The Sun.
London, England, 1810-02-05 00:00:00

CALEB WiIITEFOORD; ESQ.

We are very. sorry to inform the Public that this
Oentleinan died yesterday Morning,- at his house in
Argyle-street. He Wraslvell known in the first polite
arid literary .circles,..zind•poSsessed great talentS and
iiiforrnation. He liad . a turn for wit and humour,
and a Store of anecdotes, which tendeied his Society
Yelp entertaining. He was particuiiirly successful
ill classical allusions, and was esteernel a very good
richcla,. He w;ts _honourable and ihieral in all his
w.is a firm sin cerity in .Lis
thann,-; 1p in li i.cLa ioll3, which strot igly,indicated
disiinuLition and disguii ie. He was
I:era 1 e <illa - zealous in his triendtihips, and in
indeavnurs to promote the success. of dawning
titlfus. His ta•ae f-,A- the arts was a *predominant
feature in hii character, and is manii7est in a %rely
1-drg,l and valuably Colle6lion of picluit,i, which he
has left to his law ily. There are perbi )s.More
traits. by sit' 40SIIYA REYNOLD; in Lit is colletnon
tliati can be found in any other.
Mr. WnrrEpoortn was the author of many works
of approved merit, though lie, never put name
to any of his produ:lions, whith were chiefly con-
tled-to The 'Journals of the day; and he was for-
Merly very, liberal in hiS literary cow rib‘a.!ions to the
'Public Advertiser, of which he was th,tll,olie of
the PrOprietori. ,

Mr'.WHlTEroottn struck out a vet v species of
tu.t.noUrF" which was knoWn.by the nut»e of Cross
lteadings, and when he.first communing ted it to the
lie gave th.a.apt signature of Pap9rius Cursor.
t is hardly necessary to, observe, that ti :e design of
this whimsical shetne was to read alofig the lines of
-the several columns of a newspaper int o;one ano-
ther, instead of to the end of each, by wt hick means
many odd and diverting coincidpnces were often
produced; but those struck out by hi% fancy, on
Proposing the sell-eine-, were far superior, in point of
Wit and humour,, to any thing that havy since ap-
peared of the'same nature. Another very diverting
Essay on_ the • Err Ors of the Press, cont ributed to
bring Mr. WHITEFOORD'S • name into n,otice, and
many excellent effusions of political humour and
satire he conveyed to the pablic under tbe title of
Ship News. Upon the whole, he was a man of
distinguished talents, a zealous friend to his coon-
. try, a; loyal subject,, and a very respeatablt_t member
of society. ' His friend GOLDSMITH wit ids up his
charade? in RETALIATION with the folio wing ap-
• Propriate lines:—

Merry NV IT EFOO au, farewell! for thy sake lag
'Char a Scot may have humour, I had almost sait 1 wit
This debt to thy mem'ry I cannot refuse, -
" Thou best natur'd man, With the worst humoU r'd Muse."

The Leeward Island ;Mails arrived oti .Saturday
brought letters from Bat badoes of the 14111 Decem-
ber, from Martinique of the 16th, and , from An-
tigua of the 26th. From these we learn, that Ad-
iniral COCHRAN B had returned to the West Indies
frorn Halifax, and was- at Port Royal, artinique,
, ahe inch December, making arrangements for the
intended expedition against Guadaloupe, but which,
it was supposed, would await the arrival Ed the ex..-
peeled -reinforcements from England. The force
asiembled at Birbadoes, including the troop's from
Halifax, was estimated at 8000 men, am! the dit-
' relent Islands were expected to Cent6bute 3000
Inoue ; in which case the conquest could ;not be at-
tended with more difficulty, as the enemy had not
more than 800 or lutm regular troops pi evious to
the arrival of the to o frigates from liOritmt ; and
• with these, and .some newly formed black corps,
The,Governor had retired to, the strong fort Flew de
la Pays, where he was preparinefor resistance. He
stated he had been obliged to disband the rtiilitia, in
.cotistqUence of their disaffeelion.. The Sctpire and
..40-ed; which sailed from Portsmouth• the Bth No-
vember, arrived at Barbadoes on the 13th Decem-
ber, in company with the Freya and Frolic, and
were on the Ist assisting in the blockade of Guada-
loupe. -The-Loire and Orpheus frigates were daily
expeeted by AdMiral COditRANE. The former sail-.
ed from Pot tsmouth the 19t b November, with con-
voy, having 1800 troops on board, and the Orpheus
had charge of a body
.of troops from Guernsey.—
arrival the ;long-menaced attack win; to be
made un Guadaloupe.
YeSterday dispatches were received front Lord
NVE:.LING:roN, dated.the -12th They were
by the Phipps schooner,-in 17 days-:to