The Sun. — London, England, 1803-08-26 00:00:00

.BRISTOL; Atlf;. 24. - Vis have much pleasure in having it in our power to lay before out Readers the following Let. ter from His Royal Highness the DUKE of Cum. nEkLAND to Colonel Batit.t.i E. The very hand some manner in which His Royal Highness has been pleased to express himself respecting the beha viour of the Royal Bristol Volunteers, at their Pa. rade on Thursday last, mast be extremely gratify. ing to their feelings, and prove an additional sti. moles to their exertions in support of their KING, their Country, and its Constitution, at this most important and eventual crisis. " six , Baud, Aug. 22, :1103. " It is with the greatest pleasure that I communicate to " you, anti through your means to every Officer and individual Niem bd of the Bristol Volunteers, the extreme satisfac ," tion I experienced, on witnessing those sentiments of " Loyalty and Unanimity which they manifested on their " Parade of Thursday evening. " Nor were these qualities (though far the most estimable " and hon o ur a bl e a Briton can possess), the only pleasing " objects of my gratified observation. The Soldier-like " appi..arance at the Corps, although without Arms or Regimentals, their uniform regularity, and, in short, every commendable quality that a good Subjed of a " well-ordered Government ought to possess, were so very " apparent, as to make a lasting impression on my mind, " and to convince me, that should the restless Foe attempt our Coasts, he will have reason to remember the .deter " mined and spirited resistance of the brave Troops who 41 guani the hanks (afflict Severn. " I have alr ea dy i n f orme d Hi s M a j es ty o f the fl a tt er i ng " reception I experienced on the Parade, and shall be inex " pressibly gratified by further acquainting him of the very " handso m e manner i n w hi c h t h e C orps has so spiritedly. " And unanimously resolved to extend their Services. . "• Believe me, clear Sir, • la Your's sincerely, 'a ERNEST, Lieut..Cen. " Commending Severn . Distridt. " Col. BAII.LIF., " Commandin g Brine/ A/water:, &c. &e. efe. DERBY, AUG. 24. OUR County Meeting on Monday last was most Numerously and respeftably attended. An Address to His Majesty was proposed, and unanimously ap. proved. The business of the County Meeting was succeeded by that of the Lieutenancy. An Abstraft of the Constables Returns under the Gc. neral Defence At, was produced : it appears that the 9itinher of effeetive men in our County, between the ages of 17 and ss, is 37,847, and that of this number (we record it with exultation and pride, to the immortal honour of our County) Fifkettrhousartd dad Six mm have off red themselves for Voluntary Service. Application to raise Volunteer Corps of Infantry, without any expense to Government be. yond the proposed allowances, were also made, and , :ommunicata from every quarter of the County. Whar rule the Lieutenantcy will adopt in the IC leEticin of these offers, conformably with the regu. iations proposed irr-the Letter of the 18th instant, from the Secretary of State to the Lords Lieutenant, remains to be determined. EXE7'ER, Ava , 24. , Tut Sea Pencibles at Appledore, about one bun. Ara in number, under the command of Captain GEoaoz BowEN, of . the Royal Navy, have re. ceived their pikes, and on Sunday last they assern. bled for the first time, and performed their e,voluo bons with a precision and promptitude which en. lifit.d them to many encotniams from their Cum. triander, and from the spedators.--.The spirit of . readiness whi c h t h ose b rave fellows have evinced is truly worthy of imitation, and deserves to be re corded, W e hear Government has fixed the quota of l'o:unreeri for the County of Devon to 9072 ; but :5 0 6 has been the loyalty aril spirit of the County, that tn:wartis of ts,ooo men have offered their see. vices; besides 3000 of Lord Itot.t.v.'s Tenantry, who iwa enrolled thermielves, but waited his Lord. ship's return from. Cornwall, (where he is' stationed with his Regiment), to arrange them into a Bat talion, under hie Lordship as Colonel in Chief. At the last A,,sizes for the County of Devon, a proper Ofileerattentled, by order of their Lord. h ip.; the Postmaster-General, to indict the road be. tween Crockernwell and Oakhempton. We under. sand it is forthwith to be repaired, and no doubt the indiament will be removed. We trust this will operate as a warning to other Parishes, where the «cads are bad, for if they are not put in repair at the instance of the Postmaster-General, every such road will be immediately presented. Wednesday last, about ten o'clock in the evening, 4 most dreadful fire broke out at Chumleigh, a mar. !et town in the county of Devon, 74 Mite, from th is city, on the road to Barnstaple, Bideford' and :furripltoni Its first appearance was at a Mr. , Izip.boilet, from whence its ravages ex . t ended to the whole neighbourhood, as the premises were kr the most part thatch e d. I t rage d w i t h !"'" e,c rittible fury for about seven hours, and before it " k " be got under, hundred houses, corn. Prisitta thtee.i • ° "ths of the whole town, were eon., stunt : . "the Aistre the unhappy sufferers can he better • as of conceived than described, The infirm were ca rri e d aged and the fie lds and lanes; into children tun nin f thei r about the st reets na k e d, cr yi n g fo r distre sse parents, wh o , a f ter sav i ng them from the flames, were endeavouring to secure a little of t h e i r Property, . Happily no lives were lost, but ire those witu were in that part of the town where iirtt c ommenced, the saved but very little. Th ‘lamage susta i ned by this unhappy event, Is esti e. 'n'itei at upward s o f 25,0 0 01. A subscription is . opened for the relief of the unfortunate sufferers' ••••••••••01.11 'The following distinguished charaEiers are now at Clieltenb,im, which seems to be even increasing id it's tishinnable repute Marchioness of WATER. ) 1 1 . ),'LOrd JO HN an d the Ladies BERESFoRD, C uuntess of U xuatoGet and Lady MAY PAOET, (2 ulltess R of TANKPRVILLE, and, the Ladies BEN ► KTT, Lord and''tki}t • SOUTIINVELL, tion. Mr. (.Itvrttwat.t., Hon. Mr..BENNETT, Hon. Mrs. and NVALLor, Viscount GARI.IES, Lady R. and Bototrrott, Sir EkAstittls and Lady Ilya 4"ticavi ,t;lr CHARLIE and Lady Da VERERY, and' Ns WRITsH ED. BEDiroltD .. is at present 'entet taining' '"ge Patty of friend, at Woburn Abbey. Mr. It It 1 DAN juir , et 1 the festive circle Ott WWII: d ay IQ TUE .11_4IL) BIlisfor„ Writ t.sr madd'uing Europe spreads her hostile Bakds, From Zembia's Snows, to I.) scorching Sal& ; And, fearless, Britons arm with conscious pride, • To guard the rights for which their Fat h r 3 died ; Forgive the Hard, who taught the din to To softer sOrrOW4 turns the glisCiiing eye, And pleas'd an humbler suhjcct to pursue, Trusts, not his vz.vv, but Nast:ire Yr cause tO On Avon's Banks, in simplest guise array 'd, From life's gay scene an exil'ai.W.lnd'rer stray'd ; By day the plains she trod, reclin'd.her head At night's approach beneath ,ne favou ; Amid the varied Landscape pensive rov'd, By all lamented, and by all belov'd. Yet whilst, from Art remote, each native grace Beat in her breast, and blush'd Upall her face; Whilst, on her mellow'd notes attention hung, And sweetness tlow'd spontaneous from her tongue; Her grief did pity bid the fair reveal, And probe the wound, but with intent to heal. She tun'd to other's woes its melting tone, And =unlid their sorrows, yet coin:card her own— So mild silismsa (as the frequent gem By dews o'crloaded, bows its tender stein) • Shrinks at the touch that aims to close the Strife, And bid each " feeling fibre," wake to Life. Such Bristol's Maid; and though Conjetture trace Her birth from Heroes, and from King's her rage, On softer scenes, beneath the humble cell, To Pomp unknown, our Bard delights to dwell. By Nature taught, that Grief can little move, Which Reason tells us we shall never prove." Then, oh ! ye generous few, if mimic woe E'er bade the breast to heave, or tear,;to flow, Attend ! the Heart, as Staes woes assail, Shall feel the moral, and applaud the Tale ; Age shall recall the precept learnt in yoUth, Nor . Time erase the pres Sure stampt by Truth. Tut THEATRZ...—The Maid of Bristol was re. presented again last night at the Hay Market Thea tre, before a numerous audience, and was very fa vourably received. It has the merit of exercising the moral feelings, and of giving additional incite. ment to those patriotic emotions which the situa tion of public affaits forcibly demands at this portant crisis. The Performers in general acquitted themselves very ably. ELc.tSTON and Mrs. Gt a as, are most prominent in merit. Mr. COLMAN'S terse and animated epilogue, went off, if possible, with increased 'success. Indeed as EL L ISTO N was more in possession of the words than oh the first night, ho was, of course, better able to give expression to ►he tenti. merits. This Play will serve very well to 'wind up the season, which has been sufficiently productive dramatic and theatrical novelty, and which has been uncommonly stbxessful. A new Farce is in rehearsal at CoLmAtes, Me /emus; the Authoress is the Margravine of ANsrActt. The interest is in a Servant who Fer petually blunders, to be per formed by MATH E WS. The Richmond Theatre has been very attractive on the nights when Mrs. JottnAN appears ; but the influence of her powers on those nights is a de,,th. blow to the Benefits Of the Performers in geEeral. KFMR LE has nothing to do with the new Drama. tic Pieces that may be offered to the Theatre. It is an invidious officer indeed to decide upon the merits of such Pieees, and a rejettled Author is sometimes an offensive animal. It has been observed that the Dutchess of Gott. Dori, 00 nresenting the Colours to the Inverness shire Militia, did not utter one word to tire ilisad. vantage of BONAPARTE. But the speech in ques. tiara breathed throughout eproper spirit of Patriot. ism and Loyalty, and surely no more was wanting. BONAPARTE'S deeds are too had for words to de. scribe, and we trust that her Grace was absorbed in zeal for her Country, or was disposed to dismiss its execrable Eoemy with silent detestation. A party on a visit to Windsor, consisting of four Ladies in a landau which Lord FOLEY drove, having the Earl of BARRYMORE by his side on the box, was returning from an airing in the Lay Walk about four o'clock on Tuesday, whets-being arrived "near the town, a party of the Staffordshire . Militia crossed the road in returning from .the parade, which occasioned the leading horses to take fright and turn suddenly round, by which the landau was overturned, fortunately the Ladies were not hurt, although much frightened. Lord FOLEY. escaped with little injury, but Earl BARRYMOR6 is, we arc sorry to hear, much hurt ; a party sitting en. joying themselves under the trees near the spot, ran immediately and secured the horses, and assisted in righting the carriage, for which their Lordships liberally rewarded them, and the party were able to proceed. The German Plays have arrived to a wonderful degree of precision in stage direition. Every atti. tude, look, and motion 01 feature, is carefully laid _down on the margin. Yet, perhaps, in their en. trance: and exit:, they are outdone by some of the - Old English Dramatic Writers : in IlEywoon's Goldett Age, 1611, we have the following " Enter Syhilla lying in child-bed, with her child lying by her I" In the Rolls of Parliament, A. I). 1 4451 is a ,Petition from the Commons of Counties, skewing, that the number of Anomie: had increased from right to twenty four, whereby the peace of those ebonite, had been greatly interrupted by suits the Commons therefore petitioned that it might be ordained that there shall be no more than six common Attar. nies for Norfolk, six for Suffolk, and two for the city of Norwich ; any other person acing as an Attorney, to forfeit 203. Theyranted.the prayer of the Petition, provided the Judger; thdight it reasonable A very fine mastiff dog, at Heckle Grove, suffer. ed a very singular fate a few days ago was ac. tually stung to death by a swarm of bees, who at. tacked him where he was chained in the garden. The howling of the poor animal alarmed the !amity ; • but it was impossible to render him any assistance. : Many of these vengeful insetts were • found after. wards in the dog's mouth and throat. Many parts of France are still infested ' with 'Wolves, which frequently—attack the unfortunate itiliabitants with the most d es perate fury. BRIG!/"'ON, Au°. 23. TV? PRINCE of WAL Es am ll , ro at six q'clock P. M. yesterday. This rflorT:ii,g the Pill tact:, fe.veral of the most dihtinguished of the No. were on the Parade for a short time be. lo:e Cutter Privateer, Jo%trPtt GAUNF. Corn. manccr, on her passage to the Nnre, passed by this placeon .attirday, with - a laige French W.:st man, will cotton, indigo, coffee, &c. which de had captured a day or two before, near the Western Isles. The Cutter, .as she came opposite the town, fired a 'salute of ten guns, and then sent a host ashore, with, a, few articles from the prize, among which was a 'cti:inus Parrot, that, it is said, can articulate words correuly and.distindly, in two or three different' language,, and is intended as a prekelr to the PRINCE of WALES. QVICK. the Comedian, has left this town, to pertorm a few nights at Canterbury. AUGUST Z 4. This morning His Royal Highness the Pitt NCR of WALEs took an airing in his sociable, which he drove himself on the box, upon Cliff; Cli ; and afterwards, accompanied by Mrs. FITZHERBERT, wbo sat with him on the box, and Lady and Miss HAcc ERSTONT, went to the Race Ground to view some curious contests of speed, with which His Royal Highness seemed highly diverted. The business commenced with a ponty.race between some of the Rat tits of the Sussex and Gloucester Regiments eneampqi liete. Next succeeded a Contest in which Capt. OTTo.-of the Sussex, booted, and mounted by a Grenadier of at least eighteen stone weight, was matched to run fifty yards against a poney carrying a feather to run iso ; but Capt. Chico's rider tumbled over his neck, which he was very near cracking, and consequently he lost the heat. The next match was the sitne,Gentleman, mounted by the same Grenadier, to run co yards against Lord EAROLEY, carrying a feather to run too, and he was considerably distanced by the latter. Sir CHAR!. E 5 BUNBURY,COIoneI GR MLLE, and many other sporting amateurs were on the ground. The whole of this 'morning it blew a stiff gale from the soutll;mtv . with - a high swelling surf, whiCh deterred most of our fair bathers from taking their usual dip. But they were amused by the prac tice of the Sea Fencibles here, who were exercised at the west battery at eleven, itnd fired four rounds from four 32-pounders, at a small boat moored for the purpose, about a mile from the battery,. out at sea ; and out of sixteen shot, sir nearly hulled the 13 tat, though considerably tossed by the waves ; and the *hot, touching the wa!rr a few yards short of the mark, bounded again, and %%rent beyond nearly &Ate the origlo.4 distance. from the gun. A gun, during the praeVce, by order of •General Lstirsox, was c o.sid•rahly elevated and discharged, to ascertain ti It,, in case of 'necessity, it could be made to throw a ch.: shot did not strike the surface of the %sal ideraiely Speaking, within the distance Qf a leagtle„ Ater the exercts. of the flatery, there was a Fiel•l-day on the hll, the Sussex and Gloucester Regimerts, prcpiratory to a Review, which we un. derstand is to take place to-morrow. LLOYD', SU 11SC RIPTION, WE feel great pleasure in giving a place. to the f o il o wiog Article, so highly hntioutable to the feel. ings and the charmer of a British Soldier. Gum:ford Neu, Barracke, Aligtisi 19, 603, GLNTLEMXN, Impressed with a due sense of the Cause for which we are about to contend, and equally -anxious with the rest of our Fellow-Subjects to promote that zeal, which should animate the breast of every Englishman to the preservation and do. fence of Blessings that ought not to be lust, but with exist. ence : the Non.conunissioned Officers and Private Soldiers, of His Majesty's Egyptian Brigade of Foot Guards,' consist. ing of the tst Battalion of the Coldstream, and the ist bat talion of the id gegiment, commanded by the lion. Major- General EDWAR I NCH ! are ready and desirous to sub scribe, from their Weekly Subsistence, as follows, viz. from the Serjeants, two days' fulP pay each; and from the Cur. porals, Drummers, and Privates, one days' full pay each r amounting to t t 11, .ss. :74...towards the support of the Pa. triotic Fund nom establNlthig for the relief Of those who may eventually sulti Mille prosecution ofa Contest as glorious, as it will nu doubt. be honourable, should the implacable Enemy of our Country invade her shores. In the name of the Non-commissioned Officers, Drum mers, and Privates, of the yptian•Brigade of Foot-Guards, SELLWAY,Serjeant ' • Major, First Battalion Cold stream Guards. .ALEAANDER ADAMS, Ser. • ,leant Major, First Battalion Ihird Guards. N. B. The Committee are requested to acknow. ledge the receipt of this Letter, when an order fur the amount of the Subscription from each Battalion will be given on their respective Agents, at 1.6 n. don, in favour of whoever the Committee may appoint. Adjuiant.Gtoural's 05et, Avv, . 2.}.. CORN EXCHANGE, Auc. 26. THIS day Grain is in middling supply : Wheat sells at little difference of price, nor can any variance he quoted in Barley or Malt ; Prate and Beans fetch rather better prices; although Oats are plentiful, with some few foreign samples, they sell readily at a small advance ; Flour not lower. I Wheat scts a 55s a 62$ od Tick Beans • 3os a 33$ od Hite dittu -63 s a 64s 6d Oats • - - ins a 223 a ecs Rye . . 33s A 35S od Poland ditto . 263 a 27s od Maley . 203 a 2.5 s ott I Rape Seed - . . 391 a 421 Male - - Say a oli od Fine Flour . vas a 54S csi 'White Pease 44$ a 5,..4 od 1 Seconds . . 45$ a s o s Ream - sz, a j o, od We enderit:irid tat, DARR. ETT, Esq. the. Proprietor of Vatixhall 04rdens, in addition to his very handsoine Siihscriptiein at Lloyd's, most litre_ .rally intends giving a grand Military Fete, the . elear receieta arising from which will. be: in aid of the Patriotic Fund for the Benefit of the Defenders of emir Country, when we make no doubt but that a generous Public will amply patronize this truly spirited offer. itatfidd is, we understand, ordered for execution on iiitnyclay the 3 a of September. The place of exeeutiOn is on a point of land where two Rivers join, near Carlisle, PUBLIC OFFICE, 11/177"0N-C,4,1,DEN4 A case of a singular icid came ro Ise re-examined at this Oii e, liefote 141:4 BL AM IRE and Mr. KF R . A. Mr. c: c, 3!:•;(un . 44. year,: or age, wi'ul .ipc4k , .l gno3 ao3 h“s in on the 111.1111i,:rs or prooonciAtion a Fore.i:oer, cv,,s chiirl,;<!d tvatt being accessary to the drotvniog of Ann Sn:ith, the 24. th ult, in the river Thaines, near Clitisc::. The Prisoner .stated himself to be a native of Holstein, where he lived upwi rtis c ( ten ears. fir was after that period employed in the situationa of Mate anal Master on board of ditrerent vessel's.— About eighteen months ago he bectine aerpainted and engaged with the husband of the deceasidin making of pocket-books ; the Psis: to made the pocket-books, and 'Smith . - carried them for sale up and down the county. 'lie in the house of a Mrs. Detawall, w here also the Prisoner lodged. The deceased.and her hus band did not live together, and the Prisoner- was commissioned by. her litnailnd to take the deceased into parties, which he accordingly did. He was in use frequently of carrying her upon I ;l,, jhurt •, parties on the water. On the forenoon of Soo. day the 2+ll ult. he tuck a boar for this pur pose from Mr. GODFItEY's, WestAlirster-blidu, from whom he had often had boat:, before. in their return from their excursion tLt!) , stopped at the Swan, Chelsea-bridge, where they :IA tiOtTIC re freshment. It was by this time eveniog, aihi the nig!lt was chilly. The deceased complaining of cold, we Prisoner took off his . chat, andpitt .it upon her. In the doing so, the boat veered to one side, and both the deceased and Prisoner overbOard, The Prisoner attempted to save the deceased, hut in vain, and it was with. .difitzulty he- regained • thc boat. Mr. GonFREY, from whurn the Prisoner hired the boat, swore that the Prisoner rcturned with i; in the evening about eleven 'o'clock, unaccomfanied the Lady. He at this time wanted his root 'atLA hat, and was much wet. He told the Witne , .s, that in putting some catering upbn the Lady, to preserve her against the cold, the boat ()I/crier, the Lady . vas lost, and he with difficulty regained the b o at. lie seemed much agitated, and applied to the witnchs for advice how he should proceed. The witness advised the employing people to drag the liv . c!r, and that advertisements ohouM j)c. printed, cffring a reward for the recovery ,ut the body. Thew measures , wcrc, accordingly adopted, hut wii out etTea ; and it was not till the Friday thereafter that he heard of the body being found. The Beadle of St. John's,, where the body was found, proved, that the Coroner's li , quest sat unr.in it, and Jiad delivered a verdiO, '' Killed by drown. ing, but the circumstances by t. hich it w;;, occalot li. ed unknown.'' The Master of the Swan, Chelsea-bridge, ri.col , lefted seeing t he ritsoner and 'a Lady at his li u s e on the day alluded to. He oliservtA the parties quairelling. Very high wgfils - ensued. 'Pic Wit ness viewed the.condua of the Prisoner as !.eing highly improper ; and, inirressed with this idea, he said to " I do not like the a l pearanei• of ihat fellow ; h:s conduit is in ist scandAlous ; and I should ,not he sttrirised if he threw the women' overboard." Being questioned by the Prisoner whether he had not seen him at his house .in•Ahe forenoon, declared that he had not, and positively deposed, that at the time" the parties Called at his the Lady 'was dressed in a Gentleman's coat, and the Gentleman, to the best of his recolleelion, wore none, The mother of the deceased stared, that the cir. ciunstances attending her dattgliter death were not comtnunicated to her till the f hatsday after. Mrs. Delawall, tita person with whom they lodg.. ed, gave an account of het self and 11,4 jotlgjs; which it seems unnecessary to recapitulate. T!;e, Prisoner, according to her account, up , in his return after the unfortunate disaster, did not explain to her the circumstances ; and it was only from the•deeeas. ed's husband, whom she had not seen for some time before, but who appeared the day immediately ltd. lowing the accident, that she learned the particulAis. Oh this occasion she represented the feelings, tit the husband, and of the Prisoner, as haVing been great, those of herself as being excessive. The mother of the deceased, upon after exstnina. Lion, stated, that the last witness had said to her, chat she might be well pleased with her daughter's fate; that drowning was an easy death ; and that if her daughter had not been drowned, her husband might have shot her. Mrs. Painter; who was present at the marriage of the deceased and her husband, swore, that they together ; that the decea se d h a d an annuity, n lit u y, hap wh p i i e l l y r she had mortgaged tar her hrhband and, in consequence of his neglect, immediately : pre. Vions to her death insisted opon'hilving it redo:3yd. The Magistrates committed the Prisoner fur fur.. then examination. ' Yesterday Robert Roberts and . 701.71: tia , vis were charged before the LORD MAyoR, with anemia. ing to circulate a note of Isol. which had been stolen. This note was drawn upon a Mr. Shrander, and payable at the Antigallican Cotice-how, and had been picked from the pocket of a Mt. Matte, in whose pocket-book were twelve or fourteen pounth in Rank.notes, with other papers, on the 13. th inst. Webb, a porter, told his Lordship he was applied to by Roberts and .Davis to go to the Antigalticau Coffee-house for the payment of this note ; that when he went be was taken into custody till he pro. duced the Ptisoner Roberts, who gave him this note, but said the Prisoner Davis was.with Roberts, in his defence, said Davis gave bins this note to get it discounted, but told him in case it Wjit not honestly come by, he had better send a POrter with it, and, if it was stopped, he might leave Davis confessed giving it to Roberts, hut said he had it from one Finardey, to get cash for it ; that he sent a person with it to him to the hous . e of one Cotteral, a public house, near 1 , 10114-buildings. The officers produced Finardey, with aoothet of the name of T. Rohm, its company with hitt). Some more proof in this case being expt&ed, and his Lordship supposing this pocket-book wat -toter, amongst them, thq were ail xemansied for foither examination. ar