The Sun. — London, England, 1807-03-10 00:00:00

1 and enlightened Government. As the danger has ceased to exist, 'considerations of prudence and po licy strongly recommend the o'doptiOn of. a measure Which will enable His Majesty to avail himself of the services of all his faithful subjeels, at a moment which demands the exertions of every individual in the Rea who willthus be permitted to co-operate in maintaining the public safety and welfare; and to contribute his share.to the poWer, the independence, and the glory of his Country., An Evening Paper, which has been frequently noticed for its indiscriminate hostility,to Govern- ment, and for its intemperate sallies, attacked the Financial Plan on Saturday. According to the usual praCtice of that Print, the discussion of the matter in debate appears to be a secondary objeCt, very subor-, dinate to the gratification of reviling .Ministers.— The principle with which the Inquiry commences might have been happily applied. to prove the bene. ficial s efFeCt of the new Scheme of Finance, but its application is utterly inexplicable if it is intended to confirm an opinion unfavourable to the Plan. It is argued, that, as taxes • increase, money is de preciated, and commodities rise in price. It is then observed, " What may be the consequence of this depreciation of money when Peace shall be well es- tablished, and things begin to find their level with the Continent of Europe and • other parts of the World,. we know not." But, in the next sentence, `. a glimmer of intelligence darts through the gloom of i gnorance in NA hich _the writer professes that he is involved Heavy Taxes will keep the price of commodities and labour high in this country, while, in neighbouring nations, they may be so low as to ruin our rnanufgture end commerce." With this principle, and this probable result in view, would it not be expedient to attempt a pause from taxation, jest, by the increase of taxes, and the consequeut dei preciation of money, and rise in the price of com modities-in this country, other nations should be en , abled to under-sell'us„ and thus exclude us from fo reign markets ? If the prosperity of our manufac tures and commerce is menaced by such a danger, ought not the public applause and gratitude to be bestowed on the Authors of a System which pro vides for an annual war expenditure of 32 millions 'without the necessity. of a single additional tax for three years, which fondle seven succeeding years will require new taxes annually to the amount of less than 300,0001. on an average, and which,. for the to following years, will require no new taxes . whatever ? Can any System be better calculated to. prevent the evil which the writer apprehends, and which he has traced to the accumulation of taxes ? The Writer- observes, that " the labourer, the arti san, the farmer,. land-owner, merchant, and mann faaurer, all make their priges keep pace with that' of commodities;" that ‘..‘ if the People paid the per- , rnanenLtaxes in commodities they would find them very little more than they ,were tvienty years, ago j" and that " this seems to be the true explanation' of the ease with -whith the Nation bears the great in 'create of taxes." A c on ti nuance , therefore, in the former system of taxation is.recemmended, notwith standing the Writer's' belief that our manufactures 4nd commerce way be ruined, and that bankruptcy may happen at the return of Peace, by the augineu-, 'tation of the taxes. This singular specimen of rea ioning, and of obje6ion to the new Plan, is embel lished by bitter reproaches against Ministers, and loud censure oft C financial projea. It may now , however, SUITICe to observe, that this extraordinary produaion begins with shewing that the increase of taxes may ruin our Manufadures and commerce; and occasion bankruptcy ; that it proceeds neverthe less to recommend a perseverance-in the old system of taxation, and that it concludes with pronouncing the Minister's Plan of Financ e a" Sublime Bubble," in conformity with the opinion 'and language of ,Sir FRAN IS BURDETT. ..... . The ROYAL FAMILY` expeEt e d - morrow, and the KING tO bold ‘, lll t°"'" to il , - , ourt at the Queen's Palace. - BONAPARTE, according to report, _. for the degree " thank himself." 'a s t h e a great may i n ha .signal d e f ea t w hi c h hi s troops pve recently is, ex perienced. It mus t b e - remembered, that in on e o f the Bulletins which h e is s u e d i n P oland, ‘..er_the Russian Soldiers, particularly the Coss ac k s , with' the utmost contempt. This Bulletin : illein ['oiled b t t h e Rus sian Commander very properly, ordered t o sated, and read at . the head of every clivisieT/7 o ti ;r n i s ; liussian Army. The consequence Was such as r/ 1 ;01 ' ' be expected ; a general burst of indignation irnine-t diately took place, with expressions of the most de termined vengeance. Hence the-, Russians vented their rage inthe . furious attacks upon the 14 ' ren ch , and i refused re_use- -to give them • quarter. The Russian berality of General BENNI NGSEN , . however, with. aH- S pirit towards an Enemy,. which that Enemy will never imitate, promised a ruble _for avert' French soldier checked the unn t ec ter brought in alive, and thereby ROYAL ACAD EMCYSSaryIN effusion of human blood. Oha, the Professor of - Tainting to this Institution,lr. for last night finished his course of Le6turesthe present Season. The I;ubjeCt was cotouniN/o. whi . ch he treated .with t;reat knowledge and ability, introducing appropri- a te. charaCters of T ITIAN and RUBENS, .% , 110 parti . , , cu-'i i l tr ly excelled in, that: quality of the The Course 1 ii, .ii been well attended, and.vvas th Art. voughout mar'- d .. • I t y strong juLiment and extensive -,. . -A( in.ormation. - NAVAL NEWS. PORTSMOiITII, MARCH 9. Arrived the Sitar oter Lieut. GoLDIE, from off the Guernsey, itationl" and the Ant Schooner from a Cruize. Sailed the Expedition under the command of Ge• neral WiIiTELOCKE, under convoy of the Thisbe Frigate, . Capt. SurrnEARD, Cormorant! S loop, Capt. HUGHES, and the Hermes Sloop, CRPt. SIBLEY: The Transports with the Troops are, the illo.izeirat, Lieut. 'SIZIP3OI ! 7, ,Majestic, HARLAND, Malabar; Ascimax, William Pitt, WEST, Albion, DODD, Heron, BRoww,• Jane; SUNELL, • Prinees's RoYal, If o s 641110 N, Mary Ann, PHILLIPS, Ceres, Collins, HARE, Ranger, APPLEBY, and the Duchess. of NOrthumberlandy GELLEY. , ,•- • This day, at nine o'clock, ,the Court-Martial on Sir HOME POPHAM.Teumed their Sitting, when Sir HOME immediately entered on his defence, in a Speech which occ*id four hours. _ DOVER, ALticki . g.---A most serious disturbance took place here last night, in consequence' of an 'attempt having been made to rescue - a 'party of Smugglers that were conveying to gaol ; but the Ma gistrates having timely called in the aid of the Miti tary, and the Riot Ad having been read, the Mob Were dispersed, bat not before three of the Smugglers bad made their escape ; the rest, however, were safely lodged. • 4,, • FAI e MOUTH, MARCH 7.--Arrived the American Brig Rowe!, COtiiat , 6 from Rotterdam, in.distress; she left Helveotsluys on Monday last, and brings an account of the sailing of a Dutch Frigate about three weeks since, with 300 troops on board, and money for Ciaracoa and Batavia. An embargo was laid on all Merchant Ships, and two other Frigates were prevepted .sailing in consequence of the appear ance of two English 'Fri g ates. The wind was S.- B: when the Dutch Frigate sailed. - Sailed . the Auckland Packet, Cart. SCHUYLER, with Mails for Lisbon. DEAL, MARCH 9.—=Sailed through the Downs from the firer this morning, the Rolla, GRAY, for • Virginia. Came down from the Riter, the Diamond ; SUM.= MFRS, for Africa, and several other Outward-bound . Vessels, and sailed froth the Downs this day under Convoy of the Zebra Bomb. Arrived the Vestal Frigate from a Cruize, and re mains in the Downs with the rest of the Ships as per last. • SHEERNESS, I%,ZARCH 9.—Went out of Harbour to the Nore the Agamemnon, of 64 guns ;_ and the Alkmaar Store-ship, Capt DAVEY. Arrived His Majesty's Ship Coniiatlni from Deal. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZt-.MONEY, To.the Officers and Company. of. His Majesty's Gun-brig Minx, for the capture of the Dogter Catharina,, an. the,4th tune, 18(4, and of - the Susanna Margargtta, on the 23d Au gust following, the net proceeds of the said capture, at No. 18, Clement's. Inn, .on the 13th inst. and every Tuesday and Friday for three months. To the Officers and Coinpany of His Majesty's hired Armed Ship Providence, for the capture of the Louisa rica, on the 14th Sept. 1804, the net proceeds of the said Prize, at No. 18, - Clement's Inn, on the t3th instant, and. every - Tuesdasrand Friday for three sears. To the Officers and Ship's Company of His Majesty's Ship Triumph, for the capture of the American Brig Rar.gcr, 3d August silos in company with His Majesty's Ships War. rior, Glory; and: RaiSonahle, an Wednesday and Thursday the I lth and lath 'instant, at No. 13, Holborn -court, Gray's run, acid every Wednesday and Thursday for three nionthg. TO the Officers and Company. of His Majesty's' Sloop Cormorant, for the capture of the Brig Hope, on the 13th Feb. last, the salvage received for her, an board, on the gth inst. and on the following Tuesdays and Thursdays, at No. - z3,_Norlolk-street,' Strand. To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's. Ship Uni. corn, the proceeds 0 - 1: the cargo of the Catherina Thotin, cap tured,on the 2;141 9ct. 1803, so co mp an y w ith t h e Antelope, at No. it, Ce,:d..strefb, Strand,. on the 14th instant, and for three yearsJt the same place. The followil in'tilllzgen ce r el at i ve to t h e F renc h , t rOrt . Squadron at . rto be is contained in a Letter from on board the Montetiue, of 74 guns, dated off Roche fort,..lan. 31. " On the 13th instant we weighed anchor, and 'bent our course to anchoring ground off Rochefort, where we came-to in about 12. fathoms water, and distant from the French Fleet about ten miles, who lay under the proteLlion of . a strong fort. On the gli.d our Ship got under weigh,. for the purpose of taking a nearer view of the French FL:et ; we had a fine_beating wind, whichh, enabled us 'to stand so close to am, that their shot might easily have reached us,. when two of their cr. Ships loosed their topsails, and.Ahe Admiral began to ‘sho4en cable, when we thought proper to tack, haul our courses, and lay our-Main-topsail to the mast ; when, in-a feW' minutes, . the cowardly-. dogs handed their topsails again, and lay still, not wishing to take any. notice of our bull-dogs, farther than all of them having their dastardly colours flying, and the Admi ral's Flag flying at his.mizen-topmast head. There P are six large two-deckers, and' one three-decker, mounting 140 guns, and'having t 6QO men on board, as our pilot tells .us, who is a Frenehman—besides - several smap Ships of War; be that however as it will, they seem to have no inclination to leave their. births as long as we continue here. We have always six 74's upon this Station." The celebrated. Ox, the property of Mr. Jorm TomKw:, of 'Abingdon, was last week sold for reo FUineas, to a per son w h o h as ta ke n. him to Bristol air. His weight is 32 cwt. 2 qrs.; girth, behind the fore legs, a_teet and. a half; round the belly, 11 feet 2 inches : from the ground to 'the brisket, 14 inches; and the height 7 feet 4 inches to. the shoulders. The usual quantity of water he has been accustomed. to.think wiled fed on meal, is so gal lons a day. E n.L . TNI3 r.laG LI, NIA ucii 7. COURT OF s.F.ssloNr. a late. l'ap,,sr I.Ve'ga're'o , short - vita. of sonic.; of the titidet discUssion of • relatincf to the dispnted to the I.;rineely estates of' the. tidble family 07 . ROkburgli. We then mentioned, that, the grant poiin of CoMpezition between Sir James Niirelifi - b Irides and ' Getrerml Ker, each . of . WhoM'claiibatti the; estates and dignities, as heirs-Male under the anci6tii family titles, theCoUrt, after considering long an d ingeni 7 Ous rnemcriLns, had ordered a further hearing of Counsel. In consequence, very full pleadings lately took place, arid were condueled with singular ability ;and acuteness by Mr. Boyle and the Dean of Facul ty, on the part of Sir James Junes, and by Mr. Cranstoun and Mr. Gillie 3, on tile part of Gen. Ker. It appeared from the pleadings; that, in the year 1648," Robert Ker, then Earl of Roxburgh, bad ekeCuted an entail, in favourof a grandson by a daughter, giv ing hini.hiS estates and titles ) on condition o f hi s marrying °tie of fout grarid-daughters, by a son Who had predeceased him. This grandson .aceordingly married .his : cousin, the eldest brand-daughter, and the estates have ever since been enjoyed by their di rgt descendants, till these terminated in 1865; by the death of the last Duke. The queStion then came to be, who.was next in succession, and this, it Seems,, depended on the construaion of a particular clause' in the old entail. i 64a. •It was contended,- on the part of Sir James limes, that, dccording to that clause, the estates add title must now gd to hi m , as The heir male of the body of the third grand-daugh ter of Earl Robert (the second havingdied without. issue -male, at least none-crow owexisting); and on" the part of General Ker, that, in virtue of the same:. clause, he Was, entitled' to the estates and' titles, as' heir-male general of the eldest grand-daughter. The points that thus came under discussion were so much involved in the critical construaiou of clauses i n o ld • title-deeds,. and the legal import of certain techni:. cal phrases in these deeds, that it is not easy to . , give an abridged view of them. Indeed, the, interest .which this case, has created arises mare tioni the immense property at stake (probably the largest that was ever in dependence . befere the Court of Session) than from any thing very reinarkable in"the:case it self,.which seems purely one of legal nicety, and,not very easily understoOd, but by Gentle Men of the profession. . - The Court Yesterday delivered long. Opinion s; and, .by a considerable' majority, determined thf.t points which were the subject of the above competition in favour of fir „Tames Innes. The,other point in the case, where Air. Ballenden Gawler her, the dis pbnee of the late Duke, is apnrty, we underst.,nd is again before the Court, for a - review of their former judgment, which reduced the settletheiits made in favour of that. Gentleman, , • • , IRELAND. DuttLlN, I‘Lti3en 5.- 7 -4 servant girl in.this.city ►.has, within thpe few days, come into the possession of a most ample fortune . . It is upwards' of twenty . years since a young man who paid his addresses to "her, 'and was refused, - entered" into the military ser vice of the &st India Company ; he had never - been since heard of until about a month ago, when she received inforniation from a resotiaable Law Agent in London, that h er lover clied'a i bout eleven months since in one of the Compeinfs Settleinents,"whdre he had held, for the last fifteen years', a civil em ployment, and that he had bequeathed to the former obje& of his affetlions; if living, the entire of his property, amounting to 25,0001: The. fortunate damsel left her master's house a few days since, an 4 :sailed for Holyhead, on her way to London. -' The following outrage" was committed within. about three miles of Waterford, ort the night of Sa ,turday sc'nnight :—Several men, well armed with' blunderbusses, swords, pistols, &c. made their ap pearance in ,the neighbourhood of . Ballyduff, Atn berhill, and Mount Congreve. They first assaulted the house of a farmer, of the 'name "of 'Navan," against whom they Are supposed to haveentertained the most fatal designs. Not finding the proprietor at home, they robbed' the house of two muskets, and then departed,': Without doing any other . ma terial injury. " - They then proceeded to the house sof Jordan, another fitrtiter, whom they dbrnpelled swear that he wouldconclud them to the residence of one Fitzgerald, who had 'recently' taken some ground. ,They met Fitzgerald on the road as they were proceeding to his house. After grossly' abusing and beating hiM, they forced him to take an oath that he would deliyer" up the uronitd -the - very next day. Fitzgerald's -horse, toge.ther.vvith some other horses in the neighbourhood, were then tsken by them, and the whole party speedily made off with them selves. The proprietors of the horses comineneed next day an early and diligent, search -for th6ir reco very. Willie thus employed, they discovered John Fitzgerald, whom they iimnediately took into cus tody. This is a distinguished gfilldikr, and %vas, about two years ago, an inmate of Waterford Gaol on 'a charge of murder. • A theatrical Lady, who' had: bcen engaged with her husband to perform on the Dublin stage, has, it' seems, been recently obliged .to return to this Country, in - consegnence of a,suspicion that she was too closely- besieged by the son of a diStinguished pillar of thel,aw, in Ireland. According to report, her drawers were searched, on the intimation of a friend of the husband, and Letters were found which at least justified immediate measures'of precaution. It was repOrted.that the gallant had been. put under arrest on this occasion, but the report is not true. Mrs: DIDIER, a comic aEtress, who has been per forming. on the Bath stage for forty years, retired froM publiC life a few days ago, and took leave of the audience - with an occat,iohal Address. This' Lady performed, during the summer, several seasons at the Haymarket Theatre, while it was:under the management - of. FOOTE. She possessed a consider able share of merit, and has condu&ed herself thrOnghout the whole of her theatrical career with such uniform propriety as well deserves the tribute . of applause. It is evident that hu merit in this—re sped did not pass unnoticed - or unrewarded by the Proprietors of the theatre, as she gratefully acknow ledges in the following passage in her Address - . 6 , My worthy Alanageri, whose gentle " 11441 e (.ne laritht Ll' REPORT. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MARcx g. MASON AND LACE V. WORRALL. The Plaintiffs, the holders of a PrOmissory ; Note, brought this adiOn a t ainst W. Worrall; the Defend ant, as indorser: The transa6tiOn was:some , .vhat irregalar. Jorin Worrall; the brother of the De fendant; Wanting money, the Defendant agreed to lend him bills of exchange to the amount of lOqui. for which the Defendant received no consideration, and John Worrall was, in fa&, much indebted to Wtu, Worrall on other accounts. At that time the Defenciant did not indorse the bill; but some time afferwarde, it being passed over to the Plaintiff, one Briggs, their. clerk; applied to the Defendant to have, the bill indorsed ; arid, said, that John Worrall had, told him that the Defendant had agreed to indorse it, and he must. Wm. Woriall made some objection, and said, if they doubted it; he would guarantee the bill, but at length agreed to put hiS name upon ir, which .accordingly stood after MasOn and his part ner's indorsement. In this situation it would have regularly appeared that Mason and Co. were answer- nble 'to the Defendant, instead of the Defendant be ing-answera.blko them: It was, however, contend eclat] behalf 3F the Plaintiff's, that the indorsement must be considered' according to the agreement, as an indorsement antecedent to Mason and Cp. and .not subsequent, and that they were entitled to sti4 the Defendant upon it. • Mr. MARRVATT, for the Defendant ; argued, that it must be considered only as a guaranty, and not an indorsement; and was void by the Statute of 'Frauds, the whole agreement not appearing in writing. He said also, that if it had been an.indorsement, inserted as it were nunc pro tune, it might and would have been easily inserted befere the name of Mason and Co. as there was full room for it. He then called ,John..Worrall, :who. contradided.Briggs, and said, thavile had never told him that Win. Worrall had . engaged, to indorse it, and would indorse it, but that, in-faa the Defeudant's name was put on the bill - , merely to render it'nsore easily negotiable. • Lord EoLtncnonouGH said, that_ .the question .would be whether it' was agreed to he' an indorse ment nitne pro tune, or Merely to give the bill a Inure:negotiable appearance, without rendering...the- Defendant liable to Mason and Co.; and he agreed that it would have been .easy to have inserted the indorsement before their name, as there was rodmi and that it would be better • to hold .persons to more' regularity in their proceedings in busin(4ss.—Vw - dict .for the Defendant. BOURNE - V. ROBINSON, ASSIGNEE OF AK.ERMAti. This was an a&ion of trover, to recover a large quantity of logwood, which had been imported 1y . the bankrupt Akerman, of the house of Thyerson,. Akerman, and Co.. and was'suld to the Plaintiff for 10001. It was . at the time lying in the West 'lndia Doeks ; and the custom is, fur the Company to give a." - pertificate of the receipt of the goods, and of the naffie of the ship and owner, which is delivered to the ciWner. This certifieate be indorses to'ithy one to whom .he sells thegoods ; and upon this indorse ment, and producing the original consignment, the, transfer is made from one proprietor to another,. without removing the goods. n this care-the goods .10d remained its the Dock Company's books, in the name of Alerman, and , . by mistake there had been a re-piling of the logwood. for him ; but Bourne lad the certificate delivered to him, and the Clerk to the Dock Company said ' Akerman could not have the goods delivered to him Withent pi - 000'611g the original certificate- Bourne affd * Co. app:ied to the Dock Company for the '43, but were told that the Assign e es o f Ak err iLin had given an order not to deliver it t o any one w i t h=. - out their order. UpOn this the Plaintiff wrote to tie Defendants, and received for answer, that they meant to retain it as the property Of Akerman, and should prote6t his right. • Mr..G/111E10W, fur the Defendants, now in s i s t e d that the Defendants' were entitled to retain the log-, wood, tmidet' the Statute 21 Jac: I. as being property left:in tbe" visible possession 'of the bankrupt; or that at least trover.could not be maintained, because no conversion was proved. Lor'd ELLENBORO6GR, •C. J. held, .that as the bankrulit had'parted with the certificate to the. Plain he could have no . controul over the property; which took it out of the Statute ; and also that there Was'a conversion by the terms of the letter.—Ver dki forthe The business of the Sittings was concluded this ss A pardon has,been granted to au unfortunate young Centleman ooDoblin, 'named GANNO, who was lately convided of for g ety, h u t N in whose favour so many alleviating circumstances appeared, that he was very steongly. .recOmmended to mercy. To-day ~no. Court of Alderman being held, the iNiAyoa, after inspe&ing the returns of the Meahveighers, ordered that no alteration should be made in the price of Bread. The following curious letter from Mr. MANNING, dissenting teacher, at Halstead, in Esse‘x, to Jon AloatrY, Halstead, is copied fibm a manuscript preserved in the British Museum, and will probably amuse many of our readers " Halstead, •Aug. 2 , 1 73 2 . Sir—The narrative which I gave you, in rcla lion to witchcraft, and which von are pleased to lay your commands upon me to repeat, is as follows There was one Master Collett, a smith by trade, of Haveningham, in the county of SuWolk, formerly servant in Sir John Duke's family, in Benhall, iii Suffolk, who, as 'twas customary with him, assist ing the maide to ,churn, and being unable ,(as the saying is) to make the butter come, threw an hot iron into the churn, under the notion of witchcraft " •the case, upon which a pow- labourer, then em 7 tployed irfe:trrying dung in the yard, cried Out in a terrible manner, ." They have Wed me, they have killed me," `Still.keping his 'land upop his back, intimating' were the pain wa4, and died Upon the spot ! " Mr. Collett, 'with the rest of the servants, to sk off the 'poor man's clothes, and found, to their great surprise, the mark of the iron that was heated, and thrown into the churn, strongly impressed upon hi; back; This account I had from Mr. Collett's own - rnauth, who, being a man of unblemished charr.c ter,- Iverily believe. I am*, &c. gr MASNING.