The Sun.
London, England, 1817-03-26 00:00:00

C kl 1 N A.

Letters yeslerilay.leached. town from Canton,
of the 28th of November; brought to Coves by
the American ship Ida. gnenfithis date commu-
nieutes several particulars/ :whicivpit is said, were
derived front Captain ALlitivita rilitiself, relative
to the affair between the Aleeste and the Chinese
- batteries:" MAXWELS; being aware of the
manner in which the General Hewitt had been
treated by the•war boats, was determined to be
on the alert in case he shonid be inoleited. By
certain movements of the Chinese squadron, be
saw that they had some intention to surround
him, in order to prevent any intercourse between
Idi ship and the shore; he, therefore imme-
diately decided on quitting his birth, to proceed
to one formerly occupied by the British ship
-of war Lion, at the second bar, when she carried
out Lord MACARTNEY'S Embassy. Whether it:
was against the orders of the Chinese Admiral to
suffer the Aleeste to remove from:bur station, or
that there was some other Causer forhis'proceed-
'jogs, Certain. it is, that he trat,greatly disturbed
wheu he saw the.frigate getting:.uodee
He both cajoled and threatenedi'With the view
-to detain her until he should hear front Canto'n.
A linguist was sent On board to warn Captain
11Axwer.t., that, if he moved, the war-boats
would fire on him ; and if he escaped them,
the forts would inevitably sink him. Not satisfied
with this, the linguist threatened the lives of our
countrymen at Canton. Capt. Alsxwett., undis-
mayed by his blustering, required nt the rrtessoi-
ger to give hint the name of the Chinese Admiral,
to the end that be might ascertain whether such
denunciations as he had delivered were authorized
by that officer or not ; and if not, that he might
tie punished'. As to the fate of the British at
Canton, Captain Maxwm.r. assured the linguist,
that, if a hair, of any of their heads were hurt, he
would forthwith run him up to' the yard-arm.
Baying so far signified iris intentions; Captain
MAXWELL ordered the linguist into the custody
of a marine Officer. Whilst proceeding up the
river the 4teeste was interrupted, as before stated,
by the war-boats, and smaller forte, but without
exciting in Cant.lllAxtv4r..t. any other feeling than
etint4mpt for the puny •elforts.of the Chinese, an-
tel Alcede had to pass a 'battery of about 09
guns, which opened its fire in a more forMidahle
manner. Captain MaxwELL withheld his broad
sides until within pistol shot of the torts, when
:they Were given with such precision and effect
*ill make them remembered by the Chinese for
some • time to conte. A few minutes Sufficed to
silence the batteries, and to tumble abdut the

THE NIANCHESTER RIOTEttS.

(From the Leeds Intelligeiy.er, Alnrol4.]

Manchester remains tranquil ; but every thing
which has
.tran•pircd tends to show I hat the ob-
jects cif the Seditious were of the most alarming
and dangerous description.

On Friday fifty-three of the persons who bid
been taken were discharged from the New Bai-
ley.. The whole number of Disaffected origi-
nally lodged there amounted" to two hundred
and fifty-one. Of these, five were sent to
London on warrants from the Secretary of
State. Nine are committed to Lancaster Castle
for trial upon the 13t1► of Chas. 11. a. 5. f‘ For
conspiring with other persons, to the, number of
5000 and upwards, to proceed in a body from
Mancbester,to London, and to repair to the,Prinee
Regent, upon pretence of presenting and deliver-
-jug a certain ,seditious libel, purpdrtin, to be
petition, complaint, and -remonstrance, and for
baying, in pursuance of the conspiracy, on the
10th of March, assembled, with several thou-
sands of other persons, at,Manchester, with in-
tent to proceed together to London, in such ex-
cessive nutnbers as greatly to disturb the peace of
our Lord the King, and to cause terror and. inti-
midation to his Majesty's well-disposed subjects."
This is the charge against nine. Many others
are bonnet by their recognizance to appear at the
Sessions. Some are discharged on engaging not
to be concerned in seditious practices in future.
Others on a recognizance of 401. to keep the peace
for twelve months. And others were' required
to find bail, to answer at the Sessions , for their
misconduct.

In discharging the fifty-three already men.
donut,' the Learned Chairman, W. D. Evans,
Esq. in the course of an impressive, humane, and
dignified address to the
_prisoners, stated, that,
though many of them had meant .to hurry the
country, by their foul policy, into confusion—
though, if he were rightly informed of their pro,
ceedingS and plans, he had no donlit.theyhad all
subjected themselves to a charge of-highetteutnr,
yet Government, taking compassion' on them, had
mercifully ordered them to be discharged.. Their
means, he said, could not have carried them above
forty or fifty miles on their march; 'and then a
system 'of plunder and violence must have been
resorted to, which be shuddered to contemplate.
Their foe companions who had been sent to
Loudon, he observed, would probably answer for
their conduct. with their lives.
Time Learned Chairtnan also alluded to' some
obse vatiOus on tin, subject, which had eipliearell
in a public and which he declared were
mischievous, highly libeitlous, end ought it) be
noticed.

Liverpool, in conseittettee of the rising, at Man-
chester, and of the other steps of. Seditious,
has bestirred herself. W bare received s. copy
of a most proper and loyal Deelunttion from that

print, literally fill a whole Npwspaper, front end
to end. They include. (4 cours'e, nFarly every

respectable male inhabitant of the place; •'' ",
. It is high tittle for eVery
to show himself'; and this infporiant itt*teeelling
.at Liverpool, together kvith Marty
other places, proves that the l'ohlic ate aware of
the danger, notniihstanding all the efforts of the
Setlitiotts to c'fittecti it.
,
~.tt, may be.. linportaat to state, as proof of the
extended character and of the premeditated ha•
tore of the Mattell'ester insurrection, that it is
above two months sinch the Seditintsti here (in
this town) first openly talked of ;In approaching
expedition to London, in to' they were to join !

The Seditious Aleet inns Prevention ilia: was,
by the large majority of ill to 23, passed in 'the
House of Lords last .nightl. together with the new
Clause for preventing the Mob Meetingt of . the
Westminster Demagogues from being held under
the nose of. Parliament, bearding, as it were, the
Legislature, and defying the Courts of Justice.—
..
This Will at •aliy rate open a longer line of march
for the future Catatines who may chose to lead their
tumultuous- and .desperate, followers from the
Hustings to the House. We know well the hope
was encouraged, that on some of these oceasioils
(miscalled Constitutional Nleetings). when the
furious multitude were inflamed by the incendi.o y
speeches of their delliders, they might commence
the work of destruction by visiting the. Houses
of Pailiament so itnmediattly presented to their
vengeance,,, To the very doors of Parliament
have they been 'led ,With this object, Aaria
tt.
we are convinced, had not the best prera ,
t.:7
dons been taken to overwhelm the nascent
mischief, we should, two months ago, Mire
hail the' Areadttil task imposed upon us to
tell of a conflict in • which the highest. branches
of our Cznst it Inland 'Government had to he de-
fended, by physical force, from nuib r'iulr ace and
revolutionary outrage.

Little WA, done in the Howse of Commons last
night, and indeed nothing of interest is expected
till after the flmcess, when it may hesnprosed 'he
Party will make another eliort or tw: E'rnrn
Appearance of business it is probable: thiit
Session will not be touch prolonged. We antick
p ate its rising in June.

Tile only important feainte in the Foreign News,
received since yesterday, is 'the annunciation of a
genetal• Atnnesti .by the King of Siat, extend-
ing not ordy Over that COltiltryi 'but la tileAtne-
ricin tiOlonies. Tile notice on tbi.. subject will
be.fottiiti iu our.translation. front ihel'aris Palm rs,

On ‘Vednesday night List, about (of
Robin Hood's Bay), n shrug ;ling lugger was Wien
by one OM. M. cutters, oufter.a smart engage-
ment, wherein, it' is -,supposed, many men .were
t:Te
killed ; about 16 or 18 of luggee's eteiv44o
their escape‘ in the, boat fsorile.of
and landed ut kobio Hood's Tow u one mit/
of his wounds on Friday, and another had
arm amputated.

The Ranger revenue cutter•, which sustaine,: the
action with the smugglers, n Robin Hood's Bay,
has anised at Yarntouth with the smugglers' lug-
ger, a very fine 'vessel, l 6 tons,artned with twelve
9-pounders. The Ranger bad three killed and six
wounded.

The I'RtWcR REoeNT intends setting out ,for•
Brighton on Monday.

A letter from Sierra" Leone, dated JantiatrrQs,
confirms the melancholy intelligence., orieth:
stated in Tsta Suu, of the death of ALIjOr PEDDIit)
on the Rio Nunes, whence he had Meant to pro-
ceed. on his expedition. The news was derived
froM King Drama, one of the black Kings. The
following passage is from the same letter
1 have just artived from an expedition'after.
a slave vessel in the Rio rongo, a river about
two.degrees North from bete. IVe sailed nn the
2011 e. at December, and front contrary winds, did
not make the river till the 31st. Ott the Ist Of.
Jantlitly we saw her, about five o'clock in the
afternoon, about two macs tram its, with her
broadside on to its, moored athwart the titer, at,
the mouth of a small creek. 511.,e monunted eight. 18-pounders, tind html 48 men, an American built
vessel from Unston, bought up at the Havant' ;
this her first voyage. We• had a small sehoonet:i
mounted with three guns, titre *4 two, one
and one a 'nine pounder ; the site and nine pilau r.
tiers were placed on our how. We had GO'spl:-..
(tiers and a few seamen. When they first 'saw n 44
they took us tor another slave vessel ; but
21S son e
as they saw the Union flap flying, they let fly their
bow gun, loaded with gi‘Hpe,. We immediately
returned the compliment, and the game began
within musket SIKH, We We: On her With higr
glees and fife playing and nien elteexiug, and in the
space of 1:3 minutes were boarding her on her
starboard bow, amid, in less that, three minutes
more site was outs. We had only two men
slightly wannaeti ; the Ameritaus four. The
Captain, Supercargo, and ten men, escaped an
shore."