The Sun. — London, England, 1817-12-31 00:00:00

is 1 SHIP EWS. Dovuit, Dcc•.3o.—Arrive , l off this port, this day, the Williarind Jane, GEORGE„ bejOnging to New York, and fiOrn 'London, in 190 days, hound to Amsterdam :-.-30th Nov. spoke the ship Wil liam Harris, HARRIS, from Liverpool for Ja- maica, all well. Arrive( at this port, yesterday, the Tent's, Aut.Tons, trotn Pernambuco, in 48 days :—Nov. 22, spoke the Pynthon, of South wold, from the Capt . for LontlOn, steering for Barhadoes, in a vet y leaky state—wind fair, wea ther fine at the time. a.c. 13, spoke the Sbaks peare, from London to New Brunstriek, all w(11 Dec. 24, spoke the Henry, Krt:pEN, of Cork, from Newfoundland for Liverpool, in great dis . - tress, her bowsprit and fore -mast gone, a . nd vcry leaky—great part of her cargo th rown over h an d . ; no bread or water on board for several (tars — weather bad, and so very heavy a sea, that the Tellus could render him no assistance, hot lay by him all night, and next day the wind abated — sent him bread and water, with - • articles : the remaining part of the cargo was damaged. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 30.—Arrived the Astrea transport no m the Cape: iaiied the sth October, front St. Helena the '..29!11 •trnm Ascension the 7th November; arrived at Scilly the .2 sth December ; anti the day foil , win : r. w as o h4 te d to cut from Hit anchor and cAble, a"( broke a nother anchor in gait!. Leer at the Cape his Majesty'' ship Eorydire. The London, John, B r iiiiint, and 11e4alia transports, and the Giant, and Adamant, had Sailed from the Cape for Ci'y lon. Lrft at St. Frieda the David transport . — The Lord Cathcart ;ailed from St Helen a for In dia on the 27th Oct. The C"inl""Y'b schooner St. Helena. which had sailed for the Coast of Africa, had not been heard of since she s:iiled fr o m St. [hl en a, and donb:s are entert a i ne d of her safety. Also arrived here the following out ward-hound vessels :—Eunheinio, fur 'Trieste; Betsy, for Chatlez , ton ; Paftis, for Gihr,iltar ; Vedas, for Hayti; Richard am' John, for Rio Janeiro, Shannon; , or Naples ; and Duncombe, fur Jamaica. Passed up Channel the Pacific, from Demerara. LivErtPooL, Dnc. 29.—The Lord INI`Do:1(1, KENNFDY, whirl' sailed trout this port tor Kiel, is put into Beallomris, leaky. PLYMOUTH, DF.c. 29 —Arrhed the Anna and Sophia. R ,, GGENsAY, trout Rotterd.on for Boqr deaux ; Pomona, Ilot.s - roN, and 11. , oger, KILT, from Petersbnro, ; and the Zihyr, NICOI-S. from Loudon tor tiibraltar.—Sdiled the Ceres, DORE, for Africa. DEAL. DEC. 30.—Arrived, And Sal k t l for the River, !he Thomas. JAcKsoN, from the Cape of Good Hope. he spoke on Sth ii , st• in lit 9.19. long. 18.30: W. his MAjesty's ship Cherub, out 30 d:ays, ail 'well.—Cante do‘vo Irons the River, :he Wootton, for Teneriffe, t4arali Anna, for the Cape. FALmouTn, FYgc. the Eliza, WM- L i A ms, N e ,v Brimstvick h.( ) weeks, leaky Sailed the Prince Erne,t packet, ivi h a mail for Lisbon, and the Good Intent, 11Am, for St. • ”n DEc. 2S,—Stilled last even- Ing the Sandwich packet wi h the "jail and p is %engrrs for Waterford.. Arrived the Dolphin Ite- venue cutter from a cruise. • Dec. `29...--The Ancklatci packet, Captain ilicnAans, sailed list nigh: with the mail for Waterford ; and the Mansfidd packet, Captain CHAttt.Es NUTTALL, 113 S arrived therefrom, with ?he mail and passengers on board. Remain the Unit y, EDWARDS, front Brist(A for St. Vincent's ; Unity, EDWARDS, from London for Dublin ; Ann ;Ind Mary, EvaNs, froin Lobdou for Sligo ; Pe- PaoectlT, front Havre to Liverpool ; and , he Mayflower, WILLIAMS', from Liverpool for 7 - z'teter, with his Majesty's sloop of war Brito mart, Captain PAscoe. HULL, Dec. 49. — The sloops s unk at this port in the gales of last week have all been got up, nd their cargoes landed. The West Indianian, John Rickard, of this fort, Captain StmoN DANso N , o f ‘Vincomblee, arrived in the Downs on the 1-lih instant from Port Maria, Jamaica, after a tremendous passag e •:.H ten weeks, with a full cargo, h tying several I,•incheons of rum upon deck. Mr. DA N N IDS( bulwarks, and one man was Washed oVer board. The Maria, HARDY, of Burlington, front Pe i teeshorgh to London, was totally lost on the 23(1 November, on the coast of Jutland, treat Tbisted Crew saved. The Eliza, Ihr.r., from Newcastle to London, i 9 lost on Happisbury Sand ; crew saved. The brig Henry, of Arundel, H. JENKINS, -Master, sailed from Shi e ld s on Wednesday week, coal-laden, amid in attempting to return into port on Friday sennigl,t, in a heavy sea, struck ou the Held Sand. The crew immediately took to whitiitras iipcct by the intakeTi, the .I‘laster au l Mute (bta . rthero, and One and a. bily, were titifortiwitreT itroiviwil; the re three of 'the ere,v sere Ili) in an Ost lifeless state', ; but It>rve since rec , )verect. The holy of the boy was foUnil on vessel is t ,- )ral•ly ‘vrerkecl. ilre Gold'e'n gate, arrived there ou SiiAday fronli Shitlds Captain H. saw a large ship '.110:k oil the Knock Sand, and had 'previOnsly•Oillea'i with part of the imasts and , igging, alr ch he tricked irp and brought in. Nam , . oot rt•c:ortaineu._ HURRICANE IN 1'111 , 7, WEST l'he following Official Letter, on this lament able 4:)ceasioo, %vat) addiessen by the Colot , i6l Se erefar'y' of St. Lucia to the CiOve'lltor of Bdtha •,— • i does : " St. Lucia, Oct 0 3 1817. "MY Loaf),—His Excellency Major-General Seymour be ing unable to address your Lordship, in consequence of the very serious injury he received dui iii the bun cane of the ilst inst. (and I am sorry to add very lit le hopes are enter tained of his recover . y), of wliich Exeilencv has directed me to give your Lordship the •Panaireutitrii, and vailiestly to w`- treat your Lordship's assistanet land support towards amello rating the situation of the unfortunate inhabitants of this Island, not one of whom but has sit ficre;.! severely thereby. 4, Scarcely a d‘Velling ur i!egro-bOuse is left standing ; the mills and out-buildings either unroofed 'or razed to tits. ground ; nearly the whole crop of canes torn itp by the routs; and the face of tic Island, which was luxuriant on the 20th, no bears the appearance of an European islnter. " Thu town of Castrees is nearly in ruins, and the vessels, about twelve sail, are 011 shore, nut one of which•isexpeeted to be saved. Ihe whole of he buildings of Morne I.'oi-tun e r and Pi4eou Island were bluwu down, with the exc,..pLion of the magazine and tanks. " Ills Exuelleney and family were taken from limier the ruins of his residence. (the Co:nob:link:it's quayters), wher e he remained in the Lope that it would hare re,;sted the gale— but he has, unfortunately, suffered fir his improdeme. " I bare the honour to be, my Lard, your LordAllip's west obedient 1)14111)1e servant, " I. R. B.NINF,S, Colonial Steretary. " P. S. Since v;ritiag the al)ove, I ant sorry to acquaint your Lordship, that great fears -are entertained that General Seymour cannot. pans forty-eight hours." NVe understand Major Bu rmr.Tr . and family are killed. " Accounts have at Ictigth reached us from Do minica, whence every vessel. %vas driven to sea by the late hurricane, and they had not returned whet , the Robert mail boat, that arrived here on Sunday, left that island. The interior of the countty had like:vise suffered so materially, that unless supplied front other settlentents, the dread of famine apitears to he entertained. . " Capt. Elli!)t, of his Nljesty's ship Suttmarider, hkaichq; P very t liOti Willi his boats, Pt those of his Majesty's ship Childers, to relieve the vessels on shore in Carlisle Ilay.•' ST. LOST. " At Barbad.,cs—Crown (irdybaerr ; Exrres‘, In all eigloren sail on shqc; five are got ott since, ellicfiy Ainctican and Ld.incl vessels. " At St. Lucia—The Lady Jane " -A French frigate, armed en ',lute, ‘klth troops on hoard, foundered in Fort lloyAl Bay, :‘lartinique ; every soul pe rished. " The Sprightly (mail-boat), Adams, missing ; she sailed from Dominica for liarliticloes On the eveniti4 of the 20th. " Colonel Brown, of the Glli West India Regiment, 'cf . ( St. Vinceith about the ISth Oct. fur Antigua, and had out ar rived un the 12th Nut-umber." At, BoATmF.N.—Ouly two Of the 14 Dral li(Littilen, against Whom iddielluvo's wer e found fur ConspirAcies, &c. at the list Lent Assizes lot the county of Kent, !riving been t•tken on tho warrants of the Lord Chief Justice, al , botigh they hare been renewed every 'feint since, process ‘ , l wnlawry has been commenced against the other L, in order that the justice of the country mav not ultimately he deremed, however it way be de layed.—(Publie Ledger.) PRICE wt.' lit2LLtoNt.—Portugal gold in Coil!, arid F.reig , t hots, were yesterday at 4i, and New Dolims a! ss. 41. E 1 i s Grace t h e Duke of PolirtAND, 111 conSi derat 101 l of the b ulli,rrytst of 1816, hns granted a deduction of rent to his tenamis in Ayrshi►e of !row 20 to 40 .per e,..nt. according to circuni. StanceS. he total number of lives lost by the late ex plosion at It kt ,nton Colliery is 26, viz. 10 men and. 16 boys. Thirteen bodies were buried at Eloughton, and tour at Chester, on ..;tittirday 'ast, and the 'cm/lining nine at. Ilinighton un .sundav List. On the latter dJy an appropriate sernum w a s preached by the Rev. B. Ciostimaitc, Irvin t h e 7 t h o f . 1,111,e, i3th and 14tit verses. It is sool „,„,,, t h ere were tint less than 3 of 4000 peo• pie assembled on the melancholy occasion. A few days ago, as some boys were siitlir.g On the ice formed on tie of the ponds of water Lock's-fields, Waltvorth, or.e of them imyrudent iv veoititing too far towards the centre, fell i t , by the breaking of the ire. After. the lapse of sevcral 'pintoes, Bits youth:A companions dk engaged him front the ice, bit he was cn tireiy senseless. Not 5 4 1fficie 11 y strong to carry him, they dragged him as far as the city of Salis intry public-house, the landlord of which refused to receive the nntor!unare yowl: under. hit roof, but desited the boys to proceed with their c h arge to the next public-house; they accord ingly did so, and 11r. Richardson, of the Cot tage of Content, not only received the boy into his house, but actively uniployed Ititn. , elf in tising the nte:ois recommended hy Cue liwttane Society !o restore suspended animation. lie had the sa tkoactinn.• of seeing his benevolent exertions crowned with success by the recovery of the youth wide and sense. 'POETRY. soN:';Er. • • . . Nut lort;4linvace of a thousand yEars, pr.,-;ud diadvai that bound thy ltrOw,— not:E,I . these, though high and bright, that flow Fro:n t very eye, full streams of sorrowing 'Tis not for these that every feature wears The Sadn , ss of a gri:.4 surpassing show, And net for these a montuneut of woe Memoryi,n every bleeding bosom rears 4r "t • "ri, for stOoriotis prospect, ever shaded,-- i tts,*l tfhli For ttope, de,strov'tl : eyen in it, earliest bud,-- 'l4ltt For the high. reonii4o . , Of Virtue faded, prri.i%'d trust ( , f all the vice arid For Worth, and "Loce's yuuni blOoti);' lialqin,:ss—all shrouded in the tomb. • Chis R.ll. REGIsTnR OF FAsnia)7. FASHIONABLE CHANCIES The Archbishop of Canterbury, for his seat, Addington Park ; Lord Colclaester„ to his seat in Sussex; Lord Lyne doeh, for his seat in Sussex ; the Hononrabie and Re verend Mr. I3oecawen,, at I;i3 brother's Lord Falmouth's house, in St. Janies',l-iquare ; Prince Esterhazy, for Pocket 1.,i1i ; Count and - Countess Lietcu, from Melbourne's, seat, Brocliet Hall ; the Marquis aid Mar chioness of Bath, at their house in 6rosveuor-square ; the Marquis of .C-holmondeley. flout Brighton,' for his seat In Cheshire; the Ambassador from the King - of the Net herlafids from Lord Orenville's seat, Dropmore; Sir B. ‘Vin. Bart. M.P. ;it Ilohnes's Ilotel,Parliament.street; the Earl of Rocksavage, for Chohnondeley Castle, Cheshire; Mrs. Cut ii bent, from her house in Chain:los-street, Cavendish-square, for 13ri5ittwt. Foe;.—The atmosphere WWI this . innrning so dense that at one period it wag (hili,:ult 10 see without cainlles. A CortoTondent 10IS sent to folloNiug ‘vhich lie saes w . ere written tit) the List day of 1813, as equally applicable at present , . We bid you adieu I 4, „ 011 Year for Mt' Yew, ; Iv , In the dark to Eternity jog— 1 , c)! Yotele almost out of si4lit, Aod h Ire Noon chaned to NiVel, ?: Poor LospoN's Sfl lost in a Fog. THE fI ' IIEATIIE.-111 , r the new and vet v amus ing and interesting entertainment of Lifflpat at Drury Lane Thyatte last night, the Farce of The Irish Widow ‘vas revied, and a. young Lady nanted HART, 'made her first appearance in the part of ith: Widow Brody, She is an _elegant and spirited young woman, and she sustained the part %% kit much humour ;11101 effect. She was, at first, much frightened, and a tinge of terror prevailrd throngh the fit st Act ; but she rallied in the se cond, and in her virile attire, appeared to great advantage. She teas much ;Ind desetvedly pt tletf. ItVe understand that the Duchess of WELLING• TON intends to return to I'rance.(3locui7:g Post.) A Festival, in aid of tote rands of an excellent Insii?ution, established in the ISLAND of PoRTshA, for the Reliet of Aged and Dceaved Per sons, was lately held there, but which was not so imuteroitsly attended as might have been expected from the nature and ben7ficial ohjt et of the Insti tution. The following extract from The /lamp shire Telegraph of Saturday last, however, in sonic weastite, aceonnis for the want 1.1 that zeal o t's support which wottld most prt7l6ably have appeared on so nteritorim:s an occasion : " We are requested to state, that a certain I)issenting- Nli• :lister of these 'Towns made it leis duty to impres's on his Corigrezat'o prev.oAs tir the grand Oratorio and Miicella 11,111S CIIIICCIt performed last week, for time bell'efit of the I 'llion Pension Society, by saying—ir wont.' he } ;ling to the House of God in the mitornimm z .;., and in time evening - to the l louse o! the Devil: au.: farther--if you have any thin;., , to. spare, give it to your own Ministry.—This powerfully immilm (oes the narrow view of the Itee. Divine in Charity!—and in some measure leJvtvied the alicitelance. (l'ortsta, 2G.") A S:NCULAR WEDDING.--Ott Wednesday last, the 24i i instant, was nrirricd at Chiddingly, by the Rev. F. R. Langdale, Ali. John P oco ck, wi dower, aged 73, to Mrs. Hannah tVillard, stied 63, who had previously been four times a wi,e, and as often a widow, by the names of Roberts, Lee, Funnell, and ‘Villatil.—The maiden :pone of this yet /downing bride was Dine, a daughter of the late W. Dioe, of Chiddingly, who pillnisked a rolione of miscellaneous Pokons, which gained him some celebiity as a village poet. The ceic mony was preceded by merry peals on the church bells, th e first of ‘vhich tvas rung by six men, whose ages togetiier ameanted to 403 years; and t h e secon d by ar,,,ther set of six, whose united ages made 410. The happy couple each possess a little property, and can boast a proeny of nearly 100 children and grand-children. THE ‘VORTEMISCIIG ELEPHANT.—The elephant formerly in the Menagerie of the King of Wur truiherg, and since purchased by a private indi vidual, recently made a whimsical escapade on his stay trom Dr e..leli t o the fair at Leipsic. About day-brelik, he succeeded in removing the helms that confined hint within his moving pi isonovalked forth iinol.si!rver,l by his keeper, and quietly took the road to Piroa, whilst the poor kc, per and his caravan took that of Leipsic. Sonic peasant wo men, on their way t.o the matket of Dresden, ob serving the enormous oriimal moving towards them, and having never before seen an elephant, tan off ill the ge.eatest consternatio 1, abandoning ticir carts, with provisions of various kinds for the market. The elephant came up, and comfortably regaled himself with a plenteous brealtlat of bread, butter, eggs, &c. which lie selected with great taste, and even some economy ; I;%r, whilst he de vowed, he took care to commit no weste. The li, e rer Soon discovered his loss ; cattiC bark out of temper arid out of breath, and easily induced the elephant to return with him for the pot prise of edifying the rood people at the fair of Lcipsic.— (E. enclz Paper) COUTTS Iles matte tile fo!loti,•iog most Jibe r)ll Clristmos dootttion of the putisk.lo %Vomit um %Valteis, in Esse), :—littifil). of bed . , 4f;o (wilier') loaves, 4001 b. of soglt, 50N). et teA, ru:r of . blankets, mid 360 at ticks of clothi!.,g. E S A. , - RE4 - 1'011.1TiONs; A.st) Tke City of,..Nloscow risiug frour its ashes • more splendid ;hat; ever. I'heNremli;.l iseivirely rebuilt ; it not only pre:silt - yes its ancient fea;uf . cs, hit is considerbly improved. :File ram parts are replaced . by maguitii:ent an.l boulevards surround the dlffereut sections Id- , this great city. Seyeral Palaces ,are teitored to their former granieur ; ancit - :lturclies are re-N)blis ; lied in the.. same tot:us whicli they had betote. There are 70 000 noisaius, cal peu ters, and oilier worli 4 nen eto v ioyed throngh•nit the City, thy, popalation of which, according N, tho last census, to 31 : 2 000 souls. 'll.e utw palace of the Kremlin, which was built, it were, at the,conimand of NI) enchanter, bas be , ft enlarged by the additiou of a wing, H which thN members of the suite of the Imperial Court ar.: now lodged. This wind; was not begun in Jul! last, yet it is noer fully, inhabited. Inc road between Petersbourg and Moscow is covered incessantly with carriages and waggons of every description. Travellers are numerous, anal at present there are several immense packages n` moveables umveables sent by this road to Moscow, rota l'e tersbonrg, for the 'first. establishment of the Con; - : at the twiner The city of Petersboorgis also undergoing em bellishMents. Several newbuildinrs which ‘Fl.';e interinpted dining the war, ate resumed with fresh vigour, and they are rising rapidly iii ever- part of the city, Much use is made of cast it on .; the grand balconies, the stait cases, and the architectural decorations are Made of this metal. Prince Labanow is building a palace, which will cost three millions and a half of I•*•ubles. 'lt will be ornamented with tarty-two colunths of colossal size of cast it on. No thing can equal ~the superb embellishments of the chateau of Z irscoe-Selo, which was the fa vourite residence of the immortal Catherine 11. anti in which the Emperor Alexander passed his youth, A grand triumphal car of cast iron was recently consti octet! near it. it is built on an an tique model, and it fixes the attention of all the connoisseurs. The University at Moscow is also repairing.— Its old buildings are restored, its old funds a; c augmented, and new funds are bestowed upon it, in order to repair the Cabinet of Natural History. A new , Library is erected, to hold 65,000 volumes, and the apparatus for the Mathematical and Plq 'sit:al Sciences are reinstated. 'The list 4 pl its l'ro• lessors is to be considerably enlarged. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. SEQUESTRATIONS. December 19. ,Tao4es Harg'veaves, irotifounder and carrif. , r in (;liist., , ,ow, formi.vl:... an individual, at - rt•iv..av,is the sol i . i d , '- ,wt . of '1 honors Grt.cner :Ind '('o. a 1 7 onnd, titere inect in the Wile% 3itll and 22,1.lantia:•y. )1! t. I)vc,•intot•t• 22. :`,thlrew cn•il-ou'Eclumt groccv, nit-vt in John's Coll've-lmtc acre, • v.nd I ith January, at. I. LX \ NE 1)I , ." 1 1)1 7 .1`:;)ti, (:voilit.ors of 11,0),•0 Shirrs, Tqerch:trit, ~ nivrt.;n the office of o:tiv< Kt•cr, aceoinitant mere, Lith Creditors of ziit,,•1141.11, inivt 171. the “tliCe of John liorldrdy, Nth January, Creditors of John Aktoii, of Criil,:tim),,p,ri3O of (ala s .- ford, invet in the I.l:katiltoo Arlo* lust, 1;a:ollItin, h .la final y,:it U. C.redltors Al,x3roler Fargolvir, ,3terchant and 11,:h-cor t .,., ree!cive Llivi.tecitt from John Kirk, the tru)tt:e, there, tilt CHATIGE AV LlAPE.—"Monday su'imig„ht the High Court o-t proceeded to the trial of R- illiatum, w ard, (dims ward, accusal of d 0 . ,, crime of U.lpe, or all assault to commit a rape, committed in the palish of Kippem, and cotmty of Stirling. 'Die llt isoner pleaded Not Giiiity to the in dictment , and the trial, from the nature of the ease, proceeded closed doors.—litter the examitm t ion of the witnesses, the Lottp ADvocATe: ad dressed the Jury fur the Crown, and Me. Mr:Ntivi for the pri,oorr. Tin. evidence Was summed tip by the Lotto Jusi-icE CLEIZE• The Jury returned a ViCa roe vertFet, unanimously finding the pri sAuer Gully ut assault with intent to commit rape. Afire a very impressive speech lion, the I.,f)RD JusrlC . :F. CLERK, lie WL.ti SCISLCUCed IC, 14 years transporatiou. 8.k:e.8AR01.73 MU RD E R .—About noon on Thurs day last, the body ot a man w as di scovere d , through the pelluciduess ot the water, lying it the bottom of the river Eden, on the cast side of ti,e. race-ground, near this city. As , istancc _procured, the body was brought to the surface ; when it presented a shocking spectacle of brutal treatment. The corpse. was very indifferently apparelled, and the clothes were touch torn awl discomposed, as it in consequence of a very vio lent scuffle. 'Hie head exhibited a number of dearli , - wounds, which had apparently been given wi• I- a .hatchet or some other sharp instrument, wit, Meat force, as one of the blows had cloven the: skull in two ; considerable marks of violence were also apparent 00 the heinl Close to the ears, :Ind his nose was completely cut itcross. Nut luag niter the body was found, the tract of a horse's feet a n d wheels of a f2.it were piainlc made out from the Swifis.low gate to the upper L 4ate, wh,7re the cart seems to have turned back and proceeded •in the direction in which it came. It woldti ap pear, that the body hid been conveyed across ground to the titer, and throw . a. hi. It is peeper to state here, that about tar o ' o'clock on Wed nesday morning Iwo, the rontlolittg or 2 . 1 horse awl cart was heard by per•ons living in the rainge ne buildings between Rickergate end the Swifts; at .which time, it is. -extremely probable, the cruel miscr ea nts were Aunt disposnitz of the mant.Jed remains of their victim. A Coronet's hinuest Was hell the next day before R. I'oIULLENDCR, ES( I . When the Jury, without hesitkition, brought in a. verdict of wilful ink) der agains . t same po'Non.or pkr sons ii..iknoixm The deceased weiS a man at al,mit 30 years of age, of robust nhike, about five feet s 4 ven or eight inches high, had daik hair, aw l possessed the appeartlTlC, Rini gait) of a cattle driver from Leland. Every exertion his lwen nttide by th e CieiL of the l'eace anti the Coronet. to discover some chit• to this shocking ood hi ther() mysterious transaction, hut without curet. trusi, however, sigilauee will our be relaxed. (Carlisle Jeiurnci.)