The Sun. — London, England, 1815-02-16 00:00:00

THE LATE AFFAIR AT' STAINES. (Front a Correspondent.) N otwithstanding what has been already said in several Newspapers respecting the affair at Staines between Lord CRANSTOUN and Colonel DISNEY, I)4 viog been, enabled to obtain a more explicit ac tolt, which seems to contrad'et in a great many oistanees former reports, we are requested to lay i t before the public. In the first place, it is not true that the Colonel and L ply CaANsrotYN were on his Lordship's return from church on befor e after serv i ce , in the nursery bed-room. the pistol was fired, his Lordship entered °le drawing-room, the door being unlocked, and lthe p art ie s ; Lady CRANSTOUN having been Jaale, and attended by a surgeon, was pointing out In Colonel D. the condition of her lameness. This 'xeiting a suspicion in his Lordship, he flew out i n a great passion, rushed u stairs for his pistol, an d both followed ' him, to persuade him that his "Picions were groundless, bat to no effect-4e I;kked the pistol, and levelled it at them. Colonel . , t sliEv took her Ladyship in his arms; and car r;eil:her out o f t h e room, f a stened her out, and t lleo returned to expostulate with Lord CRANS.. r l "* 7 -s but all vain, he fi re d a t t h e C o l one l , w h o , 'ying no weapon of defence, lifted up his arm to rtect his head,. and the ball struck against the , () tle of arm, left a desperate wound, and . ttaneed away. It is not true either, that he ran out ,f the house directly after he was hired at ; he rem„ained some tim e , is took his d e p arture only . front, persuasion. He did at length return to town, w ounded, and went to hi s Lo r d s hip' s f r i ends; t - li " c t 80- Careless was h e Of hi s Own con di t i on, :hat t '%'ound had not bee n i ns p ecte d, unt il h e went Ilia surgeon, Mr. JESSF: FOOT, near 12 o'clock t°oll Sunday ni g ht. Her Ladyship was sent away he r fri en d s t h e same n i ght. A favourite dog es hot d ea d by the ball, aft er i t p asse d away 1 1 : 11 1 Colo ne l D'a arm. The shock that th e h a il of s . Produced u p on t h e h one, tearing away a . part the event of the. case at present uncle— ilined, but every symptom appears to be fa- LThe above, we ought to remark -is an a purie eulent by a friend of Mr. Ms NEI%) l'oterta, No " measure, we are pers ua d e d, ; n ahl have so immediate a tendency to reduce e price of Porter as a permission to retail t his _ 'holeso nte•bever age in the same manner as tab, e (' ,eer ; then i n d eed might new breweries be erect- With some prosp ect of success, and a fair com tition tak e p l ace ; but while the resent rewers q. up the p le ases o f the present licensed !looses • Prices hey,, -,d all .cr e dibil, ty, t h e public must he ,t, their mercy. We arc well assured that pints ic-tiie short of 2 0001. have been given for leases , (louses ,h__e ut , greatest monthly draft of porter oes not e t) fall o X i eted 15 butts : what an enormous tax P. ' the consumer ! u the l ast "I " have fallen in price considerably with f no business is t p r esent l e 'v ( lays, and little or ion ° f a ft :*: ) ,,rte Ivi•th the merchants, in exPeet" reduction. W itynsuß "le b r l'Acct, ' ' 4B - 15 . —Yesterday, the Earl of ESFIRL D Ottilie Castle. a rrived at the Castle front Sher- This n urning the Noble Earl, !getiter with Gene I Yrto 1..4. MANNERS rind Lady IVIAttY 1 tR, attended Princess AUGUSTA in a ride on D:seuacle• Princess CHARLOTTE, Ist4 ag at Cranbourne Lodge, after break took a long ride, le Weather proving very fine and mild, and af it‘l:ards visited .the 'QUEEN and PRINCESSES at the a'ctle, l IIE AVstY le distribution — The half-veat•ly arrangements in of th e B r i gade of Foot G uar d s ati oned in 'this Metropolis, will take place on ,e.24th inst . . as follo w vi : A k ri Tl e i, lis.at,B4alion .Of the Ist Regiment of root Gliards,p a o t w . Ist iteuglilnTiairelrit 'no`" in tli%l7es'ftmolLesri.—er ta n 'nf the to oc- Tare 3d 13 ! , 31 tilie 'Barracks in Portman -street. --The Ist Battalion of ,(11? ilstreTn Regiment, now in Portman-s q uar e , are to go ,` tehtshrtdge—And the Ist Battalio n now in .the Tower, ti replace those in Westtainstet. The depat of the 37th Foot is ordered to march .tnorrew, from Hastings to Chichester ; and 24 'battalion s of 'the 27th and 65th regiments th e Isle of Wight, are ordered to Portsmouth. he 2d battalion of the 59th Foot *has embark . Dublin for Ramsgate. embark `at 1-fortiatet .NELsoN is a rr i ve d i n London 111 Calais, after seeing the remains of Lady HA-. t'rot consigned to the g rave. At the County of Kent INleeting, he at Maid ::ent`". on Af onday, to take into,consid ld eration the distressed state of the agricultural inte ' the Earl of DARNLEY, in his attempt to con ice 1 • , 1 , ` l 's auditors that the importation of Corn 11';'''' be injurious to the poorer classes, was ,`,,t'Oly t h e and at last compelled to uY the noise an d c l amour of the populace. .11 l is*lProar wa Me sos great, th at the H igh Sheri ff :it ed the eting, and.the rincipal Ge ntle let at'd Partners Proceeded to p the Bell Inn, iBee, t he Resolutions of Lord DARNLEY were y(1. unanimously. , te rday at the Sessions.(Old Bailey,) b belt! e m_ : .r , r• JtilstiCe HEATH, Mr. Baron R ICHARDS , li i : 4 e.Ph Sw eet, who was indicted for shooting 1 t•I'S. eWell, was acquitted, on the grou n d 1 e , g! S 'n 'was not proved to he loaded, and cart ..- Previoll.3 malice appeared. Susannah "Id Sarah Word tvere capitally convicted tr aile r lt,, :01131y co unterfeitin g 'the coin of the -‘,.4.--4/- Lo con was acquitted on this . charge t)Q ilt of sufficient evidence, 'but was Beta red tri ed , l'i l 1 u tor_knotvinglv littering base mone.y. 44 tip .0i a respectable dressed man was ‘l ,, t ? lit -the river Thame s on Tuesday even iii I .1 3 e i .on exatitination proved to be that of P. A , . even ,,l3 IN, of Wa tlin-street, who it will be )el,4_,d as discovered by the Patrole some Ittr,,eJt.witit his 'clothes dreadfully torn, and a , '..1 " t hid i i • ' 's. t i 1 Is neck, in the Shepherd and f'....bep tl• e tl s .1 • ii ,tv Itch he stated to. have been dune 1 , (-. 4, 4 e4(1.1 '''s Iv,. 'I evenin g a party : of the Bow -street er-soual.t to a house in Leicester -street, Lei- ins t ~ i re, in -consequence of an information 'eitil lc ,' 1 , 4 of .the name of Oale.ney, charging "flieei.ing a connnon gambling-house.-- e,6lWee SOnleii'llat disappointed in their I rini t • 'ere : w ere but- two or three -persons Attliti,‘lng vt.'lle, 4.11 d nut the least appearance 6 going on. ♦IZ 011,ATC).:IC:S. DEURY-LANE.—A judicious;Seiection from HAN DEL, consisting of the second Cart of his sublime composition The Messiah, and from his beautiful Serenata -4cis and Galatea, with the grand Hattie Sinfonia of BEETuovEN, constituted tie chief en tertainments at this theatre last night. There was a numerous audience, and the whole was received with warm approbation. COVE NT-GARI)E N.-There was a Miscellaneous Selection at this theatre last night, from the works . of several masters, but particularly HANDEL. A new song, entitled " - The Battle of Corunna," composed by Mr. C. SMITH, was sung by BRA- Ham, with his usual energy. It is supported by some bold martial accompaniments, and did credit to the composer and performer. Miss STEPHENS particularly distinguished herself in " Angels ever bright," and " Hush ye.pretty warbling Choir.", Mrs. SALMON, BARTLE'MAN, &c. bad a warm tri bute of applause: THE FINE ARTS. Catalogue Raison (le V" the:British Gallery. (No. III.) - No. 6. Listening-, L. COSSE—A glariiiheYetricions,tlaub. 7. The Angel (I;livering Peter frdnl Prison, S. RtnAttp— A work of no merit. 8. Cour. from/skip, W. Sitis,s—This is a, vulgar attempt at Hu mour;. fro Somerset-hmise. , 9. Poultry Stall, I. Titom—Very indifferent. • 10 . The Little Pedlar,, PA'rnicKsaN:—We - should be to he able to compliment a Female Artist upon the ?leauty of her design, the mellowness of her colouring, and the delicacy of her taste, hut • 11. GEo.W ATsox-:-This Artist .is ''remarkable. for pail; ing strong lights, and there is considerable merit in• his produNitins. His manner ifferent from that of Wright of Derby, l.lt. there is some similarity in the ; , ^gnus of his compositions. We cannot say, however, that .Cte is so snc- ' cessful this sez.von as we have seen him before. His " Steward's Dang:hter" was an infinitely better picture than the above, which is his best in this Exhibition. We may ob serve, en passant, thal. two or thr e e figur es are as many as are suitable for this desettiption of pninting;—such p , iwerful lights are never thrown by nature.up(in ten or a dozen indi viduals, in different aspects, in the same room. 3. • Tice Surrender of Cete'ai,):. E. Man, A. R. A.--Was in Somerset-house last year, and a'Aded nothing to the Artist's reputation, which we lament to u+; serve, both from this 'pie 4h:re and the one opposite to it, h.ts reached its tste,K.us ULTRA. -13. lit.vsses' Descent to the I n f erna l . 1 %!e13, - ions, H. Cott nouLD—The fifth word, in the above Cataiople . description tells what this picture is! 14. D. votion, J. LAsCHALLAS. 15. Tke Pop, W. F. WinicnnicTON—There is sk`ute fancy in this subject, but we fear both - . art and nature disre garded in its execution. There is room for inipruvew.'ot in Mr. Witheriugton, and we see no reason to despair of his' at taining a higher rank than this picture confers. 16. Si . Bernard, G. HAYTER—T he re is more of eharacte." in this head, which ►s, as we are told, painted from' an old Country Sexton, than in the much finer Picture of Ezra. It is, however, isolated, and has no other Merit. Yet it is' much to say of an Artist who has made :spelt an impression as Mr. Ilayter has done by the last mentioned performance that the present rather encourages us to expect gi eater, than inferior works from his future exertions. EXTRAORDINA RY REPORT. A Morning Paper of thfs (lay has mentioned a report which has been some time in circulation, stating that a Lady with a face strongly resem bling a Pig, and possessed of a large fortune, now resides in this metropolis. The Print alluded to, mentions an Advertisement which it lately insert• ed, sent by •a "yoUng Woman who offered herself as- a companion to this unhappy Luaus Naturee, and treats the whole as a ridiculous fiction. The story really in circulation is as follows, but we do not pretend to vouch for the truth of it. it is 'said that the Lady has so forbidding an aspect, arising from the •difference between her counte nance and her figitre,• which is described as very elegant, that she constantly wears a deep veil, which wholly conceals her face. It is added, that when a young woman recently applied to offer herself as a Companion to the Lady,• on the temptation of a very large requital, the latter lifted up her s ell, in order to make some neces sary inquiries, and that the young woman was so shocked by, the objecr before her, that she fainted away, and, on her recovery, declined the engagement, and hurried away in terror from the house. Finally it is said, that the unhappy victim of this sport of Nature is the Daughter of a Peer, and that she is a most accomplished and truly amiable young Lady. 'Her chief, and almost sole amusement and consolation, is music, and she is reported to be an admirable Performer on the piano -forte. We repeat that we do not pretend to vouch for the truth of this extraordinary nar rative ; but we can assure our Readers that it ex cited much conversation in the fashionable circles, and is now generally mentioned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-ST EET. A MosT EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE. —A man of the name of William Grinnalt..ivas brought up in the custody"ofJohn Armstrong, and examined be fore Mr. Mozaa and Sir Wm. PARSONS the Sitting Magistrates, on the following charge : Sarah Burdon said, that she keeps the Golden Heart, in Lamb-street, Spitaltields ; that the prisoner, William Grin nail, who is a nei g hb our o f h ers, came to her house about three weeks ago, with a bundle in his hand, and requested per mission of witness to leave it in her care until his return, which bundle proved to captain the head of a female, quite fresh, with a torn c a p on i t; and having no smell, she could not say whether it appeared to be cut yr torn off, but it was clean from blood. The O ffi cers stated, that since last Saturday, when the Prisoner was first examined, they had made strict inquiry into the account the,prisoner gave ()Ibis having the head in his possession, which was that he tookit out of Christ's Church-, yard, Spital-fields, for the. use of a surgeon; and that instead .of disposing of it, he took and buried it again in the same Church-yard. The Police and Path!) Officers attended him to the Church-yard, in order that be might point out the spot. lie seemed at a loss; but at length pointed out a spot, saying, "that is the place." They dug, and found a scull which, he said, was it ; but was contradicted by the grave-digger, who said, that scull must have been buried upwards of 40 yeais. Mrs. Burdon and her servant also insisted that it could not be it, as the one they had seen bad desk and hair on it, and looked quite fresh, without any smell . However the Churchwardens declining to prosecute, and no proof being against the man that lie committed murder, he was discharged. The Directors of the British Institution have been promised the loan of a considerable number of the most celebrated Pictures by REMBRANDT, RUBENS, and VANDYKE, &C. in order to their be ing exhibited for the gratification of the public, and for the belle& of the hue arts in general. IMPERIA L rAnL:AO:ENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, WeDNEsDAY, FEB. IS. Being Cause Day, a meeting at the usual early hour took place, and Counsel were beard respecting the - following. CilatiC,c " The Newcastle-upon. Tyne Fire Office v. McMarron'and Co." .Indgmetat postponed till Monday. "Parker, Garderi, and Co. v. Potts, Cook, and Company." After Counsel were heard on this Case, the Loup CHANCEL- Lon shortly delivered his sentiments upon it, and concluded by moving that the judgment of the Court below be reversed, which was ordered accordingly. CORN LAWS. The Earl of COVENTRY presented a Petition frOm the County of ‘Voreester, praying a revision oitheCorn Laws, &c. The Earl o.V.MULGRAVI; presented one t o a similar effect from the - District of Cleveland, in Yorkshire; • And the Earl of SHAFTESBURY one front Berwick upon-Tweed and its vicinity. These Documents were severally ordered to lie on the table. The Duke of NottFOLk thought, in all proba bility, the state of. the Corn LaWs would soon tome under the serious - consideration of Parlia- Merit. He would, with a view to the due ilhis (ration of the subject, move,: That there be laid before the -House a Copy Of the Returns of the Average Prices of Graiti - in the. Maritime Dis tricts, from the first madeln Noveniber 1814, to the last made in January 1815, inclusive. The E4rl of LAVDE.II DALE : Wade some oliserva tions.respecting the mode in .whichAliese 'returns were generally generally made,....in,order _to show that'litde accurate information was to be , fonnd in the do cinnents moved for by the Noble-Duke ; • and to call the attention of the tti• the circrim stance, in the hope:that 'some:amended or sack factory mode may be suggested, for the obtaining the average prices.,The.accounts moved for were then ordered to be produced accordingly. • PnOPEnTY TAX. The Duke of NORFOLK presented a -Petition from the L?rd Mayor, Aldermen, and common Conneil cif the. City...of London, - against the re newal of theabove Tax, complaining of its. -in jurious-tendency, of its - operation, - sonic respects the vexations no,'d'e of its:being lewd, Vic. The Noble Duke fe!t it.. proper to observe, that although he pres-entlthe Petition, yet theee were some parts of its, allegations to -Which he cold not subscribe. With respect to -the mode of its being levied, as complained of by the petitioners, nothing grievous .or oppressive had come: to his knowledge; on the contrary, he thought it, as far as he knew, levied in'a mild-arid lenient manner. With regard to the measure and principle.of the. Tax itself, he confessed it appeared to him- that a tax upon the income of property, properly modi fied, was one, of the best :that.could be devised ; and preferable, should . it, be found expedient Or necessary to revert to other modes of taxation, in case that in question..should given up, to„an i n crease of the Assessed. Taxes, or almost any the, it being more anti. equal in its prin ciple, And applying to that which was-most pro perly the object of taxation ; but though l oa d e d with. all those marks of reprobation, hewould ra ther see it io,full force, than an attempt to re lieve t h e wants of the country, by a farther breaking in upon it great bulwark and support of its credit and finance, the Sinking Fund. The Pe tition was ordered to "lie c,suort the table. TRANSFER OF ,T;ENOA. The Marquis of BucKINGFIA;I * said,.that before their Lvrdsbips should proceed te . ..the - Order of the Day, he wished to put• a questid''t to a Noble Lord opposite, upon a subject in whic. l l he con sidered the character and credit of the c(liintrY as' materially involved.'Tire question he was' about to put did not refer to any negociation now pend ing, or to any other point, the disclosure of w,‘.rich might be dangerous. It referred to an act ,alreaAY done— mflto a trans a ctio n whi c h was terated-r -to a measure which had been taken. The ques tion was, whether the measure which had been terminated, and terminated in such a way, had been with the knowledge and by the authority of his Majesty's Government ? How iris Majesty's Ministers had conducted themselves. With respect to the affairs of Genoa ? Lord William Bentinck had entered that territory at the bead of a British army, professing that the security and indepen dence of that State was his object. Professions of regard fOr the general independence- of Italy, too, were not sparingly used. With the-words, Italian Independence in his mouth, - ,le calle4 upon the Genoese. to arm themselves, and take part in the great contest then going on for the independence of Italy. They were promised their independence and the enjoyment of their ancient constitution, in the-proclamation 'issued by the Commander in Chief of the British Forces. The honour and faith of the country was pledged by the words of the Commander in Chief. Under these assurances, the GenoeSe rested happy, and consented to the. occupation of their ter ritory by the British, and the sth of .Jt.r. nuary was the day (so we understood the Noble Marquis) when . the assurances were to be fulfilled • but on the 24th of . the pre ceding month, another proclamation was issued by the Officer in command in,Genoa, by.which the Government, the lives, properties, and terri tory -of the inhabitants of Genoa, were to be transferred to another Power, under whose Go vernment they never were before, to that of the King of Sardinia. - In that manner, were the pledge and promises given in the proclamation of Lord W. Bentinck redeemed. The transaction was of such a nature, that no objection to its explanation on the score of pending negociation can apply. The question was this, was the pro chi:nation of Lord IV. Bentinck authorised by his. Majesty's Government, or not ? Was it, or was it not, avowed by them ;—and was the procla-. oration under which the. transfer of Genoa took place, authorised by his Majesty's Ministers'? He put this question to the Prime Minister of the country, and he hoped that his answer would be such as to wipe off such a disgrace from the na tiorval character. If it were not so,' he took this opportunity of saying, that in his mind, a more dis grateefui, or a more flagrant instance of Oppres sion and injustice, never presented itself in the worst periods of the French Revolution. If the fact could not be denied, or satisfactorily ex plained, he trusted the voice of the British Par liament and nation Would he heard respecting it, and that they would not - support Ministers in what he held to be aggression and injustice. The Earl of LIVERPOOL observed, he did not then eke Cr ___ tian upon the paint referrsed to by the Marquis. The flouse, and the country, lie trust ed would do him the jostles; to believe, that both with respect to the subject referred to. an d every other connected w ith it, and forming a geaeral whole, he should be prepared at the 1 Tope !. time to give the fullest .explanation to the Noote Mar quis, to the HOUs - e, and to the country. But he thought their Lordships generally trinst feel that, upon a question like the. present, branching. into a variety of details, if he suffered himself to be led into explanations hetore he could counutini cate to the House all the circumstances of the case, and all the facts connected with it, he• should so far depart from the dictates of his duty. One point now only he would advance, namely, that he , would . pledge himself to prove, either with re spect to the particular question brought forward, or them.,re extensive question of-Itaiy, that the British Government was guilty of -no. breach of faith—that' it held out no expectations that were afterwards diSappointed, and that the charge made by the Noble Lord was entirely destitute cif foundation.. From any farther retrial ks upon the case he was restrained by .a sense of duty at pre sent; and he had to request their 'Lordships to suspend their judgments upon the question, mita the proper per-ad for answers and explsnationi' should arrive. —(Hear, hen!) Tire Earl of .LaurazanaLE seemed of opinion, that iars.auswer .to a spitstion of the particular na tate .-of, that proposed by the • Noble Marquis, might have been consistently given by the Noble Lord. No point orpublie interest couhl be •com . sl promised,. where the business, as it toe partic u l a r case, was compl e t e d. , Neither did he inaik.the. explanation-of the Noble Earl satisfactory in an-: other point of view. -it wohirt•he desirable for - the•nouse tc be informed when the-proper period for full explanation, as alluded to, %voila! arrive ? The principle on which those repeateffdelays•pro eaeaed,. also required explanation, were .it only • on the ground of proper respect for the House. • • The•alarquis of Buctsizacsiam said, that as he considered what fell from .the ,Noble Lord as no answer to his question, he felt it his duty to move to have laid before. the House those documents which .he, had referred to, and which he believed were published in every Newspaper in the coun try ; and the production s of" which he did not think. the Noble - Lord could. find means to, pera. strade the. House to refuSe.. He should move for the Papers on Monday next, for which day their • Lordships were ordered to be summoned. . . -. NAVAL ADMINISTRATION. ; • -The Earl of.DARISLEY shortly rose to state that a misapprehension seemed to obtain as to the na ture of what it. was his intention to propose to the :House on. Friday. It was not to bring for- . ward -the general subject of tire Naval Administra tion but to tnove fur the production of certain im portant documents which he conceived necessary to tlie,,due. illustration of it.' Some of these were then adverted to by the Noble Earl. . Marquis of BUCKINGHAM stated, that Ire should move on Monday for copies of the Pro clamations-issued by Lord William Bentinek, and subsequently by General Dalrymple, at Genoa. EMBODIED MILITIA. . The Order on whiali their LOrdships were sum moved being read, Earl Frrawrauriat rose. to bring forward his promised motion. on this subject. He prefaced it by a speech of some Iclistb, which included most of his Lordships funnier observations on the subject. He repeated, that the only grounds . upon which the Militia could be legally retained in an embodied state, were-exclusively four, viz, . - insurrection, rebellion, invasion, or imminent danger of invasi on; an d contended that, if it could not be strewn that the corps which were st ill kept up Were not retained on either of these - gr:ri t the retention was ill ega l. The Noble Earl went into an hist o r ica l v i ew of thesubject, uj sv i ssh a view to shrew that front the first sb l e u c ( t j : seri° essawi s im en f of the Militia force, under the Act of Geo. the conclusion of the recent war, whenever it was called out or retained, it was al ways either on. one or -the other of the above • grounds. He also quoted some extracts from certain documents lately -.published by his Ma jesty's Government, as the ground and ob ject. of retaining a part of the Militia in an embodied state, and ira which were in volved certain opinions given- by the Law Offi cers of the Crown upon the subject. The grounds assigned in those. were, the Noble Earl argued, by no means satisfactory,- and 'were, in some points of view, indefinite, such as '' the expediency of the measure for the general welfare and govern ment of his Majesty's dominions." The grounds referred to in these were neither clear, legal, or satisfactory; they may refer even to the state of Bengal, as a reason for keeping the Militia, or a part of it embodied. The measure of which lie ' complained was not only illegal and unconstitu tional, but operated partially as an oppressive bur then, and on those grounds Petitions had been pre ferred from different parts of the country ; and he condemned the modern construction of the Militia Laws, as vesting an undue and dangerous discre tionary power in /his Majesty's Ministers. Their knowledge of facts was one of the- reasons assign ed. "al pretty ground indeed ;" observed his Lord ship.. ", Upon what facts do they hold the. Mili tia embodied ? If they know of arty facts which render such a measure necessary, they are hound to come down to Parliament and state them." After a_ variety of observations to the above ge neral effect, the Noble Earl moved an Address to the Prince Regent, representing to his Royal Highness, that by the several Acts of Parliament under which the Militias of Great Britain and Ire land were raised, they could not be called out, held together, or kept embodied, save upon the grounds expressly stated in those Acts, none of which existed at present ; and that as peace and , tranquillity were now happily- restored, no cause remained for keeping the militia, or any part there of, in an embodied state. Under' these circum stances; the House felt it to be its 'bounden duty (nimbly to request that his Royal Highness would be graciously pleased to give directions that the alilitia should. be disembodied without further delay. Viscount SaataptfTn rose and observed, that if such were the opinion seriously entertained by the Noble Lord, he should have come forward sooner