The Sun. — London, England, 1802-05-27 00:00:00

fj e rtrif P . A L NEWS. DEAL, MAY ±6. to iuf jug of A Aetvap c • iroin Leith, The Unicorn Fr i gate; and 46,1'e remain s w i t h His Majesty's Ship Amazon, "'QV) c.via, Monkey, and Vixen Gu.m.brigs. SHEERNESS, MM t 6. ilktovED from a Cruize after Smugglers in the Cha nnels, the Arciur Gun-vessel, Lieut. S HERIFF . , atle Mallard Gun vessel has come down from ‘"din s and h as sa il e d w i th men for the North. ward. te U , n Sund a y even i ng His Majesty ' s ship La Re. wi l d ' z 4. guns, sailed f rom Ply mout h S oun d t ' l Disp atc h es f or the Admirals commanding at `L eeward Island Station and Jamaica. k ;i C i aptai n S TRACUEY, late a Lieutenant of the k: Paris, is appointed to the command of Hi s est Sloop , ja/ouse, vice the Hon. J. P. . a ?, who is promoted to the rank,of Post Captain. t n Th e Lords of the Admiralty have been pleased Pi r PP°int Captains KERB an d M ouNszY , l ate th e ' t and Second Lieutenants of the Clyde Frigate, fo rmer to th e C omman d o f t h e D ili gence, at the ° re) and the latter to the Rosario, at Plymouth. 14q° the comp l et i on o f the cession of territory ta e by His Highness the Vizier of Oude to the st India Company, the GOVERNOR-GrivraAL I-1 1/e4 the followino. General Orders. The H on. tti tier I WELLESLEY is appointed Lieutenant-Go , n( lr of the ceded districts. ‘RAL ORDERS, BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE MOST NOBLE TiE GoVERNOR.GENERAL. jl iS On the GanEes, new Benares, Na.i. 14, ISor. tency the Most Noble the COVIIRNOR-GENE hq: haying this day ratified a Treaty concluded at Luck stc4l the Loth instant, by the Honourable ITZNAY ti,", and Lieutmant-Colonel Sco rt . , on behalf and lipLe rl arne of th u Goyzit oit-Gziitx Ar.., between the the'rable the East India Company and his Excellency here Viz! t.R, by which Treaty the NAWAUD Vl tover Yis ceded to the Honourable Company in perpetual ., l etrit ei g l itY, certain portions of his Excellency the Vtzier s tror."al possessions, yielding an annual revenue of One 11104,1, TLirty-five Lacs of Rupees (one million three olib,;', e ,!" and fifty thousand pounds) ; in commutation of the - '"Y hitherto payable to the Company by the Vizier ieh 4 cred, That a Royal Salute be fir e d, a n d extra b atta . the Troops at Fort William, and at all the garrisons . 4tations of the Army, in honour of this event. fie batteries along the coast of the County of Vb 111411 1) beiAig now no longer considered necessary, ,e been completely dismantled, .a l. nci the guns the up and sent to the different Military Depots n ighbourhood. lb t : r iday last, the heavy baggage of the 42d Regi. it t as landed at Leith, and has been deposited -41nburgh Castle. .11 1 : i t le9 A. oth Re g iment Colonel GRHANes) are on 111, 1 march for S cot l an d. Th e 92d (Colonel the 444 1 quis of HuNTL E v) have landed at Port Patrick, z 44 atched for Glasgow. SCitli Regiment on their arrival at Fermoy, • i t4t where they now are quartered, immediately k„.4at Recruiting Parties to the different Militia C°r'raents about to be disembodied. This vetera n ine b s been nineteen years on Foreign Service, to r ,. f) te a distinguished part in the redulion of ttr'lf,t4, under that brave and much.larnented Offi. Ilt44'eneral Sir CHARLES STUART, for which he ANtilted eith particular marks of his re. N. tit a,fid i . n Egypt, they composed part of Gen. s Brigade. 4t kAt XIN LEWES had so endeared himself to ti, 4 ;`iiets of the East London Militia, of which h ir ile nt he was Lieutenant. Colonel, that they oerdslihscribed 21, Guineas for the purchase of a to be presented to that Gentleman. froZitetter received by the late overland dispatch C o , EoMbay, dated the uth •of February says, tistn tt pitNint, who h as b een d epute d b y G o. tt td n t to the Residency of Poonah, has corn. f 4v sOnle arrangement's with the Mahrattas high tilinifourable to commerce. The PE ISH W A has k ith est ed a di--position to form a close alliance ta 4 k ; nor will he suffer any person, of whatever 4 1 : to . reside in the Dominions he governs, who ale °3tlle to, or inimical to the British Govern tvi"l S° • II b ere&zons are making in Poonah, which utlte of much advantage. It is at present meanly. the capita and lies open and defe nce le ss , t h oug h i t i s is, of the Western Mahratta E mp i re ." t?litne services rendered in Ireland by the present 1 0 04 It Elt faf the House of Commons, are not likely be forgotten there. It is some consolation A h is 4te -/ LO Untry to be assure d , t h at h e i s succeeded Sce by a G ent l eman, w h ose talents and man este e qually calcul a t e d to ensure general respeo he 1111% which Lord E LLENBOR6UOH has taken triter b ecame conneei e d with the present GoVern. g0),W110 shewed so much judgment in the selec. tO b o t such a man f ora hi g h professional situation, eequal credit to his head and heart. He promises of tthes o abl e supporter of their interests, and il.irahe' the C ountry, in that House, into which und tale nts h av e been the instruments of acid talents litkord tN, 1, ILLE and Mr. WmairAm must be . a pitt e4j urtified to fi n d, t h at the article in the French 451t464' t likkn the Treaty of Amiens, which they S,tedlr noticed in their speeches on the Defi isbeljteat.y, .is not only disavowed as having been itta ele l v.vith the knowledge of the French Go. it merit. for nti hut was written by a person who has nut , a nY Years in France. i ni t . !!! Bth inst. the King of Prussia reviewed blegntry of the Garrison of Berlin, after which 411 th e rand Entertainment at Charlottenburg t h t. /14 30 Su perior Officers. The reviews in the ' l s of Bed. e 2. _, in were to take place from the zist. t , 4 4 t o Inst. Yesterday his Prussian Majesty tto.itithiliti.iffi for the other reviews, which will oc the Jilt of next month, when he will t Me alti to meet the Emperor of Russia. b`0141?, MAI. 16. B r an English and a French Vessel Whicri aniVcd this morning, news was brought ) that a Duel had been fought between the Generals MEAT-A Ea and LECOURB E, in which the former was killed on the sprat ; and as this account comes both from Calais and Boulogne, it is believed. Reports by these Vessels sa4 , farther, that an attempt has, within these few days, been made on the life of the Chief Consul. THE THEATRE.--A new Comedy was repre sented last night at Covent Garden Theatre, under the title of The Word .of Honour. It is the pro duaion of Mr. StiErFlNorox, a Gentleman well known in the extreme regions of fashion, who kindly presented it to Mrs. MATTOCKS- for her Benefit. The fable is founded upon Spanish man ners, and is, of course, lull of intrigue and intricacy. The dialogue is not recommended by much point or vigour, but we may say of the whole that " the argument has no offence in it," and that it is not altogether devoid of interest or amusement.— Indeed considering it as a Coup d'Essay of dra_ matic talents, it is rather intitled to critical en couragement than hostility. It was very well supported by the Performers, and very well receiv ed by the Audience, whose applause was abund antly testified on its conclusion. The Boxes, no doubt, were well lined with the Author's friends, but the approbation was not the effed of a Pack'd Jury, but the honest verditl of general opinion.— The Prologue and Epilogue were both delivered by Mrs. MATTOCKS. The Prologue referred to the long period of her theatrical life, with feeling.— The Epilogue, spoken in the Character of a Country Girl, adverted, with some humour, to the PEACE, and consequent Illuminations, and, concluding with expressions of loyalty, could not hut be very accept. able to a British audience. The Theatre was so well attended as to afford a liberal recompense to a de serving Favqurite of the Public. KING, who has retired from the Stage with such flattering marks of Public favor, and, what cannot be less gratifying to a feeling mind, with such evi dent tokens of the esteem and regard of the Thea trical Community, was fifty-four years a Performer in the Theatre, from which he has at length made his final exit. •He originally figured as a Trage dian, but th a t goo d sense w hi c h strikingly appeared in all his professional exertions, soon direaed his talents into their proper province, and he, during the whole of his career on the London Stage, de servedly occupied the place of a first-rate Comedian. Mrs. 1311,LINGTON is going very shortly to Li - - - - verpool, and from thence to Ireland and Scotian, KELLY and Mrs. CRoUCII accompany her. DWYER, whose successful debut at Drury-lane Theatre has procured him an engagement at that place, does not commence his regular career till next season. A daughter of NYAnny,the Aflor, is to make her appearance on Covent-Garden boards this sea. son. According to report, she is an elegant young Lady, with very promising talents. The Masquerade last night at Foley-House, was in the grandest. stile of magnificence. Upwards of a thousand persons were present. The Gardens were splendidly illuminated. ' The Masquerade Ball that is to take place on Monday next, at the Union Club House, Pall Mall, will, it is supposed, be the most splendid that was ever given in this or any other Country : from, the largeness of the Subscription by the 'Members of this truly respatable Club, and from the taste and eleg:znee. of the person that conduels it, every thing splendid and elegant may be expeded : people only of the first distindion and fashion are invited ; and so great is the anxiety and wish of some to be pre sent at this Ft!te, that soh we hear, have been re peatedly offered for a eingle Ticker, but without effea. This entertainment, it is said, will cost 40001. We made a mistake in Sir JOHN W. ANDERSON'S • Speech on Tuesday on the Kent Insurance Bill. He observed, " That it would be an a& of injustice to pass the present Bill for granting a Charter without any equivalent, as ,the Royal Exchange Assurance Company and the London Exchange Assurance Company paid for their Charters fourscore years ago i 5 0,0001. each. If the promoters of this Bill would agree to pay in the proportion of the present value of money, I shall withdraw my opposition:" Mr. DENT is determined to take the Bull by the Baru: again next, Session of Parliament. We can not but wish him success. We are certain, that Builbaiting, wherever it is praelised, is the cause of every thing that is bad among the lower Classes of the People. The Fishmongers have been anxious to have Mr. EitsKlN E amongst them ever since his admirable de finition of a loose-fist•. The two marketable Damsels who lately made a distinguished figure, and attracted so many wonder ing followers in Kensiagton.Gardens, were on Sa turday last at the Opera. House, and were again equally noticed for their natural disdain of thevul. gar restraint of dress. In fad, the beauties of chair forms were almost manifest to the eye in purls na turtzlibus. The City are still desirous of keeping all the horned &dile east of Temple Bar. We hope, how_ ever, the obvious benefit which the community will derive from •a competition, will induce the inde pendent Members to support the establishment of a market at Paddington. In Somerset.street, the Lady of JOHN WHIT_ TAKER, Esq. was safely delivered of a Son and Heir. An attempt was last week made in Paris to cx. cite a ferment, on account of the scarcity and con sequent high 'price of Bread. On Friday last JONoT, who commands in Paris, issued a procla mation upon this subjea, imputing the attempt at disturbance to the intrigues of the ill-atreaed. The carriage belonging to Lord HoBART broke down yesterday evening in Whitehall, opposite Lord GWYDIR's Louse ; but we are happy to find, that his Lordship rcceivvd no injury tivm the acci dent, AW PE:00:14% COURT O kING'S 13ENCi1, 1 . 1 . ..:; 26. TILE KING T. rnE F.:;;ETER: Tuts was an appiication,fi)r a Mandamus corn manding the. Bishop of Exeter to appoint a Le turer, • Mr. GAttßow said, that - ,;there had not 'yet been time to prepare an answer to this applicatiOtr, and therefore he moved titat the Rule should be enlarg ed, to which Nit.. Gia9s consettedi and the Rule was accordingly enlarged.• THE KING V. THOMAS WALTEP,S. The Defendant came into Court to receive Judgment, which was delivered by . Mr. Justice GRosE, who said, that the De fendant stood convie . hd, and 'was now to receive the Judgment of the Court for endeavouring to per suade a Serjeant in the .Light Dragoons to em bezzle a large quantity of oats belonging to our Sovereign Lord the King, which the Serjeant was to take away secretly, and to deliver to the Pri soner for a sum of money to be paid by the Pri soner to the Serjeant. That the Prisoner had done this was beyond all doubt upon the evidence before the Jury by whom he was conviaed. By Affidavits which had been laid before the Court, it appeared that the Defendant had been for many years a vigilant Officer of Excise, and made many seizures of property to a large amount.— How far he was aluated in this course by a sense of his own interest, the Court would not inquire, but were aware that he must now lose that office. Taking all the circumstances of this Case into con sideration, the Court did order that for this offence the Defendant be imprisoned in Horsham Gaol for six calendar months. THE KING V. ALLAN IrIcLEOD. The Defendant was brought up from Newgate to receive the Judgment of the Court for publish ing two libels—one on the late Earl of 'CLAR E, Chancellor of Ireland—the other reiieding' on the system of Martial Law. • The Defendant was proceeding to address the Court, when • Mr. Justice GROSE said, " If you chuse to be committed again until the next Term, and wait until that time for the Sentence of the Court, you may say what you think.fit ; but it is right you should know the situation in which you stand, for if you address the Court now, you must he re manded without Sentence until the nest Term." The Defendant then proceeded. to take notice of what was urged by the Attorney-General, in reply to his address to the Court on a former occasion, when Mr. GARRow obje6ted to this course, as being contrary to all rules of praaice. • Mr. Justice GRoSE said, " There can he no re ply on the Attorney-General —you have been heard in mitigation of the judgment of the Court in your turn, and the . Attorney-General has exercised the right of reply, and there then remained only the Judgment of the Court." The Defendant again persisted in his endeavours to address the Court, which, he said, was essential to him, and necessary for the Court to hear previous to its pronouncing Judgment in this case. Mr. Justice LAWRENCE said, " There is a com mon course invariably to be observed in conduihng the business.of this Court in all cases of this nature. When any person is b roug h t h ere for Judgment, he has, on that occasion, an opportunity of saying what he thinks fit in his own behalf, and then the Attorney-General i s h ear d i n answer, after which the whole is closed, nothing then is to be done but the pronouncing the Judgment of the Court." The Defendant again persisted in saying, that lie ought to be heard. He said, it was essential, that he should address the Court, in answer to what had been said by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Mr. Justice LAWRENCE—" You cannot be heard now ; why will you not take the information of the Court ? You have heard that thv Rule is invaria hle, and it is this : When a person is brought up under yocr circumstances, the Court hears what he has to say on his own behalf—then the Prosecu tor's Counsel is heard in answer : After all the circumstances, both in mitigation of punishment and in aggravation of the offence, arc closed, and tir Court taking all the circumstances into consi deration, if not able to say what judgment ought to pass on such an offender, commit him, and order him to be brought up on a future day—which course has been regularly followed in your case. If any thing has happened between the time when you were in this Court last, and the present time, which, in your opinion, has made an alteration in your case, you may bring it forward, but we cannot hear ob servations again on what we have heard already." The Defendant again attempted to proceed, but the Court said, they could nor, consistently with Rules, hear him again, for that- would be , to neglect other business, which had as much claim to its at tention, in turn, as this business. If the Defendant did not chuse to do as other Defendants did, he must be remanded to prison, and he was accordingly re manded to NetVgate. Tames Mahony, jchn O'Brien, yoky, Connor, and Blake, were brought into Court to re ceive judgment, for endeavouring to persuade a Witness to absent himself from the trial of a per son who. stood charged with uttering bad money ; but instead of it, the Witness; like a good suhjca, refused their offers, attended the trial, the Prisoner was convicted, and he gave the necessary informa tion against thee Defendants, which led to their conviction of this offence. Mr. Justice GROSE, after a seitable address on the enormity of the offence of endeavouring, to pre vent the administration of . instice, delivered the ju4g ment of the Court on the Defendants : that, in ad ditiOn to the imprisonment which the Prisoners had endured already, they be further imprisoned•as fol lows--that Elias Blake be imprisoned six months in the New Prison in.Clerkenwell, that James Ma hony.be imprisoned for the like term in Newgare, and John O'Brien and John Connor in the New House of Corredion for the County of Middlesex for the like term, i'i?A;VCP: LEGtBtA.TIVE sITTiNt• of MAI' TRP.ATY OF AMIEN.S. tHE Sr EE . CH OF c,ALLo/s. .(Con'Aided fro* cur Pc per I:nricrelly). cr By the Fourth Article, the King of Faa-tin gives up to England the Island of Trinidad, Which she has occupied ever since the year 1797. -- The Spanish Government had already laid the foundationi of that Island's prosperity, by opening its ports tea all vessels whatever, and inviting thither the capitals and industry of every' natiom. Situated as this Island is, between North and South America, it will afford to England a new theatre of meta-on:He combinations : But Spain will doubtless find in the ameliorations which she has already introduced into her Colonial system, and in those which may here.; after be introduced, the means of relaxing an adivi ty hurtful to. her interests. The Republic, as the Government has already expressed it in one of its messages to you, owed to her engagements and the fidelity of Spain, every effort in her power to preserve inviolate the terri tories of that Power. This duty she has fulfilled in every Negotiation, as far as circumstances \you] d permit. The King of Spain observed the fidelity of his Allies, and his generosity made to Peace a sacri fice which they so eagerly wished to sjare him. He acquired by this action new claims to the grafi,. tude of Europe. Already the return of Commerce consoles his States for the calamities of the War, and a reviving spirit will quickly carry new aaivity and new industry into his vast dominions. " The Seventh Article fixes new boundaries be. tweet] French and Portuguese Guiana. The interior limits remain the same as they were fixed by the Treaty of Madrid. The boundaries On the Sea Coast are fixed at the River Arawari, and also re tire about a degree towards the North. Liza the true oljea ,- ..uhich-ought to be proposed is attained; since an end is put to those drs'fliculties 'which have existed for a Century had between the tcvo States, by settling limits (which the Treaty of Utrecht i"ad ill defined, and since it has removed all unnecessary cause for uneasines s and apprehension. The demarcation of the frontiers of Spain and Portugal remains fixed, comformably to the stipulation of the Treaty of Ba. dajos, by which the district of Oliaenza is ceded to Spain. " The Tenth Article has for its object the new organization of the Island of Malta. the creation of a Maltese langue, and-the right granted 'to the in. habitants of enjoying a moiety of civil employments will have a great influence on the amelioration of the internal Government. The abuses imputed to the ancient Government will be more easily correfted. The Maltese, finding in a Government now rendered more national, protection and the exercise of those rights of which they lamented that they had been deprived, will no fonger, to be beyond the reach of the Established Authorities, enlist themselves in the service of Foreign Powers,• br buy the parents of a Bishop or an Inquisitor. They will no longer be forced to have their Children brought forth in some neighbouring Country, and thus, by a foreign birth, acquire ,them the right of engaging in the Govern. mcnt of their Country. " By the Preliminaries, Malta was to be evacuated by the English troops, and restored to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. It was, besides, stipulated, , in order to ensure the independence of that Island, both with respell to England and France, that it should be placed under the guarantee and moteCtion - of a third Power, to be named by the Definitive Treaty. • " Much difficulty, no doubt'occurred in the choice of that Power. It was to be feared lest the inde. pendenec of a weak State, placed under the protec. tion of a powerful one, should too much resemble' real dependence, and thus all the dangers be incur red which both parties wished to prevent. It was perceived that the only way to establish the inde. pendence of Medea was to call to the protection and guarantee of that new order of things, all the Powers whose opposite interests could never be reconciled but by uniting them in some common interest. " The independence and neutrality of Medea. is conducive to the interests of all the Maritime Powers of Europe. Its situation- in the Mediterranean, - its proximity to the Coasts of Africa, Italy, France, and Spain, would have made the possession of ii by any one Power an object of continual jealousy to the rest; nor would any Power have found in this new acquisition, adyantageS sufficient to counterbalance the expence of the Government, and the means of defence it would have required. With regard to Eng_ land, which has held that Island for ,the last two years, it is well known that Malta could afford her no new means of exercising her industry. The Commerce of England in the Levant was always extremely li mited. Her exportations thither never exceeded seven millions of our money, while those cf,France were above 35 millions. During the course of the War, the exportation of English manufadures to that quarter, have not exceeded two millions 700,000 livres 4 year. " The common interest of all the Maritime Powers is, that the Ports of Malta be open to their Commerce and Navigation, and that each of them end, in a general receptacle, equal means of security and deEnce . ; and this advantage is secured to them by the Treaty. " One Power alone is excepted from these re. gniations, namely, the Status of Barbary. They are prohibited from entering the Ports of 11//4/..a, un til, as the Ninth Article expresses it, by the enter ference of the Contratting Parties, the system of hostilities which subsists between the Barbary States and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and the Powers possessing or supporting the Langues, shall have ceased. "It was impossible indeed, in the ~ ;:fisting system of hostilities; to ordain that the Order of which receives from these Powers a part of its Re. venues, should afford in its harbours a secure asy lum to their Enemies, where they might wait for the Merchant Vessels on their leaving the Ports of Sicily, the Adriatic, and the Levant. " But this union of the four great Maritime Powers for the liberty and security of the Seas; this solemn stipulation in favour of Humanity and