The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-06 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

SCILLY, JAN. 31.—0 n the night of the 27th
inst. the brig Queen Charlotte, RAY SIDE, from
Greenock for Jamaica, with a general cargo, was
lost on a rock called Scilly (a small lock, froth
which those Islands take theft' name) ; three pas-
sengers and one seaman were drowned ; the re-
maining part of the crew (13 in number) remain-
ed on the rock from Friday night to Sunday
morning, and were taken off with great danger,
as the sea ran very high. In the attempt to save
this crew, JAMES THEGARTHEN and CHARLES
aAczsoN,.of St. Mary's, were drowned-111e for-
mer leaving a wife and nine children, the latter a
wife, being lately married.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. 4.—Arrired the Arcade,
of and from 13ristol,. hound to the West Indies :

she was proceeding to Portsmouth to join con-
but spoke an Engiish frigate, and was in,-
formed that an American privateer was craizing
id the Channel. Arrived the schooner Heed,
IinsERTSON, for London. Yesterday, off, the
Lizard, an American private,er schooner passed
/ler, tinder a press of sail, chased by two Euglisli
troops of war. Came in his lAlajesty's ships Rhin,
•bittern, and Fly, from a cruize.—Wind W.
PORTSMOUTH, FE,B. .—Arrived his Majesty's
• ttbip Rope, from Falniouth. Sailed ,h,is Ma-
jesty's ship Amaranthe from the Downs. The,
outward-bound -convoy still remain at Spithead,
but will•sail the first fair Wind.—Wind We'terly,
F 413. ye,terday the Prince
V Orange packet, for Holland ; Lord Nelson
Packet, for Cuxhaven ; and Diana packet, for
r-iThtenburgh—all with mails. Also sailed the
Active, with recruits, for Holland. Sailed to-day
the Rapper, 600, Robert, 440, • Thetis, 437,
°aster,, 79,. Commerce, 324, Trafalgar, 661,
Tes.zo-, D.I. trauspOrts), with,ordnanee
atores, for Woolwich, bound Antwerp.
DEAL, FE13:5.---Came down from the River se-
:lei4 sail of 'West Indiamen, and remain. Ar-
ilved the Prince of Neufchatel American livi6-
'teer, and sailed far the River.—Wind S. W.

. .
Orders arrived at .I.lylnouth Dockyard, on
117-ed4esdav morning last, for the artificers to
4"sh forthwith, and to launch, that immense
Z,I) the st. Vincent, of 120 Ons, Which has
Nil f
.ior some time sea' soiling on 'he slip.
TRANSPORT.—thIe of the pas-
iu the Sovereign transport, lost on the
is October the river St. Lawrence,
arrt
vt'dill town, and gives a Most distressing
tzte,o„
, tit cc
that nisastrous event. He says, that
-tile in ,
de
struck, everyman that could
• (,)" his expertness in swimming prepared to
--• lune himself to the mercy of the waves.
..The
tea
ran mountains high, but the distance t( the
shore was short. Man, who could not swim,
endeavoured to secure y
whatever they could meet
(11 that was buoyant ; others, conceiving there
has no chance of escape, went below, and there
awaited their unhappy destiny. Amongst ter was Mr. JAMES GOLDSMID, on eof the dons of
the late Mr. 'B. Gotbsimo, who was an excellent
swimmer, hut had had the misfortune to sprain his
a.rtu a few days before, which deprived him- en-
till of the use of it. He prevaikd upon a bro-
ther officer (Mr. FARMER) to retire with. him to
!he cabin, and meet their fate quietly there, al-
legi•
ng.that it was 'preferable tolrusting to a piece
01- wreck, which could only protract their lives for
!feWminuteS, but could not ultimately save them.
-lie.urged similar arguments to CaPtainliAmLEN,
Who replied, he was not afraid to meet the—des-
tiny winch awaited him, but he had not courage
3111iicient to witness the 'agonizing grief of his
m'ife,, who was then below,- and was screaming
aloud for his assistance. When it is considered
that between 250 and 300 souls were on 'board,
6()Ioe faint idea may be formed of the scent 'of
eonfusimt and distress which was then exhibited.
,41a Offic'er e»d.nivottred to arrest the attention of
• nt•le .sullerers for a moment
Ic , just to request tinit
Ixt,h as might have the good. fortunto e
useope
eld apprize their relatives of the hapless fate
to• their companions.. A. Very' short time elapsed
ot:?re the vessel separated and went to pieces.—
, )1.7 the At-hole number oa board, only 37 were

It is said that, Government has come to the de-
,
• lation of materially -reducing or completely'
ta• kl,/3,iiing the Transport Board, as a separate es-•
14,1.-"ntnent, in the event of the ratification of the
tie•eatY With America ; and that most of the -101-
ter? will, be transferred to • other departments,'
ttnh,their rank and ernolinnents.
beei... country squire, near. Cheltenham, having
thrown from .his horse over a hedge, a wag-
-11)41.1. t was a capital Somerset foe a Glo'stershire
.~11 •
1410.;e-cia7, a most interesting yotlng woman, who.
married Only three months, and lived in,
qt:4 hr ab. being suiumoned to answer a, charge,
111,41 each of the peace; at the instance of her
threw herself into the river,' at
Iltik, % 11.), and was drowned. The name of this-
14Thate otn,m is "il youth n • rord ; her .lets
d dealer i„ "atty. Every means to (Its,
body have hitherto been ineftl,7tnal, on
tlie,l4ll of the great height of the river, through
i'4lllt te; ruins.---It is curi4us, however, to observe,
'44 4t,41 the methods wtkk.fahey or superstition.
IhttsQe4ttd, in order to rind the body,: among
:e)t(,„' large drittn carried in 'a boat. has been
‘(4, anyv • • •
" the river, .undct the
vould alter when approaching the drowned
aril a smait loaf, laden with quicksilver,
''s.'"l set afloat,it ' • •e,-nined, N;vould
ael'i,47ol), which, is ,
lu its progress bv'attraction, when
° tlle immersed o6ieet !—(Rdth Paner).

.:

COVE!4T-GARDEN.—If any thing were wanting,
to. justify the pretensions of i Mss O'NEILL to suc-
ceed the great Actress who has retreated from
puhlic•life„ber claims would he fully establishk,4l
by her performance of Mrs. Hailer, on Saturday
last, at-this' theatre. The character was uniformly
supported. with -truth. and the most
touchinc, expression. The feelings of the audience,
who' completely' occnrictl the house in all parts,
were strongly interestel, and the -tribute of ap-
plause and sympathy was abundantly given: It
was in: a- captivating performance,
.and we
bad only tO regret; rh it such admirable talents ‘ve,,e ,
employed tipon a character, who-c condiict can
admit •of no palliation., and the tendency of which
is to weaken the pbrigations of female virtue, by
sorearling a deceitful veil over. guilt and infaMy.
YouiJG t;ave po.werful support to tile character
of The Stranger ; and the .whole of . the dramatis
persoare were ably rcpresentol by the respective
performers. Thy melancholy parts of the play
were particularly well relieved by EME.RY and
Lls-roN lii Sotolikon and Peter.

Daur,V-14.\NE.--r—Miss L KELLY, who performed
the part of Juliet at thi's 'Theatre, on. Satiirday
last assu►►►ed th:it of Ophelia, i►► which she :up,
geared to ►Wore advantage.. She was chiefly suc-
cessful iat the mud scenes, and gave the songs with.
affecting wildness.

WINDSOR, FEL: 5 ..---*Tridßy utornin,,,z the. Prin-
cess AUGUSTA rode. on lior-rei,tA. The -same
day her MATErry, Ptiu.cesses i4fAZABE,TII And
MARY arrived at the. Castle sour' aft,:u four o'clock.
At five the Royal Family dined. In the ettning
her AI.i.IESTY had a party to tea, concert, and
cards. The'Princes,s CnAuLorrE of WALF.S en-
joys most excellent health. :tier Royal 1-lighneSs
had a tong drive yesterday, in her phaeton, and
went attcrwards fo visit the QUEEN 'Mid PIII:.;-
CESSES:fIt the Castle. Th(:! QUEEN'S met
yesterday, to hear the Monthly Report of the.
state of the KING. The Members, atter.examin-
ing the foni• Phycicians in attendauce at ,the Up-
per Lodge, proceeded to' the Castle about twelve
o'clock, and held a Council with the QUEEN,
wfßfeh sat but a_short time. The Members pre-
sent ‘v,ere the Archbishop of CANTERButiy,' the
-Duke of MosTßosE, and Lard, Attpr,N, ‘vho, after
thehreaking up of the Councl, left for London.

:•IYSTERIOUS•CASE DECIDP.D.-1 II the se-
of the trial of the Officer (Capt. St. elefire),
for the murder of a female, of a .certain class, a
number of witnesses were examined as Th,the facts
of the case, which at first.,appearecl one.of a very
questionable nature; and after much ,elitetatitin
in the Council of War, Captain St. Claire tvas ad-
judged to have voluntarily and premeditutely mur-
dered Cornelia Kaeismackers, called-tire handsome
Dutch giii; and in consequence‘. he was con-
demned to the punishment of death,--(French
Paper of tfie Ist inst.)
.BLA1"!IEMO us hzrosTußE.—TheSixth Chart:her
of Coi :.ectional Police, this day, condemned to
five Years imprisonment, a -fine of 200 francs, and
the exiwtices of suit, a man named Nagede-, who
called himself Le Bon Dien, on aeconnt of his al-
leged inst.); ration ft.orri. heaven ! It • appeared this
audacious hypocrite had swindled many of his
neighbours outor various Snms of money'—parti-
cularly the female sex-ip consequence of his
blasphemous pretensions.—(Paris, Fes. 1.)
GREAT TREAsURE DISCOVERED.—ItIiS sad that
an Austrian Officer, named RlPPowyrscu, while
hunting near Swiilitza, discovered a cavern, which
having explored, he found an immense treasure,
consisting of gold and silver coin, and gold in
ingots. The whole he valued at more than 23
millions of florins, of which, however, the Trea--.
sury: Chamber has claimed the possession.—
( Vienna,
.Jan: 22.) •

! -
A FR. CAS I N u GFI LtrE.—Afrocas Qt a very sin-
gular nature happened on Saturday morning in
Portland-plar,e. The case relates to a 'Gentle-
man who gave. up the possession' of his lionSe to
an ,eminent Anctioneer,,in consideration- Of Lai-
ing advanced 16,0001. Agreeably to -.the c0,,t0
!nary forms, a man was putt into possession of the
premises ;. he so cordially arranged matters as to
gain' permission to sup with the doniesties, and
was afterwards introrinced to a eorttliirtable bed.
About foiw in the morning the inmates were alartn,,l
ed by a violent ringing at the Street _door bell ; a
footboy got up and proceeded to learn the cause of
the disturbance; it proved tri he an Irish footman
belonging to the... Gentleman's mother. The foot-
boy -opened the door, when -in rushed two other
men ; they were a police-officer and a:watchman.
The parties immediately proceeded to .the bed-
room, wherein the Man in possession slept ; anti,
‘ritnout hesitation, dragged hint: out of the bed;
notwithstanding his struggle, and ;.conveyed him
to the Mary-le-hone watch, in, the block-hole Of
which he was immured ail night; sOlilehOw in
the, scuffle, the man had one of his fingers 'hrolteti.
In' the morning he was taken to MailhorotieJi-
street Police Office, and the case heard !tint deter-
mined, in a few tninnte, in,favour of the impri-
soned-party ; but, previously to -his' discharge,
he Was instructed to bring an action for damages.
ROBBERY OF THE OOST-OFFICE; COttli.-On
Monday night, the Post-Office of this City was
robbed of money to the antooi.nt of between 3001.
and 4001. ; it having been entered by means of a
master-key, the wards were perfectly nninjored,
the locks e-ottld not therefore have been picked ;
some small drawers which contained the hank
notes and silver were also unlocked, and hating
been emptied, were left upon the floor. A titian-
tity of forged notes were left behind.

toßoNEtes INittuzsT.—On Wednesday an in-
quest was held at the Rising Sun, -Harpet-street,
Kent-load on a view of Mr. Gsoßog CoßnyN,
who put a period to his existence•at his residence
in the Kent. Road, by shooting himself with a
pistOl., Mr. BLO,YE being examined, stated that
he resided in the house of. the deceased ; that ori
the morning this dreadful event took place, the
deceased called himi into his bed-room, where he
conversed for near 20 minutes with him. lie at
last said, " BLOYE, you and I have had fre-
quent disputes -upon religion, but I hope there is
no animosity ~between us." I said, "-certainly
not ;" after which, the deceased got up and 1-:ent
down stairs, where he committed the 'dreadful
act. The Jury brought in a verdict of lunacy.
Mr. COREYN was a gentleman who held a situation
11l rh • the WI,: 99. C-nn ...Li