The Sun. — London, England, 1801-12-17 00:00:00

zit EWA lEEE 3 e 1 '' EDITOR OF THE SUN. 4 4 ,P y THE SUN. 1101.1 M QVIS 01Ctitt TALSUM AUDLAT LONDON, DECEMBER 17, !Sot. and Cary tort. Aldermen—Sir R. C. Glyn and B. Watson. Sirs--H. Major, A. Hammond, W. , Dolben, and R. Ford n the - Morning iferahi of - this day, a 'pa - r-dvaph stating, that I had done wisely in not publi! . hing ro the world the account Of Thousands dcduaed by the Jury from the sum claimed by me for the Jewels on the 'Marriage of the Prince of Wales ; and such a paragraph being conceived by many of my friends to be inserted with a malicious vkw to, injure my reputation in the opinion of the Public, on whom I now depend for support : I here state the exaa sum for which my claim was made, to have beer 54,61 51. and the Verdid of the jury to have been for 50,9971. ; -Ds. being a diFierence of 3,6571. 101.—The sum for which the Verdict was given was, in the opinion of the Wit_ ne.sses examined, the lowest amountat which such a contrail could have been completed to any indivi dual in private life. Upon so public an occasion as the Marriage of the Prince of Wales, the price of every article wanted was increased to me in the purchase, in addi tion to which, there were the expences of Insurance, and .other charges of interest,. the contrad being completed on my part eat y. in the year 95, and the trial before Lord Kenyon not taking place till - February 96. The Jury considering the chance of loss to he at .an end by their decision, gave their verdid with the reelection of the sum mentioned, and I believe it was never insinuated, till by the paragraph in the Herald of this day, to have been a matter in any de gree refleaing upon my charaaer. Supposing, as I did, that I was co receive the amount awarded, I considered the decision of the Jury, to be both sa tisfaaory to my interest, and creditable to my re putation. The wisdom for which I am commended in the Herald, ,in keeping from the knowledge of the Public, the amount of the deductions made by the Jury, is a praise to which I am nor entitled, as I have, for a considerable time past, advertised in the Papers, that my Case, containing an accurate account of the whole transaction, with the deduaion of the jury, alluded to, might be had at my house by any' person sending for it, some thousands of which have been circulated ;. and the extraordinary interest ex cited in the minds of the Public on their perusal, is highly gratifying to me, as it clearly proves the opinion entertained by the world, of the great in juries I have sustained. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, N. JEFFERYS. Pali-Mt:l4 DCC. 16, ISO'. N.B. The Statement of the Account, with the Deanelions made from the Veraitt of the Jury, ac oompanied by explanatory Remarks, and a Letter to 6e Prince of Wales, by Mr. Jefferys, to be had (gratis), at his house, No. 38, Pall-Mall. Two Hanz%mrgh Mails remained due when our Paper was put to Press. ' Yc;,terday noon, rI g. MAJEsires and the Pt INCESSEa came to Town from Windscx. On their arrival at Buckingham_House, they were-visited by Their Royal Highnesses the DUKES of CAMBRIDGE and GLOUCESTER. The COLIDICS of CARDIGAN, and several of the Female Nobility, also visited HER MAJESTY. HIS MAJESTY, at one o'clock, held a Levee at St. James's Palace, which was numerously attended. The company consisted of His Grace the ARCH BISHOP ...%f CANTERBURY, the BiShOpS.Of LONDON and ROCHESTER, the Rev. Dr. 'RICE, the LORD CHANCELLOR, Mr. ADDINGTON, the Secretary at War (Mr. YokttE), the Danish, Imperial, Sardi. nian, American, Neapolitan, and i'ortugueze En voys, with the following Noblemen The Duke of Roxburgh. Earls—Sandwich, Chatham, Morton, Portsmouth, Bathurst, Fifcounts—Howe, Mountrorris, Bulkeiey; Sidney, Selsca, and S top tOrd Lords—Bayning, Northwick, Glenbervie, Home, Proby, W hitworth, Hobart, C. Spencer, and Pelham. Admirah —Nugent, Trowbridge, Pole, Sir H. Parker, Sir J. 0 rde, Berkeley, and A. Clarke. Commissioner Hartwell. Genera/s—Waltersdorff, Gordon, Adeane,Tortyn, and Meuron. Cdone/s—Vansittart, D'Oiley, Broderic, Glyn, And Langton. Captains—Markhatn and Hood. ,Messrs.----Wickham, MaLdor.ald, Windhain, Hall, Johnson, Hastings, b. York, Price, Talbot, C. Penn, Bond, and Tynte The Noblemen, &c,, introduced to His MAJESTY were, M. OTTO, Minister Pienipotenti.ary from the French Republic, who had his first audience to de liver his Credentials ; his Excellency was intro- ' duced by Sir S. .CUTTREL, as Master of the Cere -monies. The Minister came to Court in a neat chariot of a yellow colour, silver mouldings and ' head plates, with the initials L. G. O. signifying. Lieutenant General OrTo. He was attired in a coat of blue velvet, and rich embroidered satin wAstcoat. The liverymf his attendants is blue and gold. They wore .the National Cockade in their hats.--;-:;ornmandant llr .Rojo, by his Excellency , the Portugueze Ambassador ; Geneial WALTERs- DOAFF, by the amish Ambassador ; Mr. TALBOT, on being appointed Paymaster of His Masty's Household ; Mr. GRENVILLE PENN, on his aP perintment• as Under, Secretary of State to Lord Tic - i't A Mr.*BortD, on his arrival from abroad ; the Hon. .C. .ANKE,R., on his arrival from Copen_ Laaen. the Rini-s1) Ambassador; - Lord HomE,/ on his marringe,,by Lord STOEFORD ; Sir CHRis- • rormEß. BAYNEs,.Ban. • Mr. roan, now Sir RicuARD 'FORD, had the honour to kiss His MA j EST v's_hand on being ap_ Okt pointed Clict Magistrate of all the Police of West minster ; he was introduced by I ,rd PPLH Am, and His MAJESTY w:ls graciously pleased to confer on him the honour of Knighthood. After the Noblemen had withdrawn, His MA- I ESTY held a Council of his Ministers, when the Recorder of London attended with his Report of the Prisoners convided in November Sessions, when the following were ordered for execution on Wednesday next, viz. Thomas Scott Smith for forgery ; _John Potter for a rape on Ann Percey, an infant ; James Everett and Charles Everett for burglary ; and Thomas Gout for feloniously extorting money and various articles of furniture and apparel from Samuel Biggs. • After which the Cabinet Ministers had conferences with the K!:rc. ME. CHARLES YORKE, as Secretary at War, laid before His MA) ESTI Minutes and Returns of the Army ; and at half past four His MAI EsTY re turned to Buckingh:lm-House. THEIR MAJESTIES and PRINCESSES honour Co vent-Garden Theatre to-morrow with their pre sence. Mr. ADDINGTOICT gave a grand Dinner yester day, at his house in Downing -street, to all the Cabinet Ministers in Town. The Lords of the Treasury have approved a plan proposed by the Postmasters-General, to guard such of the principal Mails of the kingdom which are conveyed on horseback by night. This is in all respeas a national and important measure, and has been long and anxiously desired by the Public It was on the evening of the 7th instant, that the first observations were made by the Officers of several ships of the Squadron in Bantry Bay, and that indications became evidently certain of some intended and approaching aft of mutiny.— On the morning of the loth, a Seaman on board the Temeraire, Rear-Admiral the Hon. GEORGE CAMPBELL, misbehaving himself extremely, and with circumstances of daring impudence, towards one of the Lieutenants, received a flogging, - and was put in irons. Soon after this occurrence, appearances of revolt were for some time very visible ❑pon the forecastle, until at length a general cry was set up of " rescue the man in irons," and attempts were made to en force their threat. The Rear-Admiral, with undaunted resolution and presence of mind, ordered the hatches to be closed down immediately ; and being seconded with no less intrepidity by Captain EV I, ES, and all his Officers, supported by the Marines, who have done honour to. themselves, and a glorious example to their Corps upon this occasion, he rushed into the middle of t!t: mutineers and brought out their ringleaders prisoners from amongst them. They were immediately sent oft in irons to the flag-ship of Admiral MITCHELL, in order to be tried, and to receive the punish ment due to the crime . iaost unworthy of British Sailors. We have Lken every fair occasion to state to their Country, the signal and gallant services of the Corps of Marines during the. late War, bo:n On ship-tward and on shore. It will, we doubt not be acknowledged, that any panegyric which can be offered falls tar short of their deserts. To t!!e merit of distinguished valour, they add that of striEt dis cipline anti zealous subordination. Untainted in the midst of Mutiny, they have ever sheen them selves as ready . tc sacrifice their lives in the sup_ port of proper discipline, as for the advancement of their Country's interest and glory. The 3d Foot Guards landed at Fort Monkton on Tuesday morning from the Ditiator and Lt/Ica-We, and marched into Barracks at Gosport. • General COOTE and Colonel joHNsToN also landed from the Inflexible. The :fed Regiment was to land from the Resource yesterday , morning. Colonel STEWART, with one Company, landed on Tuesday evening. WILLIAM BAGWELL, Esq. Colonel of the Tip_ perary Militia, his been unanimously elthed a Member to serve in Parliament for the City of Cashel. Yesterday the Committee of Control over the Coal and Corn Comthittee met in the Exchequer Coutt, Guildhall, at twelve o'clock, and proceeded to the elation, by ballot, of eight .Deputy Corn meters ; and after the Petitions of upward , . of forty persons had been read, the following perslls were elated, viz. Edward Bott, Peter Foui..fr, fames 'Marshall, John Minttsil, William Hooper, • William Eii:ver, William Hill, John Wilcox. The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR :.rdered a Court of Aldermen to be summoneci, to meet at Guildhall to-morrow; at twelve o'clock, to swear into Office HENRY WOODTLIORPk, Esq. Town- Clerk; THOMAS SHELTON, Esq. Clerk of the Peace and Register of - the Lord Mayor's Court and Messrs. JAcks and HARPER, Coal-Meters in Trust for this City, Mr. GRIFFITHS having de clined accepting the Office, and on other,business. The late Marchioness - of ANTRIM was daughter of HARVY .MOR RES, fitv Lord Viscount MOUNT MORR ES, and was fitst married to ARTHUR TRE VOR, Esq. by whom she had one son, now Lord Viscount DUNGANNON. After Mr. TREVOR'S de cease she married RANDALL, late Marquis of AN TRIM, by whom she had three daughters, one of whom died early ; the eldest surviving child, the Countess of ANTRIM in her Own right;married Sir H. V. 'FEWEST, and was created a Marchioness ; the youngest, Lady CHARLOTTE, iS married to Lord MARK KERR, son of the Marquis of LOTH lAN, and Captain in the Royal Navy. The deceased Marchioness, was an amiable. woman and a good Christian : by her death her tenants and servants experience a very severe loss. The Dublin Mail of yesterday, brought intel ligence that the following State Prisoners were liberated laSt week-:—Colonel Blacksvell, one of the Officers in the French service, taken with Nap pe'r Tandj, lJha Golding, and Matthesu Larken. I. West, Purser of •His Majesty's Ship Syriac, yesterday stood in the Pillory opposite' the Admi rally, for defrauding Government 9i VAriolls sums of mon;;y. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, DEC. rg. ARRIVED the Fisgard, of 44. guns, Capt. M. SEymoutt, from Bantry Bay, with Dispatches, which were forwarded immediately to the Com mander in Chief at Torbay. Sailed the Dedaigneuse, and /mmorta/ite Frigates, for Torbay ; from whence the Amelia Frigate ar rived this morning. Came into Harbo'ur the Cljde and Lapwing Fri crates. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. i 6. SAILED His Majesty's Ships Dire and L'O;seau, to the Westward. Also this morning, about half of the Outward. bound Ships which put back yesterday by contrary winds, sailed again with the wind N. by E. The Thames, DOUGLAS, and the Comet, MUlt-' cHiNsoN, ran foul of each other; the latter lost her mizen.mast, quarter stove in, and her stari. tions carried away. . . YARMOUTH, DEC. 16. THE Ruby, SHARP, from Petersburgh, bound to London, with iron and hemp, is put in leaky, having been on the Gabbard Sand. Her cargo must be taken out in order to her being repaired. Arrived the Ann, GAIiSON, from London, with oil-cakes ; Apollo, CuLLlNoti.v,t, from London, in ballast ; Lively, NUTTRESS, and Mary, HEATH, from Scotland, with herrings ; and Susanna, MILES, from London, with goods. DEAL, DEC. i 6. CAME down at - 0 sailed to the Westward, the Nar. cissus Frigate. EAST INDIA HOUSE. YESTERDAY a General Court was held at the East India House : previous to the Chairman put ting the Question, which was to declare a Dividend of 51 per Cent for the last half year, Mr. HENCHMAN stated, that a report had been for .;orne time in circulation of the Direaors being about to increase their Capital. He had always opposed such an idea, and was confident that in the present situation of the Company, such an in_ crease would tend to decreas.: the Dividend. He had left with the Secretary, last week, a Paper con. tai ng some Pr.-,?lsitions for lessening the Indian Debt ; he would read it, if agreeable ; it contained but very few items. The Chairman (Mr. MILLS) said, that with re sped to the increase of Capital, !Jo such measure. had come within the contetnpla in of the Court, nor was he inclined to' think an; such step would be necessary. Mr. HENCHMAN then read the contents of his plan, as follows : PROPOSITION For the more speedy Transfer of the East India Company's Debts i❑ India to c; /cat Britab, tot the Assistance •): the Finances of that Country, art the Reduction ot the Charge of Indian Interest. • I To establish a Fund at the India-House, - bearing. S per Cent. per Ann. interest, payable- half-yearly, and trans ferable by transfer hooks. 11. To this Fund all persons in India may subscribe Com pany's ponds, or other Paper in circulation, at a certain e x c hange to be fixed. Ili. As the C:.rnpany's Paper in India has.different.valuc in the Markets in India, according to the tenor and rate of Interest, proper consideration to be paid to those eirettrn. stances. IV. That the Governor General in Council have power to adjust the rate of Exchange. V; Thai the rate of Exchange be, in the first instance, only settle.' ;or three or six months; that, by the result of the trial, ft niay -be either increased or decreased, as may be found expedient. VI. That trausrer Certificates shall be granted to those who subscribe, which shall bear 5 'per cent. per ann. interest from the day of their late, payable at the India-House. VII.. That, o.e produdion of any such' transfer Certificate to c ;he proper Offices at the India House, an entry of so :au6t Stock 'shall he made accordingi), in the transfer books, in the namc'of the party. V; 11. That such Stock shall be transferable at the Office, in the si , ,ne manner a 5 is usual with other public funds. IX. That the Company shall be bound not to pay off'this Stock for years, and to give_ years notice whenever they may be inclined to pay - it off after that period. X. That the Territorial Revenue of India, as •vvll as the East India Company, shall be answerable for this Fund. XI. That the Plan shall be published in England, and per sons here be invited ,to subscribe to the Fund. All such Subscriptions being paid at the India-House, and faithfully invested by the Court of Directors in dollars, and sent to Lila to be applied towards the liquidation of the COM pany's debts, and nothing else. In such cases the parties would have their names entered on the books here =me- diately upon paying their Subscriptions. XII. That private persons in England shall be allowed to send out silver on the Company's ships, freight free, for the purpose of subscribing to this Fund in India. XIII. That a bonus, if necessary, may be given to persons in Europe that will subscribe : and that a preference may be given to the Proprietors of East India Stock. The amount of these Subscriptions may be limited, and the instalments made easy. The CHA I RMAN wished it to be understood that 'he had already turned in his mind the subjea of reducing the Debt in India - , and should certainly bring forward his ideas to the Proprietors before he quitted the Chair. LOSS OF THE KENT. At the desire of Messrs. CHISHOL ME and IMP F. Y, several papers were read relative to this unfortunate capture, and after a long debate, in which those Gentlemen,. with Messrs. Johnstoße, Cotton, a Proprietor, Williams the D►redor, Mr. Durant, Henchman, Sir William Bensley, Mr, Twining, Capt. Seally, Sir Hugh Inglis, and the Chairman, took an alive parti the decision of this . question was referred to a ballot on the t+th of January next. TRIUMPTIS 1:(: EGYPT. Messrs. MoORE and PRINSFP proposed four se' ,pirate votes of Thanks to the Navy and Army iR Egypt. In the course of Mr. MOOR E's speech on this subje6t, he took occasion to state, that he had pre pared a fifth Resolution, giving due praise •and thanks, to the British Merchants licensed to r eside . in India, for the many splendid proofs they had . evinced of their Loyalty to their KING, and un. remitted attachment and services to the East India Company. The CHAIRMAN having declared, tha: though K had the highest respect for that description of per.• sons in India, he did not feel himself prepared for such a Motion at present. Mr. MOOR E withdrew iyandthe other Motions were carried unapimously. PRIVATE TRADE. Mr. ROCK rose, with extreme reldlance, at that late him., to say a few words respelling Private Trade. He wished to . know what steps the Court had taken, since the Resolution of that Court is July last ? The CHAIRMAN observed, that the Court had taken several steps, but had come to no final der' Mr. HENCHMAN wished to know, \ if these steps were contrary to the honour of that Court's Re solutions. The thing was Q 0 secret; an intercourse had taken place between the Direaors and Board of Control. Propositions from the Court to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, had "been stated ii' Parliament since July. Was it possible that nothing could be explained to the Court ? He was obliged 'to the Hon. Gentleman, Mr. Rock, who had asked the question. The CHAIRMAN thought Mr. HENCHMAN'S comments made much at random :—certainly some thing had been done, but no Order had been given to India. The Papers should be read. The Di reaors had done nothing to be ashamed of. Lord KINNAIRD deprecated the idea of reading Papers of such consequence at so late an hour. Mr. Rock Said, he had brought forward his question on the purest motives ; surely it was not too much to ask if the Court meant to at upon a principle which they had stated to be wrong Mr. DURANT moved to adjourn. Lord KINNAIRD explained, and paid great co!U pliments to Sir W. Pulteney, as well as elegant eulogiums on Mr. Henchman's ptinted produftion. Mr. CHISHOLME , wished all the Papers to be laid upon the Table for the inspedion of the Proprietors. The CHAIRMAN ,said, he did not wish to keep the Proprietors in the dark, the Papers should cer. tainly be ready for inspeaion, Mr. TWINING said he should forward the objeel he had in view, agreeably to his own ideas, cer tainly not according to the advice of his respeEle)le friend, Mr. Henchman, with whom on this subjet 3 he materially differed. • Mr. IMPEY contended, that every Proprietor ha'l a right to inquire into proceedings of a public N. ture. Lord Kinnaird had formerly lent his n aive to a Paper requiring inforination—Was the Noble pnecession of any new lights ?--If so, s 6 l ' would have been but kirk to have communicate with his 'quondam friends. It should seem` its g` that side of the Court had lost their General; bur he trusted that, like Gen,. Arnold of old, he w ou ld not be able to carry any Troops with him. The unani,-, mity of the Aireetion had in that Court been strongly dwelt upon. In the House of Commons Mr. pundit; had positively denied the £lll. He knew there warg difference, and thole than a . shade: The highest cha' rafter, Mr. David Scott, had been actually driven from the Chair, in consequence of having totallf protested against their proceedings. With the a' ception of Mr. Tierney, not one member of the Di'. reclion had suported the Directors. The Chan' celior of the Exchequer, particular, had con' fessed, that the necessary fazility to the British merchants had not been given. The CHAIRMAN spoke to order—He said, it was not candid in the Learned Gentleman, after he 1 10 ' been told, that Papers should not be with.held, sift out information like a Chancery Fishing The Directors had met with able *supporters i a Parliament, and he trusted they ever would, while they acted uprightly. Mr. 11. ,. .?cx declared himself perfect ly sa tisfied with the Chairman's pledge, that the Papers shou , be produced. COLLEGE AT CALCUTTA. Lord KINNAIRD said, that he had heard the Di' redors were framing some orders respeding College at Calcutta, he should be glad to know o ' 6 result of their deliberations. The CHAIRMAN replied, that the doliberatio lls of the Courr had not yet come to a conclusion. Mr. HINCHMAN observed, that Lord Kinov r A seemed in every instance to have the whip.hana information. The CHAIRMAN hoped that the Hon. Gentleill would not be jealous, since in general no one more information than himself. The Court then adjourned at four o'clock sift( A few days ago, the two Vessels which fre t on purpose prepared to carry the Transports fr ° , 4 Cork, sailed from thence with their precious Ca ll e; for Botany Bay. Much sickness had been eg rienced among them,. and about fifteeni we until; stand, have died. Great 'was .sheirn til e , f by order of Government, in providing' them w i n , clean clothes to prevent the spreading of infeo and medical aid. Sir Henry Hayes was an 3° ?,g them, and bore with the misfortune he had brouglie upon himself with tolerable resignation, u ntil t : , moment that they were about to sail, an d the pi lo t boat was taking leave, which is always done Wi t , r) cheer, wishing a good voyage—then being t i ro deck, he butst into tears, and ran down befo g ease the pangs of his adversity. Several Prisoners having, under the late Ru s .d s o Government, been sent to Siberia, under netit. i el names, the Emperor, who wishes to . restore °l eo , to liberty, has sent for Coant PAHLEN to P e i ! f ro burgh , to give more particular information Wit h spat to the banishment of these persons. w - _ _.-~`~ I.: N o t 11 1 Atimi Portionec t tle Peop who wea Prln6p a i i n knight c t he if it b e it is cow The stew °n the (II clear of wishes ( from son qissions gard e d 2 du ty, an are come variance Avhen he as at v, l ng, he 14 .ge gra isivenes •lined, 1 lj us tice ferried, c ftriEtion t he ikti We sr ~when ar "nt stret the wor' t `l°Libted, oes. —n rni Plitt on t he subjt " Th Were fed t ot dent c armers 10 1 1 11 uc f t`ty of r istillet --it IS tri es, at , o the D ti nfit for It b ety grc ounties z a beyo It, or tc 11116tion " As Di ed a Derience S heet t he thw Proof. the won t he opus Nistry, it 'tet goL " Ur 14 the ei lb belie' - 1 1 tu t, Nv• Ith lii 10 be w arty y( 1 , 414 s fury got " Writ is to chase iv 11 q t,, t r r r it It e lt the stop ot east e Pool occasion s tance), 11 le add, i re t, t he mini s orrows 11 31 es, a 41 a to , u randy " a i.' ec t peasure 4 t Is too the I BAIL A