The Sun.
London, England, 1812-02-12 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS

PLYMOUTH, FEB. io.—We regret to state that
another of his Majesty's ships of war has been lost
on the coast of the.enemy—the Laurel, of 24 gunsj
Capt. S. C. ROWLEY, whilst cruizing in Quiberon
Bay, struck on a rock when going at a very brisk
rate, and receive so much damage, that she made
six feet water in the hold in a few minutes after
`striking. The utmost exertions were then made
by the crew to remove her, which was soon effeal-
ed, but the unfortunate Laurel was then in a sink-
ing state, and) for the preservation of the crew, it
was deemed necessary to run her aground imme-
diately. The union was then hoisted downwards,
as a signal of her distressed situation.' More than
half the crew, 86 in number, we are informed,
took to the boats, in order t,) attempt their escspe
to our squadron, then at some distance, consisting
of the Layne man of war, two frigates, and a gun-
brig; but their intention was soon discovered by
the enemy, by whose boats they were surrounded
and taken prisoners, shortly after their depanure
from the ship. The Laurel was discovered by the

British squadron soon after she ran a-ground, who
immedi.itely proceeded to her assistance, the boats",
of which succeeded in bringing off those of her crew
that had remained on board, consisting of about 50
in number, among whom was Capt. RowLEY ; and
during that service they were greatly annoyed by a
battery, but the fire wss ill-directed, and, we are
informed, did not damage the boats. A gen-brig,
the name of which we have not vet learnt, arrived
here last night, with the greater part of those that
were brought off by the boats of the squadron.

Put into Cawsand Bay, last night, the ships
4nna Maria Catharine, MARTER, master, and the
ship Quebec, ITENRY master, both from Jamaica,
the Fortner in 82 days, with a cargo consisting of
sugar and ruin, bound to London, and the latter
bound to Liverpool with a like cargo. .
Sailed the Diana frigate, Capt. FERRIS, for the
coast of France ; Ackates brig of at, and the
Nonpareil schooner, on separate cruizes.

Arrived the American ship Xenophon, Capt,LORD,
from Wilmington, with a cargo of timber for this
port; and the Minerva frigate, Captain HAWKINS,
from Newfoundland, last from Portsmouth. --
Went up the Harbour to be docked, the Teme-
raire and Mounificent. men of war.

Sailed the -Hermes sloop of war, Capt. BROWN,,
for Put.'smooth.

Arrived the Favourite sloop of war, Capt. CLE-
MENTS, from a cruize in the Channel, and has de-
tained and brought in with her the American
schooner Two Brothers, Captain DIXEY, from St.
Maloes, wi!lt a valuable cargo, consisting of brandy,
wine, silk, &c. bound to America.
Arrived the ship Alice, HODGE, from Amelia
Island, with a cargo of timber, bound to Woolwich,
pot in here by contrary winds.
.

Sailed the letter of -marque brig Harr, belong-
inet to this port, TR Ew master, for the Brazils.

GALLANT ACTION /IV THE ADRLITIC.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER ON
BOARD TUE ACTIVE FRIGATE, DATED MALTA,

JANUARY 3.

We arrived here this morning, after a passage
of ten days, from Lissa ; and having a smart brush
with the enemy in the Adriatic, I presume some
few pa, ticulars may prove interesting, as it is doubt-
ful whether the official account may yet have math:-
ed England. Being upon a cruise with our small
squadron, consisting of three higates, viz. the
Alceste, Captain Maxwell ; Unite, Captain Cham-
berlain ; and Active, Captain Gordon ; on the
29th of November, we descried three French fri-
gates, to which we immediately gave chase, with
every inch of canvas we could crowd. The smallest,
which afterwards turned out to bea 26 gun ship, with
with two hundred men, steering a different course
from the two larger, the Unite was sent after, and
ultimately captured her. About one o'clock, the
Alceste and Active had gained so much on the others,
that we b,•gan to exchange shots; when an unlucky
one from the enemy carried away the Aloeste's main
topmast ; of course, she dropped astern, and we,
pushing tor the sternmost, soon got within musket-
shot, and into close action. In 49 minutes, the
enemy (whose consort crowded on, and left her to
her fate) had not a mast standing, and found farther
restance vain. About the middle of the action,
Capt. Gordon,w bile giving his orders will] the greatest
coolness, lost his leg. He was standing on a shot-
bag, and leaning on the capstan, when a 361 b. shot
came in through a port-hole, grazed the carriage of
a carronade, took off a seaman's leg, and struck the
Captain on the knee-joint, carrying all off as if it
had been done by a knife, and leaving the leg hang-
ing try the tendons, but shattered down to the ankle.
Alt bough he instantly, of course, fell, he did not be-
come insensible, hut calmly dit et9ed the first Lien-
tenant (Dashwood) to tight the ship, and, as he
was being carried below, told the Second Lieute-
nant (Haye), who commanded on the main deck,
to do his best, should any mischance befal his se-
nior Officer, As if these words had been prophetic,
poor Lieutenant Dashwood, very soon after losing
his right arm, was likewise conveyed below, and
Lieutenant Haye assumed the command, and closed
the affion, the .enemy striking her colours to the
Atiive. She proved to be La Ponione, a fine fri-
gate, of 44 guns, and 360 men. When the Al-
ceste came up, Captain Maxwell (who was Com-
modore of our squadron), liberally considering the
capture as the fair trophy of
_the Aliive, most no-
bly and honourably sent the sword of the French
Commander to Captain Gordon, as his right
by conquesr. We are here w aiting orders, and
know not how we shall be disposed of; but think
it rather probable, as the ACtive has been sadly
mauled in our late engagements in the Adriatic,
that the Commander in Chief, E. Pellew, may,
send us to England, with the prize!. Capt. Gordon!
has suffered amputation a little above the knee, and
is doing extremely well,'! .•

11701 TRVSON.

SPECIAL CONIMISSIONT, HORSEMONCER.LANE,

TUESDAY, I, Ea. 11.

This morning the Covet met at ten o'eloCk,when
• Cornelius Parker, another of the men taken in
arms against the King, in the Isle of France, was
put to the Bar. The Jury impannelled consisted
nearly of the same Gentlemen who tried Cundell on
Monday. The overt ads of treason charged
against the prisoner, in the indidment, were,—
That he did, on the 30th of September, in the
50th year of his Majesty, go out of a certain prim
son in which he was confined, and join hirtiself to
the French army, then in possession of the Isle
of France. That he did, on the same day, put on
and wear the dress and uniform of a French soldier.
That he did assist in keeping and confining, guard-
ing and governing, certain -persons then bung pri-
soiers of war in the Isle of France. And, that he
did, on the Ist of October, in the same year, wick-
edly, invite and entice John Yonng, and divers others
of his Majlsry's subjects, to enter into and assist as
a soldier in the French army.
Before the Counsel for the Crown opened the
case, Mr. BROUGHAM moved, that the prisoner
should have his irons struck off daring the trial;
The Court immediately ordered the request to be
complied with.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case shortly
to the Jury, and proceeded to substantiate the tads
by evidence, from which it appeared, that the pri-
soner was born at Lower Lawler, in the parish of
Sedgeley, in the county of Staffeel. Hfs father was
a labourer. He entered the StatThrd militia wizen
he was about twenty, and from thence volunteered
into the marines, and was stationed in the
Megicienne, e Inch ship was, in the month of
February 1810, captured by the French in the
Indian Seas, and carried into the Lie of France,
where the crew, amongst whom was the prisoner,
were placed in confinemeet as prisoners of war.—
About six weeks after he was put in prison,
he came out, and voluntarily entered the French
service as a soldier, stating to his captive com-
rade, Young, as a reason, that it was a niuch
more agreeable thing to be at liberty and have plenty
of money in his pocket, than to remain confined in a
dungeon. He declared he was very happy, aue he
hoped he (Young) would do the same. Young re.
jetted the proposal with indignation, and remained
in confinement until the island was captured by the
British arms. The prisoner afterwards anted in
every respect as a French soldier; he wore the
uniform, and attended the drills along with the
other troops. He also assisted in guarding some of
his former fellow-prisoners, and he, amongst others
who had joined the French, added to their offence
by jeering their companions through their prison
barrier. No force whatever had been used to in-
duce him to enter the French service; and one of
the witnesses emphatically stated, that a man of or.,
dinary firmness of mind might have endured every
hardship of his confinement, without being at all in-
dined, from a consideration of this circemstance,'
to desert the-cause of his King and Country, -
On the part of the prisoner, Mr. Cartwright a
mmltster, who had known him feom his infancy in
Staffordshire, gave him a very good charaCter for
mildness and inoffensive habi,s, stating, that when
in Staffordshire, the prisoner was considered in a
state of idtotcy, arid he, the witness, could not ly,v3
supposed him fit for a soldier.

Captain Curtis, of the Magicienne, on board which
ship the prisoner. had served, gave him a charmer
for quietness and attention to his duty as a marine.
Air. Justice LE BLANC summed up the evidence
with great perspicuity, and the Jury immediately
found the prisoner Gullty—DEATH.
John Tweedie alias Tweddell was next put to the
bar. The indictment against him was precisely si-
milar to that preferred against the other prisoners,
only stating the period of his delinquency to have
been confined to six months.

It appeared, that he was a native of the town of
Liverpool, was a saddler by trade, and had entered
on board the Iphigenia frigate as a marine. This
vessel was commanded by Captain Lambert, who,
after a desperate action, was reluaantly forced to
surrender to a superior French force, and was
taken with his crew into the Isle of France. Pre-
vious to the enemy corning on board his vessel,
he called his crew together, exhorted them not to
forget their allegiance to their King, and to avoid
the disgraceful course pursued by some of their
countrymen in entering into the service of France•
In defiance of this advice, however, ►he prisoner
had not long been on Shore, when he took a❑ op-
portunity of entering into the French army, irr
which capacity be was frequently seen by his coun-
trymen, one of whom heard him d—n King Geo►ge
and all his subjeas, and declare his intention to fight
for Bonaparte until he died.

In the prisoner's defence, Lieut. Grimes, and
Mr. Bourne, a Midshipman, bore testimony 0"
his general simple and unoffending conduct while
on buard the Iphigenia. They also.proved that hC
had come off from the shore to the United King'
dom, prison ship, on board which they were con'
fined, after he had entered into the French service?,
and from his demeanour seemed desirous of assist'
ing his countrymen. He was taken into custody
by the French Guard on board, however, before 116
could accomplish his'purpose, and after signifying
his dislike to the French service, be was taken on to prison.
Foster, Armstrong and .Quigley, three of the
prisoners,. also standing charged with High Tred"
son, deposed on oath that the pris,iner wag
cruelly used by the French soldiery, and was confined
with them in the most loathsome pi ison. Upon inves-
tigating this point, however, it turned out that this
harsh treatment arose solely from the nature of
French military discipline, for offences committed
after he had entered the French army, and not frog
any view to force him to enter the service. It ar
peared that the prisoners of war were not treated
with any such cruelty.
Mr. BROUGHAM, in a long arid energetic speed!,
founded upon these imaterials, strongly contended
that the prisoner was entitled to an acquittal.
Mr. GARROW., in the absence of the Attorney"
General, replied to the address of Mr. Brougham.
The LORD CHIEV BARON summed up the evi-
dence, and the Jury, after a short consultation pro'
imunced a verdia ot—GUILTY.

At hall-past Five the Court mourn •d till (Q
morrow (this day,

I

111 E I,;1

DUBLIN, FE/is*.

•
ACTIONS AGAINST THE CHIEF JUSTICE..
In the Court of Common Pleasi this day Mr.
EDWARD PENNEFATHER moved, on the pia of
Chief Justice Downes, that his Lordship be allowed
until next term to plead to the actions com-
menced against him by the Catholic ritelegates.
The
bts motion was rested upon theimpossibilny which.
Lordship felt of giving a tequate instructions to
is Counsel, from the extreme pressure of public
business.
Messrs. PEREIN arId.SCULLY oppOsed the motion,
upon the ground of its proposing an unnecessary de-
13y. They thought a month from this day would allow
Ins Lordship sufficient sufficient time to have his pleas. pre-
pared.. It Was to be recollected that the D,..ltgatts
commenced no suit against his Lordship as Chief
Justice 01 the rourt of King's Bench, but as a Ma-
gistrate of the County of Dublin.
Mr- PENNEFATHER observed, that it was Moir
probable the Chief Justice's 'Counsel would be on
Circuit at
therefore the
the period suggested by Counsellor Scully,
Court could not assent to his proposal.
His Lordship dA not mean to defend hiniselt in
1.15 Magis'etial character, but in that of Chief Jus-
tice of the Court of King's Bench.
After same further' observation; Mr. PENNEFA-
Triit's motion was agreed to.
ch 4., like motion was made in the Couit of Ex-
-(l.'",and also assenttd to.

t fCLo NMEL, JA/.,9.-I_,.4st Friday night the house
~-,ita°lle Brown, a reSpeMable farmer at Clenoulty,
Ey s broken into, and his daughter, a girl of- about
trle.nh.
/ years of age, forciuly carried away by. a gang
6,iuflidns of the very lowest order of society. The
Cif,. Place they brought her to was the wood of
invlagh, where they rt:mained that night, and hay-
fr(7,l, 11,r going front place to- place in ,secrecy,
leer that night till Sunday night, they then brought
res.ll) Scarborough wood, where they took up their
sh,:"etL:e in the house of one Patrick Burke, where
i-r"lained till Monday last, when she found means
n make her escape through a small window, but
rna-I.descent got her .back a little hurt. She then
Mite all speed across the country to the house of
Lo
.ael Egan, Esq. Lis va, where Southw ell Moore,
Locl was on a visit. The villains traced her to that
v,[ 3e,
on the same night, and demanded admittance,
'lett these Gentlemen very humanely and spirited-
ly°Pl)oied ; and alter b.irring and securing all the
(In
and windows, an putting the girl up stairs,
i„Pa'cited a trusty servant on horseback, with a
utter to Lbrd Caiier but aPer getting a sin-. 11 dis-
a4t,d-ce I.loln the house, he was attacked by the party,
ton, obliged to return to his, master's. He then
1." another road to avoid them, arid succeeded in
iv"ing his message., upon the receipt of which,
Lord Caher immediately ordered off Jelin Blake,
owith a part of the East Norfolk Militia,
fife sPo!, who arrived in time to rescue the girl
ton; danger ; but the ruffiaai hearing them cowing,
it
441 e ti,eir escape.
t,l:be party brought the girl tack to Bus ke's house,
thket a trifle 'of c;othes she left behind, and took
it);r" into custody, and brought him and the girl
i, QC:ilnl. next morning. The former was lodged
Rbi'"e gmrd-house, and the latter put into comfort-
. foeaPar•rnents. Mr. Egan burnat.ely gave the un-
th,lflate girl- some clothes to covet her. Her fa
they Was about makinga match for her and Intended
'ing three hundred pounds to her suitor.—Cion-
nzel iiduertiser.
fa A few nigh its since, a party of villains attacked a
f er of the name of Cahill, living near. ArdfinnaS,
(W( er
had recently. made a-small take of land), and,
tibreaking into the window, were received with
8 ti"
most-determined resolution by Cahill and his
oh one armed with a-hatchet, and the other with
slhatitmel, the former of which was used with
Ch etfea, as that one of the fellows was taken
awwere with his skull cleft, and two or three of hers
-were
desperately wounded.
trn'bin Wednesday night three houses upon a farm
,erce O'Donnel, Esq. near Moorestown, (the
estate of the late Godfrey Greene, Esq.) were
It
alicinusly _burned. . The oaly assignable reason
tBl that Mr. O'Donnel had immediately before
taken, back. the lands and houses limn the late oc,
:Pants, •to whom he remitted an arrear of rent
pe,arlY to the amount of live hundred pounds.--
,ecotone/ Herald.

IHE AilTs.--NORTHCOTE has advanced very far
4:a piaure which. promises to be the best work
at has yet issued from his ,pencil. The subject- is
The Cruelly of Joseph's Brethren, and the point of
time
Tl is when they are lowering him into the pit.—
e person of Joseph may be thought rather too
but this circumstance essentially contri-
...mtes to the interest of the piece. The figures are
Cell distributed, and judiciously varied. Benjamin
biding his face, In anguish, and the imploring
4,),.rtaw of Joseph strongly appeals to the feelings.—
There is a fine breadth of light, and it is skilfully
with the shades. The colouring through-
ut is admirable, and the story altogether is clearly
e2d happily expressed. This Artist has now finish-
‘_l the fine pitture which we noticed some time ago,
P1;le story of which is taken from Isaiah, where the
brophet is destroyed by a Lion for disobeying the
Ivine command. This subje9, as we before ob-
'teild, is well treated. If it might not be thought
t .414 -We refine too much, we should venture to
ffirr4l that there is an expression in the Lion which
lews that on this occasion he did not act troin na-
'lltal ferocity, but peculiar incitement. Indeed the
proximity ot the person by whom the deceased Pro-
phet was deceived, and who seems to be agitated by:
pity and remorse, not fear, and the quiet appears,
'an ce of the Ass, fully strew that such was the,in.
t hcled expression. The colouring of this picture is
jcli and harmonious, without any approach to pa--
'iness and glare. A portrait of the present learned
and estimable Bishop of ELY- is another work re,
Veally finished by this Artist, which is highly cre-
mitabie to his talents, in exact,sitnilitude, and high
professional skill.
That magnanimous performer the Elephant, last
night took leave of Covent Garden stage, much to
the regret of all who attend .theatrical entertain-
nents for the gratification of the eye, without any
consideration of moral or mental improvement.=
The house was crowded at an early hour, a prOaf
that this Performer, however great, was not -the
sole object of attraction, but shared it with 1.-14
Pirgin of the Sun.

LAl' aEPORT.

COURT OF CHANCERY, FEB. U.

ITALIAN OPERA.-WATERS V. TAYLOR.

Titis day Mr. RICHARDS moved the Coot t for an
order, permitting the defendant to pay into a certain
&ink. appointed by the Lord Chancellor and parties,
as welFas Trustees concerned in the interests of the
Theatre, a ',um of money, pari of the profits of the
h.n.ice, which he had been ordered to pay, under
peril of an attachment for contempt of Court, in
the event of disobedience to the order.

_Mr. HART, on behalf of the plaintiff, consented
Id the motion, on the terms of not retarding or im-
peding the process of,comempt now. in pi-Ogress
ag'ainst the dtlendant : to meet wee!) objection,
Mr. Richards undertook to' pay the costs of the at-
tachwent. The motion was of course granted.

COURT OF KING'S BENCE], FEB. it.

In th43case moved by Mr. GA BROW against an At-
to)ney of the Coin t, for arresting a foreign seaman
ac coon as he came into this country, and refusing
to give up the name of the plaintiff when applied to,
.thr! Rule was made absolute for him to return the
money extorted from the seaman, and to answer
the matters of the affidavit.

In the matter of the Mandamus moved by Mr.
RICHARDSON toe dil'eCited to the Mayor of Stock-
ton-opou-Tees, to swear in a Mr. Dickson, who was
alleged to be duly choien Mayor, after hearing the
affidavits produced in answer, the Rule was dis-
charged.
Mr. PARIC shewed cause against a rule • Nisi• for a
Mandamus', commanding the defendants -to enter
continuances and hear the appeal of John Storks,
against a poor rate. Mr. NOLAN, Mr. GURNEY,
and Mr. BOLLAND, contra. The question turned
upon the words in the Acts,of Parliament, " at the
next Gneral or Quarter Sesssions," which the
Counsel for the appkant, -who had suffered a Ge-
neral Sessions to pass, contended to refer only to the
Quarter Sessions, and that therefore his appeal was
within time, the Statute dirediiis it to be made at
the next possible Sessions. The•Coart would look
iAto the several AiAs of Parliamentouider which the
applicant's Counsel contended for iheir cdostruation
of the Law, and give judgment on a foture day.

STATE OF THE PAVEMENTS.

The Grand Jury cameinto Court and stated, that
they had Called the High Constables before them,
and diretied them to make presentments 'in their
several hundred.: of the bad state of the Pai•ements
in London; and in their presentments to state'w he-
ther the same was by default of the Commissioners
of die-Pavements, or occasionei by any of 'he Water
CoMpanies. That the Constables had made their
returns, accordingly, which they had put into the
hands of the Officer of the Crown Office, and they
humbly hoped the Court would dire6t such measures
as would secure the saes of his Majesty's subjects,
now greatly endangered by the bad.state of the pave-
ment in many parts of the metropolis.