The Sun. — London, England, 1817-10-31 00:00:00

GUARDIAN SOCIETY. Yestercliy a numeroos and respectable Meeting took place at the Egyptian-halt, Mansion-house, tiov purpose of cotrsideriug the Report of the Guardi.as Committee, appointed to devise the ;most effect*,! means of checkin4 the extravagant advance Of riostitntion in the City of London. Tlrere , x.as a prodigious concourse of females. Tht <litfecent speeches had a powerful effect, pr ticularly.von that hay to whose 9 ympathies the Institution sec , os to bend in its most confident attitude. --- • • The LORD MAYOR was in the chair. He opened the business of the day. Those to whom society is indebted for the restoration to it of numbers of imdividuals who bad forfeited their claims, stir,- 'rounded him, Amongst them were the females of his Lordship's family, and those Ladies who have been visiting 'NeWgate, and reclaiming there for the fast 20 years. .COnld any thing but success, his Lordship said, be expected, when such characters appeared to gether with one deli - ghtful object in view upon which existed no difference of opinion ? The In. strrution had rapidly improved within the last two years. Of its utility there could be no doubt, although opposed by some; who said it afforded encouragement to crime, instead of operating to the prevention of systematic prostitution. In his capacity as Magistrate he had observed the ad mirable effect. Many poor creatures guilty of nothing but perhaps the venial sin of leaving thoir houses in the country to speculate in London, up on 'tire dangerous experiment of bettering their condition, hatl•fallen victims to such an unfortunate - enterprise; and if all others were to be excluded from the protection of the Society, would not the nrgtnnent in favour of the institution be unanswer able ? There being a complete union formed he 1%-veen the ditties of doe Society and those of the Magistracy, facilities were rendered which caused the aid to he immediate, and 'by a persevering activity, benefits might be expected commenstt -rate with the hopes and zeal of those who pleaded and • tteted in the cause.—(Great Applause.)—To the Ladies of the Guardian Society, under whose protection were deluded orphans and petioent wretches, whose lives of debaochery had giveit them disgust, instead of making them abandoned, the thanks of the meeting were 'particularly due, Their exertions should be seconded by all that he could do in a -cause, the labour in which was so fully repaid by the heart. The Report was then read. It was a most awful history of vice ; recorded the terrible sit- perfluity of brothels and of female procnrc•sses ; and attributed the birth of the most execrable crimes ro the abounding and increasing multi- tudes of infamous - women, who issue into the streets to make others as wretched and as de praved as themselves. As an instance of thiS deplorable fact, it was stated, that tbroe pa -tishes in 'the City contained 360 .houses of in fante, and , upwards 61 3000 wretched women.— The Report further stated, that the Gua.rdiait bsocietv, lo the midst of this scene of horror, were busied in affording opportunities of a re inn.) to virtue ; that in many cases their efforts Nvere wholly unsuccessful, many of the ere:Ali - lees of their charity having not only returned to their yid practices, but express their determination to abide in them for ever. To this appalling pictnre there was happily a reverse. The Rep-rt pre sented the soothing prospect of reformation in the cases of some, and its actual existence in others NvLo had been the victims of early seduction, and 01 a calculating and mercenary system of delinquency. it dwelt with peculiar delight, if the feeling is to be inferred from the language, upon the numer ous applications ; upon the aid of the Magi strates, particularly iii it given, upon all occasions and wider all circumstances by the Lord Mayor ; and it recorded the case of a girl of la, who was seduced, left almost naked, remote front friends, an d altruist front human beings, and delivered of a child behind a hedge. This *as one of the ob jects to whom the protecting hand of the Society was not held out in vain, and upon whom its re ligious voice had been exercised without contempt or inattention. The Ruport stated oilier eircum statiees, which we shall omit, under the impression that they might have been spared, it being un necessary to describe what every body who walks the streets at night must see and hear. Dr. Cot-eve:a said the report was admirable and ample. The Institution presented the Magistracy ‘vith the rucans of making provision for those wl:o C(ifild not be relieved except through the ordinary ways of justice, and the establishment of a peni tentiary and a Magdalen Asylum was no argument against t:ie propriety of forming one with views as beneficial and humane. To the Lord Mayor the Utmost praise was due ; and without cast log any reflection Litton the ;Magistrates who were In Sue ce,ed him, he hoped they would endeavour to emu late a conduct which it would be impossible for them to surpass. He concluded with Moving, that the report should 'be received and ordered to be priuted, Mr. Davies seconded the motion. The "ley. Dr. THoaPE rose to move the co operation of the Society with the Magistracy, &c. He said the streets of London presented a More inflicting spectacle than those of Paris, ,or any other city on the Continent. The object of the institution was supported upon the arguments Of humanity, w hich were irresistible. If females were deeply guilty, they were also deeply injured tend j os „l te a , e xposed not only tb the illeletnetley of the winter, but to the assaults of drnnken bru tality. If the Guardians could restore peace of tided to those poor creatures, and point to the source of mercy where they would find no rejection, tatter the vices and frailties of their past life, it was aurely n glorious occupation, and carried with it its reward, The way to address them was lit by eyin g , You have been guilt y„,,,a therefore are to sink into endless destruction ; you have been betrayed into vice, and therefore von w st rental() as you are." Those who at tarred against the institution acted against the principle of the Christian religion, the gi eat an (So( e,i wi,icir ivas ltin,:elf the subject o f accusa .. I:on •isociating wittt sinners, and left an ex ;0.11 h or rich the Society showed an ardent desire att. Thy Rev. Mr. Cox declare), that in Proportion The Paris Papers of Tuesday last, which were doe this movning, ha ve not come to hand, (From the .Ifohi Ggzettc) PENSACOLA AND EAST FLORIDA. AlOrmu, JULY 26 —The interest felt by our fellow-citizens in different parts of the United States, in reference to 041s - country, induces us to lay before our readers sonic information respect- lug it. We have good cause for believing, that the coun try alluded to will be in possession of. the United States before Christmas next. We are also in formed, that a distinoiished commercial Gentle man, ¶V ho 11113 important connexions both with rive Spanish 'Governinent and in the United States, and now residing at the Llavanna, has written to the same eitec: *Several Gentlemen, Who have i-een at Pensa ti)ta within a few days pa,t, state that the same itnptession prevails at that place, both among those in povver and' the citizens, a , d that, on the part of the latter, the circumstance k hailed as a consummation devmoly to be wi,ihed. If, this event should- take place, which every point of vie*, (teem important and desirable, it will give to the United States the h-st„ and almost the tlnly harbour in the 6111j:0 . i—the most healthy si tuation in the southern section of this country — an impot taut naval dept _an extremely advan tageous commercial position—will leavens without any contiguous foreign Government, in whom cri minals, and refugees from justice, can with impunity seek a protection from punishment, and will ren der the Alabama territory among the most desir able sections of every description. (From the Boston Advertiser, October 3.) Captgin PEARSON, from Princes Island (Africa), reports, that a short time before leaving the coast, four vessels ; one of them English, another Spanis`b, and two Portugne3e, had been cut off by the nntives, and the crews all put to death. (Front the Commercial .dilvertiser of Ort. 5.) Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Natchitoches, to hi§ friend in Natchez, dated Aug. 20. " The mail is left open a few minutes for me to say to you that Colonel PERRY, Major GORDON, and 35 men with them, were attacked on their way to this place, at the two cow pens, near Labidie, by 300 Spaniards-27 killed, the remainder badly wounded and prisoners, except tWO. PERRY and GORDON arc among the killed. MINA has had a hard fight, but beat back the ROyalists who at tacked him, and proceeded on to join General lirrohrts-. This account is brought from the Co manches by the Strothers, who hare just arrived. They bring an arm full of dispatches which the lodians took from the e;: presses, and. brought to the nation. 'Tl;:y are in Ole bands of BULLARD, who is translating them for the Alexandria Paper. You will hear further next mail." HAMPTON RoADs, SEPT. 24.—We arrived here yesterday, after a passage of 20 days, from Laguira. Mr. TYLER died on board the 16th inst, after an illness of 11 days. " U. S. Frigate Congress, Lynn Haven Bait, Sept. 23. " \Ve arrived here to-day, 20 days from La guna. Since we left the N. Orleans States, we have been into six different . ports, viz. Port-au- Prince, Cape Heury, Margaretta, COIII,IIIO, Bar celona, and last I,aguira. We _arrived at Marga retta the 21st of last month. Gen. Mottut.o, with an army of between 2 and 3000 men, bad left it four days previous. We were informed by the Patriots that the Royal, Army had been on the Island about 20 days ; during which time they had five engagements, and were defeated with a• loss of about 1500 killed and wounded. The loss of the Patriots was small. The war here is a war of extermination. General Mo aiLto arrived at Laguira about the 3d inst. from Curnana, - with.. part of his forces, say about 1700, all told. They expect an attack on Ca raccas, where they intend to concentrate their forces." PORT OF New YORK, SEPT. 20.—Arrived, the schooner Favourite, DOMINICK, 25 days from Jaquemel.—Sailed in company, schonner Emily, SI'ELLMAN, of Alexandria, for St. Jago de Cuba. —Aug. 25, off Cape Tiberon, spoke brig Adda, KIRTLAND, of Stratford, 43 days from Havannah, bound to the river Chagres, Spanish Main. Capt. KIRTLAND informed, that he had been four days in possession of a privateer under the Mexican flag. Two of his rassengers were taken on board of the privateer, and questioned 'respecting the property. Their answers not being satisfactory, ropes were put round their necks, and they were hoisted from the deck, until nearly strangled— when, to save their lives, they confessed part of the cargo of the Adele to be Spanish, which was accordingly taken out, with part of 'the stores• The two passengers, who were Spaniards, were carried off by the privateer. The Captain of the Adele was suffered to proceed, after receiving gni. sive treatment from the privateersmen. Capt. K. supplied them with a cask of water.—Sept. off Cape Hatteras, spoke the schooner Washington, HEYER, three days from Sandy Hook, for Sayan - Capt. HisTER very kindly supplier/ Capt. K. wi•fr some bread and vegetables. The Washington was run foul of by a brig, off the Hook, which did no material damage ; but the boat was lost from her stern.—Passengers, Col. MAssuYER and Lady, CAMILLA. DE MouLiNs, and 6 in the steer age.—The day before the Favourite sailed, PETION issued an edict, compelling all foreign vessels coming there to sell their cargoes only by whole sale. n a h. CORN-EXCHANGE, OCT. 31.—Owing to the late contrary winds, we had no fresh Arrivals this morning, and consequently the sales made were On full t 5 good terms as on Monday ; had there been a supply, must articles would have fetched more money, so that we quOte them nearly no minally the same as 01l that tlay. EAST INDIA COTTON:--It appears that the reason why this important article has not been more generally used by British Manufacturers was the improper mode of packing it,- by which it was broken and much injured ; but which, front recent circumstances, will not occur again, as ortkrs have been sent ant to India that Cot ton flour thence for the English Market is, !t future, to be packed in a different manner ; so that there is reason to believe it will, in a great measure, supersede in time the use of the Cotton from the Uui tell States. The great increase in tie price of Whale Oil is likely to be a serious injury to the Fisheries, and a correspondent benefit to the Gas Light Compa nies, as many of the parishes are determined in future to use gas instead of oil for the public lamps in their respective districts. We have again to announce an improvement in the Excise Revenue. The receipt for the last week was 220,0001. more than the corresponding week last year. The increase was chiefly upon :Malt and Salt. Letters of the 10th inst. from Cadiz, mention, that the town was in the greatest consternation, owing to accounts having been received there of nine Spanish vessels out of the convoy of four teen, coming from Vera Cruz and Havannah, having fallen into the hands of the Independents. The Lisbon Ca:ette, of the Bth of October, con tains the following notice : " By superior authority the merchants of the kingdom are informed, that the truce lately pro rogued between Portugal and the Regency of Tunis expires on the I Ith of November next." We have the satisfaction to say that Lord SlD motru was sufficiently recovered this day to re sume his station at the Home Department. A private letter front Paris says, that " discus sions are going on in the Council of State, on the law to he proposed to the Chambers in the ensuing Session on - the Recruiting of the Army. The Jour nals have announced, that the price of grain has fallen ; but it is certain that a general fail has not taken place, and that the present state of prices cause considerable alarm. The report about the assassination of the new Dey of Algiers is thought very doubtful." Barbaboes Papers to the 7th of September have been received. The Prince of Orange, Anne, and Achilles, transports, which arrived at that island on the 17th of July, were directed to perform quaran tine, in consequence of the death of some of the people on their passage. On the 30th of October a grand entertainment, at which the nom, J. A. BECKLES presided, and at which Lord CoMBER MERI3 was present, was given by the gentlemen of the Island to Colonel CODD, the Commandant of the garrison, on his being about to leave the island for EnglAnd. His Majesty's ship Hydra arrived at Barbadoes on the Gth September, witl, the teltainder of the 63d regithvttt, from St and Monserrat, and was shortly to tail fot this country. VENEZUELA. ACT OF GENERAL PAT:Z, COMMANDING TO ARMY OF THE LOWER. _ 4 .l'OllE, ACKNOWLEDGIO GENERAL BOLIVAR 4UPREME CHIEF OF TIO REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA. Jose ANTONIO Pater,, litletaber of the Order of the Lihcre turs of Venezuela, Brigadier-General of the Armies e l the Republic, and commander-in-Chief of the Division acting on the Lower Apure, &c. &c. &c. Whereas his Excellency, the Supreme Chief of the Republics has sent ins Adjutant-Generals, Colonels Francisco PATTY and Manuel Menrique. near ate, fur +be purpose of arrangilli affairs important to the State, and iii; , ong others, that of coil' stituting a Supreme Authority, which, by preserving the order due to the station, and the dignity belonging to it,. may at same time cause the State to acquire Such charattcr and con'. sideration as it is entitled to. Whereas, after holding 104 conferences on this subject, and considering also that laiS , Excellency, General Simon Bolivar has been sunned by tlaf Armies of the East, Supreme Chief of the Republic, a psi worthily confided to him as a return for the sacrifices whielli with the greatest heroism acid constancy, he has made on lte' half of our country, and besides that to tbit rank be has heel raised by the unanimous wishes of all: Wherefore, as I am how the only Chief remaining tolete der in to him my acknowledgment and obedience, by this act I from this moment du the same with all solemnity, in nd own behalf, and in the name of the army I have the honed, to command, further notifying to and ordaining the vernors of the Provinces of Vari tuts and tasaintre, Generals and Commanders of the divisions now absent train thess head-quarters; and all the Autliotitiec depentrieut on this army, formally to acknowledge and lead tmedience to his E.w . ceilency the Supreme Chief of the Republic, iiOn Simon Bob", rar, the same being done by the troops beldnging TO thosecan' tonments, for which purpose the necessary orders have beets issued, and proper testimonials of this present Decree made out, in order that the same may be conveyed to the Supremi Chief aforesaid. Done at head-quarters of Yagtrat, this 'gth June, 16111 ,and 7th of the Republic: (Signed) T: A. PAEZ. NICOLAS BUMAR, See: Immediately after, the battalion forming the garrison ot these cantonments, and the corps of cavalry stationed there' in, wen., formed, and the above Decree be* published, to" grittier with a Prodsililatioll ar .n•s,. d by the Commander-in - Chief to this army, his Excellency, in preseme of the said troops, and a numerous concoui se o. people, took the oath of obedience and acknowledgement to the Supreme Chief of the Republic, Simon Bolivar, a tttinistea,:d to him Rey. Dr. Ramon Ignacio Mendez, the Governor of ttic rio" wince doing the same, as well as the Town Major, and all the ()dicers and troops then present, which solemn act was close' by a discharge of intislietry, as a demonstration of their joy• (Signed) PUMAR, Sec. Yagual, June 27, 1817, and 7th. EXTRACT OF A LETTER rnom AN AID-DE-CAMP 0 0 GENERAL BOLIVAR, DATED GUAYANA, AUG. 2/' 1817. DEAR FRiEsn,--Under date of sth instant, I wrote you 1". the way of Maturin, and by this time I suppose you are welt ur formed of our being possessed of the two Guayanas, and the whole of the river Oriaoko. The squadron of Admiral BrioO has returned, after capturing the greatest part o the ~,,emir convoy. The prizes are extremely valuable, as well on account of the property and rich families on board, as because• iu t heal we have raptured more than WO soleiiers, a large quantity 0 1 artillery and muskets, &c. &c. A friend is the bearer of this, and he will inform you minutely of the other advantages we have gained in this province, and throughout the whole extenS of the Repablie. We are now in every respect in the most ad vantageous situation- The army of the Lower Apure is yeti considerable, and commands the whole of time Llanos (Plains), as well as.tbe entire provinces of Casanare and Varinas.—'" Almost the whole of the province of Caracas also enjoy free-. dour. General Saran a, with his brigade, has extended him self as far as Rastro, Caivario and 'Villa de Cora. Our forces in this quarter are daily increasing, by desertions front tho enemy and the enthusiastic feeling spread throughout the whole country. The Royalists publiely pass over to us, and' their officers cannot prevent them; besides being wearied out, they look to our regular pay and prize-money : entire squadrons and garrisons have presented themselves to General Sarcza. The situation of the enemy is desperate, and troops will experience but little difficulty in entering Caracas. Rochester, tixtbe, Colchester, Barnstaple, Hod niton, Bedford, and Leicester will, it is expected,- be contested at the next General Election, mila several individuals have been meptioned as •ity tending to offer themselves as Candidates for those places. A vacancy, it is thought, will occur at Dover, but no one, at present, has been named, as likely to succeed to it.—Newcastle-upon-Tyne has a chance ett affording, after a very long inter val, sonic amusement to its freemen ; it bein4 understood that a Naval Officer, of highly dis' tinguished merit, will offer hin4 , elf to represent that ancient and loyal town in Parliament. There has not been, we believe, a contest for Ibis place sinee the 'celebrated Election, when the late ANDREW K. S. towEs, F, , q. was one of the Can.. didates..—Why Mr. BRaNtniNc4 retired from Par liament we do not know, but his relinquishment of Newcastle has always been a subject of regret to his friends, and to the great body of ,his late constituents. Our highly valued countryman, Mr. SHIELD, the Master of the King's Bend, whose recent ap pointment reflects so much credit on the judgment and kindness of his Royal Highness the PRI NC° REGENT, is now enjoying himself with his friend', Mr. CROSDILL, In the neightrom hood of York. We are Sorry to hear tlit the truly respectable and venerable Bishop of NOVA Scorn is on his passage to England, in consequence of extreme ja health. LORD HILL—The Dorie Column erected by the inhabitants of Shropshii t- in honour of the Right [ion. Lord HILL, being completed, and a Lodg e built for the reception of a person appointed tc° show the same to visitors, the Committee hiAve presented them both to his Lordship avid his Felts for ever, as a lastiog memorial of the high estecil l with which he has inspired his countrymen. Ser• jeant likvts, who has been !eally 20 years in th e service, and orderly serkant to his Lordship, 116 . e heel) appointed to reside in the beautiful Dori c Ledge adjoining the Column. to die Ziagtzst attending those affecting instances of guilt, the duty became greater. Several other Gentlenieti also spoke. The reso/utions were agreed to unanimously. • Toanks were voted to the Dukes of KENT and 'Sussex, to the 14011 D 4.VIAYOit i &c. and the meeting • separated. 0 0 * Fa:: the PIID VC NCI nt Jay aria Ls, see the Last Page. TO CORRESPONDENTS. *** Tiara Letter to Mr. WAITHHAN To-morrow. THEATRICAL. - REGISTER. Performed Last Night. THEATRE 110 YA I, DR() RY-LANE.-1 Merchant Of Venice: Shylock, Mr. Kean ; Portia, Mrs. Bartley. After which, The Falls of Clyde. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.—Sirt StOttp3 to Courimer: Young Marlow,_ Mr. C. Keinide ; Miss Elardcastle, Miss Bruntott. After which, Butabastes Furiusu. To which was added, The Father and his Chiidreu. AititivEn-1 Flanders, 1 Holland, t Dublin, 1 Waterford. DuL-1 Hamburgls, '2 Gottenburgis. PRICE OF STOCKS Til IS DAY AT TWELVE o'CLOCE. Bank Stock, .. .. 284} India Stock, 3 per Cwt. Red. ' . 81/1, India 80nd5,....:19s 102 F. pr. 3 per Cent. Cons. 8210, OltliAnnuities, St i 4 p e r "Cents. .. 18i 4 Excb.luills,„..... 19s. 28s. pr. 5 per Cent. Acn........ 1071 Cons. for Not - ..........82AH Bank L. Ann.... 20& 15-16ths /I gal WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, dG minutes after 6. I Evening, 11 minutes after 7 TEE SUN. SOLE:tI QUJS DICERE F.\L•UM AUDEAT ? LONDON, FRITMY, OCTOBER 31, 1817. v 1 Itc `~n F `ba LA 115