The Sun. — London, England, 1814-12-29 00:00:00

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' 00C old s 0 • n 111 1151 : 6 05" itCll AS 1 05 51- ,le inclisP e lo sti" lion 0f ) 0 t o gable a ll :ieu t 'airs ° e# e tha t alc i''lactalent for a li m i ted period of any. portion of it t ; o the ten-mode of providing for the dis c h ar ge o f eel ' i s e weighty obli gat i ons which an unf recedent ar has left-upon our shoulders. to W e, therefore, ball upon the friends of good c le Hnil - of sound principles, to abstain from fu°llesnto terian cing the wicked ma c hi nat i ons o f the -oth i — we adjure the true Patriots of this the Empire, the di sc i p l es an d ma i ntainers of these politics which have saved us from the de itit3dation which such noisy and worthless men b 4d nearly ac complished : —the men who have t ee n firm till how, we adjure, them not to relak f t relinquish the illustrious struggle in the arms 0 4 .,: i ct.ry, and at the moment when all their past u ate ripening into blessings upon them, and Ilan(' they have loved. tit) do he demagogues meet, and prate, and peti th gether—it is their trick and custom: It is t e cir business, as the disappointed and discon iti t ett, who have been•laboUring incessantly, but l el Valn to invert that order of things which has ! ti t ' t the proud pre-eminence we enjoy. But h . l °e who have had confidence in the measures, I t0 : 11 h'lre enabled us so gloriously to weather the Egletle W ill, as they oug h t to do, prolong that con • c ' 14 'w the calm has arrived, and trust that G"vertitnent which has so honoured itself, d; Istscl ‘ o f its charge, and them, through the i tsti ' l ks the straw*, will not disgrace itself th it ; • ; ; ; ion. There is no need of Petitions tlsiet .` the Property Tax ; they may do tnis " brit can do Ho good. itit7 ' ts e of General ExcEr..x.ms is converting Il k ' P'tl'tv question with our Newspapers. We 11i " e 1 -iven the - facts, as we could best tNert'lill them, to o ur Readers. There have been \): i "teres t i ng m proceedings on Petiti ons f ro 111 1;1," 'sert 4 13 trovArArrrE's Tyranny, whiel: we : tmotTow ,. is a ativeftized oti the I 1 th 141 ; t 'iN i Ilext, in rewird to the deficiencies which 1'~p1~.4 on Wines a n l Spirits durini; the time k 'N l tv e been en j oy i ng t h e indulgence of being 4)4l sed duty f ree . I t i s th us we see th e real c), Iti ' ; F, II the opposition whin has been ni tde (I, l a l 3111/jeCt ; we trust, however, some indiv!- 160\‘'ili'ead th e clause of the IVarehousing 3(i ' ll eitiv declares that duty shall be paid 4 fieiencies, and will explain to the c c of tat each individual knew of the exist jeache t i t a 41 ' L\ • before they put the goods into 1 1 , Pot ar I. r litt e ceding columns will be found an im q. of I. tin , le respecting the. Navy.. It is the ti e t.a 4 , l e ;t ',l 'ions for the Seamen o f his IVl a jesty s Marines, and Rules and 4 4 Regulia . ie "Ile, pursuant to a power rested in 101 i v• 71 ‘v by an A ct o f t h e present S ess i on, f or I N; 14 4()yli the System o f P ens i ons, f rom t h e Ch est lospital at Greenwich and extend duckco tr, the, petty an d non-commissioned c , t according to their l e ngth o f ser -1140,,a1ik, although not disabled by wounds, Ltler cause. • 4„,. t t; 4 4 1 ., 'l4l' CORRESPONDENCE. Z ( I — . We have re- It a Pa )tio e ket of letters from all parts of the , . li s , . N I tiosing views so private, as to have been i, ( ier e 1 'tli r (1 as confined to the breams of only two Mi re tt, , SeelllerCd 'Monarchs, and so important - a.. be I , : ' i 'l 'n t r'egluitit with consequences more vast l eti ti 111. 21)e has yet known : these it is our 'ISIt ,% to submit to the Public. We shall : st tl . , t sio, (ll c any merit on account of the tL , t qt tl 1 1 , 4 , 1* . .so much invaluable information on '4 y t or - , bit pi( c ''ltieQ - • ) ectl to-morrow -with \'• a serics of these Letters. C l t ttl ~, ....... tklyetir,ao,othe LO RDTHANCELEOR and the Earl Iv,' iit Q I, 6(1 aildleil•CCS of the PRINCE RE. t,), , atitOti•liouse4 'il 11. 411 1 . 111,-int‘ir., "AF : n was sent with the dispatches .`ta is m ßlEtt, the American Commissioners 'itita,ill'ilted.dispatches by :1 1 . 1 t,t5 i ,, 1 () be embarked at- L'Orient• way of „France for 1,1:A ClER.EloctiEs, .Esq. Secretary to the `l,('l!4(ix,",.g,ation, left Ghent 'on Sunday last for tti, rte t embark on hoard the Transit, I ' l l, tl e l l4l ' Q (1r the United States: ' ll ti t'll t il:4;11 D'EXCELMAN broke his parole tit'' r t ,„', ll . this country, during the late war * . Itt,ttkrric."ol-) has arrived from licrmti . dru, and ‘10q,k),,,,,,th1 Quebec, both having sailed the t t) . ' Wi."er, th e forme r on the 29th of that 1 4,:gati l the 'tattler left the St. Lawrence 44 . '1ei,, e " of the river was ropitily closing by I ll t I. ti c i ll ey of the season 0 1 111, 1 e fro p season, e 8 , N I , arum attacks the Treaty . of li lr, y (lad „. 4 ant' denies that the contracting t?ii3 Pers,,llYright to transfer that Principality '' : ti le h. •c"neeted with BD-ONAPARTE) SO l'ilt: it -!timate Sovereign or his 1 reset.' rt ) fl:l4.olxlst-ettee. The oily ground on which cli1(,(11e bi . , "A eau 'be received, it seems, is found "i:kitt` t.)tetlion which may be expected in A1r,,..:11(4 4tistria. Of 'the right - which "titt:(ll:tilere ' . , 8 to Elba, accordin g to the same eNtie7(4)l)ot be a dobt ; the Allies had . 1141 4 a„ (1 t i lkti i isfer IO my iIII the Island) a I Ld. NAVAL NEWS. , YARMOUTH, DEC. 28.—Arrived in the Roads the Hope, FOREMAN, from liamburgh, and the Margaret, EmPsoa, from Rotterdain.—lt blows hard from the E. S. E. but the ships in the Roads (20 sail) appear to ride very well. FALMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Sailed the Montague packet for the Brazils (and not yesterday, as was reported).—The sloop Bideford, BROKENSHIRE, from London, with groceries, &c. for this port, was totally lost near Meragessy on the 23d inst. The Captain was washed overboard and drowned two (lays before. Part of the cargo expected to be saved.—Wind E. HARWICI4, DEC. 28.—The schooner Uprichleg perten was run foul of in this port by - the brig Caesar, of Sunderland, broke her boWsprit, and did .other damage.—The Newcastle packet, of Newcastle, Capt. CLAY, has come iu here, after being on shore off the Naze. COWES, Dzc. 28.—The Speculation, of Lands crone, from Cork for Lisbon, w ith &c. was this morning brought in totally diswasted, having been on shore near the Needles. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 2.6.—The Ann Aurora, ILGLAtYr, from flamburgh - for ili.ll, was driven on shore on the Ilolderness Coast the 2504 inst.. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. `28.---Came into harbour his Majesty's soap Teazer. His Majesty's ship Niger, for the East Indies, still remains.—Wind Northerly. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Arrived the Ocean (a Russian), from Finland, last from Portsineuth; Aide'', of and fro Bremen, bound to Ilavannah. No King's ships have stirred to-day. DEAL, DEC. 28.—Remain in the Downs his Majesty's ships Bombay, Mereutins, and Swan cutter.—Wind S. • Arrived at Bermuda, the Mar de Brazil, bound to New Brunswick, sent in. he HOppett, ARSTROM, from . Ystadt to Got tenburgh, is stranded off Ystadt. Greatest part of the eargckexpected to be sa v ed. The Dixon, SNoa•pcx, from Petersburgh to Hull, put back op the 17th ult. water-logged, having been on shore. A number of vessels wore driven on shore at Gottenburgh (hiring the violent gale on the night of the 18th and 17th inst. A schooner of about 100 tons was carried into Lyme on Moioiday by two pilot boats, having been found without any person on . hoard. 041 a slate in the cabin was written the words, ". Schooner Adventure." The Nigade, of,Stettin, LEEt)STER, fl'011) Os tend to Bourdeaux, which was abandoned by the crew, has been carried into : Whitstable by the Margate boatmen, with the loss of her tudaer. The Vrundscbap, Kr,urEn, from London bourid to Amsterdam, and the Active, PIDGEON, from Antwerp bound to Hull, put into Yarmouth vs terday ; the former with damage i and must dis charge; the latter leaky. A foreign hoy, from Holland to London; with wheat, foundered oil liarburgh Sunday morn- g—cre sav Copy of a letter transmitted to Lloyd's from the Admira!ty, relative to the fleet bound to Spain, 1 1 011110; and the. "Alediterranean, under convoy of his Alajesty's ship Meander : Impregnable, in'Hamoa7e,net.% Si 111.,—1 think it necess a ry t o request you will state to the Lords Commisshmers of the Admiralty, the remiss p_nd diso bedient conduct of the V.:lsters of the vessels under 4'nuvoy of his Majesty's ship Meander, by which, to the great est prejudice of their owners, mid ,the delay of the public ser vice, they have lost 24 hours run. The Meander made the signal to weigh at daylight, yester day, and fired gun after gun throug:Jo!it the day without pro curing the slightest obedience; nor did illy repeated messages, and the assistance of boats, induce more than 12 of them to move. I mu, &c. (Signed) T. B. MARTIN, Rear-Atlmiral. To J. W. CroktT, Esq. COURT-NIAR ITAL. Horse-Gmorris, Dec. 22, 11314, At a General Court-Martial, held at Portt. mouth, on the 25th' October, I Sl4, and conti nued, by adjoarnment, to the 11 th November following; Captain TnomAs Moore was arraigned on the two following charges, viz.: Ist. In fraudulently directing to Corporal Glover, of the. 38th Regiment of Foot, stationed at Cali, in Ireland. a letter dated front Portsmonth, on the 14th September, 1814, the contents of which were written and signed by Captain Moore, and were in fact addressed to Lienteteint [1 Tiler, of the said 38th Regiment, and not to Corporal Glover, as thy direction on the back of the said letter expressed, in order that the said letter should he conveyed to the said Lieutenant Hopper, free of expence. and thereby defraud his Majesty's Revenue of the posta7c due upon su c h l etter. 2d. fit adding to the above-mentioned letter so written, a request that if he, Lieutenant Hopper, should write to him, that he would direct his letters to Henry Rumbold, a private in Captain Moore's Company, then his servant, with a farther view that any such letter so written by Lieut. Holiper to him should lie conveyed also free of ekpene e ; likewise With an intent to deframl his Majesty's Revenue of the postage thereon. The Court, having maturely weighed the evi dences brought forward by the prosecutor as 'veld as by the prisoner, were of Opinion, that he, Captain &bore, was Guilty of both the eharges preferred against him, and in consequence-thereof, sentenced him to be dismissed his Majesty's ser vice. His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief has thcrefori! directed, that the said Charges, together with the Sentence of the Court, shall be read at the head of every Regiment in hiS i‘lajesty's service; (Sigued) HARRY CA.LVERT, Adjut4nt.,Gentra3. POETRY. At the Sale of Farraing Stock in - Gloucestershire, some time since, the Auctioneer gave the following Extempore Description of a /leant ifa 1 Cow. Long in her sides,--,bright in her eyes, Short in her legs,--thin in her thighs, Big in her rib,—wide in her pins, Full in tier boson,:—small in her Shins; Long in her face,—fine in her tail, And never deficient in filling the pail. E ARTS. , Induced by numerous invitations in the News papers, we lately visited Mr. BACON'S Exhibition of National Monuments in Newman-street. From the assiduity with; which thoe specimens of Sculp ture have been brought into 'notice, we were in hopes that they would posseSs some qualities to justify our taking a. national pride in them, and induce las to carry such of the Foreigners of taste as we knew in the metorpolis, (o.view them while tte Might rather triumphantly say—' these are the works of a British Artist." We confess, that on viewing them Ave were glad that we were not ac companied by any persons of this description--we were much disappointed. There is a massy and solid monument to be erected to Lord UM NAVAL.. LIS ill India. It consists of a huge pedestal, upon which the _Noble Marquis stands, like a bold re cruiting serjeant, displaying a good military leg and thigh. On celi side of this block-of marble stands 'a figure, the name of which is wisely printed betoUr to prevent mistakes. Still our literature did not enable us to make out the nature of ,these appen dages to -the pedeStal. One of the figures, we -welt: given to understood, was intended to -per sonify \Visdom ; but as Owla• , the sure and constant insignia of that virtue, were unhap pily unknown in the East, the Sculptor ,was sorely distressed for an emblein. At length, however, for what straits will not geit:ui over come, he bethought him of an Elephant, as not only being well-known in Ilitidostan, but as be ing the very beast he wanted to typify wisdom.— The only consideration was how to dispwse of it— and most unluckily for Mr.BAcoN, he decided irpon .skinning the Elephant, and wrapping the : skin round the Lady for a pelisse. 'Praia pudor ! Mr. BACON, to In: so ignorant of Hindu() mythology as to flay CiANESA, their ( . ;m1 of Kno..vledge, the deity o f their most pare, extensive, and ardent worship, and devote his Hide to the vulgar ofiTee of a Dam sel's, Cloak ! But this i 3 scarcely the worst ofit : the proboscis of CAN ESA, though naturally a pliant Member, , Will not very pliant in the Arts. It could not lie made a clasp, or a girdle, or an epolette, or any thing clue which a fashion able tailor could conjoin with a mantle. Mr. B A c o s. Was therefore compelled, to clap it upon his poor Lady's forehead, over.which it bangs, in t oo f ideViii proportion' like a SCOtChtll3l,'S mull, or it Sea Nymph's conch—for the latter of which we mistook-it, not being aware how touch more remote the Artists classical allusions were. There are other Nlowthients for iJord WELLES- LEY, Sir J. MoonF., Ste., upon which we have not to-d3y time to comment. Perhaps we may return to the sithi.eet, and in the meantime have greatly to lameut, that tue general poverty and want of genius, so ciniraeteristic of our natiOnal rothiciions in this sublime alt, is not removed by these lumps of Ilacwi. 'PIE THEAT!ir..—..‘ll33 ‘VALSTEIN iS obvionslT rising to public favour. Her Letitia Hardy last night attracted a very numerous audience, and .her performance excited great applause. The more familiar her person too becomes, the more agree able it, appears. Iler maaner is easy, elegant, and spirited'; and there were some pathetic touches in the last scene, in which her happiness depends on the decision of Doricourt, when she - reveals herself to him, which were very interesting. Much, however, of the attraction of hst night, is doubt less to be :-scribed to the new Pantomime of The Valley of Diamonds, or Harlequin Sindbad, tvhich is amusing, though by no means equal to what the subject admitted, as this hero of our early days has too little to do in the Pi.sce, in his an cient character of the adventurous sailor. The :tricks and transfortuations pass with more facility,. and the holiday folks have an ample gratification ia the sufferings of Pantaloon, and the miischiev waggeries of the Clown. The Covent-Garden. Pantomime introduces a That, on which is inscribed Whitbread's entire. It may be insinuated by the wags that it. is doubtful whether the ball io intended as a sarcasm. on the political character, or a delicate compli ment to the ilbutogerof the rival Theatre. Mr. HOLMAN.,--it has been reported that this Gentleman had made his find eat , but a letter was received 'ffoin him within these few days, stating, that he well and suceedsfcil at New York. A very humble but a very zealous effort appears to be making at the end of St. Martin's-lane, in-the Strand, to rival the excavations of modern Pat-is, and ancient Rome. A corn waggon, drawn by four tine horses, sunk down yesterday to the shafts, and threa;ened every moment to • disap. pear. It was . only by the aid of nine additional horses, and a great deal of digging, it was re moved from its perilous situation. It has been almost officially stated, that though th e p r i nc i pa l streets of the . metropolis could not he prepared for passage by hist Christmas, they will - probably be ready by next Christmas: The principle of the Prussian acid which occa sioned the death of the chemist-at Vienna, a-s men tioned in a late paper, exists in the leaves of the peach-tree, the wild laurel, the almond, and most of the fruits with kernels. The late Duke CHARLES, of Lorraine, had well nigh lost his life. by swallowing a few drops of eau de nQyau too highly impregnated. Every body knows how dangerous it is to chew the letsves of the wild laurel. The odorous principle of the Plussian acid is of the same nature ; and a small quantity of it inhaled! when the acid is in the state of gas, is sufficient to produce death, without convulsions, in a few seconds. A tea'' spoonful of water' or spirits, impregnated with a small quantity of this acid, will kilt the la4;est dog. It is believed that ScrfEELE, who died sud denly while engaged in some new experiments npon Prussia acid, was affected by its deliterious GENERAL EXCELMANS. • Our Readers-have been already informed of the arrest of Gen. EXCELMANS at Paris. This person ,appears to have been one who conceived that he might set the military laws and the commands of his Sovereign at nought, because he was a Gene ral. He had been charged With an offence of great magnitude. Rumour says it was no less, than that of treasonable correspondence with a foreign power. The late War Minister, DUPONT, however, had the weakness to let him off with a simple admonition to be more circumspect- in fu ture. The succeeding War-minister, SOULT, Lad issued a general order that all Officers, not especially authorised to stay in Paris, should quit that capital.• EXCELMANS remained in de fiance of the order. He then received a polite,_. but positive command, to repair to Barsur-Or nain. He replied by alleging that his wife w as on •the eve of her accouchement,and requesting some delay. This ansv,-r seems to have been cosnsi dered as a mere pretence; for the order, to which, as a military mars, he was undoubtedly subject,- was reiterated, and only produced from him a more positive refusAl to obey. - Thus did he per sist in his contumacy for ten days together; and when at last, on the 20th instant, a body of gen- Warmes came to arrest him, he, who had before affected such a tender apprehension of alarming his wife's feelings, sou g ht shelter iu her bed room, and thence mad e his escape. Finally, he sends a petition to the Chamber of Deputies, de claring that he placed himself and his family un der their protection ; and Madame d'Exceltnan's another, complaining of, the violation of her re tirement by the gendarmes in search of her hus band. The General's petition tO the Chamber of Deputies, in which he declared he had no place of residence hut Paris, and contending that, as he was an Officer upon halt-pay, the Government had no right to order him to quit Paris. The Cham ber, however, passed to the order of the day, after a long debate upon the Report of a 'Com mittee appointed to investigate the same. E. is to,be tried by a Court Martial. HIGH TIDE. The late rains und - easterly gales, together with the moon's attraction, occasioned yesterday - one of the highest tides known during many years.— Soon after two o'cloc, the water flowed over the piles of Blackfriars' Bridge. The platform at the steps on the City side waS covered by at least three feet of water; the wharfs-were inundated, and all business suspended during au hour. In one instance, a coal waggon, taking in coals near the Old Barge Howie, was immersed by the flood up to the horses' shoulders. At the timber wharf adjoining the Strand Bridge, the water rushed over the whole mass of timber, and fell like a torrent into the low grounds on the other side the road. The tide rose so high at the temporary bridges by the Strand Bridge, as to leave/no room for boats to pass through. There is a court in Narrow Wail, named Limetree-court,containing about 20 houses, inhabited by hard-working people : this place was laid under water. The inhabitants were washed out of the ground floor, and. confined to the first story. The water was severed feet above the steps of the doors, and the whole scene be came truly distressing. The water forced through the houses above the Green Dragon, in Pedlar's Acre, with rapidity, and made the way impass able; but passengers found the most interruption on the bank by Lambeth Palace.. There %vas one sheet of water from the end of the Bishop's Walk to Lambeth Church. Watermen attended with their wherries, and conv e y e d persons across to the Church. The same sort of flood extended along the hawk to Vauxhall, and the people were washed' out of their houses. On the London side Of the river the same inconvenience was felt, and the damage sustained on the different wharfs and warehouses below=bridge must be immense. The tide returned at two o'clock, A. K. and rose much higher than in the day ; it is however reasonable to suppose, that the owners of property removed it- in time to prevent further injury. It is reported that applications have been de-: livered into the Board of Trade already, tor Li .censes to permit British Ships to penetrate the Blockade of the American Ports, On the ground of the pacification. These; we arc told, have been refused,. on the principle that hostilities will not be discontinued, or-the blockade raised, under the terms of the Treaty, until it shall have been rati fied by the Government at Washington. General DoNi, Lieutenant-Governor of Gibral tar, has issued Proelathations, on receipt of the Report of the Board of Health, stating the restora tion of perfect health, that the Board do no longer continue its sittings ; that on the •return of the inhabitants who left the garrison, they do • tho roughly air and cleanse their houses fiom dirt and filth ; that the Scavengers's department being put upon an improved footing, the householders do provide themselves with a strong box, with two iron handles and cover, to receive the dirt accu mulated every ,24 hours, and that, the. box be no larger tiv: i n two men can lift, when full that thecarts go rownd every - 24 hoUrs, and announce their approach by a hell. .. . . Monday large detachments of troops for the East Indies, were embarked from the Engineers' Wharf. . . The i 9th Light Dragoons are to be withdrawn frimi America. The 20th Light Dragoons are ordered home Fromm Sicily, and are to beAnartered at Bening. ham. The first fleet of the season for Bombay and China was, it was understood, to be dispatched at the India-House on Saturday next ; but in conse quence of the owners l l ;;;:z . ) ( g ies t: r it t he4lt.ll:to l a d uc t i he wa bounties, the greater part of. the m.) who w:e eengaged f refuse lto eourttelii•e; voyage, thatyage i the departiym of the fleet must be delayed until an adequate nuMber of men can he procured to navigate titre ships. The following En glish Bull appears in a Thea trical advertisement z-- 4 ` Harlequin is shot by the • Clown, and he instantly and imperceptilik ctppeurs as a skeleton. - -