The Sun. — London, England, 1804-05-15 00:00:00

. •• ... - . . tHE P.L.4 4 V OF OPER.47IOAr TO BE OBSERVEO FOR THE PRESENTATIOif oir cox.olyits To THE LOYAL LONT)ON ON F VO LUNTEERS, R.I6AY NEkT, THE 18TH or May, 1804. THE ten Regiments o f L o . yal Lono o to assertible at th e i r posts at slit clo c k nn kin the runteers thorn. ing, and march to the waterside for embarkation, b half past seven o ' clock, M. T. y The Western Regiments to BlaCkfriars.bridge. The Centre to Three Cranes. ?. Th under the e Eas tern to the eibles, Tower, w h ere the River Fen. comma n d of Commodore LtrtAq, will arrange their boats to receive thein on board by tight o'clock, M. T. The Camp Colours of each Regiment to be placed . in the stern of the boats, and a streatner, with the name of the Regimen! and a distinguishing eolotlr at the head of the leading boat of each Regiment. fir When the Regiments are embarked, a gun to be ed at each station, and the boats to assemble off the Tower. The Tower parad e guns to fire a sa lute —a Royal one, if any of the,Royal Family are nn the water. The City State Barge Gene. for th e Lotto MAYok and al, and the barges f )I. the Commit tee an d t h e Stair, to be stationed off the Tow er . Th e b arge f or the Committee to have the 'Colours on board. To he received by Captain Show and the Harbour Marine s off Greenwich to land under the fi re of so pieces of or d nance from; the River Feneibles, &C.; and to be received by the Governor and Principal Officers of Greenwich Hospital, with the Pensioners arranged nn each side. and he RegiOtents to March through the Hospital and Greenwich Park to Blackheath, and. there form under the orders of the Earl of HARRlxorott. The Colours to be presented by the Right Ho. pourable the LORD MAYOk, attended by the Com. stittet, in the way to be prescribed by General the Earl of HAR a IFCTON. The ground to be kern by the London and West minster Light Horse Volunteers, the Honourable ArtillerY Coinpany, the St. James's Volunteers, '&c, who will proceed to Blackheath by lan. After the ceremony is over, the whole will returnd to town by land. The Loßn MAyolt, ttee, and the L on d on Staff, the Coin. Field Officers of t h e several Regimtnts ow The tavern. ground, entertained the to b e at London Tivo pieces _ "'en, of ca nnon, wi t h t h e complement of went ; to be detached f rom Woolwich for each Re-. to meet th em on Blacea the kh th, to go through manteuvres with them ; likewise the Flying Artillery attached to the Light Horse Volunteers. ts e Her R° Y;11 High ness the PRINCESs of W ALES tO Y aPPrized place, of th e ceremony intended to take His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief to be invited t o dinner with his S ta r. ~ eit The Ships in the, River to h o i st t h e C o l ours of en t " , ee NatiOn, and man t h e i r shrouds, and give three rs as the LORD A I IAYOR, &C. pass.. The Trinity Board to be requested to add as much as L'aisihle t o the splendour of the day. Tlhe Depttord Yard the same. he, West.lndia Dock the same, and other Corps Setti-W kiticu:y a t!::-. 4 iseezr' , and tn 7 rnlt rr tha t Cart add - to the splendour and consequence of the day.' A F:ag from the stone gallery at St. Paul s , the w+ fusion H ouse, to he hoisted a t ve o' 'cloc and k i n the m orn i ng, i f the weather is favourable isAdjutants to attend at that time, and if no Fla g h o i ste d , the Regiments not to asseMble Ontil n ext mornin g . the All barges, pleasure boats, and wherries altend ing, not conneaed with this plan must be regulated tinder t h e orders of the Lc4r) li tY O R2 as Constr. 'tics Ri ver Thames. titiat,...—Mr. THottAs Bast, the Gentleman who 1 had the fatal duel with the . late Lord CAUELTORD, being in custody with the advice of his friends, was ' Yesterday brought to Bow-straer, in order to meet ‘vbatevercharge might be nhibited against him, re. 11),e0ig that unfortunate transaaion. A number of witnesses were examined before iSir RICHAaD FolD and Mr. KataarAitto, but whose teltimony we shall forbear to enter into any detail of, and only say. .that the result of the iovestigation wag Mr. BEST'S being committed to Netvgate, for trial at the en. suing Old Bailey Sessions, on suspicion of having been guilty of the wilful murder of Lord C. Mr. BEST appeared extremely afiliaed during the Whole of the examinat and did no_t say a word.--Mr. GURNEY attended as his Counsel. The University and King's College of Aberdeen, h ave Cleded DAVID SCO IT, of Donoinaki M. P. Reoor of the University for the ensuing year. A letter from Folkitone, dafed Monday, contains the follovvin intelligence: " About six o'clock last evening wigcould the Enemy.spl .11 obse from the hills several of oti a curve of the Harbour of Boulhgne. We could count about 1 •3 0 sail and among them were five Brigs. Our squddron ;t the time was bungeness, owing to the wind not permitting them under to lay over on the French Coast ; but on the signal being made from the Sinal Posts along shore, of the Enemy being at sea, they immediately got under weigh, and made all sail for the French Coast." The following melancholy occurrence took. place t burley about two milea from Bishop's Waltham, between one and two o'clock on Sunday morning, the bet inst.: a rookery belonging to Adr.Eti ward Hough_ was entered by some men, for the purpose. of stealing rooka, armed with bludgeons, ..'hen they were hailed by a person of the narn!... of Millet, 'stationed there to protea the rookey, who ende,wonied to persuade them to desist an , i go aWay, obstinately refused. Millot then left them and re. which they turned with Mr. Houghton and his brother-in-law, lAr. Peter foot ;:a sck,Tlle ensuino., one of tht men, named j4me3 W,sc, receivi% wound from Mr. Barfoot with a knife,' which occasioned hia im inertiate death; another of them, ri ow 3 e , was wouded. The Coroner'; ingwes t has since sat on the body of West, and, 'of : e an in7estigation cf t "10 days, returned a verdia of --I"'' Muider. I\dr. Barfo ot is in cons'ecocnee committed for trial. This day the-croarter Sesaions fu; the n 'Y of - IVl'ddlescx commenced at 1-licks's Hall, Cletkeowell; anti to-morrow the General Car.?l Deli Very' will .s,e .it'l at the Old Bailey. _ PENSIONS. ExTEAcy fle)4 AN ACCOUNT ?RESENTED TO THE HOUSE or COMMoNs, or THE •FENSICNS GRANT ED B y THE CROWN, BY SIGN MANUAL. s pe A June T, 18 0 4. R.H. Charles Abbott, and P Pension eter ar . d. n. Isaac Thellusson, in trust for Eleanor Madeline Wickham 675 March to.. 'Dowager Lady Clare _ woo o December Z. Isaac Corry, Robert Raikes, and Samuel Lawford„ in trust for Dame Elizabeth Maria Shee 433 o o March to. Captain Percy Fraser . 30 0 o Viscount Fauconberg - Zoo • o Arthur M ura y - - - z oo 0 Lord Henry ontford (ad.) - zoo 0 Tune t. William Mottier - - zoo o December 3. Lady George Murray - 383 to 0 June r. on. lane Stephenson - 130 0 0 Anne BarOnest Dowager Trim blestown - 233 • 0 o March to. Sir George Young - rOOO o o Feb. 8, 1804. Thomas ILI' Donald . • 770 o 0 ranuary to. Sir G eorge Shea - - 770 o 0 LATE FOREIGN MINISTERS. March r 2, ISO 4. Hors. R. Walpole, late Minister at Stock holm - 2300 0 Ditto, Daniel Elailes, late Mini ster at Stockholm 830 o 0 Dec. 29, 063, John L. Doerfield, late Charge d'Affaires at several Courts zso 0 0 tan. i 4, 1304. lames Talbot, Secretary to the French Republic - boo o o PENSIONS PAYABLE OUT OF THE 4.-} WEST INDIA DUTIVS. April 30, MI. Sir Abraham Hume, in trust for the family of Master - 'spo o 0 Oct. 23, iSor. Robert Waller .. .. 503 o o March 14. Eliz. Hewgill - - 330 0 0 May 17. William Huskisson - 1230 0 0 Nov. 30, 180 Z. Heathcote Antoinette, widoW 300 0 0 01. 20. Edward Majoribanks - 250 0 o rune z. Hon. Ann Hill, widow . 130 o o DUBLIN, MAY 10. A son of a respeElable landholder, in the County of Meath, had been strongly attached to the daugh ter of a neighbouring farmer, but as she did not encourage his advances, he formed a resolution of seizing her by force; and, as he knew that she had beets in the habit of going daily to see a favourite cow milked, he conceived that such an opportunity would be favourable to his plan. The young lady's brother;however, got previous intimation or his de signs, and immediately made them known to his sisrer, who, as there was a striking resemblance in their persons, agreed that he should dress himself in her clothes, and at the usual time go and attend the cow. This plan was that evening put into execution, and, when he had just arrived at the spot, four men jumped over the hedge and imme diately seized and carried off the supposed lady (though not without much apparent resistance) to a chaise in waiting, which instantly carried them off to the house of the intended bridegroom. Imme diately on.their arrival there, a priest was sent for; but, as he was absent atteiding some sick members of his Bock, the wedding was necessarily postponed until next morning. In the mean tune, the lover's mother tried every thing in her power to administer comfort to the distressed _young laa'y ;' and, in order to convince tier that her son had no dishonourable intentions towards her, she proposed that she should sleep that night with her daughter. The young Ladies 2ccorctingly retired soon - .4iter fo t, l7ut they had not been !trig g'ne when an iinusnal noise and cry for Af heir !" brought the parents to the door of their daughter's room ; which, as the young man had previously secured it, they were obliged, with the assistance of the domestics, to break open, but by that time he had accomplished his design.—. They immediately seized, bound, and scot bian off to Trim gaol, where he now lies, and is in a short time to stand his trial ; but, as he supposes they cannot substantiate the rape, from the circumstance of the old Lady putting him into her daughter's bed, he has entered an action against the opposite party for false imprisonment. Those who have heard of this affair, wait the event of the trials with impatience, and promise themselves much amusement on the occasion . ; as, no doubt, the ablest Counsel in the kingdom will he employed on both sides. It is reported that the trials will be moved to the Court of King's-Bench here. In taking down an old house at the corner of Capel-street and Upper Ormond Quay, an immense quantity of guineas (some say to the amount of 20,000) was discovered in one of the walls, which the present proprietor of the house seized on ; but the former one has gone to law with him about it. It is, however, probable, that neither will get it, as the coin was made in the latter end of the reign of King GEORGE the First, and beginning of GEORGE the Second. The Books of the 3 per Cent. Consols will be shu on the 18th instant, preparatory to the payment o the Dividends, and will not be opened for transfer till the zoth of July. Yesterday se'nnight a Publican was convkled at the Public.office in Birmingham, in the penalty of 201. for using unwholesome ingredients in brewing ale several maltsters there have been lately con. viaed in the penalty of zol. for wetting malt in less than / z days after it had been emptied out of the cistern. One of our Relations.—Our sister, the Princess BORGHESI'S uncle, ArlusQuiNET de Id PLAGNE, was hanged in 179 z, at Angers, for the gentle offence of converting to his own use property not his own ; in the plain language of our law, for highway rob— bery. There never was a period in any Lottery when the Wheel was so rich as at present : there are two prizes of z 0,0001.-1 prize of tp,0001.-3 prizes of 50001.-2 prizes of zoool.—besides prizes of !cool. 5001. 2001. &c. and only four days to draw. Was money as plentiful now as it was twenty years back, there would not be a Ticket or Share left by Wednesday night next, as the First drawn Ticket on Thursday is entitled to 20,0001. and yet whole Tickets are under 201. Every precaution will be taken on Thursday morning, to keep all the avenues leading to Coopers' Hall clear, as immense, crowds of pe rsons. w i ll na turally be tempted to go and h ear t h e First-dr a wn Ticket proclaimed, which is e nt i t l ed to zo,aoQi, at the leash, whether blank or pize, LAW REPORT. COURT OF KING's BENCH, MA I/ 11. THE KING 2). EAST2N, NANKIN, AND FREER. two first of these Defendants are Coal Fac: tors ; Freer is the Beadle of the Coal Exchange. It seems this place of business is, for the purposes either of convenience or monopoly, converted into exclusive property, and Strangers are not admitted without much ceremony. Mr. Butterfield, an Offi cer of the Court, having occasion to serve Subpoenas upon Mr. Nankin, and another Gentleman, did not precisely comply with the formalities expe&ed: and in consequence was opposed by the Beadle, host.: led by his employers, and the Writs were thrown about the apartment. In consequence of this vio lence, theste Defendants were reported by the Mas ter in contehapt, and brought up to receive judg- , merit.. They were all committed to the Marshalsea for six weeks. CAROLINE DE MANEVILLE. This is an infant of the age of eight months, who Was brought into Court under an Habeas Corpus, di.. reeled to Louis de Maneville, her father, and another person, who by force, and at midnight, had taken the child naked from the breast cf her mother, and with fire-arms presented, threatened death to any one who should give opposition. The question be fore the Court was, if Caroline de Manevilie was to remain Sn the care of her father, or mother ? or whether the jurisdiction of the Court could be ex tended so far as to deprive the male parent of the custod,y of his own child Mr. Torqrt‘it, for the father, Moved that the Habeas Corpus be filed, and stated, that if it were necessary to produce them, he bad Affidavits from' the highest military characters in this country, with whom this Gentleman had fought side by side in the Army of the Royalists; and he adverted to the case of Barbara Little, in 1775, to spew that the au. thotity of this Court did not extend so far as to de prive Mr. de Manevilie of the comfort and society of his. own offspring. Messrs. ERSKINE, GARROW, and Gisrts, spoke of the great barbarity..of this foreigner (who was an Alien enemy) to the young woman of family and fortune whom he had married : they represented the probability that he Would take this infant to a fo reign country, and deprive it of the sustenance and consolation the mother alone could afford it ; and distinguished between the present, and the case of Mr. Little, a Gentleman pf affluence and charaler, a subjea, and a native of this Country. They stated, that this infant was also a subjett, and a na tive, and had a right to the protection she now claimed from the justice of the Court. Lord ELLENBOROUGH.—" The father is entitled to the possession of his child. He has complied with the Writ of Habeas Corpus. It is not pretend.. ed that the child has sufF:red from the want of pro per nourishment, and suitable attention, which is the only ground on which this application could be sup ported," The infant was remanded to the custody of the father. THE scING W. BERRY, JOHN N,EAL, PETER wAroHT, W. mITCH.ELL, ANZ , ;ANIES WALsH. • , - These men were journeymen Hatters, and with others, to the number of forty, forsook-the service of Mr. Walls, hat manufacturer, who continued to employ a man of the name of Hurns,•because he would not pay a fine of one guinea exaled by their bye-laws. Mr. Justice GRosE, with great energy, commented on the evils which would arise in this commercial Country, if the inferiors in trade were permitted thus to conspire, and to frame laws on which the occupations of their masters, and men of property, depended ; and he delivered the sentence of the Court, directing their imprisonment in the New Gaol of the Borough of Southwark for six calendar months ; and that they enter into re cegnizances for their good behaviour for the term, of three years. THE KING V. I'ICTON. Mr. DAL LAS said, he had obtained a Rule for a Mandamus to the Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Trinidad, to take the examinations of certain Witnesses ; since which, Mr. ERSKINE had ob_ rained a rule for the same purpose, direaed to the Clief Judge of the Island. The Court, no doubt, would be disposed to think the Writs of Mandamus ought to be executed by the same person. He had the Affidavit of Governor PiCton, stating, that John Nihel, Esq. to whom the Mandamus granted on the Motion of Mr. Ertsxme, was addressed, only belonged to a Court of Consulado, for adjusting, Commercial Affairs by arbitration, and had no au thority whatever : he submitted that both Writs shouh be direeted to the Governor or Lieutenant_ Gt cinor . Mr. ERSKINE inferred, that the prosecution sgainit the Defendant, was for crimes committed s Gc: - . , ernor of Trinidad, - and that it would be im. proper the Witnesses should be examined before his successor. ELLENBOROVCII, after Mr. GIBIIS and Mr. GAtROw had addressed the Court, directed the Writs to issue in the alternative to the Governor or the Lieutenant-Governor,'or, in their absence, to Joh MONDAY, MAY 14. THE KING V. RICHARD BENTON, WM. SMITH, THOMAS HALL, RICHARD fiALL, AND JOSEPH GRANGER. Those five persons were convicted of having as. saulted and obstructed an Excise Officer in the dis charge of his duty ; they were also brought up to receive the Judgment of the Court, which was, that Joseph Granger should be imprisoned for the space of months in the gaol of Cornwall. Thomas. and Richard Hall to pay a fine of col. each to His Majesty, to be imprisoned in the gaol o f Maidstone for three months, and to find security in• 2001. each for their future condud. Richard Smith and Richard Benton to he im prisoned in the County of Susstx gaol for three months each. judgment was pronounced against th e M es srs. Lee, rtintea of the Lewes Newspaper, called the Stissex Advettise6 wlio were csinvkied Assizes held for the county of Sussex, of printing and publishing, partial.. arid libellous ac.counts of homicide, for which,a Revenue Offlcer was indicted, capitally, tried, and acquirted. The fixst.publication tended direaly to prejudice the. Public mind against the accused. The 'second publication condemned hirn, by stigmatiiing his acquittal. Judge dROSR, in animadverting on .the offence, drew a sound dri., tinEtion between the Liberty of the Press, which he extolled, and its licentiouSness; which he reprpbat ed. The Defendants were sent e nce d to s i x months m , imprisonent. . _ •:., COURT' OF CHANCERY, MAY IL BEFORE THE LORD CHANCELLOR. Exparte DUFF, AND ex parte STARKE and,OTHE IN T;HE BANKRUPTCY OF ROBERT KENNETT.. THIS is one of the most important eases which has for many years occurred in the administration of the Bankrupt Law, and one of peculiar interest to persons in the situations of bankrupt, assignee, or solicitor: This is the third time it has come before the Court ; and in order to make our report intelli gible, we shall shortly state the circumstances of the case, and the decisions upon the further peti. Lions. The bankrupt; Robert Kennett, carried on trade 1 as an unpholsterer, in Bond-street, many years pre. vious to the year 1796, being then possessed of a. house, which he himself occupied, worth Sciodt. but mortgaged to the amount 430001. only. •, An action being brought upon the mortgage botei and a bill of foreclosure filed; the house was put for sale,, and bought in at the sum of 50001. The bankrupt, between the months of May and ,Odobee, in the year 1796, had, to the knowledge of his bri e _ ther, Vincent Kennett, committed several acts of bankruptcy. Upon the house being bought in, Vincent Kennett offered to Pay off the mortgage; upon an agreement being entered into between hi! brother, the bankrupt, and hiiii, which should be en framed as to give him, Vincent Kennett, 'interest at the rate of ten per cent. To effed this, an absolute conveyance of the mortgaged premises was accorri.: ingly made by the bankrupt to Vincent kennetr, for the suns of 40001. it being agreed between theM, that he, Vincent Kennett, should execute a lease of the premises to the bankrupt for the term of twenty one years, at the rent of .4001. per annum, and should also sign an agreement to reconvey the pre mises so pretended to be sold to him, upon repay_ meat of 40004. ; but this agreement was never re: duced into writing, in consequence of which, Vine cent Kennett refused, to execute the lease, and in, sisted upon hi s r i g h t to t h e prnperty, as the absolute purchaser of it. The bankrupt was also the owneit of some houses in Albemarle -street, winch, subse quenc to the acts of bankruptcy, alledged to have been committed in the year 1796, were conveyed te one Brown, without anj stainable consideration, and, who had since become a bankrupt. The house in Bond -street had been since lett by Vincent Kennett, at the rent of 5861. a year. Robert Kennett's affairs becoming much emu barrassed, a commission of- bankrupt was taken ofl, against him, in the year !Sant, under whiCh Brackl4 Kennett, another brother of the bankrupt's, 34 one Dyer, were chosen' assignees ; but in consel quence. of their miscondnd and collusion with the bankrupt and Vincent Kennett, a petition -vas pre_ rented, praying that the commission might be super:. seded, whiCh the Lord Chancellor ordered to be done, at the expence of the assignees and the bank.+ rupt, for the purpose of destroying the bankrupt's certificate, being of opinion that the whole was con.. duded in fraud, and eeidently for the purpose of defrauding the bona file creditors. In consequence of this first commission being superseded, a second commission was sued otir against Robert K ennett , un d er t h e d escr i ption of Toothache Cuter, Dealer, and Ch a p man ; Duff, one of the present petitioners, being the petitioning cre. ditor, on a debt of 1081. due to him, for the main., tenance and education of the bankrupt's children. Under this commission, two creditors, Parlby and Playfair were chosen assignees, at the instigation, and, by the contrivance of Henry Kennett, the , bank. rupt's son, who had obtained a power of attorney from Parlby, a very old man, almost childish, and totally incapable .of attending to or understanding any business, and who resided at Portsmouth. Play., fair, the other assignee, was also a man entirely un. der the guidance of the Kennetts, being an uncerti. fleeted bankrupt, and discharged from prison under the At to relieve Insolvent Debtors. Henry Ken nett, ailing 'under the power of attorney obtained from Parlby, received different sums of money be. longing to the bankrupt, Playfair not all intermed dling with the affairs. In August 1 8 03 , severa l o f the creditor!, who had proved debts to the amount of 13001. presented a Petition to the Lord Chancellor, praying that this second commission might be superseded, on the ground of the prior ads of bankruptcy, committed by Robert Kennett, in the year 1796; this cum_ mission being grounded upon the same ads as the first commission, which had been superseded. Upon that Petition coming on to he heard, the Lord Chancellor expressed great doubts whether it was not a fraudulent attempt to get rid of the commission, and refused to supersede the commis. sion, until it should' be completely ascertained by , the verd.id of a jury, that ads of bankruptcy, al_ ledged to have been committed in the year 1796, could be made out, and his Lordship, therefore, diretted issues to try, tst, Whether the bankrupt, Robert Kennett, had committed any, and what ads of bankruptcy, in the year 1796, or prior to those on which this commission was grounded ? and, idly, Whether he was indebted to the petitioning creditor, in a sufficient sum to support the corn. mission ? Three Petitions were rioettf .prevented, which, by' order of the Lord Chancellor, were all three heard at the same time. The firs: was the petition of Duff, who had sued out the commission, and it prayed that the order made in August.rBo3, direding issues to try the ads of bankruptcy, might be discharged ; and that Parlby might be removed from being an assignee, on the ground of his inability to aEt. The splorzet was also a petition of Duff, and twenty-seven other creditors, praying that both ?ark and Playfdic ! • y