The Sun. — London, England, 1806-11-26 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF'THE SUN, MR. EDITOR, readiness with Which you inserted my el f to rescue the City of Westminster from the of being represented by sti,ch. a man as Mr. „induces, we )9, 11.9ps that you will, with hacline4s; allow me to.pay a short tribute of to the illustriOus charaCter who so long and ahly athninistered the. affairs, of this Country, .who has -been 'recently attacked by, a 'Writer only by his visionary and impraEticable dor ;).' philosophy and politics. Indeed; the\laud piOunitneSs'with Which you . entered upon the .!t„! . ioce . or the great. deparicd Sti'teSrikaii on Satnr irk opposition to the attack in questibn, as charaaer"of Mr: Fox, written ,Gonwrg, and publisiled in , a Morning .01 the smile' day, - 'crinvinces . me, that I shall' ,;y kind room in your Paper for any offering - of t to the merits of Mr. PITT, and must induce. to almite!the' consistency of your. con- . tt with regard to that great and disinterested Mi ie has no right to coMplain if , ct-:; , .vs - any reflKtions upon himself, for he has uncalled, in the, seat _of . judgment, has presumptuously passed sentence upon one .. H. the best and wisest Statesmen that this Country 0 - t \vorldever possessed: .Mr. Gor.iwx N ventures t':at he . has " expreSsed himself with the y and plainness of a distant posterity ;!' but C 11) be little doubt that posterity will view, s ii•-•tory of the present things. through . a more .11:potiant medium than that in which Mr. GOD v• or" any of the shallow Philosophers of the day pr. to" form an estimate of passing events.—.l not enter into any examination - of Mr. Fox's charader, - though , may,: perhaps, - make observations 'respeding the character which 7-:..:- . :.Gonwati has drawn a that celebrated politician. my chief objet at present to repel his slan 441A,Upon Mr.‘PfTT ;: and it .is the dtity7..of every . .0at...,h0 enjoys the blessing, of still laying under the of the British Constitution, while till the - of Europe is-sinking under military ovpresSion, . ; i.k tear, of being, reduced to .so lamentable a . situa : in paying .:.homage to him who pre- ; to us that blessing., Gonwtxsays that it is very doubtful " PITT pl:OSerVed . his country from the anar r lid confuSibri Which, from a 'neighbouring threatened to . infe& us." But, Sir, when U:o'k.' at the history of the Penal Revohition, at' %.1 111 borrOrs --which attended it, and its dreadful :..'s..rophe 'in the• formation of the severest des is;7l that any people ever. endured, •aftes all, the sAwy,f , e•-; of the. French for freedom, we. ought to :sensible -of our ,obligations to that man so , nobly stood up in opposition to the.princi :-.iys wi,ich led t0..5u7,11 direful events; and whose .. , ;•ofts were sq,distinguished-, ;bat - even. Mr. Go)). ,:cknowledges, by the very language he uses, was at least a doubtful proposltion, whether - 4, - . PITT had renclerel so great a service to hi's :;try. It is by 'Mr. conwlN'§ own 'confesion whether there' was not some danger that horrnrs might not have befallen' - this coun t ; and none Can contemplate the nature and ex-' of those 'horrors without gratitude to those. were in any degree.instrumental in preventing' t!e,,a) - from approaching this country. Mr. PITT 1.171 rot only to contend r against the formidable; nr.t,- k:.•t; the principles which bad involved France in dreadful cararuities, but he had also to. op !;.. efforts of men in this country who hailed tr.....*:•oiudei%n as the dawn of the brightest period rlitical freedom that the world had ever seen.-- AIIIIKt 'doubtless deservA high praise for the, t work which-he published on the subjea.; but „lir; Pri-r spoke home to the common sense of ;.and with itcommanding eloquence,' der oiidom, and manly firmness, that exceeds all , f .i..1i;;.-,;,raised, .his warning voice to the convkaion .): honest and refleCting men ; and by tie' de t;ritiined energy of his measures, effe&ually se cin-Ld from the impending danger. , is curious to observe the mild:language with Mr. Gonw IN speaks of these tremendous which haV . .'not only deprivedFrance,' and States, - Of every thing like 'freedom, but aiso poisoned .every source of domestic comfort, :iti,-IN;ceand safety. Speaking onhe • nations on. r; le Con titient i -be- says, some of them have. made and intemperate sallies for, the recovery of all .;.:rte .• things which 'are .most .valuable to men ..or hit their, etibrts. have not- been attended ;wppiesLsuccess.", So that all the wholesale confiscations, &c. &c. that marked the Revolution,. vvere, in Mr. GoDwlN's opinion, it:4i and intemperate ; and4he most de r 17 . 1.'i0; and oppressive bondage to which a people a •'!- - .teclucqd; are only to be 'considered by 0 , a state of not '' the happiest success ! ! !” 14 , 1,11 the co!d -philosophy of a man who presumes say' that :Mr. PITT'S eloquence . was " cold and • sqall not -engross any more of your valuable . 1";:!p:_!r r at present, but shall, i.vith,•your permission, XL:- ., .r.le,),subjeC ,: t so honourable to thelgreat charac ter . -vho we have unfortunately . lost, and whom we ( I(Vore, who will for ever be dear to every triend to this Country, and the civilized . PUBLICUS. • 6110 1.5 9. e t v D-3 laMaiCa. E—s liamburgh, 5 Gottp burr), 3 Wate;forcl. PRICE OF STOCKS Tnis DAY AT TWF.LV r. O'Cl.ookt. ~ ~.~~15Ui5 THE SU N. ;OL;:,I Q!./iS DICERS IALSUM Ayr9i4T ? LONDO N, WEDNEgIAY, NOVEMBER C 6, 1306.. • F. this morning received Jamaica Papers to the --.` t lit. from which we have made copious EN ir(f;.A.i. It appears th 4 Mix 4xnß had sa4ed froth .7k,:41)3 with it?creased force* for the purpo§e of pnother attempt against the Spqr)irds. - • • Y •••••-4.0.1,164.4 1. - .lle fifth I-lamb:DV) becarctO '4t.t+) this day, .1 sucae , s t ti ) witl 4 cunt cues . westerty ; we fcar elan bcfPre aPY pf .them arrive, vA i NEIV S. Admiralty Office, Nov, 525,: Copy of a' Letter from theillight Hon. Lord Coiling wood, Commander izz Chief of H. M. Ships and roses in the Mediterranean, to Wm.. Marsden, • 'ESl.'dated on • board H.M. - Ship the Ocean, - qff Cadiz, ad Nov. 180.. • _ When. the Convoy first appeared- in the StraitS, Rear-Admiral Pui-vis,ho 'was at Gibraltar, sigit out. the Ships Gun-boats which were there : one of the latter, commanded:by Lieut. Foote, of the Queen, attempting to:reScue a Vessel which was taken, un fortunately fdiand the one which shad herin tow` so superior, that after, a contest whiCh was hon-' onrable to hirdand his men, and having lost in kill -ed and woUnded'a great part of'his Boat's Crew, he Was blili„-;'ed 'to surrender, and-,the Gun-boat was taken. I iuclose, to belaid before their -Lordships, Lieutenant Foote;s letter, with a list of killed and wounded. I am, B,:c. coLuNpWOOD, Town of Tariffa, OR. 26, 1806. . SIR, With heartfelt anguish I acquaint you of the Cap ture of FEE Majesty's Gun-boat , Hannah, yesterday forenbon, by a Spanish Privateer, of 4 guns and 70 Men.; trusting, atter a. ch-curnstantialaccount t whiCh I feel it my duty to write to you on this melancho ly occasion, you will perceive the fewtraye.fellows I commanded did their duty, and that , the British Flag was not tarnished on this occasion. Being off Carabitta Point, I. discovered a Latine, riggectVessel in the middle of the. Gut, a few miles. to leeward of me, towing a Merchantman towards the Spanish coast,.and conceiving it my duty to en deavonr-to; regain her, I made all sail after him, and i.ipon- conning within gulishot I perceived she was a large three-masted Spanish Privateer, of much su perlorforce to the Gun-boat ; I thereforg, atter ex= changing a few shot, and finding she knew' her superiority, b yeasting off the tow, and tacking after me, endeavoured to escape—she soon, -however, got So close as to-do execution with her grape ; and our ammunition being nearly expended, I determined , to try- the-event by boarding her, but on Corning along side such a _number of Men jumped into us as oblig ed us to -ad on the defensive. After fighting on the deck about ten .minutes, I, looked around, and *saw scarcean Englishman 'standing, .and another•P'riva ' teer coming up close to us ; 1 therefbre determined to ,save the lives of the few brave.fellows that were • left, brstriking the British' Flag. I send this with. Mr. Spargo, Midshipman, tp whom I am indebted for writing this'(being wounded - in my left arm, for which the Doaor has blooded me •in the other), as Well as for his bravery during the Eugageinent ; and I cannot.' finish without saying how. much I owe •to the bravely of young Mr. Millet, Midshipman, and the whole of the Crew. I hereWi t th send you a list Of the_ killed - and wounded, - and I remain; Sir, &c. (Signed) •.TOHN FOOTE. To J. C. Purvis, Esq. Rear iltin ziral , • of the White,•&c.Cr'ihraltar... 'S:I_ 1.E3. ---: Griffiths, cockswain 'ot the Gun-boat. Win. Marslin; 'seaman. Deina 13uicure, ditto. Patrick Saul ,ditto. Nattlicw ditto. ' DROWNED. 'lames kbliinsen, seaman. - Tlionia Price, 'ditto WOUNDED. 1011D' I , l.VidoEk, seaman; silica: dead. • John GoStaff, d i rtto, • badly . 'A lex.: Dickey, ditto, ditto. 7 1homas Shephtrd, ditto, in several places. Owen Morgan, ditto, badly. S: 'Paul, ditto, ditto. Daniel Carey, ditto, litto. lames- Pol • let, ditto, ditto. Peter Peterson, ditto, slightly. Noblt Duchain, ditto, intto. • Adam Davison; ditto, ditto. -FALMOUTH, Nov. .r. - 3.—Arrived His Majesty' s . Ship _Plover, 18 guns, BROWN, from Plymouth with Naval Stores _Laurel, 22 guns, and Insolent Gun-brig from a Cruize ; Duke of Kent Packer, COATRSWORTH, With MailS from Jamaica, 40 days passage, no news; -the Brig Friendship, BROKENSIIA, which-sailed. from hence the 12th inst. bound to Lisbon (in coMpany with the Expedition tinder the • Command of Gen. CRAUiUR,4, put back latelast night.; separated froth the' Fleet on the 18th inst. in lat. 47.14. long. b. 02. West, in a hard gale at W. S. \V. ; two of •thes Transports ran foul Of each other, one of which carried away her mizentop mast and her maintop-gallant-mast; the other lost her bowsprit. When Capt. B. 'last saw the Flee they were, 'steering N.W. supposed for Ireland_ Remain in . .CarriCk Roads His Majesty's Ships Princess - Royal; 98 . guns; Gibraltar, 80, conqueror; 74 ; *Lively, St. Margaretta, and Blonde Ftigates. . Tne Auckland,' for Lisbon, and Princess for the Lee Ward Islands, remain' by contrary wind. PPZITSMOUTHp Nov. 25.—Arrived the .410cgre Sloop, Capt. BURN, from a Cruize off GuerUsey. The Thisbe Frigate, Capt,SHEPHEA Rn, is.appoint ed to convoy the Ships at this Port to Cork to join the West India Fleet lying there. The Zebra Bomb has a Signal flying for Convoy to the Downs DEAL . , Nov. 25,-4j:rived the Thames Frigate from a Cruize Cy* and another Berwick Smack, with 3 . 50 of the .27111 Foot on board, bound to-the• Weso,vard, and remain in the Downs with the Ships as per last, and several other outward-bound Ves els. 1-li t nwicH, Nov. 25.—The Gallant Gun-brig, T,leut.SautLzy, yesterday for Gottenburgh, with Count STROQDNOFF and Suite, • Arrived the Martha, of London, EDMUNDS, with coals, from Newcastle; bound to Grenada also the Charger Gun-brig from a Cruiv. . • No Packets are yet arrived, nor any other Vessel ~.fro.v the Continent.. SHEERNESS, Nov, i.)s.—Came down the Redu'iiz from Chatham to the Great Nore. Arrived the Vixen Gun-brig from Yarmouth, The Trusty i 5 or4ereclinto Harbour. several of the Transpo;As lately colleeting at this pace sailed ter Leith last night 4 1 4 this' whing. • t S,L ?7j11C4. F . ...INOSTOIC,- SEPT. 27.-It is with-sincere regret that we have to state the loss.of the _Wolfe Sloop of War, Captain G. C. INPKENzrE, which unfortunate accident happened On the 4th instant, inconsequence . of her striking on some coral rocks off` the East f • • end of I3eneaga. The .Captain and Crew were „ _ • v..... all saved, and remained on the Island for some time in a very unpleasant' situation, having been reduced to-short allowance, as the provisions saved from the wreck were put on boned . a small Schooner, .which was ,blown 'out to sea ,in a very heavy gale . of wind. Two of the .seamen, . who had deserted and proceeded higher. to windward, fortimately per ceived a Danish Sloop called the Hofie, and swam off to her from the shore, but only one of them was able to reach her-; the other; we are sorry to -mention; was drowned. , The Captain of the Sloop, as soon as he was informed of the circumstance, immediately dire&ed 'his course to that part olthe Island on which Captain NPK.:ENzic and the re main* of the Officers and Crew had been left, and taking them on - board, brought them safe to Port, Royal on Saturday evening last. Several . Vessels were struck_ with lightning, at Port - Royal on the same evening : 'Le nen4rd Sloop of War bad her fore-top-gallatiternast splintered in andone man is stated toihave been killed " an' board of her 5. . the Sloop Morante : Pacizet also sustained considerable damage. The Prison Ship is said to have been likewise struck, and eight of the prisoners killed. ,s OCT. 4.—A Court-Martial was held on Friday se'nnight, on board the Mediator Frigate,' lying in Port-Royal Harbour, for the trial of Capt. A/1'1(4 - ZIE, the Officers, and Ship's Company, 0f..-;the Wolfe Sloop of War, for the loss of- that Veisel, 9n the night of the 4th *ink', off Heneaga, when it appearing that it was entirely accidental, they -were all acquitted. The .Fisgard igate, of 38 guns, Capt. BOLTON' arrived late on Tuesday evening from a cruize, with the American Brig 'Speculator, from New York, bound to Porto-Rico, with dry goods and wine, which she fell in with in the Mona Passage, on the 30th of August, in great distress, having lost all Ter masts in a dreadful gale of wind three days previous. -The Fisgard also brought in with, her a Spa nish Schooner, from Porto-Rico bound to Laguira, with cotton, coffee, ,and tobacco, her prize ; and the Swedish Schooner Leonidal, IsitAti., from St. Bartholomew's, bound to St. Jago de Cuba, laden with merchandize and provisions, which she has detained. ' • Five hundred men - who , were in the Gun-boats at the time of the 86tion between the Aiethusa and. Pomona, off the Havannah, - stated to have been killed frorn the well-dire6ted.fire of the Anson. ~ • , La Superieure Brig,.of .16. guns,. Captain Rust-. viroal4, arrived On Wednesday from a eruize. gives us much pleasure to state, that - this Vessel, company with the Flying,fish and. Pike Schooners, on the 3d of September last, attacked and cow filetely deinolished a small • fort at Batabano, in Cuba: The followjtig -are the particulars of this transa&ion - " On the 2d.ulL the_ Superieure_ and ~Fliingfish sent several inert op board ,ithe Pike,: irr order, as she drew less water, that she should approach nearer the shore, and land them. The following . morning, very early, they stood .in'also,i,and per ceived at five A. M. that :she effected their inten— tion—at ,seven the fort discharged_ several shot at the Britishat half-past seven the seamen reached the fort, spiked the guns, and completely routed the 7 _ Spaniards, ihO - retreated and left them masters . ot it. At eight the Vessels bore dowh towards what shipping lay in the Harbour,. and took possession, without any resistance, of eleven .Brigs, Schooners, and Sloops, laden with MerChandize,Bcc. At half, past eight one`of the schooners, being unfit to pro ._ „. ceed, was set fire to. They then weighed anchor and made sail With' with the 'remainder, whet, about half-pasctwelve,:finding two others in -the like.si , tuation, they were also burnt.—Sept. 5, A strange Sail -was descried, when the Flyingfish - pursued her, and_ returned With the Vessel in tow, Which . proved to be a Schooner. —Sept. (5, At seven A.M. a Sail was seen, the Superieure gave herchace,.and 'fired 'some .guns at her—she struck in fifteen mi . nutes7:after, and proved to be the Spanish Schooner St: John, of three guns, laden with logwood, ma hogany, and 6000 dollars, from Treville to the Port of Trinidad." . _ _ The remainder of., the Vessels which were brought off have been left by the Superieure at Lucca. The Ferret, Brig, of 18 guns, the Hon. Captain CApoGAN, arrived at Port Royal late on Wednesday evQuing. The Feriet, on her 4714 off Coro, finding that the city had been evacuated by Gen. MIRANDA, put . c l p4ll l 1.,p144 . (wh0 returned fr'on . ; tl~is stand with answers to the tip pateles a to our Cons manders) on board the s Galatca Frigate, from wbencar he was landed at Arub.t. . . On Sunday last, off Aruba; the Ferret spolie.thq British Brig Highland Lass, Captain MAcracor.t, ofthis port, and'-learnt--from her that General Mi 4. BANDA had been". reinforced by Liz Seine Frigate, Captain ATKINS, on board of which Vessel he had. embarked, and sailed with all his Armament from Aruba, :and it was . supposed intended to : go :to Curacoa, front whence he would proceed to. Bar* badoes, in the hopes of obtaining a sufficient nuns , ber of adherents to attempt once more his long, meditated scheme of giving freedom to South. , America. KINGSTON, OCT. 1 t.—The Schooner VerZga/Sea, ESTAVAN, from :this Port, bound to the Spanish Main, with 'airy goods, but chased from oil the Coast by a Felucca Privateer, returned to Port Roy 4 the same daY. By this VesaM we learn, that the Schooner General - Ramsay, AVOJUTNE'f i of this .Port, having _ome to an anchor in Savanille Bay, about the 22d ult. at It P. M. waa at day-light next morning attacked bj - a Felucca Privateer, of 2 guns, and -full . of men, which, on receiving three shot from the General :Ramsay, thoiight proper.to sheer off.' On the following- day. La Graciaise'Sphooner, San u, Master, 'appearing off that Bay, her Pinnace was.manned, and, with the assistance of Boat manned frOM the General Ramsay, a gallant attempt` was made to cut her out, when a smart conflia ensued ; but Cn account or the great - dispa. ety of nunibers, they were unable to carry the \res. sel. .:I,Ve; are sorry to - add, that the quarter-master and nine seamen,' belonging.to La.Gracieuse, wer• wounded in the .aetiolu, three of whom are - since dead. , • " capt..LiNGFtAi),. :of the.'Lark Sloop of War, of i 8 guns, .bas been paanoted...to the rank of Post captain; and appointed to Ihe command of La - Pa.! iizonizD•gate . ; Capt. Co6tiAtc, sa,f Le Renara Sloop of War, of 1:8. guns, gppo .to .tlie Lark ;. Ca'pt t , -NfcHQL AS, of the, Drake- Slop of War, .of It< guns, to Le Renaz:di and Lieuts. FLEMING and 4OUOLA4 promoted to -the !lank of Masters and Commanders, and appo i nted the former to the,Drake, and the lattg . to the Shark. Late accounts' frotii St. bbliiingo state, thatllle Insurgents there had recently an engagement with General KEttRAND, in which they rec4ived a year seyererePulse from 4 to 5000. ofiheir men bay., ing,leen killed and wounded dr,ri.ng the contest—/ Dispatches Fe likewise said to Jaye 'arrived there from. France, expressing the most ardent wish of the Emperor NArOLEO,N to have good order and tranl quillity re-established, for which Purpose it; w4* stated, that every succour with troops, & - .c..should be, afforded them, and that one of the 2r:inches of the Im— perial Family was to be norni.naed to! thv Governx meat of the Colony. • _ .. • Extras of a Letter from Capt. lA.td 14 I.; I, I E of the Co t lumbian iirmy;to a Gentleman residing in this City, dated .1-lead-qnarters,, at Aruba, 25,1 Seps.'sg .6. To my great surprise•on my arrival, the. 1301 instant, I found our little Expedition all he7e.,tbex haying left Coro 'a TelXidays after my, depArture for JaMaica, finding that iio'gobd Consequence could rat. suit from retaining that position with so small force; indeed the Eneiny had be2ialY'tbarinoy thetp, from the neighbouring and the rainy season coming on made it very unsafe for the shipping. The English Ministers have now turned theirs attention to this ewerprize, and . have given some orders on the subject. Should war continue, .vri. expea a considetable body . of troops-Tfcr the pre sent we go to windward to await the event. This gees by the .Bkpha . nt, which joined' us three days ago, in company with La Seine Frigate." The Leander, - .MIRANDAYS' Vessel, was built at Greenock about six years ago, by Messrs. STEELZ and CARS*ELi, for Messrs.B&CIIANNAST, STEVE N , , and Co. of lasgoiv, and' was captured off Barba does about the end of Deeember,,lBo3, err a voyage from England to Newfoundland, by a French Prl. vateer,,and carried into Guadaloupe, where she was condemned, and afterwards purchased for Mr. OL DEN. She carried 14 guns; four's- and nine's, and was a'Stout good Vessel. • It is now fixed that the Marquis of DOUGLAS is tc, kaVe town .on. Friday, for the Court of St. Prters .burgh.. A King's. Mcsserger is to go ..from Yar• mouth in the.' same. packet that is appointed to con the Ambassador to the Continent, for the pur ,poseof bringing back any communications that his Excellency. may deem it necessary to make to our Government. BASILIC°, the igessemy;et, went over with Lord Hoyclitssox' for a similar purpose. The Gclzetfr of last night contains an order itt Council, prohibiting further the exportation of gun powder, saltpetre,.`or any sort of arms or ammuni tion, for six months, from the 6th of Decenibet next ; that being the. date to which the former pro hibition extended. In.adddition to the nine Battalions of the Roy. Veteran Corps, /a tenth is to be fotin'ed, to be dek .ho.rninateck.the Royal South:Arnericaq Veteran Bat- • talon. Yesterday the. LORD-MAYOR ordered the price cif Bread to be raised half an assize, or a penny in the peck loaf, to take place to-morrow. The price of the quartern ,loaf (wheaten) , will . !ae:ll..ltd. and • household 14. _ _ w i