The Sun. — London, England, 1811-12-20 00:00:00

An express was received last night from Windsor, at York House, stating, " That his MAJOSTY was not better than in the morning, and could ,not: be prevailed on to take food." Yesterday his Royal Highness the Nixes Rs 62NT took an airing in the Parks, &c. in his'car r i,age, went to Carleton House, and remained,there about an hour, during which he inspected the prin. 6 0 1 apartments, and expressed himself - pleased *kb the improvements, and the progress made in Utem‘ by Mr. WYATT, sen. and Mr. Lpsx, the Master of the Works.' His Royal Highness then returned. to York Ho'use, where he gave audiences to the Marquis WELLESLEY and the Earl of LICHR• Yesterday her Royal Highness the Princess of NvALp.s visited the Duchess of BRUNSWICK, at, 131nel:heath c , His Royal High n ess the Duke of CLARENCE left, fi t ' James's Palace at eight o'clock last ,evening for Kensingto n Palace, to visit hislloyal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX. The Dublin Papers received yesterday, state, that Mr. Secretary Pout had been dangerously ill, bat !as much recovered. One of these Papers men tions the arrival of Sir F. BURDETT and Mr. WHIT. 'READ to att en d th e Grand Catholic Dinner to be held, in Dublin yesterday. We believe, however, that both these Gentlemen are in England. ' We have to state with much concern the death fun of the Right Reverend Dr. Moss, Bishop of O. On Wednesday and Thursday . Nvss held, .at their 4,' Inns in Hetling Houser the Anniversary of .the Bath and West of England Society for the g . n• couragement of Agliculture, Arts, Mandaanres, 1,1 Commerce." On this occasion their President, 34t4JAm1N Efoetrovss. Esq. M. P. was alp; by "' ) rd SoiRIIVILLE, and a most numerous assemblage' c ' Members from the Western counties, and ivarious e ther parts of the nation. An unusual quantity of , °elely busincs ; was transaeted, in a manner highly ' i nteresting pany. e , At the A nn i versar y Meeting of the Society of • ;cobsli Antiquarians, held on the 14th ult., the loi gwing persons were chosen Office , Bearers The .u t ike of J.Moaraosa, President ; JOHN DUNDi4o Epp ALEXANDER SETON, , ALEXANDER KEITH, GILBRRT INNES, Esq. and JOHN GRAHAMS V AL O ELF., E i sq. were chosen Junior Presidents in gradation. Among the Council we perceive the w ell-known names of Lad Provost CREECH, and sir PATurcic MenttAY. • Rear -Admiral Sir JOSEPH SIDNEY Yortes has re ' ce ived Admiralty orders to hoist his flag at Plymouth 911 board th e Bulwark,'of 74 guns. -. I rbe Augustus has reached a British p ortt-from l i▪ r gitlia, having sailed on the 16 th Nov ember, and , 4 atismitting letters and papers from No rfolk to that 'e t c'. They contain the .following doturnent, which h ad been received in the United States by the Mary din ne , beCREE OF THE GENERAL CONGRESS OF NEZUELA. Whereas it has been represented to .us that there are now, and have for sometime been, ernis ikies in those.provinces from the Viceroy of Mexico, II well as agents dispatched hither (torn Old Spain. 41. free 11 purpose alienating the affections of this • people from the Federal Government by them ett aulished, and being convinced of the importance Zrosintainiog the i ndependence we have acquired tililhoot the interference of any for e ig n po ster, whe el* European ur American, we bave decreed as foll ows „. 41.1 . 1. That all persons tr avellin g in .varions 4 1 V 13 Of these provinces without being provided with. t j,Froper passports, shall be subject ro ° • arrest, and 0 I both of themselves and' ". e 'r property, before any of the civil or atilitary tribunals established. 2 .. That every person giving .informa t i on of an y 14 c r'l l aEted individual travelling without passport, 4 47e • rv e . „ well of his countryand shall receive re. 7 r " of_ ino- dollars on its being proved that the per . su, arrested is a spy. ‘• That every person who shall be convicted of of Mexico employed, as a secret Envoy from the Viceroy t e , - ",„„ e x'co, or from Old Spain, shall be publicly ex- C' as ari enetny to the rights and liberties of 0 . • so liberated Provinces. ' r: I :he General Congress of Venezuela f e els it al. st unnecesary to exhort the persons whom it mey i:o nvern, to carry this decree into full drat by every means in the power of private' individuals., as of the ;;;;''te authorities. No reward they can oiler, they _ convinced , will operate so strongly as the love end zeal for their country's welfare and liberty, vi nc l s t hey know the natives of the F ederal Pro e s experience." • 'a e d by the Bei. and Sec. of the General Congress of Ve.; teauela at the Hall of Go. y enta:tent, Oat the 4th Sept. YOu4n• neloluWing is an , ExtraCt of a Letter fr d otn: a ,, . Z iNaval Officer, employed in the Espe itio 641118 t Batavia : • vur number do not exceed 300 killed and most of whom were destroyed by t h e e tte ; n g oP of a Magazine. On the side of the or t - t ?' i t is supposed about 6000 killed, wounded, v ou :7, e a prisoners. The Malaya foolishly wo unded , 0 )41, '. e4 to withstand our horse, who cut shut» down, z sts . it2g great slaughter 'amongst them. Our .folly in with a party of Dutch Cavalry, an tooulatelY attacked. and dismounted them, then all , 1 Tine the Dutchmen's horses themselves, Made t°.loin our horse regiment, in pursuit of the 4 16r 0 1„, enn Y• 'Our Sailors, on the night of the'2lst, mod and took a battery of e 9 auns, without the iof " m a man ; and •two - Mornings afterward;, 'rin g l c s t)o Dutchmen took them by surprize, and d et , r e ' ll off froin the• army, but the Sailors, with and i nibed bravery, fought their Way through them, two' regiments coming' up to ‘ their sup. fered the fort, and drove the enemy out,. Viiritin,serei.neng • E ,,.! and wounding great numbers." teiv.n. .mr i tts of a- letter from• Malta, dated Noy, 2., 're.' d ay r by a tuercantiie house in Glasgow, on Mon . 11 , 6 2 " We have a report that three Britisb the Unite, arkerus, and' Aaive , are 'Of 1" the Island of Lissa by a' French' squa dron A dvi -ef-b3itle ship and four or bye that we had been sent to the Ea g l e ," 74,'0g Corfu ; W e_arVin expedation of spine of the French 4aol l llll MitaPuL MURIi2R. Another horrible Murder was committed last night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, at No. Bt, New Oravel-lana, not two minutes walk from the former scene of blood in Rateliff-highway Between eleven and twelve o'clock, the neigh bOurs opposite were alarmed by a cry of murder, from a person in his shirt, who was descending froin a twO.pair of stairs window, by the sheets of his bed knotted together. On his reaching the bottom, he informed thoie wpo were assembled, that' mur derers were in the House, committing dreadtul . acts of blood on the whole Family. • An alarm was instantly given, and two resolute men, named LUDGATE and HAWSE, armed them selves, and broke open the doors—when, horrid to relate! they first found the mistress of the house and the servant-maid lying one on the other by the kitchen fire, quite dead, with their throats cut from ear to ear. 'ln the cellar they found the master of the house quite dead, one of his legs broken, and his head nearly severed Loin his body. The scene of this bloody deed was the King's Arms public-house, apd t re untortnniie persons murdered are Mr. and Mrs. Williamson, the landlord and landlady, and their servant-maid, Biddy, an Irish girl. The person who descended from the window is named Turner. and was a lodger; be. states, that being alarmed by a great noise, he went down stairs, where be saw two men, one in a large watch-coat, and the other in a flannel jacket, rifling the pocket of the mistress, who was then lying near' the kitchen fire; he,,iinmediately came to the resolu dun to get out of the window, and by the aid of the bed-Cloaths be effeeted his purpose, leaving up stairs in bed Mr. WILLIAMSON'S niece. It is with the deepest sorrow We have to state, that the perpetrators of this horrid deed have escaped, they got out Of the back door, and crossed Dock-hills. THE THEATItt.—The Tragedy of Corialanus was last night „repeated at Covent-garden Theatre to a crowded audience. ICesanut supported the part of the hero with his usual skill. and energy, and Mrs. SIDDONS was not less able, in ha representation of .During . the time that .EGERTON was speaking in the charatler of Atifidius, the great Per former under the stage gave a tremendous roar, which drew laughter from some of the audience, and hissing front others. To prevent, however, the aZitor from supposing that the latter was directed towards him, the audience in • general gave him a very liberal plaudit on the conclusion of his speech. . Mrs. C. Ketent:e., accord!ng to the report of a' Morning Paper, has withdrawn herself from Covent Gartit'l Theatre. The reason is said to be this She Lai relinvished the part of Judith, in The Iron Chest, but was induced to resume it 14st year, on account of the illness of another performer, to whom it al.rat assigned, upon a promise- from the Manager that she should not be rerjuired to perform it any more; she was, however, it seems, required to per formiit again a few eights ago, but refusing, she has been forfeited, and has, therefore, resigned her en gagement. THE CHACit....O•OIII Tuesday last, the Sunderland hounda threw off on the North-side of Hylton. Ferry. They immediately started a hare, which took to the West, and saved herself by passings deer that the cry of the hounds had roused. The dogs . imotedtately pursued him, and, after a . smart run, he was killed in great style. On beating for another hare, two fresh deer were _roused ; the ~hounsla dividing, one of the deer was soon taken alive; the other made to the North, but ',vitt& hard Pressed by the dogs, turned East towards the park of. Hylton Castle, near which he was killed, not withstanding every effort was made by the Gentle - -; men 'present to save him. The ,deer had escaped from •Hylton Castle Park. Monday night last, a robbery was committed a the Tontine Inn, Newport, by three privates of the 20th regiment, about two o'clock in the morning : they entered the house at the back window, after which they' proceeded to the bar, and took a quan tity of silver and copper money ;' they then went to the larder, where they . took several eatables,— They are fully committed for trial one of them has turned King's evidence, and acknowledged it was their intention to murder the landlord and his wife. A respe&able Solicitor, residing in the neigbbodr hood of Bedford-row, on Tuesday morning received a letter from a correspondent at Chester, stating, that two men, of very suspicious appearance, had been apprehended the preceding day at that place, wbo it appeared were endeavourief , to eifeer their escape to the sister kingdom. They had been exa mined before a Magistrate, and had made a 's ort of partial confession ; front which it appears very pro ::'battle that, if they are not principalq, they . have a complete knowledge of the circumstances attending the murder of Mr. Marr and. family Au officer of pofice is dispatched to conduct them town. A beard of Officers assembled on board the Ola rliatiir, on Wednesday se'nnight, consisting of Ad miral HargOod, captains Paterson, ney Malcolm, C. iParker, Carpenter, EYles, 1. Baker, B. and M. Smith, to 'decide upon the superiority of two cedes of signals to be ,used in the Navy. - --one framed by Sir Horne Popham, the other:by M. Se- SUperintentlant of the telegraphic Signal Stations at Lisbon, which was recommended to the notice of the'Admiralty, with observations by the Hon. Adniiral G.' Berkeley. The Board, after a most at teutivsexamination into the merits and efficiency of 'the tilt° codes,decided in favour of that presented by !Sir Home. A Subaltern Officer, employed on the Recruiting Service at Doncaster, has been fined by the Magis trates of that place in the sum of !sot. being at the rate of 51. for every counterfeit Bank token found in his possession, of which lie could give no satisfac• MURDER OF MR. MARK. thá Officers of tlbe Thames - P.)lica liave•seare'l. ed the varioult ships in the river, :tnd at Gravestn I, to see if any suspieinte charaeters nad I ely entered on board ; and they h - ave likewise made inquiries at all the old iron shops along the shore, ,as as shipwrights' yards and other places, to gain some trace from the maul, but unfortunately with• out effeet. The' handle of the maul is . 03 inches long; the *bead, from the face to the -extretiiitY of lite pin end. is% inches., It has allaw in the face, and the pin end his been broken off in flakes. It Is mark faintly with the letters I. in .dots, on the crown, near the face; and appears to have been so marked with a coppering punch. The maul may be seen, by any,, nergon who can give information respetling it, at the Tham:s Police Office. POLICE. MANSION-llousE.—Yesterday a Jew. Merchant from Creed-lane, Leadenhalkdreet, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with stealing from a wciman fifteen guineas in gold.' The woman told his. Lordship, that she had saved up this gold, and heiring that the defendant gave a premium for it in exchange for hank notes, she agreed with him to give her twenty-one pounds in notes for her fif,- teen pounds fifteen shillings in gold, and took it to him on Sunday for that purpose; that when she went sin, he asked her if she had brought the gold, which she said she had, and counted tt our to him, when be took and counted it, and told her he had agreed to give her twenty-one pounds,' and would be with her in a minute, and went ont, of the room. She supposing he had gone op stairs for the notes, waited some time, but was at last,told he was gone out ; and she never saw him since, till he was taken up by his 'LOrdship's warrant. He gave no account what he had done with the poor woman's gold, but had a Solicitor, who attended for hint, who informed his Lordship that it was no felony, His Lordship, however, differed from the Solicitor upon this point, and for the present committed the pri soner for stealing the woman's money, observing, that he shotlid consider of .the means by which he might be punished. Bow-STARET.—Wednesday evening a man went to Mr. Burnell's shop, the grocer, 'Mille Strand, and purchased a quarter. of a pound of tea, in pay ment for which he tendered a one 'pound note 1-on! examination of which, by the shopinan, he suspected the note to be bad, told the man his suspicion, ask ed 'him his name, and,where he lived. He said his name vas Geary, and he lived iu Norfdlk-street, in. the Strand. The shopman said he must send per-, son with him to see that he was the man he rep opted hirrisell to be, which he accordingly When they got near Catherine-street he set off to rim away ; the cry of stop thief " was raised ; was stopped and 5-cured, and given into the cus tody of Lavender, who searched him, and found ten three ,shilling Bank tokens,- t,welvat one :Slit - pence Bank tokens, a dollar, several shillings and sixpences. fie underwent an examination before Mr. GRA. , 1101. • Yesterday he was examined before Mr. READ, when, he said ,his name was John Davey, and liyed et 1-foxton. He was committed for further examinalion. PsIBLIC-OFPICE,' QV EEN-BQUA RE...-. Yesterday, Simmons, who was charged at this Office ii:nne days since, on his own confession, with being concerned in the murder of Mr. Mar and family, was brought up fur further examination. To ascertain the character of the prisoner, several witnesses were exitrnin ed. Samuel Sainuel Cox stated, that the father and mother of the prisoner were very respeaable people, and that the prisoner himself was a working engraver. About a twelvemonth since he came to lodge at the witness's house.; and for a, time he behaved very well, and followed his business, very industriously ; but soon afterwards he evinced a strong disposition to drink, frequentiy coming;.hotne inebriated. At length be gave him notice to quit his lodgings,' in consequence of his staying out two - whole nights, without giving notice of such intention. He be lieved the prisoner to be a very bad charaeter, and, when drunk, capable of saying or doing any thing whatever. He had some doubts whether he Was capable of committing murder, but he certainly thought him a man of very little prineirle. The prisoner had enlisted in the London Militia, and his unhappy tallier had gone to a great expence to pro cure a substitute for him. 'On that occaston,"he told the witness that , his father had ,Meet very foolishly in paying the money, " for that he, the prisoner, would have got off for nothing by shamming madness." Witness did not know that he was derznged in his mind, or was apt to dream of ghosts: , He was very industrious when.sober ; but whets drunk ihere was no depending upon him. Harry Collier, of No. 16, Peartree-street, Gos. well•street, stated, that the last witness lived in the same street, >s few doors from him. The prisoner had !edged with him' for some time alter he left the last witness, but he was obliged to get rid of him in consequence of his drunken habits. He spoke-also of his general bad character, and alio thought him capable of doing any thing, however bad. George Pear:ion, of No. 12, Villier-street, Shore ditch, stated, that the prisoner lodged in his house, up to the time he was taken into custody on the present charge. The prisoner, when he first took pootesion, of the apartments, behaved for :about a fortnight very regularly and soberly ; but he was afterwards very much given to stay out late at nights. tie never.saw him drunk himself ; but has heard hild fall on the floor, in the room over his held. • For the last fartnight•he had the key of the house, to let himself in when he came home late. With. reipeta to Saturday se b nnight, he was per sthided the prisoner remained at home from seven o'clock until Sunday , morning, and never went out of the hooe. • His conviiiion arose from the. pri soner's bringing home some fresh work at seven o'clock, and going up stairs, where he heard him at work till eleven, ,at least. The next morning the prisoner came down stairs in his slippers, and paid !__ _ the nra. xeding evening. The'folloi.ving day be sub the prisoner'VeMployer, and he told him that the pd. , soner must have worked the greatest :part of the night to get the work done, because he brotNbt it home on Sunday morning, and received his rn,ney. Witness thought it impossible for the prisoner io ' . go out of the house without being heard, because the head of his bed was just close to the door; and he was sure that either he or his wife must have heard it, had It'been opened. The serjeant who first complained against the prig soner, the officer who took him into custody, and the gaoler of Tothill-fields prison, all Severally dp. posed, that the prisoner declared, three times, re.. speaively, at the public-hobs' at WeSliningrei', ,and in the prison, that he' was along with the murderers of Mr. .M:irr and fAmily but that he did not much the. child, and endeavoured 'to pet su ide 'llls 'Companions not to kill it, but that they were inexorable. The last two allegation, the prisoner poqitively denied ; and with .reved to the firqt i he said that he was so drank that he did not know what he said; and that whenever he got I.rty Itquor, it atretted him so much that lie went alinom mad. The Magistrates said, tif what Mr. Pearson slated, With reSpeta 'to the prisoner being at home all the night of Saturday se'nnight were positively true, tlivre could he no doubt of his innocence; iiist they would remand him until mote sitisfetcry evi;. (fence be produced on that head ; and he was remanded accordingly. . 41.1 GUILDHALL—Michaci Row' botham, cornmitteJ on Wednesday, was again brought up yesterday, charged. %Alt stealing from another auttioneet, ,whom he had been employed as servint, a quantiry of hardware, and other articles : but the circuit). stances stated in evidence were not Sufficiently strong to 'biing home.the charge to him ; h! there• fore stands committed upon the former charge.' Elizabeth Pepper was examined upon a charge or rubbing a family with whom she IA been recently a servant, .Of several articles of table linen, wearing apparel; prayer -books, and of every th►ng :that came under her hands ; not content with which, slid had-taken up variousmrt idea in her master's nanie, front Aradesmen in . the neighbourhood with whom ha was in the habit of dealing; after she had left am service. ,The. faCis beingfully proved, she was corn• milted for trial. ICi!liam Ford, otherwise Fogarty, was examined on suspicion of stealing a quantity of boot•lcgs, this property of Mr. Curtis, learher.seller, in Red cross,streel ; and two other men, named Britt nod .both porters in . the service of Mr. Curbs, were brought up on Suspicion of being concerned in the thet(... The Iransae.ion on whichibis charge was founded 'was discovered by the vigilance of Mr. Morpnew, a . bootmaker, to whom Ford offered a hoot-leg, as a specimen of a quaii , ity he bath() sell. Mr..,Mor- phew, • stispeet in g the art icie was not honestly com e by, said, that one boot-leg was of no use to The prisoner told him, he might have as many more as he chose, if he liked the sample ; and promised to call next day , withAtriertity; Morpheut in the turan,thrie consulted Mr. Nalder, the Deputy Marthal, and, afterwards, one of the Magistrates of lArot ship-street ; r by, whom he was advised to buy souse of the boot-legs, and endeavotir to trace the prisoner to the place ;from- which he should bring them. .AOcordingly,,when the prisoner carne again, he ,boirght six pair, and paid the price he . asked,,, which dal nut exceed half their value; tend. then sent his, young man to watch where the prisoner went : but he could not be traced to any house from whence it was likely such articles could be Stolen.-- lie then ' wen( found with the boot-legs he had N og h t t o several different leather-sellers, and at last found an owner in Mr. Curtis, whom he told t eat. the man was to call on him next day. Mr. Cuk Xl4 accordingly came with an officer, and apprehended 'the prisoner. Suspecting the other two men to be connoted with the prisoner, heinterrogated them ; but they denied all knowledge of Ford, as Ford also did'of them. ,It appeared, however, that 'hey were old acquaintances : 'that I bad lodged in Ford'i house ; and that Britt,,who did not know Ford by that name, knew him very well by that of Fogarty. The latter in his defence, said, that he found the bout-legs tied up in a parcel, under a gateway in W,bitecross.street, two months ago and had kept them in expeaation of seeing them advertised, with a reward fur finding them., Britt and Finn were discharged but,Fogarty was rennieded for further examination.. THE RECENT MURDERS AT RATCLIFF --Yester. day, the late Mr. Matr's only brother..,was rtquest ed to attend on Mr. 0RA14 4 1 4 , who held a privaie conforence with him, in order that his information, on vartirnlat e;reutnstances might assist the ► igilaneu of the Police in bringing to light some. clue for the discovery of the muiderers. SMITHFIELD MARKET, Dm 2n. ' This day's Market had a middling supply of the different kinds of Cattle ; Beef, Mutton, and Pork, were dearer ;. Veal is Cheaper ; and the irnde in go. mai was but indifferent,—The .sales in the •H Market were, not lively; Straw l e as dropped price ; Hay fetched last price ; Clover .has got up in price.—The following prices and ntunbers ar e an accurate statement :-- , • To sink the Offal per stone of Mb. Beef, 4s. 4d. to 6s. od. Mutton, 4S. 4(1. to 61, qd. vt.:Jt ss, wt. to 7s. mi. .Pork, 3s. ad'. to 71 . od. , tote 5heep...7300. Caiyes, 130. .rigt, 220, SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET. Hay, 4. os. oil. to 51. tos. od. Straw, 21. O S , o d. to 2 1 . Ist. Clover, sl. es. ad. to 61. tss. od. CORN•EXCHANGS, DEC. 20.-4 This day the Market has not many fresh arrivals of Wheat, nor much remaining on hand waiting supplies, few sales are made, and nearly at last quoted p r i ces ; Barley in demand at , tl rather dearer; Malt and White Peas vary hut. little ; Beans of the, two kinds likewise nearly at the last .loptation ; there ate some fresh arrivals of Oats, and this trade also named nearly at list price*; and flour in full plentrat late prices. , Wheat Sos a 94$ a 1121 Tick Beans - - 6s a Fine ditto . - t 16$ a • 1221 Ditto (fine old) . 5 314 4 l i . , , y t(ye . . . 52S A 52, Oats . 3ot, a 325 A 241; Barley . - . 42s a 541 Poland ditto -36 s a 39s Malt . . . 76$ a ESS l'otatoe ditto - los a /15 WilitePead•bOilerSiSS a 14s Rape Seed - 541. a 6..• 1. Grey dato - - 57$ a 6as 1 , ine Flour - 95$ a IQ* Bans .. . . 111p$ a 565 Seconds - . ()Qs a oek