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I THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS Dietkle. YALSUBI Auusei ? LON D 0 N, DECEMBER z. 4„ 1201. WE ;Lis mornihg received Paris Faders of the zgth inst. The journal des Debats, and the Clef du Cabinet, both state the sailing of the Brest Fleet. The Chief Consul, in proposing three Candidates for the vacant places in the Senate, General LA_ MAItTELLIERE, General JOURDAN, and General BERRUTER, observes, that he has thought fit to chuse Military Citizens, in order to give the Armies a tes. timonial of the national .satisfadion and gratitude. The Minister of the Marine has published an account transmitted by VicroJt.. HUGU ES, dated I 9th of Olober, of the state of the Commerce of Cayemse during the 9th year. - The exportation of Colonial Produce, he states, has been more considerable by 580,000 livres than in any of the preceding years, and has exceeded the importation 56,000. Eight hundred 0t,4 sixty Blarkg had come into Cayenne in the , 'same, year—double the most nu merous importation which ever' took place in any former year. " The Coutitry," says Vic.Toa HuouEs, 6 ‘ is little known— it is a more al4nclant mine of fortune than any other Colony." Citizen HUGUES has repaired all .the public edi fices in Cayenne, which_stood in need of it He, has made considerable canals, and is at this moment re pairing the College. The transported Priests who were there, have obtained the means of returning to France , in con formity with the intentions of the Chief Consul. Very few remain there, and there will soon be none in the Colony,, but those to whom it is agreeable to remain there. By an Article from Ratisbon, of Dec. 3, it ap_ pears that the Diet hold few sittings, and are occu pied in trifling subjeets, because the Ministers of the principal Powers are absent. The Tiers Can, on the I Bth was at-54, WE can assure the Pubkic, that we have no dis- position to notice any observations in-coternporary Papers, except when we feel it to be an intlispensi bleduty to animadvert on gross scurrility, glaring misrepresentation, or dirdt falsehood. Under which of these divisions ought to be classed' a paragraph which was meant to t.llet the lead in an Evening Paper of Tuestici,(we'must leave it to our Readers to decide—lt states, 'f that so far from any marked attention havitig been shown to Marquis CORNWALLIS since 'his arrival in' France, he had net even had the honour of one Audience from the Fs Ltsr. CoNy. , e Iwbilat ar Paris, and that his name and his business are hardly ever mentioned in the French Papers.", The Editors of that Paper, andthe Writer of the above paragraph, either believed these two propo sitions to be true, or knew them to be false. If they believed tlim to be true, they were bound in truty to'that.Public, which they ought not to mis_ lead, to have qualified themselves by vrop, - ,.r inqui ries, to speak with certainty before they hazarded a communication of such .a nature with a tone of confidence. If they knew then to be filse, which ..we cannot help suspecting, let thefr own Readers decide by what motives they must have been insti_ . sated, and, in either case, what, degree of credi they may in future be entitled to. Both the Propoiitions are false.--We will not mince the matter'. We assert, that (while at Paris, Marquis CORNWALLIS had Two Audiences of the FIRST CONSI.:L,---was received with 'narked respect, and 'was abundantly satisfied 4-with 'all that passed at those intervie , :vs.-- 7 We also assert, that the at tentions which...he bas uniformly experienced- ever since he landed in France, have exceeded, perhaps, ank that have ever been shewn to any British bassador on former occasions ; that all accounts agree in stating, not only the very high importance that has been attached to his mission by the French at large, but the very distinguished attentions that have been paid by all descriptions of persons, both at Paris and Amiems; to the dlgnified Representative - , of Elle BR t . rtsti-MONiiRCA ; and that when the de _ parttire of this oialied , Chara&er from Paris, pre cluded the pnssihility of. the eon t in ua n ce o f thn,sc • uttehtions in the Capital, the, same- honours, the same proofs of high opinion and veneration,_attend . ed him at iimiev, where we have no doubt -that the e talehts, that temper, that uprightness- and , • assiduity, .which so peculiarly identify him vith' the Administration by whom he is employed, and by whom he w4s so judiciously seleaed; Will,..in a !very few weeks put and 00 to7 . a Mission, in the way of which, we hope, there is not one individual in either Cotmtry, who would,-wish to throw any impediment. NAVAL NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 23. ARRIVZD this. evening, 1--1)s Majesty's- Ships Minotaur, Tru;l:y, and .deresi from the Mediier ranean ; and Revolutionaire Frigate, from Lisbon. Arrived also., the Dorothy , .isnotcwooD, and , George, Cov4DALE, from Riga ; Crow Prince Frederik, ScHow, from Christiana ; Eurya'iie, HILLS, from Broporr ;/ and Severn., HACK.wo9D, froth Waterford. FALMOUTH;, Dtc. zi. -----tea ARRIVED His Majesty's Ship Rosario, of 20 guns, Captain BYRON, from a Cruize ; which Ship is to be stationed for three months 'at this Port. Sailed the Hecate Gun-brig, Lieut. Milt LTQN - , for Mount's Bay ; the Ranger and Hind Cutters on a Cruize ; and Amerkan Ship. Criterion, Captain CHACE, from Batavia for London, The Princess Ehzabeth Packet, fiorn Jamaica, and the Chesterfield. ditta, from America, are hourly expeaecl. The WahingbaniPaLket waits the arrival df Mail for . Lisbon; and the Lady 1106a;-1 ditto wilisan the first favourable wind, with M a il f or Leeward Islands. The Pellelo i oe Pa - ckei, last from lamaica, was. this day released from quarantine. DEAL, DEC. AntivED in the Downs, and remain,, the . Danish Brig jonge Andreas, MOLLER, with iron, steel, and sail-cloth,. for Batavia; also the . 8 . 11 - Ana, Ew A L DT, from amtzic for Liverpool, with timber. The latter ship picked up at sea, on the 13th inst. seven Swedish Seamen belonging to the Brig llcei genau, Boct master, from flull boundcto Gotten_ burg, having been obliged to' desert their ship, which suffered much in a gale of windi and when they left het. she was sinking, - It is said to be in contemplation to raiselheßriy of the Officers_of the Navy. The .following is • a l • relative proportions of the Pay of the Navy and Army ; _ _ N Av. . , Per Day. Rank with AYm Y . :Per Day Lieutenants - - 3s. Captains - 55 - : Commanders - - 6s. Majors - - 7s. 68 Post three ye Captars ains, uncler ) S 6s. Lieuterianf-Coloncls' 9 5. 6d, - Post-Captains aftefdo: 6s. ' Colonels - - - - izs.od, Preparations are going forward at Chatham against Spring, for making a new Dock to take, Ships in of, larger dimensions, than what the preseut South Dock admits of, which is of, wood. . ' Two ITa/ 4 45ur ... h Mails still remain due.' . We have had the - . pleasure of stating that the symptoms of Mutiny in the Fleet now in Ireland had been completely quelled---We have the Satis . .fattion of believing that it has been quelled in a way which precludes ,the chance of the recurrence of such nether scene. Yesterday a Court .of Dire tors was held at th e cast India House, when Cap ta i ns ,CursrNE and SporrtswoonE, were sworn into the con - inland Of the Boystal - and Lcia' Nelson, destined for Madras and Bengal. On the reduaiOn of the -StatF,of the-Army, Gene_.. ralGwyN'N'is.to.succeed the Earl oft-1-14ARINGroll in the Comthand . Of the London J3oistriCt.,.. A, Circular letter has been. addressed to: the Com 'manding Officers-of the several Militia Corps; in: forming them, that the clothing-allowantes-tor half a year, fromMidsurnmerlasywill be issued; on the proper certificates being it/timed' to the Office, for those only: who were>on the bid establishment pre_ . viously to the joining of the re-embodied Men. It is added, that the. men are' .to be furnished with .new pair of - she,es each at Christmas; and; in lieu of the clothing then intended to‘beisstred, they are, when disalbodied, to receive a. sum of money equal tp, another half - year's compensation. . Lord PERCT., who is a young Nobleman of very, promising - talents, has, we hear, lately 'been ceiving some inst rudions in (he arrof public speak:. ing from Mr. KENyt .A. more able tutor could hardly be found;and; according to 'report it 'would be equally - difficult to :hind a-pupil of greater aptitude, We yesterday-inserted a Paragraph /elative..to a ,proceeding in the Cent.; of King's I#cncli.i which the ,commissioners of the Transport Bogrd were concerned, W , ithout any . .idea certainly, or any sinuation, that that Board, composed of the most respectable Charaders, cannot justify all their pro ceedings in the most satisfactory manner.- 1 . We are desired to contradid the report taken from a Dublin Paper, of the resole of a trial between. 'F. E. JON E S and P. ASTLEY, Esqrs, (Patentees, of the two Theatres Royal, Dublin), respeding 'the previous right of performing the lifuszthlEttir riainment orL4c4 and Key, whicii the latter; by his Patent, ,was gu2..t,.;rised to. do ; of - course napisaltf whatever is incurred. Died on Sunday the Ctll inst. at the advanced age of go, the-Kight-Hoo. Lord ,KENstico-rol,, of -the Kingdom of Ireland, Qlember for the Town, of Haverford West, and itiather of the House of Com mins. His Lordship was grandson of the last Earl Of WARWICK and HOLLA!p, who 'was desCeDded o'ol7l Lord Rictf, in the reign of EDWARD Vl. The late Lord KiNstrzcfox is succeeded in title' and estate by his only son, WILLIAM, now Ibrd NSINcTON, Colonel of the Cambrian Rangers, Gibr. now at Yesterday morning, pursuant to their sentence, .79 . B.lln - 114 extorting money from Mr. Spen cer, a Publican, and 741 ti liAoittr, for - a w,ere e Xecu ted opp'o'site the. -1 ,..)ckt0ri' .. ,A5:Q01 . .. of e wsa te, COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec. 23; DRURY-LANE THEATRE. THE.SOLICI.TOR GENERAL said; that having con— sulted with his iearned:Frierids, and considering the peculiar nature of this case, and the facts which his Client alone could be fully possessed of, •it was thought most expedient for Mr. Sheridan to reply. The - LORD-CHANCELLOR said' he was ready to hear all parties. Mr. SHERIDAN said, if other claims were to be set up, he hoped he might be at liberty to hear all those claims, and afterwards to comment upon them. Mr. lioLtitsi said a few words on behalf of Mr. W - estley. frht::LORD CHANCELLOR said, •he perfe6ily un_ dersiood, the case of Mr, - Westley. An annuity had been granted him by the 'Proprietors of the Theatre, on his ceasing to be Treasurer, by a Deed which' was executed by Messrs. Sheridan and Ri chardson, "but not . by Mr. Grubb : it was contend-_ ed that Mr. Grubb was effectually bound by that agreement.. Mr/ MANSFIELD Sai& there was a Petition call.. ing upon the Trustees to compel Mr, Holland t o complete his contract. The Trustees were under no contraa with Mr. Holland, 'nor could they enter into any. 'With respell to the claim of Mr. White, Mr. Sheridan had entered into an agreement with him for s'oool, for the, purchase of his claim, Mr. TRUWEIL, on behalf of Mr. White, said, there had been an agreement made by the Proprie. tors of Drury-Lane Theatre, to grant his Client an annuity of 2501. per annum. - The L4l) CH4NCELLOR asked how that agree.. ment was rnadel Mr. TIOWE% said, with Mr. Linley and Mr. Sheridan ) , Proprietors of Drury-Lane Theatre. Mr, Ac4kaddressecl the Court on behalf of Mr. Grubb, _The Loßb CHANCELLOR said, there was one consideration he wished then to state. The Pro posals handed to, him went to certain acts to be done by the Proprietors ; upon \ these therefore he could not decide till he knew who were the Proprietors. He had received,' he said, a Let ter . from a person of the name of Glossop, who domed' to he a Creditor, to the amount of 60001. for ,ilrinninating the Theatre. He thought it ne cosary ,to say„that he should consider every Let ter sent to him in that way as a Speech in, Court. If the principle was 'admitted, that the monies 0 the Theatre should become an accumulating Fund, it would go farther in favour of those claims against the Fund than for it. IVIr..AcAa said, there 'cvas no way of compelling ,those having Papers in their possession to come for_ ward with the means of substantiating Mr, Grubb's , claim. The LORD CliN ACr ',Lox said', he was willing to hear every thing that could be urged on all sides, and having heard every thing, he should come down on Saturday morning to pronounce judgment, Mr. AGAR said, Mr, Sheridan - and Mr. Richard son had acknowledged -Mr. Grubb, to be a Proprie tor, under their own hands, in Bills drawn upon them all three, as .Proprietors. Mr. Grubb was , unfOrtunately unable to support his claims in persol), whilst, they could come down in fall fagee-against him. It was in agitation for his, Client, to . file" ta t Bill against Mr. Sheridan, to compel him to com plete Jtis contrael, and relieve Mr. Grubb. from 'that load of Debt Which he' had incurred on account of the, Theatre.. it appeared by the Affidaiir 'of Mr. Grubb, that in August 1785, Messrs.: 'She tidarf and Richardson contraded with'Mr. Grubb for the sale to . him, of one-seventh .Share,,, of the, Theatre, in consideration of which, Mr. Grubb had paid several sums of money, amounting to more than 16,0001. whilst he had received in re turn no more than 3001. To the sum, thus ad- Vanced, must be 'added the engagements which Mr. Grubb had `contra led; on account of the Theatre, which amounted to' upwards of 40,0001. —The Attorney to the Theatre had directions not 'to appear' for Mr. Grubb, and he had no notice of the proceedings in the 1 Court relative to the Theatre, but through the 'medium of the Public Papers. Mr. Sheridan had denied any such 'eodirad,. but: his Lordship would see by a memo"- rari'd'uin' Of an agreement, that , Mr„ . Sheridad had' expressly allowed Mr. Richardson- and Mr. GrUbb to aa fOr. him in his absence, and had 'agreed to be bOund by their ads. By the Deed of 1798, all three were expressly called Proprietors, and however iAny memorandum indorsed upon "that Deed might except the ultirriate property of Mr. Sheridan ,from being affected by the provisions of the Deed, yet ,there could be no doubt that they were joint Proprietor's of the Patent and the other property of the Thelitre. Independent of this, ho'.vever, bills. had been drawn. 'bk Mr. Sheridan . himself upOn Messrs. Sheri&n, - Richardson, and Grubb, Proprietors of Drury Lane 'Theatre, and expressly accepted by the Tieasurer, 'in the name of those three Gentlemen, as Proprie "tor's. of the theatre. Cagnoviis had alsabecn given in the same %VV. by those three Gentlemen, as Pro, prietors.. The LORD CHANCELLOR asked whether the words. « Proprietors ,of Drury Lane Theatm" were ex,pressly mentioned, Mr. AGAR said, the bills he alluded to were ac ' cepted by Mt. Veake, the Treasurer, for Mesirs. Sheridan, Richardson, and Grubb, Proprietots of Drury Lane Theatre," It had been' asserted On the' other side, that if all the arrears were to be liqui dated, the payment of the rent-charges must be postponed for 'a considerable time ; but he submit ted .to his Lordship, that under the Trust-deed, the arrears oughbto be discharged, and the notes given by !IVlr..Grubb for the arrears of rent charges, ought, never' to have been given. He trusted 'that Mr. Sheridan would be called. ripen to account for the. 37,0001. which lie had received for those rent_ charges, which he had sold. Mr. - Sheridan had re ceived money to the amount 0f,z0r.,0001, and if to . that was added the sum • of 10,0001. paid by Mr. Grubb, and the sum 'of 40,0001. for which the Lit ter had made himself liable, 'on account, to the Thea tre, the whole would amount to 3+1,0001. If from this' sum was dcduCted the sun which it appeared Mr..l - folland had. expended on account of building the Theatre, ,there would still remain the sum et . 2.76,40061. received by Mr. Sheridan, of which no I account had - been given, and of which, he submi to his Lordship, an account ought to be dema frOm Mr. Sheridan. - As far as he was concer he pledged himself,that a bill should be filed on m l half of his Client before the first day of nekt Te to compel Mr. Sheridan to answer upon oath as the expenditure of the monies he had received. 'appeared also for the Executors of Mr. Vine, claimed under Mr. 'Lacy, and he hoped some . would be .adopted to bring before the Court, 1 . anti truly, all the respective. rights of Mr. Mr. Richardson,: and Mr. Grubb. He likes appeared for Mr. Clanfield, who was a creditor fireworks furnished the Theatre upon various oet sions, partiCularly upon the glorious x'st ()fib and various other occasions. It was undoubted highly proper. that a Theatre like that of DO Lane should make a splendid exhibition upon d of national exultation ; but surely the persons , furnished- the means of rejoici ng , s h ou ld not b e,s fered to be mourners upon that account, for y afterwards. ' . .The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he could not cover,, from the' Affidavit of Mr. Richardson, v, ther he was a Troprietor or not. Mr. Hoiumin said,. he could have no objeat to what was - contained in Affidavits, but he did hi that if Mr. Sheridan. threw out any iasinuationi, the spirit . inwhich former as s e rt i o n s h a d b een ma ' that they would be considered as irrelevant,. of least-that- his. Lordship would hear- him -in reture' The LORD CHANCE-LLO,R said, that, ,under 1 circumstances of the case, he should certainly tt - whateVer Mr. Sheridan had to say upon the subj . .Mr..l - louhArin then requested his Lordship's i dulgence:for a few observations. It had been star by Mr. Sheridan, that he. had expended. Ca.o,on upon an estimate of mobol. in consequence of whi great distress had fallen upon . the Theatre. This had felt very much : it was nor, however, .adbol the case. Mr. 'Sheridan had since withd rawn t i statement, and did not now attempt to deny that.' estimate was 80,0001. and not 75,0001, and he expended' under .75,0001. and not 146,00 All these , premises being abandoned,: he 'nig take - the liberty to conclude, that they we completely untenable. . The question had b • started, why was not the whole Theatre finis ' With equal activity ? For this two reasons h been stated - in his Affidavit, the one was criiil towards the workmen employed, the other was refleOion :upon the Proprietors. He did not kilo who the Proprietors were, although he had , ~ employed under them for seven years. He ' know, that - according to the 'original ,agreenter and it was so held out to the workmen employed, .t if the sum allotted for building the Theatre was P sufficient, the produee l arising from the sale of flu private boxes was to be added to that sum. . So stood in his proposal, and so it was agreed u What alteration had since been made he knew f l • but he had all along a confidence in Mr, She 'clan, that that agreement would be adhered to , Under this impression, and with this confide himself and the workmen worked early and lag, they did every thing in, their power to render ',' Theatre in-a fit state to be,opened for repress don, and no delay whatever could be imputedi them.' Mr. Sheridan would surely give him etc . ' f or t his, =ay means= of the:: - greute et . awn, t, Thea,ire was made ready ter representation in l'i month of February, of which circumstance he 4 1 ; notice to - the Solicitor of the Theatre and to P . , , Sheridan. 'He left it in th a t state i n wh i c h might ,be used for those objetis for which it 0 " intended: Mr. Sheridan then represented that ' nightly receipts would soon overbalance, from ' capacity of the Theatre, any additional exile which" might have been incurred in eredting .o.' finishing it. The event certainly proved 'this to true, for in the year '1796, as was proved 1# paper - which he held in hiS nand, containing a ret'', of the Treastirer upon. that occasion, the House 11. 1 ;', hear 9001. - If this was certain, that the recall' of. the Theatre, Overbalanced the 'additional :'" pences attendant upon the extraordinary expedit' , with which it was ere4ec4 and finished, Aim rb, c i were entitled to be p a id with prornprirale, that fr y , remuneration - to whiih they, were justly entitle;i ' Instead of this, their accounts were not settled, P ever since-bp to. the p rese n t moment h ad been' se t` tied. The Workmen have been promised frOm ti' , to time, and from d a y to d ay , b ut h a d never be; paid; until at length, tired out by repeated Fr inites, which wer e a s repeate dl y b ro k en, they Ic, fused to go on an y l onger , an d t hi s was the rea5 0 ,, j, why . the The a t re was not . completely finisbe He knew, at the same time, that 36, 000 1. h a d bee p received from th e produce of the private Bog ' which remained unaccounted for: There was ar' t ; ther circumstance which he wished to.advert to , t , Gentleman had sworn, an d h e t h oug h t a l i ttle s toil l ly, that the Duke of Bedford would not gratlr i LeaSe till the Out-buildings were completed , 4 but 'it appeared to him, from all that he knew-vr; the subject, that' the Out-buildings could n ot be 0 1,t pieced - till' a Lease was grant e d: A n d i t s h ou ld v , 'recolleded, that if t h ese O ut- b u il d i ngs were to,ii subjeaed, along with the Theatre itself, to `l l f rentiof zoool. it could never be certain. how' 1 $ theY might be liable for that rent, as, if the D',,, of Bedford could not - fi n d hi s rent i n t h e Tliear, he might find it in some of these Out-build:l r , One of these building s was i nten d e d to b e a tave d but it was - not to be supposed that. that, or any ,„4 the other, buildings, could b e l et to any a d va l e under such circumstances. F rom t h e outs id e o r Theatre, however, he m ust now , according N i s vi a AffidaVits, go•within side, and here the Atfld 3 , o p had stated, that the insid e was a mere s h e lf. P,,, Sheridan had stated, that an excess of debt, to a r oi o siderable amount had b een i ncurre d, arising °Lc!, the 'large sums 'expended to make the i The o il l fit for representation. A person of the nallie v o Jacobs, a little carpenter, employed in OP i i ii odd jobs about the Theatre, had stated in o j, Affidavit, that a considerable such had been o:l 3e fte r ~ ed ; but he knew that the price of a pot of porgy 1 ,6 was to Jacobs a 'considerable sum, and how Was - to know from this, how, much had' been expel* i jil B es ides which, Jacobs had never been emploY e ` V any work upon which a considerable sum cool`. i t l ). l. expended. The fad was, that the labour o' cAi r workmen within th e Th eatre h a d b een suspend- 01J consequence of the b a d cre di t o f the Trustee' - fropri ever,' reduce Jacobs 4661. discov heard There sarpen render tions (:) follow direEti would prernin COI= pose of the of the annum Of this was dc all he heat Z'S to used bt that t been ei Cxcelle the su Suppos arisen, those Itt- opt have p . tills, ai jed. I often Theati to rem he wal i 0,03 Maine; bowe'. qinan ) that ht Tie di the involy Upon d tri, by *114;11 have r O llt 1 lltri Which fi 'rhea, but as } :cnc accotd rtethoi Scribe: (i)mpt( take ii Up ; uc t 3 Were t perfori COMpe he had th em , he had other he cot riot ‘vi Mr. boxes, sell otl order money lie sail: hould Mr 4 )3atien( aring gtia rte; t4ent a n d wi klentie offer tc Ilim up indul9,l bei ng Pcrhap such al Plead 1 any ter tha Counst famish to - giv I) eCessv troubli this cal beCaUS; *ell as been it 11 141 to thscret the Co flay an lie sho with h doing, tici c ol t he No cas tharaa, The ° 1 M . % t ion to or Dru eounsc 114 d con Red ;L eman, t t L ad t)