The Sun. — London, England, 1803-08-20 00:00:00

Aamourn, Atm 19.--The Baltic Convoy which arrived in the Roads yesterday, have sailed this morning to the Sotithwatd. Arrived the Norfolk, CALV KR, and Mary :fan, PRSTILL, from Riga ; Baltic, DARNEL, Fortuna, Lis, and Memel, 'l3ltoww, from Memel ; Pew. c'erance, MARTIN, from Donnie; and /0, CRUX. MAY, from Wyburgh. Pip Grbroederi, lastiu, with tea, Your Si,. tett, HEAMIN, with oil and tea, and Jove Jan, Tits, with hides, all from Hamburgh holm) to Ef4den ; the Jove Rolfe, GROOT, with timber antritair, and Viva SwaNka, JANS, with wainscot, both from Hamburgh to Amsterdam; and the Vrou Susanna, M AANts, from Papenburg to Hatuburgh, are sent in by His Majesty's Ship La Sophie. These Vessels are the six Dutch Schuyts mentioned in my Letter yesterday (by mistake) to be sent in by the Penelope, A L NEWS, " Y, Dec, AUG. 19.---Saited the Jrcher Gun.brig to the Eastward, and Li Africaine Frigate to the . Northward. Arrived the Supfilj Navy Transport, from tile River, and the Mundane Store-ship from the West. Ward. Came down the Romney, of so guns, from Sheer ness, and remains, m••• Rear.Admlral MONTAGU I eara will shortly sail from the Downs in the' Utrecht to the Nore, with the Ships under his orders, to join d Kim. The following vessels are to b e estationed at the Note, for the Purpose of defending the entrance of the Thames Retribussiom, S arbor ) , and Pistol. The Camel Store-shi sioners o f t h e Nav pis to take. the Commis. Luxe y, , Cap tains S TIttLING and , to Antigua and Jamaica. The -Stertrize Curter, of Weymouth, with spirit; ~floboaril, is taken by a boat belonging to the Spg. Gall Cutter, C apt . CARTSR, and sent into Poole, The isiarrey Cutter sailed front Dover on Thurs. day•toorning, under a flag of Truce, with the Ne. phew and Niece of Madame BOSrAl'ita Tee. The former 'appeared to be about twelve, and the latter fourteen years of age. A so Sir F abottrro accompanied-them down n t o o f Dover.RAtic is •On the 9th inst. the Right Hen. Lieutenant. General ,Lord Mtri.oxdont, Commander, of the Northern Dist - rid, met the principal inhabitants of Whitby, to fix upon the proper places for eretting atarot-posts and flre.beacons.--This meeting' was likewise attended by Captain D'Altcy P .REsto*, commanding the sea.fenctbles from, Flambro' Head ~• so the tees, Circular letters have been sent from Lord Ho 4BAIT's °lice to tire Lord Lieutenants of the dif erent,Counties, re9uiring an account of thoie a On% " 11 . 1 4 . were issued from His Majesty't Stores dur ing the lost -War to several Volunteer Corps, whose services -seers discontinued at the Peace, and which have not since beets returned to the Ordnance. Major General ENGLAND has ben invited to t he comma n d o f two Battalions of Vol try to b e raised a unteer I take nfati. t Plymouth. of t The Ma giorrates s Mercha nts , an d Ship Owners offere cite e Borough of, Campb e l to W n, have most nobly, the whole Shipping belonging to that Port, t o tile service of Government, manned and vitlualled for such voyages and services as shall be judged roost necessary, An offer of service has been made from Exeter of a corps, consisting of 3 6 0 men, exclusive of Officers, o to he called 44 The Exete r Ci ty V olunteers " liftmen property and pre and C ount serve the p eace in the City y of Exeter and its Vicinity, in the event of Invasion, and to guard and condutt Prisoners or Convoys one day's march from the City. The ad Somerset Regiment of Militia marched from Exeter on Wednesday', to take up their ground on Woodbury Hill, where they are to be encamped. A numerous Corps i 6 now forming in the United Parishea of St. Andrew Holborn, and St.' George the-Martyr, Queen Square. It is at .present up wards of 800 strong. No Cotninande r is -yet fixed upo n , A very fine• bod y o f upwards of too young live enrolled t h emselves in the town of airtniouthmen to atrVe in the Battalion of the Coleridge liul;dred, under the eom?nand of ARTHU R 110 W E 110 L. DS. wnsTst, Esq. A Corps of Riflemen, to be at tAched to the Sea Fencibieq, arc raising' COni nv4 under the o " of Joists SEAL, Esq. ; and another Corps tut t he A mefenee of the town and noighhOurhuodi and :" B n4 rd the Castl '.l —d f Sea ier • I . icilnes already ef hestoes .upwar tg o hoar raised, . t 1 It is with Per great p l easure we mention, that all the 6 rmert ruttolY and t h e Band of the Royal Circus, gene.gate up their Salaries on the night devoted to the Patriotic Fund at Lloyd s. Su warm ly ana l ' Iheartily, do all Classes and bot S enter into e ' 44 of this Subscription, soh truly exes honourable th to toe individuals, , and SC) well ada • t d to the 'Celin a . P e n 't th e flritith Nation at large, on so momentous a occasion. The practice of arming th e M us i c i ans, is not 8° new as It may be useful ; on t h e day before the tak a of Quebec, in 1719 , General WoLea ordered , the Banda Of the different Regiments - out before the • . line, Anil causing them so deposit their instruments, .• lords each than to take up a Musket and a Car- . toneh-box, having in it twenty- fi ve , rounds of bail c , ar tlitiges ; some Germane in the Band diblacing tab change, said, in broken English, WoLre, we enlist to play our Music," when Gen. 44 General, Pointing to a Musket, Said, 8 6 My lads, that io the Music I must have played to-morrow," ' 4 v"ta I he old L um t er Troop, Of which a certain Par Na. ol ,:, Cisiihass has l ong b een a dist inguilheOmther, have con di t i oned that he should nev er ' I ?ake lot a sp eec h to them, lest from the cards of it, , should be found to deep von toiir jilt, 7'1ii.14 0? 1147'fillalli [CeNAkird atir P.:ter ef Yr:wifely.] • Mr. Jos. Skelton, of Rochliffe, Comberlaor, said, he ptsseSses an estate at Loweswater, where he occasionally resided. He there became ac quainted with the Prisoner, in September tBo2, who then lived at Buttermere, a few miles distant ; supposed the Prisoner to be Colonel Hop, brother to Lord Huperoun ; the first opportunity he had of knowing this, was when in company with the, Rev. Mr. Nicholson, at a public-house in the neighbour. hood. Tlse-Prisone r pulled a letter from his pocket, addressed " The Hon. Colonel Hope." On the 6th of September, 1802, the Witness recolleds walking with the Prisoner to view,an_estate which the Prisoner proposed to purchase. In the`Course of conversation the Prisoner told his reasons why he ap peared so shy in letting his name be known. He said, it was merely to avoid ceremony ; but he ob. served, as the witness was a gentleman, he might with propriety inform him that his name was Hope, that he was brother to Lord-Hopetoun, and a Colo_ nel in a Regiment of Dragoons; but requested the witness not to make public this information, which he obeyed, till he found his name through the coup. try; has frequently heard the Prisoner speak of his estates in Herefordshire; he had a cot at Castle Douglas, on the other side of Dumfries; has re peatedly heard him speak of his campaign in Egypt, and spewed the wounds which he received, partieu hrly one upon his chin, and another upon his finger. Mr. George NVood, of Keswick, Inn-keeper, had seen - the Prisoner at his house frequently, with a Col. Moore and Mr. Crump, in the summer of 18oz ; he travelled in his own carriage, and passed for Col, Hope ; parcels came diteded for him, " The Hon . . A. A. Hope, M. P. Wood's Hotel, Keswick." He knew the Prisoner had drawn a Bill for 301. on Mr. Crump, Liverpool, in favour of Col. Moore, which bill was sent, and accepted, and paid ; and Col. Moore, on receiving the money, paid Witness's bill upon the Prisoner, out of it. On 13th October, 1802, Witness cane in from hii farm, and met the Prisoner and Rev. Mr. Nicholson at breakfast, at Witness's house; when the Prisoner inquired if his bill upon Mr. Crump, in favour of Col. Moore, had been paid, to which he answered in the affirmative. He then said, Mr. Crump is my fiiend, my attorney, and my agent ; I wish you to give me cash for another bill upon bins. The witness agreed toitccept the draft for 291. ; did not see the Prisoner draw the bid, but believes it was drawn in the parlour in the pre. sence of the Rev. Mr. Nicholson; knows the bill now produced to be the same as delivered to him by the Prisoner; he spoke as to the meeting between the Prisoner and Mr. Justice Hardinge ; it took place at his house in Oauber last [as the circum stances of this meeting have been detailed in Mr. Nicholson's evidence, it is unnecessary to repeat it] ; it was after this interview that he advanced the money upon the draft, so he had no idea of the sue. picions entertained. John Gregory Crump was at Gresmere the latter end of July, itioz; he met the Prisoner there ; he had no knowledge of him before that time ; he heard his name to be Alexander Augustus Hope ; did not know Colonel Hope personally, yet knew there was such person ; he had frequent conversa. 'tions'with the Prisoner respeding his family, but the latter wished to travel incog. ; had much conversation with the Prisoner respeaing the ol►jetl of his tour to the Lakes ; Prisoner spoke of his fortune, said he had an estate near Stockport, and others; lie did not hear the Prisoner metrtion his having any estate in Scotland ; witness left Gresmere and returned to Liverpool, cashed a bill for the Prisoner at Liverpool, for 301. but had no connexinii 'with him before about business. Qir cross-examination, the Witness said, Prisoner men. tioned a Mr. Newton, his Attorney, who had re. covered an estate for him. The Prisoner advised Witness to draw upon him. • Colonel Parke sworn. Witness is well acquaint. ed with Colonel Hope ; he is brother to the Earl of Hopetoun, a General in the Army, and Colonel of the 17th Regiment of. Dragoons. He had been in Ireland abo4tt three years. He said the Prisoner at the bar is not Colonel Hope ; he ditinot know ther the Regiment was in Egypt ornot.r4lere the Evidence for the Prosecution closed. • , The Prisoner then addressed himself to the Jury. He said he felt some degree of satiskttion in being able to have his sufferings terminated, as they must of course be by their verdict. Fur the space . of nine monti:s he had been dragged from prison to prison, and torn from place to place, subjed to all the "misrepresentations of calumny. , s Whatever will be my fate," said he, " I am content ; it is the award of justice, impartially and virtuously administered. But I will solemnly declare, that in all my •transac. tions, I never intended to defraud or injure the per. sons whore names have appeared in the Prosecution. This, I will maintain to the last ofmylifc.," The Prisoner called in his defence, - Newton, Attorney at Chester; .IV3B employ. ed by the Prisoner in the Summer Assizes in re. covering au Estate in the County of Kent. He un. derstuud the Prisoner's father to be a respectable man ; some of the family were opulent. Believes the Prisoner has a mOther.in.law ; says thst Prisoner married ; never knew him to bear any other name than John Hatfield; he married a Lady of the name of Nation. His Assignees have sold the Estate in question. Witness knows nothing of his circum stances previous to the recovery of the Estate. It Was rented at tool. per 'annum. Dues not know why the Prisoner quitted Devonshire. Did not then travel in his own carriage, but formerly kept a carriage. _ _ _ After the evidence was gone through, , his Laid ship,Sir A. TH0N11 , 5014, with a great 4eAl.of per epiculty and force, summed up the whole of the evidence, and commented upon such parts as pecu. lady airefted the fate of the Prisoner. " Nothing," his Lordship said, " could be more clearly proved than that the Prisoner did make the Bill or Bills in question under the assumed name of Alex. Augustus Hope, with an intention to,defraud. That the Pri soner used the additional name of Augustus, was of no consequence in this question. The evidence proved_cleiirly that the Prisoner meant to represent bimielf to be mother cheratleri And under that a s. sumecl charm? r, he drew the Nils in question. If any ring should appeal . in• mitigation wf the offences with which the Prisoher Was chptged, they flit t give qhrtn a full consideration; and though his cha rgterhad. been long shaded with obloquy, yet they must not let this ip the least influence the verdil they wire sworn to give," _ • The Jury consulted about ten minutes, and then returned a verdift--Guilty of Forgery. .The Prisoner's behaviour in Court was proper and dignified, and he supported his situation from first to last with unshaken fortitude. He has a hand. Some face, blue eyes, and fair complexion ; the shape of his face has beertoyab but that and his person arc altered from the progress of years. His age seems to be about fotty.five. After the verdia of the Jury was given, he discovered no relaxation of his accustomed deMeanour. The crowd was im meose; he was allowed to have a post.chaisc from the Town-hall to the Gaol. At eight o'clock next morning (Tuesday), the Court met, when John Hatfield, the Prisoner, ap peared at the Bar, to receive his sentence. Numbers of people gathered, to witness the perf‘trmance of this painful duty. After proceeding in the Usual form, the Judge addressed the Prisoner in the followitt impressive terms: " John Ilarfteld—after a long and serious inves. tigarion of the charges which have been preferred against you, you have been found guilty by a Jury of your Country. You'llave'been distinguished. for crimes of such magnitude as have seldom, if ever, received any mitigation of capital pUnishment, and in your case it is impossible it can be remitted. Assuming the person, name, and charaaer of a worthy and respectable Officer, of a Noble Family in 014 Country, you have perpetrated and commit ted.the most enormous crimes. The long impri sonment which you have undergone, has afforded time for your serious reflection, and an opportunity of your being deeply impressed with a sense of the enormity of your guilt, and the justice of that son. tence which must be inflined upon you I wish you to be seriously impressed with the awfulness of your situation, and to rtflect with anxious care and deep concern on your approaching end, concerning which, much remains to be done ; lay aside new your de lusion and imposition, and employ properly, the short space of time you have to live. I beseech you to employ the remaining part of your time for eternity, that you maynfind mercy at the hour of death, and in the day of judgment. Hear now the Sentence of the Law." His Lordship then pronounced Sentence of Death upon the Prisoner, in the usual form. The Prisoner heard it with firmness, bowed re. speelfully, and was taken away from the Dock, and thence to the Gaol. Copy 4 of Letters front Mr. lIATF lEL P, under the .Naure of Col. .11UP 6, to the' Rev. Mr. Nt c tlO L. sox, alluded to in Mr. SCAR L Er's Speeth. (Ste Sun of Yesterdaj). I,eviown. liftudey Evening, 4th ariarr. V EU DSAft AND RSV. 5111, We arrived bete on Saturday evening About eight, went to the church on Sunday, anti Mr. Graham, the brother of Sir "antes, gave one of the finest ledures 1 ever heard. We at tended his evening discourse, at' the end of which he ad begging I would not return to my quarters with. and his footman stood really with one. All this, dear Mary a little, but nothing can be more pila_ light, my dear manner she at all times possesses. To-mor proceed further; but Mrs. od6ti r i o urunc f c c hl vening, we may perhiti; H o pe likes the quietude of this place much, and her wishes arc i l ly laws. to the church-yard we found the following inicription, which I copiedo*purpose to send you, thinking 4' 01 4 amuse some °four friends; pray read it to Dr. .1.1c.1, and present him my best respetts: our life is but a winter's day ; Some only breakfast and away. Others, to dinner stay, and are Nil fed ; • • • The oldest man, but sups, and goes to bed. • Large is his debt who lingers out the day ; Who gots the soonest, has the least to pay. Be pleased to say for us both, whatever you will be acceptable to those, who, from kilt! utotives, may Inquire after us ; and at Buttermstre, Miry M.sires you will tender to father and mother, the most atrectiostate duty, and the trio 4 lively assurances of our mutual liaTtpincss. I find Itappine;s isnot very loquacious, so this will be a short Letter; ler us have a long, one as soon as possible, addiessed for *. Col o n e l Hope, M. P. Post-Office, Longtown, Cumberland, arid you w'al greatly oblige, Very dear and Rev. Sir, Yours mast truly, A. 1101'1:, _ _ _ Longtown, 061. ath, Iso2. Ke y M r .isikhoihOli q l.owes. water, tleor Cockeratoutli. • Free, A. dope. Another Letter, from the same to the same, dated Stenday Night, Joth Oth VERY DEAR AND ply. Alai 'Anxious that ply dear Mary might hear from her parents as soon as possible, we returned from SLotland to this town ou Friday evening, and shall mast probably proceed for Carlisle •ro.morrow ; indeed your letter received this afternoon makes rna very desirous of returning to Buttermere, that 1 may pro perly answer all such pi.-rsons as assume the privilege ul ec „. suring my conduct, and are mean enough to disturb the peace -of our parents. We are. thank God ! very well,. and happy as our friends can wish us. T he C o l one l has. given himself much unne r cessary trouble, and 1 am sorry . for it, because in -this he will be sorrito. J wrote to him on Wednesday last, and this day find his hand-writing on the tuperseription ofa letter, for warded to me from Keswick. t f I had ever expressed tollim any atardion for Miss D. except such as youliave witnessed'; if 1 had ever dropped a word on the subject to him, he micht have had some plea for complaint. But (;od - knows, an d h e knows, 1 never did. He has my free leave to write to all the world. if lie finds any pleasure in such rocerclings ; but no person, who really knows rue, will believe, that Miss D. lias been deceived by me. . _ 1 wish 1 couid 1:; certain where this will reach you. but fearing it may not be at Cockurmouth soon enough hir you to get it by the market people on the morrow, it is 4101 in my power to city where Of when WO Cali meet previous to nay. arrival at ltuttermere, which will very pralably be before the otithUeof this week. Be { Teasel! to pre s ent my . best re spc ds to Mrs. and Miss w wt f. I will remember with permanent gratitude their goodness on this oixasioti. ;Ind antickt the strAlige vicissitudes of this very eventful life, perhaps I may be blessed with some opportunities lit , shewing how truly sensible 1 Alll of every kindness doriu to me o n this occasion. With the truest reseed, esteem; and gratitude to all my wclt.wialiers, Ism, Very Dear and Rev. Sir, yours ever, _ A. IIOPE. . . Love and duty attend those to whom they . are due; and beg you wilt tett them not to make any preparations tin our return, tor 1 shalt have to move about almost as sows as I ar rive, and my Mary will love quietness. • Th e ivaii tut trees, which have stood above a cen. Wry in Hyde PArk, ate now ordered to be cut down. week by an eminent gun. They were plirChaScd la" smith. who i n j en d s convertingthem int o gan . stoc k s. The 2urchas e tikoacjt w3i . Five litintimi round*. DUBLIN, Auc; i 5. .1 TH E appearance of the difFereritYeomanry CorPit' on the inspetlion which took place yesterday in S Stephen's Green was, we under,tantl, highly grati. lying to the Commander in aief,•and a number of General Officers who attended in his suite., their numbers•agd military appeararcc, in so short a p^ rind since the Insurreftion of the Rebel i in this city took place, caused an evident sensation of admiration in ae veteran General. It isdue to some of the Corps, to !mkt. pat ticuLtr remark of the regularity of th , .ir ajTe:ulccc appointments among those who held the first rank in this respell, were the Stephen's-green DiVikiOrl Infantry and Cavalry, consisting, of one thousand men ; the Infantry commanded by Capt. Exsumv,. the Cavalry by Capt. CARLETON, the Attorniest Corps, commanded by Sir JOUN MAcAnTriFy, the Merchants, the Linen.htrll, the Lawyers, the Liberty Rangers, the College, Rotunda and Bar. rack Divisions, Grand Canal, cormnanded by Capt. GRBENE, Loyal Dublin Infantip, Upper-Cross Fuzilicrs, tic. &c. We noticed several new Corps, amongst whorl, the Marine Corps, commanded by Capt. Ati. A u . Azpti o (Regulating Captain of llublin Harbour), and the Mccrion.square Association, deserve particular men. tion for their correaness. In the area of St. Stephen's-green the Cavalry at, sem)led, consisting of the Lawyers, Attornies, Loyal Dublin, Stephen's-green, Rotunda, Mer .e:ronts,. South Coolock, &c. &c, . Their nutubm in the gross, returned to the Cotn:. mander in Chief, was upwards of 9000 men, and would have amounted to to,ooo, it supernumerary members had been allowed to be returned. Since the sera of the original Volunteers in the year 1779, embodied at that time, as at present, against a Foreign Enemy, anti when Irishmen, fur. getting all parry or religious distintlions, were unanimous, in their determination to exterminate any-French or other Foe that should attempt to land in this happy Island, we have not witnessed such an appearance as yesterday exhibited of loyal Citi2ens in arms ; • men wlui !ive come forward with hut one resolution—tha t of conquering, or glori.' ously falling in the deicnce of all that man can halt( dear, wives, childien, sisters, and all the relations that make life desirable. All these are now at siake, and we trust that in the hour of coviNt the ; Irish Yeoman will be found at his post. COFFEE.IIOI.LiE ROBBERY. YesTitADAY Simpivv, a gay, fashionably dressed young man, seemingly about i 5 or 2S years of age, was charged before the Loan MA.yott, at the Mansion House, with having robbed several Coffee houses and Hotels, for some tnonths . past, for whose apprehension a reward of .2o). had been advertised by the Society to prevent Smindling, Mr. Fethers, of the Goil.lhall Cotree-house, gave in evidence, that the Prisoner came into - his Coffee-house on Thursday ni;,.,hti.about ten o'clock, and ordered supper and a bed for the night. A waiter from the City Coffee-house, Clreapstde, who pened soon after to call upon business, teeing the Prisoner, informed the witness that he was the per. son who, about two months ago, had robbed Orem of property to the amount of 161. Upon kokior, ' more diredly at the Prisoner, Mr. F. discovered hint to be the m.in -who, about three months since, had slept in his house, and robbed a Mr. Watson, from Glasgow, of linen And Other articles to a consider able value, for which Mr.' F. had paid,6l. Them not being an officer at hand, the Prisoner was al lowed to go to bid, when he. was scented. Upon searching his retort, tlrer p e‘ i s i . ,l e l r; found u~>ott biro curious instrument. fur ~el (YUnl:s, drawer, ezer so constructed as, by a gentle pressure of the band, to yield a purchase equal to zoo also a bunch of skeleton keys. When taken to the. Poultry Compter, the Wioter of the City Coffee house identified the shag small doilies worn by the Prisoner to be those stolen from :a Gentle man their house. The Prisoner had the address after wards to change them for nankeen psntaloons, but after a strict search .they, were.foutld in the prison. •the master of the New Huannurn4 proved the,Pli. sonerlicoming to his house, and from his gets. teel appearance, procuring a bed there on the j uti inst. pretending he had Came from the Gala at Vauxhall, but he decamped in the ounning, carry.. ing with him a gold watch and two pocket books, the property of a Gentleman who slept in the neat room. The number of the watch, and maker's name, were produced, which exactly corresponded with those of the gold watch found in the Prisoner's possession'. Upon being asked from whom he ob. tabled the watch, who he was, and how fie got 14 livingi he said that lie had the watch frot h <t Jew, in exchange fur Clothes. That he was an Officer of piss Majesty's Ship .Piehr,y, but kid nor yet joiner( her; that he had Served tin board the Lci f , pf SQ guns, and that he was a Gentleman. To carry on his schemes with'more security, he always .paid his bill before he went to bed ; an 4 Bever gave his boots or shoes to be cleaned, pretend ing that he was a member of some Volunteer Curls, and must go early to drill. Mr. EATON, the Solicitor for the Society fn. Prosecutiog Swindlers, iccorripanied by several' Keepers of coffee-houses, attended ; but the eel-. Initiation being then over, the addiainnal charges were not preferred, and the -Prisoner wits committe4 for further eitaminatEon: The Play of Pizarro, tho' not quite so well adapt. de as Jleitv the Fifth for the benefi t of the Natio ns ) Fund at Lloyd's,Cuffee-House, to roust: the i'eople. of England in a :sense of patriotic duty, is yet very appropriate to the occasion. The fierce, norelent. ing, ambitious Pizarro corresponds very well with the chara4er of the bloodylkspot . that threatens to invade Uti ; the sufferings of the poor Peruvians axe such as we might expeet, if such a ferocious tyrant were to succeed in hid attempt to invade us ; antl the Piece abounds in loyal sentiments that will give additional zeal to the attachment which eery ton feels for his King and (2.outitry, Colonel FULL 41li. TO N * s condua at Trinidad, seems to have been dignified, temperate, and judicious, it is difficult what defence CAA 1)e yet tip xrt fAYovr his uppenetat.