The Sun. — London, England, 1802-11-08 00:00:00

'~f' fIU- ex.. en. nu. on. He ay :uf, his 111. ['he ICI. ach )at— lost low IM. e is be )ich onS to rotn s iS :red ers. itre iriy jut. lour ire& !nit on , erg, r oil ing i , - in p , In" Of th e Of rtfi i !►AST INDIEg. EtIME AY, MARCH 29, Ig6±. A Deputation, composed of the Secretary to Go vernment, ROBERT RrczAaos, Esq. the Adjutant_ General, Lieut. Col. GORDON, the Ouarter-Mas ter_General, Lieut.Col.BonEN, the Governor's Aid de-Camp, Majir WILSON, the Acting President's Aid_de_C.~mp. REY SMITH, Eq. late Resident at Bushire,. and a friend of the Ambassador's, who was appointed to att as interpreter also on the occasion, proceededpn Thursday last at three o'clock in the evenVfik ,to ' I I cgogr.atulate His Excellency on .the part of the Go yernor of Bombay, on his arrival. The Deputation, On reaching the I.)uncon, was saluted with fifteen gmqvand'the compliment was repeated on its quit ting the vessel. Tlft- Deputation was received, and entertained by His Excellency with the usual formalities; who, however, expressed his anxiety and hope soon to become personally acquainted with its Members ; when their meetings, he trusted, would prove fre t:Dent, and of a less formal nature. His Ex ce ll enc y having made known his intention of remaining on board until Saturday morning at the hour of six, - syhen he would land,: and proceed immediately to the house which had been fitted up for him at By culla ; and rest two or three days after the fatigues of his most tempestuous voyage, before he under went the cerenr , ny of introduttion to the Hon. the -Ming President : the Deputation then took leave or kits . Excellency. , Capt SPENS with NICHOLAS fi, MARCH 50. The Gentlemen above named, accompanied by the Mehmendar, EDWARD STRACHY, Esq. at 6 o'clock this morning proceeded on board the Duncan, on the Balhon, richly (rnamented for the occasion, and their recept i on was aga i n h onoure d b y a salute from that vessel. A separate boar, with French horns and other musical instruments adapted for the water, attended closely on the Balloon, and other bunder boats also followed, for the purpose of bringing on shore such of the Ambassador's suite as might be aPpointed to land with him, each boat having a Marine Officer on board. At about seven the Ambassador quitted the Dun -41412, and being received in a barge bel ong i ng to of His Majesty's ships, she rowed off from the rep2ean unuer a salute of t 7 guns, the ether boa ts following in regular order ; in this procession, the Whole of the boats taking a circuitous route, passtd Pis Majesty's Ship Chifosne, the Hon, Company's „ehip Marquis Cornwallis, and the Hon. Company's .trigate Bombay ; all of which were highly deco tated, and -isplay ing a variety of ornamental co lours, sainted each in their turn the Ambassador's Large as he passed. After which the procession of boats proceeded in the same regular order to the shore, the music playing the whole of the time. On the Ambassador's landing at the Builder Pier, be was saluted with ri guns from Hornby's lat tery, and was received by Rots HENSHAW, Esq. HENRY FAWCFTT, Esq. and Major-Gen. BELLA.. " S s and Lieut.;Colonel KERR, who were respe6tive- IY introduced to His Excellency by the Secretary to Government ; who, m , rcover, explained the rank and station of each of the Gentlemen who had been appointed to receive him. This ceremony having ne_en gone through, the Ambassador was carried in a state palankeen, provided for his accommoda. Con, in slow time, through a street formed of all the troops in garrison, from the Blinder towards the C hurch-gate ; the Artillery band playing appro.. priat e tunes, and the troops saluting him as he Passed with presented arms. Next to the Ambassa dor's palankeen followed those of the Gentlemen who had been appointed to receive him ; and aftt r these the palankeens of His Excellency's own suite. The procession was also preceded by led horse! , , t rumpets, &c. &c. An immense concourse of peo., • Pie assembled to view the reception of the Ambas sador, and the number of pall-nkeens moved along ' 4B iii.burne by the multitude, so great was the crowd IA /4h - thronged around them. The Ambassador proceeded from time Church -gate O. the ..House prepared for his reception in the ~t ° Ontry. in' his state palankeen, escorted by his ow n il arseinen and' other attendants, and by a body of Zoo Peons dressed f or t h e occas i on , w h o f orm i ng a a l oe on each side cf the Ambassador's conveyance, A e Nnpanied him in that order to his house of resi aat ri ce The road was crowded with native spenators, all an xious to view and to off er t h e i r h um bl e tr ib ute of respeet to this exalted stranger. e We are happy to add, that the Amb assa d or h as : t Pressed his highest satisfae.ion at the honourable : t tention already shewn t o h im a t t hi s S ett l ement , an d With th e acc ommo d at i on prepare d f or hi m d ur i ng 'ls proposed stay here. The BISHOP or LONDON has been pleased to ap point Mr. KNYVETT, sen. Composer to HIS MA 3"Y, in the room of Dr. ARNOLD, deceased. A Waggoner ,was lately conviled at Norwich, and fined los. for riding on his waggon. A Fire Balloon was on Wednesday night let, off !t Ipswich, which fell within twenty yards of a farmer's corn_stacks. On application being made to the Magistrates ; the common crier on Friday t'roclaitned, that prosecutions would in future be 'llstituted against any persons guilty of a similat Praftice. tLast week were dug up, in the neighbourhood of •berdeen, 68 sizcahle potatoes, weighing it)4lb. c eside s a pumber of small ones, the produce of a th gle tm potae, !planted in a square of live feet, and `artlied2up.froin time to time, as the stein grew. Li % Saturd a y even i ng , b etween e i g h t o ' c l oc k an d dif liatunine, the Chambers of Mr. Collier, on the rNund floor, i n Paper-builclisgs, Temple, were ri ke open by some villains, but the servant ar.. - iv viog they made off with very little booty. Almost " . Y thing that was valuable was packed up in ofkliness to carry off: They had opened a bottle L e w ines and three glasses were filled, but on their ta :ring the servant open t h e door, t h ey ma d e their baP,e into the Temple-Gardens, the way they en f", by bre a ki ng a w i n d ow . hi s suppose d t h e y bY Water in a boat. t'llE 7711,s nE. Drus:y- L one, THE MERRY WIVES Oir WINDSOR. STEPHEN KEMBL E bade farewell to the Town on Saturday last, and by his exertions in the part of Falstaff, seemed anxious to spew his sense of the protection he had received, and to le.tve the most favourable impressions of his merits. It must be acknowledged, that if there are faults to be found in his representation of the character, it was alto. gether the best that has been seen for many years. He gives the text with critical fidelity, but with out afFetcled precision, and exhibits a flow of hu mour, very well calculated to gratify a mixed audi ence. BANNISTER deserves much credit, for taking a part so inferior to his rank in the Theatre as Pistol. He enters into the spirit of this grotesque charader, and performs it with considerable success. We have before noticed the merit of WRoucH- ToN in Ford. There is generally a manly imita tion of nature, marked by strong feeling, in , his acing, and Ford is a charaler well-fitted to his talents. Cot,Lirts improves in public favour. His Master Slender is recommended by genuine simpli city. WE W ITZER and DOWTON were both divert ing enough in Dr. Gains and Sir Hugh Evans, but rather too extravagant in the battle scene, which, in fad, was chiefly suited to the taste of the Upper Gallery. The Theatre was very well attended, and before the dropping of the Curtain, STEPHEN KEMBLE received a marked tribute of general applause. A very crowded Audience attended the new Comedy of Delays and Blunders, on Saturday last. Indeed, however, Critics may differ as to its Dra matic merits, it is impossible for them to deny, that the efforts of the Performers render it highly enter taining. In adapting the Characters to the Per formers, the Author has shewn his usual skill, and most probably that adaptation was his chief design. Nothing can be sweeter than the manner in which Mrs. H. Si DDONS gives her little tender. Air. in the Comedy of Delays and Blunders. Her ear is per fe&ly correl, and her voice is soft and melodious;; if. she do not Surpass, sit,at least equals Mrs. Jot;_ DAN in any of her most popular airs. A new piece is announced at Covent::Garden Theatre, under the designation of a Me/a- Drame. If the Author himself gave this whimsical designa tion to his piece, whatever of wit or hum,-.,ur he may possess, must have a large draw-bark of af filiation. Mr. MURPHY has been accused of saying, that his Comedy of The sou:), to keep him, was better a6ted on its last performance at Drury.lane Theatre, than during one of the proudest periods of the British Stage. We have too much respea for the judgment of Mr. MURPHY to believe that he made any such declaration, and are surptized at the confidence of any Writer, who should issue the pqnr oblique, so much at the expence of a man of acknowledged taste and learning, and in such glaring defiance of truth. On Friday last, in commemoration of the Gun_ ponder Pldt, the Westminster Scholars prepared a large effigy of the incendiary Faux, who was doom.' ed to his annual fate ; but in order to augment the glory of the speCtacle, they had recourse to a coil_ duff not wholely founded in justice—this was pa rading the streets - in the vicinity of their School, armed with sticks, and seizing upon every Guy they saw ; tearing him by force from the various juvenile parties, till having made a large collation, they retreated to their Head-Quarters, in order to celebrate their triumph. This hostile manoeuvre being made known to some Heroes of Tothil-fields, the latter prepared a gigantic Faux, and in the evening marched in dread array, armed with bludgeons and torches, to give battle to the Scho- Jars. Their warlike bent, however, was disap.. pointed ; the future hopes of • the Nation haying . ended their ceremony, and retired in good order to their homes. The Twilit Youths, finding the: field their own, proceeded to the execution of their Criminal, and to increase the conflagration, made free with the timber of some old Houses in the neighbourhood, committing, at the same time, such depredations and tumults, as obliged the Inhabitants to arm in their defence, which they did, and after some skirmishing, totally routed the myrmidonian Crew. BANicturTs.—We understand that a noble Lord intends ; early in the ensuing Session of Parliament, to propose a Bill for the relief of Bankrupts from contingent debts. By the Statutes now in force, a bankrupt is liable to an arrest for contingent debts, although he has delivered up his all, and even has obtained a certificate. Should the intended Bill re ceive the sanction of the Legislature, many persons now suffering confinement in a state of severe and hopeless distress, will be released from the • power of oppressive and relentless creditors. Such a mea sure, we conceive, is didated by justice, as well as humanity. It is a matter. of policy also, for in dustrious individuals might be restored to society, and have an opportunity of employing their talents for the stipport of themselves and their families. In some cases, perhaps, where men have been reduced to a state of bankruptcy by the pressure of mis fortune, or have Hien a prey. to artifice, if they had power to begin the world again, unfettered by the danger of contingent debts, they might have their industry rewarded by success, and be able to satisfy their former creditors. f)9l Last week died Mr. Willi am B e ll, formerly‘ an eminent cutler in Bath, and particularly skilful in grinding surgeons' instruments. This man was always most outrageously patriotic, and at the pe riOd ;viten Wilkes was sentenced to two years - Ito , prisoiment, he made a solemn oath that he would neitler shave himself, nor change his linen, till the objet of his idolatry had regained his liberty ; and in tit brutal stare he actually remained till the peril was expired. Te mildness of the season in the vicinity of Shresbury has been so uncommon, that mot of the , ear.trecs are now bearing - a second crop of ti.fr k.'l,;()kl'L dotißT OF KING';) BENCr go,i. 5. Tx is being the First Day of Michaelmas tehil, the Court did not sit until near one o'clock. A Return was made of the State, Condition, and Behaviour of the Conviets, on board the Hulks, at Wool:vie!), which was filed. An Apology was made for the Returns of some other places whei-e there arc Convids, nor "ping ready, which the Court ordered to be made - . ciihout delay. Mr. Serjeant COCKELL moved for a Writ of Mandamus to be directed to Thomas Cit.,(ricr, the late Mayor of Plymouth, the Aldmicin, Com.. mon Councilmen, and' Freemen of that Boroug,h, commanding them to proceed to the Eledion of a Mayor of that &rough. He moved tidy on an Affi davir, which stated, that the Corporation of the Borough of Plymouth was an ancient Corp Oration and B.irough ; it consisted of a Mayor, 13 Alder. men, 24 Common Councilmen; and an it,:lefinite number of Freemen. The Affidavit stated the practice of chusing a Mayor, and one of the persons swearing to it, had the experience of so years, by which pralice, on a particular day, before Michael mas, 36 persons are nominated out of the Body of Common Councilmen, and the Aldermen at large, and they are sworn to eied out of the Al&rmen, a fit person to be Mayor for the year ensuing, and he is t:-) be one who has not served the Office tOr eight years preceding. The Affidavit then states, that the Meeting waa held on the appointed day, and the 36 duly chosen, who :vere also duly sworn, but they could not agree in the choke of a Mayor, for there were 18 on one side, and 18 on the other. Under the authority of the Statute of the i ith of Geo. I. another Meet.: ing was held, hut they could not agree, being again 18 and 18: so that the Borough and Corporation of Plymouth were without a Mayor. This applica. tion was therefore made to compel these Parties to make choice of a Mayor. The Court granted the Writ. CRIMINAL INFORMATIONS. Mr. ERSKINE moved for leave to file a Criinina'l Information against .. .John Gough, Esq. aGentle man of consideral- fortune, and a Magistrate for the County of Safford. This application was made on behalf of Mr. William Osborn, a considerable Farmer, in the neighbourhood of this Gentleman, whose Affidavit stated a number of circumstances, the der a il of which would be improper in the pre_. sent stage of the proceeding, becatise it all ex parte. The substance of the charge is, Ahat,a boy,. belonging to Mr. Osborn, behaved improperly, and was gently chastised by his master, for leaving the harvest duty, and going on coursing a hare, &c.; the boy laid a complaint before Mr. Gough, in con_ sequence of which Mr. Osborn was brought before rhis.Magistrate, and the boy afterwards consented to take a pair of shoes for making the matter up, notwithstanding which Mr. Osborn was improperly kept in custody a considerable time, though he , offered bail to a thousand pounds, &c. Rule to phew Cause granted. Mr. JAR yrs moved for leave to file a Criminal Information against Mr. Henry Rice, far sending to Capt. 'l'. F. Freemantle two Letters, importing a challenge, or provocation to tight a duel, oa ac. count of a misunderstanding which arose between the Captain and Mr. Rice, while the one was Cap tain and the other Lieutenant of His Majesty's Ship the Ganges, and in consequence of which Captain Freemantle wrote up to rwy Lord St. Vincent, that it was necessary, for the safety of the Service, that Lieut. Rice should be removed how the Ganges, and he was accordingly removed. Mr. JAR vls said, his Motion needed no apology on the part of Captain Freemantle, for he was a gallant and distinguished OtEcor ; but this was moved for the purpose of preserving, by civil means, due Subordination, and preventing men from seek ing to adjust their disputes by unnecessary appeals to the Sword. Captain Freemantle in the Affidavit on which this Motion was founded, disclaimed all malice whatever against Lieutenant Rice, and solemnly de clared, that the communication he made to my Lord St. Vincent, was solely for the advantage of the Service. We have,abstained from the particulars Of this as well as of the preceding 'case, and for the same tea. son. TIIE KING v. GIBBON'. The Defendant4tands charged with a Libel on Mr. Shuttleworth, signifying that he murdered a man on board his Ship; he was brought into Court, and ordered to be brought up on Saturday next to receive judgment. RYAN V. REDDIE. Mr. GIBBs moved for a Rule to shew Cause why Proceedings in this Cause should not be staid, and an F,xoneretur should not be entered on the Bail piece, &c. He moved this on, the authority of a Case lately decided on the construlion of the 41st of His present Majesty ; for that the Debt for which the Defendant was arrested, was contraded in France, and no consideration whatever was given for it in England, although a Bond was given here; the objed of the Statute being to proted persons ' from Arrest in England for Debts arising from Contrads made in France, while the Parties were resident there. Here there was a Security given for the Debt in London, but the Consideration for it arose in France, • •-- Rule to shew Cause 'granted. ..; SPURRIER r✓. ELOBRTON. A motion was made for a Rule to thew Cause why there should not be a new trial on payment of costs, on the ground that the Defendant WaS surprized in :he cause having come on before his I_,lrd,hip at Guiidhali, on a morning when it stood rzB off in the Paper. The Defendant had an affi davit of merits. Rule to shew Cause granted. Two men, at Birmingham, were last week con. vidcki of drunkcaocss, alkl fined each. P AL coct<T,.. FIZF4it7 '.1i,.. , ',. l, :::;: , .."titir Z;;Atitiii;... iiNSON S Tit was an anion of trespass fir rnaking rtrt diNtralot on the gc. , - , !.; and chattels of ihe Plaintifi-:. The c,ltt.,e was tried on iriday the 39th of Ot`.tober, and fa .9.. s were as follow Mt. Johnson ; the Plaintiff', fitted up a Phantas magoria, and z-;- I ,:ing for a proper place to exhibit ie in just }refuse the last Gencril Ekffion, found cue Mr. Simms, whn keeps the (.4lobe Tavern in St. Sa., Church Yard ; he took his Club Room; fni• one guinea and a half a week. There was a table and chairs in the rooms when the letting tcv,l7. place. After remaining there for fifteen weeks, Mr. Simms finding that the Plaintiff' was about v.._ moving his sprite sptc7res and hobgoblins, venturci to disrrain all the tangible articles. Johinon sidtred himself injured, and brought this Attion for an illegal distraint. On ths — starernent of the faai to the Jury, and by the evidence of Mr. Macarrhy, as to their being furniture in the rooms where the hiring and letting took place, a conditional verdid for 601. was enter_ ed for the Plaintiff; subject to a special case, to be stated and argued icy the-Counsel. The case came on this day to be argued, and it was on the simple abstral question, " Whether a distress fcr rent cook!, by the Law of this Coun try, as it now stands, be taken for furnished iodg ing-3_?" Mr. FFNIL, for the Plaintiff, and Mr. AGAIt i for the Defendant, argued the case in a very able manner. The Learnd Judge (Serieant MARSHALL) entcred with great ability into a review of the case, which he considered of great importance, particularly to the persons within the jurisdi6tion of the Court. Ir was a case entirely new. He wished it had been argued in one of the Superior Courts rather than in the Palace Court ; for 11‘; certainly would much ,ra 'her have ar gued it than be called on to decide it. As it had fallen to his lot to give judgment on the qnestion, he must a:A .ts :he law stood. His Opinion was, “-Thitt a distress for rent for furnished lodgings will not lie, and that. therefore the verdict must stand" It was then determined that the boxes of Ghosts and Spectres taken under a distraint should ,be rcturned, and a v:. , rdia entered for a shilling, to cover the•costs of the proceeding. CORN EXCILIArGE, Nov. 8. Li is morning the ?vinket had very considerable arrivals of Wheat, both English and Foreign, vi;.hiCh article at the close of the market was 2s. and 35. per quarter lower in • general, but some supe rior sample; - nearly - reached last day's prices ; the sale for Barley is. very brisk, which causes - an advan6e ; as also on Malt ; Tick and small Beans are not so plentiful, the former are 25. higher ; our supply of Oats is great, but they do not appear to decline ; Flour is cheaper. Wheat 44 a 52s a 57s oil Fine! Mtn 5,Ss a st . . oa Barley -25 s a 315 0,1 Malt - - 44 8 a 4 86 od Rye 33s a 36s od White Pease ses a 56s 6d Beans -33 s a 31;5 6.1 Tick Beans , 3 , 7,s a sis cct 0414 -14 s a rys a 246- cif Poland ditto 25s a 26$ vel Rape See,t 331 a 361 per last Fine Flour -45 s a sus oil Seconildo. - 4os a 45s od MANS lON.HOUSB.—SAturday a most mysterious and intricate charge was heard before the Lotto MArott. An English and a Portuguese Sailor were brought up in custody of a Watchman, as persons who had mutually charged each other on the pre ceding night with the commission of murder. The English Sailor said, that late on Friday night, he met the other on Tower-hill, who told him he wanted a lodging; and the Englishman agreed to procure him one Lt Wapping. As they went along, the fOreigner pointed at something lying in a passage, and cried out, " there he is," and ran away. The other followed, anti came up with him at a watch-house near the Minories, when the foreigner said, the thing he had pointed at was a dead man. The Portuguese was then asked by the Lord Mayor, what account he had to give of this business ? He told his Lordship that he was going along with the English sailor, who undertook to pfOcure him a lodging ; and coming through a, passage or court, he saw a dead man lying on the ground, his companion then pulled out a knife, and attempted to stab him (the Portuguese). The Portuguese then cried out and ran awa y.__ The Constable being asked if he had found any knife, or discovered any blood on either of the parties ? said he had nor ; nor could he hear of any person having bten murdered ;- nor learn from them where they had seen a dead body lying, al., though they seemed to be perfectly sober at the time. The LOR, D MAYOR ordered therm to be both committed for re-examination, until an inquiry can be made into this mysterious transaction ; and that. the Prisoners should be taken separately to find out the place. On Monday last a carter carelessly backin a cart . of coals to a ship, at t h e p i er opposite o. the Old Church, Liverpool, the tide being then entire. ly out, and the launch by which the coals are Con_ veyed into the ship being in consequence nearly per. pendicular, the cart suddenly pas3ed over it, by which acci l / 4 1ent the cart, horse, and coals, were pre cipitared with an alarming crash into the dock, up.. wards of twenty feet. In the fall, the siie of the vessel turned the cart, by which the hint was thrown foremost into the mud, One o de cart shafts having Lroke, with all the upon him. In this state the poor aohnaltertsialid more than a quarter ofan hour, when btallaseiardnc, d)f a windlass in the next vessel, he iras, - stfth muLlt difficulty, • dragged from tinder the coals, and, to 'the great astonishmeor of the beholders, walkel through the mud to . the first landing place, with no other apparent hurt than a lameness in one of his fore legs, On Thu.day seinnight, four vagrants w r'ng and begging in the streers were taken no a r On being searched, 71. 19:. 9d. in cash, .ver.. ti 7 in their rockers, which they e; of tained by begging. They were riken Magistrates; and erd, red to he wl y, . pased to iticit wittedient 'at CauliarOicr Watch .