The Sun. — London, England, 1806-05-17 00:00:00

~%- THE SUN. soLaM QUIS DICIAE TALSUM AUDEAT? LO,NDON, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1806. t(?rtzccl sfrong ~`' ?. , w " That the Report of fhe•C:Anrnittee en the . _ • . . . . titidn. should, be .. referred . . to . the Committee of t aupply, with a view to move, there for a sum of . no,mml. as an indemnity to Messrs. Chalmers and Cowie." - • . .' . . Mr. HUSKISSON, as he only ,meant to propose .a less sum, would not oppose the Speaker's leaving the Chair. Mr. LONG asked the Hon. Gentleman Whetherit, would be proper to go on when the House was so thin ; as there were differences of opinion, he night find himself in the minority ? Mr. SMITH complained that this question, if it vas to be asked at all, had not been asked before he bad made his statement . Lord FL VETTY . express'o his Wish that the busi ness should be deferred. Mr. Rosn bid, that something ought to be grant ed, but 30,00°1. was by far too much. After a few words from Mr. VANSITTART, Mr. LONG, and Mr. WN.SMITII, the Motion was with drawn, and a Notice given for bringing forward. the affair on Monday. The House then went into the Committee on the Motion of Lord H. PETTY, and there His Majesty's Message was taken into consideration. Lord HENRY PLeTTY moved, that 10,0001. should be granted for the use of Earl Nelson ; 90,0001. for the purchase of a House and Lands to be annexed to the Title; and 20,0001. to be vested in Trustees, for the use of Lord Nelson's two Sisters. These Motions were agreed to.—Ordered to be reported on Monday. • • The further consideration of the Report of the Irish. Butter Bill was postponed till Monday, . Adjourned. MAILS. ARRIVED—I Dublin, 3 Waterford. Dvx—x Harribtrgb, Gottenburgb; i Lisbon, .1 Dublin, t Waterford. SXR SIDNEY SMITH, with the Pompee and three 1 7 eigates, has arrived off Sicily : all apprehensions therefore of an attack upon that Island by the French ttinst be at an end. It is stated that Sir Srtexry has 'succeeded in throwing Supplies into - Gaeta. Admiral LINoIs landed yesterday at Portsmouth ; he is nearly recovered of the wound which he sus tained in the . late 'Adions. He is to remain 'On his Parole at Odihani. Its addition to the particulars whiai we,yesterday laid before the Public., respeeling the capture of the kolontaire French Frigate, We :have the sattstaEtion of stating, that every Measure has been adopted by the IC7aval and 4ilitary Commanders at the Cape, to enable them to give a proper reception to Ad "miral Vria:rp.muz and JEROME BO'NARARTE, if they should think proper to snake an attempt upon that valuable Settlement. - The force which Sir Houg PoPnAm has under his command consists of. the •,.Diadent and the Raisonabk, of 64 guns each, the DiOme'de, of s'o guns ) and two Frigates. He ltas moored these Vessels with springs upon their cables ) tinder a Battery of thirty-two pieces of cannon, so that there can be but little doubt of the result of an attack, if the French should venture to make it. , • There does not appear, however, any reason to apprehend an attempt upon the Cape, at least by VILLIAmEz's Squadron, because, it is evident from the circumstance of his cruizing so lung neat St. lielena, that he * has no Troops on board, or at least not a • sufficient . number to enable him to attempt so, important an*. enterpr4e. An opinion has• been entertained that the Volontaire was the ;advanced Ship of VILLIAMEZ'S Squadron, and that consequently he might soon be expe&ed at. the Cape but we know that many days after the capture of the' Volontaire, V 1 LLIAMEZ Wis still cruizing near St. Helena., It. is therefore more probable that the P - olonlaire was sent to the Cape to land the Prisoners, and to procure supplies for the Squadron. If the destination of VILLIAMEZ lad been originally eithe r to the. Cape or to the East Indies, be certainly would not have 'remained so long cruiz ing off &. Helena ; we are therefore inclined to belieVe that he was merely 'dispatched to cruize t iPon that station, in the. hope of intercepting some of our outward or homeward-bound. Convoys, and that having failed in that object, he will endeavour to regain some Port in France or Spain.-,--There is however another Squadron still unaccounted for, and it Is very probable that it has proceeded direaly to the Last Indies ; but from the strong Force that we now have in the Indian Seas, there is no reason to appre lend that , they will be able. to do any serious mis chief. . 7 • S IR • WIIITBREAD resumed .his Speech this day iil Westminster-Hall ; and, by the comprehensive te nor of it, and the various topics it en:braced, s een - led bf.no means• likely to come to an early cc) nclusion.' He ramie many observations upon th e correspondence between Lard 'MELVILLE and ell. Ca • mm:ssioners for Naval Inquiry, and more p ~rt:cularl; .on the au..ttne.nts of the Counsel for the Defendant. W.Z11T8117..P . 3 Speech was, at times, chlirac- The Managers' Boc a proportioii of thq Menibers of the 1-rouse cit,Connuoni':li4A cou siderable number of, Peers lyere present,' and the Galleries were crowded. Yesterday :the Roth.c FAAILY left town for The.bevaynes and Carmarthen,bouYeiVard-bouncl, arrived at St. Helena--the former on the sth, and the latter on the <.44 - th - Of February bast ; and re-. mained on the 25th of March with thc. Baring, dlnrutck Castle, and Travers.—The General Stuart, which sailed from Bengal in December, in com-: pany with the Carmarthen, had not•arrived at St. Helena the 25th of Match. • The under-mentioned Whalers had arrived at St. Helena bet Ween the 4th February. and loth Match, viz. Aurora, • Charlton, "llarancicr, Dobrie, Com merce, Brook Watson, Kingston, and Cyrus. We have the greatest pleasure in announcing this news; as a report has been prevalent that St. He km had been taken. ._.9reat apprehensions had also been entertained . for.the safety of the Devaynes.— All the outward-bound -China Fleet of last season, consisting of 16 sail, arrived at. Canton on the. 24th of December, 1803. • The intelligence which was yesterday,Communi- • cated to the Public in ,thd!Gazette Extraordinary, of the conclusion of Peace in India, •is not only highly satisfactory as removing any uneasiness that might bo felt respeding the security of our Possessions in that - quarter, but because it Will relieve Govern - - naent , from the necessity.. of sending out so. large a. - Force as was intended, and 'thereby .in crease our Disposable Force at home. As the Dutch are so bitterly adverse - to the Mo narchical GoVernment which is soon to be presented to them, in conformity to the nothing/ will, which BONA.PARTE always professes - to respe&, it is not im probable that their new Sov6-eign will follow the.' titter of DR. WIT, with this difference, that Ds' WIT fell a sacritice to the, blind,rage, not the just resent ment, of the People. - - It must be highly gratifyin g to the public at large ; as .well as to the friends of Mr. PITT, to find that even his political opponents are ready to do justice le the ekalted purity of his character as well as to his pre-eminent abilities. Mr. SHERIDAN, Tuesday night, with a liberality which has always distinguished his charaeter, declared that no man tiling had a higher opinion of the transcendent talents and inflexible integrity of that great man. Mr, WHITpREAD also, upon a recent occasion, spoke of him as " followed to his grave by the regret of many, the admiration of more, and the acknowledgment of all, that he never was excelled in political purity." A Member of Congress, under date of the 26th Ofllarc:i, from Washington, writes as follows : " It is no longer doubted that the differences be tween the United States and Great Britain will be happily accommodated . ; especially as, previonsly to the death of Mr. PITT, iIISItLICtiMIS had been issued 'by the British Government to ascertain the damage sustained by our merchOts." The foot-race between Lord.EDWARD SOMERSET and the Hon.. EDWARD H 441391113,, took place yes terday morning, in Lord's- Cricket .Ground. The rank of the swift-footed antagonists,- and the' celeL brity they have already acquired for feats of agility, naturally attraled a numerous concourse of fashion ables of botlysexes. The space to be run was nearly 100 yarns. Lord' EDWARD had the start of Mr. HARBORD, and maintained the advantage for about tiO yards, when Mr. HARJ;ORD' gained uptin and crossed him. In passing, they ran against each other, and in consequence, as it was supposed, of the ren contre, Lord.f,Dwa.an fell. Mr..thaisoan came in first of course ; but a dispute arose respecting the cause of Lord EbwAan'to , lllll, which was not de cided till. after a long conference between three Gen:. ilemen to whom the matter in question was referred. Lord FREDERICK BEAUCLERIC:was chosen. umpire-- and the decision, which proved: highly utistadory to both parties, Was as follows, that on account of the accident :which happened,:the race was deemed void; but Ur. HAREonD is 'lllloWed the power 4 calling upon :Lord EDWARD to run the race (stet. again any tune within the next six Months, . ' giving his Lordship six-weeks notice. The bets were six to four in favour of Mt. HARBORD. ' • Mus:c.---A very nniterous.and elegant Audience attended Mr. BARTLEMAN'S Animal Concert last flight at the Hanover-square Rooms, as might be ex pected_from his high professional talents, and the respeelable Character he bears in private life. The music was seleated from the venerable stores of PtIRCELL, HANDEL, PERGOLESI, and well diver sified by. some, productions of the modern School. Among the latter kind, WEBBE'S delightful Glee Gentle Echo," wag particularly admired and ap plauded. Nothing could be more -charming than the effea produced by its singers secretly stationed at the extremity of the Room, opposite• the Or chestra the voices harmonized bo finely, as to produce all the etfea of a soft reverbcr6tion.- 33AnTLE distinguished himself highly in Pua- CELL'S Frost. Scene, from King iii.thur. The ex pression was bold, firm, and appropriate. HAIM soN was very deservedly admired for the chaste and elegant manner in which he sung an Air from PINDAR'S First Pvthian Ode, composed by HORSLEY. Miss PARKE displayed her usual expression in c‘iingels ever Bright," and an uncommon degree of flexibi lity in a Polacca by Fioccnz. Madame BIANCHI, Mrs. VAUGHAN, ands other respeetable Performers powerfully contributed to the general merit of the Concert, which was 11110 Y led by WEICHSELL, and admirably supported by a numerous band. A Series of under the dire&ion of Sir ,JOHN STEVENSON, and patronized by the Duke and Dutchess of BEDFORD, commenced last week in Dublin, and are, of course, likely to becoMe,i , ery attraftive.—Miss SHARPE, of Bath, is the chief Vocal- Performer at these Concerts. She is the niece of Mrs. KE:MBLE, and one of the most accomplished Musicians of the present day. ANN YE - AIISLEY, the famous Poetical Milk-woman of Bristol, whose death we lately mentioned, was originally brought into notice by the celebrated Mrs. HANNAH MORE, one of our chief female ornaments of literature. Unhappily the Parnassian Votress of the Dairy had a quarrel with her Patroness, which put an etid to the connexion.—ANN YEARSLEY cer talfily possessed talents that, with the advantages of birth mid early ,eultivation,. might have enabled her to rnal , :e a distinguished figure in the poetical wurld. NA 'kei'l 4 N E Ws S. - MAX Squadron- under 'the corm!! and of Aciiiiiral lirr.,LlA - rauz (as mentioned du their pasiage captured Iwo Briglish Transports, with 260 Troops on board, from Gibraltar, .which were put : on board the Volontaire Frigate, captured by the Diadem at the Cape. These Troops were immediately landed, and seta to reinforce the Garrison. The Squadron under - the command of Sir HoNi:1: POPHAM; at the Cape, consisted of the Diadem Ancl Ralsokalle, 0(64 guns each, the Dio - - mede, of jo guns, with the Narcis'slis and. another Frigate, and the Volontaire. .The latter was manned from the other Ships of War, and Me whole were moored under - a Battery of 32 guns, with springs on their cables j from which Battery, if VILL'IAMEZ'S Squadron approached to attempt hostilities, it was intended to fire "red-hot shOt. Arried the Eurydice Frigate from 'the Mediterra nean : sailed from. Gibraltar With His Majesty's Ship 4Pritannia, of tqo guns, and Dreadnought, of 9 . 8 guns, with the San IldefOnso, Siviftsure, and Ba hania,.of 74 gulls each, taten• in the Anion off Tra falgar,—all of, which 'are_gone up Channel, .parted from the Eutydiee last night off this Port.. About thirty. Sail ,QfMerchantmen, chiefly Swedes, are gone up Channel under their convoy. l'he 'Gannet Slop; of War, Capt. 14oiS, 'which Came cni!noy to the Oporto Fleet, , captured on her passage a Spanish Brig, laden with .a valuable cargo, 'consisting of sugar and hides, from the River Plat% The Gannet and. her Convoy are gone by to the Eastward. This morning 350 Spanish Prisoners embarked frOm 'hence on board the Cartels Lord Boring don and -George, and will sail the first lair wind thr Corunna ; 450 other Spaniards are to embark for the same place in a few days. ti ArriVed the American Ship America, JOSEPIT RATE Master,' from the River Plata, laden with bides and tallow, bound to London,`Eletained.by the ..Vipel• Cutter; the Danish Brig Hope, A. HANSON Master, from Cette, laddn,withwine and btandy for Stettin, detained by the Aaive Frigate; the Danish Barque Dorothea Margaretta,. STLiiifENsow Master, from pini.rdeau to Ha mixt i htden 'with wine, detained by ' .t Brig of W4r Maria Charbtta, PETER -ESt:IIELS ' Master, from Trieste, .laden with raisins and iitirrintS;hound to Touningen, 'detained by the Live% Privateer ; the Danish Brig Avp . ,'clition, UANSON, frc. , niCette, to Stettin, laden With bOndy and wine, detained by the ,Frigate ;. the Danish Brig Diana, Rom- . ?lett, froth Cadiz, bound to Embden with Wine, de tained by the Unity Privateer the Danish Brig Protistein, OLSEN, from Saloe, hound to Stettin, with brandy . , detained by the Lively Privateer ; the Danish Shipp Ger;)u2nia,'ViAs, laden with wine and brandy, from Barcelona, bound to Hamburg[]; de tained by the Minerva Privateer ; the Danish Brig Xeptunus, SEM E NEIN., from Leghbrn, bound to Bre men, detained by, the Alcmene Frigate ;. the Danish Brig Anna Dorothea, HOBLEN, laden with wine "and brandy, from Cette, bound to Stettin, detained. by the ACtive Frigate.; the Pappeuburgh. Ketch Piveite, HOUCOMER, fro Maretines, bound to Pappen burgh, 'laden with salt, detained by the Atalanta Sloop of War ; the• Danish Ship Boyle, Capt. AL- , MAN, froni 'Cette, laden with brandy and wine, bound to Stettin, detained by the ACiive-Frigate. PORTSMOUTH, ' MAY 16.'-- Arrived the Jane, OATEs, from Sunderland ; the Ceres . ,. GRIFFITHS, from Bristol ; and the . Providentia, DORmA N, from Bremen to Algesitas, laden with bale goods, sent in , by the PeUew Gun-brig, Lien' t. EVELYN Sailed the .Ameriean -Ship Romeo, BOSaUET, for. Rotterdam; and the Bacchus, Gitoom, for Ham , burgh, Admiral Ltxots, late Commindpr of the Ala rengo, .was this day landed at Gosport, where he will remain till to-morrow, when he will proceed for Odiham, on his parole. • • DOVER, MAY 16.—Passed by the Ship . Eliza, BILLING, from St. Michael's, with fruit, for Lon don ; aho an American Vessel and a Swede for the Downs. Came into the Roads the . Kite Sloop of War and Firm Gun-brig from a Cruize. Some heavy firing has been beard to-day in the direction of Boulogne, FALMOUTH, MAY 14.—Arrived the Bremen Gal- Hot Drie LeiLe, rapt: GAY, from Bourcleaux, with wine for Copetthagen ; detained by the Hero Pri vateet. The Diana Frigate, with the outward-bound Por tugal and Mediterranean Fleet, put in here this af ternoon by contrary wind. DEAL, MAY 1 6.—Arrived the . Fearless Gun-brig from a cruize off the French Coast'. Came down the Satellite. Sloop of War,- and the Thrasher Guti-i-essel, from Sheerness ; Menclon, EITCH. from London, for the River Plata ; and the Oliavia, COLLINS, front London, .for Cadiz ; and remains in the Downs with the Ships as per last, ROYAL ACADEMY. No. 9r, A. Fancy Group.—T. LA wrtx c R , A. This• is the Piaure, we Understand, «Bich tl4 singular delicacy of a certain Nobleman would not suffer to grace the Exhibition of last year. It is painted with the usual brilliancy of Mr. LAWRENCE . S pencil. The head of - the Lady is finished with greci beauty. There. is a playfqlness in the arrangement of the group which might rather be expe6ted fruni brother and sister than from mother and son, - However, the. Lady is, indeed, in the bloom of youth, as Well as beauty. The Dog, though painted with great force, seems to be much too large. We do not . conceive that the Artist has improved the effea'Of the 'Piaure • by making the'boundAry a cir cular wall. No, 29, Lord Sheffield, painted at the request of the House of Assembly at New Brun wick, for the Province Hall.— M. A. SHEEN R. 4. As the Nobleman here represented is distinguish ed for his persevering efforts in support of the na , ' tional interests, we do not wonder that a Dependency of the British Empire shotild be desirous of having a Portrait of a charaEter so long and so justly distin guished for real public virtue. 'This is a' tribute to his Lordship's merit indeed, which we should have expected nearer home.- But as the Piiture bears a strong and spirited resemblance of the "Oatriotic original, we trust it `will be consigned to the En gravel', that . the-- Public may have a,lgood Print; at least, of one who is not _to be led by ilk...enjoyments of high life into an indifference towards measures that involve the interests and honour of his Country. -There is a general spirit, firmness, and harmony in thig Piaure; highly creditable to the- talents of the Artist. No. iz , A Girl washing her Feet..—R. IN T ,tsrAtz., R. A. . • • This Artist is peculiarly skilful 'in the expression of rustic eharaC4er, particularly of the infantile de scription. ; There is always an interesting in his representation of snch subjeds, 'and .his con eotriitant scenery' IS natural, appropriate, •awl pleas ing. There is a warmth in this Pktuie which usually marks the produaiOns of the'Artist. We do 'not think the figure - is snificiently deny:bed from the earthy back-ground ; but this objet:, - 'lion. may be easily removed. While we admire the decency of this girl who is thus occupied, -we cannot, however, help thinking that she might have been employed in some alion equal in simplicity, ,and more likely to interest - the feelings. Sir J6I-IN LEICESTER has pirchased •HOPPNER'S bedutiful •Pidure of The Sleeping - Njnzph, at the Royal Academy, for 3001. - - BON MOT .—A Gentleman, speaking,Of the pro- , posed Tax on Iron, observed, that as it had raised so many objetlions, it would be better to lay it on Coals. " No ;" said his friend, ‘‘ that would be out of t hefrUilig . Pag 14i.t9 the fire." A Dublin Paper'utrrtounces The Heir at Law and The Liar to be per - tort - Ilea - at - the Theatre, for the Benefit of the High Constable of the City of Dub lin ! Tilefrot 7 raec betv.'een two mPn of fashion was, it sbems,, obviated by a sonrer.,•et of rather an unlucky kind, as, contrary to its' usual nature, it had " an alacrity in sinking:" Master BITTY !s engaged by Mr. W.N.%trlsoti, of York, to perform at all hisTheatre:i n the course of tia summer. A letter in town from'Weyinonth, states, that all the . bullion shipped on board Ale Alicrgaz, , enny, ex cept eight chests, has been recovered. Twenty-six chests were sent of from, Weymouth, on Friday, for London. 'A confident expe&ation is entertained, that the remainder will berecovered, but with much trouble, as a great mass of, bread, ,&e. must be re moved before Mr. BBAITIIWAITE Can reach •the chests. Great praise is due to that Gentlenian for the diligence and aaivity; Which he has • success fullyemployed in recovering this great property. A Letter received at Hull from ..";t. Peterebtirgh, dated April i IL, states, 'that the froif was then ve'rv. severe ; and if the river continued froi en s i x d ays longer,' it would'then haVe been as long shut as in 1739, Viz." six months and two days; the longest period in recollealon. 2 . On Saturday last,..during a violent .stcrrn of thun der and lightning, a young, wOntan, only ‘danghtcr of R. Adson, Clorse-breakei', of ,Marli'et . beeping, was struck dead by, the lightning in a field near to her father's house. bf,the Third West York Militia, which marched list week from, Hull, eight companies are stationed at Newcastle, and the two "rifie.companies at Whit burn' and,2,lonkwearrriouth, where they are to con -stitute Part of a Light Brigade. . Thursday night, .:about I? o'clock, Mr. Henry . Reed:slione, at Muswell-hill, was broke open and robbed of several articleS of plate and wearing ap= paret. , On Wednesday night; as Mr. COOPER, a" Dis senting Minister, was' preaching, to a full congrega-, iion at Stepney, one :of the galleries in the chapel gave way. Fortunately no liveS were lost, and but few slightly hurt. Monday last an inquest was held at Oysternouth, by C. Collins, -Esq. on the body of Wm. Locke; Mai ter of the Sloop Delight, of Bridgewater, who, duriiag a violent gale oth Saturday, ascended the shrouds to disengage the sails, and falling down on the deCk broke his arm in two places, and fraauredhis upper jaw. He languished till 2 o'clock on Sunday and t h en expired. \erdicl 7 -.-21ccidental Death. The unfor tunate man had only one boy on board his Vessel, except hithself, who, on the unhappy accident hap. pettlig, ran her ashore at Oystermouth. • EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM COLEISAIN, IRELAND. " You can scarcely suppose to what a wonderfil extent and va,ine the linen manufacture of this Coun try has come. On Saturday last a double piece of 7-Bths wide linen was sold at 7s. 7d. a-yard, by a Gentleman' in this neighbourhood, which was wove by himself, and spun by his wife; for which piece of linen he received the sum of 191. 14s. this web there are only 19.1 b. of Arrt. The produce of one bushel of flax-seed, if spun and wo - b , e by the proprietors, would, at the present price of linen,net the amount 2471." At Leicester fair on Tuesday there wa, a larcre supply of cheese : two-meal sold for 4os. pt:r new 565. to 60s. ; and prime dairivs ai taiga as 63i. -~ ~~~ ti` 1~ t •, ~~ t3y