The Sun. — London, England, 1804-07-16 00:00:00

ST. DOMINGO. Wt inserted some time ago a Nartarive respelling `the enormous extortions and cruelty 44 the French in tit, Domingo ; the' tollowing Artiale, taken frorn an AmeriCan Paper, affords a Irtientable ccnfirma 'lion of a part of that Narrative, anti is well worthy 'the attention of those who may think too inditfe. 'rently of the danger of a ,French Invasion, or'the - Consequences that would attend its success in this Country. From the New•rfirk E veni g POll, Maj 25. Among the passenger's arrived here a few days iince from the Havannah, in the Brigantine Joseph, 'Captain PAATT, is the 'Brother of the unfortunate Frook; the elder, merchant, late of Cape Francois, wlio fell a viduim to the ferocity of General 'Cit.D.lB At. Mr. FEDON, tearing that this rnetan. 'choly event may he mistepresented by the Malicious or , uninformed, and produce impressions unfavour. able to the memory of his brother, and prejudicial to his family, has requested us to publish the follow. Declaration, which. he made' b&re the French Agent it The Havanna!), and which Contains .a cot.. rat statement of the circumstances which preceded and accompanied this fatal catastrophe.--- I —Mer, "fiver. . . Exley& from the Regitter, of recorded by the Sp. cial 444 , ent of the French Grruerkmeut at theila. .vaionab. I, the undersigned flikalltaLoNtaw, Fr DON,. ChM. pelled to retire Iron the Colony of St. Domingo, have considered it my duty to publish, at the first place of my debarkation, and within the first tweniy,foUr hours, the molives which have forced me to abandon 'my property and .my commercial concerns. For a long time past the house of Fenotr, Ilro ! there, has been the objets of unceasing and came. less persecution from the Commander in Chief ; which JOHN has. been principidly directed against EtAfTISTR FEcios, my brother, pro. bahly,because he was the principal partner in the house, and had the thief direfflun in its affairs. General CtAuset. had lent us a store in the dwelling.house he occupied, and of which he is the proprietor, for the purpose' of storing flour t this ildur was confiscated by order of General Itocir A m i , 11 Au, althouk;li he had 4u&ient evidence of its be, log t.ur property, Ist, from our declaration Made before theCumnissary of the Police some time ante, cedent ; and ad, from our books, in which were duly posted the purchase and sales, a great part of is being dispoied of. in a short time subsequent, and in Vendemiaire last (September), six horses were taken out of our stables, by order of General RocuAlvta RAO, ' three of them of great value, under the pretext of mount. ins; the dragoons, although such horses cannot be employed in that service. These circumstances, highly aggravating in themselves, %gip as nothing in comparison to what followed. On the 2d Brumaire (O ctober 23t1), itt eight o'clock * in the morning:, an 0 icer of the Gendarmerie, ac. compatAed by two soldiers, presented themselves at nor dwelling-house, and delivered an or d er f rom t h e General in - Chief in the following imps,: Head-quarters of the Cape; Ist Brumaire, " • Year it (Ud. 2.2),. "' The General in Chief, considering tlic pcetient rieCessi+ ties of the Army, decrees, Thrit ;be CitizensEaooN, Brothers, shall deposit in the Public Treasury, within two hours, the gum of Mx TlloUlSallti &Alin's, for which a receipt from the Treasury shall be delivered , to them. The Commandant of the Garrison is chugett with the execution of the present Order, (Signed) •ROCIIAMBEAU." Citixens . Fenner were ar that time wholly desti. tote of cash ; .yet they were prevented from going abroad to procure re:outees by the two soldiers •who Were left as:guards over them ; at one o'clock 'orders of impriso nment were issued against Ci t i z e n F s o urt , and the y ounger brother was concluded to. prison. The elder brother, however, was.the destined vic. tim ; and, in Conse4uince thereof; in a few minutes afterwards, the former was released, and the litter put into close confinement... It should 1)6'1.0000cl, that similar demands were mark on other merchants at the same time, and - they were Imprisimed because they could not comply ; but Citizen Finnic, the elder; • was the only 'one closely confined, excepting Citizen ALLARD, whose confinement Was in consequence of improper lin._ gage used towards the General. in Chief. On the torehoon of thefollowing day (Oltober '24111), I re. critted information that the'General in Chief had or. tiered my brother to be thia, fur not, having furnish. pute_. ed the sum re d Althinisli I was far from believing that this san guinary order would be - carried - into execution, 1 endeavoured to avert it ; and finding it impossible to raise she sum exalted, I wrote to the Csimmune, offering all Our pr'operty, ,moveables, and metchan. dine, to be sold by' public onftion... The General, in Chief had constantly refused to 'receive me into his Presence. The Council of Nora. idea waited upon him, And, with difficulty, ob. rained the respite of an hour ; but during ibis sus. reosion,• a Serje,:nt of • the Guard of Honour, who was the bearer of the order for my Brother's execu. lion, was direeted to accompany the Notables, and to remain with them until the time limited had ex. pit ed. A subscription was immediattly opened at the Office of the Notables, and t%ent,,, 'he first mer. chants of the City hastened to subsvribe, and to themselves individtsally resptinsible, in their persons and their, property, for the payment of the sum demanded. The Subscription Wring Allect, the Notables in a b o d y _coc o nyanied by the Serjeant who carried.the warrmit) returned to the house of the General Chickbut were refused admittance, and informed that FED-on was executed. They could not" give credit to Out, shocking intelligence, and hastened to 411 e Commandant of 'the Catmint, by whom it was confirmed. The Notables were deceived; they imagined my }troller was secure, became the Scrjeant who at. tended them was the. hearer of the order 19, hi s execution, but another order had been isstrcil ; he bie 7 patrito the foot of Fort Belair, where his grave waS already dug, and my unfortunate Brother was shot at ten o'clock in the morning. Several hours had elapsed, hut I continued igno rant of his fate, wail the Judges and the Commistary of the Army cause to execute the farther orders of the General in Chief; the former by putting seals upon our house, and the latter to convey our met.- chandize to the stores of the State. From this measure resulted the proof that it was impossible for us to have complied with the demand of the Ge neral, no money being found in the house. Thus died, at the age of. 29, a man who 'had committed no crime—who had broken no law—who cluld not even he reproached with having refused to comply with the arbittary demand which had been made upon him ; and who, in fad, could he charged with nothing but the impossibility of fur. nislting six thousand ,dollars in the space of two hours. These faels would have been made known judici. ally on the spot, but the.rircumstanccs of the country prevented it. I therefore now enter this my pro. testations against the unjust proceedings to which my. unfortunate Brother has'fallen a vi dim, and against all the antecedent and subsequent proceed. ings relative thereto; ,reserving to myself (6 pursue a just vengeance whenever the author of . them shall be in my power. _ _ . . Done at the Haitannah, the 22t1 Frimaire, year 12. (Dec. 12, 18034 (Signed) B.' F ip i', DON. Certified by LAU A . c .s H Special Agent of the,F tench Government. (CIRCULAR.) My LORD. ' W 4114411. YulY 4, 0304. - - The Names of persons proposed as Paymasters to Volunteer Corps having been frequently transmitted to this Office by the Lieutenants ut Counties, fon.the pUrpose of being laid before His Majesty, I think it necessary to apprise you, that such Paym.,sters (who must be previously Subaltern Officers, or be actually enrolled as Non.cornmissinned Officers or vales in the Corps) do not receive 'their Commissions froM His Majesty, 'or train his Lieutenants of Counties, but arc appointed by Instruments prepared at the War.Oftice, and signed by the Commandants of the Carps, after ti.e'comple tion of the requisite, Security. I have therefore requisite, request that you will signify to such Commandants a s may apply to you respecting the appoint ment of Paymasters to their Corps, that the recbmtnencla ma of such Paymasters should' be addressed by the Com mandants of Corps direCted to the Secretary at War, in con. fortuity to Instructions, which they may obtain from the War. Office, it they should not already have received the necessary information, on that head. 1 have the Honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble Servant, Bit 111ajefte: Licuten:vil of tht ' Caul* , of Glowcesur. IiAWKESBURY. 441!hough the Bill brought into Parliament for regu. lating the conduit of Prize Agenti was postponed till the next Session, it his already proved very bane. ficial both to the Army and Navy, `ll3 we seei'in the Gazette of Saturday, notices Of payment of Prize. Money for the subjoined captures. This species of notice our readers will, we doubt not, conceive we tkk do right in extending , ' wledge of in a more .i-,:. general way than the Prize is think proper t o d o . It would surely be a very pro p ‘t:bjed for the Prize. Bill, to contain a compulsory Clause for a general advertisement of the distribut inn of prize.money, as, though the Officers may, through their Agents, ob. tain• their shares, it often hapyens, we believe, that the poor soldier or sailor never hears of an advertise. merit in the London Gazette,' the very high price of Which, of late years, has deprived the lower orders of the people of any chance bf seeing it. 11 would, indeed, be still better, if all notices of the payment of Prize-money were to he read at the head of every Regiment in the service, and Ship in the Navy, in the same manner as General Orders. This regu. lation, we are confident, would prevent many .a brave 'fellow from losing what is due to him. The notices of payment of Prize.money, to which we have above alluded, are : _ To His Majesty's Forces for the capture of ordnance stores at the istatidol St, Eustatius (at what period is not stated) : • _ _ _ To the Company of His Majesty's Hired Cutter Ann, Lieut. YOUNG, tor four vessels taken in 179 g. To the Army and Navy, anti Ituslast Ships, for the ordnance stores of the Dutch Squadron which surrendered to Sir A Npst EW :tirrclty.t.t.., in August, 1799. To the kussin Squadron, for the capture of four Dutch Frigates in 1799 ; and A float distninttion of the property captured at Malta, in September, ilko. A Gentleman in the County of Chester, who is unfortunately deaf, having been in his early days a great admirer of music, wished his children Co be insiruaed in that delightful science ; but not being able, to asce rtain their p rogr i ss , he lately de. vised the fulliming method'for that purpose. He took a small straight lath, of a 'convenient length, and placing one end against the instrument on which - they played, put the other to his upper teeth'tthe under teeth' having' no effeft), or against the nerve cloSe behind the ear, when he .had.the•sittisfaition to distingnish'eVery note as perkily as when he had his oral faculties. This effeit i it *observable, is Only produced by stringed instruments. Yesterday. seihnight . , a man in. the service of Mr. Porter, of Felixstone, Norfolk, Was . struck °dead from the top of a hay.stack,' during a storm of thunder and lightning, and a tins kilied,Twhich lay at the foot of the ladder. The stack was set on fire, and another man near it had his .head singed. The storm extended over the whole of Norfolk and .Suffulk, and did much injury in different quarters. At Bury, a cow was struck dead in a field belonging to Mr. Butcher. At Shrewsbury Fair on Tuesday last, wool fetched from 16s. to 275. per stone. Cheese from 6sa. to 721. per cwt.—At Hereford Fair, fine wool fetched tram 2Sh.to 3 ts. 6d. per stone. The current price of hops in Worcester Miuker, on Saturday sennight, was from I. 63. to 41. hp. per cwt. _ At Peterborough' Fair on Tuesday and Wednes. day lust, there was the largest skew of cattle ever iemembered ; beasts being 6000 in number, and the sheep almost incalculable. SHEEP.SHRARING.—On the 28th ult. W. Brew ster and W. joy, two farming men, of Kirton, Lin. colushire, clipped 7S Lincolnihire sheep each, in to hours and - a half. The sheep were of heavy wool. A few days ago, some of the workmen employed -by the Roy4l Car,al Compoy, Lein at work on the line near Mullingar, threw up two piece , ' of gold, which they ,at first thought from the state it was in to be of no walu:., but on examination it appeared to he pure gold. It is thought it must have lain there many 'red veas, and from the make of it, had all the appearance of a solid gold claw, which is suprsed, in former times, must havo ad.n,,ed the breast Of one of the ancient Kings of Ireland. It has l)een sold for oi.wards of 201. by the four labaurers who wete rurking together on the place where it was found. Friday week, Michael iblornanii, of Cahircon• ash, the Sob.constab!e, riding to Limerick, wa 4 attacked by a nernnei of countryme , ,, near Ra leighitown, who kr.c.cked him off his horse with a stroke of a stone, am!, when clown, inhumanly beat out his brains. . Committed un Sunday sennight, by E. F T Z.Gl* BALD, Esq. to the County gaol, Thomas O'Donnels charged with tliC murder of the above man (M. Mornane) ; also tvith having assaulted anti cut Pa: trick Gletson, an] houghing and ladling a mare, the pruierty of . M. Enright. On the 2 ISt ult. a woodcock was killed by Mr. T. Harrison, gamekeeper to the Earl cf Bridg wa ttr o It exhibited appearance of having.he'en previous• ly wounded, so as to prevent its emigration.' Miss M. Winter, a young I, , dy of Elrarnford,,e Wednesday morning arose in good I . leai th, hut soon after she suddenly complained of a pain. in her and died in a few minutes. _SIIIP Poot.t, JULY 13. Arrived—the Elizabeth and Mary, Ati311 , 05, from ,Portt• month; Minerva, Land.trs, and William, C ochr ane, from Loll' • don ; Friends' Regard, Mills, from SunderLunt; Hope, N I3 " C. " laws, Ilom Cowes ; and Mary, Boylies, trout NO' haven • Peter, Christian, from Sootliton. Sailed—the Lord Nelson, Fieure , for lerseu ; Dart, Cainle AClive, Williams, and Mary, Thatchell, fut Portsmottal t General Wolfe, Tulloch, for Liverpool ; and Seagull cklt.t g ! on a Cruize. CR VISE ND, JULY 13. Paused by—the Juliana, Forrester, from cina Smlgatany, Surridge, from 'Lame ;• Co.lcordia, from Barcelona; Dart, lane Thetis, Mackie, Itc!l ,, na, !\10ro: To, Kingston, Stvaine, Ranit;ler, kiehants, BE vrriers, I'al,;e 6 and the Sprightly, Dunn, from the South Sea, t !Wail Ilume, Witfart, Supern, And the Christiana Elizabeth, fro 9, Dantzic. AtiRRIED. On Tuesday the roth inst. at \V ykeirrin, ht liarill'fl;°s - Atkins, Esq. of Great Prnt:and , .street, io Miss i'cr d ' of the former place . . Af On Friday, at Chiph am , M r. J osep h us lleddoine. Thaines-strcet, to Miss Sophia Petrie, daughler of Maro Petrie, Esq. or Clapham. DIED On Saturday last, Miss Mary Trtndle, sister to Thatik ° Trundle, Esq. of Crosby-square. on Prid.iv the. 'jai inst. in - Little Argyl,2:-strect, Howell, widow of loin) Howell, Esq. of Priakilash in Gloucestershire. Same dav i •at Lewish a m Hill, Bl ac kh eat l N Mrs. Hal relizi of EthvArtt float, Esq. Sucvevor and CorninL.,ioner His Majesty's Navy. l'R ICE OF ros.y. Bank StoCk Bank L. Ann. t 6 t 3. tiOs Navy t perCcnr. 9:.g it Ditto: Short Ann. 5 per Celt' 119'. 93 OS India lionds, is. zs. nsh Ce4' per Ct.te.unittc.. 01(7,41etis. 3(11:el til'ilelnSt Cent. ferled per Cent. per, Exchequer 'Bills, par. Is. pr. ( Chut I-E)lonitriPts°elriAfa.rirl3ll.ln.)9el:9,7:l':btal " To TIIOMAS TAYL(R, Esq. • No. 9, New Bridge-Street, London. Honnured*Siri ' Edinburgh, Is: March IS, 1801„,,, IBEG leave to inform- you, that ever she fear 1790, I. have btu) attlitled with the Liles 1:c11-t tea; Whlrh, finest its obstinately resisting eVety ~ '!edicitie prescribed by the most eminent' ot the nere, and undergoing several .severe courses of salival'l' and twice discharged from the Hospital, with lit rc rca;;;; would appear to be of the Most inveterate nature. 1", year my disorder had got to such' a ite.l".„,-,( Spring nearly °tAlipatsitt aYperioa to my existence---I had a large ory,,, on the crown ix: my head one on each arm, and my 100- • were,broke out in a frightful manner ; •my right w.O dies ; fully .painful, and hail been in a. stat‘ of ulceration t,ll 11.42ritve°tmveenoYfer4ersst; my ; was very much discoloured, and gave.. me siten ing pain, particularly Mitt) warm in as tie ail to el' mended by left had also two large luxie; ► cure, by thorn fierej, to take your Le.ike's l'aunt e•.t so loth of Nlay ; the' C0"%3 1 Tt a(I:v1 it; os stair, vi zrceti,o; which I be,;an to ito on t:w of a tintitight, 1 Organ to "reoci'le th2h a Month, the ulcers on Any herd and arms vo,:`,l` s,nually healed—soon afteN the sores on my legs 1)04 . also; leaving., however, constiterable diseolooralion io tlw skin, aild pant in the laone of the lett,. which, by the !neli $lll4 of Cod, and a little long,:r perseverance in yob r !Liable MeAi,:ine, subsided ; the nodes dispersion eeskr regaining its natural hue, and the nocturnal paii: going olf. I thus became, by -vour MC dicine, pertezt: y tree Inn)u all my hcoArvielericorivlicaced.nd sn4foirnmewrhiscplikrilbsti‘liusiviriefit4ittotiro„aliluto.llibiel;,, months to tile astonishment of ail who luaow me, ! am at a Wills to express my gratitude, but for the good or tither SOW:ring niortals, to • Mak e this 04 case as 'public as possible. as I stiall on every ocension!, in so choir, you will grc..oly obligo, Sir, your gratetior obedient, very humble servant, AI.V. X. 11,1 U Iti(Elt• Swan's Close, High-street, Edinburgh. STOCKS. SAT U - . WittleAses to titeahove Cures law.% TuomrsoN, Nn. ;, Poultry Marker; and I otim NPINTris Edinburot. - •, Prepared and Sold by the sole Proprietor, • THOMAS T Lou, : . .lentber taf the Royal' College of. bor d hi, !louse, NO. 9,‘ New liridge-street, Lontloti where, Ater a „ciinsteint resitkoce of more than thirtY -51 ,1 • years. in a practice partiotlatiy direzted to „the cure ",„t . 'Venereal Complaints anti those hiciaerital to the Port s n 't Genes:it:ou r with that secrecy which al" - 6 , his piofe,;sitill Silo . llii always observe in - such cases', 1 1,. hatters himself, the aavice and assistance he graluitoo,..f. aannr.iste:s to _perbons taking this Medicine, will • esteemed', by a diScerniaz Public; as an advantage s w"' • ci.Hn attainable, and void og ail atnbtgiiity. o f Also sAil, by his appointment, tor the convertieue' s i. those living at a distance, :it the l'ertunters, No. Alban's-street, the Toyshop,. - No. te3 ford-str:et; Mr._ Disborough's, No. 7, Fisli-strort i -ibr„,2 Mr. Steel's, Bookseller, No, 1, Union-row, Little hilt ; Mr. Baxter's, Sotith-briage, Ltlinhuigh; Mr. 1e donaid, Glasgoiv ; Mr Callweirs,..llubliti; and bY ir e. lerson in every consid e rabl e town i n Pr ca t . Brit ain 00... f 0l and, licrtces of only /a. od. each, sealed up wit h ~,or m a plain directions, - wheretiy persons of either le% ". ,t!re thitll3eiVCi ca ;e, speed, secrecy, andlaktY* o ffal N. 13• EvvEY in great Britain is seated VP. if a Stamp, on which, by lavotitof the Commisii. printed, at the Stamp4)llice—" T. Taylor, Not at !fridge- strt,'' —to imitate which is. Felony',., and t , 1i crh ire COUllterfOltii: I.OININIS : Priiited by IiUe.IiANAN (oflibw-Sticit,.COVClTt•G ar d enn an d published by Wtc:i• M Aaulasta.SCltPril, (OiSOuth MUition,street, Grosvenor-stitiJrc) i At the tluti-iavvsci, No. t rx, 4trentdi where iddrwristaremer, Ord, rf for the Parr, Letter: for the Editor, &c. (Aott.l;2ld), .sulfss be aitidreblied. lirom Wilkinson's Epitome of the History of Malts-And Poio.) • THE fathers concluded the marriage's, according to their own interests and convenience, without consulting the inclination of their children. 'When the contrad was settled and the dowry stipulated, , the young man•sent to his intended a present of fi,h covered with garlands of ribbands, and a gold ring in the mouth of that which was the most highly • esteemed. They then settled the day of interview, - which was to be in the presence of the parents and common friewds, who were regaled with refresh. mentsa A moment before the interview, the two mothers retire -to prepare a composition, of anise, aromatic plants, salt, and honey, with which they rubbed the lips of ahe bride, that her words might be sweet, sage, and prudent. Shc was then intro duced to the bridegroom, who otThred here ring, on which were crigraaen two hands joined in token of fidelity, bracelets, necklace, and a gold chain ;.,she presented in a lter turn a fiandkerchiel edged with lace, and knots of ribbands. On the wedding day, the most respedable of the bridegroom's relations placed on the head of the intended, a very floe white veil ; she was dressed nit that day in a velvet,gown; others of the relations made holes in the gown, •and putiolittle gold shells. They then went to church. Musicians and singers celebrated in couplets the praises of the happy pair; the musicians were pre. ceded by three men, one of whom carried on his head a bason, full of fresh cheese-cakes, on the largest of which were placed two small ;he wore.a scarf, from which hung a round I C4ke called collora. The second carried a basket full of sugar plumbs, which one of the relations distributed to his acquaintance as he met them ; in the middle was a handkerchief folded up in the form of a pyramid, and ornamented with an image of the Virgin and Child, anfl_Sta Joseph. The third carried burning incense. The happy couple'marched the last, un der a canopy of crimson damask in festoons, carried by the four principal persons,. and the parents closed the suite, The tinging of bells announced the ar rival of the wedding ; the priest received a hason .containing a cake, a ,handkerchiel,• and two bottles of wine : after the benedidion, they left the church in'the same order they came. The whole ceremony generally lasted four bouts. a A servant placed at one of the, windows of the' house threw on the heads of. the new-Married couple, on their return, some handfuls of grain, and small money. The prejn_ dice of the Maltese at that' time was, that if the wife on her return first put her foot on the threshold of the door, she would rule : we may suppose from that, there were very few so polite as to let their wives go first. At the nuptial feast the wife ate in a separate apartment, or in a corner of the guest's room,. surrounded by cl ot h es to concea l h er ; a f ter the repast She came and sat near her husband, and thank out ,of the same cup. In the 'casali they danced during the repast ; every dancer threw a piece of thoney to the players, and each guest brought a fowl, Until the commencement of the present century, in the city the wedding balls were given after the Spanish fashion, and they danced with castagnettes. The yelling bride passed, the first eight days in her father's house; after that she was pompously received by her husband, to whom the parents gave a ball and supper. The Malteae, never married in the month of May : they had so little confidence in any work they undertook during the cOurse of this month, that they would not even Order a new coat. This superstition recalls to us the division which the Romans made of the year irtto lucky and unlucky days : it is thus we find, in the ancient Maltese manners, a great number of cus toms of different peopie of antiquity : It is necessary to retrace them, to give some explanation of the ce remonies which the mixture and applicatien of Pagan and Christian rites have rendered singular anti ctiri. ous. Fish•were regarded by the Syi fans as hose_ held gods : these deities, by eresenting, themselves the wedding ring to the young betrothed, seem to call her by this signal into the house they protected. The Greeks wished that on her entrance her words should he agreeable to her husband ; on this account they addressed their prayers to the god of eloquence. Led afterwards to the altar Of Hymen, the' Romans offered her, in the garland s and knots of flowers, the emblem of the duties anti pleasures of wedlock. The Hebrews wished that her modesty might always distinguish her, anti covered her head with a veil, Her husband was obliged to give her two rings, one of gold, and the' other of iron; which custom has descended to us in the rings which open and shut, anti on which are engraven names or mottos. The Greeks accompanied her to the temple with the most lively demonstrations of joy ; she marched surrounded by dancers and singers ; they held over the heads alter and her husband a crown of fl Avers; the first fruits of the year were laid at the feet of the statues of the gods; cakes were consecrated to the pares ; and corn, nuts, and almonds, were thrown about, in token of abundance of prosperity. The Methodists in America had last year an in'. crease to their number of t7,336.—The total num. her then were, people of colour, 22,4.53 ; whites, 8t,617. _ Wcdneiday afternoon, about five o'clock,, BS, a servant to - Mr. Morgan, in Cloth.fair, Smithfield, was carrying a child through Litg-lane, a drayman drove his dray upon the pavems!nt, and knocked the child out of the girl's arms with one of the barrels; the child fell under the wheel, whirk passed over its head, and it expired in a .few minutes. The tiray_ man was secured, and it is supposed the dray and Imrses will be forfeited. Saturday sennight, a vagabond Doaress was corn. mitted to Wakefield House of Correetion, by the Ma. gistrate of that place, fur pretending to have been deaf and dumb from her birth.. She had caused her. self to be announced as the only daughter of a great Italian Physician, .and had obtained various awn!: of money frowthe credulous, for her nostrums. After remaining about fifteen hours . in custody, she was ruddemty ,restored to the blesaings of speech and hearing, ,an which occasion, she nude such use of the former faculty, as to convince her auditors, that she was endeavouring to make up fur forty years silence.