The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-15 00:00:00

COURT OF ENQUIRY,

POETRY.

SAYS S--- to Po R S ON, " your learning, My Mend,
" Your judgment and taste, all revere,
" Then, if to such trifles your genius can bend,
• " What you think of my Works let me hear."

" I think," answer'tl Poitsow; " the world will adore
" Your compound ofprose and of rhyMe,
" When SHAKSPLARE and MILTON are thought of no
more; '

".1311t, mind, you must wait till that true."

Mr. SstreEe,lnn. and Mr. DRUMMOND were last
week eleded Associates of the Royal Academy.
' Mr. SmarcH is the gentleman who has been select-
ed as ArchiteCt for the new Theatre in Covent-Gar-
den, and whose abilities are in high estimation
among his professional brethren. Mr. DaymmoND
has long been admired for his talents in various de-
partments of painting, and he has particularly dis-
tinguished himself in a very spirited and admirable
representation of the Death of Lord NELSON.
The coluMn that has been ereded on Portsdown
in consequence of a subscription among the sailors
And marines who were concerned in Se battle of
Trafalgar, in order to commemorate that glorious
event, and its immortal Chief, was yesterday opened
for public inspection. Captains BA YNTuN "and
FeestssrLE, two of the gentlemen who were Mem-
bers of the Committee instituted for this patriotic
purpose, attended on the occasion, with .1011..
GROVE, Esq. the Archited. The Column is de-
signed with great taste, and true classic simplicity,
and while it will be a proud record of the heroism
of the country, will also be highly creditable to it in
the province of the Arts.
The liberal condu& of the Duke of NORTUTUAIBER-
LAND towards Mr. KEMBLE is still represented in
various ways. The feet, we are assured, is, that-
his Grace has absolutely presented that Gentleman
with ten thousand pounds, to alleviate his loss by the
destruttion of Covent Garden Theatre, and as a
testimony of esteem for his talents and character.—
DISTRIBUTION OF
......_
PRIZE-MONEY. Such an ael of disinterested munificence very rarely
occurs, and should not pass without a due record.
7:0
`With the
for the Capture o.f. the Friendship (in tom_ It waslstated in a Morning Paper, that the Rev.
Riarriymoist,s ttirtik'lle'Titee);,oeovel every I uesd ay and Saturday, at
Dr. GLASSE moved the thanks •of the Middlesex
l'o the Afticaine', for the C.,ptUre of the Palema, at No. Meeting to the Sheriffs last week at Hdckney. The
70, Great Russell street, Bloomsoury, for three months. Doctor has contradicted this statement, declaring,
fames-street,
the Juno, for the .Capture of the Minerva, at No. 2, Adelem. that he was confined by indisposition, at the time;
perTO the Sloop Blossom, and G un-brigs C nquest and Dap_ 1 and that if had not he should not have been pre-
, for the Capture of the Russian Ships Spesimoy and Wil-. I riming, at Juke's, Gosport, for the. Blossom and
t. onquest, 1 sent. It is by no means surprising that a Scholar
iind Maude's, Great George-street, London, for the Dapper. .; and a Gentleman should be anxious to clear him-
f,,t7.4?..",1e Gun-brig Contest, for the tteca,,ture of the lade, I- self from the Imputation of having had any concern
on Toes by Tribune, at N0..23, IW‘rtolk-street, Strand- lin a Meeting that originated in nothing but party-
-L.O '4;p 1, and Fridays, for three months,
ti spirit, and was in general characterised by no other
.: 'ne n(.dicea, Soleoay, and Linnet Gun-brig, for the
recapture of the lunge Harnot, or Young Harliot, Pappen- 'sentiment. ' •
bur G.
Fonda
n . ht, at No. 23, High-street, Portsmouth, ever
Y An increase to the income of the Duke of Pour-
• • -, anti Thursday, for three Months.
agreementl dou
alno the Centaur, Alligator, Drake, ILmerald; Hippomenes, LAND, of about six thousaud pounds per annum,
Seratais, L'Unique Schooner, Heureux (sharing by I will take plate by the fading in of the 'leases in the
rews
0.. with the Emerald), and part ot the-Otticers and i neighbourhood of Cavendish-square, in about seven
thee,
Colon
the G ti.acnapin and Despfrate, for the reduction Of
ny of :ttrinain, at Mr. Thomas Goode's, No. 6, 1 years._ It
.comprises the West side ot Princes-s. Erect,
Stan,
, loPe-stiet, Strand. ' the North side ot Oxford-street, the Last side of
o,!aiie the hired Cutter Princess Augusta, for the recapture /guiles-street, and the South side of Cavendish-
larren4rteidi eraiie,ad,,ain.eit, of the
atA uNroora ~o,n thei nCysttLeert's azi.viaplha t a i
i , Square. The whole of the houses contained, in this
•-•,:ro, the Brilliant, for the recaptureof- the Elizabeth, and . space are to be pulled down, and rebuilt in a hand-
4Stle Industry, on board the Brilliant, on the 16th, and'erty i some and uniform manner. The improvements will
to, achy and Friday afterwards, tor three months, at NO.-
". Clement's Inn. ibe made by each tenant; it being the unifi ' • •
am prat.-
, . • t;r4 the Brilliant, fOr, the capture of the French Privateer (ice of the Duke not to remove any one who has an
k4rsars, on board the Brilliant, at POrtslllolltll, on t e ihtlt, : interest in the house he inhabitse and is disposed to
~,, bray Tutsday arid Friday afterwards, for three months, .
•4 k • Ciainerir's Intl. continue in it. Mr. Nirtima s'ill be- the Arcluted.-
.--...___.,—.i - - , I_ 'he fines, and additional ground rent, arising out of
4:4e Baltit, And particularly towards the
.Sound, these impnivernents, are estimated to produce the
abovesutra ; which pert 'of the estate now oel ~
e
infested by Danish Privateers. Aceorditig,to the
last „
ion counts seven of our valuable inerchantinedbe-
oii .inally let as one field, at that sum, ninety-twO
thegsin,g 1.: the Baltic Fleet have run aground upon ; t°
years ago.
,vedish shore, in order to escape being captured.
A sea-snake, 6o feat long, being the second of
b,,The Trinity Hulse at Newcastle has laid down i
the kind ever seen, has been driven ashore on the'
cks and shoals 1, "Ys, pointing out some of the most dangerous ,
estate of Malcolm Laing, Esq. M. P. in one orilie
of
ooals near the Fern Islands, which will
sic • • Orkney Islands.
great utility to ships passing between the islands , . .
The following Declaration has been signed by the
1,1,;11.,4 the main land, where frequently many falalesc- '
"",ents have happened for want of such directions. 11,0inan Catholics of the County and City of Kil-
Jac
Ke:,ny :--
po. QUES LAVEL, Captain Of the French PriVinver ~ We
the undersigned Roman Catholics of the County and
-pi Znle du Jour, lately capon-, d by the J.-Sri/ha/4: Dtf
,City or Kitkplay, think it incumbent on us to express the..
:1,,: Ytllouh, on his exandnation before' the Commis- great pleasure. we feel at the decision of our venerable Pre-
r()flers of Prizes, proved to be one of the French
la
l'l.s 'Wile& their
ever.tc lloankiLtiaupSytti.,o(them with reverence, as the
t tsoncrs' who escaped IA ith the Buoy Boat, from We
ot the, faiths nd Discipline of the Ima Roman
turisniouth, on the 5i II of April last.. He says they . ~:attrolic. Cliurcir, andl we declare it our decided opinion,l that,
ilidisitlianrgt t.p.lie,li.gr.e
,oitildtiesiiravitelisnuiirrretsatieictinoecscsasieoindig
-pt.! hole iii tile Vigilant, arid swath to a Spanish
ItitigeCizveale ~
'gate (the Amphitrite), took, her boat, and got on ,and profound wisdom."
boardl: the Buoy. Boat al 10 o'cl:4ck a. night.—There
.A singular ot?currence took place on Sunday se'n-
it'ere then two Englishmen on board,' whom they night at Contralti Church. The Earl of DARNLEY
atern below. At about one o'clock in the morning, was followed there by one of .his pointers, .which
inbnat came alongside, with another of the men be- shortly after became wad; and threw the whole
t,,,nging to her,. who had been speigling his evening congregat ion into confusion and alarm. A country-
\37eishore,...-At a, quarter past bye they get -under man , courage slip-who procured a rope, with great
aidek}' i the day-break gun fired just as they got out- ped it round the animal's neck, and hung him across
a on;34lthe harbour. At noon, they were chased by one or the pews. iiortunately no person sustained
/nu l'e' and a 'brig of war, but the Buoy Boat very any injury. , 4
ijaife ' netsailed Them.--They arrived at Dieppe at Yesterday a poor man, supposed to be a maniac,
kri.PaBt ight in the evening. The people at the attended in Westminster Hall, to present a Petition-
si.„7 41-huuse thought it was a cartel, .and sent a boat to one of the Judges, against an Attorney, to whom
I,_ In say, they could not be permitted to come in ; (according tolns story) he had lately. given 4501. at
0_ tlt Perceiving they were Frenchmen, they were, of Newcastle, 16 recover an estate for him. The Attor-
cour,e, allowed to land. The Boat was sold to a ney, after receiving the property, had Walked otf,
Tmerchant lot 15,000 'iv res (about 7001.) The three leaving,. the Client (sans law or money. .
ien were used well, and sent into the interior.— I kskeleton of a man has been lately found in 3
.c'ne 13..0y Boat is at present cruizing in the Channel, , stone quarry, .at Sleagill, in Westmoreland. It is
jlriYing eight 6-pounders, under the name of the ' supposed to have been there for a great number of
~,,Ll°!,/ Boat of Portsmouth. She is fitted out by the i years; it was nearly double. Two brazen plates
:;v"erchant who purchased her, and who was the were on each arm, between four and five inches.-
ner of the Pointe du Jour, When they left the broad.
itillPhilrite it was their intention to take the Buoy , A few days previous to the evacuation of Lisbon,
lOrs boat oral but but it coming- on to blow stroeg, - a party of French soldiers met a lady in the street,
14,:Y thought it would not be' large enough, as there 1 who wore a diamond ring on ber finger. They ; The American Congress was to assemble on the
aft re nitre of them. The crew of the Pointe du Jour, surrounded 'her, and each eying the ring, commenced , 4th of this ITlOnlh, and all the Members •were corn-
iititetr her capture, weretaken out, except one wan,. I a scuffle for the prize; when one of the miscreants, ing instruated by their Constituents to discuss the
am,: " men of the Brilliant were put on board her; I more ferocious than the rest, drew his sabre, and , Embargo Ad, which there is every probability will
aia9"ve are sorry to relate, she foundered in Bigbury f at one stroke cut off the wretched lady's hand, i be taken off. Produce has risen on that speeulation ;
s. Y thc evening she was taken, and every, person pe- '' which, with the ring on it, he Pot into his pocket, ' and When we know•that butchers' meat had fallen
.Isziod.
' and coolly marched off in search of further plunder !11 to one-eighth of its usual price, and flour and other
01) IL
~,
and rice %oh ult. a Sloop Privateer, of three guns, A young woman, servant to a tradesman in the 1 articles. nearly as much, we caneot, doubt but that
1_ 4° nice, was seen boldly steering into Long- Canongate (Edinburgh), having committed suicide . the majority will he for the old order of things, pin-
-I.l4°lue' "lib the intention of cutting out some of the I last week, the Caesarean operation, on the suggestion ; Ocularly as the,experimeot of-Joining Britain and the
ablt Fleet for Gortenburoh lying there; when, ! of a surgeon, waS pradthed, and the infante traded ; British Islands by' that measure has by no means
(it, he,.. . .
,4. •
\Srare•ictelvlng the pendant of the Stork Sloop of . ''alive. i succeeded ; and the Jensn- it is continued the less
cohere she put about, and stood into Widewall Bay, While BLIONAPARTE was at Franckfort, on his necessary will American provisions be to the Islands,
Of f.e she ;inlet)), cast anchor alongside the Albion, , route to Erfurt'', he particularly distinguished the ; as South America will soup be able to supply them
hotlialverpool, and a Sloop . from Aberdeen, both old Austrian Gene,ral MANFREDINI, and closed a . with more than they can Want, except corn and
sailer f9r Liverpool. ' Next morning the Convdy long conversation by observing, " Your Govern- . salt fish, which. come in great • quantities from
son k .fur Gottenburgh, and the Privateer having I meat has occasion for repose, to/heal tire wounds .. Canada.
..• , ' ,
ti o„ Pt her station, without exciting any suspi- still bleeding from the campaigns. Let her cults- The Office in'Great George-street; Westminster,
ese ,', at Midiiight Of the 13th boarded and carried 1 vate peace. Should madness urge her. tO Nvar, auni- . for concluding the business 91 the woods anti forests,.
i , .
ed these N 0 Nt esaels, the crews of which she land- I !illation must follOW."to- be pulled down,. for the improvements
next (iii text day. 'A Convoy Ship,•which arrived Died, on Sunday last, lath inst. at his house ill carrying on in Westminster, and the office for that
..
Liss Y. was sent in pursuit. The prizes are of Southover„ Wli.t.IAAl NE.WTON, Esq. Colonel of the business in future to be carried on is at one of the
at vat
• ue,
/- P. NY, O. or South Lewes Volunteers. . new houses opposite the Admiralty. i

•
FALMOUTH, Nov. 12.---Arrived his Majesty's
Ship Pheasant from a cruize, and the Ann Cartel,
Capt• SEVER, from Portsmouth for Morlaix, with
French Prisoner's. •
Sailed the Dispatch Packet, HARRIS, for Corunna.

President.—General Sir D. Du Rio.t.s.
Earl NloritA, "
PETER CRAIG,
Lord HEATIIFIELDi
Fad PEMBROKE,
Lieut.-Generals Sir I-1. Nee ENT,
OLIVER Niel-100.S.

Generals

CoRK, Nov. B.—Arrived his Majesty Ship Fylla
frorP Cloiberon Bay, from whence she sailed with
npwArds of 40 Sail of Transports, only two of which
;Ire arrived with her, the rest having separated in a
gale.

OCT. 14.—Yesterday sailed His Ma-
Jest '
)'' 5414) Sir peen with a convoy for Heligoland
diCute 'Gan-brig tor Gortenburgh with dispatches,
an`,l r' •e Gallant Gun-biig for Yarmouth. Also
!fot ailed this day the Lark, Packer, DELL; with Mails
G,)rienburgh; the Beaalby Packet, NORms, and
"luck/and PaCkCt, DIANE, with Mails for Heli-
goland;

" Whereas, we were pleased, in the month of filly, dog, to
constitute and appoint Lieut.-General Sir Hew Dalrymple,
Km. to the command of a body- of our forces, employed to
'act on the coast of s pain- and Portugal, or' in such other part
of the Continent of Europe as he might' hereafter be directed
to, and the said Lieut.. General purSuant to our instruc-
tions transmitted to him:proceed to Portirgai, and did on the
zadagf August, 1.30% fond in that country, and take upon
himself' the command of the said holy of our forces accord-
ingly. And whereas it appears that on the same za.d August,
and subsequently to his having assumed the command, an
Armistice was concluded as hiliows-,-Ciiere it recited the Ar-
mistice aS stated in ...Vfr Hew Dalyinph-'s dispatch.]
" Oct, whereas, it appeals that on the loth day of Au-
gust, acg, a Convention was concluded as follows - [Here
is rcrited .be C6nrention at stated in .Nir flew Daltymple's
Patch.]
'• We think it necessary that an inquiry should be made
by the General. Officers herein after name t, into the condi-
tions of the said Armistice and Convention, 'and into all the
ca ses and circumstances (whether arising from the previous
operations of the British Army or otherwise),' whi Nled to
them, and into the conduct, benaviour, anti proceedings of the
said Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. Dalrymple, and of any other officer
or officers wr.o may have held the command of our troops in
Por;ugal ;. and Many other person or persons, as far as the same
were connected with the said Armistice and Convention, in
order that the said General Officers may report to us, touChing
the matters aforesaid, for our better information. Our %%Ali and
pleasfiretherefore is, and we do hereby nominate and appoint
the General ifficers ot our Arany, W hose names are respeetive-
ly mentioned in the list annexed, to be a Board, of which we
do hetet). appoint General Sir David Dundas, fc. B. to be
Preside t, who are to in et accordingly for time purposes abOve-
mentiOned. And %on are hereby required to give noti,e to the
said General Officcrs When and where they are to meet for
the said examination and inquiry, and you are here,iy direCted
to summon such persons as may be judged necessary by the
said General Officers (whether the General 0 ffieers employed
in time Expedition, or others) to give information touching
the said matters, or' whose examination shall be desired
by those employed in the said Expedition. And the
said General Officers are hereby direeted to hear such per-
sons as shall offer to give intim-nation touching .tne same,
anti they are hereby authorited, empowered, and requir-
ed strictly to examine into the matters betore• mention-
ed, and to report a state 'thereof as it shall appear to them,
. together witlt their opiriOn thereupon,
,and also with their
opinion, whether any or what further proceedings should be
had thereupon ; all winch you. are to transmit to our .Com-
Islander in Cii:ef, to be by him laid before us for our con-
sideration, and for so doing this shall, as well to you as to
our said General Officers, and all others concerned, be a suf.
ticiem Warrant.
"Given at our Court at St. lames's, this tat. day of No-
vember, i?,08, in the .49th year of our Reign.
'` By his Majesty's command,
(Signed) " Ni4ES PULTENEY."
" To. our right trusty and well-tieloyed Counsellor,
Hon. Richard Ryder, judge-Advocate General,
or his Deputy."
• '
The JUDGE ADVOCATE next read an Official. Copy
of the Armistice agreed upon between Lieut.-Gen.
Sir A. WELI.L?SLEY. and
_Gen. KELLE\RNIAN., the defi-
nitive. COnvention for the evacuation of Portugal by
the French Army, and of the other documents
which appeared in the London Gazette of Friday,
.the i 6th of September last. •
After a short consultation among the Members of'
the Board, the President observed, that in obedience
to his Majesty's Warrant, it was incumbent upon
them to proceed, with all convenience to the exa-
mination of 'Witnesses, and in order 'to make the
1. necessary arrangements, it would be proper for them
to deliberate in prtvate.- •
The President then turning to the auditory, inti-
mated, that as it was probable there would not be
1 any more business of a public nature
.transa6ted this
day, it was the pleasure of the Board that strangers
- should withdraw. The Court was accordingly Cleared.
Strangers were not re-admitted, and at half past
one the Court adjourned till eleven o'clock on
j Thursday morning. What passed while the doors.
were closed is of course unknown, but it is supposed
to relate merely to the arrangement of ulterior pro-
ceedings.

The adjournment is probably intended to allow
time for the preparation of the necessary papers and
documents, the summoning of witnesses, &c.
Neither Sir HEW DiLRYMPLE, nor any of the
Officers, who served in Portugal, were present, and
the spectators were by no means numerous. Mr.
HA atusoN, the Counsel, who conduCted General
WHITELOCKE'S defence, was in attendance on the
part of Sir HEW DALayurt.c.
The Duke of Cu MEt:RLAND .was present, and af-
ter remainhig some time in Conversation with the
Earl of 'MIRA., his Royal Highness took a seat near
the Board of General Officers.

. _
The Elzill is fitted up, in the hame manner as upon
• General WHITF:LOCKE'S Vial, with the exception of
some apartments being boarded oil at the upperex-'.
(reality, for the accommodation of the Members of
the Court.

' I,IIIST DAY---CHE'LSEAi MONDAY, NOV. 14. •
The Members of the Board, comened by. virtue
of his MAJESTY'S Warrant; under the Sign. Manuel,
assembled this morning in the Great Hall, Chelsea
Hospital, to enquire luto the eauses and eireum-
,gances of the late Treaty of Armistice, and Con-
vention of Cirtra. .

General' Sir DAVID Du NDAS, on observing, that nil
the embers were present, proceeded 'to the Chair
appropriated for the President,- and requested the rest
of the General Officers to take their seats at the
BOard, -which they immediately did, in the foll Owing
order :

The Board being constituted without any forma-
lity, the Han. It RYDER, Judge Advocate, read His
hiAJEsTy'sWarrant, of which the following is a
,correct copy :