The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-02 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY SHIPWiIECK.;

AIERDEEN, JAN. 28.—0 n Tintisdai last, after
a very intense frost, a thaw commenced, with a
gale from the E. S. E. which, in the course of the

night and •yesterday, increased to extreme Oil'
lenee, .occasioning the, most tremendous sea 011

this coast we have witnessed for nmi years.--
Three unfortunate vessels were 'seen i,,,Testerdi
furenpon, whey two ,of them,- a" brig. and

schooner, appeared standing to the southward;
Luttifrom the strong flood-tide, were carried near.
the Girdleness, when it was too evident: their
tuation:was.extretnely critical and perihins. The
brig having wore, before. one P. M. stood for the
harboutc and for some time a hope was enter-.
tabled Ober being able to gain the port in safety,
but this was most unhappily frustrated,l4 the awful
catastrophe which the 'many assembled • anxious
spectators, with painful and agonised feelings, sooll
witnessed ; for a few minutes the vessel, in'hattl-
ing to the northward, was struck on the broad-
side by a tremendous wave, which, breaking over
her as. high as the tops, threw her on the broad-
side, with the top sails in the water. The vessel,
after being thus for some time overwhelmed, again
righted, when the sails being to appearance tore -
and flying loose, owing to the sheets giving way,
she was no longer manageable, and. lay niatil the
succeeding wave, by which, melanCholy to relate,
she was immediately ingulphed, with all on board,
in the merciless ocean !

The.sehooner having got to the southwiid of the
Ness, was, by signal of some pilots, mid others,
directed to the Bay of sigg, as affording the only
remaining chance of saving the crew, of which,
alas ! the greater part were doomed to: suffer the
like melancholy fate of the former.; for before the
vessel struck, the. unfortunate. seamen betook
thernselves.to the rigging, from whichf afterwards
two of them, and one from off the deck, were suc-
cessively .washed ; while the Master, with the .ut-
Most difficulty, reached the shore by. clinging to
the main-boom, and Was conveyed, in a very ex-
hausted state, to the Rev. Mr. CannEx's- house,
by whose characteristic humanity and attention
every comfort his situation required was admi-
nistered, gird he is, we learn, 'in the way of re-
eovery.. _ _ _

About two hours afterwards, while theSe cala-
mitous and distressing scenes filled every mind
with the most.. painful emotions, the third vessel,
.under circumstances similar tOtbefornter, appear-
ed standingfrom south-eastivard,under the square-, ;
sail, try-sail, and storm-jib, and for a consider-
able time steered with a favourable prospect for.
the harbour, until one "of those tremendous seas-,
with which she was now surrounded, laid the
vessel on her beam-ends, and the mast nearly,
the water. The smack after some time rose again;
but only .to exhibit, by her torn sails and sheets,

the certainty of' that drtad fate that was

no longer to be avoided, owing to her beii4
thus rendered unnavigable ; and after yawing- '
round and running to the southward, she struck
anlong the rocks in the Grey Hope, near the fatal
spot where the Oscar Greenland hip suffered'
Six or eight people were seen in the rigging, and'
imagination alone can paint the anxiety and ,
row which pervilded the minds of the numerous
spectators, assembled near the.spcit, during the
short period of their suspended fate, it being itn-
possible to render them any assistance. The un-
fortunate men Were soon washed off ; two
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them, howeVer; clung some time to the rigging',
and when their fate seemed at hand, were seen to
shake hands by a. number of those. who witnessed

the heart-rending scene, and soon after disap-
peared, the vessel heing.now a total wreck !
This vessel proved to be the Thames smack, of
this port; Scow, With a valuable cargo of goods,
from London, part of which,-in a damaged state,
is .expected to be saved. The crew consisted .of
nine persons, exclusive of two steerage passengers,

all which with certainty were ktpwn; to be oil
board. .Th.e.othef two ill-fated vessels were the

brig Caledonia, HENDERSON, • and schooner Pro-
Vidence, FINDLA, the former supposed to have
six or seven persons on board, and the latter tour
or five, and bbth vessels coal-loaded.—Captain
FINDLAY reports, that he sailed from Sunderland
on Wednesday morning last:,' with several other
vessels',. for whose safety the most serious appre-
hensions are entertained. The 'gale continues to
blowhard from the east. •

PLYAtotmT; JaN. 3E—Arrived the French
sloop Le 'Don Didieu, GRAC:;IEN,' from Charante
for Ilcien, dismasted. Also arrived the
frigate ,fro Portsmouth, and is to sail again ine
mediately (in a cruize, said to'be in quest of a pri"
vatccr that captured tivo-vessels off this place last
night ; also ttie Lee sloop of war, onthe same
service. Sailed the Zephyr and Sealark sloops 0*
War on a cruize— Wind S. E.:

PORTSMOUTH) FEB. 1.---Arrived several .shiPs
from the Downs, and remain. Sailed his A,NeS'
ty's ship Termagant, with dispatches for the
Cape of Good Hope.—Convoys as per
Wind Southerly.

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DEAL,: FE)3.. 1 .---Arrivert his' Majesty's ship
Ilamadryad• from Portsmouth, and ,sailed OF
Woolwich, to be paid off: Remain his Majesty's
brigs as ,per lastH,Wind S. W: "

An alarm was excited. yesterday in the city, bIA
accounts of the capture of ten outward-hou"'
West Indiainen, part of the outvvard-bound West
India fleet under convoy of the Swiftsure. It llas
turned out, however, that the capture alluded t°
wire tliat of the Jane, of Grangemouth, the Nioe
Sisters,"of Liverpool, the, Louisa,
.of Maryport'
and six other vessels, all of little value, \and tb°.
•
particulars of %Oriels were already known.
The dispatching of the fleet, now assembled at
Gravesend, for India, which stands for to-411"r'.
row, will, it is unclerStood, be'postponed to B'V
turday, wheat the Pursers trill leave town
the final dispatches, and the fleet will sail for its
destination early in the ensuing Week.. The sbiPr
are expecte:l to, leave Gravesend to-morrow I.°s
~;•'
the
.Downs, which is now the regular rendezv°"4
of ludiamen previous to their sailing. •

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TkE MLA FIZE3.

41)RtRy-LAxE.--The admirable comedy 'of
4":1 You Like It, supported by the attractive novelty
4)f Miss IVALSTEIN'S Rosalind, was very well at-
tended last night at this Theatre. Comedris SO
,i'brionsly the forte of this Lady, that, though she
I'lirespectable under the banners of
:the Tragic
'llse, we would advise her to confine herself to
11, -
--, sprightly sister for the reTainder.of her en-
g';gettent. Her performance of Rosalind was
iarch and animated, with some touches of, seusi-
.,"ility in the earlier scenes that were, affecting,-
4"diss IVALSTEttz speaks With a distihct and'forcible
41liculation, but, occasionally, whit so rapid an
utterance, that the ear cannot readily follow her,
liirticularly as she sometimes falls into a lower
:„ine at the close of her sentences ; but- as there is
;I'‘raYs truth, energy and feeling in what she says,
i'le emotion is evident, if the words are not exactly
,„"41.4- She sung the " Cuckoo Song" with so
..ai
~:: lelt spirit, that she was applauded into a repe-
i`tiQn., but she did not sing it thrice, ,as mentioned
la-11
4 Morning Paper. The mistake, however, was
i4:"lral s she repeated the first verse each time
-le sung the 'air. Her performance afforded ge-
ihieral satisfaction, and excited much applause.-
1.7 e Were sorry to hear two or three (not more)
fti3enotented spirits vent some disapprobation
`against WRouGitTorq in the first scene of Jaques,
Phe is so respeictable a veteran of the stage: Bit
4 bad a good effect,. as it drew forth a zealous
eaunteraction, and roused him into-such an exer-
-1,s1" that we never tam him perforin the character
i.etter.
He was particularly successful in the
Seven ages, Which, familiar at it is, he gave an air
of humorous novelty. RAE'S Orlando was Judi.
lions and interesting. BAZ,4NISTER did not lose
Sight of his able predecessor KING ins Touchstone,
ill ill evinced original humour in supporting it.—
c Comedy altogether excited much attention
~
nd applause.
CovENT-GAnntly.—A Musical Diama, in two
Ills, 'eniiled " Brothe -and Sister ,7 was last
'11;4 produce tat this House. The following is
tl; outline of the-Plot, which is lively and enter-
-I,initig, and at least new to our chief 'theatres
44.t?onlaa.Isidora 'Miss STErift;xs), a young Widow of Ca,stile,
(I'•i‘,l.„!he death Dia barbarous It usband, retiies,..accomoani.ed
'l,.`"tterriai, ro.:teadants, to a castle in the vicinity of Madrid,
~po're thky all 'make a solemn rosv of celibacy. The piece
l,' with the arrival of Don Christoval de Tonnes (Mr.
1,
," ctrr), tliti Uncle of Donna Isidora, wlfo uses his entlea-
-14 to persuade his niece to abjure her vow and accept the
Ii;),,:(1,"f Don Sylvio de Flores ( Mr. 1.) u ausc-2). Donna Isalora,
troN"Zr. eiintinues obstinate, and refuses to a admit visit _
iti4i,l,,r w ylrio. In the mean time Donna (, amilla
.(Mts.
e' '' • tii- Sister, hurt at. the iadifrereneo s'ith which he
4 . eived, see •,•,iv eveciit,•• a plan for inducing Isidera to
41141111_11., thed, addresses of bro'ber:• F•q• this porpose she as-
,l4;o7ille disguise of her own maid, and being 11111ing+WO to
maum.au:.Prcreeds to her castle,' and requests permission to
t,,,,_ ,
she
to bet an important secret, On gaining admit-
tile_.lll
,states that her Mistress, whorl% she represents as
'Ae,,,,`Y?:"
_of Isidora, intend, to visit the Castle under the
Ctisl"„lu'4f her Brolher Sylviu, and after having; gained the
to the ricii°,,; iiidoiA, to throw off her disguise, and expose her
b3itie, t, :-fic of her friends. Isidora consequently deter-
Invites
.I).On'r' the joke against her expected visitors. She
wi1r0,,,,r 1 sn'lvio to the castle, expecting that his sister
IIY his nillO"-1 -P,lace• The real Don Sylviu, accotapanied
fir
Castle ti,:a:ecu (Alr. .LISTelsl),
strange accordingly arrives 'at
be Women'
obse,i4iuter... They are both astonished at the
10t_ns of the ladies; whu, believing them
to ehicieate ,i, -' them a variety of questions, tending
Utterly igoor. 'He fact, bat of the drift of which they zare
tUspecteii b
,4.7. Al Ivrigtb the manhood of the servant is
tuore thati 4 `Oe.itttetidarns;brieis kissiirT same of thetas with
etused ..ifi, l'!"!'ne.tvdatir.' 'a he Mastir's sex 'is also (1'5th,,,.,,'
th,,,.,,'
.tr.scriie Inilicnies • • • i which encouraged by
ibre7restrain,td
cuntoice, SCCiprlSr,.,
t n'
d he makes iiulent
iiit,„(e),,4_,:rta-eld 6eats:.hernuenYel: at tehle'llia'll-sword, when he
,pukit;" In.terrily the imagioest feinale into confessitin and
Is 130,4 iIW I•vdr,-tiow6-er still confident that Dou 'Svl rip
Ita,,d.''',",,er thrill Donna Camilla in disguise, give's- hitii her
"de rite real Camilla then Makes tir appearanceand
itisist•W'efiarated .with the generosity of Sylviu, who scorns to
+Delis& taa.,aProluise which had been. extorted by fraud, con-
, suell'l.',uoion with him. '
Upon
I's the slight yet whimsical fable of a piece
ti,,,, „vruich, as we arc certain it will long erion-
-1„4"
lie)
be, as it deserves, a favourite with the
,
44e.,a.Lwe shall offer a few more remarks than we
tbat: c.,rilYbettow on such bagatelles. We imagine
tlit r ri. ather card Sister is a free translation frorn
iji.4o:',gn stage, though we do not recollect the
fa,,sicialL 14 merit consists in the plot and the
cli,lo .' the poetry being far below par, and the
itt,cgoe neither remarkable for grace nor spirit.
ir,_:!'slrever,• flows naturally enough' out. of the
t.,,te_!l,ents of the Opera and situations. of the elm-
ilp.;,
th,o aiiid,.
1.k:1i...rs
from. their abundance,'
does not'
li(ei., . eg 1 it might have been mote attic and-
ills.t.,i`_4lnhig. The sole broadly comic part is that
thz.
titined b- r
y LaISTON, and endeavours to burlesque
husiikliguago of diplomacy by applying it to the
dt...1, ts of common life. At this mOinent,' such
li,te.lig,O.might have been rendered very amusing;
411,1 flt,`, 13:rathtr a sketch than a finished picture,
ea,' I Mile to . produce. the effect. "of which it was
t',lhle •
qutoOr .' It also afforded fine scope ' for an
ttl. 'llls' Son).- ' 1 • ' t .1` • . • I
....._4li, , ~ nc I may ), C ,t. trittcn tiC-
Isid.o:B 61"EPFLENs Was delightful in Donna
el .' The,: , ~
sallm: . L th, a natural ease and unaffect-
t ant-llib City in her acting which would war-
kart c -
Gunn eitdat i o It were she not still
flu entitt 1 '
1, ris of "I to encomium from the , fascina-
.,c,. het. .
late ' snagsx lee. Last night she executed all
tiee.d bee in in the sweetest style, aud even en-
-erniiiing• t;' reNtation by an Echo Song, - re-
-,k4 itas „;lat to which the vocal powers of BRA.-
‘4lct• b'vCn
.50 lebrity. In these pro,
loos „,
~witch ce
4141
Lne Sin". • r* • a series of Notes,
, , af,...” „el yl es.
4 ip‘, s"
a short pause, imitates them in
kl:I. 1.. key s1;,1
as if answered by a distant
4 till '• When if
mrformetl, this produces
the:. sensation, aud Miss STEPHENS (with
to .lcception of one ' •
goes 1• , tit two notes in the-two last
t,,
ex6,lliw,.tic.n Ive. re rather high) fulfilled
the idea
ttlt 4 SittlY
as to
ur - draw down •an nenthusiastic
4, e• Mrs. Li,- -•
Irftia a,, , ~, LON and Miss MATtiEws, as
44, •.(i .toran the, two'aftendants upon Donna-
-111,, fa, vervt,„,.„,„-,,
11..:11, de ) ' b'-'"J'Y suppott the-inferior bustle,
,e, 1 efuls on their equivoques with Pack'w°'
}, ,to •
e "her iS a Prude the latter a flirt, and they
,4,pica quarrellin, duet, lit al the .;5 litre that' in Midas, in
t% i y accuse each Other of these propensi-
h'l g°od-set t••• is g, abol , L'lnN• Mrs. L. has also a comic
AT 4
h__ It a wcif wantiug to eat a goat, but it
Iktrur til:n‘r. A Bacchante sow, b M. -
Il IEI/vs ~ •p'''
y. : Is.,
tr, 4 iktter, _taste, 0 taste this spicy cup," .is
q greater ()rider' nod we never taw this Actress
que (lid twice
va.ntage than in singing it, which
-stro, , ice and chat-min.-1 - Sate • fterw-rO.-.
q 4, . J'e'll Il_ .f. , . b ) •.1 et
4,1 itliitatiol'i la ()Enable impression by ;
taat pre-
f. Dial:o • . • ;
1%,,,, tliat awe
.° .. ' ~ - Iniss which never pleases,
1 y tu
,:_ . ctation Ivhich.operates in a stronger
%I
ticivelte (1410-
' tier, 1.,,, +e• .We wish she could think
'''' and more of her assuuted sell while

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on the Stage.. Mo. .'E: Litr%)::'s part is.o“.rltoF.n.----
her diclosures of the secrets, of the female prison-
house are.offensive and ought to be curtailed. A
splenetic satirist, and *not a just observer-of na-
ture,_ was the author of thlilibel on the loveliest
sew. Of the male ChAracters we have not left our-
selves room to say much. FAWCETT'S Don Cris-
toval is a picture 'for the stage, richly coloured,
and excellently managed throughout, He has an
indifferent song with the bitrthen of the'" Je ne
scai.'quoi," of 'which, as ofevery thing eke, he makes
the most. DURCSI:T performed and sung wliat was
set down, for him in good.style.: He is a rising
favourite with us, and we were only sorry he had no,
better songs; to afford him an opportunity of dis'-
playing a full toned, pleasing, and flexible voice.
BLANCHARD, in the Old Steward, was as meritori-
ous as possible. His performance was chaste and
lnunonroth --and it is a ple.t3ure to. us to notice
so much skill bestowed by au able Actor upon an
inferior part, which in common hands would
stand for nothing, but which is made by his talents
prominent and amusing.

Th 6 Music, by BISHOP and REEVE, is extremely.
pretty. The Overture is very good, and thesoio pArts,
without much originality; are.charmingly culled and
new modollcd from earlier harmony. Many of the
airs bear a striking resemblance to the most ad-
mired of the Irish melodies, and will, no doubt,
become the ornaments of our pianofortes. We do
not know that Mr. REEVE is a Cockney ; if so,
lie has'never got the sound of Bow Bell out of his
head—if not, lie must have been suckled under a
belfry in the country. He is so fond of
yet his compositions are beautiful. BiSHOP 'has
certaiuly•augmented his reputation by his present
productions..

7 The scenery is also pcssessed of great beauty,
and a Garden Scene, painted by GalEve,..is parti-
cularly entitled to notice, as a captivating repre-
sentation.of rural scenery.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

counT OF CHANCERY, FEB. t.

IN THE MATTER OF LORD PORTSMOUTH.
The LORD CHANCELLOR sat again the whole
of this day in his Private 'town, to hear the final
arguments in this important and novel initter.
nie arguments were concluded late in the even-
ing, his Lordship fixed Friday next for
.
indgment, adding, that on that day he should re-
ceive further affidavits if offered. •Strangers were
excluded.

COURT OF KI\G'S• BENCH, FEE: !.

The Judges did hiot ebrne down .to the Court
to-day, Lord Ellenborough -having appointed .to
sit at Nisi Prizes in the City.

Mr. J►►stice BAILEY, however, sat 'during the
morning, for the justification-of bail, aiid a6o fur
the bearing of ordinary 'notions.

NATIUNAL SOCIETY .---Yeserday the General
Committee of the National Society for the Edu-
cation of the Poor in the principles of the Esta-
blished Church, held .their Monthly Meeting—
present
The Archbishop of Canterbury Rev. Dr. Bell
Earl Of Shaftesbury . Rev. H. H. Ncrris •
Bishop of London Rey; George D'Oyley
Bishop tit Chester Rev. Richard Lendon
Speaker of the House of Com- Francis Burton, Esq.
mans - William Davis,
Rev: Archdeacon Pott Joshua Wats,•on, El/. Treas.
Rev. Archdeacon Cambridge Rev. I'. I'. Walnisley, Sec.
The Committee_resumed their benevolent la-
bours of receiving fresh SchoolS into the union,
and making grants -of money towards building'or
fitting up of School-iooms, in • sums from 301. to
1001. each, according to the urgency of the seve-
ral cases submitted to their considertnion
CNLEnotviaa ASYLUM.—TI►e Meeting of the
Subscribers to the Caledonian Asylum, with the
• Members of the Highland Society, on Saturday
next, will be exceedingly interesting. The In-
stitution is of itself so important to the best feel-
ings of the Public, that any thing relating to it
must produce a great effect. It is seldom that
~any thing of -equal consequence has beep more
opportunely proposed. The National Establish-
ments at Chelsea and Greenwich have -long been
inadequate to accommodate above a tenth part of
the •claimants for admission; and the
Asylum, by providing for a part of. the Children
of Scotch Soldiers and-Sailors, tends to enlarge
means of relief. It will, indeed'be a very suitable
monument to com►uemorate the triumphant ter-
mination of the late war;
Mr. CHARLES KEMBLE is now performing at
,NeWcastle several of his favourite characters ; he
conlutles his•engagement at that Theatre on Thurs-
day next with Shyloc/c, and then proceeds on, to
'Edinburgh.
The Right Honoitroble Lord COLERAINE has ap-
pointed the Rev. A. IV. StIARESFEAR, Vicar of
Wapley, Gloucestershire, his Lordship's Domestic
Chaplain. •

A
respectable glass-cutter carrying yesterday
along the Strand an elegant argotic! lamp in each
hand, accidentally let one of them fall : a. friend
who was passing at the moment, immediately ex-
clahned--" My dear fellow, how I lament to see
you reduced to the unfortunate state of being a
lo mp - light e r ."

On Saturday, the 21st ult. the Mayor, -Sheriffs,
and Common Council of the City of Cork, unani-
mously voted the Freedom or that ancient'and
loyal Corporatio❑ to the Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM
M`MAHoN, Bart. Master of the Rolls in Ireland,
.and to be presented in a silver box.
'rile 52d regiment arrived at Cove 'last, Satur-
day week to embark for America. The 28th and
79th embarked last Thursday and Friday, the
71st on Monday, and the 91st arc to embark to-
morrow.

LAST DAY OF DRAWING.---NO. 1130, drawn a
Prize of Ten Thousand Pounds, was sold and re-
gistered by HORNSBY and. Co. who shared and
sold in the last twelve months upwards of One
Hundred Thousand Pounds in Capital Prizes ;
namely, three of 20,0001. three of. 10,0001. be Prizes of 2,0001. 1,0001. 5001. &c. &c.
JANuARY 31, 1815.—The 'Picket,. No. 10,188,
drawn this day a Prize of 1,0001. was shared in
one Quarter, one Eighth, and ten Sixteenths,
also, No. 1,999, a Prize of 2001. in one Quarter,
one Eighth, and ten Sixteenths, were both sold by
PERRY, at the Locky Office, No. 1, Holborn Bars,.
the corner house.