The Sun. — London, England, 1801-08-08 00:00:00

o f the xi Ir. VE, FRANCE. PARIS, icuc. Es t j a ,„ her, late Bower,. from Africa, is - arrived at c (1 -42 -Ic a, after having b e en on sho re, an d sust ai ne d nsiderithle damage ;—while off Jamaica the whole Gv Were impressed. _ . , Ir is sta - ted . as certain, that the Kticc, of NAt Lts, In consequence of some unpleasant circurnsrbnces Which have happened at Palermo, has resolved to return, to.. Naples.., The French Minister ALQut in obiained constquence c repeaed aPPlications, has again the enlar f gement t of a .number of Prisoners. AQcordingto accounts from Naples, of the tzth 11~r 5 1 thousand - F - rench."froops were expe4ed in t " a t The CoUrt-has issued orders to prepare 1311 artersanii subststerice for_then4 • _ • alttwifforhn state that frequent conferences R are ' h 44,,, - Itly,, i t;le,,iniefers of Erance, England, and Russia. From th is , circumstance favourable omens „are drawn a the speedy restoration of a general reace. According .to,letrers from .erlin of the 18th of July, Lord CARYST6RI,, the English Minister s uses every exertion to obtain from the Prussian Government the new of Hanover. It is though t t ha t if new obstacles should not arise, the evacuation wotild take place about the 7th of August, on whi c h day the cc.ntraCts for' 'the maintenance of the Troops would expire. These letters also state, that Prussia had not acceded to the Convention con. chid e d at Petersbaril; the rith of June.. • . _ A Leiter from the Hague, of the zSth of July, in.the Clef die Cabinet, says—" All the Sailors who orirboard the Fieet,of Admiral DE 4 WINIER, Are landed, and compose the Garrisons of Helitoet and Brille." The First Consul attended the grand parade this day, and.,reviewed the Troops, who went „tnrough various evolutio ns w i t h. g r eat p ree i s iO n . Ire afterwards 'gave a gran4 dinner to the General Officers.. • • • 2 , GE , N OA) JULY VesSel arrived at Leg .o,crn 41. ° -Tripoli, in twenty-three days,, states, G . '” at t hem French Troops . of Cairo have attacked' the him VIZIEA, and conipletely. defeated and putt Lrorn: ••• 111) flu after. a very brisk Aaion.'_ Letters 45v..,p1:4 - be 22d .June . say,, that the Anglo_ ill ad no.t.y3l,4pproached Cairo, and ti the re ncl bad gained some advantage • over their Ene: follOws •Lters frorn .Napless of the 7th July state as - • . ‘-c expert with impatience the confirmation of the news from ,Egypt. They write from seve ral Places that the. English, in consequence of the inundations of the Nile, and a - Batile in which they - aia d 6000 men taken prisOners, ,haVe re-embarked ' w ith the rerhains of their Arm v. I.t .is Said that "R'e Turkish- and Greek Vessels - arrived at To re'"e, have brought the same - news."—(Cos:r:er 130 TJLOCNE, Jour z9.—We cannot too much *clinire the bold, brilliant, and . happy - manoeuvre which has brought into our port the six' Gun-boats blocked up at Calais by an English division. A preceding attcTp i pt Was ne , lr costing it dear, It net a strong ,Etiglish diVision, in ambush behind the point of Grkneyk and' was forced to return immt 'lately. However, _the Commander in Chief, LE_ TOUR TREVILLE, attached great importance to the uniting of these Gan-boats to the Flotilla of Boy. logne.i- He ordered M. - Mx RAT E 5, who commanded under him, - 'to iepa . ir to dakiis, .and to seize the p e st7'favourable opportunity to cross through the n ,e4ly's CruiSers- . , tut the Eneiniis Cruisers, apprized of this desig n °Y the late attempt, kept constantly upon our.coasts between Calais and Bon/ogne . in echellon from the 13° 'nt•of' Crisney, as far as the point. opposite the coast of England, and abSolutely barred. that part of • ,the p assage; which does . not exceed 17,000 tt seemed i mp o ss ibl e to .surmount such obstacl es ; the Commander r eck one d u p on th e a bili t y and infieSSl3f M. Mr ItAt ES,. and that:Officet has • fully f~ t Chis-confideike. M. 111lixwzEs is an Offi cer 4a er ttlistingtiiAid merit, known b, 4i•excellent auceu vrqs;dv6r s ilieSßanisli Flotilla . of Cadiz. He Ve ry able in this kind Of little - maritime war_ fare. - • o 2 °th-July;..zat three in. the morning,,our tack ed b t s doubling the- point olGrisney, were at, the w h o -, 37 a part of the English - .Cruising - Squadron, Of a 6, le °.f which was in .sight.. it was coMposed sev era re t 2 l ll . : Sh:p,.., 4 c ut down ship'of heavy Metal,. • leis, cruisina.. ;-• - ' ) •boats .oll4rge calibre; - ; Brigs, and Cut: n all p A • 4 -.l.rrtiedliesels,- besides several others . W es t 'Pon distant points,: ,which weie perceived ef,..the port, and ne a r fie Eriglish eaast. Our ,m boats, followed by•,a Fla_t-bottomed.boat,' aWfurioutsrew little water, .doubl.ed (...irisney, making str.ong fice;which was supported"bv that of the batterr.,which. the, Commander had ereete'a ~Ithin a few days .oil St. upon that - had as yet- to fight only eight Or' nine English - Vessels. The Commander of the Cruising Squadron Made the signal . to-rally, and it was immediately entirely united against our Gunboats... The latter wept theinselves at first close to the coast,, under the fi re of the batteriei..- they' continued their route 111 in .' ithe; a very good appearance, a.brisk fire, and in a - All bur laltd 'batteries fired almost without tb e 'nterrttptio-Ci ; irs also;our Notilla moored before oraPrott of o a nel 'the ca in p:o f the Tower of • • al • threw also some bombs. .dt appears t hat the D.,' le Y e • - ‘ 4 l2l`i -h have not forgotten the lesson they recei ve , 4 for ee th e they at illgestras. . Although very superior in ,kcpt almost constantly out ofreach, with e xceptipibpija- Brig, advanced and manceu redve• , • . . - . L it ifiluutsterable resolution. It is inconceiv aire tha t 1 1 1.40glith , vessels ; which had orders to eP our divili.loa - OfGun'-bOats blocked up in Cal a i s , tI,,QQ be .c,orktent to escort i t at a ver y respeaful stance from Calais- to Boulogne, from two in the 441 of g until five o'clock.' I\ellitATEs, seeing : • • stile circumspeaion of the Enemy, inanoceuvred when 1 :- e Came within a league of the port, to gain the open r ," e a and provoke the English ; but they did not think. t"T ° Pet to accept the challenge. He-then continued . _'s route, effeCted his junftion.'with the Flotilla, and 'floored sin front : or, the port, in presence Of, and al, post under the fire of the 'English. YRAArcz covEll,D SEING• A FAITHFUL NARRATIVE # TAKEN. FROM THE REPORT OF THr.gallant ADMIRAL LINOIS• &Joon PEo4 f k all I pray attend A most surprizing story, 'Tis-ofaffip - tiov On the main, - • That colied FitSN cs With glory, 'Twas on the Ninth Day of July, . "' Frorii CADIZ post away, ,t;f!. Six sail o'th'Line, and Frigatesitivell, To ALGESIR Bay._ °mei rIG For kept by th' ENown-in bloek* t lsr . The mighty LIIIO s lay, 'bru" With five large Ships, a Frigate too, In ALGESIRAS Bay. ,These to ielieve R EN 0 came,. Not to engage in fight, But to the . port of .0 A nt.z strait With them combine in flight. A fresh East wind rose on the twelfth—.' The Far ;lex and SPANIARDS go,. • For C ADIZ swift they sail, and take, , The HANNIBAL in tow. n • NoW this same Eastward gale, alas ' • Brought on the tv own Fleet, -14 'Who seem to wish tot nothing more Than Enemies to•meet. ' Five Sail o' th' Line the English had, A Frigate and a Brig— • They came as if they did notsaill Fur FtAzjcE . and SPAIN a • The night came on, and FRANCE and §P.A.i Were very much in fear, ' • As stronger blew the Eastern breeze,- More E Is might appear::: Hence they were puzzled what to do, • Thitis,, which way to • • For what, indeA, ~are FRANCg ansiity4o When BRITISH TARS are nigh! .21C At length th' ALL LEs llearcl'earrnon three, And fires saw far behind— " They thOlighttlieni English. Signals,, so They push'd before the wind. Then they congratulate themselves That th'ey were got together,' And that they sail'd so very well s Beyond 01. D ENG x. tether. A Conflagration soon they saw, Burst through the dark of night ; Which seem'd .to be their ships on fire, Oh ! then hoW great their fright ! ' Such their first thoughts, but soon they fear'd, 'Twas Fire-Slipi of the foe,--- Thai was enough to urge their speed, Anti wondrous fast they go. - • No longer then could be a doubt, The fee had pased the Strait ; Nay,. :l ay. had rcach'd the. .0 male Crake=-- . This was no time to wait. r. The French at their maintop mast-he:24„ Had put a light to rally ; But pull'd it down when th' English came; Lest they too near might sally,. For'well the wary" Frenchmen knew, If they held forth a light, It must have led the English on, , To force them into fight, • The night the French in anguish pass'd,.. . Because it did not sheW _ Whether some'Ships that were in sight, • Were Enemies or no. At length the gay dispers'd their fears, A day it was most sweet, For why—Jhe French soon found thethseUeS' In midst of their own Fleet. • . . ' At five . o'clock they heard a sonntt," — ' . --s Thareliddenote a fray, i I -T - 1 to hich.Made-the Frenchmen all rejrxe, ' : , They.were 'st - ; far away.. The wind about ekven rose— • FOur vessels can itt , They thought them friends, but found them foes, And then,again they sew. The Formidable then they saw, Driving before the wind, As if she.said, " The Devil take All those that are hehiad." ' At length the kiench, with rapture found, Theyneed not free and chafe, - The foe they had escap'd, and then lAnchOr'd in 'Cadiz safe. And now, to all our Naval Lads May Hcav'n still give a blessing— And if defeat with Glory clads, May France ne'er want a dressing. Nothing can be more curious than the difference between Great Britain and her. Enemies on all naval subjeas. While Lord NE LsoN does not think it Worthy of his' magnanimity to send an account of , a' Visor ) , which he, though we believe no one die, deems trifling, the French and. Spaniards are not above-publishingfour . different accounts of a Defeat. The French appear to be as mush aViireit fit the prospeft df an importatio.: of .Brieish(eNiii 4 A, as LAocooN was at that of the Greciarilbarrttr /1'4611, however, be equally as vain for theiChidoeffinul as for the Trojan Hero, to declairrhititiAgt enemies' Steeds, and as Jong as British - .1-I&eses.and British Ships shall preserve their present superiority, the declamation of the Monsieurs will neither beat us in the. race on shore, nor in thesombat at sea. It was formerly the custom to flatter the - rising 'generation of males by the hopes, that they would be men before their mothers. In these revolutionary times, however, we see from the case of the D u k e of PARMA, that it is not absurd to promise a' child that he.shall be a Kips , ' before his Father. A Paragraph has been sent to us, to tell us that Miss Blocs who has been playing at Edinburgh, is the Miss BIGGS of Drury.lane Theatre. COUPT .6P 6#4 2VC.tti: tiNtOLl\T's-INN HALL; AiTc. g. CAUSE PETITIONS.-liiFOli fgt. LORD CUAN CELLOR. MARRIAGE OP A WARD OF CHANCERY: PRIESTLBY AND LAMB. This Case, which in every point of view is sci important to the Public, came on this thorniiig be fore,thg LORD CHANCELLOR. It will be recolleded, that Timothy Priestley; a Writing,Master at ,the Ladies' Boarding-school', Ikept by his Sisters, at Lambeth a in the month of February last, married Miss , Ann larrib3 itieri at that Boarding-Schoal,.,4ndengkrctiinstances.for which he is how in custody:. 'l7l:iis,young Lady. is. a Ward of the Court of Chancery. . . . .By the order of the L O RO CHANCELLOR, Miss Lamb, one. of the Miss Priestleys (who was in part nership with her two Sisters till Christmas last), Mr. Swabey, the Minister, of the Parish of Lam bed], ,and the -Parish Clerk. of St'. Andrew's, Hol born, attended the Court. Mr. Cox stated the different affidavits that had been Made by the Miss Priestleys, Mr. Priestley, heft spoke in a tone - Of voice so low ; that he could not be distinetly heard. The sum and sub stance of 'these Lathes' affidavits, so far as they could' be heard; was, That they 'Were ignorant of the fad of_the marriage till after it had taken place. LO VA) CHANCELLOR—" - From the view I have • taken of this - case,, and according to- my ideas of justict, I cannot order the parties now before, the • Court to explain thi s matter f a rth er t h an they have .done, though they have given a miserable. account -ofit. They only swear to the fait, They say, 'they did not know of the marriage till afterwards. The circumstances of this case are these r This girl, 'after the death of - her father, Was sent op by her uncle : s,.vvholive in Lincolnihire; , to this Ladies' Boarding-school at Lambeth, which is kept by the Miss Friestleys, and_w A likliihnothy Priestley, their Brother, , atrend;d as., ititiing-rnaster. And I wish to speak Ail' ad due reserve and delicacy of those Ladies' situation. It now.' appears, that . fimothy'Priestley• paid his addresses to this young Lady in the month of January, •r So 1, and that in the next month of *February they were•married, by publication of banns; at theparish church of St. An drew, Holborn ; and whatever may be said' as •10 the manne- in which the. publication of banns Was obtained, and the marriage celebrated, it must be admitted that -it is a good marriage by' the law of the land ; and here Mr. Priestley was aware, and must have been aware that he was aaing illegally. But though the marriage be valid, that will not by any rnears furnish a defence to some of the pefsons, who were concerned in it. In justice to the Parish Clerk of St. Andrew's, Holborn, Twill riot-believe what MrPriestley says in his ,affidavit---I mill, not :believe- What a '.man says Who has been guilty of such-a rubbery . and plunder of this girl's fortune, which. my mind holds in so much abhorrence. He -asked the Clerk- of the Parish how he,could be mar-- ricd. cal: there were two ways in which ,he might be imarried-first, by i licence, if it was with the consent of the friends , ; and if it was not, by the' publicatiOn of banns. .appears that Priestley 'himself rock chambers in Fitrnival's Inn, and that. - Miss :Lamb took a room in Holborn but it does not appear whether she lived during the three weeks preceding, the marriage at that , lodging, or at 'the. Boarding-school,' The Miss Priestleys stood to her in all the relations of pa_ rent and child. They owed to her all the duties of a' parent ; and . it is extremely to be lamented, that under any, possible circumstances, 'while she . was .under their care and 'protealon, their own' brother should have had it -in his ,power to steal her person frorn 'that care and proteetion. It is also verse-much ,to be lamented, that, it .bas 11eAM stated that nobody thinks it any part - of his duty —nobody conceives hirnself under tin. smallest ligation to inquire men the res.ldence of persons who cDrne to be to; o 'cisenver whether . is baini fide or not. illityling dtie-diligence had been used'in thii.ciii4 . 4Cis _impossible that this -n triage dould ever have taken place. It ought to be remembered that,' by', the Canon Law,' • which binds.- the Clergy of ,thi4 'kingdom, it was. provided as early as 1320 down' to to 3. that ary Clergyman celebrating a marriage , witLczt due pal._ firation of banns, •*as subjeAed to vcry heavy pe balties, Does not that make it a duty incumbent on every Clergyman to 'inquire whedler the rei. denee ,of the parties in the parish was 1?o;ta Ade If the, smallest attention had been to flax - cir .. . eurntance in.this - case, . this who is ,now. rained as- much as any girl can be by- such a marriage, would have been safe in her persil and fortune.— But this is not all. Look at the Marriage Ati, i 6 Geo. 11. c. 33. sea. 2.-- 4 s Provided always, and it is hereby further enaaed, that no Parson, Vicar, ,Minister, or Curate, ,shall be -obliged to publish .the banns of matrimony between any per sons whatsoever, unless the persons to be married shall, seven days at the least, before the time re_ . quired for the. first publication-Of . such banns,, re- spec` ively deliver, or cause to be delivered, to such Parson, Minister, Vicar, or Curate,. a notice in writing of their true christian and surnames, and of the house or houses of their respeetive abodes within such parish, chapelry, or extra-parochial place, as aforesaid, and of the ti,we during <which the). have dwelt, iahab;tetke2l,94geti .(.44 house or h,;zisfs respeBivel y." If, therefore, the smallest inquiry had bun made as to the length of time this young wo man. had resided in this parish—if a single ques tion had been asked, it would have immediately led to the deteaion. of this plan of pillage, before it was executed. By the 16th seetion of this sta tute, the doing of certain aEts knowingly or fully, is made felony ; and if these aCis were done frOm _gross negligence and inattention, as in this case, though I would not say that was felony, yet would say, it Wears the charaaer of a crime, which, I trust,', might be'punished by the Criminal Law, of this Country. In the loth scftion of this Act it is said, " That after the't sokmnization of any marriage, under a publication a b a n ns , i t shall not be necessary, in support of such mar.. liage: to give any proof of the - a 0,231 dwcuin 3 of • • ' PAiiiei • hi ine of wherein the earms of matrimony were pub Vied of Where the Marriage is by liper:Ce; It shall tact 118: • necessary to give any proof that the Usual plaLe..ot abode of one of the patties for the `Spact of futif weeks as aforesaid Was. in the parish of Chapep'y where the marriage was solerrinized; nor Shall ii evidence iii either of the Said Casts he received prove the contrary- in any suit touching the tali; dity of Stich Marfiage." But although no stich evidence shall be produced to invalidate the roar:.' ,riage, it is pettedly Clepr that it May be - praddcect for other purposes: t'or instance, _evidence May be produced ; though not to inViifiliate riage; yet to sheW there was a wicked coristiiraey to bring it about: The 'negligent and tiPe'rily‘ manner in which marriages:by publication citqlaS are celebrated in the parish of Lambeth .is alio matter of the 'most serious regret. In cot:sec-pence of this, good.intentioned men, and men who meant to discharge their duty ; were led to do very improper , things. When I view this case iri all its circumstances ; I think it So base and malig nant, that treating it merely as a contempt of this Court, will not tally anw. , er the purposes of jus- ' tice. It has been determined that the obtaining of licence, improperly is the subjed of a criminal charges I think it due to the Public to know ther the obtaining a publication of Banns imprO: perly is not also, an offence punishable by the Cri minal Law ; And ; therefore ; before I proceed fur ther on this subjel, I shall order all the proceed.. ings in this case to be laid befol'e His Majesty's ATTORNEY-GENERAL, that this business may he sifted in all its circumstances, and that it may be known whether, under the circurnsOinces of this case; the parties concerned were not guilty of A . conspiracy at the Common Law." Mr. Swabey here tecitie§ted his Lordship's per_ .mission to say a few words. In every part, of the transaftion .with which he had any thing to do, he tas perfealy persuaded at ,the moment that his c0n661 was corre&. But from the populousness of that Parish, '.and. from other circumstances which :were stated by this Gentleman, but which could not be heard, it was, he salt!, extremely difficult- to guard always against such accidents. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, it was in re.: ferenee to •Mr. Swabey he had observed, that- from the .negligent and slovenly manner of celebrating marriages by the publication of banns in that Pa rish, and he was sorry to add in- other Parishes, men who had the best intentions in the world to do their duty, had been'led to do things that were very incorreft, No. circumstances in the state of that Parish. could ever furnish an answer to break ,ing the Law, because' if it did, it would amount to a repeal of the .Law„and Clergymen must do their best. .If a little inciniry had been made, it would have been found that this girl was-at this .Boarding-School in the Parish, and he took it for granted, that if Mr. Swabey had known that, he would not have married them - (we understand they were married at Lambeth after they had -been mar.. tied at St. Andrew's, Holborn.) Mr. Switbey readily-answered, that if he had en. / tertained the least- idea she was at School, he should Certainly not have - Married them. The Loßti CHANCELLOR here observed to this Gentlemar,if he would have the goodness-to read the . Statute Law of thes.Lant4 as far as it related to the Clergy, he'wocild "see to what., a degree he or any other Gentleman standing in the same situation, was ,in the - polver„of every body. - It' would be no defence to him to: say that he was' ignorant this• yotmg woman was a. Ward of that Court.- _ - - Mr. OwE4v, Counsel for Mr. Priestley, stated on Monday last; when this business was' mentioned, that his Client, who is in custody, was in a very bad state of health. • . The Lon CH'ivwEc Loa said, he Was very sorry for it. fie'llad no objei'tion to.send, Wm- into any wholesomejai,l, but that out of , eustody he-thobld - - not come till. he had made a settlement. ..Said his ' , Ltirdship,..as.this case must 'Come again befok..l - to , ,receive'a proposal for a settlemeht-I: , hope the Master, recolleaing the - robbery. n(i•Diußs;.:: der of this case, w.iil take ,are that this .`man sh.3l - I'''' -- *not receive the .value of One shilling either of the real or personal Estate ofthis girl. 1 • Yesterday afternoon a Gentleman andladr were overturned ; in a whiskey, in Blackfriars . road. The Gentleman escaped without injury : ; his wife unhappily bud one of her eyes nearly forced out of her head, and was otherwise much bruised.:. On Sundarnight last, 'about twelve - O'clock, as‘ tvio dentldmen were passing through the Line.lead-. ing, to \V4worth Common, they sensibly, affeaeci with some piteous moahs, ,seemed to proceed from a small hovel belonging to a 1-lim ney-sweeper. The cries continuing fdta lerigth of time, the eyentlemen.determined to enter the hou s e, for the purpose of ascertaining the"cause of dHtress, when they found a poor little boy, tan appre‘ntice) suspended by the troght , arm to the ceiling, having the left hand and' leg tied together; in which , pain ful situation, th e p oor creature . h a d been for some time. It was with some difficulty, by cutting the' rope, that the Gentlemen extricated the little suf ferer from his master's cruelty, who alledged, for such horrible barbarity, that the,boy had - lost two or three shillings the preceding day. On Thursday morning last, one of the City Marshalmen, of the name, of Hall, suspeaing two young men to be thives, and that they were medi tating a robbery, followed them from Reet-street to the corner of Watling -street, when he saw one of them go into the shop of Mr. Singleton, linen draper. On the man's return into the szreet, he seized him with a viece of Irish linen concealed tinder his coat; his confederate being close by him, he_seized hitu also, and tying them together, took them to Guildhall, where the case being heard, they were both fully committed for trial. The Gen. Simcoe, Duval, has captured a Spanish Schooner from St. Martha, with cotton. I 'Tile Lydia, ----, from Belfast, to New York, was spoke on June 27, in lat, 42, 12,10ng. ss, 50 thirty days at sea, 1