The Sun. — London, England, 1804-03-31 00:00:00

YOLU .AIT ON Thursday afternoon, on the return' of the Westminster Volutiteers from a Field-day in Hyde Park, 'they: were addressed by their .Colonel, who' acquainted them, that he . had received a letter from the Secretary of State (Mr. YORKE), infOtrtlifik him, that .as several Corps had offered to 'place themselves 'upon permanent' duty, he wished 'to. know if they were desirous of being placed nrr the same footing. It was the wish of His M:4jesty's Ministers, he added, if the Regiment approved of the measure, that they should prepare to leave town, and enter upon permanent duty, for a fortnight Qr. three weeks. They would, during their absence . 1 from their homes, be entitled to full pay, and re ceive immediately the marching guinea. The Co-. lonel, after making some observation s on the nature of the application, concluded with hoping the Corps would give the proposal of Government due conside ration. The speech of the Colonel was received with unanimous approbatton. Letters to the same effen have been sent to all other Volunreer Corps. Lord AMHERST, it was expeaed, would address the St. James's upon the s subjeet this day in their drill ground. The St: George'.s Regiment of V ‘lunteers, with the lexception of a few married men, &c. have vo lunteered to do permanent duty for one month, to perforni Which they will quit . London in Abe course of the ensuing month. This Corps will have a field day on Monday Morning next in Hyde Park, under the command of the Earl of CHRsTpRpi ELD i -after tvliich the Officers will dine at their mess, at the Thatched House. MR. YORKE'S BILL. As Mr. PITT hail i n t e nded to bring fotwaid a measure for the Increase and Regulation of the Army, an d had thrown out his ideas upon that stihjett, the Mi n i sters, as usua l , d eterm i ne d to alt- ticipate it, and to introduce a plan of their own, founded upon som e of his ideas, but as us ual, de patting tram them sufficiently to he, enabled to call the measure their own—and we think, in this, as in most other instances, to ;Toil the whole scheme. Mr. Port's plan had for is object to destroy com petition in recruiting—Mr. YORKE'S plan pro! ses the . _same thing, but his plan will not attain that desirable end,—and without it he will not raise E 606 of the 40,000 men, with which he proposes to increase our Army. We will venture to assert, that the Bill tviill underg o as many alterations , as the late Volunteer Bill, and will, after all, in all probability, he in the end as deleatve as. e w , ay convinced t h at w i ll be. We cannot see wiiy th e , • Irish Mili t i a should be permitted, ivolunt eer their_ services for Great Britain. Can it be said that Pure voluntary zeal induces this offer ? D o we want them here ? and is it not a singular thing r') brin g a force from that Country, more in danger than tis, merel to send 'as many men from this, Count y " to chary? and where is the a.ivaritage defending. England with Irish Militia, and Ireland with English Soldier's ? upon the whole, w we. think; IVIr. YORKE'S plan in many p arts objedionable, in otheri roe 's fficient, and it seems: t o us intr o duced oy that Mr. PITT might not h ave the credit, ofP,toPoainEra better. • Yesterday ' the Cit ttets, the'Hon, y fWeittniater Loy a l V o l un- Colonel ED me isseinbled in:West!: minster Hall, w h ere they heard . an excelrent Seritiotto. preached by the key. T. DeWcwi, Chaplain-tO the Corps. After that the 4th Company went out. to lttersea, to pra6tise light infantry manceuvreir, along with the Light Company. The Gtm,lemen of St. Pancras met on Thursday:. evenin g i n H yde ' s Rooms, Tottenham -street, when', a Committee was appointed, and an instrudion was: Riven to the Committee that they should, without' write to the Lord Lieutenant f the Coty,; requ est i ng him ' to state to the Righto Hon. th un e' Se,.: eretary at War, that they were ready to make 4 1 flesh tend er o f their services towards the defence of erdisa their Country, and expressing a hope that any 'for_ which sub fisted in the C•.o.ps would not be considered an obstacle to their wish of manifesting their loyalty and patriotism at the present crisis. Of all the Mahratta Princes Row Sc t N. DI AR, who heads the present confederacy against us, possesses the mo s t numerous, best appoid, best disciplin e d A rmy. I t was origin a lly nte fo and by his pr e d ecessor MAHAt Sot NDI rmed AH, establi s h e d some Brigades of Infantry on t who he to ' eopenn system. These brigades were afterwards inco•ased to 2j,000 men, a ll w hi ch, . together with a very large body of Artillery, was broughtu to a high state of discipline under .General D ColoN E , a native of Savoy, who was upwards of twenty years in SCIZ , IDIALI'S service, and who, by the way, now reside s in Paris. Our confidence must be increased, when we see, from recent events, that the English soldiers are the same now as in the days of MARLBOROUGH, Fifty English soldiers in the Island of Goree, valiantly withstood 600 French, arid did not yield till they had killed double their own. notnber of the Enemy. In the late actio n in the East Indies, the British Army, consisti ng o f only 60,06 men, most of whom were natives, put to the rout 35,0000 f the Mahratta troops, commanded by French and German Officers, and with every circumstance in their .favoor. Sir Horan POPHAM'S ens:-/ into" the House of C ommons was very credit a bl e to hi s talents and to - his feeliggs. He took as trong interest in the claims of his naval brethren, grounded however upon the .honour and interest of the Country. But this is not 411, for Sir HOME placed that subject in a clear light which did not seem to be very well understood by those ii;ho had i ntro d uce d i t. MATCH AG Al WST TIUE.—On Sunday " - night a Person set out from Birmingham to ride to London, and return in 48 hours, on a mare belonging to a Mr. near that place. Th e equestrian butcher) *et off near l y a t score, and continued his speed through Coventry, Daventry, and Dunchurch ;'but at Redhurn, about 85 miles on his road,• he was completely knocked up, and put to bed for some hours, and was wholly .unable to pr osecute t h e j o i n . ct Y.—The match, which was for ioo guineas, was course lost. POETRY: tit • I trif - 1 H . E. following into resting 'tribute to the ertetnory of the late DANI EL MA . 6/AMARA, Esq. of Strea !tham, was written pat the desire of an illustrinUl personaAe t . bY , `Ale . venerable AIt.T . H . .MT.I.I S P4I'; ;E,q, whose name will always be deserVeUly -can; `spicuoiis in — tre7C - n - rials of - Mash Literature. • DAtTEL 'MACNAMARA, SCAN IN THE COONTY OF CLARE, IN TrIE KINGDOM OT IRELAND, ANNO 1716; bb DIED AT STREATHAM, j NUARY 20, 1800. AT length, resigning to the gen'ral doom, . Here M CN AMA R A consecrates the tomb; All tasks perform'd,• he now is laid at rest, • Thro' a long life with ev'ry virtue blest : . • A tender Husband, at fair friendship's call, Active and warm—benevolent to all ; Of polisli'd manners, sentiment refin'd, • High sense of honour, an enlighteu'd mind. His the gay wit that useful mirth inspied, , • . Charm chasing charm, still new, •and Stilt at/trued ; Stranger to faction, and the feuds of state, Esteeru'd and honour'd by the learn'd and great; By REDYORD patroniz'd, to MOIR A dear, And ev'n Tits P :Nes embahn'd him with a tear. A. M. COLLEGE MSTIMES. WRITTEN IN THE DEBTORS' WARD. SOUTHAMPTON. YE who attend to rig'rous Tit vhich taught in musty schools : which.you're taugh Who dupes commence and finish fools ! • Would you obtain some useful knowledge, • p!_ ECCOLTI:: a Member of this College. • Here deep-learnt S.;ience discern, And gain the art.by which we learn, pass the ling'ring hours away, (Obs!tve then what the• Muse shall say). What's all your Latin or your Greek, ; Compar'd to language which we speak ? Though y'ou may deal in Classic lore, Have 7 puhdet'd 1-161,1E1: o'er and o'er, Though you in RA c —NT! R'G L.:—shine, Your iliCken cat,. and drink your wine, You'll not despise , 6ur Colltige fare— To'eat and drink is all our care.' ' No Carchpoles touch, no duns assail; No caitiffs slink. within a jail Hereguarded well with walls and bars; We meddln'ot'Nvith worldly jars ; No Politics ontsloddles,drench, . - 1.1 We fix thedocirn of Dutch and French, Take snuff—the quid—adrop of short, And to the shadei send EON A ?RT E. When Moraing opes.her gladsome wings, Here whistles one, whilstyother sings ; ;4itch'ci.in the corner of the room, Where spiders fear nor brush ner broom, 7Vherp"gelid droPslliat spring fight damps,' ~ (Dread harbingers of coughs and cramps), one'Who, With a horrid yaWn, _• Rubs his large eyes, and greets the mOniL... Asks what's to be.the sport to-day ; Who'll cribbage or five hundred pfitii Round goes the laugh, and then the song, ,!; So glide the circling hours along. 7 Nro wr; sable Goddess, shifts the scene, v/ lien tI4 small tube and 'magazine Are handed round the jovial board, . And puff's and)Okes.alike afford; - the spariclin.glass and flowing can, ~. (The gift of sonit Samaritan), . Swell out each paunch, that soon will cheer The drowsy voeries of strong beer. ;.• • i 1 • , Thick clouds of smoke begin to rise, Enough to stilled all our eyes. • With talering speech, and nose:i And stomachs cram'd, we go to bed. :4 . , Now issue'strains.froni nasal sounds, That seem to shake the very mounds, And reeking hides send perfume, /31 ; , 1 !;;, More fragrant far than vernal bloom. ' From scenes like these the Muse revi46 • No chlrms for her are locks and bolts ; :v. Oh may she from these walls be, free, To taste again sweet Liberty ! C. B• CRIM. CON.—A writ of inquiry was executed. at the Castle of Exeter, yesterday . se'nnight, before the Sheriff of the County of Devon, wherein Smnel Pierce, of that city, Gent. was Plaintiff, and - James Long.nan, , musical instrument tuner, Defendant, for the purpose of assessing the amount of damages to be paid by the Defendant to the Plaintiff, by way of compensation for seducing his wife, &c: Scc.— ‘ The Defendant having acknowledged himself guilty in the preceding process, it only remained for the Jury to assess the amount of damages to be awarded. The Plaintiff's case was stated very ably by his Counsel, Mr. DAMPfEk and Mr. CoORTENAY, who called witnesses to prove the happiness which existed between Mr. Pierce and his wife in the early period of their marriage, until it was destroy ed by the seduaive arts of the Defendant.—On the other hand, Mr. JENA , nn, as Counsel for the De fendant, laboured hard in exculpation, of damages, by stating the poverty of his client, who gained his living solely by tuning pianofortes ; that this un happy connexion had deprived him of all his busi ness; that, if heavy damages were awarded, it would be equal to a sentence of imprisonment for life, or drive him from his country for ever; and further, that Mr. Pierce, though he had married his wife without any fortune at the time, had, since her elopement, become possessed of a handsome le gacy in' het right, by the demise of her near re lation. Mr. TONKIN, as Counsel for the Sheriff, I summed up the evidence with his usual correa ness when the Jury assessed the damages in 2001. ANECDOTE.—In one Of CoWPER's letters, late ly published by HAYLEY, he relates the following incident :—" A poor man begged food at the Hall lately. The cook gave him some vermicelli soup. He ladled it about some tisne with the spoon, and then returned it .to her, saying—" I am a poor man, it is t rue, and am very hungry, but yet I can not cat broth with maggots in it." 13RIGHTON,.MARcu 29. • . FRom w the Pavilion e :learn; that His Royal 'Htghues~~ the PAINCE 'ol Ais re-enlivens this his presence on Saturday. • • " An order arrived here a few days ago; for a cor , red account to be , •takeri Of all- the waggons; cam, Src:-together with the livestack, , &c.• of this town ,and distria, that ;•a regular return of the same may 'immediately be •transmitted to, the War Office. — Whether or• not this measure indicates that the Enemy issuadenly• eixpeeted to attack our• Island somewhere about this quarter, we• must leave for others to determine. -That such a visit may take place, has long been the' general wish, and should it be made during the Holidays of. EaSter, the com memoration of this festival will• indeed he celebrated to the honour and glory of the Country. • -Colonel-Mooß S'S Corps of Artillery, sans powder 'and shot, had yesterday -some severe praClice t the- Fort. , '' , TI-Itt AITS.--DE F. CIIEY Will have his full cofia_ plement of Piaures to grace the. ensuing Exhibis 'don. The following are the subjeas which the i 6... genioos Artist is now busy .in preparing tor-the oc.: casiois , , all of which are well Cale,'latest to maintain his ,, faigli-nrofessional reeute:• ,. A Portrait of. Lord EcitamoNr.;• another of Miss WINDHAM, (laugh terof that Nobleman ; •a Lady irr the charsiaer,of Hehe ; CHAtt LES PY DOS, Esq.; Mr. HEAVistne ;. Lady•Fttkiicss Mott-roti and her two children ; one dike an infant Ba'rchus ; ,the.Bishop.of.Cla ES :fa R' i and last,l not least in merit, ,an interesting Nance of a Girt :gathering shells by the sea :side. We' hope' that these araive preparations .on . the pert' of • one , Artist • Will indbee his , brother Academicians to exert their talents with equal zeal for the credit and prosperity of are Institution.ho nourabie to British genius and liberality. ... Mrs: BILLINGTON" has been sitting lO,SPIE.E, and he has advanced far ttpOn ,an admirable -Portrait of that exquisite Performerl- but it is hardly probable that he will be able to finish it in time for the ensu ing. Exhibition. . . ~.. . . . .:;Mr. HATS E LL, of the House of Commons; a Gen. tleinan whom all parties; : hold in high esteem, has been sitting to Noatraco7rs, who has _made an ex. cellent likeness of hint, but .the piaure will not be. ready for tlie.opening of . the Exhibition this year. Mr. HaTse Le, ia represented in his dress of office. The Piattre is for Mr. ARLINGTON, but an en graving from it would.aoon be in the, hands aevery Member of the House of Commons who values pri. vate worth, .conibineciesVilh .officiA ~ i eal,.. know ledge, and fidelity, manifested - in a long course of public service. • : - ' • - :.. Instance of the 'extraviin , l'ty retetiveness of memoty of the Lte r. lohnson..—At the Literary Club,,, which was held at Old Slaughter's Coffee:. hotis'e,' St: Martin's lane, of which :the',Dcaor and the late :Mr.' 'ISAAC • HAWK INS 'BROWNE, ' were . member's, ',the fat t e r fairOured the company with the; recital - of .his eteell'ent. -Latin Poem, '" De 'Animi Itritnottalite."-Thial rife( with the :greates•c ap. Piause from all - preSente and was -accompanied'. by a st rOng'w isli.from some of the Patties, .f6r . a copy Of the whole,' or extraas from it ; to w hich Mr: liteciwi , ra atisn' , ertat, , that he could notcOmplyowith. their request, as he had. no correct CO ; py: of the Poem. I) :dor' JOH NSO tl,, ,WllO . had ;listened .With! great attention , alutieg:: the, recital, ,sent. Ore next. morning a MS: of itetor,the,Authos-,:ayhieli he had colleatd from his memory.. e ,s i s i «4. AiSiraffitrd.Aisizesein•an aaion for killing game , .(entieSing) J the '1).,-.tend:i,nt not'being er-eilifiesi,'Mre Serfeant Witifatts, o n the part of the Plaititiff, inei siSted rand Sir SOOLD,F.IILAWR E NOE confirmed the , doarine); that altitough'st lauslified persOn'.nsayatike) his Servant, of servants; for the purpose :-61 aisiseet ing . liiiii to kill game; ,he '-cannot qualify' them . to lall'ii, ,nor will his'Tpreierite protel nn unquati.' efed' 'person ' (not his setal - ant) 'who toes . - for the• purposeof taking the atribSement of coursing ‘,. but if stich, person takei `:an' aaiVe It - itrt' , i . n . beating across the fields, - or -on ::open •lands, and . joins •= in : the' diversion in the same manner with a, qualified per.' son, he - ..is ias.rouch !liable tollie.petialties.as if:no such. qualified persorr waapeesent. His Lordship said. the usual practice was , via.ntrary, but that prat. vice 'would not alter thelasv4:l --:: : :,. I - , .. ' In 'the coarse of last' week ;'the following, curious, • and to the party tint Uninipbrtanf case, came before the Magistrates . at Gieentick fOr ' their decision :-;---' A poor woman stated:to them; 'that , she had, taken her passage in the Tarbet, Packet, 'brin g ing with het fifteen'dozen of eggs; t he ' e gg s she delivered to the Master, who stewed them away in the mold ; but unfortunately one of the passengers had a birth assigned tolhim in theirinimediate neighbourhood ; and,' although it may at first sight seem incredible, there is no doubt of the fatie in the course of the pas. sage,which lasted-only eighteen houts, he eat no less than nine dozen .of the poor woman's eggs. The passenger did not deny the 134, yet tile woman, complained not of him, but of the M ister, who, she insisted, had been guilty of miscondlift, in al., lowing such a passenger (a ravenous Heg) a birth in the hold. After beating parties at great length, the Magistrates decreed the Master to pay the poor woman . for her eggs, but reserved to'him his claim of relief against the Hog. Here, however, an:other, question no less difficult occurred ; namely, whether 1 the woman was. entitled• it . receive fur tier eggS 1 the market price_ at Gteenock, or only the, l iriine cost ; and after heating this point diseussed e a.t great length, the Magistrates seemed to think,'ihat the case in so far as the hog was concerned,, partook of 1 the nature of a spidzie ; and coniidefing the nuts_ ter as answerable for, ths hog, they found the mei. ter liable far the market puce. We are credibly informed, that all the parties have . aeptieked in this decision. The manner, style, and splendour with, which the New Amphitheatre; WestminSter Bridge,-is an maianced in this Paper to'be opened on Monday next, proves that our Sox shall 'not be the only one that is to shine during.the evenings of the ensuinOurns met. There is,' however, a spirit of rivalship so 'generous, magnificent, and praise.worthy •ite the Condutt of the Proprietor of° this elegant building, that we sincerely wish him 'the success which can not fail to reward . a public charade' so worthy of it as'Mr. ASTI. Er a Jun . •. , •_. _ - . _.;:;, _AGA ICULTURE, iilo/11111..Y REPORT FOR MARCH:, Tog plants of Wheat continue to chew a healthy colour, through -all the. principal corn Early Peasehave, suffered by the late sharp winds ; but the Beans lO9k in general kindly. Forward sown Barleys have had a'check, so chat those got in later, carry at }resent the more promising appearance. The 9ats aie principally in the ground, in the Fen coun, and', in many parts, haVe,ialready planted well. The - scarcity of,Labourets on tbe coast side of Essex, - Kent, an,l Sussex, has kept.the Farmers very backward in their Lent spWin„a,in those (pal ters.. The . cole..Seetts . begin to bldoin .well for a crop. Spring seed of all kinds is short anti backward, and the Winter Tares, have Seen much cut by thesharpfrasiy nighti, but the YoungClovets generally carry a promi•sing appearance. Hay con_ tirities pientifnl, and is somewhat lower. Smithfield Market; is still well stipplied with fat cattle of all kindS, and Willi bUt little "adi'anCe'on last month's .prices lean . beasts are: conSiderrablY partice., larly'theWeleh . arid•Trisli 'sorts." The Flkkmas. tern :n the breeding cbunties'cif Wilts, Dorset, and ( Stril'ii";"etimplain of heavy losses in their early drop ped lambs: The Wool Trade has had a further ad: all its ions. MAIDSTONE; MARCH 29. TFIIS morning it half past eleven,; the three fol. lowing malefatlors, viz. lames ; Longley, aged 30, Josep h Hickens, aged 51, anki/V.m. Miles, ;4grd 3 0 , coptietnued at the assizes, for, assaulting and robbi ,, g,. ,James B iwles, in his dwelling-house in Bennenden,. were conveyed in a waggon to the place of eZecn. tion, Pennenden. Heath, where,. they arrived scion 'after twelve 'o'clock. They then j pra.yer with the clergyinan, in a very decent and:"de•Vopt ma nner, and seemed perfeAly resigned to 'the dire." .ful' fate that awaited them ; when after priyinia • short time they ascended the drop. Thor ) them acknowledged the crime and justness , of:the sentence for which they were about ,to sulTeroontt., exhorted those who heard them, to take- svinniograt their untimely end,--and-said,—they were harpy in their minds, , and fm-gave eves.) , on; in this world What . tht;y had 'said' of then Cthy%-; then . _ desired their love to be given 'to' their -wives anti families .and the' caQs Were •draWn over theiri face3.—The'drop thenfell (ten 'Minutes Wefore (me' o'clock), and they swung off . with their frands‘ locked in each other's, and were 'dead in arfinsiAnn . After the,.bndies,h,,:d, hung the usual were delivered over to their friends; -11-11 (1? 1c v t e n% to ,the,place ofinterment::'lly, were, Very ;• , r_z iood.lOoking men; and dressed de,c S er . t i lx, t ;,;Lon i ty,.. and,t,iiiles are said to V,Vlfe and I,slnf Ch',lla4e4; a each,- and', liickens a Wife, and eight' chiltlkli ..5u4.7 • „,* • , An account from the Isle of France state', thit4t 4 , was a:;Portuguese vessel that saved. one of rise fortunate men' who'. accompanied • Lt., Pca.ouse ; in, his voyage: This, perion was found tupon act units-: habired island, atid.said that:his name was LARss,.- LI T; the Astronomen- o rtbeseXpedition: 'tie said, that of theSquatironohe Frigate; D' Art rolobe had been stranded; that le Bolissole bad; taken fire from - accident, but was prevented-from being blow.n, np r and thatklic wreck had 'carried:M. LA P Kotießr and. most • 'of his•Otlicers and Sailors, to New. 74a4 land,: where they had yes-Elaine-IA near nine;yeats.; iii hope that, same ship:Would come 'anti carry.,,thens, ufE ;After having waited so long in vain,' they determinedi.to build a_, ship themselves, init . :4=o, cuing down some-limber, *ere. surprized.-14.the; natives, and every Frenchman was usurdera,, , ,,ex.l ceps LET, who escaped in! a.; , stuall'-bogv to the driereed Wand, ;w,here the,,forkuguese,l'intiida him. .He was so worn out froth wants..and..,rnisfor.f! tunes, chat' he died ::on. the sixth day afte3r,he yiatt taken onboard. Bedelivered. however„befire hiss • decease, a sealed parcel, ivith papers, addle - Sled to, die t " Minister of His Most Christian Majesty for the Deis,Trrrnent'Of thciVlarine and withatantii~g Thai the Portuguese LAc'eLET noibeliev.e that, 1,6 v wa's mitidereci,. and that FiAnca was'calikd'a 1. : 't': At a,huht At. Kingswod, ,Narthumberland . • —.4 rs the,3dinstap4 the fox .being hard:pressed; took,, shelter in ate cleft ; of a .high rock. .The . huTiters. provided themselves with spade's, ScC, an'cl,wrdUght: for a considerable time, , until they were on the, point of getting the fox, when one of•them putting in a lever, gave a shock to the rock, which was. near .4,,0 feet high, and it immediately, gave., Way,'" and three men that were on the .top, with some bun.. , cited tons of the rock, were lintled together down, the precipice.. Theponderous load shivered several: t rees in its .way, and two Of , the men were alrrinst" covered, among the fragments ; the third was_linrhar to the bottom, and in the aft of getting on his feet, when a large piece of the rock which followed, knocked' him down and buried' him. The' - former two were got out much'bruised.; the third was. in' appearance lifeless, but some-signs of life; tpurn..,, ing, a .surieon Was sent for, and he is now in i;fitir , way of-recovery. Sunday last,' between; the. Itooes 'of nine-and- ten o'clock intflefotenoon, pelted in the'.dwelling-house of ',Wm. .:Flcrrictsl, farmer', Commnly 'Called Oelleyh!es, in title poi : h of Langonoyd, in the county of 'Glamirgan, 'the property' of Sir- jot-i,N NicHOL; consumedthe dwelling-house.; together dvitk beast-house, stable,' and several. other adjoining ~appu.riena,nec3, with' a great-quantity ,of hay, and corn, and ,eyeral head 'of .cattle i but the greatest part of 'he furni. Ore, was,. with great diffienity„, saved. It was oc casionedr`it• is supposed, by a, boy going with _a small, quantity of fire to anadjacent field. :4 • Died* on Tuesctiy last, Mrs: .:ANN Bo .rn,• of Cransey, in Northamptonshire. . A rrielanch , 7ly circumstance happened on Wednes - .. *day evening last. The servant boy of 3 , Gentleman . residing in Ahchurch:lane,"'going awn' stair's' wills in - his and theknife entered his back : surgicariiista - rice'vas irnrtiieiii_ atefy had,- but he 4lias-of• tht—wouna of littcscizT night. . . • , : „ . • II 1