The Sun. — London, England, 1817-08-16 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS: EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT AT LIVERPOOL, DATED AUG. 14. Arrived this day, the Rising Sun, TIIOMPioN, from Balti more, sailed Jule 13—cargo, 31013 barrels Flour, 30 cwt. Sas safras, and 121 hundred Staves. Amphion, LITTLE, from Montreal—cargo, 1190 barrels Flour, (10 barrels Ashes, and 33./ himilred Staves. Cargo of the Moses, BROWN, reported yesterday-3136 bar rels Flour, 191 barrels Turpentine, and 62 hales Cotton. Sailed this day, the Courier and Tritton, for Boston; Ar ruata, for Baltimore : and Sally, for Charleston. PoßTsmouTH, Avq.. 15.—Arrived tl►e Good StateSinan, Benevolent, and Qnest transports, from Guernsey. His Majesty'; ship Nekvcasile (rt•ported yesterday) sailed from St. Hdena . the 3d July. The Conqueror arrived ti►ere frun► England four days previous. The Hon. Cotn pat►y's schooner St. Helena had gone to the coast bf Africa for stock. DEAL, AUG. 15.—Last evening the wind got 10tind to the Southward, and part of the ont‘vard bound turned away, but it soon got round again to the W. S.W. which obliged them to bear up again. The Diligeoce transport, trom Deptford, last her thiee top- masts in a squall. Anived, and sailed for the River, the Maria, Toil', from St. Lucia. Caine down from the River the• Je fferson, for the South Seas. FALMOUTH, AUG. 13.—Arrived the Edward, CORMICK, from Norfolk, in 32 days, and the Alexander, SANDERSON, from Havre for St. Tho mas's and New Orleans. The following are the mantes of the transports which arrived yesterday : the Dorothy, Regulus, Trent, and Abeona. The Marchioness of Salisbury packet is gone into the Raids. Iftyr-L, AUG. 14.—Arrived from Greenland.the Lord Wellington, DANNATT, 3 fish. 84 butts, 440 seals ; Trafalgar, DAN NATT, 4 fish, 230 birts, 1000 seals ; Aurora, ,SADLER, 5 fish, 170 butts Walker, HARuzsotl, 5 fish, 170 butts, 210 Seals ; and Ellison, STOREY, 2 fisi, 80 butts, 730 %eats —From Davis' Straits, the Kim), TRUMAN, 320 butts, and the Swan, TAYLOR, 1 1 fish, 396 butts. XVHITBY. AUG 14.—Arrived from Greenland the Volunteer, CRAGGs, 2 fis;, ; l'hceuix, Daw- SON, fish; Valiant, AGAR, 10 fit ; and Aim- JOHNsoN, 2 fish ;—and front Davis' Straits, the luaus, Smith, 2 fish. THE EARL. of DoNOUGIIMORE.—This Noble man, as we stated, has been alarmingly ill, but The Dublin Adeertizer of ‘Vednesday last says, th a t the Noble Lord IVA S considerably better. The Papists at the late Aggregai e M ee ti ng o f the Catholic Board in Dubin', having by kll tins pinions R.•solution called on all Roman Cat h olics Of the United Kingdom, NOT to gi.e their votes itt the next Gt neral to any Candidate Who will not positively promise to vote tor the admission of Pliists to offices of high political power .and legislative authority, we hope The Protes!ant Community will constantly bear in mind this test of the Papists, and not elect any CantliaatC who will not promise to tnaintain the integrity of the Constitution of the Country in Clwyd; and State as NOW by Law established, tvithont any abet ation or innovation whatever. There is little doubt, it Mr. BENSON offers him self again to repre,ent the Borough of Stafford in Parliament, but he will he elected. His well linown attachment to the .Constitution of the Co'untry in Church and State, and the zeal and bility with which he has always supported the interests of his Constituents,. will secure him r heir suffrages and when it is recollected that the in habitants of Stafford are firm adherents to " The Protestant Ascendency," there cannot be a ques tion as to their disposition to to-elect Mr. It atforded'us great pleasure to notice that the Corporation of Worcester had, the other day, presented the Freedom of that ancient and loyal City to those distinguished Noblemen the Lords `inttitou'rx and CoLCIi ESTER, t W born two more able, zealous, and firm supporters of " he Protestant Aseetodencv," and sincere friends to th e best interests of their Country, do not exist. W e hope they will live long to enjoy the high Weputation they have so justly earned, and to be befit the Nltion by their future services. Considerable .impt overnents are, we understand, contemplation to be made in the Port of New casde-upint-Tyne. The Corporation have lately Prohibited any more ballast front being deposited i n the Creek above North Shields, v - v`hich is ad toirob!y adapted for net docks. A new arrange. them is also to be made in the birth t, for mooring 4t ships at Shields, front the shoals which have !risen flout the wnnt of knowledge evinced in the Present regulations in that respect, for in many tiers, t' here ships of large burthen were accus tomed to lay afloat at low water,. there is scarce 4 sufficiency of water for, them at high water. It it also said that a pier is to be carried out to sea hi, the south side of the entrance of the Tyne, It , lttch has long been much wanted. The Cor lioration having lately ineorred a 'very large ex- Ilence in the survey of this noble harbour and liv e r, it is considered they mean without delay to l 'inove all the ohs/ructions which have been cum -1 hied of, and to esta bli s h suc h a system as w i ll ;tntler it equal to th e first-race out-p or t i n G reat 4 rit ain. The Hants Hangman died before the last Win lie.ter Assizes. I ,lllr. VouNG took hi s farewell benefit at the tihlin Theatre in the Conquest of Taranto and l'q u ' e and Kirke, in which he performed, for the ' t at time, the character of Ink le. I t is with pleasure that we perceive a decline the price of proVisionS, & c . Prime oats were k Id a t Derry, during the last week, at 16d. per , 1 4 1 e, a u d were expeCted to btill lower.— ‘ndon derry Journal.) PRIVATE CIT:Ord' , I'OND::NCL:. . (Friuli A ! wt..) PARIS, AUG I I.—For some time there has been great deal of conversation respecting a treaty concluded between the Courts of St. Petersburg)) and Madrid, but of A very vagoe nature. Letters, however, from . Vienna, dated July 26, are more particular, and in detail. It is coofideotly asserted there, that the Courts of St. Pelersburgh and (J,, Madrid signed a Treaty of Alliance on the 7th of May 'by virtue of which RusSia will furnish Spain with a soadron of 5 ships of the line, 4 frigates, and 16,000 troops, in order to reduce to sabmission the Spanish Colonies in South Ante rca. On her part, Sp-in will cedm? to Russia the island of Minty Ca and the Iwo Californias. It is added, that the squadron and the transports are all ready in time port of Sebastopal, in Crimea, but that the Ottoman Porte refuses to allow their pass',ge through the Bosphorus, in spite of the pressing importunities of Count Strogonoff, Am bassador from Russia to Constantinople. The negociations at Carlsbad will commence immediately. This Congress will be.c,omposed of the following persons :—For England, Mr. Lamb; for Russia, the Count Capo distria ; for Austria, Prince Metteroich ; for Prussia, Prince Harden berg; atol for France, the Count de Caraman. The principal objects which will occupy this Congress will he t h e aff a irs of th e revolted colonies in Ame rica, and he disputes between Portugal and Spain, with which the Ministers of the great Powers at Paris are already occupied. The question of the ditniuntion of the Army of Occupation in France will also he agitated at Carlsbad. It appears that some 'of the Powers had at first desired that the Congress should be held at Aix-la-Chapelle. The departure of Prince Metternich for Carlsbad is con • si'iered as very. near Time last letters from Germany announce the arrival at Carlsbad of the Count Capo d'lstria, as well as 01 the young English diplo matist, Mr. Lamb. These same letters say, that should Prince Metternich delay to arrive at Carls bad, and Prime Hat den berg should be obliged to set off before the arrival of the Austrian Minister, for the purpose of attending his Sove reign in the provinces of time Rhine, then M. de Kr c ern arck, Minister of Prussia ar Vietoma, will replace M. de Hardenberg. Count de Cara man did not leave Paris for Carlsbad t!, e 6th. There is a talk at Court of the Coronation of the King at Ittenns as ot an approaching event. FOR THE SUN. EDITOR,—In your Paper of Friday, Au gust 1, there is a Dissertation, at the head of h iCh stand the words " Pro‘incial Joni-1145." ln.ohat Dissertation there is the following Fvser tion :—" The land cul , ivated, and the capital employed in the cultivation, last year, were " considerably below the average of 16;mer sea " sons." It would much gratify some of your Readers to be authentically informed how this fact is known, how it is ascertained. A CONSTANT READER. * * *.We unluckily mislaid the foregoing letter, otherwise it should have been msertud bu•fure.-- The article alluded to %vas in the Chester Courant of the 29th ult. We shall pursue our plan of taking Exttiacts •from PROVINCIAL ,JOURNALS whose Principles we approve, but we cannot be rcsponsible for the facts which they may contain. The Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir EISWARD Ow EN, sailed yesterday from Deptfot d to Brigh ton. The new yacht, the Royal George, has al ready sailed for the same place. No expence has been spared in tendering the latter vessel most complete in all its decorations ; and wines of every description front the cellars of Carlton-house, with other stores, were put on hoard previous to her departure. She k the largest, and therefore pos sesses more accomotlation than any Royal yacht hitherto constrocted A &vision of picked sea men and petty officers from the Northumberland, 74, at sheerness, are on hoard .as the crew during the attendance of this elegant vessel on the PRINCE REGENT ; and suits of new clothing have been provided for tl-tem Oil this Occasion, as also new sets of colours, including the Royal Standard of silk, which is to he displayed on board the yacht. 'Die approaching Musical Festival at Winches- ter is exp e cted to be very well attended—nor is it to be wondered at, when the claims of Humanity are united with the powers of Music. The money artsm2 from the sale of the tickets is to be given to the fl ints County Hospital, and to the Society of the Sons of the Clergy in that County. Mr. BARTL'imANT, Miss STEPHENS, Mr. and Mr 3. LACY. dr. and Mrs. VAUGHAN, Mr, KNYVKTT, Mr. BELLAMY, Mr. FIAWES and the other first r;:te Singers of the liuglish School,. and Mr. CRA MER, Mr. LINLEY, and a great number of eminent lus•ruinental PerforinerS, are expected on the oc casion. CAUTION TO PUBLICANS AND SHOPKEEPERS.— At a Meeting of the Magistrates acting for the North Division of Chatilingtou Hundred, Oxford shire, held at the IViiite Hart Inn, Chipping- Norton, on the 6th instant, upwards of twenty pnblicatis were eonvicted of the offence of beer and ale in vessels not h - gally marked and short of measure : arid several shopkeepers were likewise convicted of the offence of retailing their goods by false weights and short measures. In a few instances the penalty prescribed by the sta. tute.was mitigated, but in by far the greater part it was insisted upon and paid in full. The weights and measures were taken front the owners and de stroyed, and near one hundred vessels found de . - &lent in. measure were taken from the publicans and broken up, by order of the Magistrates. INTENDED RACES oN WoRNIWOOD SCHUBBS.— Yestertay the following Notice was served 'you the different persons employed in pieparing, the Course for the expected Races, which were to commence on Wednesday next. Many of the publicans and inhabitants in the parish of Ham mersmith have subscribed, and preparations com menced, for the erection of booths, tents, and theatres, when the following notice gave a death blow to their expectations, and put a stop to the intended races : Sirt.,-1 do herell glee you notice not to come upon or trespass, or commit any trespass in or upon a certain place, called Wormholt Wood . , or other Wise Wormwood Scrubbs, iu the parish of Fulham, and County of Middlesex ; and that in case you do so after this notice you will be considered a wil lid trespasser, and an action at law will be forthwith com menced against you for the same.—By the Solicitor in behalf of the Deputy Assistant Quarter-Master-GenerAl., i)ated August 14, 1817. 0111,GINAL POETRY. I P It 0 P T On Two Nantes inc Me last Bankrupt What strange events arise from Chance ! What distant things will near advance ! ride the last Glyzette. Their fate the same—both gone to pot--• One Fustian, t' other Ira Iter Scott, Before that never met.— Yet there w:11 be a distance still, Let sportive Chance do what it will, • Fur TASTE will both dissever; Hence Fustian most wear out in time, But WALTER. Scores well- fashioo'd rhyme Will be in vogue for ever. REGISTER OF FASHION. D EPA RTU R ES. The Countess Dowager of Liverpool, for Surrey; Lord and Lady Bons, for Henliam-Hall, in Suffolk ; Lord and Lady Grantham, for Newby-Hall, Yorkshire; the Right. Hon. (Art-les Long, for his seat : the Hon. W. Bur rell, for Gritostliorpe Castle: General Pigot, for Pitbrook- House, near Dorking, in Surrey; the Ladies E. and H. Ash- Imroham, fur Wimbledon, in Surrey ; Admiral Sir George Ntrrtin, for Sussex; Countess Dowager Grey, on a tour; Sir Thomas Beauchamp Proctor, Bart. for Langley Park, near Loildon,..in Norfolk ; Colonel Welsh, on a tour; Sir Matthew and Lady White Ridley, for Heaton-Hall, near Newcastle; Vise flit and the Viscountess Dungannon, for Brynkinalt, in Denbighshire; the Archbishop of Canterbury, for Adding ton Park; Lord and Lany Castlereagh, for their seat, North Cray; Lord and Lady Anson and family , fur their seat, S'iug borough, Staffordshire; Baron de Therry, fur the Continent. ARRIVALS Hon. Mr. Beresford, Lord Gosport, the Earl of Pembroke, the Earl and Countess of Stanhope, Gen. and Mrs. Richard son ; Major Irvine, Gth Dragoon Guards, at Blake's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Sheerness; Molyneux Steel, Esq. and J. B. Swete, Esq. from the Continent. On Thursday evening, in GrosvenOfrsquare, Lady Heatheote entertained all the leading Fashionables remaining in town with a stilly' nous suppur. 00 Thursday the Duke of Argyle gave a grand dinner, at his house in Upperßrook-street. • On Monday tae Dowa4er Marchioness of Lansdowne enter. tained her most particular frientk in Alliemarlc-street. On Wednesday, Colonel Doyle entertained a party in Mon tarni+-square•. On Tl:iursday evening, Lady Collingwood had a party, in York-place, Baktr-street. Yesterday, Lord Blessington gave a sumptuous dinner, at his house in Bryanstone-square. Yesterday, Major-General Sir John Murray gave an elegant dinner at his new residence in Edward-street, Portman-square. Yesterday, Lord Viscount . Palmerston gave a dinner, at his residence in Stanhope-street, May-fair. The Duke of Saxe-Coburg, brother of Prince Leopold, was married on the 31st ult. to the Princess Louis , ' of Saxe-Got ha. The Marquis and AlarChioness of Anglesea, and the Ladies Paget, are expected in town to-morrow, from the Isle of Wight. Cord and Lady Ellenburongh and family are expected to leave town un Thursday'next, for the Continent. A PLEASANT EXCURSION, BY LAND AND WATER, IN THRF.R DkYS, IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND. TO THE EDITOIt OF THE SUN. SIR was induced, from a Letter which ap peareti in your excellent Paper a few weeks ago, to visit Portsmouth, where I found your Corre spoodent's description verified in every particular. I passed one day in that justly celebrated Sea-tilwt, visited the Public Arsenals, and saw evety thing avoithy the attention of the traveller. I was pleased beyond measure with South-sea Common and the views from it, and the conveniences af forded there for Bathers of all descriptions. Impelled by the fineness of the weather, the glowing descriptions I had received of the pictu resque beauties of the Isle of Wight; and the shortness and the cheapness of the passage, I de termined to visit that enchanting spot, and to return to town via Lymington and Southampton 1 left Portsmouth in the morning of the second day, in the Packet; and after a quick passage, ar rived at Ryde, where I staid halt an hour. I then proceeded to Newport and Carisbrook Castle, where I remained two hours ; and then went on to Yarmouth, where I arrived in time to save the afternoon packet for Lymiogton, which I reached before five o'clock, and secured a place in the coach for Southampton, where I dined. The ride through the New Forest was delightful ; hot hav ing been in s Southampton before, I Fenn - tied to town in one of the new day coaches, in the morn ing of the third day of my absence, and was sately landed at Piccadilly, at five o'clock in the afternoon, atter one of the most pleasant excur sions I -had ever taken. The cheapness of the coach fares, the good 'accommodations at the inns, the variety and change of scenery you pass throng!), with the splendid views on the Solent Sea, especially on the passage through Spithead, render the whole an object of public attention ; especially when within a few days so much may be accomplished, The egress to the Island, at the eastern extremity, by the morning packet, and the regress from it, at the western extremity, by the afternoon packet, from the recent regulation of the Post-Office, give the public a facility of passage through the Isle of Wight they never had before ; and to persons going to Weymouth, Lyme-Regis, &c. it roust be a great accommoda tion, as an excellent mail-coach goes from Ly mington to Christ Church, Poole, and Dorches ter, daily. Weed, Ido not know in what other direction from the metropolis so pleasant and cheap au excursion can be made; embracing, a ride to Portsmouth ; through a country beautifully diversified in every respect, then a voyage to the Isle of Wight. another ride to Newport and Yar mouth, another voyage from the Island to Ly mington, with a view of the Needles, Hurst Castle, and various other objects of great interest; a further ride through that splendid scene of na ture, the New Forest, to Southampton, passing on the shores of . that noble estuary Southampton IVater, and from thence through Winchester, with views of the College, Cathedral, &c. back to town. When so much may he seen at home, at a moderate expellee, and without any great sacri fice of time, it is to be regretted that there is still such an extensive disposition in the public to ramble over the Continent. To check dolt a little, I have ventured to point out to your younger Readers a charming tour for them, in the hope that some of your Correspondents will follow toy example, and point out, other routes, which will prove equally entertaining and delightful, _ A LONDONER. Batson's Coffve-houst, 14th August, 1817. I',IL Li FECTS OF SEDUC NON. Yesterday an Inquisition was held at the sign of the IVliite Hatt, in Turner -street, Mile end old-town, before JOHN IVRIGHT UNWIN, Esq. Coroner for the County of Middlesex, on view of sire body of Miss Mary Ann Scales, an interest ing young woman eighteen years of age. It v• Dears that the di , teased had quitted her paternal root for some time, and occupied furnished apart ments in a respectable house in the neighbour hood krbere she passed as a married woman, on. d e r the ass,med name of Mrs. Williams and there she was frequently visited by a Gentleman who passed as her husband, but %vho there is great reason to suspect had been her seducer, and whose desertion of her led to the follotving melancholy catastrophe, as will best appear from the evi dence : Elizabeth Young being sworn said, she lives at No. 30, Plutn►ner's-row. About half -past eleven o'clock, last Moaday forenoon, the mother of the deceased called on her to inquire if she had seen her child, as she was very uneasy on her account, not having seen her since Saturday morning, a thing very unusual, as she was in the habit of frequently visiting her; witness informed her she had not seen her, they then went together to the house in which the deceased lived, and inquired of the person who kept the house, who informed them that she had nut seen her for some time ; and the window-blinds being down roused their suspic ons that all was not right ; but on going to the door of her apartment, they found the key was in the out side of the door ; the mother of the deceased went • in first, and exclaimed in the most piteous cry, '' 0 God ! my poor child is dead in bed ! " Witness followed, and saw the deceas ed dead in her bed, partly dressed. Wit ness turned down the bed-clothes, and was shocked at the sight that presented itself, for, in stead of the beautiful person she was accustomed to see, she beheld a fearful corpse, black aa►►d putrid. There was a tea-cup standing on the chimney-piece, with a sort of • black sediment in it, and a glass of water on the table ; there ap peared no marks of violence on her person. The people of the house were highly respectable, and she had no cause to suspect any persous. She knew the deceased for about three years ; and from her be ing a playful, sprightly girl, she became of late quite melancholy and low spirited, which witness :Attributed to her having formed an improper con nexion of late. The following is the copy of a letter found in her toilet, which, from the post-Mark; it appears site received on the Thursday before her death, and is supposed to be written by her seducer, and which led to the fatal catastrophe : " Again I am obliged to send you pap,: instead of appear ing myself. My mind is constantly on the rack, and my time so divided and subdivided that I find, to my sorrow, that I ant utterly incapable of keeping any engagement that I may make, therefore I shall mate no more, but trust to chance and for tune. MY partner still continues dangerously indisposed; I have Occasion to go and see him almost every day to Camber well : how long this state of things may continue with me know not, but this I do know, that' shall rejoice much when they are terminated • my health of late is somewhat impaired; to-morrow morning I shall leave London f or a f ew d a y s , an d return on Wednesday next—longer I cannot stop. As you are difficult of belief, I must rely or rather appeal to yuar li berality for the truth of this statement. " I remain, yuur's sincerely, J. Sir." " Thursday evening. Nicholas Parke sworn : be keeps the house in which the deceased lodged since the 24th of June last ; the last time he saw the deceased was about half-past eight o'clock last Saturday (Horning ; he heard nothing of her since till 4 o'clock on Mon. day afternoon, when she was found dead : he was not surprised at not seeing her, as she was in the habit of going from home ; for the last three weeks he observed a great change in her, she ap pearing quite melancholy and &jeered to what she used to be. A Gentleman used occasionally to visit her, who he understood was her husband but now finds he was not. William Li ockley, surgeon, ofGloncester • terrace, sworn, said he saw the bony of the deceased, but he could not form any decided opinion as to the exact cause of her death, the body being in so putrid a state tl►at it could not be opened with safety ; and if it was to he opened, frnn► the state it was in, it could not lead to any satisfactory re sult ; be saw a tea-cup in the room with a sub- stance at the bottom, which he did not think was poison ; but there wss something bitter it it, which might be opium. II re tt►e evidence concluded ;, and out of feel ing to the mother, the Jury dispensed with calling her as a witness. The Jury, after some consul tation, returned a verdict of—Died, supposed from poison. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT DOVER.—.A boat 'with three men in'it was lately crushed to pieces between two packets in attempting to get out of the harbour. The King George was coming in, and the night was dark ; the poor men were li terally smashed to a mummy.. One widow is left with nine children, another. with seven, and the. third with five or six. A. subscription has been opened at the several inns. Common humanity suggests that if every Gentleman and Lady, who ale proceeding to the Continent to spend thou sands, would leave one shilling only as a mite to these distressed objects, they might be pro vided for. COAL MARKET, AUGUST 15. Ships at Market. Ships sold. Price. 30 Newcastle . ... .c 26 2 Sunderland 1 Cinders . 1 2ls. Gd. to —s. Od. BIRTH. On Thursday, at Barnet, the lady of William Cattle}, Esq. of Lamb's Conduit-street, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 2(1 inst. at St. James's, Clerkenwell, Mr. Joseph Jeh, late of Bordeaux, merchant, to Mrs.MAry Barker, reliet of the late Wui. Barker, Esq. of 'Mabledon-place, Burtt,ti crescent. On the I ith in.,st. at James Dalrymple's, Esq. North Ber wick, Francis James Adam, Esq. youngest son of the Right Hon. the Lord Chief Commissioner Adam, to Mary, daughter of his Excellency General Poltaratsky. DIED. 'Yesterday, at his house in Southampton-street, Blooms bury-square, William Huson, Esq. age d 73. On Tuesday morning last, Martha, the wife of Mr. Thomas Curtis, of the City-road. OnWednesday last, in Hanover-square, Harry Darby, Esq . . aged 74. Yesterday, Mrs. Mackarness, wife of Mr. 'Mackarness, Cheat Ormond-street, Queen-square.