The Sun. — London, England, 1803-08-29 00:00:00

Litlll.l 4 lN, AUG. 25. ~::::.;.. 4 1 Lk,A,MISSIOII. YESTERDAY the Special Commission for the Trial of person, accused of High-. Treason and other crimes, was opened at the Sessions house in Green_ street. It was direCted to Lord NOE BURY, Judges DOWNES and'FINUCANt, with the Barona GEORGE and ITALY : Lord NORDURY and Baron GEORGE Were absent. The following Grand juries for the County of the City, and County of Dublin, were morn : CITY GRAND JURY. Abraham B. King, Eq. Foreman. Arthur Stanley " Godwin Pilsworth 'lath. Craven Mark Bloxarn Hon. Hans Blackwood John Hone losh ua P oun d er oseph Ashley Arthu r Guinness Witliain Walsh Geor ge Carleton ames Hamilton • William Colville, jun . ' ohn Oldham Mark Ma gr a t h tichard Wilson, High...street Viitiarn Srarrow William Leer - ! kbhuii f i ol tneS Francis Hamilton icha r d Speer Roger Horner, Esquires. COUNTY GUANO JURY. Fred. john Falkiner, Esq. Foreman. lohn Findlay, Rich. Evans, Thomas Baker, Wm. Cowley, Robert Alexander, Win. B. Swan, Sir John Whi te , . John Carleton. Alex. Kirkpatrick, George Grierson, Thomas Connor, P. H. Godfrey, ; .. Christopher Clinch • W in. Rawlins ioshtia P. Meredith James Williams oh n Garnett • Intabert Leigh Wm. Exsliaw' Wm. Lon g Wm. Monk Mason Charles Thorpe, Esqrs: - • , . Judge Dow k e s , i n an excellent charge, in discri. urinating between Special Commissions and the ordinary ones of Oyer and Terminer, observed, that, with respell to the line of duty which Grand Juries were to pursue, there existed no difference ; and, as he retogeized most of the Gentlemen whom he then addressed, as composin g former Grand Juries on the usual Commissions, he would flunk it superfluous to 'offer any observations to them in the way of instruelions, did not charges of offences of a most uncommon and atrocious nature, "here the public peace was violently disturbed, and the laws trampled upon, as in the late Insurrection, stained with so many flagitious and unprecedented Crimes, call upon - him to mark transactions of that description with the utmost. and most indignant re. probation. Yet, in the midst of all the commotion which massacre and rebellion might justly have ex cited, perhaps the moderation of the Government •of the Country, in waiting until . the public mind should he. composed, and the dispositions of OUT loyal tellow.citizens tranquilized, before they would pro . teed to the necessary judicial measures, would, in it. 'self, constitute a perfedeulogium on the Constitution, which those deluded and unhappy beings would alter for anarchy, bloodshed, and insubordination, on the model struck out by the French, who faliely deno. mime., their Government a Republic . There lay on Ate. Bench documents w hi c h . gave 'him room to suppose that the Grand Juries must necessarily transmit indlltments grounded on charges of High Treason, 'against numbers of persons apprehended in the commission of crimes which bear that construftion. This, however,, was a species of of, fence unknown in this country until the period of .the last rebellioarovhen that rapidprogress we were ' leaking to the attainment of, the most coniplete• success in arts, in manufaflures, in commerce, in .short the wide extending system of nat i ona l pros. , petit s , beyo n d any other nation in Fairope, was arrested by the wicked interposition of thos e infatuated innovators, who in suggesting fancied schemes _of political reformation, had nothing less in view than the utter abolition of every vestige of law, government, tranquillity and good order. After the Government which presided .it the last Re.. bellion, had tried the several expedients of lenity and . srMitess, in their exertions to put down Insurrection, - and prevent those calamities which invariably enstie from it; ,an aft of general pardon . was granted, of which many culpable persons had availed them selves, and from ,a thoit-ugh ennviation of the delusion praflised on them, and from observati ons o f the baneful e ff e fi s resulting froth their corduCt, were now perhaps, ready to give effecti ve a id to the Go. , i . ernment in resto ring tranquilli ty ; but it would appear f rom certa i n informations laid befor still e • them, that there still were persons who obtained His 'l' Majesty's'' mercy, - capable of exciting a furious Multitude Cter alts of outrage ; it would thereforell be a fit suejea for the consiileration of the Juries, to mark w h et h er any and which of the Priioners came within this. description. —Her e his Lord, ail.lip entered into a, l earne d b ut - clear investiga". 101 l Of the Aft as Edw. 111. constituting High Treason : it contained three material clauses, the first, s o ur . • King; th e assing or imagining the death of the witgin his s s r e e c u o i z i l , , levying war against the King Kin , and the third adhering to the, g 3 el/ C r aieS : these several offences were ,to b P Proved by elf overt Ail s a certain species of evidence call. and eflaai g of w s ' i .on the naetare, circurnaraill:6 tinted, In afl . 11 ° his Lordship very fully expa. , exa lted cha ra ei u : /°ll to the. sad catastrophe of that mor y , he tiai -r.• Lord KiLWARDEN, whose me. La ws, in the • good h eart . u s must lore renetin dear to every tor the Country, and Whose veneration life, had 5, in the pratlice of a long and unsullied .- been further illustrated in his last mo . here enu-- those Strugg les which decorum, in that situation, would e * cite supp ress sensibility, gave v a ,.. _ , _ to ved, and excited an equal sympat hy I nlbnk a • cs - cro wded auditory. Lamentable, however, ;!that cyclic was, his Lordship observed; it atford tiome coel . ola r kat), when we renal that it called 't" the energies and the effeCtive strength of the hiolluint.try, which were daily increasing, and daily ex.. , kui 1 ..")3 themselve s in matchless numbers of loyal : 10 " . lects, rallying round the standard of Government, tio b e t ll'Port their exertions in re.establighing good however, not to permit any sentiment of' confidence Y may entertain as to the efficacy of those mea.' lur es which ' aft Government either have, or may here. ended., e' adopt, to relax the vigour of their own r o e ' in detefting delinquents of ell descriptions,- 46 11 . v , 1 n5 . a view to the subversion ofout Constitution, ~ a With that It, • the aeizing of property, - the •cle - - qi ton of l•f pri nci., ,_ i .e, sandalte diserganization. of eVery, - r, t! and system on wlueti peace and good h et , ' " ik Civilized community,. ever depend. ,He —m e ," i • ueo to the Grand Juries a cool and iispas. sitrate progress or inqutry into one uarure LUC Charges which should come before them, and not to permit any heat of temper or indignant feelings, ensuing front a recurrence to those Calamities which the Public Mind has recently witnessed, and been afFeded by, to supersede a duty paramount to . all others, that of temperate and impartial investiga. don. The following persons, on return of Imiiaments for High Treas . on against them, were severally ar raigned, Coumel, and an Agent, were assigned to them, at their own elettion ; they cwere promised, conformable to Law, copies of the Indiaments on which they stood charged, for a limited number of days previous to trial, and a rule made that their Counsel and Agents should have acCess to thert - afall convenient times. Felix Rourke,. • Mich: Kelly, John Killin,• . Martin Burke, J,. M'Can,otherwise M'Kenna Edward Kearney, fames Byrne, John Begg, Walter dare, Thos. Maxwell Roche, Thomas Donnelly, Pat. Maguire, N. Farrell, otherwise Tyrrell, Joseph Doran, L. Begley, otherwise Bayly, Owen Kirwan. These persons generally seleded Mr. MINAt LY and Mr. BITHELL, as Counsel i • and Mr. L. MAC. NALLY as Agent; a few seleaed Mr. CURRAN and Ms. G. PONSONBY, with Mr. FRANC IS FLOOD as Agent. 'The most remarkable in .person and charaler of these Prisoners was Fehr Rourke, who' has the ,ippearanee of a -smart - merchant's clerk ; the rest seemed of the meanest 'class of society. "I he Prisoners received notice that they would be tried on Wednesday next the 31st ; and the Court adjoutned to Monday next. Last night a man of the name of Laufer was apprehended, anti informations lodged against him, for using seditious language at a public-house near Temple. ba r. Yesterday Mr. lames Dickson, of Kilmainham, tanner, was apprehended at his house, and lodged in the New Prison of Kilmainham. Mr. Dickson is a very wealthy man ; he was arrested in the year 1798, and confined for many months in the gaol of Ennis, in the County of Clare. Denis Redmond, in whose house on the Coal Qnay a large quantity of pikes were found some time ago, and who was apprehended at Newry, thin day un derwent a long examination at the Castle. It is supposed that some very important discoveries have been made by him. Every day adds fresh strength to the Yeomanry ; it is supposed that they are above 8000 effeilive men ; they pay an unremitting attention to acquire that degree of discipline which is actually requisite to enable them to at with utility; they are a very fine body of men, and will, if ever it is wanted, prove that they are as capable of curbing the rest- Jess ambition of the Corsican as they have been in crushing Rebellion. This day a search for arms took place throughout Great Ship-street : a few were token and carried to the Castle. We receive every morning fresh accounts of the peace and tranquillity of every part of the King dom, and that the utmost diligence and adiviry is using to put the Country in the most perfeti state of security. This day a Notice was served at every house in this City,..requiring the Proprietors to make a re. turn'forthwith to the Lord Mayor of the name and occupation of every inmate: A curious circumstance occurred yesterday even. ing, the authenticity of which you may rely on.— A person above the Common order, and apparently from the Country, went to a lace shop between eight and nine o'clock, purchased two pair of gold epaulets and a considerabl e quantity of gold lace, after which, s' he went t o a woollen-draper', and bought fine green cloth sufficient for two long skirted coats—the purchase of the epaulets, lace, and green cloth, coupled together, does not admit the remotest doubt but they were intended for the Uni form of Rebel Officers. The circumsiance co m i ng to t h e k now l e d ge o f Governmenr, stri4t search was mute after the per sOn, and all the Mail Coaches as they went nut were stopped and examined,. This she . VS. that gebellitin has not relinquished its purpDse. • • __ ~ fi The celebrated Dr. BRAME, Professorof Moral Philosophy and Logie,in Dilarischal College, Aber.. deer, died at that place on the t Bth inst. in the 68th year of his age, The measure of reducing the numbers of the Vo.. lunteer Corps, excites a great and general dissatis. - faCtion, and the more so, .as no reason appears upon the face of it fcr its adoption. Ministers ought undoubtedly to have. decided in the first instance, as•to the.number of Volunteers to, he kept up in each county : to say • that the immense voluntary force which has arisen from t!i.e patriotic exertions of the people, impedes the formation of the Army of Reserve, or the filling up the Regiments of the Line, is in the highest degree absurd, as .a very large majority of the Volunteers now in arms; ate of that class of persons who would neither go into the - line, nor serve personally in the Army of Re. serve, and who,at the same: time are not exempted as volunteers from the ballot for the latter. Besides, Whatever inconvenience may result, Ministers ought to have foreseen it, and provided accordingly. To carry:into effect now their measures of redulion must necessarily, and will inevitably have the ef. feet Of damping the ardour of .the country, and dis. gusting numbers. of the' most patriotic" and loyal men, who havechierfully come forward , and given up a large portion of their time; 'tins equipped themselves at a great eXpence, and•Wlin!aftithialing been accepted by Governtnent as' Volunteers; are now told that they have away 'their time and their money, and heir' , services are not wanted ! Thipfslatioa":l - unaecountable measure, certainly. kly i iiMstroin die Ministry a full and clear explanatiorfatAbc'reasOns which could induce them to adopt it at'thi=piesent crisis, ao unseasonably and so pregnant as it is with the most mischievous con. sequences. • .• A Leicester two.3heer weather, belonging to Mr. 'RErroN, of Oiliead;'was lately slaughtered at Buxton. Ir.; wejght,w,is. lost. ilb. tallow t sib' Its food had been turnipi and gra;,s-voli. 'rail' . 1 G.ll, All 9 20. TERDAY' aftermion His Royalltglmess the Dux e. of YORK, accompanied by his brother the DuKv of CANIBRIDGP, to,d attended by several Ge. arrived bete. He was immediately waited upon by the Corporation, who paid their re. spetas to His Highneis. After which he proceeded to Westerfield Green, where he reviewed the Hert. ford, North York, and East SuffAk Regiments of Militia, and was pleased to express his high approba tion of the discipline and soldier.like appearance of the dare rent regiments ;'• .the I, : sy a l Ipswkh and llad. leigh 'Volunteers_ were afterwards inspetied on Picker's hill by His •Royal Highness, •who merited them on their very respeelable appearance. The Duke, 4:c. then went to dinner at Christ Church, the house of Lord PAGET. This day His Royal Highness will review the 7th and 18th Regiments of Light Dragoons on Rushmere Heath ; and from thence proceed to Bromeswell Camp, to review the 2 4 11 4 30th, 53d, and 69tb Regiments of foot, and the Woodbridge Volunteers. And on Sunday morning the several Troops of Sufrolk Yeomanry will be reviewed by His Royal Highnet,4 on Rush. mere Heath. We hear His Rnyal Highness the DUKE of YORK will inspea the Loyal Cokbester Volunteers to morrow afternoon. COLCHESTER AUG. 26. EARLY this morning •the Cheshire Regiment, commanded by Lord GREY, marched from their Encampment at Aberron Green to Leader Heath, where they were joined by a SquadrOn of the 18th Light Dragoons ; the Horse and Foot Artillery ; with the South Lincoln, Fast and West Norfolk Militias. The whole were on the ground by seven o'clock, and farmed in the following order Troop iSth Light Dragoons. Horse Aniliety. Foot. Artillery. It oyul Chashire. ct Noi for.: . Ila4l`ltiOetalk. Roy „I s ipcoln, lsot • jjorar atrti4 l q)',.: Troop iBth Light 'Dragoons. Upon a signal being given , the Royal Artillery stationed on the left, fiteil a.Royal Salute (when His Royal Highness the Commander in-Chief was supposed to come upon the ground), the whole line presented arms, the Officers saltiting.--After this the whole line broke into"open - columns, and•pas , ,ed the General (Hort. Gt!ORGE JAMES LOoLow) in slow time, Officers saluting. They then passed in quick time, formed the line, and after performing several evolutions and going through their firings with vent precision and' accuracy, returned to t heir Encampment and Barracks about eleven o'clock. The same evolutionS are to take place again to-morrow at the same hour; and His Royal Highness the ComMander in Chief is expeeled to review the different Regiments, on Tuesday next, in his way from Ipswich, to which place he pro. ceeded through Colchester this morning. A Party of the Essex- Supplementary Militia marched in here this, morning from Chelmsford, on their Way to Landguard Fort, where they arefur the present to do duty. Th e F e llowship .of Carmen in Laniion have of fered for the service of Government, in case of in. vasion, four hundred and twenty cam, and one thousand !torso. ' One hundred and ten Miners, .employed in the Wanlockhead Mines in Dumfrieshire, together with two Overseers and the Manager, .have offered their services to Government to att a a' Corp of Vo lun. Jeer - Pioneers, providing them,elves with pioneer. ing and entrenching tools, anti to he ready to march in case' of Invasion, with' ten days provisions.--- The' Mining Company of Waniockhead, have also offered for the general service of the Country, what ever ..gtin.powder they May have in store for blast. ing the . mines, and a pro A oOrtionable quantity, of musket balfs, At Hales worth 4, Saturday seinnight, i 500!. were . Subscribed . tothattliiViiiinteer Establishment : Lards }taus and- Ht t:tttirtimn gave each 3001, Mc - Hon. M - r. VAitlvictic has raised, it his own expense. a Corps - of Yeomanry, which consists t ino o s u v e n d t : irely of tespedtable farmers' sons, w , eli n Mr. CHOLMONDFIA of Vale RnYAli anti Mr. Ecla-roN of Duittm, hare obtained' rerrnissi9n. to raise Corps of Rifittnen ainonpt their temints and neighbours : the Corps to be cloathed at the expence oftliose Gentlemen. At a Meeting of the principal inhabitants of the parish of Thorney, in the Isle of Ely, to Frid . av last, it appeared that opiVards of Iso persons niche said /latish had enrolled themselves as volunteer in. Bantry in ( ooforrnity to the General Defence Atis, to be eidled " The Loyal Thorner Voiunteers," ,when John Wing, Esq. %vas tif.miithonsly chosen their Captain, on the approbation of His AiNesty , and the Lord Lieutenant of the County. A sub scription was also opened, and his Grace the: Duke of Bedford nobly contributed 3001. towards cloath» ing the corps, and the expences that might occur on account thereof, which example was followed by the respectable part of his Grace's tenantry who were present, - in a very liberal and handsome man., ncr. • KIMDLR has been. appointea, one of the Lieute nants of the Bloomsbury Volunteers. AS he must, however, be so' ofren trnployed tipon another ier. wire, he will hiirdly.lwable to a vail himself of this military honour. Mr. REA D i s appointed a l'oltce Mtgistrate, in the room of the late Mr. FC) 81" It is said that a scheme . is oir foot for the aholi. Lion of Workhouses. Under. judicious management these institution s are perhaps tilll as good as any other that can be devised. It is certain, however, that the MaSICIS and Mistresses of these places are d. in general a set of petty tyrants, under whom the poor iohahi lants l ea d a lif e o f ve x at i ous an d Mor tying restriition, particularly galling to those who have been reduced by - misfortunes into such a 110- -miliating abode. Err ttr 1~~ TAuksbAr night, Amp eleven firing was distinct; y; beard at sea., a c.itnion were very perceptible, though at kleisiislkiPtAL able distance:, probably some or ince Vessels en, gaging !bet:limy ; but the result liattiot reichedi , s. This day the Wasp Sloop of Wd, stdrioned oft this part of the Coast, returned hither from acruize, and in the evening stood out to sea. Thii - evening the Chirps of Riflemen' Ait:ithett to the Sussex Regiment, , Consisting of One hundred' men, were drawn up on the Cliff of the Marirt . rade, in front of the Camp., to prattise firing & a. mark, The objea was a ball of wond, the'stze of a man's head, moored about three hundred yard!, front the sit ire, and floating on the water. The emulation of marksmanship was excited by small wagers amongst . the men! and so keen was ,brit avidity, and so true their aim, that most of the shots struck the marks This Corps is . princirilly comriosed ofGamc.keepers and experienced Shuts. Their unifotm is a dark-green jacket, and white paritalocini with beaver hat and black plume. Their belts are of black headier. They take their aim when lying flat on their bellies, using their hats . as rests for their rifles. ~ r ~~ k- ~ "4,4 This morning His Royal Highness' the -Pa t Nc t. of WALES wit's mounted before nine, and proceeded to review his Regiment of Dragoons upon the D about three milaa from the town. They went through a variety of . evolotion, much 'to the iatislatlion of their Royal Commander. After the glview, !fit Royal i-fi;emess stopped on. the Crickt.t.grouod, in, his way to town, to see a match between the Seltel Cricketers of the Hants and Sussex , Regitnemi of Three tents were pitched on the ground for the accommodation of the spettators, where Ills Royal Highness was received,- and partook of some refreshmentsi and'at half past four entertained the Offieers of his Regiment, and a selett party at' din_ ner• His Regimental Band atteadcd on the Lawn, as usual, and amused the company by the ptrform anee of map).- seleft military pieces.. CORN EXCHANGE, Aun. 19. Sorrots of Wheat for this day's Market are but in rnidWing quantity, and not many buyers ; sales in general are' made at is. per quarter less prier ; the Lhrley and Malt trade continue very heavy ; tit re is but little variation in Per:se or Beans; we latie many arrivals of Oats ; from the domand for this article, the hires are readily supported ; Flourltas more-ready Wheat cos a t gra . 63s od tick [leans - 3PS 33v0.1 Fine ditto . a ti a 6ss od Oats - - 20; a 22... 25'i I R)C. ' - • 31,s a 34s -'od Poland 41 . 1 . ,(1 • 26% 3 27 .. "01 I{.SrleF • 203 a 25s od 1 Rape '.;•:,... , 1 - -. 39i 1 4 al Malt - - 44; a sos od 1 Fine Hoar - sal a sS, oil %%Ante Pease 44; a jos od I Seconds . - 4is a sot: BC.llli. - 33:: a 36$ od I . IIE .TIIE AT ft E.—The popular comedy 80, and the Farce of The Son-lit-Law, were te. presented on Saturday last at the Hay.m a rket Theatre, for the' benefit of Mr s . G 16', M r . BAN Z.iISTI4, junior, - on this occasion veriltinti!y, lent his assistance to the cause of ,a lave:l6:e tVtt e,F ) in the cbkirAer of yob Th.miter t y, is hi, h hr rr formed withigreat feeling and charaderistie truth. The flap was Altogether well supported. ELL I N . TON's Peregrine wits it manly and 'impressive pie:e of ailing. DENmAN acquitted' himself very sue. cessfally in health Brttlipitddrry. When the Public are more familiar , to the manner of this Ador, he will most probably become a favourite in Irish c!Lt. rafters. Mrs. Glues was, aS`llstlal, very interest, ing in the part cf Mary. The Farce of The S6n.ixidato affUrtled BANN:St Ea new scope for his whimsical pOwcts in Bolt:kill. The Theatre had an overfhwing audience, Coient-Garde l n Theatre opens' with a Iliodir4 Comedy, and as most prqdudions of that species are very like each other, there can be little diffisulty in Making a choice. ELL Istott, it. seems, was to have performed on the opening of Drury Lane Theatre, but 'Could not be 'ipared by Mr. CoLMAI4. , Some of the Newspapers have been very harshin their treatment of the - Prolope to The Maid of .Bristol. It was, we understand, the first poetical attempt of the Author, whci is a very young . nian, and it is surOy : a promising omen oNiterary merit. General kocHamulAtl lately caused the follow. ing curious article to he irtserted in the ()falai Gas zette at Cape Francoisl-,-,= " The . General in Chief gives-, in the most for. mel moiler, the lie to the letter of the Minister of Marine, addressed to the FIRST CONSUL, under dite . sth floreal, inserted in the liforiteur of the joth tif the tiame month. This letter fAsely cen. elites the Government Bills drawn on France, and iniiiieohrly those of.A.t.ax. LINICIO. '1 am corn. }veiled to remove this notorious calumny, and I owe it to General C . LiRC, who. alone with me has ii issued them, to nniak the falsehood of such an awrtioii. (Signed) D. ROCUANIBE4I.7." A circumstance took place in the neighbourhood of Newington Greenlast week, which made some noise i n that quarter. A married man of some property was. apprehended and 'charged by one of his maids with having corrimitteda rape upon her, after resort ing to the most cruel means to accomplish hi, pur. pose. It was not until a day or two after the trine .had been cothtnitted that he was taken into crt.l o 4v. On Saturday he 'was brought before the Sitting Ma. gist rate at' Worship.:stree t, and underwent an exami. nation. The girl deposed, that the Prisoner having watched.for an opportunity of their being left toge. ther in the..houle, tied her hands behind her baik, and prevented her trom making's noise by potting Ontmikereliief before her mouth, anti in this situa. Lion violated her person. Being here asked.if at any other time the Prisoner had taken any liberty with her, she admit ted be had, but confesped it was by her owii . consent : the Prisoner was in consequence dis. charged. Mbriday night, a 4 Ellis and Watson, two S e r. yams belonging to Messrs. Maui, were returning home, the Litter riding on the shaft, fell asleep, ail f a ilin g off, the.wherl•went over his neck and near 4 severed his,heAd from his body. Ile hiss lets aVP if. nrld ken cblidten.