The Sun. — London, England, 1801-09-03 00:00:00

COMMO' COUNCIL. YESTERDAY the Right Honourable the LIR MAYOR helil a Court of Common Council at Guild hall :—.-Present, besides his Lordship, four Alder_ men, Mr. Sheriff CADELL, and upwards of 160 Commoners. The. Proceedings of the last Court being. read .and Confirmed, and' the usual ceremony of sealing Leases, reading Petitions, and Reports of the several Com mittees being gdne s through ) his Lordship informed the Court of the vacancy of Town - Clerk, by the decease of Wm..Rxx,' , Esq: and the Court appointed Mr. BOXLEY, his principal Assistant, to officiate as TOwn Clerk during the. present vacancy. '• Mr. Deputy LEEKEY presented a Petition from Mr. BOXLEY, which was read by the Reader of the Court,stating, in consequence of his ill state of health and declining years,. he wished to retire from the Office, and submitted the consideration of his long and faithful services to the Court; which was referred to a Committee. Mr. SAMUEL DI X oN, in a short prefatory speech, moved, that it be referred to a Committee, con sisting of all the Aldermen, and one Commoner out of ea c h Ward, to inquire into the nature, duty,. and emoluments of the Office of Town Clerk, and re- Port the same to this Court ; also, whether any, tr what alteration or improvement is necessary to '..e made in the Office of Town Clerk, and the Ifianan•ement thereof ; which, after being seconded by M. Deputy LE EKEY, was agreed to, and the " -°mmit tee were ordered to be summoned to meet on IPriday next. Mr ' 13 "itti, informed the Court, that he should, at their next Meeting bring fOrward the consider ation' of the Report 'respeaing the Bailiff of the lorough of Souttiwark, and the Expences incurred the Suit against the -Sheriff of Surrey, and re quested that notice be printed on the Summons for the next Court. The Coint broke up :it two o'ClOck. On. S'andav , Major-General .D.cirr reviewed„ on N V hiithuDell...l)9;v9s„ near Plymouth, Major BR.AY'S avistoek Voltirtmrs, and the_RoyalPevon Miners, commanded by apt.. TONKIN. The General gave ~i , ' e ' Word of command, and made.. the two Corps V t•hrough various, infitntry, --manoeuvres; particularly 'adapted . for the defence :and attack of the stro ng 'h e d ges an d p os iti o ns- I n the county' of At 'five the next morning, 'the, General • l- routely inspecled the works of ,the 'Citadel •of c YlTlouth, accompanied by the Officer of the Citadel • 114 ( 1 f' : he expressed his of tile' o 0 , works of the different bastions, curtains,.andr` vehrres and with the serviceable state in which he found the South-west Battery-•«r barbel, of 42 Anders, right of the Flag.-staff. .He is to review aid insp e a all the Volunteer . AssociatedCorps in the Western Distriel in aboutia fortnight. T HEATRE.-'-Tic Heir at lm!, was Ter `°rlxtc d last night at the Hay _Market. Theatre, and teeelved by a numerous audience with the applause wh : •cli generally attends this amusing' and interest J ,: riz Comedi, The merits of the several Performers have been too 'often noticed to reqiirc any addi_ tional ptaise. The-only variation last .night arose , i vi r the indi s p os i t i on o f Mrs. MOUNTAIN, for o" 1 . 4 11 apology was made, and' whose part of ~DrPtei• was read by IIiss,CHAPNIAN with , much' I,', ara w:backj" odnille nt and feeling, as tO prevent any the general eft& of the Piece. • Mr .. S.IIE - it DAN has certainly. given Mrs. _ l 6 ! 11 ) G T°N reason to hope that he will write an P er 4 for the 'purpose of affording scope to her t Te i musical pOwers, as' well as 'the charm of no-- I , f • Yto her performances. The fertility of his J•vi_ Lise cannot be doubted, and we hope he will have resolution to keep his promise. •. In case this Opera should afitthily be forth-coming, SHIELD 1123 also a nti Prio • . • se.of being chosen a's.the Composer. me tl , l3 ,u4AN is likely to derive more advantage from le k-°ve,_ll is dissentions than any of his col boa,g:T tsf his situation on the LotidOn io'.'`his treaty for the Dublin Theatre, 111 1 1 1,1 ' .-t i .P e !•:e doubt' of his obtaining, arid i o 'f r , ' l ;6 l ' Its' marriage, high family connections, y ears %7a , lit very probable that in a very few Tur sti i 6u witl be able' to relinquish all theatrical • Chdde r Osne s nc 141 e fl eetest race-itorses ever known was th e N ew t 'h° ran 74.20 yards; the'sprace of one of thancl. half,market Hor,se,CoUrses, in' seven minutes whiCh i nia s at the . . azint rate of more e an thirty_ three . Miles and alialf in an hour. This n 4 ' l r. exceeds t h e celebrate+contest eche Newmarket Spring Meeting two years since, between Haini4e. f, o n,la7z and Di amon d , w ho ran the Beacon Course of tour miles - in eight,minutes and 20 seconds. A singular circumstance occurred on Tuesday last 4 t King Harry's Passage, Cornwall :—A Smuggler, With two ankers of brandy . on the horse under him, 'vas discovered by an Exciseman, also on horseback, the road leading to the Passage. The Smuggler' L n imediately rode off at full, speed, ptrsued by the \A ker, who pressed so close upon him, that after rus hing down the steep hill'to the Passage, witirthe gt j eat est rapidity,'he plunged'his horse into. the %Va 1, r' and attempted to gain, the opposite shore. The o se not swam half way over, before; exhausted w ac ,; l iatigue an d th e lo a d on his back, he was on the of sinking,' when the intrepid rider slid from a S fl ack, and with his knife cut the slings of thd 6 ! l ,kers, and swam a l ongs id e hi s h orse , exer t ing him self to keep . his bead above water, but all to no put. 4 ( - I ° , se the .horse w as d rowne d; an d t he. man with . Ct sty `reached the shore. The less mettlesome xciseman had halted on the shore, where iie sur .LeYed,the in.ereftual struggle, and afterwards, with 4 , e *help ,of the ferryman, got possession of the 4nkers. 113 5 A few d ays ago , i n M anchester, a young woman ha s shot through the head by a young man, who tesertted a pi sto l i o h er i n j est. Th e p i stol h ad x . ee n loaded w i t h b a ll some time, and the priming ttake n %way ; but it is . supposed a few grains of s ,wd'er head fallen. into the pan through the touch d',:erand, 041-the_trigger being pulled, the ball was j'aTged. The unticunate vi4iLD died, after 4tr ul4 rtabir davi; - PINT ASSIZES. MAIDSTONE; juii , 3e. sifitolz_ioßn KENYON, AND A SPECIAL lOttY. THE KING ROBINSON AND HART.. Tx I s was an Information against the Defeixraids, for assaulting James . Tubb, a Revenue Officer, and obstructing him in the execution of his duty.: Mr. GARROW opened the Prosecution, and stated the leading fads. James Tubb said, that, in January last, he was anofficer of excise, and was in company with March and Clarke, Custom-house Officers, upon the' look out after smuggled goods ; he observed late at night four Men with a cart and two horses, which they were driving towards a sheep house in the Sea Salt marshes ; he Went with March to the spot, found thirty anchors of foreign Geneva, and seized them ; the Defendant, Robinson, was lying by them. The Witness had left Clarke in charge of the horses, and sent March to Sea Salters for a cart ; , after he was gonee - they - saw six men with 'large sticks coming up to them.; the, Witness postgd him- - self at the door of the Sheep house,_ and presented his pistol: Robinson immediately joined the six, threw off his great coat, and said; Now, damn me, if you shall keep the Goods, though you ,have take!) . them ;, he' advanced towards the Witness ; Hart, one of the Smugglers seized his arm, and wrested ,his pistol froth him, thrust him back info•the Sheep_ house, and threw him down ; Hart struck him re peatedlY with his fist, exclaiming, .Dam'me kill . him, I'll kill him ! Robinson said, No, we will not kill him. At that instant •Clarke - fired, and shot Hart in the shoulder,' in conseqnence of which 'he left the Witness and desired Robinson to keep him down. Hart, who was but slightly wound . - , ed, _went towards - the anchors, and said, if the Officers would not let them have half, :he. 'would stave the . whole. :Finding. the Witnesi would not comply, he threw the whole of them ,out'of the Sheep house into - an adjoining open field. The Wit ness begged Robinson to let him get up, and wipe , his face, as it was very .bloody. The Slnugglers 4t length went away, and the Witness, out of the thirty casks, afterwards found twenty-six in dif: fetent'parts cf the field. The Witness had knovVri' Robinson before, 'and_ was positive as to.hisbei . rti one 'of 'the Smuggler's ; 'he was equally positiVe to Hari's being the min, who was shot at and wounded' by Clarke. - • • The account was, corroborated in every particu lar by Clarke .and March. . . Mr. Serjcant 13tsT addressed the Jury: in. behalf of the Defendants ; he admitted, that, as - the.evi.: deuce stood at present, ,they must be supposed guilty ; but if the testimony -he should offer in contradiftion ro it was correft, it would. be evident. theofficers had been mistaken with regard to the identity of the Defendants ; he should prove that the Defendant, Robinson, on the night this assault was stated. to have been committed, .had supped at the public house kept- by the. Defendant (Hart) with several other persons and their .wives ; that the night was devoted to mirth, and the -company did not break. up till the next. morning; lie should show that neither Robinson or. Hart left the house at any time, during the wrote of the night for five minutes together; that Hart, so far from appearing to have been shot in the shoulder, was as well as any of his guests -; he should also prove, by a person who hap pened to be near the place where the Officers made the seizure, and heard the report of the pistol, that, immediately after it was fired, a man ran by him, and said he was wounded ; but that such man had not' the, least resemblance to Hart. If ,he proved this case to the Jury, the inference they would na turally draw would-be, that the 06cers had laboured under an error. with regard to the persons of the Defendants. Raith, a publicat4 said, he and his wife were of the party that supped at Hart's the night the seizure was made ; there were several other persons there, among s:hom were Godden and his wife ; the feast was given by Hart; to celebrate his birth-day ; . the party did not break up till Aext day, but sat drink ing and singing all night, 'and their wives did the same.; there was . no wound 'in Hart's shoulder, but he waited on his company during the whole of the night, and drank and sang with them ; he-was sure he never could hate left the house for five minutes, and as to Robinson,. he wits not out of the Witness's sight during the whole night. Mr. GARROW desired the rest of the Witnesses to be taken out of Court, that they might not hear the examination. He proceeded to cross-examine the Witness, who trembled .so violently, he could scarce utter a word. I warrant now, said Mr. Gmt- Row, as this was an entertainnient in honour of the Landlord's birth-day, and the neighbours and their wives were invited, he treated you handsomely, he gave yon no doubt a good supper ? Yes, Sir, a very good supper. Aye, I thought so, and I dare say it was a hot one ? 0 yes, it was a hot supper. You See I know all about it—that was an excell ent shoulder of lamb you had at the head of the table .1 Yes, Sir, we had shoulders of lamb. And fowls Yes, Sir. Godden deposed to the same purport as the last Witness ; he insisted, that neither of the Defend ants had left the public-house for five minuteS. On his cross-examination, Mr. .GARItow, addressing him said, Well. Godden, this was a good merry. meeting you had at Hart's house, but I think upon such an occasion he might have givln you a better Kipper ? We had a very good stl. 1)or, Sir. Aye, but. it was cold, and it was not handsome to give his frie n d s a cold supper ? It was a cold supper, to be Sure. Pray what might you lt,ive had besides the cold roast beef at the . top of the table ? Why, let me see, there was the cold roast beef, and a cold halt ; I don't recollect any thing 'else. You are sure it was a cold supper ? Oh, I ant 'positive of. that. The next Witness exainiiied was .a young girl, • who was servant to the Defendant Hart :'she told the same story of the party sitting up all night merry_ making,- and. the Defendants never havizg left the house.-:—Well, my pretty girl (said Mr.(fAßkow), y6u waited upon this company Yes, Sir. How did they_amuse thems?lves all night ?_ In drinking and singing. It was your : inaser's..birth-day Yes, Sir.. . Do you know theoreason.lie Aid. not treat , . his friends with a regular Alper that *night ?-4 don't know the reason.. But, tbe 'y bad no:regular supper ?—No, Sir. What then they' went doWn stairs, and just took a snap standing; t, they could catch it ?----Ycs, Sir, There was nothing particu. lar got for them ?—No, Sir, they had nothing but bread and cheese. I believe there was a bit of Cold veal in the house ?—Yes,there was snm cold veal. 'The next witness was a person who said he:heard the pistol fired, and perceived a man 'running, who told him. he had' been.'wounded by an. Officer: 'he was sure it was not. the Defendant Hart. The Jury did not think it"' necessary for Mr. GARR o w 'to• reply, the defence.•was so palpably ah attempt on the part of- -a set ofzSmugglers, to save their accomplices by perjury. The Jury found both the Defendants-L—Guily. rehi..KENYON said, if the Crown would under take to prosecute Raith and Gorden for perjury, he would commit them. They were accordingly corm. mitted to gaol, to,anymer for their Offence at the next Msizes. - ' The Journal des Debots . contains the following detail of circumstances 'respeainithe - \husband and • wife who lately went for : the expresspurpose of committing suicide in the. Elysian at 'Paris. The 'particulars' are comMutiTeatedTin' a Letter' io the Editor from the Chief Surgeon. of `the - Hospital to Which the. imfortimaik survivor *as' colveyect— It is now about six months' since - Citizen Cainpag nac, aged 34, accompanied by his"wife, Joseph Fabrie, then in the zgth year of her age; - cinint froln Brussels to Paris with 'a sum of money amounting to 50,0 Louis d'ors, being the wreck .- of an immense fortune. Ill,concerted commercial sticulations in lest than fifteen days deprived, him. of zoo - Louis d'ars; sensibly affected with this ,Catnpagnac . sought .to repair it in a •gaming-house; there he . , was spoiled of the remainder.in a .very short time. He lost the clothes,. the jewels, .nay.even the mar- . riage ring of his wife. On. his return to the fur nished lodging; ,which he occupied in the Rue d'Orleans Saint Honore, he approadied his' wife bathed in tears, and said to her; "happiness, my, frieltd, can no longer be-Our portion ! indigence or,death ;. can you have' the t courage to adopt this last with, your hiisban'd ?" At firyt she hesitated, but af length agreed to the proposal. The evening of the 4.th,FruCtidor (August 2,21, was fixed upon for the' catastrophe.; but about half past eight on the evening of the 3d, - Campagnae, no' longer able, without doubt, to support the miseries •of life, prevailed ,on his young wife to take as walk in the Elysian Fields ; they entered into the shop of Dubertrit, a cook, where they made a very frugal repast. About eleven :o'clock CampagnaC to the baukh..of. the liver, wheielhey were seen locked in each other's arms, taking a most tender adieu. The pressing solicitatiOns which this interesting woman 'addressed to her husband to restore him to - courage, were dis tinetly heard at a distanCe. All was vain ; " the resolution. is taken," - said he, " `and we cannot survive without infamy, RecolleEt 'your pro mise%"- He tied' a bandage over ' her eyes ; "open yOur• mouth," said he; he introduced .the end of the pistol into her mouth; and executed his' design - ; a second pistol terminated hissown exist ence. The inner part of this unfortunate woman's mouth it torn in a most frightful manner ; the throat too is in a very . deplorable state. - • Her ..recovery,. however, is.not altogether despaired of. - • - All the superb Hotels of the., National French Nobility at Paris, in the suburb of .St. Germain in 'particular, are at present either untenanted or Lett to Pawnbrokers, -retail Traders' 4c. who inhabit only a part. of therm. One third ar least of the con fiscated property called .National Demesnes, never' was sold,: froth the remaining scruples or apprehend sions of the people ; and one cannot read the adver:, tisement of any property to be sold, in wh'i'ch it . is not carefully. stated--whether it came by descent, • or is held by Revolutionary titles. 'A melancholy accident occurred in one of the Margate Hoys, called - the Lord Nilson, last Sunday •• morning ; as a biscuit-baker, of Shadwell, was Smoking his pipe, near the.bows of the yesscl, he was, seized with a paraly tie stroke, and fell instant., ly into the sea. The Master of the vessel ordered out the boat,''WhiCh • was let down, and manned, 'with a quickness. almost incredible, and the body ~was taken up within eight minutes after the. cala mity happened. The proper means were used for • restoring motion, but unhappily without effal% It . wassomewhat.remarkable, that the body never sunk.- - .A . very handsome gratuity was colledCd for the sailors, who so promptly and humanely endeaVoured to save the life of a fellow-creatute: About eleven o'clock on 'Friday morning a ter ri bve Are broke out in a warehouse in Matthew_ street, .Liverpool, which contained the oil used for the public lamps in that town, under the management of Mr. Alderson, the contraCtor, andfor several hours the flames raged with astonishing fury; insomuch as to endanger.their communicating with -very valuable property nearly contiguous, both in buildings • and merchandize, belonging to Messrs. Byroms . and 'Messrs.' Downwards and Bullen, who have each. of them a sugar-house and large warehouses in' the neighbourhood, as ikall as to • the more immediately adjoining houses ; but by the exertions Of the MaM and. Magistrates, and, other respeetable merchants and inhabitants who attended, and 'particularly *by - the very spirited manner in Which the Officers and privates of the Regiment of the Isles, now sta. turned there, under the command . of Lord MAC;., DONALD, and the, Royal Cheshire, undor Lord GREY, Majors LEIGH and 'BuCxwortiltr, who were present during the -whole of the rinse, the fire was got tinder, and prev;e:nted,from doing any more mate rial mischief thau ,destEo,y,ing the warehouse and its contents. ~• Yesterday, gfter .mo days contest, in: shooting at a target, iit the distance of 503. yards, by 250 _Subscribers, at half . a guinea each, at Kern .sh Town, for a Leicester ox, ~supposed to be the largest in England,, BARROW, of Mary-le boae.street, cheesemonger, was the. successful can_ iiidate. He hit the target within four inchessof the bull's eye.. The concourse of people on the occa siim was very great. :dWILEN, At;G. flint ExCellency the Countes of rjARDW7Citt gage atN 'elegttnt-13all at the Viceregal Lodge at the Pficarkil.,park, on Wednesday.night; at which were present a number cf.persOrrages of. the first dirt rrb den. . • Thursday evening; Capt. John. Atkinso n , of the Peace 'EstabliSliment of _thiS metropolis, assisted by Mr. Uyde, one .Messengers, bienight into town . from 'Limerick, 'Denis Filzge.. raid, 'Who had been arrested there on a :charge of being a Spy: He appears to be' a most' eXtraordir., miry fugacious eharader, having been in many parti of the world according to his ova account. • lie is a a6tive,, well-clreised young ma n , r a th er ta ll,: of genteelappearance, , and under thirty years age, c:lrispeak almost all laPguages fluently, •an 3 Says he' has been die service, at sea, of the , ,Eng, lish, French, SpaniA . ,_ and: - Portuguese. He is' ul Irishman, born in County of Kei:ry, ‘ 'where lie states his father .resides ; he also mentioned that be has not beep in - Ireland for 17 . years past; that he iVds • Ficer, sonic - tithe ago; .is a etnntilon man before 'the mast, but having , been ac cused or creating,4li , ,sention among t he wag confined, and. (li'ile.re'd to be• tried by, a COUrt: - .mar , tial ijbet. his 'Lordship changq . ,•l l hksinind, and sent hith • hoitie .: a - prisone i r to ,where he . w al confined three, years,' some time •in' Prison , ; and in. Newgate, - and - was.discharg-ed, vdle cher fr'om its being inconvenient to bring evidk.c.zi, from sea against him, or that the. charge could not be substantiated, is not known. • He relates that in the foreign Countries abovementioned whose vice he has been in, he was taken up as a suspicious' charaaer, and calls himself a Citizen of the - GPorl4 and a Child of Misfortune; he says he was- a short time at the Temple.'...,Thare were found with hint several letters, some 'written in' 'a disguised stile and with.fiaitious - Superscriptions, which probably will lead to a knowledge whether he is such a per. so:i - as.aboire, described by hiniseilf, and how he has been able 'to support his' adVenturous career. He was going to visichis father in Kerry, he says, when he waJ arrested'by three Officers of. the 4.6 th Regiment, who had been in Minorca, and recol 'cacti him. About a fortnight ago, it seems, he was in London. Yesterday.he was lodged in .the Tower at the Castle. FriLy nigl t, 2 i st, a 'person of the name of Healy, who lives at Cabinteely, was stopped upon Black-rc.Ck rdad, by. some of thg banditti who have' lately • infested` it. He told them he had no which account they found to be. true; on searching'him: They asked him had 1;e been.: sto; ped before that night ; he answered in the - 'ncga, tive. .They suffered him to pass on, without fur.;.. thei Molestation, charging him not to inention'ti:hai had occurred, or - Make any' alarm ; if he did, he might expel to be shot at another time. ' - Friday colonel Uniacke apprehended and corn.; milted to the City gaol pf Limerick, J. Fitzgerald * alias Elias Martin, on suspicion of being a French Spy. On Wednesday night - last, .above twelve men armed with muskets and pistols, attacked the. house . of Mr. GodfreyQreen,. at Clognadrim, near ton, in the County of-Limerick; the robbers were, hOWeVer,, : prevented from effefting their purpose by the spirited exertions of Mr. Green's son, who' cut at them with 'a hanger., as they attempted entering the windows, some of whom' must h:tve been badly wounded—they 'firedthree shots into the house be- fore their: retreat, happily without doing any in_ jury .to Mr. Green's family. Some rime ago,. the offices. of Mr. Green which had been thatched, wet e bunt down by the gebels; who also forced him to deliver up the fire,arni3 he had for his protection. - The Cattle. Fair at Donnybrook ..has, been exon, hitantly much cows have been sold - from fourteen•..to twenty guineas; and horses of figure brought any price the owner s w ere ple ase d to as k, in consequence- of the great prosped of plenty in articles, of forage MANs ty . N lotisE. —.Yesterday. a Jew' named Neitbrin was examined befOre the Lou: , MAYoR, charged with obtaini - ng, goods to tlr amount of 13001. under false, pretences.. It. appeared that a person_ of the name of Jones :had procured these goods of a• wholesale house it, Kilk-street, and delivered them ' over to Nathan, who resided at ' Hamburgh. Applicatjon was made to the British ,ConStil, who .caused•the m , to b e arres ted; and, they were 'accordingly brought over; when Jonesalledg, ing that he had sold tho g oo d s u p on c omm ission to Nathan, he was liberated.—The Loft o:M4Yoit was of- opiniOn the charge against Nathan did , not amount to a fraud. He was discharged, and Mi lne .. diately arrested for the debt. • A few evenings since a most serious riot took place bet ween a ,party of 'Portuguese and American sailors at a house of ill.fame in Black Flarse-.yard, East Smithfield, where the women took an aCiive part; thelPortuguesc . having had recourse to tLvir barbarous custom of cutting.aWay with their knives, 'when they dreadfully wounded two AmeriCans, one in the breast, and the other in the thigr : they were ' both.taken to the flospital.---:the Officers' ofShad Office apprehended some of the offenders, who arc held in cUstqcly till the case of the other men is certained. A serious affray took place on Tuesday evening, in Kingsland-road, between some Chinese, when on of them,' called Agui, received a violent I)1ow 'on his head will a hatchet, which rendered it necessarY. to . .send. him to the hospital,. where his recovery ,is deemed doubtful. The man who gave the blow was taken before a Magistrate, who committed the of. fendee, named Assay, to prison. The. Magistrate ' , .vas reduced to the neoesstty of adopting' t,ho. custom in bse in China of swearing witnesses. He caused a saucer to be given to each of them, which th e y dashed to pieces, calling God to dash them to pieces iii a similar way if they spOke any thing but the truth. \ 1 It is said that the, India Company are going to eret temporary barracks some distance from Lori. don, to keep the Chinese, Malay S iilors, and Las,. cars, distinct from each other, and to be superin tended by Officers• understanding their xeskedive languages,