The Sun.
London, England, 1815-12-16 00:00:00

FENTON V. ROLLowAy.

This was au acti;nt,for 'work and labour done
81141 performed by the plaintiff as a pai•iter: It
appeared in evidence,,that the plaintiff. had been
.emptoycd by the :defend:tut to paint Same houses
his ihroperty;in.pepiford, at a cheaper rate than
th'r regalar price of work of that deseriction.—
After the. work—was.done, . he'departed:)tom 11:3
Etirdatioil, and demanded the inil price.
• The defe!ichnit'S: Connsel put in the
agrqement.ot the plaintiff to do the tuck •at a re-
(laced price, and.gave eyidence.thao he' work was
done in. a very slovenly and imperfect manner;
added to which it waspruved, teat the (iecititatic.
tundered' 151. to the plairOitf in toll satisnletion of
his, demand, which, upon AIR! ev.iCiew C ut the.
pc.cutain mend!, it appeared woiiid to than
cover toe value of the work, buthe relnsed take
this sion; •

- _Lad ELLENBOROU Gil, Under theSe fit'CUM..
81.1)ces, deSiEeti the plawtiff to be

6tIILC(I.

Three Ilattalious ordere,l to return hriMe, li9` ti
hee:i countermanded, and are to L -
deco fur the re4ent_in cLai be of siares.

Adr,

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TIIE SUN I 'l. IV; E .

(No CX.)

,tourmat nf. Cruze made te, the Pat ;P: Ocean ty Ccyain
DAv Poop:tt, in the United States Frilzatz.s,'Essex, in the
• Years 4812, 1813, and 1814, containing Vescriptions of, the I
Cape de Verd Islands, Coasts of Brlzil, Patagonia, Chili,-
Peru, and of the Gallapagos Islands. Also, a full
,count of the Washington Group of Islands; the Ntanners,
tn,tonis, Dress of the Inhabitants, &c. &c." • Illustrated,'
with 14 Engravings. In 2 vols. Bvo. pp. 440. Phifadel."
• 1815.

[Continued from our Paper of 7esterday.l,
" One would suppose, front the terrors whict ,
lonmted Captain Porter on this passage, the blue) ;
it {nods, the torrents of rain, the whistling of con; .
Cirt big Notns, et An§ter—and thr
Soar u;; of hreakers, Aridl the repetition of whit;'
we are en rrt ained through a chapter of 30 pager
that the 14),sex was the only ship which had dot
'Heti Cape Horn since the 'days of Lord AnSQ n,
Avhose misfoitunes, he 'tells , us, served only to
' rouse his, ambition,' and to prompt to
rteke the name' of the Essex as \vell known n the
Pacific. Ocean as that of the Centurion, -,J37 re_
rortin:. on the haughty 'English the evils which
Lord Anson had
,done.the Spaniards 'p.
Captain Porter's ethics and logic, are o n a par 5
and the thought was'worthy of him. La Parouse
Lad said, that the navigation round Cape Horn
was like that ot all high latitudes ;' and this ob-
servation draws from our hero expressions of
jpdiguation against this unfortunate navigator,
wllich, however, are somewhat qualified by os-
icrihiug them probably to the false or prejudiced
stutements of the editor.' He forgets, ,urtiv, for
vven he cannot be ignorant of the fact, that, no
'less than 40 or 1% balers have, for the last 20 or
3,0 years, annually doubled Cape Horn at all sea-
sons of the year, and, as we believe, without, the
losS of a single shin in that part of their voyage-,-.
but David Porter, Esq. betrays in no part of his
• •
Journal any indications of seamanship.' His direc-
tions for doubling, this formidable Cape are, ne-
✓er to :at empt it in the month ot February,'—the
Beat month, by the •way, in the year ; and never
to attempt it at all if you can get titer:, by any
oilier route.' We suppose, however, that there
Inighl. be a motive for all this blustering of 'the
▪ and weather : to describe the Essex as
clippled hythe elements, was the most plausible,
way of preparing the 'reader for her subLeciraent
capture by the Phoabe.
Once, anol but once, Captain Porter had
t!;,, !arid—Cape San Diego, on the
coast of Staten-land ;
" The appearance wail "dreary beyond deserip-
; pethapi, nowever, the critical situation of
the ship, the foaming-, Oche treaters, the violence
of the wind, anal the extreme haziness ot the wea-
ther, may, ail combined, have served to render
tl-i.,ppear,i7ice more dread:Ol ; but from the int.
piession miltie by its appearance then, and from
tine descrip ion given by others, I am induced to
hOeve, that no part of the world presents a mote
aspect than Staten7fand.'
"'Pi's glimpse of Striten-land is meant, we pre-
mime, t,:r the description of the cotast of Pata-
goiliA;announced in • the title-page ; - for if it be
▪ we look in yain for a single syllable in
A
thevhole book that has any reference to that part
of the *odd.

'' Tire Est.)::, after escaping the dangers of
Cape Horn, annhored near the Island of Mocha,
qu the coast a Chili, where they-shot, wild hugs
and wild horses :: the f t-..51a,0f the latter is dFscrih-
ed :is more fat a 114 trodet•than that of the former.
They killed few of either., but malty of the poor
uplands,' it seems, were. wountred in different
parts of the hotly, and made their. escape with the
1;l:.;od streaming ft oin their %roam's. Afttr having
e,Msed erttA and unnecessary destruction
autoog thetn,.' what he calls a delighttul
ttx-
cH we have a puling h.:nictitation from tgitis
s.holesale destroyer, that vi•sitors to this island
slictuht indulge themselves in such wanton ba:rba-

fit} • •
" Oil' Valparaiso, Captain Porter sends his Lieu,
tenant ash ale to inform the Governor of his want
of siipp,lies, .‘ hai;:ing los't his store-ship off Cape
Dorlt,'—‘ a litfle artifice,' 'as I:e,calls it, (and hi's
whole tissue of sacii artifices,'). which
lle'was induced to uSe from the- UnaccolgmOdating
Oispositioli of the '.-ipaniards. turned out, how,
eyee. to be quite..unt.tecessary ; :as he discovered,
to his t-rt:at satisfaction, that the people of Vat-
, were in a state ofrohellion ogainst their
tuo`..her country ; that. they were cage! ly looking
up to. -the United states for example and protec-
tion ; that,' in face,. he .had gl-)Catnong staunch
reribliCans—men•tilled with 'revolutionary mind-.
tics and that-tt;e 6OvertiOr-was. himself .one of
those thriving adventurers who owed his rise en-
tipqy to the revolution,
...c-Itis grade being that of
Lii.tuten,ala.io the Nate,',:but was cfeatcd Gp-
Vernbr on elakhig Oa..,his:ailegiance to Ferdinand:.
This *Aspiring ciOVFitior gave to his brother
Republicans a grand ball, at which was. a brilliant
assumbiav-e of about two hundred Ladies, many
cif whom wer,! harolsoint, (with the exception,
however, of their teeth) both in person amt. face.

With their grace, their beauty of person,
and. cool.?iexion, end with their modesty,we were
delightei; and could almost fancy we had gotten
amongst our own countrywomen ; but in one
moment the illusion vanished. The bullai de tiertu,
as they arc called, commenced
,5 they.consiste:l of
the auost graceless, aiol at the same time fatiguing'
te:oventents Of tte.. body and limbs, accompanitd.
'by theintjto, int,ieiicate and lascivious motions, gra,
dually tneve;',..ii::4siu ene4igy••and violence, until the
appar,:ally,-overeonie with passion, and
_eonsider:4 e-4.lnmsted with, fat,igue, was com-
pelled to retiCeto her seat ; tier rosy cheeks and.
fair complekloa disappeared in the large drops of
bWeaL which ran trickliwz down her neelt and
breast,. and Were succeeded by the sallow tinge
which nature had- bonntifuliy bestowed.'
The defect their teeth-is ascribed to the
inordinate rise of math, a dreoetiOn of the herb of
Paragoly (what the herb of Paraguay is, Euro-
pean hot An'sts have not yet aseet rained) sweeten-
ed with augur, and taken without much regard to

deli:!aev.
- • " When the clip vonitiiniiig, it is bronglit
one of tile eoinvany S tutu it, through a silver

',. haw, Until a bigh (rob is pro4lifeA. Ili= same
, ;2,c-iti i and tube is then ps-tied around the room, and
each. one takes in tutu a suck of it, with riracliap-
nro.:iit relish ru delight ; but, considering the
I 71n ,en teeth arid tillSilVollly breaths of the Chi-
!. ;a: is, there could unit be a dose offered more. re-
-1 nl.t.ive-to a delicate stomach than this same frothy
' on Itti, served op in their style.
. .4' In eating and drinking they all use the :tame
fink, glass, spoon, &c. so as_to lead to the belief,
in our author's choice phraseology, ' that they
had a particular relish for the taste of each other's
dirty mouths.' We can scarcely give &edit, to
some parts of Captain Porter's description, espe-
cially to that perverted notion of refinement which
would lead ' a Chilian Lady to prefer being caught
in bed with a Gentleman, than be seen walking
arm in arm with him.' Among their few virtoes,
• he gives diem credit for that which all savages.
possesS---,hospitality—and a marked- attention to
. stratigets. The. principal guest is placed at the
head of the table, the hoSt on one side of him and
the hostess on the other; and their chief care
•• during dinner-seems to be that of cramming him
. with a uiai't of every dish upon the table.
When Shnday arrived, Captain• Porter ' de-
terniiised to devote it to pleasure:,' tool accord-
manly I,qf invited ' the, ladies and gentlemen of
Valparaiso, on board ship.' DieSe worthy 'rept);
beans, .I4e tells us, ' do not, like the people of
Protestioxt countries (Capt. Porter and his crew,
for instano.e), spend. their Sabbath in penance and
prayers, liot in feasting . and dancing ; mid at-
. though a good Catholic would Iti;useif
damned to ;:,vernal flames,, if lie neglected cooks-
sion, Or e'at oleat during Lent, yet he is above the
vulgar Protesc.ant prejudice of deicitilig one: whole
day in emit wi;ek to the worshia of the Almighty,
when he has it: in his power to spend it ...,, much
more agreeahl yin amusetnent.'---.-p. 108. But. it
the religious ientiments of the Chilians were ,)
much to the tiiste of our crhizer, their patriotism,
.as he calls it, "threw him into raptures ; and he
mentions wit!' exquisite delight, that, at aleast
given by the Governor, where some Portngueze
:officers and Yaiglish met-chains- were present,
' when the :nine began to circulate, and the Chi-
flail officers to feel the ardour of their patriotism,
such flaming toasts were given, as to make theta
(the Port ugucze and Etiglisiii)- think it piodetit
for them to retire.' He a,rimits that there is a
strong pnrty fayourable to the cause of Ferdi-
nand ; sonne of whom, however, have happily
been hat: red, and others banished to the island of
Juan Feolandez: • The ladies arc all in favour of
the -patriots—because (adds the Captain) '. they
are mosnly,youog, dashing Chilians,' wbilst the
- Saracens (so it Seems 'the loyal inhabitants are
called) .' are invariably crusty,' old, formal Chi-
haus ::' •no wonder, therefore; that the latter
sliosi il'be haliged and baniSliqi with so little. cere-
mony, or that the ladies should Sc openly avow
theia• political preferenee to the former, which its
sceals they do by ' wearing their hair gracefully
'hrhshed over on the left side of the face.'
"• lo the muster-roll of the crew we found the
name of ' David Adams, chaplain.' Knowing the
(' economy as well_ as. the ' philosophy ' of Mr.
INcadison's governmeot, this appointment took us
by kiln prise ; since, with the exception of a-lively
salty of, Captain Porter against the pigheaded
Protestants, Wilt) plekr players on a Sunday to
debauchery and it:hellion ; and a desperate threat
' to set • fire. to the magazine, and blow up the
crew to eternity,' (words which might have been
picked up by the Captain in-- couversatiOn with
6itch a person);we could not perceive the slightest
indication that any one on tniard the Essex hail
any better notion or knowledge of a God, Or of
any thing connt.cted with religion, titan the inha-
bitatits of Terra del Filc"go, But Our slit prtie was,
rrataitons, and originated merely in ignorance of
the American lunguage,- in which the word Chap-
lain does not nieauwhat it does in Eoglish, but, it
s'ort of Jack-of-ail trades. In fact, this %wit:thy
.character, whom we injuriously suspected of en-
sjoing a sinecure, appeared, on examination,' to
be one of the . most eine:eat Men on board. His
name occurs iti three places, in the first of Nvhich
he acts as prize-master, in tire second as stiperin-
;tendati,t of the boiling of blubber, and in the third
,as a kind of deputy surgeon's mate: • • ,
. ('Vu bC continued.) .