The Sun. — London, England, 1801-03-14 00:00:00

.. ~'RAIVCE: PARIS, MARcti 6. 7 4 11 E Merchants of Embden have informed the Merchants of Antstiftiant, that the Kt NC of PRUSSIA has forbidden all communication with ENglanti. The EMPEROR of RUSSIA has united to his States the Province of Georgia, formerly called Grusin:ta, and which lies to the South of Mount Caucasus : This acquisition is very important to its connexions with Turkey and Persia. In proposing two laws to the Legislative Body, one for proroguing the taxes of the z oth year ( tBox-1802), the other for placing at its 4 disposal a sum of zoo millions, part of such taxes, Government has not, for the following reasons, brought forward the Budget of that year. zst. Because the Budget is the most important operation of the Legislature, it cannot be settled until the year for which it is intended is come, otherwise the Legislature of that year would be deprived of part of its due influence in the Ad- ministration. 4 2(1. Because d Bitagei'Of the zoth year must depend on the political events of that year, which tannounow be foreseen. It is necessary ) however ) to provide for the service of the first three month.; of the year,"and this is the reason why,gitWernment . has proposed the above laws to • (Moniteitr,) • ' • . . , or •' MARCH 7. M. ICACi . TC HOF'F - arrilkd this day, and alight . lea at the Mitit• prepark.44l).t.him; by the Minister .of thirnterict.. He niee l every 'where with the _ greaten "•repeee: . just learn ed the diiakreable news, that an English Frigate -look (4I the ;di inst. several Swedish Vessels in the open Port of 11rp404,A cookii2Op; ; Ritoer. The English .I‘iii.:l . s4iiiirti c i‘d'Afoti . std vndua them • The •Gitirison of diuciitat is -to - he in. creaseet'to two men. .1• MARCH a. • 'The. Kozo of 114 r t.o . tas,• 'ft Itaid,:con. 'nded - an ;Attnist.k.e wth France ir is said :that Citizen Whither the Marquis tit a - A - Lt.,-6 "ininieiliately repair, in order to treat of a Defin itive Peace twtween the two States. VIENNX, Frt. EMPEROR has rati ieel the Treaty of Peace, and the Cabinet Cou. tier EYeTIMAYE it, has proceeded to Lune-vine, the ItA tßeil r to chrry thit her MAJESTY . The Envoy of our Court at &dim, has been ordered to propose to the Prussian Cabinet the astablishment of a closer connexion between the two Courts, , having For its objeil the general good of Gernmy ; ana we areassuied,,that he has t eceived. from the Court of "Berlin assurances of the most_ favourable dispositions on this head. • CONSTANTINOPLE ) JAN. 16.--The Secretary of Lord ELGIN has . returned to thi s C ap i ta l, h av ing, it is said, brought official intelligence of .second aii;iiion of the English - Fleet having arrived ut Marmarissa. American Agent- at Paris has addressed the folliming Note to the American Agents at the other ports _ . A:circular Letter of Mr: CAT . CART, the Agent of the United States at Tripoli, in Barbary, datedAd January-last, informs us, that that Re_ cency has officially declared 'W ar aga i nst the 0 United Sfates; and that the K Ivo of SWEDEN having made a Treaty with the Regency, can no longer, by his Frigates in the Mediterranean, protea our Ships against the Tripoline Corsairs. —• • - Communicate this disagreeable intelligence to our Merchants and Captains, and also to such American Agents as you are conneeted with." We aeg assured that the Treaty of Peace, with the Ratification of the EMPEROR, will be pre. 5 - clued to the Legislative Body this day. MARCH 9. The Chief Consul has appointed Citizen DES- Llourrss to be Commissary of Commercial Af. rairs at Cattenturgh, in Sweden. A Letter from Amsterdam, of the 28th ult. . _--_ ~- states, that a Courier from Pelershurgh had at% 'heed there, with 'important Dispatches, which, Vont the circumstance of the Direaory having mmediately assembled the Naval Officers in the :ity s were supposed to relate to maritime af. airs.. It is said that a Russian and Swedish fleet tvill soon arrive in the Texel. The Fierina 'Court Gazette of the. 23d, has • • 4 • -0 0% dabl ished the Treaty concluded at Lurroville. 4 MARCH Letters from htlia, brought by the. shortest , 'ate, inform us that the Mahrattas - have - dc lazed War against the Englibb. Several Ac. tions had already taien place at the date of the last Dispatches: The Expedition fitted Oat at Madras, said by some to be planned against the Isle de Framce, and by others against Etht, has been countermanded: Several last:.sailing Ships have been dispatched to the Cape of Good Hope to require assistance. There may be great doubts whether the Commander at the Cape will be able to send any, because the discontents against Eng land is there at its height, and the Soldiers can. not go half a league from home without being shot by the inhabitants of the Country. We are assured that Peace will soon be pro claimed, with all the accustomed ceremonies in such cases. The First Consul yesterday gave Audience to the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers. Count Con ENZEL was presented to the First Consul, as Plenipotentiary Minister for the Conferences at Luneville. Citizen OTTO, in reply to the Note transmit ted by him, in which he announced his depar ture from a Country where the Laws of Huma nity were treated with so little respeet, received the following Letter, under date of the 3d March : " SIR, a Since I had the pleasure of seeing you thi s morning, I have been informed that the Secretary of State has recommended it to the Lords of the Admiralty, to suspend the execution of the Order issued for capturing Fishing Boats, until His MAJESTY can be consulted on the subject. EE I have the Honour to be, (Signed) '' R. GEORGE," The folloWing Letter appeared in a Paper o this morning : TO THE EDITOR. MR. EDITOR, It is with much reluctance that I feel myself called upon to convey sentiments to the Public through the me dium of a Newspaper; but, since the subjeel on which I wish' to explain myself is not of a nature to be brought forward in a more appropriate place, I must hope for the indulgence of the Public to believe that it is not without a considerable sacrifice of my own private feel ings that I have at length yielded to what I conceive a public duty.. A report, as preposterous as unfounded, -has lately found its way abroad, stating, that I meditated a gross and indecent insult upon the dignity of the Legis lature, by using an influence I am supposed to .possess, for the purpose of introducing an improper charader into the formation of its body. As long as this insinuation was confined to individuals, and only afneted myself; I saw no reason for departing from my general mode of treat ing such idle fabrications with silence and contempt : bur since persons have been found credulous enough to en deavour to stamp this idle story with a relative sandion, which it would not have otherwise found, it becomes me to set the public right, by solemnly assuring theat, that no such idea was over in contemplation for one moment, and that I am at a loss to discover how the rumour originated : as, so far from being capable of harbouring a wish to add at this moment to the embarrassments of an unhappy and de jcded people, it would be the prick and glory of my heart (if I - had the power), to place such persons in situations of responsibility, its by their talents and integrity might preserve our Liws, our Government, and Constitution. (Signed) CAMELFOR.D. The Lisbon and Oporto Fleet still remain in Portland Road, waiting for further instruaions. J,t is curious that the Gentlemen of the Stock Exchange should have separated houses in conse. quence of a quarrel, considering that it is their trade to settle diffirences. A French Milliner, who has been long toler ably well known in this Country, has, it is said, recently contrived to import, not only a Cargo of French Millinery, but of F rench Milliner' also. It is to be hoped that the Lady alluded to, will not be suffered to make such importations without due inquiry, for otherwise we may have a lament able increase of French Habits. Our modern Dramatists do not escape the scourge of Criticism, but it does not appear ma terially to air...Et them. They have none of the morbid feelings, of the Spanish - Authors who in 1742 came to a resolution to write no more, in consequence of a Review published at Madrid, in which they were rather roughly handled.— They declared that they neither could nor endure such severity, which it was unbecoming their dignity to support as Literati. It being represented to the General Committee of Innkeepers, for all their Brethren thoughout the Kingdom, held at Hatchett's Hotel, Picca dilly, that a Representative intended to in clude Artillery Horses, hired by contract, in the future Annual Mutiny Bill, and thereby obtain quarters for the men as effeetive, together with their horses, that General Committee, we are informed, have prepared a Petition to the House of Commons, representing most respeafully the hardships of their case, and praying for relief. _ SH ADW ELL-OF FIC E.—Wednesday a boy about fourteen years of age, complained to the Ma gistrates, stating to them, that he was an appren tice to the Master of a Collier from Shields, now lying in the River, an d t h at t h e M ate o f t h e said Ship.-hailtied him hands and feet with a cord, and fastened him to the Ship's mast, where he kept him in that, situation four hours, during which time he beat him in an inhuaw scanner, with a thick rope, for no other crime imputed to him than that he did not scrape the mast.hcad sufficiently ;. the poor injured lad further stated, that the Captain, brother-in-law to the Mate, came on board after this punishment, when he complained of his hard usage, and instead of finding redress, his master told him that he lied, for be was sure no such thing had happened, or. dered him to . pull off his best jacket and trowsers, and put cm his old clothes, not worth is. 6d. and turned him on shore at night, unproteEted by any friends. The' Magistrates direCted a Warrant agailit.the Mate for the assault, and to find out the Oersons who saw the above acts of cruelty inflieted on the boy, whose hands and legs are swoln very much.' PIII , IA±E A. short &Count hating afaieaieti in a Morn ing Paper, -of tligeemale Swindler who resided late ly at BlackhiAth, wliere she had the address to de fraud various tradesmen, of property to the amount of zo,oOol. and upwards, we are enabled to give the particulars of the whole transadion. This impostor had a Boarding School on Cthome'sz hill two years, during which titne she repre sented herself as heiress to.severallarge estates, particularly to that of an uncle in Scotland, on whose demise she should. come into posses sion of roo,oool. Under the impression of these high sounding appearances, she assumed all the consequence attached to birth, fortune, and expedations ; and, from the Manner of ad dress, and the lofty _stile which she assumed, the people in the neighbourhood of Blackheath and Greenwich really believed every thing she thought, proper to advance. In May la%t she sent to a Mr. Creasy, of Greenwich, a man of property, by trade a Currier, whom she informed that her uncle Alexand er • Stuart Robertson, of Fascally, was dead, and begged he would -accompany her to a respedable Attorney, in Crane -court, Fleet street, to arrange matters preparatory to her tak ing possession. Mr. Creasy complied, and went with her to the Gentleman's house in question ; Miss R. in stating the business to the Attorney, desired he would make out a factory (the usual pro cess for conveying Scotch property) for i6OOl. year on the estate of her late uncle, Alexander Stuart Robertson, of Fascally, and a bond for soool. to be drawn on the Agent who had the superintend. ance of the estate, and who she said had been ap pointed to receive her rents. A few days aster this transaction, she again sent to Mr. Creasy, and knowing him to be a man of property, asked him to lend her two thousand pounds, until the settle. ment of her affairs at liascallr. Mt. Creasy not having the slightest -stispicion of any part of what had been advanced being untrue, readily complied, and likewise recommended her to all the trades-people of the town. Desirous of an elegant house, she fixed upon a very hand some one in the Paragon, which was in an unfi nished state : thiS house she purchased on credit ; and, through the recommendation of creasy, engaged bricklayers, carpenters and painters, to finish the premises in the most expensive stile imaginable ; and ordered Mr. Driver, the nur seryman, to spare no expense in planting the shrubberies, and improving the'pleasure-grounds. --While these improvements were going for- . ward, Miss Robertson set up three carriages ; a coach, sociable, and pbst-chariot ; and while the house and grounds were finishing, she and Miss Sharp (who lived with her), continued at Croome's.hill, from whence they made fre quent excursions to London ; the latter end of June they set off for Brighton, where they figured away with four hores and out-riders. The horses they had on job from a stable-keeper at Greenwich, and the carriages from different coachmakers in London. On their return in August last, Miss Robert son went to Hatt - hetes, and desired him to make her an elegant char kit, with silver monidings, and raised coronets of the same. Mr. Harchett treated his customer with much respett, and hastened to complete the order by the time promised, the Queen's Birth-day, her cousin, Mr. Secretary Dun (Ls, intending on that day to introduce her at Court. About this time the house was finished, bUt not furnished : having heard that Mr. Oakley, in Bond staeet, was remarkable for the elegance of his ware-rooms, she applied to him, through the me. ilium of a man of respedability at Blackheath, and, from the representations made to Mr. Oak ley, he agreed to furnish the house for 40001. Things then went on in a very flourishing way ; the drawing-rooms were painted in water colours by one of the first artists in the King dom ; the walls in landscape, and the cieling composed. of clouds, and appropriate devices. —The looking-glasses, to the floor, were in burnished gold frames, richly carved, with sta tuary marble slabs, and or molu ornamentse— These six mirrors came to r tool. On the mar ble slabs in the principal drawing-room Were placed a pair of Egyptian 'candelabras, the price of which was 200 gu'ineas'; the principal bed was cool. and every other article equally mag nificent. During the three months that the furnishing of the house was going forward, Mr. Oak!ey had frequent conferences with his employer, Miss Ro bertson, when she frequently mentioned that she had great s expeaations from rich rehttions in l_ndia, and was continually receiving presents of great value. Among the number lately arrived, was a chimney-piece, then lying at the India-House, worth, in that country, r tool. and added, that .it was her intention to build a thorn on purpose to erect it in, adapted for balls or music. Mr. Oakley Flo t being - perfedly satisfied with .ap , 'pearances, requested, when half the order had been completed, the sum of toool. Miss Robert. son felt herself hurt, and said, if he had any doubts of his having his money when her afnirs were settled at Fascally, he might apply to her sister, Lady Paget, or to her cousin the Bishop of London. "If you have any farther. doubts (added Miss Robertson), apply to Sir Richard Hill, who has known me froth infancy. Sir Edward Law (the present Attorney.Gcneral) can speak to my respectability." From these bold asser tions Mr. Oakley - proceeded with the order, but when nearly completed, he ju;iged it proper to wait upon the Bishop 'of London and Sir Richard both those Gentlemen said they had no firth& knowledge of a Miss Robertson, than by a 'card, which a person of that name hal been. in the habit of leaving at the houses of persons of. .• Upon this discovery, in February laqt, Mr. Oakley took out a writ, and with Forel Ofti ters,.his own men, and several carts, went down ,to Blackheath, and laid in wait till nine o'cloz:k :(being, informed that Miss Robertson dined out), when the carriage came home, but no Miss Robertson. From this circumstance it appeared 'bat she had received intimation of wiiat was • • loin* -fOrtViiiii would nod fitiiiii; Me 4 OakleT ) finding he could.not take the body, eon trived ro get into the . house; and let in hi !Tien, who disrobed the Mansion of its furniture by six o'clock the next morning, hating, Wo r k e d h a rd all night, At nine o'clock in the morning came in an'exectition, under virtue of which the remain; ing part of the property wan sold by auction on the premises. No discovery has yet been made as to the place of residence of this swindler. Mr. Pearce, haberdasher, of St. Paul's Church-Yard, met het on Saturday last, in Bishopsgate-street, dressed man's clothes and boots, with Miss Sharp leaning on her arm.—The following persons have been de frauded to a large amount Greenwich the Carpenter of i.tool. the Bricklayer of 9o0!. th.f. Painter and Glazier of 7001; the Stable keeper, who lent the horses, of 3001. The Whrseryinan, for laWns and pleasure grounds, of 4001. Mess. Clark, of Fleet.strect, Silversmiths, a superb side, board of plate. Messrs. OM and Morris, and Mr. Pearce, of St. Paul's Churchyard, are among the number of defrauded; A Milliner in Bond_ street, for dresses and laces, of 2601. • This female Proteus had pretended to great sane_ tiny in religion, was a devOtee, and attended.seve ral Presbyterian and other meetings ; where she worked upon the Chrlstian bo*els of the compat siOnate and liberal,. by borrowing .money in the way of loan, reprerenting- herself as a person of family in distrefSed circumstance's. In person she 'is plain, much marked bY the small•pox, about five feet two inches -in heitht,• insinuating in her manners, and speaks in art elevated tone of THE ORATORIOS. Corpent.Gai-dev. • THE grand composition of The 117-sriab, Ott_ tra&ed a numerous Audience to this Theatre last night, and was given with a force and. coned. ness nearly equal to the nivnorable performance at Westnunstee Abbey. INCL EDON opened it with a chaste simplicity, that does not often tuatk his singing. Miss TENNANT, in "Rejoice- great', 0 DaugAter of Zion," acquitted herself in a manner highly creditable to her abilities. Mrs. SE coN D's, " I blow that my Releemer livetb;" was one of the prominent merits of the Evening. "The Trumpet shall sound," was sung by DEN. MAN, and very well accompanied on .the Trumpet by a new Performer, whose name we understand is SMITH. Mrs, DUSSEK was prevented from at. tending by indisposition, At the end of the second Al, a Master NEATE performed a Concerto on the riano-Forte in a capital style. . The PRINCE of WALES, and many of the No. bility were present. Hely -Market. The new Oratorio of " theirct;an . of Shunem," was performed l ast n i g h t at t hi s Theatre to an overflowing and-fashionable Au.- thence. As it is from Works of this magnitude and labour, that we are enabled to judge of the talents and skill of a Composer, the pie sent Per.• formance seems to• demand a full and critical in-' vestigation.—As our limits do nor, however, al low tit to enter into minute particulars, we shall confine ourselves- to general. remarks. • The Story upon which the Oratorio of E/;sba is founded has a strong interest for its founda tion. The Composer has therefore had free scope for the display of powerful feelings and strong passions ; and in the performance of this arduous task, Dr. ARNOLD has even exceeded - the ex. pedation which a long course of years, employed in the display of very superior talents, had in. duced us to form. The Overture has a very spirited fugue, and received the strongest testimonies of the public approbation. Madame MARA, who appeared to exert her utmost talents on this occasion, sung no less than five Songs and a part in a Trio. The Songs are ' such as admirably suit her powers, and are in the highest degree beautiful and chatadedstie. Mrs. MOUNTAIZf had only two songs and a duet allotted her, which, notwithstanding she laboured under the disadvantge of a violent cold, she sung in such a style as did the highest credit to her taste; her last song in particular, '' Let sqe f rtn Silence reiv," was given in a very finish ed manner—There is a very striking and masterly modulation in the last mentioned conyositiou. • Miss MARTYR had but one song, :but which ,was not the least beautiful in the Oratorio—she gave it with much sweetness, and the composer and singer shared in a long, loud and universal applause. Mr. T. WELSH had several fine airs, which he executed well. Ni ELD ' also, had his sh a r e ; an d VAUGHAN and Master KELLNER WerC SUCC._ full in the parts assigned to them : the latter has a very pleasing Song, with a Harp accompmi. merit. There are several accompanied Recitatives, which - divlay the ingenuity of the Composer ; but, 'perhaps, the most masterly parts of the w hole are the Chorusses, of which too much can ' not he said in - praise. Those beginning, " Sons . If Israel," and " Almightj God," have been conceived and written in. a style of, not only .superior, but peculiar grandeur ; and • that of, " Mc) iZ'at great God," possesses a degree of beauty and solemnity surpassing most composi tions we have ever heard. The Chorus at the end is original in its construaion, and excellent in its execution; and the " Hai/eh/fah," and •" Amen," with which it concludes, arc trials and proofs of skill which no praise can over-value. A _judicious variety prevails through the whole of this perf..)rmance, and we have to con. gratulate, not only Dr. AkNOLD on this ad. dition to -his well-earned reputation, but thlt Public, an the acquisitio►3 of a inusicai. perform. ante which proves the cavicity of our own Coun. 4 rymen, to produce works of equal nognisvi. and skill with any Foleigrat whatcur;