The Sun. — London, England, 1803-03-02 00:00:00

rig- win NAVAL NET'S. 'e to rhy, ion, toes' ime our the last üb-' ord. NTi Heir een the. the )ut:: U. :n-. 10C, r~~ nd ho to POR7'SMOU7'II, MARCH I. SAl4.to the Leopard, of $o guns, for Chatham. . •Wc'nt out of Harbour, the Aml , hion and Camilla Rrigateg. YARMOUTH, MARCH r. ' SAILED the Barrister, FowLs, for Rotterdam ; rargaret, DODDS, Autumn, THOMPSON, and Blessing's Increase, RICHARDSON, for Dort ; and Perseverance, LANDatts, for Gorec ; all from Sun. i ' acrland, with coals. GIBRALTAR, FEB. 3. • •BY a vessel which arrived yesterday from Genoa 111 19days, we learn, that sOOO Polish Troops in the French service had arrived there, to embark for St. Domingo, and that to,ooo more were daily expeti. .ed• there for the same service. Great discontent Prevailed,among the first detachment, and numbers were:deserting. Two French Ships of - the Line and a Frigate had arrived at Genoa, for the purpose f. tal;inkpart of them on board. • • On the:lst; the names Tiansport arrived here Odra Plyinouth,.blit last from Malaga, she having been d riven past the Rock in a:gale of wind some days.ago; .The Thames had on board a detachment f I so Artillery-men, under the command of Capt. •: Yout4o, for this„darrison. .On the same day also arrived the Porttiguese"Squadron from Carthagena, • consisting of MO Sail of-the Line, a Frigate, and COrvette. They were unable to procure supplies 0? provision at Carthagena,. which obliged them to come here: The poverty an d di stress i n a ll the _SPanish seaports where 'there are Government ::Dock.yards is astonishing. Drazon and Rencum have both gone into .the •Mole to refit ; the illonmosab has not yet sr. lived. 'the Brig tailed yesterday for Lis. bon to bring- the Mails. The Quarter Sessions commence te.day in the Cp4rt,tiouse, wheri.His Royal Highrreas, as usual, firesides as-Chief Judge. • Garrison..is remarkably healthy, and in the toeleat state of discipline and regularity. By a letter from Roues, dated : the, sad ult. we 'tern, the on the list:Fele. a Frenchman; of the name jitst rotllrnct froM England, with number of hia'accomplicee, arrested by the Govern, • men.t;io egansequetict of inforelatiim, that they had en_ .tend into a plot-id aeiassieafe - the Pet et 7 Comte e, and efterWards ,to seize on the. reins of Govern. Hunt.: •1 1 / 4: e u re ti a i of papers were ' found upon him, :which - 11'614W' i,o 'clevelope the 'cliabOlical, scheme, and; teeeimplieate a • number of persons in this CnontoleEmigrants from France. M. 130i3 R reels CiiiiiieltVic . r e to England in the month of . J u ly l ast , with reco m mendations to several respeti e ble fa milies to precute him a situation as a Tutor. He did not succeed in this, and the account is, that he Was drawn intolhe conspiracy by some of these Erni- Ultaute resident! in.. England, - who mill cherish the thoughts of. ti Counter-Revolution by the means of tumult and anarchy. We state this entirely on the authority of the Letter from Rotten. These sus petted persons : were., on the 22(1 tilt. sent off from - .Rotten to Paris in irons, and under a guard of so beraemen. , . Yesterday, at _twelve o'clock, the remains of Vessard wereeaken.from his late lodgings in Mount , street, Lambeth,. accompanied by three mourning coaches, in which -were his private friends. The procession, accompanied by a vast number of spec tators,' proceeded - to St. Paul's. The whole passed • Off with the' greatest order. The body was interred on the North side of the Church-yard, at a little distance from the principal entrance. Captain VON Bs LAUD, of the Swedish Service, hate invented a machine for swimming and floating on the water without clanger of drowning. As a reward for this discovery, his Swedish Majesty has granted him a sum of zOOO rix.dollars, and also an exclusive privilege for es* years, to execute and sell this awinuning-machine tor his private emo. lument. Captain CAULFIELD, we readily admit, possesses ,inure talent fur the Stage than almost any of our present Performers, with the exception of.Lewts and Kt use', and we have no doubt of his attaining 11 permanent reputation. In a/whin:4lle row of new houses, near the New kiver, in the City Road, not calculated for the rude blasts of Sunday last, two of the windows were com pletely blown in, sash frames, linings, and all. The present ;eflierez a in France has been thought to ho the.yelleee levereimported from St. Domingo. e'ee to La'Gritte, it has been carried by the French into every country where their arms have been triumphant, and has always proved to be a symptom of the fiver. r. KEMB E and Mr. PONSONBY ) it seems have been Performing the Mountaineers on their return ( ram 47,0 Sis. One would have imagined that ex -tale'lee would have made the farmer Gentleman at 'last better acquainted with . the difficulties attend ing such ati undertaking than appears to have been the case; for if report be true, he was very near lasing himself In the fencing scene in The Hero of the North, tasi night, Mr. POP E' accidentally wounded' Mr. blcemr in the cheek; which bled profusely. Mrs. Moue pet to could not sing on account of a cold, but she .performed. The Theatre at Hawes is crowded most nights. est week, Owen, a noted pugilist, and another )ersen from London, displayed all, the different at.lttudes known by the . connoisseurs in boxing, on the stage, three successive evening s , fo r w hi c h t h ey re ceived a thitd of the profit, - whielt was very consi filtrable. The City 411‘Pr.thirl's tra,*p so etreftually ape. rated upon, ti:e man ii/ho was atiliaed with a severe ague in the streets, that it seems to put Perlinisms . The neffed of that .traeiar, however, Was rather of the calivani; kind, as it made the ..-ficnrerutelf his hiind in dWinstant, and ;ingrate. fuliy aim a bloAf at theleted dt‘i‘r. IRi2E CArrt.E. VEstritoAy niorning Lord SONl,Bitvit4i, ,- -:and, a great number of Agriculturists and .Breeders, again assembled at Langhorn's Reposi,cory, bican, when the Judges proceeded to examine the merits of the Oxen and Sheep exhibited for the prizes offered by his Lordship. A great number of MI, proved implements in agriculture were exhibited, At three o'clock the meeting adjourned tO'theFree. masons' Tavern, where.his Lordship entertained in the most liberal manner about two hundred Gentle. men. About six o'clock his Lordship took the Chair in the Great Hall ; the Duke of BEDFORD being on his right hand, and the Marquis of SLIGO on his left. After dinner his Lordship gave, The Khtg, and thanks to hint for the honour he has done the Society. (Alluding to His Majesty having sent two Oxen to be exhibited.) The Queen and Royal Family. The intim, and thanks to them for their kind attention. Farming Societies in every part of tbe Worid, not forgetting those in Ireland. Good Grazing, and a short time to pad it. His Lordship then,addressed the Meeting, in a neat. and appropriate speech, respeCting the different Candidates who offered. themselves for his prizes. He stated, that the Umpires he had appointed had paid very great attention, and had spared no pains to investigate the merits of the different oxen and sheep offered for the prizes.—They had adjudged, For the best yoke of fat oxen, who have laboured a given period to provide cons and other food tor man, but never once consumed it, to the Duke of Bedford ;el. For the second class, or second-best yoKe, to Mr. Ed monds, provided his oxen dts not exceed the limited weight ; if that should be the case, then the prize to be awarded to Mr. Martin. Tor the best ewe hogs, or one year olds, not in lamb, to Mr. Edward Smith 301. - The second glass, tbr the best fat wethers, four or six tooth sheep, to the Duke of Bedford 201. His Lordship said, he hoped those who had not been successful this year would not be daunted, but that they would be mote diligent in their exertions to excel another year. His Lordship then gave, Improved Husbandry, and increasing Commerce, and long may their Interests be inseparable. The Duke of BEDFORD proposed the health of his Lordship, which was drank , with great applause with three times three. Lord SOMERVILLz said, he felt himself extremely flattered by the manner in which his health had been drank, and thanked the Gentlemen for the honour they had done him by their attendance. His Lordship rose again, and in formed the meeting, that he had not only a wish to improve the carcasses of sheep,but likewise the wool; he had therefore procured the assistance of some of the first judges of wool, as well as manufaliurers, to assist : the judges in their determination of its worth, and-their decisions were, Mr. Chapman's. rs. 6cl. per lb.—Mr. Ellman's as. 3(1. — The Duke of Bedford's from Prisley Farm, Woburn.- ts. t id. —The Duke of Bedford's, from Maulden Farm, at Mautden, Bedfordshire, u. rd.—Mr. Runciman'6, of Woburn, as. ad. Mr. Smith's 24.11 d. Lord SoNtE RV I 1.1. r gave a tong statement of the improved state of wool, and the prices since the year. 1792 ;, and his Lordship contended, that al. though a few pence in a pound may appear trifling, yet t goo Sheep he had . known it pay the rent of. the Farm - and in pia state►nents he was eon. firmed by an eminent dealer in wool. His Lordship they► read a letter, which he. had received from Mr. NicitoLs, whoproposed, that a deptit should be opened, untier .the management .of a Committee of Agriculturists in London, for the reception of all improved implements in AgricUl„ tore, and every improvement: relative there. to ; likewke for a Lib rary to be opened, where every Publication relative to Agriculture should be kept ;, and that Ledures on Ag`iiCtiltitreishould be delivered at stated times, which he would himself undertake to deliver, without any remuneration, provided a better could not be found. His Lord. ship paid many handsome compliments to Mr. Ntcnot.s, and assured him .all'clue attention would be paid, to his proposal, which had his most hearty concurrence. Mr. NICHOLS' returned his Lordship thanks for the flattering manner in which his proposal had' been received. He added, that Gentlemen.. engaged in agricultural pursuits frequently went to inspeO improved implements that were to be sold in London, and found persons,completely unqualified to explain how they were. to be used, by which means instruments of great merit got into disrepute. Many Gentlemen, he further observed, resided six months in the year in London, who were engaged in Agricultural pursuits ; if such an establishment was farmed, they would have an opportunity of frequently meeting, and when Gentlemen and. Farmers came from the country, they would know. where to resort to for information. CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH Z. Out late full Importations of Grain cause little business this day ; there are souse fresh Wheat samples from Essex and Kent, which sell nearly as last day ; much Barley remains unsold ; Malt, Pease, and Beans, go off heavily, and we see little alteration in their prices, nor any in Oats I Flour is also the same., rick Bean s - _ his a 17$ a " .2tis a 33s oi , ‘lVlthiceadtittu44s.a S s °Bss a a 5 5; 55 VI Barley - 2oS a 2's 0;1 l'uland ditto -us a zts 6tl Malt - . ' I 4os a 44s tiit ItapeSeed . ' - ,311 a 341 Rye .• -33 s a its al. Fine Fleur .. 43s A 47$ 0:1 White Pease , 333, a 395 oil' Scconddo .. 4os 3 43S Beans . .31s a 36s od No lees than . 218 'plants from the Torrid Zane have lately been set in the BOTA'SIC Garden of CAMBR IDG E. Last Thursday a boy was taken up and commit, ted to Maidstone gaol, charged with .robbing the Mail, Which -he was entrusted to convey from the above phsce Tunbridge, of a letter containing a five pound Bank note, which he tendered for cash to a person in that neigbourhood. It is worthy of .remarL, that - the above boy, about three years ago, when he was in a similar employment, charg ed a man with robbing, him of .th 4 mail, who was tried for it, and on. his evidence alone convitled. He - suffered bit Pennention Heath, and was after. wards gibbetedin chains, where ,14' part or his skele. ton Is still remaining. The unfortunate man, in his last Blaileritf i Mat solttnnlr declArett his inpo ccoQC., rti;;' REPO RTA COURT. OF KING's BENCH, MARCH tie, SETTINGS 5ZY641.13110 ELItNNOROUC;I, IN GUILD.. HICLL, LW:DON. Ma: Extitspza moved the Court, that Nicholas Reddy .Ledwitch,.an Attorhey of the Court, might be discharged out of the.custody of a ,'Serjeant at 'Mace, of The City of London, he having been taken in Execution for a. Debt in his way home to his Chambers, from Court, on Saturday, where he . had been attending a cause in. which he was Attorney. Lord ELLENBOROUtti observed; that from the circumstances which were stated in the affidavits in • this case, it was not improbable that an appliCation should he made to the Court in Term ; all,he ~could do now, was to order that the Attorney should be Immediately discharged; which his Lotd. ship did. accordingly. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. LEEDS vV. COOK AND WIFE. This was an anion for a Breach of Prdmise of Marriage- Mr. ERSKIrm opened the case on the part of the Plaintiff, who, he said, was a Gentleman of re spedability and station in life, residing in the County of Essex.. His father and the father of the Lady, who was the'subjeet of this action, were ex tremely intimate, and the two fimilies were con_ netted in friendship. This Lady was now the wife of the Defendant, Mr. Cook. The Plaintiff' had proposed marriage to this Lady, not only with her own approbation, but also with the approbation of her father. This proposition was a serious and well considered one on the part of the parents and of the Lady, herself ; not a transient aWeetion, taken up on the sudden, and the sudden breach•-ot which was matter of no great blame; such things not being very uncommon in affairs of love, between persdns who were very young; but a mature and deliberate case of Promise of Marriage, on' the part of this' Lady, and the breach of which had produced vary serious inconvenience to the Plaintiff, as welt as great mortification. The Plaintiff was. possessed of 40001. 3 per Cent. Annuities, and the Lady's father agreed Co give her the same sum, and it was finally determined to enter • into a marriage - settlement. The father of the Lady being attached to. money, was 'desirous of delaying. the execution of this marriage settlement until after midsummer, in order to keep to himself the dividend upon _the stock ; but this being ac_ commodited to the wishes of the old ,Gentleman - , - by the Plaintiff defraying all the expenees of the set. dement, it was executed accordingly 'at the hotisse of Mr. M. Thomas, the Plaintiff's Attorney, and the licence was obtained and the ring knight, and , the day fixt for the marriage ; but at an inst*it when the solemnization of the marriag•.! was about to be compleated, this Lady thought fit to elope to Gretna Green with Mr. Cook, the present De. lendant, whom she married, .and as this was a et dation of this Lady by the-Defendant, Mr. Cook, he ought to answer for it in damages, for it could nut be supposed this .Lady would have thus eloped with him, unless he had seduced her. The De. fendanr, Mr. Cook had been long in the service'of his Country, and was a gay and gallant who had Otis taken away a Lady,'whose band and heart had been - engaged to the against whose cixiduel there • was no objection, nor was there any thing to warrant this alienation in the affection of this Lady, so that she must . have been. seduced- to quit him.' In •support.of. the conduct or the Plaintiff, he would read a letter from the Lady herself. It Was dated Carlisle, t+th of May, zSoa, direFted to William Leeds, Esq. 'Stratford, St. Mary in Essex.-" Since my departure froth• my father's house I have felt myself very - uneasy inn not making an apology for. my improper conduct, towards you, - and amsensible of the injury ' off;:red to you, in not performing the promise - made to. you, but that promise was giVen without tonaider. - ing what I was then doing, or thinking_ ivl)at might be the consequences of it. lam well assured of your attachment, for I must confess you always. behaved well to me, and that yon are deserving pf. one more worthy of your favour, and of makiiig the marriage state - more happy to you ,than my power to do. I never could have the. resolu tion to give you . a flat denial, although it is nut 'in your power to give me that happiness which, I hope from the Gentleman •I eloped with. 'There is a secret something which forbids me to have for you that love which a married couple ought to have for each other, and as I know you to be a Gentlemln, I trust you will' not take. advantage of this,,ar:d.l p ra y t he blessing of God to make you enjoy happi. ness, &c. Eiiz. EasKiNR observed upon the difference between a breach of promise,of marriage made by a Gentle Man to a Lady, and that of the female sex •ro a Gentleman, the one being , ' much more grievous than the other ; but Ladies were not to he excused for these levities, they were bound by their contrails as well as Gentle.; men, and here her husband was answerable for this breach of promise. He did not -- call for any. yin. dietive damages, but he did. ask of the Justice of the. Jury that sort of compensation which a grave Case like this called for, because it was not a light thing to be thus treated, nor was a Gentleman to endure this inconvenience and mortification for nothing, It then appeared in evidence, as Mr, East; INE opened, that ,the Plaintiff paid his• addresses to the Lady, Miss Cardinal, by her father's consent, and that the marriage wAs agreed on, that the Settle. went Was aaually executed, the licence obtained, 411 d the sing purchased, and that the day was axed fot the solemnization of the marriage, and then she went suddenly away with the Defendant, who is . Ptirser of an Extra East Indianian. After iv.hich Mrs. Cook sent to the Plaintiff another letter, dated . the z4.th of May, stating---“ Dear Sir, I have taken the liberty of writing to you, that I shall take it a great favour if ; you -will take an opportunity of corning to my father's to-morrow Morning, for I wish to tell you the reason of .my going away, which was sprite unexpeded, tk.c. ; for I never did desire to behave dishonotirable to yOu ; the thought snakes me very. unhappy, 8, 4 c „,, Mr., GARROW, on the p4rt of the Defendant, made an able speech, in the course of which, he obtstved there were two i , topciirions to 'be o'4tt• Milted, And one event- 6ii ght disptiO 4 theth, yet they-Cart dis-tin6.l-proposititins What this Defendant ought to pay ? and what flePlaiii. tiff deserved id have. 'Now, supposing the Plaid.; tiff to have condnaed himself pdtle . c.ctly well; per:. the Defendant ought td pay a considerable sum, because - the running away with a Lady thtis engaged, would,: in that case, be a ,eery improper as but if- ihe.Plaihtiff,had miseonduaed himself, then the qUestion was not:to be decided by consider.. ing what the Defendant ought to pay, 'but What this Plaintiff ought to receive ; and upon this vied of the matter he liaid no difficulty in, saying its confidently ape&ed, that the Jury, after a Nil, hearing of this Case, would:mirk their gtnse of it with a verdia of one farthing ; for he shOtijd,proyc., that - after the martiage-settlement was eicecutedi the Plaintiff treated - .this Lady with . the 1-.104c brutal violence, saying that he would and break every bone,m.her. skin, and that icier, they were married: he would murder her ; that threw his whip at her itta Ariolent)passion, and ,he said they , were not married yet ; that while he ;:ti as at the house of Mr:. Cardinal & the Lady' , -; (where he 'had lived for two years tlti thiS), , he proposed id a woman of the, tiatOf 'Of Hart, the wife'ef Mr. Cardinal's liailiX.--tt — c,pnunit adnitrit with her, saying that Ate had better have Ewa fathers for het childt.-.4 She told hini tOgal to Miss Cardine i whom he was4Aing to wed,' He said . thatMila Carditiar might be danreO. 'rifts ryasbet ween the loth oft April and the jch of May„. Tbttt within three days afrer . Miss Cardinal.eloPeO, with Mr. Cook, to worn she is now married, thi,J Plaintiff aanally made ptopOsalS of marriage to Miss , ki Turpin, a young Lady in .the neigWyn+.o.. ;- wrote to her a letter off ring to settle on her the ' interest of zoool,' a-year ; not was this all, for' he should prove that on theevening Of the very day" on which ihe marriage settlement was exteuted, • this very Plaintiff spent his evening with his in-: tended father:in-I:4w in London, zinc% in going- to their quarters,. Which were at the Bltie Boar, in Whitdchapel, - the Plaintiff-picked up a woMah the town, and went .with her to her lodgingS ict Milk street, and afterwrili boasiect of it: to -his intehded father-In.law, who then remonstrated, with; him, and said, he kneW not how he. might “fl 7 =ethiS,,,', health, arc.; that when' the Plaintiff was told this young Lady 114 eloped, he said, " Good riddance' of bad rubbish f" .So that When this'Wis'establimbed, r it would appear an infamous case on the part of the- Plaintiff; and the Jury Wotild find a verdict for the lowest denoMbiatioriof coin in this 'lt''appeated then by the evidence of . John' Car dinal, • the Lady's Brother, that the Plaintiff had' threatened her to break her bones, &c. and threw' his whip at her, &c. anti by the evidence of Sophia. Burnley, .h servant, 'that he threatened to kill'her and by the evidence of John Hart, that the' Plaintiff sent a letter to; Miss Turpin, offering her marriage, within three,days after the elopeMent of Miss Car (final; and Miss Turpin co.lfirmed this by her evi dence, and at whose.hon4 the Plaintiff now, hoards and lodges;. • • • ' It appeared alats,..by the evidence of Satah Harr;; that he proposed to'eommit adultery with het, say.e. ins, she had betteeleave tWtfathers than one : that .he did not care a damn fdr Miss Cardinal ~'ande• above all, that he. spent the evening With his 'Psi . tended father-in-law, and adually piL'ked op a into of the town in the street; and went with her to her lodgings, in Milk-street ; and 'afterWatils , ; came to. his intended father-in r ia , and bo4ted Of. it, whereupon the old than, Mr. Cardinal, rermin. strated with 111:n.1)1 100 his Miscontikl; an&then the old4narainformed his ,daughter of it. in one, wordi. every truiterial4aCi stated by Mr. Gartiaov. , ; WAS proved; . • Mr. Easterivt, , far the Plaintiff, cOntended, that the wholc,of•this catse 7 tnade.out for the Defendant, arose cult of a firnily conspiracy to rob. the Plaintiar of ,his-fair fame and reputation, . and dial no credit, .was:due,,to the- tcsvimony .of. the: witneues In c the. Defendant : 'that this was a very serious cause, and, descried' verfserous treatment, and that the dam mages, although he admitted they ought nor to be outrageous, yet ought to he serious. . Lord EI.LRI4BOROUH delivered Vey :able' Chary to the Jury, and observed, that' thii was ara .aCtion brought against the Defendant, IVir - COale p ° for the supposed mistianduft of his 'wife ; anti 'sup, ' posing her miscOndu s eCto be proved to the satisfaBi , ..l of the Jury, Me Defehdant was liable to answer for -it in damages. This aaian wits 'founded On a breach of promise of Marriage, 'a sreei e s orsitit which %sins capable of a greater' vartety . Of 'shades 'and-diversity of complexion th:rn - almat:t.ariy olher4 The first point Was; Whether this breach of Jiro. mist was under..eiteurnaianeeti 4 wlhch tendEred it venial or excusable.? anti if nor, what damages , shonld be given to the Plaintiff-;'_ There inightlse a 'case where a man might come before the - Jurya:. complaining dl'aiSerious injury done to hint by as breach of promiseanade . by , a woman to marry hirer,,, In all these cases, the condtgl; of the patty coma, plainhag - was.as much to be considerettas the person: against wham the 'complaint was made, and .that especially as it referred to the feelingi of the party because feeling constituted a part of rite loss coma: plained of. His Lordihip then sutnnted tap the whole of the 'evidence .most .cortedly, and riOtte . -just. obseriminne on it as he proceeded. As to the, letter of the Defendant's wife, by which she announced the breaking off of the contraet, his Lordship observed, it did not contain any ceimplaint against the Plaintiff for any of that harsh treatment which bad been given in - evidence, and therefore she had precluded herself from justifying the breach of her promise, in point of law, however prudcat it Might have been iu point of lA, and therefore, avail events, the Plaintiff was entitled to a .verdict. What damages he should have was far the , Jury to consider, and that depended upon the faOs as they were sworn to on built sides. His Lordship had no difficulty In saying that, with a little allowance for mistakes, he believed all the evidence given its this cause; for there were no parts of it that ;vete inconsistent with the reit. By the part of it which appeare'd, there .was about all the par. ties- before the Court, a coarseness of taste, and roughness of manners, that evinced a very dafedive education. ..But if the Jury believed the evidence given on behalf of the Defendant, the case would autiount only tcl nominal damages. If they ditibc,..