The Sun. — London, England, 1803-09-12 00:00:00

DOPER, SEPT. tI. A Neutral Vessel with Passengers for Valais, sailed yesterday ; bur it is doubtful if they will be permitted to land. We are still Without arrivals ftom France. There is not the slightest foundation for the accounts stated in the Star, and other Papers, of an Expedition having sailed from the Downs.— Not a single Soldier of General MOOR t's Brigade has moved from Shorne Cliff Camp, nor has a single man embarked in the Downs. There are four Transports only in the Downs, and which have lain there more than a month, but their destination is lint known. Oar Eight Companies of Volunteer Infantry were paraded to Church this afternoon, after which they were inspected by Mr. PITT, who expressed in the strongest terms his approbation of their soldier-like appearance, and the rapid progress they had made in military taftics. Mr. Purr's attention to the Cinque Ports Bd. gades is indefatigable and unremitting, and the zeal and energy he inspires is hardly to be described. THE THEATRE. Drury-Lane. The opening performance at this Theatre, with a l au d a bl e z e a l of Patriotism, was on Saturday last allotted to the noble Fund instituted by the Gen. tlernen of LLOYD'S Course-Hou►e, the merit°. rious purpose of which is universally known, and must be admired by all who enjoy the blessings of true Freedom under the British Constitution. The Play chosen on this occasion was Pizarro, and it was chosen with judgment ; because it holds forth to proper detestation an ambitious and re. morseless Tyrant, and the example of a virtuous People sensible of the duty they owe to their Coun try, and to a good King. The chief features, there fore, of this Dramatic Romance, very well corres. pond with the designs of our insulting and relentless foe, and with the patriotic ardour which animates the whole race . of Britons to make him feel their vengeance, if he and his military ruffians should pre sume to set a hostile foot upon our &hum. The House was not crowded on this interesting occasion, but the audience was sufficiently large to chew that the cause is dear to the Public. All the patriotic effusions of the tender and gal.. lant Rolla, which seemed to have received some heightening touches from the pen of the Author, were received with the warmest bursts of sympathy.. Pory supported the part with great animatio n . The part of Alameo was performed by HOLLAND, who last season acquitted himself respectably in that charaeler. In constquente of some discontent on his entrance, he came forward with a modest apology for appearing in it instead of Mr. H. JOHNSTON, .Who It seems was not sufficiently prepared.—The zest of the Charaders were represented by the usual Performers, except a Mr. BURROWS, in that of the Priest of the Sue; who displayed a voice of consi. derable power and compass, as well as of good mu.. sical tone. The After.piece was Mr. HOARE'S whimsical Farce of The Prize, which went off with no abate ment of spirit. The Performers as they respec tively entered were all honoured by a very liberal greeting from the Audience. CORN EXCHANGE, Serr. 12. THERP is but little fresh Wheat arrived for this day's Market, with a continuance of little business; the prices are quoted at small variation ; the Raley and Malt trade likewise exceedingly dull; Pease, with Beans of both sorts, are dearer ; arts are in. tolerable good supply ; those of tine quality fetch an advance of rs. per quarter; we have not much Flour, but last prices continue. I 'Fick n Wheat . 48> .1 55S a hoS (-al Deans -ps 4 353 0:1 Fine ditto - 6ts a 62s 6d Oats - - 21 % 4 24S A 26s Rye , - -32 s a 34s od Poland ditto - 274 a 23s 6.1 1: Ila all - . tley . 2eS 3 243 6d 1 Rape Seed - - 351 a 391 sos aOs ad Fine Flour - sot a S a t White tease 46s a 52s ad I Seconds - _ cs at od ps Beans - 34 s a 3 8 s ad I The Haymarket Theatre was very welt attended on Saturday last, notwithstanding the loyal counter- Olion at OM Drury. The dramatic Pieces were TL, Tale qie Mjsiety, Love Laughs at Locksmiths, and The Review. The want of the Leader of the Ihnti,, who was at Drury-lane, occasioned some euk`w ardnets in the orchestra, and the Prompter's t hell was put into vigorous adivi,s , , to summon the tardy musicians, TAYLOR, BantroN, and DEN MAN x 'Tutted themselves very well in Ihe Re. `:.'JCQV. 1 he sre near private boxes at Covent-Garden Theatre already taken by several Ladies of the first sa3hion, among whom are the Dutchess of NUR. I.II UMB RLAN D , the Dutchess . of DE,VQNSH IE I, the 'Marchioness of AIIRRi:ORN, Lady HOLLAND, Lady IV . III NEIt, Mrs.. MORTON PITT, &c. &c. The PRINCE of WALEs and the DoKE of CAMBRIDGE retain their boxes on the first floor. Mrs. SeCON D , since she has declined her'engage. Tent at tht Opera Buff r, in Paris, has been on a visit at, Salisbury, where, in conjuntlion with her brother, Mr. MAiroN, the celebrated Clarionet of the Opera House, she assisted at the Race Concert ; the intelligence soon spread round the neighbour. hood, and 300 persons of distindion attended, with the amiable Countess of RADNOR at their head. The Rev. Mr. Bow Las, well known in the tary World, favoured the Concert with a Song and Chorus, the music and poetry of his own composi. *ion ; it abounds with effusions of loyalty, is war. Uthy of his talents, and was rapturously encored.— he last verse o f t hi s an i mating Appeal was given Y Mrs. SEco N o with an effed and pathos which, In addition to the solemnity and beauty of the poetry, li.hrinst unhinged the Audience ; it was sung with a tngle accony.witnent on the Plana Forte, by the 3.9114 Organiv. of the Cathedral. bt/BUY. SEtt• yllin Kann, and Jobe ei‘Coe, ntherwise Na,, were put to the Bar on Charges of High Tre... son. The Prisoners challenged ,twenty.eight out of the Pannel, eighteen were set aside by the Crown. After the Jury had been sworn, Robert Emmett, Esq. was brought to the -Bar, and arraigned on a Charge of High Treason-..being asked by the Court what Counsel he would have assigned him, the Psi. toner named Mr. CURRAN and Mr. GEORGE PON SQNUT, but on being informed that Mr. GEORGR PoNsONBY having left town, could not attend to him, he mentioned Mr. BURTON, and was inform_ ed by the ATTORNET.GENERAL, that if Mr. PoN. SONBY should come to town within' a reasonable _time, he might, it' he wished it, snitestitute him for Mr. BURTON ;• Mr. LEONARD M`NAL,LY was as. signed as the Prisoner's Counsel. The c9Urt then informed the Prisoner, that he would he'brought up on Wednesday next to plead and take his trial forth. with, unless some substantial reason should be - as. signed for postponing it. The Prisoner is a sten. der, sharp.countenanced young man, apparently about 23 years of age ; he spoke low, and seemed under a degree of agitation. Mr. PRIME SERJRANT stated the case for the Crown, and recapitulated the narrative which the ATTORNEY.GENER AL yesterday gave of the tran. sattion against Rourke. The only novelty which occurred in the testimo. ny of Mr. M'Craith, in comparing it with that which he gave yesterday, arose from the cross-exa. mination of Mr. M'NALLY. It appeared, that the Witness had effeeted his escape in consequence of a bribe he tendered a man armed with a pike, amounting to zos. in silver, one Bank-note of a Guinea, and another of a Guinea and a Half. While the man had been conclu 'ing the treaty to permit the Witness's escape, he held his pike to the Witness's breast, and took the end of that which had been forced on the Witness into his hand, apparently fearful of entrusting the Witness with the use of it. The Witness shortly after left the pike with him, and ran down John's-lane, near the Market.house, in Thomas street. On a question from Mr. M'NALLY, Witness re. plied, that when giving testimony yesterday, he only -thought it incumbent on him to answer such questions as were put to him ; that I+, neither then or now would, through any further interrogatories, wish to take away the life of any man w ho saved his. The Counsel for the Crown did nor press the point. Michael Mahaffy, the principal W, mess against Felix. Rourke, in addition to his depositions or. Rourke's trial, identified the Prisoner Killin, as one who drove his pike throtigh the body of one man whom he saw lying in the street in Dirty.lant, bleeding and groaning ; and also identified the Fri. toner M'Can, as the man wh o fired a long pistol at another man, whom Witness saw lying near the same spot in a similar condition—Witnes s saw also Rourke pike a Watchman to death, beside the other cnor. :pities he committed. Cross-examined by Mr. CURRAN—It appeared, that Witness had seen the Prisoner M'Can before, hut had no acquaintance with him ; he knew his. house ; never had any quarrel with him to his know ledge ; knew a man of the name of Keegan, to whom he owed some money, but never was arrested for it; never charged M'Ctm with having set him for a Bailiff ; never had a quarrel with him, but struck Keegan at a time that he was drunk in his, Keegan's, own house ; does not recollea what part, if any, M'Can took in that quarrel ; never expressed any enmity to him, nor said he would he revenged of him ; saw Killin at hit own house ; drank small beer in his company there, but had no further sae.. quaintance with him; Kunio keeps a snack-house - near the corner of Thomas.street, to which the Prisoner sometimes resorted ; but drank no liquor at Killin's beside small beer, no other having been sold there. Mr. Cliettiast very warmly expressed the high sense he entertained of the mildness and beneti. cence of the present Government, su much expa tiated on by the Learned Gentleman, the PRIME SRRJEANT; in coming to the statement of his Client's defence, he said, they must from necessity resort to an Margaret Codd was adduced for Prisoner, Killin : she deposed, that she is a mirtied woman; that her husband without adual disueline and she, have {heed separate these tour years hack ; the younger child of two is near four years old, the elder eight ; both have stemaineal with their father in theeeitintry, while she lived and •lodged in the -second floor of the house over the Cellar in which the Prisoner, Killin, whom slit knows well, keeps an eating Cellar ; bhe saw Killin frequently on Sa turday, July z 3 ; saw him particularly standing at the door of his cellar about six o'clock that evening; had occasion for a candle, and went into the cellar at ter nine o'clock that night, where she saw the Pri. • soner Killin attending his locleers, among whom were three Pensioners, one of the name of Knight ; Killin then closed the dtior and would not permit any one to go out in consequence of a noise and firing which were, heard outside ; she did not then hear the cause of it, neither could she conjeaure what it was ; heard afterwards it was occasioned by a kind of pets ple called United Men ; when Killin insisted that no one who was then in the cellar should leave it until morning, Knight, the Pensioner, said no man should prevent him, that Ise was a soldier and not afraid; Witness lay in a settle-bed with a servant maid, but could not sleep ; she did not quit the cellar that night, since Kitlin had secured the door, and was equally certain that Killin himself did not go out that night ; her husband is npt in business, he is not fit for business, and lives on the interest of some money which he comes to town half yearly *to re ceive ; does not sleep .wilh her when he comes to town, but divides his interest money with her, and sends the children occasionally to see her ; the cause of their separation was on account of some arrange. ment he made of his property respeeling a life annuity. The three Pensioners which the last Witness men. tioned, were sworn ; they all deposed that Killin had closed the door about eight o'clock ; one of the name of Knight deposed, that when Mrs. CoiLl came into the cellar, she said the people were killing each other in Thomas-stn set. James Smith lives at james's.gete, knows Kitlin these eight or nine years ; law is a tenant of his ; knows him to be a very honest man; knows but of leis poi: It:, I , itt heata Otis loyalty g nettinnrd ; Is a "yetituan of the Rotunda Division, 'since the year 1796; Mrs. Codd lodges with him in a small mom backward, hot generally sits in a 1/011' f ()OM ; she visits much ahr();(1, big does not receive filmy visits at home ; knows that Ki cellar is . an honest place, and receives lodgers, both men and women, indiscriminately; KWh), however, would receive none hut honest lodgers.; never was married ; went to Ringsend, where he slept on the night.of the Insurrection ; when he went through Thomas-street there were nu .tigns of disturbance ; came to town reK . t day at seven o'elnek; belongs to the 9th company of the Rotunda Division ; did not join his corps on Sunday or Monday, but did on Tuesday evening, when'the drums beat to arms h , .ard since that proceeded': from a false alarm ; did n tiltW:llly belong to the yeomanry when he joined them ,on Tuesday ; ,quitted the corps about six months after the Peace ; he neither knows nor heard that there was a'volley fired by Lieut. Brady's Division at James's.gate ; belooged to the Canal Corps during the last war ; was induced to join the Rotunda Division on the Tuesday subsequent to the Insurrection ; knows the cause of separation he. tavern Mts. Could and her husband ; he is some times:in:44lle, and it was impossible for her to live with bins ; leaves the children notsvithstanding with him in the country ; got notice to quit ;too ther .company of t h e Rotunda Division, in dome. ( pence of a determination to investigate the chit. tatters of the men who compose it. Jones M'Evoy deposed to the chara6ler of Kil. lin ;" kvows him .t year arida half ; heard he had the character of a just, honest, and well-conduded man, whose loyalty he never heard impeached. Philip Lynch was adduced to impeach the cha. rader of the witness for the Crown, Mahafry, nes. is a yeoman ; belongs to the Sandymount Yen. irranry, under Mr. Hepenital ; knows Mahafry abow. eighteen months, Court—C.m you - from what you have heard of the charades of Mahaffy, determine whether lie is a man worthy of credit on his oath ?—A. 1 would not give him credit' on Isis oath. Was bred a ser vant ; is now a yeoman ; had failed in business ; hal formarly lived in. Hanlittty.lane, in the Liberty ; was at Stradbally on the night of the Insurrection, and went from thence 6 the fair of Athy. made application to Cal '.Godfrey to procure em. ployment for his son, ablut eleven years of age, in the elaboratory at the Pidgeon 7 house : Witness dealt in soft goods ; hawked them about the city, and at the Rock ; does not know when he ceased to be a servant ; but believes it was about two years ago ; now lives only on the pay of a yeoman and the earnings of his son. The person who introduced the Witness to Capt. Hepenstal is Mr. Martin Coo. nor, who was yesterday !armlet forward to discre dit the oath of Mahatty ; knows Keegan ; was pre. sent when Keegan and Connor had been drinking together, and spoke about the eh:intact of Mahaffy. For a month previous to the Rebellion had been travelling in the charaaer of a pedlar, with a man of the name of Kit wan. John Andrews knows the Prisoner, M'Can ; saw bins on the night, of the Insurrection at his own house, in Bridgeloot.strect ; Witness went. there about a quarter before nine, and remained until twenty minutes after nine, when Witness quitted the house, he left. M'Cao attending to the people who were drinking. Crosi.examined.—Has two timber.yards in the vicinity of Dirty.lane and Bonham-street ; was in his house the whole night of July the 233; believes murders were committed in the street that night. William Salter lives in Bonham.street, off Dirty. lane ;• is a little and skin.broker ; belongs to the Liberty Rangers ; entered that . Corps the week af. ter the Rebellion ; saw the Prisoner that night about nine o'clock, in his own house, at the cur. net of Bonham.street ; in consequence of hearing from a woman that night, that there was to he .a turnout, M'Can drew a pot of porter for Witness, which he carried home, and in about fifteen minutes after, he saw the pikemen marching under his win. dow ; knows the Prisoner these eight years past, — always considered him an honest, industrious man; cannot depose to his loyaltye—never heard it aspersed. Hester Callaghan lived at,the Prisoner's, M'Can',/, house on the night of the disturbance ; from half after seven o'clock that evening until Mr. Alderman Miley called next morning,. sat up in company with the, Prisoner, and was not during that time five mimics, out of his company ; when the Alderman called, at about , twelve o'clock, the Prisoner was in bed—the Alderman want:A Witness to go to bed also, but was so frightened at time shots, and anxiety for her 'children, that she did nut go to bed not. withstanding. Mary Herbert, a married woman, lodging in the house of M'Can on the night of the insurrec. lion, swor e he was within that whole night after the shop was shut, ri little after eight o'clock, until after half after ten o'clock; saw him 'passing through the house every ten minutes during that time ; her liutband went to bed early that night, about half after eight o'clock, not very sober, anti slept soundly the whole night—never asked her about the disturb. ante; lived at Longwood, in the county of Meath; does not know whether any house belonging to her family, which are numerous, had been burned in the county of Meath or nut. James Fagan deposed to M'Can's being an assi. duous industrious man in his business ; never until now heard any imputation as to his Mr. Doherty, a porter brewer, in Bosham. street, deposed to the Prisoner's good charazter. Cross-examined by Mr. PLUNICET.— Witness further deposed, that he c.moceived the Prisoner's consumption of potter was great, having kept a public-house its the same. street, and unif-rmly dealt with him for some years .hack ; Witness received from him in the Oursc of de - a lings a sum of between 16001. and 17001. neties' cs in consequence there must have been a great resort at 'compauy to hi , !must's Wiliiatn Grumley dep.ssrd to his km twittige tai the Prisoner for about nine years ; lived _with his father hot four years as a ctelk, duringthat time conduCted himself a itl, fi,f e lf t y and sobriety ; know s him to the present time, and believes jmim a good character— nevei hear.l his loyalv itoec .ched.—Defence closed. ...134ron1)i, L1 * rt:c:toi iu!atetl the evidence with such tvati , ms a, tl:ernetl requisite. Verdict, Unj.kr. Court ;:d::::ottictl until Platy next, PANS, Auc, 31. PONArAkft, Firit CJiistel or the Rtspritilti decrecs : Vice- Al:nitai 13kui x is tripinteti tO the Of ihe' . National Flotilla, with the title of Admiral. of the Marine and Colonies is charged with the utcuut . ,(.4l, this Decree. (Sigrted) BONAPARTE- Serrettry of Stater B it It ET. The Government of the Rei:ublic 1/2crees Js fvl• lows Eight thousand knee timbers, and ao,ooo feet 6f trees fit for the s rvice of the Attine, skill be cut dawn in the NA tion4l forests in the asth division of the Loitervation of Forests. The Agents of ;he Marine shall proceed to (nark out the trees immediately ; the timber shall be cut down the mo ment the s,:AsJa sn tll become favourable, and conveyed with., out delay, to the Ports of Boulogne and Dunkirk. This timber sit Jl ba t & en within tie instance or • s'it leagues at the most fro,ii the itayio.)le Rivers and CanJIS The Nlinfster u: the Aff.irme the Minister of f.iiioner are charged 4 , ,th the,exeLution of tiicpNsent A•74te, (Signed) IsON APAR I'E. (13y the' tirst Consul), H. B. The Government of -the Rqublic decrees as M. .lows: • t'roin tbctlate of the publication of the present Arrete, *etc h . .,11 not be received in Ise Ports oi .•n :Aly Vessel iias .bared out from an Ew,t,s:t tior VAtsci touched at The Minist:,l* of t I“t_ nor, the Mitiiita uC F Inattc:t, Nh i ust:zr are 4.lLtri,ci Nvitu the executioit uF this I)e,:ree. (Sipml) 1;0 N i'A 11. 11. NIA (UT; Secretary. The Gnverntnent of ate Republic,. on the heFtt of the Minister of-the Interi.)r, tit":rees That from the date of the publication of the present Ar. rete, no English flag of truce, vitether it be a 11:tek.etY yr •iby other, shall. be received in any French port hetw,:eit &so& and the mouth. of the Sditidt, inclusive, The Hags of trme shall he received only in the Bay of •Aucherne, near West.. t'hs Minister of the hit aior and the Nlllria,liechaTged No the execution of flits Arrete. (Signed) BONAPARTE, . H. 13. NIA art . , See. The Government of the Rcpu'ulic, on the Report of the Minister of Marine and of the Colonies ) dea CI e; : That an Embargo b: hid on all l'ishing-heats, abote the burthen of seven tons; the boats under seven tons atone continue to fish. crews of the boats. that arc. permitted to fish shall consist only of SCAM„:II who roachel the age which is exutipted from the MaritilTlC consuiPtjohi or of young persons under the age of fifteen: , The boats th:a are permitted to fish shalt not go more than a le - gtio from the coast. All the seamen wig) devote th:rts • selves to fishing, shall receive passes, describing the unite b r which they are to travel, to take them to the at:!itary posts of Vl* itepublic, where they shall be etnployed, an.f paid de- . cording to their rank In the service. Tlt: Aiinister of the Mamie is charged with the execution of this A trete. (Signed) P.ONA.P A RTE. IL B. MA. ET, Sec. The Government of the Republic, on tile Report of the Minister of the Interior, decrees, That there shall he established on the S , :hePt, the ground of the Polder Marguerite, sity:qed in th?! road "Ceniert,se.•a floating basun, capable of contrining as ships of the lute, and a prop , , rtionate number 01 Itiitates and other vessels. The bank - on the north of the Polder Manotritte„ at present overflowed, shill he re•construeted i • that.on the West, and the two projections on the River, shall b..t. rtpair • ed. The P reed of the Scheldt shall forthwith present to the Minister of the interior a Projet of a list of the • Contribu tions which. are to be imposed on the Proprietors of the Polders, adjoining the Polder Marguerite, for the 'impost; of defraying the share which they are to liwie in the expenCes of this construction, and repaying to the Government the sums advanced for this purpose. • The Ministers of Niartne, of Interior, and of Finances, are charged with the execution of this Decree. (5 igned) BONAPARTE. • . B. B. MARLT,See, The Government of the Rf.public decree, .that there shall be puc in construction at Flushing, a frigate of 18 guns', a corvette, six flat.botromrd boats of a large size, and six gu4oats. Three thousand knee timbers, surveyed in the 24th I,3ivision of Forests, are to be mmked, cut down, and placed at the disposal of the Minister of Marine. Thirty-six thousand feet ot other timber, fit for the service of the Marine in that Division, are also ordered to be forthwith cut .down,. And placed at the disposal of the same Minister. The Administration of the Forests is to mark out in those most contiguous to Ambleteuse, Wishent, and Gravelines, and particularly in that of Goblet, those coppices, where there. might be procured withont-delay 1,000,000 of 'urines, is inches in diameter, and six feet in length, together ,with such . .stakes as shall be necessary in using these fascines. , At Antwerp, Docks are to be built on that part of the Bank cat the Scheldt which lies between the sluice of the Citadel and the Dung (2.lay, and which cornpreiwnds the Abbey of St. Michael, the City Pock, and A ll the private property situated Iniween these two establishments. :The raMpart ,of St. Michael is to be taken down to,tlie proper height for the Dock, and the iroftgate ; and the part of the boom road, extending from this gate•to the sluiceof the citadel, are co be ►u ppr eat, ed . Ti l e road is to lie replaced in another dire4ion. The battery of Sr. Michael, which forms a salient angle on the river, is to be preserved, and separated trout the Dock by a palisade. The space between the ruins of the old guard.. beyond,the Iron Gate and the Ming qtay, is to be formed into as many docks, as the situation of the place and the depth of the giver will ddniit ; three of them, that is, the two adjoining the battery of Fort St. Michael, for 74',5, an.i that near the Ircrl Gate for.a Frigate, are to be ci.mpleted by the zzd of September, year 12. The rest of the Docks are to bc successively carried on, so that by the azcl of December, in the same year, there shall .be nine completed for 74's, and three for frigates of . .z3 guns. They are to be construted in such a partner as to admit of being roofed. the magazines, lodgings, and necr , slry, work.. shops,"are to be formed in the butioing, of the 11 b.. Ley of St. Michael. r' • Part of the Glacis, and the Fosse of the Citadel, are to be converted into depots for the barlding timber. MINISTRY OF THE MARINE. The Butirdeaux - . Privateer the Repriisi, , armed wi t h 14 three. pounders, having a crew of do m:n, and commanded by Captaici QtiON I Am, hay taken, by 'boarding, the English Paekei the King e.;e:asir, having eight c2.pouriti carronades, and .p ten, for her crew ; on board the Y. , cket fi ve men were hulty wounded, two of them (including the Captain) mortally}. Capt.' QUoNIAM gives the highest aj . pfathe to his ciew, who, with astoniiihing artiouti cut' through the nets' with which the English 014 was guarded. The Prize lin enterca into putt, It has or ch be ni b) !cu- Ii i 5 ne 8 WO/ „:1 0° I ►IIC