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MAILS. AttRIVII). Hamburglt 0 rench PRICE OF STOCKS, 11116 :JAY AT TWEI,V!t p'CLOCK, Consols, 7o ex. div. THE SUN. •az.ZK (OM DlCigas FALaUM AUESIAT PUS. - 3 •, • - • ! LONDON, jANUARY,zr, 1803. YESTERDAY morning the Special Commission. for the Trial of the Persons in custody on chargcs of High Treason, was opened at the new Court-House in the Borough. After a most excellent Charge from Lord Chief Justice ELLENTIOROUGII, the Grand jury retired; and about eight o'clock in the evening returned into Court, having found a True BPI fur High Treason against Marcus Drsfiard and Twelve Other peesons.—The Court then adjourned to the sth of February, when the Prisoners will be arraiguctli and on , Monday the 7th their Trials will commence. Vestetday MS MAJESTY'S' cold Wal' a little bet. ter. The PRINCESSES AUGUSTA'and SortitA, we are sorrjr:to hear, still continue much indispoled; on account of which none of the ROYAL. FAIAILY!Itft Buckingham-house. On Wednesday the French Ambassador, .General ANDRstissir, gave an elegant Dinner to the .Corpr lcmatique. The Service of Plate was of silver and porcelaine, all brought from France by the General. The Dinner was 'served in an elegant 'style, and consisted of all the delicacies of the season, Among the company present were Lord HAWKESBURY, Lord PELHAM, Lord nonnaT, Lord CASTLEREAGII; Lord HERVEY, Mr. Ailiartio-tatt, Mr. MERRY. Besii)es the abovel, Mr. HAtAmoND, Lord CisTijAse, Earl ST. VINCENT, and the Duke of PORTLAND, Were invited; but were prevented by indisposition from accepting the invitation. The company sat down to dinner at Ilia past seven o'clock, an did out retire till a late hour ; General ANDREossy wore a complete suit of mourning, and his Aid-du- Camps, with their uniforms, wore black small_ clothes, with crape over their arms, for the late General LECLERC. • Madame SCIIIMMELPENNINCK was presented to If-fete MA) 3T Y on TueALiy, for the first time, and was superbly dressed in a white crape petticoat, boriktvd in silver and line point lace, with a dra pery of the same, over which. fell another drapery , cml , roiilered in silver and- foil litonesl the train of silver ti , .sue with, a broad . silver fringe. The head was beautifully decorvted with diamond m, pearls, rn.a ostrich feathers, and the whole formed..one of the mist- itautiful and novel dresses at Court. The Ball given by the :Officers of Artillery at Woolwich, in honour of the QuerWs Birth-1)4, ‘4',13 very elegant and well.attended. The Directors of the East India Company have Glen up the Princess Mary, extra ship, for one voyage to Bengal dired ; she is to be afloat the.6th of February; sail 'to ,Gravesend the 2I st of :Te.. bruary; stay there 30 days, and be in the DoWns 29th of March. Lord W. BENTINCK is expefled sliortly to take his pmsage fur Madras, in order to s ucceed to the Government of that Presidency, to which his Lord_ ship has lately been appointed by the Court of 'Di rator..' Ilii'Lorldship, it is said, will proceed in me of His Majesty's Ships. Mr. MUNRO, the unsuccessful 'candidate for the vacancy in the Diredory of the East India Coma pany, was many years a 'CommAnder in the COM. pany's Naval Service: lie is a very tespeetable, gentlemanly, and intelligent eharader, and will most probably succeed if he should offer himself on a future Vacancy. The detachment of the Royal Artillery destined for Ceylon, under the command of Colonel DESBRI. Mir, is appointed to embark in the River on the 27th inst. _ _ _ We are sorry to hear, that Col. GRZY/LLE is So ill, as to-be confined to his bed. The Fion. TEMPI'? LUTTRELL;tIeXt brother to E4l CARVIAMPTON, died at Paris, of a decli ne , (I n the r+th inst. fly his death without issue, the estate of Swallowfield, in the laland.of Jamaica, comes to his brother, the ,Hon, Joubt Ot.tiatuh• 00 of the Commissioners of his Majesty's Kevenuc of,*ckse. Yesterday 'the LORD MAYOR held a Court of Common 'Council, ;It width were present. eight Aidermen, and opwards of zoo'Commoners. The Proccedirogs of the last' Court being read and confirmed, his Lordship, in a very pathetic Speech, informed the Court of the vacancy in the Office of the Under City Marshal, by the death of the much lamented WILLIAM CANNNER, whpir his Lordship spoke of in the highest terms, aid appointed Thursday next fur the eleaiun of another to succeed him. Several appliefttions fnr City Leases, and renewal of others were read and granted, and ordered to be sealed with the City's Seal. Mr. MAR3AftY was appointed a Governor of Christ's Hospital in the toorn of- Mr.,.WILLIAt4 GA Ice, lately deceased. The Grand Jun lion Canal Compny, by their Agems, pre,ented a Petition for the approbation of the Corporation, for their making a Canal and rail-way from Paddington, to communicate with t h e London Docks at Wapping, through White chapel Mount, which was read and referred to the committee of City Lands, to examine and report their opinion thereon to the next Court of Common Council. The Coyft did not proceed on any other business, as it was observed by a Gentleman, there was not a sufficient number present to constitute a Court. NAPifL.NEWS. PLYMOUTII, JAN. r 9. AREIVED the Sirius _Frigate, of 38 guns, from Liverpool; and the Hazard Sloop of War, of 01 guns, from Torbay. Arrived the Plymouth' Packer, Capt. HAWKINS, laden with nuts, from Bilboa, bound to Dartmouth ; the Syrene, Capt. BAXTER, from Mogadore, laden with wool, &c. bound to London ; and the Samp son, Captain OusLAuD, from Sardinia, laden with Salt, bound to Norway. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 20. SAILED the Autumn Sloop of . War for Ireland, and Locust Gun.vesscl on a Cruize. Went out of Harbour, the Thetis Frigate, and ?ysus, SANDLAN, fur Dominica. DEAL, JAN. 20. REMAIN in the Downs, the Jamaica Frigate, and Arro w Sloop of War. SHEERNESS, JAN. 19. ARRIVED the - Ship Caron, of zits tons, FRE DE RIC SOtfEl.lvs master, from London, bound to Alicnt, in Spain, in ballast, with the loss of her cables and anchors, ;Ind otherwise injured. The • Pairiotett a Capt.. BENT °GAR DT, from London, hound to Havre-de Grace, in France, laden with indigo, linen, and other valuable merchandize, has also been obliged to come into this Harbour for safety, having lost two cables ,and anchors, and it is feared her cargo must be taken out. A great deal of damage has bt!en done here by the late tempestuous weather : part of the wrecks of several Vessels have been picked up. Seventy tubs of foreign geneva have been washed 'up, sup. posed to have been sunk by smugglers. The da mage done to the oyster-grounds is estimated- at nearly 7001. sterling. On Monday night, the loth inst. during the heavy gale of wind from the Eastward, the Mime, 438 guns, commanded by Capt. WI LK! N lON, ly ing at Blackstakes, caught fire by accident in the Gunner's store-room, close to the magazine ; and from the explosion of some combustible twitter, the Ship's company rushed on the quarter-deck, and from thence into a Boat, which was hanging in the tackles astern ; and froM too great a number get ting into her, for the purpose of saving themselves, the davit by which she was hoisted up, gave way, and threw the whole of them overboard ; by which unfortunate accident, two Master's Mates, one Midshipman, 14 men, and one woman, were drown. ed. By the exertions of the Captain, Officers, and remaining part of the Ship'S Company, the fire was soon got under, without any damage to the Ship. NEWC- 4 'Cil E, J. 15. Aeour midnight on Saturday last, a perfed hur. ricane arose, and blew from the E. S. E. with rain and sleet, during the whole of Sunday, and nearly all Monday; The sea upon the coast in this neigh. bourhood, was almost all white or broken water as far as the eye could reach, it ran Mountains high, and had a most dreadful appearance even to those upon land, but much more to the poor seamen who experienced the storm in all its horror. As might be expe43ed, several ships were driven on shore. The Ruly, sif Newcastle, WILLIAM BURNETT master, in ballast, from London, was driven on shore a little to the Southward of Bondicar rocks, about three o'clock on Monday morning, after ex periencing all the severity of the storm. Crew and materials saved, and some hopes of getting the yea sel off. A new sloop called the .Flora, of Whitby, jou N We LLs master, in balletic from &icon to Whitby, lic4 a little to the Southward of the Ruby, al►er similar hardships, with the loss of her gib-sail, but is expecied to ,be got with little damage ; crew safe. The Arno, FoßsYktt, of South Shields, and Eli. zabeth and Mary, GAR BUT,, of this port, light col, tiers, are on, shore near Dunstanborough Castle. — One boy belonging to the Arno drowned. The ding, of Sunderland, RICHARD Stiorrot; master, also came on shore on Monday morning, on the sands near Alemouth harbour. She is exveaed to he got off with little damage, though she had her full share of the storm; crew safe. , The ,7obn and Reber', of South Shields, WM. WHII"TINGHAM master, had stoutly weathered the storm of Sunday, but the crew, from the storm's continuance, 1. 1 4 - mnd they coUld not keep oir the laml, and endeavoured to get . into Coquet rOads : from the loss of their try.sall,' they could get no (unbar up than under the lee of the North Steel, where they c a st anchor, burbeinglong in taking .hold, the time she got her cable, the vessel struck upon a sunken rock called the Pan Rush, They Out their cable in order to get over the rock, which they et.' Idled and got into deep water. They then let go the other anchor, but having struck hard upon the rock, she was filling fast with water,'and.they were obliged to cut and run her on shore about 'noon 'on' Monday, near the mouth of the Coquet, where ihe" now lies on the edge of the Pan Rock, much da. maged. The crew, 14 in number, were, with great difficulty, saved by their. boat. • It is now clearly ascertained, that, from the pe. rilous situation of the Iliirderorn, the sea having, lately made many breaches .over her, little of her cargo can he saved. The last accounts received at the India.house state, that she has sunk nearly up to the lower deck in the @and ; that her sides have sustained such injitry from the viOlenCe of the waves, that they move backward and ,forward witlt the 'alien of the sea she is seven fee► forward in die water, and four feet aft 4 and great apprehensions are entertained of her soon parting, We are sorry to state s that all the woo!len goods are entirely damaged, and none of the bullion has as yet been taken out of the ship, it being placed in the afterpart of the hold, nor is it possible to form' conjedure, at present, that any will be saved, as it is thought the ship must shortly go to pieces. Two Gun-brigs, at the request of the Di. rectors, have .been sent to anchor near the ifindoi. tint, to prevent her being plundere& The-Mr/Int, IWGREGOR, from Port. Glasgow for Hamburgh, run aground on a hank of sand at the en. trance of the Elbe on the 4.th inst. After landing about one. third of the cargo, in craft which came off to her assistance from'Cuxhaven, was blown off to sea; after loosing three anchors and cables, and encountering three days of a dreadful gale in the North Seas, arrived at Hull on the i4th inst. with twenty men and two branch pilots on board, who had come off to their assistance from Cuxhaven. Monday se'nnight, about seven o'clock, A. M. the James, of Arbroath, C. BUTCHART master, from Christiansands in Norway, with wood, was drove on shore, by the violence of the storm, about three miles to the westward of Arbroath; she had suffered very much for two days, and the crew were nearly' exhausted with fatigue before she struck; by the spirited exertions of the people from East Haven and Arbroath, the crew were with much difficulty saved ; the vessel went to pieces soon after; the greater part of the cargo being wood, was also saved. THE TH P. ATR E.—The Comedy of She Wou'd akd She Ifloted Not drew a very numerous audience last night to Drury.lane Theatre. Mrs. JORDAN exerted all her comic powers with the best died in Ilippolita. She was spirited in a high degree, and excited much applause. Ilippolita is one of the cha. rafters that are exactly fitted to her talents,•and while she appears in such chargiers, she may bid defiance to criticism. BANNISTER, in Trtippanti, very ably seconded her exertions. He gave the cowardice with a most ludicrous sheepishness, and was not less successful in the impudence and knavery Of the part. In consequence of the illness o f poor BAR RYMO RE, Mr. BARTLEy again came forward as his substitute in Don Philip. Mr. BARTLEY afts with good sense, and seems to enter into the feelings of his Character. He seemed to have a cold last night, as his voice sounded harshly. His adtion is easy, but somewhat redundant. He does not op, pear to us to possess high talents, but he is likely to prove a useful .and respeetable addition to the Company. BARRYMORE became suddenly so much indisposed on Wednesday night, during his performance of ljdore, in the Tragedy of The Orphan, that after the first aCt he was wholly unable toappear again on the Stage. Mr. C. KEMBLE came forward and apologized for this Inaincholy and unavoidable in terruption of the performance. He afterwards re quested that the Audience would accept the efforts of Mr. BARTLEY, who had offered to read the part. Mr. BARTLEY is the Performer who made his, delyt a few days ago in Orlando. The Audience kindly assented to this arrangement, and Mr. BARTLRY acquitted himself much more successfully than could be expeeted under such disadvantagous Fircumstanctv. Mrs. Ittettam.o's Translation of the French Play, which was represented last Season at the Hay. Market Theatre, is at length put into rehearsal' at Covent Garden, and is speedily to be brought for. Ward. Some variations from the Original in the Plot and in the Charaeters have beti inttoduced, and Green.roorn Report is highly favourable to the piece. But whatever its merits may be, it will have the disadvantage of contending against the first impression of a Drama, a translation of which has been already attended with,considerable success., Mr. Cootts's singular manner of pronouncing Cato has revived the inquiry whether b be a na tive of. Ireland or not ? The question, it seems, cannot well be determined even by C o m ; hi mse lf ; tHr th , aigh he owns he was present at the moment of his birth, vet he solemnly declares .that he cannot well remember the time; place, or circumstances. Mr.' SHER T nAx Jun. is mentioned in a Morning Paper, as , having, shown great agility as a Skater during the recent frost. SuCh is the fashionable intehigence of the Public, • Mr. SHERIDAN Jun. .we conceive, must look with contempt on such re. cords, and would ,rather be distinguished for the Merits of his head than of his fig/. The Commissitiners of Naval Inquiry have commenced their Sittings in Great •George -street, Westminster, lit the house formerly occupied the Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer. A very numerous meeting of the respeetable in. habitants of Birmingham took place on Friday last, the object of which was to raise a Subscription to. wards building a free Chuich;„which is much want. ecliespecially for the labouring.classes of that popu lous town. No less a sum than 30001. has already been subscribed. Mr. Inca, of Lichfield, has gene rent'sly given a scite of lana i -trim whit:lllo'lmila the church; and the Bishop of LICH? I /MD and COVEN TRY has offered to annex a prebend to it. It is by no means surprizing, that the English at Paris were unable to muster Cash enough tor a Fite in honour of Her MAJESTY'S Birth.day, as they can hardly find money. enough to bear, with any decency, the heavy expenccs attending a resi. dente in the Gallic Capital. The elegant and beautiful Female, who has fre. quently been mistaken at the Opera for Madame Nam', is, is ,the Sister-in-Law• IQ Sir SIDNEY SMITH. ItscAtatPß, the Banker, in Paris, is said tnbe appointed Direftor of the Al int. Madame RECA. M 1 EIeS elegant propensities,, no doubt, make this appointment pcypliiirly eligible. A few .dayt , ago: arrived at Plymouth a cargo of different descriptions, viz. a French trooper's horse, which was in a French reginpnt of Cavalry at the 611105'1ms - tie of Marengo in Italy; nine large Spa:: nish. mules and asses; and two blooSponeys, intended a 3 presents ; they are in the Loritton Inn, together with a most beautiful Spanish rain from Buenos Ayres ;, his fleece is of that kind of wool called Spa:.idi wool,. and no doubt, if properly, managed, will improve the breed of sheep in this country ; he is finely pcoportioned, full of dignity, has f9ttr horns,' and when angry butts in a grand.sty, SPECIAL COMMISSION. NEW SESSIONS HOUSE, 130ROU6H, , , THURSDAY, JANUARY 20. AT eleven o'clock the Special Commission lVai opened at the above place, for the purpose of pro ceeding to the trial of Edward Ala? cus Despard, james Sedglyint Wrattan, William Lander, Arthur Graham, S knurl Smith, Johrr Macnarnara, T . tomat Broughton, and others, charged with High Treason. The Judges are,•EDW AR D Lord ELLENBOROFI)'' Chief JUSOCCOfEnglaild; Sir ALEXANDER THOME-. r. sum, Knight, one of the Barons of the Exchequei; • Sir SIMON LE BLANC, Knight, one of the Justices of. :- the Court of King's Bench ; and Sir ALAN CHAN...iv:I' RE,' one. of the Justices of the Court of Conu9rt Pleas. The names of a number of Noblemen and Gentle. men of rank, in the County of Surrey, wete then called on as Grand Jury ; upon which Lord ELLENBOROUCII called for the Ad of Par. liament of the 39th and 40th of His present Ma. jesty, commonly called the At of Union of Eng land and Ireland, but it did not happen to be in Court ; his Lordship, therefore, observed, that id order to obviate a doubt which might possibly arsie on the construction of that Aet, as it atredo Juries, it would be expedient to pass over thB names of those Noble Persons who were returned as t Grand Jurors, who were Peers of Ireland; which was thee- fore done accordint Noble .11;e°rrsdonshsiPshal gt ca d l i l r ) e e a a e l d te t r h ed at o t n he tli ' c 'am ß e o s ll a of °t ß b e e f turn, according to their stria legal addition, instead 'of that in which they were stated, which was that of Popular Acceptation ;—for inst;:nce, instead of " Lord WILI.IAM RUSSEL," " the Right 'Hon. 1, lAm :Russ e t., commonly called Lord' r Lima Russet.." This being done, and the follow. ing Grand Jurors having been sworn— Geo. Lord Leslie, John -Alcock, ESq. Viscount Cranley, . Po?ley Kensington, Esq. Lord Wm. Russel, a. Bradley, Esq.. John Lord Teignmotith, lenry Thornton, Esq. on. Chapel Norton, H. Peters, Esq. Sir Mark Parsons, Bart, T. Page, Esq. Sir John Frederick, Batt. joh n Whi tmore , Esq . Sir George`Glynn,. Bart. T. Langley, Esq. Sir Thomas Turton, W. Borrowdale Esq. Bit Robert Burnet, T. Ga tes kill, Esq. • R. Hankey, Esq. R. Wyatt, Esq. lames Trotter, Esq. John. Webb Weston, Esq. Lord EL i .ENDOROUGH delivered to thetit'a Charge, which was nearly as follows ; • - Gentlemen, of the Grand juu,, ft We are assembled on this day, under the au - X . .. thority of a Special Commission, issued for the trial of certain persons, charged with alt, or some of the' offences therein specified, These are High ,Treason. and Misprision of Treason.--Offences against the .- Statutes of the 36th of George M. 6. 7. which is, " An•Aet for the Saf e ty an d. P r e servat i on o f Hi s Majesty's Person and Government, against Tres. sonable and Seditious Praaices and Attempts aiA another of the 37th of the same Reign, c, 70. which is " An Alit for the better Prevention and PUnisli: ment of Attempts to seduce Petiona 'serving' His Majesty 'a Forces by Sea or Land, from their Duty and Allegiance to Hii , Male2ty ; to' istitte thin% , to Mutiny 'or Disobedience;" and another, is fói. more . effeaually pt.:wonting the AdtuinisierintrOto‘ 1 !", lawful,Oaths, &e," • , . • ;: peculiar ran.: • • tha ‘ t ‘ s M pe a e r i ly es o o f f ti o le ff l enct Y° w u h w ie i l l i i , ;i f ia t o ve in to ho s °bslive" are °f cour and tylig s nity . oiuli affett the, peace, the happl. nesi, and:the security nritelt-eirm, inasmueh ie has a dired and immediate tendency tO.degtroy Government and Legitimate Authority, 1111:1d such asit' at all times, has been deemed the highest• in the. fi is t class and order of ctimes knnwo. to the L`aiw tot - England. By this description -I may known to mean the crime' , of , High- Treason. An 'other immediate subject "for your gonsid6rAtion is. * * :that to which the .;tatute.of the 31th of the King is particularly 'directed, and that- is un offence second , .only,in degree of atrocity, magnitude and eriormitY. tto High Treason itself,- and indeed partaking of its' !nature, and 'Which will probably be laid before you,- .I mean attempting to seduce perions serving in His 11/lajesty'll Forces, by sea or land, from- theirDutt., and Allegiance to His Majesty. " The Law of the Land..from the earliest periods ;known to us of our History, down to the .present' , moment, frOm a full conviction of its value and im portance to Society, has anxiously, watched over. the personal safety of the King ; it has therefore always considered the malignity of the purpose of enCom- . passing the death of the King, and has declared,- that all ads done for, such a puiptiSe, and conducing wits execution,. are equally criminal in th,eir nature,. and in their consequences equally penal' with the: , actual' 'perpetrztion dl the atrocious ; deed itself. The con sideration of such a purpose is highly important .to theCcitninunity, and interesting in the %%hest de- ; gree to the persons charged with it, .and' the ads done in the supposed prosecution of such a purpose, and every ,overt.ad tending to shew it, is the pro— , . .vince• of a Jury ; a judgment upon which you are now called upon to exercise. I wilt now state tit) you what has been deemed sufficient proof of ,the offence of High Treason : that of encompassing the death of the King, or in other words, what is legal ' evidence of encompassing such a purpose, and has always been so held. Whenever any-person charged with that crime-was tried for it,long before the Statute . *of the 36th of His resent Majesty, and indeed in very ancient times, it has. been held, by very grave , and - venerated Authorities in the Law, that all means taken to depose the. King, and the use of force or contrivance-against his Royal Person, either to take possession of him, or to put him tinder restraint of any denomination, is High TreaStin..: It hail also , been settled by the same indisputable Atithhtifie 4 4 .4 l / ;ks that . a consultation and mee ti ng to died purpose, although not ultimately accomplished, although the whole scheme and plan should proveabor. ,4, 61 . 4, yet an agre ement or assent to an overturehfrbis''' kind,an approbation or aequiescence,shall beevidenee.• • • of guilt. In all such cases these • are deemed overt ads, manifesting the horrid intention of encompass.i ing the - King's death. All precautiOn, however, upon a subject of this importance has • been. takeni• and due 'deliberation had, and all doubts which might have been entertained upon. some parts of it, have been removed by the Ad . of Parlia. rnent,of the 36th of His present Majesty, ~•1 • If r -