The Sun. — London, England, 1802-03-15 00:00:00

THE OPERA. King's Theatre. te z,l:!te was repeated on Saturday night.— ' 4 NTI evid ent ly was opp resse d by a cold, but she gave he r S ongs w i t h great effca notwithstanding. e fa7nutite Trio and Duet were, as usual, gene rally encored. ...' The Ballet of I rza still continues to be favourably rece ived. 'The music of this Ballet is extremely b e3 t l lint: the Flute, which is . certainly well play_ V, is f requent l y pr i nc i pa l , an d has a c h arm i ng ef up4; yet, we think it would be better, if played ,'Lil more simplicity. The beauty of .a Flute con s's,s in a full and clear tone, and •no brilliancy of exQcution can supply the want of it. The house, l ' lt withstanding the coldness of the evening, was extremely crowded. THE THEATRES. Drury-Lane. THE Opera of Artaxerxes, which may be con,.. , si ckred a s an atc hieveinent of musical geni us , hi g hl y " o nourable to this country,. was represented on Sa ttrday last. Mrs. 13tLLINGTON certainly appears to more ad :;•.antage in this piece than in the lighter qualities of e Comic opera. Her Mandane is dignified-and . impres s i ve. The recitatives, and all the airs, were , given with admirable skill, and with beautiful " grace s of finished execution. The song of, " Let. not rage," produced a contention among the Au dience, s ome o f whom were an xious. to hear it again, and others, mere humane, conceived that the repc t.ition ' would b e too laborious, co n s id er i ng the length and difficulty of th e c h ara ct e r. " The Sol dor tir'd" i s ,. however, such a _popular favourite, d was so exquisitely sung, that an universal de mand compelled her to repeat it. . ,Mrs. MOUNTAIN acquitted herself very ably in 4rhaces," and was encored in " Water parted." i '''Fore the O pera commenced, DIGNUM came ) rward to apologize for. KELLY; who, lie said, was (I PPresSed b y a severe fit of the Gout, but DIGNUM'S jolly f 4 ce, and port l y person render h i m so u nfi t f or itiitteous pleading, that he excited laughter rather he an sYm i',„.'t ll Y• • He stated, however, that, ill as tan:V.fas) -NRLLY in A . ccordin Would perform the part of pureArta_ love' , o f • 1 . .. gIY KELLY appeared, and "limpid h the part: The A C , „ter.r. "Ey, through tece The Spoil'd Child, and was in re a li ty 7 , / s . was .. mere bu je fiail'd Farce ; for it was h scene of n ffoonery 1 tnroughotr. Miss DE CAMP iS and . ha PPY in her representation of Little' Pickle o .into as she is a good Aaress, it is a pity to put her : f t() , ) 7an„ of Mrs. J ORDAN ' S charaelers. The part - fig, which is one of PALMER'S best efforts, te as very indiffereatly supported by DE CAMP, who I d . s ' a Mere ropiest of KNIGHT, and exhibited a I austing extravagance unallied to true comic '44lour. The House was crow/tied. Covent_ Garden. 7'he Cabinet, which is certainly a repository of 11111sical treasures, was more attractive on Saturday :I than on any o f t he f ormer n i ghts. The con tiNrse of peopl e was i n d ee d so great t h at vast timbers were rejeded for want of room. c hp it AHAm excited t h e warmest 4pp l ause j )y h is ti . 'fling voc a l exert i ons ; an d . S TORACE was un (ll'l44 effeai ve i n h ey Bzfg a h umours . S ome ofs:t.tirlances arose in th e L o w er G a ll er y, o n ac count ag ti the prodiai ous throng that had pressed in toit ; but, thriti e musi c h as c h arms tb soothe a savage b reast, " te Perturbed sp i r i ts were soon so f tene d i nto at on. Per the first regular Meeting of the Dilettanti JQri lers takes b nlace this evening, at their thea tre In Tottenham -street. The Play Bill for this night sets forth.. 1. A P rologue by Mr. H. GREVILLE. 2 * A French P roverb; • 3' One Aa of The Bedlamites; a Piece translated from t h e French expressly for 4. A F rench Proverb. ' the occasion, S• 'An Epilogue. After • which there Will be a Pic-Nit Supper. There are ~ u s °o cards of invitation. NahciNic use d to be , v'-i Nack. T F _a. _ OOTE'S ~ 0 ,, we have . - 1 R. , -- . it e xplained. * • CousEkv, Sun lit next • . Betsy Robins has a rout and supper on jAZ"JS • lam afraid I ' cards , but shall at, tend the re . cannot come to c o i,, r k P v 4 st• A N i ck-Nack, I suppose. I 'lbste •' t • Yes, yes , we all contribute usual ; the_ antials from Alderman ' Sirloin 's . Lord Frippery's cook tnds fric. •' to ~,__ . , a6sces _and ragouts ; Sir Robert Bumper's butler i 1 7 ,: a 1 11, thF wine, and I shall supply the dessert._ cribbed tliis morning out is a brace of birds and a hare that I _ out of a basket of game. • . ‘-01,1SERVE. They will be welcome. 4 - We le arn f rom a Gentleman lately returned from t ~ ' i s., and wh o b a d an opportunity of dining with lie F irst Co nsu l, t h at t h e utmost pomp and Alen_ dot' are observed at the Court of the Thuilleries. All Officer sat on each side of the Consul at table, and next to them were the Ladies, and then the rest Of . the company, consisting of 170 persons.' The dinner lasted precisely one hour and seven minutes, when the First Consul r ose f rom ta bl e, an d t h e party b roke Up. . . At the Lincoln Assizes, a Cause was tried, in 'which an Inn-keeper was Plaintiff, and a Cornet of Cavalry Defendant : it appeared that the latter gave a dinner to fifty-four of his friends at the Fl.aintiiT's house, and resisted the payment of the bill on a supposition of its enormity. It appears that the party met at half past four, and retired about ten o'clock, and the items in the bill were 0", hundred and twenty-six bottles of Port, forty e„Tht qf She rry , sixty-Aur herlf-crori-un bowls o runch, and twenty ofA ' regus. The Jury thought it %vas probable ; but were disple ase d at t h e price bottl e . cha rged for the Port Wine, and took off Sixpence a On Monday s;.s.'nni g h t , f our human skeletons were dug up in the parish of Brandon, Norfolk, by. some labourers making a bank ;'they had been buried in a strait line, ribogt three feet below the surface of the earth. DUBLIN, MARC I-1 If. .TRIAL OF THOMAS RADCL,IFFE CRAWLEY. YESTERDAY came on at the Court of COMMiSSiOII of Oyer and Terminer, before the Right Hon. Lord NORBURY and the Hon. Baron SMITH, the trial of Thomas Radcliffe Cra;wley. Previous to 'proceeding upon the trial, an appli cation was Made by the Prisoner's Counsel to post pone it, upon the grounds, that from the short time which had elapsed since his arrest, he had not had time to prepare for his, trial s and- that the public mind had been so enflamed by publications respea ing the transaftion in which the Prisoner was, sup posed to have been concerned ) that he could not hope for a fair and impartial trial. This application, supported by 'an Affidavit of the Prisoner, was over-ruled by the Court, who observed, that the trial had . been once already post poned, arid that they had judicial knowledge that a principal witness was an aged person,. whose' testimony might be lost by further postponing it.— , With respea -to the state of the public mind, whatever might have been the expression of the vulgar, the Court could not suppose that a Jury upon their oath would not be as conscientious and unprejudiced at this as at any other time. A Paper professing to announce the, publication of the Trial (by authority of the Court), with a motto in dicating a conviaion of the Prisoner's guilt, hav ing been handed up to the Court, Lord ifoßtußY .expressed his indignation at such a liberty taken with the Court, and declafed his opinion, that if any such publication should take place, it would merit exemplary punishment. The Jury was, after six peremptory . challenges by the Prisoner, impannelled and sworn. Thomas Raflcliffe Crawley was then given in charge upon an indiament=." that he did upon the 'r7th- of February, last kill and murder Mary Mooney with an hammer.", Mr. JONAS GREENE very ably - stated the case at full length, consisting of farts and circumstances, which were proved by the following Witnesses. Dr. Henry Roe, who was called in on the night of the r7th February to._ see the dead bodies of Catherine Davidson and Mary Mooney, at No. 9, Peter's-row. He said that,the body ,cf,..the servant was cold, but that of Mrs. Davidson retained some heat ; they both lay on . the floor, and certainly 'died of a violent deatha the skull of Mary Mooney was wounded, 'and part of the brain on the hearth. Surgeon Boyton had examined the body of the mistress. Surgeon Leake saw the body of Mary Mooney on the ISth ; her skull was fraaured to a great extent, and the hone depressed in a circular form to the diameter of 32 inches ; he had given it as his opinion, that that frature was given by an hammer (and an hammer being produced, he said that was the kind of hammer he supposed) ; he had never seen the hammer before. John M'Cuila, a shoemaker, proved that the Prisoner had on the , rph February, about six or seven in the evening, borrowed' the hammer pro duced from him, to put up a shelf in his room; Wit ness lived in Bow-lane, Aungier_street. • Willia M'Culla,. son of the last evidence, 'cor roborated this evidence, and proVed that about nine the same night, the Prisoner had returntil the-ham mer to Witness, and accounted for its being wet by saying, "it fell-in the street." . The Rev. Dr. Elwood, who lodged at. Mis.,Da vidson's in Peter's-row, proved that the Prisoner, who.he heard had taken lodgings in the iainc.honse about a week before, had frequently during that week entered Witness's apartment, and conversed about Mrs. Davidson's and Witness's property, which Witness had always spoken of as very small ; that on the • r 7th of ;February, about six or seven in the evening, he came into his room and talked of his expences the preceding day at the Blackrock., Witness lived in the, front dining-room, and Mrs. Davidson in the back parlour ; Crawley left him, and about a quartet of an hour after he went, Witness -heard two screams of Mary Mooney - and two moans, and though at first alarmed, yet recolleaing that the mistress and maid were used to quarrel, he disregard ed them. About an hour after CraWley returned in seeming agitation, and asked for water, which Wit_ fleas said he could not give, as the maid had not filled his kettle. He asked for a guinea ; butlWitness said he had not enough to pay his lodging and Curate's salary : Crawley then said, "I was thinking whether you ought to lend me a guinea or I lend you'a shil i ling." To avoid this conversation,Witness took up a book and pretended to read. Crawley said, Doaor, I have drank your 'milk; for which Witness rebuked .him—when Crawley replied, " Never mind, Doc , .tor, by this time to-morrow night you shall have better-milk; and more of it." Witness then asked, whether he had heard the shrieks ? he said, No.— . Had he been below ? He was. Was Mrs. Davidson there ? She was. Did he see her ? He did. Then, said the Witness, go down and send the girl for milk he went, and returned, saying he understood. they were both gone out. He sat silent for a while; a rap was beard at the hall-door, when Witness de sired Crawley to let, in his (Witness's) relation, Mr. Hows ; he went, and Witness saw him no more that night. Mr. Hows came up, and said he was let in by a man he did not know ; he staid an hour, during which time there was no noise,. and went away at half . past ten. James Farrel, Mrs. D.'s nephew, returned, - as usual, from his work, and was let in by Witness, who thought Mrs. D. and her maid were out ; Farrel was sur prized. at this, and went into the back parlour, followed by the Witness, where he saw the bodies lying on the hearth, Mrs. D. with part of her pet ticoat burned. The cross,examination went to prove that Craw_ ley could not suppose either Dr. Elwood or Mrs. Davidson possessed of property ; that he ladgecl . in the upper part of the house, and had absented him self from his lodging the two preceding.nights ; that there was a back-door through which persons might have entered the house, and gone out throtth the front ; and that, :Crawley might, in the intervals of his conversation with the Witness, have been in his own room above stairs ; the Witness saw -no blood on Min, nor iooketi. for any. -I?Arrei is in Englark!, whither he went co look for Crawley ; no inquiry was made for Crawley on the night of the 17th. Mr. Hows corroborated Dr. Elwood's evidence, and added, that'he li•ad observed during his visit on the r7th of February, that the house and street were unusually silent. The Postmaster of NeWry was produced, to prove that Crawley passed under a feigned name at Newry before he was apprehended. Alderman AleXander was called to prove ex pressions used by the Prisoner on his examination, which, after much argument at the Bar respe&ing .their being admitted in evidence, appeared to be, that he 'considered himself in an auk'ward situation ; and that upon some suggestion of accomplices, he declared he had no accomplice. Messrs. Harris and Bryan, Attorneys, of great reputation, to whom the Prisoner had served his clerkship, Dr. Elwood (the Witness), and other persons, gave the Prisoner a very high charaeter. The Learned Judge delivered a serious and mi nute charge to the Jury, who retired for about ten minutes, and returned a Verdid of—Guilty. Sentence of death• was then pronounced upon the Prisoner, and execution' awarded for Friday. The unhappy man conduled himself during the whole trial with perfect composyre, and appeared entirely master of himself, insomuch that when an affidavit for putting off his trial was handed him, he revised, corre&eci, arid altered ‘it as he iliought .necessary, without the Nast apparent agitaoon. . The 'Dispatches for China, by the Glatton and Brunswick, were finally closed at the East India House on - Saturday,and delivered to their respeetive Pursers. JAMES CURTIS, Esq. brother to the Aldertnan, is appointed by the Lords of the Treasury, Distri butor of Stamps upon Polities within the City of London. • After a tedious Negotiation of two months, a Treaty was 'concluded with TottssAlNT by the Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica, on the morning of the day on which the latter ,received advice of the signing of PreTiminaries of Peace betw'een Great Britain and France. General NUCENT, in conse quence, sent to acquaint ToussArtres agents of the "circumstance, which necessarily rendered void their new Convention, and intimated a wish that .they should immediately le/ve Jamaica, announcing that, he had re-called the British Resident at Cape-Fran cois, although at the application of the English Merchants there, the period of his continuance was prolonged to the loth janu::ry. TOUSSAINT, on, being apprized of these,circun, stances, accused the English of breach offaith, serving that they coalesced with. France for the purpose of destroying him. He, however, shortly after, issued a Proclamation promising proteelion to such British Vessels as might trade to St. Do mingo ; but Governor NUGENT scrupulously avoid ing any colour of offence to France, interdiacd all intercourse, being sufficiently informed of the hos tile intentions of the Black General tOwards the Mother Country. TotrssAnn says in his. Prpclamation respeaing the: French Expedition, he uncle:studs that evil dis posed people-had spread a .report 'that France had" appointed a powezful Force for the purpose - of de „stroying him and his Officers, and to restore Slave. ry ; .but that he never could give credit to it, as himself and his r..ople had been continually fighting for the ; prosperiry of the colony. " A good child," says the Negro Chief, " is all submission and obe dience to.bis parent; bUt if that parent is so unna• tural as to seek the destruaion of his child, the child must put his vengeance in the hands of God. mLIA die, I will die like a soldier of honour— I fear .no man." He concludes an address, _strongly appealing to the passions of hiS followers, with an exhortation that they will vanquish, or die at theirposts. The report of the death of TOUSSAI NT, the Black Govern& of St. Domingo, has been contradiaed in the American papers. - -The New York Gazette, of the Ist of Feb. says, " Capt. BUREANICs_ (arrived . here yesterday in a short passage from Port Repub lican) mentions that he saw General TOUSSAMT on the 13th of January at that place, in good health." Three Tripolin cruizers are stated to have sailed from Mahon under English colours, furnished with English documents, and , manned with Minorcans, in order to avoid the American frigates which were cruizing for them.- - -The circumstance is offs. cially asserted by the American ConsuLat Alicant, and has excited considerable offence in the United States.. : By the Favourite, AIKIN, which on Friday ar rived in the Downs, we received letters. from Grenada, dated the 17th January, which communi cate' the distressing intelligence, that the, spirit of insurrealon amongst the Blacks, which - originating at St: Domingo, has partially extended itself over the Western Archipelago, lately burst into anion at Grenada.—Such, however, were the prompt and energetic measures of the Government, , that the Insurgents Were surrounded, many of them ,were made. prisoners, and some of the principals were executed. Previous to their defeat they were guilty of some'wanton excesses; which sufficiently spewed what would have been the. consequences had they succeeded.—The damage done is, however .so tri vial, that this revolt would he matter of but slight consideration, was it not connected with' that sys tem of insurreaion which unhappily prevails; and . which implicates the safety of all West India pro perty. ~ . • : ' - The President of the'United States, in a message , to Congress on the 27th of January, recommended • an extension of the plan for civilizing thc back ITS. dians, by the increase of trading houses, &c. and by preventing spirituoUs liquors from being sent amongst them. It likewise recommended, that blacks convicted of murdering whites should be shot instead of hanged, the Indians having - such prejudice to this mode of execution, th..t they fie ' quentiy screened a culprit whom they would other - wise surrender. Another attempt was made on the 3d ult. to burn the town of Boston, happily without success. , CORN EXCHAAC.E., Marc;-) :5. I`x iy day we had but a short supp:y of WI ~ ear, and many 2uyers, which . caused an advance of 3s. and 45. on prime samples ; 'Barleys rather, dull and cheaper : Oats plenty, and little variation'; but fine for seed are dear. Flour, a very good supply, and as before. Wheat -64 s a 86s od Fine do. -87 s a gos od Malt - 4os 44: a sos od Finedo. - sis a szs 6d B.ricy - -40 s a 43s od Rye . - - 38s,a 425 6d White Pease 4os a 44s od Beans .(new) 3os a 33$ 61 Tick ditto ' - -aSs a 3 rs Oats - - - iss a zzs ad Poland do. 23$ a zo Rape Bccd : 331'a 361 per last Fine Flour 6as a 68s per sack, Second do. 55s a 69s pet - do. ESSEX. ASSIZES. THE AssiteS at Chelmsford finished on Triday, i last, when Edetx rd Newman, Davlel Ifiright James Pintail, a John Power, for•highway rob beries; Richard odwin, for 'stealing twenty-six sheep from Lady Dacre, '4nd Samuel Sharp, fc7/ burglary, received sentence of death. John 1'6 , -wic '- and Samuel Sharp ‘vere'reprievo before the ju'„..tes left the town ; the others were all left for excen,:tion. NeWman and Wright were Irishmen emplciyed in 'the potatoe grounds near Stratford, and Crithmittel the robbery of which they were convided,tpon Mr. Jolm . Rennetr; who .keeps the Three Rabbitsi, on the_ Ilford, Road, and is also . a Salesman at Smitil field they used ritual Atiolente. in . Coituriltrit 'th rabbcry, - atira.- when the Parrote - camc --- uiriitrria-rrturv:- pistols before they were secured. . Pincork and Power were soldiers laelonkini to the 49th Regiment, now in,Chelmsfyd Birrajks ; and it appearing that Power had borne an exceeding good. charatter in the Regiment, and was on the point of being promoted to be a Non-commissioned Officer, and bad been led to commit the offence by the other, was the reason of his being saved ; the Colonel of the Regiment, the Captain of his Com pany, and his Serjeant, all appeared upon the trial, and spoke very favourably of him. On Saturday se'nnight, the Court of Exchequer gave Judgment in "the long depending Cause between the Rev. J. WILLIAMS, Redor of the parish of leis-` serth, in The county of Radnor, and THOMASJortis,' Esq. of Oxhall; respe&ing the Tithes of that parish, when'ir.was.determined 'that the Rec. tar had not made out hkslaim to the Tithe of bay, which was the point litigated, and , therefore the . Court ordered him to pay. his . cosiS of suit. - An Innkeeper at York was on.WedneAay fince,. in the mitigated penalty of Fifty Shillings, for hay,' ing .taken. away ,hay from the racks of dragoon horses after they had been fed for the night. Saturday a man was taken up in London-house yard, St. Pawl's Churchyard, for taking illegal In. surance, in the pre:3ent State Lottery. The offence. being proved, he was committed to Bridewell for six months as a rogue and vagabond. Henry Cock, the-unfortunate young man charged with forgery, is of the mos: respeaahle family and connexions. He was bred an Attorney at one of the first houses in the City. He had an uncle, Captain STORY, possessed of 70001. in the s per Cents. besides certain estates, who had promised to . leave hint very handsomely; Capt. STORy gavehim a Power of Attorney to receive - theinterest of his money in the Funds, which Mr. Cock regularly "emitted. Captain STORY died last August, leaving to his nephew. xsool. and an estate worth a much larger sum. A short time ago, the Captain's Executors met to sell out the 70001. Stock, that they might pay some legacies ;: when lo ! they found the Steel: had been all sold out, and Captain . STORY'S name .forged. Part was sold last July, and part the July before. Suspicion falling upon Mr. Cock., he was apprehended while on a hunting party at Cam_ bridge. By his want of care in concealing himself, his friends hope he is innocent. The Bank Solicitois carry on the Prosecution. On Monday last a respeaable tradesman at CFiel sea, after dining,. with a friend in Clerkenwell,. instead of returning to his wife and family, took',a bed at a xespeetable Hotel in the West end of the Town; and his friends next day, alarmed by his absence, advertised him on Wednesday morning in the Public Papers. On Tuesday morning, when he rose, he called for a large bison of tea, and- pen, ink, and paper ; upon which he wrote a full state ment of his affairs, addressed to his Attorney, and put it in his pocket. He stopped in the hotel all day, and excited surprize by his having nothing to eat. It was observed that he looked very and feverish. Next morning (Wednesday), on entering room, he was found dead in bed, with much foam coming from his mouth, as if he had died in a fit, or had been poisoned, At night the body was conveyed hotne in a hearse to his unhappy wife and family. • On.the night of the sth 'of January, the Town of Fahnouth, in Jamalea, narrowly escaped de struaion ; it was dark, and blew fresh, when a pi- lot on going home about tz, o'clock, discovered a house to be taking fire ; it was a spirit-shop, to windward ofthe town where the shatters had been broken, and a quantity of burning rags thrust through, which it was supposed would soon commu nicate to the spirits; of which there was a large quantity ; several merchants' stores were close. to leeward of the' house, and the town so nearly ad joining, that half an hour longer would have invol ved the whole in flames. One hundred pounds re ward has been offered for the discovery of the dia bolical incenliatie.s, and detachments of infantry nightly *patrole the streets, and condua to the guard-house all persons whom they meet after to o'clock at night, who do not give a good account of themselves. The average Price of Sugar, computed from the returns made for' the week ending the loth day of March 1802, is Thirty-seven Shill7:lgs and Eight Pence FarOing per hundred . weight. The body of young me. NETH E RTON, of Ply mouth, who had been Missing four months,ltas beet' found in a disfigured condition on Hanger. Down, near Dartmoor. The Coroner's Inquest found a vcrdiEt of diccidental Death.. r 1 4