The Sun. — London, England, 1806-01-17 00:00:00

Boag, of Forvey, Capt. BAitwLz, bound to Guern sey,' also with loss of bowsprit. Arrived at the Motherbank the Hoy Elizabeth and Henrietta, Capt. M. F. STRIKLING, from Dantzic, bouud to Liverpool; also the Hamburgh Ship Drie Friende, Capt. HENDRICK DE HAAN, from New , castle, bound to Hamburgh. DEAL, JAN. 16.—Arrived the Zebra from Ports mouth ; and Combatant from off Boulogne. During a heavy gale of wind from the S. W. a large-West Indianian drifted on board the Heck Bomb, which occasioned her to cut from her an chors ; and having none left, was obliged to run Tor - the North Sea. The Indianian has also lost her anchors, but waits in the Downs to get supplied with others. Several other Vessels also, during the gale, have cut and run for Ramsgate harbour. A square-rigged Vessel was wrecked in Holyhead Bay on the night of the loth instant ; all hands pe rished ; supposed to be from Dublin. Five books Lave been found ; a number of boxes, containing Soap and candles, have been cast on shore ; and from an old bill of lading, found in the books, it is supposed to be the Sally, of New York, CLIFTON, Master; this was dated July, 1802; and from a small bit of paper, JOHN MoottE was Master. • It appears that the Pirates who have long infested the River from Canton to Macao have lately in creased to such .a degree as tss render the passage of Poats between these places not a little dangerous.. They had even the audacity to attack an American Vessel going up the River ;' but though the number Of their small vessels was very great, they were re tithed with loss. 'They are in greatest force near the foot of the West branch of the River, and re tire with their booty, and evade pursuit in the in , ttumerable canals with which that part of tlle coun try is interse&ed. A very strong proof of their utrength is, that while formerly they were accus tomed-to put all their prisoners to.death in thecruelest Manner, they . now almost uniformly ransom the Vessels, retaining hostages for the due performance Of the agreement. Besides the two Vessels which the Portuguese are obliged to keep at Macao, -for . protesting the Trade of the River, the Government bas been forced to fit out several armed Vessels to a& against the Pirates, and have purchased -sorae Ships from the Europeans for the same purpose. The increase of these disorders is undoubtedly very much owing to the.distraaed'state of many of the Provinces of China. In some of them, particu.; larly to the Northward, the country is in a state of open revolt. The attention of the Government is thus drawn off from the management of the South ern distri&s, where great disorders in consequence prevail. "Yesterday the Port Committee of the City of London entered into a contra& for the removal. of the Ra6k at.lllackwall, whichhas for some time been in- Creasing, and is at present extremely dangerous and detrimental to the navigation of the River-Thames. Among the distinguished Personages at THEIR MAJESTIES' Party_ on NVednesday, evening. were, • The , Marchioness of Donnegal. Countess of Chatham . . - Ladies—Harcourt, alellasyse, Waliiegrave, Suelley, and Thynne. Lords—lienlcy, Radsteek, and Somerville. Cenerals—T.rner, De Dude', and Grenville. Colonel Wetham. Mrs. Howe. And a number of other persons of distin&ion. Yesterday the first and socond divisions of - the 87th Regiment marched through Deal from Rams gate, for Bexhill Barracks, Sussex. 7 . • The PRINCESS CHARLOTTE Of WALES is instru&ed 'in the Classics, and.receives in all respeds the edu cation suitable to the other sex,--She discovers great acuteness and aptitude in the progress of her studies. She lately remarked, with great archness, that she wanted a play-mate, and Wished she had a sister. - So many extraordinary charges have been brought against Mr. PITT, that we should not wonder if he were accused of the storm which prevented our se curing the Combined Enemy's Ships in the memo rable a6tion at Trafalgar, and of giving such swift sailing vessels to the French as enabled 'them to elude the pursuit of Sir JOHN DUCKWORTH. A An Opposition Print says, it is not yet certain who is to be Mr: PITT'S Jack-boot. This is an allusion to what Mr. Fox once said about a Jack-boot's Jock- Loot, which was so utterly deAtute of meaning, that it is paying no great compliment to their fa vourite Politician to revive such nonsense. It is confidently said that BONAPARTE has a book in which all the great Estates in this Country are registered, to bec assigned to his immediate con bexionS, and the Amy. of England, as soOri'as they shall have brought us under theyoke.,--If be should himself venture here with this Anticipating Register, we trust that it will be intitled to the name of his DOOMSDAY-BOOK. The dramatic Entertainments at Stanmore Priory were so much admired, and curiosity was so eagerly excited by them in the Fashionable World, that the Noble Owner of the mansion has, it seems, resolved to build a regular Theatre on his domain before next season. The new Farce written by ARTHUR GRIFFIN HOOF, t;sq. alica GEoßcr. COLMAN the Younger, is finished, and is verry soon to be brought forward et Covent-Garden Theatre. According to Green room report, it is a very whimsical produ6tion. Mr. SKEPFINGTON'S Sleeping .Beauty is by no /beans a Sleeping Partner at Drury-Lane Theatre, for she is put into requisition almost every-night, and has considerably added to the treasury of the Thea trical Firm. There is so little gallantry in BOYAPARTE'S inten tion of dethroning the Kind of NAPLES, merely cause the Queen has offended him, that he ought to have held forth a better pretext to the world. It is enough, however, that she is nearly conneEted with the House of BOURBON, and such a ground of en mity ca never be remu%;•ed., DILE LATE MARGRAVE OF ANS'PAcii. The rernains of His Serene Highness kvere interred oh Wednesday last, at. Speen Church, near New bury, Berks. -The funeral procession was as follows : • Two Mutes. • Board of feathers, dressed with pendants. 24 G entlemen. two and two. with silk scarfs and hatbands. Groom of the Chambers, uncovered, on a horse dressed with black velvet and escutcheons, carrying the Crown and Crimson Cusheon, which will be fixed in the Church . this day. The Horse led by two of the late Margrave's Grooms. . , Hearse and Six,containing theßody.; Six Men in Coffin covered with crimsohvelvet, Sik Men in -Mourning ornamented with gilttrails,crowns, Mourning Cloaks. &c. and lined with white satin, the, Cloaks. Hearse dressed with escutcheons. The late Margrave's favourite,Horse, put in mourning, and led by Two Grooms immediately behind the Hearse. First Mourning Coach and Six, with Hon. Keppel Craven in a cloak, supported by the Margrave's two Chamberlains, with the Keys in crape; scarfs.and hatbands. ' .Second Coach and Six, with Lord, Craven, Hon. Berkeley Craven, and Baron Jacobi. Third Coach and Six, Six Gentlemen as Pall-bearers, with satin hatbands and scarfs. Fourth Coach and Six, Two Clergymen and two Medical Men: Fifth and 'Sixth Coaches, Seven Upper Servants of the De ceased. . Margrave's Coach and Six, with four Footmen behind in State Liveries, closed the Procession. .. The Volunteers attended to keep order, to the number of Soo, commanded by Captain,; ROLLS, who paid the greatest attention on the occasion. His corps marched from Benham Place to the,Church, with arms reversed, on each side of the : carriages, from the front to the rear of the ProcessiOn. • The mercenary exposure of the remains Of a Hero, whose loss is the subject of general • sympathy, has been very well censured in the following Jeu d'Esprit. 'Tis said " a living Dog exceeds A Lion dead ;" but they say no Who no enjoy the net . proceeds Of the CATHEDRAL rarer-Jhaw ! Ye Citizens of Lox DON Town (Where gain is ne'er esteern'd a fault). 'Twill greatly add to your renown, Each Shillirg gain'd at N stsores Vault`, Fight on illustrious HEROES—fight ! • The City will your triuinphs spread, • In hopes of having the delight To make a Snow' ofyou when dead ! . We have received New-York Papers to the 13th ult. In answer to the Speech of the President; the Congress have come to the folloWina b Resolution : Resolved, that so much of the Message of the President of the United States, as relates to . the con du& of the Belligerent Powers towards the United States,'and to the, unjustifiable constru&ion lately given by some of them to the Law . of Nations, as it regards the, Rights of Neutrals, be referred to the Committee of Ways and , Means ; with inStrnaions to inquire in what respe&s, and to what extent, our Neutral Rights have been violated, and what Leg's-, lative measures the true interests of the United. States requires to counteraCt such violation." . ' • On this Resolution, the New-York Evening Post Of the gth, remarks :-- - - - - - - " The important question respe&ing the infringe ment on Our Neutral Rights has been referred, after a debate, to.the Committee of Ways and Means, on the principle, that it isarevenue question. The Corn mittee.consists of two Members from Virginia, one from Massachusetts, one from Conne&icut, one from Maryland, one from Georgia, and one from Tenuesse. Five Democrats, two Federalists. The business of this Committee, it seems,' is to prepare an argument in resistance of the principle of 56, claime. by Great Britain, and of ,which we • have lately heard so much in the Public Papers. We shall be glad to hear from them on this interesting ' subje&." 7( The Remonstrances made by the American States to the Government of Spain, respe&ing the detention of American vessels, and the obstrudion of their trade, have, notwithstanding all assertions to the contrary, produced the desired effe6t. Spain, feeling the necessity .of peace with the United States, has made the most abjea concessions ; and, all idea of a rupture between the two Countries has entirely sub sided.—A communication to this effeet has reached Mr. MoNIIO, the Ambassador from the United States of America, in London. The new East-India College at Hertford is now ready for the Students. The terms are ? one hun dred guineas per annum, with extra expences of Books, French, Drawing and Fencing-masters. The Candidates for admission are expelled to be well grounded in Arithmetic, and qualified to be exa mined in Caesar and Virgil, the Greek Testament, and Xenophon. The vacations and times for.exa mination, Christmas and Midsummer. No Student to be admitted under 15 years of age. . John Binns,, Soldier in the 2d West York Regi ment of Militia, who was indiaed to stand trial be fore the High Court of.Justiciary, for a rape on Jane Eason, near Morehatn, on the 23d of September last, was married to. her on Friday, by. a 'Magistrate, and has since been set at liberty. A Paymaster of Militia has been adjudged by a General Court-Martial to be discharged ,from the service, for infamous behaviour, unbecoming an Of ficer and a Gentleman, in charging, at sundry pe riods, for greater quantities of meal than were ac tually, receivedlor the use of the Regiment, where by Government was fraudulently over-rated with ' considefable sums, which, by the Court, he has been awarded to make good. NotwithSranding some favourable circumstances that came out in the course of the trial, His MAJESTY, though not without con siderable concern, has been graciously pleased to confirm the sentence of the Court-Martial, which, for the sake of example, is deemed indispensibly necessary to b 4 carried into the fullest effe6l. An inquisition was taken yesterday at the Tri umphant Chariot, Piccadilly, on the body of Miss Elizabeth Butler, who expired in Bond-street, on the preceding eVening. The deceased was a young woman of respectability, and resided at Somers town. She had been at the house of a friend, in Himilton-street, Piccadilly, where she 'dined and drank tea, and, on her ireturn home,,she was ob served by a Gentleman leaning against a post and vomiting. at the corner of Burlington Gardens, and it was discovered she had broke a blood-vessel. — She was conveyed to St. George's Hospital.--Ver die- Died by the Visitation (1f God. 'OLD BAILEY, stcQNl) DAY-:--THURSIjAY:, John SloPer was indiefe'd for "stealing seven pounds weight of pork, the prOperty of J. Inns, a butcher, in 1,6'n0 - --lane. A person appeared on behalf of the Prisoner, and said-he understood him to be ft young man of good connexions in the country, where .he 'had been brought-up at a boarding-school, and that his friends were not present, because they did not expeet the trial to come on this morning. Mr. Justice , LAWAENCE asked hitt if he kne* any thing Of the Prisoner ? He said he had" no knowledge of him—he only stated what he heard. The Learned Judge-observed, that this Gentleman might as well not have made a speech, since he had no knowledge of the matter, for that the Prisoner had been here twice for picking pockets.' The Prisoner - was then tried, and convieted of stealing the pork. Mary .Collingwood was indided for a capital of-. fence ; that of stealing a pelisse, silk bonnet, and other articles of wearing apparel, of the wife of a Mr. Brown, of New-street, Covent-Garden ; and also for stealing a canvas bag, gown, and aprOn, and some other articles of wearing apparel, jie pro perty of W. Higgins, a lodger in Mr. Brown's house; and the indidment stated, .that the Prisoner . afterwards, about the hour Of sevennt night, bur glaribusly broke out of the dwelling-house. James Dumont Brown swore, that the Prisoner bad been his servant for about a fortmght. On the 14th of December, . about seven in the evening, he missed her suspeding that she had robbed him, he searched the house, and discovered that the different articles stated in the indi&ment had been stolen. Knowing the Prisoner to be a native of Sunderland, he went to that part of Wapping off which Sunder land vessels are usually stationed in the River, and made inquiries after her, but without died. He de scribed her so Well, however, that she might easily be known, , and he left his address at a public-house, so as tO . bear of her if she should be apprehended,. which she soon was, for she . came therewith a view of taking her passage back to Sunderland ; these ar ticles. Were found in her possession. The pelisse and bonnet of Mrs.' Brown were on the . Prisoner when apprehended, she wearing them. The bag which was found with her, was a canvas bag commonly used by seamen. Thisbag belonged to Mrs. Higgins, who is n lodger in the house of Mr. Brown; her hus band is a §eathan, • and she was present with him. Mrs.BroWn was not present to prove the clothes to be hers, but Mr. - Brown said'he believed they were his wife's clothes: Several articles had been reclaimed from a pawnbroker, in consequence, of information obtained byMri. Brown of the Prisoner, while in NeWonte, but these articles Were not produced. The CHIEF BARON observed, that this prosecu tion had not been,cdndu6ted with the care that be- . longed to it, for these articles ought to have been produced . ; and Mrs. BroWn . otight to have appeared as a witness; she beihg much more likely to know the articles of her dress'thanher husband; however, unless the Jury had a substantial doubt on the com plexibn of the case, they would find the Prisoner guilty Of the larceny . , but acqnit her of the capital part of the charge, that.of " bUrglariOn§ly breaking out Of the dwelling 7 house at seven at night," because there was no evidence' Whatever on that .point.— Guilty of stealing the goods, .but not of bureari ously breaking out:of the dwelling-house. Inn Co:aper and charlotte Bennett were indiCted for a capital offence, an highway robbery, or. IVlarys the wife of John Cook, putting her in fear, and :I taking from her person, against her will, five shil lings and sixpence in silver, and 19,E..), 'halfpence, an apron and bonnet, the property of the said John Cook.' The Prosecutrix, Mary Coolc, gave ,an account'of her being, eight weeks ago, .. ' about iWelve o'clock at, night, in a street near Whitecltapel;going for a pint of two-penny, but the public-house she went to was shut ; the two:Prisoner's met her, and said they would take her to a: place where. slie-might have what she would, .and soon after knocked her down, held her by the hair of her .head for ten minutes, and took 6s. 6d. in silVer, and about 135.. in copper; which she had in her pockets, She being a dealer in onions, selling them in the street. The whole of, the story, she related appeared alto gether so inconsistent and contradiClory as to make it infinitely too dangerous, in . the oPinion: of the, Learned Judge, Mr. Justice LAVRENcE, to take away the lives of two hutnat e i being's' upon the faith of it ; the more especially as nothing was found on the Prisoners, and as one of them had a good cha raeter ; and if the tale • was false as to one, 'it rnurt be false as to the other of the Prisoners, because she had sworn they were both together. : --BOth—Arot:. Guilty. . William Cpsins was tried for stealing three tele scopes, value two, guineas, the property of George Wilson—Acquitted. . Thomas Smith was indiEted for stealing frOm the per Son of Ilachl D'Hilliers, in her dwelling-house; to the arnountof 401. „. . It appeared on evidence' thaethe Prosecntrix and her husband, Mr. 'D'Hilliers, keep .thee Dike of Clarance Public-house, Charing-cross. The Prisoner came to their house to lodge early in the month of November last. r 'He was in the habit of never going abroad,, and spent a good deal of money. in their house to the amount frequently of two - .or three guineas a day, treating people indiscriminately who happened-to come to the house. He pretended that, he had money to receive from the India House, and used their house so familiarly, that he frequently messed within the bar. On the evening of the 7th of December, Mrs. had made up a sum of money, 'consisting of two 101. notes, two 11: notes, four seven shilling pieces, a 51. note, and some other monies, which having put into a purse she de posited in her p,ocket.. As she sat in the bar about eleven o'clock, she fell. asleep, and continued so for about half an hour. The Prisoner was down stairs, and andut twelve o'clock want - to- his chamber as usual. She didnot miss the purse till the -morning of the next day, when her suspicion immediately fell on the Prisoner, as he had gone Out that- morning, which he had never done before du - ring- the three weeks he had lodged with them. In consequence of this suspicion, Mr. D'Hilliers went in quest of the Prisoner, and found him . at the Green Man, in St. Martin's-lane. The Prisoner refused to be searched, but, afterwards on ,a Constable being sent ibt, ha iVlrieithereci the purse; 'siyin't;e; ihat every thing wa'S.‘ right. The 51. note, however', on exarnination of the contents, inissing..- , lkfr. identified the two 101. notes; spe cifyiag the persons from whom be had received them. , . • The Prisoner, in his defence, said he had found the purse over night, a,id meant to return it next morning, but had gone out with another man who called on him. Had he meant to be false, he said he had had enough of time to have made his escape. Notwithstanding this defence; which was told pretty plausibly, the Jury, after a short delibera tion, brought in a verdia—Guilty, Death. The thairinn ; and Justice:a of the kadlesex Ses Clerkenwell, - were yesterday Salely occupied in deciding upon appealS against pOor-ratea; and other pafochial matters:. At the Surrey SesSions; Horsemonger-lcrie, the businesa was precisely of a sirnilar deScriptiOn. . . Several personS were apprehended yesierday; and Underwent an examination at the Thames Police Of 7 fice,,.•on'snspicion of having forged the Will of Gentleman in the West Indies, whb. died there very rich. They were 'committed for re-exatiiiriation. Five persons were conviEted before a Magistrate of Melksham; Wilts, in the HI penalty of 'as. each; for - drunkenness, at. Steeple .Aston Fair. The Hangman at Lancaster is committed to the' Castle; charged with stealing a horse. Wednesday James Dares, of Tottescliff, charged as an accomplice in the robbery of the Rev: Dr. ANDREWS, underwent an examination at the Bell Inn, Maidstone, before Sir HENRY HAWLEY, Bart: Dr. ANbaawa and his two servant maids were pre-' sent • the latter swore to the person of Danes, whri is fully committed to the County Cool, in order to take his trial at the next ASsizes. None of the other offenders. have yet been taken. • A violent storm commenced - at an early hour yea terday morning, attended with heavy rain ; it was feltin every part of the metropolis and its vicinity. In the neighbourhood of Portland-place and Port= man-square several houses were much insured. The back part of a house in Brownlow-street was blown down • the roof of the. Pitt's Head Public-house; Pitts Head Mews, Park-lane, was blown off. The stack of chimnies belonging to the Workhouse, St: Pancras, was blown down, and fbrced through the roof, into the second floor, which contained several 'omen, one of whom was killed on the spot; the others were much bruised. The front brick wall of a barn, near the Castle, at Kentish-town, was also blown down, and like Wise the roof of the Castle, which was much damaged.' Tiles from the roofs of houses flew in every direEtion. The inhabitants of t hat part of Fleet-street which is adjacent to St. Bride's Church were in great alarm the entire of the _day. Some time since a small piece •of stone in one of the angles of the spire was observed to have,given way, and to proje& from the building. The church being so closely surrounded by . houses that any accident to the spire must carry destrriEtion With it, Mr. JUNES, of Newcastle-street, Strand, an eminent builder, remarkable for his skill in ere&ing scaffolds, was immediately employed to' examine it; when he discovered that the steeple was cracked at the bottom, and that it must be taken down. A scaffolding was ere&ed, and Mr. JONES had taken part of the steeple down. During the storm of yesterday it was perceived to rock, and the scaffolding was forced close to it. About 12 o'clock yesterday morning the storrn abated.- . The beautiful cedar which overhung the Procne.; nade at- the:back of the . Green-house in Kensing fon-Gardens, was torn up by the viOtence .of the late- storm. The diameter of the root, on mea surement, appeared to be above twelve feet. VII: riOus other trees present a mutilated 'appearance; from the torn-off branches. The wind came from the North-west, and for the space of. twelve mi-• nutes blew a violent hurricane; its violence then abated. • .. The storm on Friday Morning did considerable damage on the Coast of Essex, and -in ;Mersey Island, M that. County, by the demolition of num berleSs baitis,•stacks, The buildings on East hall Farm, belonging to New-College, Oxford, have been nearly swept . away by this tremendous hurri cane. Yesterday a whetxy, with two Gentlemen on hoard, was upset .between Strand-lane and the Old Barge-house, by a gust of wind and rain. The Gen tlemen being good swimmers, reached a raft of tim;• ber, unhurt; but the waterman struggled - some time 'under the boat, and was sinking, quite .exhausted, when he was picked up by a boat belonging to a West country Barge, whi:h had put off to their assistance on observing the accident. Last Tuesday one of the -Billingsgate Packets; narieil the Duke. of .Yin k, in a severesquall of winch - foundered off Sheerness, and her Crew, amount• ing to four persons,. perished: • A. number of small craft have perished between London Bridge and Gravesend; and yesterday morning, particularlY, several Ships in the Pool started from their moor ings. . . SMITtiFIELD MARKET, JAN. 17. This day's market had beat a sho - rt supply' df dif ferent kinds of Cattle ; the prices for the greater part are }educed since Monday's market, and the trade was but ,indiffekent. The bitsiness transa6ted s in the Haymarket was trifling ; neither . :Hay, Straw, or Clover fetched last prices.—The following prices and numbers is a correa statement To sink the Otilti per stone of 31b. - Beef 4s. od. to 5s od.----Mtitton 4s. otl. to ss. od.—Vell ss. ori. to 6s. Od.—Pork. ss. ed. to 6s. oti, Beasts 473. —Sheep 16.---Pigs 2So. SMITIIPIELD u.svistAnkr.r. Hay3l. os. to 31. ios.—Clover 31. Os, to 41. os.—Straw t 21. los: to IL 14i. CORN-ECIIAIGE, JAN. 17.-'_—Wheat i 3 here in considerable supply ; expeC.tinv, large arrivals, the buyers still continue to make few purchases ; se- , cond and ordinary qualitie,s. are Cheaper ; garle.y k plenty, and but little fine; Malt dull sale ; White. Pease rather cheaper ; having 1ar,7.'.. quantities of Oats, and few bilyers,, sales in this trade are at fprther declining prices ; Flour scarcely supports the quotatiQn. Wheat . 4 85 a 6os a dos od Beans - —s a —s oi Fine ditto - 7is a 74s'ocl Tick Beans 425 a 48s od Rye - - 365 a 405 od Oat; sis a 26s a 28s od Batley sas a 36s od Poland ditto 3os a Sts od Malt = - e6s a 72s ad Rape Seed '" 39 1 -•4 21 White Pease 345 a 4 15 od Fine Flour 6os a 65s od Grey dittO 3 05 a 34s ad Sonia . 55s a 605" od