The Sun. — London, England, 1802-02-23 00:00:00

l PARIS,' F. B. YS. THE Mini s t er f or F ore i gn A ff a i rs h as received from the EMPUtak of RussJA., through the hands of M• de M AR KO FF , a Snuff-box w ith His Majesty's Portrait, very elegantly decorated with diamonds. The Minister for Foreign Affairs presented, -on the. 'Part of the First Consul, to M. de MARKPFF, a Diamond Button and Loop of very great'value. The Marquis DE GALL, Minister from the. Kilic•of NAPLES to the F ren ch Republic, arrived 'Yesterday' evening at Paris., Letters from Madrid, dated the first of February,. in form us Of the Marriage of the PRINCE of A STURIAS with the PRINCESS of NAP L ES, - and, or 'the 'l nf a nta DONNA ISABEL L A to the Hereditary 131tINcE of NAPLES. . in . In t h e last year, the number of males born Martiage was 7504, of females_ 7325. 3. he number of Males born out of marriage was 1792, and of females 18 5 2 , making the general total of the children born in Pari s, 18, 11 6. Th e num b er o f marriages f or the. , ailleperiod, Was 3826, and of diVorces, 720.-:._ The number.of persons deceased 10,446 Tales, and 1 0 53 - et females, rnaking.together 20 ;7 6 1. . ' • "-... ' . The Ships of War Which the late' storms 'hall . ~ - - - • forced to put into Cherho.iit these f ew .da i,. hav e , sailed with in y ,s to pursue their destination. They were io the numbe r of four, and will be joined at r)ea bk,the Frigate ledefatigabie, malich sailed with b ihern.ftom Havre, . thein and whi c h W as se p arate d f rom y the stoim. the St ate C ouncil of y State has.deCided irilhea ffi rtp;t. he qUestien,whether theneW Members of the Legis- htiire Bodyy and th e .Tribunate shall be taken froth National List In consequence of this deciSibn, the Government has sent a m essage to t h e S enate , re- calling their Attention to ilia i 'a ftiele of The Cons ti tu- o hot b on-,: which decrees that the fif t h of t he se B o die s o w h o y lo t, shall be teplace ~-„,•.• , tionat ‘lotables.. d from amongst the /sta. tnthenticated lists which" Placed atiO addressed: to them the , .... rerel7i b :: . . hav e been sent by tht dif_• cola ' The sedate will therefoie not i-iame any. Members of those Cotistituted;Bodies who re note omprised in t h e Ntion - al Lists. .An article from Afilan,,clatlid Veb• E, contains liroclathatiOtt of the Comniitiee. of Government,. 4irnduncing to their FelloW Citiiens their retire:. The"it 'fi.6ul pnblit fundi ons , i n. • - COnse.iiience of the At tabli'shttient of the new :06verfinienti their , I*undion' 3 were to cease, on - the 9th, a n d t h e new uovernment was then to commence its operations, T hey begin With an Apoldigy for any defects which '"lgtit have arisen in their' public adMiniiltration; from the ' ci rcumstances in Whieh they were placed. '.Ahoy ~,allow, that during these two year§ an exad :-.!!''''aiiq' has not been observed in the public - . .ser i ce; but the .b II . th*. severest 'crntinj, to yc a enze ... , 2. 1n .i . 1 . . eii ne, whetherthey 1 .lave . ,not to rile utrticAt 'of 4t.le,Power endea voured ' ' introduce - divity in to a . .".fferent brat)cheS of ilkeadminitratiOn;, 'a:nd °r er into tht ,and finances ; . whethef . they ',.-44te-tiot taken the Most prOper measures to ensure 6absistenct.., to the people ill the midst of thei r ' ca l a nlltieli and -6 ievive decayed commerce ;-. whether ii.eY.l.lave trot conferred dignities' on the Mos t iietitoriout- persons, and eneouraged. Sciences and the Pint :arts; They own that the necessity of ... . . circirmitances has sometimes obliged theni to take ciisagreeable Measures ; and that to su p Public tredit, they have been "obliged, at times'i to en:. crdlch on private ecooonly ; but this they. have .. e n.d'eal(Pgreci to compensate as ranch as possible, by lircirviding-an indemnification to such perso n s • ,iational'Faads.in - the i . they) rendered a n a cc o unt- f ' ,:. .P.hlave tsa.Y .._ _0 Out ~ ,-"WriliiliaratiCil to that same Illnst,rioUs: Personage '-who'committed to us the sat-red dePcisit Of the ' Pub-:' .:..fit,?intlioiit ' "'' • • . ;has ' ..' ,y. A Lie certainty that he never * 'idrawn ' • ' .'• '.,:;'it CFcsm us . his eoctidence, .being a proof of _-. hi.tenti.esalisfadictoi fortnt.forzui iliellnost Mori. 1- iiwof-motiuments.'.' .‘ ' 2: : •-• .: , ~ After many expressions' o f ifid for p ubli c ~ • , 4.. . - the ~ good; they COnclude.with ei;e6iing:theif Batisia. , .0011. Rt .1.t.....ing. enabled to lay" down the.heavy burden , of_ Go, racyrunent at .a coniun&rte so lfaiiiy and so . iir:ifq,nible,' to their I , i's'i - ' . - - ~ ,- , , • es. ~ - : 1. 140 aNC EI JAN'. 29. .---:Ciil tb,C ' 2401 . of th is . ' I 4QIIIII. the Citizen G. C.Tite...3oNi‘,.Char ^d' A I ge .- - :faires. from the Cisalpine Republie.to_the KiNG- of i,'-ravirA, 'presented his, J EST Y, Credentials to' His MA. and was received by him and the (1 - IsEN in the most gracious manner. The-Cisa/pine Minister, - ill the name dills Government, expressed the sincere , t,..qunent ofthe Cisalpinei People for their Mities— i7a,-, ''he King replied in terms egiially: flattering, .1 expressing sentiments-- of , reciprocal regard for .. that Republic. • , P EI E RSB tilt GH, JAN. I 9.-- . -Ge te ath Nv Ge n e ral, tA - NT, who se e'annOunced, has been buried with extract- dpirocession nary pomp —the EMPEROR hiniself follow e d . rice on foot. He is succeeded in the Vice . - Pr esi dency of the . De partmni of War . - bi General I. ,dit '',s:qtrtt.ioN. . . ._ :. Frs. Z.—Yes te rday the Fete of the Consecration of the Neva was cerebrated with the 'greatest-Mag. nificence. The Imperial Family went on foot to a charming Pavilion upon the Neva; 'cotistrueted for the ceremony, near which zo,ooo, men were on parade, and went through platoon firings. The cannon of the. two • Fortresks announced the con clusion of this Fete. VIENNA, FEB. 3.—Hii • IMPERIAL IVIAJESTY has conferred the Command of Bocca.di-Caitaro, in Albania, on, Ma sor-General Nic o ETT' i. He has likewise raised to the rank of BarOn of the Empire, M. de HucEt., General of Artillery in the service of His Serene Highness the Dux E of WIRTEMB Eke. CO - NSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 28.—Citizen SEBAS TIANI had, before his departure for France ) an in.: terview with Lord ELGIN, the English Ambassa dor; with_ whom he dined. He likewise several times assembled the French Merchants in this City, and imparted - to them the intentions of the Chief Consul, who proposes to acceleratei by all the means in his pOwer, the re-establishment of the Corn tnercial relations between France and Turkey. Lord ELGLN quits to-morrow the Hotel of trance, ro Blake room for Citizen IttYyrizi, who , will immediately take possession of it. The.CAPITAL PACHA has made a. present to the GRAND SEIGNIOR of forty fine Arab Horses, brought with - him from Egypt : he has likewise given soine„ fine Saddle-horses to the principal Officers of • the Se-raglio. The Foreign. Ministers have . , with great ceremony, complimented the CAI'ITANPACHA • . on his retarn from Egypt. • ROYAL ACADEMY.-Mr; FUSE Lt, the Professor of Painting, commenced, his annual Ledures last night. In this discourse, with great knowledge, Sagacity, and philOsophic spirit, he 'pointed out the essential causes of the progress of the Arts," and of their decline: He strongly enforced and illustrated the necessity of public patronage tor, the due en couragement of Genius; obserVing, that the oppor tunities which the customs and. rites of Antiquity afforded, by:admitting the works of Art into re ligious temples and national edifices, gave scope to talents,, and enabled them to reach the noblest heights of excellence in the eXpression of beauty and sUblimity . .- In the great change of manners which has taken place, he traced the cause of the degeneracy of the Arts, as pciyate patronage has superseded that public spirit and national enthu siasm, which kindled a congenial spirit and enthusiasm in , men whom Nature had .gifted with exalted powers, and led the way 'to "works of grandeur and dignity--in every province of genius; These observations lie exemplified by his, torical fadS, and concluded a yery elegant; learned, anti profound discourse, with .some stiiking and well.cond"6.nsed aphorisms to aired the progress of the Student. The President, on account of indis:. ;position, was unable to attend, but many of the .Academic Body,- and other enlightened / auditors, were present; whaall testified their approbation by strong marks of applacise•On the conclusion of the Ledure; . . Such Ships 6ntinue 'to tie paid oil* as are in want of-repairl, but, very feW of the Seamen will be dis charged till the receipt of the Definitive. Treaty. GANTIitAUM'E'S Squadron; it is pretty certain, -has- - gone to reinflitte Eicpedition to St. Do . . „ - oer;e.nt SIN cLA I lt, who WaS ;..: oncetned in taking 'the Iriv:incible Standard, did not, as was stated in some of the PdperS; dine with the Highland Society last week. He was-sent for after dinner * drank a &ass of wide with the company,' and told a plain unvarnished tale of the transaetions of the z Ist of March, in Ikhiell his Regi ment bore sodistingUished A parr,,,a datrative.vvhich ,might prove interesting to the Public: There is no troth in the report of the•Sociefy proposing to raise the Serjeant to the rank of Captain. A l a rge sum was subscribed .for the purpose of fes'entiog Medal to, 'each Oftcef and man of the 4id, in t onimetnoiation a that glorious battle. . . The following recipe . fo r t h e cure of that dread ful disease, a Cancer, is given in a periodical Pa- Ter-s---Take one part of red lead, in fine 'powder; and two parts cil hoes lard; mix them well to gethelland with the salVe thus prepared; Spread Ln lint r llress the c.tneerous gore twice a day: Died, , on•SUnday morning; at her house on Speen.. near.,,Newbury,Berks; MI'S. 41, AKE; relit Of . .16i-i1413i.;44E5q. of Parliadiedt.:street; ster -• • . On Friday a Soldier delivered hiltself to the . .Cointaa'ndin g Officer at the Barracks at Plymouth, -declaring himself a robber and rnurderer ; he, gave a contused account; bUt; troM what can be gathered from him that '(With an accomplice) as he was crossing Hourslow Heath • in i7:O, they attacked, robbed; and mdidered a Gentleman. His tonscienc4 so pressed him, that he Could scarcely rest he I.Vas. doinniitted fur fuithet ekarnination, fs Mrs. ErfsTAici and het servant Maki were both .barbarously murdered,- it Dublin; last ~ Wed.riesd4k .riesd4k night, bei we n ten and eleven o'cl ock.-- This unfortunate . wonani. who lived a t N o . 9; Peter's Row, it 'appears had sent her maid for some porter; who; entering the house; found her mistren Ifiurdeted in the pailobr ;: the 'girl wasl then, attacked, B'n4 di s p atc h e d , A Mrc! Ei: -, Y00D . , an elderiy elergyrnian; who lodges in' the upper part of the house,' hearing the shrieks of the • randewn stairs; and fotind both mistress ,4ndnsaid ~weltering in 111gir blood; in a s t at e shock.: ing to be de scr ib e d : A y ou n g man; nephew to Mrs: Eus'iAC; who ,di'eted and lodged in the: house, - hasp been "apprehended on 'suspicion; and lodged in Peter's warch-hotise.- It does not a p pear the., house •was ribbed of any. one article of NAVAL. Ni 7 7V S. FORT:8411OUTII, E:EF. Z 2. ; ARRIVED `the Farah Sloop; of re. guns, from htiadtira. . _ DEAL, ARRIVEV the Mitrel , ' , zuz and . .1;e rseverancii . 'rice . - ships, from Bc.ngal; and His Majesty's Skips Brian and . Retribution,.. frcuii 'the Weitward; The two - latter, with the PerseveranCe, Kaye sailed ,: to the RiVer, and the llirinery a reniains. The Rose, I( I' NE R, Betsey,' HoOF ER , Per sezi e_ range, ,.Thames, ,EL BECK, Union,. LAKE, Suffolk, Ganges, Ceres, I o6D, HALMAN LAmu,.and Hinde, ••••^7-'• are arrived' at St. Hekena..from.Bengal. The Friend ship, Fttr •fronviLondon ; the Admiral Rainier, and. Roebiick; are arrived at the Cape of Good Hope. ' On Saturday laii; the Ship Harmony, Capt. WI ck. HAM, and the Hoje, Capt. Dikk B AR S from the ,Pre siding 01 . nerigal, arrived in the Downs, loaded with a catt6 of rice foi this C l out - dry together ,with the Ship L;dispensibk, a South Sea Whaler, ,and theYo'izq William, Capt."l3AcoN, also from .the South Seas, but : last from the Island of St. Helena. The. Harmon ) , and . Hope are not included in the list of rice ships licensed by the Honourable East India Comt;any last year to proceedfor . of these only six have yet arrivea: COURT OF CHANCERY; 'Yes. 23. DPURY.L ' AN t THEATRE. .THE LORD A . '"; cELLO ti, after making a few observations, and hearing a' few rernarks relative to the proposed arra»gement, desired the parties to draw up an Order of Court, conformable to the ar.. rangement to which they had consented, and having done this„ to hand the draft to him, when he would make such alterations as should seem to his judg. ment proper or necessary ; and if the parties were not satisfied with the Order, thus altered, they must . go tat of COurt, and do the best for themselves . ..-- FIN Lortf,q)ip left-if to the parties to fix, their own titilit,Vlitteliting that he would decide upon the draft of the Order in two days after it was handed to him. DUCHY, OF CORNWALL; TIIE folloWing is Statement of the several oums paid from the Revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall, in aid of the Civil List, during the Minority of His Royal'Highness the PRINCE of WALES, in pur.; suance of His MAits-ry's Warrants, countersigned by. the Lords Commissioners of the TreasurY, with the dates of, such Warrants; with an Accotint of Interest thereon dUe to the zith of August,- 1783, when His Royal ,High n es s came o f age , a nd ' too k poisePiion of the said Duchy.; together.witii,a fur:- ther Account of Interest; 'calculated to the ist day of February, 1802: aide.r of Irv-rant:l.. S' 1 . .14E4 interest , Niar: vt 5 pei- C'exl .to .„ _ A1g7.1),17g3. ,c. t. s d. zrst Juty, 1763 - 12,000 o 0 ii,036 3 0 31st May, 1765 Zoiboo b o 18,199 I o 21st July, 1766 - 16 ,47 S ,5 z Bth July, 1768 - o 0 9433 al z 17th April, 17644 - - I ',boo o o 787 2 7 6th APril, - 17,000 o 0 i 1,347 5.9 3cl April, 1771 - • 8700 o 0 ,i 375 t 3 it 16th April, 1772 - 13,000 ,o 7350 15 . 2 3d MaY; 1 773 - - 12,800 0 \ 6 . 41 4th August, 1--4 - Soczo o o ,3408 15 4 24th April, 1--5 - - 12.,000 0 0 '4 9 7 9 iv/ o I - tit:April, 1776 12,936 0 o .4 , 3 s 13 6 2.9 th May, 1777 7 9720 0 12 7 1601 A pril;- z77S _ 15,964 0 0 4 2 47 7 aid* April; 1770 6,040 0 0 • 1 434 0 26th June, .1.780 - - L 6.3 0 0 1 345 21 1 21St May, 1781 • - 15,700 0 0 174 2 7 15th - - $658 0 0 593 10 4 7th May; 1783 - - 12,0.51 • 10 17 5 Principal 2 33 , 7 6 4 " Z 118 ,09§ 1 3 1 Interest 118,-.. , 99 1 3 I Prindpal and Interest to tith August; 1783 - 35'i,864 4 3 Simple Interest at. g per Cent..on the. Prittopal .s:urn of 2:;;;;76+1. i , • • from the: tits` ij 1783; to the JtrFebru-, arY, i 892 - - 21 .5,9 3 7 9 9 Total Principal and bi rere,t to ist Fepruary, 1? , 02, - -5 6 7977 i 14 .• We. are sorry to learn :that there is - a ickivn among rl;e PatronSok tl,g ,Literary Fund. •An in-, stitutiort4,so laudahte a, tendency ought to . be kept clear'frOitt all political Contentions,, • and the MernJ l beri might, be expelled tp k.r.;oW i o cote petition, but in a generous struggle .to promote, the bener-O2 lent purposes of its foundation; The IVintee s Tale is soon to be brought forward, at Dirdry:.Larte Theatre in a ma nn e r suit abl e to the' beauty a6d grandeur of the compositiOn: is said, 11;6' soine3houghts.orpublishing this' flay keriniringiinto the true notion: l ,of the Ancients iesi)eding the, I.7ramidic Unities, : which; notwi t h st a n ai ng ~eo Much .has been said' ,ahout them; adrnit of much &rarer disetissiOn. - What will AffeEtation at List CoMe‘tol. We are; told that a, Dancer is Unsteady in his ton e . Here after we may; pethaps; heat' that a Stager's , e,oice is . bad' at a'fies " : Some of the tkia . trical fiaterity are obvioUsly. in. the habit of using eiglars, and if isfto b'e regretted, thdt it js not a kefielling: Ni 's Queen Ann's; Farthing advertised to be disposed of, ‘vas proved to be an original.2-4'here Were only k.7o' coined in that Queen's iei gn; an d not tbrer, as has been- er . roneouSly stated':,---thit Which was sold by the Scr.:. jeant fiord Chatha'nti for. 4°91, was purchased I,y a Noble ViscoUnt„! curious in his seledion of coins, &c. Seven hundred guineas was the price asked for the idvertised _last week. ViVc bunked was waled To: it and iefusva. . Al REPORT`. COUItT OF KING'S BENCH, Fzs. 22. 1 , 1 G S E 0%2 E fit.Z' jiIS,T ICE c frqs ND -A •SP,ECIA JURY, Ili W.I4:STAIINSIEtt-HALL. THE kl - *.G fiLAIE; AND OTFJI.M.S, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL Opened this Prosecu tion, which was'against Blake arid lot:it others; tbr aconspiracy - to persuade a Witness of the name of DurnpleY, otherwise called Donoilliotigh; a Private in the EaSt Middk.sex Militia, to absent 'himself frotri the trial of a• person of the name of isaa6 who stood.charged.with uttering' base seven shilling , pieces, , kr:owing them "to lie counterfeited, • Sec:. They •had tampered; he said; cvitii this Witness; and Offered him anon c,pon several. occasions, and to purchase his discliarge for Six guineas be:. sides offering. sometimes lifteen guineas; and some:: times twenty,fitie, for going out of .-the way; •ini stead of appearing on the lie pretended to give . Way; but 4rst - acquainted•his',Officer ; rant : Kirkman; of the ease, who , cOrtimunicated it . to the CoMmanding 'Officer ; and behaved very hp, notirably ; the result of which was; that this mess was 'put under arrest, andkeptineustotly until the time of trial; when he was. brought Intel Court and examined ; but : owing,' the - Attorney-General ,said, to a Charge . deliVered by theßecordertO the jury on that occasion, the PriSoner, Isaac Wise;- was acquitted, - lie had .bad long acquaintance with that Learned Officer of the CoOrt.at the Old Bailey; and much esteem for him ; but he ve9tureel_ to say, that lie had ruis.stated the Law as it applied . to this paiticular'ease ; and he viionld go further,. and say, that if the Law ..was as then stated,: no . - convidion for uttering bkrie nionercotild once:in an. hundred instances . of real guilt; take plaCe at all. The course which had been &sued . to dere& these utterers, was : , ,ny of them became the subjet of stispiciOn;a petiOrt employed: by the Mint pretended he wanted to bily - some bad Money of such person; an appointtnent was made for that purpose. The person - employed for this business niarkedsome good money; - . Which he gave i n - exc ha nge for the bad, made his piirchase with the utterer; ..paid hire with his marked Meney, and then, upon 'a signal given, the Otticers 'of 'the - Police carne forward, took up the :utterer at once, and found this money on him, which; together with the .bad money bought, by the pe,rson thus employed by the Mint; for this detedionl made up CoMplete•evidenCe against the utterer. To this, the objeetion which had been started, and iithichlhad been fiital- to some pcoecu_ dons tried before that Learned.dfficer he had ready alluded' tb, Was; ‘e That this . .i;as s a Mode,Of unfairly entrapping a man into the commission of a criMe; and then turning hii teMpter into his accu ser."--But to this it was to . b e answered, that no innocent than could be ever entrapped for no innocent man could have ,i 0 ,his ,po,ssesston , :such a number of base pieceS as. to be able to„traffic in them, .nor would any honeSt than sell the if he did possess them.; so that this was :not a Mode of entrappirigfinnoeence, but of dete4itig guilt. In the_ease of the persons now . chargediiii this . • conspiracy to ; keep „away a Witness from' giving evidence ? it •WAS true they failed of their objeCtv and the-Wittiess4s , nifas..exarriiried. 4 ; bin that':'cild-not alter, this Case, because the. crime. was. in the con spittle), tondo t!ris tinlawful :aft; and whether: they accomplisliedi pr failied, made ho difference as to • their added, that , nnlesS theadministra..; tion,ol.justice,:rould .be secured. from these atiacks upon it,lvain. would it be to keep Courti of Cri, mtnal justice open:. The acconiplices in this - offence ; • and-who had beett•Originally charged with it, biltwho - the At torriey4General had made WitnesseS foi7-the Crown, by enteting'a Not. Pi7ql. regard to therm, re lated the whole case, by which it appeared that the Defendants had endeavotired to keep, this , Witnes4 away, and the evidence of these persons was .corro borated in Many., material parti by Lieut.:Kirk... man; who, gave his evidence with great ,candouri and received the:•approbation of the whole. Court; leor both his testimony in the cause; and his con:. dua in the.transadion: . . . . . „ - Mr. ERSKINE made' an able speech for the De.: f i endants, for two of whom only he , was Counsel:--- He represented, the ftrs.t Informer . in this. case; as a disappointed villain, Who wanted to get, not Only hii • discharge, which he adually pUrChased at • the ek... pence Of these Defendnts; but also the .tWenty: five guineas he said he Wasat.ene time prornised.— Thi s very man had lieeti examined- before the-Re ecirder and the Jury Who tried Isaac WiSe for the Uttering of die base Money: he. was not' „then be:. lieved, for Wise was acquitted.; and being acquit= ted; he must, by ) I .l'rilles of. Law . .'nd. Justice; be said to be innocent.-L-If this •Witnesi Wit..tiot Hewed then; why shduld be be believed now:,?:.&-c. &c: ..The ATTORNEY GEN •iii his reply., ititent • , over, • all ;the, niost material obseoations...of;,l Ir o ~Etis # N E; t Afin);.: occasio to.rake vai'ticular rro.: ..,tice of-an expresSion Which; he. thoght;..prUdefice bad long ,ago rest, ,e very Mit lit acquitteciin rk.of Justice,. must be taken, to ;be innocent."--A sentiment which could . not .be site_ ported for - The. legtrL;efrcet of an ac. qaittal was a persoo l could neiier be tried • ag;ain Npon that c114rge,"...4.44•thai w f as , . a ll the provision of the, LAW, .upon,,,it. But there, were a... thdttspod.-Ways,. such as• the alri' a material Witness-'— Perjuty....inthos.q wbe; might be , in the ReCQM; and so .td . an endless variety, .•by, whiCh i -.prisoner Might . .be acquitiek and might be entitled; by the rules of LaW,,to be- acquitted,, and ' yet there trright not, morally speaking; remain a' particle of doubt of his gnilt; even by.. those who 'were. called .tipon by: the rules of law to. ; pronounce him. not guilty slris was so cleir,and plain, that the . contrary _had-never been asserted it had ,nevet- been alledged,ilrat be cause a man, is acquitted, it- must be takeny.for all moral purpOses, as well as legal rules, .tha:t 'he is inpocent, until some late State Trials, when those who were brought as, sinners...and 'traitors from their cells,. to the Rat of a Court of Justice, were 'carried 'away.. from. it . as Saints' anti Fatriots. 4. ‘ That every man is morally innocent, .because he is found Not.Gttilty," was a propositio n , which those who ; asserted it, repented of their. : audacity after they were.an w ered. It was indeed alledged aftetwaxas in another- placei _ 'where its a's'sertenlift:c