The Sun. — London, England, 1804-10-27 00:00:00

itElzoNkur.. 1 COUNT ZAMBECCARI has published an account of his last Aerial Voyage, of which the following are the most interesting particulars : The two Aeronauts, Dr. ANDREOLI and himself, descended within 00 feet of the ground. They afterwards ascended again, and passed throUgh a cloud, but without experiencing the effeas of ele&ricity. At one o'clock they found themselves over Cape Ar gine, six Italian miles from Bologna. ZAMB EC CARI wished to descend there, and having gut near the ground, he contrived to fasten his halluon to a tree with an anchor. The balloon having in con. sequence taken an oblique movement, the lamp which contained the spirits of wine was overturned, the spirits spread over the gondola, and set it on fire: The fire soon communicated to a vase, in which there was a considerable quantity of spirits of wine : The vase burst, and the flames extended more and more; they gained the habits of the two Aeronauts, and threatened the ropes by which the gondola was fastened to the balloon. ZAMBEC. CART seized a bottle of water, and extinguished the fire which had caught his clothes. ANDREOLI only thought of saving himself He slid along the rope to which the anchor was fastened, to a tree, from thenCe he dropped to the ground without being much hurt. The balloon being thus disengaged from a weight of above a hundred and a half, rose rapidly into the clouds with ZAMBECCAR I, and immediately disappeared. The Count did not 1,,,e his presence of mind ; he continued his effort to ex tinguish the fire in the gondola. A strong current of air continued to carry bun towards the Adriatic, and at three o'clock he was perceived over the coast of Comichio) and soon after he fell into the sea, about es Italian miles from the coast. The gondola was half burnt and sunk ; he, however, held by the cords of the balloon, and was often cp to his neck in the water. The Count being apprehensive that he might, from ettteme fatigue, let go his hold, contrived to fasten himself to the ropes. At seven O'clock in the evening ht perceived seven fishin i k, boats ; four of them sailed away as fast as possibfk,t, thei fishermen ta ki ng hi m l ot some sea-monsteeie I ..ne three others approached ; and relieved him from " peril. He was four hours in the water, during which time he suffered the greatest tortures from his burns. The fishermen wished to seize the balloon, but as soon as they cut the cords it rose, and took a course towards the coast Turkey. Apprehen sions were entertained for days that it would be necessary to amputate r7TO m of the Count, which was dreadfully burnt; .ut t iritnow hoped that he will not lose his arm . it is a singular co i nc id ence of melanchigrevents, that three persons of such eminence, •in one'family, should hare fallen so nearly together as the deaths of Mr.•CONNOLLY, the Hon. Colonel NAPIER, and tht Duke of LEINSTER, have recently exem. plified. The most Noble WM. ROBERT FITZGERALD, Duke of Leinster, Marquis and Earl o f Kild are , E ar l rind Baro n of Offaley, and Viscou n t L e i nster , o f T aPiow s in the Kingdom of Great Britain, and knight of St. Patrick, was born March 13, 1749 ; succeeded the late Duke, his father, Nov. 19, 1773; married, November 41., 1775, AMELIA OLIVIA ST. GEORGE, daughter of the late Lord ST. GEORGE, IVIED died June 23 , 1798; by whom he had issue, ORGE, born in 1783, died an infant ; MARY REBECCA, May 6, 1777, and married, April I S , 1 793, Major-Gener a l Si r C HARLES Ross, Bart. ; E LIZABETH, May 13, 1778; GERALDINE MABEL, August 27, 1779, who died March 22 , ~ 1790 ELIZAB ETH M ARY , O t i O b er 30, 1760; UEORGE, IVlatqui& of Ki ldare, burn June 20, 1783, 10 whom 7.7lR'AilApsTy stood Sponsor, and died in February c 4; -ISABELLA CHARLOTTE, July 16, 178 4 ; EC11,1.0 TA, OLIVIA, March 3, 1786; OLIVIA LETI. Sept. 9, 1787; AUGUsTA OCTAV lA, July 9 , Iqo died young; A UGUSTUS FREDERICK, ti?wholn His Roy a l Hi g h ness t h e P RINCE of W a Es Sponsor, born Aug , ust 21 1791; WI LLIAM A cAtiARLEs, Jan. 4, 1793 ; Sr. G EORGE R ICHARD, 1 ugust _ l 9) 1794; and Watrwoatta, March 3 1 , 796, who died an infant. 'there is a vacancy in the Order of the Knights cf St. Patrick, by the death of the Duke of Lent. ANECDOTE.. --(CATER, the composer, who lately paid the debt of nature, did nut always meet with all the encouragement to which his musical talents ?night have entitled him ; and as economy was not amongst the virtues which he cultivated most, he . %vas often reduced to those straits and difficulties from which genius and talents can plead no exem tion. I n one of those scenes of embarrassment, h is Means and resources having been exhausted, he ran. s.a.eked the various species cf composition lie had by h • „ " s but finding that none, nor all of them, could L i n t d uet a single guinea at the music.shops, lie hit su r o s i l l the following expedient for the immediate • ''Y of his most pressing necessities . Being well actin • nos ainted with the character of HANDILia ma. u , 4 3, lcr i iPt, he procured an old skin of parchment, - ,.., - ; e n he prepared for the purpose to which he meant - iur o ha nd its and, imitating as closely as be could the the :writing , as well as the style and manner of I '"reat Master, he produced, in a short time, a Peres which s o we ll d ece i ved a M us i c.seller, that he th ld not he s i tate to g i ve twenty guineas for it ; and d e „Piece passe s amongst many for the genuine pro. aLtion of HANDE L to this day. bo lt) the b eg i nn i ng of May last, Jchn Dunbar, la. a n d ute r) residing i n t h e v ill age of Baron, Scot. In i A 'mug a pit in his garden, about three feet t i l lare and tw o f eet deep, into which lie threw a Pla P a deral of fresh earth front the surface, and thereon ce d a DOIRtOe of the pink-eyed kind ;he then br ew over it a li t tl e cow.dung, and bedded it wh a (tuna ' • " with a quantity of green.kail roots, filling up at „,.. . stern ' 'crnaloed of the pit with earth. When the 1 , l aye r Appeared above the ground, he gave it another 1 , of dung with a little fresh earth, and continued ; 1 0 e hoe up the earth to its toot as often as appeared la „, ecta arY. On the 1 3th instant he dug from the rea r plant .44 potatoes, all of them above the ordi. tro r Y ' s ize, 16 of which weighed upwards of a stunt, ne, and one, in particultr,,weighs albs. 9oz. tllet A tt w_ S winstead F a i r on Monday, notwithstan d ing ~ si " a large sho w o f Sheep, they suld dearer by ,• a h ead than at Corby Fair.. ~9 , _ Cl ROC!, :11: LtriEß'. 11.Lso Cw.vdr, OR. 24, ig=4. His West 's Regulations in regard to the SUMS to be given and re<:eived for Commissions in the Army, having, in va rious instances, been clisteßarded, to the great prejudice of His Majesty's service; His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief is pleased to direct, that when an Officer is desirous Of roiring from the service, and of hai;ing leave to sell his Commission, it li;s Regiment is in Great Britain, he is to sendlds resignation in the usual manner, through the Com- Manding Officer of his Regiment, to his Colonel ; who, in transmitting the same to the Commander in Chief, may, at the same time, if there are purchasers in the Corps, recom mend in succession, the senior of their respeclive ranks for purchase, both the Colonel and Commanding Officers cer tifying that they are satisfied that no • more than the stint stipulated by His Majesty's regulation is given or received. Should there be no purchaser in the Regiment, the resig nation of the Officer desirous to retire is alone to be trans mitted in the manner and form above-mentioned; when, should :lie application be deemed proper to be grante6l, His Royal Highness will recommend to Ills Majesty such Officer for the purchase, as to His Royal Highness may appear most eligible. Officers belonging to Regiments stationed in Ireland, must Make their applications in a similar course to the Conunan der of the Forces there; and, on Foreign Stations, through the Commanding Officer, to the General Officer under whose command they are; their applications being unitOrinly sanc tioned by their respective Commanding Officers , _ who are to certify, i n the same manner as Colonels of Regiments at home, that they are satisfied in regard to the sums given, or to be received, being in stria conformity to His Majesty's regulations. Colonels, when absent from Great Britain and Ireland, may ernoower the Officer in actual command of their Regi ments, or their Regimental Agents, to recommend pur chasers for vacant Commissions, in which case the necessary , certificates, in regard to the sum to be paid in regimental suc cession, must be signed by them in the Colonel's absence, as well as the recommendation for the purchase; and the person so recommending to Cornetcies or Ensigncies, vacant by. purchase, will be held responsible for the eligibility of the person recommended. • The Commander in Chief is further pleased to dire.% that when an Officer is desirous of retiring to Half-pay; receiving the difference, the saine rules are to be observed in regard to transmitting his application ; but no recommendation in succession is to accompany the request to retire ; as His Royal Highness will himself nominate the Officer to be pro... posed to His Majesty for the exchange. • To enable the Commander in Chief to recommend Officers for purchase; it is necessary that regular Returnsofall Officers prepared to purchase promotion should he transmitted from each Regiment and Corps in the Service to the Commander in Chief's Office, Horse Guards, London, on the 25th of March, the zsth of tune, the 25th of September, and the 2sth of December in each year, undercover, to His Royal Highness's Military Secretary ; and these Returns must par + ticularly state, where the money of each individual &sir. ous of purchasing is lodged, or offered to be obtained ; and similar Returns must be forwarded to the Regimental Agent, for the information of their respedive Colonels. Officers on leave of absence from Corps on Foreign Service may transmit their applications to purchase or sell, through the Colonels of their Regiments rvand in the event ofa change in an Officer's circumstances between the quarterly Returns. ha may make a Iced communication to flead-quarters, in order to proven purchase taking place in his own Corps, by which he m passed over by a junior Officer. • This rule is ap cable also to Officers on the Recruiting Service, or other military duties, whose Corps may be on a foreign station. Officers on Half-pay, desirous of exchanging to Full- pay, giving the regulated nillerence, must address themselves to Head-quarters, stating where their money is lodged, or to be obtained, to enable fi Commander in Chief to recommend them as vacr.ies o r. _ After tLese Orders have been circulated, no attention will be paid to representations of Officers who have neglated to return themselves prepared to purchase, as, whatever hard ships they may sutra in that case, must be entirely owing to their own ncglecl, In causing these Orders to be circulated to the Army, the Commander in Chief thinks proper to declare, that any Of ficer who shall b,r, found to have given, direaly or indlreCtly, anything beyond the regulated price, iii disobedience to His Majesty's Orders, or to have attempted to evade the Regula. Lion in any manner whatever, will be reported by the Com mander in Chief to His Majesty, in order that he may be removed from the Service; and it is also to be understood, that the prescribed Forms of Applications tbr the Sale and Purchase of Commissions, and the usual Certificates annexed thereto, are in all instances to be complied with. By Command of His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief. G.A. GORDON, Military Sec. His Royal Highness the DUKE of Yoax arrived at Chatham, on Wednesday, attended by Sir D. DUNDAC, &c. It is supposed His Highness will arrange, ere his departure, what Troops are to oc cupy the upper Barracks during the winter. The Coldstream and 3d Guards, from Coxheath, are spoken of. The East York, now encamped, will shortly break up and go into quarters. The First Battalion of Reading Volunteers, coat. . manded by Col. ANNESLEY (and of which Corps ' the most Noble the Marquis of BLANDFORO is Major), is now on permanent duty, for 21 days, at Henley,on-Thames, in Oxfordshire—an example worthy the imitation of similar Corps within the County of Berks. The 2d Battalion of the 21st Regiment is arrived at Ayr. A subscription has been entered into at Great Grimsby, for clothing the Corps of Volunteers in regular uniform. The Members for the Borough gave each soli ; the Haven Company a handsome sum; and the inhabitants, according to ability, have made up the requisite amount. General NEPEAN I Commanding Officer of the depbt of prisoners at Norman Cross, has written a Letter to Captain CoLs, of the ffeterborough Vo. lunteet Yeomanry Cavalry, expressive of his entire satisfaaion and approbation of the zeal and alacrity manifested by that Corps in assisting to prevent the escape of the French prisOners. Tuesday se i nnight the Light Company of the 48th regiment marched into Limerick, where they are to do duty until further orders. Yesterday the First Regiment of Loyal London Volunteers, Col. BIRCH, which was called, during last 'War, the Royal Exchange Volunteers, dined together at the London Tavern, according toannual custom. A few days since the Frendh Generals ROCHAti- BEAU and BOYER arrived at Norman Cross prison. MANSION-HOUSE,OCTOBER, 1804.—TheLoRD MAYolk thinks it proper that the Corporation should be apprised of the decision of a question between himself and the Port Committee, and therefore trans. mks a Copy of the Opinion of Counsel, on a Case submitted to them by that Committee. COPY. These questinas, as they are applicable to the present case,' resolve themselves into two : First—Whether the Common Council can exercise any controul over the Harbour Masters, except by Bye-Laws, made and confirmed as the At requires. Second—Whether the Mayor can exercise such controul before any Bye- Laws are made. Upon the l irst —We are of opinion that the Common Coun cil can exercise no such controul, except by the means of Bye-Laws, made and confirmed in ptmuance of the Ad. Upon the Second—We are of opinion that the Lord Mayor has the power of controul, SUbjed to the regulation of such Bye-Laws as may be hereat ter made by the Common Council, and duly confirmed. V. C.ltsas, likoln's Inn, I touN SLLvEsrFit, OctJtrer 9, CWMAN KNOWLYI, ii. DAMPIza. t'YELMSPOR T. 26. IWr never executed a Mo .- re painful duty than that which we have to perform in our publicat ion of this day, in relating the particAtrs of a most dreadful fire, which broke out in the Staples of the Dog • public.house, in this town, on Monday evening last - , about eight o'clock ; the lamentable conse quences of which were scarcely ever equalled. A, party of HanoVerians., about i 20 in number, marched into the town al/out two o' c lo c k the same d a y, an d were for convenience lodged in the licwe and stables upon the premises we have before mentioned. Fa tigued with their march, they retired to rest at an early hour, seventy of them in patticular, into a large stable, without any other fastening to the door than a latch. In the evening, at the time before_ mentioned, an alarm of fire was given, the - drums beat to arms, and the premises, where the 7o men lodged (among whom were some women), were dis covered to be in flames ; the rapid increase of which was so great, that the whole town was never in the memory of man in such great danger. Unacquaint ed with the use of a latch, and seeing their destruc tion so nigh at hand, the flanoverians were some time before they could open the door, but it was easily ifil-Cied on the outside, and they (it was supposed all) made their escape, many of them, how. ever, most dreadfully scorched, and their clothes on fire. The Engines from the different Offices had by this time been drawn to the spot, and, notwith standing the violence of the flames, and the passages so narrow in the approach, they were played with considerable effea. A large party of Military in the Garrison and in the Town, together with the Volunteers, canceled and joined in the general ex ertions of the inhabitants, with that earnestness to arrest the progress of the flames, which will ever be remembered by thoie who were spetlators of it. Every mind was perfectly rejoiced within itself, that Providence had spared the lives of those who were, just before, the inhabitants of the b u ild. ings which were in a short time swallowed up by the devouring element. Little did those present auspeet that r 2 poor unfortunate fellow-creatures were struggling under the ruins. The interference of the Almighty in this instance, shews itself in the most visible light ; for, had that circumstance been known, sech was the enthusiastic bravely displayed (without its knowledge), that numbers of lives would no doubt have been lost in the laudable endeavour to rescue those poor mortals, who, from the situation they were the next morn. ing discovered in, were, in a few minutes after the fire began, totally deprived of life. About twelve o'clock the flames h;td completely subsided. The next morning, Tuesday, numbers repaired to the spot, who, IT voltintarily removing pieces of timber, at last came to the horrid spectacle of part of the remains of an human being ! Alarmed at . the sight, and eager to pursue the discovery, the rubbish was quickly turned over, and no less t han 1 2 bodies were drawn out in a mutilated state, too dreadful to describe, and too piteous to behold ! The bo dies were removed, and will be most decently in terred this day, in separate coffins, at the expence of the parish. By order of the DUKE of Yo ate, the ' whole Garrison and Volunteers will attend and per. form Military honours over the'graves. The scene during the fire vhs truly lamentable ; persons re moving their goods and families ; furniture stand. ing in almost every corner of the street, and men, women, and children, inhabitants of the adjoining tenements, partly naked, expeaing their dwellings to be swallowed up in the general conflagration.— The property destroyed, we have the satisfaCtion to find, is, for the greater part, insured; that of some few mechanics excepted, who lost all their tools, and what little property they had colleded from their own industry. A number of horses belonging to the Royal Waggon Train were in the stables, all of which were removed but two, and they were burned to death. One other unfortunate Hanove. rian died the next morning from the injury he re ceived, and several' others continue in a doubtful state ; but, contrary to report, not one remains on. accounted for. It is the custom of the Hanoverians to smoke continually a pipe is considered by them as one of the greatest luxuries they enjoy ; but we do not mean to assert that the accident arose from such circumstance, but refer our Readers to what transpired in 'evidence upon the Inquest, the par. ticulars of which we have been favoured with. On Wednesday a very respedable Jury of the town was summoned by the Coroner, to in vestigate the cause of the fire, by which the twelve poor men lost their lives. A considerable number of witnesses were examined, both Hano. verians and others, who were about the premises at the commencement of the fire, but the real cause could not be ascertained. It was stated in evidence, that the men had gone to rest in the stables belonging to the Spotted Dog public.house, be. tween seven and eight o'clodc in the evening, and that aboui half an hour afterwards an alarm of tire was given in one of the stables, containing upwards of seventy of them, which, however, was immedi. ately put out by one of the Hanoverians in the sta. ble, without any damage being done ; that in about an hour afterwards a second alarm of fire was given in the same stable, which raged so furiously, from the quantity of straw that was in it, that, notwith. standing the great exertions used by the military of the garrison, the Volunteers and other inhabitants of the town, to quench the flames, the whole building, with art adjoining stable, was in a very short time re. duced to ashes; that the unfortunate men instantly rushed to the door of the stable where the fire began, but finding it latched by a common iron latch on the outside (which is lifted up by putting the finger through a hole in the door), and they„not knowing, or, in their great hurry and confusion, not attempting to open it in that way, were for a time prevented making their esea;.e. Every soul must have perish. ed in thtflames, had not the Corpor,il of the Detach. ment, to whom the alarm of tire had been given, most providentially ran dawn to the stable, and ex. ideated them from their distressing situation. Sr. veral of the survivors were shockingly burned; - one of whom died the following morning. The Jury returned a Verthd of—Accidental Death. "ne public ate much indebted to Capt. IN light, of the 4.7 th Regiment, who, at the tequrst of the Coruneti -mended the Inquest, and interpreteJ the evidence of the amorerieml,—(Chebrtfford Chron.) Oc T. 2 The barbarous pratlice of hnughing cattle, wt are sorry to observe,. is not conf .ed to the County of Cavan—it has extended to Carlow, where St ?somber of rows and horses were cruelly houghed few nights ago on the land:, of Sherwood. We have been told of a very atrocious outrage committed some nights ago noar 13 dlinascorney, irt the County of Dublin. Some villains entered the house of a person named %V,d at tlit place, and barbarously placed the man on the fire to burn, we suppose to extort some confession abotit money; while plundering him of his property: MIDDLESEX QUAR7ER SESSIONS. CLERkENWELL, FPInA Y , Ocr. ..7obn 111'Carth d , was indieted for the 'assault and false iny c lisonmenr of an infant. Tim child wa s playing with her sister, in Paddington-street, when the Prisoner came up, seize] the f..;rmer, and . carried it to Chandos.street, beating it as be pro. c:teded, until the innocent objea of his severity was bathed in hlool. The matment of the child ' attracted the attention of some hurridne pa3sen:. gets the man wAs interrogated, and in the tecrael he abandoned the infant, was pursued, and appre'.. hended. The case was proved by the inuthcr, and several other witnesses. The Prisoner in his defenae said, he wash house:. carpenter residing in Wortnwood-srreer, that on the zsth of August he was in a stare of in. toxication, and in Paddington-street tumbled over a child. He knew very imperfeCtly what he did, but he supposed he took up the child. Being asked, by the Chairman, %% hy he conducted himself with cruelty towards it ? he said, he could explain little: bur from his own recolleCtion, he could only haves patted it nn the back to appease it. His master and two other witnesses gave the Prisoner an excellent charaEter: they also said, he had a wife and three, children of his own ; and ooe of them deposed, that when the Prisoner was in liquor, he VAS in a state of temporary insanity. The verdiel—Gaiky. Sentence was pooponed. The Grand Jury found five Bills of IndiCtosent true, for Perjury during the late Elraion at Bretit. ford. They were against the following persons, who voted for Sir FitAbicts BUKoETT, vie. I;~brrt Barehty,.7obn Lee, Edward jobll'A - i6ber, and Gevse "thlmpscis. Mrs. GR fFF t THS, TClkl of the unfortunve man who shot himself on M mday, near Willan's Farm, died yesterday.. She had been for some time i n ,a bad state of health ; and the melancholy story of her husband, having been imprudently revealed to her on Thursday, accelerated her death. A man of the name of Wallis, residing in Plough. street, Westminster, hanged himself oo Thursday evening. He has kit five small children. On Saturday last an Inquisition was taken at Norton Woodseats, Derbyshire, upon Eltzabeth Wrath, who died there that morning in consequence of the bruises she received by the overturning of t stage coach the preceding Tue : iday.—On the saine day WM. Cartledge, an infant, was accidentally drowned in a well near the same place . .—rosepli Bacon, -a collier, was also killed the same flay ley falling into a coal pit at Lingc, near Chesterfield ; and a respeCtabk farmer in that neighbourhood, in a fit of insanity, hanged himself.—The following day, at Chesterfn.id, Thomas Gilberthorpe ly dropped down, and instantly expired. On the 2ist inst. as a young chi:d was at play under a stone wall, at Bdrr, Derbyshire, a part of it gave way, and crushed the poor infant to cica:h. The affair in Thayer.street has been in some re. specs misrepresented. The house was taken by- Mr. CR AIITICEE, respectable Surveyor,. of Faun. ham, Surrey, and not by Mr. SIMM4, as berore stated ; and it was Mrs. WILsoN,- of Caroline. street, Bedford.quare, that received' the injury., and mot Mrs. W. of the Strand. Yesterday se'nnight a workman employed in laying the foundation for the new bridgt t►► Boston, had hts scull doyen by the f.►}ling of an :Idz from height below which be was working. He lingered until next day, and died. On Tuesday night a 'poor man of tip! name of Adams, a joiner, in Doncaster, put an end to his existence, by hanging himielf in his workshop . , The. Coroner's Inquest was taken On Wednesday— Verditt„ Lontay. He has always been teputkd sober industriou s IMO, ,ana no cause has been assign. ed for this rash attion. His wife, a deserving WO. man, was brought to.bed but a short time since, and i s left with four small, children to, lament hi s un. timely end. . . • A melancholy accidenthappened lately near Dreva, Parish of Swim, Scotland : As two men of the mom: of Dickson, father and son, were working in a sand pit, the earth gave way, and cruilied the lathur dead on the spot. The son was very much bruised, but hopes are entertained of his recovery, JOHNSON THR SMUG C E R.—This extraordinary man, whose exploits On various occasions have made so much noise in this and other Countries, after having nobly resisted the teMptation and menactis of the French Government, to induce him to serve the enemies of Oki England, has, by another piece of singular address and intrepidity, e.,e4ped from the dungeons of BONAPARTE, .and is now in I,nntlon. It is universally admitted, that, in various occupa_ tions, and in that of smuggling particnlarly, SON has acquired a more at%Ufdtc knoW:ed s e of t h e different ports and 'bearing of the Coat of Great Britain, FfAnce, and Iloilaod, than most others. He has obtained His NL,jrsty's pardon, with some situation under Government. His intrepidity, attivity, and e, c,.rtainly entitle him to repute, and his unshaken pairjutj lil tins some claiM to reward. Married, on Thurihy o.e 25th inst. at Che!nr. ford, WILLtAst FokTP.,,c Estu: of Writtle Lodge, in the County of Ew'K, to Miss E. Li w te e daughter of the late J. LR VVIB, of ;Ludo]. Died, on the asst ins:. at Nl:jor.General Sruw., ARTS, SAitharnpion, die (Ltight:r of Captain Sig.. etit.NS, Of the rvio, t . , 6 0 nery