The Sun. — London, England, 1814-01-28 00:00:00

DISTRESSES IN GERMANY: Yesterday, a General Meeting *as helti at the 'City of Lfondon'Tavern, for the purpose of afford , relief to the Sufferers in "Germany; .whose Aeotintry had beet lately the theatre of t r . About a quarter befok two o'clock, Mr. 1.. H. MaaTrta' informed the Meeting, that his Royal Ilig;.rieSs the Duke of Sussex was prevented from taking tl!e Chair by indisposition ; and moved, that At. H. THORNTON should take the chair, which was carried nuaninionsly. . Titotistotv then proceeded to read a letter from his" Royal _Highness, stating, that, in con sequence of an• attack of his old complaint, by which he had•beeriltept out of bed all night, jsc • was unable to attend the -meeting that.day, but had enclosed a draft on his banker for:so guineas, and would be most happy to make every exertion in his' power to promote the truly. benevolent' object for which the meeting. was - assembled—• (Applanse). The CHAIRMAN then proceeded fp:sttite the ob ject of rise meeting to be, to afford' sych relief'to. the sufferers of Germany as British benevolence might afford. The Committee hail already 'of themselves sent the sum of 4,000/. to those dis tricts where the distress was . most pressing 7-- where- famine and epidemical diseases had already begun t•o appear, as would be evident from a me- Moiled that would' be read by the Secretary. The memorial having been read, Mr: WILBERFORCE rose, and said, It would be wasting. the time of the Meeting fOr him to ad. dress them,_ if be were riot persuaded that all pre sent' were disposed to co-operate in the benevo lent purpcises for which it had been called. Ire felt the most sincere regret for the absence of his °Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, who, .ele4 vaCed as he was in rank and station, would Nave done the meeting the honour of presiding there :that day, and at the same time would have done honour to himself. He bad, indeed, stated, that nothing but indisposition would hove occasioned his absence. The distresses of the Germans had been great indeed, and called loudly for the accus tomed exertion of British benevolence. To such sufferings in this happyland we werestrangers; and, therefore, were enabled to relieve the sufferings of others : but what must have been our state at present, had we been visited by similar salami ties,? 'As men and As Christians we were bound to assist all who stood in need of our aid; but in a-more particular manner,- we were bound to as sise'those who .suffered with us in a common cause, who had achieved our security at their own expense, and for which they bad paid so high a price. They were our allies, . who bad no more interest than ourselves' in the common quarrel : to aid, whom' -we should esteem it a privilege and an honour to be called upon by them in the hour Of sorrow. To maintain that the. prosperity of one:country would be increased by the misery of another (as shallow politicians had sometimes as serted) ,Was repugnant alike to true policy and sound morality. Happiness could not be bought at such a price; and the prosperity of our own country would necessarily increase by the prosperity of others. In this country all were 'ready to contribute to the re lief of all; and to maintain that our prosperity should make us indifferent to the sufferings of others, would be a principle net snore unfeeling than absurd. Let it not he said, that because we had not tasted adversity, we should therefore be callous to the sufferings of others. In other less favoared countries, it was matter of won der that our condition should be what .it is, at the close 3f a period of 20 years war. It was, indeed, a subject for heartfelt thankfulness, that 'our lot should have been fi xed in a land, where religion and liberty diffused their blessings oa all around, and where their own interest made others feel interested in our welfare,- He had been present at meetings, when the object had been to minister to the :spiritual wants of others ; this was meant to minister to their temporal wants ; and be trusted, that all who had contributed to the former, would, with equal alacrity, give their aid to_ the latter. Mr. W. concluded by moving, f` that it is the opinion of this meeting, that the distress in Germany is inconceivably great, and calls loudly On the British nation for the exer cise of ,its accustomed henevolence ; that we ought to feel' grateful that -we had the means in our power ; and that the meeting bad no doubt, that all would teel it to be their 'duty to contribute ac cording to their means to so laudable an object: . The motion was seconded . by'Mr: SIMEON, who entered into. Some statements with respect to , the sums that had been disbniied, -and mentioned that many whose principles did not 'permit- them to subscribe for . any purpose purely warlike,, had come forward most . liberally upon the - present oc casion. Mr. Wilberforce's motion was carried unanimously. Mr. J. THOENTON moved a resolution, " that the Meeting approire of the conduct of the.Corn mittee,in sending prompt relief to. those places where it bad - been most wanted." At a former period, _lie had felt doubts as to the practicability of collecting adequate. lunds, and of applying them in such a manner as to answer the end in tended ; but those doubts had now vanished. The same Committee had, in 1805, conducted a similar business; and it was consistent with his own knowledge,' that in tire neighbourhood of Austerlitz, the British name was never mention ed unaccompanied by benedictions. His-Honour itble Friend, had spdlien th , :appeal made to our feelings ; what would'onricelings be, should such ten appeal be made in vain • - The motion was carried-unanimously. - Mr. R. THORTON observed, that the, persons whom it was the object , of the meeting to relieve bad suffered for our benefit, .and that we had. par ticipated in the benefit, without any share.in . the rri (Appjaus . c.) The conduct of the Com e liad been laudable, and worthy of the Bri * ter. .1 t_Ayas but fair that this 'country lie. auspicious change. that had orld ; and all, -in proportion ibticss be - ready to• con ,:neluded movinm, ;ikeri to xeplace the d, - and to affoid fur- ..,~ :c be t (red :i~u Cat», gra% *a a %Mt? fartigii &Iva tiltlat ti°; , lie ilimseit had received 2 or 300 let ters from the different places where the money had been distributed. About eight yeits back, a small subscription to the aanilint of MO,. bad been set on toot in A private tootti, which, On,being made public, had hi a short tittle increased to 30,000/. In one of the letters he had received, it was said, i 1 Let England sympathise with us, for we have suffered in her stead." before the invasion of the French, the country was like the garden of Eden, and no* it !veil:Ned the desnlate Wilderness. Ne- Ver.lpad atey country been mai - ray oppressed. — A ititmr of hiss When travelling thrOugh East Suabia., Wished to pay his respects to the Queen ,:trf,-Wir:ternherg, formerly Princess Royal ofEng - hnt was. requested, by a message froin the Queen, (to omit• waiting upon her, lestit should - :oilend; the French Ambassador. 'The Society of ' - :‘,tri-ends had made great exertions. Three of them Itst'sitici! gbrie :to their reward, but a son of one of them (Mr Luke Howard) .was worthily tread ing in his fatlier . ssteps.' - • After afew observations from Alderman ATKINS, Mr. It. THORNTON'S motion was agreed to. The Rev. Dr.; SCnwanz next addressed the Meeting, acknowledging, in high► terms, the ge- . nerosity of the British Ration. Mfr. LUKE HOWARD said, that the Socictty "of ."4'riends would join-in the okject of the meeting, because its basis tvas'Christian compassion and benevolence. This waithe-ground of his accept , ing the office of Assist Ant Seceetary.' Me trusted they would feel and act'iike : tlke Wood Samaritan, Who.stiid to the . host of the wounded traveller, take care of him till I come again. lie moved (which was seconded and carried), that it he re commended,to the Committee; to observe the strictest impartiality in the -distribntioti'of the funds. , . . The Rev.,Mr. CLAYTON, Mr. KvEpEn, andMr?, STEINKOPFf, severallY'addressed the meeting. The Rev'. RowLatsaf, HILL was of opinion, that the sword had never been taken up in a more ne cessary cause, than against that wanton.cruelty, by whicb mankind had been harassed fur the last 20 years. It might even be termed a righteous cause : but for the battle of Leipsic, instead of 10 per cent. we must have paid 20, -1 - I.e had a worthy nephew, equally distinguished for huma nity and courage, who was now fighting .for an insulted ration, and against a kidnapping of roy alty, which ntuschave been sug - geste.4 parte' by the devil (Loth/ applause). Buonaparte might now • squeak for mercy as much as he pleated; but he had shewn none himself when he bad the power. His nephew had received a sword, worth a hundred gui neas, from the city of London, and he trusted they Would give another hundred guineas to the present fund, The Quakers, as they were called, gave no money to kill, but were 'always ready to give money to cure (Applause). He thought that in every episcopal diocese the Dean and Chapter should be called upon to assist the fund; and were he as high the church as his nephew was in the army, be Would set the example. As it was, he hoped they wonld soon hear something from Surrey Chapel ; for, " No woe gbonlcl reach the far, " That did not also touch the heart." The Rev. Gentleman concluded by movin g --; " '!'hat all the Corporate Bodies be invited to give their assistance to the Fund of the Meeting." The motion *as seconded by Mr. BRUNNMARX. and carried unanimonsly. Mr. R. H. MARTEN then proposed a vote of thanks to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, for his intended condescension to take the chair, expressing also their regret `for the cause of his absence ; and to the Chairman for his conduct in the chair, that day. Both were carried unanimous ly, and the Meeting then broke up. SWINDLER TAKEN. For a length of titne a person has been prac tising various frauds in the - country, and lately he has been.doing the same in town, but fortunately he has been detected, .end is now in Horsemonger Gaol. He was examined before the Magistrates yesterday, ,when several charges were: brought against him for frauds committed last summer, in the Isle of Wight and-Portsinouth. Some mouths back he was at Ryde, where be passed himself off as Colonel Verity, run up accounts with must of the tradespeople there, and, on his leaVing,, be gave them bills on Esdailes, Gosling, aofF otbvr bankers, all of which were refused payment, as be never kept cash at those ,houSes. Each of the tradespeople had given him cash out of their bills. lie is now detained on account of a bill given to Messrs. Williams and Collier, of the Library, at Ryde. lie obtained a curricle and horses at Ports mouth, giving a bill (which, of course, was lira paid), with them he dro.e . to Oxford, where he was taken before the Mayor but, by some in formality, he again got at liberty, and the owner ofthe - curriele and horses again got them back lle has lately tricked two aged ladies, at W4oSelhouse lie lodged, , in the Edgew are - roa dy out of about eighty ritincts, 'beingTttelt-Wiole savings of many years: Ile says his mime is John Verity, and - that his relations, live at Bristol.and• Cowbridge, - in South Wales. Ile is a good look ing man, with large red whiskers. He was taken tip on suspicion of having' two or three wives alive.- Another hearing is_appointed fur to-mor row, 'before the Magistrates, at Union-Hall' in the Borough. Mr. Ebenezer Lillycrap,• purser of the Briseis (and late Clerk in Lord Keith's Office), was un.- fortunately drowned ; togethcr with the master, a midshipman, and four seamen, in the. night of the 10th instant - , by the upsetting of the boat. in which they were retttrning from the shote to their ship in the Down's. • • : ' Aiemale of very singularappearance i , made her entrance -urtheWcst-steet,Chicllester, - oh Thurs day 'afternoon; The whole •of he' dress was a flannel iitticbat, • fastened- round her neck, handkerchief tied rtintid her head, and a pair' f stockings. She was taken to the Swan Inn, and 7has•since been - planed under the care of the Guar diaiissof the Poor. The account she gives of her-. self is incnherent,-and many doubts are entertain ed of imposition. She is, or affects to be, insane. Her accentiS Scottish, 'and her person rather • tAw IlPtiEl4l,Y(;;tNt. - dOlfitT" OF KING'S :lAv. 27. .CAhSTP. 1 Ir. Xtftwrei. , The AirToßOt X-GENURAL thoved for a rule to Slicw cause whya crew trial should not be granted in. thWcatise, 'add' the Vei'dict tor the plain i tiff set aside. 'The actin bad been bicought On a policy of insurance against the defet'idant as under writer, for the loss of the ship Sir Simon Clarke, on her return from Jamaica. 'EMS ship was licensed to-s-2itil to Jamaica .wiihont conVoy', but was captured do her retuFn by an enemy's fri gate. When the policy WaS effected, it., was scat; ed., as appeared int evideke at the trial, that the ship would probably return with the Maytonvoy, which, however, turned out not to be the fact; and the ground upon which the rule was applied for was, that the olFner was instrumental and privy to her returning without convoy, contrary to the Act of Parliament. Of his privity and.instrumen tality no doubt could, exist, when it was consider ed that the owner's son was on board, and from the unlimitexl discretion which he had 'vested in the raptaiw.' Lord Kt.LEtlnsaitoucn said, that when a party was said:to be instrumental or privy to a transac tion, Ive must be understood to 'have been con sciously so. _ _ _ The ,ATTORNEY GENERAL said, that conscious privity and instrumentality should be inferred in tIPA case, where the son of the party was on board, where a peNOti appointed by the owner was em ,ployed. The fact was, that the owner, as it ap peared, had sent out two fas,t sailing ships, well tirmo„ CO take advantage of a foreign market, .and •return as speedily at possible. - The Court inquired whether Admirals on fo reign statigns bad . power from the Admiralty to grant licenses to ships to proceed without convoy ? Mr. JERVIS stated, that such a power was vested in the Admirals on foreign stations. The "Court, then decided, that under these cir cumstances, the ship must be supposed to have been returning without convoy, not by the con scious and illegal privity of the owner, but in the regular way.—Rule refused. . ARCHES-COLTItf; DOCTORS-COMMONS, JAM. 27. ADULTERY. REST V. JADY EMILY REST. • Thii was a proceeding for a divorce, at the in stance of Thomas Best, Esq. (the Gentleman by whom the late Lord Camelford was shot in a duel), Against Lady Emily Best, his wife, on the ground of adultery, alleged to have been..com mitted with Joseph Henry,, Esq. , It appeared 'front the evidence, than the parties were niarriett 'in Sept. 1804, and lived together from that time until the year 1807, .at Mr. Best's house, in Stratford-place. About that time, from the embarrassed state.of his nifairs, he was under the necessity of surrendering himself to the King's Bench, and having. Obtained the rules, he took up his residence in Temple-place, St. fields, Lady Emily remaining with her father, the Earl of Aldborongh, in Brook-strert,•Grosvenor square. From thence she accompanied him, and the Countess, her mother, to Ireland ; and, re turning in 1808, renewed her cohabitation with her husband in Temple-place. She Left him shortly afterwards, and eloped with Mr. Henry, passed the night at his lodgings, in Duke -street, Westminster, and the next morning ,they went together to the Pack-horse, Turnham-green, where they remained about three weeks ; they then removed to LOdge-park, Kildare, Ireland, the seat of Mr. Henry, where they continuer) un til his death in February 1810, constantly during this time passing as husband and wife. A.child, who was baptised as their's at Teddington, Mid dlesex, shortly after Lady EMily's return, . was the fruit of this connection. Mr. Best brought ' his action against Mr. Henry in the Court of King's Bench, who suf f ered the judgment to go by default, and iu January, 180, an inquisition was taken, and the damages assessed at 20001. Lady Emily's Counsel admitted 'that the adul tery was amply proved, and that upon an 'attentive consideration of the whole eiremnstances of the case, they did not see any sufficient ground to . resi s t the application for a divorce founded -upon tltem. Str JOHN Nrcnor.t. suggested, whether there was any satisfactory reason assigned for the lapse of.time (near five years) between the verdict at common law, and the cotnencement of the present suit, a circumstance which carried'with it a suspi cion of connivance an the part of the husband ? Lady Emily's 'Ciounsel replied; that that cir cumstance had occurred to them as the only ground of objection ;, but they were apprehensive it was sufficiently repelled by the proof of .Mr. Best's circumstances being such as to render it hnprobable he could possess the means of sustain- - ing the present suit at an earlier period. As, however, the circumstances seemed to be -consi dered.so ;important by the Court, their doubts bad revived.; And hey therefore, proceeded to con tend for the suspicion' of 'connivance, noticing • particularly, that it was to be inferred from the circumstances of Mr. Best's not appearing to have enforced payment of the damages, which, if he had, would have enabled him to have brought the suit in. due time. Sir JOHN NICROLL recapitulated the circum stances of the case, and observed, that upon the pr , ,of Of adultery there could he no doubt ; the Cpurt, however, 'expected something more than this from the complaining party : ,it expected an ample 'elucidation of his conduct, more or less, according to the' suspicion attaching to it ; and a forbearance from claiming his remedy for so long aperiotl as five years, required some further ex planation than a mere suggestion of embarrassed .circumstances: Such a forbearance raised a„stis picion of connivance, and that suspicion must be removed, . before the - husband could now fairly 'claim• his remedy. :He then entered into an exa ntination• of the facts. in proof, and of the bui band's conduct ; and was of opinion, that they rather tended to infer his privity to the elope ment and adultery complained particularly as there was cto a man otherwise circumstanced) s i n strong a motive.for seeking a divorce, as the birth of a spurions child, publicly recognised and'regis.- tered as such when ehr4teneti. As, hOweVer, the .1 i;ta'tteii iv - is YO I ll . tiAaVl( ll6 situation 'circhmstances such as to render it, possible 'that i l)'e might have been 'prevented 0 661 claiming his t'iniedy_SoenAr; the . Conit would Live hiM the opp6rtiMit'Y of eqlaining that fact, by re' of the eaute, to . enable him to do so by affidaVit ,14nt if lie declined doiag so, his 'only remedy would be by an appeal fro the deerision which this court woiila then feel to ,he its duty fo pronounce. . Leave wa's, therefOye,given until the next Court, for Mr. Best's Counsel to move for rescimi cause for this - purpose, if, upon :onsidei - atio:,, they thirik It Eithisabte to d SO. , • • . . WALKIIR Vr ' as a proceeding of divorce. institute:- Mary Walker the wife, of the parish of :ill-Saint` , in the city of Worcester, against . Charles ‘Valket; her husband . , on the ground of Arluik.ry, allege °, to have. been committed with Sarah No6icutt.l It appeared that Mr. Walker and Mrs. NorocuP had been living in a state of adultery befween and 30 years without any interference of the wife till the bringing this snit.--=-The Court was of opi nion that this amounted to an acquiescence on the part of the wife, and therefore it dismissed the snit' MOST MELANCHOLY EVENT. KELSO, JAN. 17.—1 t is this day — our painfol . ,duty to relate the following deplorable event , which took place ea•FTi on Sunday Morning, at Mr! .HENRY OLIPHANT'S farm of Eckf,itil. 7 --Allitt, threi o'clock a fire broke out in the du . re!lfiir' house, in which were Mrs. Oliphant, her soli , Mr. Henry Oliphant, and Mr. Adam Archibald of Sharplaw. , Before an alarm was given, anal the inmates were awakened, the bbsise was so •cunt' pletely on fire, that escape was rendered nenrlY impossible, and Mrs. .Oliphant, we lament to state, perished in the flames ! Mr. Archibald, bee nephew, who had got out wlth. tnitc. difficulty , eager to save his aunt, rushed again into building, and . almost instlintly perished ; and son, who, wounded and scorched, had made escape by a window, was prevented only by th e , forcible but humane interposition of th ose firoil o him from rushing after, and s!iaring the we lkin' choly fate of his mother and friend. The !loose was entirely,consumed, together with all its coir tents. The bodies in a state scarcely recognis3_,' ble, were with much diffi cu lty g o t o k i t 'course of the day. This event, from the respect' lability of the unfortunate sufferers, and the e s° teusive circle of their relatives and friends, I:0 produced 4 general feeling cif deep distress. Nei' ther the cause of. the tire, which was accident/lb nor the place where it first broke out, have beco accurately ascertained. SURREY SE'ScIONS. .Benjamin Rutty, was indicted for stealing quantity of linen from the premises of a poor %Ic a ' man, named Hudson, residing at Merton, 1 1 1 prisoner is only Menty-three yeari of age, al l has already served seven years on board the hulk s ' wanting only c sii months, which part of his se ll ; tense had been remitted; his seven years, 110_, ever, would ipi;;;; zy_uired on the day o n w hich I; was again tried awl Catrri c te,:, F) ,,. .Tain se tended to auotbei -seven years to the hulks/ After the Chairman, Mr. KEN RICK, had pr°' nounced the Sentence of the Court, the prison er addressed him as follows :—" My Lord, if I rnff" my escape from the hulks, which 1 shall do orl . within a month, I will b e th e d ea th o f t h a t 01 ' rascal, Tibbalds, (the 'constable of Tooting ‘v 1)(1 apprehended him), who deserves hanging 113 0 r than I do:' • . _ • The Worthy Chairman expressed his admiratO : at the prisoner's cando ur ; assur i ng hi m same time, good care shotdd be taken to prevo l his escape within the time lie mentioned. BIRTHS. • On the 15th inst. at K e lty, F or f ars hi re, the Lady oflll Hou.'Lienteuant-crdunel John Ramsay, of a daughter. 1 . On the . 23d inst. the Lady of Henry Abbott, o f Grot e buildings, Blackheath, °fa son. On Wednesday evening last, the Lady of Euranuef•Cobt n? Esq. of Nev tir,nut,stlert, of a son. On the iGth inst. at his h ouse , 39, W e lb ec k • street, 66, Lady of Thomas Blair, Esq. of a daughter. , . MARRIED. I re On Monday last, at St. Mary's, N e wi ng t o n,' M r . J o hn I, rity, late a Bristol, to Miss Ain Bodily, of Charrilig t4 ' street, May-fait. DIED. On the Bth inst. at. Leith, Lady Nicolsan, aged 77. Oh Sunday, the9th inst. at his lonise in Jubilee-place,C o 7„, sea, George Feagan, E s q. many years S ecoudiClerk in the eretary's Oilier, Chelsea Hospital. On the 14th inst. at the advanced age of 91, Anne, relict Robert Pretyman, Esq. of Wingfield Castle, So On the Itith inst. Lieutenant-Colonel White, of the - A l ' perary On Monday week, in the 99th year of her age, Plwrbe • phin, of Brailsford, Derbyshire. On the 12th inst. in Northumberiand.street, Captain Alexander H.:milton, late of the Und.Hilliart On the 20th inst. in the 731 year of his age, -the Bev'. p Duncan, late Minister of the Scots Church, Peter-street, C' ) den-square.. On Tuesday, the 11th Inst. Mr. T. W. Chambers, of ton Abbey, CaMbridgeshire. He expired i n hi s c h a ir returning frora Aruslaess. ;apparently its irtrtect lieairir 1 spirits. On the faith inst. at Greenock, Joint Esdaile, Esq. kit'' his Marsty's Castmus. On thcl7th inst. Captain William Bueban,• of the 10 r , Marines, youngest sun of the late John Buchan, Esq. of tharn. On Friday last, at 'his house in Quebec-street, Portiol," square, in his lath year, Ter ence G a h agan, E sq. l ate I'lo claw-General and President of the Medical Board at rtlatill o i On Saturday' last, at his house in Carmarthen-street, C° nel Au brey, brother of Sir John Auht ev, Batt. The same morning, alter a long and se ere affliction, l it 64th year of his age, John Blake, Esq. one of the Jura" .the Corporation, and Proprietor of the Maidstone Joirrn , d,'„o, Oh Sunday last, Mis s Cl ar k e , only daughter o f d i e Esine-Clarke, Esq. of Sadler'-Hall. On Monday last, at his house in New Kent-iv:4 i Ne"' l ton, Surrey, Mr. John Ashtield,a,, ,, tAl 83. Early on Wednesday morning last, at the house of his ,( , ) , 8 ) in-law, in Beruard-street, o f an apop l ect i c fi t, F ranc is 1241. of Spring-gardens:. 111.1(t OF. STOC. Bank Stock, 260 961 Nary :,per Cent. bsili Irish 5 per Colt. 4 pur Cent. 89ii3 3 per Cent. Red. 671 ii 3 per Cent. Cons.'66i . 67 66 Bank L. 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