must impede Ccllll o;unications with the cuuntry, and ren der travelling insecure. The streets of the metro polis are in a shocking con ditior, and no day passes. with - ont the most serious accideuts happening, from persons slipping on the dangerous surface of the trampled 3110 W. It is strange that very few individuals appear to take the slightest.pre cautions to avoid the risk of these often tatal ac cidents. A little list, tied .round the 'shoe, is a good preservative against them, and a simple. remedy in the power of every one. Therels other and a better safeguard, which it ;is ast,-", nishing never to see exposed for sale in London,: , where we are told every think is .to be had—We . allude -to the articles so .generally worn in the northern parts of the Island, and known by the name of CRAMPETS small iron band, about half an inch broad, Anil so long as to fit the sole of the shoe—each extremity turned up a very. t.nd perforated to receive a string, which is brought over the foot, and tied at the top with the usual shoe-string. Three or four small spikes, pointing downwards, catch the surface, and effec tually, prevent slipping Such articles might be manufactured at very trifling expence, and we are sure their sale would amply reward the manu facturer. The following is an accurate statement of a Fahrenheit's thermometer exposed to, a north as pect, in Bath, during the last few days. The ob servations were taken between the hours of eight and nine each morning . Monday, (Jan. 10) l4 Thursday .. 21 Tuesday (heavy snow).... 27 I Friday Wednesday Thus the cold on Monday was so intense as to sink the mercury 18.• degrees below the freezing point • • During the•whole of -this week, that pact of the Thames below Windsor-bridge, called Mill River, .bas,been frOzen over, and has been crowd ed xvith persons . partaking the diversion of skait ing, &c. A singular, though dangerous contriv ance of some bargemen, excited much attention. A strong pole was fixed in the ice, round which, at a few feet distance, a coach-wheel was made to revolve, being driven along by men. From the centre.of this wheel issued a rope, at the end of which was a box, in which the person desirous of a Miirl was seated. As the Wheel revolved, thelpox described It circle of about ninety yards with astonishing velocity, going nearly at the rate of a mile a minute. But several persons hav ing received severe contusions, this operation has at length been suspended, perhaps from appre. hension of the interference of the Magistrates, EXETER, YANT. lis.—The fall of snow in this neighbourhood, since Monday evening, is greater • "than "has been remeinhred for forty years, at which time we are told it was deeper. The in convenience it has occasioned is distressing, and las .almost occasioned a stagnation - to business, as mo persons venture out but thcise whom necessity compels. The roads in all directions are many teet deep, so that travelling' is partially suspend- , ed ; the mail and other coaches have been gene rally impeded, and for two days the London mail was brought from Dorchester by a chaise and four, and did not arrive till 18 hohrs after the usual time. The roads West of this city have been totally im passable for.earrtages, and the bags .containing the mails haVe been conveyed on horSes. - Several accidents have occurred, sortie of which were fa tal : on Wednesday a soldier was found dead on Haidon, with 211. in his pocket ; and yesterday• three of the Renfrew Militia were dug out .near •the same spot, and. their bodies conveyed 'to Chndleigh.—Five mails from Falmouth' are now due, .and two from Plymouth. The horses which vesterday were sent off for Plymouth, with the bags, returned last evening, as they could not proceed. We regret to state, that several of the West Middlesex Militia, who had volunteered for fo reign service, were this week frozen to death on their march from Nottingham. The unfortunate men had been drinking till they were intoxicated, and, lying down by the road-side, slept—never to wake again ! On his return from Wakefield market, Mr. IJUSRAtiD, of ELidroyd-hall, was found frozen to death, within little more than an hundred yards of the house of his- nephew, with whom he resided; [From the Edialmrgh Courant.] The storm still continues intense, and the fall of snow has been so deep in the southern parts of the country, that the different Mails have arrived with difficulty, and much behind their usual time. o n Thursday t'hc Loudon Mail diet nut arrive till half past five o'clock, and yesterday till twelve o'clock. Three DuMfries MailS arrived together on Thursday . night. On the Glasgow road the snow appears - to have . been still deeper. No Lon e:on Mail had been received in that city since Tuesclay. At 12 o'clock on Thursday night, Fahrenheit's Thermometer, in the neighbourhood of Glasgow„ stood at 7 deg. or 25 degrees below freezing sianfl yesterday morning pt pine it was at 14 deg. ‘i 13:mit:L. Thursday warning, 5 o'clock, .January Ls, 1514. " The Edinbargh Mail is not arrived. The _roads are ,so much - drifted, that all communication with, the-North is stopped. The Highflyer coach, shOuld have arrived yesterday at - two .o'clock. from the ..South, did not get till six o'clock, &lova by six horses; she proceeded'uo further than this town." ABERDEEN, JAN. fs.—For these few days, we have had a verl• severe ai►d constant froSt,. with the- Thermometer during the night sometimes so low 'as 8 degrees. The weather has otherwise been . fine and seasonable. KELSO, JAN. J O.—For several days pot we have had some very heavy tails of snow. This morn ing the Kelso coach wa's unable to proceed farther on its way to Edinburgh than Sontra wheu it returned, finding the roads impassable. POLICE, MTST ERIO US Filth, &e. BOVV•STREET.-The following are some further .particulars relating to this interesting investiga tion : The bed-room window of the prisoners, on the attic, was found open, and the shutters put to by AliayWright, the servant girl, which is the re . vette to what she left them. As it has been sai(t that the house was robbed, it is supposed that the window was left open by the robbers ; however, there Was no trace of feet-marks, or any sign of persons having-passed on the snow. It is a very singular circumstance, that the fe ,male described by Ma . Deane as 'being at the drawers of the secretary under the book-case, ap parently in the act of filling her lap with . valua &c. who did not answer when he spoke to turn round to look at hitn, was not even .nOticed by any of the other witnesses,,not even by . Mary W.ight.- At the close of the•examination of Mr. Sturman, his wife was brought into the office, placed by his side, and she,was informed what Mr. Deane had said, respecting the female at the drawers, and what the impression ,upon his mind was when he called upon her on Thursday, at her house in Half MOon-Street, and was in conversation with her, that she was the person he had .seen at the drawers taking things out of thew. .She Vi - j 4 very humanely cautioned by Sir. Nathaniel Conant, that she need not answer that or any other ques tion sat to her except she was advised so to do by her Counsel .; however, she spontaneously said that it was impossible, as she Was at her sister's, in Broad Court, the whole of the time from tier leaving Half-Moon -street, at half-past 12 : o'clock, till nine at night, 'when she returned bonne; she had not even-gone down stairs at her sister's. , None of the %vititesses could state when and how the prisoners entered the house, onlythat, at about half past nine o'clock, most of them saw them:in the passage, hut it was not known ivho let them in. - . A day or two after the tire, when Mr. Denham, the Secretary tO the Globe Insurance Office, call ed at the house, Mary Wright, the servant, an swered the ring of the bell, when. Mr. Sturman, in the presence of Mr. Denham, 'desired her to fetch the turpentine ; she not having ,seen ary since she had been in the house, her master told her it: was in the back pantry; she went to the place as directed, and found a stone bottle, which would hold about three quarts, and took it to her master ; she was positive it had not been there before the fire,, and she was in the daily habit of going. to that pantry ; there was also a stone bottle with oil in ii: at the same place ; they were both produced at the examination, as were the different articles that had been dipped in tur pentine. • Mary Wright stated, that the wood .which * Was '.:stributed in the parlours and passage., to assist the fire, such as is used in lighting fires, was in the house previous to the fire, and was kept in a closet on the staircase leading to the kitchen. `Just as the examination was about to close, she was called in, and asked if she bad any objection to say where she was during the time she *as out ? She replied, certainly not, and said. she was the whole of the dine at a friend's in a court in the Strand. which was perfectly satisfactory. Mr. ADoLPHUs stated, that he was prepared to ,prove that the prisoners let their first floor for six guineas a week. This was to she's the goodness of the furniture. The matter is involved in much difficulty and perplexity. Mr. and Mrs. Sturman both conduct ed theinselyes with the same firmness and coolness as they,di'd on Saturday evening. UORBERY AT THE POST-OFFICE. Yesterday William Wood, a letter-carrier be longing to the General Post-office, was bronght to the Public-office., Bow -street, charged with feloniously secreting a letter which passed through his hands at the General Post-office, and stealing the contents, amounting to 1201. It appeared that on the 21st of November Mr. William Lansley, of Andover, by hisservant, put a letter into the Post, containing, notes and bills to the amount of 'l2O/. directed to Mr./William Wheatley, of Gough-square, fleet -street, Lon don, which did not, arrive in due time, or since. A description of the notes and bills being given, they have been traced through several Bankers, whose clerks attended yesterday to identify the notes. One, of them, wnich ,was contained in the letter, was paid by, the prisoner to Mr. Austey, an Attorney. Mr, Paikiii, Junior, the son of the Solicitor to the Post-oflice, attended to conduct the prosecu tion on behalf of that establishment. The prisoner declined saving any thing in his defence, but left it to Mr. Hariner, his' Solicitor, who attended for him. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. ALTERING A BILL OF I , :CH INGE. MARLaoaouan-STREET.—A respect:Are trades man in Bohd-street alleged a cromplaint at this Office on - Monday, against a neighbouring trades man, tinder the following circumstances :—The complainant, who is the tenant of the accused, accepted a bill of 851. and upwards, on condition that he should be secure by taking a receipt tor rent when the bill became due, at five mouths. The parties had forMerly been in partnership, and a dissolution took place tour years ago, when the accounts were regularly balanced. 'When this bill became due, it was left for .the complainant to to - ke up, and notice from an attorney gave him to understand he would be sued in default thereof Without delay: When the bill - came to the hands of the complainant, there .had been introduced, in the course' of the negociation, at the end, " for balance due on partnership account." The .ac ceptance was given for accommodation only, and it was to secure himself that the complainant re quired a receipt for rent previously to the bill be coming due, which the accused refused to give.— , The Magistrate issued a summons for the accused to appear, and he did so at twelve o'clock yes terday, but requested two hours to obtain legal advice, and having obtained such, the accused gave the receipt for rent as required, and no fur ther proceeuiugs were takeu. 13I6GRAPIIIC‘r, NOTICES. (From R 'United States Jour;tal of a recent date, 'we copy the following characteriAie Sketch of that relic/11 - Med, Na val Hero—Commodore liortnEtts. Perhaps national va nity was never carried 'to a higher pitch than in the in stance before us—for who would ever thought. of compar ing this braggaducian to the immortal NELSON ft COMMODORE RODGERS. This distinguished naval officer was born in the State of Maryland, and has followed the seas limn childhood,' and is esteemed a consummate naval officer. To n strong understanding, .and vigorous constitution', this gentleman has aide indefatigable industry and he is said to unite tht theory and the practice-of his noble profession is a pre-eminent degree. Brave, decisive,' ioggni ons, full of resource, this 'accomplished officer is looked up to by -the younger officers as to a great master.—Without exercising any art to obtain popularity, 'he 'never fails to gain it for men of business admire him as a man of business, while those who meet him in the ceremonious circles of polished life are no less pleased with his modest, discreet,' and unassuming demeanor. We have 'never seen among ris a naval 611icer of any nation that more happily-united the sailor and the gen tleman than Commodore Rodgers. When a Member of Congress, he had an high idea of the superior and matchless skill of the Bri tish, and but a very moderate opinion of the skill, enterprize, and bravery of his own countrymen, and was therefore discouraged and dismayed at the i(ka of 'our building a navy, asked, in n tone of despair-- - -11 - we had- a fleet, where is,the man among us who is fit for an Admiral of it !—the answer from all parts of the House was—" Coin modore.Rodgers One or two events contributed to make this gentleman the subject of 'party remark ; and the animadversions of party are -never distinguished for justness or liberalit)% Those among us, who were disposed to almost any concessions for the . sake of preservini . , peace, were nut a little dis turbed at the afar of the. Little Belt, as they feared that haughty England would resent it in ai style that would lead to war ; and this led to dis putes in the public prints, where truth and can doar are not always regarded as they ought to be, amidst criminations, and recriminations. The spirit of party rose, high on the simple question of " Which ship fired first ?" and although the Government of England conceded that point,. there are not wanting people among us, who, to this day, accuse otir Commodore of giving•the first shot ; while others maintained that it was impro per to chase any ship of war, while at peace with all the world. One thing ought, however, to be mentioned;—the officers of the- President 'were ignorant of the size of the Little Belt. It was might ; and they had never been her broadside, and they supposed her to he a frigate; and al though she gave the first fire, Ctgmodore Rod gers and all his officers, were filled with regret w4en they found next morning that they INA poured such a destructive_ broadside into a ves sel little able to bear it, - They have never ceas ed to exiciress their regret at the consequences of it. The same party spirit criticised the Commodore for not taking the frigate Belvidere-; but Captain 11)tron, who commanded her, has held a different language, and pronounced his conduct to have been able and correct. The British frigate found .the President gaining 'upon her ; she ,thereupon cast away her anchors, threw over her boats, and stove her water-casks ;—and, by this sacrifice, so lightened the ship as to outsail the President.— ..This was a prudent and justifiable conduct in the Captain of- thes?British' frigate, but would have been reprehensible in CoMmodore Rodgers,;, •cause his ship was• fitted out for a long cruise ; and such a procednre would have compelled and his tittle squadron, to return again into port. In this chase, very serious damage was - done to the, Belvidere, by the singular precision of the President's fire. One of the President's bow chasers burst, which killed - several .men, and broke the leg of the Commbdore; so that, in every point of view, there could be no shadow of blame cast upon Commodore Rodgers for the es cape of the Belvidere. Both commanders did their duty, and, gave equal evidence Of souud judgment and goof! condut. , Since that period, Commodore Rodgers has never met an English frigate that was not in com pany of a 74 ; notwithstanding he lies cruized iu the European seas, and coasted the shores of Bri . tain and Ireland. The President is known, and British frigates fly from her; and it is, we pre strife -2, the duty of the Commander of that ship to turn aside from a seventy-fonr of anV nation. No frigate, not even the President, the United States, or the renowned Constitution., can stand, many minutes, the point blank fire of a ship of f 4 guvs. Nautical science, and the laws of artillerists have subjected this business to decisions. Good luck and reputation almost at ways go to gether , and acquired reputation moss,conuno.nly sinks for the want of it but s:nne reputations are so well grounded in the public opinion, as to remain unshaken amidst the want of what we short-sighted mortals .call good fprtune. Inci dents in the life. of Admiral Nelson and Connno. (lore Rodgers will illustrate this.—Lord Nelson , traversed first the Mediterranean iri search of the combined fleet of France alit(' Spain . ; and then sailed across the Atlantic, down all the Wok In dia islands to Trinidad, then back again tR Gib i•aitar ; next he sailed along the Bay of Bi'tcay, and then pursued his course to the northwest of Ireland, without obtaining even a gliftipSe.of this large fleet of France and Spain. People unac quainted with the boundless ocean, can hardly conceive how it is pov.itle that such large fleets, spread over such a space of ocean, can miss each other. But in judging thus, we measure the great world by our own narrow rules of preju dice. Nelson returned to London; deeply cha grined at not being able' to find the fleets of France and Spain. It is said to haze effected vi sibly his Lordship's spirits, until he found the partiality of the people towards, hini was undi minished. • Luckily for Nelson no serious untoward acci, cleat happened to his fleet during this chase after his enethies over half the world. Had any one:of those thormand' accidents held. hirr, Or' l a ' deuce could not foresee, nor prescience gw a against, so common on the unstable ocean, Nelson's laurels might have been blasted by t : e tongue of malice : and he might have passed IL !, shattered remains of a painful life „with a Coo° tution worn out in the service of his country , n r e gleeted and forgotten by those who owed hifri highest tribute; for ingratitude is a "sin of In% narchies, as well as of republies ; and the. 4 1 : I who can despise it, possesses a quality superior I - 0 ( eveu .heroism itself. The English leave pKtt death some of their Admiralsfor apparently neglects; but here Lord Nelson's character o'" so firply fixed in the minds of the go v e rnineW : and of the.prople, that his want of good forta did not in the least shake it. And as'it happened with Nelson, so it'lla - pp efle e with Rodgers. He has twice traversed over l' ,01 : 0 .than half the globe without ever meeting a 13 66 . frigate. He has sought them ift their Own sc' is l and along their own sh ores ; b u t h e h as ne-ver had the good fortune to bring one to .action. with all this he sutlers no diminution'ofreptitati o t ; It is to the credit of the American characte rl s il cherish and uphold the high reput a tion of a 1 0° . e i meritorious officer, notwithstanding opportimit i ,j have, not been given him to display' .his . skill - prowess against an equal force of the enemy, with Cominodore - Rodgers in America, as it " 3 ,, with Nelson: in England, his reputatioit js 150 deeply grounded in t h e op i n i o n s o f the pele, that the Want of good fortune has never iloa`, l it. Whe t : the, public first heard the achievement of the hero of Fake Erie, their or, plause Ivas Mixed w ith astunishinent 5. because t ' j , young Commande r was un k nown to f ame, e xcep t ti r ing in the small circl e where - Licit,ten - ant Ve h r " 4 was intimately known, and justly estimated ; elr had itheen Rodgers, the applause might have as great, but the su r p r i se l e ss ; b ecause he oec01:1: pies sneh a great sp ace i n th e p u bli c es tinist. that everyone would have expected nothing le' . o Commodore Rodgers is, we conjecture, beocc ii, 40 and 45 years of age ; a man •of feW ikt° ll l , and not conspicuous for the hive of parade ) , dress ; but his ship, for interior or d er m , i itue s. ; elegance, o and taste, may vie with a dv. that BrP l on the ocean. It is said that his diseipiine. 46 perfect ; and this, pe r h a p s , nia. y account tot; Opinion, that lie is dist - a4l and very reser. r , t those under him ; but his reserve in' compauY` l l ;,- ties the air 'attic reserve ofa t•ttidionS man ; out the least trait' Of haughtiness : for ht01 0 '' t01 • and great att en ti on t o t h e care o f t h e - you tb Iv r, der his command, is a pleasing trait in this b l ' o ,l man's character. Ameri ca ! res t sat i s fi e d, 1 , 0 . grateful that yo u h ave a son , w h o w ill b ea r flag with honour and glory through every e 1.,. ter of the world : " b ut as timeancl chance peneth to all men," so it belongs „not to wort‘-1 coin mand opportunity upoi) . t;..5% , laud; less upon the unstable ocean -)(' - *We attempt nut to give any particalar facts 01 ocourr e . l l 3 l relating to Cimunntlore Rodgers, as :fie reriod °, 071 bicauSe he is so. well known, that they would 1 ; 16 a ') vapid, and perlia:.,7 ott of pl ace . H e was FirstLieute!',.. under Commodore Truxton, and was then clistin , ruishe d brave, discriminating, energetic 17:int!, t;ttly him. 'lt is this which directed him amidst 11 • Ir'r iis i ts IL ()coati. It is this which ha.; unfurled liritannia s / drive thi., envioni rival of het Tiroud navy froi ue e t e 'l lf° But no: the GeniUs of C o l um bi a surr“.rindA 1111 i . n, at!li -him triumphantly ()tithe wave; and - bas main cwl.l4o;e -in safety to her shores, A Society for a s omew h at nove l , b ut ver: obi' Lary, species. of justice, is, about to he follu e .:' bf Donington, for which purpose a mertio,4 I 'ol - publichand-bill appointed to be held on tb° of Pehruary. It is forprosecutiug ealanoria;re persons giving f a l se evidence, spreading 1,0 11- e ie ri ports, or guilty o f << any other evil, impr"L' o f or detrimental design, written, spoken, or % L ao , wise executed, for the Turpose of defaming', so ' • noying, or injuring any member of die • eietr! . BIRTHS. . 11 , On Sunday week, at Oakley, Suffolk, the Lady of NS' ' • I Somerset Damn, Esq. of Finedon, of ailaughter. , rf On the Muth inst. at Ilantrose, the Lady of MajOr-G°',, c ,l° N. Carnegie, of the H . E. L Co.'s Bengal f i stablishmea t, - daughter. cli tis' On the I lth inst. at R a b er t on -H onse, S cot l and; M r s. '- tie, younger, of Ilaberton, of a daughter. - P I° On the I.4th inst. at Edinburgh, Mrs. Cunningham' ,g 6 of Robert Cunnin g h am , Es - I. late of Burnh o u s e, of ada 1Y( 4 ", '"lc'Y, at. Jersey, the Lady of Liebtenaut It. Creser, -I * Fuzile,cs, ut a son. , * - _...../ MAU.ItIEJ). - - ,pn Wednesday last, 'at St. Peter's Cath e d ra l, r son, Principal Clerk at the Exeter Post-011ice;to 5 1 i The same day, William Dunn, Esq. of th e S%ie to Miss Pears,n, of Haberdashers'-Housw, Roxton. Qn Saturday last, p.t •tit. James's Church, Mr. V? Turnhain-grc.en, to Miss Wells, of Hanimerstnit's.. „ 1 1 0: Maselburgh, Scotland, Lieutenant of the Jioval Marines, to Miss Jessie, daughter of Hariser,Esq. Editiburgh . . fln October last,'at New York, Franrisiefferv, Esq• burgh; to Mies daughter of Charles Wilkes, I,ol' New. York. • • . • On Saturday, the 15th in DIED st. .I•;lizaheth, youngest co v -trl of Sir Justinian Ishatr, l3art. of I,arnport, near NortlialA On >lonilay night, Itohert,Williams, Eq. of Mc" " r „et' . Hertfordshire, and Bridthead, Dursetshire, at the f° 11 " ' these places, aged 79 years. ou'd h r t t St. m 1 ,.; 1 n d ii L s u t 19th of in L b i Charles Roolie, Captain the 3d Regiment of duards' ;0 ,0 on taut Adjltratit General with Si:; Rowland 11111's Dic• l ''• the British Army in Spain,. and. e ld es t c of &aut. c ° ar e( Rorke. Friday, Catherine, of Mr. Tobias:Mk:hill, °• Thame.;-street. • f Sb`7t e The same night, suddenlydohnMenkhonse, Esq. ° ham, Sussex, aged 5.5 years. • .'uf On Sunday inurning,-Elit a befh La; : ena, wise - - r A v enu, N&wEund,itrect.- „ On Sunday se'nnigl.i, sit L.,.• Naval Hospital, t nee, ,t coricomptian. i ir. the,pri ree /V life, Captain 'fillard, I't minder of the St. Juan, tang-ship of Adipiral L''' Gib r..ltar. - .str f On the 17th inst. Mr. P e ter Vi n c e nt, o f Wardu'.lr• e , Soho, veil en On Mouday morning, Mrs. Murdoch, of Hans-place' af. street. _ The same night, in Lower Ilrnsvenat-strest, Mrs' aged Ft year=, rriict of the late James Hooper, wan : •:;helsca, N-ho died on the 15th of last nr:uittr. ja?" On the ;3d inst. at Llunnikitr-House, :.;cotlftn t ' , Talirnsend OsWald, of Dunniheir. ottth On Wednesday last, Mr. James Holdup, in hi - ' c t:/t th., oldest inhabitant of Ancloy-vr :he retained ' •i till within few hours of m death. e t, On Wednesday, Evan Thoas, a native of Wale' , int f o f a clergyman; aften,vards a maker of rhymes,. and 3 ' / 4 „ 0 56 latteriv judicial - aArologer, and an itamlte of , Industry, Shrewsbury. • LONDON . Printed J. B. CAW;TAIRS, No. 7 ; 15 C t r •i;t () i r" • building; ; yml pobli , ;ieti by SCILIPPS• of , • at the SUN-OFFICE ' , No. 112 t Strand w here •nt.i.oseg locnts, ()niers, Letters (post paid), Sce. mu st be 3'4' l is W o b kn i , !ta,