The Sun. — London, England, 1812-11-17 00:00:00

EFIGRAIII. 11nouGaA74 writes his Epitaph—to wit s " Here lies the EleOly of PITT." If welt to take this, /a leitre, The sooner 'tit:: inseritl' , l VA. !)etter. ELECTION (V 'OTS PEERS. Yesterday came on, ac Holyrooil-house, election of sixteen Peers to represent the Scots nobility in Parliament, when thelollowing Noble niru were chosen :--- Votes. Votes. -Marquis Queensberry* .... .50 F.arl-of•Aboyne 50 Earl of ,Rothesc. 4S Earl of Aberdeen 51 Earl. of Caithnees 19 Earl of GlasgoW ' 49 Earl of Home.. 4P Lord Foibes 45 Earl of Kellie . 50 Lord Saltoun 48 Earl of Dalhousie 5O Lord Gray* 45 Earl of Selkirk 47 Lord Sinclair 49 Earl of Balcarras 41 Lord Napier 44 Those marked * were elected in the room of Earl of Strathmore Earl of Haddington Lord Cathcart. PEERS PRESPNT. Mate oFßnecleugh Earl of Balcarris Duke of Atli°ll Aboyue Dlarq. of Queensberry Aberdeen Earl of Rothes Glasgow -- Cathness Viscount Arbuthnot :---L— Morton Lord Forbes. .--. „Moray — Gray ---- Rome - Sinclair ' ;------- Kellie . Napier , ---- Lauderdale Elihank .--L -, --.., Kinnoull Belhaven ~----. 'Elgin -- Lore Roll; 6--. Wenlysk -:--:- Ruthven . Leven Z- - -- Kinnaird'. --.--- Selkirk , Dake of Lennox Earl of Dundonald, Breadalbane ,Stair Lord Torphielien Reay rItOXIES. to Lord Forbes Ely . .••••-• Kinnaird Earl of Lauderddl6 . Lord Forbes Kiunaird. SIGNED LIST. Earl of Hyndford Portraore Honetoun Viscount Sortuout Lord Somerville Blantyre Forrester Kircudbright Duke of Grafton - Monorose Earl of Errol Eglington -- Cassi;llis Haddington —7-- Galloway Notthesk Dunmore There were 52 rotes in all, viz. 29 present, 6 proxies, and 17 signed lists. Their Lordships were attended by James Walker 'and Walter Scott, Esqrs. two of the principal Clerks of Session, in virtue of a commission from the Lord Clerk Register of Scotland, and as usnal by two of hi.s Majesty's Chaplains, viz. Dr. John tton of IC3rth Leith, and Dr. Inglis of the Old Greyfriars church. The election was attended by a very numerous assemblage of ladies and gent! enirtm. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. CAPE TOWN, AAG. 22.—The public will learn, kritb the deepest sorrow, the decease, on Friday, the 14th instant, of W. S. Van Ryneveld, Esq. President of the Court of Justice;Orphan Cham ber, &c. The unrivalled qualities of this respected Ma gistrate and virtuous man, were so well known, that it does not require more, than to state his death, to draw ftom every voice•the acknowledge zient of his irreparable loss to this Colony. His life has been spent in the direct pursuit to exalt the state of his native place, and his excel lent understanding,' urged on by the enlightened end enlarged view upon all subjects so peculiar to himself, eminently fitted him to extend the real interests of this rising Settlement. . In the,dispensation of justice from his superior seat, it was his unceasingwish, and the l as t grea t employment - "Qf his mind, " that right should be done to every man," careless of diStinction of consequence, not within the ordinary spheres of action and observation alone, but that this great principle, equally of nature and' policy, should be general, and know no bounds but the wide limits 'of our dominion. The Judge, the Statesman, the confidential adviser, and the disinterested Supporter of Go vernment, were all acknowledged in him. But thes . e high qualifications were even inferior to the man of amiable and social life. His friends, his family, his %rife, children, and dependents, will lever forget the cheerful companion, the kind and beneficent master. His public and private virtues ran so near a course, the feeble eye of huamnitv cannot say, where was the leading pas sion which was foremost in this earthly race. Merits so various and alike conspicuous, will ever remain the' boast and pride Of the Cape of Good Hope. Here he was born, educated, and solely passed his life; but such were his gifts froin nature, the greatness of his mind, and the goodness of his heart, he wanted not the aid of travel.; and instead of receiving example from the range of distant climes, he will give it to other countries ; Ind -'here his character reaches, ho tour and distinction will be the claim of this Settlement. Last Sunday was buried, that most respected Magistrate, W. S. Van Ryneveld, Esq.—His Ex eellency the Governor, and - the officers of his family, Major Gen. Cockell, and the whole Staff of the Army, the great body of the C!ergy, and all the Civil Officers of the State, led the solemn procession, minute guns firing at stated intervals. the whole . and universal people of this city, poured themselves forth, united in the'perform ance of the last melancholy duties to that great and good man. Two of those French mortars which were so long the annoyance of the inhabitants at Cadiz, Were landed last week at the Gun-wharf, Ports- Mouth, one of them, called " the Duke of Tre viso," is nearly eight feet long, and presents a Aingtilar specimen of French invention. In shape it bears some resemblance to a'howitzer. The of both, are about the size of our 13-inch luortars, though in their internal construction they differ materially. They are of brass, as are also the beds. The largest took 40Ibs of powder for its charge, and will throw a shell to the im- Inense distance o f th ree miles. The other, ex cept in being fixed to the bed, is not unlike in tnaKe and size to our English 13-inch mortars.—• The muzzles are much battered and disfigured, Occasioned by the Fr e n c h h av i ng fi re d t h em i nto cash other on abandoning the siege. ,They were brought by his Majesty's ship Revenge, and are taid, to be intended as a present to the PAINCE lIEGENT. P SPORTS OF `TIDE FIELD. . , . ,OPAL HUNT.—©n 'Tuesday last a fine (awe was turned out at South-hill Park; as a cominknee ment for the season, and as soanuch has been-ex pected from the system and management of the new huntsman, we - will endeavour to satisfy our sporting readeeS in all the partictilars wi conceive necessary, 'Without 'running over eVery inch M ground, like a t a il-h oun d u p on a stale Scent. s - The deer was given about 35 minutes which is a longer time than has been Usual, and which is conceived to answer a double purpoSe . , fii.`st saving the absence of two yeOmen prickers to guide and keep loin, on ;. and, secondly, to give bounds and horses a better chance in the first burst. The next 'change is also better. The ill- contrived. method of laying the hounds on has long been deprecated by sportsmen ;'for by cus- tom they knew the cart, and as soon as they let , go they would dash to it, and push' on at a great rate, in a straight line, for a considerable tance,' which baffled the efforts of the attendants to get them right. At present the cart is taken away, and the houndS draw the heath for some time ; then, unsuspecting any trick, they croSs the scent, and therefore get quicklyartid steadily settled to it. This has still greater advantages in view, as it is hoped the company will keep %vial the hounds at starting, and : not p a r sec the deer for a Mile or more by the way of getting forward to be in at a first check. It is expressly pointed out to the riders of horses for the King's hundred, that unless they start with the hounds, they will not be entitled to re , ceive a ticket, which implies a request that Gen tlemen should also observe this rule. • Any pecu liar Style 'or manner of .hunting when running or in the chate coUld hardly be seen. The aim of all huntsmen is the same. A fox huntsman wishes to kill, and a stag huntsman can wish'hut to take; but, in obtaining that end', his feeling for the bu siness of his pack, and his skill in making his casts, constitute the chief merit and difference between one man and another. This man bears evident superiority over many in both respects ; first, being an excellent rider and good weight, he is able to be up and sec his business, and pos sessing an admirable voice, his cheer enlivens the hound and the chace ' (of no little a d van t age to both). His skill w as shown in a few instances ; to prove that is master of this difficult branch. The day was very bad, and the deer took over theavorst country possible for a weak pack and new leader, and after a very ,sharp run of two hours, he took refuge among his old companions in the Great' Park, where it was thought fit to leave him iu,consequence of the lateness of the hour. The hounds look extremely well, and did thcir business in good style, considering the late disadvantages under which they manifestly la boured., Sharpe was on a finehorse, which seem ed to carry him well. The yeoman pickers were much better mounted than can be exaected. The deer will-be turned out this day, at South bill Park, and on Friday at Sunning-hill. HARRIERS.—Yriday, the barriers belonging to Mr. Beddoes, of China Longville, Shropshire, were heating for a hare, when a fox was started at Botley Moor, near Felhampton ; he made his way over the Longniynd, and near to the Stiper stones ; be was then headed, and turned back to wards Little Stretton, from thence backed to the file over the Longulynd again ; returned over Raglet.!lill, and from thence to the Edge Wood, over Brewood, down ,to Corfien, to the Bishop's. Wood, close to Diddleburv, and Hazlediee Wood back again to the Edgewood, which entered by Hartoa Hallo way ; run the wood down to the Grove, and from thence to Norton's Camp, and back to Seaton, to Seefton's Forest, and down to •Grinald's Cross; where he was killed, after sit hours extraordinary hard running. MALTON COURSING MEET/ N consequence of the frost both on Monday and Tuesday last, it was agreed, by sonic of the Members- present, to defer the meeting till yesterday. The only grey-' hounds that appeared at the Meeting , post,' were those, as we understand, of Sir F. Boynton and Major Tophain. Sir Mark Sykes's foxhounds threw off at Welham on Wcduesday morning, .and found immediately.' MURDERER OF AIR. MARR'S FAMILY. -EDINBURGH, Nov. I2.—We learn from a Gen tleman who left Kirkwall, in Orkney, on Wednes day se'nuight, that, immediately before his depar, ture, information was lodged with Robert Ni colson, Esq. Sheriff-substitute of the County, that a sailor on board a ship of war, at Stronmess, had betrayed great diSquietude of mind, and was overheard speaking to himself of Mr. Marr and his family, and, upon being questioned, had ac knowledged accession to the Murder. Mr. Nico'son instantly caused the man to be carried to Kirkwall for examination before him.— At first he refused to give any information, but the Sheriff-substitute at last got him to confess that he was -one of the actual mnrderersi - 'and that there were three 'others. He also said, that, ever since the horrid deed, he had been haunted by the deepest - remorse and horror of conscience, and that he frequently imagined he heard Mr. Marr's ghost commauding him to give himself up to justice: He is now secured in Kirkwall Jail. It is stated in another account, received yester day morning, that the name of the per Son who confesSed himself- an accomplice in the murder. of Mr. Marr's family. is Bell, and that he was on board the Rosamond sloop of- war, lying at Ler wick.. About 25 sick prisoners of war were landed on Friday morning at Lcith from the Latona trans- port, and conveyed in carts to the Infirmary. They appeared to be in a Very languid and debilitated state, which excited commiseration from the by standers. SOME of them had no other covering than a blanket to defend them from the cold. Every at tention was paid to them, of which their unfortunate situation would admit ; and one instance of ten derness of heart, in a seaman belonging to a pas sage-boat, deserves to be noticed—on observing a prisoner who had little or no el:oaths, and who was in a very feeble state, and shivering with - cold, he most generously and humanely pulled off his waistcoat, and gave it, to the unfortunate stranger. LAW REPORT. COURT OF KING'', BENCH, Nov. 16. Mr.. Justice Ckpan till-. only Judge of this C6urt that attended this day, and he was occupied from soon after n'ne o'clock in the morning till near four in the afternoon, in hearing the justifka tions of hail. The nuMlier of bail to justify this term is almost unprecedented ; it is s;lid justifica tion is to take phde, as of this Tenn, in more than ohe thousand actions COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—Nov. IG. ROBINSON V. BIRCH AND lILYGATE. . . This was toaction brought against the late Sheriffs of Middlesex, nominally, bilt really against One of their officers, for an escape, under the fol lowing eircumstances.:—A person of th e name of A...ppleyard, who a kept shop in Queen Anne 7 street, Wimpole.:street and was represented as exercising the different employments of stationer,'publican, and bt.ilder, became indebted to Stothart, in the Sum of 561.45. for business done by the latter, as a surveyor, for which . sum Appleyard accepted a bill, which was discounted by the plaintiff, who is an attorney, and who', upon non-payment of the bill) arrested Appleyard on an action of inesne process ; but the Sheriff's officer who executed the writ, having delivered over hiS prisoner to his bro ther officer, and taken a receipt from- him, ne glectedprocuring a bail-bond,orputting in above, from !'-'v'hich neglect an •escape ensued, and 'the present action was brought against the Sheriff's officer to recover the' amount ~of the bill, which was lost by his neglect. Lord Chief Justice MANSFIELD, in his charge, animadverted on the culpable' conduct of Sheriff's. officers in this and similar cases, by which credi tors were deprived of the benefit of tho'se legal re medies by ,which they sop.ght to recover their just debts, and the Jury immediately returned a verdict' for the plaintiff---Dainages 561. 14?. There were but three other causes tried, which were wholly devoid Of interest. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, Nov. 16. To-day their Lordships sat in the Exchequer Chamber, to hear the pleadings of Counsel in the eaise of • THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. BLEW AND OTHERS. It appeared, that person:, for whom the defend ants were trustees, had covenanted with the trtis ' tees of a Charitable Fund at Worcester, in the year 1749, fol. a building lease of a certain piece of land, on which two ruinous tenements were „situated.— The lease was given for a terarof ninety-nine years, with a right of renewal at its expiration for the like term, on a consideration of an annual payment of eight pounds ground rent, and that a sum not less than 2001. should be expended in the erection of fit habitations for the accommodation of families. Such being the nature of the lease, the erection of new houses was begun in 1754, and continued for several years, during which time, the value of lands and tenements increased ; and, at the end of fifty years, • the annual rent of the new houses and gardens 'amounted to 101/. 10$. Meantime, the 'succeeding trustees of the public Charity be gan to examine the deed . by which the defend- • ants - held these premises, now bec ome so va l ua bl e. This deed they discovered to be of a very clues tionahle nature, for besides its unusual length of lease, they conceived it to contain a most iinvo 7 vident disposal of the lands of the Choritv. THY accordingly claimed the restoration of their pro perty, on thegrounds that the lease was improper, because it exceeded fifty years, the usual term of charity building leases ; also, that the permission of renewal at the same rent stipulated for in the first covenant was a fraudulent and improvident disposal and acceptance of the Charity tene ments. On the part of the defendants, it vas maintain ed, that an immeasurable loss woted be sustained by the unexpected demand to surrender their ha bitations. 'Fourteen hundred pounds and upwards had been expended in their erection, and put of them bad been granted by testament to children, under the 'contemplation of the lease being a war rantable one. Some of the defendants desired compensation for the surrender of their property, under such circumstances. Others maintained the validity of the first lease, but voluntarily surren dered the right of renewal; and the two remain ing leaseholders, who possessed claims on three hundred pounds vested in the tenements, made An ample surrender of their rights, praying that their costs might he allowed by their Lordships. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL commented . , at con siderable length, on the improvidence of the lease, which the trustees of the charity had given, and•contended, that a retrospective calculation and surrender of overplus rent for the tenements, since the year 1799, should be made by the de fendants. The Loito CHIEF JUSTICE counselled the de fendants to surrender the tenements to the trustees of the charity, and accept .a, renewal of their lease, upon those conditions which had been very offered to them. His Lordship desired them to cast the business over in their minds till Thurs , day, 'when judgment would be given. IRLANTI). COURT OF KING'S DUBLIN, Nov. 11. THE KING AT THE PROSECUTION OF DENNIS BOWES DI LY, ESQ. V. RICHARD MARTIN, ESQ. Mr. GOFAGIITY, in this case, moved for a con ditional order tor a criminal inforMation against the defendant. His motion was grounded on an affidavit, which stated a requisition from the ilefendant to the prosecutor to this effect, name l y , t h at t h e sa i d D. B. DaPphOuld either compel Dennis Daly to resign his pretensions of renresenting the county of Galway in Parliament, or that he the said D. B. Daly should relinquish his • own claims to the honour of being returned for the said county. It is farther stated, that the defendant had in several times in England, and in this country, declared, that the survivor of the candidates would certainly be returned theMem her to serve in the ensuing Parliament, and con- chided by stating, that the defendant had chal lenged the, prdsecutor to Eight. The Court granted the motion. SPAIN. (Cor.'.inued from our Yager nf.. Saturday.) We resu:oe our account of this country, as gi-= Pen by REHFUES. Were tra yellers to lie . ar this in mind, they would be less surpris'el at the inconvenience atteidant on a journey through. Spain. llowever . ind.tfcrent is the accomafo:hition at their inns, the 'public owe it; such as it is,. to particidally to SaVoyards.; Th:xindcfatigahle rate hly:i Splin, as welt as the south of .I.l,iu'one, un:!er a - kin:l. of con tribution,-and may be tonal in the capleity of inn-keepers in most, of the large towns. When speaking. of bad:inns, hovever, we ought to hen. in mind that 1114Cil less enCOUrageille..t vett from traVel.l.ers in - other coun•ries tii7ln iii OUj OWO. Spaniard looks upon ajwaney from hocie as a very ser;ouS alfair, and 'never undertakes it but from necessity. Not.ing can he worse - coutrived than the Spa nish taxes. Exorbitant duties on fo; artiJes afford strong temptations to smunling, and the extent otcOast renders the ptevention of it . irn practicable. The expense incurred b'y Govern ment in keeping up custo.mAouse officers is enor- Mous ; and it will hardly he credited, that this pernicious system is applied not oniy to Ole fron tiers of the kingdom, but to the borders of differ ent prdvinces, the duties in which vary, as if tber/ were distinct. sovereignties. " The poverty that prevails throughout Spain VirS ascribed by thecabinet of Philip IV. tt) the excort ation of the precious metals : and edicts; which we belieVe are still unrepealed, were' issued, • attach= log penalties to the transmission of gold or silrer to foreign countries. As to manufactures, very little advanta.gelias yet been taken'of physical resources.. Silk is ex ported in the raw state, 1-..ri1l has begun to be ma nufactured only at Valencia and BarCelona. 'Wool, i in the same predicament, notwithstandin. the interference of Government, which . imposed a.du ty on its exportation, and conferred prlvileges nu. the home manufacturers. The culture of hemp and flax haslikewise been patronised by Go:-ern mem 7 but the Spaniards are acquainted with no finer inanufaCturethan that of cables and sails: A kind of linen cloth is made in the north : but 'con siderable difficulty occurred, at the time' of M. Relifties' jburney, in buying shirts for a few regi ments of 'Frenchmen. Iron is found in abundance, and of good -qua lity, inßiscaTand Arragon. The export trade o f the raw material is considerable, while the home manufacture is inadequate to the wants of the country. Tobacco was in Spain, as in France, 'an object of Government monopoly,: it was made solely at Seville, and thence distributed through the king dom. The profit on it being high, and the con sumption of •it through Spain being large, the gain of Government in this way was computed at a million sterling; a sum probably not overrated, since the old Government of France made one million two hundred thousand pounds by 'the same means. Police.- , —The Inquisition, so much the abhor- rence of the Pfutestant world, has in recent ages partaken more of a civil than ayelig,ious char:►c-j , ter its functions have been those of a Board of Police, and its vigilance has been directed, 41171011 g other objects, towards ,the press. it is curious to see to what a length its strictness in this respect is 'carried. Literature was subjected to an alma al revision, , aud its productions were divided into `tree classes :- 1. Books which might be read on obtaining .eave, 2. Books requiring to he previously purifi e d. 3.. Books totally probibitea. Under the last class are to be found works that are apparentl). very innocent, such as Pope's Nl‘Torks, Blair's Rhetotic, Locae on • the Human Understanding, &Lc. Native writerslvere obliged to transmit their manuscript to " a Judge of the Press, " and were forced to pay him for getting it ;Tad, whether it was approved or not. The charge amounted, on an octavo volume, to 231. With regard to doubtful or contested points, a-kind of disputation usually took place between .the. cen sors awl the author, in the presence of the Judge; and if the author appeared to be in the wrong, the copy of his labours was retained by Govern ment, and added to a heap of luckless manuscripts which were buried in the public depositories. Foreign books Were subjected to scrutiny on im portation, and confiscated without mercy, if ob noxious in their content s . T went y-fi ve ,J u d ges were employed in this hopeful jurisdiction, and. each Judge lead his censors at con)m.ind. Period cal papers were licen se d by Royal authority; and two hundred ducats were annually paid by the Editor to the censors who were appointed to watch him. These different provisions were executed with rigour; books became unavoidably exorbi tant in price ; and altogether 'the most serious obstacles were thrown in the 'way ofciiititslag in formation.. The vigilance shewn towards the press forms an, unfavourable contrast to the relaxation of police in other matters. In the - streets of M a d r id f i d ea d mule is allowed to lie a. whole day, during the brat of sin - timer; and the unhealthy and revolting practice of 'burying corpses in churches is still continued in Spain. As to danger from fire, it is a eonnhon saying' that, when it onee bursts out at Madrid, " is' likely to last for four days." A part of this tal is built of wood, and.2 , l. Relkfues was prestnt at the breaking out of a fire at ten o'clock in the: forenoon, which, though no wind stirring, was not subdued till the next day ; nor would it then have been extinguished without the exertion' of the French soldiers. The Spaniards looked on. very coolly, and took no farther trouble than bringing fOrwards a small ,pump which _was sup. plied with water in pails, and 'left at intervals unworked. Towards evening, a second pump, also a small one, was brought nn ; and these efforts constituted all the labours of the Spaniards; (To be continued.) Mr. MUNDENT cothmenced an enagement last night at the Hull Theatre, in the parts of Old Dornton, in the-Road to Ruin, and Crack, in the Turnpike Gate.