The Sun. — London, England, 1804-01-28 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, JA:. z 6. THE entertaintnent given last night by His Royal iigliness the PRINCE of ` T ALES, in honour of Her VIAJESTY'S Natal Dav, at the Pavilion here, was n6eed, to the highest degree, magnificent, and vorthy of the occasion. • His Royal Highness's Military Band, as before, sere stationed in the Chinese Gdlltry of the En. .ranee Hall, and played various selea pieces in a fire , tyle, as the comi - any passed through. The company I) , :gan to assemble soon after eight l'clock;_anksome time before ten, the Anti-room was completely crowded with Fashion and Beau - y. Among the most distinguished of the Nobility, &c. who graCed• the rooms in the course of the night, Were, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, their Royal High nesses the Dukes of Clarence and Kent ; the French Princes, the Dukes of. Orleans and Montpensier ; the Dukes of Nor- - folk and Richmond ; Earls Egremont, Guildford, Craven, Uxbridge, and Newburgh ' • Lords Gage, Hut c hi nson , D e Clifford, E. Som erset , W. Somerset, and A. Somerset; Gene rals Sir j. Pulteney, White, Lennox, Churchill, and Hugo- Mit ; Colonels M' Mahon, Dillon, Smith,Howard, Savary, and O'Keefle ; the Field Officers and Captains of the 6th Dra- ' goons ; the Field Officers and Captains of the 4th Dragoons; the Field Officers and Captains of the Royals ; the Field Officers and Captains of the Sussex, South Gloucester, Dor- set, North and South Hants Militia ; the Officers of the Ar tillery ; Actiniral Sir Edmund Neagle, Capt. Sproule, Capt. Shit - 11er, Capt. Poyntz, Mr. Askew, Mr. Maddocks, Capt. Bligh, Capt. Craig, Mr. Gage, Mr. Kemp Nit. N. Kemp, - Mr. Pay ne , t h e Rev. Mr. Bloomburgh, the ' Rev. Mr. Sneyd, br. Bankhead, Sir George Thomas, Sir Cecil Bisshopp, &c. Countesses Chichester, Newburgh,Guildford, and Gage; La ti. Charlotte I.ennox, G. Cavendish,C ranley, C. Ca pel, De -1/4-311°'-d, Montag*, Theodosia Bligh C. Bligh, C. Pelham, Warren, Nagle Thomas, and Vin •\I 1 h b I '''' m orant . , . mrs. Lloyd,. , ,Miss Lio 4 g i.its Mrs. itz er ert, ik rs. Miss Montague, Miss Wyndham, Clerc, mis . s P l oyntz, M rs.._G age, ville, Mrs. M 'Mahon, Mrs. Bloomfi eld, n u e i r t; o M ni rs. Iv ie rs. i. Miss_ .Ne- White, Miss White, Mrs. Wall, Mrs. and Miss i Mrs. and Miss Sneyd, Miss Moore, Miss Bisshopp, B, c . B, ll c ' forming, on the whole, a most elegant and select party of between three and four hundred persons. . The . Dancing commenced about ten o'clock, with the sprightly air .of Lady Mary Ramsay ; the Duke of ORLEANS and Lady C. Lerniox led off, about thirly couple followed. The Dancing continued until neatly one o'clock, when the Company removed to the SuPper.roorhs.—The floor of the Ball-roorti this evening was beautifully chalked, in various de !lces i i htriiliktiills C.R. the crown, and the plume of feathert v4i, '!aiiectiily con • The dresses tcpous. 'of thet_ til4s also st'n were trul y beautiful • d superb; an tar.rifigi;;;..i. No, z c. - .. we , 7 far . e . r, &c. of 'diamonds, pearls, ru splendid profusion, and had a inost lively -4:4lnb Short in the. waist, W ith effed : white dresses, open, ornamnted with f . long trains,. the bosoms gold and . tilver, were most prevalent. Fancy turbans, white and 'colour 'jied, superbly ornamented with diamonds; gold, v er) and Pearl beads, were among ...the most ere !feathers and ant bead-dresses of the 'evening. owtrs were in great variety. Th D e raiNce of SALas appeared in regimentals, as Colonel of the loth Light Dragoons, with a sash and star, sabre, label teach, &c., The u or r ‘..LARENCE was ha _ bited in a, plain blue b ake .) star, Sec. the Duke of XilliT in a General's u ' all were in most worm, with a star, &c. and excellent health and spirits . tadiet in general were extremely beau ti ful. The `the Su -pper whi c h . . of which th e season consisted every delicacy e season could d twine s t e Pro ace,. with the choicest , e , was served u p • the to t of Which in two separate rooms ; in able', :the Duke the PRINCR sat at the head of the 1, 1 colmtess 6f conf RICHMOND on his right hand, , K : t c l i T tl sy . 2lt on his left ; , the Dux ES of CLARENCE a,tUtahLEANs, and MONTPEN- Ita being seated Grace d NottroLic presideedsame table ; and His the other. . His ko'yal Highness's IVlilitary Bandat en li vened the repast with a seledion of German airs, &c. being so situ. ated that their dulcet melo dies 11.4 d an in both roonts.-,—The Su pperequal cited over, the Dancing was re:,commenced, and continued to be . pursued until Ave o'clock, when the Company began generally to retire, amply -gratified with the diversion of the tight. THE SPRING CIRCUITS.. Thursday the Judges met in the Exchequer Chain lper, and fixeTtfie Circuits as follow , 137:.°1ti.,k,:k.-;l7:frort.r,-. 'llenborilLigh and Mr, Instice Cham r°‘,49 L11,1'4'14'444 &ban ' ley and Mr. justice Grilse. Wz,;;ltirtiklethani and Mr. justice Heath. 0xp0it4„...,.14 ik Thomson and Baron G ritham. lust Lawrence and Mr. justice Le Blanc. Accounts of an lanfavontable nature we are sorry to hear, were yesterday received f ' rom Bombay. The Compa an 's Troops have bad sortie severe Ailions With the Mahrattas. They hike attempted to storm a Fortress in the possession'of the latter, but w ere repul s ed w i th loss. They returned, however, 'w ut the Char ge a third time, and succeed e d. It is ith concer n we have learned, that this success has been dearly purch ase d b y the fall of several valua- Officer and Men. -GeneralMajo H MGILL I and Brigadier -Gene 'al dxiAviim, left Hull last week. The for :-ner. ia replaced by M j G neral Pli irrs, brother - iztoaaticor:do understand a Bri- Mot.c eAve a- ; (" and e We . of t 0 t 4 c eneral is shortly expeaed in the ro om General i tAvor. 'Yentral y . Brigades in Hyde P ark, o n ti l " " to review two consisting of th e K ensin e Ist of February . ne xt ; ilickney, gton Pancras Islington, Newington, The Islington an d Hackney the Brigade' ' riflemen. to ta e the tight, and the Kensington left. We have S 1 tjie satisfaaion to state, that the Falcon distress, 4 \\ T acvhich was spoke with at sea in great tr ess) daliet way from Newfoundland, is arrived safe at Cork.'''''' ' In juStke'to'thC ih ara n er of Mr. GRAHAM, the •Auetioneer,,, anrite Candidate for Westminster, we fed it oui*eLfuty to state, that the Law Report in T HE S UN of the 24th instant, stating that he had offered " to justVy a bail for the sum of 6 001. but was opposed, and did not justify," was ;in error of our Law Reporter, who was misin formed upon the subjea. The fart we are assured is, .that Mr. GRAHA M did justify bail upon the oc. casion a ll u d ed to, and we conceive that his charac ter and wtil-know n prop ert y w ill exempt hi m f rom 4 nSt inu r y that might Otherwi se a r i se f ro m th e mis represeintation which appeared in our Paper. PULLIC.CFFICE, BOW-STREET'. MM. LEIGH AND THE GORDONS. BEFORE NICHOLAS BOND, ESQ. AND SUL ?ARSONS. ALTHOuGii the nest eXamination of the Gordons was not publicly announced, yet there have been very numerous inquiries, since the last, when,they were to be brought up again. It was ascertained by numbers that yesterday was the day fixed upon for the final examination, and great interest was made to be admitted to hear this extraordinary husi- ness, the suhjeA ofwhich has heco►ne.the universal conversation throughout the united kingdom; but the greatest desire expressed was: to behold their persons, as the circumstances of the -case fully before the Public. A large concouratofipeopie be ing expected to apply for admission, a party of the Patrole were stationed at the Office to prevent the admission of improper persons. About nine o'clock numbers began to apply for entrance, but none were admitted but those who had permission from . _ the Magistrates. About ten o'clock Mr. BOND and Sir WILLIAM PAasoss arrived at the Otfice, and the Gentlemen who had their permission, were then admitted, others sent in their cards, and were accommodated in the politest manner, and in the best way the size of the Office would admit of, till near four hundred persons were assembled, and num bers of them were so completely wedged in, that it may - literally be said they could neither move hand or foot; the Portuguese Ambassador was so extreme ly overcome with the heat and pressure, that he could not remain, and it was with the greatest dif- ficutty he could get out. Mrs. Leigh came to the Office at an early hour in a Coach, accompanied by Mr. Parkin ; she was admitted at the private door, and a room on the first floor allotted her. Lockhart Gordon arrived in a hackney-coach, in the custody of the Gaoler, from Tothilfields Bride. well, about ten o'clock ; Lauden Gordon arrived about the same time in .a similar manner from Clerkenwell Bridewell. They had likewise a room allotted to them on the first floor of the Office. Mr. CONST, who attended aq Counqil for Mrs. Leigh, was ready to proceed with 'Ole examination soon after eleven. but the Prisoner's' Counsel not being arrived, they waited till audit tsienty mi. notes before one, when Mr. Serjeant bes.r and Mr. ABBOT came, when it was proposed to them that Mrs. Leigh should only be present during her own examination being read, which was objected to by the Prisoners' Counsel, and it wa's agreed she should be in the Office during the whole of the examina tion. The Prisoners were then sent for, and being placed at the Bar, Mr. Lockhart Gordon addressed himself to the Bench, and said, that, from being ignorant of the forms of office, he had, he feared, at his former ex. aminatiOns, made use of some improper expressions, feeling himself much hurt at being brought up on the Friday preceding, without notice, which, he considered, prevented him from having the aid of Counsel—an assistance which he thought every Gentleman placed in such an unfortunate situation as himself had a right to expect--but that he hoped Mr. BOND and Sit W. PmisoNs would accept what he now said, as a sufficient apology. A chair was then provided, and Mrs. Leigh was sent for. It was with the greatest difficulty the of ficers could make way for her to get to the Magi strates, the crowd was so great : in every avenue leading to the Office, as well as in the Office, every window was thronged with persons of the first dis. tinttion, if it was only to get a peep at the female who had become the objed of so much attention. She was at length seated, when the evidence of her female servant, Davidson, was read by the Clerk, the particulars of which we stated in a former account. Mrs. Leigh's examination was then read, as given on her first examination ; and Mr. .ComsT proposed that the following should be added, " Mrs. Leigh negleded to state it at that time." o having On the thaeing Monday morning, after breakfast, While t hey were at Tetsworth, in a conversation with L'Ockhart Gordon, in consequence of which, whether well or ill.founded she could not tell, he appearing at that time in a distracted state of mind, and not knowing what he said, she delivered aiV9te, ad dressed to her female servant, Davidson, at her house in Bolton-row, Piccadilly, which was the note we mentioned in a former account, beginning with - " No money, no cloaths, &c." which she requested Mrs. Edmonds, the landlady of the house, to forward as diretted. As soon as Mrs. Leigh had signed her additional examination she was con dueled to Mr. Parkin's carriage, amidst an un. common pressure to behold her person. The informations of all the Witnesses were read previous to Mrs. Leigh leaving the Office, and a few additions were made to their former accounts, but which were not worth noticing. Mr. Parkin's deposition was read, the substance of which was to this died: that he had known the said - Mrs. Leigh, late Rachael Fanny Antorina Dashwood, spinster, for upwards of 17 years, and who about the year ;794. intermarried with Matthew Allen Leigh, Esq. that soon after the marriage a settlement was made of Mrs. Leigh's property, by the Court of Chancery, by which nearly the whole of her property was vested in the trust of Mr. Par_ .kin and three other Gentlemen, who were autho rized to pay a certain sum to Mrs. Leigh, for her own sole and separate use; that in the year 1795 a separation took place, when it was agreed that Mrs„Leigh should receive 10°01. per yitarbfat her life, and which had been paid to her ever - SiWee'that period, she continuing to live separaie,ttOm — hek'said husband, who wits still living. .Mr. BO ND asked Mr. Lockhart GOrdOp' a if he had any thing to say, to which he replied, n o t a wo r d, he left it entirely ,to his Counsel. Mr. BOND then put the same question to Mr. Lauden Gordon; who gave a similar answer to his brother. Mr. ABBOT then addressed the Magistrates, and said, - the Prisoners having left the management of their defence to him, he should defer what he had to offer on that head until the day of trial, when he kad no doubt they would be able to justify their conduEi. . , 7 ,The parties were then bo;nd over ta.prnsec . utt at 1 C.r. , next Asses for O'itio7d,hire, the offence having I n, I)te committed in that County.• . 1 . • 1 - Mr. I, , ,ckhart Gordon then applied,. to the Ma -1 gls(r ites for permission. for his brother-to be corn_ mitted to Tothilfields Bridewell,- with him, which ... Irequest WrIS readily complied With, both by the Ma_ i gistrates and Mr-Tarkir, there being now no reason -for their-being kept separate, - they will therefore rt2main in that prison Until. the next Old B.:iley S,;,s sloos, when they will be removed to Newgate,,and afterwards, by an Order of Court,. be token to Ox ford for trial. . - • - -- • •-: . A Paper of this '.inorning 'enAtalris the following paragraph : " It gives us pleasuretio4tfiliOriied to state, that the account of Mrs.L'ildw§.dream, as published in several Of the Papers, is an entire fab-icaticniwith. out a particle of truth. We are assured also, that she did nit send the dream to Mr. LAUDEN GORDos, for his comment or interpretation. Having had a Very extraordinary dream, she was writing an ac count of it to a friend, when Mr. LAUDEN GORDON happened to call upon her. At -his entreaty she . permitted him to take it, and he afterwards sent her a spiritz,a/ comment upon it, which she conceived might-have been'didated by his brother, the Clergy. man, with whose real charafter she was then unac quainted. There was, however, nothing in the least contrary to decozurn in either the - . Arum or the interpretation ; nor could she possibly antici pate the unfortunate consequences that have ensued from such a circumstance." Accounts from Hollanctare said to have been re ceived, announcing that the orders respeCting the line of conduit to be pursued by the Batavian Troops when they effed a landing in England, have. already been issued by General DumoNc F. AU to the Army under his command. The rewards for ads of bravery, and the punishment fur non-resistance, are distinlly explained ; and the paper is altogether represented as of a very curious descrip - tion. Accoraing to private letters from the Hague, the "Batavian Tots whiciri c iF,rd'be employed in the Expedition against tlia under the cum manit ofGeneralDumosOsAtOrkire been organized and iiisiributed in the follr.ving"rhanner : • „.,. The .Ist Brigade,'eaminatied by Major-General Cit A FF' have their head quarters at Alkmaar. The 4th Battalion of the Regiment of lagers, comm aded by Colonel WITT the Ist Battalion ot . ist Regiment of Waldeck, commanded by Colonel Scum! ll ; the ad Battalion of the ad Regiment of Waldeck, commanded by Colonel VAN MEULICH, are also td have their head-quarters at Alkmaar. The ist Battalion . of lntantry, commanded by Major STORM DE GRAVE, have their Head-quarters at Atmterd.nn; the sth Battalion of In. fantry, codunand , Al by Vander 11 u cal', arc to be quartered at the Hague; the 6th Battalion of Infantry, commanded by Colonel PITCAIRN, are to be relieved at Medrimblick ; the 3th battalion Gf iniantry, commanded by Colonel LYCK LUMA, at Enkhnion. The ?At Brigade., under the Command of Gen. Qv It ITA, have their head / quarters at Amsterdam. The ad Battalion jagers . , commanded by Colonel CHASTE, have their head-quarters at liertezn.—The 3d Battalion 41nfantry, commanded by Colonel QUEYSEN, are stationed at Leyden.—The loth , Battalion, commanded by Colonel PIrCAIRN, at the Briile.—The 17th Battalion, commanded by Colonel Ati - i t NCH, at Mulden.—The 18th, commanded by Major Hoy NECK, t Harderwyk.—The 19th, command. ed by Colonel RoeitYlL, at Horn--The zoth, commanded by Colonel LAMBRECiii S o at Haerlem„ Troops•of Reserve—the Grenadier Battalion, 'commanded by Major PEOFFENRATii, at Amsterdam; the ad Squadron of Hussars, at Amsterdam ; and the 24 Squadron of Dra goons, at Amsterdam, both commanded by Col. COLLARD. The tat Company of Artillery, commanded by Capt. BODE, at Leyden the 4th Company of Artillery, at Delft.. THE THEATRE.—The Tragedy of Othello was again represented last night at Covent-Garden Theatre, and WAS again attended by a very numerous audience. KEMBLE having settled the revived readings in his own mind, gave greater scope to passion, and supported the noble but too credu lous Moor with stronger effea. He was promi nently excellent in the two scenes in which he is worked into jealousy by the artifices of lap. COOKE also exhibited his skill chiefly in those scenes, and they were both much applauded.—Mrs. SIDDONS looked particularly well in Desdemona, and sup. ported the Charaeter with interesting simplicity and feeling. CHARLEs KE . M*LE has a just con_ . ception of Cassia, .which he-played with modest ease and judgment, but was perhaps, rather too much of the Bacchanalian itt the tippling scene. It very gratifying to the'Atittiirers of our great Bard to see this sublime produaion brought forward With a degree of splendour not unworthy of his Muse. The Beaux Stratagem and Cinderella _were very at tra aive list night at Drury-lane Theatre. Mrs. Joßoio in the part of Mrs. Sz:fllen played with lier wonted spirit, and evidently improves in acquiring the habits of genteel cx4itedy. Miss DE CAMP b e i n g indisposed, Mrs. H. JOHNSTON, at A very short notice, performed the part of Cinderella. The Members of the Light Infantry Company. of the Southwark Volunteers have passed a Resolution,. approving of the condua of Capt. GUNSON, in his late affair with Lieutenant-Colonel ALcocit, which they state to have been honourable, spirited, and gentlemanly. On Thursday. last died, at her House in Hill. street, Berkeley-square, Lady GR gsnAm, Reli& of the late Sir joux GR EiiIAM, Bart. Though many things may be said to go on swim. mingly, owing to the rain that has deluged the earth for some weeks past, it may in the true sense of the word apply very forcibly to the Royalty Theatre, which every night overflows with com pany : such are the attractions of the several amuse. ments which are to be repreppie4 on Monday next, particularly the Egyptian ,OraCle t with the Ghost or no Ghost, and the Daring trigand. Yesterday Thomas Scott stood, io::the pillory at Charing Cross, for one hour, plumant to his sen tence at the last Middlesex Sessions, for wilful and corrupt perjury against Captain KEN NAM and his Servant. He seemed to be a young man of genteel appearance, about the age of twenty-five. He wore a blue coat and pantaloons, with military boots, his h a ir without powder, but dressed in a fashionable style. The spectators were not so numerous as have been seen on some former occasions. A formid able body of constables attended, but notwithstand ing their exertions, the victim of justice was pelted with a few rotten eggs, as usual. LAW REPORT. COURT OF KltiC;'s BENCIL J. 2.7. CITA.RTER PARTY 'BARNARD E A !ND IA COMPANY. Mr. GIL ES—" 'Phis is an A.dion of f-issumps: ,- The Defendants Undertook to pay the Plaintiffa cer_ lain sum of money, and to TTainst losses for the use of his Ship. The Charter Party was exadly the - same as in the cause bet' w e e n y, - h i r;,.. and the present Defendants. The Ship was to per.. - form four voyages, posterior to August 1796 : Proceeded, according to the terms of the engage, ment, ind arrived at - Calcutta in 1797: On the 13t1t,:. •••_ of May d the same year, Being at that port, Captain _wai ordered to get ready . for see, and was informed that his ship was not to return to tirope, The ship, „in consequence; took military stores on board, and sailed on a hostile expedition, during' which she was lost by peril at sea. The .Plaintiif, Under these circuriistances,, contended; that the ship was not employed according to the conditions of the Charter Party, and that, he ha(,l a right to recover the dainages sustained, of the Defendants. ver did had been obtained, when daMages, were' found for the Plaintiff, and the quantuin of damages was refeired to arbitration; subject, however, to the opi:. - nion of the Coutt on this question : if the employ - - - ment in whiCh the Shy was.engaged on this ii s 1 Ic• expedition, were within the scope of the Charter • Party?" . • • Mr. Justice GitOst.-L--" If thecase be •to be ar gued upon a special verdid, I shall wish to see the special verdia upOn record." Lord i;A•LENBOROtTan.—" A Corporation must speak by their seals respeding every thing: A dif fietilty arises in thiS Case; that they cannot depute an 'Agent to speak for them." Mr. Gri.Es." The Bank; and other Corpora. tiOns; accept and draw Bills by Agents." Mr. Justice LAwit gitt..'E—" Had you not hettee see if you can form it into air action against an in dividual ? With consent there can be no By striking 'out the- Company; and putting in the name of the Governor of Bengal; or some other , person, the embarrassMent in this case may be' ' I avoided." • MeSsrs. AtAN't and NiVoiiiy; on the pert of tht Defendants, acceded to this arrangement, on coti. saltation with one of the DireCiors in Court. A case was argued by Mr. Wictry, relative to the construction of a Will, so ambiguntisly worded as to afford scope to the ingenuitY of Counsel to guess at and to contend for such interpretations of the T.....i.. - tator's intent; as Might be favourable to the Client interested in the meaning Contended for. The case is thus far interesting, that it manifests the imprudence of those who wish to make a dispo sal of property by will (different from the disposal which the Law makes in case of intestacy), in not employing persons competent to ekpress their inten tioni perspieuStisly, and according to the technical import of legal phraseology. Lord ELLENIWILOUOII said, the meaning and , intention of a Testator are not subjects for conjec ture. They are to be inferred and taken from the . words he uses—and the words are to be interpreted according to their grammatical import. • Mr. Justice GRoss said he had considerable doubtsj as to the actual intent of the Testator, but it walk safer and better to avoid conjeaure, and to interpret,. according to the grammatical import of the words of, a Will. If a party, in opsconsdii, chases to .draw an instrument of this nature, and. to run the hazard of error, it is better of two evils that his intent, not sufficiently expressed, should he frustrated, rather than that Courts of Justice should have ei t h e r t he power or the trouble of wandering into cone lute; lie therefore was guided by the grammatical import of the words of the Will. Judges LAWRENCE and LE BLANC had no doubt on the subjeft, and the interpretation, consistent with and re,ulting thus from the words of the Ta.. lament, was by the Court unanimously adopted. , COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, TAN. 26. COOK v. YOUNG. Mr. Serjeant VALIGFIAN applied for a Rule to shew cause why the verdiEt for the Defendant in this case should not be set aside.: , • • This was an Action for Usury, and was tried be.. fore Lord ALVANLEY at the Sittings after last Term at Guildhall. The Plaintiff was the master of a ship called the Nestor, which requiring repairs, he employed the Defendant to execute them, and gave him a battotnry bond over the vessel for the amount, being soot. The bond was granted on the zoth February, 1799, and direaed the interest, at 4LC rate of 30 per cent., to be paid every six months.---- ,It also contained an, option, at the ele6tion of the Defendant, in default of payment of the principal at the expiration of twelve months, to make the debt personal against the Plaintiff, and to recover it in an action at law. The Learned Counsel did not con tend against - the legality of the interest, so long as it continued a bottomry security, but maintained, that on the 27th 'February, 11303, the Defendant, in virtue of the election allowed him in the bond, had taken it out 'of that predicament, having by a letter of that daie, only seven days after expiry of the option, declared to the Agent of the Plaintiff, that the period of his bottomry bond had expired. Lord ALVANLEY said, that it would be intim. bent on the Counsel to make out a strong case w overturn a verdia for the Defendant. If the let. ters of the Defendant were to be the ground for set. ting it aside, they must be produced. Mr. Serjeant VA.uonAtit said, that the verdia was not only against evidence, but against the opi nion delivered to the Jury by his Lordship. The Rule was granted, the Plaintiff producing the Defendant's letters, and the account exhibited by him. JUSTICE , U. WORLEY. Mr. Sergeant COCKFLL spewed cause against a Rule applied far by Mr. Setjeant SH EPHERD, for an Attachment against Worley, an Attorney of Court, to answer interrogatories, and .also for delivery of certain Bills of Exchange, encrusted to him by the