The Sun. — London, England, 1817-09-04 00:00:00

8111 P NEWS. SEPr. 2.—A IA vett the Myatt' cutter 11 a cruise. Sailed the Ashburton for New -1)(11auki ; Xransittari, for the Sotith Seas ; Pas for Seville ; xiutl Concortliii, for Alur- Hles. \I .!Al.stouiqu, SeFi'. I. Arrived the Onyx, 'Lli•Ett, from :Nlonte Chris..o (St. Domingo), in da ys, boond to Cowes.--Sailexl the Prince Er iwith a Mail for Lisbon. ?(I RTSMoUTIV SEPT. 3.—Arrived the Sher and , T r tuna, CHRIZ - bN•. , oN, from Draw ; Palityra, : 11 1 th e Downs; Thetis, CnatsTlE, from Me -11 and Echo, LIN6ER, from Jamaica for Lon she sailed the 2';lith .Lily; on the Ist Au parten company With the Jane oft the 11a 'Inah, and the Pacific, for New Yolk , and on `24th August spoke the Nestor, from Liver- for New Yolk, out 16 days, all well. 'tAt., SEPT. 3.—Came down from the,River, 18 1441, the Henry, fur Honduras, and Atlas, TR ACT OF A LETTER FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT AT LIVERPOOL, DATED SEPT. 2. • ~qtred this day the following Vessels:— eiivel-v Bußvli Am from New Orleans, sailed July 14- 2366 barrels Flour, and 72 bales Cotton. 4 ° rizon, JouNSON, from New Orleans—cargo, 1114 barrels 17 ditto Wheat, 389 hales Cotton, 34 hogsheads To -11 ditto Bark, and 6u barrels Flax-seed. I'. *Johnson, Gmils, from Philadelphia. Ileart of Oak, 3ENKINSON, from Liverpool for Balti- Was spoken on the 6th August, with loss of mainmast ung her foremast; then steering fur Boston. SNow, has arrived from hence at lluxbury, irhu t ts. in, purtation of Flour into this port, from the United itl es , during- the hut 8 days, excreds 46,000 barrels. Al A RIN E .—A beacon, 50 feet high, is now olt the Carr Rock, at the entrance of the . 1 1 ut Forth. Front the smallness of the rock, • : 43 heel) found impossible to erect any building it of sufficient height to be above the reach : 1 of very weighty seas, which would at once !„. *al to the effect and apparatus of a light \,! • :14 . 'file building is therefore to be covered ~ 0 • large bell, in the form of a cupola ; this . . to be tolled night and day warn mariners 1, 11 14 5 t impending danger. But as the beacon is th t tt.7:ill, an d is oth er wise quite inadequate for '/Al.)tat ion of a man, it is none of the least ti l 'estin g parts of this design to devise how this is to he produced, without the regular at 'ince of a person to wind up the machinery of bell apparatus. This is provided to; in the manner :—ln the centre of the building rs r e is a kind of chamber or cavity, into which • „ !lila! waters are a d m i tte d, b y means o f a small 'oh or perforation in the walls, and as the tide on tile exterior of the building, it also in the chamber, - and elevates a metallic float ‘alik w liich is connected with a rod communi "ig with the train of machinery to which the Ptudicular rise of the title gives motion ; and manl ie r th e large bell is tolled. A weight Lit the same time raised, and as she tank \;, float is de% ated to the height of neap tides, to the train of machinery is calculated, when 1.: ti de has !lowed to its height, the weight be lo operate by its tendency to descend, anti eps the machine in motion WI the. flood re- L ," aglin to lift the float and raise the weight, t;, ' in other words, to wind up the machine. In manner the bell is to be tolled without inter- . • COLOSSAL S TATUE Cl.' BUoNAPARTE. The I‘,NCE REGENT has presented to the Duke of isktt.t.tNGToNT the colossal statue of BUoNA ki:ITE Which w a s l a t e ly sent f rom F rance to t ki , e ll °Yal Highness. This Statue was exe ;l (I by the celebrated Sculptor CANovA, ltd • Intended to adorn some of the great pub l;, in progress ha Paris, when the Ex l;:,Illeror %yds driven from the Thron e . The . : 1114 15 sculptor had been munificently patrn by the Napoleon Family : and, it is said, 1 0' the greatest exertions to make the work wor his own and his Patron's fame. The statue, q th e pure taste of the antique, is but slightly ..;'Ped, and is intended to convey an expression ;l'eat di gn i t y an d majesty. .The attempt is , • .: 1 In have been too daring for the sculptor, who 41 s beyond any other living Artist in the ;.. 14 essio n and delicate touches of poetical beauty, i!, t I ' l lo is thoue;l,t to have been unsuccessful in 1 hazardous -Hight to rival the most exalted of Grecian Art. The work was not liked rads, and was hardly unpacked ; it was even "lbjec.t of sharp criticisms in Rome at the time .'. t ts excution. it has been just removed to Ap i:eY blouse, llytle-park-corncr, the residence of h butre of WELLINGTON. 4 h ts kllTlioLoMEw FAlR.—Yesterday morning that t;, 1) , 4 al scene of noise, confusi o n, an d v i ce , Bar-- 1 1 410 mm Fair, commenced in Smithfield. The C 1 ' 11 , 12 1 MAYOR, according to annual custom, pr o - Q , 'q in his State carriage from the Mansion arcomvallird by a numerous party of City kk,i lL vers, and after having partook of a co w l tankard AL% linowN, the Keeper of New-gate, his , • ~ 3 0T.arrived at ,intlifield a'oout twelve, and tla.in ie d the Fair with the usual ceremony. 1 4 4 kreneral meeting of the Performers of Drury f;,llt took place yesterday morning in the two Rooms of that Theatre, preparatory to the No, of the house for the season ; when the 111 , z, 4 i'er according to annual custom; welcomed •% t t leveral Actors by Is shake of the hand, a nd ikiatlies by a Salute, which Mr. R A Y M O ND did k tll ll.arti . alty, that none of the fair d a mes h a d 1 14 to complain that " Kissing went by fa • • awful instance of sadden death occurred at ' , ) (11 ') 'clock yesterday a f ternoon , i n. Messrs. Cox ( ' - (,,'RetiN . ‘vooD•s Office, Craig's -court, Charin - t 1; whilst Captain C OLBOLJ RN, of the 50th Re et, was transacting busin e ss, h e broke a 4lLvessel, and expired almost immediately. STATT; OF TIIE COUNTRY. .IGRICULTURE, NIANUFAUrURF,S, The accounts which day after ly w•e arc en abled to present to the public, of the rapid pro ress of Our doinestie piosperity, will be read with much gratificatinn. MANcHEsTER.—Feorii eVery manufActUrirl , „ dis trict in the kingdom We lrarn, that extensive sales and orders (both doineStie and foreign) have gladdened the hearts of the Workipg classes of society. The Iron and the Woollen Tradei are described as particularly flourishing,. Of the Cotton Trade, of which Manclester is the Centre, we can ourselves speak in the highest tone f)t gratification. Every hand which can be usefully applied in manufacturing is employed. The tiansit of goods, both in an unfinished state, as they are sent to undergo One process after another, and in a finished and packed sate, give a different ap pearance to our streets from what they exhibited a few months ago, when care and " hope de ferred" sallowed every face, in the listless crowd who trailed their steps along. Now, borne by the quick step of profitable business, almost every one exhibits that satisfaction which the philan thropist loves to see seated on the faces of his fellow men. CANTERBURY, SEPT. ::.—Although the crop of (colts must be generally deficient, and very partial, yet much improvement has taken place in most of the grounds in this vicinity dining the last ten days. The weather having at length apparently as sumed a settled state, will much facilitate the fur ther progress of the harvest ; yet so doubtful did it appear last week, that many of the farmers in this vicinity carried their wheat by moonlight both on Friday and Saturday night, and some also during Sunday.—(Kentish Gazette.) Memorandums made by a Farmer at Aberford, in the West Riding of the County of York, of the respective periods of commencing and finishing his Harvest, from the year 1801 to the present : ISOt began harvest l4th :tug. ....ended.. '24111 Sept. 102 _ _ 1803 1804 1305 1806 1807 1508 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 Mr. Ikarktc, agricultural steward to Mr. Coke, of Norfolk, has written a letter on the subject of Road-making, in which. after ably discussing the merits of concave and convex roads, and strongly recommending the inclined plane in their formation, he maintains that three loads of riddled gravel will be more efficacious in repairing roads than six loads of unriddled, consequently half the carriage would be saved by using the former. FIiEIERIES.—The following may be stated to - be the result of the fishing this season :—About 150 vessels were engaged of these fire were lost, and the remainder have from 750 to 800 fish, which at a morlerate computation may yield 11,000 tuns of oil. Last season the quantity was 12,500 tuns. A great advance has consequently taken place in the prices : Greenland oil (chiefly if not entirely from speculation) has advanced rapidly from 271. to 451. per tun. Last year the prices began at about '2Bl. In ou► First Page will be found all the War- Office Circulars upon the subject of Pensions to Wounded Office; s. The last detsrmination is, that pensions shall not increase progressively with rank. ERUPTION OF Vesuvius.--An article from Na ples, dated July 20, says—" The present eruptions of Vesuvius are astonishing. Copper, iron, alka hne-acid, sulphur, sulphuric acid, chalk, and am moniac, form salts that are sometimes in a mass, and sometimes divided. It is observed that cop per is very much mixed with volcanic matter; quantities of it are found among the different kinds of lava. Vesuvius, which since the year 1813 has been mote or less in a state of commotion, has.entirely covered its former crater with a thick crust, over which the new eruptions have thrown ►two little mountains, from w hich come smoke, ashes, and vitrified stones. The earth is covered with bits of transparent glas. This crust is so considerable, that if it is not propped up, the sink ing of the smatter• composing it will produce an effect like that of the eruption which took place in the time of Titus." MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On the 20th ult. the Integrity transport, with a detachment-of the 80th regiment, and some discharged soldiers from different.other regiments, beating up for Cork har bour, when going at the'rate of 8 knots an hour, the Captain conceiving he knew thecoast,and not (Milk ing the assistance of a pilot necessary, struck on a reef of rocks, called the Smith's Rocks, about two miles f•rotn the land, treat. Ballycotton Bay, and after suffering much injury in her keel and rudder, they were obliged to run her on shore, when, owing to her very perilous situation, some of the men jumped overboard to save themselves by swim wo of them unfortunately perished in the attempt, and but for the exertion of Lieut.-Colonel Colwell, commanding the detachment, the assist ance he afforded those who remained in the vessel, and the gallantry and coolness he displayed in animating the men, and not quitting the ship, every person on board would probably have also perished. The acknowledged thriving state of trade, in all branches, has had its influence on the Lottery, for double the number of Tickets are now sold to what there used to he : this, however, may in a great measure be ascribed to the present cheapness of Tickets and Shares, compared with what had long existed before Mr. SIVEWRIGHT effected their Reduction). But there is another Reason for tl.e present great demand for Tickets,--:all those who wish to adventure cannot, as there arc no more than 2900 Number . s.—The Prizes are all Sterling Money, including Two of 20,0001. It will be all dr,iten NEXT WEDNESDAV i astrefure ao one will be kept toni in StlspetiCU. POETRY% THE NICSE Yon ail; only in iilowents of sadness, I woo the soft dream ivhieli the Muse can bestow Like the smile of affection, 'tis lovely in gladness, But In ightest it gleams through the ii.iliness of woe. Unlike the train, that in Snanner's gay bowers, Enliven our pleasures, bat fly from our tears, Nly path she forsakes when I wander through flowers, And lost ia the salishille her light disappears. In the nikht 7 tiine pa i n, and the winter of sorrow, When fades every scene that was blooming and fair, Oh ! then, one bright ray from her soft light I borrow, It guides through the gloom, and forbds me despair. The world's bas} forgtlting - or scorning, She shcink, into silence, or frou►•their sight— 'T!►ey lr il, like the lark, the s bright rays of the morning, She sings, like the nightingale, only by night. REGISTER OF FASHION. DEPARTURES. Viscountess Percy, on a tour; Major Genera; Sir Charles Imhoff, on a tour; Mr. Charles Sutherland, on a tour; Miss Dowdeswell, on a tour; Lady and Miss Jones, for Worting House, near Basingstoke, in Hampshire; Count Palmella, the Portuguese Ambassador, on a tour, Min. Edward Lereson Gower, for jersey, in Surrey; Colonel Hankey, from War - ren's Hotel, fur Corfu; the Earl and Countess of Ashburn ham, for their seat, Ashburnham-place, Sussex; the Hon. Miss nix and Miss Vernon, for Paris ; Colonel Bagwell, fur his seat in Ireland ; General Pigot, for Pitbrooke House, near Dorking, in Surrey; Admiral Sir George Martin - , on ARRIVALS. our. Mr. and Mrs. Rich, from Ireland; Mr. and Mrs. Putiand, from Paris ; and Mrs. Ycasdale, from Lea, in Kent, at the I'ulteney Hotel, Piccadilly ; the Marchioness of Exeter, at her house in Privy-gardens, from her seat, Langley, Kent ; the Right Hou.Charles and Mrs. Long, at their house, Whitehall, for a few days, from their seat, Bromley-hill; the Duke of Norfolk, from his seat, Arundel Castle ; Lord Falmouth, in St. James's-square, from Paris. HArtnowGATE —Among the recent arrivals are, the Earl and Countess of Glasgow, Rear-Admiral Sir Richard and Lady Lee, Lady Stronge, Sir Walter and Mr. Stirling, Colonel Jones, Hon. Mr. and Mr-.Vannek, Lady Bellingham Graham, Lady Boyle, Hon. General and Mrs. Leslie Cumming, Lady Wray, Sir H. H. Macdougall, Dean of Ely, Archdeacon and Mrs. Prosser, Hon. Mr. Stuart, Mr. Harvey, Colonel Madan, Colonel Grimston, Major Rogers, Captain O'Grady, Rev. Golf, and Mr. Mrs. and Miss Keene. WINDSOR, SEPT. 3.—Yesterday evening the PRINCE REGENT arrived at the Castle about 6 o'clock, and dined with Her MAJESTY and the Princesses. He left the Castle about 8 o'clock for London. This morning the QUEEN and Princess ELIZABETH took an airing through Slough. DUBLIN, SEPT. I.—Mr. VANSITTART sailed last night from the Pigeon-house, for England. Friday evening the Right Honourable Eatl Harrowby, one his Majesty's Cabinet Ministers, acconip.l - by his sou, Lord Viscount Santlon, arrived at Swinburn's,iu Limerick, on a tour through Ireland. Thursday, Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Hamilton, arrived at Viscount Gort's, front the Lord Chief Baron's, and next day left Limerick for North Britain. Ihe Bishop of Limerick, Mr. R. Mann sell, Mr. Mark, and Mr: - - and Mrs. Willington, were amongst the numerous arrivals by the steam yacht at Kilrusli Hotel, on Thursday last. Lady Clarina is at the Lakes of Killarney. The Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER left Bagshot-park yesterday morning for Weymouth. Earl BATHURST gave an elegant entertainment yesterday to his Royal Highness the PRINCE RE GENT, and a large party of distinction, at his villa at Putney. _ _ _ The Newstead Abbey estate was bought in at GARRAWAY's last week, at 95,000 guineas. It is now reported that it,will be apportioned in lots, and is likely, by this arrangement, to produce a large sum. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HAMPTON RACES ON MOLESEY HURST. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 3. A Handicap Plate of 501. for all ages. Heats. Two miles and a half: Mr. Northey's Nutshell, by Gamenut - - 2 t 1 Mr. Lushingtou's b. f. by Sorcerer - - 1 2 2 Mr. Forth's b. c. Waterloo • - - - - 3 dr Mr. Brown's Marksman - - - 4 dr Mr. Farral's Bobtail - - - 5 dr Mr. Wetherill's hr. f. by Dick Andrews - -t; dr Mr. Matthew's Master Robert - -•-• - 7 dr 7 to 4 agst. Marksnian-2 to I agst. Mr. Lusliington —7 to 2 agst. Waterloo—q to I agst. Master Robert.—The first heat was won easy.—After the heat, Gto 4 to the winner of the. heat—after the second heat, I I to 8 on Marksinan.—The se cond heat was a fine heat; the last was woo easy. The Town Plate of -501. did not fill. Mr.Thos. Lawrence's poney beat Mr. Ibbetson's. A match won easy.-5 to I on the winner. The 'ports ended with a foot race of 200. yai - ds. A Staines man beat a Hampton-Court roan. . Hamlet and Busto were decidedly the best horses . at Hamp ton, and they were both in for the Plate. A waccommodation took place between the owners of the two horses, and it was arranged that Hamlet should. not start. liusto could have heat all tine horses that run to-day, hut, 'strange to tell, he was found latne in the stable in tiro morning, and could - not start. The Course was more fnily Attended than ever was seen at Moissey Horst. TI!: Duke orClarence, Prince Coburg, the Duchess of York, and all the surrounding Nubility and Gentry from the adjacent country, were present. CRICKET.—A grand Cricket Match was played at Broxhourne-bridge on. Saturday, between the ,Broxbourne anti Highbury Clubs, and decided in favour of Broxbourne. _ IIROXBOUR:iE Ist Inns id ditto mcany IL Y. 88 I Ist Inns 60 2tl ditto 56 I Broxbourne un by 2 runs, ROWING MATCH FOR Iwo MILES IN TWENTY DAYS. Yesterday morning, - at fire o'clock, Gyt►gel, the waterman, cormnenced his most extraordinary task of rowing one thousand miles in twehty suc cessive days. Having started off the King's Arms, •Miliwall, Poplar, in the presence of sevtral Gen tlemen, he rowed till nine o'clock, in and out, and when he went to breakfast, he 'hail performed 18 miles ; he remained but a quarter of all hour, and commenced again, and at one o'clock, when he went to ditthei., he had rowed thirty miles ; he then rested about forty minutes, and resumed kis task, and at five o'clock lie had rowed forty-thret miles, and interrdcd to make up the fifty before: Le stopped. POPERY'. 'the Roman Cathollcs o Irehnd and hay . ing determined to petition Pauli:ol(.la next Session for admission to the higher ollie:s of the State, and a participation iri Legislative Powcr, we intend during the Recess more particularly to call public attention to this.vitai subject of Tla ( ionai security, and if opportunity w ill permit, to tcptiot those Speeches in Parliament which appear to he -the result of 0 gull consideration of the danger to which we may be exposed by any farther indulgence to I'upery. The Protestant Commit oily- will be strongly ariected, and Protestant AseenducY ennangered,by any extension of po litical power to the Papists. Religion is out of the question, for the Papists have in that respect all the toleration that they can possibly desire, except in the Siipremacy of their Church over the British Empire. Political power must, therefore; be their only aim, under ..-.batever specious artifices it may be disguised. In plarsu ance of the plan which we have now stated, we shall begin with the Speech of Wm. EnwAnt) TOMLINE, EST on the CATHOLIC QUESTION, 11l 1813, and when it i, recollected that this dettie- Wall Is the Son of the LORD BISHOP of LINCOLN, who was Tutor of the Illustrious Statesman; upon whose principles and under whose imtuedate au spices our Paper seas fdtinded, principles whiclx we shall always be anxious to maintain and per petuate, we are persuaded that it will he read with that attention to which, from its intrinsic merits, and the important object in view, it is fully entitled. We look to Protestants, of all denominations, for encouragement and support in our determinatiair to be indefatigable in our endeavours to nplioh: our political Constitution, and we call confidently say, that we are promised assistance from many distinguished Members of our Ecclesiastical Esta blishment. " Mr. SPEAKER,—Sir, I rise, with great diffi dence, on the present occasion, conscious of my inability to offer any thing, which may haae the recommendation of novelty, upon a subject so repeatedly discussed by Fiasco's the most distin guished for taleuts, for knowledge, and for poli tical experience :---but, forcibly impressed witla the variety of considerations it involves, and the importance of the interests it affects, being no less than the tights and .privileges we enjoy as Protestants, 1 cannot consistently with the con scientious discharge of duty which, as a member of this House, I feel myself called upon to per form, be content with giving mer:iy a silent vote upon ,a question so incalculably momentous. It is my wish to avoid every expression, to abstain from every argument, which can tend to increase jealousies, and inflame animosities, al ready tar too prevalent and too bitter ; sensible that the House will best command the respect, aria insure the confidence, of the nation, by a discus sion, perhaps the must important which could be agitated within its walls, conducted without ran cour or asperity, of clainis urged, on the one hand, with zeal, but without violence, and re sisted, on the other, with firmness, With uncom promising firmness, but without hostility. " Before I proceed in the consideration of the main questioo, 1 am anxious tra advert to an ar gument, frequently adduced in its support—viz. that, amongst other great authorities quoted as favourable to the measure, an appeal had been al ways made to the opinions of Mr. Pitt. lam particularly anxious to state those reasons which induced me to draw, in some degree, at least, a different conclusion from that which is usually' drawn, and to diminish very considerably time force of an appeal to the principles of one, node: whose sanction so - many of his strenuous oppo nents, while living, are now glad to shelter their opinions, and to whom so many of his zealous adherents profess that they are willing to submit their own judgment. I wish not, Sir, to enter into any detail of what' passed at the end of the year 1800, or . the beginniag of the year 1801, when the most able and most virtuous Minister who ever presided over the councils 'of this or of any other country, was induced to resign, because he had not permission from a certain (ratter, to propose any measure, the object of which should be to enable Roman Catholics to hold anroffice or situation of trust or power : but, Sir, I may. hope, be allowed to say, that it was then gene rally known, that this resignation took place be fore filIV specific measure was actually proposed— , the end ,was, upon prtnciple, objected to, and therefore it could answer no purpose to examine into the means. It is also certain, that oo ex planation tint_ statement of What was really in tended was ever made in this House; although, the great man to whom I allude lived five years after his resignation, and the subject was fre quently discussed in Parliament. But if there were no public avowal of his precise intentions, did he ever communicate any plan to his colleagues in offices The Noble and Learned Lord who now holds the Great Seal, and who is known to have stood very high in Mr. Pitt's esteem and confidence, has declared that lie nerer heard any particulars of such a plan front Mr. Pitt ; and, if I be not mistaken, he went so far as to say, that lie did not believe that Mr. Pitt had formed any plan—and if, to this positive declaration, we ad,t the silence of his other colleagues in office, we see m warranted in asserting that, in reality, Mr. Pitt had no plan. We all know that, upon every future ocea , ,ion, he discouraged and opposed the discussion of the Popish claims, and that he after wards took office, with an express understandiog that be was not to bring thy toestion before Par . - !lament. " 11, then, it he recollected that tbe'difficulty about the Popish question arose suddenly:Amd un expectedly at the end of the year 1800, when Mr. Pitt had certainly not so far considered Ow sub ject as to form a definite plan ; and if, with this circtunstattee,•% , xe couple subsequent Nets. would it in too much to Wier, that there is a prOvbilit y