The Sun. — London, England, 1817-12-10 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS. DEAL, DEC. 9.—Arrived, and sailed for the River, the Good Intent, ROBERTSON+, from Ber bice,,in eight weeks. Came down from the River, and sailed with the whole of the outward-bound, the Partridge, for the Cape; Jane, for Demerara ; Meanwell, for Jamaica ; Emerald, for South Ame rica ; and Grantham, for Demerara. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 8. Arrived the Robert Burns, KERR, from Malags : she spoke the brig Enterprize, front Newfoundland fur Naples. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 9.—Sailed the Wilson transport for the Downs, and his Majesty's ship Tiber on a cruize. _ • ._ HARWICH, DEC. 9.—Arrived the,Emily trans port from Holland, and Auckland packet from Cuxhaven—both with mails. FaLMouTH, DEC. 6.—Arrived the Lord Ho bart packet with mails from Rio Janeiro, in nine weeks ; and the Marchioness of Salisbury packet with mails from Jamaica, in 43 days. Sailed the Sisters, for Leghorn ; Sisters' Providence, for Seville ; Ceres, for Africa ; Hoffnung, for Barce lona ; Lord Alulgrave, for Gibraltar; and the Mary, for Jamaica.—The Hanover, ADAMSON, in getting under weigh yesterday afternoon, hook ed her anchor in 'the St. Ann's Cable, and was obliged to cut and leave it behind, with about 12 fathoms of cable. Put back the L i avinia, CREWS. LEITH, DEC. 6.—The Walton, of this port, from Archangel, is wrecked on the Island of Witalsay ; crew saved, and part of the cargo is expected to he saved. HER MAJESTY, &c. BATH, DEc. B.—At the usual hour, this morn ing, the QUEEN again visited the Pump-room, and was met there by the Princess Elizabeth, the. Duke of Clarence, and their respective suites.— There were no particular presentations, nor was the company so numerous as usual. At one o'clock, the Royal Family, attended by the Countess of Ilehester, proceeded in a carriage and pair to the Upper Rooms, where they were received by Captain %Vyke, the Master of the Ceremonies, the Marchioness of Bath, Lady Mel 'vine, Lord John Thynne, Sir H. Campbell, Col. Stephenson, Colonels Desbrow and Cooper, Hon. Captain Powlett, Hon,Mr. Powlett, Major Mur ray, & c.--The Public were not admitted. The windows of the Ball-room were closed, and the noble chandeliers completely lighted, to give a more brilliant effect to this most magnificent apartment. To the orchestra was stationed the full military band of the 38th regiment, and as the Queen, supported by the Duke of Clarence, entered the room, the grand national air, " God save the King," was given with. the most im posing effect', and tontinued as the illustrious visitors and their attendants walked to the top of the room, where three very handsome chairs were placed for the Royal Family. The Queen reposed upon the centre one for neatly a quarter of an hour, the Duke of Clarence and the Princess Elizabeth standing on each side her chair, and their a , tendants ran , ged. on either side below, whilst the band performed several other airs, amongst which was " Rule Britannia." The Master of the Ceremonies then preceded their' into the tea-roam, where they were received with Jomelli's celebrated air " Chaconne, — by the music of the Pump Room. The Queen is pat tial to the compositions of this master, and appeared much pleased with their performance of it.— Tea, &c. was laid out in this room, but the Queen declined it ; and Captain Wyke led the vrAy, through the Octagon, to the Card Room, where a most superb collation was prepared. — The Queen here took a pattie and a glass of wine. The Princess Elizabeth also took re freshment,, and the Duke of Clarence honoured Capt. \Vyke by taking a glass of wine with him. — The Queen was pleased to express herself highly gratified with the beauty and magnificence of the place, and with the attentions which she had re ceived. The Royal party returned immediately to Sydney-place. The Queen, has signified her intention of visit ing the city of Bristol, on Wednesday next. The excursion .will be extended as far as Clifton, but the Royal Party will return the same day. Messrs. Lucas and Reilly, of York House, have been or dered to• place relays of horses at Brislington, a village about five miles on this side of Bristol. The Duke of Clarence, it is expected, will ho nour the Assembly at the Lower Rooms with his presence, to-morrow night. Mr. Vansittart arrived at York House, this !vetting, about five o'clock. Letters from St. Helena state, that some sick ness prevailed on boaid the Conqueror, in conse quence of the tvet weather which had been expe rienced. Admiral. PI. AMPIN and Sir HUDSON Lowe were on the most friendly terms ; the latter giv ing a public dinner once a week. The Admiral resides at tl,e Briars. Not a word in the letters respecting. BUONAPARTE. The reports in the papers of an.earthquake having occurred at St. Helena are confirmed, with the additional intel ligence, that the shocks were much more sensibly felt in the valley than on the elevations, and that the inhabitants were setionsly alarmed, from an apprehension of a recurrence. Private letters from Newfoundland attribute the tate fires at St. John's to the horrible malice of incengliaries. The conflagration, on the 7th, be gan in an uninhabited house, where hay, brush wood, iSzc. were kept. It appears also, that the lower classes of the inhabitants not only abstain ed front affording any assistance to the sufferers, but. actually seemed to exult in their calamity. The imports of cotton last month into London, Liverpool, and Glasgow, were 3G,695 bales. POETRY. THE LEGEND OF ST. FIACRE. Found in an old Folio in the Library of one of the Monaste- ries, aloattues dans la Revolution. BY MISS PORDEN. * Go call a coach, a hackney coach, sit on JErru's rostrum mounted, While all who feel its use approach To hear the Jarveys' rise recounted. Parisian Beaux! Parisian Belles Not for your Country make the claim My breast with patriot ardour swells, I vindicate a Briton's fame. In days of old (for days of old Claim all we have of good or great) There lived a Scottish Saint, I'm told, The same that nuw I celebrate. FIACRE long had vow'd to make A pilgrimage to Notre Dame, So barefoot, or for penance sake, Or pOverty, to Paris came. The streets were built, no matter how— So crooked they were quite a riddle; Without a footpath, and, as now, A dirty gutter in the middle. While houses . large and dark and high, And certain nuisances unpretty, Might strike the Saint's observant eye, As horrow'd from his native City.t But coats of mud, however deep, Turn nut to down the rugged stones, F►acßE's pains forbade his sleep Till some kind Angel heard his moans. Fur Saints have still an Angel near To act as Traiteur, or as Tailor, To pay his bills for board or wear, And save him from th' expectant Jailor. Sudden Fr/lc RE sees approiich A vehicle of form uncouth, Crazy and clunisy was the Coach; And lean the ragged Nags, in sooth. With crosses and obeisance plenty, He mounts his seat and cracks his thong, Of Britain's whips not one in twenty So well could clear the gaping throng. Now duly every eve and morn He seeks with joy the sacred dome, Yet, for his Charity, heaven-horn, Begun, hut did uut end at home. Whene'er the saintly Coachman found Some Pilgrim's feet in piteous fashion, He, mindful of his recent wound, ' Gave him a lift, in pure compassion. But Sr. FIACRE coo❑ perceived He nor his Nags could feed on air, So, whomsoe'er his coach relieved, He boldly asked him for his fare. For Caledonia's sons, 'tis said, ho' Saints arc sage lnd thrifty still, And when they stoop, a friend to aid, Scorn not their purse or scrip to fill. Parisian Jarreys, as in duty, His custom and his ❑ame retain, They ease the aching feet of Beauty, They save her purfled robes from stain. Lean are their steeds that never sleep, Their coaches clumsy to this day; And still the Scotchman's rule to keep, They help not those who will not pay. have sought with great diligence in the musty records of antiquity, but can find no authority for the Author's as sertion that St. FtAcnE was a Hackney Coachman. He was certainly a Scotchman, and lived as a hermit at '•eaux, in France; but he was born in k he seventh century. and Hackney Coaches were not introduced at Paris till 11i•i0, when they were first let by one Savage, who lived, at the Hotel St, Fiacre, whence they probably derived their name. The Saint, how-. ever, has little title to be considered their protectdr, and is better known as the patron of Stocking-knitters in France — an art more necessary to the pedestrian, whom his hose se cure from mud, than to the lazy dame who lolls in the clumsy vehicle that immortalizes his name. _ Vide BECKMANN'S History of Inventions. * The Lady who has thus humourously versified the ancient Legend of St. FIACREIS the Author of a Poem entitled TILE VEILS, a work that unites Chemical and Geological Science with such poetical beauty, grandeur, force and fertility of imagination, and magnificence of description, as place , it among the best compositions in our language. t Supposed to be Edinburgh. REGISTER OF FASHION. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Lord Charles Fitzroy, from Suffolk , the Bishop of Lon don, from Fulham Palace; George Byng, Esq. M.T. from Herts; Major Staples, at Fenton's Hotel ; Sir George Os borne, Bart. from Bedfordshire ; S. Thornton, Esq. M. P. from Cobham Park ; Major-General Eden, from his seat at Ham, at the Stratfoi d Hotel ; Mr. Eden, at ditto, from Ox fordshire ; Foshery, Esq. from the county of Limerick ;at his house in Old Burlington-street. DEPARTURES. The Marquis of Abercorn, to the Priory; Lord and Lady Melbourn, to the Earl of Cowper's seat, Pansanger ; Lord Lynedoch, to his seat., Stony Stratford ; the Earl of Hardwick on a tour; the Archbishop of Canterbury,to Addington Park; Lord Aslibrooke, to Beaumont Lodge, Berks ; Lord Gwydir, to SidmOuth, Devonshire. His Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBERLAND has caused a beiutitul marble bust of Princess CHARLOTTE to be placed in his apartments at Sr.- J a m es's. A marble bust of Marshal Prince BLUCHER, in the Roman style, has been recently put up iu Carlton-house. It was stated in a Paper of yesterday;that the vocal Heroine of Covent-Garden Theatre is about to be matried to a vocal performer of the same Theatre ; we deem it necessary to say that there is not the slightest foundation tar the statement., — (Morning Post) EPITAPH. We conceive it to be la just tribute to departed worth, and a moral duty to hold forth a merito rious example, by the insertion of the following EPITAPH inscribed on a splendid Monument erect ed in Carnets Church, to the memory of WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esti. his Lord Ship's late Agent in Ireland, on which is engraved the following in scription : Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. Who on the sth day of July, 1813, and in the 74th Year of his Age, closed an honourable Life, The last Thirty-three Years of which bad been devoted to the Management of the Wentworth Estates in Ireland the discharge of which undertaking he properly felt that the Welfare of the Tenant was no less coni!!itted to his care than the Interest of the Landlord. These two purposes, appals:v.lly opponent and incompatible with each other, were, however, conjointly the objects of his efforts, and in pursuing this difficult task of balancing impartially different interests, he had the rare happiness of -giving satisfaction to both parties: the 'Fenant felt that his comfoits were well provided for, the Landlord that his in terests were fully considered : of his success in both these points, the universal lamentation of the Tenantry, and the deep regret of the Landlord for his death, afford irre fragable proof. He had long acted as aMagistrate in the County'of Wick -lose, to the great advantage of a district where jutting in terests naturally give rise td petty feuds, and to frequent ap peals to Magisterial - influence ; on such occasions it was his practice to lay aside the authority of the -Magistrate, and to resort to the influence of the Man, the common Friend, the unprejudiced, impartial Arbiter, the just and equitable Composer of Differences : under his conciliating manage ment this method seldom proved unsuccessful; and thus he attained the great object of his life, that of promoting the happiness of all those under his immediate care, by inspir ing them with sentiments of good-will toward, each other, and by diffusing a spirit of general harmony. . _ To perpetuate the memory of a mind so benevolently dis posed, of conduct so usefully benefie.nit, and at the same time to record the Oeep sense entertained of his exemplary fidelity, and in testimony of the most affectionate remem brance of his unwearied attachment, This Tablet is inscribed by WI Lt.tAm Earl FITZWILLIASI. FUR THE SUN. SURREY INSTITUTION, DEC, 8, 1817. MR. EDITOR, —The friends to the general Edu cation of the Labouring Class will learn with sa tisfaction that their favourite principle is advanc ing with steady pace to its universal adoption. In this Parish of Christchurch it has lately been ascertained that there are upwards of three hun dred Children destitute of the means of attaining useful leatning, and although there are Schools already established for educating' upwards of one hundred and forty children, upon the National Society's plan, supported by the voluntary con tributions of the inhabitants, yet no sooner was the tact above stated made known, than they ge nerously carne forward to remedy the evil. • A General Meeting of the Parishioners was con vened on the . sth instant—SAmocc Rontr:sora, Esq. in the Chair ;- when, - upon the motion of the Rev. ROWLAND HILL, it was unanimously resolvvd— ' • ThLt: a Society be now formed, upon the Royal British System, for the Instruction of the Children of Parents of every religious deno mination in Reading, Writhg, and Arithmetic — and to the females Needle-work, in addition ; and that- the same be denominated The Christchurch Surrey School Society." A Subscript ion was immediately opened, and several liberal donations were made, for carrying the object of the Meeting into effect.—lt is a fact, which ought not to be omitted, teat this Establishment owes its origin mainly to the exer tions of the philanthropic GEORGE DAwEs, one of the Society of Friend; ; and it is another proof, it proofs were wanting, of the genuine benevo lence which characterizes that highly an d descry ediy respected class of the commuaity. As the publication of facts like the present is the most likely mode to stimulate others to " go and do likewise," an early insertion of this com munication will very much oblige, Sir, Vour obedient servant, KNIGHT SPENCER. CORONER'S INQUEs F. An Inquest was taken at Peterborough on Fri elly the 21st ult. by JOHN ATKINSON, Gent. Co roner for the hundred of Nassaburgh, upon the body of a person then unknown, who Was found drowned in Peterborough river on the same morn ing. Verdict—" Found Drowned." A card of address, `` ‘Valtham ail Andrew, ship-isourance brokers, Crown-court, Threadneedle-street," was found in the pocket of the deceased, which induced the Coroner to write to those Gentlemen, under a supposition that they might know some thing of him or of his friends ; and it ltdd the desired effect. They communicated the sad tidings to the afflicted wife and brother of :the de ceased, who were then in London, which they-left immediately afterwards, and arrived in yeterbo._ rough soon enough to folloW the body to the grave on Sunday evening. It appears that the .de ceased and his friends lived at 'Jessie, near and that he was Captain and part owner of a brig which sailed from that port ; that he had re cently returned from Oporto (whither his wife had accompanied him) with a cargo of wine con signed to a merchant in London, but when the vessel reached the docks, and her cargo had been discharged!, owing to the unpropitiousness of the voyage (in the course of which it became necessary to stave several pipes of wine in a gale of wind), and from other circumstances, it was deemed ad viseable to sell the vessel, and accordingly the deceased and his brother had .given directions to Messrs. Waltham and Andrew to do so.— nese things preyed upon the poor man's mind, and he left hiS wife and brother, rather ab ruptly, on Thursday alternoon the 20th, but they were under no apprehension that he was gone from London, until they were informed of the melancholy event which had taken place in I eke manner above stated. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. The attempts that have bten made h - v the or position Writers to impute the rebell.ous tuovc- ments in Derby and other places to the emissaries of Government, and mote particularly to a tnan named OLIvEr., induced us to extrac an account Of the ..ise and Fogless of Close movements front The Leeds Intelligencer .of the 17th nit., which we inserted on the 22d followit g. The Leed->•lfritelli geneer promised to resume the narrative in its fol lowing Number, but with that discretion, and re gard to truth, for which it is distinguished, it did not continue its account till the 8:11 inst., most probably because it was anxious to ascertain the authenticity of ail it asserted. The narrative so completely rcfntes the fallacious reports of the Opposition Writers, and so fully clears, the cha racter of Government, that we tkis day give the conclusion of this interesting recital : " Let us try to save the Con try from the terric and de solating consegoences of any counivattee wit h the apostles of blasphemy and anarchy; and let u: rather pursue them into every obscure corner of the kiugdorn, where they fabricate, and from whence they distribute among the miseraille dopes of their wiclicd designs, the poison which they. have art enough to pass for food, and the coals which they vend fur gems."—(White Dwarf) THE LATE CONSPIRACY. " In our Paper of the lith ult. we brought down the progress of the conspiracy to the pe riod when Mitchell found Oliver with Penclrill the hoot-maker, at Pendrill's house in New•gate street, London. Previous to thi s p er i o d, no t on ly was Oliver, but even Pendrili entirely ignorant that any fresh design of insurrection ►vas on foot, since the failure at Spa-fields. The plan, however, it will be recollected,. had been finally determined upon at the Central Meetings, in Pea Scholes's house, at Wakefield ; and Mitchell was merely sent up in older to ascertain if London could still be depended upon for assistance ; when those conversations took place, which first en abled Oliver to give any information on the sub ject to Government. " In answer to Mitchell's questions as to the state of the Metropolis, l'endrill said he had no doubt that London could produce 70,000 men. — That was the number which had assembled at Spa-fields ; and if a rising took place in the coun try, l►e thought the same number would _come for ward again. He was, however, decidedly of opinion that the Government w4s too strong to be overthrown, and said that he, for his part, hail made up his mind to go to America ; though at the same time he added, ti►at if Mitchell would take Oliver through the country . with him, and meet ldin at Liverpool, with a favourable report of appearances, perhaps he might be induced to trait at►d see the result. Tl►is was agreed upon ; and this accounts for Oliver subsequently making his appearance with Mitchell as the London dele gate. Penclrill went on with tl►e winding up of his affairs. Michell and Oliver remained some time longer i❑ London; where Mitchell, as he says himself, had interviews with Sir Francis Bur dett, Major Cartwright, and Mr. Hunt, on the state of the Country, and was strengthened in his opinion that there was every prospect of success. These interviews, it will be observed, account for the declarations of Mitchell and Oliver to the disaffected, that they had .been sent by these gentlemen, in order to ascertain the state of the country. " Oliver, meantime, reflecting on the objections of Pendrill, and on the reasons urged by him in support of his conviction tl►at Government was too strong to be overthrown, became a convert to Pendrill's opinion ; and determined, perhaps from horror at the useless effusion of blood which he saw was about to deluge the country, to divulge, in the proper quartet., w•hat he knew of the con spiracy. He accordinglyprepred a letter, stating ' the nature of the information he had to give, and intimating what services he still might have in his power to perform, which be carried himself to thethliee of tl►e 1 - tome Depar;n►eut, where it was delivered to Lord Sidn►outh. This was the point of time, therefore, at which he first had any communication whatever %vizi) Govern►uent ; and at this perioil, without Oliver's intervention, Lord Sidmouth was already in possession of most of the tacts commuu►►icated in Oliver's letter. This very circumstance, how ever, of / course, corinced his Lordship that Oliver really was in the secrets of the conspiracy and feeling, consequently, no hesitation ro accept his services, Oliver was intiodured to him. This was about the end of March. In a series of inter views a plan of operations was agreed upon--a principal feature in which was, with a view not only of defeatitig the intended rising, but of pre venting it even front breaking out, that Oliver should ec/rrectly report who were the leaders in the country, in order that by the simpli means of an resting them, bloodshed might be prevented, and even the most active members of the conspiracy themselves, by timely apprehension, be saved front the commission of those crimes which would forfeit their lives to the outraged laws of the Count vv. " Ail being ready on the 25th of April, Oliver and Mitchell (the latter by no means sotspectilig the views of his associate) quiAed London to gether by the ;NI TI•o:y passed direct through Birmingham to Derby, ..vh , ..re thev remained pot more than ten minutes, merely while horses were changing. In this short interval, however, Mite chell found'tinle to introduce Oliver to Mr. Ro bertShasx, at the Talbot Inn, as his particular friend. They went on that night (the 26th of April) `to Sheffield,od the next day to Wakefield, the head-quarters, Mitchell introducing Oliver at a Meeting held at Scholes's house, there, that, night, and every where else, as a delegate from London. They were subsequently at Dewsbury (where Oliver was introduced to Mr. Willan, who made himself as conspicuous in these trans actions), Leeds, and other places. Thns.be was carried about by Mitchell to different meetings, till the sth of May. On that important day, the Central Meeting of Delegates took place at Scholes's, in Wakefield, pursuant to adjourn ' meat. The.different delegates attended, and made 3