The Sun. — London, England, 1804-12-20 00:00:00

EAST INI)I A YESTERDAY a General Meeting of Proprietois of East India Stock was held pursuant to public no, taco given for that, purpose. Sir W. ELPHINSTONE, Chairman of the Court of DireEton, opened the busineis of the Meeting in a neat and appropilate speich,` in the course of which he observed, that he was so fully aware that every Proprietor must feel most sensiblk the great importance of what had been achieved by that most atlive, brave, and meritorious placer, Captain Sir ; NATHANIEL DANCE, in the preservation of the hotneWard-bound Fleet, that he should not offer any words of his to.endeavour to describe an event, the glory as well as the vast commercial importance of which would be more strongly felt in the breast ;.Of the Proprietor's by the plain description of the faEts which they had already seen, than by any feeble attempt of his to describe the merits of the transadion. He concluded by moving, That a Pension of poi. peT annum be granted to Captain Sir NATHANIIIE. DANCE, late Commander of the Ship Earl Carndefri, pursuant to a Resolution of the Court of Ditettors, of the 26th of September Asst. , I-: Mr.. Tw !moo lamented that it had frequently .' fallen to his lot to differ in opinion from those tot ' ,:i whom he entertained the highest personal reaped. tle had often observed in that Court, that if they ',:• did not preterve a system of moderation in their _,exPeollitute, the Company coma never be so eaten. --,: ' 'strelY great and Atoujent as , he wished to see them: _,to ",,t - tetstorhelaelitersz ttle great and important set.. ricer which hi& been rendered to the Company by "a", t l t . KATHAN . IEL D A NCE, he was'almost t empted to 1 - • :'' 4 *wive, that the Court should adjourn, in order that ,-., every Ptoprietor might have an opportunity of go. i:1, .ieg into the Warehouses, and seeing the vast amount ';-`- :of,property which had been rescued from the hands ;'-:' of. .the Enemy , and sa f e ly d e p os i te d t h e re for the ,!] '... benefit of the Company. He knew that he was ad. '''q `'dressing a person who, under similar circumstances, .;:'l;, i Weald have , di s pl a y e d a n eq u a l degree of courage and of skill . - Bat when such an opportunity offer. ' . .,' , 1 ed, and whe n suc h extraor di nary exertions were ' ' .iniide in their'iaiviech the Company, he i :sought, ' Would ad unwiaely, in c a it would be impolitic ino ~unjust, themselves, if they were to ; adopt that systeM of nioderation which he had re. 'toriunerilleil when minor (shied* were under their : 1 :consideration. H e t h ere f ore move d, with 'lye ,tu x'? .fosiroi , ‘n, that instead of the annuity of 3 0 0 i, vv . 'ich ,had been recommended by the Court of Direttors, A the sum of cool. be settled annually upon Captain . Sir NATHAN! a r. DAXCI, for the important service 1 ; which he has rendered to the Company. .1 Th e Motion having been seconded, i The Citatastmt gated, that there were some ~ : . ;, 4 tueumstance s . which had come to the knowledge at s 1 the Court of Diretiors since they bad speed ft . t h e Resolution now before the Court. Capt. DANCS !,k 14 spent forty.five years in the most anive and g irealnus service of the Company ; and unfortunately Q; his merit had not hi t h erto met w i t h t h at reward iir. f:?4 which every person present, he was confident, would ii wish it had experienced. On these grounds, he had ~' th e strongest reason to believe the Court of Direc. !. , tors would most heartily aoquiesce in the propoSi. , ~,;, tst..,..tilfgtrahen grant. on' Gtn litir tah who moved the addi. An objenion was then the made to the formality of Proceeding, every Gentleman who spoke; at the lame time, observing, that he was fully as touch in. 'dined to support the amendment as the Honourable :. '. Mover had been to introduce it. . The exception was take n t o t h e f orm on l y , wi t h a view to satisfy :'t one of their awn hies, which,, if once infringed upon, might hereafter lead to bad consequences. • ) Regular notice was given in writing of . the fol.. . lowing Motion : , " That this C our t, s ens ibl e o f t h e great merit of Sir NA. „', pIA !VI EL D A NCE, is desirous of contemn; upon him a xy: erasion of sec.', per annum ; hut i n co nformity to the 4th ~- . 1 Sen. of the bah Chap. of the Company's oya Laws, the ; 4 ,ottrt think it necessary to adjourn the cousideration of. this I d Questien till Frid a y, t h e 4t h o f l auuary next. " - 1 The notice was then ordered to be published in f' the Papers. r , ,•!i i '; ' t '' PRINCE OF WALES'S ISLAND. The CitAtitMAlr Called the attention of the Meet. ,;;, ing to a Resolution of the Court of Dittiftors, which `ll had f or its I.' A 0 Ile , ‘ an arrangement for the government !,,, of the above Island. Several titles of letters and .-.,';. other papers wen read, and the substance of them generally stated.bY the Chairman. They comment. ed on the commercial importance of the Island, and ' recommended that a Naval Arsenal should be cren. " there, for the purpose of building and repairing ships. The Right Honourable Chairman then sub. : . sitedl number of Re so lu t i o n s for the appointment .` : ' : t o disererit °Akers under the new establishment, with sis 4 . - 4 salaries to be annexed to each office. The Cover. 1 . - • - - • •-r.'t emery rut proposed to be 33,000 dollars ~. fee annum, and the othet officers each a sum pro. , llottionata to their tank. The places were very . : nearly the same is n u m b er as those already held ,:„.; share : notwithstanding it might seem, at "first sight, as if they were a set of offices to he created by ; k , c . ,, she vote of this Court . Ti would b e more b en eficial 1 ,- ,: , to the Campo*" that each Gentleman serving them should hare a liberal salary and be excluded from all commercial nonunion', than that he should have ~ . Amalie" salary and possess a right to trade. The Court would undoubtedly see the importance of the place in it.‘, 41s inn light, and the necessity o f the establish. .' .] Them would immediately be obvious. From the great experience and e xtens i ve k now l e d ge of many Gentlemen present, he was convinced that they k: '. Would see, as clearly at he could tell them, the pe. Wier advantage of having a Naval Arsenal at this Pleee. He had merely given this ()Udine of the plan ~.i .. which had b een agree d on, according as he bad ' been instruned to state; aid, it any Gentleman bad enyobservations to snake, he should be very glad tq 'teat them on the subjea. .i. ... . t io T n The D a a fe r w oVt wo C r i d i s AllUAllt s su a l red rte u d po the n the great i mportance of s having • Settlement in that Wand, '. , 1 °Poo a plan nearly suaMer to that already establish. ' ed in the other parea of the Company's Settlement s ; 4: 44 nbeerving, that the Cou rt o f Direnore would al, K ways have an opportunity of investigating ihe con .a .. Ti "Ct of the Officers to be appointed by the present "to, and would be competent to remove them, 'if *.i., ';ivi' at may, tome they should be . (341111,1 oaworth, of longer continuance in the LOMMY'II service. , 1 lie place was in itself so highly valuable, that it was expeded an ample return would be made for any. expence the Company might now be at, in the course of a very short period. Mr. Kststatt observed, that the more regular ray would be to have the Resolutions printed and circulated among the Proprietors, in the first in stance. Afterwards the Court should have two day& appointed for the discussion of their merits, before they could give their support to such extensive votes of money. Lord KtNNAIRD said, that the approbation of the Court, in the first instance, would only tend to chew thereat confidence which they placed in those who lAti the direttion of their affairs. At a subse_ fluent meeting they would have it in their power to assent to or disapprove of.any part of the proposed establishment. Mr. Jolt NiTON it inquired what security the Com pany would have that they should ever be reim bursed for the vast expence to which they were now going for this mere speck upon the face of the earth ? Who was there that forgot the promises that were made about Ceylon ? lie cautioned Gentlemen against believing the promises of Government, which was at all times ready to deprive them of their patronage, and injure them by promises which were never performed. Mr. &ALI'S' thought' that if the proposition had come from Ministers, they were the best qualified to judge of the propriety of the measure. He there fora should-give it his 'support. A Mr. JoH NSTONE explained. After some further conversation, it was suggest. ed, that the whole of the Correspondence-sand the various Documents upon which this plan was found ed should be printed for the perusal of the Ptopric. tors. This was objected by the CHAIRMAIi*d some Members of the Court of Dire&ors, on the:ground that the publication of those Papers would disclose some political reasoning which it would be Impro-. per to make known at the ' , resent crisis. The first . (lay of discussing a subject of this sort was onlyer. sally consi&red - -to' be only a mere fOrm 'of. intro. dueink it . ro the IVlembers° of the General Coln r, and. , he discussion constantly, took j)lAce on these. con.' day. ; The DlPtirr Cil A rum' assured the court that every :thir.g that was necessary to elucidate the huhjett Fh 0.1141 tri laid.betore.therni. ; • . The question was put on the original MOtbo, and .‘ agreed to 4. Adjourned: at foot, o'clock. Peivareaccoung ivere,on Tuesday received by a respeetable Bani;ing.house in the City, confirming t igisc leceived a few weeks since, that in conic. quence of the departure of, Sir Janes CRAUFUR I, from France. BONAPARTg had caused orders to be given to the Ba , Kzc., &c. not it. , pay any remit. tenets to the Engiish Prisoners in France, who for the future are to subsist upon the allowance of 6tl. per du . made to them by the French Government. On Sunday seinnighr, about noon, a small lug ger-rigged vessel appeared off Easton Cliff, near Southwold, when she attraaed observation from the signal option, and not answering the signal made to her, bu t .secring her matn.top.aail, end still stand. ing in, apparently with an intention to cut off a Brig coining down from the westward, Lieut Ton. OAK, .who commands at the station; immediately made the signal for a Privateer, which a Berwick Smatk in the trade-wiry observing, very gallantly hoisted her flag at her peak, and fired at the Pries. , tcer, who although beyond her shot, was yet incl. ciently alarmed at the lowa of her guns to term. quish her attempt to cut off the Brig, and stood oUt so sea again.— The signal for a Privateer .was kept flying at the signal station all the afternoon. A Letter from Greenock, of Saturday's date, says, " Arrived, early yesterday morning, the Achilles, Dotretike, from Demerara, which parted from the LeeWard' Island Fleet, since which she has cocoon. tered•Very tempestuous weather. On the 4th inst. lat. 55. 17. long. 18. spoke the American ship yokel and Alice, MICLUREI of and from Philadelphia for Liverpool, out ze days; all well, Captain MAC. cLuat very kindly offered to supply Capt. Dot'. atm-with either provisions or stores, and to , remain brhim till the weather would moderate. John Thomas, cook of . the Achilles, was washed over. board, .on Monday last, in a gale. •' Arrived also, yesterday, the Cakdania, Wig. sox,. front t;2uebec, in 3$ clays. The Recovery, BOAC, for this Mt, was to sail the day after the Caledostia." The mate and three of the crew of a neutral ship. were on Thursday taken up at Hull, on a charge of having broken open and stolen a qaantity of Man. cheater goods 'shipped on . board their vessel. Ar. ticks to a . considerable value were found in their possession.. .Tliey had the preceding day disposed of some cotton handkerchiefs: On Sunday last the 9zd regiment of foot (High. landeri) mad * division of the Royal Army of. Re. serve, itittriliOd to be attached to the.49th regiment, embarked. at Liverpool for Ireland. The fi rst battalion of the r Bth (Royal Irish) re. giment, at present at barracks in Canterbury, are under orders for foreign service, and will march to embark-at RaMsgste immediately on the arrival of the transports in the Downs, which are daily ex. peeled. They are destined, it is said, for the West Indies. , • On Saturday last there Was the greatest corn. market, at Egremost, in Cumberland, ever known at this season of the year. In one street there were ono hundred and seven carts, each containing, upon an average, sit Cumberland bushels of corn. The price' were, Wheat from 265. to sos. ; Batley from 45. to 17s. i Oats from to I is. the Cumber. land bushel; about as. 6d. per bushel lower than last' weektii prices, At Cambridge, ordinary wheat has fallen in price within the week 13$. per quarter, at Lincoln sal. Louth los. and Roystonand Uppingliant 3s. .Yeaterds7 morning a bookseller in St.. Mary le-bone WO ,apprehended by Adkins, one of the Bow-street Ulcers, and brought before Sir Atcts- ARD FORD, dlitged with having published a lil)el, intitled A Litter fromsTkemas Paine on the Sub. jefl of the French Invasion. Alter undergoing a private examittitiges tito biiiikAllei was ordetc 4 to fled bail. °lt: CAPT. JOHN NOKTON, THE MOHAWK' CHIEF. Of the many illustrious Strangers who have oc. -casionslly - visited Bath, we may consider this inte. resting American as by no means the least respen. aisle. Though his stay was little more than three days (freest Tuesday to the ensuing Friday), yet the thou ioterval was filled up with such numerous traits of an amiable disposition and a vigorous intellect, as produced the most pleasing impressions of his cha ratter on all who had the pleasure of being intro. duced to him,—A. proof of his possessing, in a higher degree, the. qualities of a good.temper, and grearmen t al quickness,oceurred at theUpper.itooms, where he appeared, in the dress of his country, on Thursday evening last. A_yannz Englishman, who had been in America, accosted the Chief with seve ral abrupt questions, :wetting his place of abode, and situation in life. To these NORTON returned answers at once pertinent and modest.. The in. quirer, however, expressed himself dissatisfied with them; and hinted in almost plain terms, that he be lieved him to be an impostor. Still the American preserved his temper, endeavouring to convince the Gentleman that his account of himself might be de. pended upon.—." Well but," returned the other, " if you really are Ghat you pretend to be ; how will you relish returning to the sewage: of your own Counity-1" "Sir," replied Norrox, with a glance at IntekMeei ehall not experier:e so great a cluThist,initir society es to rneyiniagine, for I find thetC;ate,setregir in AU country also." • • Atifitiated,with 'the spliir Of genuine patriotisin, this geheraos, Chieftain ' Is unweariedly occupied. during the intervals of -hls-public business, in ac. Inking every specieeof ttseftil knowledge,' for the purpose of transporting it to his own Country, and 'benefiting 'his people; and;-what the friends to.the happiest-of men Will hear with still 'greater admirai tide and preature, ie weer engaged, 'under the ausPicee "of Wt Lola rakes and iVir. THoiewroN, in tiro lehtiriout employment of 'translating the Gtispel . of Sr. John into his native tongue. Tarots, W ers• iirliveara to be" shoot--. 45 years of age ; ~=his pelt is muscular., And Wellproportinnecl ; his countenaoce:ine audintelligent,, illuminated with Ac an eye like Mars ti]threaten and command." His mother hr.irig a, gait& *naafi, ainti he hiMself hair. ingspent twoyears-ofhistlifelfrom 13 '56 5.) in itiinburgli c he has acquired a 'sufficient knowledge of the. English to readit.With ease, and speak it with fluency : 'tht!French language 3130 is equally fainiliar to him. Aoststed by great natural sagacity; anti habits ; of deep refledion, he appears to have stweralized molt thaccould have been exported from the cis.- cumstances..of his place of birth, and the state of society in which he has spent his life, and has not only worked out, by the energies of his own mind, many schemes for the improvement of bit country, and the benefit of ours, but also acquired a very con. sidcrable share of moral, political, and philotiophical information. His wife is a female of his own tribe, by whom he has two children.—Rath Chronicle. i* Signifying an open door. MODERN FURNITURE. A Glenn! Drereing Weirs.—The Stile of this tie. gant article is from the Egyptian. The pillars sup. porting the mirror are modeled after the manner of a termini, pannelled out and inlaid with Egyptian ornament., in black ebony. The pillars are sur mounted by a demi-bust of ANTorstus, the great favourite of the Emperor ADIIAN. The terrain; are ornamented with richly carved human feet, sup. ported by a pedestal, finished nn each side with Egyptian chimeras in bronze. The. frame of the glass is ornamented with stars and the Egyptian /ow, or water lilly of the Nile, in black ebony. Over the glass is a pediment, containing a carved ornament in bronze, similar to what is seen over the Egyptian gates ; namely, the sphere and the winged serpents. The size of this g l ass , w hi c h is intended for the PRINCe 'of WALEV, is eight feet and a half, by three feet and a half. ' Egyptian Window Seats.—These costly and ele gant articles' are intended as substitutes for the Ot toman cushions, which have had their day, being in vogue for the last twelve years. The frames of these tasteful appendages to a mainificent drawing_ room are of rose wood, enriched with bronze orna.: ments. At each corner is a lion's head in a concave pannel. The frame is supported by carved and bronzed chimera feet. The cushions are of black Genoa velvet, . bordered at the top and around the edges with hieroglyphics in exquisitely finished tambour needle; work. Egyptian SOlas.—.The form of these sofas is alto. gether square the elbows are supported by Egyp tun term:ix/1. The fronts ate inlaid with hierogly. phice in black ebony ; the heads end feet are In bronze. The coverings to these newly-invented sofas ate eitheic'omposed'of crimson or black Genoa velvet, bordered with hieroglyphics in tambour work of gold coloured silk, ndmirAbly executed. The bol. stets, or cushions of these sofas are square, and fi. nished srthe. The whole itt supported on a frame of the finest mahogany. They are usually made about six feet and a half long, by two feet and a half wide. Egotiatt Foot Stool.--The form of this article is pyramidical : the top is square, and covered with black velvet, and bordered with hieroglyphics in needle-vi ark. The frame is of mahogany, charged with hieroglyphics in black ebony or bronze.— This article, which if§ very handsome, has not yet been introduced into the Fashioaable World. A pitched battle will be fought in a • few days, between Belcher, jun. who fought with Rya* very recently, and O'Daired, who was unsuccessful in a battle with Caleb Baatiiin,'4 Wormwood Scrubs. The following Pugilists are matched, and will also fight very shortly.: Bourke and a )01.01,,g ..71141 who has never yet been tried; and Pittoone and Wood, who fought six months since at Wilsdon Green. Yesterday se'nnight a fire broke cut in the malt. house of Mr, M'Leuti, brewer, in Gateshead, which at rust threatened serious consequences ; but from a plentiful supply of water, and the laudable exer. lions of the populace, it was got under without much dimage. It is said to have s.)tiginated by overheat. ing the kiln, We have already mentioned that on Friday mnn. ing, about three o'clock, a Lieutenant of the N ivy eloped with' a young Lady, sixteen years of age, the daughter of an eminent Jew of Portsmouth.— They pursued their course, with all possible sped, in a chaise and four, to London. They iiad left Portsmouth several hours before their flight was discovered, when the father of Miss, accomp...ied by a friend, pursued them with all lmigin tble speed, in a chaise and four, on the Lond:w 'On his arrival at Kingston, he met 'wit h the rit.hly who drove the lovers to town, who promised to give him every assistance in his pursuit, and told him he drove the happy pair to the G ihien.Cross, Charing. Cross ; but the father, thinking it the mot advisable to procure the assistance of the P lie, drove to the Public Office, Bow.street, and procured Adkins and Anthony, the Officers, to assist him in his pursuit. They went to the Golden-Cross, bus 'all the infarmationithat could be gained there was, that the lovers remained there but a short time, and went away in a hackney-coach; but no tracts could be made of the coach. Hand.bills were ac. cordingly issued, offering a reward to the coachman who drove the lovers, to give information where he set them dawn. Application was made at Doc. tore' commons to know whether any application had been made for a licence for their marriage ? but none had been sages. It being suspeOcd that applicatioo AVould he; made in the course of Sttr ?day morning, soveraFpersons were set,to s watch, with the Bow,ettect Officers; sod, 7 abhur two o'clock, the gallant Officer applied for a licence 'when ~.the Officcra took him into custody, and cop'veyeij, to the father,: who proposed, if p,.y all expences he would nut prosecute hitrt—fo the fond lover was reltidantly obliged to ag . and to tell, chat the olijea of his atfeiions sat lotigings,i,n ffludyer.s:reet, We s ifllifiStCr ; f re the damsel WAS found, who, returned, ye rYr l tßt _ antly, With'her father• to"Pirfii . l l :4lol, in ill; small mortification of her affeetiunate, but tlitieh pointed lover. ~. FUNERAL of the lett Alderman ,21W;DifLL.. YRSTERDAY, about tour oi.ciock, the remains of th6late worthy Magistrate were interred with great solemnity in the Parish Church, of Sr. Martiresi Old Jewry. Soon after eleven in the forenoon the Mutes and Constables were placed at the duo; in Cheapside, ritial the Pohlic were permitted to see the liody . laying in state. From the door, the shop wee hung with black, ornamented with escutcheons, and illuminated with varax candles. ;lo small room at the end, with glass doors, was the coffin, elevated one bier, and ornamented, with escutcheons of the family arms, and . the gold chain he wore when 1.9t4 Mayor hung from the head..,-The speetators paased through the house, and came out at the door in Iron. .monger-late. About 3 o'clock the company began to assetrib!e to attend the Funeral, awl a party of the Mi. litaryAssociation of the Ward of Cheap surroundedthe door to keep, off the crowd, and a larger ,party at tlic church door in .I;rotimonger.lant, The Irtirkersil Procession moved on f0..4 from Cheapside, down King-street,. Caremon.street, and up Ironmonger. lane, to the Church, ih the following order s—Three Street-keepers, followed by Constables, all with silk hat.banls ; next an Prnament or Emblem, from the Charity &hoot' of St. Ann's, Foster lane (of which he had been,President), followed by the Girls and Boys of that school with their Governors ; next the Marshals' Men, two and two ; two City. Mar. shills in fu,l uniform, with black scarfs ; the Corn.. moo Council of the Ward ; the Sword and Mace teat er of London, with the emblems of their'nffice ; the Feathers ; the _Body ; Pall Bearers ; Sir C. Pitres, Sir J. EMIER, the IttcoaDaft, Sir JoHst W. AND EitziON; Sit . WI WAN STAINAS, Alderman MRSUR. ea, the LORD MAYOR, followed by the Chamberlaiol and almost the whole Court of Aldermen and Sheriffs, with their Chaplains ; who were followed by a great many private Friends, Tradesmen and Servants, who paid their last re. spells to their benefaEtor. On arriving 4t. the Church, the flee and drums of the Volunteers play. ed a solerno Dirge, and the Charity Children of St. Ann's sung in the Church an Anthem composed for the occasion; and all was coodueted without any accident, amidst a vast clowd of spedators., Wednesday morning four fine mares were drown. ea in the river Dee, at Handbridge, near Chester, belonging to Mr. Jones, of Brymbo, near Wm ham. It appears they had just been loosed from the team, and were_ turned down to drink, linked toge.. ther, when the first going in too far, the fresh in the ,river took her off her feet, and by plunging the others were drawn in;.and'all attempts to save them were inetfedual.—Tho, poor m4n who drove the team, and witnessed the accident, went home in a state bordering on dlatraetion. In the afternoon of Wednesday, four men from Leeds facing at work taking down the wooden building at 'Hull, in which the Panorama of the storming of Seringaparam was othibired, part of the roof, at the East end, fell in with them, by which means they were bruised in a shocking mail. net. They were immediately conveyed to the in,. fitmary, and every medical assistance rendered them. Sunday sennight the premises of Mr. Wase, far. mer e of Bredfielti. Suffolk, were beset at midnight by an audacious gang of villains, a part of whor* went to the fowl•houxc and stole eight geese and six fine turkies j. which they killed io the yard ad. joining the house. During the night of Friday se'nnight some aban. &fled miscreants broke into the. stable of Mr. Jo. seph Payne, Of ,lloutionon.the.Water, Somerset.. shire, and stole a valuable mare, which, after taking a short di'stance from the premises, they tied to a tree, and then cat its throat. A few evenings sine* the linen warehouse of Messrs. Murphy and Co. of Paternoster.row, entered by means _of false keys, and robbed of s. large quantity of:lrish linens, by thieves at present unknown. Last Sunday sennight, in consequenee of the heavy tains, the atone bridge of Fvur.mite.watvr, in the County of Waterford, was bKoken down, ad almost atitircly 'wept away. I :.