The Sun. — London, England, 1806-08-27 00:00:00

:GENERAL .it;lTßANnits EXPEDItI6:IIr. Although the following Letter reSpeeting General MIRANDA'S Expedition, its failure, and promised renewal, does not contain much nove)tyoret the whole forms an interesting and corriprehensiv6lar rative of all that can be as yet known on a subje& which has excited no small portion of the public attention : " Port of Spain, Trinidad, Tone 7,' 18:6. " I wrote you a short time before Lleft New York, communicating to you the business I was then setting out upon, in which, though-I have not yet been so successful as I might and ought to have been, yet I have .not the smallest fear ordoubt as to the final result of it. " To give you a just idea of our situation and • prospe&s, I will give yop a sketch of our ings Since we left New York. On the 2d of Fe . bruary we sailed from thence to Jackmel, where we Bad agreed to meet a very fine Ship, which mounted 24 18-pounders, and 2f.,)0 men on board, the Master and Ownerof which had solemnly engaged to ac company and -assist .us ;- yet, after waiting there from the I 7th of February to the 27th of March, he, in a most rascally manner; disappointed us---,sO that we were - obliged to set off, accompanied only by two small Schooners, which we had chartered at Jackmel, for the purpose of acing as Tenders, and to lessen the excessive crowd .of men on board the Ship. After a long and disagreeable passage, owing to our, in the first instance, having fallen to lee ward of Aruba, and run down to the bottom of the Gelph of Nervazuela, we, on the 27th . of April, • made the coast of Caraccas, and stood.in.for it, with the intention of attempting a landing that night ; When, approaching the coast, and getting every thing ready to land, we observed two large Brigs beating to windward, just opposite the place we in tended to disembark at ; to which we immediately. gave chate • and they, to avoid us, ran i n t o P orto Caballo. Having, owing to this, got to leeward of our Port, we were then obliged to haul our wind, and beat up to it : we were again approachibg. it, and got so nigh as to have sent off a large boat-load of people to put on board one of the Schooners which was on shore, when we observed the two Brigs coming out of Porto Caballo, and that they were standing towards us. As we were convinced bey were arrnecrVessels, sent out for the express purpose of attacking us, we re-embarked our people; and cleared for action. Finding, however, they tould not get up to, - us before dark, we determined to attempt lauding in the night-time, and fur this purpose gave the Pilot orders to conduct the •Ship into a small Bay.. Unfortunately, owing to the darkness of the Might, and the similarity of the headland's, he mistook., and got to leeward of the place; which again obliged us to stand off, still determined. to' land early in the Morning. " At day-light, however, we discovered one of the brigs, which mounted twenty guns,,ana. full of men, almost within shot of us ; .the other, which mounted sixteen, and full of men also, about two miles miles to leeward. At thi s t i me we were perf ectly becalmed, whilst the larger brig had a' breeze, with which she wff standing in shore in • chace of , one of our schooners that we had sent in to recon noitre, and- absolutely got so nigh. as to fire several shot at her. A breeze, • however, stirring .up, we got.our bead round, and stood towards her, with the deter lined resolution of immediately boarding her, Which I suppose she ekpeeted, as she ran down to her •consort, with whom she held a con sultation of upwards.of an hour, and then came up in : line towards us ; and, when within long cannon abOt ) . hoisted Spanish colours, and commenced firing, which we quickly returned, and continued, by my.wateh,,exaotly, hall an hour; Finding that together they were too heavy tbr us, as we,mpubied only sixteen n-pounderS, we stood off shore ). tinder easy sail, in order to try and separate 'them, *mid, at the same time, made signals for our schooners to' keep close in by us ; this however they e from what causeit is impossible to say,negleaed to dv, appi we bad the mortification to see them curoff from uS and captured, Without the possibility of Oilebeing able to prevent it. On board the schooners were eio- tem Officeri . w ere the forty men, most of whom the Ate of our little army, and all my particular friends. After this severe loss,' and being iii want of water and provisions, we were under. the necessity of running to the Island of Bonair, whese_we got twenty-two -hogsheads of water and 'some provi sions, 'and then determined on coming- to this island, in hopes of-getting assistance. and supplies. On our way we put into Grenada, where, in a .consultation w ith th e ' G overnor , it. Was tight mast proper that General MIRANDA should go, in company with a Sloop of War, to Barbadoes, and see the Commander in Chief of the Navy and Army, and that I should . come here and • prepare things, so th a t no ti me should be lost. I accord-.. ;ugly arrived .here on the 2cl instant, and have met with.a most flattering reception from all ranks of the inhabitants, many of whoni have already.volun teered to go with me; and, as I have 'no doubt of receiving considerable assistance, I am now more, sanguine than I ever was as to the final success of our business. " I expe& General MIRANDA will be here !text week, and that he will remain but a few days ; so that, in this 'month, I think, something decisive will take place, of which I will give you the earliest intelligence, in order that you, or any of your mer cantile friends, may avail yourselves of it ; --and, if I live, my situation is and will be such as to insure:ypu and them a decided preference. I give you this in forination at present, in order that you may have time to make the arrangements preparatory to the receipt of my next letter, which will, I trust, in form you of my hopes being,realised. " JUNE 10.—ONing to the convoy not sailing as soon as was expeaed; I delayed closing this in hopes ofidding something pleasing. This instant a Vessel IS arrived from ilaetbadoes, by, which I pm informed that my friend is arrived,. and may soon be expeet ecl here, from whence we are to be furnished with every thing necessary to carry ,the business into im mediate effe& ; and I. think it is probable that we shall make two establishments at the time — mine will, of course, be where I mentioned it was likely to be, in my last letter,from New York; JUNE 15.--By an arrival from Barbadoes I am informed,' though not • officially, that a 'Ti - eatV: has been entered into by Admiral COCI-4t'ANE _ • 1 41 IR dINA, and that grie article of-itlip'ecifiii, that ritish Vessels and koodS 40 . 11 be admittkd into all the Ports of S'onth Anierica, they payrng ten per cent. less duty than the Vessels or goods of any other Nation, which 4thounts almost to a total pro hibition. On this account they agree to ' supply him with every thing necessary . to .almost ensure the success of the Expedition." . , NASSAU (NEW PROVIDENCE), JULY 4.—On Fri day last, between two and three o'clock, a duel_ was fought near the Water Battery, between Dr. Pow of His Majesty's Brig Port Mahon, and Mr. CON BADE GOODRICIIE COAKLEY, SOO of pr. jOEIN . COAKLEY, of this town, in whi c h, we are sorry to state, the latter fell an instantaneous via - inn, Ins an tagonist's ball having p;erced his heart. The Doctor is very badly wounded, insomuch that his life is con sidered to be in great danger: . The Commission appointing Lord HOLLAND and Lord AUCK LAND Ministers Plenipotentiary on the part of Great Britain, for settling with Mess. MOi4- ROE and . PINCKNEY, , Joint-Miniiters from America, all matters in 'dispute between the two Countries, has received His - MAJEsTY's Sign Manual. The following story is . in circulation ; hut we trust it will hefound to originate wholly in malice or mistake :—A Noble Lord, it is said, recently re ceived a letter from a Gentleman in a Public Office,. charging another Noble Lord, connected with Mi-, nistry, with having lately . speCulated in the Funds. The letter was signed with The name of the writer, who solicited an interview With the Nobleman to whom it was addressed. The requested meeting took place; and the Noble Lord animadverted with due earnestness on the importance of the accusation, concluding With a desire to know if the accuser was disposed to meet the person against whom the charge was made. and support it face to face. The author of the letter answered resolutely in the affirmative, upon ' which-the room door was immediately opened, and the accused party appeared. The writer, it is said, not only positively pet:Severed in. his accusation, but mentioned the names of the BrOkers who had been employed on' the occasion. A very forcible expreS sion of indignation burst.froni the Nobleman who was the subje& of the charge, and who signified that he should not only endeavour to erred the re '. Moval of a person who could bring such an un founded . allegation against him, but resort to the law for the due proof of his innocence and punish ment of defamation. We cannot vouch for N lie truth of any part of this reported trans:teflon ; but it is of so important a nature at the present critical Moment, as to be entitled to the notice of the Pub lic, and will, we doubt not, undergo the most rigid investigation. A Wardmote was held on Monday, at Butchers' Hall, Pudding-lane, before Sir WILLIAM LEIGHTON, Alderman of Billingsgate Ward, for the choice of a ' Common Councilman for the remainder of the year, in the room of Mr. finNRY CRESSWELL, deceased; when JOHN SUDLOW,. Esq. of Monument-yard, was unanimously chosen. The ROY tt. AR'rtLiEnY, at Woolwich, hare solved to have a Library attached to•the Institution. For this laudable purpose the Officers haVe agreed to assign a certain • prOportion of their pay, 'and they have reason to 'hope, from the liberal chara6ter: of the Master-General, and his partiAty to literature, as well as to the profession of which he is so distin guished an ornament, that he will warmly patronize the meritorious plan in agitation. His Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBERLAND is about to proceed to Weymouth, where he has established the 'Head -quarters' of his llistria. Ma jor -General COTTON commands the Cavalry, and Brigadier-General M`fikriLANE the Infantry, im mediately under the Duke, at Weymouth. The Cavalry Brigade is to be composed of the 14th and. 15th Light Pragoons. It is intended to intro duce generally the excellent manoeuvres of that able Officer, Colonel HAWKER. • AI`CREADY, who seems to be One of the: most enterprising Managers of the pregent day, has, since he obtained the lease of the Newcastle Theatre, pur chased the lease of that now building at Manchester. WARD, the for Mer Manager, in conjunction. with YOUNG, ,an Aaor of the Liverpool Theatre; Lewis and KNiGITT, offered 13001. per annum. RAYMOND, of "Drury-lane Theatre, offered . i 2001. per annum, 'but Mr. M'CREADY proposing ,16001. per annum, With a free Benefit annually' also for any Public Charity, at once carried' the prize. SPORTING I,NtELLIGEIVCt: iEREFOItr) RACBS.—WenNtsoioe, Auc.to. The Plate of 501. for all ages, iv s run for by lqr. l l , Anb:leii's b. g Pantalfoon Mr. tinier's b g. Eunuch Mr. Gooding's c. an. Bona Roba THURSDAY. I 2 - dr The Plate of col. felt; and 4yr olds, was run for by Mr. Ernhden's b. K. Pantaloon - Mr. Ball's b. ni. Maid of the Moor • FRIDAY, The Plate oflol. for all ages; was run for by Mr.. Butler's h. g. Eunuch - t Mr. M unsey's. h. rn. Maid of the Mocr - - 2 2 Mr. Goodilig's c. tn. Bona Roba - dr The dirthent Plates •were easily won by pantaloon and Eunuch. I Inwever, on Friday, two thatches beovegii bun ters alfbrded good diversion; as did a Foot-race, for d beiver hat, once round the Course, by seven men. The Race ground was well attended each day ; and R. P. Scudartiore, Esq. M. P. was nominated Steward of the next Meeting. His MAJESTY'S Household, under the Lord Stew ard, will be paid their quarter's salary up to last I MidsumMer in a few days. I FOOT . 11 . . , WE.—Monday afternoon, at two o'clock, On the 20th inst. an elegant Breakfast and Fete‘ attimmense concourse assembled at Hampton Gr een , Champetre was given to a n um be r o f the niostye.' near Hampton Court, - to witness the long intended speetAble inhabitants of Waterford, and the adjoin-:;. I match between Grindal the boot-closer, .and Cur ing neighbourho o d, by Sir JOHN and Lad Y .Nrfiw- ley, the B , righton-sheph e rd. Th e distanc&was iOO PORT; at their beautiful seat near that city. , yards, for J2O gu i ne a s as id e. T he parties started Accounts from Pari s sa y, th at t h e ninety-six J ew . precisely at three o'clock: Grindal, in the first five Deputies are very constant in their sittings. . They •• yards, had the advantage, and kept ahead of his op dress in black, and deliberate with heads uncovered: , ponent for the first 20 yards, when Curley closed, A guard of honour o f fif ty men atten d s at the d oor, -and kept neck by neck f or 50 yards; b ut G rindal and turns out with presented arms on the arrival ail& won the wager by two'yards. The ground was run 1 : departure of th e D eput i es: S uc h as have no eqe,i- over iti twelve second s . . . • pages of their own are conveyed thither and back in I We learn from the count of Math, that on the the Emperor' s ca rr i a ge s . A d eputat i on nut of the en- 1 anniversary of• the birth-day y of his e Royal Highness tire number was presented to his Majesty by the : the Prince of WALus, an elegant Fete Champetre Home Minister CHAMPAGNY, one of whom, RABI : was given bySir MARCUS SOMERVILLE, Bart. the SAG/in, of Turin, had a private audience with the i worthy representative 61 that county, at his delight- Emperor, which lasted two hours. 1 ful residence near Navan. Above five thousand of A letter from Tortola, -of the 17th of July, re- 1 the country people a ssem bl e d i t i t h e l awn at an early ceived by a respe,aable Merchant in the City, states , I hour, waiting with impatience the expeaed signal : that a Privateer had fallen in 'with JEROME BONA- , I at length the firing of a swivel judiciously placed ! among the trees, announce d .to the speaators that PARTE'S Squadron, on th e nt h, o ff' S umana, steering to the Southward of St: Domingo, and was informed I the games were going to begin. They commenced by a French ,Officer belonging to it, that they by two four-mile heats for silver cups, extremely were bound 'to St. Domingo. Sir JOHN BORLASE well contested by hor ses who were qualified by never I WARREN, on his arrival a t . T or t o l a , p l ac i ng i mpl i cit , "having ran before for any priie above the value of reliance on the above information, sailed on the 1 b th. .: i five pounds. Various oth er amusements succeeded, in direa pursuit o f t h e E nemy, w h ose - f orce then such as wrestling, f oo t-b a ll playing, &c. which lasted consisted of seven Sail of the Line, three Frigates, 1 until evening, when the principal Nobility and .and two Sloops. One of the Men of War sailed very ! Gentry of the county were splendidly entertained at badly, and it is still hoped that the English SqUadron 1 dinner, and broke up at a late hour, highly pleased, may have come up with and engaged the Enemy, 1 with the kindness and hospitality of their host. Sir J. B. WARREN-did not, wait to see Admiret , One of the Helpers in His Majesty's Stables at COCHRANE, who had gone to .St..Kitt's and Antigua i Windsor, of the name of Woodyer, hanged himself to 'colleat the Vessels which ar e , to compose t h e i on 'M onday. He had for a long time been in a state homeward-bound Fleet, and which were to sail for iof mental imbecility. England on the Ist of August.—This information At the execution of M a t se ll, at Bi rm i ng h am, for was immediately forwarded to th e Ad m i ra l ty, by the I very respectable Gentl eman by whom i t was rece i v- maliciously firing at and wounding a watchman o f t h at cd. I town, he being desired to give a signal the mom . lent he wished to be yarned 01K—when every thi ng was ready, threw np a - handkerchief he held in his hand, and exclaimed, " Here goes A Smith on the Brighton road. advertises, that "he shoes: wheels and steals hatchets." - • CaRN-EXCHA:4thE, AUG. 9.7.---The repairs of tit-. old Mai ket being now. finished, and it being intend ed to be open on Wednesdays it future, as usual, there are short arrivals of Wheat- Or Grain in general, at the new Ma . rket to-day, and very: few purchasers or sales made, and those are neatly as our currency on Monday ; Rape Seed is somewhat dearer, and fine American Flour 4Qs. to 445. per barrel. We are sorry to state that Sir JACOB ASTLEY, in company wiih his btother-in-!?tw, Mr. PRATT, re , turning, On Saturday last, from N6twich to Royston.. hall, had the misfortune to be thrown from his cur ride; by which accident be broke one of his thighs. Mr. PRATT fortunately escaped unhurt. Rivett has been travelling, exprer, for several days, with an Agent of the Gentlemen in the City who have been robbed by Daniels, to Portsmouth, Southampton, and other sea=ports, in pursuit of him, but not the least trace of him could be procured. Mr. NALDER, the City - Marshal, who went to "Chester in quest of Deiii-eis, has written to the Qom mittee of the Stock Exchange, that he hai received -information which may probably lead to the appre hension of the -culprit. • He states, that a woman ivho had arrived at Chester from London in the Mail, gave a description of a fellow-traveller which exaaly corresponded with the person of Daniels. It was supposed he had embarked for Ireland, and thither Mr. NALDCR intended to follow him.. • Bow-stREs:T.,—At the beginning of last season of Covent-garden Theatre, Cole, the notorious- - pickpocket, 'was apprehended in one of the avenues leading to the theatre, by Donaldson, the constable, and he was of course convided under the - Police AEI, as a reputed thief. He gaVe bail tot his ap pearance at the Sessions, but the objeSt of the sum in which he was bound was of no consequence to him, or is it to any of this description of robbers, and he forfeited his recognizance by not appearing. Cole was detested, about a month since, at Ports down-Fair, with his hand in a Gentleman's pocket. -He was taken before a Magistrate, but the Gentle man not attending to proseente, he was discharged. He has been suspeaed for some time past by the Officers of Union Hall to have.been picking poc kets at the Circus and Astley's, in disguised dresses, and has evaded 'their vigilance. On Monday, An thony went to his apartmentS, in Barron's-:buildings; and apprehended him. On searching his premises, he fbund a black domino and mask, is Which he no doubt frequents the masquerades, to commit depre dations. On Monday evening he was examined be fore Mr. READ, when a copy Of his conviStion was produced, and he was committed. MARLBOROyOh-STREET.-1110Ma$ Bedford, a turnpike-man, at Farthing Pyegate, Marylebone, charged Jdmes i?arringer with an assault. This was a case similar to the one reported yesterday. The Defendant, a young man in the employ of a carcase salesman, had . gorie - through the gate in question,- 'ou Sunday, and paid toll. On his return, after having got through the gate, the Prosecutor insisted on the Defendant paying again ; and on the refusal of Barringer to do so, the toll-taker seized his horse, and forced him on the other side of the gate. A scuffle ensued, but the toll-taker had the worst of It, in consequence of which he made the present charge: It was clearly proved that the Defendant was only resisting an assault first made by the com plainant, who became the accused, and ho..was.held 'to bail. L4TE I I 2 2 At Ruclford, near this city, two sheep were killed in a field ;. and, on the Tewkesbury road, a post charse.horse, belonging to the Bell 'lnn, was struck down, but soon - recovered the shoCk. A poor 'man was killed near Stapleton; he had a scythe on his Shoulder, whichi no doubt, served to attra& the eleEtric fluid. Avery fine horse was killed at Tort worth, in this county. At Burlield, near Reading, a stable, belonging to Mr. Chase, was set on fire by the lightning,' and totally consumed, with other out-houses; two corn and hay-ricks ; a buil,. seven Calves, Wand all the poultry in the farm-yard, were killed, part of the dweging-house was much it jured, and the whole damage is supposed to amount to 15001. A waggoner, driving a team of horses near lo the above place, was struck ,dead ; as was also one of the . horses. :The lightning also cormnunicated to 'a rick of wheat, near Baldock, Herts, and' 132 loads of wheat were consumed. At a place called Sandford, in the parish of Sunning, Berks, -the lightning tore cff the reef of a public houtel' a ball of eleetric fire entered the house at the same time, and passed down the;Stair-case into the kitchen, where several people were sitting; and, after separating into two parts, it went oat of the kitchen-window, which is totally demolished, with ' out hurting the persons w h o were s i tt i ng in the room. A valuable horse,. the Vroperty of Farmer Dailey,. was struck dead at Witney ; and two others were killed near Henley. - .One of the Bath ceaelws was overturned on Twyford Bridge, by the horses taking fright at the lightning ; but we are happy. to say, that none of the passengers were se=. riously injured, although the coach was thrown into the stream.—(Gleueester Journal, efug. 25.) On Thursday seinnight, a barn at Hadley Down, in the parish of Mayfield, belonging to Mr. Day, Was set on fire by lightning, at the time two \ men Were on the roof, rewiring the thatching. The men, either from the effeets of the lightning, or from fear, were forced from their situations, and fell to the. ground, but fortbnately without receiving any hurt; and, as 'assistance was at hand, the fire was extinguished before it had arrived at any alarm ing height. Two women in an adjoining field were at the same time very sensibly affeded by the lightning. - About eight o'clock, on last Wednesday morning, we were visited by One of the most awful tempests ever remembered, and we :lam since learned that it was felt generally, with more or less severity. At Godstone, in Surrey, the lightning struck two men who were hoeing turnips in a field, and killed one of them upon t:!:: spot. The other, after remain ing some time senseless on the_ground, recovered as iron) a swoon., and appeared much surprised and shocked at finding his companion dead. At the same place a windmill, under reparation, attraaed the subtle fluid, by which it Was damaged to a considerable atnount. The millwrights en , gaged in thelepairs were at their work at the time, but all luckily escaped unhurt. At Hurst Green the lightning also was very ter. rifle. At the Inn there, kept by Mr. Anson, the 'landlady and her daughter, a young woman, were both struck to the ground, but providentially nei ther of them was materially- hurt ; in the kitchen, a number 'of plates and dishes were thrown down and demolished ; and a chicken, which was peck ing before the door was killed, as ilby a gun-shot. At Nlr.'French's, a house nearly adjoining, an aiarurn, placed in an 'upper; room, attracted the Aaive fluid, and was completely spoiled by its power; it also did some other mischief to -.trees, &c. but none that we have heard of, of much consequence. In this town the peals of thunder followed the lightning in close succession ; hut the storm, which continued about. an . hour, proved more alarming than mischievous. short time before the tempest commenced at "Mayfield, the attention of the. Inhabitants was at tracted by a large flock of starlings, in rapid flight up and down the town, making an unusual noise, which was considered, and truly, as an indication of a sudden change of weather.--(Lewes Journal, Aug. 25) On Tuesday the inhabitants of this city and neighbourhood were alarmed by a very violent storm of thunder and lightning. The flashes were so vivid that the streets were illuminated for several seconds at . a time, and the whole atmosphere seemed wrap ped in a blaze , the peals of thunder were loud and reiterated, and the rain fell in torrents. We un derstand several accidents happened in the vicinity. (Bristol illqrcury; Auk. 25.) • The harvest has turned out very plentiful in Spin : and considerable quantities of grain ara alre,;;;ly shiF ped off there for Portugal. A dreadful storm of thunder, lighttini-;and 'rain; 'visited this city and nei'ghbourhJod on. TUeSday —it commenced here about seven o'clock in the evening, and continued, with but• little intermission, till between fonr and five on Wednesday mornitirt. The flashes of forked lightning were remarkably vivid, and followed each Other with great rapidi y the thunder Nt ; as loud, and tremendously grand'. The height of the tetre.vst seemed to be abo u t bait= past ten at nit ht ; at which time the • lightning struck the chirnney of a house belo !ging to Mrs'. Button, in the London 11.,)ad, dose gthis city; when the eleetric fluid, forcing irs way through the roof, was cone thed into several apartments by the bell-wires (which -ifere melted in its progress), and apparently expended its force in a closet in the lower part of the house, where a window, affording a passage for its escape, nS entirely shive re d to pi lAr eces. The only inhabitants of the house were Mrs. Button and her female servant, who were.in bed in the same room ; and it is a most provide::,;,, circumstance, that this was ,the only .pang ens, in that part of the house, where trace of the light:- ning were not observed—some trifling injury to the' furniture here, being conjcaured 'to have been oc casioned by the bricks from the top falling down the chimney, and forcing the'grate considerably out of its place. The servant, from the terror of the scene, was in fits dUring the greater part of the night, and was, humanely attended by her renerable mistresit (now in her 78th year), who colledtedly administer ed to the relief of her domestic during the subse;.. quent rage of this awful elemental warfare. No other damage was sustained in the place 3 but the tbliaw ing particulars will shew that - the stortn was very ge neral: