The Sun. — London, England, 1806-08-28 00:00:00

GENER:IL .2!ER.L.VDAV 4XPEDITIO.Y. The following Correspondence has appeared in an American Newspaper : " Srit, Philadelphia, June 2s. " I have just received from Caraccas a list of the 'lames of the Americans taken by the Spaniards On board ofMIRANpA's Schooners. The name. of SMITH is twice found in it. I suspe& the last ) to be the ton of Colonel SMITH, and grandson of Mr. AnAms. Although I had some political differences with him when he was 'PreSident, this circumstance has not deprived me of that particular regard and respeat towards such a distinguished charaater, and partial, lar consideration for his fimily. Not the least doubt exists but the greatest part of the prisoners will be ; put to death as Pirates ; and. I should he very happy to be abl6, by a timely and. immediate interference, .to save the, life . of the unfortunate youth, ,grapdson to the venerable Mr. ADAMS and his worthy spduse. But to render my intercession effectual, I would re-, quire, as the only. condition, that Colonel . Bml•rti would disclose tome, th-ough you, on his word of honour, all the knowledge he has of MIRANDA'S plans, of his intended points of attack, of the'Ter sons with whom h e h a d connex i on a t CaraCcaS, and the name of a Spaniard in this country who shared in his scheme and expeditiOn ;, in filet, t\ - ia 7 terial information he may be possessed of, the k now- . ledge . Of which may be useful to my Government, and for the preservation and tranquillity of the pro vinces MIRANDA had in view to revolutionize. " As I remember your attachment for Mr. ADAMS, I take the liberty to make this sugges tion to you, who no doubt will employ all the means to relieve from afflietion a worthy and' dis consolate family. At all events, I expect from you a prompt and decisive answer on this head. I remain, , Sir, with particular regard and consideration, 'I Your obedient Servant, (Signed) " MARQIns DE CAsA YRUJO." " DEAR SIR, New-York, Tune 30, 18c6. " Accept my warmest acknowledgments for your very interesting communication of this date, pre sented by-your son, accompanied with a letter ad dressed to you from the Marquis DE CASO YROJO, which, after maturely considering, I return agree able to your request. " I am sure I shall do justice to the feelings of Mr. and Mrs. ADAMS, if in their name I thank the Marquis for his very polite attention in a case, no doubt, near, interesting, and afiaing. lam sure, when I do him the justice to communicate his ten der, solicitude for the protthion of their grandson, it will not fait to excite those sensibilities and ac knewledginents which from them the Marquis is highly entitled to. " For myself, not having the honour of his ac, quaintance, I had no right to expe6l any othersat tention to feelings or dignity of charades, titan what would. naturally spring from his own mind, when making such an interesting communication. " He informs you he has just received from -Ca.: raccas a list of the names of Americans taken ,by the Spaniards on board MIRANDA'S Schooners ; that the name of: SMITH is twice found in it; he suspects the last to be my s son, _and gsandson to , Mr. Anasis s and says, that he should be very happy, by a timely and immediate interference, to save the liti3 of the unfortunate youth,' grandson. , to the venerable Mr. ADAMS •and his worthy spouse ; .be having no doubt but the greatest part of the Americans will be. put to death. B 1 t, to-render, this intercession effeCtual, he requires, as the only condition, that disclose to him ? . through 3yott, on my word of honour, all the knowledge f have of 'MIRANDA'S plans, of his. intended pointS of at-- tack, of the persons with whom he has connexions Caraccas,- and the, names of thOpaniards.iu this country who shared iii his' schemes and expeditien ; in fa6l, all the material information I maf'lie pos 'sessed of, the knOwledge of which may be useful to the Spanisl Government, for the preservation and tranquillity of the .provincesMsaAxnA has in view to revolutionize. When the Marquis 1 CASA YRUJO takes a - dispassionate, view of the circumstances connected with General MIRANDA'S visit to' Washington, his subsequent conduct here, arid clearly ascertains . that the persons'accompanying' him in the , Leander were not informed of his projea and titans, he will perir.4 his benevolence to expand, and shelter ,all those taken in the Schooners from harsh treats spent and unmerited punishment; he will induce the Government of his Country to view the qUes tion in other lights than those which may tend ) to , expose it to snore severe animadversions than have hitherto been made, or to the rousing of that spirit of indignation. and resentment, which, if once per mitted to burst forth, cannot fail of being, attended with strong marks of just , revenge. With respe& to my son, he was not made ac qnninted with the plans of General MIRANDA ; he wesst with him asp young companion, to share his fortunes and his fate ; he-was accompanied by some of his friends, capable 'of deeds of hardihood and valOur-s-Worthy their leader; worthy his cause ! " Whatever may be the situation and fate of the persons taken on board the Schooners, I can never tacitly san&ion the lash of tyranny on his associ ates, and snatch my son from a partieipationsin their fate, whatever it may be. Nothing but the ' Marquis's want of an acquaintance with me can plead an excuse for the indelicacy of his propo sitions. Do me the favour, my friend, to assure him, that were I in my son's situation, I would-.not comply with his proposals to save myserf, and I would not cast so great an indignity upon my son, my family, and myself, as to shelter him' under the shield of infamy and dis g race. -I have no doubt the Marquis will give such advice to the Goiernor of Caraccas, and make such a statement to his King (by whom I may have the honour to. , be personally recolle6ted), as will induce them not to tarnish the -dignified charaaer of the Spanish Na tion by any aet,3 of pas'sion and barbarity connected' 'with the present case. " I am; dear Sir, with great resped; . " Your obedient Friend and hum ble' , Servanf, " W. S. assent." • If the new species of running upon' hand.3-Itiit feet should gain ground, it can only be inierredltiat Nature made a mistake in giving the human form to those-whose genius best quatigs them to be quadru peds. I4VSOLPENT DEBTORS. SURREY AMOURNED SESSIONS, Au&. 27, Slut:tree WAS onsLow,'EsQ. CHAIRMAN ; 'LORD CR ANT LEY ; AND A NUWEROUS BENCH Or JUSTICES FOR ' THE COUNTY OF ,SURREY. ••'The Investigation for the discharge of Insolvent Debtors froiri the King's Bench Prison, under the late Ad, was this day again resumed; whin near fifty persons were discharged. Among those who were opposed were Angus-Macphie, formerly a merchant Mr. LAWS, on behalf of the creditor, Mr. Jameson, stated, that the Prisoner was indebted to him in Opwiirds of and the case was referred to the arbitration of M. Pooley, a very'respe6table Barrister; an,cl the . ‘;reult was, that he awarded a sum of 5221, to be paid Mr. &meson, upon some bills of exchange; In.the year 181)4. About this period the Legislature had it in con- templation to pass an Insolvent A - at,' - and the P4oner voluntarily 'surrendered himself „discharge of his bail,; but, unfortunately for him, Lord Eldon made. some Alterations in this Aet, and it only extem!ett to those confined previous to 'the Ist '.l:apuary; E 864 so that the Prisoner lost his opportUnityai thatfitile, and now sought his discharge under.the present 4m. But - he (Mr. LANirs) should sheW," under the' 42d clause, the Prisoner was not an objeE'of that At. The Prisoner having a. property of 7001: in the three per cents Reduced Consuls; 'in 'order to de fraud his creditors, assigned it in trust to a Mr. William Sackwell, wl,o dyin g , th e. Prisoner, for the publicity of the thing, advertised ;Or his heirs or re presentatives, in order to give a colour to the trans aCtion ; asserting, that the .Rank would not deliver Over this stock but to the person so entitled. This expedient, the Learned Counsel continued, not an swering the purpose, the next the Prisoner resorted to was, to have himselfmade a bankrupt; and al= though. he did not owe tool. to any one but Mr. Jamesoti, the petitioning creditor, of the name of Z— S—, proved a carpenter's bill for 1251. This creditor was soon afterwards a prisoner in the Fleet, charged with great acts of fraud. The next creditor was one D—, who proved a debt of tool. and then became a bankrupt. The next a,Mr..ll—, for 5001. but he was not visible; and the next were Messrs. G—, and Co. for 9461. 10s. who were also bankrupts, and had fled. In short, only five creditors proved under the Commission, all of whom had either become bankrupts, insolvent, or had run away. A Petition was presented to Lord ELACIN, s tating these circumstances', and his Lordship referred it back to the Commissioners for their investigation.; . but nothing more was done under the commission ; and the Prisoner, - through . the intervention of the present Al, sought his liberation. He contended, that the whole transa6ion was founded in fraud and 'fabrication ; and therefore did not come within the meaning of the A. " He further objected to the . Prisoner's schedule, as not setting forth this sum so invested in the 3 per cents. bow in - the Bank. The Prisoner being examined, stated that he had been a ,trader 'in tuost parts of the world tier several years, in buying and selling, receiving and paying; his chief dealings were hi Asia, where, Cu an ave rage, he tt..rned ho.tween l 0 and 15;0001. per year ; he . tr,r7lPd mnerchandize, in various parts of As, a, along the'Malabar-Coast, to Ceylon - , - - Co-' Intnbo, &c. &c. and returned to this country about the year 1803, but. had done very little business since. • Mr. Alexander Turnbull, a.Stncient'of Line()ln's- Inn, .being - exa - Mined, deposed;•that he was present at a conversation between - the Peisoner ,and ,Mr. •Jameson;• when 'the. former admitted that he had such a 41m in the Bank. Mr. Lows intimated., that he had expeaed other "witnesses to the facts he had stated'; but, from some circumstances, they did not - attend. His Client; Mr. Jameson, was now in prison, at the suit of the Prisoner, and he was to have been brought up by • Habeas .C , .npus. The Learned, Chairman considered, that there was not sufficient proof to attach fraud upon the Prisoner ;' but direded him'- to :be' remanded for a defe&iwe schedule: Edmond Paddon vas also . opposed by Mr. Laws, on the • grounds of a defe&ive schedule ; obtaining goods under Use pretences ; and further, upon the 49th clause of-,the. Aa, for removing his etfeas from his dwelling-honse by night, in order to - evade ,the payment of his rent, being upwards of, 201. It appeared in evidence, that a Mr. Skidamore had sold a quantity of combs, brooches, and other fancy articles, to the Prisoner, and suspeaing his in tegrity, he went with John Trott and Wm. Wood, two of the Police Officers belonging to Hatton-Par den,. to the house of the Defendant, in . St. Mary Axe, when they found all the tbrniture packed up, i 3 if for removal : and, among other things, dis covered a quantity of new guns, fwlinz-pieces, &e. 'ready for sale; also a quantity of • paper, jeweller9, tke: &c. which were afterwards , claimed by several people as their. property. These' Officers also fur ther stated, that they knew the Prisoner 'to be an arrant swindler, It turned out, however,. that in all these trans actions, tie Prisoner never appeared in person ; but that one S—, who had since tied, was the respon= sible person, through whom theSe transaaions took place. It also appeared, that iris rent had been . paid up to the quarter day. The Learned Chair man was therefore of opinion, that, there was not any evidence to bring home the fraud to the Pri— soner direly, so •as to remand him upon those gronnds ; btit as it appeared that he had n o t se t forth in his schedule some property he had an in terest in, he should be remanded for a defeaive schedule. Yesterday ai inquest Was held .at the. .house of James Clinch ; the Bell, in Charles-court, in the Strand, before A. GELL, Esq. Coroner for Westmin , Ster, upon the body of a young woman of . the name of Smith, who had pois o ned herself by swallowing a large draught of laudanum,,on Monday evening last. It appeared in evidence s that, from some domestic misfortune, the deceased bad turned to a dissolute course of life. As her troubles increased she be came desponding her speech and general condu were incoherent in themselves ; and it appeared evi dently that her senses became affealed by the of mind which was the result of the unfortunate :course of life which 'she had pursued ; and in,one of her melancholy moods she took the ahove-men timed means of putting an end to her existence. — The venlia was consequently 4navy: • DUBLIN ,§ESSIONS, AVG: 20. Andrew Powell was arraigned at Kilth,tinharn signs -house, before a respcl-,table Jury, tbr having .at Kill, in the parish of Monkstown, county of Dub lin, stabbed Timoth7,r ,French, with a piteb-fork; infliaing on hith divers wounds; of which he'in f - stantly died. Mr. GREENS, for the. Prosecution, stated, that the deceased was a Man brought Up in a I;ne of servitude ; had ced at Eyre -court, in the County of Gal way,l;nt latter:: , with a Mrs. Arrnsiron , :;; hada wife and three who resided in Eilbeggan ; and on being dis- Charge from 'theserviee of Mrs Armstrong - , in whOse family he had resided lor'Six Years, he went to his fa ' roily, but finding it impossibleto assist them while Out of place, he-carne to town to seek one, and-was re , cevecl into the house of Mr. Hudson, a Gentleman of thr. Bar, nearly allies to _Mrs. Armstrong, until such tine as his exertions with Mr. Hudson could procure him a situation fit fdr his support andithat of his fanii- In the mean time hL determined to betake him- . „self to labour; and worked in a quarry ; but after' -Some. time he-found himself incapable of sustaining . such hardship, and resolved to go into the country to. make hay. Having met with the Prisoner at the Bar.' .on the 24th July,a conversation ensued,wherein they agreed to go and enter into the harvest wor k o f M r . Osbrey, at. Rathgar. The deceased. returned to Mr. Hudson's, as was his custom, at night, and meeting With an (Ad acquaintance there, informed him of the advantage he thought would accrue to him by going into the country with the ',Ptis,oner; they accord ingly set out ne x t m orn i ng , J ae i ng Friday, the 25th. The deceased hid a watch, and was dressed rather better than labouring men 'usually are. They breakfasted with a dich'ael Reilly ; from thenCe, proceeding towardS Rochestdwn, they went upon the lands of a Mr. Kirk, where they applied-person -ally to that gentleman for work. He referred them to his steward, Middleton, and, at length; after some biggling about the'price of a day's labour, commenced work about the hour of twelve o'clock for t 3d. each. About three o'clock they quitted work for some refreshment, and went to the house of one O'Hara, a publican', where theyeat 'and drank, returned to their labour, which, they quitted at eight o'clock. Middle ton importuned them to take a bed at his house that night, in order to, recommence their work early next morning ; but this .kindness they, de dined, preferring to-return to aHara's, where they remained until nine o'clock, having drank but one pot of porter, in apparently the most amicable terms, and left the house as perfea friends. About eleven o'clock that night shrieks were :distinOly beard, and in. the morning neither the deceased or the Prisoner bad returned to their work ;- but two persons, on - breaking up a rough co ck o f b a y, found the body of the deceased mangled in a most horrrible manner, and stripped almost naked, with a pitchfork covered half Way on the handle with blood, lying near the corpse of the deceased.— His skull . was fradured in different places; his urn broke near the shoulder ; and several wounds on his fice, belly, and thighs.— ThiS statement was supported by six witnesses, and the identity of the - deceased's watch, boots, hat, and clothes proved, having been found in possession of , the Prisoner. In the course of the evidence it appearedsthat _he had changed his name, and usually went by the name of Andrew Watson ; under which he was en rolled in a corps of Yeomanry, under the ;command of L;eut. Weeks; who - was active in apprehending butgave him a good charther, as a quiet peace able young man, for Lthree.years that he:had known him. The circumstance of changing his name, Mr. Weeks attribUted to his hay ing been one of the Found ling children, with whose nursesitbecomes habitual to give them, their own names, notwithstanding any names they might have previously received in bap tism. The Prisoner, in an uninfluenced confession he made to a Mr. Homey, an attorney and magi strate, accused the Middletons of the murder, but re voked this ConfessiOn, and made another, wherein be exculpates them, and solely accuses himself. The 'CHAIRMAN, in a very solemn manner, charg ed the JurY, who, in'a short- time, returned a ver- The unfortunate man, in imploring for a long day, which the law prohibits, denied knowing any thing of the transa&ion. He received sentence of death under very strong marks of emotion, and was order ed for execution no Friday, at the meeting of two roads near O'Hara's house, 'in the county of Dublin. Mr. IVALstt PORTER has been some time em ployed in superintending the improvements at Carl , ton,Honse ; but it is said that that Gentleman's, system has not given entire satisfaaion, and that' considerable changes are to take place. , HORNCASTLE' FAIL-In anticipation of this great Fair, as ea-ly as Thursday and Friday week the town Was filling with dealers from all ports of the United .Kingdom, and the show of horses was considerable. Last week the company was very numerous : horses fetched high prices at company but upon the whole run of the fair 'are considered to have gone off full ;).6 per cent. lower than last year. Some remained unsold. One - dealer bought six horses for a sum exceeding, 900 guineas. In another instance, on one of the early days of the fair, a horse was sold for.-9.51. to a person who on the following day,. disposed of it for . *5Ol. and the purchaser has since refused 300 gs: for it. • • . • The Ashford Volunteers, Consisting of three com panies of sixty privates each, whose pay, with the Officers (exclusive .of The triennial allowance for clothiig), cost .12001. a yearaid upwards, have unanimously agreed to continue their services under'. the new regulations ; by which 'Government will save;in this very small body of Men, above 9001. a year. , . The Public are particularly cautioned to examine the one and rwo pound Bank Notes now in circu . lation,' as there are many forgeries to those amounts daily taken in the shops. The signatures to the Note is for the most part, " 1P: Cutdier the imi, tative is attempted with various degrees of simili tude, but some of them are executed in a manner well calculated to deceive an incautious or unexpe rienced,eye.7---Liverpsoll"aper. On Wednesday se nniglit the shop of Mr.' Sayer, butcher, at Margate, was broken. open, and robbed of about 2701. Three men were taken up and e 5 -. amined„one of whom, - Thomas Yates, confessed the, robbery, and said, that the money was buried in a dunghill in the neighbourhood ;- a search was im mediately Made, and . about 1201. found hid in dif ferent placei,. JBLLV, AUGUIT Mlle intelligence froni the North of irti whiori has l.feen received here,, has created no ordi nary f3ensation in this City. A 'disCOvery of an lin poi-tai ft nature has been Made in Coleraine„ both infinl to consequence to this Country, and of Consider, able .dvantage to the Revenue. To the ability and Vigila :ice of JOUN QUTHEERT i Esq. Surveyor-G:.-i,e --ral of Excise, ; he.detc.7.Clion is to . be huted , and the, seri ice he lia rendered is of a nat ture t o claim the beit thanks of this Country..--« This !.....4entleman,' while: upon duty in Deny, •,.) 4 i ie ininuteness with which he exaMined every brai.eli of the. public Revenue, discovered that an illi cit • huportation Of coarse woollen-drapery—fine fustian stuff's,. &c. &c. of Yorkshire mattuti:,,i, 'had, by the skill and contrivance of the English manufz:Cturefs, supplied the Northern Irish Inar 7 ket in .violation of the Act of Union, whicth had. expresily provided against such practice. The circulation of these manufakaureS bad been carried-. to such an extent, as to render every retort the prpsperity of similar 'articles of Irish t»anu-. faaure ineffednal—and to keep7them completely out of Ihe market.. Even in 'Belfast, where a ma nufaaory of these articles ,vas attempted to be e7'..a blis4ed,, supported by spirit and enterprize, and an abundant capital, it was unsuccessfal, the iz.ar ket b ing alivalys supplied, and at a 'cheaper rate, by the fraudulent imported articles. This pernicious trade!, besides being injurious to the efforts of our tiaL. tine industry, was also of material kkadvantage to. the Revenue, Which suffered a daminutiOn of mote - than • 40001. annually, and that ,fOr several years back. The able Oilicer who discovered the exist= ence of this trade, has ascertained it to con-AC-lion by the seizure of 35,000 yards of English drapery, which had been imported, but not entered at the port of Coleraine, and which paid only one tenth of the duty which. they ought to .have paid. This is a subjeft to congratulate the country upon—tho;e manufactures were finding their way to parts of the Kingdom remote from the place of .their importa tion, and • would,- in a short time, have given an irreparable blow 'to every manufaetory of a sitnilar description in Ireland. Sir JonN NEwroter will, it is not. to be doubted, estiMate i the nature of the ser vice rendered to the Country in this,instance ; and a subject is offered for his patronage in-the talents and, zeal of Mr. CUTBBERT, which, directed to their full. capacity, may be of future advantage. toa Country to. whose prosperity and happiness the Irish Chancellor_ is attached .wikh such patriotic regard, and. such un. remitting diligence. On Monday night last, about twelve o'clock, a house at Coleville, within a quarter of a mile of Clontnel, in the possession of Mr. WILLIA:4 HAR VEY, .was maliciously set on fire, and the persons who were in it,• two servants of hiS,,with great dif ficulty made their escape, the burning lots, near• ly falling .on them, being the first notice they had of their danger. A detached . out-office, and a large - rick of bay adjoining it, at a short distal►ce from the house, were set on fire at the same time, 'end the 'whole, with a considerable quantity et furniture, and other valuable articles in the dwelling house, were totally constimed. • WONDERS/ WONDERS ! IRELAND.-INIARYB 1(0061, Atm. • (EXTRACT or A . LETTEIL) re „ A circumstance of an extraordinary nature hay lately happened :—As three Gentlemen (two of whom were Attornies, coming to the Assizes of this town') were crossing the Curragh of Kildare, on Friday the Ist instant, a violent storm of wind and rain came on, which caused them to resort to their umbrellas for proteaion'against the rain s and in a veryfew minutes, one of the umbrellas was wrench ; ed, by the violence of 'the storm, from the hand of the Gentleman who held it, and carried aloft, ne:ltly out of sight, but fell in a short time, and was atzai4 suddenly raised from. the ground by a whirl t‘ carried up quite out of .sight, and has never Since been heard of, although the Gentietnan who lost it, and the others who accempaniztl hi , u, watched for the return of it for a considerable time ; and. al though the follcwing occumnce. bears a fibuions appearance, yet it is an undoubted faa : the Gentle, man who lost the umbrella, whilst anxiously wait ing' its return, was suddenly wrested Cram his saddle, carried a few yards up, and afterwards let down within a short distance of his horse. " The Gentlemen above alluded to, were JOHN SCOTT, SAMUEL SCOTT, and JOHN BUTLER. " I certify the above, . " JOHN BUTLER." .PUBLIC-OFi'ICE, HATTON-GA RDE N. -- A man servant, in the employ of the late Mr. CLirrouti, of Gray's-Inu-spare, was charged, by the Executois, mi - suspicion of stealing a large quantity of apparel, rings,• and a pair or pistols. The nature of his de fence was not probable, saying, that they were t h e gift of his master, with whom he had only Eved a short time. He was committed fur re-examina tion. PUBLIC OFFICE, WORSHIP - STREET.-- , YeSterday two dustmen were committed for re-e xam i nat i ou, beibg charged, on suspicion, with stealing a (plan, City of Madeira from' the premises of a Gentleman in Finsbury-square, when they were taking away the ashes. Fiiday se'nnight as the Bishop of Durham's g coachman and, a visitor's footman we re b at hi ng inJ the Wear, oppositeocksrow Bridge, they both of out of their depths : the coachman with dii-licuity regaiped the shore ; the other was seen in a drown ing - state by a number of spedators, who : were afraid to venture to his assistance, the place was so extremely dangerous. A youth, not 15, belong ing to Mr. J. Graham, Innkeeper, Bishop Auckland, boldly plunged in, and succeeded in bringing tip' • the dying man ; when the- latter, by a cunt/ ulsive grasp, seized - the poor boyround.the neck with his arms, and both went to the bottom. Their 1444 now seemed inevitable. Fortunately Mr. Wilkinson, of iißilleheier, came up,'ar,d by the offer . of a reward, prevailed on a young man, named Hend,r,on, who :could swim, to try to save the lives of the two. He first brougnt the boy asnore,and afterwards the man, without any, appaient signs of life ; nut by prop,r medical assistance they were both restored io Ine. The young man was very liberally rewarded by Air,. W. and the Bishop. ' k) o '