The Sun. — London, England, 1804-12-27 00:00:00

T. Fl E SU N. LONDON, THURSDAY, DIOEMBER 27, 1804 t TR a continuance of the easterly winds still keeps ,out all vessels that may he bound into the Channel ; but, as they have considerably mnelerited during flit. last three days, we have PO doubt of having wine important intelligence from the Westward in the course of a day or two. The KING of l'aussrA, according to private Letters from the Continent, has at length become, sensible ache melanchcily state of the Dutch, and has manifested. , some intention. of taking a drcid. ed part in faVour .of that oppressed and unfortunate The natural ties vo. , ich connetled that Sovereign with 'the formes Government of Hui. . land might have .been eatprCled to . operate ,up. on his 'conduit long ago, hat it was uncertain holm far the revolutionary mania might have influenced the . sentiments. of the Teo* in ge, neral, and therefore an interference in their behalf might in 'reality have been opposed by the national wish. They have, however, •suffered so much un. tier "the plundering and oppressive Government of France, that they 'must . bsi effectually cured of all revolutionary opinions, and must sigh for the re - Oration of that system under which they were for ages independent, powerful, and happy. In this si(urion 'of aifairs, the interposition of the KING , of P usiiA, if vigorous 'and determined, would • undout4tedly be seconded, by the unanimous and anxious wishes of the Dutch, and tend to re. , lieve them , from the. disgraceful end dreadful yoke of C ors ic a n Despotism, We are, therefore, induced to place more reliance on reports of this kind than we 'wee disposed to do ' before Holland had suf. fervd so much misery, and France. had been guilty of 4,u much oppression. At the lag Meeting of the joman Catholics hi Dublin, it was resolved to p mpone the further discuasion riptm the Petition, which it is proposed to present to Parliament, till February. ,Tuesday being Chrismas.day, TH girt MAJEq. TIPS and the Pa INC VilleS i with Aevetal Attendanti went at the early hour of nine o'clock to St.. George's Chapel, where the, morning service of the Festival' Day was performed, and the Holy . Sscra. ment administered to the ROYAL FAMILY, by the Bishop of Nutt w rent, and the. Rev. Mr. Loma. The Royal Tarty returned to the Castle to Break. las', and soon after ten o'clock went again to S t . George's Chapel, where they heard a moil excellent sermon, preached by the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Limo . Yesterday nwtnittg Hts N'lnsasrv* accompanied by the Dogs of CeMBILIDGE, attended by Lord WALSIt4t ) HANI and Gen. Sl' !INC ER, took an airing ,on horseback. the new 'Harracko. lets MAJ 11,6 Ty and the PitINCE9cES took an air. Ing in two coaches and ,fotir to St. Leonard's Hill, and hr - monied the 1-1.)11. Mrll. HAttcoVicr with a morning visit, where the 'Royal Party. rttmained softie note, and - after partaking of some refreshment, returned to. Windsor Castle to dinner. Yesterday the Russian Ambassador transafied Wi l iness at I,nrd HAattowuy's Office, front three c,"•doele till half past four. , • • His P,ny;il . Flightless the. DUKE of .Yoitt: anti Aida.de-Cartip. with Mr. Gist Nwoo_u,. returned to,toWn,yesterday from °viands, after spending Christmas with the DuTcwass, anti dined yesterday pi - tern - Q(ln York.huuse,. Pertntin.hitiare: On Sunday lalr,lfer Majesty's premises at Frog. more were broke open,' and a great number of to fowls, pheasants, and various. Qthec birds, of:cOnsiderabVvaJne, stole titer frotn. A reward of sot, ints 'yen offered forthe deteainn 'of the otlen.i,:ri. Two men have been apprehended,by ll)wsett and edwardS, the Police Offieeri, on s us. p ciol', o{ having been concerned in the:robbery, and were yesterday examined before, the Mayor of Wind. bor, inciCnntnittekl cor further examinatiosi, g. of WA .. tts honoured the, putchcss of 19CVJNgtIlL13, Mast night with his company'to 'per, The puteliess of BIDVORD is again in the family , way. Her Craciii accouckement is not expetfted until May peso. , • Yettet . dai• miming Vitichitht Met.vrl.Lc 'came !h the .A.Lliniralty from ; •tpun after ,which the Eartof Moll* bad an interview. with Lordship. On Christmas Day the Royal Oxford Wiles ap m eared their new uniforms, witi; gold lace to their hats, which they have not worn these n ine ycara past. The same day His MAjiliTY inspeCted them in their new uniform. _ _ In pulling down ,the contlFmned lionses in front pf St. Clemetit's . Chureh in the Strabci, ti stack oi chimnies built, of brick, which served tour cif them, Was left' sonding. It contained twenty fire placeik,. god wa* of pyramidicAl .figure, tapering to the top. Yesterday, ahout three o'clock, P..M. it WI suddenly down. A man, who,Wis rvi . )rltthg at its hailsavejuir time to save IliMitit . it! A vault Olom4 to it. yesterday morning, about o'clock, 14 4 ,..m. the house in the same range, which stood at corner of the Strand, tilsb fell suticieoiy with:a • totnendous crash, but lot turtottly 41;0 without tiuit, , v fpyinjury. 'CONSISTENCY. Nothing can . prove more • completely -how - moth the Opliosition,Writeri feet their cause injured by' tleelate political occurrences, than the ebullitiou of .splenetic disappointment which .fills 'the, Morning 'Chronicle of this. day. We are not so destitute of matter to fill our columns ai to think it worth our While to notice, in detail, this desultory efrusiun ; but there are some parts of it so curious, that we , cannot forbear from pointing theta out. A great'deal his been lately Said about et/nth/et/eq.. The Morning Chronicle, we allow, fila had in this respect rather a difficult game to play : To 'mark • out a line of OplMsition, and a system of opiniOns, which should suit equ.'illy 'the Gstviivtet.rs and the • Foxes, - the FITZWILLIAMS and the RURDETTS, was certainly_ no easy task. Upon the whole however, it must be confessed that there' -has. been pretty good 'Management. By now and then a little annihilation of tiuse and . spaee ;'' by put ting Lord GRENVILLE'S arguments into the mouth of—Mr; Fox ; by repeating, as applicable to the Expedition to -9,lend, and others, plan ,..ned .by 'Laid Lv et....Ltt, the. sarcasms which were . formerly bestowed upon Mi.. WI/I'DH AM'S excursion to Qll;beron, 'arid by .various 'suds-like manceevres, the Editor has done all that could be done towards hiding the heterogeneous de... forinity of his new idol. His 'sacrifices '.of Mr, Fox to Lord GRENYILLE, and of Lord GREN. 'YILLS to Mr. Fox, have .been in general pretty well balanced. B u t for the warm advocate and., ancient admirer of Mr. Fox to be so infatuated by the passion which he has lately conceived for Lord GRENVILLE,- to accuse Mr. PITT of haVe ing " degraded England by a pn tan preuniaty system," (we really copy from the Morning Chrotti.. cle) is a weight so heavy, added to. the Qttlm . .: V I Lt.r_ scale,- as to make- the FOXITES kick the beam! ln the points wherein, during the' late war, Mr. WINDHp,t, in particular, was supposed to differ from Mr. PITT, ,and which,' we', supposed gave' rise to the expression quoted, what was the ground' of objeaion -?- . W.liy, that he, Mr. PITT, listened too ouch to the representations Of Mr. Fox, and either 'upholders (at that time) s i s. niggardly system of Economy I 'And now the Morn:. lug Chronicle, hitherto Mr. Fox's . faithful ' and vigilant Friend, thinks the stronges,t -argument that he can use against his, politic.tl itntagonist, is. &died from the instances in which it ii supposed that their systems approached must nearly to each other ! Towards the concinsion of the article which we Are noticing, the Author of it aanally raves. H e asks ahout a dozen• incoherent cioestions in a breath, most of them perfealy harmless, and at whiCh only his friends, and tho'se Who are to hav r e the advantage of his future exerti.)ns, cao•possibly feel hurt. But . there is one which her deserve notice. f‘ Is THE Sore &RIG* to be so insensible to the insults hr, too ha; received, as to make Mr. PITT the Minister of his trust and choice." ni pass over the indecency of this attempt to deprive Its • M.Oesty of the power 6f judging who are friendi,' what SOH be said tr) the jouradill of tke WHIG CLUB, for thus reviving the memory of the haul's which haVe been offered . to Tire TH0.024.. tord,GatiN‘itt,LE bits alw:tys been esteemed a proud man; we are glad to front that his Lordship will not. condescend to . forget these points in the , Cont.loft of hisitevo AllY.';,—firbia cause suffty for it, it is his own fault,. but one of a nature for which nu honest man can Warm: his Lordship, On S un d ay an d Mond.iy Csjeitings THEIR MAJ 'I I PS had . Concerts of Sacred. Music, in the Grand Concert Room 'in Witidsur Castle, The' Instru,.., mental Band. Wa4 prinCipally 'Coinposed of. the . Qu titres Nana i .,and the Vocal's by the Gentlemen of the Windsor Choir.: . .The Music was entirely seleeted by His MAIESTY, aid the scluciion not, only shelved ltis excellr,,,nt -. taste, but set ti . snisst ex.- cellent example ,to, his SubjeCts how to. spend. their" evenings in a rational manner. His Mkt ss-ry seleCted fur the, Sunday, evening's performance :pubic of the mo s t sublime compusitipni„ the performance of which solemnizes and elevates the mind. It commenced with the tooth Psalm, with aceompanimentsfor a full band, by Mr, GR A. ToRE X. The other principal pieces were Dr. BLAKE'S ininiitable Anthem of " set God alassaysbefore ire;" and the delightful.air of " Pious Pioas irr, from the 'Oratorio of Judas Maccabeus ; the sublime air of 41 .1 know that my' Redeemer liveth," lion) the Messiah ; the,Air and Chorus of " Bien the true . Church and save the- King i's 'the grand Hallelujah Chorus ; and Con. , &mare' with theChorui of el Worthy is„the Lamb that 'was slain, and bath redeethed, us to cfd by his Pod." The last Chorus His MAJESTY, is pArtiCuratr ty partial to, which proves his .seientilic knowledge, 35 it certainly is - one of HAND E . L'S 4 randest s eumpo. sitions ;''and the Amen Clikirus'.fulli)wing, is one of Iris best fugues.' His . 114AJEsTY elected - for the Monday evening's performance the. imist kitvoutiie parts from the Oratorio of gridas: cept the Overture, opening Recitative, ail tl. Air from the Messiah. The Solos and Versei were ink , st .admirably arid correctly sung by tviair,, DyN . F,• and VAUCRAW. A fluillbei• tit .huistiit}, and persons of distil:lt - U(4i were igcacnt cormances. j' N4PAL NEWS. PLYmottrn, Dec. zs..—rArtived the E NM: Stone. ship from the Eastward. Sailed the Prat.) , Lass - Armed Ship, with a Con. voy for Ireland ; Uranie Frigate and the Nautilus Sloop,-on a Cruize. • Came in the Batta Brownies from Gotten. burgh bound to London. PORTSMOUTH, Uec. 26 ! —Arrived Hiss Ma jlsty's Ships ilevey;ger, *tee., "leder; Aria 4:, and ProsPao:, from Spithead. SAO is Majesty's Ship Eurysilits, BLACKWOOD, for 'Spithead ; and the' William, JQHNSTaNF, for Ja. maica. . • . DEAL, Dec. 26.--S,iiled His Majesty's Ship Jamaica, Autumn Sloop, Tidier, Mariner, and Pincher Gun.brigs, on a Cruize off Calais ; Harpy Sloop, Sparkler, Mallard, and . Pellet Gun-brigs, on a Cruize off Boulogne. SE; E R,14 RSV, out of Harbour, to the Nore, His Majesty's Ship !Zarin,: ; reeeiiedit draaght of men (late of the Maidstone) from the y 1 m. ebehel, and proceeded tilithp River to &live! them ,to the Diadem, The Alonzo, Argun - , and Corstsiicei were paid up, to Six months, and sailed to resume their former stations. His Majesty's Ship Mediator was paid bounty and two months' advance. Sailed the Proselyte Frigate. _Arrived the' Deptford Tender with impressed men from the River; also a Sloop of War an..l armed Brig. CORK (Seven o'ClOck, Friday Evening) Dec. 14. An express has just arrived horn 13altimore i . in ,the western pare of this County, that a large 'Spanish Ship called the Mercary, from the Rivet la 'Plata, with a valuable cargo (partly Specie) had arrived in the Harbour of Baltimore, detained by the Plia , Nix Frigate. Sundry last sailed His Majesty's-sloop of war Capt. MORRIS, tram Limerick for the Downs, having the folloing' ship. 'wider convoy the Connuallis, of anti ior London, tiro'', with whale oil and seal skins'; Uccan„, of and for ditto.: Breslap,e, ditto, ditto ; Mereaior, of Sunderland, FIUTCHINSON, for London, with Navy Provisions,' * . c.; and the Lord nuncaN, of Yarmouth, LONE, with ditto, and buclir.. , • :Is my, Dec. '22,:-.- The • violent gales . ' whibh !..ive prevailed for the last few days obliged His Majesity.'s.iihipSpvery to part anchor the day before ..yesterday, and in spite of .every possible exarriln situ ran ashore at Grouville in. less than two hours. WA. are happy, however, to state, that notwitti.. .standing this distressing circumstance, no lives were loit ; and that the firm and courageous condua of the Officers and the whole of the crew, deserve the highest praise. The activity of the Duke De flouil. lon, seconded by the z.eal and example of ,his Excc~ lency General Gordon , (svho in similar circutostattecs •on a former occasion particularly distinguished him self) was worthy of public attentioo. According to their orders, ,the brew received every possible- degree of attention, and were., provided with food and: all,, necessaries requisite to their situation:. If: the weather should m iderate, some hopes may be entertained of getting a the vessel-but the con. nary is much- to be dreaded. , Thp Naval Force that. the present Board of Ad. miralty have destined for the proteetion of fte Coast of Ireland, his put that parr of the TJnited . Kineom 'perfectly at ease with regaid to any attempt turn the Frepch. In addition to the Hibernia, the largest ship t hat has - ever been buil t in this Colin:. try, and which for Lord' GARDNitR..'s Flag, seven eight S;til of - the Line are ippro. primed for, that stAiitin ; arnimg Which, stand, are the Th'ivllerer,- the Princeis 14 . .ydi, the 'Princess if anditie Ra;tonalle, Three Line Of.BableShips'ansi arrived at Cork 'the 26th'ibstant: • The Starling Gon.brig got on shore near Calais in a .thiek fog, and the Lieutenant wh ► commanded her fi;nding it utterly iinpra4licable to get her off, had, the precaution to blow her up, and brought away all the crew in the carter, and thefullkbuat. yi v eitiay, the, 23 iiegtmcnt .of the Brigade. of Royathastandia VolUnteeri was inspeeied by Ca. Lona 'AtabsciaioOKE l the new Inipeetor for the City bistiiel. The risen were in dress :efuthing, with canteens and haversacks, in marthing.utder• The' Field Officers piresent were Colonel Sir flu CH INGLIS, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir WI LL M 4 BUNS mut IVl4jor l'aotiY. The Regiment received the Coronet in . the WarehouSe-Yetril• in gew,,Stre,et, at open ordCr; and'he expressed himself highly gra. tilted,with the appearance. antbliScipline. of thq men. , "flee 31.Kegiinel t t will undergo.i'siniiiar inspeaion .thia.Morning, as will the I s t to.morrow:• • • Master. 31ExTy, wt : ate glad to heir, is - icemuc'h recovered, that Ihe. will: rubably' soon bei:able to satisfy curioAtragain. • , Spin: wag pOsted, early.resrertiarrnoroiog,: on the pillar before the Mansion-House, the fAuwing forgrd BulletiN : he young Rialcius, being now in a state of Conva4S. cocc i 1% expect., d to perform on Friday next." . . Another tittle Roit.itailfas ~sprung up at Chester,. in the, eon of Berawet,t.,,theifileatridal Managet of that-place. 'The btinitilitivcight.year3 uf age, and flit Whet. has Lictermaina: that he ahAil , not Perform a ny ) itil t o Oodeter fit Wit y,PfTs:i . as he vill then, aecoriiiog to the ptesolvestinwe of. theattipal rqc• tit,. be mature. iii,4474band judinient. CHINESE CARDRATING. r The following Observations on Chinese Gardening, extraBeX tlom Lord M &cAarNrirts journal, 'are insroduced into Mr. BA &ROWS Travels. in China, a Work abounding ill interesting and'important intelligenbe, and svifiten with great acumen, judgment, and taste. „- WHETHER our style • of Gardening was really copied from the Chinese, or originated with ow o selves, I leave f.r vanity a ssert, and discuss. A discovery which t is h • sense and refiedion, may equally occur tithe molt a r 6 e ci result of idleness goot 0 (Hscud ,distant Nations, without either borrowing from L he other. There is certainly a great analogy between our Gardening. and the Chinese ; hut our excellence seems to.be ratner in improving N ature; theirs to conquer her, and yet •produce the same .effect. It is indifferent to a Chinese where he makes his gar. den, whether on a stmt favoured,, or abandoned, by the rural deities. 1f the latter, he irivites them,or compels them to return. }his point is to change every, thing from what he found it s . to explode tne old fashion of the Creation,: and intractoca , novelty in ev • ery corner. If there be a waste; ItClaiOrniir With trees ; if a : dry desert, he waters It * with k a .river, or floats it with a. lake • If " there be If smoot fiat,' he varies it I *• • undulates the surface ;' he raises it .in scoops it into %rallies-, and roughens it with- . rrieks. s He [tens esperities, brings • • h - 'ld r armentfy • into t e ness, or animates the tameness of an expamei by accompanying it with the majesty of a 140. Deceptions, and eye,rrytuggiing.lattlinot un. ,acquainted with; but they use them v,ety iottioffir• Lobserved no artificial ruin-v:caves, or hettnitages. Tho9gh the sublime PredOinintitei in proper station, you are insensibly led to contenaptate not startled by its sudden intrusion.; for,lothe plan cheerfulness is the•ptincipal. feature, and jights up the face of the scene. To enliven ir still -Tinge, the aid 'of atchitetture is invited : all the boVings are puled of their kind, either elegandk..;i4MPles of highly decorated, according to the effi.ClAltt is in tended to arise, crated •at: suitable disunites; ea judiciously contrasted, .never crowdedi tOtirthEt irw confusion, nor afredallyvonftonted, anti sfaring at each 'other without .meaning, Proper ecafiees proper places. The 'summer-house, thelravitinris the pagodas,. ,have all their •respeCtiva l ittuations. which they distinguish and improve, hut which soy Adler structures would injure or deform; •Sille only things ditagreeabioto my rye arc. tlte lifte pores. laitifigures-ollions, tigers, and rough hewn steps, and. huge masses 01..fock 401tp: which they teem studintis of intrphicinik.neaLatiP'f their .houses 'anti palaces. Cons tt.es log ga.reAit goo?. taste in she other points, I Was much surprised at this, and could totiy acennt .for.' it by lie expence. -and. the difficulty of briigi,.g togerbW gtukies ; for it. is a c..inmon '4lrettl - Cf: 'caw 11 "" riches,to push every thing they can procurd.io haat,and extravagance , whic h are the death-Of aw- Iti countries, however, as well as China, I have. seen somti:of the most boasted' BC4llciiiier growing" their beauty; firm a -pfethoia their owners' wealth, or becoming capricious n .hypo 4 ioncitinal, by a quackish applica tion olit, /1 . few fine places, eve in-England, m ight be rtitled our, that Prc labouring under these .dls o rders. ; nted ot to scn.le celebtated 'Where twis ai staircases, window-glass cupolas, CililllllCV-pleCCh convey nothing ue 'hint the whims and dreams of sictsiy fancy, svitboat an atom of grandeur, tom, or propriety'. •• . The Architeflore of the c hinese is -of a•feeuttar stele, totally tirdike any other, irreduciblc : to out tole*, but peacetic c ,nsistent with its own. - It haat certain principles, from .which it ne ver .daviatese and although, - :. when examinett according to -ours, it sips against she 'ideas, we have he imbibed ottlistri. botion, composition, and proportion; yet, upon t whole, it of -e.n produces 4 must pleasing effea, as we tionietitues see a person, ,without a: single gaga featote in his lac have, rievegthelese, a-vely Arco able countenance. The death of HAYDN is a lamentable ever .In tha d Musical World, for houg h he,is,far * 4 deciin a sv into the vale hisof.years,'.'genius 44041 by nu Olea n° exhausted; - and eve.ry hcw,tv.oritirom'bil haa played a sound jtuigineut and a rich itnagitiationey" There have been prolessurl Inure prof:dais' in science ,of Music, but none who united ffo much learning with so much Original gentui,'..alirlisuc vivid h fancy; The relit , charaaeristia of his wo d 9 was simplicity, produced by the, most catnplic.alea arrangements. Every 'instrument was MOit haPP iI Y employetlin all his compositions, b0,0"0 1**1113rk ; 111 : charatfter and combine . t h es , svith 041 ' 14-1 the; ble efFea. In . his works-,thete•il dttai7graittieut use s p u ro Ch dt:e e su u c es h, a strong vein• migh ut."49l"wiirj ssa'4ll;ar a t . Pa i n r chic i p c i a t y v 4 .4 t b e , l o l: b e, eci bu i t u li h tt i l s e ,, a r c i ci . univ;:e(VOSh the - ° though pie had o` i " liberal in his judgment, of the works o a t P 9 atiriteirc:l: :l ::l! f i thotigh he 'etlioeti ,most Ofhi'i'cotripetitor 3, them have unit, i in atitniiing hi i genie), An" paying homage to his 'private, ;. Popisirr' are the most lashis ) n:i ble Ornarnen t " r 1 Fr They are, indeed , ' synihOlia4f a alk 6tritg peoftle. 130 NAPAIITiI'i 4161 e dependence is :t s tptiri fly .„ tary hordes, 11l Frenchmen hold hitt) * 44' the most perfea tiet6tationi yet as most of tho se militdry ruffians swear ea r rnal hatred to Kingss 11). perors,'&r. itcc. and the Vodnger pa - rt of his TrocVS received a RepublicarCiiiiicaiion, what cnuid , be placed ittt men; a: poplar Leader - were t , ) arise and older to rescde .theihfrcrn th e severe cont rout of the Cersica'tf I.jurper.? ' O n Thursd ay a gunsmith hi I, Lye. ri),1:1, inOnY e in claning a gun • berrel, incautit;usly, RP' tfie butt end .of it into • the fire to burn o u t the hardeneu riming without further n examining it, wh e t' th e piece, exploded, and , sent the *charge through his body, .%...bichicilled him On the spot. Mr, WFST. ^ CARI, brother to the celebrated bree° t of cattle, alighted from his horse' yeaterAaYs at ha aool` of a tea.dealer in GraCechurch-street, went into the shop to buy a pound of tea. Li 19° absence, the saddlc was stole n from of hi s h°l*.ses back. .