The Sun. — London, England, 1802-08-03 00:00:00

PARIS, JULY 30. 1010 6 i kine , amp' MCC E a nd pi- NO ° itls, LETTERS from Bour&aux state, that two Couriers had arrived there on the zsth, with Letters ad dressed to some Merchants there, ‘vho immediately began to purchase all the sugar and coffee that was to be prOcured. They purchased 3000 quintals of c eiree, and4oo barrels of sugar.—This circumstance has occasioned a most extraordinary rise in the price of these articles. Two inhabitants of Chalons sur Marne have given notice, that they will leave that City in a galloon on the 23d September, and will tome direftl y to Paris.' • A new Theatre is to be opened here immediate_ IY : it is not to be confined to any particular spe_ cie s of dramatic performance. VIENNA, JULY 15. The last Letters from if erpnanstadt, announce that troubles had began to he manifested in Moldavia. The Russian Consul at Bucharest, who fled to Cronstadt at the approach of PASSW AN OGIOU, has set off in haste for that Province. RATISBAN, JULY 20.—The Imperial Rescript which the Ministers of Bohemia and Austria re ceived on the 17th, has been also sent to the Count de STADIo N at Berlin, the Count de MET tERI"cIi at Dresden, the Counx de Scarlet: at. Aschaftenburgh, and the Baron de Door.. at Munich. the Rtk - ript is in substance as follows "His MAJESTY was unceasingly occupied with the means of terminating the important business of the e •ace, in:a manner" 'conforniable to the German_ Con "ittition ; bar the most distinguished Parties inter sred, addressed theMselVes in the interim to Russia and France, soliciting the mediation of those Powers to obtain the Indemnities to which they aspired. The t*se steps was, that Russia proposed to open at Paris the preparatory negotiations. His It.t i'ERIAL MAJESTY in consequence gave, in the • nl t>oth of Febr uar Y ) full powe r s an d insert aions for that purpose ; bUt Shortly afterwards; a , Con- It entio n was concluded withoni his particiOtion, between &twee and Russi a , in which those two ?oWei s confined themselves to the testifying to His li4 PERJ . A L MAJESTY thedesire by which they Were atuated, that the business of the Indemnities should be discussed ) and finally - arranged according to the fo rms ptescribed by the Constitution. i'or this pur- Pose HIS MAJESTY has resolved to convoke With out delay at Ratisbon, the Deputation already desig_ b ated by a resolution of the Diet; he has also or 4eted to repair to that City, the Baron de HUGEL, D eputatio n , he has app o i nte d hi s C omm i ssary w i t h t he 44 ePutatio n , - and the BarOn de SCHRANT, in the quality of Sub-delegate of Bohemia, 'r As f or t h e rest, H IS IMPERIAL MAJFs Y de.. Gla res that h e i s di spose d to agree to the l ega l tesult of the operations of the Deputation he has instruned his Plenipotentiaries, that his inten tion throughou t was to give a manifest proof of hi s des ire that the business in question should be termi tlated as prorhptly as possible; and to the satisfac leei9rtof all parties who Were to be indemnified. His rsri hooeS oh his side; that the States interest_ eel will abstain from all unconstitutional steps and Viole nt measures, and that before they proceed to the el(eetition of the Plari agreed upon With the consent of Fant-e and Russi a , they will. Wait the le gal result of the labours of the Deputation. In The event of a contrary condua; those States who ar e aluated by moderate intentions; will be eons gelled To have recourse to similar Measures before.. from whence confusion must infallibly result." Rlt js worthy of remark, that in a part of this esp--r • ip, His IMPERIAL MAJESTY recommends to the State s to consider the Indemnities to be allotted t° the CrtAND DUKE of TUSCANY, and promises every facility in that respea, which depends upon himself. THE BANKS OF THE MEIN, JULY .22.—AC 7 c°r dilig to private intelligence, the Diet, after hay— tng decided respeaing the Indemnities, will be oc cupied with a new organization of that great a:Itl numerous Assemble. The Indemnified Princes ar e about to enter into negotiations amongst them; el ves, for the purpose of rounding, and render log their Territories more compaa, by means of exchanges. Franee, Prussia, Austria, and Russia, en. 6age to guarantee the nets , changes in Germany. } k "I'ljitcl-1, JULY 20.—This day the Prussian dr oops d est i ned to take possession of •the Countrie , s levolving to that State as Indemnities, will march under C toe order s o f the Count de SCHULENBURG: ornmissaries appointed to organize the Civil 4 k dminist rat i on of those Countries, proceeded to their destination a few days since. Turkish Enpire is falling to ruin on every `it', even faster than was expelled. The GRAND ~plCtiloß has no children ; he remains shut up in the irertie.r.isn. of hi s S eragl i o, and is never seen but on u ` Ts, when he gces to the Mosque. In his youth he spewedl)ol the some sympt oms o f a warlike disposition, y haye Jong line! disaPreared• The persons I . • . whoth he Consuks of all 'others perhaps the ie'ast qualified to advise him._ The Sdltana VAL tni has for a long time possessed the most unbounded in-' fluence over his Councils, and in Constantinople as well as in Faris, Naples, and many other places, the influence of Women is produlive of the great est calamities. When the Ottoman Army was ordered to march to Egypt, if the Sultan had but pitched his tent a musket-shot from the walls of his Seraglio, it would have inspired the Troops with enthusiasm ; but he remained Shut up, and is now become an objelt of contempt, even in Constanti nople. PASSWAN OGLOU, who might long ago have been destroyed, if the least energy had been used against him, is becoming daily more powerful, and the secret understanding between him and the Court of Vienna, is becoming daily more apparent'. The Austrian and Russian Forces are approaching the Frontiers of the Turkish EMpire . , and all its European ProvinceS will probably undergo the fate of Poland. AussnUßG, JULY I.—The new Ki NG of SAP.- DI NIA has confirmed all the Ministers accredited by his predecessor to Foreign Powers. A party of Piedmontese Emigrants who have made some stay in this City, are preparing to set oft to be presented to the King, who is at preSent at Rome, and then to return . to their Country. They assert, on the authority of intelligence which they have received from Italy, that the Sit of SAR DINIA has formally renounced all his claims to the Countries of Sa , z;oy, Nice, and Piedmont, with their Dependencies, in favour of the French Republic, in consideration of the Indemnities which that'Power will procure for him. They add, that the Courts of Petersburgh and. Berlin have particularly interested themselves in his behalf with the French Govern thent, and have concluded with the latter an arrange ment upon that subjeft. As to the Countries which are to be allotted to him as Indemnities, very ex traordinary things are said. Some sever the greatest part of the States of the new KI NG of ETRUR IA in his favour ; others ereEt for him a Kingdom at the expence of the GRAND SEIGNIOR, and generously give him the Morea and the Seven Isles. Why should they not, whilst they are about it, realize for him his title of KING of CYPRUS and jEttusm.,. EM, by giv ing him the aEtual possession of those Countries ? The more reasonable and moderate, content them selves with investing them with the Duchy of Parma. THE THEATRE.—The Voice of Nature was heard again at the Haymarket Theatre last night, and seemed to be thoroughly acceptable to the public ear. No alteration appears to have been made in this new Drama, and no disapprobation attended it in any part. It has now passed through the ordeal of public Citicism, and is apparently settled in pub lic favour. The House was crowded in ail parts. The ;Performers, according to the technical lan guage of the Stage, were more mellowed in their parts, and the illusion had consequently a greater influence on the feelings. Indeed some of the La diei in the Boxes indulged the Audience with Ipas 7e.odic ympaihy in the agonies of the heroine. Mrs. BiLLINGTON . performed on the twenty_ third and twenty-fourth of last month at New castle-Upon-Tyne. The first part was Rosetta, in Love in a Village, and her second Polly; in The Beggar's Operas The people were so anxious to see her, that the prices in ail parts of the Theatre were doubled, a Measure justified by the sum which the Manager gave her for her exertions. She was received with the warmest applause, and if she could have prolonged her stay, the Manager would have gained a little fortune. Miss DE CAMP and Miss MELLON ha've been. performing at the same place with great success. INcLEDON has also been there ; amusing the people with an entertainment upon the plan of DI aDI N. His songs were highly and deservedly acfmired; bat the dialogue was much below mediocrity. Doctrt's Annual Coat and Badge, as usual, exercised the skill and strength of a certain number of the Knights of the Oar. After a sharp contest, the Prize was won by Stephen Allick, of Lime.: house. The second competitor next to him, was a man named Kilby ; and the third, a man named Butcher. Kilby has a reward of five Guineas, and Butcher three. A vast concourse of people, as usual, were upon the Share to witness the contest ; and a considerable number of Boats, full ofSpec tators, - pressed upon. the bosom of Old Father THAMEF: Between. seven and eight O'clock on WedneSday evening, the appearance 'of a meteor was observed coming from the direetion of Paddington, and alter.: nately blazing out and disappearing in the clouds, which were then very lowering: The phcenorne, non turned out to. be a fire balloon. In a few mi nutes it was apparently over the Jew's Harp pub. lic-house, in Marybone-fields, and its body began to be visible ; being at the time, in appearance, at a height not less than twice that of St. Paul's. It then gradUally descended, driving the cattle before it, whiCh scampered as if seized with sudden 'mad ness.. About 300 yards to the northward of St. James's Chapel, it lighted on the paling by the road-side ; the fuel, which"' seemed to have been only brushwood', being exhauSted.=—However par tial we may be to such ingenious 'experiments, we are not quite clear as to the propriety of sending up this kind of ballOon in a populous neighbour hood. During the former halloone-mania, some hay-stacks were set on fire by, them in the vicinity of Birmirigham. ESSEX ASSIZES, JULY 30. THE REV. J. ROOKSI.II V. STEVEN'S (ittl-tant). This was a Penal Adion brought by the Plain tiff, the. Rector of South and West Hanningfield, a village about six miles from Chelmsford, against the Defendant, a farmer in the same place, for not set ting out his tythe according to the statute. Mr. Serjeant. SHEPHERD-addressed the Jury in behalf of the Plaintiff. Mr. llroosby, he said, had been indaAed into the Redory, of South and West Hanningfield, on the demise of a Mr. Howe, in the beginning of the last year. He immediately inquired into the income likely to arise from the new Living, and finding that the composition made to the old IncUmbent was too small, lie gave notice to the fa'rmers, that unless there was an advance in their compositions,, he should expel them to set out their tythes. The farmers insisted upon pay ing no more than they had formerly done, and re fused to set out their tythe. Application was then made, particularly to the Defendant, Mr. Stevens, who said he should do the same as his neighbours ; that he would not advance upon his old composition, and had aalually carted off his crop without setting out his tythe. This, in the eye of the Law, was considered as a penal offence, and gave the Rector a right of ;talon. After the crop had been taken off, the Plaintiff sent a proposal of what sum he was in clined to accept in lieu of the tythe, whiCh was ob jected on the part of the Defendant, and the pre sent action was commenced. The Defendant, find ing a suit at late entered against him, expressed his willingness to comply, rather than to litigate the affair, arid had tendered the sum demanded by the Plaintiff; that, however, said the Learned Counsel, would not serve the Defendant, it being no waver of the ;idiom, as tbe Plaintiff had refuted to take it. He should only remark, in addition to what he had said, that a new Incumbent was not bound by, any agreements the old Redor trod entered into with the Parishioners, and had a, right to demand his tythe in kind, if he thought proper. Mr. Guy was then put into the box, who stated, that he had been applied to by the Plaintiff a month after his presentation, to make a fair valuation of the tythe. He had done so, and thought the ad vance demanded by a the Re tor, a very reasonab le one. 'O6 cross-examination, he said, the composition paid by the Defendant to the old incumbent was 71. 16s. and that demanded by the new one was 24.1. tos. He added, that in his opinion, the tythe was worth upwards of 301. He also knew of the Plaintiff's sending his proposal, and of Mr. Stevens tendering the 4, los. some time afterwards. James Oddy, a labourer, said, he Went by the Plaintiff's desire on the day the Defendant was cart_ ing his crop, and desired to see the Parson's tythe set out. Mr. Stevens was in the field, and said he knew nothing of the tvitness; and should gb on carting, unless he fetched a note from Mr . . Brooks. by, that it was his wish that the tythe should he set out, in which case he would comply, and set it out. As to :The composition, all the farmers in the parish, said the Defendant, have refused to pay more than .they did to Mr. Howe, and he'did not see why he should set the example of an advatok2 any more than his neighbours ; if they had no right to pay more, he had no right. This con. versation, added the Witness, took place on the 12th of June, t Sol ;• the Defendant was carting of clover. He came back and told Mr. Brooksby what had been said, but had no orders to return again with mny note. In the 06tober following he went to the befendant, and demanded a tythe of some parts he had gathered. He gave me six dozen, taking nine for hinisell, and giving me every tenth part, as he counted them. On cross-examination, he said, the composition had usually been paid by the farmerS about Michaelmas, at which time the Defendant had made a tender of the 241. ios. Mr. GAR RO* made a most able speech in defence. He did not mean to say the Defendant was justified in not seizing out his tythe, unless he had agreed to .Pay a cortipositioh in lieu of it; but he would say, that, in the present instance, the Farmer was de luded into a belief that the Clergyman meant to take a composition; and if he did, the law would not suffer a man to play fast and loose with his engage. ment, and When opportunity serves, bring his ac tion for penalties. It would be seen the Plaintiff had not distinaly desired Mr. Stevens to set out his tythe, but had left him 'to his choice of one of two propositions; either to set it out, or pay a composition. " • And how do I prove that ?" said Mr. Gititßow, " why thus—Here is a Cler gyman, just included into a living, and sets about making the most of it ; he employs a man to value the crops, from whose estimate he. thinks he can raise the composition from 71i to 241. which sum he demands of the farmers, or in defatilt expects them to set out their tythe in kind. He lets the ,ratter rest tillharvest-time be . fore he makes any further inquiry, not having seen enough of his spiritual Pastor, leaving, as it were, his parishioners between the Devil and the Red Sea, for so they might be considered with respeCt to the two propositions made to diem. The Farmer says, 5 6 I must consent to one or ,the other, and Will adopt the composition ; but I will not run to Make the payment till the accustomed dine for pay ing the tythe, .namely, at Michaelmas, at which period he tenders his money ; it is refused, and a Penal Aaion is brought for not setting out his tythe." He would ask 'the Jury, what ground there was for instituting such an, Aetion ? When Oddy was sent from the Redor, the Farmer said, chew- me your authority, and if you have none, fetch a note from your master, and I will • comply with its ditedions ; but if you do not return, I • shall proceed to carry my crop. In the name of Heaven, he would ask, what would these Clergy_. men have from their Parishioners ? But what fol lowed ? The servant went back, and told the con versation to the Plaintiff, who, if he had aded pro perly, would have sat,Opwrr : ;and wrote a peremp tory demand for the tythe being set out ; but did he do so ? No ; he sent no answer back ; then what 'was the Farmer to infer ? .Why, that the Rector had consented to his carting his ctop, and that he would accept his composition, when the time should ar. rive for its payment. At that time, , the De-• fendant tendered the advanced composition, 241. Las. observing to the Plaintiff, " Sir, you have :sent me two propositions for my choice, either . to pay a composition, or to set gout my tythe; I have adopted the former, and here is the money." I: was. refused, and a Penal A , ±tion the consequence. That anion, lie would contend, could not in law be : maintained, as the Plaintiff's conduct, sending back an answer by the servant, would con.. stitute a waver of the demand he had made, mut the penalty must fall to the ground. He should only add, that if Clergymen vuould now and th,r ) put up with a little loss, rather than screw' up their tythcs to the utmost extent, it would' be more ho_ nourabie to the Rev. Profession. If an informer brought an Atrion against a clergyman for n residency, there was an immediate outcry raised of the extreme oppression of the Penal Sratutes, and the hardships of Clergymen being subject to such restraints ; Clergymen should therefore be cautious how they came themselves into a Court to sue lot penalties ; or, if they did, they should first take care their own conduit was not equivocal, and that it was impossible their Parishioners shoUld mistake their meaning. The Learned Judge summed up the evidence, and agreed with Mr. Gmtkow . , that the Plaintiff should have returned an answer to the message sent by Oddy,, and that having failed to do so; it must be considered as a waver of his demand ro set out the tythe in kind. He thought, therefore, under alt these circumstances, that the Defendant w as e rr . tided to a Verdift.—Ktreliti for the 13 AT If, P.. 0 c . is THE following account of outrages lately corn. mitted, will shew the distraaed statelof the Cio:ling Diurifts in this neighbourhood. The discontents first manifested thernselves about the beginning of April last, by cutting Off the young trees of several ,rnanufadtirers of Ilcvdrotd, bury, and Warminster ; and by a variety of annoy. mous letters, conceived in terms the tzti-Jst horrible, threate n i ng fire and destruction to the Clothiers. . . A . 2 RI L 2z. ---A large hay_rick belonging to Mr. Warren, of . Warminster,,manufakqurer, was set on fire in the night, but being discovered, was extin guished without much damage. In May soon after, a dog-kennel and a large oar rick of Mr: Warren's was set on fire in the night, and totally consumed. . JUNE 1 - z.—rhe cart of IVIr. Bayley, of Calstone Mills, near Deviies, returning from Warminster loaded with cloths, was overtaken on the Downs by six men with blackened faces, who took out the cloths, cut five or six of them to pieces, and da maged 14. others, to the amount of cool. JUNE 23.—A gun was fired in the dead of night into the window of a house where a work man of Mess rs . Blecck an d Strode, manufacturers at Warminster; lodged, but missed him by about seven inches. The bullets went through the house, across the street, and into a house on the other side of the road. A rick set on fire at Trowbridge, the pro perty of Mr. Dunn, m.mufafturer, but happily ( tinguished. Another rid:. set on fire at &atilt rd, and totally consumed, the property of Mr. Tugwell, manufadurer, who had also received a threatening letter. JUNE 2o.—An assemblage of workmen from Trowbridge, Westbtiry, and other towns, in the evening at Warminster ; and about orre o'clock in the night, a gun was fired into the chamber of Mr. Henry Wansey, manufaaurer, but happily did no mischief except breaking the windows. Jury the dead of night a gun was fired into the house of John Jones, and another in a mi. nute after into the house of Riker, both workmen of Mr. Henry Wansey, which missed them and bheir children by a few inches only. A gun fired at the house of Mr. Stancombe, manufac. curer at Trowbridge ; but the bullets striking against the Wall, fiattenectand fell.down. JULY 13.-Tilough the Magistrates were sitting at Warminster, at the General Quarter Sessions for the County, yet on this right a barn, stable, &c. the property of Mr. G. Warren, manufaaurer, Warminster, was set on fire, and totally comureed. An anonymous letter came by post to another manta., faauter of Warminster, threatening, by Almighty- God, to have his life within a month. JULY 4.—ThiS night the Mill of Messrs. Jones and Co. manufacturers, at StavaTton, near Bradford, was at•tacked by an armed body of men, who fired in a regular manner near zoo rounds of bullets, slugs, &c. which demolished the windows and did other damage ; but the assailants were - obliged to desist without aecomplis!,ing their purpose, leaving behind them a pick axe, part of a powder.horn, and powder and shot. JLLY 16.—This night the large pile of buildings at Clifford Mills, near Beckington, the property 0i, 7 Mr. Newton, manufaaurer, of Stoke, were set on fire, and totally destroyed.—The damage is esti mated at nearly 15001. Great part might have been saved, but the populace would not permit it. Jut. Y C r.—The Mills at Littleton, the property of Mr. Naish, manufalurer at Trowbridge, were attacked by an armed body of men with blackened faces, set on fire, and totally consumed ; they went away, threatening destruEtion to other mills. Thu loss here is estimated at Soool. JULY 24.-This night two ricks, the property of Mr. Newman, of IVlelksham, were set on fire, and great part consumed. We are extremely .concerned to find, that these alarming riots and lawless acts have not yet entirely subsided, not withstanding every precaution is takers to put an end to such outrages. The Kite and Harpy Sloops of War are :appointed to the North Station, between Shetland and the Frith of Forth. A question, very interesting to Agriculturists, is to be tried next York Assizes. A person adver tises a certain quantity of turnip-seed to be sold, which a .Gentleman buys, and not a seed of it grows. The Gentleman brings his anion to recover damages sustained, which he lays at five guineas ao acre. As there is no article in 'which greater im position can be pradised than in seeds, it will be materially useful to the Country to have the law ascertained upon the subiat.