The Sun. — London, England, 1802-03-26 00:00:00

i crowned with success. These letters even bellt the Official Dispatches, and represent the first military evolutions as unproduElive of any efficient Pove, and the devastations at Cape Town, to !4i've greatly exceeded the descriptions either of 'Admiral VILLARET-JOYEUSE, or our brother-in law General LE CLERC. • An Officer writes from the Cape on the Bth of Fe bruary, that " the <7.4.4. - )ole To,pun was nothing but as heap of ruins'. The white inhabitants, in the utmost disorder, sought refuge on board of our ;l,a, - happy to Eutl an asylum, which they would ve in vain obtained elsewhere. We pursue the N.egroes in all direttions, and we have already ap- Prehended a great number, whom 'we instantly shot; an d had our Troops landed ten minutes sooner, hHD istorliE and TO USSAINT LOUVERTURE would ave fallen into our hands." The• only comment we shall Make on this subject that if the French suppose they can conciliate (for the ecii6n Y can only be submissive by conciliation) the hla c k si by fit Shooting those whom they have ad e • rrtsa tiets, their cause is infallibly; and irre_ trievably lost; A firm spirit is not inconsistent Wit h a mild temper and therefore to early a dls , lar o f Power must be followed either by mea .llres ezikulated to appal, or by a relaxation which will rende r French policy contertiptible. In • elther rase, the issue is doubtful; and on *hat evei. S ide victory plants her banner, it must be ozr d . • n gly dyed in the blood of thousands: This .- arrived One of the tcvd Heimbrei-gb .11 due on Wedne;clay:—lts cements have been, 3 11S11 " 1 ) - chiefly anticipated by the French Papers. furs , AIEStt yesterday Morning took an ex. " Iti t ° Kew Palace. et Y:e k s , t "d"Y Her MA:Este and the elder PR:N. Princesssok an aiiing round Putney. at 1.;,,;: C RAti.LoTTE of WALES dined yesterday • 04 ' 41164 m House: Pus• n i,.. 4(eutJ nt of tl)e LOiip CIiANDELLOP.'S indis. T iLn Leve e s are discontinued. - G tva if endred and fifty of the Light Infantry of eo .r e tec l u L a rds - are arrived in von, from Chatham, es. gtment:Y .thei r Officers; and are to fill up those that are deficient in munbet% ts,lreSterday was a holiday at the bank, but Con. were done for money at 691 ' th eT Y tht' death of ENV, •• Earl PAticorrritit, --ord Lieutenancy and Custos Rotulorum of the orth lilln f' Yorkshire becorhes vacant. His ed ,(2,416 --p Was g also one of the Lords of His Majesty's chamber. He was twice married—by CHAR t,"ITE, sister to Lord Viscount MELBOURNE, his ti z o t wife, he had four daughters, Lady CHAR. 2A -11 't WYNI , I, Lady ANNE WOMBWELL, ELI. ti -41 1/, Countess of LuCAN, now living, and Lady s eer , k k I ET, who died in her infancy. Re married, Q H — :diY) JANE, eldest daughter of the late Jottm hel ll "cltt, Esq. Beninton, Herts, by whom ec ; "as left no issue. Ihe Earldom therefore be. 111e4 , n e i xt i"ti ; but the titles of Viscount and Baron 1-Pi uc T ( -`)erg devolvo.. on Row LAND BELAsYst, Esq. s ' rd ship was in the 58th year of his age. Lady I " kw , vtredwe are happy to hear t reco. Sit late indkpo,ition, attei:d to V'°Nnil'hEe r AkD ts ti-itNcHANt, though not yet able to P ub lic business, is somewhat better : he The a severe attack of the gout. n ext rl of CONYNGHAM is expeaed in to wn , zro nt i, v- " his L or d s hi p h as b een p as sing a few A at hi s beautiful seat i n I re l an d. til'itl e " Est,Ev, Member f or Re a ding, who ha s av :or 'nnle weeks past confined to his bed with fin ery severe cold, is, we are happy to state, get much 'better. lar z l o r V "E ITUNT is we h ear go i ng to esta bli s h a in uQtory on his estate in Ireland—a truly exampl e for Gentlemen of that Country to fi n T he Lord Eishop of LIMERICK is on his way 14tial Irela n d , to pay a visit to his Son, who has t 'Y returned from the Cape of Good Hope. th • E X T Azior arr i ved at Bourdeaux on the Ivi inst. t)i s -..4 t ,' d anle de GENLis has ()Stained from the IVI . of _th e I nterior of France, an apartment oe c „ -rs ' in .t Natio na l H ouse . Thi s apartment was to r . Ple d by GREGoiRE, lately appointed a Sena. -N . av „ -e Lord s C omm i ss i oners of the Admiralty and pla n •r, Jioarels have pursued a new and ex c ell en t ton ' r u ierlul the b rea ki ng up of the Aboukir, of 84 guns, 'nett as unse r vi cea bl e some time since. The ilevwtights anti lab ourers emp l oye d i n t h e ta ki ng ‘Y or t i, Piece s d o not, as heretofore, perform it by day b which would make it a tedious job, but do it zo l h i a ask work t o be finished i n a given time, and " vh i _,Ze so trau.li for th e p er f ormance o f t h e contra a , " is a great savin g to Government. It •, th e is sects;; the Public should know, that by eve last regulation of Hackney Coach Fares, when int' th e "verage price of Oats is at or under one pl ace ea l'er•T:arter, the following dt;duCtions take t , ail fires from 25. to 55.-63.; between it - 'll - ( 1 1 { 1 . 1(1 • ; from 73. 6d. to 105.—15. 6d.; upwards—zs. the Grand Juries in several of the Counties have -audab lY. set their faces against the impositions of aPiurlsox,i.nb's—but there i s another serious combination bel:l4 the Stable_k€Prers and Liverymen, which it l ill ' e t' i ves the 'Legislature to notice, via. the shame of.is. 6d. per night for hay, and 6,i. per 11 0 : . : . tun to,r oats, besides a regular charge for hc,ters• So that if a Gentleman has a pair of ci,ar'e,, and puts diem up, for 'evcey 565. is whertlgel-1--645. per quarter for oats is exorbitant, be Price. c01y20% Magistrate s ought w e rn kets. poi,vercd to fix the pike according to the Mar- NAVAL NEWS. SHEERNESS, MARCH 25. A Court-Martial was held yesterday, and the day before, on board the Beichert/ref. at the Dore, Rear. Admiral ROWLEY President, on Capt". FRASER, of that Ship, for having behaved in a tyrannical and oppressive manner, and for having collared Lieut. THOMAS GABORIAN MARSHALL, late of that ship, and shaking him, the said Lieutenant, on the gang.: . way while on watch, on the night of the list ult. ; when the Charges which were exhibited by Lieut. MARSHALL, being considered by the Court as ill, founded, the said Captain FRASER was most fully acquitted. DEAL, MARCH Z. SAILED the Autumn Sloop of War •for TOrbay; and Aurora, GiLNtoRE, for the East Indies PARIS, MARCH 22. They write from 'Veit" ; that the KING of PRUS. StA has invited the ARCHDUKE CIiARLES to assist at his next reviews in Silesia. The PRINCE.Of ORANGE assisted at the Sitting of the National Institute, of the z zth inst. A Memoir was 'read on the strudure - of the Primary Mountains, and a portion of the Pyrenees, ; also a Memoir, not less innportant, on the Theory of the Moon, and a description of some new experiments made by CouLoNts, to proVe that all bodies are attraded by the loadstone. Oilier interesting Me moirs were read at this Sitting, and at that of the 170. In . the latter GERAR b, Engineer of Bridges and Roads, continued the reading of a very instruc tive Dissertation on the Pyramids of Ghizee and Saccara. The Chief of Brigade read a Memoir on the follies of conical wheels, as adapted to many commercial carriages in England, and announced a Work on carriages of every description. They write from Milan, that it is certain the Republic of Genoa wili be united to the Italian Republic. VIENNA, MARCH 6.—We learn that the ARCH DUKE JOHN will make a second journey in the spring, to the frontiers of the Austrian territory in Italy, and that lie will inspect at the same time those places which are capable of being fortified. It is' added that he will also examine the state of the different avenues to the Tyrol. FROTKPORT, MARCH 12.—• A Paper has been circulated in Germany, written by the, Bishop of CONSTANCE, the Baron DE DALnEY, who is also Coadjutor of Mayenee. This learned Prelate thus expresses himself with respeCt to BONAPARTE. " This extraordinary man, whose merit is greater in the Cabinet than in the Field, who renders possible what ap pears impossible—who on the ruins and horrors of Anarchy, has reiestablished order in,. I{rance—tvl;o has given Peace to his Yellow.cit4ens. This eXtraordinary man is gifted with a mind so great as to raise hire above the class of BenefaCtorS of particular Nations, and to exalt him to the rank of a BenefaCtor to Mankind, extending over all the empire of law, of repose, of peace, and of union." In a Periodical Work published at Gottingen in 1769, it is stated, that the malady now known by the name of the 'Vaccine Pox, was ,known to the Antients, and that it is mentioned in TrruS Livius as a contagious malady, with which the persons charged with the care of beasts were often attacked. The Author of this Work makes a curious remark, that he had been informed that persons who had been attacked by this malady had been in consequence rendered unsusceptihie of any attack of the small pox. This article appeared in 1769, and is a proot that Germany is entitled to the honour of having discovered the Vaccine. Rome, FEB. a 7 --It can scarcely be perceived here that the Carnival has commenced. The Prelate CAVALCH NI, who is charged-with the department of the Police, has published an Order lorohibiting, in the most rigorous manner, the use of masks, and all disguises with beards, paint, veils, &c. and all sup pers known by the name of Pic-Nics. Yesterday twenty-five guineas were giver at Lloyd's, to return a hundred if the Definitive Treaty arrives tin or before Wednesday next. In March 7800, the ship Elkriarge Planter, Capt. MOORE (sule owner), sailed from Portsmouth to Gibraltar, with a cargo of coals from Newcastle, which produced nine' thousand dollars ; with that sum it was his intention to sail to Oran, on the Coast of Barbary, to purchase corn, but was prevented by his English Crew being impressed, which• obliged him to substitute a Crew composed of Greeks, Scla. vonians, and Portuguese, who on the• first night of leaving Gibraltar, entered the cabin while the Captain was asleep, and murdered him ; after which they threw him overboard, and then murdered his son, only eight years old. They then took posses sion of the specie, scuttled the ship, and escaped in a boat to Almeira, in Spain, where they divided the plunder and dispersed. For a length of time it was unknown what became of Capt. MooRE, or the ship, until Providence brought to justice one of the criminals at Malaga, who having been con demned to suffer death, made the above confession, which was transmitted by Mr. COME OR ni to Mr. COLLIER in London. The unfortunate father left behind him a wife with four daughters and two sons, without any means . of support. The Gentlemen of Lloyd's Cof fee-house, who may be said to be the Father of every Seaman's Orphan, have opened a subscription at Lloyd's for the relief of this family. A dreadful accident happened yesterday morning in Fleet-street a Gentleman riding on a spirited horse up the street, the animal started, and the Gentleman attempting to stop his career, the girths of the saddle broke, and he was unfortunately thrown off. In falling he pitched upon his head, anti a broad-wheeled waggon passing at the time, the wheels went over both his legs. The unhappy suf ferer was carried toa neighbouring Surgeon's house, where amputation was perfbimed, but without suc cess ; he died soon after. THE EAr RES. •_,,; _. Dru,:y-Lane . . THE Wiiger's Tale was revived at Druryj'Ane Theatre last night. with great magnificence of Scenery. The habits of the charaaeis are superb, and the whole'airangement of the Piece is highly creditable to the taste and liberality of the iVla nagers. The part of Leontel was iupportei#l.With so - Much ability by KEMB LE, .that it will niost probably rank with his very best performances. His jea- InuSy of Pdlixenes, And inSignatibn towards Her mime, were animated exhibitions of paSsion ; and his contrition and grief ivhen assured of her inno cence; and persuaded .of her death; afforded scope for contrast of eXptession, of which he availed him self With masterly skill.. . The same praise is due to Mrs. St onoNs in Her aiione; according to the ektent of the part, which hoWever; tides not admit . of ah equal variety of expression. She %Vai uncommonly striking in the trial Scene; and peculiarly interesting; where, after a dignified solemnity of attitude, as a supposed statue, she discover's herself to her .repentant and enantoured husband. . The character of Perdita was performed by. Miss Hi cit ESi a young Lady who last night; for the very first time, trod upon theatrical boards. She is an elegant and beautiful girl,. and seems to be ,very young. As the scene was so new to her; it was not to be expeded, that at early period of life she would exhibit much theatrical skill. -It is enough to say, that her performance indicatedfeel-- ing, and that she delivered the text, though faintly, yet in Stich a manner as to skew that she fully under stood . , . KEMELi, in point of person and talents, was .a very suitable representative of Fionizei, and BANNISTER, jun. did not want humour in Autolt cus. Sum rendered .the Chq.vm.very conspicuous in the comic part of this play. Mrs. PowELL's returnAo the stage, after her recent illness, pro cured her a ~flattering notice on her entrance. She perforthed Pq4/;lla with a strong expression of ge neroas zeal.for the honour of her slandered mistress. We must again notice, the, very splendid man ner in which this fine Drama is brought forward. It is, however, with all its beauties, much too long in the representation ; for, though it has been judiciously curtailed by KEMBI.E, the performances altogether occupied at least four hours. The House was crowded in all parts. Cavern-Carden. BY command of THEIR MAJESTIES, the Play of The Birth Day, and the Entertainment of Pe r;iise, were represented last night at this Theatre. THEIR MAirsti Es were accompanied by only four of the PRINCESSES. The Theatre was very numerotisly attended, and the Audience were ardent in their testimories of loyalty. The Play was admirably performed. thrOtlghout, and 11/ItniDEN, FAWCETT, and Miss MURRAY par,: ticulariy distinguished themsehres. God save this KiNg, and Ride Bri!annitz were given, and warm ly applauded. • ,URREY ASSIZES. KINGSTON, MARCH 25% THE KING 'v BAR, Trim trial excited a great deal of attentitin, both From the Prisoner's respectable situation in life and affluent fortune, and from the circumstance of Mr. ERSKINE having been brought down specially to defend him. The indiament. was for feloniously stealing a considerable quantity of sugar, which had been consigned to Messrs. Mote*ood and Co. Messrs. Slider and Co. and other Merchants. Mr. GARROW, in stating the case for the Prose cution, observed, that it was a case that called for the utmost attention, from its great im*ortance to the commercial interests of the City of London : the Prisoner was a man in affluent circumstances, and aaing proprietor of Simmons's Wharf (which is a very considerable wharf opposite the 'Cos t om-house); that the ship Neptune, from New_York to Lon don, having been stranded early in 1801, at the entrance of the River, forty tons of Havannah sugars, being part of its cargo, and consigned to the different Merchants before mentioned, were ,ent to the Prisoner's wharf ; that it became a necessary part of the Prisoner's duty to re-pack those sugars (as some of it had been injured by the salt water, and must be separated from what was not injured) ; that yo far from 'fairly separating the damaged from the sound sugar, several puncheons were made up of the very best of the sugar, and set apart under the name of sweepings, scrapings, and sludge, as perquisites for the Prisoner's Clerks and Servants. That a sum of 92.1. : c0u1d be proved to have been paid .for this sugar, by those to whops the Prisoneris Clerks had sold it, but that the whole loss on the. 'weight of the sugar was to the value of several hundred pounds : that there had been a shameful plunder of this sugar committed at the Pri soner's Wharf, was beyond ail question. Perry, the Prisoner's foreman, had been tried for the felony, found guilty, and transported. The only question now was, Whether the Prisoner himself was not participating, aiding, and abetting ?—lf the Jury conceived he was, whatever evidence might be given of his good charaCter in general, - could not weigh against proof; and the Jury were not to sup pose that, when a man of his affluent circumstances was charrd with stealing sugar, it was to rest merely on his stealing with his own hands. If his servants had stole by his direaion he was liable. John Grey, a partner in the house of Hopkin, and Grey, Ship-brokers, proved that the Neptune, from .hew_ York to London, was stranded that the cargo Had been consigned to Nlorewood and Co. Slider and Co. and some other merchants : that the sugars which finmed part of the cargo had been sent to Simmons's Wharf, of which the Prisoner was a joint Proprietor. William Sharplow, a land-waiter at the Custom house, had weighed 360 chests of sugar at their arrival at the wharf, which weighed 866 cwt. Ion). When he weighed them after they had been re. packed, there was a deficiency of near eight tons. On his cross-examination he said, the sugir certainly much damaged by the salt water, and there must have been a considerable waste. George Morewood and Mr. Slider proved the consignment or the sugar to them. Peter Egan was employed on the Prisoner's wharf, in putting this sugar into puncheons, both for - the Merchants, who were the proprietors of it, and io.r the Clerks, %rho claimed some as perquisites. Those puncheons which were made up for the Merchants, were placed in a warehouse under the King's Lock ; those that were made up for the Clerks in a warehottic opposite. Perry, the foremLn, superintended th,: transadion : the best of the sugar was always take,i, for the puncheons made up for the Clerks ; and some times when a chest ran uncommonly good, they would take the whole chest. Titus witness said, that the Prisoner has looked into the warehouse where the sugar for the Clerks,stond, an .', ;1.,s met a cask going away from his premises for their account, without observation. • . . William . Geahan helped to lead the said pun. cheons, and gave a similar account of it, with what. the last Witncss had given. Joseph Hat, Clerk to the Prisoner, stated, that he, was engaged the last year for sol—and perquisi,te.; that he saw the Prisoner frequently in the yar4,. while the sugars were emptying from ; the chests; that once the Prisoner bid him take care that the coopers did not.cheat him ;" that the coopers, 1.1 . 44 men aboiit the place, had colleacda quantity of . gar, under the name of scrapings ; that Prisoner was told by Perry his foreman, of five casks of this: sugar having been sold for 50).,; that two puncheon 4 :. more were sold after that acme ; that his perpi r rites on this ocr.asion were 151. Cross.examilled.—Confessed that he had been four years with the Prisoner before, and that his perqui. sites from scrapings of sugar did not amount in that time to more than 31. 1 5 -s. Thomas :.•.curr stated, that on being offered for his Share, he told the Prisoner that he had bcen of some money by Hat, and asked him, was he justifiable in taking it the Prisoner bid him take it. It appeared, however, that Scurr, having men tioned the circumstance to two respclable Mex. chants' in London, they called, on the Prisoner re. speding it, and he told one of them, that if he :had the least idea that the amount was any, thin near so considerable, he never should have consented; to it. The Prisoner being then called upon, fnr his de fence, produced a paper, which his . counsel was permitted . to read. It stated that some waste in the article 'of sugars 'landed, especially under such circumstances, was unavoidable ; but if the waste at all exceeded what was usually allowed for waste, the Wharfinger was responsible. The custom of giving the sweepings and scrapings of sugar as a perquisite to the Clerks, was by no MCZIPS peculiar to his wharf. After the experience he now had, he regretted it, as an inducement to plunder. The per quisites his man had had, were trifling till this transalion ; but there was not the slightest shadow o. evidence of his being interested in the plunder that was committed by his Clerks, of whom he before entertained a good opinion. So far from being in. retested in the plunder, he, as Wharfinger, was re. : sponsible for the loss, and hdd also a valuable interest in the charaner of his wharf. Another circumstance must strongly skew his innocence : within a month or two he discharged from his employment • all those Clerks and. Servants who were now the witnesses against him, and in whose power he must have conceived himself, if guilty ; but his situation in life, and he trusted his chara ter, would be found above the suspicion of associating without motive with common plunderers and thieves. In support of his charader, a number of the most respeEtable witnesses appeared, some who bad known him from his infancy, others who had large merean_ tile dealings with him : they all agreed in declaring him a most honourable man, periealy correet in all his dealings, and of the highest reputation : as some more witnesses .were going to be produced to that eft - ea, the Jury declared they were perfeetly satis fied, and acgu;tted the Prisoner. CORN EXCHANGE, March 26. TErts day our Market had a tol?rable su i ply ; many samples of Wheat, from the great importa tion, were left unsold, which caused them to go off rather chiaper Barley for Malting, is plentiful and lower ; Oats, but little variation ; Flour from the stocks on hand, continues as before. %VIICat 52s a 6zs a 72s od Beans -30 s a 33s od Fine ditto .. 73s a7js od Tick ditto - z7s z 305 Malt - q,5 a 445 a 47s od. Oats - - - 15; a its oft Fine ditto -48 s a 49s 6d ►'oland do. 225 a 23S ad Barley -34 s a 38s od Rape Seed 3al a 341 per last Rye - -38 s a 425 od Fine Flour css a 6cs per sack White Pease 40s 3 43S od i Second do. 5 . Cs a sis per itto. It is not known whether it is the first or second Picture painted by Titian, of the Martyrdom of St. Peter the Dominican, which the French are now exhibiting among the most admirable produaions of Art in the Louvre. It is well known that Titian repeated this fine composition with variations, three times, and the -two first Pictures only remained in Italy, prior to its invasion by the French Armies. A few days since as some labourers were digging a trench at Ware Park, Hertfordshire, the seat of THOMAS fore BYDE, Ecq. they found four stone coffins with a skeleton in each, one of which was a female, whose teeth and hair werein a perfect state of preservation. There was a gold medal round her neck, wit!l the name CONSTANTIA written upon it, which is notv in the possession of Mr. BYD E. Yesterday two waterman's boys, of Shadwell Dock, searching for a broken palm of an anchor off Bell Wharf, found a long walking-staff entangled in something ; when hauling up the same to the surface of the water, it drew up the body of either a Captain or Mate of some North Country ship, the string of the staff fastening to one of his clothes buttons. A watch was found on the deorvned per. son, with the name of Shields engraved thereon, be sides a knife and key.—The boys immediately gave notice to . the Beadle of the Parish, who took the body under his care, for the Coroner's Jury to take a view of it. 0 !` Ci