The Sun.
London, England, 1816-09-24 00:00:00

LORD SELKIRK'S COLONY.

We lament to hear that tortlierdisattrons
telligence has been received from Lord Snuttak's
American Colony. After the dispersion of the
settlers last autuMn, it would 'seem that his new
Governor, Mr. Seams, whose .nione i 3 familiar
to our. Readers from his travels in Spain; proceed-
ed to re-establish the Colony on the Red River,'
:tyith a number of emigrants '‘'vho went into the
Country front Hudson's Bay, in the last nutumn,
and remained there during the winter. MK. SUm-
,Ltt had instructions CO- establish the introduction
IA Lord SULK IRK, and the Hudson's l3ay COM..
luny, and in consequenet ot some dispkite with,
Alte Indians, at to piocuring pro%risions; had with
he Canadian•traders, he direptcd a party ot about
20 men, whO were with him in the swing, to fire
into an Indian canoe, carrying provisions for the
traders. This was immediately retnrned, anal, the-
inncholy to relate, Mr. Sastet.r., and his whole
party, became the victims of the affray. Another
.enpeditior, fitted out by Lord§immaK'S ,agents,
111 the remote countries of the N.W , has been
'equally unfortunate, 19 ot the party having pe-
rished of hunger.
. These accounts met Lord &LK' RK on Lake Su-
perior, where he had arrived witi► a'reinforpe-
inent of about 300 men, principally -foreignt rs,
enlisted from *won's regiment, who had been
discharged in Canada. His Lordship's intentions
As to further proceedings were not known.—
(Morning Paper.)

At a Meeting of the, Magitorates • for licensing
alehouse!) at Christchurch, Hants, on Monday
last, they animadverted 'Very strongly on the ex-
,orbitent price anti
,improper quality orbeer :sold
stt alehouses under the contronl of public brewers,

stud expressed. their .derided 'deterinination to en-
force the ditty of aletaters in their district, and
.the penalties to which Persons arc liable on sale
,bf bad liquors of any kind ; apprising the :inn-
keepers that they would, at the day appointed for
'lieensipg their housei in the next year, provided
any complaints were matte, and sufficiently , sub-
stantiated, of the breWers of whom they rented,
their housei having sold them beer of bad'or
im-
Proper quality, grant to'streh innkeepers licenses
for houses of their own, so as to free them train
the contronl of Such brewers, and emancipate
thvin from their intluence or interference ; at the
sswe time referring them to the case of the King
tiersus D4ybill, in which Lord ELLBNBOSCNOMi
laeld, tha' innkeepers were toot bound, thongh
renting; of a brewer, to vend kis beer, if it was of
a bad qntlity, or held in. such e'tses to :the
01 any italic or diptcnient.

ORIGINAL PO

Oh guild to Geri, l'oeta,
'Forniosuin tninies'ailt.magis ftidroum !

NTAItTIALeO;

when r' hid at tile'llawn In write,
And lauw had finitli'd half ►,►y page,
A wiyged Buy Oppeartd in sight,
And thus addreWd hie, full of rage :

" HoWtlar'st thou thus my Bard asperse ?
. " How iiar'st thou thus my Unger move ?
" Thy satire ceasefor fear of worse—
" Vile Scribbler, clredd the threats of Lore."

"Thou lore," I cried with'upials'd eyes,
" If so—thou knowtit.tny siitire just;
•4 But no—thy thrtreeniOgs I despise,
44 For now I see that thou art lust.

" Then hence, ur thou'lt hare causc.to ritip
" To those who such vile Imp adore."
ended—off the Urchin flew,
And *Ought for refuge with lIIS:tI—aE.

THE TH EAT RB.

tobeilt-a4Rbe-tr.— The I)istressed kither was
again performed last night, and preieftted
AiCIREADY mellowed and improved in Orestes;
'whether owing to hiS becoming more accustomed
to our Lange Tileacte, nt• to Iris good 'sense in at-
tending to the critical whicli his performance
has collet forth, or to both, is immaterial.

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ltre are ibrry to lean) that Airs. GLove4, cer-
tainly tine.-et the ablest Actresses of the day
'(thatigh not ill her .sphere as' Andrmitathe) is not
only not engaged at Covent Cvari.len Theatre, but
on the eve tit leaving 'the Leindon boards for
Dublin. It ought not to 'be so.
At• •
ter the i'lay a new E:ttertainthent, said tO lrc
from the pen of Mr. 'I oittN, and entitled Your's
'or Mine, was produced for the first time.
inte•follo wing is an out liti'e of the plot
lusticoVidget Me."l3l,4Ncit.4iW.
Justice Sparrowilawke Mr. Ststmo..s.
•TCaptain Harcourt . Mr. S'utcbatit.
Citreleis Mr. DAtUSkIT.
• VYl3krrrie7 (clerk to Sparrowhawke) Mr. TottELEY.
Humphrey (servant to Harcourt) ..Mr. E:dritv.
• Sophia ' • 11iss Sri:rut:Ns.
Susan Flouncet Mrs. Glans.
The Piece opens with the rirriVal of Captain Harcoort.at
his native .village liter an absence of many years, and a report
of his death. ile Ands bis father' is no inure, his tieretlitarr
estate in the §parrowhawke, mid his twioved
Sophia an out to he torn frOm With. The ay..riee Justice
Fidget bad induced Woo to consent to hasten the outline of
his dangliter With Sparrowintwhei which tteAt
take place when Captain liSicuurt.ohtailicsnn itite4ieW wlth
Stlitiia, and previtils upon her tp'cloße with sTarrow• •
hawke 'accidentally discovering • the arrival': of Ole ttoiwit,
and knowing the eonseqtrenee JO hint would he the ot tree
tlarcoart Estate, anti if net. baitity preveuted,that of •,..?phia's
fortune also, rf,:snives to liceit Harcourt' out id the way, for-
which purpose he Xuititoys his cleft, Otillarney. The
dyeing Irishman, instead of the Captain,upprehends Careless,
hisiriendy anti nephew to .lustiee t'ittga, ;who. tiro nelog'
brought bebice his uncle, acquaint. hint with the nusrroute
of his daughter. and proving to him that. her bash/not is
Captain Harcourt, the letA‘ftil heir to Ilse Hurenort ES•iite,
JuSticb Fidget cheerfully joins the lovers' bands, to the total
discomsture of Sparrowhawte and his-schemes.
It won I(I be a painful•task to elaborate criticism
upon B...composition which approaches its tinder
such disarming claims. The relic of departed
genius, probably written in early life and rejected
by mattirer judgment, carved and clipped by un-
skilful hands to suit the fancy of Managers and
- .

Performers, altered, subtracted from, aditto to,
and mended,—stirelt ►cork, if more deserving, 91
cold censnhe titan of warm praiie, it would be in.;
human to visit upon the memory of its .reputed
tinthbr.. Your's or Mine, thin, is a tight, un-
pretending piece, rather fiat than eloquent, rather
tame titan spirited, rather borrowed than
in language, incident, and contrivance. But

taken altogether it is a pleating tutertaiontekt,
and the music by SHIELD delightful. Miss Sirs-
PHENS• Mrs. GIESS, SINCLAIR, DURIJART, ENBRY,
BLANCHARD, and Tottzti, did all that matt could
do or woman either, to ensure the favourable re.
ception which the piece experienced.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FRO\I aMERICA.
PHILADULPIIIA; Auo, 15...—Vtiu ask me about
the present politics of our Government ; if you see
the debates of our Congress, and therm:lrks of our
newspapers, yon easily obsetvd that they are, as
usicol,menneing and itostilc with regard to Hoglund',
and Hll powers snppOtedtO he ;let friends, and meanly
submissive to ull powers solvated to he ett'ViouS
of nnfrieudly towards her. Hence our swagger-
it'll; naval and diplomatic expe,iii ion so
hence our hurried treaties kir Russia, Sweden',

Inflow, ,and Deuninvit ; hence. our iniphs to 14..111

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nand `v our protracted discussion/ with the Oar,
bary states; our assistance totheSpanish lrt%agents,
and our intrigues round the Courts of France and
Portugal,.
,You- may, perhaps; he surprised that
we ate to •ntutlest with rept.* to our immense
claims in 'France, in consequence a Mona-
!airless seizures and decrees, while we talk and act
so bravely at ,Naples; but Air.
.Madison thinks
Ferdinand. IV.• unalterable in his attachtitent to
England, while the Present Ministers of Louis
XVIII IlNyp given out President a pledge of their
hatred of England, of which we expect an evi-
dence whenever a safe. opportunity offers Itself.—

Some of tl►eir,alcpendents are said to keep up a
secret correspOndance with Alr. INinitro, by !►rani
of the late Reuel' exile•, their former friends.
These vile personages circulate the most absurd
reports to agitate irs, and to bespatter England.
1 have just heard General Le Fevre affirm seriously,
that the English Arnbaisador ut Paris has offered
to give back Canada to France,• on condition ut
being aided by an army of 200,000 Frenchmen to
reconmer our Republic !! I
The return of .Mr. Lee, our late t orisul at
liourdeaux, was caused by his own 'imprudent con-
duct.. He publicly declaimed in favour of Brio.
naparte ; and be tavouredthe escape to this coun-
try. of Joseph huona►apaarte, Clause!, and other
culpable
" A ftienri who visited lately our political or.
stele, Mr: Jefferson, heard that Pinekney's tnissinn
to Europe was 110 E so much with a view to ex•
tort indemnities from Napiti, ns in the hope of
giving such indirect provocations to England,
that must in the opinion of Enrcipe humble her
actual superiority or excite her to renew the war
,with us ! Fortunately for the lovers of peace our
finances are at their lowest ebb, and we are totally
to p' the taxes laid on during the last
war.►.

Yesterday Ja3i4es T 'Ha tris capitally ftutided,
'for having wiltully itisaitlted'John I)raper, on the
king's highwnY' 'llit.f,;()Zthavilfg "ken
.fi'o'n
peiou two one pu
ou..i..es—
Me, Ktsatilutws addressit the Court, and stkteti,
that otter having consul:cif Upon t case, it
found itritt titcre was Not sufficient evittettee to
criminate thel)risoner.
ThOttry, therefore, 'littler the direction of the
Judge,. fottod verdict---Nut Ottiit}).
Tlieintboner bowed, aturretired.
• ;IMES OF. Itt VIiDER.
trilattin ttlettiilg:pot- make'', Wits
of the it-puler of YViiiiatit Reid,
iag lat► with a pist(fl.
The case was fully stated by Mr. Watford, and
the follo*Wing evitleiice was ttieu Balled for the

prosecution
Wm. Harman Praulditie, partner to Mr. Tiffin,
whose work is near SPitalfields, stated he was at
hustie on the 27th July, and'altont eleven o'clock
.
at night he beatti the ui,charg:t: of • a'pistil, and
five minutes alter his partnFr's servant came fur
hiin, \Vile it he went toMr.Tiffin's ticiuse, and was
told by him that he 'was as usual going ruund his
Y'at'., anti by thelig(it hiS *lantern saw a min
neitr.the wall in the yard, Whoth he desired to
walk otr, or he won't., 'tire at hint. The 'INN,
iluwever, 'ran upon Mr. :Cann, whet) be again
warned "him of his danger, as hisi)istol was 10tid.•
Oil ian on towards Tiffin, till he
.eattrellear tOhint, and Tiffin retreated a few paces
back. When the tiiitn was mist i two YilitlS Trim

Tiffin, the pistnl wa's`t6ellarged, end the anon.
fell. Tiffin baling told witness this', rl'e,i'red Win
to bring a.watchionn, Which a"ntl the elan
Was tniind lying on his tnicfs, api)iirefitlplead.
cross-examined by llr.
were -surrounded with buiftlingS, ept in one
,pot, where st lonite !vas to have been built, but
which Lad not Wen finished. Tflemi:lootaetory'
had been :roibbed.about 18 inoloh3 since, iIS far :is
he -caw retncinher, 'there have .heen several
nor robberies since that. It t.vB3 vet y dat'k.at
time, but the (teCea,Sed Intlt.:llAve .tieNll the light
%vliielt None (tow tlae lantern wl-feh fnisonee held
in his hand. Tiffin said-to.-witnes's' b'e had 'fired
only in as lie did not knoiv what the
Mail might du to?him, add be sas sorry he could
not avoid firing. Another 'mail Was Scion afier
Tonna lying in tis cm -Hausa" laic asleep. The
atittrii .was a etiefling one. Does not think
Mr. TiTu could see whether thee Alan was 'armed

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or n! ,t 4.
James Benson, a .purvey6r, made the plan of
the tn-entiseit, now sl►ewn Linn, There was a small
portion 44 the yard at that tii►►e not surro►n►ded.
When he saw them kit week the)' were sur-
rounded by a fence.
Sa►uuel Dobson ,kneW th►e C 111 ie 3at the time
of the accident, and part of them was not *ti
rounded then, but now one house has been built,
and a fence iit front of that house, and the re-
mi►inder of the vaeunt ground has been m►ide. 'At
that time any person mignt hive easily entered
from the weer, .

Thomas Ingrain, ivatchniim, went to
house on.the iiight of tile .ttecidetit. Heard the
report of a piStol at 16-61.20 (ninutes past eleven.'
Did, not examine the premises. Saw tleceased;
wisti died ,o a quarter of an, baOr atter ivituat
firit saw him. Tiffin's ctistoth was every night to
examine premises, and he told witnvss be heti
fired on seeing the man in tile yard, but was sorry
the's'hot had been fatal..
Sarah Barris knew 'the deceased, fiend wns

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hint on the evening of his deal). lie Went out
for beer Ater been at ruark'et. lie Was
very deaf.
The prisoner made nb defence'; and Mr.
'thought it unnecessary to call any witnesses in
exCnipittion.
Mr. attar' GRAHAM summed up, and the
fury
fount the prisoner-:—Nct Guilty. •
The Judge decidedly thonght,that Mr. 'Min hid
been sufficiently Werreoted by law In &du; what
he did, and. that it ivas iinpossible not to Justify
what he :had don'e. The Judge told the prisoner
he might leave the bar without any impUtatioa on
his cioarActet.

Wright,wis noti :1() the bite, lecated
of the murder of sirs. Kirby and Tier infant child,
try running his coach Careleisly against the gig in
•which they were. IThis case ie afreadYt well
tooMt to thelitiblie.)—ile With also charged
tnan,.laughter.
-Thomai residing in King'is-rOml, #lll-

ham, Was on the top of the Chelsea sta•'e ott, the
25titof Angast last. It passed llYde Park Cor-
ner tarnpike at pine in the evening, and the pri-
saner at tLe War was driVer*: there were no lamps
to the coach ; a carriage with lights had. just pasi.
ttl through the Sane gate, and eras about ten or
ele'ven yards a-head. Wright was driving quicker
than usual, and the
,night was very, dark,; ;the road
is very broad at, that place heard the coach, run
against something. which alarmed witness very
much for his own safety, and that of his

wife, who was with hint : 1,-Vrighvappeared to be
sritier ,qt the time; he .Must haVe seen the
froth his seat, hut lie slid dist call.oilt rar'the Coach►.
to make way, nor dill he stop to inquire whit had
bappened. . .
Crossrexaniined by
,Mr. Aug'? =The carriage
which was said to be struck Was COming to Meet
the one NVright was dating witisess did not see
this.cartiage, •
Tyler stated, the night was rather dark,
but carriages conldeasily be iced on any pair ni
the road ; after hearing a Voice, witness instantly
heard a Crash, stud the screams Of some persons
who were hurt by the crash, he went over to their
assistance; there were no lights at the gate;
the gig had one Of its abatis broken, and the
woman and :child Was instantly carried into Sr
George's Hospital, 'Whitt) is aajoining the road.
GeOrge Kirby, husband of the deceased, was
driving the gig on the 25th of last mouth about
nide ,41! tile evening : he.called to the coach, which
was iwa yartlx home him, for God's sake to,stop,
and he pulled up his horse ; Isis suite and Went
fcti.ont on the left side of the gig, and himself and
his Sous - aged ten years, behind the horse's. heels.
The enseli was going then very fast, as there is a
deiceht in that part of the road ; slid not hear ,the
ithiVer steetit‘ as ke slid nut stop j whams. hittl oat

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'he get outof the way.
JOseph Kivpitt, sen, who was on the box with
Wrighti stated,..that the coach 1545 driven. that
night with violence,-and tame th', gig
with a great crash ; the coach went over a Lauf
who`fail out 'of the gig. and witness bade the
coachman pat up, bra he made no answer; wit-
'ness told .the COadlatall The lady was 'dangerously.
hurt or killed ;Ate went home Very slowly'after•
Wards.
Jo,eph.KiPpirli jun. corroborated the above.
Win. Pitman, surgeon of Sr. George's
tal,,depose,l to the state in which Mrs.l Irby a 4.
her infant were brought into the Hospital alter
the accident.
In support of character sc'verat witnesses were
called, who dceidetlliv;pyke in the prisoneci
fa-
vnnr ; one -partici:tally declared Ise had nee.a
heard hirit,awar au oath, nor seen him disguised
in liquor.
blr. Justice H6Lnovb,stnntned up the evidence,
and the Jury found :the, prisoner Guilty • of .4lete.,
41auglecer.