The Sun.
London, England, 1812-04-15 00:00:00

-NAVAL NEB` S,

PLYMOUTH, Atiatt, i3.—The Clorence, of 74
guns, was lanoched on Saturday evening last, from
Mr. BLACKBURNS Yard, at Turnchappel, within
this Port, and yesterday afternoon she went to.
Harnoaze to be docked and coppered.

Arrived this morning from a cruize to the West.
wardi the squadron under the command of Rear-
Admiral P. C. DURHAM, consisting of the following,
viz.: Fenerat le, of 74 guns, Capt. J.W. D. DUNDASi
Clinzberland, of 74 guns, Capt. TnomAs BAkErt ;
clod the Plantagenet, of 74 guns, Capt. ROL' ERT
LLOYD, which ships
,sailed from Portsmouth some
-days since, in quest of the French squadron that put
to sea from L'Orient, which since arrived at Bres..

. Also arlived this day the Lyra blig of war, Clpt.
BLoiE, from Lisbon and a cruize, but has not
'brought any news.
Arrived a convoy from Walits, consisting of the following
vessels, viz. Blessing, Mills;
.Lark, Wills; Speculator,
I,angdora.; Friendship, Moore, and the Providence, 'Brown,
culm laden,
,for this port ; the Rising Sun, Steele, from Ly-
min,oon; Edward, rvlatiocks, from Southampton and Ports-
mouth ; and the George Ann, Hunter, from Rye.

The Prince William hired armed brig, with a fleet
for the Thwns ;- and the Decoy cutter, of 10 guns,
Lieut.liant PEARCE, with a convoy for Guernsey
am.l Jersf!y, are detained at this port by a- strong
•
e:weriy

His Majesty's ship ocean, 0198 guns, Captain
1101iiMT PLAMPIN, its Cawsand Bay, has convoy
signals flying for the Mediterranean.

Sailed his Majesty's ship Atercrowlie, of 74 guns,
Capt. FAHIIi, with bullocks fur the squadron in
Basque Roads.

Went up the harbour io be refitted, the Persian
brig of war, Captain BERTRAM.' •

The Pita?be frigate with a convoy for Quebec,
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, &c. passed by this
port on Saturday night ; the. Ocean mast ship bound
to Quebec, sailed from hence to join the fleet.
Arrived his Majesty's ship Crocodile, of 22 guns,
Captain LUMLEY, fromTurtsmout b.

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 14.—Arrived' the Scarto-
rough, Regulus, Abundance, Thracian, and Specula-
tor, with a convoy for the Downs.

Sailed the Goshawk, Crane, and Magnet, with a
convoy for Portugal.

Thursday, the 97th Regiment, are to march from,
W,nchester Barracks to Gosport, when they will
embark for Guernsey, to ielieve the' I o3d Regiment,
which has. received orders to go to Nokb America.

Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ, Bart. hoisted his flag on
board the Pioiory, and ‘s ill sail for. the Baltic as soon
as the wind is fair.

FALMOUTH, APRIL , I2.—Arr:vdd the Herring
schooner from tfie eastward.
The Queen Charlotte packet, from Lisbon, put
into St. Ives last. night, sUm mail was brought here
this morning, and forwarded for London. •

The IValsingkam packet 'bas made a signal' for
!ea, and will proceed in the course of the night for
Lisbon.

Three or four ships of the tine have passed tb:s
port 0-day to the eastward.

DEAL, APRIL 14,—Sailed the Rosario sloop
of war wish ihie outward-bound rnerchantrnen, &c.
for Port4rnouth ; Attack gun-brig on a cruize off
Dunkirk ; and the Pistrzy for off Boulogne.
Caine down from the•Rivei and remain ilie Star,
for Honduras, and the Hopewell, for Barbadoes.

At the Quarterly Meeting of the Corporation of
the City of Dublin a discussion took` place last week
on the propriety of presenting a Petition to the
PRINCE REGENT against the claims of the I►ish Cc
tholics, and to represent to his Royal Highness,
that as it had been publicly asserted that the
Protestants. of Ireland --were fairoureble tta those
claims, to assure his Royal Highness that their
sentiments were • wholly different. After a
short debate upon the question being put, there
was a majority in favour of the Petition, which
was read and ordered to be,presented accordingly.
Miss BURNEY, daughter of Dr. BURNEY, has
nearly ready for putilication a novel, entitled Traits
of Nature. Her inimitable talents for this Speciies
of writing are well, known, and our• Readers will
therefore, no doubt, hail the appearance of this new
prodoelion with considerable satisfaction:
On Saturday evening died, at the Pulteney Hotel,
in Piccadilly, JANE, Duchess of GORDON. Her
Grace was the eldest daughter of Sit WILLIAM MAX-
WELL, of Monoreith, Bart. was born in 174 g, and
married to the•present Duke of GORDON, Oeloher
23, 1767; by whom she had, DOW liviDg, one son,
the Marquis of FILINTLEY, and five daughters, viz.
the Duchess of RICHMOND, Lady MADELINA PAL-
MER, the Duchess. of MANCHESTER, the Marchio-
ness of CORN WALLIS, and the Duchess of BEDFGnn.
She had a second. son, ALEXANDER, who died about
four years.ago.
A small boat, with a Midshipman and five men
and a pilot in her, belonging to the Maros sloop of
war, l)ing in Gourock Bay, left Greenock on Tue•s=
day-evening for the ship, when dark, and blowing
pretty hard. The boat was found overturned on
'the beeciV, near Gourock, next day, hut. none of
the men have since been heard of, and it is sup-
posed they are lost.

Yo'erttly, of ttttit'e o"tini-k; her OC4
Co!llraniedl b V Pi inte,SSeS A a iltl
attended by .TnvNNE.; arrived in a trai*lling
eat riage and four, escorted by a party of light ho 40;
at the (4T:eh's Race from 'Windsor. In a
,=hort
time after they werts ifished by the Dukes of CU I`.l.
Ekt.AND and CAMgh.tooa:

The Prineess CHAIiLo#E Of WALES arrii7,cl at
W;irwick Honse from Winetbot, attended by Lady
DE CLIFFORD.

A little before two o'elir_k tLe tiLJEitN, lirincesseti
ELIZABETH and MARY, went in the Duke of CA M.
BRIDGE'S carriage. 10 the. Duchess of BRUNSWICR;i;
in Hanover-square, and honoured herßoyal High-;
tre-ss with a visit tOr about an hour. Her MAisstri
and the Princesses then proceeded in the PRINCW
REGENT'S carriage, which was in waiting for thew;
with the coachman and three footmen in their d ate'
liveries, to Carlton House, where the PRINCE R
GENT teEriVed them at the grand eta ranee.
At tour o'clock they sat down to a sumptuous
dinner, together with the Princess CHARLOTTE Of
WALES, the Dukes of YORK., KENT, CUMBERLAND;
and CAMBRIDGE, and Mrs. Howx. The Royal
PartV, ater partaking of coffee, ple,'ared to set off
for Windsor, at a quarter past six o'clock. The
QUEEN was handed to her carriage by the PRINC&
REGENT, and the Princesses by the Royal Dukes.
The Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES, attended
by Lady DE CLIFFORD, returned to Warwick
1-louse.

The fo!jowing shocking account is extraaed from
The Chester Courant

.'• -i‘ oa.Sunday morning the village of Hankelow;
near Nam wich,. was alarmed by a report that
George Murray; farmer id that village, had been'
murdered during the preceding night, having been
found with his brains dashed out, and his:throat cut
from ear to ear ! It Was supposed that the diaboli-
cal crime bad been perpetrated by, some ruthless
villains, who had entered his house in st.arci+ of
plunder, and would appear that his wife and every
part of the laMily affected the most complete Igno-
rance of the awful transa6tion. On the assembly
of a concourse of people, Which so unusual a
-cumstance was likely to create, suspicion fell upon
one of the servant men,by distithA traces of blood-
from the bat of the deceased tolhat of his, which'
was in .a higher part of the house. On
,examitt-'
log him, these suspicions were strengthened, by
fioding, marks of blood upon his shirt. A .peace
~otficer was sent for; and the young man taken into
custody. When the-constable was 'taking him to
a neighbouring magistrate, he said to the consta.
ble, Well, I suppose I. must be hanged ;" and.
on being pressed for a disclosure of his meaning,,
confessed the following- particulars :—That the
murder of his master was determined upon, be-
tween his mistress and himself; that the time,
manner, and circumstances of it were concerted by
them ; that in the night time they fell upon hint
with an axe, and beat him with it ';about -tire head,
Until they thought him dead, and in the course of
'their brutality struck out one of his eyes. That
they then left him, but were soon apprized, that
he was yet living ; they returned to their 'work of
blood, and again retired, under the persi•asion that
he had breathed his last : That they .were still dis-
appointed, and although the unnatural wife pressed
the man to go and Make a firiish of his master, he
said he could not resume the task ; and he absoltre-
ly refused, until she found an expedient to retnov4
his -scruples; by furnishing him with a razor,.. fO-
- his throat ! It was then the vtiork was: corn..
pleted. -He stated, that be had been urged to the
horrid deed by his mistress, who wanted hiin to
marry her.

immediately on this confession, the constable unt
locked the handcuffs With which he had locked him-,
sell to.the prisoner, fastened the. latter by the same
instruments to an assistant he had with him, land
immediately ran back to take the wife it-ImA two.
dy. When he entered the house,• he told her
the dhe confession of the servant, and bid her pre-
plire to accompany him to the lags nie. On this
covered. hrr lace with lien apron, drew a razor
from her bremst, iind run it across her throat, mak-
log a deep incision. Mr. 'Bel;is, of. Audkro,,Or-
gon, v 440 hipi,elled to b.• there, viewing the body,
of tht; deceased, s.-wed up the wound, which we
undersiauJ is not cOnsideted dangerous. We havti
not lie ird the result of the examination of these
wretches before the trinAlSl.ate ; bor. have, WC
heird the minute partici)] as fori her than stated 0
this shocking affair.—We haVe no doubt, how-
ever, the circumstances above recited are generally
correct. • The young man is about t 9 years of age,
the tsotrian 40. Mr. Faithful. Thomas, Coroner,'
.set off from thiii city to day to hold an inquest ou
the body of Murray;'—Courant Otfice.

CORN EXCHANGE, APRIL lb:—To-day the
Market htS some furtfer arrivals of Wheat, Ratt-
ly from the. North Country, and the trade neatly
at MoodAy's quotation ; the same may be noticed
in Barley ; Rye rather dearer; Flue 11l.rlt like-
%wise ; White Pease and the two descriptions of
Beans also nearly at last priers; although the sup-
plies of Oats are rather eonsiderib'e, yet horn a cow.
linuance 6f the
,demand, this art icl iq again:quoted
some- hat higher :—Flour at late ptkcs.