The Sun. — London, England, 1817-12-29 00:00:00

''lien of the Deg', liettvfen .ben g in a defenceless "nns e a nd in a fortress, provided tvitli all the nieaiis 1 defence. TireDey, informed beforehand of this 410 renient, 'sent the Aga to negociate a:delay of ‘"0 (lays (which was agreed to by the Mutineers) I cigive time for the arrival of troop's from the Bey °f Oran. The gates were then 'shut, Si'x of the qiefs were then delivered imp, and decapitated at Alcazaba. It is obvious that the Governme,“ has 'tted with a severity indispensable to its safety t)iit - it i s feared, that before the new system can be ''3tablished, great disorder's will be comMitted in thi s Capital." Philadelphia Papers to the 30th tilt. and Wash ington to the 27th; arrived this morning. We ex tract from the Philadelphia Gazette of the 28t 'lit., the following c urious stat'ement :respecting the alleged disappearance of the Island of St. lielena. We 'suppose it alludes to the shock of bh earthquake, of which we had an account softie tittle since : " FROM ST. HELVIA.—The ship Palladium, Which arrived at Salent on Ft inay, Irony Calctota; irt 124 days, touched at the 'shoot of Ascensioh .on the Ilth October, and visited the English rison there, The Essex Register gives as account, the substance of wh ch is as follo , ,vs :—The Set tlement consists of five or six bui!dings, in au acre of about 300 yarns sq uare. ttiis convists or the governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and 50 seamen, boys and Marines ; Alley have one tort of 10, and another o f sor 6 guns. Apprehensions were en tertained by the Officers that BUONAPARTE •.nd the Island of St. Helena were swallowed up by an earthquake. It sterns that the transports, the Qcean, of London, • and zilexander, tIVe Isle of France, for England, with part nt the 12th Regiment, touched at Ascension on the 27th of September, having on the 19th sailed from the Island of St. Helena'; but on the 20th, 70 miles N. NV. of the Island, they were alarmed by several v iolent shucks of an earthquake, revealed at short intervals, which threw several Persons out of their beds. Four days afterwards, the ship General Graham endeavoured to make the Likud, but c o',ld not find it, though they had excellent chronometers on board, an d h a d taken severa l , e :s rtf lunar observations.— Th e master of the Palladinm was in a ,simi lar situation with the General Graham, which the narration of there suspirious had re. mholed him of. On the sth of-October they had a solar o bservation on the parallel of the South Tort <tf St. llelema, being then exactly in the lati tude 01 ittinei .1 . (1%:'1 1 kiht: port), but not sepiog t. Helena they bore up for Ascension. It is said to be uncommon thick tied hazy between the tropics, so that land cannot be discovered until it is very neatly.approached, NOTE—(Reinarks of the Editcr.)—The above marvellous account, s° far as it respects the swal lowing tip of St. Helena by an earthquake is cer tainly incorrect. M r .NENLY,theSopetcargo of the ship Trident, which arrived at this port, in 102 days from Calcutta, states, that at 10 o'clock on the 12th of Ott they passed thelsland, distant about three leagues, and that on the Bth, the following morning, the Island was visible from the ship's clerk, but having a fine breeze, they lost sight of it in half an hour. Mr. N. also informs us that be did not experience any thing like the shock ol an earthquake. (F), , in the National Intelliseneer, of Nov. en) e have seen t ers from Fan)/ THE BRAZILS. dale o f September, which Rio Janeiro to the mi state, that a tlaVtil expedition was fitting out at that place, the destinatico of which was iinkilowrs. Perhaps it is not unreasonable to cookettire, that its object is to take off the Portuguese troops at Monte Video. l'erfect traivillity reigned at Rio' when these leitt rs left. The British Press of this day contains a lament - able complaint on the subject of our Navy, E r „,,, which we have extracted the following passage " It becomes our melancholy task this day to record the humiliation of the British Navy, i n t h e relinquishment of that proud and distinctive mark • of superiority which it has so long exercised over the flags of all other Nations. So far back as Tuesday last, we mentioned the arrival of the long expected Russian squadron from the Baltic, on the morning of the preceding Sunday, at This intelligence was given exclusively in The British Press, and remained unnoticed by the other Jout- Dals d a ring the week. The silence was ominous, but the public have no reason to regret it, as it • may have been the means of withholding from them other .accompanying matter of the most un welcome nature. We lament to say that no salutes took place upon the arrival of the Russian squad ron, because they insist on an equal number ul guns being returned; which, by the present Admi . r a tty instructions, our ships of war are forbidden to do to the flag of any nation ; they would he salute , by two gnus less. On alonday A(irniral Sir EIDW Silii THOIINI3ORn'JGII thale a crtniiil;:n . etary visit to the Russiat► tiect.ived by a ,L/Oyd's, 12 o'clock, Monday, PAit'ts, 0Re.24.--The storm which raged. in vreeh:the 7(1) itad Bth last destroys' 1 the,Clibiisiel 20 ‘veSseis from the coast of o St. Maioes. 'One was seen to founder before Inte of thirteen gntis, and three cheers from the crew. Of Chri,tntas-hty the iins%iiti and some of the CaptaThS Sgirtidroli evith Captain lloGett - , opt hOaiddii titeh Char lotte, when lie teas reCk iced with a salute .it 'thir teen guns. Theseit're consid - ered perSiMit), not the hle of A large Dutch sl4 frOm NatOa Amsterdam put into the liOnilfer on Saturday, Iraky, anti it was expected NVoilltl be carried tip fo 1-1%411'. A large brig,ladeti with timber, stinpo-ed to lie the Bridget of Niaryport, Was totally - 10 , t, with all that: crew, near Kiilyiegs, on the 19th inst. part of the caigo rtnd thateriala save'd'. The rharles of Aitkinhean, frOni Newcastle to LOtititi, Was wrecked on Hasbro' Sand; 24th inst. crew and o as‘engtrs saved.. the Una/anti/9, C 0,% of DartmOuth,from - ‘outulianti to Litilh)ll,. Was s tranded on the 9th inst. on the rocks near Naples ; crew saved. national salute - 3. • 4. It wa.s imilerst6o(l thilt the ADllet : lean line=nt- battle ship Franklin, which hroprispil to collie lip to:Spithead from CoW , ts yestt-rday, would not sa lute, from the same (Ruse statcd above . ; her CoUi mander "(Coml . 'Mmiore STFwAst) detnanding tbat the same nuthber iti gUns should he 'firt-d On the arriv , l of iiii brOad pendant, as his ship Would fire on coning to the Anchorage in sight 'of Sir EDWARD 'I7HORNioR,UGH, flag, flying at the . Main ot the Queen Ch arlotte. We regret this equality of personal compliment submitted to by Sir EDWARD THOsiisoaouO 4 ; ire may presuine that he has fraternised in the same way with the American ComniodOre; for there can he .no rea son for telusing iti the one ease . the'cOndeScension that hai been granted in the other. (in a sub ject of so much delica'cy and importance, the Po'rt Adasitil is not likely to baV't , cOmtiiitted him- Self, without cobsoltiug the Atiniirarty ; anti, therefore; we tear, that in this transaction we record the ithandOnMent for ever.a this proud and distinguishing mark Of the superiority ot tho Bri:- tish flag." While we applAnil The British Press for its lattd able zeal for the honour of our Navy, and pity it for the dnxietY which it has suffered upon an ap p'rehension that it ha's been tarnished on this oc casion, it is some pleasure to us to relieve its feel ings by &Wiring it, that it has only discovered a Mare's Nist. The meia,nthoty Writer seems to be ignorant that a salUte; whether national or in -1 dividnal, is a mere Matter of c ourtes y , and of 1 n autical arrangement ; and he is equally ignorant that a British ship of war itecer salutes on enter ling a foreign pott, Mita the Captain has sent a I boat on shore to ascertain whether, if be should Isalute , an equal number of guns • would be re , + turned? If the answer be in the negative, he ldoesie practice t c • : salute )f at ail all. t his,2o-s and :eppwreol:::;:lidsasiks therefore, where is the humiliation, -if we don't chase to return such a comPlituent, or to give on terms of ree;proe;tv The CoUntess of "Chichester packet, from Fell mouth, ariive(i at New Vork w th her mail on the 26th of NOvei'llier. • THE We -recently made soink• ooservatioos on APPEAL of the ROMAN CATHOLICS to their Pi( testktnt Brethren, and intended to resume the sub jert, but as it has been taken up this tiny by •oii excellent Cortespoudent LANFRANC, who promises to probe it to the bottom, we resign it to abler hands, just observing,. that from the determined and persevering zeal of PoPERY, something ef fectual must be done to pot a total stop to its CLAIMS, and we therefore earnestly exhort THE CONSTITUENT UODY throughout t'te British Ent pire to reflect on. the rrestion before the ilex: GENERAL ELECTION, for they may be assPrea that a PROTEsTANT ASCENDANCY cat' o n ly he preserve( and secured by a PROTESTANT PARLIAMENT and a PROTESTANT ADMINISTRATION. MANGE OF COURT I\IOI I RNING. The following order appeared in the Gazette of Saturday night. The fifst change takes place on Sunday next the 4th of January ; the c h a nge on Sunday the IS th of Januar y ; and on Sui,,day., th e Ist Pehru3ry, the Court goes en tirely out of Mourning : Lord ChantherluCn's Office, Dec. 47, I'll 7. Orders for the Court's Change of Mourning, on Sunday, the 4th January next, for her late Royal Highness the Princess CVARVITTE AtiellSTA, daughter of his Royal Highness the PRINCE R, L GEN , r, a wl C..psart of his Serene Highness the Prince LEorot.u, of Saxe Cohourr , i viz.— The Ladies to wear bla ck silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, black and white shoes, faits and tippets, white neck 'Awes and ear-rings. Undress -White or grey lustrings, tabbies or damasks. The ;ientlemen to continuo in 41,ek,fnll-trimmed, fringed -or plain linen, black swords and buckles. Undress —Grey frocks. The Court to chloge the Mourning further en Sunday, the 18th of January, viz.— The Lady's to wear Matte silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons. The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and block nr plain white, or white and gol I, or white. and silvvr stuff waistcoats, cull-trimmed, coloured swords and Ouckles. And ,m the Ist of February next, the Court to go Mourning, this mornin,4. • The Lady Castlereagh, with tulle. convicts on board, sailed on 11 c mdast. for Botany Bty, and the ship Christiana for Aialta. . Mti.vottn R A VEN, DEC. 24.—Sailed this even ing the Camden packet, Capt. CHAR LES TALL , with the mail for W a terford. Arrived the gence Revenue cutter, with a sloop (name no '•known), which she fell in with at sea in distress. •DEC. 25.---Arriyeti this m orning the Sandwich packet, Captain POTTER, with a mail and passen cer , g ers from W.;terfold. Remain the Sir,ity, ADAMS, from Belfast for HanNtrgh, and the Trite Briton, CAMPBELL, for London: - LER , ACK , ZETLAND, DEC. 10.-7-7 The name or the sloop which was wrecked on Fair Isle on the night of the 15th t:lt, was the Li La Too gee, ‘Vit,,LiAm RooT, from Maasslois, hound to North Fro, in ballast ; only the Mate and one of the crew 'saved. , The arrangements tor 11.}.:‘,ent.o's going to Weymouth hive been changed within these few days, and instead Of going there, he is preparing; to visit, Came, to occupy a house belonging to Mrs. DAsmx, which is ialiont a mile and a half, from Dorchester, and which is preferred to Wey woibtli, being more retired. A contest will take pl,re for the Representa tion of the City of Hereford, when a dissolution of the present .I"arliament takes place: The Can didates will be Colonel S Y sioNns, Mr. iz.cut . m. MORE (fte present Members), alld the •Hon. Co lonel COCKS. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having apptoved a public me eting 0 1 the Lieu tennos t?( the Royal Navy held, to, take into - cons-Wel-al inn (natters relative'to thenvolves, a get Oral meeting of those tHieers will shortly DA , : place fur that purpose al Plymouth-Dock. unt of :N 3014 N WICLIF.-StribOOS wilt be very gene rally preached on Sunday rtext in the Churches of the Met' opolis, and a I most of the Dissenting Meeting-houses, corn) ettltaative of the THIRD CENTENARY of the Rklormation from Popery, and the inestimable blessings which have flowed from it ; and as it was on the 31. t, of December that illustrious tuArt, Jour.] WICI,IF, died, a reference to . his life, conduct, and services in.the cause of Trinh, and of Civil and Religious Liberty, cannot .ail to impress forcibly on the public mind the ab it s Attie necessity of maiutaining, inviolably the pit! of our and the Reformed Religion. ae,aitist the inroads of intolerance,. Popery, and Stirerslitioo. .B RIGHT ON, DF.c. 25.—The l'Alaee dinner to day, as on Mll prvvious oceasion.s since his Royal. Highness's retort' to the town, has been confined the• resident suite, and .the anivals ot last night-of Lord and Lady CASTLEREAGH alta IJOIA STEWART. Not all illVitatioll was i,soed, as Usual -at sneti a season, nor has the sound of music beets heard within the Palace Tin.; CHACE. .The 11:4dsterirtIt fox-hoontls mrt on Saturday at Hiel;letrtn and meet on Tcrsday at liemststortis; on Tlinrsdav 3t. Bre la )- ton; and on-Satorddy at Wonserstey; at t,•rt o'clocii each t.. Str I ienry errsrc's:fox,•l&ouilds suet this (lay at Lockington, and on 113ttrsdas , at Kedleston Park ; eite:: morning - at ten o'clock, if the weather permits. The Worcestershire Fox Homids • will weet on 0114 1h0 . ,i at Mint; e s i r nes Earm, liorcott; Wedoestlay, at Stirawiey Wood ; MO , •ItZieW4:4'l6 Wood) e.acU day at Ten o'Clucii.. T • 1 i 1 . :+il l . , ~. ,07,.0;. , 4 ~.,e „:11,,01. , ,,. ; , c.v.r)..; ic:e. ) . . . We thottelo it oa o r doty to liillll6ll COL. Pis' 10, aa ,di, ! “ an AdVenturer who had but too Sio f . e;<toios obtained credence ro hiS- ale ' of illVS!tly:ilid WWI-, tier. . {'here is slid) a proiretneSS iii Maid:lad ( I) believet he marVellotes, a'nd presumed , A . t..alth extos cotes such a magical j oitveroter the toideistattoine, that we hive latent de . sirons It',- soate Bite past tO expose the prOCeedings of ":he FOrt tot ate VOtit b ," that ;.1 relathin of then) MAY str , e 4-15 11)5(1 tiC lin ll'i flgitinSt similar iin po,it 1 oits , and at the ,a-itoe time. prevent the mischief in foreign cOontriei, which is • but too pi:Obi-114e, by materials freiog afforded . for deceptions, tinier toe asitratice t i:At the 'youth Lid. been abuSe Jby tot Warrant able charges'. We weir', however, reque;tea to soveiul o u r 'C,iminuctica 'ions, until researchei, in progress, had beet . ). conipleted. Our Readers know the resolt; tool saw our toiginal statemeto, confirmed. " t - )% Mr. Weatherby, the solicitor and 'Confidential friend of . the Fortunate Yolith." •. The hero of the tale is now abOnt eighteen years of age, and is theyoungest son of a resPectable • family, residing , on the Chippenbarn estate, nets , NcWinarket. The early talents and solidity ot , o ti charaCter displayed 'by hint, attracted general' on- ttce ; and he appeared a boy of such promi.:e, that no eipenee was spared to cultivate his mind, and qualify him letr the Church. A neighbouring Dolteß, DEC. 28.—Arrived 0 . 11 this port ti. Clergyman was his first t uto r , and f atroni rewsthenc nw e he AnacreUtt, WiLsota, trout Quebec, and the Martha, was sent to Dr. otler's seiy, Sh v.. ' BAETLETT. froth Malaga, with fruit. There was some doubt as to the regular Or of his FALIAOOI - 14, DEC- 26.—Sailed the Dumfries, coinduct inake whilstura tarnin that sitninary, f itor be-did ies tioc . Plifz&ms , , •Betsy, Liherty, JosePh and Mary, himselfble report of when (p Asiitlinias,, Richmond , an d the Martha, tor boat- tioned.oo the subject at a late period; but it is don ; Charlotte, .for Gibraltar, and a few coasters. now understood that Dr. B. gives him the highest PLvmouTts; DEC. 2.7.—Came in the Lapwing cliaracieefor general conduct whilst under his care. 'Young, Cawston . had stated, that amongst other cutter from a cruise. , e . DEAL, Dilc.. 28.—Arrived the • nero of the catties for reproof, lie obtained more nroney than Nile, WkatioLt, from Ilerbiee ; Nept nuns, Risk- Dr. B approved, and a letter was seat to his friends, E, froth Rouen ; and Cheerly , It lcumstssosr, varemonstratiitng aga is nowinshelievedt the indulgthat 'KE enc he e pof hrocured is eXtrahis - from St. Chtistopher!s. . Came down froM the gance ; River the Marquis of lititly, ,Caunirtg, Doke of money, if he had any excess, which may he doubted, York,' Btickinghant shire, and Earl Balcarras; for Irmo a family vert in. th the i e neigncidhbent our hohisol,, riches althouatghthat be Bombay and China ; also the Maria, for Mar- sought to con Of seines ; "Hopesfor Gibraltar ; Venus,, for St. Do- time into one of the proofs of his subsequent fable. mingo ; Eupbemia, for Trieste ; Theda, tor Ma- Still he pursued his education so as to acquire the Beira mad Bombay ; and Pallas, for the Isle of reputation of an excellent scholar, and. dining his 'ranee. - . vacations he conducted himself with so 011iCh pro- PatETsM' OUTII, DEC. 2S'—Atrived the Jatne, priety, that he was always a welcome guest with DELISON, from London for Bat celo, and !sit- a family who patronised hint 5 and his manners belle, .oSilorts4E, from Yarmouth for na the Medi- were so prepossessing, that notwithstanding ta terranean. Passed by thv Coro%:v3ll, JF.Rokrt, couoteninee which was not, if strictly exa from thelsle of France ; she sailed the Ist Oct. I mined, a letter ot credit, he became a ge and left the - re the Cadmus and Elita. neral favourite with curl y , visitor. About three PORTSMOUTH , DEC. '27.--:-.A. ittissian squadron , 1 months since a report prevailed that the y oun g c onsisting of the follo win g shi p s :—Dresden, 74, :C. had come into possession of an immense Rear-Admiral MoLLBR, Capt. Teruopsky ; N 'Ed, . torture under mot* . extraordinary circumstances. Caper, 74, Commodore flamil!on ; Neptunus, 74, t Vic father first mentioned the general fact, and C apta i n mafst ; T ro achswaytitd, 74, Captain i the son soon afterwards authenticated the state- Forderem ; Lubec, 74, Captain Stepanof ; .tier- 1 ment., and gave the following detail of the advert eosins, 44. Captain Novilskoy ; Pateicker, 44, tore which reodered him so tortuitotisiv one o f Captain Toloubiet ; and Attroeele, 44, Captain I the richest statical i n t h e w„,tia ..___ Rodv, arrived on S unda y from the Downs. S om e 1 About eighteen months previously he had been of the ships tequiring repairs, and beitig in want on his retorn to school. A school-fellow who Was ot a great quantity o f water and other supplies, it i to have accompanitol li•nt had. by some nostakee is supposed they will be detained here nearly a I preceded hint the day before, toad he ‘S'Ai lett 4 - twilight, %limn they will sail for Cadiz, where to go alooe in the stage. Oa ao rival at Bir the ships a ill be delivered over to t he Spaiiish G miughatn, he was shewn i n to an i nn par l o ur veroment, mot the crews Ri . are to return to u O- ssia where an oid gentietnie. was sniirg, and who he- iii transports. On Thursday Admiral Mota.sa i came his companion fur the It St (4 the j o urney to Iti4d . ;with a-lietge party nil board the Queen I ShrewsburY. la the courseati it the old gentle. C on h u a o rl u o a tt u e ) ,( , th.e gag"hiP Uf Admit al-Sir E. T•houN. 1 man and himself entered into it . warm attercat iota in the harbour, where he was reCeiVed 1 on the soblect of the South Ante, lean c ontest. inete'r 'a calnie, and yestertlay,morniog the Mini- i The dislithe continued to the jou! neyt,t end, nd they p a rted a, adoersaries ! The n(xt moil:j a ug, sal inspected the Doe k •v ard. i , 'ri t e mdeillv, of 74 gums, arrived from the; to his great surprise, the old man sent for him, E g o. Indies, where site was built, Will come into and oa his coming into the room said, " young hphoin to-morrow. Wall, you were 1 i gilt in your argument yesterday. The UraniA, merchant vessel, is expected hourly i I admire your spirit, candour, and bol:l main to take on i mince • . of yotir °pillions. You shall find inane t b , n ) aair.,ti •i s v l e li a p t iv S ri p g i l t: l t s e , ad ni t , r ,s o o m ns \ , % t ti o ( l r b ie r l i t c , bricklayers for from henceforth a friend." From ilia; time lie the dock yard for Bermuda, and will hiing back lavished many favours on liii ; money to the n w se v e ral artizas ho have been on that establish- amousurnt w hndielt the en acracviy of all his conr a&S, e wlto, d lir. B n .' police and tlis ment.for their tern) of service. pleae,, a. Serious apprehensions having been entertained nevertheless, p h aid hoot ige to the superiority w hich for the safety of the Scourge lu :ger, tender to the he acquired by te power of COnfei ling I;ivours Queen Charlotte, we fed graftfied in being en - 1 and ecunia sitoulA have been sub s tituted for that thos in his boyhood he pro v e d the irresisti able to announce her safe arrival in the harbour 1 ble influence of _gold, and found w that the or 4 1 p of.prudentiA, in the ethical maxon of the ancients.' Some wombs - altervarls the old MAIL, Who had hitherto p7innised only a coutid: table eStahlish ment in -the Church, sent for hint, and declaring that he felt his life was ebbiioe fast away, aus. nounced his intention to make over to him itntne-: diately, by a Deed of Gift, the whole of his iota mcnse property. " If," added he, " I should live, contrary to my expectations, I shall then bet a dependeot on your gratitude awl bounty " From that moment the old man iaitiated him in all lila secrets, directed him how' to conduct his extensive pecuniary transactions, gave hint a list ot the va rious names he was &diger! to assume to conceal his property in foreign commies, and related all the adventures of his extraordinary, and in some respects criminal, life. Many of these secrets he haul sworn never to divulge, and others he should ()Ida OiltOrl as the developetneet became hecessary ,tor the execution of his trust and management of his fortune. Six weeks afterwards the old man died at a nameless village near Shreasbury, and in con formity with his last commands, a lawyer of great eminence and respectability at Liverpool (Mr. S.) was scot for, and who took back with him all the parchments, papers, &c. belonging io the old man, ,except the Deed of Gift, which young C. would `ever part with out .of his o'er) possession. At the expiration of six moolts, the lawyer (Me. S.) returned and gave hint tip all the title deeds, papers, &c. ; and at the same time communicated to him that lqr had almost boundless wealth, but the preservation of the greater part depended on his pradence, secrecy, and corttortn;ty to the in ionctions and proceedit4. , ,s of the old man, his de cease(! benefactor. T,e . title deeds were iat me diately boded in a guil r t n of one of the estates. .a ad the ottly persoo (except one of 1 ) ;s schaalfel. lows of II years old, who saw'the ii3terinent if the strong box),. to whom lie coafided any part ot' the m ormentoos story of his fortune, was his mother, awl who •avo.We , t she 100 l been in -possession ot the secret of his :ifilaence without ever having be trayed the confidsoice, The tocenent was now arrived when tie Might extend that . confideoce, butt not yet give full publicity to the amount of wealth Ile possessed. Indeed some of his property Vid4