The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-22 00:00:00

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M the trials of the Mutineers tin bdArci the te-
rneraire are now concluded, and the particulars
made public, the various newspapers begin to
press their sentiments 9n this subjetli With re-
gard to ourselves; we 'entirely coincide with the.
wise and- prudent opinion of the Minister, that
too little cannot be said on this subjed." As,
however, others seem more willing to display their
talents of moral and political reflexion, than to con-
sult the harmony and concord of this country with
its Navy, we are prompted, by an eager desire to
promote theie patriotic objeCts,
,also, to declate our
sentiments on the subjed.

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From every circumstance that has" come to light
during the trials of the Mutineers, we are con-
vinced the- late _Mutiny, though-calculated
to excite very serious alarm for the moment, ought
rather to inspire confidence than to excite alarm
with regard to the dispositions of our Navy. After
the violent Mutiny at • the Nore, which was preg-•
nant with the most melancholy forebodings to this
Country, there was reason to dread that some roots
of the gangrene might still continue to rankle un,
perceived in the breasts of oar Seamen, and might
:at a future period take such a hold and spread so.
_Widely as to defy any remedies we had it in our
power to apply. The introduCtion of a new spirit
.of Sedition along with some disaffe6ted Irishmen
incorporated with the Navy, increased the appre;
hension of the Public, who began to augtir that this.
. would give a new accession, to the vigour of• the
distemper. As soon at the reports of: the late
'Mutiny having taken place reached' the ears ;of the
Public, every one looked upon his fornier apprehen-
sions as, realized, and, with a melancholy. fore.
'boding, began to look. forward to the incessant re-
- petition of MutinieS, every one more daring and
'MOre disastrous than another, till at length, 'oar
Navy—our pride, our glory, our defence—should,
prove the means of accelerating our inevitable ruin.
Nothing could have happened more favourable to
the' dispelling of these gloomy apprehensions, than
the iesults "of the late Trials at. Portsinouth. These.
-proved, it the most satisfaCiory manner, that the
vigorous measures taken by GovernMent on the..
Mutiny at the Nore, had entirely quelled, and we
hope, for ever eradicated; that spirit of rebellious
Mutiny which could excite our Seatneit to turn their
Arms against the bosom of their -Country.. •

The late Mutiny is demonstrated to have been
merely a temporary disobedience to certain orders
which excited momentary chagrin ;-and this dis-
obedience was entirely confined to one Ship, without
being in the smallest degree propagated to the rest
of the Squadron of which it formed a part --Had
any embers of the former fatal spirit of rebellious
mutiny remained, on their being once excited to
flame, the conflagration would not have stopped
short within such narrow bounds ; as on the former
occasion, it would have spread like wildfire from
Ship to Sitip, from Squadron to Squadron, acquiring
strength from the security inspired by the present
Cessation of hostilities. The evidence of the Wit-
nesses, and the dying confessions of the penitent
criminals, prove that loyalty was never torn for a
moment from their hearts, even while a sudden
pulse.hurried them on to commit an adiOn which
drew down on them the just vengeance of the
violated laws of their country.

While, therefore, we lament that any of our
brave Seamen were.for a moment tempted to forget
their duty ;. while we approve of the rigorous exe-
tutiOn of justice'on an occasion calculated w fill the
Nation with such alarming apprehensions ; let us
arthe same time reflex with exultation, that the
spirit of rebelliOus. Mutiny appears quite extin-'
• evished in our Navy ; that the present discontents
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arose merely from personal and momentary causes ;
and that even in the parOxysms of Chagrin, no sen-
timent was emitted in►mical to patriotism and loy
alty.. Let us rejoice to see our brave Scipnen con-
vinced, that even momentary Mutiny justly de-
serves :to be punished With death, and approving
cif the sentence inflited by the Laws of their Conn-
try---on their deluded companion's:. And let us hope,
that .the present vigoroas measin'es. Of Government
have for ever pia a stop to mol'ilentary Mutinies
among. our Navy, as they formerly 'eXtinguished
the spirit of Rebellion.

The dreadful fire. which happened on Tuesday
afternoon near DOWgate-hill, arose from the snuff
of. a candle being imprudently thrown on the
ground near one of the hogsheads, in the ware-
laouse of Messrs. Richard and. William Pugh, coffee-
merchants.- The conflagration began in the lower
part of the premises, and was first discovered by
the strong smell of the burning coffee with which
the warehouses were filled. This spread the alarm
in the neighbourhood; the doors of the warehouses.
were immediately opened, and several persons went
in -and endeavoured to save a part of the .property ;
but, from :the strong, suffocating effluvia .of the.
coffee, they were obliged to relinquish their be-
nevolent intentions. Opposite to t► e. tire, was an
engine.house belonging to the. Sun Fire-Mee ; one
engine was brought into play before half after five
o'clock ; several others arrived, and were put in
motion by six o'clock, but the conflagration had
by that hour extended, too far to stop the approach.
ing devastation. The principal object worthy of
attention was the opposite premises, a range of
warehouses in the bottled porter line ; these were
drenched by plentiful supplies of water, and saved.
from impending ruin., The flames continued to
increase in 'the warehouses of Messrs. Pugh until
eight o'clock,• when the stupendous crane in the
front of the premises gave *ay, and fell into the
middle of the street with a horrid -cr. *, bringing
down with it the whole of the frOnt,kud several
waggon loads of coffee ; happily ri4aceidetnt attend-
ed. the fall. The lances continUetio consume the
premises until midnight, by time the neigh-
bourhood was out of danger. The dwelling-house
was providentially saved, and the houses adjoining
escaped uninjured.
Thursday was committed to Gloucester gaol, by
Mr. JOYNER, COtOtter, Thomas Baker, of Chipping-
' Sodbury, currier, for killing John Jones,. currier,
by a gun-shot, the preceding day. Jones has left
a.wifeand four small children to lament the fatal
catastrophe.

tAW REPO kt:

(*)oll.'t OF tONINI6N IAI4.
lINGS AT GtifILIMALL, REFORR LORD ALVANLEi

AilL. A SPECIAL fUlt-ii.

EEI4S gAtvtAN Klc IiARTUSON.

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THE Plaintiff; who is a Foreigner, having Certain
claims upon the Government of this Country, ap-
plied to the Defendant to `solicit them for, him at
the Treasury, and advanced him t 001.10 pay certain
fees or gratuities upon the occasion. The Defend-
ant obtained for the Plaintiff a warrant for !tool.

This alion was brought-by the Plaintiff to re-
c,over.back the loot. which it was altedged had not
been paid by the Defendant in fees or gratuities on
occasion of the Plaintiff's claims.

It was alledged on, the part of the Defendant,
that the Plaintiff had agreed to pay him lot. per
cent..on the whole ,sunt which the former should
obtain for the latter. This agreement, however,
being considered by his Lordship as illegal, the
claims of the Defendant were placed on the footing
of a Quantum mertiit.
The Jury_ gave the Defendant 51. per.cent. for
his trouble, which,' added to a small sum for'ex-
penceS, left a balance of 391. 14.5. due to the
k'Llintiff, for
.whom they. found a.verdiet with that
sum.

BEFORE A COMMON JURY.

MACNAB AND OTHERS ti. THOMPSON.

This was an Action to recover a sum which it
was alledged was due from the Defendant, who is a
Bookseller, to the Plaintiffs, for the printing' of
certain books at their press..

•
h appeared that a person of the name of Griffiths,
ostensibly, carried on the concern to which. the De-
fenaant was alledged to be indebted, that his name
was over the door•trf the shoP; that. it was affixed to
'the„ books in question, and that his name only was
entered with the Clerk of the Peace as carrying on
the concern. Mr. Griffiths having become a Bank-
rupt, the Assignees sold to the Plaintiffs the stock
In trade, &c. for.sool. and it was Contended on the
.ot•her side, that this_;,was only a colourable transac-
tion, and that
~Griffiths
.uaually carried on the
'business on his Own account, and thereforeought
to have been made the' ViAiiteitT in this anion, the
present Plaintiffs bay ing no right -to•sue.
Lord- ALVANLEY was .clearly of opinion, from
the words and construaion of the Aft, called Lord
anorr's Aa, which direas that no person should
carry on. thetrade of printing without entering his
name with-the -Clerk of the peace of the County,
or place where he residfd,. that the -Plaintiffs had
no.right of anion whatever, as their names were
not entered in -the 'manner prescribed by the Al,
the name of Griffiths' only remaining in the office.
'of the Clerk of the. Peace; as attached to the con-
cern to which the Defendant was'. alledged to be in-
debted. •

The Plaintiffs were therefore non-suited.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER F;tONl QVEEEC, DATED

Nov. 26;

-' "'The- weather • is- remarkably open and mild,
although the middle of November is now pasta
Every article of life is now in the greatest abun-
dance here, and as soon as-the winter sets.in, pro_
visions will be sold at a very reasonable rate. The
Inhabitants of the Country are all comparatively
enriched by the high prices which they received
for the produce of their 'farms last winter and
spring.'.'

On Tuesday se'nnight, at the Ball, Gloucester.
house, Hotwells, Major HENR.Y VATICHAN LANE,
in the prime of his life, formerly of the 134th Regi-
ment, and late of Cork, after (lancing some time,
complained to his partner that he was tired, and
sat down ; immediately after he was seized with a
paralytic stroke, and conveyed to his lodgings,
where every medical assistance, as rendered without
area, and on Friday .morning he expired.
On Wednesday last a
.waggon containing fifteen
hundred pieces- of India handkerchiefs,. together
with too tubs of Holland's gin, was seized by some
Excise.:officers on' the Whitechapel 'Road. It appears
the ri-W•i- were brought from the coast of Essex on
the filaerling night, and the. Smugglers had chosen
the middle of the day to arrive in Town,_ as the
most.likely to escape suspicion. The loss occasion-
ed to the Smugglers by this seizure will amount to
upwards; of 30001.
Li the disastrous crowd of vessels, with the
wrecks of which the late dreadful tempests have
covered-the coast of the Northern- SeaS, was one
bound from the port of Archangel, in White Rus-
sia, fo Dublin, which, borne by the fury of the
wind, Was cast away on'the drearylsland of North
Faro, at a great 'distance North-west of'the Ork.
nay and',Shetland.lsles. The ,Master,.Capt. Hard--
castle, and six of his crew, got 'safelyon shores
where 'these hardy Mariners, preffring to biave
once more the dangers 'of the main to a dark and
dismal winter resider ce in such a place,• purchased
one of those slight skiffs called Norway yawls, and
availing themselves 'of the scattered remnants of
their Nessel,' raised the sides, and decked over this
puny:bark, in which, having fixed such masts and
rigging as she could bear, and-put on board water
and' provisions that required no dressing, they
boldly put to sea, and after a favourable voyage of
seven days, entered the river Liffey on Sunday
se'nnight, where this curious bark lies moored off
the Marine School, a monument of nautical in-
genuity and intrepidity. •
The following shocking accident happened on
Tuesday se'nnight .ar--HrightlielinstOne i— A girl
about.six.years old, daughter of .a Fisherman named
Daniels, was in the absence of her mother; entrust-
ed to the care of her elder sisters, who soon after
the %%retinal) had quitted the house, ran to play in- the
street, and left. their little charge alone in a room
where there was a fire, which, on the child's too
nigh approach, caught her clothes and set them in a
blaze. Her cries brought some neighbours to her
assistance, who extinguished the flames; but the poor
infant was so miserably burnt that she languished
till Thursday, and then expired in great aguny.

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"ttrE understand, by the advices of &if Coifeis
liondent in sun,,,rarvaii,.thift tnsign d.
tit the Leitriii Militia, had been aita&ed by some
Berson or persons unknoivn, on the z4.th tilt. and.
was found the-succeeding -thorning in the streets of
that. town, in a state of insensibility, froth a blow

he had -received on his head. the unfortunate
G:mtlemaa languished until the z7th, and died.;:--;
The striC.est search is making after the murderers;
or whose apprehension a large sum hal been offered.

An Acccii4t of the quantities of Grain, Meal Flour,
and, rice, imported into Great Britain between
the sth of January, iSoI, and the roth of oao-
bet following, being a period of nine months t
qua. bush.
107,067 6
—14,60 n
- 539,709 2
- 39,398 2
7 .92,693 7
- 1,035471 7
4074 1.2 boils IUS.
SO 124 cwt. qrs. Mt:,
16%,416. 2 19
*728,428. 1 I
107,667 2 17
24503,6 3 7

Barley

Beans
Oats
Pease
Rye
Wheat -
Indian horn -
Oatmeal- .
R yemeal
Wheat Flour
Indian Meal -
Rice -

Total 4869,656 6 S^ 124 4243,643 1 16
Equal to 291,311 Enilish sacks.

The wreck of the ship Gates&ad, which has lain
upwards of four years on the Herd Sand, at the en..
trance of Shields harbour, was last week turned up
by the violence
,of the sea, and a great quantity of
iron and deals recovered. Part of the- wreck has
driven down to the bar,. and some ships have struck
ppon
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In consequence of provisions, &c. being-now.per.
'pitted to be imported, the price of fresh pork is
reduced in thelsle of Wight from 16s. the score to
ti.•6(l,:' vei-y good,in quality. Eggs, which ten
ays ago sold for 3d. each, sell at one penny.—
tench hareS. is. 3d. and partridges 7d. each.
It now appears that the depredations committed
It . the IBurial Ground near Lady Huntingdon'S
chapel, 'in Spa fields, 'far exceeds what was at first
'imagined. Besides the two dead bodies which the
.man had in a basket, who was stopped by the.pa.
trole about six weeks or two months - ago, but
made his escape from them, many other bodies ~
are missing from the ground. Thc. Parish Officers
of elerkenvielf have, much to their credit, been very
aetive in endeavouring to find out the offenders.
They, caused many graves to ,be opened, when,
shocking' -to relate, not Only the corpse, but the •
shroud, cap, pillows, and, even the nails from the
coffins weretaken away. Suspicion having fallen on-
the.Grave-digger, he is indiEted for the offence. • '
PUB LI C.OFF IC E, HATTON-GARDEN.-Yester.
day a seller of bread, afting under a baker, was
charged with exposing for public sale a large quan-
.rity of bread deficient in weight, who sold the same
three halfpenee under the Assize ; but by the de-
ficiency in the bread, it appeared that the profit of
the baker on it, exceeded that of the fair dealer very
considerably. This being the case, the agent wat,
convicted in the penalty of. 4.5. an ounce, being 84
ounces, amounting to 161. r6s. besides costs, and
. the bread forfeited to the poor. ~
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AN E COOT Countryman who had, by a con.
currence of fortunate .circumstance,,, become pos-
sessed of considerable wealth, wished to have his
family arms, and for this purpose repaired to the
Herald's Office, but unfortunately none were to be
fonna; upon which he desired to have a device,. if
it could be executed, as he had prided himself upon
his family arms.. For this purpose lie was asked if
himself pr .family had done any brave• or. valiant
deeds, &c. After considering the matter some time,
he honestly told of his grandfather having been con,
Etnedin Newgate, and,after much labour and diffi,
culty„ effeeling his escape by tying a line to .the
statue- of King jowl, and letting himself .down to
the street. This was sufficient for the Herald, who
immediately told him arms should be prepared ;• for
it• was evident he was in a lineal descent from King
John !

Mons, St. Clair, whose ingenious and. truly
wonderful Phantasunagoria of Supernatural Appear.
ances, has itirpriied and drawn the most respeaable
Audiences to the ROyalty Thtatre for some weeks
past, takes leave of his numerous admirers to-mor.
row night ; this most plea Sing, thou&h at. the
same time extraordinary of all'medern• amusements,
being about to appear at the. Theatre Royal, Li:
veypool, in the course of a few days, and afterwards
in' Dublin. - - • •

Twoofthe Fortune-Tellers lately examined at
Bow-street, lyerelon Saturday tonvided at Ccrken-
well, and sentenced; the" one to three, and the.othtt
to six months imprisonment.
Ort Situ day night a .torribk riot took place in
SMithfield, between a desperate gapgtand the pa-
vole belonging to the Parish of st. Sezpulchre but
after a stout resistance, on . the part . of the latter,
three of. the principals weri safely lodged in Gilt..
spur-street Compter, to the joy and satisfadion of
the peaceable inhabitants.

POTATOES PROM THE PLum.—Andrew Ander-
son, a'nail:;niakerrof Aberdeen,.raised from the.seed
last year,: potatoes of a surprizing size, some of
them weighing between 4 and 5 ounces. His..me..
thod was the following :--Heitook the apples from
the stem in the preceding autumn, cwt them in
pieces, and squeezed the seed,among water, which
separated it from the pulp. The seed was care.
fully dried, and in •the beginning of April sowed
in a bed, • in the same manner as onions: Or tur-
nips-. • When the young. plants were-from 3 to 4,
inches high, they were transplanted, and the wea.
ther-being dry, were carefully watered. They
throve amazingly, and when dug up, had at some
of the stems 20 of the size of a pigeon's egg ; at
others so or 6e. The seed was taken-from what
is commonly called the Callico Potatoe, that is,
white, roundish, red nose, and red eyes. From
this, the following=five varieties were got :—r. A.
round white ; z. The common kidney • 3. A long
kind of a blush colour ;. .4. A long kind, with very
prominent eyes ; and, 5. A round =nice,. which
was the mast pradative of all.

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vocate.
John Fraser, Esq. younger of Faraline, Advocate.
Dr. Andrew Mackenzie, Grieve, of I nchcoulter.
Vans Hawthorn, Esq. of Chang, W. S.
Thomas Scott, Esq. W. S.
Captain Alexander Fraser, Royal Navy.
Captain Donald M`Niel, 91st Regiment.
CaptainWilliain Gordon. of Minmore.
Colin Campbell, Esq. of Ardnacroish.
Robert Gordon, Esq. late of lamaica, now at Baberton.
Robert Meldrum, Esq. of Clayton.
George 111.ickintosh, Esq. Merchant, Glasgow.
Thomas Fairbairn, Esq. late of 'St. Vincent's, now at
Dunn:pace..
Captain franeis Simpson, Late of Bombay.
Robert Baillic. bsq. of Carphine.
Dugald Campbell, Esq. younger of Kilmartin.
Archibald Lean, Esq. of Pennycross.
fames Dennistoun, Esq. of Col grain. '
Hector M•Lean, Esq. of Kingarloch.
Ro'aert Brown, Esq. Factor on the estate of Clartranold.
Robert Prodtur, Esq. W. S.
Captain James Dunbar, Royal Navy.
Rev. Mr. Donald Mackenzie. Minister of Fodderty. - -
Tames Mac Pherson, Esq. of Ardersier.
Henry Raeburn, Esq. Portrait Painter.
Alezander Mackenzie, Esq. Agent for the British Linnen
Company, Inverness.
Thomas Jamieson, Esq.
Thomas tamieson, jun. Esq. Merchant's in Leith.
Charles hite, Esq.
lames Stewart, Esq. Merchant, Edinburgh.
Archibald Mac Rae, Esq. of Ardintoul, Faaor for Lord
Scaforth.
Phu Mac Lean, Esq, of Borevay.
Duncan Campbell, Esq. Factor of Ardgour.—And
Archibald Campbell, Esq. of Melford.
The Society afterwards proceeded to take under
consideration the different matters which had been
before the Committee of DireEtors since the General
Meeting in July last, and approved of their con-
tinued attention to the encouragement of different
objeds of improvement, as appeared from the pre-
miums voted by them, particularly for the cultiva-
tion of waste land, and improving the breed of
black cattle. And, among the other Premiums, the
Society much approved of the resolution of the Di-
reelors to give a piece of plate, of Fifteen Guineas
value, to the Rev. Mr. BREMNER, Minister of
Walls, Orkney, for a plan suggested by him for the
preservation of lives in cases of shipwreck, by fix-
ing, in a particular manner, as described by the
model now on the table, and the report of a Sub-
Committee, a certain proportion of cork or cask to
any ship's boat, it- being ascertained by an experi-
ment made at Leith in presence of the Committee
of the Society, assisted by Naval Gmtlemen of
eharaaer and skill, that a boat so fitted:up would
not sink, though full of water, but, on the contra-
ry, be extremely bouyant, and, besides, that it
would be hardly possible for the fury of. the waves
to overset a boat so prepared, and that in case it
should be so overturned, the boat would instantly
right itself. -
'I hereafter, the Society proceeded to take under
consideration the Report of a Special Committee ap-
pointed; in terms of a Resolution of last General
Meeting, for inquiring into several matters of im-
portance respeeting the Highlands, and the North
and \Vest of Scotland, and to suggest what occur-
red to them as most proper for their general improve-
ment and melioration, in the view particularly of
conneftiog such objets of improvement, with the
employment of the labouring and lower classes of
the inhabitants. When, after fully considering
said Report, and the Lord Chief Baron, and the
Hon. Mr. Erskine, and other Members having de-
livered their opinions thereon, the Society resolved
to approve of the Report, drawn up with ars
attention and zeal well suited to the important
• matters of which it treats, and 'the thanks of the
Meeting were voted to the Committee. And it
was unanimously resolved to apply to such of His
Majesty's Ministers, under whose department the
objeas recommended by the Report fall, and to the
Members of the Society who have Seats in either
House of Parliament, expressing in the strongest
terms the Society's opinion, that speedy measures
should be taken with respeet to the improvement
and extension of the Fishery, the opening up com-
munications by roads and bridges, and in some
places by canals, as also the encouragement of
Woollen ManufaCtories, and the necessity there is
for an aid being afforded by Government to these
very important objeCts, conneEted, not only with
the improvement of these parts of the country, the
comfort, prosperity, and happiness of its inhabit-
ants, but also with the interest and prosperity of
the United Kingdom at large, and remitted to the.
Direaors to carry these Resolutions into effeCt.
On motion from the Secretary, the Meeting,
with the greatest applause, voted the thanks of the
Society to the British Army of Egypt, for their
gallant atchievements, in which their Countrymen,
the Highland Regiments, maintained in such a con-
spicuous manner the warlike charaBer of their an.
cest(irs, and especially to that old and long distin-
guished Corps, the 4.2 d, or Royal Highlanders ;
and at same time it was stated to the Meeting, that
it would be proper to enter on their records, some

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