The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-05 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION

Of Sir I. STUART; Kniot of the Grand Imperial Order
of the Greater Crescent, and Commander in -Chief
of the Troops of His Blt TANNIC MAJESTY landed in
Calabria.

-have been informed, that since.tbe battle of
the 4th instant; some of the persons attached to the
French cause, and supported by some detachments
of their troops, have been guilty of the most atro-
cious enormities, in phthdering the villages, and
assassinating the inhabitants, under the pretext of
punishing them for-their demonstrations of attach-
ment to the cause of their legitimate Sovereign.
" have' also learned that the Enemy', nu-der the
same pretext, has subjeaed the Di4ritd of ,cs:?trona
to military chastisement ; and that at .tne. .Ftencli
Head-quarters the saineintention has been declared
with respea to the whole of the country which they
havejoccupied in their flight.
Wherever the British Army advanced submis-
sion has always been feCompensed by protetaion.
have forbidden any animadversions to be cast upon
past' opinions. I have prohibitedall private animosi-
ties ; and to 'encourage the peasants to'behave with
humanity towards the French Soldiers (who since
their late defeat have been dispersed in the woods
,and mountains) I offered aliberal 'reward for every
prisoner who should be brought unhurt to the Bri-
tish Camp, and by these means I have. preserved the
lives of Many hundred men.
In return for this, plunder and:devastation have
marked the retreat of the enemy—and it was a crime
in the" peasants to have
,witnessed the -discOrfititure
and dishonour of his arms. •

" On this subject it therefore becomes necessary
for the to appeal to the recolleation of the French
Commanders, and td state; not only that many of
their declared and known partizans are in my power,
but that the signal success of the Army under .my
command has placed in my hands.above 4kree, thou-
sdPi priSoners. If, therefore, such violences are
not put an end to in future, I shall not only deeM
Itiyself justified, but e`-enconipelled by my duty, to
have recourse to the severe, but indispenstble Law
of RepriSals.

(Signed)

" at Bag' nalo,
July 18, 1806."

6' J. STU/kV:T."

BOW-STREET.—A young woman • was ,yesterday
brought- to -the Office in the custody of Young
Crocker." Tbe Officer stated; that between twelve
and one o'clock that day he met the Prisoner. in
Camden Town ; she 'inquired of him the way to
Kentish' Town ; be told her, and observing her to
have a box of -a singolar appearance,. he asked her
what she had got in it ? She refused to tell, which
induced hint to suspect it contained something im-
proper, and insisted upon knowing What 'was in it,
and took the box from her; and, on opening it,' he
found the body:of a dead male child. He asked her
where she got it ? she replied, she was going to bury
it, and that it was still-born. He then took her
into custody.
The Prisoner said she lived servant to a poor
young woman, who resides in the neighbourhood of
Middlesex Hospital, who Avas delivered of the child
on Monday morning last; about seven o'clock : the
child. was alive,,and Continued so till Tuesday morn-
ing between nine.and ten o'clock, when it died. Her
mistress not being in circumstances to pay for a fune--
H ral, she told her she could get it but for a. trifle,
by applying to the grave-digger, and telling him it
was a,sill- born chird, and that she would take it 'to)
St. James's burying ground, on the Hampstead road,'
for that purpose, and it was agreed- she should tatir,
it. The grave-digger Cald not do it without per-
mission of the' sextoness ;' and an application being
made-to her, she refused to bury it unless a certin-
. cate was produced from the searchers. In conSe-
qUence of her not succeeding there,,she was proceed-
ing to an acquaintance at Kentish Town; in order to
get it buried in St. Pancras church-yard. .
Mrs. Collomba, midwife, said, that on 'Monday.
.morning last, :about four o'clock, she was sent for to'
the. Prisoner's mistress, and at about,seven she deli-
vered her of a.male child alive ; it was only a seven
month's child, and did not appear likely to' live, and.
advised to have it half-baptised 3, which she believes
was done. ,

The Magistrate ordered the P4soner to be detain-
ed till the Coroner's .fury sits on the bokrly..

on,,Wednesday se'rinight the follOwino• melan-
choly circumstance haPpened in crossing the River.
Ure, between Leyburu and Middleham, in the
North Riding'of Yorkshire :—Mr. J. Woodward, of.
Stoekton-upon-Tees, accompanied by
,a Gentleman
Of Newcastle, with their horses, were crossing the
river in the ferryrboat, when the horses suddenly
began to plunge, and le* the water, at the_
same time forcing Mr. Woodward along with them,
who sunk .tinder the boat, and rose several yards be-
low, holding up his stick, as begging tor assiSt-
ance ; bat neither the Gentleman nor the boatman
were swimthers; and, the method in .whiCh the' boat
is navicrale:l 'rendered aid impraCtitable; He was
found iibout.two hours after, and conveyed tci Stock-
ton; where,he: was buried on 'Saturday 'wi-
dow and eight children are left to Fool:mi the loss of
an •afn.CtiOnate hu-iband

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SPEECH OF'd CREEK lATLEV

AGAINST THE IMMODERATE Ihf,E. OF SPIRITUOUS LI-

Ca/ORS, DELIVERED IN A NATIONALASSEMELY OF
THE CREEKS) UPON ikHE BREAKING OUT OF A

WAR.'

" 8R13TP,1,1, AND COUNTRYMEN,

" this solemn and important Council, raising
up before the' wisdom and experience of so Many
venerable sachems, and having. the eyes of so-Many
heroic Chieftains upon me, I feel :Myself struck
with that awful diffidence which I believe would
be felt by any one of my years who had not relin-
quished all the modesty of hiS nature. 7
" Nothing, 0 Creeks ! could enable me to bear
thefixed attention of this illustrious Assembly, Or,
give to my youth the, power of an unembarrassed
utterance, but the animating conviCtion that there is
.not one heart among hs that dotes not glow forthe
dignity, -the,glory, and -happiness of his Country.
And in those 'principles, tow inferior soeyer my
'abilities may 'otherwise be, I cannot without violat-
ing my own consciousness, yield-to any one t hesu-
periority.",
..„
After some observations upon the state of the
natibn, the Speaker in the most artful mariner nitro-
dutei his subjea*; and with the' greatest tenderness
for the age and names of the sachems. before whom
be speaks, takes occasion to touch• upon the-many
violations of civil order, the irrational perversions
of charaaers; and all the other fatal-consequences
of
,the inunoderate arse of spirituous liquors. • .His
words at the conclusion on his are Worthy of notice.
" 'Tis true (says he) these ‘lolations of civil order,
a*e ; may they never be repeated. But
treMble, 0 Creeks ! when I thunder in' your ears
this denunciation—that if.the cup of perdition con-
tinnes.to rule among 113 with sway so inteMperate,
ye will ceii4e-to be "a nation! Ye will have -neither
-heads tp direa, nor -hands to protea you.. While
this diabolical juice undermines all- the powers of
;:air bodies and souls, with .inciifensive zeal the
warrior's enfeebled arm will draw the bow, Or launch
the spear in the day of battle to no purpose. In-the
day ,of,couneit, Wh-en national'
_safety stands sits-
pended CM the lips of the hoary sachem, he will
shake leis head with uncolleated spirits,.-and drivel
the babblihgs of a second childhood. "Think riot,
0 Creeks!! that I prestune to frighten you with-an
imaginary piaure. Is it not evident.(alas, it is..tOO
fatally so!) that we find our military ardour abating.?
our munliets decreiiig ohr ripened • manhood a
premature victim to diseas'e, tosickneSs, to death?
and our venerable, sachems a solitary .scanTnum-
ber ?'
Part Of what follows a few pages, after this,, it
would be-almost a criminal omission not" to quote,
the sentiments. arc so elevated, and at the same time
so natural. . . „. .

And now, 0 Creeks ! if the cries of your
country, if the pulse of glory, if all that forms the
hero and exaltq. the man, has not swelled your
Ilreasts with a true indignation against the immo-
derate use of this liquor ; if ,these' motives are
sufffcient to preduce such resolutions as may prove
eft dual, there arc yet other ties of 'humanity, ten-
der, dear, and persuading. Think on what we owe
to our children, and to
,the gentler,sex. _

" With regret to our children, besides affeeling
L their health, ewervating all their powers, and enclan-;
gering the very:existence of our 'nation by the un-
bounded use of these peruicious draughts ; think
;low it mustaffeEt their tenderness to see the man
that gave them being thus sunk intothe most 'brutal
state, in danger Of..lZing suffocated by his awn in,
temperance, and, standing in need of their: infant_
arm to support hisstaggering steps, or raise ids feeble
head while he vomit:4l6rib- the' tout debauch
• "Oh Warriors ! Oh Conntrymen How despi-
cable must such a pra;:iice, render us, 'even in the
eyes of our own children ! Will it not gradually de-
prive us of all authority in the families which we
ought to govern and prote& ! What a' waste of
time does it create, which might be otherwise spent
round the blazing hearth, in the most tender. offices.
-It perverts the great designs of nature, and nnarders
all those precious moments in which the warrior
should recount to his wondering offspring his own
great gtions and those of his ancestors. By these
means the tender bosom has often caught the pa-
triot flame, and an illustrious succession of sachems!
and warriors are 'farmed 'among us, from generation
to generation before our glory wAs eclipsed by-the
introduetion of this destrud.ive
" 0 Creeks ! yon all remember the great GA-
a-ANOIJLA, who is now gone to Our fathers,-and from.
whose loins immediately sprung. You know how
often he his led forth our
,warrioys to
.conquest,
While his name sounded like thunder; and flashed
terror on our foes. You • will then pardon the •ne-
, cessary vanity. if I presume to remind you how
piously he adhered to the original.sidaplicity of life.
Often has he said; that if he did not .fly from this
cup of perdition, his name woulirde'ver be sounded
from hill-to hill by the tongue of posterity—My' bo-
som would never ,have been tired- to glory by thp
rc-
pe<ited story of our family virtues and achievements;
'not'should I have dared, on tins occasion, fondly to
emulate them, by raising my ampraCtised voice in'
the cause of my country before such a venerable as-
sembly of Chiefs and Warriors." ' • ,
In the remainder of 'the speech the Indian Orator
gives,some hints relating to thedelicady-Of behavi-
our in men towards the female sex, and expose's the
rudeness.of " daring to approach those )ovely crea-
tures with unhallowed lips, breathing the noisome
smell of a diabolical Juice ; or -.'to roll into their
downy embrace in, a state inferior to the brutes, los-
ing all that rapturous intercourse of love and friend-
ship, all those Most ex.alted 'of huinan enjoyrn,ems
which they,' add only they, are capable of cominu-
nicatillat) "
* •
~The.Speaßer concludes, in the most pathetic man-
ti
man-
ner, conjuring his countrymen,. by every interested
niotivei• " to make the Cup of moderatiop 'hence-
' forward the crown of their festivities—to save their
country-740 maintain and elevate her glory—and
to transmit health, freedom; and honour to their
po•• • •
sterity.,,
That no-.person may doubt the ant-he:lOO4V of this
speech, or think the sentiments of it above the
In-
(ha:l genius, the Translator has given us several ex-
t:.‘c.ts from the In,hau speeches at their treaties with
!hc Englisli,on several occasions, -in Which the &line
6,tuti:4l:::nts,.knet4phors, aret4ind.. This is such

it); \N! t. 1,1 Am AK".ii .tit SC.;
Or the / 1 `c2lers' to: ihe C. tto,yt iilll SY 13.7!

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