The Sun. — London, England, 1801-01-24 00:00:00

' A ' tt ''. b ,.."` 4 ‘ '' NAPAL tti '" , NEWS. k, to s t!,, , ;: . 4 ,.., ....,,„,-..... Not 1111 isepiarile pride ) sainonlue irideHle!, Srd riti6l :op* dem. PLYMOUTH, J AN. ARRIVID the ship Eliza, of New-York, JAmis howN master, laden with bale goods, from Lon. don bound to Philadelphia, captured the 14th inst. by, the . Chide. Thom' French Privateer, of 1¢ gum; and - retaken the itsth by the thaixei Fri gate. _ • Saile,d the PrhtleSS Royal, of gS guns, for Tor. bays to join the Fleet ; and Revolutionaire, of 44 guns, Capt. T, TWYSDEN, on a Cruize West. Ward. Arrived the Telegraph : hired Armed Brig, of s 6 guns, from a Cruize she captUred in the Channel two Danish Vessels, one of which is arrived at Dartmouth; the other sepalated in a gale of wind. The San Josef, of iis guns, Vice-Admiral Lord NELSON, went out of Barbour this morn ing, and anchnted in Cawsand-Bay,—She will sail on Saturday next. • •• Arrived the Unicorn Frigate from a Cruize. poßTsmotini, JAN. AtutivaD the Harty Brig of War, from a Cruize. The Windsor Castle 10 come.: up to Spithead from St. Helcnis. The greates't exertion is making in the Dock. Yard, to get all the Ships that arc fit for ready with all posslble dispatch. Arrived the An SchoOner, with the loss of her, main-mast. The. Sloop Eliza, belonging to the ViCtualling Office, this day sunk at Spithead, loaded with spirits. ARAL, JAN. 23. Tit Gun.brig Teazer came in last night with a Convoy of Transports from Portsmouth, hay. ing Troops on board. In attcmpting to get under weigh this morn. ing, the American Ship Cheserprai, Captain Tomes, last from Amsterdam, bound. to Tene riffe, unfortunately fell on board the Indianian, by which. accident the former lost au anehot,•and had her mizen.mast carried away, and the Mala . bar had her bowsprit sprung. SIMERNESS, Plc. 23.1 AltitivlD His Majesty's Ship Hydra; Capt Sir FRANC ril LAEOREY, from the Westward. This morning arrived a Mail from Yeemoica ) brought to Fallllo4 by the La4y Hobart NetCet, in five weeks. .• . The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have appointed Captain Vacros CORNWALL lt KEI. E .to the Commandof the Genereux, of 84 guns, now in the Mediterranean. The Gene.. renx is the ship which carried the Flag of Rear_ Admiral GAUTHEALIME, and which was taken coming out of Malta, after the most gallant re sistance, by the Foudroyant, Lion, and Penelope. The French Gun Lugger Raft La Bompard, ' lately brought into Plymouth, a prize to the -Boadicea, is , of curious construction, being very low in the Water : she carries 70 men, can bring over t.to soldiers, has one i 3.'inch mortar, one long a4.-pounder, four swivels, besides small arms her I•lo. 6), and is one of zoo sail which have been lying . - at Havre for two years and were meant, originally for th e invasion of England. Her gaog-ways are very broad, under them are casts full of .shells, and shot. Our oovernment have been under the necessity of providing Cloathiog for all. the French Fri oners in England, in consequence of the un .exampied cruelty of . BONAPAKTE in refusing them the smallest aid—.-Thus, from the mean, cruel, and unjust ertruluft of the French Didator, our Government is subjated to a consideralile .additional expellee, for we feed and cldathe our own Pr loners in France, and we are: likewise thus obliged 'both to feed and cloAthe thoie of France' Sn this Country.—The humane and ge.: serous feelings of Englishmen certainly would not pertnit them to , see their Enemies literally. - perishing for want of, Cloathing, but the Corte spondince whiCh has lately been published upon this Subitet, and which we have detailed in our - Paper, places it in so clear and honourable u-pent of view for our national - charader, that it is Un necessary 'for us to add at present any-thing more on the sufrijea. IC is ttifhcult to conceive .what can ;mince marry of the higher followers-of Opposition to m 9 port tlm principles of France; as the introduc tioi and' diffusion of those principles in this Country, would most probably,: deprive them of all their possessions': The inferior tribe of Op position Re . Armers, indeed, come exadly'under the description which CATALINE gave of his desperate acibt;n . ents, who adopted the cause of Rebellion, because they had no prospen of ad vantage from arty thing but from a civil 'war. CCAIRT OE:KING'S BENCH, TAN. 23 This being the first day Of.Terin, the Court 'did not sit until near one o'clock. The usual, Returns being made concerning the Conviels'ar'Woolwich, their treatment, , beha viouti, ttc. Lord KENYON said, that When a Report similar to this, was read, on the first day of the last 'Term, he . directed an Inquiry to be made, whe ther the complaints which had been 'exhibited to him on behalf of a Convid, respelling the cloaths 'that were allowed by order of Govern ment to Couvias was well-founded or not ; the result of which, His Lordship stated to be per_ filly satisfaciory, and such as left, no blame `whatever 'on the Keeper, although the very intelli gent person whohad made this Inquiry, and after wards his Report to His Lordship, added by way of opinion, that it would perhaps be better if this . whole system were annihilated.-7-It was right, however, - to add, that the charge against the Keeper was wholly unfounded, and that no imputation whatever now rested upon thai Officer. . • Mr. CAMPBELL said he was extremely obliged to his Lordship for the last observation he had been pleased to make, as it completely vindicated his charpder from an attack that had been made u_ it. His Lordship said Mr.. CAM' , s ELL had a right to expea It was my duty," said his Lordship, " to hear the charge made, and to inquire into the truth of it ; but when that . charge is done away, it is equally my duty to see that no blame rests upon you." JOHN HORNE Toolcz, Esq. and Sir FRANCIS BURnETT, Bart. appeared in Court, and justified Bail for 7401. for a Defendant of the name of Dickie, at the suit of Matilda Hodsol, and \Val lee Stirling, Esq. by original. Mr. ERSKINE moved for a Writ of Habeas Corpus to be direaed to a Mr. Thomas Howse, and another who are charged to have' entered into aConsiliracy with sonic of the relations of a young Lady. of four and twenty, of the name of Letitia Fletcher. The Writ" was to call on these persons nto produce this Lady ; and it was alledged that ;she was urider a contraa for rnarri mony ; that she was at the house of a relation in. London ; 'some of her acquaintances bad a coach waiting at the door, and the young Lady went with them to the door of thc. coach-to see them off, when on a sudden, as it was stated, they pushed her into the carriage and drove off, and kept her in custody. Rule to slew cause, granted. A person of the name of John Clayton West was prougt4 into Court, anti • charged with an Indictment, imputing to him the offence of falsely uttering a Certificate signed by the Cap tain and Mate of a Ship of War, of which the Defendant is Purser, for the half-penny per day allowance for each man on board for certain uses, with intent to defraud our Sovereign Lord the King, of 571. &c. to, which he pleaded Not 'Guilty, and was committed., for want of Bail.— He was afterwards surrendered in discharge of his Bail for several Civil Milani. , Lord KitivoN said, that the peremptory Paper was very large and heavy, for which rea son.he begged 'to be understood as giving notice that each argunient must come on in its course, as it now stands in the PAper. COURT OF COMMON ?LEAF. Tit's being the first &ay of Hilary Term the Court met, but no busi4ss of importance came before it. During the short time it sat ,it was principally occupied in justifying Bail. We have heard from various parts of the Coun. try, with no small degree of indignation t :that a Report has been most indusrriously propagated, that it was Mr. PITT'S intention this year to tax the Funds of Charitable Societies, or in some mode to appropriate them as part of the Public ExpenditUre ; and this Deport has been most as. siduously circulated in those parts of the Country w)iere the pressure is most felt of the late deficient HSI-Vest, and where, therefore, most discontent may he supposed likely to pievail. It is hardly necessary for us formally to cOntradid so idle a Report,. and we should not have noticed it, if we had not understood that the mischievous ar►d wicked designs of those who have propagated it have hid some success among well-intentioned persons in several parts, of the Kingdom... To those who assure us there are c►q Jacobins in the Conntry, *c particularly address the fad we have stated. It is confidently stated that the Persons who have been taken up in France .upon suspicion of being inimical to the Consular Government, will not he sent to Cayenne, but to the Island of Madaggicar. Thursday evening a person of genteel appearance (a Maniac) who Says his, name is Paimer.ihnit, was taken into custody at Buckingham-house, where he had several times before been troublesome, corning under pretence of having business with the KING and l'k INCESSES, At one time he left a letter, to which Iw, on Thursday, came to demand an answer. Baker, one of the Porters, very pro perly Atsired hith to wait, and sent for Sayers, one of the Dow Street Officers, who took him into custody. Yesterday he was examined be-` fore Mr. KING and Mr. Foal), 'at. Whitehall, and from the incoherent manner he- answered, there cannot be a doubt of his being in a state of insanity. ' He is a man of i very respeetabhc family, and ,formerly resided at VClalton t upon. Thames, Where he possessed considerable pro ,p9rty ; i hut he is •sappoted to have !..quandered it away. He was committed to Tothill Fields Bridewell, to be taken partic'ular care of. DVIILIN, JAN'. 20.: On Saturday night last Captain with a outy of the Dunlavin Yeonianry apprehended Jjhn Arnold, one of the proelaitned ,robbtrs and assassins of Dwyer's gang, and on she same night, John Green, another of thegang, was, apprehended by the Rev. Mr. WEI I TTY, withpari of his Corps of Yeomen.—Green was armed with a blunder buss, and broke .away front the party who were conveying him to gaol ; he was fired after, 4nd killed on the spot. Tuesday night Major St RR appre.hnjed two men in Francis -street, in the aCt of casting bul lets ; one of them calls Itimelt Bryan Early, but it seems assumes many other names ; the other is James ; they are from the County of Wicklow. They had cast. abOve 300 bullets, most of which had not been separated, but were in the state they were taken from the tnoulds, which the Major secured with the offenders. CORK, JAN, ..This day the Muskerry Cavalry, to whose un ceasing aaivity this part of the country is so much indebted, brought into town nine persons charged with sheep stealing, and many other de predations. This, gang of marauders it seems, had for some time infested the country, and had rendered themselves extremely troubt,..soul;te,,and 'mischievous to the inhabitants in various instances, of every species of felony. ' WATERFOgI), JAN'. 15. Early on Monday morning ieVer, Frenchmen. were apprehended by the .Feathard yeomanry, and sent to Duncannoo Fort :. they..belonged,to the Bougainville privateer; of St. Maloe's,,Dupencl, Captain.---On Thursday, the Bth of January;.they took the Lark, of Lynn, - bound to Liverpool with barley, off the Land's i end; and they conveyed all the hands of the Lark (except the cabin-boy ,) on board the Privateer,. and put these seven men on board the prize, 'with orders to make the. French,coast with all expedition ; that night the Lark . sprung a leak, when they were obliged to take to the small-bbats and stand before the wind. Providentially they got safe to land, near the Tower of Hook, after encountering a most tem.. , pestuous sea for five days, without any manner of refreshment. They were yesterday escorted from the Fort to this city, on their way to Cork. Sir .GBOILG E StAuN.rots's son, a vity able and intelligent young man, is now at China, where his talents will probably enable him to aCqUire an opulent fortune. This young Gentlenian 'accompanied his father on the Embassy 'to China, and was favoured with particular notice -from the: Emperor. The late Sir GEORGE was born in Ireland, and became very early in life acquainted - with Lord M.ICARTNE Y ) froth. whom he. expe. 'rienced such a continuance or friendly patronage as.essentially contributed- to promote his fortune. He was 'bred to the chirurgical profession, .which he followed many ' , years, and in which he dis. 'played sagacity and skill: The principal event 'of his life was •his. concern in the airest of General Sraw Alta', in India— r an event-in which his pre. sense of mind, spirit, •and judgment, were enbau. .ally manifested in supporting the Goiernment of :his Noble Patron. "Mr. - NC% LI E, the -learned and , ingenious Historian of Indian Antiquities, promises, in the Prefice to his late admirable volume of Poems, to ;publish some of his dramatic labour,s. it is ra., ther to be Ivished' that he Would present them, to one of our lheatrical.lVlanagers,. as the produc itions Of his fervid and classic Muse could not but be highly acceptableond, would consequently be much .more produdive of fame and profit-to. the Author. ; . • COBB'S Opera is to be the next noveltrat Co. • vent Garden Theatre'. ,The- Mtisie comes .from M, Z ZINGKI and REEVE. MORTON'S new Opera, with Music from the same Composers, Is to fol. low in. due succession. FAwc c-rr'S forth.corning.Ballet was originally intended for the Haymarket Theatre ;. bud, as that of Covent Garden is sP much, more exten. sive, and as the profits will, .of course, -be pro. portionablrlarger, it is to be brought orward at the latter. The Theatres last night Were not over moral in the ;estrm.9. ion they conveyed. At one House was a School for Scandal, 'at" the other a Srbool for Prejudice. The Musical Journal of Dr. Busa*, which it shortly to appear, must, from his acknoWledged science and refined taste, prove a rich treat . to, the masters and amateurs of that art. It will at once combine all the novelty of Foreign, and the originality of British Composition. The fantastic. shape of some of . the fashionable Carriages, from there being so round and small, has obtained theM, in 'compliment to the Union, the appellation of the Potato s. The Atheistical .and Deiitical Societies who have ridiculed the pious ordinances ofthisCountry, and the manlier in which alt national business is entered upon, will triumph . greatly when' they hear that the House of Commons spent all yester day in s=wearing. 'The CH tEF CONSUL. of France seems now to throw off the mask entirely respeding all States that have submitted to the French arms, and to whom he promised Liberty and Independence. General JOURDAN, the Minister r,xtraorclinary of the French Republic, as the CalssularDesfro. titn; is still insultingly denominated,• has been vested with a new power which wholly nullifies the Provisional Government in Piedmont, and is to rule that Countrraccorcling to the direction of • the Chief Consul. Such is the - nature of that Liberty and Independence which are conferred by France.. But this is not all , the, system of speeial Sieved/a/at is to be put into execution with, respect to 'ttitlalestt men, or in other words 'all .men who may be 6uspeded df hostility towards the. Usurpers oftheir Country, and they will pro. bably be banished stbCayenne with as little core. inony as 'BONAPARTE displayed when he' soid-his Austrian Prisoners to the Spaniards. WITH f. FRENeII GOVERNMENT RELATIVE Td 'PRISONERS„ OF ,WAR. Costinsirdfroie cur Payer ff l'estenlu.) Mt; Noble was-then asked by the Commis:. ‘yhethe i r any Beef had e:er ix•en rettit-n— -ed to him by Mr.- Ormby as unfit for tte ? Mf; 'Noble in,reor, stared, that in the 1:e ;it November last, being at Bath, two pi , ..cc's of Beef were sent tO biro as r?turnt,l coPai St::pleton Prison un . ,fft; that wren :I , :buch was much surpti-zed that it shou;ci b re:ernetl, it seeming to him to be,good whuletcrmi meat ; .that 'he '' , ,nve wto: piece thereof to Ms, servitntt i with orders to dress the sazne for Mr. Noble's table ; that he did eat of such Beef,' as did other persons ;, and that the• tame was good and Whole.. some.'. Mi . :Noble - has heard, that Mr. Ormsby ills found `fault with ProVi.,ioas ‘.,•hen the Prisoners themselves have . not. Thomas York, but6her, was then sworn., and ;liked, whether he had 'shewn the meat, that had been so returned ,upon his hands, and part of which he had so stnt to Mr.. Noble, to any other persOns, and to whom ? York deposed, that he had' shewn some of the meat to Sir Samuel Flu& ycr and' captain Clark, who declared the sane t 6 be good; and positively swears, that the meat which he sheered their, and that which he sent, to. Mr. Noble; at Bath, was part of whit had been returned to thi: Deponent trout the Prison. Sir Samuel Ftudyer, Baronet, Captain in the Monmouth and Brecon Militia, and, Capt: Clatit of the Secon&Sometset Militia, both confirm :A the account given by York, ,of meat being shown - _by him to them ; and that they had pronounced the same good and wholesome. Sir Samuel Flud_ yer stated, that it was such Beef as the Fren`eh themselves best liked being rather small Beef, and more easily convertible to Soup and Bouille, Andrew Gass, another ,butcher, employed by Mr; Noble, was then sworn and exarhined ; and, -he and Thomas York 'both deposed, that they never had, to tile best of their knowledge or be.. lief, sent any Eceeto Stapleton Prison which was. 'unwholesome or unfit to eat. -- A question was then. put to 'Mr. Tyson, a butcher, - present at tho Meering,.(hy Mr. ups Andrews . ), whether'he, Tyson, did not .soine meat in the . Market.on the; next day sub e_ quent- to Mr. Batchelor and Mr. Andrews visit . .. ing the Prison, and which meat had been return ed from. the Prison as unfit ?. In answer to this 'question, Tyson observed, that. he.. had been ' asked by a butcher on the day to v, , hich Mr. An. dreWs alluded, - whether some Beef which was then shewn him, deserved to he returned ? And that he, Tyson, answered, that the meat was small, but wholesome; and, in answer to a question put to him, observed, that Such meat vas sold regu. larly in Bristol Market, and not condemned, and &cited as unwholesome. (It was observed by Mr. Hall of the Town Clerk% Office, that the Magistrates have power, (and often exercise it), 01 seizing any nowhoic. sonie meat which may be eNvocci in the. Market for public sale).. • . Thomas York (being4riterrogaied to .that ef. fen) upon his oath, stated; that he did sell the . said last-mentioned Beef; and that the same fetch ed froM 7d. to 6,1. per pound ; and none was sold under 6d. .The Commissioners asked 'the aforesaid Mr. G. W, Hall, whether he had seen any Beef . that had been.returned fioniStapieton Vriion as unfit for use P Mr. Hall stated, that 'about a 16rtnight since, he 'was shewna side of Beef, which he -Wits' informed, "had been returned frem the Prison at Stapleton ; that, upon'. inspetling such Beef,. he, 'found it exceedingly good and wholesome' ; and he. Was astonished it shouldliiiVe been returned. mr. Hall says, he'thinks himself a, good jUdge of Beef and Meat in general. 7 • M B. Mr. Hall is a Considerable Graaier and Breeder. .The Commissioners next proceeded to inquire into the truth of Mr. Batchelor's 'statement, that. ti 'nu Vegetables arc allowed; except the Side in the Haspitills;'.' and asked Mr. Blltchu, lot, whether he so wrote from his own know. ledge rand; if oat, hy,whose information Mr. -Batchelor replied, , that he went- (upon visiting the Prison) into the kitchen , and asked several of the Prisoners if they - were allowed Vegetables, and that they - , all answered in the negative. Mr. Tlatehelor , never knew, till some , days since, (that he was informed , by' a Mr., - .• Bruce), that any Pease were allowed; !qtr. Bat— .ehelor was asked, whether, upon visiting the, Prison, - he inquired , for Lieu.tenant Ormsby, at any other •Person that could. have given him car-: ' red, information p Mr. Bata - dor answered, 'that he did not. • Lieutenant Ormsby was then asked, whether Vegetable's* had been allowed to the Prisoners in general P.Lieutenant Ormiby stated, that the daily Ration of ,Provisionl, consists of one pound of Bread, (being nearly t and . 3.4.ths of• a Quar . tern 'Loaf per week), half a pound of good and wholesome Meat, half a pound of Greens, or at quarter tif a pint of good Pease, and an allowance of Salt,' andSolp for The Commissioners here stated to the Meet ing, that' they bad yesterday inquired of inifoy of the French Prisoners, and the result or their in.' quiries was, :that they air preferred .the Pease to the Greeris. • Mt: Ntible stated) that Ise had found great ficulty in proeuring grecus so king he Viz,' • to the ;St of NoVetuoerlast, from which time he indistittited - Peztse, which be Was .12rdel'ed . by Grant to spare no ppins nor expenee iat pitiettring, and as malls ba&proe.uietrthein .at a yery heavy expellee. Mr. Batchelor betsig requested to expl.:tin obteevation, •tbat''‘ the Sick in the 1-10'q,itai lLive the addiaorial Cloatliiri6 _of a, CoJt or • Cloak," said, that he did IlDt go into the 11 , ,,spirM, but 'looked in at a window,'. and it appeared to buss,