The Sun. — London, England, 1817-12-04 00:00:00

TO-MORROW MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND TICKETS WILL BE DRAWN, AND EVERY TICKET WILL BE A PRIZE. ALL TUE SIX PRIZES OF TWENTY THQU.SA.ND POUNDS ARE YET IN THE WHEEL. TO CORRE,NPONDENTS. 'We shall have the pleasure of presenting LtxrnAxes Third Letter to our Readers To-morrow. THEATRICAL REGISTER. • Perfbrated Last Night. . TerArRE DREIRT-LlNE.—Macbeth : Macbeth, by a Young 11,4140c:ulna ; Lady Mae:•eth, Mrs. Bartley. After which, The Innkeeper's Daughter. THLATKE iltr:AL, CoyCNT-GARDEN.—The Stranger : the !'Ptal4ger, Mr. l'outi;; Mrs. Haller, Miss O'Neill. After which Ihrst time), Husbands and Wives. " MAILS. ARRIVED—I Holland, IJilin, 4 Waterford. DUE-2 Gut teitins 4 ileunburgli, 1 Guernsey and Jersey. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT IWELV'. Bank Stock,. .. ..2D t 1 Bank L. Ann.2o 15•16 21 1-16 Z-." , per Cent. ited 82 1 i3,1 f India Stock, . 2 ,17 248 3 pet - CC3I4.COUS 83b4- i lodia 130nd5.... .9-Is. 9Cs. pr. 4 per Ceots. ' .... 991 i Excli. 1ii11s: ...... 17s. 235. pr 5 per Cent. Navy Ann....sliot Cues. for Ate0u0t,....53ii 8, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 141 urning, I I minutes after tI. Evening, 36 minutes after 11. THE SUN. SOLEV QCtii 1114.:ERE F.ILSUM AMMAT ? LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1817. This morning tve received Charleston Papers to the 29th of October, which contain the follovring Proclamations : THE SUPREME JUNTA OF THE FLORIDAS TO THE INa IBITANTN OF AMELIA. " A' horrid plot had . thteatened to ruin in its hifancy our rising Republic ; discord, ever ready to spread its baneful alarms, had put us on the brink of a Civil War ; fortunately, we still pre served among us respect for the Liberty and the Cause %ve defend ; we have discovered the secret machinations of a despotic Government, and we have saved ourselves from ruin, into which Spa nish pet fidy mis on the eve of plunging us. Yes, Citizens, ate terrible blow that threatened us, proceeded from the intrigues of our cowardly enemy ; we have the most certain conviction of it ; only cast a look upon the pro moters and leaders of the borrilole scenes that have taken place.: Is there among them one of the brave men ivho so valiantly and so gloriously de fended this place against forces ten times more numerous ? No, the eye searches in vain for tote of them. Whenever it perceives a leader, it bc hol(ls a person who abandoned you in the hour of danger ; it beholds men, who, guided by their own self-interest, trifle with the shedding of the - blood of the pilaw defenders of liberty; provided they accomplish.their:object, their views are ac complished. It is you, brave Seamen, who have made so many sacrifices; it is your valour they wish to set forWarrrfor the perpetration of deeds so execrable ; they create a huge phantom, when in reality it is but a chimera. " kVkat would have been the results had we uctiortunrely been compelled to come to extremi ties, and sent off those who it is said were to be se.ntotT By corning to extremities, a most cruel butchery ; by sending them off, deprive this Infant Republic of the succour of valiant men, who have fought with you until notv, and will never abandon you.in the hour of (hanger. Ilicl this happened, you, gallant Sea nen, would most assuredly have followed the rout dicatecl by honour ; but, weakened by it, you have fallen a sacrifice to treachery and individual views ; and the few remaining would have found them- selves compelled to abandon this plate, and fulfilled the wishes of our implacable enemies, who have no other means of destroying the germs of liberty, but by dissention among its defenders,, This would ty)thave been the only evil; a greater one for yourselves would have ensued. Remorse, despair, would have attended your consciences to the graVe, when cool reflection and . calmness had told you that you had stained your hands with the blood of Patriots who long defended the cause we Dave embraced, and that by Castilian iLltrlcgties. " Brave and Gallant Seamen,—Let us return thanks to that Divine Providence ►s Lich hovers and watches, with a careful eye, over this infant Republic, for having saved us frow tile perpetra tion of such direful deeds ! Let us be united, and let this example for the future serve us as a lesson to lie upon our guard against seduction ! " L. AURY, Commander-in-Chief. (S;;ned) " Fernatidia, Oct. 14, 1817." PROCLAMATION. fg It . I► ,ls been res►►lved by the Supreme Junta of Cot:Heil of State, " Ist. That any person or persons who shall be convicted of persuading any slave or slaves to run away from the'United States, or any other place whatsoever, shall oil conviction of the same, torfeit and pay for the first offence 100 dollars, and be imprisoned for a term not exceeding 30 days ; and for the second offence forfeit and pay 300 . dollars, and be , banished_froth the country. " 2. That any fugitive slave or slaves taken up, shall be. kept in jail until released by his, her, or their' ownurs. "3. That all slaves coming to this city for em ployrr►ent shall have a written permit from their owner s. (Signed) " W. YOUNG, Sec " Government-House, Fcru:u October 3, 1817." (From the Chary tort Courier of Oct. 21.) A Gentleman, who left Fernandia on the 16th inst., inforn:s us, that the Floridayatricits had beets in a state of g+ cat contusion for some days before he left the Island, and it was not expected that matters`would he settled immediately. The French party under the Commodore, with his troops, on one side, and Governor Sheriff HUB : BARD, with all the Americans, and the greatest part of the seatnen,on the other, are at open War, and it was the general expectation that blood would be shed before the Commotion ended ; such was the instability of the Government, that new Councils were formed every two or three days. On the 15th, an arrangement was entered into which excluded the Military - entirely from power, and there was no doubt that the Go vernment would be overturned soon by the Military, who in their turn would exclude the Ci vilians of this rising empire from all participation in the Administration. For the last 3 days the parties were actually in arms against each other ; and it is next to impossible, even on the spot, to conjecture what a week or a day may bring forth. Strong reinforcements were hourly expected by both sides, and should Commodore CHAPLIAN join in, who was off St. Mary's Bar with 3 or 4 sail of vessels, the American party is expected to carry the day ; if not, Commodore AURY, with, his veterans, will probably keep the upper band. We have had no arrival of Paris Papers this morning. Two days Journals are doe. • We reprint an article which appeared in part of our impression yesterday, but which we find was sent to us as a hoax. It came under an olcial seal, and we thought that we knew the hand-writing; but we conceive it Co nave been " a weak invention of the linepy," particularly as the latter part of it, which we omitted, seems to be a❑ insidious compliment to Sliuisters, for the purpose of more effectually im posing upon us. " We have received a communication from a Correspon dent. who states, that the arrangements for the retirement of his Royal Highness the Duhe of YORK from the oflice of Coin mander-in-Chief are nearly completed. Ills Royal Highness will carry with him into retirement from the active duties of this situation, a consciousness of a most independent and useful discharge of them, and will be accompanied by the ap plause and good wishes of all classes. " The functions of Commander-in-Chief will devolve (as is usual in time of peace) on the Secretary at War, who will conduct the same under the centroul of his Majesty's Mi nisters. " That most active and excellent public servant, Sir HENRY' TORRENS, Kill, on the retirement,of his Royal Master, succeed ;o thi-. appointment of Adjutant,Gtneral, in the room of Sir H. CALVERT, who has so ably filled that situation for many years, and who will retire upon a handsome private fortune, and the provision of his Regiment of two battalions." We have made inquiry, and find that the Army and the Empire are in no danger of losing ate best Commander-in-Chief that we ever possessed. " The DEPUTY of the Government of the Pro vinces of Venezuela, in South America," as be styles himself, has addressed a Letter to the Edi tor of The Morning Post, which appears in that Paper of this day, whet ein he declares that " no Officer, Soldier, or any other Subject, has ever been invited, enlisted, or ensnared by him."— Ele, however, takes care to inform English Offi cers who may have gone, and, of course, who may be disposed to go, to the South American Colonies, that they will there ‘‘ be favourably received and rewarded, with due regard to their services."— We may be permitted to ask this said Deputy, it he does'not come for the purpose of engaging British Officers in the service of the Government which he represents, for what purpose does he remain - in this country ? lie must know that the British Government cannot recognize a Govern ment in rebelli•. , a against a State with which this country is in alliance. Indeed, we are surprised CIA Ministers should tolerate his continuance here, in any assumed representative character from a a Government founded on usurpation. We say this without taking any part in the question be tween Spain and her revolted Colonies, but for the sake of the consistency and dignity of the British Government, which, atter its recent Proclamation, ought not, directly or indirectly . , to suffer any per son, professing to represent a Government in op position to our Ally, to remain in this country in any other than a private character. We won der indeed that. the Spanish Ambassador to our Court, if he has heard of this same Deputy, has not remonstrated against his continuance in this Country, under that capacity, and if he has not heard, he may be thought to have not been suf ficiently vigilant on his post, by the Government of which he is the representative. Extract of a Letter front Messrs. MAGNum and KoTHIN, of Marseilles, dated 31st Oct. 1817, addressed to Messrs. TOTTIE and COMPTON, London. " The Journal des Debats, of the 25th instant, contains a paragraph, stating, that the crew of a S►vedish vessel had been murdered by the Alge rines, and that the Captain had been lashed down to the deck. These rumours cannot but be the fabrication of some wickedly - disposed people, particularly as we can most confidently assure you that they are totally unfounded, and void of truth. We have communications of very late date, both from Algiers and Spain, giving the Most satisfactory account of a perfectly good and friendly understanding between Sweden and the Regency." • The indecent and irreverent language held by the Baptist Preacher at St. Neott's, on the funeral day . of our beloved Princess, calls for louder reprobation than we have heart or voice to give it. We ask—and we ask slprdder ingly—was it fit language to be uttered in a Christian country ? And is it fit language to go unnoticed by Christian laws ? Whether there is no authority, secular or ecclesiastical, competent to the restraint of such disgraceful outrage, we leave to the Government to answer : and we leave also to the friends of spiritual freedom and unlimited toleration to answer, whether it ought to be tolerated. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. The following article agrees so entirely witty what we have said on the present French Ministry, that we have extracted it from The Chester Courant of Tuesday last "The whole attention of the Parisian politiclans is directed to t‘vo passages in the Address of the Chamber of Deputies to the King : the one ex pressing a hope that the Army of Occupation will be withdrawn : the other, that the Allies will lighten the burthens of the Contributions required from France. With regard to the first point, there is One serious considet ation which has . not yet been publicly noticed. The Army of Occupa tion cannot yet be removed nom France, because in the Treaty between that Power and the it was stipulated that previous to the troops being' withdrawn, the Fortresses in the Netherlands should be put into a perfect state of repair, winch is not yet executed, nor can it be completud for many months. Before that time elapses, it is mote than probable that the revolutionary Coiin sellors of Louis XVIII, will have so far thrown off the mask, as to convince all Europe of the ne cessity of new measures of security. Th e Mini sterialbits and Jacobins united having now a-de cided superiority over the Royalists in the Chain brit' of Deputies, the Address of course•spraks the common sentiments of the two former parties, and certainly sentiments more shamelessly devoid of all common honesty were never avowed in the face of Europe. In the,same breath they tell the world that they cannot and will not pay what they are bound to pay by Treaty ; and that they can and will pay a large increase of, expence for strengthening their army. A new law is to be brought in for the latter purpose, and if we can trust . the statements in some of the English Pa pers, this law will be nothing but the Conscrip tion. The Conscription abolished by the Char ter, and reprobated by all Europe ;—the Coh scripton which pcpured forth such hordes of fero cious banditti to carry Revolution and Usurpa tion, Conflagration and - Massacre,from Madrid to Moscow, is to be revived under the name of a law of recruiting, and One Hundred Thousand men are to be raised under it, and these are to be the men whose talents and services have been displayed in the - scenes which we have just de scribed 1" SERIOUS AFFRAY.—The following is a further account of the.affray at Calais, (which we noticed yesterday) " Paris, Nov. 29.—A very serious affray took plate on the 14th of this month at Landrethrin, a villagy in the depar ment of the Pas du Calais. Two irou-commissioned officers, discontented with the treatment they received from M. Choy,et, where they were lodged, engaged in so lively an altercation, that blows soon followed, when the schoolmaster of the village had the impudence 'to sound the tocsin. Tl► 4 inhabitants instantly as sembled ; several soldiers ran to the aid of their comrades, when they received a volley trout the windows and roof of the house of M. Choquet, which wounded five English, of whom one mor tally. The affair was terminated by the arrival of a superior officer ; and the day atter, the Jage de Pub: made his report, wheri nine individuals were apprehended and conducted to St. Omer's." East India Papers to the end of July have ar rived, at which time not the slightest apptelicn sion of war with the Mahrattas was entet (anted We have extracted some interesting particulars relative to the insurrections in the Cuttack clis trict and at Sanatoria, one of the principal resi dences attached to Amboyna. Yesterday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at ,ti.e Foreign Office, which sat till about halt past tour. MRR. FOOT'S LETTER. ‘l'd have received ur,oy -tricles pro. ;•11 con. 00 This memorable Letter, tt t,ie app'. , our Paper, some aprroving and some the insertion of it. For our part, the spirited Writer of it had not reps tted it himself in ...be shape of a pamphlet, we sould have inserted ii again, to gratify the tilim'Aotis api:lication• vhicb have been made for it. I.) , ..licacy, on point of such national interest awl impoyance,,' not to be regarded. The sohject has excited general solicitude, and pAtic ou4h t to be satisfied. We havt just received $ l e t ter f rom one o f th e mt,st tlbl e writers in this kingdom, wi:ose loyalty cats' not be exceeded, and tvoi addresse.s• us in toe lowing manner :—!'• I think the N,,tion is °wig' ed to Mr. - Fool. for calling atttitioil.to a subject on which the most ample satistactiOn was sent!' mentally as well as politically it talotte. n eed not, I presume, recommend to his flperior the account of the Itt , yal !about as tLJailed io The London Medical Reposzto)y, wllicit I have :O0 doubt was communicated try the Parties who till so unfortunately employed it. After a , i, rt ar pears to me, that srr E. Home ant i s A4sis tit n have not determined Lr ultimate cause of Like mobedeplorable eve ot which tuy mem“ry t•tigestbto hove hai e ene , i in t 114: initials of Old Bug laud. Tlvei COUld uut,us theywoultl tit , h hio the iiation has a right to know, Mid I ,opr Mr. Fool' e‘ ill coot I.,us the exertions of his itidept•Mic awl tirs influence of his volt ssional character, to 'mild the truth of the apprehensive tet , re,y .torch it - is at present invoked "—We bait only to add, that Mr. FooT's letter set nis to have wa t. s ui t ) sa impression upon the Peo i cle at large, that it isbra' dually appearing in Int- several Couutty Journals. i SHIP NEWS. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 2.—Ai - rived the Augnstes CORNEAL:, fruni Brest, k.3ky, and the :•:iarY, FouvEL, fro;i: Jersey .or NL;wfoundland, been driven back front the Ltoks. Sailed the Lord Nelson, LITTEN, for Londe;. FALMoUTII, DEC. 1.--Arrived the Jane, Bhuess from Liibon. Passed up ChannLl ye , rerday the Eliza, front the East Indies. HAJDVICII, DEC. 3.—Ari.ved the Castlereagh packet with a mail from Holland. DEAL, DEC. 3.—Arrival the Aurora, H A Tcrto from :Santander, any Elie Remo'onion, MuLt.hily trout Newcastle for Birbadoes--tne WIG( DO Carne down from the River, anti santeitt the Henry Weile , ky, for Ani:gna. roItTsMOI,TH, DEC. a.—!hived It.s Alaje.3ry'l ship Sybilte from the Downs, aisd 11.,nialio from cruise; Betsy, HUGHES, trout !'auras ; Simon Taylor and ,viariner, from the Do , ns. Passetti by the Fort William, for Be , gal; Harvey, fat Trinidad ; and Voltisia, fot Jamaica. Went (mat of liatbour the Nimble, for St. Michael's. At fits o'clock the whole of the outward-houtiii let Spithead and the Mothkrbank, except (lie follogr ° ing, viz.—Sit Godfrey ‘Vehster, Re.waro, Dela' Lord, Ford , tide, Kinnersley LasTle, Dorothy Foster, George, Oaks, Letitia Tennant, L 4 4 11 Castlereagh, and the Pearl.: they tt ill all proi be bly be away before night, as most of diem making preparations for that ptirp,se. MILFORD HAVE?, D I.—Arrived yesterday the Camden and Mansfield packet-, each with • Mail from Watt' lord ; also the Marianne, fit). the \Vest Indies for Liverpool.—Arrived this dai the Sandwich picket, Captain POTTER, wit „ `t W Mails from Waterford. DEc. 2.—Sailed last-evening the Freeling ani Camden packets, both with Maik for Waterford ; and the Auckland packet has arrived this morning with a Mail and passengers.—Sailed the Dolphin , Antelope, and Res , :lution revenue cutter upon eruize.—Reinain the Noah, BOWMAN, !rom Nico for Liverpool, rele.tsed frrim quaraGtine sh. Mary and Eliza, COLLINS, from Dublin for Nest York ; and the Marianne, from the %Veit India for Liverpool.—Wind W. N. W. THE PBINCESS CHARLOTTP.—Her Royal High' ness the Princess CHAI LOTTE sat, a few daFf previous to tier confintAient, to Mr. DAW , t 1 portrait-painter, for a kill-length likeneo, whirls was the last - sitting required by the artist : lie LIP terwards took it home with hilt', from Claremol o to ,his house in London, to give it the necessad finishing touches. Ater Ike lameotable &cease of the Princess, and when her corpse was soldered down, Prince LEoPoLD sent cl cal riage trop, &Aare" mom to Mr. Dt.wE'S house in Londoo, . with dirt.ction , to bring the hectare to hint withoo‘ any delay, whetier 11 was finisi:ed or not, whicts was of com . se cottiplien with. His ;serene High', ness has since kepi it under lock and key, iu wn priv,ite room ; where he constantly sits. Cirl.on-hoi , se now presents a Very gloota nic;nfie scene. The Palace itself is in perte l (fat kness, and the lamps iu front arc only 0 0 lie,hted; Tiie,,d,ly evening, Mr. LATcnvottp, the Kith ` Messeno, r ve.is dispatclos tot ( I)° ' Court of Kit , ).' P. an extra Mvssee der, was :eu; oil with dispatches to Viehn.i.• M tend! into, to Si and of to , gr at no ta vi d Ulai• illiir Jou it if 'Pro; and tilt ohs ban of bet Job &ill he to I t