The Sun.
London, England, 1806-11-20 00:00:00

111E.C4TilRY-BIRD SOCIETY.

,
Tlie Canary RA Fancier§ had their annual din-
ner •yesterday at tlie Queen's Head Inn, Gray's Inn
Gate; Holborn, It was nuMerouslyattended, and
premiums so high as Thirtji Gitineai' Were adjudged,
even for single birds. In akertaining the value of
the bird, its vocal talents are not. taken ..intich inw
account. I!s shape, its plumage, its carriage, are
the points is which its 'merits are •eotisidero, to
consist. In order, therefore, to form an exact esti-
male, water :1-i procured ; and when any suSpicion is
entertained of any ariificial means having been used
to improve the col Our or shape of the plumage, the
feather is t'iished in a peculiar ',Way that does not
injure it, and at the same time deteas`the impostUre,
where any IS. praeli3ed. To such a degree of nicety
have these Bird-fanciers carried their 'taste and skill,
that they can ascertain in a moment whether the one
%yin& corresponds exaaly with the I other in the
colour, number, and exaa appearance and place
of the feathers. Even in the case of a featly.- lost,
and an artificial one substituted in its place, no art
Or ingenuity can deceive them.

tt-tz IhmoNb's new Play of
Adrian and Orritla oontinue3 its attraction. Miss
SMITA was oppressed by a severe cold last night;but
she went through her part; with commendable- zeal.
At the tommericeinent of the Play the audience
clarhoured for the Prologue, but when COoKE in fanned
them thai it was.laid aside, and not announced in Alie
play,•bills, they were soon appeased. It is not,•
however, usual for the Prologue to be omitted; till
after the ninth performance of a
.new Piece:
13qN MoT,—BANNISTER, adverting 'to the cause
of his late disaster, observed, that whatever the, pub-.
lk might think of him as an ./ig.qor, he:should i-lever
-be a -auto-. His hand is in a fair way, but it: is.
very far from well. , 'He haS lost the ends of the,
three middle fingersohe bones of which were also'
broken, and he.,had a large wound in -the palm, at
the bottom of the thumb.

Peculiar delicacy as to family feelings operated to
preveat us from inserting an account of a duel Which
took place near Limerick on Thursday last, but one
of the party having dkd on Thursday, in conse-
quence of the wound he , received, and an Inquest
being necessary to be holden by the Right Worship-
ful Mayor, w-e cab no longer refrain from mention-
ing this unfortunatel atThir, aind would wish that the
melancholy result might contribute hi some degree
to prevent the horrid and detestable pra6tice of
duelling. The parti6 were Captain BEEVES, of the
69th Regiment, and Captain of the 6th
West India Regiment. The antagonists exchanged
one shot each, and Captain BEEVES received a ball
in his side, which thus proved mortal. The Coro-
mer's Jury were summoning when this Paper was
put to Press. --(Limerick Chronicle.)

We ,have authority to state, that the acbount from .
Dublin, mentioning a difference having arisen be-
tween Lord ACLIESON and Colonel COP/3, is totally
,void of foundation. •

A Letter from the Cape of Good Hope, dated the
Ist of Sept. says--`" We have received an account
from Madras and the Mauritius, that the Warren
Hastings, Capt. LARKIN, from China to London,
fell in' with a 44-gun Frigate, and engaged her two
hours and forty minutes, wherein she disabled her so
as to prevent a pursuit. The Ikarren Hastings lost
her main and wizen masts, and attempted to make
off under her fore-sail, but it was no sooner set than
the crippled mast fell, and she, was compelled to
strike. We hear that both Ships were dismasted."
Captain HEMMINGS, of the Jamaica,Packet, who
is just arrived in England, speaks in ternis of the
highest commendation of the efficacy of the Yellow
Fever Remedy.

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WE are much Cdtioeirried in annOnneing the 'deatii
'tit' this Gentier`anti,. died on the 10th inst. near
Edinburgh.
It May be justly said, that in die revered indivi;
dual, Who has this 'closed a long and hOnotirable
life, society has to bewail a loSs which not be
soon 'or easily Sup'pli‘ed. Sir Wm. FOetts Was one
of the distinguished few whom Providence seems
to have destined to pnrposes of the higheSt dignity
and'usefulness, by coMbining, station of great
influence in.Seciety, the best "attributes of the un-
derstanding; :and the 'noblest qualities of the heart.
BOrn to the inheritance of an ample fortune, and
bearing one of the most ancient names in Scotland,
this Gentle Man early devoted himself to the im-
provement of the commercial interests of his coun-
try, and Was the thunder, in conjundion with the
late Sir -.1.4.mts HUNTER BLAIR, of the well knowti
banking establishment which now bears their inu-
mil name. In this situation, one of the highest
I:vhieh an individual in the mercantile world can
hold, the views- of Sir WILLIA:sa FORTIES were ne-
ver. dire&ed to the considerations 'of personal advan-
tage; unconnected with the, welfare of the com-
munity.- His liberality and indulgence were un-
beunded in the numerous cases of mercantile trans-
-ea-ions which came under his view, of which his
luminous and expansive mind had first ascertained
that the Obje6ls were judicious and honest and
amongst those who mar read this, and who now
enjoy the comforts of independence, we doubr not
there are knany who are conscious, that they might
yet have lingered its the struggle of life, but for the
confiding liberality of Sir WILLI:am horses.
The support and encouragement of all publit
concern's engaged much of the attention of this ge-
nuine patriot; and in public and priv.,te charity hit
liberality was at once exemplary and unostematious:
Many are the children of sorrow who bless his
bounteous hand and sympathising heart, whose re-
lieved distresses are known only to -themselves. But
it is not our purpose to enter into the history of Sie
:WILLIAM FOlinheS life, nor to detail the instances
of benevelence which: have uniformly marked Its
course ; we wish
,to pourtray his charader, not to
write his eulogium-
In the intercourse of private society, and in tki-ie
bosom of his family, the qualities of Sir WILLIAM
VoREEs were not less amiable, than those of his pub'
lie situation were honourable and useful, In hit
youth he had devoted much of his-time to the study
of elegant literature ; 'and, during the course of his
long life, he,never lost sight of those liberal pursuits
which early association had endeared to him, and
which, while they relieved the pressure of his more
Serious avocations, lent a distinguished grace to his
character. He united, in a de.,,ect which has sel'
dom been attained, that acuteness and discrimina-
tion which are conferred by a kuowledre of man-
kind, with the information of.the scholar, and the
courtly elegance of the gentleman ;---bLit in him the
fascination of manner arose from-the genuine feelings
of his heart : He was polite and condescending;,
because he was humane and benevolent—he was
open and gracious,, because he was candid and sin-
cere.

Sir WILLIAM FonrsEs was one of the earliest
members of the. celebrated LITERA RY CLUB, which
boasted, amongst its other illustrious associates, the
names of JOHNSON, REYNOLDS, GARRICK, and
BURKE. He survived many of these eminent men,
and, we believe,. has left few of the original mem-
bers. behind him. The literary leisure of his latter
days was devoted to the fulfilment of a task for
which he was peculiarly fitted—we allude to his
account of the life and writings
.of his-friend Dr.
BEATTIN. :Of this work we may remark, that, al-
though it is tie production of a man not accustom-
ed to write for the public, it exhibits throughout
a complete knowledge of the subica, a sound and
sagacious judgment, a clear and discriminating taste,
and an honourable and benevolent heart.---He has
now joined his early friend, we trust, in' 'a happy
immortality ; and, in concluding this faint and inn-
perfed tribute of affee.lion and respea, we shall take
our reverential leave of his memory in the Words
which he himself used in bidding farewel to his be:
:loved associate.
t him to record the truth, is his best praise.!' :•

Gut LDHALL.—Yesterday Edward Wright, alias
My Hearty, between 70 and. 80 years of atre, was
charged With stealing a piece of Silk handkerchiefs
out of a shop in Barbican, and fully conitnitted. The
excuse he made was,, that he wanted a shirt. He
.is a very old offender, having been, tried more than
•70'thites at the.ditlerent.S:2o:l3. He has been-upr
wards of 50 tiiub:s 'publicly whipped, at-ill .vas once
capitally conviaed. •
PeaLic Of TICE, H,vvro&-GAltnr:x.—YesterOav
Sophia George, who attehapted suicide a few even,.
ings since in one of the lock7up rooms, was exa-
mined a second time, being charged, on suspicion,
with stealing stockings, the property of a Mrs. Ni-
chols, 1..vh0 being unwilling to pro,iermt,.), iu conse-
quence.of the attempt she made on her own life,
she was discharged with a Salutary advice:

. ,
A few days since a young, Lady, of the name of
en es, whose parents reside in Wilitecross-street,
St. Luke's, was burnt to death in the following man-
ner :---As she and a young man; in the habit of
visiting the family, and an admirer of Miss FOR
were conversing together in the parlour, a spark
from the fire flew, unperceived, on the muslin dress
of the Lady, which soon kindled into a blaze.—
The young man pulled off his coat to wrap round
her, with a view to extinguish it ; but, before he
could accomplish his intention, she ran out of the
room into the street ; he followed her, and before
effedual 'assistance could be procured, she was SC)
dreadfully burnt, as only to survive until the fol-
lowing 'morning; She was about seventeen years
of age, and on the eve of marriage to the Gen-
tleman.

On Saturday
,night a daring attempt was made
by the Spanish Prisoners, in Mill Bay depot, Ply-
mouth, to etre& their escape ; twenty-nine of them
got into the Bog-house drain, from which they cut
a.subterraneous passage under the prison wall, and
were making their way through the hospital avenue,
when They were deteded by one of the turnkeys,
and their escape prevented. This is tt-e
.seconcl at-
tempt in the course of the week which has been
frustrated by the vigilance of the turnkeys. •. In con-
sequence of-these repeated efforts to etre& their
libeation., every possitlie precaution, we hear, hat
been adopted.

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Yesterday a very nurwous.meeting of the
tors-of Westfninster assembled :it Willis's Itoorris,

to celebrate the ele&ion of ?gr. SHERIDAN and. Sir
SAMUEL HOOD—Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL 111.. the

Chair.. - -
-After, dinner=-the King and ROyal Fimily-the
:Prince Of Willes—the Independent Elea:tors of
Westminster—were drank with three tittles three.
• The Immortal :Memory ofivir..Fox wa drank in
lence. The healths of Mr. Sheridan and Sir Sa-
muel flood were drank with acclamations.

'Air. SHERIDAN rose, and spoke to the following

eifea

" Gentlemen—After this successful contest, it
,is only necessary for me,- in addition' Ao .thanking
_you for thc, kind manner in which- yOulllive drank
:Illy health, to address to you a few
*brief words..•--
7cYithout.any atie6tation I may venture to say, that
Whatever frailties may belong to my nature,
,there
is one fatal vice fora which lam free-74 am not
capable of 'ingratitude, and- I shall for ever enter-

thin a most lively' feeling of th 3 generous support
and atfe&tion which I have experienced during this
Ele&ion ; but, the exertions of-. the independent
Eledors of ANTstininster in this•contest have been
the more glorious and honourable to themselves,
since the question was not considered. to be, whe-
thL\ Sir Samuel Hood and I should be returned, but
.whether the ,principles on which the Throne and
the• Constitution repose, shoulci be overthrown and
levelled.with the dust ? They have, however, shewn
their attachmmt to the true principles. of the Con-

,stitution, and it is for that I thank them more than

for the honour they have dope to me. In thanking
all my friends, however, I must beg leave to be
allowed to particularize those young men of high.
birth and bloOd, and those gallant Naval Officers,
who have with so much ml and c ,urage supported

-Sir Samuel -Hood's cause and mine. It is proper I
should now state, that the brave Officers so warmly
attached to the gallant Mania&lnear me, have, ever
since same trifling .misunderStanqing was removed,
canvassed for. me with equal zeal sas for him. I
have always been the devoted and sincere friend of
the Navy : for is there any man who values hiS
country, that can think of the Navy without-ex-
fleriencing, the strongest. feelings of gratitude ?' But
'I am now, if possible, more bound than ever to the
Navy--I am bound to it by personal gratitude. Gen-
tlemen, I shall -not advert with any asperity to the
Circumstances 'of the contest which has so gloriously
terminated. Upon this day,.l trust, this company
will give me some credit for common taste and
judgment, and I am sure I should be greatly want-
ing to both, if I made the coadtid .of Mr: Paull
the subje& of particular animadversion. I declare
that I sincerely believe thi4 will be the last time I
shall ever, in the course of 'my life, mention the
name of- Mr. 'Paull, either in speech or in writing.
I hope, therefore, I may be excused for saying one
word respading that person now. 1 have been fre-
quently asked this day, why Mr. Paull'4 fulsome
panegyric on me was not published until this 'morn-
ing,. My answer has been, that' I had no concern
with that publication, to which my consent was nut
•given ;- for I assure you, Gentlemen, I was- much
.more ashamed of Mr. Paull's praise, than I eaer.
,could have .been afraid of his opposition. But what
nut the public think of the man, who, on the 20111
of .September last, made me the subject of so nittch
extrakagant praise, and so grossly 'libelled Lord
-Percy ? WhO pretended :that his indignation was
rouged at the thoughts of Lord Percy being preferred
to rue as a Candidate for Westminster. What, I
--say, must they think of him, when i're now comes
forward in this Eledion, and describes me as -the
haeller of the House. cf Percy, and himself as the
.only fit BepresentatiVe for the City of Westminster?
Gentlemen, at the time when Mr. Paull published
the Address to the Eleaors of Westminster, to
which Phatte alluded, I did give my sulThort to Earl
Percy.- I gave him .my support because ,I was-con•
winced be merited it not because he wasahe son of
• a Peer, or a great man, but because I was convinced
that such were his chara&aer, his attainmenls, and_
Ins Constitutional 'principles, that he was well -de-
servi no- the honour of Representing thiaCity. In this
beliefl still remain. „The character of Lord Percy,
-Gentlemen, is such as to justify yon,.ou- a future oc-
casion, in making him the object of your choice, if
he should again solicit that distiti6litin.a I assure you
I do not think it would be possible for you to choose
amore virtuous, or in 'any respea a 'better Repre-

sentative. •
" I shall now, Gentlemen, pass from this subjeka,
to say a few words on the situation of the Country.
But tirst let me observe, that it has frequently, in the
course of this Eleaion, been urged (and it is the only
thing like an argument our opponents have had to
advance against my gallant colleague)' that a man
cannot serve his country at once in two places—
gran red : Jut, Gentlemen, it has long been the practice
of the Citizens of Weestminsw to elta some distin-
guished Naval Officer for one of their Representatives.
It is an' heuour you have thought due to the Navy;
a sort of Popular Peerage, gloriously bestowed on the
brave defenders of their country. '(Great applause.).

For my own part, I might, as has been hinted by Sir
F. Burdett, have sneaked into Parliament as the Re-
, preSentative of a dose -Borough that I could easily
have done ; but, Gentlemen, I thought it my duty
to step forward and offer myself a candidate. for this
populous City, that I • might have an opportunity of
.resisting, in the most effectual manner, Ihose accurs-
ed principles which, if encouraged, would subvert
the Constitution and destroy the Country.
Gentlemen, we live in days of peril. It is im-
possible to look at the strides which are made by a
man, in speaking. of whom I shall use no coarse
-language, I. mean the Emperor of the French, with'-
. oat serious apprehension. A day'May come when,
whatever may be the faculties of Members of Tar-
- liatnent in debate, it will .not be on theta, hut the
swords and the courage of the Officers of our Navy
And our Army that the country will have ,;) rely for
its security and independence.- it has been scOiling-
ly said at Brenttbrd, • that the country will be called
upon to make,new- sacrifices—J am not ashamed,
Gentlemen,oto avow that I am ready to take my
share of the blame of proposing any sacrifices which
may be necessary for the safety of the country. Let

• • , t
"n§ consider *hit o\ti• sitnation ts7,:And yet!
may be, and the necessity of. father sacrifices,wili-
• K. evidentto'evt-,ry Man. tientll 177Ht7, you haVe in
the person of the gallant Adiuir,al near me an illui-
:tration of ‘..hat the situation of Englzind Wrayhere-
' after be—maimed in. some limb, she may be-bereft
of some member,; but still sound_at the heirt, she:
'will bravely combat and fmallk overcome elle;

[pies. „ •
" Though a meeting of this kind 'is in general
More ccovil'ial.than,nolitical, I am sensible that 1.,
am addressing myself to menfof thinking minds, and
I feel no apolOgy necessary for having introduced so
grave a; subjea:as,this. We dc.mhtless, may all still
have to make great skrifiees, perhaps in many of the
comforts or'even necessaries of life, in the defence of
The country. . We have, however, a, gallant• Navy
and Army to inspire us With Confidence. Let us
recolle& what Nelson has done; and what Hood
has,shewn him Self capable of doing. We shall then
have nothing to dread-,--I .am confident that if the:
great contest . with the enemy should. happen, every'
individual.: would say, Give ine death, but give may
Country .victory."--(Long and reiterated -applauses
Followed this speech.) •
'Sir SAMUEL Hoot) could scarcely find words to,
thank the Eleadis fOr the honohr they had done 'him
an drinking hiS health along with that of Mr. Sheridan.
He assured them,thar w believer lie should be required
to serve them., either at, sea -or in the Senate, he
should be always ready to answer the call.--7(4-
pia/Ise)
The health of Mr. WittTnunAn was afterwards
propoSed by the Chairman, and thank with :three
times three. - • •
Mr. WHITEREAP: returned his sincere thanks to
the company. The, Hon. Gentlenian: then made. a
very eloquent speech, in which he repeated many of
the observations he.had made at the former meetings
of Mr. Sheridan's friends, He, cOograttilated the'
Eleaors -on the glorious victory they had achiev-
ed, and on the beneficial ex-ample their triumph
would afforsi the country. Ho observed, that
the state of the Poll. in Westminster was such
as to -afford Mr. Paull some opportunity of boast-
ing ; but with regard to' Middleseit, the Poll there,
if Sir -Francis Burdett looked at it, as he-desired
Mr. MelliSh to do, must convince him that his prin-
-ciples were not approVed of by the Freeholders of
this, County. He approved of what had 'fallen 'from
Mr: Sheridan, respeCting•the -sacrifices which it was
necessary for the country to .make ; and observed,
thai if Sir 'Francis Burdett were in' Administration,
he would find it necessary to propose similar Sacri- .
fice2.—Mr. Whitbread then proposed
The Health 01 Lord-William Russell, and all the-Mem--
bets of the Nonle•HouSe, of whom he was the only Repie-
sentative at the present _
(This toast was.followed by loud plaudits).
Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL, in returning thanks- to
the company, observed, that. Sir Francis Burdett
had appeared to be attached tO the united 'Admi-
nistration down to the
,period when' Lord Percy, was
proposed as a Candidate for. Westminster, and he
was at a loss to conceive what had since happened
Which could have produced so extraordinary a change
in Sir Francis's opinion.
The Noble House of Devonshire, proposed by Mr. Shed-
dan,,, was drank with three times three.
Mr. MF.Lusa and Captain MAXWEr.t, whose.
healths were drank, addressed the company idap-
propriate speeches.
Mr. KELLY, Mr. TAYLOR, Major DOwNES, and
Mr. MASON, entertained the company with some
excellent songs, and the evening was.spent with the
greatest conviviality.

Yesterday the RECORDER made a Report tO-
MAJESTY of the following capital 'ConviCts under
sen,tenee of death in Newgate :—Hannah M‘,Carty,
for stealing goods privately in a shop ; Wm. Haw-
kins, for a highway robbery ; John .Gore, Sarnuel
Carter, and John o'Donnel, for stealing bank--notes
in a dweiling7house ; Elizabeth Lloyd, for burglary ;_
S4muel Britten; for a like, offence 5 Mary Wout ton,
for stealing in a dwelling7house`; Mary Ballard, for
a like offence; Robert Harrison„ rz/it Brown, for a
like offence ;'Jane Raftry; alias Helder; for littering
counterfeit coin ; D. Drew, for horse7stealing'; A.
M•Kenzie, J.West Woo d,and C. La n guis, for forgery ;
John Whaley, alias Howell, and John Beasley, ter
returnincr,from transportation,i JaMes Vaughan, and
Joseph Knight, for taking a tat,se oath to obtain let-
ters of administration to receive ceitaiu pay and
prize-money; William Askew,. for burglary; Mar-
garet Rice; for stealing goods ,in a dWelling4iouse ;
Hannah Railfon, and Mary Daley, for stealing goods
Privately in a shop ; Ann dernents, for stealing in a
dwking',house ; and George Grearson fur a like
offence.—When Charles Louis Languis, Joseph
Westwood,' Alex. M'Kenzie, John Beasley, and
James Vaughan, were ordered for execution on
• Wednesday next, the 26th of ,No‘ember. The
others Were respited during pleasure..
Late tin , Monday night, or early on Tuesday morn-
ing, the Chapel belonging to Greenwich Hospital
was broke open. Upon the discovery being made
on Wednesday morning, Lord HOOD; the Governor
of Greenwich Hospital, sent information to Bow:-
street Office. In consequence, Anthony was dis-
patched there. He examined the premises, and
found the strong outer door had been broke open,
also the inner one, which isinade of solid mahogany,
near four inches thick, and which, we: understand,.
cost 5001. ; the vestry doOr was likewise broke open,
and the iron chest, in which the sacrament plate is
deposited, had been, attempted, in which aft it was
supposed- the villains broke their iron crow, as part
Of one N.vas'foUnd near it ; and 'there is no dqubt but
the plate was their objea : they however made off
with two of the Minister's surplices, the sacrament
linen, thu gold fringebelonging to the pulpit, &c.
An elderly man, of Wadhursti in Sussex, whose
pedestrian and unwearied exertions in the field had
long placed his name high on the Annals_of Hunt-
ing, being a fe'w days since engaged in his favourite
amusement, pursued the Chace to the death of the
hare, at which, from his ability to judge 'best the
course of the timid animal, he was the first in, and
with Stenterian voice, gave the halloo, common on
such occasions ; but alas ! it proved literally the
Halloo of Death; for he had. no sooner summoned
,the field by his signal, than be drbpped down, and,
• surrounded. by the
,dogs, expired, amid music that
must have been gratefill to his ear, if not balmy to his
departing soul. .