The Sun. — London, England, 1801-02-07 00:00:00

A Cartel with a Flag of Truce sailed to Calais on Saturday last, and returned on,Sunday, having deliVered the dispatches to the proper officer at that Port. The dispatch was addressed to Captain COTES, the British Commissioner for Piisoners in France, and contained a notice to the French Government, that our Ships of War Would in future take . all fishing-boats they 'night meet at sea. • We understand also, that our Government has remonstrated on the violation of faith on the, part a France,. in having pressed a great number of ishermen on -board the Fleet at Brest, which rile " Immunity of His Majesty's. Ministers had per- Mitred to return on parole to their homes, on con dition of not serving in atiy ships of war. It is , ascertained beyond a doubt, that many of these Men have been compelled to forfeit their engage- inent. Fourteen Ships, of 64. guns each, it is-said, are to be hued with all expedition to lie in Cawsand 'Bay, Plymouth, as Guarda.Costas, while the Channel and oiher Fleets are at sea. All the Ships in 'the East India Company's - service which are of the burthen of r zoo tons and upwards, are to mount thirty guns. . Ships 'of less burthen are severally to carry twenty-six nine and twelVe:porinders. The Adventure, rinlaY; from LOinion to Mar tinico, was captured near Madeira the 31st January, by La Mouche Privateer. One of the crew arrived at Bristol in the Santa Brilliant Packet, recaptured, reports that the Fleet under Convoy of the Andromeda Frigate, separated about a week after sailing from Portsmouth, and that he was informed tie Mouche Privateer had 'captured from 13 to 74 sail of them. • We_ some time since gave an account Of an Action having taken place between the French Privateer Bellone, and an English Schooner . ; but by a letter from on board His Majesty's Ship Sirius, dated at Sea,' January 31, we learn that that Ship NI in on that day with an American Brig from St. Scbast ian's to Philadelphia, by whom the Officers of the Sirius were informed, that it Was the Briume Privateer that had the Aetion with the English Schooner between Vigo and Oporto_; that her First Captain had lost his leg, her Second and Third Captain and thirty men killed, arid the vessel received so mach _damage, that she was obliged to return to Pas sage, and from thence to Bourdeaux, to repair her damages. Had not a breeze sprung up, the Privateer must have been captured. The Braave, mou nt e d 44 guns, twelves and eighteens, and 'carried 3 00 men. Thtt two French East indiamen brought into Plyir.outh, prizes to the Magicientre and Thames I.'rigates, are, L' Herott,'of 20 guns and seventy - tren and passengers ; and 4! Aurore, of 18 guns and sixty-five ditto and ditto; they were captured' within six -leagues ..of Bourdeaux.— They are both laden from the Mauritius, for toUr . deiux, with spices, nankeens, silks, co chineal cOffee, tortoise-shell, ivory, &e. - The cost of L' Heron's cargo in the Isle of France, was one million and half of livres Tournois stg.r. ling: They lay al the Mauritius three.months, to avoid our cruizers, but the British Frigates taking some prizes, left the Coast for Madras, and L' Heron and L'Auret sailed directly for Eu zope.—On board 'L' Heron' was .found a small box, with a false bottom, in which was concealed Die.. patches from the Governor of the - Mauritius to Bo NAPAtiTS : these *ere forw arded to the Right lion. Earl ST. VI C . Search has been. imide among the French. Prisoners in Mill Prison, ,be longing to Pile ron and I.' Aurore, coriceakti diamonds ) said to be hid away, but with Out effe6f. . . • The Debate on Monday evening furnished many excellent Speeches, as , well as observations in reply, witich the limits of a Nespaper.co u ld not possi w bly comprise.. Mr.' PITT, in reply to Dr. LAWRICCE, was 3 we understand, ,most peculiahly;l:lappy—Speaking of the learned and lumbrout hoaor, he charact e rized him by "the learned Gentleman whose jejemzeri of inlet/et! and prvi;x;t ) of. speech, he had often occasion to hear And to lament"--alluding to the DoE or's lipeeches before the, Privy CounCil; 'where be is employed' as an Advocate 'for Neutral Nations, And where he sometimes administers a'Arai-ratic of four or five hours cperativd: . • • It is said that one of the D u ke of BEDioiip's brothers is shortly to bring forward a Motion in the House of Commons, for the purpose .of tr'ying the Whbte strength. of the Party. • We could hardly i have believed that 'any of-Or :Party' could. deliberately intend to render the -whole Body so insigracant in the eyes of their,countrymen. from the proceedings . of' the Highland -So ciety, it appears, that the manufakaute of kelp; as- a lixiv 44 salt, commenced in Scotland about the. ken, 1720 :..that its value vra,s . so'' little known in 1 754 , . - that Mr. HECTO:a MACLEAN, the venerable Minister of the Isle of Col, 'and the Friend of j'ottxso N , - sold the liberty of using the kelp„ on his farm to •an .Irish ma. nufailurer for two - guineas, : who made from during that season, twenty-five . ions : that now', however, as an article of commerce; 'value is' generally understood, and 'that in 1788 full 3000 tons had-been micle,...whieh, at 61. los. per ton, : amounts to 49,5601. The expence of making•is estimated at from zl.-to 31. per ton. ." . • A discovery, haS lately been made at Omny, near BeauVaik, in France, of two vases filled with gold coins;, to'the number of two thousand . and upwaidi. They are Roman, chiefly of the Em perors, fr6rn Galba to Geta, inclusive ; many of them beautifully cut, and in perfea.preserVation. They were eagerlr seized upon' by a number of persons in the neighbourhood, who appear to have concealed some of the most valuable, espe. daily tltoge—spf the Empresses, so that this will, probably, Ions): furnish valuable specimens for the cabinets of the curious. CCratT QV 4, f i ts. .6 AMERY" RANDALL. • • Mr. Gitiss said, this was an Mt 10.13 for icia& sold and delivered. The Defendant by his pint said; the Plaintifr was 'a native of the United Provinces; who *ere at war with us, and that, consequently being an Alien Enemy, he could not maintain this Aftiom . . To that plea the Plaintiff replied, that he was entitled to recover in consequence of the provisions of the 35th Geo. 111. c. 15. ` that Ad passed when Great Britain and Holland were in amity, and it authorized the People of this , Country to import Dutch- Property for the benefit of the Dutch themselves, that it might not fall into the hands of the French. These goods were shipped at Rotterdam; and were lost by capture. It also appeared, that His MAJESTY had granted a Li cense for the Plaintiff to receive the money for these goods of the Defendant, The 'Counsel said, he was at a loss to conceive how that replication could be an answer ,to the plea. The Plaintiff was an Alien Enemy. The replication set forth several Ads of ParliaMent, the first of which was • the 35th of the present King, c. ts, which was passed in consequence of the French coming . into Holland ; and though Dutch Property Might be brought 'into this Coun try, yet, ; afterwards, by the 37th of the King ,(the Dutch Prize Ad), that Property became prize. With regard to the License,. it 'did not give a right to the Plaintiff' to sue; it only au . - thorized the Defendant to pay Over the money. He really did not know how he was to argue it. Mr. ESPINASSE, on the part of the Defendant, relied on two cases, the one in Lord Raymond, zB2, and the other in Rosanquet and Puller's Re_ ports, 163._ When the Counsel was stating - the .35th Geo.'lll. c. 15, Lord KENYON observed, that when that At passed, we were then at peace with Holland. Mr. Es? I NASSE observed, that there were se veral Statutes passed after that, to continue that A& of Parliament, which coupled with the Li cense to receive that money, conferred on this Fo reigner a right to maintain an Mtion in an Eng_ lish Court of Justice. Whatever the policy of that Aft`of Parliament might be, it would be a fraud on Foreigners to allow them to import goods into this Contstry as a place of safety, and afterwards to prevent them from bringing an Anion to recover their value. Lord Kitbrolt"...." Was there any A con_ tit the 35th Geo. 111. c. 15, after we were in a' state of making reprisals against Holland ? Was there any Ad to authorize trading in Hol land ? The 35th Geo. HI. c. 15, was made for the benefit of the Inhabitants of Holland, that their Property might be. brought over to this Country, and be prevented from getting into ihe hands of ravagers." Mr. Est.' NASSE assured the Court there were Aft , ; which continued that Statute, and enumer ateci the following as of that description-37th Geo. 111. C. 12; 38th Geo. 111. c. g ; 39th Geo. 111. c. 12; 39th and +oth Geo. c. 17. Atts continued the 3th Geo. lII► in ge neral terms. Lord KENYON• observed to Mr. Guts, that perhaps he was taken a little by surprize, with regard to these Aas of Parliament. • Mr. , G 1 t.its said, he •was not - taken by stir. prize. He contended that the 37th of Geo. 111. reciting the order of Reprisals, put an cad to the 35th of the present King. LotdKiNY'ON.-...." Without some special terms, certainly it did. Let it stand over, that these Afts of Parliament may be looked into. I. do hot chose to take a leap in the dark,'. but I do viily believe it will turn out to - be as Mr. I its has stated." Mr. Grt. ES acienitted that these Aas continec,i ,the powers of certain persons called Commis sioners, wh6 were appointed to manage tho. Pro. perry. But these Mts (lid not authorize the im - porting of Property subsequent to iliac time, ocher_ wise they would have destroyed the Dutch Prize A. . . When Mr. GIBBS. was about to address the Court, on the part of the Defendant, Lord KENYON said, he thought it was unne_ cessary for the Learned Counsel to - give himself any trouble on the subjedi as it was to stand over for a second. argument. . THE KING 131.1C11, r co.. ' Tzt,ts was a Rule obtained by Mr. ERSK 121 F, at the instance of Earl Darnley, calling on the Defendant,' Robert Bligh, Esq. to she w cause why a criminal. information should not be filed against him foi- having used very unbecoming language,'as it was allcdged, towards the Noble Earl, Mr. PtativAt, moved, that this Rule be enlarged to , the next term, on the ground that the Defendant, who lived in Dublin, had not yet half time to tals.e copies of the Affidavit and to prepare for` spewing cause against the Rule. Mr. GARROW observed ) that he had- received instrnaions t 4„ move to make the Rule Absolute when the time for shewing cause was expired, as it was expressed by the .Rule ; that these in. strudions werA accompanied by an Affidavit of the service of this - Rule in Dublin- on the De fendant, and, that such 'Affidavit, had arrived in London twb days agb ; and that the Defendant buy :the. same time, to send by the Packet in. ktruelions to 'oppose,. is the Prosecutor's Agent had . to' send in Support - of the, Rule, jot. 'Which reason .he . thought. the .Court would order the Rule to be btought on some day the present Terni. . _ , 'iheCotirt thou ht it was reasonable that the Defendant should #e the time which was now asked on his behalf, to take copies, Arc.. 9f the Affidavits, 41, therefore ordered that 'the - Rule be enlarged until the next term.. Rule enlarged accordingly. COiith6/4 i't n. 6. The Court rose this.day at an early hour, and LorttELDoN afteiwards sat ai A Variety of causes were tried, but the greater part of theM were of a very uninteresting na ture; as involving no one point at ali important to be stated to the Public. , - -- ...-'s -1` beaten a ship of a mach greater force; Under tilt-. LAP/ RETORT,, 1 existing circumstances, must ever be a pleasing - I --.....—. 4;,4 refleCtion to every person belonging to ber." l eCrillt.T QF KING's BtNCI BATES V. BROWN: Ttiti was an Adion to recover the sum of 101. • t as. alledgcd to be due as the balance of account I, on goods sold and delivered. The parties, who are engaged in the. manafadoty of straw bonnets, had been in the habit of doing business With each other for a considerable time, ,and the Plaintiff pretended, that on the 26th of August last the Defendant purchased from him a quantity of such straw as is employed in this.trade,.amounting to upwards. of 331. the balance on which.was the sum specified in the DeclaratiOn. To substantiate the fad of the delivery of the goods, tslid Wit nesses were called, but their . evidence way com pletely unsatisfadory. Failing in this, it was.en deavoureil tcybe proved by the evidence of another Witness, that the Defendant had on one occasion admittO . that the greater part of the sum claimed was due, and that he had made an offer to pay as soon as., a receipt was produced, In this proolalso there was a great deficiency, and the At t orney,who was called to corroborate the statement of this Witness,. did not appear to give evidence. On the part of the . Defendant, the claim was not only denied, but it was even urged, that'im a fair in spedion of the accounts, the - Defendant, solar from being indebted to the Plaintiff; adually had a fair claim on him to the amount of2ol. Two:Witnesses were called, whOse evidence was cleat and explicit, that the quantity of goods alledged to have been delivered, were never at any tittle seen or heard of in the warehouse - of the Plaintiff, and that the Plaintiff had,.on the morning of the day when.he was supposed to hare purchased them, adually informed the Defendant that he did not then require any supply - . • Lord ELDON, in summing up the evidence, animadverted with considerable 'warmth -on the impropriety of bringing a&ions of this kind into Court, and expressed his hope that the Attorney concerned for the Plaintiff would at least have the conscience not to charge his Client with his attendance this day ; heped also, that he would be honest enough,titit to charge him with the ex_ pence of . • the attendance of witnesses whose evi dence was altogether nugatory-in the•cause. On Tuesday the 27th of last month,. the re mains of the Earl of Powis were attended from his Lordship's house i'tf Portland Place, by the Marquis of HERTFORD, Lord RE R W ICK, the Members for Ludlow, Bishop's Castle, and Mont gomery, and others of his Lordship's friends, out of town, on its way to Powis Castle, in Montgo meryshire, where it was met on Tuesday last by the principal Gentlemen of the Country, and his Lordship's Tenantry, who proceede& with it from thence for interment, in the Family Vault at Welchpool.—By descent from his 'father, HEN itY ARTHUR HERBERT, Earl of Powis, who Was at the head of one great branch of the Hilts kin' fatuity, his Lordship was Earl of Powia, Vis cnunt LubLow,• Baron BE RT of . Cherbury, Barons, HERBERT of Ludlow, and Baron Pbwxs . of Powis Castle—Through his mother, who was at the head of another great branch•of the same' family', . his Lordship was' descended froth, and 'heir to the }IRA E RTS who herCtofore had - the: IVlarquisate, - Earldom, and-Barony of Powis : : her paternal Grandfather 'whom, on.the death of . her Uncle, 'the last Mari-lois of - Poi is without . issue,• she, as only ChiltVol his ITO:lnger Brother, became Heir), , being Marquis aid Earl of Povift ViSCOUnt MO ITTG E and• Baron of.Powts, which Barony of-Powis he derived from his an cestbr, Sir WILLIAM: HERD E,R.2):_ created Lord Powis in, the ..filth of .CtiAttLas the First the Earldom and IViarquisate. from another ancestor of the same Christian name and sirnam; created Earl of Pow is 1674' and, Marquis Of - Fowls and Viscount IVIoNIQomtaY in 1687. This latter ancestor was created bukt of Powts. lis Lordship was Lord Lieittenant of the Counties of Salop and'Montgotnery, Colcinel Of the Shrop.: 'shire - Militia, and Recorder of Ludlow. He died' a bachelor, leaving . an only sister; married to the present Lord Cc v t', by whom' het Lady= ship has issue four children. Last night a fire - broke out at M. Either's, in Gerrard-street, Soho, which entirely consumed his louse and valuable pktures: 'The Westmln. ster Dispensary, the adjoining house, was some. what damaged before the tire could be got under. On Thuesday . sennight the ReV.., Enw. Tun. "rtes, of I'ingutm, near Usk, was committed to • , Monmouth gall by the Coroner's Warrant; for .the wilful murder of his servant boy; about :twelve years of age. .• By letters received from St. Ann'S, in Jamaica, we learn that that parish had most severely suffered by the hurricane, of the Ist and ad of - November, and particularly the Richmond estates in that quarter,. which had its forwird plants and rattoons completely blown down, and twisted in every diredion. . The plantain walks and :the poor 'Ne groes' cultivated grounds were' estroyed.. In ad dition to this heavy calamity, intelligence. has been since received from the - same parish, by the Lord Aucklemd Packet, that on the r 3th of De cember folloWing, a .deluge of rain, inundated a great part of that parish, destroyed the Bridge, at New Works ; and swept, off a _number of fine cane-pieces of that and other properties, by washing' and carrying' away the'Mould.aid roots altogether. -Richmond' Gully was,so high, that several Estates lost their cattle and;tiy . ains, by at. tempting to cross it. A very . fine Brig, dis. masted and deserted by the crew . , was cast on shore below Richmond Wharf. She was loaded with . flour ; in 'a few minute's after. she struck, and Was dashed to pieces. The - Agnes arta Edmund, Scdley,, from Cork to Lisbon, was wrecked rear Viana 'the 17th January crew saved,• THE THE ATRE,; Coycll: .0 nit II.; EVERY HIS RtIMOUR; THoudß Criticism may, find fal4le with many parts of Mr. COOKE'S Kite'lyi yet his iierferrnance don not seem to have lair any of its artraaiori by relifition; for . it last night drew oiie of tlic fade houses this season; he, appeared to labour tindei a severe cold, and wis extremely hoarse: it would be as unjust to pass 'ci - er Muyps'a; KNIGHT and SIMMONS without notice, as it would be difficult to praise sufficiently their irresistible -COmicalitY; GIL/GM:DUKE ALEXANDkR OF RUSSIA: TliE Grand:Oulte ALEXATORR i -- the eldest oti•the . Etilperor ?nth.; was great ti vourite of his' Gland-1110E4er •CATR E I Nr tll3 Second, and there w:35 no doubt if she had lived; perhaps only a Month longer, 'pet-haps only a week ) or even a , doiy, but he.woud n6v.have been seated upon the Russian Throne: The plart of Cit.Tß Ert - titt woald,indved, hatresooner been unveiled, but that the youth god natural good disposition of AL EXANDEK defeated it; who; by the purity of his morals, and his pesorial charms, inspires a high degree of admiration: That ideal charatler which enchants us in fele . marbitl,- is almost realized in him. •He -inherits from CA. THERINE magnanimity, ,of sentiment ; ancVan alterable '6 - quality. of . temper; it mind - lest and penetrating, and uncnitiniou.diSeretion ; .with the alloy, ho;ever, of a cautious . ,disPoSitiOn, circumspeaion - unsuitable to his years, and . which might be taken for ,dissimulation,- did it. not evi dently proceed rather front thedelicatc sitnation in which. he, ryas piaCed ' between hiS father and grand-mother, than from his heart, which is nA.: wally frank and ingenuous: He. possesses hia mother's stature and beauty, as well is her mild ness, and benevolence; while in none Of his felt:. tures does' be teseMble - .his father - . PAUL, con jeauring theintentlons of CATilit a INi in fayour :of his, .Son,; has-always felt coldly towards him ;- 'at . the same time he discovers in him no reseal:. •blance of charader, and no conformity of taste with hiinself; for . ALEXA:IDER apFears to do what his father reqtfires from a principle of filial duty, rather than compliance with his own inclinatiOns: HIS humanity has acquired him the hearts of the Soldiers; his gond sense the admiration of the Officers : he is the constant mediator bet Ween the Empetor and those unhappy • persons, who, by some trifling neglect, may pro:. yoke his anger. He requires not the dignity of Grand-Duke of Russia to inspire sentiments of love and interest ; nature hai richly endowed him with the most amiable qualities, and his char:tare of Heir to the greatest Empire in the World ; can not render them indifferent to humanity: Hea ven, perhaps, destines him to render thirty mil lions of People more free than they are of resent, and more worthy of being SALE, ,whose private worth is equal t 9 vocal merit, has taken one of die children of the late Mr. BgNsoNythe at under his proration ; and as the child-possesses a go.tl voice,. he is likely to become an ornamelt t9_ the, tnwical world, by the instruaions ur fics'able a-master. THE ARTS.—NURTHCOTE has tinishei long-expeeted picture of BcSNAPARTE ) and 'it aircady in the hands of tije . Engraver; The Corsican Chief is on horse-baeic in the field . of battle. , The horse _lit' sttl'otied upon an elevatixt spot just over th‘-artillery3 and is.in the act of starting, as' if roused by the tremendous sounds of war. , The figure of the Consul is well' placed upon the horse, anti his flatures„ are 'ad mirably expt-ssive of Vi:;llant observation and Cletermined fortitc,le. The face is nearly in pro file, and is taken from ti bust acknowiecl;ed to be . a perfeei likenecs. The Artist hits had et efy vantage that could arise: from accurate •descrip:. tion, as to totintenance and complexion ; and it is admitted by all who have seen the pkture and the original, that the resemblttnce is exaa. Wi have before expressed °Ur wisii that the- ingenious Artist had a more ponoticable if a less cunspicu. oas, subject to employ his talents ;' but we must :bear testimony to the meriti'Of his composition:• The engraving is. to . bb o riiezzotinto, by MOLDS, who) though a young man, has descry .'edgy acquired high reputation in that province of ,the I,trts, gut the general: meeiti of the pkturd will furnish ample scope , for the exertion p of his abilities: The Cartoons cif RAFHArt., copied by' Sir )A 4tR T tUßxtl I t,U, and piesented to the Royal ,ikcadony by the Duke of .EsliFORDi are to be placed in a very conspicuous situation; foe the advintage of the S4sdents. They are allowect to be good copies, but it is generally Atnitted, that they afford but an indifeetent idea of the originals. . The Anna Maria, --, and the Sophia, -, from. Saioe to Oporto; are captured ata carrie4l into Minorca. , , We learn from Bengal, 'that, the plantations of the. Poppy, which have been undertaken upon a very extensive scale, for the purpose of manufac turing opium; promise to answer the most salt. guine dxpeEtatious. Tht cultivation of this plant is greatly encouraged at Palna, the capital of Bahar, and 4.00 miles North West of Calcutta, anJ is likewise considerably produced in Benares, J ionpoor; Chunar,' and Gazypbor. I It is '‘said that the opium is, of a very good quality, and may be exported, with great advantage & as the Chinese smoke . prodigious quantities of it. Yesterday at the Polite-Office, Whitechapel, a sea-faring man, was charged with bigamy, on the 'oatlis of Eliza 4 eth Harper and John Bundy, by inter-marrying_with the said Elizabeth Harper on the first. day of September last, at the Parish Church of St. pun q an in the East, knowing hi; former wife, whom be married in the year. 1796, to be' ben living.—rTbe,Prijouet was folly cont. mined for trial,