The Sun. — London, England, 1802-07-23 00:00:00

t, ,II tar ROYAL FAmity, after a very line exctir. sion of , about twelve miles on the Water yesterday; came ashore at - five o'cl i ock, and spent the evening at the Lodge. ' Lady NEALE is greatly recovered from her in_ di sr. pos t , ition . LARTWIt !CRT atriVed and paid his respeas to the KING : he handed 'His MAJESTY from the Royal Barge to the shore. The Royal Yacht, commanded by Sir T-I. NEALE, broke from her anchors in a heavy storm of wind and rain, ,but by the exertions of the seamen was soon brought to her moorings. LEICESTER ELECTION. WHEN an Anonymous. Writer undertakes' to eon_ tradia the statement of another, and to apply the term " gross imposition," his objea should be di_ reeled to the establishment of truth, and not guided by any personal prejudice ; or his motives and ef frontery become alike the subjeas of contempt and corredion. This is precisely the case with the Writer of a paragraph in the SuN of ,Tuesday last respeCting the Leicester EleCtion, who, in denying the state !tient of aformer account, substitutes declamation for fat!, and invidiousness for candour, The ,failure of Mr. M'CARTHY'S eleftion is con sidered by a numerous class of Freemen at Leices ter, to be wholly attributable to the lateness of his declaring himself. The contest was deemed sharp, notwithstanding the ultimate disproportion of num bers, because a host of them was polled by his ad , versaries before he was generally known as a Can didate, and from his appearance on the hustings to the close of the first day's Poll, lie aetually gained, in votes, upon Mr. SMITH. The- approbation _expressed of the 'manner in Which Mr. M'CARTHY concluded the Contest, was NIVEItSAL and UNQUALIVIED ; and the charge of recantation is as unfounded, as it is inconsistent and illiberal—r•his opposition from am first being pro. fisted& tO PII.MCIPLES, and not to PERSONS. It was for his adversaries to resort to scurrility and personal abuse, as it is now for their ill-advised Panegyrists to fabrication and falsehood. With resped to Mr. BAsincroN's expressions 'bf approbation, it is well known to every person present, that• they were not confined to any personal fespeft paid to him by Mr. M'CARTHY in his Coo elUding address, but embraced the 'whole of hisconduft, which had obtained his thanks at an earlier stage, by interposition with the Public to preserve the reace ; a c-ondtift which had equally met the appro. ba tion of the Magistrates, who 'coincided with Mx. its iNGTO N in offering Mr. 11 1 1'CARTHY every per sonal attention and civility. The Cotintess or BIICKIi4CHAMSIIIRE was the ( "Lief Performer in a Theatrical piece that was repre_ ented on Monday evening at Lord CHOLmoNDE LEY's, and all the audience acknowledged that she Was . a very great aarest. The Pic-Aric Performers, if they have not the a rt of pleasing the Public, have at least that of gratifying each other. They should, however, Spare each others . .iiodestf, and not compliment theniSelves 'before — the autlinc.e.. M. SINI'd).-c, it ~,eerns, spoke a Prolog ue , i n Whi c h h e to ld L a d y 45 trCKINCH A Mt l ibi E and Major DoYie, - that they re vive M rs . C LIVE an d M OODY, (the i latter of * horn, by the way is not dead,) ; and, of course, 1 . 15 a mere return of gratitude, Lady BUCKINGHAM_ EIRE and Major DOYLE must speak an E.pilogue, an d tell Mr. SimoNs that he .refoi•ves GAKR lc K. VPWYER iS to be the great comic prop-of Drury ane Thetre next season. It must be acknowledged rat noAaor on the Luldon Stage, hardly•except -711,g LEwrs, has . equal animation. His Chin Jes, in he School for Sca n d a l, is said to be a v e ry spirited an d admirable pieceof :uting. - • • • i .Mr. M ALONE i s at present occup i e d upon a Li fe 4381-I AKSPEARE. From all that has . yet transpired, ti. ' Cl°.cte seems to he a paucity of materials for a p roper bgraphical Accou n t o f our great d ramat ic P uet, t u t We may rely ,on Mr. MALONE'S perseverance' in :Plor jeft, ing whatever can be obtained on 'so interesting -4 4 as well as .op'his fidelity . in.reporting it. , The marriages which took pl ac e i n P ar i s on t h e . 4th of J u ly, rec all to our reco lleaion those whi c h Yre celebrated there o n th e marr i age o f th e C ount ARTors. Portions were given o n that occasion 1 his Royal Highness to twelve y oung ma id ens i n 114 rriage. Those damsels who wish e d to ta k e t hi s .°PPortunity of becoming wives, were direaed to It ' ot a k application to M. *DE MERCIER ; among , hers a very beautiful young Orphan appli e d to tii M. M. DE MERCIER havin taken down he r tame g • inquired the narne 'of her intended husband. I haire none," replied she. " How then can You be married ?" "-I thought," replied she, that , we 'were to be provided with every thing." Mad ame DE MERCIER, who happened to be pre rnt, was pleased with her innocence ; she procured I cr an honest man' for a husband, and they are now 'live and well. bThe Members of the D e p a rt men t a l Dire }ion in 101 1 and, no l onger use t h e term Ci t i zen or Mo nsieur, Ut that of Aleester. „ Of all th e i mpu d ent F a l se h oo d s d a il y a d vanced in `„ I le Jac o bi n P ost ,, t h e most i mpu d ent was t h e asser t” of Tuesday, that Government has adively in. terfered wherever it has any influence. Nothing c an be more foreign from the Truth. Had this been the case, unquestionably the Eleetions in,-several Places would have taken a very different turn from bat which they have taken. The dinner that was prepared for Sir F. Btlx. 4 /Tr at the Crown and Anchor, on Wednesday, II probably be served up co ld, to com f ort hi m f or t 'le Loss of his EleEtion., WILLIRFORC E BittiAtear.hrpon the Husti n g s a t L. °l 'entry, are allowed to be , the only proof whieh .!' former Constituents ever witnessed o f hi s since_ ' I They had not the least doubt of his being ji fly sorry that he had lost his Eleetion—and 7'; a great boy, he 6/:446eted at being frjged with ' 4 4' which he had prepied fa his 014101111111 to .err AZDERXIAN CE71271.t Many loyal and constitutional Toasts were drank and Songs sung in the course of the evening. DIG. Num and To wilsH END were both present in the early part of the evening. The former sung the popular song of " The Pilot that weathered 'the Storm," which was received with all the enthusiasm that it had ever produced :—but peculiar circumstances had previously called for the following Song, which was received by the Company with great approbation.* Come all 'my. worthy Liverymen And listen, to my tale, I ask your Poll and Intirest, Sir Be sure you do not fail. And a Polling we will go, &c. And first Sir WATicx N spoke. --I have A thousand Pounds quite clear, I'll drink what health you please, in Punch, Or GI F rA.ko's Brown Stout Beer, &c, I will my friend obey Your call, • And come whene'er you whoop; I am a Col'nel stout and bold, Ana of the Lumber Troop, &c. Tbcn manly Cva Tis, boldly spoke, And said with hearty glee, He who embarks in Freedom's cause, Must in himself be free. Your Rights I ever will defend, Do all the good I can ; I \ While life . reindhis, I will be free, And die-an Honest Man. Sir lonia came next—the past Will surely prove the future, Try me again, I'll do what's right, I am an humble Suitor, &c. Next. Fi a xvzY carne----my dearest Friends . .:.To you Plf di pledge my life, Take me for better or for worse, We'll live like man and wife, &c. I will obey and hear your voice, Each day consult yoUr will, 4 Tis all the same if this I speak, Or write it with a qUill, &c. The man PR I ce - , untried, advanced, • At first was somewhat shy, • senthuents I.'ll soon declare, . I'll tell .you by and bye. I.3ut when he spoke, he boldly said, And fully to the point, Sooner than sign a slavish Test, 111 amputate this joint, Ace. But TR'AvlEfts came, my4ellow.Cits, one,Tetkt •I have to state ; Your witl is mine, to this I sign, Tho' other Tests I itate4 Reforini Reform ! when that's the cry, I. alwaYs will say yea ; Revive, my Boys, thtgood old cause, BIN imrpetua, ezc. Next Lusur NoToN, by proXy came, Wot knowing his own mind, Can' one mart for another think ? Of course he lagged behind, &c. To Cur rs charge your glasses friend, And jo ill in three-times three, Quite true he is unto the KING, A friend to him that's free, &c. The Annunciation of the State of the roll for the County of Middlesex gave great satisfaftion, a n d Mr. MAINWARING'S Success was drank with real :warmth and good wishes. Mr. Deputy BIRCH'S Health, as an anive Friend of Mr. Alderman CURTIS, having been drank, he made, in return a very elegant a n d a pp ropr i ate Speech, in which he touched very ably upon the re quisites of a Member for. the City of London— " Honesty and Independence," which he maintain ed belonged to their valued Representative whose Eledion they now met to celebrate. i,‘,inongPr:the Toasts given were, " DisaPpoint_ merit to the Disaffeded, and Solitary Confinement -to those who are dangerous in Society ;" which was well understclod, and drank with corresponding ap. plause. The day passed off with the utmost conviviality, and in a manner highly pleasing to every individual present, and, we have no doubt, particularly gra tifying to the worthy Alderman whose personal in.. terests in the City the company were assembled to celebrate and 'support. The Eleetion for the Borough of Denbigh is ter minated, in fa four of the Hon. FREDERICK WEST, of Chirk Castle, who met with a violent opposition ill ROB ERT MTDDLETO - 14 BIDDULFH, Esq. Banker, of Charing cross. By accounts froth Durham we learn,' that the TEMPEST which has so lon g been threatening, has suddenly cleared away, and turned thi VINE in yo ai of IVlrd 'Efti R 71/0114 yesterday the fiiendS of Mi. Alcierniati CURTIS . celebrated the retain of that,Gentleman for the third time as a Representative Of the City of LOndon. Above two hundred and fifty Gentlemen; composed of the Aldermen; Deputies, Common Council Men, , and the personkl friends of the Alderman; sac down to dinner at five o'clock,. which was excellent in its kind, comprising Turtle in great abundance, Venison, and every thing in season. Mr. , PETER MgLi.tsa, whose patriotism has been exerted on every occasion, was in the Chair, ~ which he filled with great spirit and propriety. The KING was given with three times three,., and afterwards the QUEEN and ROYAL FAMILY, which were drank individually with appropriate marks of respe6l. The next coats were, " the Lord Mayor of London, Independent Livery, Ste." Upon Mr. Alderman Cu ans's health being &ink, he took occasion to repeat his Political Creed, the assertion of which did him so much honour upon the litistings, that the Representative of Freemen should himself be free, and this was given as a toast, and received with great ' ent hU s i asm b y the C ompany. , .r :POOL, jiMt 2O; M,IJpR►;ENfttAL GASCOYNE'S DINNER. On , ( atittay last the Friends of Major-Gedeial OA co-N; assembled, pursuant to Public - AtiVei. ti.4enter, to: testify the,joy and satisfaction so uni versal/ felt at his re-eleetion. . • 1 . Ative o'clock the Co m pa n y began to aiitirible, - and little .before six above Ico of the most re iPeeible Merchants and Gentlealen in LiVerpool sat dOvn to a most excellentpintiet ; turtle, venison, t'hechoicest kinds of Cist4 and every delicacy of the seson were in great abundance; the_ wines were god, and" the whole entertainment refle&ed great crdit on . Mr..BATES of the Hotel, who furnished it. THOMAS PARKE, Esq. ofnighfield, was. in the C:air. . • Upon the cloth being reinoved, the Health of the K: NO was given with "thfie. tinles three, and " God Sive the King," was.sung'by Mr. MEREDITH, the w`tole Company 'Standing and joining •in chorus ; after which the following Toasts Were given : The PRINCE Of WALES. • The Dolts of YOkk 'ail& the Ariny.- •• • lhe DUKE of . CLAftE ;hanks. to. him for pre sering to this Town a most, important branch of its Trade. The other Illustrious Braoches of the - HoVsE . of HANO- I/ER. Major-General GA; COYNE, and may he ever meet with that support to which his eminent Services have so justly entitledhira, • • • This toast was drank with three times three and after loud and repeated bursts of applanse, ,c_ neral GASCOYNE :addressed the 'Company in a very near and appropriace'speech, expressive - of his' gra_ titude to his senior friends .tier their counsel and interest, and to his junior ones, for their ailive ex ertions and. support, professing his loyalty to his King, and his attachment to our glorious Constitu tion, and appealing to his past conduit as a presage of his undiminished exertions in future. This Address, delivered with manly feeling, was received with universal and continued plaudits, ex cited by gratitude, and uttered with enthusiasm. The Independent Eleetors of Liverpool . . ' Those nuiriarous Friends of Major-General GASCOYNS who have so zealpusly , supported his Cause. Lieutenant-General MitLETON. • The Mayor and Bailiff's Of Liverpool, with thanks for their honourable and impartial conduit duringthe late Eledion. Old England, and its glorious Constitution. Prosperity to the Tow n'and Trade or Liverpool.. Prosperity to the Commerce and Manufactures of the 'May we flourish in ArN,.as We have triumphed in Arms. At this period - General GAS CO - Y N Elook - the Chair for a time, and proposed the Hearth . of -Mr. - PITT, " the Pilot Who weather'd the Storm." This toast -was drank with an enthusiastic joy, which it is-beyond the power of language to de scribe-. Never did the gratitude of the Country, to this great and enlightened ; Statesman, shine forth with greater resplendence. The burst of applause and repeated huzzas con - tinned without interruption for a very long'period ; and the loyal inhabitants of the "Good Old Town,"- shevved 'themselves .wor thy of-the confidehce and prote6ion of the best of Sovereigns. .Mr. Pirr!s Health was drank a second time with greater' rapture and exultation (if possible), than be- " Truth in Assertions, and•Corsistency in Principles." This Toast was also drank with land and reiter_ at4a applatue.. - • Mr. ADDINGTON. Marquis CoR Nw Lt. ts. ' • The Naval and. Military Heroes who so gloriously clistilf guishedthetm,elves during the late War. ' .To the Memory of Sir RALPH ABERCECOMBY. Prosperity tb tne County of Lancaster; The Members for the County. Lord Liv ERPOOL, the Chancellor of the Dutehy. • The Lord Lieutenant ofth - County. The Members for Lancaster. . The Lancashire Witches, &e. &c. &c. In the course of the evening many loyal and constitutional S,ngs were sung by Mr. MEREDITH and Mr. MUNDEN, who was particularly happy in his sele&ion, and humorous in his delivery. The conclusion of one of his songs which ran, thus,,-- " Confusion to those who ak Englishmen horn and are Entlishmen's Foes," was eagerly caught by the company, converted into a toast, and drank amidst thunders of applause. . " 'the Pilot who weather'd the Storm." was also sung, and loudly applatided ; .and several ex eellent Glees by Mr. HOLDEN, &C. &C. Good humour and conviviality were ‘the orders of the day ; and it was not till Sunday broke in upon their festivity, that the worthy Chairman and the majority of the company could prevail upon themselves so disperse. CORN EXCHANGE, , July 23. • THrs day there are note many fresh arrivals of Wheat ; that article continuing a ready sale, best Samples are a trifle deirer; the supply of Barley and Malt' is rather short, and they go off briskly ; as do Pease and Beans; Oats are in great plenty, and with the many Buyers, sell at a small advance ; Flour is rather dearer. 1 Wheat 525 a 62S'a 745 od Beans -34 s a 37s o d Fine do. ~, 75s a 77s o d Tick ditto - 3 os a 3 3 s 6d Malt -465. a 48s a 52s od Oats - 145 a.2os a 24S od Fine ditto -53 s a 54$ 6d I Poland do. '. ,255 a 275 od Barley -• , 325 a 365 o d Rip e Seed, 321 a 36l per l as t R al e y - - 345 a 375 od. Fine Flour 55s a 58s per sack White Pease 355 a 41s od Second do. sos a s'ss per do. Saturday morning last, Mr.' Butler, of Chelsea, hothouse builder, by accident fell from his, gig, near Frome, in Wiltshire, and was so much injured as to survive the accident only a few hours. On Wednesday night, about' nine o'clock, two Gentlemen,, returning to town. in a post-chaise, were stopped on Blackheath by a single highway man' who demanded the Gentlemen's money ; which they delivered to-the amount 'of 301. in notes and cash, with which he rode off full gallop. He was Well mounted on a brown horse, was armed with, pistols, and wore a crape. A Shoemaker, named Ratcliffe, of Loughbro', has been sentenced to be publicl y whipped for leaving his wife and family chargeable on the Parish. Not long since, in the same County; a man was transported fora similar offence. kAW - REPO T GUILI73iALL, L07160N. sirriNcs azroxE .PEclAr. juky, rituitsrsAY, JULY 2i: THE INCk HOi'Vi , ool) XN6 • Mr: GAtirtove opened this case for the Preseeti i lion. He said it was an Inform at i on filed - by His Majesty's Attorney-General against the Defendant RObert Hopwood, the Mate, and Skelton; the Cap, twin of a ship called the runt), for assaulting and obstinaing • a person of the narne of ,Tolleff, an Officer of the EXeise,, in the tine execution of hi. 4. duty, on the zd of April last, ,on the Cdstoni4eitise Quay. This Prosecution, he .said; was instituted for the proteaion of' - the ,Officers of the Revent'e against assaults; and this, he :laid he was instructed, would appear in eVidence ., to 'be one of the, most provoking and unproVoleed assaults that; perhaps; had for a long time been brought Before the Court he had now the himour 'of address ing ; such , as His Majesty's high Law Officer 4 the Attorney-General, thotight it would he a derelktion 'of hiS if I l e did not brin4 it before the Jury in this solenin manner ; for unless protectionwas duly afforded to the Officer s of the Revenue, there ,w6t.ild be an end to all public Se. entity; becatiSe theie must be an end to the Revenu6 by which that Security was supported. The business of this - day - was - to hear the particulari of the case; and if the Defendants were found gnilty, he believed the circumstances of this case were such as would call on' the Court hereafter, in the discretion which belonged tait; to inflict on the 'Defendants a severe punishment. The person on whom the assault was Stated to be made, Was an Officer of the Excise ; he, together with another Officer; was ordered by their Superior to examine several hamperS of Wine; Champaign and Burgundy on the CuSrom.HOuse Quay, which it was necessary for them Co unpack while they were upon this important duty, Hop Wood entertained himself by throwing very large bUndles of hoops upon them.-The Officers first of all begged . he would remove' these hoops; because; besides the inconvenience they occasioned' to. the Officers in - the execution of their duty, it was dangerous to the wine which. dies' were ex.: amining, for it was much of 'it in bottlei, which; -. from their situation, were liable to be broken. The Officer; .therefore, desired HOpwoOd to desist from throwiog:these hoops about. The answer td this, civil request was, that of throwing, with great violence, some more of theie. hoops; and hitting the Officer with them; Upon which the Officer went up . to Hopwood, and; without, any violence, laid hold of him by the collar, and then called out for a Constable; but no Cons-table carne. While the' Officer had' thus hold 'al Hopwood, he, knocked the Officer down, and his'head fell between the - wheelS'of'a cart, 'and it was - , by - mere - aecident he escaped with life;' had he lost-it, the.Defentitnis, would - now.be brought to' the Bar of another Court; to answer ,to a charge of Murder it Was; however; providentially othowise e ; The other' Defendant; Skelton, came afterwards up and assaulted thiS, Officer. 'Upon • this matter, as, it regarded; the collettion of, the . 'Revenue; •th eJury were bettei judges than. he. was: 'They knew best thebusi.. ness of this Country- could .be carried on, if those who are the Officers of,kevenue, are to be insulted . in . the discharge of their duty. He considered the conduct .of the Defe n d aot s in this case ; for Wan.. tonly insulting these Officers in the nue,and peace• able execution . of their duty, • worse • than that of Smugglers; for thiswas a piece of wanton insolence; whereas Smugglers, although their coridua wait much to be reprehended, and - salways . *WaS so when they were found guilty of obstructing. Officers of the Revenue, yet they generally acted under a no. tidn, which, although a false one, was to be re. ceived as some extenuation 'of their guilt, for they always looked upon - it as if they were def e ndi n g their Propeay: There was no such Plea here, for this was a wanton . piece of - insolence and wicked_ ' ness, where theSe Sailors made a pastime of assault. iug the Officers of the Reienue : a, practice that ought to be checked, and that Was the Main object' of this Prosecution, He should cal Witheisei fei prove the case on behalf of the down ; Upon" which the Jury, he'had no 'doubt; would find the Defendants guilty. Whatever - could lie was w mitigation of pu n i s h ment (if i n d ee d it as possi. ble that any thing could mitigate ptiniiiiitient -in such a case) should be offered at Another place.. George Tolfrey said, he was an Otfic . er ofExcise,: and Pori Guager e belonging to the Port Of London. He was employed at the Ctistorti.liouse Quay, on the zd of April last , ` - to examine some wine that • was then,landed, and which was in hampers. He saw the Defendants, Hopwood and Skelton, there, at that time. 'When the Witness and his companion ; an-OfficeralSo, of the name of Hill; were on their duty, he' ner!eived HopwoOd had thrown several large bundle's of hoops on the hampers, large wonders hoops, He toldllopwood that lie must not throw them on the. haMpers,, for that' obstructed them in the execution of their dirty; they ivere . bound ter examine, as well as take,care of the hampers that he ' was , throwing these bundles upon. He still persist ed in throwing the bundles of hoops down. At last ' , he took one, and struck the Witness ()ter his loins with'it, which almost prevented his drawing breath. Mr. HiIY, another Port Gatiger, Who Was with the Witness, asked Hopwood: how he dared to throvi these things.on them ? Upon which he threw an'othet immediately , and threw several others at them both; twice at the Witness,- and three times at There were large packets of wines in bottles on the ground,., taken out of the hampers; Which they had • done in order to a.scertain the ditty Upon them, and which might have been broken by these honps ing on iheiri, and therefore the Witness -, and his brother Officer were airxiotts that no-mord should he thrown upon'.the wine, which w a s valuable Cham.. paign and Burgundy; as well - is for their own safety; Hopwood cOntinted throwing these bundles, not.. withstanding all that was said to him about Upon Which the Witness thought it adviseable to charge the Constable with Hopwood; for which purpose he went round and took hold of Hop Wood by the ja,cket, and called out for a Constable ; but. none answered: Hop Wood pulled hack itUrriediate_ ly e and his . waistcoat was torn; as . the . Witne ss h a d n - • hold of it ; upon which; without another word; Hopwood - struck th Witness a bloW, so violent,