The Sun. — London, England, 1801-12-25 00:00:00

T H E-, S U N. SOLEM QUio VICIRM iALSUM AUDLAT LONDON, - DECEMBER By our. Plymouth Letter, we receive a confirma tion of the intelligeaCe contained in the last Paris Paptrs, \ of the sailing of the. Brest Fleet,• which took place on the 15th inst. It is stated to con sist of Sixteen Sail of the Line, of which Eleven are• French, and Fide Spanish, o:Tether with FOrty Transports. The number of Troops is t0,000.-- : Their destination, it has already I:?een repeatedly gthed, is Domingo. TWQ . liirmbgrgb Mails still remain due. Their Royal Ilighness.es the PLUNCg of WALES •- and the .DUKE, of CAMBR I DGE 'have been on a shooting party at Sir HAR R Y Fg'ffiERSTONE. tiAtiGH'S, at Up-park, where the PRINCE of WALES killed above anhundied pheasants; besides other game. ft is said that no more French Prisoners are to be pe'emitted to return to France, till after the Defini tive Treaty is ratified.. 'The Ratification of the Danes to the Convention signed at Sr. .Petersburgh, was received by the last Messenger from the North ofEurope." The Meeting of the Booksellers and Printers at the -CroWn and Anchor TaVeim, on Tuesday laSt, was Very numerous and respeAable. It was una.. . niinously resolved to petition Parliament for the' re.. peal of the last Duty imposed on all Paper, Paste board, and IVlillboard. . On Thursday se'nnight r7o sick, under size, and aged Soldiers, were discharged at - the Lines, Dnck, from the z9th Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant-Col. Lord F. MoNTAGUE. Mr. POLE, Wbo has declared himself tr,Candidate for the Queen's County in Ireland, sthe tepr6enta tion of . which is vacant by the death of the . much_ lamented Sir JOHN PARNELL, Bart. is next brother to the MarquisWELLEO,E;r. Mr. P. added his pre sent,to the fa.mily name of WELLELEY, on succeed.; ing to the estates of his relative, the lath ' - WNI. POLE, Esq. • The return of Peace has preduced sentiments of moderation and good-huniour even among those who were most divided by 'political principles and opinions. A certain Nobleman, hOweyer; does not seem to be affep,ed by these kindly feelings. He is still anxious' for inquiry, and rett3ut;on. The .present does, not. satisfy him; he must probe into the past. But Mr, PlTr . and 'his Colleagues condutted themselveS with so much regard 'to' the honour and interests of. their Conntry; we can have little doubt that all the investigations of the Noble Lord will tend to bring new lustre on' the charaelL. of men Who so ably 'C.onduaed the vessel of the State, through the most dangerous seas, and the most tem pestuous weather whichit ever encountered. At . is asserted in the Paris Journals, that the last Books of LIVY'S History of 'Rothe, have been dis. covered to exist at Morocco, in the Arabic Lan. f'kuarie • • ' • . When Mr. Holland, in the Court of Chancery, called one' of. the workmen of Drury-Lane 'Theatre i! the little Carpenter,". the title was-i.received.with some tokens of resentment ; but thiS was a designa. tiOn applied to a- great Indian Warriqr, and Mr. HOLLAND therefore, perhaps, intended •to signify that the person alluded te... was well c.#lculated to fight the hattlfs of the Proprietory.'• On account of - die number of 46lions which are . broUght into our. Courts relative to Shipping, Na'v ' igation, &c. it has been recommended as a ne cessary part of L,7rrister!s education, to pass an ex amination at the Trinity House,- and be rated ac... • eordingly. It would certainly be . proper for.Bax risters to pass an examination somewhere ; but it. 4f.enlS to be the fate only of Witnesses to be rata. Great anxiety . seems to prevail among the Oppo siricin Writers for a renewal of Payments in Specie .at the Bank. This:.aniety „is very creditable to .the feelings of the writers. in question,' as it relates 'to a - sabje& in ,which' they cannot be supposed to have the least interest. TA.L LEYRAND is said to have solicited with suc cess the erasure of three persons from the Emigrant :List, as a personal favour from the CHIEF CONSUL. One of these persons is the brother of TAL L EY.. RAND, who, by this aft, seems to chew that his sense of consanguinity has not been completely re riidutionized. It is Well known that the Veterans who preside at the ekaminations ofSurgeorns, question veryminuiely those . Who wish to become qualified. After answer ing very satisfaEtorily to the numerous inquiries made, ayoung Gentleman Ivas asked, if he wished to give his patient a profuse perspiration, what he would prescribe. He mentioned many diaphoretic medi_ cine in case the first failed,. and had some -hopes that he should pass with credit ; but the .unmerciful question thus contiqued-.--Pray, Sir, suppose none of those succeeded, what step - wciald you take neit? 1 f Why, Sir," rejoined' the enraged and harassed young. l'sculapilts, "1 would send him here to be examined, and if that would not hint a sweat, I do riot know wh?t would.", On Monday evening last, M. G. LEwis, Esti. M. P. had a fall from -his horse . at the co r ner o f Lower,Sloane.Lstreet, 'and wae.a.good deal hurt.' He was taken in a state otinsensibility to a house in the neighbdurhood, and was, immediately attended by a Surgeon; who bloOded him, and sent him home. Yesterday morning was taken into custody by the OfficeiSlX . BoW-Street, on a charge of house-break ing, ''Leoikaid White and .Upping. White. In the apattinent§ 'of the latter, in Mary-le-bonne, were found a quantity of picklock keyS, 'iron crows, and i'ini)lenient for. hOuse:.breaking. 1 1/bite is also eliar a ged withescaping from NeWiate. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, D2c. z. 3. BY a 'Vessel which arrived here this morning from France, intelligence is received that a Fleet, consisting of Eleven Sail of French ? and Five Sail of Spanish Ships of the Line, with Forty Transports, having on board Ten Thousand Troops, sailed from Brest on the tsth ipst. for St. Domingo. PgRTSIIfOU7'H ? SAILED ARTHUR, for cowc,.! ? to take in Tfoops for Marqpiciyer lI4RWICH, DL.c.l4. THIS morning the Earl of ei4,-ester Packe, Capt. Ttiot,tßsoN, sailed hence, with.a fair wind, having on hoard the Ilamb.urh and Brenien Mails of yesterday. • The Express Packet, car. DE t, is died the Post.lVlaster.General to repair to his station at IDoyer, and we believe an additional Packet ‘v ill bg hired to make tie number nine, to be stationed be. twee )) this port, He!voetsluys and Cuxhaven. Remain the King Gcorge racket, F. DEA: , q ? Ned the Diana, OSBORNE.—Two Mails due. SHEERNESS, DEc. 24. TH Ts day sailed thp.. Marine;-; and Mom fey Qun-hFigs, for fiarwich; it ,is said, for the pnrppse.pf bringing the conigeror 9p iron) , that place. .pqOL4,:. DEF. ;4. YEsTERnAY moruing, the Mary, of. Lopdon, CfIRISTOPHER LANE master, from London bound to Fayal, laden with brandy, bale goods, and empty ine pipes, run on shore on the Hook Sand, at the entrance of this Hark)our (the Master having unfor tunately mistook the land for the Culversj, where she . will be totally lost, being bilged and full of water. Whether• any part of the cargo .will be saved, is uncertain ; if it„cfntinues moderate, some part of it may, as vessels'are gone down for that purpose. The Vesel sailed from Portsmouth only the day before, and had got down off Portland, when she was obliged to bear up. Fortunately no lives are lost, all the crew being brought on shore at Brown_ sea last night s where they were provided with lodging, and every comfort the unfortunate men could receive, from Mr. Sru It; the owner of the Island. DR DRY:LANE TH EATR E.—A Meeting was con_ vened yesterday, of the Perfin-rays to whom arrears are due. Agreeably to the plan which Mr. E DA? suggested .on 'Wednesday before the LORD CHANCELLOR, he offered to them the security of the Tf,:st-dced, in the hands of Mr. ADAM, and also theii- choice of another plan, tending very. pearly to the same effect. The operation.of either, will go to liquidate the debt . in • four years at 25 per cent. per annum, with theltddition of legal interest. The term of one month was given, to enable the Pe r . formerS to consult with their Solicitors and friends. The following article has ;ioeared ip one of the French Paper, but it is SD difficult to.coneeive that a French Aclor would be qualified to support F,ng.. lish Charafters, - on the English StAge, that . it is no, doubt one of, those errors into which the F renc h Journals are too apt , o fall, in most affairs ; selttive to the manners of this - Country. • " The Manager of the Grand Theatre of Lon. don has sent a pressing invitation to Citizen 'FAL.. MA, to go to pass a few months in that City, in order to perform occasionally. This Actor, it is said, to a facility of speaking the .language of SIL'CESPE AR E, adds a perfect acquaintance with the best' English Tragedies. However that may be, he has not thought proper to accept the invitation, at least for the present season,. It should .be observed, that Mr. KEMBLE, the first Performer at t h e Grand Theatre, and brother to the zelell:ated SiDDcuis, made an offer to our Tragedian, .not only of .an apartment in his own hotise,-• but also of his table, during the time, he might be disposed to remain in London. This offer is the greatest mark of esteem that an English PerformeK could confer upon a Foreigner." . Mrs. SIDDONS is soon to come forward. in Bet. videra. It is 'one of her best charaaers, and she per.. fowls it with exquisite skill. But the 'play of Venice Preserved certainly wants . some revision, as there are passages in it very likely to set fadious spirits at work. Independently of these passages, which, at all times, have an inflammatory tendency, it is one of the most affecting and interesting pieces in the whole English Drama. BRAHANI is undoubtedly'an exquisite Singer. It is only to be wished. that he would not be quite so ornamental, as, in general, the Air is quite:lost in the decorations. A Correspondent remarks, that a great saving might be made in Coals, if the following method, pradised in some parts of \Vales, was to be adopted : Get well tempered clay,.and mit it. with sniall coal sleek, (say half the one and half the other) 'Make them up in small balls, and dry them out . Of doors a few .hours ; a red fire made of cinders with sore of these halls upon it, will make a hot fire for twelve hours, without any smoke or stirring Up.. The Sisters, Ford, from Newfoundland to Pool, laden with oil and fish, is lost at Scilly ; two of the crew drowned ; th; ternainkier, with the passengers; saved at'Scilly. • ' • .10 D lIUTC MATSON, (OF ALEXANT)R24) X. H. THIS spirited and respeaable Officer, sirho,has of lateacguired so much deserved celebrity, was born in Mkiy, 1757, and is the second son of the late Right Hon. Joxiv HELy HUTCHINSON, Principalt Secre tary of State in teland, and Provost o the Uni versity of PulAin . ; a man', who, in point of talent and : eloquence, was certainly one of the first of his day. The family was enobled in the person,of his Lordship's mother : she .was, in (Moller 1783, created Baroness ti,oNocustoitE, of - KnockloftY. • On the demise of this Lady, , the eldest son; Rt. • CHARD lately created Earl of pono g hthore, sue, seeded to the p,eer lg e ' The subje4 of this me7floirica/ 4-ketch, after ,at; . mining a respe4able degree of classical erudition at those excellent seminaries, Eton College and the University of Dublin, commenced his professional career, while very young, as a Subaltern in a giment of Light Pragoons on the Irish Establish ment ; from which he Was soon promoted to a Com panY in the 67th Foot. In this Corps be retained his Commissiob fore some years, and, towards the close of the American War, after passing througb the intervening rank, was appointed' to the , Lieu_ tenant-Colonelcy of the 77th; . a Scots 4egiment, Io the interval of Peace, his Lordship turned his the attention to attainment of a thorough knowledge 9f the Laws, Constitution, and Interests of his Country at large, and particularly, of the local eon_ terns of Ireland as the same rime, het missed no o'pportunity of iMproving hiiiself, rot only in the theoretic; but the pralrcal knowledge of .his pro fession : in the tatter view, as well as spurning 4 life of inglorious inaaiv itY, he determined to enter . as a Volunteer into the Imperial Service, that Power being then at War with 'the 'Turks, and had aCtually proceeded a considerable way on 'his route to Belgrade, recently the principal scene of action, when a Pacification between the Court of Vienna and the POrte, necessarily superseded his design. This anecdote of Lord H !NSON'S prOfeSsional Charaaer is far from being generally known. To this should ,be added the relation 'of 'another cir cumstance; which equally. evinced his I,or4ship's magnanimity, and qui& sense of honour. Can the occasion of the General Election in Treland, in 17E3, the representation of the City of COrk was-warmly contested : his Lordship's father was one of the Candidates, and in the event, returned elder Mem. her. In the course of the Elelion, some language held by the late Sir J O HN CUNWAy COLTHURST, Bart. with respeti to his Lordship"'S. father, in duced him, whose filial affe6tion was e,qual to his spirit, to call the Baronet to a personal account. On hearing that the latter expressed his determina ' tion to engage him with swords, on their first meet ing, the Noble Lord, then Colonel - HuTexiarsoN, caused his - adversary to be acquainted, that he was ,better skilled in the science of defence than, proba bly, he imagined Colonel H. being esteemed one of the best swordsmen in the Kingdom), and re_ commended the ordinary mode of fighting -with pis_ fols.- A meeting afterwards took place, but which, on account of the interference of the friends of both parties, was not attended - with serious consequences, The subsequent remarkable occurrences. in ;he Memoirs 'of Lord HUTCHINSON, are cetiAinly of more public interest; they are, however, more ge_ nerally known, and many of, the circumstances of too recent date, and too fully before our Readers, to require touching- upon in detail . : a general no.. flee of some of these will suffice. A few years after the period 'last' alluded to, he was brought into the Irish Parliarnent, on the succession of his elder Brother to the-Peerage, as Representative for a B9rough (Taghmon, in the county of Wexford)', in which the fainily were supposed to possess the necessary degree .of influence. At the General Ele6lion in .1790, the Right Hon. I.OHII HELY HurenissoN resigned his pretensions for Cork, which City he. represented more than twenty years, in favour of his son, still colonel HUTCH INSON, whom_ he strongly recommended to the EleCtors, in an eloquent and afFeaing address, as a most eligi ble and unexceptionable person to succeed him : '-of course, he had the whole of his father's influ ence in hisfavour, which then included nearly the '-whole of 'the Corporation of Cork, and a respeeta ble share of the Government interest. This elec tion was rather a contested one ; the Candidates being, besides Golonel HurcritsrsON, Mr. LONG. FIELD (now Lord Viscount LONCLIEVILI,4), and Mr. BUDS/71E1,D, the author of some politiCal pro duetions, particularly one in answer to Mr. Burke's celebrated " Refle6tions on- the French Rcvolu tion." The result of this election was, that Mr. LONGFIF,LD and Colonel HIJTCHINSoN were re_ turned by a considerable majority ; and _from that period his Lordship was a frequent, as well as a very able and eloquent speaker,• on the important questions which were agitated in the' Irish Parlia ment. Soon after the late eventful War had commenced on the Continent, .and before Great Britain was' forced to become a party, his Lordship repaired to the scene of anion, in order to improve himself farther in the pra&ical part of his profession. It is said, he visited the French Camp, while the.once .. popular and fortunate LA FAYETTE commanded on the Frontiers ; and he certainly was soon after pre sent at some of the most important movements and operations of the Prussian and Austrian Forces, un der the command of that justly-celebrated General, the puke of ihttmsw 'cit.: • Tn a very sho i rt 'time after Great Britain became a party in the War, his Lordship, eager to signa.. lize himself in the service of his Country, .accom. panied his friend, the gallant and much-lamented ABERCROMBY, as a Volunteer, in the first Expe. dition tt) Holland, or more properly speaking, to BelgiUm. On this occasion he displayed an un- Common degree of resolution and intrepidity ; and `iris said, he was one of the first to enter the Clenches at the Siege of Valenciennes. His' .Lord ship,'Was soon after raised to cornmand, and pro gressively, to the rank of Major-General, in which capacity he served during the late unhappy Rebellion in Ireland ; and near Castlebar, 3 Ditachment under his command was opposed to a rmtch , superior force, chiefly composed of French veteran Troops, led on by Ge4ralilu.Mankt—t in thif affair, the Fns: my I lad necessarily the advantage; but General Hcr cHINSON evinced equal bravery and skill in his old rations, and, not long after, he assisted in the fin discomfiture of tale French Invaders, ‘vlien they surrendered to the British Troops, by capitulation. In the second xpedition to Holland,-theGener was engaged in services the most perilous an' • alive, and on every occasion distinguished himsel in the most honourable manner. In the last Gene ral Ation, which took place in the peninsula North Holland, he signalized himself with greatest ..eclat, when he.led on Lord CAV AN's Bri gade; in cenSequence of that Officer's being disa bled in the early part of the Adion ; on this ocea , sion General HUTCHINSON received a severe wound in the thigh : throughout , the various Dispatches; from the Chief Commanders on that Expeciitiona his name and services were mentioned : in the mO5 l Rhonourable manner, particularly in that frdm the, OYAL DUK F., descriptive of the important just alluded to. , • • In 'a few months after this, his Lordship had ocr casion to distinguish himself in a way very diEcrenC •froM his recent prefess;onat exertions, but in a n ire stance where, perhaps, his talents shone with a stt perior lustre, and in a service of - much more ite' portance to his Country --we allude to the disco' Sion of the great National Question of the 1., 7 , 7 ic.5.‘ in the Irish'House of Commons; on this' occasior , General HtrctuNso;N: really distinguished himself? and on the 17th of February, ;soo, delivered one of the most argumentative, as well as eloquent. and impressive Speeches, perhaps ever pronounced in Legislative Asseimbly. One part, particularly contains such a comprehensive and irrefragable de monstration. of the superior policy ofUnion, that we cannot refrain from erraeiing it : f` IriAt Independence, if it- could be obt4ineJ cc without ,guilejt would he the height of folly ;04 madness•to aim at. Suppose for a moment, " there was no honest prejudice in farour of Great 'f Britain —no common . links_ of attachroent-,-0 41 tics of blood—no similarity of Manners, laws, " and langnag e ; I say, th at conne Eti o: % " and union with Great 'Britain, Ought to be.. the counsel and sound policy of Ireland, • Surely it " is'better for you to be- a component part of 4 " great and free Empire, than a - weak and petri " State, alone, • and resting on the fBrbearance of " France, a treacherous and despotic Ally His LoFdshiP's services 'in Egypt Are too well krioWn; .of too recent a date, and too fully before our Readers, through VdrlotiS - mediums, to require exposition in the present instance. ft is of perfeet notoriety,' that alter the death of his illustrious-anti ever to be lamented precursor in command; Sir RALPH AI3 E RC ROMBYi the rescuing th e w h o l e or that valuable Country from our late Adversaries, is chiefly to be attributed to the gallantry, aria professional exertions Obis Lordship ; and of this, theSovia,s EON seemed so senc,ible y that he . v/4 5 honoured with the Red Ribbon of the Order of ti . !° Bath worn by his friend and predecessor ; and-'at the conclusion of the Egyptian wzirfarc, which waster' niinatcd by General HUTCHINSON in a Way so ly honourable to himself and serviceable to - hit Country, he was honoured by a still higher ma 4 of the Royal favour, in being elevated to 'a Peerag 6 . of the United Kingdom by the title Of Lord l-1:- ':CHINSON. Baron of A v1K:v0c..1,7 LOFT], in the county of Tipperary. WARIAICA" VOLUNTEER TROOP OF C.1T'.11117. ,THE following Letter-should hare Certainly ap peared sooner; but the . rnention*of the zeal and arf tachment of so reipeaable a Corps can never be tea late for public notice, COPY OF A LETTER FROM SIR EDWARD SMYTHE, RAFT' LItUTT:NANT OF THE WARWICK VoLUNTLER TR(..or Of CAVALRY, TO THE SARI. OF WAR,AtCK, LOk LIEV . TENANT OF THE COVHTY OF WARWICK. " MY LORD, " The Warwick Yoluptoer Troop of Cavalry (which haVe the Honour to command in the absence of Lord BROOK rt our Captain), not willing to he behind any Corps in the ICingdorn in expressing their Loyalty and steady Attachment to their King and Country, have all unanimously agreed 014 day, in the Field of Exercise, to adopt th'at truly example of the Somers et Y eomanry, commanded by ColonelSrli , it Ns, which I beg y ou r L or ei s hi p will have the goo d ^ ness to lay before Lord H osAltx, if it meets with the appr°- batiqn of Goverpment, patriotic ,' I have the Honour to be, my Lord ; ii Your Lordship's most obedient an 4 " Humble Servant, ' trarwia-Arm: INIT " EowA, re 1 SM VT ni 7 oa. 25, isoz. '. . Lieut. W. V. C. COPY OF A tErTrA, /N AN,;wra To TILE AnovE, - FROM THE RIGHT HOPI, LORD HODA/IT, &C. TO EARL 0.7 . WARWICK. " MV r,oltD, A:4i. 4, dol., • " I have taken the earliest opportunity of laying before the Kt NG your Lordship's Letter pf the 29th ult. inclosing one from Sir Eownito Smyr liE, communicating, in the absence of Lord BROOKE, the handso►ne and public spirited offer of the Warwick Troop of Yeomanry cavalry, " to continue its serlices . during the time of Peace;" and I have it in command from H:s MAJESTY to.express the cordial sa;isfadion witll which he haS received so strong a testimony of attachment to his Person and Government, as that which your Lordship, has conveyed on the part of the Troop commanded I by Lora BROOKE. " The continued services of the Yeomanry Corps, under present circumstances, has already been recommended in my: Circular Letter of the loth ult. to the Lords Lieutenants of Counties ; and Hi s MAJESTY'S ultimate determination, with respeel to the immediate objc of your cornmtinication,i 'will be signified to your Lordship as soon as I shall have rcr : .ceived the Kt Nc's Commands for.that purpose. ' 6 I am direcied by Hi s MA JE Sr Y, in the mean time, to say, that his experience of the extensive benefits derived from the invaluable institution of the Yeomanry Corps,' has led hitn to consider its continuance, as far. as it can be ren dered consistent with the necessary occupations and conveni ence of those of whom such Corps may be composed, as highly important to the Public Interests and, under that impression, s .MAI rsTY will, at all:times, retie& on the offer now made by the Warwick- Yeomanry, with every sen timent of the warmest approbation. " I have the Hohour to be, " My Lord, , 61 Yohr Lordship's most . obedient humble Servant, 41 B {; " IN Squa The 4,fe% from ti brok the 1 Dani dead Hi Tier sides Conti Ty, has .Flort can punit , sent arise State the plica to m petat frage Gern rive: their *hi( not Whit and splei '4por Brez t r en on 1 orsll Over Beim stave tion Tile liopt inor4 (DE tOns iron wit] to >ul the luck that tine; the its j hi g 1 w 0 u ink f V!(] C~Ct'. ' i ,giro t he situ zo.il( .:s5O dui the' PE] CoI t ha U;I:. wit for tint' forr ITIOS alre mai of