The Sun. — London, England, 1817-10-28 00:00:00

THEATR•UGA'L Perliirm.tt Last THEATRE ROYAL. DitURV-LAN, Othenb, Mt. `Kean; Desdern Lay a Yutiag Lady. After which, The Deuce- is iu Hint. THEATRE I.IOY. u. if'NT-GARD , I'N.—TIIv Jealous Wife Mr. Oak!, Ynnitg ; Mrs. Oakley, Miss O'Neill. After which, 'lnc . P.lther-and his Children. ARKIvEb-,-1 France, 2 Iratnbuiy,l4, -2 Muerney end Jerxey, 1 Dub lilt, 2 tVaterf6td. Lisbon, 2 Gotteubdrgh. Sr. SIMON Am - ) JulDE.Holitiay at th - elialik, Exchequer, East India, :Ines 'Smith Sea Houses. HIGH it 7 Al lilt X LONDON TO:MORROW. 111()Diiiig, 20 imittites alter 4. I Eveni4.r,' 4 46 mlinities after 4. THE ► UN . totem QV is DICER FAtSUM AUDEAT LONDON; TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1817. We received this morning the Paris Papers of Saturday last. The Moniteur contains a 'Royal Ordonnance, directing the Royal Corps of Geo graphical Engineers to be re-organized, and that it shall consist of four Colonels, six Chefs d'Esca 7 dron, 16 Captains of the Ist Class, 16 Captains of the 2d Class, 24 Lieutenants, and six Eleves. The following are extracts :-- " PARIS, Ocr. 25.—The Duke of Welling ton set out yesterday morning at half-past seven o'clock, to return to his bead-quarters at Cambray. " The Juge &Instruction, who has before him the affair of the individual calling himself Charles of Navarre, has not yet finished his proceedings. " The report of the sudden death of Tahna has received an authorized contradiction. " The number of wolves killed in the 86 De partments of France, from the Ist Jan. 1816 to the Ist Jan. 1817, was 1,894 males, and 522 fe males. In the Department of Ande, besides 104 of these annuals, there were killed three bears and a tyger. " It is understood that a Committee has been appointed to report to tl►e Ministers of the Interior respecting the means of preventing tl►e decline of the Drama, with which France is at present threatened. The question of the utility of a second Tha're Francais will, it is said, come before the Com►nittee, in which case it is presumed the ThQtre Royal de l'Odeon will be authorized to play Tragedies. Friday , FREITCFI FIVE PEIt CENTS 651. Sc. " VIENNA, OCT. 15.—The Diet of Frankfort, assembles on the 3d November, wilt be o:cupied in the first instance with the arrange ment of the military affairs of the Confederation. It appears that the high Courts of Germany in tend to give to the Confederation a respectable attitude with regard to Foreign Powers. JENA, Ocr..B.—The Melanges of Literature, &e. &c. published here, contains, amongst other articles, a Memoir, entitled, Reflections upon my principal Military Operations, by Gustavus Adolphus Gustafson, ci-devant King of Sweden.' The Memoir is preceded by the following preface: I submit these reflections to the examination of an en lightened public, if there be such. I am at all events de sirous that persons of skill and real merit should regard then) with an experienced eye. (Signed) GUSTAVE-ADOLPHE ;USTAFSON, 6 Ci-devant King of Sweden.' STUTTCAII'D, OCT. 17.—There is a frequent interchange of couriers between Wurtemberg and Prussia. " Several Addresses have reached here praying his Majesty to convoke a new Diet, and to carry into ettect rite projet of the Constitution. " PETEKSBURGH, SEPT. 29.—in consequence of the pregnancy of the Grand Duchess, consort of the Grand Duke Nicholas, the Court will not re main so long at Moscow as at first intended. They will return to l'etershurgh in February, but without the Emperor, who will proceed to visit Astracan, the country of the Don, and Odessa. From thence his imperial Majesty will go to Warsaw,• and it is believed he will then proceed to Manheim, where, according to report, there will be a Con gress of the Allied Sovereigns. " WarrsAw, OCT. 6.—The DittineS have been convoked in all the districts of the kingdom, in or• der to their electing Deputies to the Diet. " HAmiwaon, Clcr. 16.--The Pacha of Egypt is said to hate offered to England to destroy the Pirates of the North of Africa, if she would guarantee to him the Sovereignty of that part of the coast together with Egypt, but this propo. sition• is stated to have been coldly received, and not at. tended to. In Sweden, on the contrary, it was well re ceived ; and it is reported at Gottenburg, that a Treaty has been already concluded between Sweden and the Pacha. It is believed that the Barbary States h ave infoi tuition of this project, as they declared good prize all the vessels of the Pacha of Egypt, and do not even respect the Swedish flag. A ship of that Nation having lately touched on the coast of Spain, nct far from Corunna, all the crew were nuusacred, an act of cruelty which is attributed to the barbarians. " CoNsTANTINOPLE, Sem 10:—At a conference with the Russian Minister on tie 2d instant, the Porte adopted the . . propositions of the Eritp - erot ..4.lotiindii, 'with 'reSpect to lye denvircation of the frontiers." The Jti'iet'A - n/ cle P«ii4 : tias an article U'f some length on Sir itbsEtii4lLsos's iate Work'ou ttuisial lor.hich ridicules' hit apprehensions, and considers . hau grossly absurd in supposing that'the Great Powers of Europe would edusent to stipula tions irseaviug their own ruin and disgrace. Boston Papers to the 24th, New York to the 20th, and Charleston to the l3tlt tilt. arrived this morning (Poin the Independent CA)oniele of Sept. 20.) O'ur Correspondent intornts . ns of the arrival at'Baltimore of : the British sloop' of war Primrose, from Jamaica ; with 300,000 dollars in specie for the Bank of the United States. " The Honourable Rtcumtn RUSH, Attorney- General of the United States,. who - has been ap pointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James's, is to take his passage in the Frank ling, 74, which is under sailing orders for his conveyance to England, from whence she is to proceed to the Mediterranean. (From the Boston Commercial Arlyertiser, Sept. 20.) " SAVANNAH, SEPT. 9.—Withio the last fort night an unusual degree of sickness has prevailed among the negroes. In two or three houses, whole families have been seized with fever in 24 hours, all manifestly the same symptoms, and exhibiting the same countenance. Upon investi, gating the cause, it was found in the filthy con dition of their yards, &c. (From the Independent Chronicle of Sept. 19.) " INDIAN NEWS. " EXTRACT OF A LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY GO YERNOR CASS, DATED CHICAGO, JULY 21. " I have late accounts from Rocky River, from which it appears that the Sieux have struck on the Fox nation, and destroyed 20 of their lodges. These unfortunate people have in consequence complained of the outrage to our Agent at Prairie tie Chien, who has referred them to the Governor_ of the Missouri Territory. - This circumstance took place 21 days since. As the statement is made by an Indian, we must make, allowance for errors and inaccuracy. " A Baltimore Paper, o►t Sept.!l6, states, that the brig Eliza had arrived there from Savannah, with only the Captain and two men or.•hot►rd having lost all his passengers, four in number, and five of his crew, by sickness. " A Letter from Charleston of Angnst 30 states, that the fever continued to rage with great violence- 7 the number of deaths daily were 15. (From tile Boston Commircial ..Idreititer of Sept. 20.) " SPANISH RF,voLtriontsTs.—Capt. TATLon, of the British brig Benjamine, who arrived here on Sunday, in `2B days, from Tobago, informs, that the town ut Angns had surrendered to the Patriot's troops ; that the Royalists, on evacuating the town, embarked on board a fleet of 18 vessels in the harbour, and put to sea ; that after they had embarked they were attacked by the Patriots, and that the Admiral of the Fleet lost a leg in the contest. One of the Spanish vessels, with 150 passengers, arrived at Tobago before the Benja »tine sailed, and six others had passed that island. (From the 80. , 104 Gazette of Sept. 19.) " Accounts from Havannab of the 25th Aug. state, that the fever which had raged there for some time back with great violence was consi siderahly abated. It was also reported that the fleet of merchantmen, which sailed from thence to Cadiz, had been captured by a squadron of Independent pt ivateers. " CHARLESTON (S. CO, SEPT. I.—We have received a Havanna!' Paper of the 20th ult., which returns the official number of slaves imported into that port from Africa, from the Ist December to the ist July, to be 11,161." The Boston Papers mention, that the PEESi• DENT has at length returned from his tour to the seat of Government. Letters front New Orleans, of the 26 . th August, slate, that the ferer had broken out there with great violence, and from 30 to 40 people died The American Papers, arrived this morning, bring news from Calcutta to the 17th of May, at which (late it is stated that the disturbances in India had been subdued, but not without blood shed. A Letter from New Orleans. of August 26, mentions a report that the Marquis de Mori cADA, one of the most influential characters in Mexico, had placed himself at the head of 10,000 Independents. The cause pending between Lord SELKIRK and the North. west Company, which was expected to be brought to trial at the present Sitting of the Court of Kils;'s Bench of this City, we now learn is to be tried before the Courts of Upper Ca nada.—We are able to state that the unfortunate disputes be tween Lord SELKIRK and the North-west Company have been so far terminated as to permit the Fur Trade to take its usual course, by the St. Lawrence.—(lllontreal Sept. It.) The Company's ships Thomas Grenville and Lord ('asticrcagla sailed from the Cape for Bengal on the 20th July. e:1 at diasgow Iron Italia, which the 6th of Juice ; hut. tit leticyt nor &fly turtker pirti•Olars . ::haVt been'' ye. 4 . ecOved. If any "thi‘ig *could excite feeliok Of lb 'aMe in the IVrizers of Opposition, it would arise from the issue of the Trials at Derby. They renionstrated against the crtielty Of taking the Rioters intO 'cus tody, and then agAinst the folly of supposing that any of them could be convicted of High Trea son. But, besides theie attackS uptiti Govern ment, they endeavoured to prejudice the minds of the Jury, by various publications in 'favdtir of the culprits. It now appears, hoWever; that G;)vern inent had better information than the Jacobin Writers, and that it would not be diverted front its duty to the Empire, but firmly brought the Culprits to the justice of their Country; and hav ing made an example of one or two, to deter the deluded multitude from practices 'of the most dan gerous kind to themselves and - the State, were more gratified in extending lenity to the others than in the infliction of punishment. PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. CLAREMONT, Mmzda9, 4 o'clock, P. M.--jht weather this morning early was very foggy, but by ten o'clock it cleared up and became remark ably fine. At a quarter past twelve o'clock the Princess CHARLOTTE rode out in her small chaise, drawn by her favourite pony, accompanied by Prince LEoPor.o. They proceeded to the delight ful titles in Claremont-l►ark and the pleaStne grounds. The PRINCESS and PRINCE remained out near an hour and a half. Soon after Prince LEOPOLD %Vent out to take the diversion of shoot ing, intended by Baron H A RDENBE RG, &C. Monday Night,. 10 o'Ciock.—Prince LEOPOLD returned from shooting this evening about five o'clock, and afterwatds dined with the Princess CHARLOTTE.—Some of their principal wteudants, had the honour of being invited upon the occa sion. Tuesday Morning, 9 o'clock —The Report this morning. of the Princess CHARLOTTE is, that her Royal Highness is very well. The Courier, on Saimaa) , last, misled the News paper Politicians, by erroneously stating_ the at rival of the Duke of 11's:LuNcrroN in Town.— !_.;otne of those Politicians entered into profound speculations on the cause of his Grace's return, aseribiog it to matters of vast importance to the g en era l intere s t s of Europe. Others, less saga cious, or not disposed to regard every occurrence as deeply political and important, sir»ply declared that the Duke left the interests of Europe to shift f or thems e l ves , and only came to determine on the purchase of en Estate. The Morning Chronicle of yesterday, in relating the lane re -capture of Margaretta by the Revolters, has the following passsage :—" Whet, Moati-Lo landed, lie put all to the sword who fell into his hands ; neither age nor sex was spared. NVlten he evacuated, he cot the throats of all the Creoles who were with hint, even those lie had compelled to tight in his ranks." It is the object of The Morning Chronicle to bring disgrace upon all the operations of legitimate Governments, therefore no one can be surprized to see such an article in it ; but, without pretending, like that Paper, mot like the silly Steward in The Stranger, to receive letters from all parts of the world, we avow our total disbelief of this imputed folly as well as cruelty. Tire Times of yesterday observes, that the So- LICITOR-GENERAL was " mistaken in a matter of fact, if be asserted ,that the Judges are in all cases exclusive Judges of the Law ; and that the Juries are obliged to take it front them. In the case of Libel, art express statute constitutes the Jury judges of both law and fact ; and that statute was only declaratory. i In matters of Law, abstract edly, the Judges are of course the highest autho rity : but. Many of the cases tried in criminal Courts are so mixed up of law and fact, that it is impossible bat that the Jury who are judges of one must, to a certain extent, be judges of the other also." Now, without meaning any disre spect to The Times, we may venture to sly that the SoLiciTort-GENERAL• is likely to be better acquainted with the la - .v than the Editor of that Paper, whatever may be his knowledge and abi lity. Bul after all, and admitting- that the statute alluded to was only declaratory of a pre-existing law, yet the Judge is to expound that law to the Jury, and they cannot be judges of the latv and fact till the law has been thus explained to thew. Hence in all cases they cannot in reality be said to be exclusively judges of law and fact, but mediate! y, however their rights and privileges may be guarded by a statute. • It is somewhat curious that the Earl of Sr. VINCENT, at his advanced stage of life, is on the eve of a .voyage to Naples. His Lordship was some. years ago invested with . a Sicilian Order of Nobility by the King of NAPLES, which has beets confirmed by the PRINCE REGENT, so that the venerable Peer will now have the opportunity of sporting his Ensigaio on the occasion, We are ready to give any of our Competitors due credit whenever we have .opportunity. We were glad to find The Morning Chronicle says it feels,gratified'in stating, that there is no truth in the reported illness of Sir IV. CURTIS, because we believe that, politics apart, there is no man who does not respect the liberal-minded and worthy Baronet. Yesterday at three o'clock the PRINCE REGENT, accompanied by Sir BENJAMIN BLOOMFIELD, left town on a shooting excursion into Suffolk. The Duchess of York, we are concerned to say, has been indisposed during last week, at Oat lands. It was her Royal Highness's intention to have visited the QUEEN and Patt , :casses at Wind sor, but She }vas prevented on that 'account, and also front visiting the Princess CHARLOTT& at Claremont on Saturday. Lord Sti]ittiouTn.—We have the pleasure to state, that this venerated Nobleman is so much recovered front his late alatming illness, as to promise a speedy resumption of his official duties. i3iP Nl\\3. tAiAinu'rtl, Oer. the froni QucbeC; iii *SO 'clays Roetioc' NIEL`, front Attica, in day's i3rarthlantl, and Ittailsidta,ltiSid, from Jamaica/ ' Sailed the Duke of illarlhorOugh packet for.l ) bon, and Foil packet for Gibraltar and Mall' both with mails: Arrived °Where the Elizabel l ' . OVEL a j CCalcutta file LLondon. The BO' 4 spoke, On the 17th Oft., in lat. SU. 10. long. 37. W. the Burden, front Quebec for Londo' AM" supplied her with ()lead._ Satre day spat, the Chat hitte; flout St. Aildiewa for Bristol, / 111 ' :supolied her with bread and pro;iSionS. .Garthland spoke; on the 11th August, Off Cel t ` Corinth, Cuba, the Thomas, frOM Liverpool New Orleans, dlit 75 days, which vessel gave i!'" formation of two West Indiamen being on shoig . one on the Grand Cayman, and the other On tt 131 e of Pines. The Roebuck spoke, on the 19,1 1 ; Oct., in lat. 48. 38. long. 8. 40. the Mary; (); London, from Quebec, Out 50 days, which vesse' spoke the Hind, of Lancaster, from Jam,tica, 80 days, 22 people on board, and only 40;bs.°' bread and 6 pieces of beef—supplied het'. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 27 —Arrived his Majesty' s ship Lyra front Bantry Bay ; Prevoyant e s tore ship from Dan tzic K innerslev , Castle and nerva transports f rom New Brtmswick, with ptv' of the 100th Regiment; and Glory arid Braffstuo l transports from Janiaica, with part of the otti Regiment : the two latter sailed to company with the Christiana transport, and parted on the 12. 00 inst. off the Banks of NeWfoundland. Also 0 1.# rived the Harrison, DA , ;'IS, _from. Quebec, wit°. toasts for the Dock-yard ; she sailed the 12th SW tember, in company with the Blucher ; for Cork; Leander, for Liverpool ; and Sat aim, for London , Pi.vmourn, O.'r. 2.5.-Wind W. N. W. Sailed the Co l i lingwOod, front Calcutta;. Striftsure, f.orn Malitga ; 'Mary sa Jane, Hanson, fron t Palermo, and several (titers; an fur London. licAL, OCT. 27.—Arrived and sai'ed for the River, ti le, Hi:lie, from ; and the Harriett, Depeyster, Calcutta. The Helm landed. a Mail here, which was ,f;o ms warded to London. COWES, OcT. 27.—The Wellington, which arrived }'ester" day, is released frum quarantine and %rill laud the Otliar ; and soldiers here. NIELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK; FVUTLIELI PARTICULARS. [Prom the Bristrii Mirror of . Satutday.3 ' It is our painful duty to state, that intelligenie' reached this city last evening, of the loss of t 1,4 sloop William and Mary (a regular packet bet wee' this port and Waterford) ; and that out of near!' 60 souls on board only 9 were saved. The particulars, as tar as we have been able learn, are, that the William and Mary, Mattes~'? Master, sailed from Pill at 9 o'clock on Thur.4dif evening last. The night was fine and the wistt fair : about I I o'clock, not F,lr from th e 11„1, 2 ,, c t. whilst the Mate was at the helm, and the Master standing near him on the deck, the vessel stroA. on a rock, which our info' mint calls the %V.lleys , The passengers, who had ritired to rest, were quickly alarmed, and many of them proceeded do deck, as yet unacquaimed with the real .ex:etit their dariger. This irate of suspense, however, did not last long ; for in f 5 in;nutes afterwards, it was found that the vessel was in a sinking state. The scene that immediately followed was &call-- ful in the extreme. The boat (a very small one) was soon filled, chiefly by the crew,- and put off to the Welsh shore, and in a few minutes after wards the vessel sank. Her top-mast remained some feet above the water, to which tire crew adhere-I until the boas returned. Our informant saved himself by swigs using, and was actually two hours anti a half its the water, when he was +aken into the boat. lie witnessed the heart-rending scene which took place on the sinking of the vessel, A Mr. Barron,. his mother, and four sisters, elegant and accom plished WORICtI, who had their malt-servant and a carriage on hoard, were 'among the pass, ngers ; the cries of the young ladies were most distressing. They all perished r--they sunk, entwined in each others' arms I Au officer of the --- regiment Was saveif, but his lady perished. All the tens !es on board, 2 in ninnher, and two children, met a ‘vnierY grave. Eight of the ladies were cabin-passengers. The master, Mr. Morley, was drowned ; has felt a wife (now pregnant) and thtee children. The rest of the crew were saved. The Gentleman from whom we have procured these hasty particulars states, that before he was taken tilt by the boat, lie saw one unfortunate in— dividual (whon.i he supposes to have been Mr- Barron, mentioned above) near him in the water. He endeavoured to cheer him T he, however, bad only strength left to answer in a faint voice, can go no farther arid sunk, to rise no more. Our intornumt thinks there.were about 15 cabin passengers, and about 40 iu "the steerage. In Cie number (nine) known to he saved, the crew are included. Since writing the above we have learnt, that the name of the ()nicer saved (anti whose lady is among the sufferers) is Lieut. Theballier, of tke 35tb. Among those who imnisiied we have heard the names of Messrs. Gill, Chit, and Snow. A Colonel, whose regiment is now in the East In— dies, was also drowned. Mr, H. Shorter, of this city, and Lieut. Theballier, arc the only passen.— gels saved. The few who escaped landed about eight miles from Cardiff, They applied for adrmittance at, :I respectab.le house in the neighbotrykood, is.ni wet lefused. t They then proceeded to a faun-hose, where they procured a cart to convey them it* Cardiff. '1 hey were in a I:VW ,tasted state. F. cottager and his wife g , ive tip their only her} one or two who were uti , ible to proceed to Cavities - . Shuttle bef o r e the sloop weut down, a poor sol. , slier took his wife anti child to !hr.t bow of the sel, where they sat tio‘rn, arid calmly awaited their fate. As the vessel went flown they chlAg to each other, and i,r that stare floated a tnomenc on the water, and then sunk, clasped in each , other's arms. We have not been able to ascertain exactly where the melancholy accident happrned. Tho yrc tie het t hc PHI ' liE Ja( Ge 3 1 i; • We 1110 jOli Opt big td t Jeci COI ) lieli lie ;~ 2