The Sun. — London, England, 1802-02-22 00:00:00

-tilL OPER R. Zes's Theatre. The serious Op era o f Etfr;da was repeated on Saturday night, to a very crowded audience.- 7 Atnt sung with her usual excellence, and received the applause she merited. ,Her last Duet, with vIGANO NI , v I GANONI, was a most finished and charming Krformanoe. Glitikup made his first appearance in the Di. vertisement. He is a rine figure, astonishingly ac tive, but by no means so graceful as LABOR I tie is a great acquisition, at this time, to the Theatre, .. .4 The 13•alle Of Iria folios d, itti d, considerably _ proved Icl the assistance of GIRAUD. We have still to lament the absence of the charming PI- Itisot. The House was atiended by nearly all the Beauty and Fashion in town. THE THh.AnES. Dr.ury-Lane. g our o se In offering b r vatic ns Upon the places of pub -1 . ale amuscmina, it is always an unpleasant task to be ) tinder the necessity of speaking in terms of censure; but w e s h ouid be guilty of a derelidion of' our duty, ' 1 4 ! we did n ot animadvert strongly upon the shameful . ] ulannii iti which some pieces are brought forward, and I,_ tne-unpardonable liberties which some of the per d tertmets take with the Public. We have he i; • h a d qt!Ctltl i y occasion to observe, that after the first i or second se ason o f a new piece, very few of the Charaders are sust a i ne d b y the origin a l Performers l ; this observation applies very strongly to the Chil. ,-' drrtt in the Wood, which was aded (if we may use i that expression) on Saturday night. The part of 1 4ir Rowland was originally allotted to BARRYMORE, 1 AO performed it very ably ; it was afterwards given, for whai reason we Rio noz know, to CORY, t : 'and it has now descended to Mr. CAU Li I E LD, who, 1 L ib his happiest efi . orts, does not ran k very hi g h i n ' •t 'llls p.,,ofession; but who on Saturday night, from a ‘ cause 'that •', w;a4, obviou s to t h e w h ole House, was scarcely able to ° utte r a sentene of his part, and 1 i tot only contr i ved to destroy the charader of Sir - Rowland, but rendered all the exertions of the other Performers in their, scenes with him, useless, particularly those of yOiing vt ...4:lNts.rtx.• Th'! 4udience, which was by means numerous, ex resssd their neatindignation-i petty strong terms, and fwe hope . it will have the effed of securing them rom similar insults of Thefor th e f uture. part- L ada Helen was originally performed by Mrs. PowttL, th e on Satu r d ay night b y n by Miss DE Ca?, and Mr 3, SpARKs i , We. m should be : ~Wworry to hurt the feelings of the last mentioned ady, who undoubtedly, in her line .of Charader s s, is a , - i erY respeEtable Actress, but who. is totally iunfit for such parts as Lady Helen, .These-changes n the representation, , and this inattention, no t t o wt a harsher term ) in some of the Performers, ( tir elY destroyed, the tiled of this i nterest i ng ~.1 :- fter-Pi ece , as we ll as o f t h e exce ll ent acting of ii tl Ntsrett and Mrs, B LAND . 1, %v :- A,. t W at OUiti be Unjust to close these ob servat i ons Itho 1 o r ~, txpressing o u r admir at i on o f t h e a bi l i ties bh.L u L , te% seer 101SELEY, who performed one of the Covent-Ganteni ThiS . e le*Pl Theatre had a crowded audience to Love rn Waz.,eze OTI Saturday last. Mrs. BILLINGTOIi g ~,. : • apo a - u — a t'slY in voice s and was of course, highly 'ad" ~- , r• Ill's popular and pleasant Opera is test of il o m i. -4 -4 -q well supported at this Theatre ) and need ar the comparison-. ..........___.......... 1 tonsid ' e ring how adv erse the projeaecl hew Play house, i " n the Fashi onable World, would be to the tegula r ' n ' Fashionable it seems very strange/ name of Mr. Stki ER I DAN, jun. should that upon appear upon e the List of Managers ; but we understand, that the Moment Manage rs was convinced of its ten : . , dency to ilinreAlie property of his father ; he with C drew ftorn ri ' - ' . . • - l e 91Cern. . T he .. s°Ecier. P.r.:34) itin g t h e representation of all . t riAY:i orr-A'...7trage at Vienn a , w hi c h i ntro d uce_ oupposed the 4., oirzt s , gobizns , and scenes of i•oadsh might be ed, copsNktence of an importation of some la G late ?raft:aloft f rom t hi s C ountry, if ny erman Writer should have thought them worth translatiln. We are glad to And that some of the good old rived b fashiDas of our grand-mothers are a b out to b e re , with y our modern Beauties. The bib and nicker, a little variation and improvement, were ex . hibited a ble few nights a fashio na since at t h e Opera House, by young female, whose beauteous and graceful figure would render captivatin any foim • of dress, however antiquated or preposterous. Much has been said against the Slaverrade, and it is devoutly to be wished that suc h an odious i traffic sho u ld h e broug tenht to an end, if that end national , could be accomplished consistly with ... policy, and those complicated interests which at 1. present prevail in the commercial Intercourse of .; . different State s i but w e h a v e on l y to look at the • , condition o f a thatneighbouring p eop l e; and we may plainly se e *rarer horne, the rickve-tr a d e ha s b een b roug h t .. EMIGRATIO NS TO AUFRICA.—We have repeat , etliy mentioned with concern the extensive emigra lions.wilich.!mvp cif late years taken place from the 'United .King4oin to. some fa' Ameri ca ; and have noticed. B.s,which occurred to oar knowledge of the extreme ,wretched ness to which many of these credu lous people had b een i n consequence reduced. The following advertisement appeared in one of the New York papers of the t sth January :—. "..4.IYENCIi." " 'Eight and a half years of the time of a healthy wench n'r sale : she is honest and sober, and , ot a f amily generall understands the work y. — lnquire, &e." Our correspondent observes, that on inquiry, he found that the being whose servitude n was thus offer:. rd for sale, was a young Scots woman, who sailed *with many others from the Clyde to improve her fortune, and who, as is most common, had lost liberty td defray the expences o f her passaze. I PAW REpe)RD. COURT OF KING's BENCH, Fin. 26. BEFORE SIR. JUSTICZ LAWRENCE: AND A SPECIAL JURY. CONNOR 'V. SMALLS AND OTHERS. THis was an Aftion for an Assault, brought against the Defendants, as Captain and Mates of the Walsingham East Indianian, for flogging the Plain. tiff, who was a Charter-party passenger on board. Mr. ERSKINE, for the Plaintiff, stated him to be a most meritorious old Soldier, who had long served his country, and for his good condiift had been pro moted to be a Serjeant of Artillery. He once had the good fortune to save the life of that" gallant Officer, General Abercromby, and was, after a of long hardships, returning home from India to 'rest and quiet, as a Chartered Passenger in the Ship Wal singham, of which the Defendant, Smalls, was Captain. Mr. ERSKINE stated, that the cause of his being flogged, for which assault he now sought reparation in damages, was because he refused to fall in the ranks and exercise with small arms, a thing which, as a Passenger, they certainly had no right to compel him to do. And while Campbell the Mate was dragging him to the shrouds, his wife interfered, upon which lie d—d her far a b—h, and immediately knocked her down at the feet of her husband. Also, that while he. was undergoing the punishment, he earnestly begged fur a draught of water, which was refused him, and when they had finished, they compelled him to fall into the ranks, with his back mangled and torn, exposed to the burning rays of an Eastein Sun. The material faEts, as stated by the evidence, was, that on the isth of April the men were ordered to fall into the ranks, anci exercise with the great and small arms. Mr. ERSKINE stated, it was on ac count of its being the Captain's birth-day, but that was not the fart ; 4nd the Defendant insisted it was in pursuance of orders he he had received in Bengal, as the Privateers from Mauritius infested those seas. The Plaintiff's witnesses stated, that he on that day was sitting on a gun between.decks, when he received orders to fall into the ranks. He said he Was a passenger, and had no right to go to.quarters ; that he knew his exercise already, and would fight if the ship was attacked, Lieutenant Campbell then went to the Captain and complained, who or tiered him immediately to be flogged. Campbell then returned below, and told him he should have a good flogging. The Plaintiff's' wife inter. feting, he knocked her down, and dragged the Plaintiff to the shrouds, where he was seized up, and received four dozen lashes with a thick cat. He begged for water while he was under punishment, which was refused, and he was compelled as soon as it was over, to fall into the ranks. Mr. Gra us admitted that a Verdi& must go against his Clients, but said he should lay before the Jury such circumstances as must reduce the damages to merely nominal ones. He then stated thatAlte Plaintiff and 23 other soldiers had been put on board only three days before, and that the Officer who delivered them to the Chief Mate, told him to have a wary eye over them, for that they were very mutinous and refractory, particularly the Plaintiff, Connor. He also stated, that when the Plaintiff was ordered to quarters, he not only refused to go, but used very indecent language ; he d—d all the Officers, said the Captain was an old woman, and that if the ship was attacked, he might defend her himself; and when on deck he behaved with great insolence to the Captain himself, dar. ing him to punish him. It would also appear by • the Plaintiff's discharge, that he was dismissed as a seditious character, and unfit to remain in India. In .short, his whole conduCt was so mutinous, that the Officers, all but Mr. Barker, the First Mate, thought it necessary. to leave the deck and arm themselves. Several Witnesses were called, who having prov ed these fads, Mr. Justice LAWRENCE told the Jury, that wan ton insult was always a ground for heavy damages ; but, on the contrary, circumstances might operate in mitigation. He then remarked on the conduct of the Defendant, which he highly blamed, and left it to the Jury to consider what damages they would give.—Verdid for the Plaintiff, damages foble C9IIIMON PLEAS, F. tg. ASSIGNEES OF JACKSON AND HANKEY 41. THE SHE-. RIFFS OF LONDON. The Sheriffs were merely nominal Defendants. The Adion was brought to recover the value of goods seized under an execution at the suit of one Jones 4 after the owners Jackson and Hankey had committed ads of bankruptcy, The defence was,. that whatever alts of bank ruptcy might have been committed by Hankey, one of the partners, di e d not affeCt the other partner Jackson that the only aft of bankruptcy alledged against Jackson before the date of the execution, was, his ordering himself to be denied to a creditor of the name of Lowe (who had sent a message to him in the course of the day to be his bail for a debt of too guineas, and was refused by Jackson). This creditor (to whom Bcol, was due) called him self in the evening, and Mr. Jackson (although at home) ordered himself to be denied, The De fendants' Counsel endeavoured to persuade the Jury, that the ohie& of the creditor's visit was to induce Jackson to go bail for him, and not to de mand money ; and that Mr. Jackson denying him self was, rather that he did not chose to be. pressed on the subjed of giving bail for Lowe,, than for the purpose of avoiding a creditor coming to demand money. The Learned Judge stated to the Jury, that al. though the contra& of one partner might bind an other, yet an aft of bankruptcy committed by one partner did not involve the other partner (inasmuch as an as of bankruptcy was in the eye of the Law a species of guilt) ; that if the jury believed that Jackson denied himself to Lowe as a creditor ) it was clearly an aft of bankruptcy in him, and they must find for the Plaintiffs ; if, on the other hand, they believed that the objeEt of the visit was not to demand money, and that Jackson did nut deny Biqa_ sclf 10 Lowe on•tliat account, they should find for the Defendants,—Vcrdia for ilaintiffs, damages 24701. .4 AMC. JA N. 2, iBo/ . . The licAtse of Assembly was prorogued on the 231u1t. to the sth inst. _ _ A negro gtr was robbed and murdered on the road leading from St. - Jago de la Vega to Old Har bour, some nights since—her body was chopped in set-oral places, and her throat cut. The Ann, Spanish cartel, arrived here with dis patches on Sunday, in foul- clays from Trinidad. The Captain, of 74, and Lark, of 16, sailed on a cruize on the z4.th DeceMb'er, as did the Garland and Circe, on „the_day. - The Decade ar rived on the 25th, and sailed on the 29th, as did the Apollo, on the 3oth.—The Echo and Tartar arrived at Port Royal on the_2lth, the Shark on the - 28th, the Cumberland on the 29th, and the Santa Margaretta this morning. The Shark yes terday ran foul of, and damaged the Princess Char lotte packet, but sailed this morning on a cruize, in company with the Crescent. JANUARY 4. The mail was sent on board yesterday, but the packet being still in the harbour, I take advantage of the circumstance, to state to you the receipt of the intelligence from Sr. Domingo, that Toussaint has withdrawn from Cape Francois part of the gar rison, the better to accommodate the troops ex_ petted from France, and probably with a view to overawe the blacks ) who are alone restrained by the military from rising to perpetuate the dominion which they usurped, and which they' are aware is about to be taken from them. The Echo sloop of war sailed• yesterday on a cruize. The Louisa, Morgan, arived on Saturday from London and Madeira. At Palling and Winterton, in Norfolk, the sea has done considerable damage,' by breaking down the dykes and overflowing the country: . On Friday a large quantity of valuable lace and crapes was seized on the Custom-house quay. They came in hogsheads of pickled mangoes, from Ham. burgh, in which there were two partitions, the man goes in, the center, and the laces, &c. in the ends. The wife of Mr. Abrahams, of Chatham Dock yard, died last week; he was greatly affeted by the circumstance, and on entering the chamber 1.4.1 ere the corpse lay, he sat on the side of the bed, and ob serving that he felt he should not long survive her, he fell on her neck and expired. On Wednesday died at Clipsham, in Rutland. shire, in the 9oth year of her age, Sarah Berrige.— The cause of her death originated in a scratch on her hand by a pin, which being neglected, festered, and ultimately proved fatal. Previous to this ac cident, she declared she never knew an hour's ill ness in her life. A few evenings since, a person in woman's ap parel went to the house of a respedable Farmer in Essex, and entreated lodging for the night.—lt was dark and rainy, and the road to the nearest place of public accommodation W. 114 almost impassa ble, and the rarmcr was induced_ by these con siderations to comply with the•request ; the stranger was accordingly refreshed, and furnished With, a bed in one of the garrets.-The family retired to rest at ten o'clock, but one of the female servants having some needle-work of her own to complete, returned to the kitchen, and sat working till near twelve o'clock, when hearing some one on the stairs, and supposing it to be her mistress, she ran to a closet, and fur the purpose of concealment; entered it. Presently after, the door of the kit chen opened ; the pretended woman cautiously ap proached, throwing off a gown and 'apron, dis covered himself by his dress to be a man. He took from his pocket a pair of horse pistols, and a large case-knife, and laying them on the table, proceeded to the house door, which he opened, and then whistled, doubties for the purpose of attracting his associates ; but the signal not being answered, he went forth a little for the purpose of repeating it. The girl hearing him pass the window, and judging by his second whistle that he was some distance from the door, she sprang to it, and shut and se cured. it before he could' return ; she' then alarmed the family, whose lives were thtis probably pre served by her energy.—lnformation of the circum stance. was communicated to the Bow-street lidgi strates on the morning following, and two of the Officers were dispatched to the place, but we regret to say, that this worst of ruffians has hitherto eluded discovery. A well-digger at Brooklyn, Long Island, while at work, on the ad ult. being 8o feet below the surface of the earth ; part of the curve gave way, and upwards of 36 loads of stone fell in and buried him. In the eourse of 13 hours, by the atlive exertions of the neighbourhood, he was dilg out, and to their astonishment, alive ; a plank having providentially stuck across the lower parr of the well above his head, which prevented his being crushed to death. Some years ago he was in a similar situation, and alike providentially escaped after being buried 1,4. hours. On Wednesday afternoon the following choly - accident happened on hoard the United King dm) East Indiaman, now lying at Gravesend r One of the seamen ) employed about the maintop-mast rigging, fell from the maintop to the quarter deck, a height of nearly 6o feer,.and had the misfortune to break both his thighs and hiS . left arm; one bf the thigh-bones- penetrated one inch and a quarter into the deck. Surgeons, were immediately sent for ; and the poor man was • conveyed on shore to sick quarters at Gravesend . but with little hope o; his recovery. A melancholy circumstance occurred at Cogge shall, a few days since. A poor woman at that place, in a state of lunacy, cut her throat in a most shocking. manner ; the mother of the 'poor wretch coming at the moment to the spot, fell down in a fir, and instantly expired, By medical . assistance . the daughter of the deceased is likely to survive the injury she did herself. A servant girl, of about fourteen years. of age, at the Post Oißce at Trentham, has been committed to Stafford gaol, charged with having opened a letter, and taken Bills out of it to the amount of zoo', the property of Mre J, Keeling, a Shelton driicuitS% M IILIND. oitn Ctiree I;.: , .acN and BMION GRA HA.4:: INTorthampion—Monday, March r, Oakham—Fridar, March S. Lincoln and .City—Saturday, March b. Nottingham and Town—Thilrsday, Marcrf t Derhy—Saturday-, March 13. Leicester and Borough—Thursday; March i 8 Coventry and Warwick—Tuesday, March 2j; bXFORii: Baron THOMrsori and justice CrlA:4l2ar, Reading—Monday, March t. Oxford—Wednesday, March 3: IVorccstc;r and City—Saturday, March 6. C;lotic.:6ter and City—Wednesday, March Al;i4g!tqutit-,Saturday, March 13. 1 - Im-ford—Tuesday, Match i 6. tlirewssnry—Saturday, March zo, .Stafibrd—Thursday, March as. NORTHERN: LOrd.KENYON and Justice RooKi, York and City—Saturday, March 6. Lancaster—Saturday, March :24. NORFOLK. Lord AL V ANL EY aid justice CROSZ. Aylesbury,—Saturday, March 6. • Bedtord—Thursdav i 'March it. Huntingdon—Saturday, ketbsch Cambridge—Wednesday. March zf. Thctford—Saturday; March io. Bury St. Edmunds—Thursday, Mafch 25. WESTERN. justice ',Alma £.2 , 4 CE and justice Lz BLANC, Winchester—Tuesday, March 9. Sarum—Saturday, March 13. Dorchester—Thursday, March 18. F.xeter and City—Monday, March at. Launcestoh—Saturday, March 27. • Taunton—Thursday, April 1, at Taunton. CORN EXCHANGE, February i i. OUR Market to-day is well supplied. SaleS rather dull : some Samples of good Wheat went of ts. and lower.—Barleys are brisk ; fine for malting have a good price ; Oats in plenty, and very mo derate ; fine for seed are dear. Flour continues steady.. Wheat - 6os 70s a 78s od Beans (new) . 32s .a 355 e a Fine do: 79s a Bos od Tick do. 305 a 32.5 6d Malt - 425 48s a 515 od Oats - - -16 s a 22s 0(1 Fine do. - - 325 6d Poland do. 22s a 2.3 s od Barley - 4os a-44s od Rape Seed 321 a 351 per last Kve - -38 s a .42. s od Fine Flour 55s a hos per sack WilitePeasc 37s a Ors 6d Second do. 305 a 535 per do.' To the COLONEL, LIEUTENANT-COLONtL, and otherOFFICERS ofthcOXFORDSHIRE GINTLEMEN, • . Permit me to return you my most sincere and grateful ac - - knowledgments, for the very handsome and flattering man ner in which you have condettended to present me with it Piece of Plate, as a mark of your approbation of my condutt during the period in which your Regiment was stationed in this City. It has ever been My 'objea, and it certainly was my duty, during the period of thirty years in . my public line of busi ness, to deserve the approbation ot those persons who have faVoured tile with their countenance and suppert. I will not Ilatter myself that my, aim been successful, yet have the consolation of reflectuw, that it has lx ell sanc tioned by the approbation of many distinguished Persons of my own City; and I may new add, - with becoming pride, by that of the Officers of the Oxford Militia Accept, Gentlemen, from a plain man, the genuine ex pressions of his gratitude; and be persuaded that tile recol leaion of your kindness will always liVe in his renlembrtnce, and proitipt hitn on every occasiOn to endeavoat still farthet to deserve your good opinion. Bciieve me,- Gentlemen, your most obliged and sincerely grateful humble Servant, JOHN •VVELIS. Bush Taver'h, .Bristol; yan. zR, 1801. The Mayor •of the City of - , eutchatel, in con sequence of private adv ices from Amiens, puhlislked by beat of drum, on the I ith inst. that Peace had been signed at the Congress at Amiens on the Sth. The Prefe& of the Department of Lower Seine immediately . declared that he had received no such important intelligence---that leave was given to hope, but not to publish any thing without the order of . G.Jvernment.—The Mayor of Neufchatel seems to possess the same sanguine temper with the Editor of The Star in this Country, who a month ago very nearly, told us that the Definitive Treaty was signed, sealed and delivered, and made alm os t as much nOi'icitcre with it, as the aforesaid Mayor with his drum. Admiral DE WINTER, it seems, has ordered the Officers of the Squadron under his command, to shep on board their respective Ships. This order can certainly be no hardship upon Dutchmen. PHILADELi'IIiA.-At the last Annual Court of Dire&ors of the Incorporated Humane Society of Philadelphia, Dr. HAw Es, of London, was unani mously elected an Honorary Mernber.--The Di ploma of that valuable Institution, with an Elegant appropriate engraving on Suspended Animation and. Resuseitation;has beet . , transmitted to Spital_square. if heroiim in the Male Sex be admired, it ought still more to excite our wonder and applause in the Female. JOHANNA SOPHIA KETTNERIN, born in the capital of Eichstadt, disguised herself in men's cloaths, and enlisted at the age of twenty in the Austrian .service, where she served three whole years as a common soldier, and two and a half as a Corporal in the foot regiment of Hagenhach. She behaved herself as became a valiant soldier in all the campaigns of that war, which MARTA THERESA, at the commencement of her reign, carried on against the Bavarians and French.-- - -tihe did her duty in the most soldier-like mariner on marches and:Ami guard, at stormings, attacks, and battles, and won the universal admiration of her fellow.soldiers. A severe disorder having attacked her was the means of discovering her sex ; and tie matter was reported to the High Council of \Val. By an order of that Council she was called to Vienna, and brought before the EMPRESS, who, upon ex amining into 'the affair, bestowed upon this female; heroine a pension of eight guilders a month, her latest age she preserved that litroic look, step, and gesture which .she had learnt in her military capacity. She was able to shew several wounds on her head and arms, She died on the 2sst of last January, at . the advatitx-,1 'age ofeighty-four. Gene. ral &toss Et, who happened tohe at Eichstadt at that time on the recruiting service, attended her body to the grave with his party, and saw the German Amazon honourably intcrred, I