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

MEETING OF' SIIIP':011/1VEPS4 . . Yaistertnar. tt 'Meeting of the Ship-Owners of. London took , place at the London Tavern, for the Purpose of taking into consideration the Report of t he COnithitree appointed to'investigate the various circumstanced Calculated to shew that the Tonnage lluty.is oppressive in its.operation. Mr. HILL, was in the Chair; :and by his desire the Report was read by the Secretary. The: -CHA tatstAsr then addressed the . Meeting in very neat' and appropriate , speech. To' the coMitittee the highest praises 'were due for the .and attivity they had displayed both in their coileetiVe and individual capacity. They had:frequently had interviews with Mr. ADD WC.. Tor 'hisc`tinficlential Friends ; they had laboured -most 'assiduously to convince him that the Tax was of most ruinous nature, and that, in imposing . . it, he 'Connteraned all the maxims of policy whieh had regulated the public measures of , Government. from the earliest tifnes of our History. 'fifty had indeay.outed to impress on his mind the necessity of giving every encouragement: to the Shipping Interest, at a time when all the Govern.:' moots of Europe were aftively employed in encou. taking commercial enterprise. They had insisted more paiticalarly on the necessity of this encourage nlnt, at a moment when the First Consul of France vi s . using every effort to revive that spirit of connner (jai vity, which the horrors of internal commotion and the dangers of external warfare, had uspended. After illustra t i ng t h ese po i nts , the Chairman pro eeedtal to allude to certain expressions employed by airHonourable Baronet (Alderman Corr's), in the lipase of Commons, respecting the increase of the Sh!) . 'Ping Interest. In alluding to this subject, he was abundantly sensible that it was not, at that time, his province to refer to what had been said in ' the House of Qommons. He had YOU much : respect for that Honourable Body ever to entertain a wish of infringing any of their privi. loges, but the expressions to which he referred had sera; he. understood; repeated i n ot h er pl aces , an d Ih eteiPe: they were a fair suhje4t of animadver ' 81 °n:--The Honourable'Baronet had said, that the t 'hiPl'ing interest had filled their coffers during the war, and it was . but falr that they should now disburse a certain portion of the gains for the Filh!ic. It these were not the Hon. Baronet's ex. • press word s ., . they , f u lly conveye d the meaning which he Meant to convey. It was hardly, he con. ceived, necessary ,for him-to state to the Meeting, what ,was a matter of serious experience, that very little money was obtained by the shipping trade, nriA that this little was gained at the expence of Peat risks and numerous dangers. In corroboration of these general statements, Mr. lit Lt. said, that while every article employed in . Shipping had within the last two years increased in price upwards of 72 per cent. the increase of freight ilad not been more than zo, so that there was a loss of about so per cent. for which there was no proved of obtaining an equivalent. Here a Letter from the Ship. Owners of Hull was read on the sohjeet of the 'Resolutions of the Cham ber of Commerce. From these ResOlutiOns, which Tended to countenance the idea that the Tonnage buty avas not oppressive to: the Trading Interests of the Kingdom at large, and of Hal! in.particular, they bad found it necessary to institute a correspon dence 'and co.operation with the Ship. Owners o f londo n , and, in a i min g to this deternimation they Lad met with the concurrence of the whole Shipping Interest, with the exceptibta of - a few individuals. - A Motion for a Vote of Thanks to the.Conitnittee, cave rise to a long desultory conversation, respect. trig the .expressions which had been employed by Alderman CURTIS on this subject. ' A Gentleman contended, that the Honourable , Ilaronet had included. in 'his statement the Shipping of the Bast. India Company and this was followed uP.hy others, who 'argued, that the. East India S hipping never was included , in an enumeration of the general Shipping of the Private -Merchants. Several letters were read from Ship-builders 'of eminence, .which certainly did very materially in. Validate the Hon. Baronet's statement. Mr. Hi t.t. said it had been stated by the Minis ter,rhat the British Shipping of i Boz greatly exceeded tha tof thepreced. ing year, but that the Foreign Shipping had conaider_ ably diminished. ;The explanation of this latter cir cumstance, was, howeverobv ions. The increase Of ° Foreign Shipping i n ' B ox , arose froth 'the.num. her e of vessels that entered the Ports of this Country nits supplies . of wheat. There was another cir cumstance likewise to 'be taken into consideration, .and that was the law passed in 1786 for register. lng Ships. By the regulations- of that Act, our . S hips, indeed, immensely incased on paper, but this was not the fair method Of ascertaining the afloat amount of Shipping. He concluded with a few remarks expressive of. the importance of pro. tedin g and encouraging our Shipping, 'at a time when our Trade was the proteEtion of u Commerce of the. Civilized World. The Vote of Thanks then passed, as also one to 4he.President, and the Meeting adjourned. On Saturday the following melancholy and truly calamitous event happened in. the Medway, ©PP., R ite to M r . H orn ' s Pl at f orm, Chatham : Nl essrs. . 1 "-dtvard Wright, serjeant at mace and, gaoler of the city of Rochester; Uriah Nower, son of Mr. Nower, e 'a t achmaker Thomas. White, plumber, both ofßo- C netlet ; and G. Piguenet, of Chatham, having made a shooting patty down the river, in a vessel suitable to. the occasion, returned about eight o'clock in the evening, and having lashed their vessel to' another at anclior, But Off for the shdre in the small boat or skill; when unfortunately on. pushing off, the boat Immediately upset ; there were in it, besides the zthovo, twa lads who went with them to mahage the 'sails, these reached the vessel . in safety.— Piguenet; after having swam round the boat some: distance in search of his friends, and used every exer tion for.theii help, at length reached shore, where be was recovered'. Nrower and 'White were not seen after th e upset o f t h e boat, „arl, Wright sank, after Itailog twice caught hold of a .rope which Piguenet liaii giVen hirn.--The btidies 'have since beeh found; trE est ions -for -Ber-y r -two ,pe,rsons,..w e conviCted for exposing to sale in the inazket bAttcr. Short of weight. NE,IVG ASTA c-U PO N-11-W,E,,, THE Gentlemen who lately compOsed the Vo. lAINTEER CORPS or this town had a dinner yester day, in commemoration of the day on which they formed into a Military Association. for the defence of their Country. • It was eAatily 'eight years ago since that event took place, and it should be men tioned to their honour, ,chat they were the second Volunteer Corps who so nobly came fotwark in England for such a loyal and constitutional purpose. The day passed oft - With the spirit and good humour that will always be charaeleristic of TRUE . 13arroNs. The KING, the RoyAi, FAMILY, the Army, the Navy, with all the usual loyal and appropriate Toasts, were drank with enthusiasm. Indeed the meeting was in all respeCts so pleasani, without any thing that in the smallest degree tended to disturb its harmony,. that the company unanimously re. solved to make• it an annual festival Of the same kind. The following'Song was sung at this meet ing, and received with the warmest applatise. It is attributed to Mr. STEPHEN ICEME L 11, who was one of the company, and set to music by Mr. Wit I C HT, of Newcastle, whose musical taste is well known. SONG. ), When, unprovok'd, ,when Foreign Foes, When danger gave occasion, BRITANNIA'S VOLUNTEERS:am To shield her from Invasion. And still while other Nations bow, Awl lowly seek alliance, • . Should l'an.Nek: transgress ag*in, they vow To hurl a bold defiance: The Sons of Tv Nt, a youthful band . With ardent resolution, Will arm to gtiard their Native Land, Their KING alit! CoNsrITUTION. Again whene'er the cause invites, Our Liberties revering, To guard those dear, those sacred rights, THLY'LL GO A VOLUNTEEkING. The Shepherd now beneath his shed At eve, the Dance provoking, Takes up his lov'd,'negleded reed, Long days of PEACL invoking : To plough-shares tho' our Swords we turn, No mord in arms appearing, With friendship still our bosoms burn, In kindness 'Volunteering. • CORN EXCHANGE, FEE. 2.. Sur' sn lonrlooked for, have now arriv. ed ; of English Wheat, a considerable quantity, and sells as. and 35. per quarter cheaper; a very large sup ply of Barley, that, with Malt, is also lower; as are Pease and Beans, which are here in great abundance; Oats are likewise getting down; Flour is. per sack cheaper. Wheat 44$ a. 5 0 $ aVs od Fine ditto -58 s, aOA od Barley . azs a abg 6tl Malt . 3qi .a 4 5 5 on Rye 35s a 33$ od W ikite Pease 305 4 378 od Brans 32s a 3is od Tick, Beans - 2 S a 3ts 6(1 044 - i-s aas 224 ) POlaliti WU() 23i a 24s cc! Rape Seed - 311 a 341 Flue Flour - 45 s a 49s al Seconcldo. 41s a 45$ The Catch Club held' their third meeting yester day at the Thatch'd House Tavern, , tvlii:h was numerously andilespeClably attended., Among the company were Earl SPENCER, I AMES Au AM 5, ggq. M. P. THOMAS .Hopttaßr, Ezq. W. 13. MAR. TIN, Esq. TEMPLE WEST, E , ,q. J. WETLAND, Esq. J. GOSLING, Esq.. Mr. Low ?mu, Mr. GRIF FITHS,' &c.—Honorary Members, Mr.- i t'ch au, Dr. CALLCOTT, . three KNYVETTS, SALE, jun. .Messrs.i GORE, HARRISON, GREATO•REX, GO#SE, DIGNUM, NIELD, LEETE, COOKE, &C,—The bar. mony was exquisite, and the company highly de. lighted with the, entertainment. FOX.CHACE.—Monday, at one o'clock, a fine Fox was unkennelled among the , ruins in the Strand, on the western kide of Temple . Bar. The Epping Hunt has been often admired for its curious field of sportsmen, but never was there such a strange and anomalous medley canceled . as "'upon this occasion; mastitis, • hodmen, labourers, hack: ney.coachtnen, applewomen, fi , hwornen, boys, girls, ~and terriers, all in full cry, joinedin the pursuit.:-The crouti and variety were farther in,. creased by a large pardon of the'casual passengers in that. great thoroughfare.; Poor Reynard being; an animal of strong initind, first Made for Cletnent i s. Inn, in hopes, no doubt, that a fellow-feeling would. there ensure him a safe asylum. He had the good fortune to • gain the gate, but that was nearly the total of his success :.he then made a double to gain his Old ground, but he bad scarcely reached it, when a blow of a pickaxe put an end , at'once to his life and the pursuit. .A hodtnan inediately mounted his brush. From whence poor Reynard came, or how it happened' that he should have taken up such strange quarters, we cannot con. jeaure. On Thursday last died, at his residence in West minster, 'after a long and painful illness, SAMUEL NETHERTON, Esq. sincere and adive 'as a friend, tender and affeftionate as a husband, pious and pa tient as a Christian. The severest bodily sufferings, so far from shaking the firmness of his nand, did not diminish, but at short intervals, that cheerfulness and vivacity in conversation, for which he was re- markably distinguished. His engaging manners, and the benevolence of his temper,. 1 - were to be equalled only by the soundness of his principles , and' , the integrity of his life. -served the. office of High Sheriff for the 'County of - Worcester in the year 1770. Amongst other singular effects of the late storms, such a quantity of seaweerl has been . thrown on the shore at Barnston, in - 'Yorkshire, the estate of Sir FRANCIS BOYNTON, that it is imagined there are . 1 5,90 0 load of this manure. There 'are daily to be seen from fifty to Seventy carts7and waggons carry ing it into thtcountry, and it is supposed there will he a quantity stafficient to manure the estate for the two. ensuing years. The benefit t o the tenants cannot t be estimated at less than 1.001.. -7:Monday pursuant ttibiksentence,sin the Court of King's : Benet', Tholuam Winter, for baying in his possession Icing's stores, was conveyed under a st i Fonggn:aftfrom the Cotmty gaol to the-Dock .gate, cljete btOdil'On'the riltOry one Incur. NV REPORT. e • . • • • • t COURT ; OF RlN'' E C — f; ~41^1sti ,G'i _ 11, FEE. t. I ; BENJAMIN Nt c . brpugh I, up by rlabeil; Corpus from the gaol, of Ely, •standing ellamed with a rape, was brought intoCourt,for theluir pose, of being bailed, pursuant to nor,c e .,„_,,. Mr. Justice Gxose desired . the proceediogs,before the Magistrates, as well as .the Affidavits., to be read, which was done accordingly ;..but,parts of the . Affidavit containing some things that were indeli. care, ~the Learned Judge scope the readiaig of , and inspected them himself r in order to be sati,iied,. from_ the 'circumstances of the:Case, whether the Defendant ought 'to, be _admitted to bail or. not. Having done so, the Learned Judge asked Mr. MARRYAT; Counsel for the Prosecutor, Whether he had any' objectionitooffer to the bailing of the Defendaht.-'• • • ' Mr. MARRY*T said, he had not had an opportu nity of seeing the Affidavits, nor had he heard them read, and therefore he had nothing to say. Mr. Justice GROSE said, that the Affidavitscon rained some things, which at present were unfit to be heard, but they contained'also, what made up his mind on . the subjea of hailing the Defendant. :- Mr. MARtiyAr said, lie.did not wish.to hearthe Affidavits, It was matter of discretion, well te.. posed in the Learned Judge, whether the Defendant should be admitted to, bail or not ; no doubt that discretion, would be soundly. exercised.,,,'. If it was fit he should be adm)Xtte,4,,to Wilt he hopld and if not, he would of course. be reminded; ' The Defendant was then ordered to .enter.into a recognizance, himself in zpol. and four Sureties in col. each, for his appearance at the next .Assizes for the County of Camhriklge, . • . to take his trial for the above offence; which being, done, he was set at . liberty. 4 " • ROBERTSON yr FRENCH. This Caw, :which was uporra Policy of Inlurance, was to have received the opinion of the Court, after hearing Mr. GAR RO NV: in!sOpport of the Mo . tidn fora new Trial ; but it ivent.otfupon a single point•which did riot before Occur to the Judges, and therefore a new Trial was awarded. , reTsoll IHANK• AND OTIIE Rio This was, a Special Verdi 6 upon 4t Caie, of which the following is "the substance :=---The Plain tiff is the Owner of the ship - Asia, and.let her to hire for a certain freight, far twelve . months to Gos•ernmenr, to Carry:TrooPs from this Country to Nova Scotia—sailed from Cork for that purpose, and on her way a child was taken with the small pox, and afterwards an infettion spread in the ship,. and many of the troops and crew were taken ill, so that they were compelled to land them before the voyage was finished. • After going on s h ore , many of the crew deserted, and some died, so that the s hip was delayed in . her voyage. The Charter.patty of Affreightment contained, a proviso, on which the whole of this question turned. It provided,' that the Commissioners of the Navy ,Board, under the authority of Parliament, should,have power to mulet th'e Plaintiff, according to their discretion, or make an 4thatentene in his freight, on any of the fol,lowing ileconn6, in the coarse of the voyage of the ship. while she was chartered : First, for loss'of time. Secondly, breach of orders. Thirdly, negligence of duty. Fourthly, " It the ship should be unable to pro. ceed on 'her voyage." In this case the ship had become, from the causes above stated, unable to proceed on her voyage, and the Commissioners had determined that the Plain. tiff sflotlM abate the sum of 20141. 7s. Id. being just one half of the whole freight to which he would have been intitled, had he performed the whole voyage. The single qUestion was—Whether the Com. missioners had pOwer to make this abaetuent or not ? It was ably argued by Mr. CASCELL for 'the Plaintiff, and Mr. Woc.)D fur the Defendant. Lord ELLtNuoaoucti having been Counsel in 1 the cause, declinedg iving an opinion on it. - . The other three Judges were clearly of opinion, • ' that as to the three rst articles, or heads, by which the Commissioners had power to make abatement in the charges of the Plaintiff fir freight, . they did not apply to the present case, for it did not appear that any blame rested on the Plaintiff, but, that as to the fourth head, '' that if the Ship should 'be unable to proceed on her voyage," that . point gave to the Commissioners of Ttansports a jutisdiCtion to consider . the matter, and to arbitrate between the Freighters Of the ship and ..the Public ; and if the Commissioners had the jurisdittion, there was an, end of the Matter, for they had , exemised, slie power under the idea that .they had the jurisdiction; and as to the manner they 114 dOne:it, or tic amount of the abatement they had ordered to be made, they were points which could not be vanealsed in that Court. The . Court being of opinion, that the Comm. missionerepossessed the power of milting this abet', merit in the Plaintiff's charge of freight, and fir* - ing that they had exercised that power, and had not, exceeded its limits, pronounced judgment for tile 1 ,Defendants. • , V'R,ACTIC4 A motion was made that bail he allowed to justify at the thing .of the Court on affidavit, stat. ing the reason why they were not down in time to justify in the usual mariner, but Mr. JusticeGitost said, that this was a settled point in pratlice. What was asked could not he done. Bail must attend to justify before to o'clock,' because those who were interested in oppoling‘them might be surprized, f,:r they might have attended, in the morning and gone away. llerefore, ilany application Win; to be made for the jat.tification of bail, out of tile usual course, it must be :for the morning of a future clay, after notice to thajother. side. Mr. Gt ts as moved for a auk to Am Cause why Marrifiaftsts bhouitl•not #He direfted to Mr.. Stephen Drew, the younger, Deputy.Muyorvi the Borough of S.dtash, commanding him to deliver up the books of the Corp9ration tbitt,Boruugh; u l sca l an jar , L A,a4;..,Drovsas a appy, t etl Dep or y yor orltriririii: - Cltriiii" — apsence of - Mi" . ..Buire'r-1 that' during the time of in that character; a number of the Corporation books t'ritne into the possession Cf f 11/10 - )re'tsi, anowiticlitedootielieePs; 4nd' refuses to deliver tin, and .which. - are now w.inted , for the 'purpose .:ofqtansatting the-businesir of the! Borough', and Whicit &Iced cannot: be carried on Without the.m..—i-zwietifnted. • - COURT ;01 1 . CtiMNIO4 PLEAS,„ FEB. 1. "RUSSIAN EMDARGO. • - • • . , fIeALE (u.TIIONn'sON,.(irzdjOHN'.ON . V. BM)DERICK. These were two Special V , !rdi6ts,'Which earn: on . trageklier, and wereally arguett'br. , jettnt LagNS, for the Plaintiffs, acid $r ,Sctjt:',iiit BAY'LEY,' for the Defendants. The two Plaißtit4 were two Seamen on boardt ships on a voyage from I - J!111to and back to London. It is onnee'essary to stale that they ,were detained lv an order Of the - litre. , peror, fro t p Novetilher=loth, t Soo, till: 111/y the 48111, 1801; havirig been touched up the conntly;' several butidt'ed Miles from the shore.: These. isk 0 actions were brought for Wage's during that ititerval,', rrom the: time they were taken out 'of * theft Ships - , and marched,tip the,Cbuotrytill they were broughr - back again,.,.. and set at libeFt) . . t!a:ir *ages ,outward and - Tiornev.'ar:(l were paid; and the single question For tic deciiion of the Codrt Was, whether thesii SOrnen arc ehtitlt::,l to re'ceive wages burin', s. hat 'is coalmen)); valid the "Rios_ .. situ EUth:trgo'? 'Tlierj is do Oitri;seuce this case ao,f the.oiller (4' TOIMS BrOderick, ex .(!itt that Johnsen is' a koreignet '(a Swede) ;Ti t. when the ,Briti?lt .crews were taken Out of their' Ships, and inaret,tl up the country,: this mail,. well as all the other Foreikners on ho.tra Pri- Osit ships, were claimed by their Cnl onss, N:1.1 Set at liberty. , At the 'conclusicin of thi s . argument tne . intimated .no opinion, When this imporYint 'qtietion is decided,' the most material parts or it , hall be stated. 1 . PUBLIC.OFOICE, BOW.S:OkEET..- 7 00 y evening Thomas 11s kher,,u4 4i.i Fitz:era/4.w as „ ed, with defrauding a young man .of untier,pre. fence of procuring him a place in the Stamp Office, . r The Prosecutor armed, tsar some time agolic adver tised, for a lace, umier , Govcrorpent i :,and.of'fered;. a., handsome reward. t ! The4itisoner ansye resl,his ad.., vertisement,. and .they.A.iit severai,,oiceiings upon , the business. . The Prisoner told him : he had two , places to dispose:of, qnin the 1\: avy .(?sce,p.at: ; tool. a.year salary,. and one Tin the Stamp OfAce, l salary &A, rt.year. . Yitggeriqd desired ,to haye specimen this writing,. when .he.said ,tiVUght the place in the. Stamp , : Office., Would; suit best, as it required. very little writing, ~,which• 'the Prosecutor agreed to, and the Ptssoner. was to receive r col. for his trouble,: which Was accord.... ingly paid to him: The Prisoner said he, was agent to a Lady at Basinooke, who had the disposal , of the places for her..own. benefit, and they, wete, given to herby Lord ,80l ton. Addy was appniotrd for the Prosecutor to meet the Prisoner at the Stamp-Oflice, to put him i t i. possession of theylace., The Prosecutor a{tentied puthe'appoipted time ;:it Stamp-Office, but could nctt learn any .tidin,g4 of the Prisoner,, nor had he been able to ltre; with bitti, l since. A few days ago, the Prostcutor obsery an advertisement in a Newspaper, f§imilar to his own, of a person offering a reward for 4t on. , derGovernment, and :suspeding, the Prisoner Avould, answer the advertisement, ,ho went so the per— , son advertising, and on inquiry, found his susp:cion: trite, upon which he related to the parson the {nap- ner in which he had been defrauded.. They accordl-. ingly agreed'to exert t he mse l ves to apprehend the Prisoner . ; and on Monday evening, bring the time appointott for, the 6rl;tl serrltuncor. of the busine,,s, they gave information at the above Office, and Rl.' veat went with them, 'atOltorkzed-hy a warrant, itOd on. thearrival of the Priseiner, lie took him into, custody.. He was committed for further . examrila.. tiou. . Yesterday the two men in-custody on a Chart cof . 44. A... 4 lobbing the Chi sw i c k Errand Cart, and stab ing one of their - pursuers in a,moit inhunaan.mono, un derwent another examination, -` and were 'fully eotn initieillor, trial. . About one o'clock. on Tuesday morning, at J4 , 11t1 'f'ownsend, jun. anti La qiider, ttvo of the Polite Pa t role were passing thro. ugh Crown.streel, - St.' oiles's on their . duty, ther wet t‘!o .tnp with ..). vAry large bag, one of them hating it on his bock, a n d , the othef.supporting the end' behind. The ofH,:ets stopped, them, 410dt:sired to know what they ha.l got iiit the bag,;_tbe tri , n t m a de no arn.wer, boc th:-.. .- one who tv.as, t suilp4l: I ; ,n 6, - c.t le 1, ~,.; i'm me d . 1 . t 4,:,./ • stabbed- ToWtoppd higli up . in,the sid,:„ Ilea tly,iiniter the kit aro-A. 7 4nd. then, with the other,,,rab oti„, de. and ma Ellett. f.scapis„ leaving the bag.: e yasti . Mtei and the watchman, carried him to hiiipdiptal. Krelqi n;ighboutitood of 'l'otte,Dharn.court,..eo.aii7 wfienilie disch,irgc of bloodwas.so ~consitfer'abl - '4„,liat' i't' was learitil by. his fritnds 'that he could'' i irtitri a short tinie.. The bag, cbtuainetlls. Actro6f-of,e 1 0 , 4t . i lt e d pair of shoes, stolen,front ilfi'c f -inaketts in Barl. street, St: Vt:i.-diale, . whi s u iv4'iiicike:'. open the same ni'dit A. most; daring robbery. was committed a fru , even. ings ago, upon rhe Coventry vi„aggon,,,ip G0,w61. street. A bandi t ti t.ha t infests Guswell.street, Old. street, and its,,env irons, rushed, upon the, Guard ; ,one of them, v, , itlt a drawn knife in one hand, and. it bludgeon in die other, without hesitation, lcnocked him down, when others of than threw a sack tlve,r his head and face, and carried litre some dit,tance. ...It being (tat k, and the waugon going opolte WaggiOner was not apprised of wog ltd ii.ippetted,, tilfhe came to .Goswell-street Turnpike.; when the 'folltntin observed. the sheet of the waggon had been cut, _a i iii was hanging over the wheel, 'On ex4rninin & , t 4 e waggon a truss of yarn was missed, that witsloatied. ott the top,. which the thieves htd Fotat by ente'r inrthe tail of the waggon. ~Thz. . .,/tiard i 4 sr:vett:ly brsised, and lays. at -Islington. : Uri Surtik - as . the . I:lath and Bristol post,coa c h t e r is cOntilagt*ut of the Gulden4cross„, .1)0th lore wheels brOttieFright, in. two, the pole : was bipk-4: the coachman thrown of rind was ... r bruised, bat not roa. terianv hurt_ by ea fly C5l )ro 011 at F. r's