The Sun. — London, England, 1803-07-05 00:00:00

cal a jun6ture as the present, and that listlessness of wt kh we . have cooiplaired, we can noly,refer tp that circumstance. The spirit Of 'Englishmen 4 not extinct ; if it he exerttsd we have nothing tc fear ; but if that spirit bes.not usefully called forts by vigorous measures—if such measures are not direacd-hy those -in whom the Nation has confi; dence, we. shalt too certainly experience misfortune; which necessity does not impose upon us-nay, in; deed, we may possibly perish with the me.ni of Preservation anl Triumph unemployed in oti I),.ri Is, t esti V I llf ,§ O f. A, On Sunday afternoon abovt tnree o'clock, Mr. `AVINCHEsTER, the A luiir.tlty N•le,isenger, arrived at Windsor with disp,itches to tits MAJESTY, which engaqeil 11IS MAJESTY'S attention for a consider-. Lble time. • • The Terrade at: Windsor was more numerously attended on Sunday eventig than any evening thit, seastr among the company we noticed Lord 'and Lady HENLEY, Lord nitnY ntooK and famiiy,•Lord SEFTON and fonily, Earl Robt. I tc, and Lord and Lady. CARDIGAN. Their Winjcs-rtits, the Dukt of CAMBILT6dE, the rßiNct:“e, and Princess CHARLCITTE nt \VALES; ar:iv,:di the Territee atlollt seven o'clock. • HIS NflAjgsry . loquently converso with the M.. (crew. Noblemen. on the Terrace. Her Misje,ty's Band and the Stair:n(l,ll4e Band entertained the Company with several charming. Pietes,. Soon aft•er eight o'clock, the BOY .IL . FAM IL Y returned to.,the LoCcige. Yesterday nit-timing,: soon after Breakfast, Firs MAJESTY, the DUKE of. CAMBRIDGE, the Patty. CESs.E6 SoenTA and AMELIA, with their.nsual At. lendants, to ,, k on airing on horseback . , and viewed the Haymaker , , in Windsor Great Park. HER MA) WO tilt! PR I NIC ESiES AUGUST A and EL tzAa r took an .airing to Frogmore. Yesterday morning, about half past ten o'clock, ‘ the PRI NC ESS CRARLOTTE UfAVAL ES left Wind , or. Last night the ROYAL, FAM I LY honoured Wind sor Theatre with their ‘preset,ce to see Wives 01 Mg were, and Maids as.they ore. 'rite Farce. Catherine and Petruchio they part .of Petruchlo, Mr. Et.r., ts-rot 4, and C'theri,re, Mrs.'ll44TrucKs. This morning . the RQYAL - FAMILY returned to • The Earl of HARe' UlbT and family left town yesterday for his.l., ,, rdship's scat in Oxfordshire. The . PR tNC.E Of WAies, and a large Parry of Fashionables, dined on Sunday with Prince ESTF R. HAY, at his house in Portland Place. It is reported that another Battalion is about to be Added' to the Royal Regiment of Artillery. The Derbyshire Militia is to he. augmented to ten 'Companies, consisting tit lob men 'each, with the addition of Second LiQutendrit.ColOnci and Ad .. imam. FawARD MILLER MUNDY,. El..Memher for Derbyshire, is appointed Lieutcnant.Colonel Cam. nundane of the Sapplementaty" Battalion of Militia tif that County, and FRANCIVMUNDY, jun. Esq.- ofl'Aark.earoo,_ll,laior. Friday the Edinburgh Royal Highland Volum. tecti, commanded by Col. M'PREGOR MvattAir, wade an offer Of their services to march tol any part • of Britain or . Ireland in case of Invasion. At a Meeting.held on the 27th. Ult. of the East :Stirlingshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 'under the com mand of JAbtps I?RITCk, Esq. of kinnaird,',wliose services extend to the Military Distriet, they un. animansly resolved. to - ufF.-r their services, in case of invasion, to any parr of Great Britain. The Gentlemen of Peterhead have. offered 24.0 Volunteers (three Corniianies of 8o men each), and th e Gimtlemen of Fraser s bu rg h have offered. t o raise • a Company. of $o inen. On 'CV'ene3tlaylact Cu!. Di OM, attended by other Oflicer , , measured the ground for the encampment on u*selburgh h.inkt, and allot te.l 'the ground for the 32..gitnents ;Is folloms Furfarshire on the right Duntfries...hire the centre—and the Edinburghshite on the left., The Artillery are to be encamped on the Links at Fishcrrow. The new Levies will not be kept. distinl from the Regular Army, and trained at separate depbts. They arc to be joined wills the regular Regiments now at. home. As soon as the ballot takes places, and the .men are mustered,, they are to be sent nff instantly to the head -quarters of the nearest Regiments, with' which, according 'to the most convenient proportions, they will be brigaded.-1 As there are Regiments ..distingliWieti by the names of particular Counties, where it can be done, it' is probable that ,the quotas': of such Comities will.t brigaded with those lkegiments, f o r which they will natortil!y have a predilection. joining th e R e mi ts to the Regulars in this manner,. they will be disciplituAin' the speediest ma nner . A t head-quarters they will find Officers' of every de. seription, acquainted with the detail of Military t , fEtirs, ready to receive them. By this plan some .Rer4iments will, from three or four bundred, be . tor i med into'Bri ga d es : o f as Many ► thousands.. The raw Recruits will have the advantage of the amp:e and instruaion of old Soldiers, and will More ea , i l y a d opt the habits of a military life, Thur..iday and Vitt ay G. F...‘sTLAXe, Fsci. the Commissioner appointed at Ply month and its de- . pentienoies to rake posiession. oland to a ff ix s eal s of ; Oce ;to such ships and vessels as arrive there, . and are cozisidered as their Limits, went on board liatxvian India ships and other 'detained yes. qel, in liamoaze anti Catwatee, and'doly and legally the fregular seals of office to each det a in e d considered as a droit of Adalirilty. lo the, large 7E, - ast Indiaman from Batavia to Amiterdam, captured ;thy a Liverpoid privateer, 'and the Safirm trici's under, the Captain had On board,. Isis own private property, a box Nhich contained a number c.t the vegetable bird nests, the great •.Ettitero luxury., which are takenfrom the tucks at Java, and are—accounted the 111041 exquisite present in tildt r.oontry ; they are very Haiti . , and sell in the ,E.0:4 inr 40 dolLas per pound.--the Captain Made a.present nt one of the -netts to a friend in' And it -is- Inueb bUf v oyrti by the-ettrious i'; oatural itiStory. .N31 7 ,4L _ t ~ Pei RTSMOUT t T, JULY 3. Arrived yes!e: lay; the Amazvr, Capt. PARKER, and - Terrell:, Can . :VIE tits'', from a Cruize. _ Sailed the Ctrbtrus Frigate k Capt. SELBY„ anti Alcmene Frigate, Capt. L Esi on separate Cruizes also the . kfydn!, Frigate, Capt. MuNDAYi on a Cruize. ' Last night came into Harbour, His Majestrs Ship Gimges r Capt. PKINLvt-, to he paid off, and the Crew are to be turned Over to the Affignifieent and Defiance,' which Ships only waif for men to proceed to Sea. The West India and Mediternmean Fleets, with their respedive 'Convoys, are expe&ed to ski) to. morrow, if the wind ,permir. , DEAL, JULY 4.--Arrived His' Majesty's Ship Wreck; from the. Nom and Lark Sloop of War, from a C,,uihe. Rear-Admiral MONTAcu shifted his Flag from . , the Getykheiti to the Utrecht, anti the former has Oiled to • join the Squadron under Rear-Admiral "I : HORNBOROUGH, of r Campe Mown. Of the Officers who ,con,!toq.l . gallant Eoterprize front tie Loire Frigate, Lieut. Ts R is appointed to the cmninand.of ttle,Taktarlis Bomb; }RIDGESMrs IS advanced front the. rank of Mid shipm:in to that of, Lieutenant; a nd M r . G wi the:Boatswain, is fellisaVed to the same Station on board a third.rate. Mr. 'WALKER, of Berkeley square,-arrived in town on Fri - lay night from France. He was one of the - captives at Fontainbleau, imprisoned by the Dey of • the Thuilleries. He was liberated upon CEtifiCateof his birth sent from Scotland, by which it appeared he was 6o years of age in January last. According to Mr. WALKER'S account, the rate of living in a French prison is not very extravagant. , The captives at Fon ta inbitatt only ray 255. reir Month for two rooms furnished. Dinner and a bottle of wine, 35. "They have liberty to walk through the. ti , wn during the day, but must return to their cells at eleven at night. In consequence 01 representazion3 tnade to the. : French Government by those traitors wi,o have re.' nounced the rights of Englishmen, and enrolled. themselVes among the slaves of the Corsic,m, the tc.l owing modifications have taken place in the de-. are fot the imprisonment of the English ;---1. The Artists and Artizans, eniployed in French' faaorie.. - , ,not • be obliged .to quit the Com mune wht're those establishments are'si mated, if ,he, principals claim them, and engage to answer for them. 2. Such Englishmen as have established mannfa6ories or commercial houses in rural Com— munes, or small towns, in which there is no Mi!i wry' Commandant or Officer of Gensdarmerie, may; after submitting themselves to the (Aker of the nearest City,', return to, their mantifiefories,nr mercial houses.. 3. Those Englishthen, oho, • snce the peace, -'and before the declaration of War, mani. kited an intention of establishing thetriselves France, tir;cl of becoming Trench Citizens, and Who have complied with the formalities requisite for that purpose, are not comprised in the dispositions of the Decree. Since the failure of the Insolvent Bin brought forward by' the Earl of M ...0 tR A, some hundreds of persons who. were Prisorrers' in the King's Bench and the Fleet, have 11 amount paid ationr o f their debts, and have been. liberated, arid nu doubt was entertained but in many' cases - they threw themselves into pris o n f o r the purpose' of receiv- , ing the be . nefit of the At% Those who ,now remain behind, are supposed to he such' sis the Aft was intended to relieve, The Prisoners of both places have laid petit tons before His MA J gsTY, and the Houses of Lords and CoMmons, praying that their situation may be •taken into. cOn l / 4 itlera. tion, and setting forth that nUmbers of them have served His MAJesTY by, land 'and by sea, and ;hat 1 at a time like the present, they arc anxious again to render themselves useful to their King anti Coen. try. Lord \VALSINGHAM presented a Peiition, from the Prisoners, on Friday, to the Lords, and-it .was ordered to lie on the Table. On the sarne.4ay",,his Lordship put into the. hands of• Lord PELHAm ano. t Cr PeritlON 10 6.: laid l4fore I Its MAJESTY, On Saturday lasi, Mr. EVANs, lAte a bookseller in Paiernoster.row, dropped down dead, whilst con. versing with a person in Chapter House Court. He 'had' retired from business some years. By - his will, it appeals lie has left. goool. to a persoo who has lived shopman for: some years at, a bookseller's in' the same raw, with whom he formerly lived in, habits °fir iendship. This seems.the More extraordi. nary, as he has a stn at sea, and a nephew a Clerk in . the same house . as the rersou he has left the bulk of his .property to,. to neither of whom has he left guinea. To his wife, With whpm he has not lived doring,the last five year, lie has begoeiithed 401. a year, and also aol. a year to a niece. :The cause of separation from his wife has been'attributed to her partiality for bri4of her sons, who failed in business as a Bookseller, a few years ago, in PaterOoster— row, and . afterwards was' literally reciticed -to beg. gary, and died in the, r- street about a yea aod ago. Mr. EVANS reques;ed in his Will, that he might be buried without a cop: or shrquil, anti. that the whole . of Iris ftineral expellee. ihouisi : not:Oceed :Arty ~ Yesterday, alvik one o'clock,'the inhabitants of: Coram.strect, Kossell.sqoare, were alarmed by the screams ofa woman, at intervals calling 4 ! Murder I'' The cries were traced to the ApartMents of a knit'. neyman shoemaker in Little Ceram-street ; anti on the room being entered, the' wife of' the iron wa s discoveted with her throat cut in a most shocking manner, and which had beets perpetrated by her husband while they were sitting attjinner, in c.inst. quence of a trifing dispute: The man jS serinej, annd al'terwatds underwent an .examinali it at Bow street. He is' commit ted, , till the fare of known. ,~: - .~ PAI:IS,.J - JI-Y i. . • 'Fitt sun/ which - Ws - Nen voted by the Depart. of di'e'Scine. 'and y;se, for the - colbtrtietion. of Ships of War, is not tioo,ooci livres, as was-oefore Stated, but to:Do,boo RIUSS'F LS, 1 i'its; E 28.—A YActitheloop . -,i , ig td the Dutch Marine it to attend the First Corso, .at Bre.ains, a small Port on the Coast of Flanders: It is supliosed at Flushing that the First Consul will visit that pllce tm his !caving Ostend. A Courier from the Ministrr at War, with Dis. patches to-General MoriMor.rtfit, passed through this City yesterday, froM Paris. BouLooNE, JUNE 2 7 ..--The English have COM roitt,:(l' afresh aft of piracy, worthy of those Bar. barians of the North. The Division which cruiieti in the Pas'de-Cfda;c had, . since the renewal of .1-hos. dillies respcaed the French Fishing-tnats, and the Vessels truizing, often purchased. the:produce of their fishing. Those who knew _die .British pricy, saw nothing in this but a .snare which' had for its,objea to inspire? security of Which it: was' rrvosed to profit on the first favourable occasion.. About filty Fishing Boats from' Boulogne 2113 Valais were erneloyed in fishing on the z*th 1):•fore and behind the Pointolareez:- An F.nglish a Brig, .and two Cutters, were cruizing at ..a short distance : one of these Vesselt bo:irded . orie 01 tl4 Fishing Vessels. from Boulogne, inquired whether inackarel were :abundant, and after having, pur chased a part of the Cargo, renewed the assurance Ow the fishermen had nothing to fear.,A short timeaft e wards an Avisoexpedited from the Coast a England, boarded the Frikite, .which immediately made th, signal to the other Vessels cruiiing, and they m-;.. nceuvred to turn, and carry off the" Fishing B tars. The Frigate began first to fire upon them. Thc Fish. crinen, who had kept ois their gnird,K hoisted all their sails a } f art of them RN cnt sh::re, 'fathers placed themSclies tinder the proteaion the 'Forts, and the rest took refuge in the. Ports of ttouloine and Calais. The - Enemy seized fourteen. Vessels; of which ten were from .Boulogne and lottr from Calais ; these fourteen Vessels, of which each, is valued at from s to 6000 francs, had in all . 427 men' on board, Almost all these persons. are married : the Masters of the Bouhtne: VeSsels' alonehave left nine wives and thirty-nine children. ... MILAN, JUNE is.—General; ST. CYR, w ho.is now_Commander in chief of the Army of Reserve, arrived out the 91hAit. from whince he is going to . Ancona.. It is .supposed drat the first vision of this Army i; now - upon 'the , Siiapolitan! Territory. Uir.s. , ar.ls or one litindretl p r e , :;::(1 by the tiiffe'reitt parties of parrole.,'lly ray of privy searlt W::rtants, wtre,exaniiileityes-; tera,ly at Bow-szreer, when about Seventy of them appearing to idle aril disorderly, frul being leemed proper to serve His I\ l ljesiy; were sent on ,board the tender. . E Orly' on Thurstlay morning the gun.powtler mills at Stubl), 1111keith, ‘vere accitletitally blown up. Mr. Ilu NT.g R. the mlniger, and two tvoritmen, the only people In the mills, unfortunately lost their live's. A short time :tip a Man, l eeirtingly in a . deranged elate'' , Rosy (441 -yeti to be wandering ahont the Fell' side,.nearliothaok, iti CuMberl'and ; but partku• lady one" morning e,itly be was taken notice of by a pitman, sittiligin a field, with a great tiodntity of papers tiptead about him., A. few do) s after wards, a little girl .Iwppcned to be playing - fin the field, and pieked.up trraoy,. pieces of paper, which she suppostd to be pictutei ; but on taking them Kome to her father, they proved to be Bank Notes. The father inamedi.ately repaired to „the irk!, where, he found a great - number of the same k );e•.; The • man has not since been seen' or heard of in that neighbourhood.' . • .. The Mayor of Amiens', according to the antient custom of presenting .moans to the Kings of Fr ~nee when they .visit. that city, 'lois presented .eight BONA/141AM This itt,,durride the pumber.ot .whAt Were formerly presented to the Savereivt Franc t!. We know oo,season for this dirp/icoriag, cause BoNisriatii holds thi-m in dowide • 'The AddresSes presented by the Bish,p, tit.: Pre_ feet, and the General Council of Amiens to NIA. tioNArAtt'rr,have been censured for thzir iiorti but then . ct;rtain;y whew segue poiicy some regard to truth, fir the La Lait "bears her faculties trv:el;ly:,." bu:, her liuiband is so in_ toxicated wi!bpower, that hi! sceins, 4 to think, he hail a right to iw.ult tra.nirle upon triankitta. On 'nicht' ty last, ;4:1 wai e heiti by Thomas . Fatiingtott,-Esii. yur oh the hotly of ;t ft.:twit Child about two month. , t.ld, at the Ouiebvn, near N t' tastie. ' This had been tint 'frtim the country to 'a woman -of the name 'of NI ire' C;‘bsint to nurse: the child appt:tred extremely iii when br.m . gbt to 1: e unite, and a.few days ai tei. she ob. served the chilsi to p. 04 pins :it-'different tunes, spine, of them cry..!;:d htraigh:, one' of the pins,hati a liicr d thrCad tolt the Child tited „ in strong Al terconvulsions. an .itivestiwitiott of hours, during whic:t time the baly was open ed; it apveared that mortification li:td taken place in different parts 01.44 The Jury tumid a veraitt of Wilful Alstriter, against St,me person or persons unknown. —On the same day, the body t.'.f a man of the name of George Wittrclibunic,,wh%livcd iii S todgate, and travellO i the cuant ry selling , fri:et:- CACI -, n, and buying hair, was ob•tervcd tioAting in the river tear-the cakutys-ide..—*The Cor..,ntet wiuot fount' a Nerdia ui iitc"idsoal Deatb. P •i T. . , COURT ,()F.N.ING , s drITTINGs lutOit LOlcli i.LLENDCPROUGII, WtisT.] NitNsTra. 11A1.1.. , . MITCHELL. (QUI TAM) LiANLEY. TH it was an atftion brought to recover the penalty of to/. upon'an /la of Parlianienti hir the atifen.l- ant 'having signed a rper-tvrittng purporting , to he a receipt for Got. ' It he'reCeived of the tiff by a draft on the Bony ton flunk, in the County . of atvon. • It appeared that the Plaintiff in this ease, Coe Rev. James Mitchell, was .8 Clereyaian in TYtynn. shire, and that the D_tendaai was 3 Col!e.;.1:1T. of Taxes, and it w‘is, said that . the receipt was ,t;iven It) the Pluiriliff on unstartiped paper for his own 3,!. coinmodation. Mr. 1311kRoucti, for the Defend:tilt, said, he wished he could be permitted, by the rules of to open tht whole of this most iniquitous case tO the jury; for there really never was such a case for in famy ; this Reverend Gentleman had, eantratv era all faith litween the Parties, upon a thirg ;;I:tet-d upon for his own accotninodatiun, turned Inf)ltner against the - fizfendant, who WAS the Tax Collector of his district. But he cold not go into► any par ticulars at the cuss ; he must now take an übjedi,:o . - upon a point of Law against the gai tam action of this 'ieverend Infortm:r, nlin'Ay, that the anion Must, by one of- the ter;.; the Act of PAr •liainent umn tt !licit it foar-ied,be brougltt and tried in t.te the•tact took vine : that County was a;ld'not Middlo,!x. • Lurcl ELL vailiottuvr;fl conhriorn tills ry,Ni,;aion, and there ore th= Plainra w'as",n6nolitcd. KIROY V. 1 ittVts. 71113 WAS an attion t:1,; s , im of fifteen gnireas ror pia ;are, an.; fiv-, f a the fi,itit.; of it. Tne Plaintiffts Pairitt- profes.non, and was pupil to Sir W. 1.3.!ech,.. li.:lendant is a respec tablepet-ion in trade, 0.1.3 cinployed 4hls ycarn - 1 Artist. to paint the likne.s' hirnsdf and f,lt:„ on ,nie CllnVas . b, which 11..! lid, .0..1 the paint. ing was but the'Patties did 'not th.ink it a goodytkeness, ar,d would .not pay ft , r it, upon. w'nich ;I,i: kOught.: • It ;Tpeared by the evi lance of Mr. Sharp, who has the honour to 1)::'• noiv ,employed to paint the . pielureof'sotne branches of tho Royal Fa:nity, that the charge Apt painting . this pi;Aore was abundantly ' reasonable;, that rlwrii , „we cl yjr. Lewis was a very good liket . iess, but ti)at Mrs.,LeWis wis not quite so happy. And Sir W. Be ECII gave evidence to the same said ih it Mr. Kirby • had blert a I'opii of his, and so had the last wit.. ness. . Mr., Ic t iby was a young Irian, and painted, • .., for reputation, ;nal tilt:retort the price he .charged wa3 out el the q lestion...Sir,«'l..i iAM said that his price fur a piaure of this sizt:, with two figure s • it, would have been Guineas. :He thought that Cie figure of Mc. was Well painted, but t h, t of M rs . Lewis was nit so well. Etch feature might be a likeness of . that individual feature, but they were not'SO c . inibined a, to make up what was i called a•general likeur.s. 'On . th,epart of the defence it was contended 0132 there's:Vas a specific agre.:.tnent entered into hetween .the - Plaintiff and 1),.f...n.1ant, that unless the Oa* was agreeable to nitc s it . and his, friends, the ,Defendatit was not to be b)und to take it. 'f he Defendant's shop man gAVe an 3LCOLIVit Of a conver... Nation bet w;:en the 1/4 ., ...trdant and the Plaintiff to that purport, but was %ref) , short, and not very 4istivier. Several of the fiimily c,f the Defendant, and `others, swore thit the piZtote was not a likeness of Mr,. Lewis; and a gentletnan on the fury was sworn to give 'evidence in his bri,thet* jur6rs, He said that t he aslowl.int is a tenant of hie, and lives next dnor to him ; that the painting is a likeness of Mr. ,Lewis, but that of Mrs. Lewis was not so. ~‘ Lord El.t.ttartioaouGH left it to the Jury to .say •Whether there was a !specific contran in this c:tse between the Plaintiff and the Defendant, tliat at all . eve - r i ts t h e picture «a 5 to 1);. stic,!laoylc.isel) the De_ fendant and his ft ien:ls, tt as a Mere general con. traCt that the Painter was to make a fair exertion of his skill. If the Fortn e r, however capricious ant whimsical the Defendant's refusal might be, it was binding upon . the Plaintiff, for. that he refused to take the pieture was' . eviriced by his.. resisting the friend, had sworn th4 . did,not think it a likeness. If it, was the latter, namely, 0:.1t rif *an engagement that the Artist should use the best of his skill, his Lordship . thought the Plaintiff's Ohaige a v'erk reasonable. 00.c.--716ierdid for the Dainages MIDDLES EX S'ESSIONS. ;CKes,li AL I, YU LY Mr. Th:2mar lignti a N ley Agent, wai eonv of „s eiblent assault on ate widow °Of a fililor, who cant to receive 'rum prite-rolncy which h.id been due to her husband. He was sen:eactd to pay a fine of 201. , . o n Tuesday m or ni n g Lahti D :el .tuns fought near, ‘Vincilester, betwcco CaptainLt w Is, of the Montnuolltillirc Militia, and W. GAuNTCHTT S 01 thIS city ; after rxelitingin4 two. 'rounds the seconds interposed; and tire fMi t arniCabir Settled. Yesterday morning about seven o'clock, as a brewer's servant was riding on tl.e shale of a -dray through I.Cing..,treet, Carnaby-rnathet, - wialst in the attof sto'oping, he unfortunately tell, and the wheels paised over hitri. lie was tAkeo to a stir.. , geon', in th e neighb,urhoqd, and,lmin thence r,, the Middlesex Uospital, with very little hopes of recovery. On Sunday evening a Co,ichmari,rritie his hort.es into the Thames, on the tipper side of Wtistininster. bridge, on the. Lamhetli shore, sod lie venturing too far, the horses were carded nwity by the cut rent, and were unfortunately drowned : the man was saved-by the timely assistance of a watermAn. Yesterday morning a pour woman fell from a two. pair of stairs window, in St. Clernent'tl4.le, and was Qll thZ spur.