The Sun.
London, England, 1815-12-15 00:00:00

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j"rnai.nf Cruize nude to tAe Pacik Ocean by Copt&an
DA v! PuaTmi, in the United States Frigate Essex, in' the
1812, 1813, and 1814, containing leescriptions of the
Cape de Verd Islands, Coasts of Brazil, Patagonia,
,Chili;
fldr'eru, and of the Gallapagos Ist:Judi. Also, a full Ac=
c:auiit, of the Washington Group of Islands; the Manners,
Cu,toins, Dress 'of the Inhabitants, &c. &c." illustrated
14 Engravings, In 2 vols. Bvo. pp. 440. Philadel-

plja. 1.815.

N.Ve,confess ourselves -to be, on the present 0e..--
cision, Piagituists. Our notice of the

abnie work shall be taken entire from The Quar-.

terly Review, a pnblication which does equal ho-
nour and service to the country, whether corii--
dcred on the store of its truly British principles,
or the high talents which it displays in enforcing
them.

The list Number, as the extracts copied into
most of the Newspapers silo?, has very success..

fully broken .a French Inse.et, of the name of
on the %Owe] of cliticistn, and exposed

its (ft&ering tnembers to the scorn ri,n(l abhorrence

of the world.

But it has, we think, still more

successfully impaled the American Caterpillar,

lvhose production gives the title to 0118 article.

IVe small tt)erefore roal:"1: ao apology for films-

ferric g nearly the whole of this masterly Reviczy

into the columns of TnE Suri.

. .
will he thought stipbrlinons, perhaps, to put
the English Ifeader on his guard against a book
which he may never have an Oportunity of. pe-
rusing ; for eve believe that ours is the only copy
which has crossed, or is likely to cross, the At 7
lautic :—if accident, however, should .throw it in

his way, or if smite L+'nglis'► Publisher should he
desperate enough to,reprint it, it may stve him
huth expence and trot le to be apprized of the
fallacies held forth in the lengthy title-page. We
can assure him that he. will Intik iny)ain for the

promised description of the Cape tie Vend Islands,
Ul' for that of the coast of Brazil, or ot Patagonia,
no part of the two latter of which, in fact, did the
writer even see. For the rest, A seglel to 'the
Adventures of the Buccaneers of America,' or to
The History of the Pirates,' would, in our esti-
mation, have been a' far more appropriate plc to
this.' Journal of-a Cruite; than the one asSumed.
It would, however, be an act of injustice
.to the
memory of, the gallant Captain Morgan, the utF•
daunted Ann Bouncy, and Many others of the
same class, to-associate with theirs the name of
David. Porter to them we cannot refuse the me-
rit of heroic courage and disinterested generosity
but our adventurer,' as we gather from his own'
narrative, is utterly destitute of both.
" In hinting at any similitode, however, we
would not be understood to allude; in the most
distant manner, to the capture or destruction of
the whale-fishing vessels in the Southern Pacific,
and the mass of individual distress occasioned
thereby :—private property met with on the sea,
however innocently employed, is, by the prac-
tice of ‘rar, unfortunately excluded from that pro-
tection which is usually granted to it 'on shore.--
Our charges against Captain Porter are of a more
,flqgitionsnature, and out of his own mouth shall
we condemn him.
" The style, or rather. jargon, of the book is that
of a boatswain's Mate; and with regard to any
new information, naetical, geographical, or mo-
ral, it is so trifling in its extent, And of so little
importance in any point ot view, that the notice
of it will not detain us long. By far the greater
part of the book is occupied with a tedious detail
of the Author's exploits in capturing unarmed
whalers', in Maltreating. hiS prisoners,, and in
wantonly murdering unoffending savages, of_ all
which he is hardy enough to make an exulting re-
cital.

' " The first port that DavidPorter,Eisq.'bf
the United States frigate Essex touched at, in this
cruize,' was L'orta Fraya, on 'the
Island of St. Jago. The friendly attention which .
he there met with from the " Allies
.of Great Bri-
tain," were as surprizing as they were unexpect-
ed ;'` a moment's reflection, however, solved the
mystery—they aros'e, it seems,-from a comparison
of hisatniable and gentlemanlike manners with
the haughty unconciliming conduct of the com-
mandersand officers of British vessels of war.' But
they carried their friendly attentions' yet fur.,
timer : they were highly gratified,' Captain Por-
ter says, at the accounts I gave them.of our suck
cess against the ships of that imperious navy
and such a portion of his o•vn ardour did this he-
roic chief instil into the breast of
.the Portugese
Governor, that he offered to protect hint against
any British force that might arrive there.' p. 25.-
This was the inure generous, as, it appears, from.
the Captain's own account, that there were but
four serviceable muskets on the island.' The re-
turn which this mirror of transatlantic politeness
• makes far these distinguished civilities on the part
of the of Great Britain,' is to ridicule the
whole establishment. This, with the price of
fowls;• and a few desultory remarks on bail rum,
petmonklrs, and bar ;:couters (btraconta), consti-
tutes the description of the Cape de Verd
so prOminently put forth in the title-page.
As the rim across the tropical -latitudes is an
event of rare occurrence in the history ofmtviga-
tion, it was not to be expected that this able na-'
vigator would 'pass over in silence the phenome-
non of the trade Winds, the cause of which we do
not recollect to have any • where •met with so
briefly and intelligibly explained. They are caus-
ed, he says, by the passage of the sun from east
,to west,' or rather' (for either ot- the two causes
it seems will do) ;hc earth's rotatory motion
from west to east.' He.nce,sve conclude that the
reason why we, who dwell Without the tropics,
have no trade winds, is, that our sun- does not
pAss from east to west, or rather, that our portion
of the earth stands still, at least has no rotatory
motion from west to east.
" Here he captures the Nocton packet, of ten
gnus and 30 men and bays, 'including passenget4.

On tikii oceasidr) big humaniiy is as couspietout
as his, bravery. ‘ fie forbore to m,die Ilse of his
great guns ;' hut, as he apprehend that • this
formidable cock-boat was about to rake him, be

poured a volley cif niusketry into her,' which,
:o.n.e watt. His prisoners, meanwhile, ‘veriit
qttiT pxvi.shed.with their good fortune in falling

into this. liands : they Seemed (he says) to reonsiii
tlerANir capture and trip to America more in die-
light of an agreeable adventure and party of plea;-...
titre than a misfortune,' p. low can you
be so cruel,' said Bcckford to a waiTener, to
Sew up the mouths of your ferrets `Lord, Sir!'
'replied the fellow, they likes it.' Captain Por-
ter must have read this passage. On another
casion, his poisoners, many of Whom had been in
irons, being put on board an old, ship, and a-
dull sailor,' on taking their departure; gave hint
throb hearty cheers, and many good wishes for his
success ;' in Which; the Captain says, he doubts
not they were sincere !
"•On approaching the Small island of Fernatnic,
de Noronha, Captain Porte'r,' Tiii•rues' the Es-
sei as a .•merelizintinati, hoists English colours,
and SendS:iik First Lieutenant on shon, in plant
clothes, tilt'inforin the Governor that the ship was
Firirny, Captailt • Johnson; from London,
bOuti(TAW Rio de Janeiro art of water—erew
sick of the scurvy—in want of refreslottelitF—and
unable to anchor, all the anchors being loSt, anti
the cables bad.' fhis he cirrionstentiai' pro-
cured him inttiligence (V. two English frigates
having been there the week before, and that the
Governor had 'a let te:' addresSed to Sir James Yen,
of the Southampton, which had hee) left with nirn
to send to England. , In coa'sequ.enee of the latter
part of this information, the Lieutenant was a
second time dispatched with a lie direct'—' that
there was A gentleman on' board who was
Mately arqUainted with Sir James Yet), and was
going front Brazils direct to England, %%Ito woulit
take charge of the letter and deliver it to Sir
Jame 3 "fbe unsuspecting; GoVernor
the letter; which David Porter, Esquire, made odi
scruple to break open ; but the information it ,
contained was rather alarming to dm nerves of
the fictitious Englislonan (and never was the name
so disgraced before), who immediately shifted his
ground to avoid fall,:ng in with a British frigate.
The sum .of the information, therefore, concern»
ing this island, is--that there are, no females OA
Fernando Noronha74or no other motive that our
author can conceive unless it be to render this
place Of exile wore horrible.'
". The next place which be visited was the
island of St.c'at harine's, where we find very little
worthy of remark, except his punishing a man.
for paying a dollar for a dozen of rotten eggs.'
Here, too, he takes occasion to speak contemp,-,
tuously of the Portuguese establishments, in re-
turn for their civilities : the .ivalls of -the fortress
were covered With treCs, the guns were honey-
contbed,, the gun-carriages in' a rotten state, anti
the garrison consisted of &auto 20 half-naked sal-
diets I-. the church was within the fortress; and a
.broken" erow4sar was suspended at the door as a
substitute for ti hell—this is the substance of the
information concerning the-island of 6t. Guth's-
fine's, which, with What we have already statel
with regard ro Fernando 'Noronha, comprises the
destriptibn of the coast of Brazil coast, of
which, in point of fact, he never once came with-
in sight. A report, indeed, of some British fri-
gates-its the neighbourhood ' determined hint orl
getting to Sea again with all expedition ;' and as
the southern Atlantic was likely to prove too
warm ft station, he resolved to make the best of
his way round Cape Horn for the Pacific, where
plenty of prizes were to be had without fighting'
Etil• them. To keep his crew in good humour, .he
addressed to them a note,' which he says pro%
dated the happiest effects—and well it might :
it iS couched in the meanest buccaneer style—the
• rapacity without the spirit—" Sailors and Ma-
The unprotected British commerce
on the coast of Chili', Peru, and Mexico, will give
-you an -abundant supply of wealth, and the girls
of the SandWich islands will reward you for your
sufferings during the passage round Cape Horn."
(To be continued.)

It aijpeaes-from the Returns made to Parlia-
ment, that the sums annually raised by the Poor-
rates amount to five millions sterling, which is
abdut 13,6991. per day—a provision,surely suffi-
cient to prevent the appearance of a common
beggar in any part of the kingdom.
CHARLES GIESON, Esq. of Quernmore Park, in
Lanetohire, has made a considerable reduction in
the rents of his farms, in consequence of the pre-
sent tow prices of agriculture! produce.
A 'fellow,. named Lavorides, one of the principal
rioters fit Nismes,' presumed to exact a pecuniary
contribution, in order, as he pretended, to furnish.
better apparel to the Royal Voluntetrs. He ag-
gravated this,offence by a seditious letter to the
Authorities, who censured his conduct. He was
definitively arrested, and tried before the Tribu-
nal of Correctional Police. Fur these multiplied.
and weighty offences, he was condemned to eight
days detention. The Due d'Angonleme having
taken much trouble to investigate the affair, ex-
pressed his LnOst serious di-satisfaction to the
Judges, who waited on him in person, and repre-
sented their conduct to are .Keeper of the Sc a!

A few days since, a large parcel of nbonr flay
poUnds value, containing several hondrertz. of
Moor's Almanacks in sheets, was stolen from one
of tbe.coaches on its way from London to Exeter.
The thieves, on finding in it nothing but quires of
printed, paper, considered it as waste, and left the
Whole in a field near Salisbury.

A melancholy accident happened at sea on the
Gth inst. On the evening of that day, the IV:1141[11
WD collier, Capt. STAFFORD, from Sunderland tO
Brighton, with a cargo for Messrs. CROSWELLEA
and Blaber was unfortunately run down, off the
Humber, by. the Lord Melville packet, of Leith.
Three•of the crew perished ; the. Captain and two
boys were providentially picked up by the packet.
-As the grave-digger of a country church-yard,
in immediate neighbourhood of Montrose was
making preparation for the inhumation of a corpse
on Tuesday last, the coffin of the preceding tenant
broke under his spade, and, horrid to relate, the
skeleton was discovered, completely turned on its
face ; adding, we are afraid, another to the me•
lancholy list of those who have suffered by prerna.
tare interment.—(frionirese Courier.)

LAW IN I'ELLI(iENCE.

couitr OF (Y. A ANC:Lin",
,I)Ec7

RiAM VOLAWLER..••-'-JUDGMENT,

turd CARIIAMPTON was present this morning
early, with his friends 11 a wah the judgment of the
alieice cause, which stOod.over from Saturday.
Oh the -Loon CRANcELI.OI•I's arnVal,,,,lie, observ-
ed a motion 'was made to vary the ivinures, as he
nwierstood it, and recapitulated the terms of -the
motion generally. it was left to the Master to
ascertain What intiance ‘%'as doe ro.this-defendant.:
A.;:un of .490001. and upwards was standing in the
naine of the Accomptant-(ietteral of thi's • Con,O,
and it Was left to inquire what portioti of this sum
was to he paid to the S(,lieitors of Miss Lawler.
'nic motion to vary the minutes can only be done
in.the manner ptescribed by my-predecesstiri and,
after mature deliberatiOn, it will not I find be in
my power to alter the Order as at first 'matte.
Mneh has been-said respecting the publication of
'pfoCeetlings in this Court : -publications of-which,
perhaps, I ought not to take any notice;
IShp9l(fl, were it not for the purpose of saying, in
general the -proceedings of thii Court'ate very lit-
tlf-nuderstood ; only front their being so any
evil arises. In the publication' of these proceed-
jugs, Lord Carhamp:on conceives •an altack to he
Made injurious to his.honour ; I am 'at a loss how
to pat a .StOp to their publicity, as I ,4elleve my
predecessors were ; Lord Carhampton teill allow
file to say in this pre,ence, if he couce:ved the
conduct of these Solicitor:3- deserving •censore,
through delay, 10 his int crest , this Co till was .
open to him to move thereou.
Lord CkariAMPTON.---,-M) Lord, that was done.
Sir s:::p.i}:;:iiLLY.—Attd your Lordship Saw there
tvasno foundation for this procivcding. •
LOB!) CHANCELLon.—The
_proper course no*
lo give order as a)ove stated. •
Sir 6: IIomILLY applied for ros:s.—Granted.: .••
Sir S. iThmtt.L.Y.-1 hope your Lordship will,
i'Neuse the liherty • take, hitt so much has been
'said specl in:: the conduct d' Messrs. Cook •and
this cause out of doors, it is the
itwre neces:avy 1 shrotd do so: If what has !Ken
~aid had- been confined to the/ audience of this
Unlit,- it would pet hops he of no• consequence,
but wif!cly spread as their !mines' have been,
.‘s mild 'vont. Lo-raship have thC condescension. to
say what part of their conduct is tlescrviqg 'of
censure. • .
Loan CI-lANCELLOR.-1 have no inclination to
S:•iv any -frill, nor can Ido 50..:
I..:,ord.CARHAMPTON then ty.gged a few words in
Which he 're-a4sertetisoniething he had
on'Satuiday, whit',' was assentvd to, by Sir
liOrrriliy, till the.'Lord Chancellor thonAot he
should do tight -by interposing, to put a stop to
general conversation. -
Being Seal Day, nothim; Inn motions of,c6ors'e
rare heard, and his L.:rds-hip rose ht one O'ClOt'ilt.