The Sun. — London, England, 1802-02-12 00:00:00

PARIS, FEE. 8. B~ ra h ankle from Hamburgb, dated /an. 2.3 d, we lear n that the Sound is entirely frozen up, and • gat P e °Ple pas s from Denmark to Sweden on the °' let.e. r Si Engli s h Shi ps are frozen up i n the m i ddle .he Passage. 13 ), • it ' s *r; J. 3t.--Letters from Spain announce, t " ; a L t tw ° Spani s h Ships have entered the Port of -s u°n, and that the Dulatene and the Syren have ar rived at Cadiz. TWO Sail ors b elonging to the Merchant Vessel 141.' "Che died at sea, from the severity of the 'Qs and the Captain is himself very ill. C "") JAN. 30.—The First Consul dined here, on his return from Lyons. He visited the forges, accompanied by the Sub.Prefed, and the Mayor, and ins Peaed th e manu faelory with the greatest at_ tensi on he distributed zs or 3o Louis amongst the workmen. „ Ilat6 cNA, J AN . 10 .: -Notwithst an di ng th e v i. 811an ce of our Government, robberies and murders increase in the most alarming Manner. There were Lew nights since no less than three murders corn ittedi the and assassins are as y et un di sc overe d. he night following an attempt was made to blow up the Theatre, by two wretches who had tontrived to convey a quantity of powder in for that purpose. The plan was fortunately dis covered time enough to prevent the dreadful con 3tquences of an explosion ; but the two Incendiaries escaped. VILA NIt p will JAN. att.---It is said that an union be formed betwee n the Ecclesiastical Princes of rm agh for t h e riv e Purpose o f a Cli ng i n concert , re l a-, to the affdirs of the Secularizations. M. de DAL- El '' Bi shoP of C Ys th e on stance, and Coadjutor of Mayence, main.sp r i consulted upon nthgt natibje6 fthis l Confederacy. He has i T to res at 11 4 „'"? with the ELECTOR of ...,.fs and with the Bishops of at Wultrzatrec. He is at present Om _ --c-146,ff with t h e ELEcrott Of M*YENcE) , r W hence h e "-ill, i t i s sa i d, go to Vi enna. The Ne Priation s of c .....vcuttsitT, Envoy from "urttb succ ess, :In?! a t the Coutt of Vienna, have failed of Th e Deriu-t"e Ineparing to return to Wurtaburg. willes of Many other Ecclesiastical Princes .1 " also quit Pievre. They begin to perceive that 3414.4°Sec4riltitions will not be delayed, and that they bo v i e tteai g n themselves to their fate. There is yet, et * nothing said about the Convocation of the Eet raortlin• r Diet of the Empire, although all elk Sub. Y Dele ail Pointed gates have been some ti me s i nc e It i s art h urts f ed th at the Negotiations between the et _ ° Berli n and Vienna having failed of suc. ssl art bro Ati lie n off c sau fro m it ; JAR. 26.—8 y the last intelligence - ..uroDe,„ Vokixr mains " Turkey, it appears that PASW AN SUpport irlthanquil at Widditt, and refuses to rod e) who iaetr Rebellion the Janissaries of Bel at Pachal-ic":"lthisuited him to take possession of the r th e R doubted, in spite of this, wise_ ce nt evolte rs z to them r - .rot will recognize any Governor Constantinople. ze . ,„ ult , l "' JAN. 28.—A spirit of insurreftion `n this Canton, highly alarming, which arose ' c °ln the ti; s BUst of the People at the appointment of ertain Public Funftionaries, who were the obje&s 'at great general det estat i on. The few French Troops : w ere here, were comp e ll e d to retreat i n the es disorde r b y a considerable body of armed easa nrss who lik ew i se arrested many of those ~., nnElionaties who were obnoxious to them. The F ench 8) however, of the approach of a lar ge Gody of Troo has put an en d f or the present to the revolt, Ps g 1M•.11..........•............,.1.n..•.•..........1 the pre'stelkt reside s at Paris. He is in favour wi th poin ted I ns G overnment, and has lately been ap- Ivhich e an rtor of the Public Journals, none of tion, ~, e ci rculated without receiving his s . anc in g hi s — 1 what is somewhat whimsical, consider.. 1 /ind, office as Inspeaor, he has lately become alaisaiktrtnsieoc7rreby ittotsst NG ) the Messenger, was on his Marquis CORNWALLFS, he was b._ . during the night, not far from Boulogne, j the cries of the post_boy, who called out to "en to 6 ` fire V. His horses stopping suddenly, he k_ red a pistol out of each window, thinking he had r u _ ce n attacked by highwaymen ; but, on inquiry, he .._'° . nd that the boy's outcry was occasioned by two ;elves, one of which attempted to bite his leg, but _oasstiPllions revented by the jack-boots wo rn by French b y the Postillion : they th en each seized one of the horses i lnse, and had, as appeared on examination, to rn their lips off. itrOn Saturday last, the Coroner's Inquest sat at the gel Inn, Edmonton, on the body of Mrs. ELIZA 71`4 A lITON I wh o was found drowned on the Thursday I.ning Preceding, under the bridge of Stanly's v r onk, near that place p the Jury brought in their k rdit-Accidental Death. The deceased had kept a uoarding-school at Tottenham High-cross, for many Y_ears and lived to educate many of the children few. 'numbs past, h er memory being impaired, se si gned h er school, and had retired to live wi h th et very ancient mother at Tottenham, PATRIOTIC ORATION DLL 1 VER Z 1:3 AT THE LONDON TAVEAP4 PEE. 9, Itt2. Honest CHARLIS, very anxious to make THE CLut merry, Rose again and requested they'd drink his friend SHERRY. A Toast, so well fitted to raise Party Glee Was receiv'd with a shout, and went round " three times tbree." On which Master SHERRY, to keep up the ball, Cast his eyes shrewdly round, and thus humbn'd them all. " Having lately the honour to speak from THE CHAIR, My thoughts I with freedom presum'd to declare, And I now should but merely to thank you arise, Were not eserours abroad—for those rumurt are lies. What I said at the time I allude to, I find Is perverted by people, malicious or blind. I find I was thought, and my nature it shocks, To reflect on some friends of my friend Mr. Fox. I appeal to Tits C Lug, if my tongue was so rude — With abuse I can never to such men allude. I know that such men are all steady as rocks, And will never desert their old Head, Mr. Fox. On such men I never can cast a refleEtiL 1, They are dear to my heart, and shall keep its afreaion. " But I will not disfranchise myself of a right To place some I could name in a different light. Whene'er an Apostate is found in TILE CI. US, I shall always be ready to give him a rub. By the rules of our CLut we can always dire To exculpate himself, the man we susped, And I doubt if we are not a parcel of fools For not often reviving those excellent rules. If we had, I may venture to say, we should try Many renegade charaders, noble and high, Who rise4ike a Butterfly, sprung from a grub, And, pouncing in place, with contempt view our CLUB. Yet perhaps with the rules we had better dispense, For, at least, we avoid an evasive defence, If a man in his heart is no longer a Whig, Let him go when he will, we should not care a fig. We old Dogberry - 's rule may apply to each Scrub, 4 Let him shew what he is, and steal out of our CLUB.' " No defections will ever corrupt Mr. Fox, He will still be the same, and a Whig Orthodox. His Parliament friends may get thin in their ranks, But we'll treat them as merely a parcel of blanks ; For all their manoeuvres he cares not a pin, And THE CLUB will support him through thick and through thin. His Cause we'll still cherish in spite of such Blocks— 'Tis the same—Fox and FREEDOM, or FREEDOM and Fox !" • THE THEATRE.—By command Of THEIR MA lisins, the Comedy of The Poor Gentleman, and the Pantomime of Harlequin's Almanack, were re presented last night at Covent-Garden Theatre.— The House was crowded at an early hour, and the Royal Visitors were received with the warmest marks of loyalty and affetion. THEIR MAJESTIES were accompanied by four of the PR INC ESSES. The Vocal Performers, as usual, came forward to gratify the Audience with those loyal strains which are al ways highly acceptable to the feelings of English men. His MAJESTY looked very well in his mili tary attire. The dramatic representations went off with spirit, and excited great applause. ROYAL ACADEMY.—The Members of this In stitution assembled on Wednesday last, for the eledion of three Academicians from the list of As sociates, when the following Gentlemen were chosen, viz. WILLIAM TURNER, Painter, in the room of FRANCIS WHEATLEY, Esq. deceased ; J oH N SOANE, Archited, in the room of WILLIAM TYLER, Esq. deceased ; and CHARLES Rossi, Sculptor,' in the room of WILLIAM HAMILTON, Esq. deceased. . As there was a considerable majority in favour of the above-mentioned Artists, the President declared them duly eletted Royal Academicians. FASHIONABLE ADJUSTMENT. The difference between Mrs. P. of trim. con. memory, and Sir F. S. which was to have come before the Gentlemen of . the Long Robe last Trinity Term, has been adjust ed in a more amicable manner. Sir F.S. had allow ed to the Lady 4001. per annum, ever since the event of the aaion brought by the injured husband (who obtained a verdict for 10,0001.), against the son of the Baronet, about the year 1790, when the Lovers fled to Boulogne. This sum had been regularly paid till lately ; but, in consequence, as it is said, of an infringement of one of the clauses of the bond, payment having been refused, the Lady threatened to bring her aftion. The affair is thus settled :—Sir F. S. has given Mrs. P. a bond for the payment of 2001. per ann. ; the son has also given a bond for 2501. per ann. ; and the Lady, contrary to the tenor of the former bond, is at full liberty to marry again. Some time since a file of Bank Notes, which had been paid, and the Cashier's name torn off, were stolen from the Bank. One of these bills (for 3001.) to which the name of one of the Cashiers was wafered, came to the Bank, and was paid before the fraud was discovered. This Bill has been traced to a person who was a Clerk in the Bank, but now keeps a Coffee-house in the neighbourhood of Drury-lane ; and in his house the rest of the bills were found. The man has been apprehended. Saturday last, as Captain HARRISON, of the brig Neptune, lying in the Humber, was going on hoard with three men and two boys, the boat in which they were, ran foul of the cable, and striking against the brig, went in two: one boy on the bow of the boat saved himself by grasping the cable; two of the men clung to one hail of the boat, and another to an oar, till they were taken up : but unfortu nately the Captain 4nd the other boy were drowned. The three Irish footpads that were apprehended last Sunday night by the Police Patrole on the Ux bridge road, and who are supposed to be part of a most desperate gang who have for a long time in fested that part of the country, yesterday uhder went a re-examination before Sir RICUARDRD, at Bow -street, when they were positively identified by a Gentleman stopped and robbed on the Uxbridge road last Sunday evening. The prisoners were sully committed for trial. LAW REPORT. COURT OF KlNG's BENCH, rtn.u. Ma. MANLEY said, he had instrthions to men. lion to the Court a motion which he had to make the next Term. The reason for the course he took was this—The motion was to be against a Magistrate, for leave to file a criminal information, and it was a rule that no such motion could be made, until six days had elapsed after notice had been given to a Magistrate; this notice had-only been given two days ago, so that he could not move it this Term ; he mentioned it now, because it would be other wise an answer to his motion next Term, that the Term had passed over without the motion. The motion he intended to make was, for leave to file a criminal information against a Magistrate for conviding a party without examining evidence in the presence of that party. The conviaion, upon the face of it, was correEt, because it stated that the evidence was fairly taken, but it was contrary to the fart. The Court asked—When the convktion took place ? Mr. MANLEY said, on the 4th of November. The Court said, it was too late to come there with such an application as this. Mr. MANLEY said, the party would thus b e l e f t without remedy. The Court said, he was not, for that he might prefer his bill of indictment.--Rule refused. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for a writ of Habeas Corpus, to be direaed to Dr. Wood, of the Town of Newcastle, a Physician, commanding him to bring up the body of George Robson, confined under his care as a lunatic. This he moved on an affidavit which stated, that this person was de tained from purely malicious motives, but for no adequate reason. This man was the Muster Master of a Volunteer Corps, which he mustered, and on Sun day the 13th of December he attended divine ser vice; and persons who had known him for thirty years swore, that he never, to their knowledge, was affiiaed with any insanity whatever. Dr. Wood stated, that this person " had some incor reaness in his perceptions." Now, the ATTORNEY GENERAL. said, if every man who had any in correaness in his perceptions, was to be a Lunatic, the number of Lunatics would be considerable. Mr. Justice LE BLANC said, that this case had been before him in the course of the Vacation. He gave the other side an opportunity of consider ing the affidavit. They did not come to him again until the beginning of the Term, when it. ceased to be in his power to grant the Habeas Corpus, and therefore he direled them to move the Court fOr the writ. The Gentleman who attended on the other side, had the affidavit put into his hands, with a view that if it should be satisfaetory to him, , the man might have been brought up without any further trouble. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, that this Phy sician retained the custody of this man. He was committed under the Warrant of two Justices, di rated to Churchwardens, &c. The commitment was under the authority of the A& of Geo. 11. pro viding for the custody of those who are furiously mad, and dangerous to go abroad. The Dodoes Affidavit was, " that this man was not sane, as far as false perceptions constitute insanity." It was true, this man had had a quarrel with a Gen tleman of Fortune, who had threatened to exhibit articles of the Peace against him. These Medical Gentlemen of Newcastle, on whose authority this man was taken as a lunatic, certified, " that he was in some respeets, under the influence of false perceptions ; that he had taken out irregularly a licence to kill game." Perhaps this was the new, way to get rid of a poacher. They stated also that he had talked a great deal of the beauty of his gar dens, whereas he had but one, and that an indiffer ent one. This again was a mere bounce concerning his property, which was noz peculiar to this man, for, the ATTORNEY GENERAL said, it applied to the temper, arid sometimes the discourse of some of his friends both in that Court and out of it. In a word, this was a man who was, for the last thirty years perfeetly sane, to the knowledge of his neighbours, charged as a lunatic, for no reason, at least for no good one, and therefore he moved for this Habeas. Corpus to bring him up, in order that he might have his liberty, of which he was now maliciously and most illegally deprived. Mr. Justice GRosE said, that this Case as dis closed in the Affidavits, was a very plain one, and instead of a Rule to shew Cause, he thought the Writ ought to issue, and in order that there should be no delay in the matter, it should be made returnable before a Judge at Chambers.—Writ granted. Several Writs of Mandamus were moved for, and obtained, commanding the Officers of the Borough of Oakhampton, to admit certain persons to the freedom of that Borough, who set forth the customs of the Borough, and who say they are entitled to their freedom, &c. In the course of discussing the merits of a War rant of Attorney, given by aim ignorant Farmer who could not write or read, authorising a Writ of Possession to be taken out, and himself turned out of his Farm, &c. Mr. Justice GRosE took occasion to observe, that the Court would always be desirous of looking into Warrants of Attorney. They were executed sometimes, indeed often, under miserable circum stances, and appeared to be almost always proofs of one side availing itself of the misery of the other ; so that they could not be examined too minutely, &c. In this Case, upon the bringing the rent, which was stated at 701. into Court, the Defend ant was to be restored to the possession of his Farm, and the rest of the Case was referred to the Master. WILSON V. ALLAN. This Case came before the Court on a Motion to set aside a Writ of inquiry. The Action was brought for false imprisonment by the. Plaintiff, a retail Merchant at Gainsborough, against the Defendant, a Clothier in Lancashire. An inha. bitant of Gainsborough, named Charles Wilson, had been indebtel to the Defendani, and a Writ had been token cut against him. The Oh er charged with the execution of the Wri:, is the Plaintiff to be the person named in it, went to his house, and not finding him, threatcned rela tions, broke open several doors, anti behaved in a violent manner. The Pli:intiff at last, to prevent disturbance, surrendered himself, and was kept in custody several hours. The Officer then IZ)und that he was wrong, as this Charles Wilson had never had any diali . r.g3 with Mr. Allan what ever. He liberated him of course, but from the uproar in the house the whole town way inform ed of his misfortune ; an opinion prevailed that he was bankrupt ; no one would trust him any longer, and all his creditors came in with their demands. — He therefore instituted this Adiou to recover a compensation for the injury he had sustained, and the Defendant having let judgment go by default, the jury awarded him 501. On the part of the Defendant it was now urged, that these. damages were excessive, and °Nee:lions were taken as to the manner in which the trial had been con cluded before the Sheriff. After very able argu ments from the Bar, the Court advised the Plaintiff to consent to the damages being paid down, and it was agreed that the verdict should stand for 301. EDINBURGH, FEB. 8. COURT OF SESSION. FRIDAY Lord CRAIG, Ordinary in tlle Parlia ment House, gave juignient in a cause founded upon the followinfcircumsi:mces : " A gentleman who is a merchant in Leith, hay. ing some time since been in Musselburgn, a person there informed him that a respeitabic Company in Leith had stopped payment. In consequence of this he sent imfortnation by a letter, to one of the pub. lic banks in Edinburgh, of what he had heard. The Company having been in the prataice of doing business with this Bank, inquiry wits of course made at the partners, whether the information was well founded. The result of the inquiry shewed the report to be without foundation, as the Corn. pany's affairs were in a very flourishing situation. This being fully ascertained, an aaion of damages was brought by the Company against this gentle man for propagating the report." Mr. JAMES MONTGOMERY, Advocate, appeared for the Defendant, and admitted that his client had been misinformed, but that in giving the informa_ tion to the Bank, he was not influenced by any motive of doing injury to the Prosecutors, and that his conduit was prompted by being connected with that Bank, which made him think it proper I to corn. municate what he had heard. The report had not originated with him, he had mentioned from whom he had got it, and merely retailed what that person had informed him of. The Hon. HENRY ERSKINE, for the Prosecutors, stated, that the Defence which had been set up, was. by no means sufficient to justify what the Defendant had done. The credit of Merchants was a . delicate subjea, as the best man in the Country might be ruined by a false report ; that it became the De fendant to have made particular inquiry-.into the truth of such report before he took such a step as he had done, by writing to the Bank on the subject. As he had aded without taking the trouble of being better informed, he must, therefore, abide the con sequences ; and as the injury attempted against the chary ter of this Company had been publicly done, so they had a right to have that charader publicly vindicated in Court, and Damages and Expences awarded. After hearing Parties, the Lord Ordinary pro- . nounced an Interlocutor, finding the Defendant iis, ble in 301. in name of Damages, besides all Ex.. peaces. TRAVELLING.—It is rather odd,. that the first stage from Edinburgh to Glasgow, is charged is. 4.d. per mile, and the other stages is. only ; and from Glasgow to Edinburgh, you are obliged to submit to the same charge. From Glasgow to Carlise, about too miles, in the Mail Coach, the fare is 455. ; and from Carlisle to Liverpool, about izo miles, it is only iss. Such glaring differences must appea► very singular to Fo. reigners, when in this Country. A curious instance of swindling deteaed and yet effeaing its purpose, occurred a few .nights .since t —A shop-keeper in town, having retired to ,his back-shop, left the charge of the front apartment to a faithful dog. A genteel dressed woman soon af ter entered, without ceremony laid hold of a parcel , which had•been left: to be called for by a customer., • The dog, true to his charge, with as little cere mony, laid hold on the thief, who dropped the par cel, and screamed aloud. The shop-keeper instantly came forward, beat the faithful guardian of his pro perty, released .he woman, and satisfied with some trifling question which she put as an excuse for her call, politely apologized for the rude reception she had experienced. More civil still, observing the parcel on the floor, he requested to know whether she had dropped it ?—Receiving of course an an swer in the affirmative, the parcel was politely de livered to her, received with equal politeness, and with many expressions of thanks, and the lady walked off, unmolested, with her booty., CORN EXCHANGE. February 12. FROM the great Importation the early part of the week, and some Arrivals since, our Market is to lerably supplied :—some fine Samples of Malt fetch ed a good price ; Fine Oats for Seed, went off higher than our Current.—Elour continues steady. Wheat - 6os 7os a 78s od Old Beans - os cd Fine do. - Bos a 82s od 'Fick do. 3os a 333 64 Malt 4os 463 a sos od Oats - - -17 s a 233 od Fine do. - - sis 63 Poland do. -24 s 6d Barley - - 39$ a 435 od Rape Seed 321 a 351 per last Rye - - —38 s 42s 6d Fine Flour 6os a 63s per sack White Pease 37s a Ors od Second do. 5 . 5 s a 6os per do. Beans -33 s a 36s od Late last Saturday night, or early on Sunday morning, the house of Mrs. Henshaw, in 'Marlbo rough-place, Kennington, was entered by some vil lains, and robbed of a quantity of plate and oleic property to a considerable amount, r', '