The Sun. — London, England, 1804-06-04 00:00:00

THE POOR's RATE. A printed Abstraa of the Returns made under the Aft for procuring Returns re l at iv e to t h e Ex 'pence and Maintenance of the Poor in England and Wales, up to the 9th - of May, ISo4, so far as the Returns hive bcen transmitted, has been laid on the Table of the House of Commons, by which it appears that the Total Money raised by the Poor's Rate, and C. 4. d. other Rate or hates, within the Year, end ing 1803, was Y)f Which sum was expended in Houses of industry and Workhouses, in England, for Maintenance of the Z. s. d. . l'oJr - - - 99 2,0 4 3 ei titso out of Workhouses 2,819,539 IS 8 In Suits of Law, Removal of Paupels, Expellees of Overseers, and other Offi cers - xpended for other purposes, as Church Rate, County Rate; Highways, Ace. 419i 2 ,4 2-1 1 4 lii 18 7,9 0 4 To 3 9:0 ,6 5 2 4 5i ....-------- 4,93 I ,206 16 5i Total Rates raised in Vales, in 1803, - - 1 7 6 ,424 18 B.} t which was exile. ded in Workhouses, - - 6,ai2 15 2 Out of Workhouses, - - 130,669 2 91 In Law and Removal of Paupers, 5,9ir 2 101 -------------- 142,841 o To Tito total Ex?enditure in' Eng land and Wales, as made up from 13,889 Returns receiv ed, - - - - 5,128,846 , 3 7 1 Estimated Deficiency from 707 Returns, not received or im crfeet, - - Grand expelled total, - 117,660 o 0 ------i,246,506 13 71 Ti: number of Persons relieved permanently, (in cluding Children), in Workhouses in England and Wales, from Returns received, and estimated De ficiency from those nth received - - - 50,492 Ditto ditto out of Workhouses - 329,729 Ditto, ditto, relieved occasionally - 299,823 Number of Friendly Societies, containing 832,0c0 Members - - 9 , 397 Number of Children in Schools of Industry - 20,703 The average sum levied for the Poor's Rate in England, is 4.5. 6d. in the pound. In Wales, 7s. 3d. in the pound. It appears by the average of each County, that Sussex and Monmouth pay the highest rate ; the first paying Bs. Bd. in the pound, the latter St. 6d. The two lowest Counties are Northumberland, which pays Is. Sid.; and Durham, which averages ts. sfd. in the pound. CURIOUS TRIAL. (PROM 191YRNAL DES TR IBTINATTX.) IostACQUFS NOTTI ER, an invalid, aged zs, having his right leg in the service of the Republic, ap. geared on the 16th Ventose, before the Criminal Tribunal of the Department of the Seine, accused of having married within these last eight months, three different women, Maria Dabaud, Maria Ber. :rand, arid Louisa Perrani, who were all present, iledi-PRged their 3its of marriage, before the td, 4th, an 4isCiet of -Paris. During .the trial it came uti that th Prisoner had made It for years a regular piatlice to blrryenew. wife wherever he went with his regiment ; and to the knowledge of his own brother he had atraody .eourteen French wives alive, be:rides oae ItAtn, one Swiss, and two Dutch women, who hash been married 'to him in those Countries where .in, Garrison, .or encamped there. Before he was -eighteen, he had been di vorced, according to the laws of the. Republic, from five wives, not included In the above number, by whom he had six children ; and the three wives now before the Tribunal all declared themselves to be in a state of pregnancy by him. Being asked by the Public Accuser if he many children with the other women not present, though known ; to ,be married to him he-answered very coolly, " J had at least one with each cabman, and I believe that have as many children alive as I can count years." He offered to give the names and places of resi dence of as many wives as he could remember to have married ; and gave in the names of eleven in eleven different Departments. To gain time to in quire after these women, the Commissary of Go. vernment proposed, and the Tribunal consented, to put off this trial until the 6th of Germinal, on which day, eight of those women, each with a chill, came before the Tribunal, and identified their faith less husband ; - who had the impudence to• declare, that if he had been a Grand Sultan, he should have kept them all in his Seraglio, as he loved them all with the same affe6tion. After a trial of three hours, he was found guilty of Bigamy, and con demned to be punished with a fortnight's imprison. ment, and to regard Anna Varnis, whom he had married nine years ago, as his only wife, - To this he refused to assent, saying, that instead of punish ment, he deserved a reward ; and that many persons had been made Members of the Legion of Honour for less patriotic deeds than his, and that he intend cd to petition to the First Consul for ohtaiaing per inission to chuse his own wife among his own wives. The galleries were unusually crowded by fatilifin, able Ladies ; among whom were counted, Mack moiselles Contat and Tvlezairais, wiApinirot4t, ft; st.rate Aaresses. Yesterday afternoon a young lad, about 14 years age, bathing near the Albion Mills, got out of iris depth, and went down. Another lad, something Aler than him, went to his assistance.' He was olile to swim well, but the clinging of the first boy to him, brought them both under the water. In a ,hors time atter that the first lad appeared above the. burface of the water, on the back of him who had bone to his assistance, and called out for help.— Übe lad that had the other on his back then felt his own life in danger, and disentangled himself. The other then fell, and was drowned. The body vi as searched for for some time in vain, Yesterday morning, about seven o'clock, a man bAthing in the Serpentine River was suddenly taken with the cram;, and was unfortunately drowned be fore any assistance could be given him. A num b L-r of men were employed in two boats dragging .1 , r the body during the day, but without success. LONDON : Printed by BUCHANAN m,MILLAN. (of - Bow-Street, Covent-Garden); and I.) . uhlist icfl by WI t - ..: AM AS IS IC SR SCRIPPS, (ot South 1%401t0n-sty:et, Cio , vellor-t-titi , fe); At the Sini.OFFica, No. Sfravi ; where. ifive . rtisericvs, Order : tsca the Vi l P'rt Letter; tor the Ed;tor o &C. 0 . 011-parel), rT.);.O;. tilt FRENCH ARMIES. The first Military Division of the French Army is commanded by General MURAT, the Governor of Paris, where the head-quarters are. It consists of sixteen Battalions of Infantry, two of Artillery, and thirty Squadrons of Dragoons, Chasseurs, and Hus_ sars, making in the whole 4.5,000 men. The Park of Artillery at and near Paris, contains eighty-two pieces of artillery. of different calibres, ready to be transported at a moment's notice, either towards the Coast, or towards, the Rhine. At Amiens, and in its neighbourhood, are en camped forty Squadrons of Dragoons, making the first Division of Dragoons, attached to the Army of England, under the command of KLEIN, General of Div ision. At and near Compiegne are encamped forty. four Squadrons of Dragoons, comprising the second Di vision of Dragoons, under the command of BARRA. GU AY D'HI LLIERS, General of Division, attached to the Army of England. At and Lear Montreuil is encamped one Division of the Army of E-gland . , under the command of General NEY, consisting of fourteen Regiments of Infantry, two Cavalry, two Chasseurs, and four Battalions of Artillery and of Sapeurs. The Palk of, Artillery contains thirty-six pieces of light 12- pounders,'and twelve 24.-pluoders. The Camp at St. Omer, under the command of General S , ULT, consists of twenty Regiments of In fantry, six of Cavalry, two of Dragoons, two of Light Artillery and two Battalions of Foot Artil lery, making in the whole 32,000 men, with a Park of sixty-six pieces of Cannon. To this Camp are besides attached, under the command of the General of Division, BOUR CI ER, twenty-four Squadrons of Chasseurs on horseback,_ and of Hussars, called a Division of the Army of R . verve. They are encamped three leagues from Si. Omer, on the side of Cassel. At and near Arras are encamped, under the com mand of General JUNoT, twelve Battalions of pick. ed Grenadiers, as a Corps de Reserve. The Camp of Bruges, under the command of Ge. octal DAvoubr, contains fifteen Regiments of In fantry, three of Cavalry, five Dragoons, two Hus sars, and two Regiments of Artillery, with a Park of fifty pieces of heavy Artillery. The Camps near Ostend—The first Division, tin der the command of the General of Division, OUDI. NOT, head.quarters Schlikens, is composed of five Regiments of Infantry, one Battalion of Foot Ar tillery, and one Regiment of Flying Artillery.— The second Division of the Camp near Ostend is under the command of General Fit TANI., and con. tains five Regiments of Infantry, one Battalion of Foot Artillery, and one Regiment of Flying Artil lery.—The Camp near Dunkirk contains, under the command of General DURUTTE, twelve Battalions, comprising the third Division of Reserve attached to the Camp near St. Omer.—The Garrison at Dun. kirk Consists of six thousand men, Infantry, two thousand Cavalry and Dragoons, and three hundred Artillerymen. -Their Commander is LA BRETON. MERE. r - At Calais are quartered five thousand tstenitdif. ferent Armies ; at Boulogne twelve hundred ; and on the Coast, from Calais to Boulogne, are encamp. ed ten thousand meg, All these Troops are under the command of General SOULT. These Troops do 'not include the Crews belonging to the National Flotilla, of which Admiral BRUIX is the Commun_ der in Chief. Admiral VERHEUL comrmtnds the Centre, CHARLES EvEQuE the Right, and Bowl_ PARR the Left. The Troops-encamped in the Isle of Waicheren, .under the command of General MotitgET, consist of ten Regiments of Infantry, one of Dragoons, three Battalions of Heavy Artillery, and one Regiment of Flying Artillery. The Camps at and near Utrecht contain ten Regi ments of Infantry, French Troops, and three Regi ments of Infantry, Dutch Troops ; one French Re giment of Cuirassiers, six Squadrons of French Dra goons or Hussars, one Regiment of Dutch Cavalry, and four Battalions of French Artillerymen ; with a Park of forty pieces of Cannon, heavy Artillery, besides twenty-five pieces of light Artillery. The Camp near Brest contains twelve Regiments of Infantry, three of Cavalry, nine Squadrons of Dragoons or Hussars, three Battalions of Artillery, with a Park of sixty pieces of Cannon. Attc a- R EAU is the Commander in Chief. Three hundred British Subjeds constitute there his Coos des Guides. The Fleet at Brest continues under the command of Admiral TRUGUET, and CAFFARELL I is the Ma. ritime Prefeft of that Town. The Fleet at Isle d'Aix continues under the command of AdAral VILLENEUVE. At Rochefort, Admiral. IVIA2.TI N is the Commander. The Troops encamped in and near La Vendee are commanded byGenerals Gouv lON and La GRANGE and consist of eight Regiments of Infantry, nwstly veterans, and five Squadrons of Light Troops, be. sides five hundred Gen, d'Armcs d'Elite. The head. quarters are at Saintes. The Troops everywhere are regularly mid, and though they (TO tint speak ‘sr:fX. die same boasting confidence of the conquest of England as last year. Even wishes of Peace are heard in their Camps. Some Frenchmen, immediately before the War, were talking in Paris of the advantages which they had over the English, in the number of Ports they possessed.—After enumerating their Ports in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, one of them said, " we have in the Climate!, Brest, nearly opposite to Plymouth ; we shall soon have Cherbourg op posite Portsmouth; and we shall also soon have Dun kirk opposite the Dawns."—" Very well, Gentle men," said an Englisman who -was prese,nt, " the more Ports you have in the Channel the better, be cause when we want Man of War or two we shall not have far to fetch them." ,Moles may be completely expelled from their 3ubterraneous haunts, by the introduction of a few heads of garlick, to the smell of which they have an utter aversion. It may likewise be employed with success against grubs and snails. Ai; APIA; BY tile late accounts from India, we le, - .rn that the increasing sea of the \Vahabces in Arabia, un der their bold and aspiring leader, have plundered the so touch venerated shrines of Mecca and Me dina, and carried off the immense treasures which they were supposed to contain. It is said, that during this outrage, they shelved sonic respen to Tomb of Mahomet, whom they aiiowi;d :u have been a good man though a false prophet. The following particulars of the progress of this sed will be found very interesting : WAHABFES. The career of this aspiring sectary has been equally audacious and successful. The destruetion of the magnificent Sepulchre of Houssein, the Martyr, occurred in April 18oz. In tracing the subsequent progress of the \Vahabees, we find that in February following, their forces, under the command of the eldest son of Abdul Aziz, the Wahabee Sheik of Nagged, after several obstinate conflicts with those of the Zeriffe of Mecca, in which the former expe rienced considerable losses, invested Tail. The Ze. rifle, finding himself closely pressed, and that his mansions at Tail were a prey to the flames, retreat ed to Mecca, incrusting to his brother Abdul fvloien the defence of the termer place. Faithless, however, to his trust, Abdul Moein immediately deserted to the \Vahabees, and decided their success against Tail. Exasperated by the resistance they had met with, they ransacked this beautiful city, and, putting its inhabitants to the sword, without respect to age or sex, reduced it to a heap of ruins ; having re course even to manual labour to demolish what flames could nor consume. Not satisfied - with this work of destruCtion, they next wreaked their vengeance on the celebrated gardens in the vicinity, and destroying every tree and shrub, converted this once fertile region into an absolute desert. Their booty here is reported to' have Been im mense ; a considerable portion of the Zeriffes' tea_ sure falling into their hands. On the 28th of the same month, their army, ac companied by Abdul Muien, having advanced with in a few miles of Mecca, the Zeriffe, in the course of the night, leaving his house in fl.trn,es,. fled to Judda ; when, on the following morning.they entee ed the sacred city without opposition. - Theirap proach to Mecca was so unexpeited and sudden, that' they intercepted a great number of Pilgrim's-who had not time to escape, all of whom were prohibit S . from leaving the place. The first,objen that now occupied the Wahabees„, was to extinguish the fire in the Zeriffe's house, which they soon accomplished. They next rewarded the treachery of Abdul Moien, placing the keys ,of the Ca..lw. ao,l toe 3overeign - Power in his hands. Having promised the inhabi tants proteClion in 'heir persons and property, in case of non-resistance, they proved themselves faith ful to their pledge ;: except in a few instances, they, however, spewed no. mercy .on the•Lombs of descend_ . ants of the Prophets and other ,aints ; all hands ' ingcompelled to assist in theirllestruftion ; in a shoit space of time, upwards of thirty of them, the proud ornaments of Mecca, became levelled to the ground ;, and so arde n t wa s t he ze-al :Of the depredators, that many of them were buried in the ruins. Seve ral places within the_ railing _surrounding the Caaba, met with the same fate ; such as the places, of the Hanafies, the Shafies, the Hanibalies, and the Malakies. The Tomb of Ismael was also stripped of its cover of golden cloth, which was thrown on the top of the Caaba. Every one was forced to deliver up his beads, and to burn his Hooka, but the metal of the latter was returned ; ccffee was prohibited, and all the coffee-houses - pulled down. Having satiated their vengeance, and arranged mat ters at Mecca, and leaving the ZerifFe's brother to rule the-city, the Wahabees, on the 15th May ad. vanced to Judda with about 6000 men, on which they made a desperate attack ; the Zeriffe, how ever, having prepared for their reception, by landing cannon from the ships in the roads, and burning the suburbs, that it might. not afford them cover, they, were here repulsed ; not discouraged by one ad verse event, their attack was persevered in, and frequently renewed without success. They, how ever, reduced JudJa to the greatest distress, from being in a great mea'ure in command of all their supplies and particularly the most essential one, water. The Zeriffe, and principal people of Judda, despairing of completely repelling the invaders, had, as the last alternative, recourse to negotiation, and succeeded-in purchasing a truce for the sum of ace lac and thirty thousand dollars ! ! ! when. the Waha. bees returned to Mecca. In• Yemen, their success has not been so r470; : a l which is attributed to the imp;:litic conduel of the Zeriffe of AbthArish, who had not been long mas. ter of Loheia,, before, in violation of his promise to respe& the property of those who surrendered with, out resistance, he imprisoned all the Banyan grid Mohammedan merchants of the place, keeping them on dates and water, till from the former be exaded the sum of seven thousand, and from the latter five thousand dollars. Whilst the other inhabitants were robbed of every thing they possessed, even to the doors and windows of their houses, - which were carried to Abu.Arish. From the surrender of Loheia, about the end of February, the fOrces of the Zn - iffe of Abu-Arish were employed in pillaging and reducing the coun-. try between that place and fixlieda till the zest April, when fifteen hundred of them appeared be fore the latter town, taking possession of the wells from which it is supplied with the only water fir for drinking ; during the night, parties skirmished about the town, and on the zzd, the wile attacked it, but were repulsed ; they then 'retired to some distance, and dispatched parties of horse to pillage the country round Beetul-Fakeh and Zibid ; both of which towns have, since that time, been in little better than a state of sirge. (Tv be continued. ) The 111ercnu, from Cork, is arrived at Barba does ; parted with t;.e Mermaid Frigate, and her c o nvoy, from Cork, bound to the West Indies, in a fog• THE THERIIIOIIIBTEIi. R. ON THE 115 E OE THE THERNi(IMETiIt. Ir N A ' 'IION, TENDING TO ritUvu. THAT THE CH Ar4- IN THE THERMIMETEK AI,WATS INDIC ATES 4".4. APPROACH TO LAND. (Fr,OM TRANSACTIONS or 'flit AlklrltrCAN CAI. SOCIETY, COL. v.) Oar the 22,1 of August, late in the evening, the fell in temperature four degrees to 6+; f": next day at noon having fallen to 62, and s uspeet''' s that «e might be in soundings, though no alter• tion had taken place in the colour of the water , induced the Captain to sound, but no bottom w a !, found at 140 fathotn ; on the 24th it will appear 17 the.chart to have fallen to SS, and on the 25( 1 ' !() 56, about which time we were undoubtedly on (pet, or False Bank, and on the 26111 having fall er ', to 5 1 at eight A. M. and assumed a green cast, A was desirous of sounding again, but in co nsequene. l e of the ill success attending our former :attempt, and • • not yet placing any reliance on the thermometer, Ole Captain was unwilling to lose time in soundings supposing that we were only approaching Jaquet of False Bank ; but the next day having spoke a bank. er, he informed us that we were on the Grand Banks and that Cape Race bore W.N.W. 150 tntles.• Upon sounding at noon we struck the ground at 3/ fathoms. - Here set me remark, that our reckoning • as shewn on the chart has been well kept, and Oa!, the thermometer has with great precision indic ate d ° our situation; on the zest at noon in a suppose branch of the Gulf Stream approaching? Jaquet Bank, and at no great distance from it, 69 . . still nearer 62°.-24th, en the edge Of to t , bank 53 9 .-25th,..0n Jaquet Bank 56 9 .-240 1 the Grand Bank 52°.—Thus at this season of t" year is there adifference of 20 degrees of the OW; mometer between the water on the bank, and in ~ , ( ! 1 same latitude in the ocean, not f a r to the east of Our Captain, a sensible and observing ma'' , , d well as very experienced mariner, s t r uck with e regular gradation of the thermometer on th e 1 / '; proach of the bank, and convinced of its 1 ` 3 •",;,' pointed it out l ong b e f or e h e h a d suspetled his rival upon it, from this time paid mu ch atte" l 'l,, w e the therm omete r. H e f o u n d, as •I hadaforet °l ";•aad it would equally show by the rise whet' s till • ul e G yaps a m s o i r t e .‘ a v c a c s u i r l a o t t e t l ,?r d tl e la fi n ne a t c l i ;e , quitted the bank, and observed that a s . , OL loitinhietes ()f part t of h he taught with great advantage !mike i' oll " 4 g e. , l t i ° New-York by fol.swing the northern eddy of 1-c stream. This eddy lie knew to exiat, but was o n eacquaioted with the limits of it and knew not ht'" f to ascertain them, except by the thettinntnerera N: e bursued this eddy pretty accurately, hiving ana" e good the latitude of New. York in long. 69soin abogr • *nine days from quitting ehe o banks, and every ( 14 4 pelformed nearly equal aid good days wolk/• tf‘s course from Newfoundland the rherniameter in; dicaeed every where the approach to darter; ri t) ,l 1 the so of September, the vicinity of Sa a sVe 15thbaeks caused a fail of 7.° ; and on the lb a "' - d {di 4' .not marked oteatty chart I have. seen, caused a - ail° degrees. Upon sounding on this • bank . ground- was struck in. 575 Fathom, fide white sa f ; l 4 ,lseith some specks of red and black. Captain ALLY ' f avas so much pleased with the accural? Ihef a ); inometer, and with the security in which hp ,19.0 sailed for some time in consequence of it , clearly perceived the advantage to be derived f° a it in many instances, that he . declared he IN never more go to sea without one. The track of'the Fair American appears to h ave r • laid very near to Jaquet Island, which in Go/ es i n° 3 • •, POWNALL'S chart is marked as very doub tin 'Lo good look out for it was kept for several days, ' be • with no effeet ; this may so far tend:to confirm. I . 2 • suspicion of its noh.existence. ' is le The journal from America to England, does h more than confirm the previous observations m 2Q in this track ; the thermometer fell no less than degrees on passing to the southeast of New land, and rose again 9 degrees in the same I° l , tudes, where in our out voyage, w e 5 ' lt posed ourselves to be crossing a branch of th e o r, , Scream. The fall from hence of the' thermottle as the coast of Europe is approached, is veil markable and uniform. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK SPRING AnliTiNG, THURSDAY, ' VI° 3 , 1 :N0 Sweepstakes of 3,:gs. each, for Maiden 3 and 4 yr cids. - Mr. W. N.W. Hewett's, Miss es IL iiza Overton, by Over - i ton, 3 yrs old, fist. - _ I Mr. Hodg,son's grey filly, by Delpini, 3 yrs old, is t ' o pj, ~ Mr. Acrect's cli.c. Maltonian, by King Fergus, 4 Y r n i Sst. 41b. - - - t• r Mr. GartOrtli's b. f. Zara, by Delpini, 3 yrs DiuA i , . . Six to 4 tic field agst. Hewitt. 'j ,`,'1,111) NEWS. ~~ Passed by—the MAYsCarttaAhS:ZlS)PanNbau,r7 3t. • • '--- olag ell t : tia, Holrr.•s, from St. Michael's; front I F f r: s:cil2.'de F°° ;:: Re s v a e i s t:.d tiro t t i i i i e C v at r t! , 2 „; ~, Loin . is Margaretta, Roan, for • ra-c hr i,n. t r 11; In . trier, Overhand, and Geode "Laack, for in'u--ii, f air i, IyN E t. Passed by - the L. inlektcns, Paterson, fro fieri , " ', • ningen ; (ohn and Elizabeth, Pet,rs, from Va, celi t .,!i e n- „T • decks, Jacobs, and Five Bro t hers, Grort.,_troto 1 :-',"Thi J'', Sailed--the Lerwick, Griffith, for Barbadoes ;:L• ° ' - ii , t icA' iilleton, Hawkins, aral the :Liz .rd, Williams, fur Pi O 4 a' Nelly, I'igcley, fur 110nduras ; Hero, Allan, for-Ne‘Y d Ar i ob i land; lunge Llizabeth, Moot, V row Anna, 13uss, 41 ' . jolkina, Wayep, f , r Embden. • ... t 13 I R L —H. • 0 0; 1 g 0 Yesterday morning, the Lady oC• Captain Pines l' 500e5' !. the Royal Navy, of Mailing house, near Lewes, . 1 ...,......../ ..1 a son. /WARR h.: 0 Itr 4 : • On Thiirsday, at St. George's, in Canterbury' , the L, : lit• Mr. flomond, of Great Alassitighain, Norfolk, to M' 6s ton On , ofSarastwold, Leicesersiiire. 15 0. sirg r ` e turday last, at. St. t Irmit's Church, kVestinin t, t o We the Rev. Mr, Scott, Mr. Bitn;ley, of Tavi stock-st Miss Milner, of Yarmouth, in the County o r Norfo lk •_, ss itlit Same day, at• St. Dlinstaii tit:: East, David Esq. of St. Petersburgh, to Nliss C. fackson, Sam.: day,. Major Francis Hastings Doyle, to Ml6> eldest (laughter of Sir Wllll4lll Milner. t~ ,! 1 :'~ U I L 0 ,-,..1 and On Saturday, at Eizteir,ont [louse, riceadill , ''`'` its ii , i ', , ► , Sliter Rich, .1...5q. of fr..,,tot„ ten y bridge, N ""-`",' tiii. Ins 4th year, Repre.,,c_ntativ.: ;or tire City Qf ..41 ` - ' (- " ./ duce last Parliaments. fere: l ' 6 ' l3 On tile 28:11 nit. at his house at Mghgav, Mr• ,-,,, o h ce 1 1... e lt \ o v i i ri s p i s h i j u r i t , , upwind , ot 40 }cars in tire Acconipt.!, , -• in the East I mint House, I,i the 39i i. ,mat ii, It 0 6i , c• , iz t il• On the 29th Lilt. at the Hot 'iVi.....ils, 1.,,,,n..,1, ii'e late or Caw - IA - then. ....—.-..---""" ...