The Sun. — London, England, 1816-05-17 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF TUE, SUN. Stn,.—Foleartraged by your iosertion of tuy last in your valuable publication, 1 ventore to trotibic you again 'with a - tew remarks on the queries of, 'and answers to those of the Board of Agrienlinie iti,ertecLin your Paper of the 3d instant, 'I must piciniae, that the queStions are proposed by per sonslhemselves deeply and exclusively interested iti trie subject, and the answers given by others greatly und'er their inAuence, and whose opinions extend solely to , relieving their' own branch, , bf track, "nt to thioiv the weight upon the rest of tl,e community ; hence we may eddlv foresee the result of these enquiries, and the remarks of the Board on these answeis have all the same Object in view—they act mid reason exactly as those dealing in wine, leather, &c. and all want - to I. Vance their.own interests and prtlfitS, at the ex. peuee of others : 'were the dealers in wine,.lem her, &c. to decide, there would not be a tax raised upon a single article ; let us hope the judges in the cause before us will act More honourably and disinterestedly : let them ,recollect„. (as, among many'other very valuable considerations, is oh• served by Senex) that the landowners " in 25 years.luive doubled, trebled, yea (in some cam) quadrupled their rents," have avbiled themselves (if every temporary circumstance forAlsis and now that these no longer exist, and clan mist absolutely, take glare, althrnlgh-of 'only alurit 25 per cent. they falsely cull it 4 ,` tura! Di'stress'," and use every means in their, power to throw as peat a part as they can ofi, this reduction on the nation, omitting as of no. consideration, how small is this reduction, in comparkon to the; enormous advance of rents just mentioned.—But to the queries and the•, answers :-- Ist, Occupancy.—The farms are thrown on the handi rind uncultivated, C. ) , t h e I ,i m pl e reason, that the rents tvere f.+. too ; we need look , /Iry furtiter.-41tose Which Hee Still occupied, were eiilicr at it proper rate of rent, of the rent has teen lowered : tie retnafks of the : board on this, and every other answer, are. all -to - put the .sole cwbsc as inttelL out of sight as possible ; the :hoard consists of Landowners, the queries are put t . t) tgnants„ parties concerned,' or tinder their in -fluettee.- and to country illagistratei crested in the cause. • • , aci, Notices to tptit.-At the present rents, the .fitrmer mint (pit Or be mniritd; 3(1, Itrduction of Rents.. average of those recinc , 4l is ealculateil at 25 per cent, a to Arrears Inerttioird in the remarks, they are.the natural Consequence of the ,rents being, so beyond nil reason; the renews of course cannot pay them, 4th, General state of Husbandry, , -- , St ill the dis tresses wefithineti in the remarks mist- from the tatnelcansei, etILI the 'application of the saute re ntedy must hu resorted t' o; when ti n . (armor fiks4l3 Wrtilleit so oppressed by the4h4gli rant, that be cannot possibly pay, h calmest be atpecten that he should give that attention to the cultivation of his farm, or put himsulf to arty 4tispeßte for its future produce, and of , inutile thivetate of hut biotiry must he c„ousiderably on the whata this is the case. - Not .tri the public must the farmer Apply for filial',. but so the landlord., who 6)r- many years hes received most etorbitant rents, levied, we msy say, upou. every other class o f t h e sta ti o n, then stiffering under every priva. ditiqulty from the conseqtteneaaof the tionnentous and extensive wars, itkwhich we were, epgageti. ails and stb, OCAS% 4114, Arabic trawls tom- pared.---Stock Grillers, of courlo, have not suf. tered so greatly as arable ; the' providential abun dance and well secured crops ut corn (air to ectloill degree, the importation front nbroarlT . ac count fur this ; but it, ,as is to be liOpett awl ex the pt ice of stotk,will fall in proportion, the smite etfer.t will clime. - itb..Circulittion,of Paper. , --No doubt the fai lure of assistance from the Country Banks has pro duced much uti,c/tief, us t bey or. pleased . to call it, to them,-but great benefit to the rest at the inhuity, for it has retta6:Ai . that artificial price, arising i f u m the ulcances at ateSt, 11sitlis on the secnrity bleu of land,. anti thereby en shinut the fanner ' Jo keep it front the market till at I,is own luice, ' 4 or to a.. price in RropoitiOit to the Itii..;ll rents. .be has to pay.""A few of ilte an swers on t )ittbject, acknowledge --that ". the 'present amotilit at .ciretilating paper is ~aklegitate to the object-of buying and telling at ilia present • prices. II Bth, State of the' Labouring Poor and Poor Rates.—With retr,atti to the first, since on account Of the high rents, twiny f.itins aril and touch land nticitit iv,ticu, there most necessarily be a pro. p.,,rtiouttic tr of labour required, thence considerable thlgree of distress front want of ens- . ploynont and increase of p Irish poor rates. The ourahle reports on this subject are at. ft towed in be tionc away by the remarks—the c,ise crf laird-iiitionyers is very different from that of,manoliter laves in the latter a deficiency of de. !WA 111051 cause that branch to decline, and of course a loss of employ, but In that arising from T ,igticulturei this cannot be the case; consumption must continue, neither fashion nor ungbt else can affect it, man must eat, bread must be had, and the want of employ Can arise only from the same Cause to W4itil we must ever recur ; remove this nod the farmer will be able to afford A full am. ployment to the labourer, 1. Poor Rates, Farms given up, Farmers Pau pers themselves, etc....-The weight of the' pour races mast then undoubtedly fall upon the pro prietors of the land, tinder the above eircum htallees, the number of persons requiring paro chial aid must increase, nor is it at all surprising that this should (item when provisions are cheap. The_ cheapness has nothing, to do in this easel If the litiOntlllll of labour is diminished, how is the nuemployed labourer to subsist He must apply to the parish or starve, We mina recollect that all the ati.xieties and apprehensions manifested by the country magistrates and others, come from the very class of people, to whom the eause theses of chiefly to be attributed. Theobservation absolutely uncultivutLd„ tkA grcat number of farm thrown upon the sands.of the landlord, at..a j)e. rind lie cannot attempt their clikivation,sind other causes, must create a grezit defalcation in the pro duce of grain, together with the general neglect of purchased Manure, and-the discharge Qf la bourers, must considerably affect the future milli vation of the soil, and . such an effect - arise as Woulil be severely felt. But,:Sir,-I can front tmV own perisnal knowledge affitrtit that none of, these consequences have arisen, nor pre to be ap= Trekended, wltere.the landlords have had the jus tice and gond sense to reduce thuir . rents. Not one tenant .has quitted, or given notice to quit, not one acre kit uncultivated, n o r any improve ment neglected, or a deficiency of employment to be found. Whales!! ftctitions means are used to,keep tip high rente of land, however it may suit the gree diness of the land-m6or, is a positive injury to every htifieh' of induitty, end to the nation in gener:ll.•!* Let these peoplit compare their sitna tMry with that of the stockholder, the man' who ltadju 1791 a property in the 'stinks of equal ea- Inc then to that of ahoiliel• in land, iimis his pro perry s‘ationary in rent;, anti reduced in value to just two-thirds of what it was then worth, where as the landed property has 'more than trebled in value in both. • I remain, your Constant Br auer, . IMMPALLTI4LIS. LAW INTMAAiKNCE. couitT OF KING'S.IS,ENCII,Ay IC. LIBEL. itnt.ty.sra N. w. wRAXALL, BART. Thi s d e fe n d a nt,. s t iff, red jud.. 4 iiient to go . hy.ile hi n i t to a cr i m i tt4 l kufortnat ion filed 'against him Mirhaelllias Term last, hilt,' With a lihel upon Count 'Woronoff, formerly Faterry traordinary from the Court of St, Petershargli to this comitry,'. published by the detendant in a ‘Vork , ent , t led " The Iltstiny of his 01VII Times ; " . The ATTneNP,v-ORNERALIIOW prayed the* judg ment orthe : Court. The . libellons matter imputed to the defendant was contained in xn anecdote published in the work in question and %yds to thiS effect, th a t the ,first wife of the) present Kiag of Wirtemburgh, was . related to the EmpreNs e A th e ri n , i of Rus sia, had, after her marriage, resided at St Peters -burgh in the year. 1787. when she "was .Ituldenly removed from public appearauce, whether by tut toral death or Other imitll4 it was impossible to ascertain. Suspicion eNiSitni ill tile IllintiS,Of Some persons that she had conic by her death elder by poison, administered by the Empress herself, or in consequence of her reniOrul to the polar deserts. Doubts had likeviise.existed in the minds of some persons, whether the Prince of ‘Virtemborph was nor also implicated in the guilt; and when that high personage was db!llit. ;If coollar't a,ta Mil-. since with the eldest daughter of Oco. 111. doubts ' h a d ex ist e d in his royal mind, whether the PI ineit was innocent of the death of his %vile. The an• tho r then ‘Vent nn to shoe, that be had heird this subjectmliseussed between Oh; years 1789 and 1795, and that when thee Malice in question was in 40- tuition, an agent was sent over from the Court or Rustk, for the express purpose or removing from the King's mind the impression %silk which it was imbued, of the Priutuec's guilt ; and 00 that oe casino, Count Woronzoff, t he Russian Ambassador, who had pteviously asserted the guilt of his'impe mistresi. earnestly defended her front the int • potation. The libel then went On to ridd,.- " There still remains . 4110thet impOrtim fact, which merits consideration. We have . se'en that Count IVoronzidt originally maitu3iiird 1 s Soye reign's innocence of the Princess's deittir, thatigh . lie teas 'afterwards •Imtteed to depart ,from Haiti acsertioil; When did he make that. Mi t ch depends upon the time; for Catherine died on the 15lit No%. 1796, Ole crime More or less might not appear 'to' but of 'much consequence, when—so • many' could be justly attributed to her." The Author asserted in the libtd, that he ea)/ well knew the agent who ha 4 been sent over to' this country, to defend the „Empress from the imputation which was then abroad respecting the hue of the l'rineess of Wirteuburgh. la the mouth 'of May 130, the publication appeared, and the first edition rapidly sold, Shortly afterwards the libellous matter chine to the knowledge o f the prosecutor, who immediately wive to the de fendant, desii iag . to know the, sources of hit in formation, and particularly to be informed of the name of the agent, whom the defendant stated hiaasseif to have been intimate with ; and from whom Ire derived his knOwledge of the Facts in question. To this letter a polite answer was retai). ed by the defendant, stating, that he had forgotten the name of the agent; that he could not remem ber from whom be derived dais. information ; but which he believed at the time to be true: I!", bon, ever, that Tart of the statement, whiet, roa k,t,to cooot Wnronzotf, was without foundation, it was merely an tailor-4%a error, and he shouhl be happy to have the honour and pleasure of , correcting it in his secmid which was then going to the press, In two months afterwards a second . edition'of the work appeared, in which of the libel which.rclated immediately to the pro secutor was expunged, but the other part of the ativedate were retained.- Affidavits were now put in on the part of the Count., which directly negatived the whole,of the libel, and denied that there was one word of truth in it, troni beginning to end. The defeuitant also put in affidavits, disclaiming all personal feelings towards the Count in the publication „tad asserting, that the imputed libel was tic, inure than an hitorical error.; but profes sing his willingness to make every reparation in his power, to the injured feelings of the Count. 1 he ATTuRNEY GENBRAL mid Mr. WithaEN ad* dressed the Court for the prosecution. Mr. Roe was heard in mitigation, and, urged the topics of the defendant's affidavit, with consi derable ingenuity. Mr. Justice 13.1YLEY, in prou,ouncing the judg ment of the Court, dwelt with much feeling upon the seriousness of the defendant's ntrel)cv, and ,1 h. `Bench for six month's, and to ply a: film to the Xing 0150111.. Sir N. Iy, bnwed to the tourt, and retired.. ' itobr? Cailey , fOund guilty at the last Aislies of entering. into K conspiracy to defrann , the revenue, he being an officer ot the Exci se, „Was gentcticed to 1/3 mouths' imprisontheat. Join //a#lchid, for a violent assault ti3Oon: Cos,. toni-lionse officers, was sentenced to 12 months' imOrisounient. Several oilier iiersnns Charged with similar Of fences were Sentenced to various terms a COn linenient. . , COliglgTORT COURT, DOCTORS' CONINIoNi. slit WM. ABDY tl. L A DY ADDY. Thin was a proceeding for a divorce, at the in stance of Sir Wm. IsOihst Lady Abtly, oti the 'ground of adulter. • The circtunstancei o f ibe ctise hiving been • lately before the public, in a report of the trial of an action for erint. con. againit Lord Charles )3entincic, .a short, summary of diem sill only be necessary upon the present occasion. . It appeared that the parties were married on the. 3d, of ,191y,-1806, 'by consent of the Marquis IVellesley, Lady Atulyss,. then Aliss Wellesley's guardian„ An 'acquaintance bad subsisted between them and family of, Lord .Charles Bentinek, which on the death of his wife, in 1513, wezt in creased. in consequtnce of the great attentions paid by Lady Abny to Lord Charles's only daugh-. ter, au infant about three years Of - Uge. Lord. Charles's visits at Sir William Aluly's house from ,this time became very frequent, particularly in. the absence of the latter, and several , letters . passed from him to Lady Ahdy, whiat were after ' wards found in her portfolio, couched in terms of the warmest affect ion, and those of a more recent d.ite alluded to their, haviug vivified an jut-, proper passion, On .the sth of September last 'the (sloped together front Sir W. Ahdy's house, in Hill-street, Berkeley. square, and resided front . that hate in lodgings at Croones•hill, Greenwich, Irtssing as Mr, and Mrs. Brown. Lady Atply. 'afterwiards ivrOte. a letter to her Itteihmiti, and an o'ther to his ,inter Mrs. Caldwell, deploring. the misery she saffored from the step she had taken; anti Sir Willion brought his Action against Lord .Charles lientinck, who suffered judgment to •Ko by default, and a verdict was obtainedfor 70001. damages. These facts were fully substantiated m evidence, and no defence being rate rug!, Sir WILLIAst SCOTT shortly e , cpres , ed hims,elf satisfied as to the sufficiency of the proof, and acr cordingly signed the sentence of divorce. PERCY V. PERCY. This alsn was proceeding fors divorce, at the instance of My; Robert Leaper Percy, of the pa, rich of St. Pa crag, Middlesex, against Auu Eliza beth, his wife, •on the ground of adultery. They were Insi-led on the 3 ist of July, 1607, ant) lived together from that time moil ()cipher 1809, .when they parted by mntoal consent, and a deed of sertration Wall entered Into betwecH ahem, by he stipttlated to allow her 701. per An - n m ; but he ceaoti paying it in DeCCivit)Cr 1812, in cousegornee of the adultery eoittpl,nued Several witnesses folly proved the ecihahitat:on'of Mrs. Percy in lodgings with a'Nir. Joseph 1-ter ben, who was also,npurnted from his wife, their b e ing detected, mid. their mtempting to justify their coothict upon tbe ground of this double 6e parnion. No defence was offered, And Sir $.9911%, beini: of opinion that the facts were fully proved, signed the sentence of diVoree. COURT or cosmic PLn.ts, KILLING"A DOG. DEAN V. CLAYTON, Brim This case, highly important to the sporting world, came Ott for final argument. The (Ines whether an action oil the case will lie against the defendant, Sir \V. Clayton, ,for put t i ng spikes or sharp instruments on his tnanor, to Rio tect his game, in consequence of wliich the plain tiff's dog was killed. The facts were before the piiblie, On former' hearing of the ease: The defeOrhmt having put up spikes to ke'p,out foxcs anddokis, gave notice of what he had done. ' The plaintiff, a GentiZ,:man; qualified as a sportsman, being out with his dog, on the estate of his friend Mr. Townshend, which joined the defen datit's ground, the dog started, a hare, which ran into Sir, William Clayton's ground. He could not reorain the animal, which a few minutes after ran upon one of the spikes and was killed. The plaintiff brought his action for the loss of his dog, and, at the trial, a special veidict was involving the question, whether the action could be sustain ed The arguments, pro and con, were most ably urged by Serjeaut Best and Serjeaut Bosun quet. The former contended, that Sir• Clayton hail acted unlawfully In putting up the said spikes ; and the latter maintained, on the authority of various eases, that the mischief com plained of was the result of a trespass. The' eir cmustance of the trespass being voluntary. or hi , voluntary, could not, he auinended, give the plaintiff any right to support n 9 action. The Court did not give judgment ; the question, however, will be decided this Term. NOTORIOUS FEMALE SWINDLER. Qu'EnN.Stutaart OttaCa.--,Yestertlay morning. this' Office. was crowded with tradesmen ut every description, to prefer thareei against a -fenoute, that morning taken into custody, of the name of Miss King. Jewellers, dressmakers,shoe makers, bakers, confectioners, &c. who had sal.;; fever) from the arts and deceptioturof the prisoner, and now attended, declared theyabould not-have known her if ,t hey had not :minutely examined her. featnres„.-from the. dispise,she had assumed ; for her dress was now that of a servant; but she svas dressed in the first style of fashion when they saw leer Wore. -4. 'Air.. !Vhirchead, of M a t ic h, building 3, : Said', that about three months. awl the prisoner catite.io his ,hanie btte in tke eveui : , g. ; she inquired the rent of a snite of apaittnetill. anti infortneti him, that, tike Ahtt , tintigl i t er Kind, Rrl. of Canterbury ; that axon of Sir John. Thomas, of Glamorganshire, had Pa id hi s a d_ dressea to Let far Suing . 11 ::• e' a t s bfe ti ir t i' , Is a lei: b t6 o h a 'ci r tn ;i s trz eti :c ni c in itK I : 1 ;. ei t, fs .1 61 4 tI t : i ir 7h t-34 1 : d r'1° : when of age, of . 12,060: 7 ,. per tint= that shd had chilled from her tatlter':. house, and had writ teit to M. TI:0111311 to cnult• to shoiild be mat:it...(l, and sbe kiiew her father wolthl -forgive.ber ; that she spoke of different which he knew, and he had not the least *reas that all was an imposition. During her stay , with them site was providingfor the wedding, which v'vaito take pl ace on that clay tverk by special eence she lived as -one of th •! e family, and er dered goods front difi e erent tradesmen, which , sh 4 paid for; oil ,the day Ali. Thom.is was 10 arrivE; a most stiniptuntis dinner was provided; and be (Mr. W.) was to take 'coach, aod reevivi! Mr. Tbonias,at rte inn, and bring. him to 4ti! house; indeed she had, by her winning, IteitaT victor, so pined upon them, that site had 51E14 with his wile several nights, as site was afraid of being alone in consequence, of beiog pihject to bare tits; and said her ;husband viouid rlo col thing in return for such kind treatmot. Ott tlte morning. her husband was expected, and Mr. W. W..ts.going to the inn to sneet the prisoner contrived to get out of the hotts'e r - mad he 10. d .. never seen her Since till this • he 1140 therefore, to pay all die exPences. . thAt The only aecon t it Sh e gav e o f h erse lf was , She .was a bsket's daughter. tit 153tb ; after her mother's death; site obtained a situation with L ttliP Jersey; *here a ilentleorin ontiped Thomas.' , who visited th4.-fantily, sedneed her; that site 1 01 " lovyed low to_Doi'er, on his- way to Fratire, after remaining• tilers a short time, he glve lire 1 101 to W..tne her to t L 46 this being her ;ill, ,wkibmit friends, SOOrt. gime, HMI drove her tO thei'e - utinappy ,practices. ;she 7 7 fused trt give her fathees.addi•efs, ti" was made acquainted with her tit isfurh,tar,Lie never . would see.her ; but-Ate hoped; ft it ware All wve " ,her to go to hint to crave hitt.perey ;sled o° l ' 9 ' wonld not turn his, back on.her, and sutler to be lost fOr ever.—Remanded. 'LATE ROBBERY ON THE xlx Matlstorr-flouse —Yesterday George Sulatn . wns brought Uefore the LORD MAYna, rh Upon C./lirefiSkli with being concerned 111. the:late extensive robbery of the•Ctiromandul lo diE India loty upon the iver Thames.. Abraham Creswell dcpusetl, that Le %V" all Qgier-„of the p.tth.ll.of St. Bride, Flect,;street. At "1.1, , Y "" r :Y cs 'e rd 'lY morning, witen_passing through ‘..Futtga•stpl,tre, he was met by to tettoilr' who,-knowing him,. called Itittt and riot ing out .the prisoner, who.stoutt at 4 e, saki , You had. better look shill after - that man-- you bad better take hint." The witliet,s, not eon sidering her serious, and rectieing no defittiti" charge, walked on. He wits rioickly followed hr the prisoner, who accosted him, by beg yitig th , t had something of imimrtato e to communicate , and wished to retire 'into' tilinuse. ;taco. complied, and haying gone intu arljoinin F co.ft l'O4llP, lIC nt once t oo ehArta;-:iertii-eoa:.- lcs,sed that he tv,is one tit t r 1.3101,4 planned a..d exectued the rrOthet yof the hoy ;• that he himself 11:1(1 boarded the Cin . tunittidel, . . HISSISted its Tarrying itvay the thdiar; and that he • also knew where a coosiderable quantity of these -were now delp.sited. Being asked, if hi ; tvah ttilling to make a tnli disclosure of Ise kitetv of [lie to to the Lord Mayor privately; 'he replica, yrs. Atte? considera'hla hesitathM, hOwever, he decliued ,I " . * ing tills, trl givipgSilly inforoo..t . iun' on the sub , - ject liis kiordslop rem,Mil hint tor* ttve . days, and proinfe that he r t hok4lll- " %0 1 ,treated." The . Lot!) MAYon said, he mould much 1 - Ather that' the pritioocr w.ot:(1 reveal as much of tiot al3~ir As would him !moony to detain or rewind hint, which would he the Lest means 411.0. of ai.istiog To this the pri.otter woold not crrisent, neither would he deity his knowledge of the matter. LW thought, hOwei-er, that he hail p ti taken too tree ly of liquor to relate tyini eiy , un the present,oc.- caiort, an affa'a serious and inlinntant. The LOOM C hit be might he better able to do so elsewhere, or, (i :jut to be cOnveyed to litonbetb-strut Pulice LA ETU - STRlECT. — YestertiayJ. Rrown and W. Corby, apprehended on snspician of being princi pals in the robbery committed on board the Co tomat:lei boy, were 1)1 ought op and tianswitied to' t he Tham e s °thee, in consegoenee of Magistrates there claiming the exmi, i ation, the offence being committed within their jnrisdictroll• They were again remanded, in order to be brongiit up with all the persons in cuitotly on a future day. when a M4gistrate froffi e ac h Uf 4 1 1 - p o li ce office* is to attend the eßrllillkitit)ll. COAL mAimET, 24.1AY 15. Ships at Market. Ship , . witl. Prise. 3dNewcastle I6 , 1 455. (4, to 454. !la -4 5under1.1.40........... .2 , ...... . g7, .4 3, 3. to 405.-US- I Cinticus . DIU On tb6 17th of at SL Petersburg!), t Lady of lto' ben. CAttlty, Esq. o f a soo. 09 the loth iii L at Stockwell, the Lady Esq. of a daught e r. of Robert Scotto' Alttli.lllF.l).• At Port.Lortis, Mattritios, ott tue £341 of November lade C:l4rle, ilagut, of the 87th Reguovtit, Aide•tte-C,'"l' to Major-rivne. al Sir etlivartl Hurter, to N 1,441, the elikst ter of NI. S. J. M'Cartity, F. Deputy Payntaster:t.ieneral tut` 434'4 Forces itt that. ittand. YeAtttl4%, at Iteaenttato Church, George Stokes, Eil• of Letiduti, toSttsatioali Mary Flettleer, lieettuti daughter ut Her, George Yield - ter, of Et). On the Ilth inst at La np.srt.l-Innse, Bucks; in hi* - Year, 14IsistinslDavreil, ut Linrisiti's Inn, Barrister tViesltte,tsy last, :*t ins hmsse to New;ate-strect, ut trio 80tIt year of his; <sge, Witite lirwnsAst, E sl.• 1 ):1 Ligiair Estate, in Catriacost,, vu the ISth Fehrt lo , 7 , 4 ,lohn APLctii, }:%l4.,nne 'of the A,lembers ins :ttsjesty. l Lnsiticil fur the Bland of 'firers:l.la. Ors the trlt. at .:' , lc,rburr, near Stockport, It o liert tattle wowi, in Isis (...Pse Au wired 4,41 t:4•,tih grim. LONDON: Priat.tcj C.VII-` 4 TA I Rs, Nft.7 Crave*. uthhi.z. , • ;in , 1“.1.1i,:tal v \V..k.%kCiLitTS, o f Brixtant if N. 6.1, , wt,cre Ativerfise" f AI to