The Sun. — London, England, 1802-01-29 00:00:00

RUAY_LAYE TIrE At 'RE, M l7 tsrEttuAy,,,between one and two o'clock, a eeting of the New Renters of Drury-Lane Thea tre took place at the Crown and Ancfior Tavern in the Strand. Lord -KI/INAIRD was requested to take the Chair, but declined. Mr. MORLAND then t oo k t h e Chair, in consequence of the .request of the ,company, and.-stated that . the purpose for which that Meeting had been called,.-was to sub mit to it a Proposition which, without altering the Trust of 1793 3 would' operate considerably to . the advantage of tlie.Renters: , Mr. S HER I DAN, : after stating the particular cir_ cuiristances in' which the Renters of the Theatre were placed, observed, that the sum of .01.; a night, Which, it had been agreed, should be de duaed from the receipts of the . Theatre, and given itito the hands cif the Trustees, had been found insuf_ ficient for the paynient of the Renters Shares ; and Itereffire - the Proprietors had proposed to the t Renters that the - sum should be fixed at 451. per - night. It was neeessartfirSt of all, that the Duke of BEDroit.D's rent - should . be,paid,aad next to that, t h e patent rent . Th e Proprietors .41ere then willing, :that, after•deduaing these, to ge the r wi t h t h e other 'necessary expences of' the TheatVe,..frbin the re_ ceipts,.Of ecli night, the sum ,of t iaeele. out of the residue, should be given to the Titi'Stee for the pay :mem of the Renter's ; and in order that no person should have reason to suapea:that. those necessary 'expellees of the Theatre had been -over-rated, or 'that any mistatelnent Might: be made of them,iowas agreed by the Proprietors, that all accounts should he kept by a Clerk, that they should he submitted to -the inspeeiion of petsons regularly nominated for that purpose, and - their Mi.' WiL . SON, the "Lord :Chancellor's Secretary, should -be the Auditor of the Accounts. He hoped this proposal' would meet :the zyprob;tion of every Gentleman. present, and be could assure them that it was his sincere wish :, tha-, all Ellett claims' might be settled - in a matiner .: he most aatisfattory. to them. The eXpencea of builciing the Tileatre were enormous ; , and he must ,repeat what he had said On a for Mer oceasibn; that .the original estimate was never 'u n d e r t O o d to lie Confined merely to the shell of a Theatre, but.was • Understood to include all the taverns. and 'Other buildings ,that were to be attached to the-Theatre.• The expellees therefore having so far exceeded the estimate, was one princpal cause of the -- diffieulties in which the property had been • involved ; but he could now inform th had b een a e Meeting, t h at a plan greed.upon for ereaing; the taverns and other buildings ; that it would shortly be submitted . to the Renters, and he hoped it would- - Soon be car ried into effea. - , • Lord KINNAIRD then expressed his approbation' of the proposal made by Mr. SHER I DAN, and moved ,a Resolution to that urea. The Motion was agreed to with only two dis :tenting v'oidef• ' There were about forty or fifty "Gehtlemeii present. C ''' Mr, li ammaaseny wished to have it explained 'why there were so many Private Boxes. AsaNl.r. Stta a t oart rep li e d , t h at these boxes had 1;" ecslti for the p ayment o f_ mortgages on the thja.t,re) and t h ey were. p l aced in such a situation, gener a l ' Ina ereftion of them could do no injury to the interest of the property. He then took "as i"n to mention the great and unforeseen ex- Pence s that Thereattended t li e open i ng of the Theatre.' was 'not a single o ld play that was repre . tented there, for which it had not been necessary to Provide new scenery ' had a ll b een ,in the same m an n e r as if t h ey served new , had expressed play s . Th e Chancellor, he- ob a „ theatre had never a wi s h t h at t h e business of the, ver arrangemen t o f every ih‘s ; he ing come before him, and that t h e the n a taken out of his h a concerning it might-bedeclared he wi s h e d (Mr.. SHERIDAN), Lo same thing as much as that NOble and Learned he sincerely hoped that all the parties wo:il'i and ' come to a satisfaaOry - , agreement ainong nithemselves:, without troubling fits L-rdsliip an l ie . s h ould .pro,xl. , t i r e.r He next observed ; that lon futur e day the appointment of a --ta • t ommettee to consider of the best mode of ereaing Taverns, 81e. ab . out the Theatre. The Meetin g th e • n adjourned to the ad March. ____________,,e_a_ THE THEATRE ...--The Tragedy of Tif. , Mourn ing Bride was attended b I) y a very numerous au (Bence last l - . nigh t at ruryalane Theatre. The haughty.Charatier of Zara, softened b' 1 and Y ove, stung by disappointment fi 11 ha ' pless passion to a yet na y sacrificing her generous compassion for the iobjea of it, gave ample v scope 'to the talents of Mrs. kIIDDONS. All these emotions with the conflia of contending passions, were expressed with . truth, energy, and fire. Her de portment correspo n d e d With he r graceful. K EMR ' of 0 .07 , ; -,, ,, . wh , t.E made as much as could be made 0 is 'chiefly important in being the favourite of • Leal Princesses. Almeria was very Well supported by Mrs. POWELL .Her surpriie d a i t - an g ation at the first appearance of her husband, whom she posed dead, was unco mmon l y we ll ex pressed. So was her tenderness towards Gomyr, and the n.rief in s .and anxietyarising from the untelent , _Mr s . s p ow t y of her. father. \Ve have seldom see n everi E. Le equally successful. ' Mrs. Bi er f , -rls.lGTola is so much better, that she is free rom ner medical attendants, and gone toKnights 'arid e f g or the benefit of a chap f - , .ge o air... Mr. ROB s°N, from superintendin g ';the feed of the Cavul ' - rY., has constituted himself, in his o•-run Qazette, the chief Scemcli v r of Dublin—a most aPPrCW4te,4pp.9intinent we must confess. Thel l it 0 • e C o untess .of Ho LDI3 RN ESSE% house was yesterdaYl ift Is . A 11. ' ' , tei..... oy 'auction by Mr. CHR IST lE, for the 911 % . . i., , m f 4,07a1. The Purchaser was Lord , Wituneteroar. -,The whole of the Datchw ort l t E st , W ates, near at ton, in Hertfordshire, the property of, .Wre , SO N , E s 9 a a , which came to the hammer at Garra.. way's, On Wedne s d av, beli eve bia_ovalit • -a, 3 ,000 . it was baugh t fbr the purchaser of PAIli. La ter t E LD'S noble mansion,. of Woodhall. - The . aFirst Con su l h as visited the various manu faaures at Lyaas, and entered,with into the minutest details of their o • perattons. LAW REPORT. COURT OF KTNG's BENCTI, JA ig. Is the course of justification of Bail . ; a Gehtle man appeared who was opposed.; but he stated, that his name and title were, Edward O'Brien Price, Baronet of that part of the 'United Kingdom - of Great Britain .and Ireland called Ireland : that he had. been in the capacity of a Clerk to' a Woollen- Draper at'Bristol, had - been arrested for debt Se veral times, but had discharged all claims upon him, except the sum of - tot. which he said was an Unjust - One': that he claimed a large estate in Cheshire as heir-at-law of the late Sir John Powell Price— went down last Autumn to take possession of it : thavit was an estate on which the Freeholders, of the County Claimed a right of common, and"Which 77 is -worthr7ool. - a year : that his claim to this estate was allowed- by a decree in the Court .of Chan cery ; which decree, however, he did not produce, shes,ving.only-lis -claim, and, therefore, Mr. Justice LAWRENCE held that he could not justify Bail on this species of property.—He then stated, that he was in the aftual possession- of an estate in.lreland of the value of 3001. a year, which descended to him from his mother.. it was submitted, that the property ought to bein England before he couldbe allowed to justify ; but the Learned Judge observed, that it would do --to have proper-tv either in England win Ireland,. since the Ad. of Union, and quoted a casein which it had been so determined. The Gentleman, and his companion on the Bail piece, then justified in the sum .of ispl. THE KING V. STEVENTON. this,is a case which stood over from the laSt Term--for argument. It_ is a convidion for a con spiracy to prevent a Witness from attending to give his . ividence before the Commissioners of ,the' Ex cise, upon an information exhibited, of a person having in his possession certain-contraband goods, quantity of wax candle,s; for which the duty was not paid. - A motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground that it' was not stated, in the informa rian, tbatilie - person who - gave the information - , was ,fin Officer of His MaiestO Revenue, which, it vcias contended, was,.required by the AEI of „Par„ !lament of the z 6 Geo. Fi. c.. 7. S. 13., The ATTORNEY GENERAL sheaved cause against ibis rule, and contended, that from ate several Sratutes which govern this subjed, and which are to-be taken in pari - niateria, it was not necessary that'it should be statekl,:.as,here required by those who objeCted to .it. Thar the' provisions ! of- the - ,tas Were applicable, in express terms, to Cowls of _Record— That wherever an A& ,of Parliantent stated Courts of,Record, it was , held to relate to ;Ile Courts of Westminster-Hall, and to them only ; consequently - had no reference to the proceedings before the Commissioners of the Excise. -- Mr. MINGAT, Mr. GARROW, and Mr. 'WOOD, were on the same side ; the latter Learned Gentle man argued the case at some length. Mr. ERSKINE was proceeding to argue in support . of the Motion,. when Lord I(EivroN suggested the propriety of the case standing over for a few days, to afford time. for Counsel to look into : the different Aas of Par liament, and also to ascertain what had been the form of pratttice ever since the year 1786 in these. InforMations ; which, the Court ordered accord ingly. THE KING ti. HANIItLLY. 'This was a - Motion which the ATTORNEY GENE. RAL had opened to the Court before, which was,' that the Defendant should be charged in Execution of his Sentence, which was, that of Hard Labour on. board the Hulks, but the Keeper had refused" to take him, on account of the risk to which he would 'be exposed, if the man escaped—he standing charged with civil process, to the amount of 'risoner was now in Court. •Lord'KENvoN asked if the . Prisoner .had been brought to this Keeper with a proper Warrant ? Mr. ERSKINE said, there was no d . i ? position in the Keeper of the Hulks, to resist the execution of the law, but it did not appear that he had . .lieen called upon according to the forms of law to receive this person. Lord KENYON said, it was very immaterial what . the disposition of this or any other person might be—in this case the law Must be obeyed. This -. Prisoner must be committed, to be, sure, in execu tion of the Judgment pronounced upon him. Mr. ERSKINE said, that the Keeper never knew, until late last night, that there was a proper War . rant for receiving this person, but he was now per fealy ready to . do it. Mr. Justice GR.OSE said, that when this matter was mentioned before, he had desired that the Keeper might have notice of this Motion, that the Court might hear what he had, (if any thing) to say —not that the Court had any doubt what ought eventually to be done, but they did this ex major; cautela. The Warrant for the Keeper to take this man in his charge, was now in Court, and ; there fore, there was an end of the question. The Keeper of the Hulks must take charge of him pursu. ant to his sentence, with all the risks of all the charges that belonged to his ease l be they what they may. 'The Prisoner was charged in Execution accord .. itngly; Mr. Serjeant VAbottArr moved for leave to file a Criminal Information against John .Parkinson, Esq. a Justice of the Peace for the City of Lincoln, for what was alledged to be partial and corrupt con. .chit in his office, as a Magistrate. He stated, from Affidavit, that there was a great distukba,nce and up_ roar created by a mob, t h at assem bl e d at` a placeap. propriated for Divine Worship.—A Mikimg . House of Disse nters . a congregation assembled in the usual manner in the evening, for the purposes of religicui worship :—a mob was colleded there, and pm ceeded to aas of diSturbance to the Meeting.—A squib was thrown at a woman with a child in her arms ; her clothes took fire, the flames were with difficulty extinguished ; the leader of the riot, one Lewis, and another of the name of Wilkinson, were taken before the Magistrate. The Gentleman against whom this Motion was made, who 411 e evert , dit?ositioh to thWart the Prosecution, Wet the CoUrt knew was regulated by Statute, and to which wái attached a severe penalty, a fine of zol. with other regUlations—this Magistrate, he said, manifested a disposition to thwart the Prosecution first, he demanded the licence of the Teacher of the Meeting—it was produced. He then said, "he knew those Meetings were held at night very im properlki and that they were the cause of these disturbances." They said they held their meetings in the night according to custom, and for reasons of their own, one of which was, that they did nor like :tq interfere with the service of the Church of England. This Magistrate, however, took upon himself to dismisS the complaint:" Lord KE NY° N.—" When' did -this - - take place ?"- ,• Mr. Serjeant VAuGHA.R.:•',"„(.4, the sth of November last, my Lord." . Lord Ketorori.— Here a whole ,Term has elapsed between your complaint before the Court, and the cause of it. I think-you -should, be. left to your common course—go befOre a Grand Jury." Mr. Serjeant VAtrokiA.N said, that from this sort of encouragement these rioters,, they had committed some other ads of excess; and for which a Bill of Indiament had been found• against them. - - Lord KE NY 0 That-. fortifies .the objedion to your Motion—you sh6uld go before the Grand Jury with your Bill of Indidment also." Motion refused. • COURT Or-COMMON PLEAS, THt.TRSDAY, LAN: ROSS V. REDHEAD AND This was an Anion of Trespass, tried at the laSt Sittings at Westminster, brought by the PlaintifF, a Bankrupt, against the Defendants, one being the Assignee and the other the Messenger under the Commission. It was alledged on the part of the Plaintiff, that he having committed a previous an of Bankruptcy, the Commission .under Which the Defendants 4ttted was•void. .It-appeared, however, that the Plaintiff had, acquiesced in the_ proceedings under the Commission for a year and a half, and Lord ALVANLEY was cleatly,of opinion, that the Bankrupt ought not to be permitted, after that dis tance of time, to bring forward evidence to set aside the Commission, by means ofi a previous ad of Bankruptcy.-=The Plaintiff, was therefore non- suited., .•- ,:;- Yr. serjeant REstliow..:iiidred to set aside the Nonsuit, but . Lord ALVANLEI deprecated .Inch kind of Aftions, observing, that .the RotAscluenccx; would be incalcu_ lably injurious to the. Public, if a Bankrupt, , 'after :acquiescing-in the' 'proceedirigs under a Commission against him for several years, t s.v as then lowed ,to sel.aside thatComMission,. by bringiig forward any of his servants to prove that he had pre viously been denied to . asreditor, or that - he • had committed any aft..of Bankruptcy ,prior to.that on which the Commission .was founded:. Oiher Judges concurring in this opinion, . , ..„ Ihe,Rule was refused.. 'ir ," •., BpinETT it,. FuNi3LANQPE, , . This vas an Atthan -tried at .the. last Sittings. at Guildhall, brought; for damages sustained by the PlaiatiC in consequence: of the :Defendant!s not completing his contract for the purchase. of a quan-: tity of Gum - which he•had bought at a public :sale, and which it was alledged he , had agreed to takes with all its faults. It was, alledged on the .part of the Defendant that the Gum was of a. very inferior quality to that which it .was held out to be, and, that from the manner in which it was packed and : conveyed to the warehouse Where it remained, for public inspetion, there appeared an imposition on the part of the Plaintiff, some Gum of a prime qua lity being put at top in each cask, whilst the infe rior sort was beneath. . . The Jury, however, found a Verdia -for the Plaintiff. Mr—Serjeant SHErtinto noW.moved for a new Trial, on the ground that the verdict was agairtt evidence.--Rule to chew cause granted: BURNELL,Esca. c'. kNt. This was a 'Special Aftion . brought against the Sheriff of Sosex, for not levying under an execu tion against the diens of the Marquis of Donegal, and for making a false return, he having returned nulla bona.. On the trial of this cause at the last Sittings at Westminster, it appeared that the Plain tiff having made an arrangement with the Marquis, had instrueted the Officer to ael..in pursuance of that arrangement ; and Lord ALVANLEY was of opinion, that the Plaintiff had thereby exonerated the She riff froth all responribility. The Jury found a verdict for the Defendant. Mr. S;tjeant BEST now moved for a new Trial, contending that the evidence went in favour of the Plaintiff. Lord ALVANLEY expressed the same opinion he had given upon the Trial, but gave his consent, as did the other Judges, to a Rule to show cause being grantee. EVANS Ei". BENSON. Mr. Berieant BEST sheaved cause against a Rule obtained by Mr.,Serjeant SHEPHERD, to discharge the Defendant, out of the custody of the Warden of the Fleet. An Affidavit of Debt had been made by the Plain tiff in Ireland, before Lord Noltnuity, Lord Chief Justice of the Court •of Common Pleas there, for the purpose of arresting the Defendant. The latter having come over to England,. the Plaintiff verified the signature of Lord NoRkuRY, by. Affidavit, be fore the Filazer of t. 4 Goprt,of Common Pleas here,_ and then sued *tit process, : and arrested the De fendant. It•appearing, libwever, that the Filazer had no authority to lale - .:su,ch an Affidavit, which could _only, be made beforea . Judge of the Court of Common Pleas here, The Rule was made absolute. The late . storms, ' and particularly the sudden thaws, have - ;ione great damage to our canal's. The trade of the Uxbridge Canal has been stopped for this week past ; the frost having burst two of their culverts, and materially damaged their banks in several places. olvArEr, ON i'HE REPKESiiITATIOI , T i BY Mits. SIDDONj. -;. Siiitior of that Bird whose bold yet telidet Muss POQr 13LLV !DER a's " glorious ',Faith' ) deiignsdi, WhatFaaty rorm'd we now embody'd firid, Lo! S:DtiOlis equals thy sublirriest views. Hence thou thine erring tatlgment thust aconse4 That gave to ri Ea so unfirm a mind, As such exalted pacn could not bind, And bade him all its sad, rohd, claims refuse. . , Hacist thou foreseen aS: ono tis fort is; P r ` , ; • thou wouldist have mule him scorn - A strial Careless of wealth, despising factious art, He would not meanly have desefted lite, Rieh,in his BALI./ IDE k A's glowing heart, But brav'd his fate with such, a matchless wife. . . ;14 CORN- EXCHANGE. janua7 29. THE great_stipplies laid in at the early part of the winter, keep prices in, general very moderate: —Some pod Barley had a small advance ;--Beansk heavy and .rather 10wtx4.,-.other.iarticles but little fluCtuation. -bas 7os a 8 ts.ci Old Beans oi Fu m 4 0 , 82S a . 84s od Tick do - 3ts a 34s ad - - - 44,s a sos 6d' Oats - - as a 2}S od Fine do. .„ - sirs a s:s ad Poland.do. zds a 27 - 6 cl , 38s a 42s 6d Rape Seed 141 a 361 ier •E:Cy'e • -" e`4ls . 6ct Flour 65s a 7os per sack White Pea Sc. a.Ars:Qtt ,Second do. 6os a 6ss per do.* Beans 49s . a.,355,6d ; EXTRACT• OF A LETTER FROM A PAS - IENGTR -ONT BOARD THE HENRY DUNDAS INDIANIAN DATED •ST. AUGUSTINE'S BAY, :INIADAbACAR., AVG. 10, 8.31.- *After quitting, the Cape we s sufered a great deal - of delay, by calms and Unfavourable winds ; and Weft at last obliged', on account . of the sickness abo,ird, and other circumstances," to come in here, where we have been aboirta week. We aiein the same bay where the leinteron people . we . re 49-z ; and the India Corn.. *pany, having in return fot . the civilities shewn by the ICIN of `BAB A . ;4 to the on that occasion, Made him considerable' presents,' we have been "treated by th e natiyes with great hoSpitality. We have laid in . a stock of fresh prbvisiOns, hav - e larded and refreshed our sick, and are now ready to put to sea in prosecution of our voyage for, Ceylon. A Bengal ship Vtith, rice,", for England, was driven in herein distress, and'l take the opportunity of writ ing to yOu., .•. •' -The natures ave been very civil. They brought us, all, kinds of live stock, fruits, Bre. which .we „paid 'for, in rnusquets, pistols, old iron, knives, buttmsi_ haqketchiefs, and other things. They do not seem to know the- value of rpoa2ey : ()fled the 9fficers, pitched his marquee on shote ; it was, exeretriely di:licult for us to prevent pilfering. : They are verrexpert in thieving. The tea-kettle was taken off;the fire when the' 'servants were pre:ienr, andihe bed covers and pillows were 'sthlen from a servant's bed whilche was asleep in it ; but they are rather_ tronblesorne than dangerous. Most d'fm the 'assume magnificent names. Besides King George, we we hive the Prince of Wales, the Duke 'of York s Piinee Augustus, the Duke of Marlborough, and a great many others. These Gr;Mcfees do not batter themselves, but their 41tOple bring us presents, while they attend to see that adequate presents are madein returns The women are by no means disagreeable, and by no meansi shy. The Grandees even .wili•sell, or rather press you to take their wives and daughters; the women seem to have no influence in . their society. The men are athletic and. well made; of a bri&ht 'colour, and have acquired enough of broken 1~ rench and Eng.. lish La make themselves understood. . 1 We expel to reach Ceylon in a month from this day." • krepott is just now circulated that the Poe E has, by a brief, suppressed ,the 'A rchbishopric of *Cologne. Yesterday a poor - Foreigner was brought before the LOR . D MAYOR at the Mansion-house, charged by a Custom-house-officer with having a greater quantity of raw coffee in his possession than is al.. lowed by Mt of Parliament. A Gentleman told his Lordship that he saw the Officer seize the coffee within the City, and was suffering the man to go away without any further •inquiry, when he told him to take him before his Lordship, to know how he came by the coffee. The Custom-house-officer produced his diploma, and said he had orders, to seize 'any goods without a permit, and to let the person go upon his giiing his address. The. LORD MAYOR said, such condud was cer tainly produaive of bad consequences,.as thieves poSsessed of stolen goods might escape justice, and the property never cone to light.—This poor Foi.: reigner not knowing English, • had it explained to his Lordship that he, was a French .Emigrant in great distress, and had given half a crown for this coffee, and that he did not know the'Law.—Upon which his Lordship not 'only gave him his liberty, but also, gave him half a .Crown, the sum he had paid for the coffee ; and ordered it to remain in the Marshal's Office till they could ascertain who it belongs to. The total number of deaths in the city and sat). tubs of Glasgow last s , year was 1918, being 1 6S short of the number in 1800. This great decrease is ascribed to the want of spirituous liquors, which used to'be drunk by the middling and lower ranks in such excess, that the instances of persons (lying from that cause were numerous. Two fellows were yesterday committed for trial. from Bow -street, on a charge of stealing a gold, watch in the shop-of Mr. Graham, on the loth of December. One of the Prisoners was brought into the Office yesterday for another offence, when Mrs. Graham seeing him, identified his person. On Wednesday evening some of the Bow-street Officers apprehended a man near the Bricklayers' Arms, on the Kent Road, on suspicion of having 16en concerned in several footpad to4eries the unties of Kent and Surrey. 1 c (