The Sun.
London, England, 1833-07-26 00:00:00

BRUCE V. THE SUN.

Mr. Bruce desired to call his Lordship's attention to what
he called a gross attack upon him, put into his Lordship's
mouth by The Sun newspaper of yesterday, and wished his
Lordship to read the report.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was impossible for him to ac.
cede to such a request. He had made no attack whatever on
the character of Mr. Bruce.

Mr. Bruce said that The Sun had made his Lordship to do
so, and insisted upon being permitted to read the report, the
reporter, as he said, being present.

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The LORD CHANCELLOR refused to permit him to read the
report ; adding, "If there has been any thing stated in that
report with respect to you that is different to what I said, it
must have been perfectly unintentional."
Mr. Bruce—How can you answer for that when you won't
hear what it is.

The LORD CHANCELLOR—I know it has been uniformly the
practice that the reports have been dictated by the greatest
forbearance to individuals.

Mr. Bruce then, greatly agitated and with considerable ve-
hemence, insisted upon reading the report, began to read it,
and was only interrupted and compelled to be silent by the
officer of the Court having been ordered to take him into cus-
tody if he persisted in saying another word.

AD MIRAL NA PIER.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

The recent splendid victory of our gallant countryman,
Captain Napier, C. 8., commanding the fleet of the young
Queen Donna Maria, by the capture of the whole of Don
Miguel's superior fleet, having excited such universal notice
—may we not add admiration ?—a slight sketch of his public
services cannot fail to prove interesting to a vast majority of
your numerous readers. For the following graphic descrip_
tion of them, if not indebted to his own lips, at least to a re-
port of what proceeded from them in a speech made by him,
a short time previous to the last election, to the electors
of Portsmouth, for which place he was a candidate : it will be
found highly characteristic of the fearlessness, candour, and
generosity, which distinguishes the profession to which he

belongs :
" In the course of my canvass," says the gallant officer,

have been asked who lam ? I'll tell you. I am Captain
Charles Napier, who five-and-twenty years ago commanded the
Recruit brig, in the West Indies, and who had the honour of
being 24 hours under the guns of three French line-of-battle
ships, flying from a British squadron, the nearest of which,
with the exception of the Hawk brig, was from five to six
miles astern the greater part of the time. I kept flying
double shotted broadsides into them. One of these
ships, the Hautpolt, only was captured by the Pompey
and Castor—the other two escaped, by superiority of
sailing. Sir Alexander Cochrane, my Commander_
in-chief, promoted me on the spot into her. At the
siege of Martinique, the lEolus, Cleopatra, and Recruit, were
ordered to beat up in the night between Pigeon Island and the
Main, and anchor close to Fort Edward ; the enemy, fearing
an attack, burnt their shipping. At day-light in the morning
it appeared to me that Fort Edward was abandoned; this,
however, was doubted ; I offered to ascertain the fact, and with
five men I landed in open day, scaled the walls, and planted the
Union Jack on the ramparts. Fortunately I was undis-
covered from Fort Bourbon, which stood about 100 yards off;
and commanded it. On this being reported to Sir Alexander
Cochrane, a regiment was landed in the night, Fort Edward
was taken possession of, and the mortars turned against the
enemy. lam in possession of a letter from Sir A. Cochrane,
saying "that my conduct was the means of saving many lives,
and of shortening the siege of Martinique." I had once the
misfortune of receiving a precious licking from a French cor-
vette; the first shot she fired broke my thigh, and a plumper
carried away my main-mast. The enemy escaped, but the Bri-
tish flag was not tarnished. On my return to England, in
command of the Jason, I was turned out of her by a Tory
Admiralty, because I had not interest; but, as I could not
lead an idle life, I served a campaign with the army in
Portugal, as a volunteer, when I was again wounded. At
the battle of Busaco I had the honour of carrying off the
field my gallant friend and relation, Colonel Napier, now near
me, who was shot through the face. Busaco was not the only
field where he shed his blood; at Corunna he was left for dead;
but, thank God, he escaped with six wounds. On my return
to England I was appointed to the Thames, in the Mediterra-
nean ; and if I could bring the inhabitants of the Neapolitan
coast into this room, they would tell you, that from Naples to
the Faro Point there was not a spot where I did not leave my
mark, and brought off with me upwards of 100 sail of gun-boats
and merchant vessels. I had the honour of running the
Thames and Furieuse into the small mole of Ponza, which was
strongly defended, and before they could recover from their

surprise, I captured the island without (the loss of a man. I
was then removed to the Euryalus and had the good fortune
to fall in with two French frigates and a schooner. I chased
them in the night close into Calvi, in the island of Corsica,
passing close under the stern of one, plumpering her as I
passed; and though we were going eight knots, I tried to
run aboard of her consort, who was a little outside, stand.
ing athwart my hawse; the night was dark, the land close,
and she succeeded in crossing me, but I drove her ashore
on the rocks, where she was totally wrecked, and her con-
sort was obliged to anchor close to her. The Euryalus
wore round, and got off' almost brushing the shore as she
passed. These ships were afterwards ascertained to be armee
en flute, mounting 22 guns each, and the schooner 14. From
the Mediterranean I was ordered to America, and if my gal.
lant friend, Sir James Gordon (the present Commissioner at
Chatham and Sheerness Dock-yards), were here, he would have
told you how I did my duty on that long and arduous service
up to the Potomac; he would have told you, that, in a tre-
mendous squall, the Euryalus lost her bowsprit and all her
topmasts, and that in 12 hours she was again ready for work.
We brought away a fleet from Alexandria, were attacked
going down the river by batteries built close to what was the
residence of the great Washington, and:l was again wounded
in that action in the neck. On the peace taking place, I went
on half.pay, where I remained till I was appointed to the Ga.
latea, which ship I commanded for three years on this station;
_ _

and I hope and trust I have faithfully done my duty during
that period to my King and country.

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Subsequently to the above address Captain Napier, on
the death, we believe, of Captain Northey, became, by petition,
on account of his wounds (for the gallant Captain is lame(, an
out-pensioner of Greenwich Hospital, amounting, as he said,
to about 801. per annum.

IRISH ASSIZES.

KILKENNY, Jur, r 23.

The Assizes for this county and city, commenced this day,
before Chief Baron Joy, in the county; and Chief Justice
DOGHERTY, in the city.

After the Grand Jury of the county had been sworn, the
Chief Baron very briefly addressed them, on the state of the
calendar, which is very heavy. He said, that if he had been
a stranger to Ireland, the document lying before him, was
such as would induce him to think, that the county of Kil-
kenny was some uncivilized barbarous portion of the world,
where no resident gentry, or persons capable of exercising a
salutary control over the passions and errors of the people,
were to be found. But knowing as he did, that in this county
there was not only a respectable and intelligent gentry, but
also that the county itself was intersected with roads, and
means of access to every portion of it, he felt not the least
hesitation in saying, that proper vigilance on the part of the
Magistrates, would soon restore it to tranquillity and good
order. He was the more convinced of this, on looking to the
happy effects of the late coercive measures adopted. They had
succeeded to the full extent anticipated, and thereby furnished
those whom he addressed with an example, of what might be
done by energy, and an attention to the first appearances of
disorder, and disorganization of society. It was to be regretted
that such meast,res should be recurred to from necessity; he
hoped however, that a proper discharge of duty by the gentry
and jurors of the county, would soon enable Government to dis-
pense with laws which were not in unison with the mild spirt
of the Constitution.

Two men, named Edwards and Lockhart, were placed at
the bar, charged with assaulting and violating the person of
Mary Manning. She stated that, on tl,e id of February last,
she saw the prisoners and two other men, armed, between
eight and nine o'clock in the morning. When she ap_
proached near them, three separated from the rest, followed
her, and compelled her to swear on a primer that she would

not disclose anything concerning them or their el
then knocked her down with the end of a gun, a°
the crime. The prisoner Edwards, she said, 0,500
assail her, and after him a person who has
country. She was much beaten and 111-used,l!:l
been killed but for Lockhart. She was confll7,
ter part of her statement by a female to who's
rated the matter on the day it occurred, without
mentioning the most aggravated part of the charge'
not disclosed for a fortnight or three weeks ,
and only upon her being examined by a police
alibi and evidence of good character were set UP
fence; and both prisoners were acquitted. The
were admitted on all sides to be Whitefeet, of
insurrectionists a great number are to be tried
offences.

COURT CIRCULAR.

Sir James Graham had an interview on Well
King, at St. James's Palace. His Majesty lent
half-past six o'clock on Wednesday evening, atr
Herbert Taylor, on his return to the Palace at W. 1,1
The Duchess and Prince George of CurnberlF
town yesterday from Kew. The Duchess paid 1
Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House.
The Princes Alexander and Charles of Sohns, w
da
terday for Sheerness to inspect the dock-yards. A
A conference, which lasted five hours, was
afternoon at the Foreign-office, on the affairs of
lands. The Ministers present were the Russian
Ambassadors, the Prussian Minister, the Baron
burg, the Austrian (Special) Minister, and Vis
erston. Baron Verstolk, Minister on a Special 4
the King of Holland, accompanied by M. Dedel,
the meeting.

Sir Henry Martin, Messrs. Philpotts, Claxton/1
the West India body, transacted business with 10
Stanley, on Wednesday.
Mons. Mavrojeni, Charge d'Affaires from tbl
Porte, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston 9d
A meeting was held, yesterday afternoon,, at tbe
of Earl Grey. There were present the Duke 0f.,4
the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl of Ripon, yr,
bourne, and Lord Plunket. The Lord Chancellor $11"
Althorp also visited the Noble Earl yesterday. j
Mr. Colquhoun, agent for St. Vincent's, transae'
yesterday at the Colonial. office.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGEN'

ARRIVALS.
The Misses Crompton, at Hawkins's Hotel, Dover
marle.streets, from their seat, in Yorkshire; John ,
Esq., Mrs. Schroder, and Miss Schroder, at Marshal)
son's Hotel, Cavendish-square; Mr. C. Style, Bart
and family, at ditto; Miss Walmsley, at ditto;
Hamilton, at ditto; Rev. J. Hallward, at ditto;
Esq., at ditto; the Duchess of Buccleuch, at Mont $.
from a visit to the Hon. H. and Lady Louisa 1:j
Ramsgate; the Earl of Harewood, atHarewood
Bryanston House; Captain Charles Bag (Grenadiee/
at Sir Charles Bagot's, in Eaton-square,4rom the j
Major-General Sir Andrew Barnard, in Wilton-cren
a tour; Baron and Baroness Bulow, in Great CWI)
place, from a visit to their Majesties, at Windsor
Captain and Lady Ennischino Stuart Wortley, from
DEPARTURES.
Lord Ongley, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel,
.„0
square ; R. A. Cloyne Austen, Esq., and H. E. AS
from ditto; Wanley Sawbridge, Esq., from dirio
Shewell, Esq., from ditto; Lord Hugh Sewart anol
Miss Georgians Vernon, for Brighton; Sir Mark, 117,i
and Miss Newton, from Hawkins's Hotel, Dovet
marle-streets, on a tour ; the Duke of Sutherl7)
Bridgewater House, for Dunrobin Castle; the C
Surrey, from Hamilton-place, for ditto; Sir RobeP4
from Albemarle.street, on a visit to their Majesties, ')
sor ; Lord and Lady Bloomfield, and the Hon. Oil,
field, from Sackville.street, for their seat in Ireland.

SIIIPI'ING INTELLIGENCE---,(THIS

FROM LLOYD'S.
DEAL, JULY 25.—Wind W.S. W.—Arrived the A"
ton, from Jamaica. Arrived from the river and
Thomas and Alfred, Pexley, for the Mauritius. Salt
ward bound, except the Elizabeth, Craigie, for'
China.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 25. Wind W.—Sailed the
waite, for Bengal.

FALMOUTH, JULY 24.—Wind N. W., moderate. I
BRISTOL, JULY 25.—Arrived the Eleanor, Rees, f:dl
rara. Arrived off the Wight the West Indian, 11":
Antigua.

HULL, JULY 25.—Arrived the Lord Mu'grave,
from Miramichi.

LIVERPOOL, JULY 24.—Arrived the Mary, Nelson►
merara ; George, Wright, from Maranhana ; Liven
stow, from Charleston ; Fisher, Collings, from Wlt
Milo, Drysdale, from Miramichi ; Sarah, Blyth, from P
land; Indian Chief, Delamere, from St. Andrews, I"
wick. Off port the Arab, Lowe, from Laguira.
CLYDE, Jim,' .—Arrivcd the Bee, from Newfound
the Arrow, Mowbray, from Lisbon.

&Arco, Jur.ti• .—Arrived the Alexander, AnstrU
London.

BELFAST, Juiv23.—Arrivedtbe TOW& ler, Bell, all 4
and Ann, Patterson, from Quebec; John and Mall'
from Halifax.

DUBL'N, JULY 23.—A rri ved the James, Shields, tir°°l

The Lamont, Carr, from London to New Oriel)1
shore at Barbreda 12th ult., and was to be sold on the

BRUSSELS; JULY 24.

Long after the despatch of yesterday's courier, tbeir4o
given at Laecken, and at the Palace at Brussels, to dit
after the health of the Queen, was such as to red
nouncement of this morning, however welcome snot'
able, a matter of surprise. The first intimation t°
bitants of Brussels generally of her Majesty's seal
was communicated at six o'clock by the guns on
levards, with such an emphasis as to awaken the Ott #J
the drowsiest inhabitant of the capital. So sudden"
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Queen's safety, and of the birth of a son,—a r". 41
heir to his honours and his throne. It had previo'
arranged that a salvo of 21 guns should indicate the
a Princess, and 101 if a son and heir should be 1;;iS
gunners intrusted with firing the salute- were 0
make a considerable pause after the 21st gun, for tbe 110
no doubt, of piquing the curiosity of many an atteP.,
tener, and making what was to follow more impresser of
imparting to those mouths of fire, as they are call
French, a figure of oratory which seems to have all ,"
of originality.
In the course of the morning, a_supplement to the 11.06
Beige was published, containing the bulletin of the tu
dical attendants, conceived in the following terms: ---011111
" Laecken, 24
" Sa Majeste la B eine des Belges est accouchee
ce matin, al quatre heures et demi.

La Reine et le Prince se portein,tA liciceonu;cchmeourndEetsvil
" CHANTO'A ,
" Le Medecin ordinaire de Sa Majeste, D. LEBO`

Six' ,
The President of the Senate, Baron de Stassart.;
sident of the Chamber of Representatives, M. Rails
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First President of the Court of Cassation, M. de G..
the members of the Cabinet, and other public Tune
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who had been summoned to authenticate the birth, bl
assembled to prepare the proses verbal, which will dgii
appear in the Moniteur of to-morrow. General d'Adi
out for Paris on the part of King Leopold, to anr03.47
with)
event to the Royal Family of France; but,
speed he may travel, he will be anticipated by the 0
Ambassador, Count Latour Maubourg, who has with)
a courier to the arector of the telegraph at Lille, fr;pl i/
the fact will be transmitted—first to Paris, and '
in the course of the' day to' a 1 the frontiers of Fral!,sll/
possible, therefore, that your courier may be anticir:
by this circuitous route, but as the fact cannot fail t
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public opinion, by settling men's minds with regni, /
stability of the present order of things in •Belgitulhi;
thought better to put you in possession of it without • ri
any channel of communication but your own.
~„.,;001104;
The Queen of the French and the two Fr"'„ 10.14 daughters, are to remain here until after the baPtisw' 1.14
to take place in Brussels on the Ist or 2d of Alt-eaF King of the French, as godfather, is to be represe-ntce ir r
reigning
feelings of the people, if not to the ru" i
second son, the Duke de Nemours ; and in defere'ies,
religious Catholic church, the Queen of the French i5,t:34011,
in person as godmother, instead of a proxy of her P-,
ness the Duchess of Kent, as had previously been en..,
ji/4
The names to be bestowed on the infant Prince 'hi, r
Louis-Philippe Victor Ernest, after his father and gra"
his cousin, the Princess Royal of England, and his
Duke of Saxe Coburg.
,
The church bells of Brussels have been diligent,v,tie;0A
10/;
ing the event since 6 o'clock in the morning; prell_.--0
everywhere making for a general illumination in Oeeleof
and from the whole aspect of the town it appears that/ e% f
Population, young and old, had resolved on a h 01143
dinary.
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At the close of the Ballot for the ,
a Common-Sergeant yesterday, the vo:es were-10
For J. Mirehouse, Esq ................. ;104
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For M. D. Hill, Esq., M.P ....................
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Mr. MinEtionsE was consequently declared '4l'l,oo'
Dr. WiLsoN, the successor of liglite
Bishopric of Calcutta, obtained the Oxford
Bachelors' English Essay on Common F+o6e6
the year in which HEBER (delivered his pupal 0" icl.o
When HEBER had descended from the rostro'S'orol'•l
ascended to it; each little thinking that this
what would take place, as to a very different 6
very different periods of their lives.

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