The Sun. — London, England, 1804-08-11 00:00:00

the Races, this year, were produetivt or more. S-port, and drew a greater assemblage of beauty and fashion than have scarcely ever been remembered. In the morning of the, first day, Tuesday, the Sweepstakes of so guineas each, six Subscribers, were run for by Lord Stamford's b. c. Sir Oliver I Mr. Kellerman's b. c. by Petworth . 2 2 Sir Oliver the favourite, being 10 to i. Plate of got. given by the Members fur the City, tun for by Mr. Harris's hr. h Sir Rowland - 2 1 1 Mr. Reece's*Dutchcss - - 1 2 2 Capt. Dyott's b. tn. by joe Andrews . 3 dirt. An excellent race, Dutchess the favourite. Wednesday mlrning, Sweepstakes of togs. each, five Subscribers, were run for by M t r.Kellermays I phigenii - - - r r Ird Stamfortl's b.'c. Sir Oliver 2 bolted. Sir Oliver bolted the first heat, and harely saved his distance ; notwithstanding which the bets con. tinued 10 tot in hit favour, and the, knowing ones were taken in, In the afternoon, 501. given by the County Meat. - Geri. • Mr. Squire's bl. c Sir Peter - - - I I Mr. S. Wilkins's b. h. t;rabstock - 2 hlr. Walker's b. g. Escape - - a dr. Mr. Pain' s b. g . b y St of - - - - dis, Thursday Muffling, the Ladies' Plate of 501. for all a Lord St am f or d' s Turntoges.e - - 4 1 Mr. Harriet b. h. by Hammer - 1 3 2 Capt. Ryan's b. h. I , riot . - 3 4 . Mr. Ma rs h' s g. calms - 32 A Turntue the spu rt , ll favoutite, exce ll ent spu, TAM and a hard In the afternoon, the County and City Subscrip. Hon. T. W. Coventry's Lismahvo - 1 2 Mr. Clifton's Sir Ulic Nl•Killigut - 2 1 dr. This was a most admirable contest, the horses being so well matched, that nothing but even betting was heard ; and although Li rna h o gn won the third bear, the rider of Sir Ulic was confident of success ; but Mr. CLIFTON, considering it might be at the ' expence of his ivirsei. being only four years old, rrudently declined. ascesJ. SCOTT ) E sq . i s c h osen Steward for the ensuing We ate sorry to mention two accidents which oc. t utted on th e r ace - groun d ; one by the imprudent conduct of a post-chaise boy, who, by carelessly dr iving, overturned a gig, in which was a Gentle man and Lady, the latter of whom had her arm broken ; the other, : a, man incautiously turning his gig MO suddenly, drove the shaft into a very fine horse, and much injured the person who waa riding it. The Royal Cheshire Militia, commanded by I Lord GM, marched from the Barracks in Win.. "'mice, yesterday se'nnighr, fo the Camp at lidgemunt, to ieplace the Durham Militia, now oPon their march foi Norfolk. Tuesday a Detachment of the West Middlesex Militia, who have been doing duty at Sheerness, ; halted at Canterbury, bn their route to join the Regiment encamped on the Western Heights of -Dover. The Wheat harvest has already commenced in Herefordshire, and a very luxuriant and abundant.: 'trop is expedled to remunerate the industrious iiirtner.—The hop gardens also appear very healthy and strong ; but the apple.trees,gcliecilly speaking, have failed this year: in' several places, having Mithern aspens, ras , hoe been bagged and tonstd, . . . • ~ ,,Yetterklav sel l ini a ht, about noon, the honsc of the. `Nitta* King, 1.1,40-,4, at Wood Newton, in North_ 4tilPtanshire, was' aiscovered to be on fire: As the Prt n i i n i i i ie s are situated in the middle of the village, t u "Haste o h m was excited fur the safety of the IL -o , " : i h ut, through the timelvassistance aff ,ttl , i'.l ' " 0 "gine It'om . Lord Wi .I'!4.llll.ANlfi, Ole fire . it . " c s . "'lngUiShed with the lm.s.ot the premises .where I " r i st 4 11)rari.d. As the connag,ration commenced i - the: Notti'e a ; d an adj )itiing Stable at the ~acne i stin g I dne, it is thou g h t to i ,;ll.ive been occasioned by light. .. ' in, veiyheavy torrent of rain, accotripailied by " ,, e l, - "," (105 claim of thunde r and vivid :flashes of l t i b - tuing, took i,l ace at %w i n and the .neighbout.. ''''')( l l yeitterdar sennight, which it is to he feared liar done conside.table damage to the corn, and other grow ing crops there. —At Mr. atiley's of the W odhouse, t h ree oak and two poplar trees were 440 Shivered to pieces by . the lightning, and man t y r l of the f ragments scattered to the distance of. nearly 43 Yards. A t . Til ley, an oak tree was also shiver. 1 e,( l . Many c opses at Wem were shaken by the thun. lee, which at times coniidcrably alarMed the inha. Liitants, . . Y.eaterday settOOlg • ' lock bit between five and , stx 0 c • . tainying as violen t ast c)r rain " has of n) of thunder, lightning, and .. .olbeach o retumbeted in the neighbourhood e f fire ki in Li ncolnshir e f or man y y ears , a ball . _ ' rAT descended i nto the chimney of Mr. Thomas nas FIEL F D ) of that place, which it completely • destroy e d, • A ril having dune some damage in . the 0 'l/4., chamber, _ forced its Way into a room below, where if: rellloVeMa 4 partition wall, tore two opposite doors ,:...5 L trl their hinges, broke a looking glass, with , r outer furniture, and, in its irresistible passage, took • • i i ..: , with it the whole of the glass and lead of a • 0 Tile front window, ►to the distance of mote thar. illi gi tinny feet.---IVIr. PEATY ELI), who was coming i 'l'o g own 1 -.4 stairs at the time, Wati found stretched on the N • loo t • r ~, ...in a state of insensibility, but is since reco. ~4 i, 4., veredo—ln this dreadful scene Providence seemed 'la 44fticularly to interfere, for had Mr. P. reached tl• 1 ,1, •e ower fallen om, li e wou ld , i n all probability, have •-- -, en never to rise agai n ; an d hi s w i fe had j ust quitt e d h er bed, which the next moment was cover. 0 with the ruips of a weighty chimney. :: ~ On Wednesday sennight, the hay in the exter. • , slue sheds of EDWAID CUK E , E s q. M. P. of Long. .: )rd ' in De rhYshire, Was set on fire by lightning, i n v d we are sorry to state very considerable da -I,;s,c was sustained ;—the _lung range of sheds, ti it!tch were computed to contain- two hundred tons d',...!tay) together with the hay, were consumed or . u naged so as to be un fi t for use ) except a few MS 31°4 Wetted from the ruins. .On Wednesday morning last, as the prisoners in the City Gaol of Waterford were attempting to break their prison, they were overheard by ►he centinel, who instantly gave the alarm to the Ser. jeint of the guard, who, with the jailor, and Capt. BATEMAN, of the Kerry Ivlilitia, Officer of the day, immediately repaired to the cell, and secured them. They had made considerable progress through the wall, and would have effeded their escape but for the vigilance of the centinel. Saturday, three Journeymen Tailors were whip. ped, pursuant to jheir sentence, for combination. James Wetherspoone, and his son John, who have been tried fur treasonable praaices, at Down. patrick Assizes, were discharged on giving secutity w transport themselves before November next. We arc very sorry to mention, that instead of the spirit of combination subsiding in this City,an almost general turning out has taken place among other branches,besitles shoemakers and taylors, from a sup position that they can force the masters or em. ployers into the present exorbitant demands ; but the working people must soon find their error, as Scottish mechanics in such branches will he invited over to this Country, and every encouragement and proper protctlion afforded. Notwithstanding the very wet weather, the Troops encamped at the Curragh were all in good health on Sunday. As John Pedder, El. and Mr. Matthews, of the city of Cork, were coming from Dublin in a chaise, they were attacked by two soldiers, who presented pistols a►►d demanded their money. Mr. Matthews, with great dexterity and presence of mind, w rested the pistpl from one of the soldiers, and knocked him down with the butt-end of it ; he then leaped out of the carriage, and having, felled the other to the ground, took them both prisoners to the next stage.---( Waterford Mirror.) The valuable and important office of Receiver. General of Ireland, 1411 , , by a patent of reversinn, to Sir GEORGE Stmt:, late Secretary of the Irish Treasury. The Gentleman who was attacked by the mob in Old Bond -street, on Thursday evening, was Mr. G. GT B BONS, second son of Sir WILL IAM GIBBONS, and nut the Colonel. His escaping unhurt from the infuriated multitude, may be deemed a provi. dermal circum,rance-, as the following further par ticulaw will skew :—Mr. GIBBONS is a very fine made young man, in his I9th year ; he was pass. ing, as we have already mentioned, into Old Bond -street, from Piccadilly, about half past five in the evening, when he was suddenly as sailed by the populace, with " There goes a Main warts/ger." When he got nearly opposite the ware. house of Me Vie OAKL EY, the crowd pressed on him, and a wom n truck him; the blow was im. mediately followed by another, given by a servant in livery. Mt. GIB antis had a stick in his hand, with which he attempted to keep off his assailants, and in the attempt the weapon was wrested from his hands, and he was knocked down. Finding his life in danger, he drew from his pockets a pair of pistols, and by that means kept the mob at bay, until he made gOd his retreat into the shop of Mr. TAYLOR, shoe-m:tker, adjoining Messrs. Ontst.tv's. The crowd by this time exceeded two thousand, and the general cry was, " turn him out, or we will pull de:..vn the house," several panes of glass were broken and other damige done to Mr. TAYLOR'S shop. Befute the mob had an opportunity of putting their threats into execution, the Police OfEc-frs,arrived from their station in Picc a dilly ; tw o them went into Mr. TAYLOR'S, and being made acquainted with the nature of the business, they came to the door, and addressed the litipulice, assuring them char the "person they wanted was in custody, and that-he should -be taken to any Police Office they dvdred. . 44 Wi;ete are the pistols ?" exclaimed several, " produce them." One of the Officers took . the pistols. from Mr. GIBBONS, and breught them to the door. The mob still remained clam ,rous to have Mr. Gt B BON% delivered up to them, but by the entreaties of the two Officers, who were from Hatton Garden Police Office, they were at last alloWed to carry him If in a hackney coach, as be fore stated. Mi. GIBBONS was examined at Hat ton-Garden Office the same evening, by Mr. BARS R' and two other Magistrates, when after the testimony of the Offic,rs and Mr. GIBBONS'S own statement of the affair, he was discharged. The investiga. tiun before the Magistrates lasted an hour, when t h e a b ove fanc,' - amply corrobarative of what we have already stated, were related. On Friday afternoon a violent storm of thunder, lightning and rain was experienced in Derby and its neighbourhood, which continued a considerable time. At Langley Lodge, a barn which contained two loath of_ untbrashed corn, and a quantity,of wheat in sacks, was set fire to by the lightning, which, together with a bean tick adjoining, were entirely consumed ; the fire also communicated to some stacks of Wheat, but was timely prevented from doing much mischief. 7 -And at Brailsford, a ball of fire fell upon a hay stack and burnt its way thiongh the same in a perpendicular direflion, but the flames were happily extinguished before much damage' was dune. On Friday afternoon the inhabitants of Wolver hampton-and its vicinity were much alarmed by a dreadful'storm of thunder, lightning, and rain, which continued several hours. The thunder Was uncommonly loud, and the lightning remarkably vivid; several windows Otte broken during the storm. The elearic fluid enteted the chimney of Mr. BLA KF. MO s's house, in Snow-hill, from whence it descended into the kitchen, where he was sitting, hut he providentially escaped unhurt, thimgh a cloth, which was hanging on a line, was set fire to and but nt tp ashes. A large oak tree in the neighbour. hood was afso shivered to pieces ; and a ball of fire fell upon a . house at Monmore Green, which it damaged, and many windows in the adjoining houses 1 . were broken. The Town f Stafford experienced the same day a tremendous storm of thunder and lightning, which, accompanied with very heavy rain, continued tor several hours. A cow belonging to Mr. PEAKI of the foregate in that town, was killed n the spot where it was grazing. COURT OF CIIANCERY, AuCOIT 10. IX PARTE JOSEPH. Tuts was a Petition of Abraham Joseph, to set aside, the Commission of J. Harrison, as fraudu_ lent, and to stay . his Certificate. Harrison, some time since, had become Bankrupt; when the Peti. dotter was a Creditor on his estate. The Commis sion was taken out, principally at the instance of Mr. Roscoe, of Liverpool, a Gentleman well known in the literary world, and who was.also a Creditor. It appeared on. the face of the Affidavit, that Mr. Joseph, who attempted to resist this Commission, had himself offered to take out such Commission against . Harrison, and to obtain him his Certifi. cate, on the condition that he, .Joseph, should be appointed the Assignee. Harrison is now a Pri. sonet in the King's Bench, and the consequence of obtaining his Certificate would be his immediate discharge. _ _ _ The — ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. THOMP SON supported the Petition. They contended, that the whole of the business, both in its origin, pro. gress, and conclusion, was a mere expedient to ex. onerate Harrison from the claims of his just Cre ditors; and nut only on every principle of prece- . dent, but of common law and of common justice, not only the Certificate ought to be staid, but the Commission supers::Jed. Messrs. RUMILLY and BELL, on behalf of the Bankrupt, said, that the Certificate might be granted, because if the Commission were superseded after. wards, that, in course, would be set aside. The charade( of the Petitioner ought to he considered : He was a Gentleman of the Jewish persuasion, neither unknown m the Courts of Law or Equity. It will be recolleCted that his brother, Mr. Mose. ley Joseph, now living in splendour, was, some time since, a Ba o okrupt ; and that all his effeds were very conveniently sold to his brother, the present Petitioner. Could Abraham Joseph now appear as a Petitioner with any ;suci:ess in this Court, when he himself had t lilted to make Har rison a Bankrupt, and to secure this unfurl Unate and persecuted man his Certificate ? A formal irregularity must disappoint this application. The person who came forward as Petitioner before his Loidship, had done so without service to any person concerned, not even the Petitioning Cre ditor. 1V1i .. . THUMPSON had introduced into his argument a strange contradiaion ; he had said, no person was chargeable with fraud, and yet that this was a fraudulent Commission. The ATTORNEY GENERAL was proceeding to reply, when he was interrupted by The LORD CHANC ELLOR--" The true question is, If this be a Commission for the. sake of the Bankrupt ? The charantr of Joseph does not ma terially affeci this question lie has applied to the Court of Exchequer with Bills of Injunttion : he has resorted afterwards to the Court of Law, and he has established his claim nearly to.the,full extent he desired. A Deed of Assignment is made out to Watson of the effeas of Harris , n, and tills instru ment is the foundation of the Com , nissinn of Bank ruptcy. Bardswell is the Attorney,, and not only the Attorney,bur the Commissioner under the Bank ruptcy. Commissioner Bardswell not only proves the AEI of Bankruptcy,' but qualitr:s himself, under his new charseter of Commissioner, to the estate„ Thu, conneetawi ttrt he °Wei' circlkinstances, makes me doubt very much if this be'nat:the Commission of the Bankrtlit hitostlf. if what is allcdgrd be corteet, Bards Well, and 1111°1114 person (Criinv), who• has been'tiamed in the cau t s s e, Kill be at least answerable fur the process of superseding the Con). mission, if they are not yet further to be rendered' responsible." ' • , . EX PARTE ESVAN. Mr. Hornby, Sir josepli,Esdaile, and Rainer, be. came Bankrupts, and the ovi e d o f O i ls Petition was, that a meeting of the Corninis'sioners be called, to declare 'a 'foal dividend on the estati. It is oh ne cesssry to state the con n exi on o f palest,. Bankrupts with Messrs. Dorset and Co. whose circumstances we noticed ift our Report' of ye N sterday. It ,will be . stifficient to say, that'the mutual accounts amount. ed to i 32,0061. at one 'period, and•that Dorset and hash not only a claim on 'the join's', but also on the separate estates of Mr. Hornby, and Sir Joseph Esslaite. The question fir the Conit WA•, whether ,Dorset and CO: t‘itving already claimed on the joint estate, - could afteriids claim it'n die separate estate, to the excli;Sitfn of : the Creditors, they having' re. ceived a joint and separate 'security, by which the joint' Creditors were not protract' ? and it will ap pear singetlar, 'that the' long experience in this Court, Of Mr. Row LLY . ante Mr. Ric:HAIL MON, did not Precedent to such a case. Mr. Romtt.l.Y, on the: part of the Petitioners, contentted that they were entitled to receive divi dends;on both' the joint and separate est ates, and that they were so entitled, to the exclusion o f th e joint Creditors, until their complete re.payMent of . 20t. in the pound. The surplus on the separate estates. was 55,0001. and upwards, which WAS corn. petent to such re.payment. This he supported on the case of ix parte Rowlandson, of Rice and Vaughan, and of ex parte Bond, in the ISt Atkins, before Lord Hardwicke„ He also:applied the case of Lomax and Ashworth, Mr. RICHARMON, on the contrary, contended, that the rule of Law was, that the Creditor must make his eledion, out of which estate he would oh. lain satisfaClion, and having so done, he must abide by it. In this case the election was made, and it was to the injury of the joint Creditors. He cOuht not, therefore, to the exclusion of the itint Credi. tors, come on the separate estate'; and . the Learned Counsel applied the argument in' the tst Atkins, as utterly defeating the reasoning employed by his op. patient in this cause. The LORD CHANCELLOR.—" 1 must look to the language of the Orders of the Court before I decide. The Creditor, in this case, has taken a joint and separate security ; and it is perfedly reasonable that he should have an advantage over those Creditors who have not taken the same pre. caution." At Jersey, on the 29th Ult. the Lidy of Lieu. tenant-Colonel JottNsloNa, of the 58th Regiment, was safely delivered of a Sort, NEW YORK, JULY 13. On Sunday afternoon arrived here, from the oeat of Government, Mr. MERRY, hi• Blitannic jesty's Minister. Just outside the city his conch. man wis suddenly taken ill, it is supposed from drinking cold water too freely, and expired in a few minutes. JER.OIO2 BONArARTE, it is understood, has abdn. doned all intention clan immediate return to Europe and is about to set out on an extensive tour, in which, after passing through the Eastern States, he will visit the Sluing of Lebanon, and Bab town, and so to the Falls of Niagara. His Lady will :lc. company him. . - Captain ST I LES, from the Havannah, says, that the Spanish Government are taking such steps against the French fitting out privateers from tha; Island, or bringing prize. into port, that lie con. ceives the business of privateering will be wholly stopped from the Island of Cuba. Extra& of a Letter to a respettable house in Phi+ ladclphia, dated Guadaloupe, June 20. General Earrour, at Basseterre, has issued st Proclamation, ordering the Republican cruizers to capture all neutrals hound to or from Negro PQS.. sessions in Hisr.niola, and such as are armed anti attempt to defend themselves, are to he taken and tried as pirates. The number of cruizers at GUI. daloupe increase daily. Many of them carry 24. guns, and none less than 8 or to, with 90 men, It is commonly reported, that several of them intend to•cruize to leeward for vessels coming from Hispai. niola. Should this be the case, provided they are not captured by the British, it will be danr rons for the vessels that have gone out. Since Surinam has been taken by the British, there has been to large squadron blockading Martinique.--The s el l° Ernouf, mounting t o guns and 90 mien % has lately sent in three prizes to Guadaloupe, the longest ship of 22 six pounders and 70 men, 51 whites and 19 blacks. She Was taken by hoarding, The American Squadron fir the Mediterranean, sailed from Hampton Roads on the 6: 6 of J HXTRACT OF A LkTTIR FROM SAVANNAH, JUNS 12. On Saturday last Judge BOWER, why► lately closed such confu , inn among us, was conduktled boa'rd a veS%el hound to Rhode Island, and with a fair wind left the sandy banks of Georgia. Hi s father got him released from confinement by becoming bound that he should never return to the State again. He still swears vengeance against the white people of the place. To prevent his doing farther mis chief, he was taken on board the vessel in a straight waistcoat. NEW ORLEANS, JUNE 4, We claim Mobile as part of the cession from France. Spain objtds to this, being a Power that exads from us the ancient duties. Congress, how. ever, have passetan At for the regulation of this port of the Province. The Spanish Governor Ge. neral who resides at Pensacola has written to clot Governor, CLAI uoRNr., on the subject, to be for. warded to the President of the United States, in which he AsSUllieS a bold tone, and says he views our condud as a serious violation of the Treaty and of the harmony that ought to subsist between the two Governments. He added, that he should feelit his duty to resist, with force of arms, every such violation. AHILAIIILPHIA, JULY 6. Abfnat half past eight , , on the ev en i ng o f the 4'h, c a number of Neg roes olled?d, formed themselves into a company, appointed a Captain, Lieutenant, and }tnsign, and marched through the town, ()cut. siuning much disturbance. They at last amounted to too, and were armed with clubs, swords, &c. Ott the, night cl tLe sth they colieCted again, alL:ut ten o'clock, from one to 2op, atmedus before, and committed greater excesses, damning the whites, and saying they would sliew them St. Domingo. Extract of a Letter from Captain DAY D of the Ship tfrilliam Wright, of New York, dated • Cape Ftancuis,„ June t s.—We entered the Spanish harbour Port-a.Piat on the 291 h of May, in older to gain information respecting French L nvateera ; after coming to anchor, a boat with two men came up to us ; they staid ls minutes, and informed one of my passengers (a tlyatian), as a secret, tllat the French had taken an American Brig the day be. fore, and sailed for Cuba. After this I endeavoured to get out of the Harbour with sweeps. In twenty minutes we observed a large canoe, full of armed men, making fur us, and loading their IlitlS kers. 1 ()Meted them to keep off, which they nut doing, I ditefted my passengers to fire, the crew being at the sweeps, After about 30 shuts, the canoe put alm. A breeze springing up, we cleared the port and batteries, and reached here next day. A Danish Captain just arrived from Port-a-Plat, s tys that the canoe came out determined to take us, Anti if we resisted, to massacre us, Lately, as four boys were b;ithing in the River &Vern, near Deerhurst luck-stake, three of them got out of their depth, and two were unfortunately drowned. The cries t.t the u[ifortunate boys awoke a bargeman, who was asleep in a vessel lying near the spot he immediately threw out his biut.hook, - which saved the third, who must otherwise have inevitably shared the same fare. Ooe of the lads was found in about twenty minutes; but though every local assistance was given, 411 endeavours to restore life were ineZ6tual. The other was ;found .next morning. • . On Thursday evening, between, seven And eight ;o'clock, a young Gentleman in a single.hor s e ch a i se , i, G uoing an easy trot near the . Obelisk, S. Geo r g e ' s and a lad, riding a spirited horse on the Lon_ dun Road, the latter taking fright, ran away with him, and came in contact with the body of the chaiire, and overturned it, by which the Gentleman was thrown some coniderable diionce, and dread. •fully bruised. The horse that occasioned the disas. ter gallved a‘vAy the.boy on his back, whom he threw off near the Elepnant and Cascle, and he was very much hurt. lie was taken to IN hospital without hopes of recovery. We are sorry to learn, that the Gentleman, although he had every assist. ance given hiM by the Gentlemen of the Faculty, died in about half an hour utter the accident.