The Sun. — London, England, 1814-12-08 00:00:00

PRICE OF .:1(-c:xs THIS ()AY AI 'IWFIXF: n'ci.oesr. Bank Stock, --i 1 Rank L. Ann. In I-16th I 3 per Cent. Red. 6 41* I India Bonds, 17s. IGS. pr. 3 per Cent,. Cons - . shat Excheq. Rti!ls, ss. pr. 4 per Cent. Cons.-8144 Offiniurn, 21 dig. 'SperCent. Nary Attn.4tut . . Cons. for Opening, 66i HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To-moitßo Morning, 25 minutes after 12. I Evening, 50 min►ites after 12. TUE SUN. "LFM QUIR 11 . 1CF.RF. rAL4ITNI AIiTIVAT? LONDON. 77-furesn.4 . k, DEC EMBEri 8,11814 . • The Lords of the Treasury ha% e'agrled upon an other Minute on the subject of the Bonding Sys tem, which important document we shall cote ruunicate to the Public. By our Naval News it will 'be seen, that the East. India ship Devonshire,Captain MURRAY, %VAS lost at the eutranee of Bengal River in July last. She upset in a violent squall, and we'regret to state that 29 of her crew perished. The Devon shire was hound for China, and nearly loaded. The Lord Castkr•vgh, front Bombay, for whose safety serious apprehensions were entertained, put back to that port in consequence of a violent gale she encountered off the Cape, which compelled Ler to throw half of here ago . overboard. Z: will also he seen that three or four American privateers are cruiting in the Indian Seas, where they have made several captures. The report of the -American frigate Constitukion being also to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope-is evi dently erroneous. At what Ports in India these vessels can refit, or even procure necessary sup plies we are at a loss to cnnjecture. ..-Prom a prevalent opinion in the City, that the gevciations at Ghent were not likely to termi- Pate amicably, Stocks have suffered a considerable depression—Consols were this day at 66, and Omni= at 21 per cent. discount. ;_. We have no arrivals of any kind from the Con tinent to-day, and our quidnuncs are not a whit worse off than when there are Newspapers from eves y shatter of the globe. In plain sin:erity it must be confessed, that the news from Vienna (via Paris), front " Frontiers" of countries, and from " Banks" of rivers, which we have of late tides, possess but small claims upon the be lieving faculties of our Readers. Neither has the deficiency of authentic information been well remedied by the flume-made private Foreign letters which chiefly abound in the patriotic por tion of the Press, which has such an affection for the People, that it cannot endure that they should even appear misinformed upon any subject. This is however a holiday, and we congratulate the Public upon the respite—tbe only rumour being, that Prince REPNIN'S.-Proclamation had been dis avowed at Vienna, in consequence of a note from Lord CASTLIMEA-Gx. Our Last Page is nearly filled with- Official Documents, published by the Sable Sovereign of St. Domingo. These are not only curious but interesting ; and not only remarkable but impor tant. Such productions from such a quarter must convey to Many of our Readers very different ideas of the Haytian Kingdom to those they formerly entertained. Enlightened politics, and animattd feelings, expressed in terms not devoid either of dignity or polish ; and brave and virtuous resolu tious, to live free or perish, conveyed to the world in language as pure as it is apparently sincere, afford a notion of the state of information and literature in this island, very little if at all previ- . ♦ugly known. Whether France will or will not attempt to re conquer St. Domingo, is a problem not likely to he solved till the more weighty affairs of Europe are adjusted. But be that as it may, it does not strike us that Great Britain has much political interest in the question. An inde pendant Negro Government in that Island, mast, infallibly, at no distant date, lead to a similar state of af f airs in Jamaica and all our West iudia Coloniei. This, in the abstract, may Or may rot be desireable, but, practically speak in, it is a matter of very vital moment, as affect ing the future prosperity and greatness of this I:,:nofre, and iuvolves vital consequences, not only to a multitude of our_ Population, but to our commercial and naval grandeur, and to tine essential well-being of the Country a t large. The point is too intricate, and probably too remote for present discussion ; and we, there- fore, only throw out these hints as cautions against the headlong policy which we hear co much in.- nuie4ted, that woul4 even involve us in a war 4anlliku—l Dublin. Duz.-2 France, 2 Hamburgh, I Ho!- land, I Waterford. account of a new State, which it is at least very doubtful to pronounce whether it would be wel or ill for us to preserve in total independence o Europe. testimony of public gra tit tole, of whe public- lire the world is afraid to speak even in the way of .•• mere historical rehtion, from a seufimeut of ten derness towards the feelings of his surviving re- latives:"—to w-ich the answer, perhaps - not, Lut we deny that Lord MELVi E'S is the character here pourtrayed ; we re -assert, that private ma lignity alone could so descrihehim ; and-we af• firm, that the almost unanimous voice of the world declares that the world views him in the same light it views a Ito Val Doke, namely, as a man whose honour wAs obscured for a moment by the efforts of a !rise Faction, only to shine out with brighter lustre when the cloud of calumny passed away. Were we desirous of refuting this Writer upon his own grounds, we woul,d contend, that allow lug for a moment his unfounded assertion to be received current as truth, his argument is bail ; for, that according to his own doctrines, this is not the testimony of " public (or general) grati tude- for the services of Lord NIELvILLE'S public life (though Well does it merit such a . tribute) but the testimony of Naval (or particular) grail lade, for the inestimable services which Lord MELVILLE rendered to the Navy. And to this complexion must our difference come at last. Our adversary does not, dare not attempt to insinuate that Lord INlELrzt.ur was not, as we have stated. the 0rea,.... tins Important branch of Britain's power ever knew. Why, then, would he refuse our brave 'l'.►rs the satisfaction of evincing their possession of that virtue,• the want of which is the deepest disgrace to humanity—onAmubE. In brief, his objection is this—that it may, by minds as little sensible of honourable impressions as his own, be imputed to the Navy as an act of sub serviency, that they raised the Monument of their just regard to the memory of the Father while the Son was at the head of their• Go. vernment. How little is there of noble sen. timent in this suggestion ; bow unworthy of our glorious defenders ; how insulting to the liv ing; bow unjust to the dead Lord MELvit.LE What ! will a gallant sailor exclaim, Shail we be restrained , from spewing our Country that we are sensible of the benefits poured upon us by our great Benefactor ; shall we, who every day of our lives, and in every state and clime, feel the good he has done ►is shall we, who in sickness, in old age, in domestic comfort, at sea and on shore, wounded or well, in our own per sons and in our dearer connexions, arc indebted to him for the best of pur enjoyments,—shall we be prevented from proving in a public manner, that we appreciate these blessings, by any expression of a base suspicion that we may be actuated' by less generous motives ; and shall we be unjust to the Sire, because the Son is trea►ling in his steps, maturing the plans he lett unfinished for our we. -- fare, and consummating the patriotic labour rebid rewards the Naval Heroes of Britain for their risks, privations, and sacrifices in their Country's Cause. Feding, as we do, that this is the ttniversa sentiment of the Navy, we throw back the lan. b o b ltarre and inuenio of the writer wh o h as elicite( thcse observatio ns ; an d scorning hi s i mputat i on , say, with honest pride—" That a Monument was raised to the father, by the Navy, during the time that the son was at the head of it !" and that this is " honour, and glory, and grttitude to a benefactor !" The PRINCE REGENT, we hear, is expected in town on Monday next. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND are expected in England in about a month • Hones are purchasing for their Royal Highnesses, and other preparations arc making for them, and his Royal Highness's house at Kew is alse preparing fur their reception. Our remarks of yesterday, on the unwarrant able attack upon the -memory of the late Lord MELviu.g, which appeared in a Morning Paper, h ave ca ll e d forth a kind of explanation fro Journal ; au 'explanation which we are sorry to observe, is rather au aggravation than extenua tion of the offence,. The Writer says, and we trust truly, that he reverts with pain to the sub ject, but if it be painful to him, be ought to recollect, that, it is solely owing to his-own ori ginal transgression in calumniating the hallowed dust of a, great Statesman, rather than permit 'those whom he had benefitted to pay a tribute to their Friend. Pain too, ought to be accompanied by contrition, which it is not in this apology, wherein the dagger of yesterday is again used, though dipped in a sweetening oil, which, instead 'of smoothing the %youth!, ac!tts only to the sharp ness of the instroment . told--;." Surely 4;A that man can never be tlfc pri-Osr - ooiect of such a MISCLLLANEOUS. We understand that the space between St. Clements and the New Church in the Strand has been recommended as a fit place for the New Post Office. The situation is centrical, and near the Offices of Government. The scite would comprise Holywell-street, Wych-street, and Lion's Inn, and the opening would be a com plete sequel to the great improvements about at Temple Bar. Yesterday forenoon Earl BATituns - r arrived in town, and transacted business - the whole of the day, at his Office in-Downiog s street. The Princess Commoritof WALES took seve ral trips to sea last week, in his Majesty's ship Zephyr, and alternately bathed, the weather being exceedingly favourable on the coast, for those en joyments. The PRINCE REGENT very nearly experienced a serious accident on Monday last, whilst riling up Middle-street, Brighton ; from some unknown cause his horse suddenly became unruly, and plunged with great violence ; had his Royal High ness been a- less excellent rider, he must have been thrown from liis seat, at the imminent ha zard of his life. • Letters were yesterday received from Teneriffe to the 24th cf October. The - Canary Islands were in complete subjection to the Spanish Au thorities. By som e American Papers to the 22d of Oc tober, it api)ears that Mr. MADISON has entirely f'iled in, his attempt to stem the tide of public in dignation by the publication- of the Correspond 'euce relative to the Negociation whilst the Nogo ciatinn was going on. _Macy of the leading Mem bers, both of the Senate and the House of Repre sentatives, are more disposed towards him On account of this very publication. They say, that it justifies them. in accusing him of wishing the failure of the Negotiation : nor indeed is the opi nion that the terms we demanded were inadmissi ble so universal as it was at first desrribed to be by the friends to Msnison in America and Europe. The Cambrian has arrived at Liverpool from Buenos Ay; es, with letters - to the 10th of Sep tember. The Grace, the Anne, and the Robert son, sailed on the 3d, but have not reached Eng land. The political news is very scanty and un important by this opportunity. Letters from Rome state, that the busy Dr. MILNER has totally failed in his representations to his Holiness the Pope against the letter of QUARARTOTTI, ant' that the Pope has signified his determination to acquiesce in such measure, with respect to the Veto, as shall be judged nceessary by the English Government in the nomination of Catholic Bishops. WlNoson, DEC. 7.—This morning the Duke of KENT arrived at the Castle, from Kensington Palace, on a visit to the 'QUEi.3iNt. The Princess CHARLOTTE of WALEs did not yesterdey arrive at Cranboorne Lodge as was expected. A new Mi nor Quinn of St. George's Chapel, will be elect ed on the Oth . of January, when a Chapter will be held' for that. purpose. The contest for the place is expected to lie between the Rev. CHAS. CHAMPNESS, Curate and Lecturer of Bow, and the Rev. Mr. BECKWITH, of St. Paul's Cathedral. COURTS OF ALDP.RMEN.—TIIC LORD MAYott has appsnoieo the ronowing t uestlays for Courts or Aldermen, to he held at Guildhall during his Mayoralty, for the ensuing year January 17, 1815; l 'June February 2!,. March 7, April 4, 90, 1815. 24, 1), 2,5, September IS, 27, October 10, July MAy ¶2, June 6, A requisition, numerously signed by the Livery of Loudon, was presented to the Loin MAYOR On Monday last, fora Common Hall, to petition Par liament against the continuance or renewal of the. Property-tax. His Lordship has appointed a Hall to be held on Tuesday next for that purpose, and to-morrow a Common Council meets for the same purpose. The much admired busts of the Duke of WEL• LINGTON and Marshal BLucuEa; which are placed in the Thuilleries in one of the principal apart ments of Louts XVIII. are both by TURNERELLI, the sculptor of this country. To prevent any jealousy from the French nation of busts of those distinguished warriors being placed there, an in scription is on each pedestal, stating, that they fought bravely for their respective countries, but not as enemies to France. It is not true as reported, that the general cre ditors wider WHITEHEAD and Co.'s bankruptcy will be much injured in consequence of the coun try banks at Bristol, 13ath, and Southampton, being enabled to cover the whole amount of their claims by Government extents, the proprietors of thosebanks being respectively employed to receive the duties arising from the Customs and Excise. Yesterday the Rev. Mr. MANUAL, of St. Ni nian's, near Stirling, was elected by a large ma jority to be the Pastor of the Scots Church, Lou. don Wall, in the room of the late Rev. Dr. YOUNG, deceased. The candidates and rates were as follows :—For Mr. Manual 113—for Mr. Ran. Die, of Banff 53—for Mr. Wilson, of Hexarn 24 —for Mr.• Burns, Lackwinnock 2—and for Mr. Fraser, of Fort George I.—After it had been de cided in the favour of Mr. Manual, the Rev. Dr. Nicol, who was in the chair, said, that as all the parties were to be satisfied with the result, they could prove it by all the voters on eitlr side giv ing Mr. Manual an unanimous call, by holding up their hands, which Vldg done. Th e case o f the Countess of RosEBERRY, We understand, will come ()win a few days before a legal tribunal. Charles Dehamel, the Frenchman lately cont• mitred to Westgate gaol, Canterbury, on a charge of uttering forged Bulk of England Notes, has been removed by wrlt.ot Habeas Corpus into the custody of the keeper of Maidstone gaol, in order drat be may be tried at the next Assizes for Kent. On Monday last .At:iltAsrEa MILLLAR, one of the people employed at - Pinkie Salt-works, Scot land, while in the act of skimming a pan, over balanced himself, anti.. fell in. He was instantly extricated fiinu the boiling liquid, but so dread fully burnt, that he languished in great agony till Thursday, xt eight in the cluing, when be' ex- pired. NAVAL NEWS• flroTmber,sohniiphay-",relli"gton, EAST INDIA SI-lIPPIN O, f ,To s ‘ l c e e t t . i t i 18thc: tented October,iship, l i b ii a p y a a nni arrived t p i c l a e e 3 l company company 0 ; r n il:: g w i e : a i a s t :I t " v yteS ti l " c et. c eri i i '1 ; 1 1 : o rP s o b j el f i ?i' Captain 1414)./.41 yesterday. i shi p arr ived ri shii i ' The Betsey, Mary, and Favourite coat i e 0 front Bengal, were severally captured on tl d r blif elllian country io the April, the Bth and 9th May, by th e 11 e r Masters of otifleßconsutioutrly, ships,lll Ui.ll,lvlgh w hilst °a o g r :b 11 0 5' 31 11 ; 5 6 , e tl i tii..eti i l ett l .(z l lir e ticsai r i:al i ele c n( a s : esi i tzetoiLali understood security ;r d o e N(l : )l . e s stp t )tt o i(tt) o i:i.nt ( ct i lirtotei t crns i apl a tfie t eic.ci s tgvi e i l lit l iei e ts : : l ciehroo.i . it l isg i e s t c: e t,erc il :: rsibiob t iiti l 6, l : l : o Leda i D ( ai l i t r i l r . i .k t f il r i c e n a i t n i ,e and the I:it:leen apponte'l ta, c I°l Hecate in the Bay of B e ngal. ger°lt l i°ll ,:c ir s ' :, 4 ) The Country ships Auspicious a nd r°: tli ci' proceed to England froin Besti al ab()ut i -I ‘ er July b lzY i the Mary Anne, Susan, and l'` .3pc ant i lie, were completing their c argoe s ' ari speedily to follow. t T is he Company's ship Devonshire, oPsc' moorings in Saugur Roads during 3 (iteij to ° the evening of the 2d July s ; she 101 t'l‘ to ol4l , , most if not the whole of her cargo °fc°l,l,o"i''' China ; part'of which, as she WO' stil ' i t : ) e:P f ! .by her 111"vings, there was reason eV' would be saved. It is said that 29 tiro o'er ot, upon this melancholy occasion ; eluding the Surgeon, were EuroP" t ' s ' to the ship, the rest natives. 1 31.% 1 . LOSS OF THE DEVONSHIRE EAS T 1-13 1, 1. 0 1 The Devonshire. East Indiain '-eirle China, upset at her moorings, in 531'17 s hei during a violent squall, on the 2d J 1 ' 11 " : ki d 11 fj nearly the whole of her cargo 0 0 b°3 lives were lost on this melancholy the %Ve t ° The above account i s b ro ught bv East hidiam.m, wh o arrived vesterii3vl,llCl pw , ons : the latter sh &co ip-parted n ale.' sire tlereagh, extra ship, o ff t,,e Cape, schere ics itel rived 20th ofJuly, at which time the V it r C '1 is sprung halt b wb'e `ll jo ' overboard, and we n t back to o Wellington suited company withh the 104. but p t•IrPF . fi:Apt !After they Irfr 14"41 le"k, and threw reag o r(' e t bis P wTcIIBAY,DEC. 6.—The cutter Hero , °` 1,i." , INs"' 'aster, from Dartmouth fur Cri foundered the 4th int. near the 51411' 0 0 11 1 saved.—The IlTet India fleet, oudel; co 01. his Majesty's ship Swifts u re, Stc. ‘vb° left D 11 : 1 ; yesterday, wilt not, 1 am fearful, ele 3r " p,P as the wind has since been from th e Stitt 0 blown a gale. ' of f PALNIOCTII, DEC. s.—Sailed the P uke / Sf' ss pa m e p k s e c t, o ic . . c i ie tl i l ia a t a ia ( i i l o fo i r vi L n :s i b a o , n l . , --- 1.0 ::::::::::::: 11.1 1 .1 ' y on c T u s t :t e :T fi x ,o , m DGEnce.ri7)s.cy ......., ~ to I Niger ..i. , - instructions ~, ,eb Ca - p d e a , yn - East Indies, and South Seas. Y t bel i9 to —Wind Westerly. t c l e le . brig Susannah, JORDAN, Will fld 1 of Fra man, m orrli fi t g j c„liY DEAL, DEC. 7 ' *-Arrived this and sailed for the River, the Wellingto" 's e o f r° : with the left ib ‘ in 1S weeks from Bombay , 'l na se l v ilro l°.' St. Helena : sailed in company parted from her three days after ti 11 0,59 former place. Also arrived the Indian , or s7rt m in g inc a lia lea T k h o e ff r the i C r alr: ° ire ' s' Pgrt i° ' Cargo ove:-1)(:ad, _orc-.....ast_ereacrh, eslr'ot• lier pair. —Wind W. put back to 13014 ha r c il , from The Eurctta, one of the trader s %%4 c li o c:°1 1 11:61. ~...tLiifebyebtercigaoten,thhaeslaOntlivet:ilot.g. Ikl,lo“l,literstre,fioie•ii.sitioi; 0 them t gale on the 15 '1 ; 1 17, _tlie in Q olieetthsevai3s ~ ( I. oi l s l ,l : st ; :i f i tso . e ol; „ Ll:tut is laden w i t h furs, aud her 0 . .: rseaf'o,, violent at 350,000 L foundland, and it is to he .' will be picked 1 e neloi of timavi t e e dlt l i f ec i nr s h i le i . ‘ e lit,ylia l t a titni t i ea e bage v rec i f o pa, le : n ioi t szti g go a s l t, s t : er l ' . : r a n hs b ; e y i e l i ) l i b t ,l L p E l l i :l l ll l :: ll o : to r ti l l i s so ce t t i: P it i cli ;r l .l : :. , ; l r ri e e : i ' l , g reatl y felt by mariners. Head, near ) C °rl I ir ° I severely fo ao r tf c . 1 Trevosee t rl L il ) .l)o c l I li. ): 81- . ( ; 'I l l s rbri C . It tei.te i s.c c sr5e c tl ii ii;:::°!:111:1i11::1 1 S: P inl ' iC511::: ; '241:11 inu‘inv e i A: v ilysis e :::.( l esi l iss:( i taio i tir l oel:ii g ollili a eli t nosi A ef l l: : . :v i.. g k a: :e P r - ort. l ik :lie cr . e a, : v r. ti : l i ‘ je c ti e c g o ': . gets were saved ; the vessel wen t to l' ot P 1 ; 0 , and Sunday morning, but a b out 700 barre t l i 4 , o ,l. o ',4 ,of Pad Were ,irked "P. i v'" l 0" shoemaker part of tli,vteeco"na'f'rg"ol,oslbi;;)lebde°eill ' ic r. 1 4 in saving i l l t( i: i a lt D l-.1 House, Courtse, tl' c I, lil fl 'olf y ALUYMPLE, ansittart. A • the Marquis Camden, Charles viCl37eairitietacsti‘4:.(sl:s2l:::id:rtso-0-e'4o'ecillarc.4o-ot°1; tti6l , A 1, I. 'lt k I tt tt h P