The Sun. — London, England, 1806-05-27 00:00:00

MAILS: AAR iv Es?—z Dubin, x IV . 4terford. Piz —.i Lisbon, I Dablin. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICE'TtE PALSUN! A UDEAT ? L ,D• N, TUESDAY S I%lAt 27, 1806. General Dti'7,oiißlEil has arrivd . at. Ilarwich froni 'the Continent , He is at present detainecl at that port until he shall obtain the necessary, Passports, Several priyate Letters from the Continent concur in the report which - we mentioned some gays ago, that MURAT was to be the new King of Holland, instead of Louis BoisApARTE ; but we do not attach much credit to it. There can be no - dcinbt that BoNApAitTE had- - - formed the *plan -- :Of placing his .BrOther LoOts on the .Throne .of Holland, and we see no reason why he — should " - alter, that determination to favour of MnitAT. cer, tainly cannot be witb the view of pleasing the People Of Holland, because if they are to have a King of Bor;:APARTE's noliliriation it can make eery little difference Whether -it is Prince Louis or Prin'ce MU RAT. It is said, indeed, that the former.has re fused the ,proffered Crown iu disgust, because 'the • l'eople of ffolland exPressecl an unwillingness to Te 7 ceive liiai as their Sovereign ; but BONAPARTE Will easily thad means to overcome his delicate scruples,. It is now generally believed that the intended c ha nge the form of the Dutch Government will take place on the 2d of next month. • - - • - No Commission, we understand, was sent fiota the Admiralty on ,Saturday last to Dotiors' Com- Mons, as stated'in a Morning Paper, to issue Letters of Marque against Prussian and Pappenblirgh Vessels, pursuant to the Order of Council in the Gazette. In ansWe r. to several applications yesterday to know if it .were in contemplation to issue them soon, it-was answered, that no Commission had been ordered. to - be made out ; nor was there any time fixed upon for that purpose." It was rumoured yesterday evening, that an ac-. count had been. received at -one of the Outports, of the Squadron of JEROME BONAPART.E, or more pro perly that of his Align/or, Admiral. QUIA.LEAUMEZ, haVing been seen, about a fortnight 'since, .a few, - leagues to the. Westward . of Cape Fhlisterre,ppa-• rentiv on' its return to some European port, probably . :to. Ferrol. It is added, that intelligence to this effeft • had been two days afterwards given to our Ships 6tationed off Brest. . , Admiral STIRLING'S Squadron ...Yns . cruizing no longer ago than the 17th - inst. in lat.' 47. long. 7. in toe c!rect -track of JERONIE, 'Should he venture to Brest. The gallant Admiral had heaid that he Was on his return to Europe. • The unfortunate death of M. MOSMENT, who lately fell from - a - B,alloon in France, has produced the iz:,:lowing observations from GAENERIN, the fa . HMS . - tEronaut t--`f. It teems that the misfortune which happened to M. MOS'MENT . did not result froial any of the inconveniences which are connected . with aerostatic aScensions,• but merely from want oP prudence. The Car in Which he ascended was too shallow; the cords by which it was attached.to the _BalloOn were too far apart; and it is probable, that when M. MOSMENT - was leaning over to let an ani-• • ma] drop in a parachute, that he lost his balance, and was precipit.ated to the earth. If the accidents which have happened- from Balloods are. investi- gated, it be sce.., that they have in gene ral proceeded from .the imprudence of the "iEro nauts jheffiselves.. Every one foresaw-when the voniggliiere was attached - to a 8a11 00n ,,, filled with , inflammable gas, the danger to which PILATE DO Rost'Ext was exposed. Besides, those Ball Onus were gilt, which might attrael the eleCtricity of the clouds. Balloons gilt "or silvered over are very dan gerous.. ZAMIICCAIII, who employed those means, sustained several accidents, and it is only surprizing that he escaped at.last:' The following extraordinary event took place on the 4th of this month, at Assmanshausen, in .the 11c:don - Ito of Mentz.. About 3 _o'clock in the morn ing the earth was heard to crack s with a most 'dread poise: every 1 - ..ody was 'alarmed, but nobody hnes.v the2cause. At clay-light it,was percei ve dthat the hi &'. - 1 mountain near the village had ope ne d about the bread,th of a hand, and about 8 o'clock .it i.sitancled to about even or eight inches . . Between g rind 3 o'claLk in the afternoon a:considerable' part of the mountain fell down, and covered four houses; he inhabitznts of whirl ‘had fortunately escaped. There was no Court of Aldermen held .to-day ; theLoa 1) 7 -Mk - volt,. after inspeCting the Mealw . eighers' Returns, ordered tine Price of Bread to remain the same as last week. , The late Mr. BYNG'S villa near Tunbridge Wells Baas not; as reported, - been purchased by Nr. Tim. SHERIDAN, but by his uncle, Mr. C I L A . FRANCIS • . . . SHERIDAN. An unfortunate accident happened on Saturday last to Mr. CHARLES BUXTON, the celebrated Cha fioteer, on hig,return from _Epsom to London. Mr. L'ErxToN, in his phaeton, drawn by fonr horses, over took a friend in a barouche.drawn by the same nutn 'per of horses, and a mutual determination being ma ,nifested to try the speed. of the animals and the skill , of the calVers, ft race was . ,the Consequence, They proceeded. on nearly equal terms until they reached Ewel, where, on turning a corner, -gr. Bti.x, - roN's ,plmton waS upset, and he an 4 his companion, Mr. UGH ATiciNs,a, Russia broker, .vet'e thrown froni their seats the carriage with such violence, that eacll cutlenian * ,(singnlar as it is) had a thigh broken and three ribs. They are attended by Mr. HEAVI :SIDE, who has pronounced them out'of danger, so far as' rclates to their lives; but the injuries they have received will require all the professional skill Qf that Gentlemn. NAVAL N E WS. lIT S M-0 1"; s, fi .-A:rrived tine C/hiker, NISBI r GLEN, and 'tke pepickr, Lieu t J. G. Nors, Gun-brigs, from a Craize. Sailed His Majesty's Bug Itace/ors , ,sof un 3, Cap E.-, for Gibraltar, with the fcllowing Ships under Convoy for that. place Erdenl u,:gh, \VAL 'KERS j Endeavour, WA - LnEURAVE ; ANDER .t)N i , Constanti.a, ; Elizabeth, ---- ; Bonetta, and John,----; also the Tribune yri 6 i,ate, Capt: BENNET, and the . Childers Sloop, on a Cruize. FALMOUTH, MAY 24.- Sailed the Prince of Mlles Packet, Capt. HARRIS, With a Mail for Lisbon. • o.—Last night, after -post, ar- rived the Lark Packet, Capt. DELL, :with a Mail from Gottenburgh. General D'uNotnitga came over Passenger in this Packet, but was' not pert mitted by the Alien Otfiter to proceed for London until he obtains the necessary passport: The .vit) casks of dollars, value about four hun drect thousand pounds, landed here some time ago out of the Thetis. Frigate, from Cuxhaven, are this day - forwarded to London by seven waggons, under : the escort of a Troop of Dragoons from Colchester Garrison. The Auckland Packet, Capt BRIDGE, and the Auckland, Capt. HANIMQND, sailed this morning for Husum with the Hamburgh and Bremen Mails. At the same time the Prince of Wales Packet, Capt.. A.'DE4l. , :zn; with two Mails for Gottenburgh. •_DEAL, MAY 26. —Ariived the Vesuvius Bomb from Portsmouth, with a Convoy, which are sailed for the River. Caine down from Sheerness the Antelope Man' of War, and sailed for Yarmouth. Arrived the Seagull, Trompeuse, and Kite Sloops of War, Arrow Schooner, and several Gun-brigs, from off thelrench Coast, and remain in the DONLIs . with the . Ships as per laSt. SHEER N E SS, MAY 26.--4rrived the - Fancy," Fear- , less, and Monkey Gun-brigs from the Downs. This day the Combatant was paid wages up to . six months, and sailed for the Downs,, and 'Eliza Ten der for Shields. . The Bgnetta,is again_under way,' ; and will pro ceed, ,If - the wind will permit, with.a large. Convoy under her care, for -the Baltic; the FalcoWcontinnes the Signal' for Tonningen, and Diligence that to the North-west, and Will sail in a-few days,. being this day paid wages up. to six months—' •. - The 77ze,:seus, Shannon,':and •BchoOners are fitting at Chathatihwith every .dispatch ; . the two former are SliOrtly expet'Aed down.. Ships at this Port=--tile - Zealand, Monarch,' NiTinehersea,. Ceres,• Magnanime . ,-Gorgon, Alkinaar, Flora, ',Venus,. Or,. pheus, Swift, Diligence, Falcon, Gannet, Skylark ; Fancy, Alonkey, Desperate, .and' , Fearless c;un-brigs ; . and several other Fire-ships and Bomb-'tenders. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. To the Officers and Crew of His .Maje.sty'sun-brig Clinker, and the Nelson hired Armed Cutter, their propor ,tion of the proceeds' of the Felicidad, taken on the zrst of March, tllos, on their respetlive arrivals in fort ; and every Wednesday and Friday for three months, at March's Office, in Gospert. , _ .__ • . the Officers and Company of Majesty's Ship in'conwany with ills Majesty's Ships Naiad and Dispatch, for th , : taking two French-Pinnaces, No. 361 and 369, on board the said Ship, at Plymouth ; and at No. 23, Surrey-street, Strand, every Tuesday and Friday. To the Officers and Company of 4-I►s Majesty's Ship Niobe, for the Capture of La, Vidoire, •Les I>eux Neveux, and a Vessel, name unknown, on the 3d of Juric, or on theNiobc arrival in Port ; and afterwards' at .No. 30, George-Street, Plymouth Dock. _ Tothe Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship patch; for the Capture of the folloWing Vessels: Desirde•la Paix, Sept. 30, 1805 ; La Genieve, 7 4 18os ; La Lou ise, isth ditto ; and i.e Spattron; 30th ditto; for the.said Captures, on the Vol Tune, or upon the arrival 'of the DiS. patch in Port; and afterwards at No. 30, George.street, Ply. mouth Dock. • To, the Officers and Company — of His Majesty's Ship Titi;ner, for the Capture of is Danish Uri Charlotte Wil heltnina, on the zoli Deceinuer, 1797, on the 9th of lune, at James Western's, Gray's-inn.square. • SHOCKING MASSACRE. • Account of the Massacre of the . Officers and Crew of the Ship Atahualpa, communicated by Captain IsA A cs; of the:Nlontcznina..-- Front a late New-York Paper.) The ship - .4iiitzutpa had been lying at anchor in Sturgis. Cove, up Mill-Bank Sound, three days.. The natives had, during that time, been remarka; bly civil. On the 13th of June .they came otfin several Canoes, and desired Captain.PonTEn to pur chase their skins; and about ten o'clock, CALETE, the Chief ,of one of their tribes, desired Captain Pon- TER to look tier the side and see the number of skins in his Canoe. Captain P. was complying, but Was pbliged to bend over the When the Chi e f threw his coat o ver hi s head, stabbed trim twice be- . tween his shoulders, threw himpverboard, and gave the, signal for a general attack. Mr. John Hill, the Chief Mate, was shot through the body, but ran below, got his musket, returned on deck, shot the'chief, and gave him his mortal wound. " John Goodwin, the second Mate, shOt dead. • ..".John'G. Rackstraw was daggered, and died im mediately. " Lyman Plumner was daavered A and lived until th e Ship Was got out, — whein he requested the surviving crew to:take care of the Ship and find Capt. Brown. , " Isaac SUMmers, cooper, Luther and Samoel Lapham,: Peter • Spooner, seamen, and John :Wil liams, cook, were all killed. The coo k d e f ended ' himself, bravely as long as his hot-water lasted, L u t • that being expended, • they.. cut him down with 'an axe. Three seamen, one Sandwich Islander, and a Kodiac Indian, were dangerously wounded. Five more of the crew Were slightly wounded; and three men and a SandWich Islander were all that escaped 1 unliart. These four at length bravely ru shed through the crowd of Indians, got.below, and finding a few mus- Tiets‘ loaded, fired them through - the loop-holes in • the break of thd forecastle,- which terrified the na tives, and m4ny jumped overboard... Thd four men then regaihed' the dedk, and aftei = lighting some time with a few w • Indians who seemed' termined to hold . their prize, killed or drove all overboard. One canoe was now seen s cable but a swivel was brought froin the after part of the ship,and discharged at them; t o were 'killed by the swivel, and one by a musket shot; so only one was left alive in the canoe. " The crew lost their jacket, knives, by plunging them into the skulls of the Indians,. from whence they were 'unable to draw them out. After the' decks were cleared, the topsails Were loosed, when the Ship swung her head off shore, the cable was cut,' and after some time beating was able to get out of the Sound. Two dap; after were off Newatta ; the wind coining a-head, shaped. a course Noith ward. c' June 13. Deposited - the bodies of our murdered shipmates in the deep." The tonnage of the, lour French Men of War, Prizes to Rear-Admiral Sir R. STRAcHAN, has been lately taken by measurement, and is as follows : Du Guay Trouin, now L'lmplacable, 74 guns, ;siz - inris. La Scipion - - - -' 74 rBB4 La Mont Blanc - - - 74 Wl6 Li Formidable, now - La Ilraave 84 2218 'Total Tonnage - 7800 Of their class they are the largesp Ships of their size; and tonnage in the . The two new Ships budding at Plymouth are. the Caledonia, No guns, and Onion, 98. The former is ribbed up ,to her gun whale, and'is to remain ,in that state for se*nitig for about ten . Or twelve months. The keel is laid and-sterti . up of the latter ship ; but the qtiantity of repairs of old Ships in .Thick -7 , and to .go into Mick, with those constantly corning in from' Sea, preVents, for the present, any additional. gangs being- put on Ships building in that 'Yard. . , 'ROYAL ACADEMY. No. r, Portrait of a Lady and Child.—H. Now .A a D, -A The subje&s which this Artist but generally, treated ate - of an allegorical kind,, the meauin4 has often been rather too mysterious. As he'posH sesses a considerable share of ability, w e ar e glad ,to see him descending into the regions of intelligible Hedraws and is much improVed in his colouring. The PiCture: shews that he -has made, great advances in the art. The figures fir&well posed and charaderestically designed. No.- it, Portrait of the Dean of Webtotinster.—Ditto. A good..likeness of this Reverend Ecclaiasfic and elegant scholar. ._The is clear; and the Pidure altogether _well composed. - HOWARD here, holds forth a very fair promise of standing in high rank among 0111 - Portrait Painters. No. 155, A. Rural Scene: Mid-day. —A. W. C4LCOTT. ThislPieture is of a ..very peculiar and original, kind, -- and shews that the Artist, while - he steadily keeps nature in his view, can readily avail himself of her occasional varieties, - and ""catch the CYN THIA of the _minute." There is ,nothing very ex traordinary in the. scene, but it is touched with a feri — cl - ty - that gives it. a bold and: novel air. The distances ire admirably graSuated, and the whole is airy, bright, and pleasing, as Well as singular in its general aspe&. ' - No. 18, Portrait of Lorl.Thurlow.—T. Pit :LLI Ps, A. - The progresS of time is strongly exemplified in this Pi&ore, .comparing it:with the Portrait of the distinguished original, as • he appeared some years ago, in the masterly work of Sir Jost-it:A REYN9LDS. That admirable work exhibited the firmness and .energy of life in full possession of all its powers, and vested with of dignity. The Portrait b;.- - fore . Us slims " the venerable graces of decay," in the retired compoSure of declining age:. The "Pic ture is •somit . what hard, but the liktness is exact, and the "expression indicates a calm complacency, happily happily relieved from. the toils of state and the-bus tle of the world. We.should have wished that the eyes were not _turned from the. SpeCtator, ‘if that dire6tion of them did not conduce to "the pleasing Sedateness and contentment of the general expres sion. AD PICTOREM EX , IIIUM, B. WEST,. Hos dim Jeanles pingit tua cletra triumphes, •Eripis oblivio, - pidoramick, virum ; Sic quce vidorem mgrs vicerat atra, resignat Vidum, et ab iugcuio vincituripsa A: D. M. F.S.A. IMITATED BY CALEB %YiIITEFOORD, ESQ. When our brave NELSON o'ercome the. Foe, DEtcrii at that moment laid the Vilor low. A second . Life, .t>h IVES T thy Pencil gives„ Again the• Hero cn. thy• Canvas lives. D EAT the great colfror,stopp'd brave NELSON'S breath, WEST, With victorious colours conquerci ATII. COOKE; it is said, is gone to Ireland, not willing, it seems, to be merely half-seas over. HoLNIAN has,managed the Dublin Theatre with so much judgment, and is so mach esteemed for his condtitt,. public and private, that he .has-been re quested to resume the management next season: The journeymen Tailors • have, it seems, entered into a combination to strike, becaUse females have been employed in their business. • Two delegates frolii the insurgents recently waited on a :Master Tailor to signify the intentions of the general body, • and those tWo _delegates are satirically said tto have consisted of eighteen members. • The affairs of India have of late become so. much the stibjeec of general investigation, that a. very na tural desire prevails of obtaining accurate informa tion upon this interesting but complicated Subjea. The first and most authentic sources of informatic n are certainly the documents laid before Parliament, b!it they are too voluminons to be perused by ord:- nary•'readers ; and besides, are not always to be ob tained.. To th ose w ho have not access to these documentS, or time to peruse them, we recommend a Pamphlet lately published, " Tlw Carat:tic :Question Considered," in which all faCts relative to that question appear to have been colleaed with. aud are 'argnid upon with very great GR,I,A - D FETE. A very magnificent Entertainment was yesterdai, given by Mr. and Mrs. SHERIDAN, at their new abode in Somerset-place, in, order to celebrat e th e c h r i s ten- Mg of Mr. T. SHERIDAN'S son and Mr. SCOTT'S . infant daughter. Mr. SCOTT, is the br i other of Lady OXFORD,. and is married to a sister of Mrs. Surat- DAN. Mr. SHERIDAd took this opportunity of in viting hi; friends to a splendid house-warming. The PRINCE of WALES was `the God-father to Master SHERIDAN, and Mr.. SHERIDAN stood proxy for His Royal Highness. The Countess of WESTMORLAND was the other Sponsor. As . such entertainments asl this are seldom gi ven , : even in the present age of gaiety and bartquetting, as well as of war and desola tion, we shall subjoin some particulars of it. The table was laid for thirty-six persons in the zreat dining parlour. I n th e ce nt re o f th e frame work was a most beautiful gold-chased vase, at the top of which was placed the Prince of Wales's coro net, surmounted by the Plume,. with the motto, Ich dien," on the blue garter. At the top'a crown. The' ground , -work of the frame, was painted in the mostbeautiful devices, by SC HWEICILHARDT. In the centre of one of the •sideboards was the Can present ed Mr. SHERIDAN. by the Tobago Company. Din ner was served in .the most elegant style, under the direelion of Mr. WALDRON and Mr. SCR IVENE R; amongst the Company a t di nne r we r e, The Countess of Westm or l a nd, Viscou n t an d Vi scountes s t towick, Mr. and .L 44 'Elizabeth Whitbread, Lord Advocate of Scotland; Hon. Berkeley Criven, Mr. and Mrs. Bouverie. Colonel Graham, Mr. Wilmot; Mr. and Airs."N. Ogle. MT• and Mrs. H. Scott„ . and Air. and Mrs. T. Sheridan. It was - In the aiTangements for the evening that ,the taste and fancy of the fair hostess were peculiarly displayed: 'The'entrince hall was converted into a most,elegant conservatory, 'and filled with the most beautifill shrubs; lemon, , and orange t rees , inter sported with green lamp s , which had a delighttill effedt:: • The hall and grand staircase were covered with. F.d,arlet' cloth ; op the landing places were elegant figures, bearing patent lamps.; -the suit of drawing ..rooms that command a view of • the Thames, three in -number, were decorated with' festoons of flowers, and lighted try GrecianJamps, suspended in the centre of the room ; numerous-convex lustre's were placed' in different parts of the apartments : in the 4rst.roorniwcre some beautiful paintings, and in the corner of, the room .were elegant gold stands, . bearing beautifril luStre:4, "with wax-lights ; the floor was chalked, 'represeriting'Thyrsi in the'centre, arid at the angles were laurel branches. The middl e drawing , roona ‘t.as apprdpriated for His Royal:Kigh ness the Prince of NVArAis and his -Party ; the third roan' was in a . • corresponding style of eilegaPee, and led to a beautiful 'Turkish tent, which Was ereaed in the grand gallery over the arch ; .the l entrance to. this tent was decorated with white drapery, confined by wreaths of flowers,-over which was :suspended' a crescent, in variegated lamps; in the centre was a pillar, encircleffwilli wreaths of flowers and variegated lamps ; at the top of the pillar was placed. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales's crest, with three white plumes ; •at the end was placed a large mirror, festooned round with flowers ; here g table was laid 'for • 36 for supper ; and when the Wh o l e of this'elegant 'suit of apartments was thrown open, it fermed .a most beautiful' and elegant promenade ; two rooms towards the court were also set out for supp er ; the first, hich is the breakfast rOont, was:very elegant; the windo‘V curtains of- India muslin, with pink drapery, decorated with festeons of flowers, and lighted by a Grecian lamp, and a diamond-cut lustre; with a crescent, with a row of variegated lamps along the cornice of the alcove; under the al move was an oval table ,for eight; in the front of this table, another for thirty-sik. In the adjoining room, which - was in the same style of elegance, the draper? was orange-colour, looped with bunches of roses ; a horse-shoe table was set oat for thirty seven. Tables, for one hundred were; laid out, after the Ball, in the front drawing-Jooms. 'The Grand Library was appropriated fordancing ; the floor Wm tastefully chalked with the PRINCE'S plume in 11 1 9 centre, and an Etruscan border, with laurel branchei at the angles. • , The CoMpany invited for the Evening Fete began to muster very strongly about ten, and about eleven the entertainments commenced with a iliTasvge , perfOrmed in the music-room, by cbaraders in ap propriate dresses - , representing aerial spirits,Venctian -Gondoliers, and a group of the \Vitches in Macbeth. The performers were MORELLI, I'O . EDIC), KELOC? BARTOLOiZI ; Misses 'TYLER, JACOBS, and DAviEs• About one dancing commenced in the great drawing room, wherein the floor was palmed with the' Prince's Plume in the centre; and surrounded by.Et n iscan borders' and - - Roman. trophies. The PRINCE Vf WALES arrived about twelve. It was very ,late be fore the supper took place ; at the PittscE's 30 supped.' Two fables were placed at opposite angles of the same room, and at the principal one Mr. Tttomivs Sucitii3A: , E.presided. • The Company consisted of the most distinguish ed Cbaraders in the Metropolis, and the whdle of the Entertainment went - off with spirit, animation and festivity., Besides the Pni.NcE of WALES and the DUKE Of CAMBRIDGE, there were present; Duke of Somerset. Ducherses Gordon, Nortliumberlud, Rutland, and • • • • . ' Marquises--Stafford and Lorne. - -Marchionesses—Stafford, Lansdowpe, and Donegal. Lirdt:--1 - lolland, Ossidstone, Derby, Kurnool, Primrose , and W. Russell. - Ladies—Holland, M . Paltrier, Westmorland Derby, Ellie, Fitzgerald, Smith, W. k us sell; Melbourne, and Siwnoutll. Lind Chancellor, Miss Erskine, &c, Ipswich facts are fixed to commence on Tuesday the Ist ofJuly, and Majk,! - -General ito.awsoN, wit!' Lieutenant-Col. KnurtisoN, are appointed Stewards. Preston Races commen,ce the 15th of July. On Saturday eyening, while the boys at Mr. WLILTALIEICS . Boarding School ; in Southamptom, were amusing themselves at cricket in the Marsh, one of the'eldest boys, aged," 6, in the aEt of bowl ing, fell down in an apopleelic fit, and expired, not withstanding every me,lical help was administered- His name is flzsitty NEWCASTLE, MAY 2 4.—Yesterday se'nnight a Coroner's Inquest was held on the body of a worrrn of the name of Moss, living at the. Westgate, Ilea': this town, who had hung herself up by the h al , - during her husband's absery•c6. She appeared to 1 ? 6 ,6 df)ranged in mind fora cousiderahle time previous- VerdiEt-7-Lunacy