The Sun. — London, England, 1803-11-08 00:00:00

~f ~ EDINBUR:srIi, Nov. GRAND MILITARY ARRAY. te YIISTERDAY there was one of the grandest Mili. tary Spedaeles exhibited on Porto Bello Sands that was ever witnessed in this Country. It was composed of several Regiments from the Camp at Musselburgh, the 'wo Regiments from the Castle, all - the Corps of Volunteers, Artillery, kfantry, and Cavalry, in the City, Leith, and neighbourhood, the Royal Artillery from Leith Fort, and the 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards from Piers Hill Barracks. Before eleven o'clock forenoon, they had all arrived on the ground, and took their stations, and were brigaded as follows : General the Earl of hlo IRA, Commander in Chief. FIRST BRIGADE. ~ r Roy_al Artillery. I Id Uragonn Guards. Major-Gen. Sir James .4 Edinburgh N. B. Militia. SL. C lair Erskine. 1 Mid-1.0044i) V. infantry. i Forfarshire N. B. Militia. TIMID lIR 1C4114. Colonel the Earl of Renfreshire N. B. Militia. Dalkeith. Dumfries N. B. Milit ia . M:(1-Luthian V. Cavalry. YOUTH BRIGArit. R. E. V. Artillery'. Colonel john Camp- Argvleshirc N. B. Militia. bell. • E. R. Highland Vol. keg. tat Regiment R. E. V. SICOND Zoete:ADE. ist Bat sd Rem. R. E. V. Brigadier -General Earl Royal Leith Voluh teets . ad Bat. 2d Rcgt. R. E. V, 18th Regiment of Foot. Ik. M. 1.. Vol. Artillery. ,boat twelve o'clock the Commander in Chief arrived on ihe ground, when a Salute was fired with all the honours due to his rank. He was attend. ed by Lientenant.General Vrsa and the other Officers of the Staff. Beginning at the right he Went along the whole line to the lefr, and saluted the Officers as hi passed. Ht then returned to the centre, when, upon a signal gun, the whole line commenced filing from centre to flanks by comps. nies ; this was iollot:ved by two rounds from each Corps firing by wings; this was sOcceeded by two Volleys from each battalion ; and the whole conclud. td by file firing for ?Considerable timer His Excel. lency then took his station oii the right, upon which the Whole line broke into open Column by a wheel of compamei on their left backwards, and marched East the General in ordinary tirne, Of f icers saluting. Ifach Corps then marched to their respedive quar. ten. The whole terminated about two o'clock afternoon. The number pre;ent on the field was estimated fully 1 0,000. Th sight alas magnificent beyond description ; and, with the prospett before tts of an invaaing foe l was calculated to eihilarate every heart, and toinipite the mast timid mind with con. fidence. Sir iNtais.a.sik Xith is laic only one or Fail Mow!. Aid.de.Catups who has yet arrived in ioivp. Capt. DOYL2 and Cornet Su ERIDAN have left ndon, and are on their way lot this city: NORTHRRN MEET/Nab ItiVilii.llllll/ OCT. 29. ,a i s loiihern Meeting held here o n Mond a y 'auk And Ctintintied foi the Week Ai usual. The ratteudinetq alihoukh not numerons, liras Klee; and weft hdn'otired k . v3th the company of the Earl of ERROi. indbitintessi the earl of A sovnit, Sir bftrr Goloott o f P ar k, C o l one l GORDON and his Lady, the Hon. Q 0 veitiok tiitArt, ,And several other re. Teaable old , } ltd Regiment, Aberdeen. shire Militia, and ,the Ober Military Depart Men is in the Garrison of Fort George: The Stewatai for the following yeah are; Vitt. The Most Noble the Moquisof IlUntly, , Angus Mackintosh, Esq. of Holm. Sikwards. Wm. Ma c ki ntos h, E sq. of Balntspick, Duncan George Forb es , Esq. of Luilridett. Alex. M'Donnell, Esq. of Glengarry., William Chisholm, Esq. of Chishohn. Donald M‘ Esq. of Gentile s . ] Simon Fras i ertsq. of Farraline. lo obert Mackintosh, Rob late provost of interneti ; and lt Canton, Rog. ofOrakies. Letters have been received in town, which men tion that an epidemical disease has made its appear ance at Malaga, in Spain... The following is an Extra& off' a Letter, dated 1 106 tuber 8, which corn ntunicetes some particulars respefiing this unfortu nate event : " A calamity has befallen us here, from which the most serious consequences are apprehended. Several vessels lately arrived in this port from New-York, and other parts of America, have com municated to us that fatal disorder, the 'yellow fever, so destruaive to the Antericans. Sonic of the in. habitants in the town and suburbs die daily t all the Crews in the harbour are more or less affiated with. it. Capt. -, a Swede, whom you kn ow , an d will regre t , di e d last nig ht, , besides three of his crew, flis 'Vessel only entered the Putt three days before. All communication between the Town, the Harbour and the Mole, is excluded, . which prevents us ftntn learning the true state of those on board of the different ships; but we fear the worst. At present the vessels are restrilled from all inter. course with each other, notwithstandin; sometimes the most urgent calls of business. '1 he English GoVernment will, no doubt, soon be acquainted with our sitt , a , tion, and will take measures accord ingly, to avoid a similar misfortune falling on your Country, by preventing the intr.)duetion of any vessels into the English ports that have lately come from this quarter, until they have performed quaran tine." On Friday night, shtfollowing unfortunate afftir took place. On account% of the too frequent de sertion• of the principals and substitutes for the Royal Army of Reserve, Colonel BINCHAM, corn. `madding the. dept In Chatham Garrison, found 'Mins 'lf under the necessity, -for Me more essential gpue Of Ilk Mjesty's Service, to order sentries to he posted, after evening parade, at the different !.,track doom. A rtscruts, who had been only two days fr, to Lind. .n, being, it is supposed, in a state (4- intoxication, wished to force his way out : the an old bo!dit:r the 1.3164, kept him back for d while ; but on finding himself struck by the recruit, he plunged his bAyon . et into the unfortu. li•ite111:411's heart. .The recruit expired ipatanta n:cubly, and without a groan. LAW REPORT. COURT OF KING's BENCH, Nov. 7. Tuts being the first day of Michaelmas Term, the Court did not sit until one o'clock. Mr. &skins moved for an Attachment to he issued against Mr. William Wilson for Contempt of Court, in not snaking a return to a Writ of Habeas Corpus issued to him, commanding him to bring up the body of Elizabeth Woodward, and for making a most giossly false and impudent return to that Habeas Corpus; or rather for not returning it in due time, for that was the foundation of this Mo tion. The Habeas Corpus was issued upon an AlR davit, stating circumstances that were scandalous and nauseous to repeat. Mr. Wilson had got into his possession and custody an unhappy young wo man', on the 1 sth of May last, who, with two Brothers . , w!s entitled to to,oool. and it was not too much to. Suppose that this man' had a view on this young woman's property as well as her person. One was alWays extremely glad when guilt was as. certained, and it was proper that it should be made as public as possible. This man's guilt being fully ascertained, he hoped every body who heard him would take notice, that this Wm. Wilson keeps the sign of the Crown, at Basingstoke, and he hoped that any man of common feeling, who might go lay that way, would rather sleep in his Chaise, than take a Bed at that House, While Mr. Wilson kept it. 'Allis Habeas Corpus being issued, direned to this Person, commanding him to being up the body of this young Woman, he was traced with her bum house to house, along the road, until they were lost in the obscurity of this Metrrpolis ; and it was found that he had given direetions to drive to some Bagnio ) in Covent Garden.—The Writ was served on him on the 18th day of Oelober, by Mr. Mi. shad Lyne, Clerk to Messrs. Rhodes and Co. This Gentleman came to London, in the same Coach as Mr. Wilson, and over.heard a conversation between him and the Coachman, who had the care of this young woman's bonnet.—This Writ having been served on this person on the ISth of Oftober, he made no return of it Midi the zzd ; and the Return he then made was most gross, and impudently false ; but it was not the falsehood of the Return, but the Con, tempt of Court, upon which the resat Motion was founded ; and the Contempt was in the delay, for he did not make. that Return until the zad of that month. At the time he was served with the Writ of Habeas Corpus, he had this young woman at house in Welheck-street.—The learned Judge before whom the Defendant was brought was so de s i rous to re l ease t hi s un h ap p y child from her melancholy captivity, that he • expostulated with die Defendant upon the great im. propriety of his conduti, but for want of Jurisdic. Lion could go no further, and here he could not help hopi this Was an imp er f e ai on i n t h e L aw w hi ch would not long remain ; perhaps this case might give rise to an improvement in that respell, for Laws were often Made under the emergency of a case.— The Habeas At itself was made out Of an emeigen. c tle — L t a h w e , was,aiteration which, he said, wa s w a nting in that when .the Judges had authority to issue the Writ of Habeas Corpus in V4CAIiOII ) they should have in vacation also authority to en. force °bedtime to such Writ in like manner as the Court had. The Learned Judge appeared to have expostulated with this man, and to have endea. vouied to prevail on him to do that which the Law toad not then force him to do, which was to deli. vet this young woman up to her fiends. He brought her to the chambers of Mr. Chippindale, his Actor. ney, who was so disgusted with his infamy that he would not be concerned for him any longer, if he would not give her up. This unhappy child was now in the possession and custody of this man, and there were no means, but by this application, to procure her deliverance. The foundation of this motion was the delay in returning the Writ.—He was served on the t Bth, and he made no return until the zed. Tile CHM' Jus:rct asked if he rettirned the Writ at last ? Mr. ERSKINE said, " Yes, he returned that Which was most gross and impudently false." Mr. Justice LA w efINCE, That she was not in his custody or power, and so on ?" Mr. ERMINE Lead the return to the writ, That since the service of the writ she was not in hi s CUS_ tody or potier, nor was she subject to any► controul, but was free from any restraint whatever." Chief justice "''here was no time necessary to &lay such a return as that." Mr. Jastice LAWRENCI, " I think it worth while for the friends of this young woman to make an affidavit of these fats and to lay them before the Court of Chancery, and then the Chancellor, I hive nO dotibt, would make her a Ward of that Court, and then she would be under the care of thatCourti whose order could not be evaded by a Use ketUrni" Rule granted to• alley,' cause why attachment should not issue. Mr. GARIIdW moved fur leave to file a Criminal Information against a Gentleman, whose name lie aid not mention s for a Challenge and violent provo cation to Mr. BRIM is, a respedable Wine-mer chant in the City, to fight a Duel, or commit some breach of the peace. The Defendant is a Gentleman holding a respeitable post in a public.oflice, and whose country-house is in the neighbourhood of rho of the Prosecutor's. The circumstances of the case, as they depend solely on an ex parte 6tateMCPti Ohmic' not now be detailed, the season for so doing will he when cause is shewn against the Rule, Rule to shew Cause granted. Mr. JAxvls moved f ur leave to filo a Cr i m i nal Information'against Richard Mooresom, Esq. who is the only Magistrate at Whitby, and is a con siderable Ship Owner, for refusing to lend pro per assistance as a Magistrate, to call forth the Civil Pover to assist Officers duly authorized to Impress Seamen at that Port, he alleciging it as his Opinion that Pressing was Illegal, 'and that they ought to bring him no 'Warrants to back for any thing except Murder and • Felony, &e. The particulars. of this Case, for the reason al ready stated, we shall:not at present detail. Rule to Om Cause granted, Mr. JEICYLL moved; on behalf of Bail, for time until the next Term to surrender their principal, on the ground that it was impossible to do it now, for that he went to France after Bail was justified, was suddenly taken into custody there and carried to Funtainbleau, where he is now prisoner with many other Englishmen. He urged that this was an ad of violent aggression which nobody could foresee, it was a violent ad of power arbitrarily exercised, and the most othiageous measure that was ever taken by any Government since the four. dation was laid of Civil Society. The Bail had power to surrender the principal, and lie was not placed in this situation by any a& of theirs. The Court however observed there was no autho rity to suppart this application. The current of cases was against the principle of it, fur it had been held that where a Defendant was so ill that death would be the ere& of moving him, yet the Bail were not to be allowed time to render. So here if these persons chuse to become Bail they must take the consequences of not being able to render their principal. If they had not become Bail, the De. fendant would have remained in custody to satisfy the Plaintiff's demand, and the Plaintiff had a right either to his debt or the custody of Defendant's person.—Motion refused. A Printer of the name of Seal, pleaded Not Guilty to an Indiftment charging him with disaf le&ion to the King, Constitution, and Government of these Kingdoms, in a printed libel, and with discouraging the people of this Country from op. Elating and resisting the French in their intended Invasion. The Defendant said he had !milt Mr. Aft sore, on the part of the Prosecution, moved, that it might be made part of the tecogni. A 'ace, that he should appear personally at his trial. That had been sometimes done. The LOU) CMKIP Jtmrtcr desired that might be made a part of the Rule. The Bail, however, did not atttntli in conse. quence of which the Defendant was committed. Mr.CAMPBILL made the usual report of the Con. yids on board the Hulks, and elsewhere. It appea re d they were employed on various works of utility in the Dock.yards, and were in general in good health. The new Faroe of Railing the freed, IM repeat. ed last night at Covent Garden Theatre, after the tragedy of Pizarro. This whimsical Farce was fully confirmed in public opinion. The offing of 'Awls is incomparable. He is the life of the Piece, which in itself is highly diverting. The House was crowded. The new entrance into Drury-Lane Theatre from Brydges-street was opened last night. The passage from the street leads by a flight of steps into a light and agreeable anti.room, and this room communi. cams with a very elegant saloon, fortthng a seg_ ment of a circle, ornamented by a great number of pillet. which are painted in imitation of marble. This baloon communicates by a stair-case at each end with the lobby, at the back of the first tier of b o l es . There are compartments in the saloon which tve understand Consist of little shops which are to be opened for fruit and confeaionary. ThC saloon is at f iresent hardly lighted enough, and as the Sea_ son advances it will probably need a fire, unless it should be warmed by the gallant circles, which will most probably be formed in it. The whole of this new passage is a very great improvement in point of convenience, and is also an ornament to the Theatre. Mr. STEPHEN KIMBLE- is engaged to perfOrni a few nights this season at Drury-lane Theatre. His Pallid' was certainly a classical performance, and he rendered the old tat knight very diverting, without degenerating into broad farce. The Law Association yesterday resulted their old unifoilta Cedant "Irma toter. The muster in Westminiter Hall was more nuinetous than it used to be in the Temple Gardens, and they went through their issotfoiss with greater dexterity—There was however, a great deal of tailinz in the ranks. The new Farce, announced for representation at Drury-lane Theatre, is claimed by two Authors, in consequence of which, the Board of Management .have very properly postponed its performance, till it can fairly be aacertained eiihiCh is the Man Wednesday morning a duel was fought on Spring Bank, near Hull, between Captain G------- and Lieutenant H—, both of the Durham Regiment of Militia. They met a little after six o'clock, and were attended by two other Gentlemen of that Regiment as seconds. After the parties had ex. 'changed two shot tech without are, the Seconds interfered, and the matter was amicably settled. Mr. CHAaLes Bien, generally called Count Bios, a charatter well known in the theatrical cir. cies, on Sunday last made his exit from the stage of life. He was the son of Mr. Brea, formerly an eminent sword.eutler in Newport.street, who has been dead many years. Mr. CAARLIS Bs a a was brought up to the business of an engraver, and might have risen to distinflion in that line, if he had been capable of persevering application. But he had a strong sense of humour, and was too fond of company to be fit for Any employment that re.. quired diligence and attention. He was much ad. aided, to ploy, but was always unsuccessful. He was >ti very good tempered man, and had a lively satirical humour, which, with a fund of anecdotes, particularly of the theatrical kind, rendered him a very diverting companion. Having no resources but in thekinibiess of his friends, his subsistence, for near the last thirty years, has been very precarious, but he was so well known, that it was hardly, pos sible for him to sally forth in any part of the Me trapolis, without meeting with some acquaintance, ready to became his banker for the expenses of the passing day, and he did not trouble himself with much care about to-morrow. , It is supposed that the author of the Farce, which was brou g h t fonVard onSattird a y last, at Covent Garden Theatre; hail this excentric charafler in view, wbeO he drew the hero of the piece, and it may be considered as a good dramatic Iketch of the whimsical original. He . was jocosely proud of the title of Cowl: Bra a; which he used to soy dill not descend to him from a , dull line of Ancestors, but wa s earned by his own merit, aa c l conferred by the voice of the Public. I) LI LI V, , Yesterday /1;17;n/1: /tar/aro:i t Esq. of Enniskiiieh, was brought tip to the Castle under a military es cort; he was taken near Carrickmacross, in the County of Monaghan, by the personal intrepidity Of ALEXANDER KERR, Esq. of Newbliss, in that County. Mr, Hamilton's person eiaOly corms. sponds with .the description given in the Advertise ment of Sir Ctiii.kLEs Ross, otf:.ring a reward for his apprehension. Having been examined at ; !he Chief Secretary's he was committed to : 1, 41- 'll44am gaol. It is asserted that this Prisonei: had arrived from I" ranee, where he held a Commiq.: sion under 13otiAi'AII.TE, very shortly before the 23d of July ; and that he was the principal channel of communication between the French Government and the Irish Traitoi-S: • Ile is nephew by marriage .o the Rebel General 1611,41, recently executed in the North of Ireland. He is a .very tall, well_ looking man, of a remarkably gentletnan.like ap.. pearsnce—once served in the British Army, where he had a subaltern's commission, and is possessed of a liberal hereditary property. Discoveries of high itoportance are supposed to have been made to Government within the last two days . and it it believed that some Prisoners, of a rank above the there vulgar, may be.. expected in this City in a short time. Letters from Enniscorthy niention a discovers► of great moment to the security of that neigh bourhood, having been made on Saturday last suspicions having been excited by the constant meetings of a certain description of persons at a house in that Town, a proper tOrce surrounded it on Saturday, and found nine of the Cavat Militia, and about a dozen of the most suspeded eliaraifters in the town engaged in, deep deliberation; their objeft was clearly ascertained to be treasonable by various coincident circumstances, and they were ac cordingly committed to the gaol of Wexford. The nine hililitia..men 'had been lately recruited, from amongst the lower orders of the County of Wex. ford, and it is understood that no other person of the Cavan Regiment was at all implicated. A person of some property was yesterday broug'it up from the neighbourhood of flaiiimore.Eustace, arid committed to iCilmainham gaol ; as was also a person sent up by Captain GatE7 ITH I of t he Milli. cent Legion. Thirty.sik Prisoners were lodged in the gaol of Naas on Sunday last, from the County of Kildare, and six from the same place were on Monday lodg_ ed in the gaol of Kiltnainham. They ate all chari;ed with being concerned in the lasl Rebellion. A person of the name of Lacey, accused with treasonable praaices, underwent examination on Monday at the Castle. Saturday night last, Captain WtLsorr, Chief Peace:.Officer, apprehended a man of the name of Murray, in Handkerchief-alley, in this city, who is charged with having been a leader of Reb e l s on the night of the 23(1 of July last ; he is by trade a weaver-. Yesterday Mr. ;moles Tandy, Wine.merchant, (who has been in charge of a King's Messenger for two or three days past), was examined at the Lastle. VKTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ATHLONE, ocroara 28. " On Tuesday morning last, Lord CATHCART, Commander of the 'Forces, came into this town. Immediately after his arrival, his Lordship set about inspeding minutely ,the Regulars, Militia, and Yeomanly, and the Stores, Powder.magazioes, Works on the Castle, state of the Cannon, &c. anti the great line of Fortifications construding to the west part of the town ; of , he state of the entire, his Lordship was plea s ed to express Isis warmest approbation. 4 ' Next morning at early hour his Lordship pro. ceeded to Ballinasloe, on his way to the Camp fora). ing at Shannon Harbour, near Banagher, which his. Lordship inspefted narrowly. g , From thence his Lordship, we hear, proceeds to Galway, Laughren, Cast!elm., &c. robe satisfied of the situation and strength at these places, previous to his return to i g On Wednesday Gen. Sir Eva Court arrived here and succeeded Major-Gen. MEYERS in ther commal:d of this distrid. " The works at the west side of this town are going on with the utmost expedition ; at present they make a very formidable appearance; upwards of Soo soldiers and others, in the situations of masons and labourers, are employed thereon every day." SPECIAL. COMMISSION. CARRICKFERGUS, MONDAY, OCT. 24.. ANtireetu lidvntrr i , of Carmoney, in the County of Antrim, was this day cried upon an Indidment, for High Treason, consisting of two Counts, one charging the Prisoner with compassing and ima. gining the death of our Lard the King, and the other for levying Waragainst him, in Ireland, on the 23d of July last, at Carmoney. 'ln support of the first Count, the Indidment contains six overt or open Ads; the first for meeting, consulting, conspiring, and agreeing to and with divers false traitors iv,- known, to raise, levy, and make a public and :cruel Insurrection, Rebellion, and War. against the King. Second, for publishing that there would be, on the 23d of July, I,t great insurrreetion and rising of men in arms in Ireland, against the King and his Goa. vernment. Third, for summoning and dire Ling divers subjeda of the King within Ireland, to go out and meet and join in War and Insurredinn Against the King, on the 23d of July. The Fourth, for having in his custody a printed PapEr, purporta ing to excite the People at Ireland to ads of Trea son and Rebellion, and open War against .the King. The Fifth, for propagating and posting'; and the Sixth, for postin g up and proclaiming the: same Paper, ailedging that it was an Address from Thomas 'Russell, a false Ttaitor, to the Men o f f re t ant l, ;toi l containing Orders for the carrying on ast . a Re. hellion and War against the King,. The Right Hot 4 the ATTORNEY CFNFRAI., in an elegant and appropriate Speech, which we arc at this time, ptcpared to lay before oar R ea d ers , opened the Case, on the part “F. d. Criovn , w hi c h Le produzed four Witnetses, ramely, Edward Wilson, Lieutenants Brady and Coultmao,