The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-15 00:00:00

FATAL DUEL. ,

ISLE OF WIGIIT, DEC. 13.--On Wednesday
last an Invest was taken at the allphin Inn, in
West Cowes, before TrtoNtAs SEWELL, Fosi Co-
roner of the Isle of Wight, on the view of the
body of a Gentleman of the name of John Sut-
ton, wiio was killed in a duel, in Northwood
Palk, that morning. It appeared in evidence,
that the deceased was one of the passengers about
to proceed to St. Thomas's, in the ship Grace,

lying in Cowes Roads ; that on the preced-

ing evening the deceased, a Major Lockyer, a
Mr. Itedesdale, and a Mr. Hand, and other pas-
sengers, were in cotnpany together at the Dolphin;
that Major Lockyer took offence at sotue ex-
pressions made use of by the deceased, and, in
consequence, challenged hint. The parties t
the next morning, Mr. Redesdale attending as
second to Major Lockyer, and Mr. Hand as se-
cond to the deceased. Major Lockyer, only,
fired at the appointed signal; the ball entered the
deceased's body, between the third and fourth
ribs on the right side, passed through the ven-
tricle on the heart, lodged in the integuments on
the left side, and occasioned, of course, instant
death. The principal and seconds immediately
lied. The Jury, without hesitation, returned a
verdict of Wilful Murder against Major Lockyer
and ,Messrs. Itedesdale and Hand, and the Coro-
ner issued Iris warrant for tilcir apprehension,—
Mr. Hand was apprehended (by Allen, the New-
port Constable) at Portsmouth, on Thursday. The
others are sti!i at large,

We received yesterday the Paris Papers of
Thursday last, and this morning those of Friday.
IVe give extracts from the former in another co-
lut»n. The expected Congress of Sovereigns is
again mentioned in them, and it is said the 11.10-
Dwells will adopt important measures for the
maintenance and consolidation of the legitimate
and constitutional order of Europe, and-tor the
suppression of what still remains of Revolutionary
spirit amongst certain malcontents,
If we are to believe an article quoted from
Moscow, the Russians have obtained iwportalit
commercial privileges in P:rsia.
The following are Extracts from the Journals
of Friday :

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, Mc. 11.

'' Illy discussion ~tas opened on the Projet re-
specting the Press.
" The Baron Martin de Garay, in a long
speech, Opposed the Prtjet As Anconstitutioual,
and concluded by declaring 4'o intention to vote

for its rejection.
" Joiiivet supported the Projet on the
ground of exisiing vircutnstances rendering it 'ne-
Ile reserved himself with respect to the
amendotento.

cesiarv.

" M. Ginith opposed the Projet.

" The Keeper of the Seals, in an extempore re-
ply, maintained, that the Prnjet was au ameliora-
tion of the existing system of Legislation.
" The discussion ‘s as adjourned till to-morrow.
" Pam, DEC. 12.—Thezinting of the Budget
is actively proceeding, auTh it will probably be
presented to the Chamber of Deputies early in the
next week.

" The 7th ult. ti►e Minister of the Interior is-
sued a new invitation to tl►e Pt elects to take ►uea-
sures for the severe repression of vagrancy and
Inendeity, and the relief of the indigent.

" The Journal de Toulouse of the 611 inst•
states, that the Chamber of Council of the Civil
'fribunal of Rhodez had pronounced on the pro-
cedure against the Dame Clarissa Enjalrand
Manson. This Lady has been put in accusation,
and is to be tried before the .Cour Royale of
Montpaier.

" The report of authority having ben given
for die importation of Rum is untrue..

" lIVII PER CENTS.

" Wedne,cty 03f. 7.5 c.
" Thursday G3 f. c.

" V(ENNA, Nov. 30.—The grand fete of the
Order of the Golden Fleece, ‘vhich was to have
been celebrated yesterday, has been postponed
account of the mourning for the Pt ineess Char-
lotte of England.

" According to the nature of the orders sent
from hence to Prague, it is supposed ti,at the stay
of the Court in Bohemia will he of some duration,
It is probable even that it will be prolonged till
next August, the period fixed for the meeting of
the Emperors of Austria and Russia„ the kiog ot
Prussia, and several other Sovereigns. it may
easily be conceived how much the public atten-
tion is fixed upon the 01,iceti and results of this
new Congress."

New York Papers to the 22d November artived
this morning..
FRom MARTINIQUE.—.k Latter, dated a.t St.
Picrres, Oct. 27, was received yesterday by tt
respectable mercantile house in this City, of which
the following is an Extract :

" Weavail ourselves of this opportunity to inform
that our puns are on the eve of being opened
o your Flag on .t.he same terms as formerly, and
link proper to note the same for your guidance."

[OFFICIA L.]

City Caz•ette Offer, Chetrleston, Nov. 10.

INDIAN Np,ws.—We learn by nu Officer of the
Army, who An ivee .town on St n;41.17 lest, dirret
(ruin Fort Ilawkins, that Lostiiitits t;re expected

tinfnetliately to brcak tint ijettii.;eo our :::1
the the Seminole Indians. Uetreral GAisrs, tci I, lad.
force, took up the Una c f March from Fort
gomery, on the Alabama, :o rim S;:ott,
Flint hirer, about the 27th ult., ‘vt,
joined by about iSfti) Creek Itidirm Wei
would make his Army, including Regulars: Aitti'
tia, and Indians, amount to about 2,500. 'Pi'
Seminoles rae said to have in the field I,;.)
warriors. General JA'cKsos anti Si,T it 13 ex'
pected would join Ge al GAIN ES at Yu/ t Scott i
the OiiicEr above alluded to W 23 dispatched hes
its rocure lour field-pieces for the Expeo-
tion, and will return immediately. We lenru
that General GArsEs made a demand upon ti4Bl
SeMinoles fur the murderers of seven Whites :
they refused, and in reply stated, that our peopl4
had killed ten of their tribe, and demanded the
balance to be given up to them, as the only cow
ditiou on which they would make peace. The
General made no further reply, but immediately
put his troops in motion to operate against them,

DREADFUL H URRIC AN E.
(From the Comvsercial difivertizer of N 0?,.. 20.)

From Captain Williams, of the brig Louisa,
from Antigua,. we learn, that a dreadful hurri-
cane arose on the 2lst. tilt. in the %Vest Indies,
the violence of which was particularly felt at St.
Lucie, Barbadoes, Dominique, and St. Vincent's,
where considerable damage was sustained by the
shipping and estates generally.
At St. Louis the gale was More particularly
severe.—All the vessels in that port were entirelY
lost ; the Government house was blown demo,
end all within its walk, comprising the t4oiferno:.,
his lady, and child, his staff, secretaries, servants,
&c. •amonnting in all to about 50 pet'sois, were
buried in its rtriinS. Not one survived the dreadrUl
catastrophe. And still inure horrible to iclate, the
officers and soldiers' barracks were by the same
pitiless blast demolished, and all within them it
the time, about "200 souk, were preei!:icated into,
eternity ; and the estates of the-Island rendered a.
heap of
Some of the particulars of the datneges at Bar-
badoes were stated je our last. Capt. IV. doe's
not furnish any thing in addition theteto.
At Dominique nearly the whole town was in-
undated, anti the destruction of property immeese.
Some few lives were lost. Tice Island nearly de-
solated. ad not learn that any vessels were I,st.
At Martinique about 50 sail of vessels were
driven net to sea from St. Pierces. grit elp:,llrf
Americans, and hating no ballast, provisions, or
other necessaries for. a voyage, have probably,
been lost. Only one of the above vessels
been heard of, (a French ship, which got into 'l6,r.
Eustatia).—The estates here also were greatly d
maged.

At St. Vincent's, ten snit of vessels WeLIE ota-
shore, and were, nearly all lou.

captain Williams could not with certainty
recapitulate all the. horrors which marked thic
awful. visitation : at Dominique and S:iint
Vin-
cents, as well as Saint Lucie, the devastatioa
was so Complete aS to amount ahnost to it aniliila-
tion. It will be many yea's, at 'cast, before those
Islands can be restored to their fornicr nlition.
A schooner from Philadelphia, bound to St. Bar-
tholomews with wine and brandy, ‘vas lust on
fli.,.rhada Reef, the
.crew and part of the cargo,
saved.

It was reported at Antigua, that his liajesty's
ship ./intelope, of 50 guns, Hear-Admiral Harvey.
was lost in the gale. She sailed t:rotu Figiou
Island for Barhadoes the night lireviou► t:) the gals.

If any doubts could arise as to the nei,essity

be Allied Troops remaining in prance, those

doubts ought to be removed by Ivbat has recently
occurred in that Country. It is well observed, ia
an-article dated Berlin, that " the Boonapartist
Marshal and the Bourbon Minister of %Var havi4
placed the French Army in a fighting condition,.
This army declares, through the medium of Om
KING, clad in a General's utliforw, that the obli-
gations entered into by France cannot be fulfilled,.
and that new negOciations must be opened." Poor
Louts ! he must adopt even_ a dress, to please
his Ministry, that ill becomes hi: infirm state ;
but what is worse, he is to be employed as Ott
mouth-piece of sentiments in violation of solemn,
engagements to the Allied Powers ! For this
_ . .
purpose, then, is the Army of Fraisce to be aug..,,
mented, and with these menaces before them, it is-
foolishly tumoured that the Allied Power 3 are to.
withdraw. their Troop, tu order to allow a Ficrich
Military Banditti to spread devastation and horroi
over their respective (lotnioions ! !

It is perfectly ludicrous to find The Horning
Chronicle asserting, that letters, dated Madrid And
Cadiz, are fabricated in Portland-Place. How
many letters from South America, from Paris, and
from various parts of Eutope, have been fabricated
in the Strand 3 In tact, The Chronicle is so noto-
rious for this secies of inventive Correspondence,
that the public can now place no confidence
any of its forcr,n intelligenef!, unless they eo:.7ts:
t hrough the medium of foreign Journals, and iz-,,that:
Case The Chronicle generalry extracts those ;krricleik
only which willfavour its own views. lE,.%engrauting
that the letters to which The Chronicle alludei were
really fabrications in Portland Place, surely it
hard in The Chronicle not to allow others the pri7;
viiege, which sii4ml4qtly, exerttise;(

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R.:.itles, &itch fain ications give The Chronicle an
(Tportunity of venting its spleen against King
FERDINAND, and indeed all legitimate ?Hike's,
though it must be cOnfessed (hit The ChrOfiicie
needs no adscititions incentives for such a libiral
wartare against al! hereditary Governments.

LOSS OF THE INDIAN TRANSPORT.
'for
Trieste, Captain of the jia/vina, from Norway
Tlieste, which vessel has arrived at Plymouth,
reports, that the Indian Transport, of London.
with troops on board, was lost, about 30 mile,
this side of Ushant, and all on board perished.—
The Indian, DAvlnsoN, sailed from Portsmouth
the 29th ult. for St. Thomas's, with VolUnteers
for the Spanish Insergenis.

The slaip Grace has been detained at Cowes,
for not having on board the regular papers. About
forty pas3engers embarked on board in the River,
:and twenty at the Isle of Wight, to join the Spa-
nish Patriot;. She cleareti out for Sr. Thomas's ;
but, though prevented only from sailing by con-
trary winds, she appears by no means equipped
fur such a voyage.

DUBLIN, D,,C. 11.—At the :meeting of the Ca-
tholic Boar, yesterday, the Committee respecting
the Rhe:mish Notes not hcinz, prepared, obtained
time 011 Salurdrry next to make their Report.—
The following Motion, made by Mt. O'CONNELL,
\vas, Jitter some opposition, agreed to :--

" That the Ker. Richard Hayes he requested to attend the
next Meeting of the Board on Saturday next, and make a Re-
. port of his :,fission to Rome."

Corts-EZCIIANOE, DEC. 15.--We had a tolerable good
supply of Whe:at this morning from F.,,sex and Kent, fine
samples of which, in the early part of the morning, were taken
(di' readily at last Mondit'is prices, but towards the close the
sales were not so brisl: ; Fine Barley is 2s. per quarter dearer
than this day week; Malt is rather dull; having a good sup-
_ ply, Peace and Beans have each declined 2s. per quarter; the
Qat Trade is dull at Monday's prices ; in other articles there
is no alteration.

'flee PRINCE REGENT is expertei4 to pay a visit
to the QU EN at B,ith, this day, or to-morrow.
The value of the Coal Trade toAsTwisa to the
Port of London cannot be more forcibly shewu
thao hy stating that the wages paid to the Coat.
heavers only, ewnloyed in the delivery of the Col-
liers in the rive, • amonnted, On the last year's im-
portation, to upwards of 100.0001. ! !
It is generally ooderstood an Opposition Can-
dida, e eVill str.rt for Liverpool at the next General
Election but whether singly, or otherwise, is
hot yet knot
In the course of this summer several new Run-
gesseß have been made at Portsmouth, evidently
with a view to the next General ElectiOn, and to
render more secure the interest oldie predominant
party in that town, which cannot fail to be very
llrejoglicial to the general intereslF of that Port,
We give no credit to the report, that it is Mr.
iittouonAm's intention to offer himself as a Can-
didate for 111-9 NATIVE County.—The MO Spirit,
Loyalty, and Indtpentlence of the Freeholders,
'negative every chance of success to that patriotic
Gent !ern 311,! Isis incessant lahotirs at poli-
tical, not moral, reformation are wt,ll known and
justly appreciated hrougliont the Northern Bor-
ders.

A letter, dated Nassau, New Providence, Sept.
27, says, on Snotty last the schooner Venus
arrived in the Offing, front Amelia Island, and
'General AI'GREGON and his Lady were landed from
her. We have not been able to obtain any infor-
mation ti 3 10 the affairs of 'hat island."
Sir Home Poroasit arrived on Thursday at
Portsmouth, and re•hoisted his flag on board the
Sybille, Captain CHARLES Had the
wind proved fair, Sir Untie would have ?sailed on
Saturday morning. Lady PonnANl AMI family in-
tend going our, to reside at the Commander in
Chiet's residence at Port Royal, during the period
of S:r .3crvice.
The latest accounts from St. John's, Newfound-
iand, mention that the losses by the recent fire in
that place are almost incalculable : 132 houses
have been destroyed, and,looo persons exposwd to
`the approaching inclement season; one firm alone
host propi-rtydo the amount of 30,0001.
On Wednesday the Proclamations for the Meet-
tg Parliament on the 271 h of January, and
that for preventing British Officers from entering
.ato the service of either of the contending par-
ties in South America, were read at the Cross of
tdinburgh, by the heralds, &c. with the usual
formalities. For the first time their escort was a
i..:etachment of the 88th regiment from the Castle.
YOUNG WaTsosr.—The Bermuda Paper of the
6th September says—" It has been confidently
'Stated to us, that the young man who arrived

here in ' the American ship Severn, ort the 27th
iclarch last, and who appeared with the name and
k,baracter. of Lieut. Wilson, of the American
Nary, We in tact no other than young Watson,
then on his. *ay to the United States. Hie ap-
pekrance, it is said, answered the description of
young Watson very accurately."
Tini yortunate Youth possesses, at present, a
pretty large share of the public attention. His
prodigious wealth appears to be dissolved, and,
" like the baseless fabric of a vision, left not a
trace behind."—Not so the golden benefits which
Bow from Fortune's Treasury—they arc substan-
tial realities ; and G. CARROLL has the pleasure
of stating, that any " Fortunate Youth " who
may, possess a Share of 4.340, sold by him, and
drawn a prize, on Friday last, of 20,0001., may
ti'im it into harsl cash, at No. 7, Corolla!, or 26,
'OxforAl-stregt.