The Sun. — London, England, 1806-10-03 00:00:00

Tr ES TMINSTER MEETING. The adjourned Meeting of the persons whe have endeavoured to OppoSe Lord PERCY in his preten sions to a Seat in Parliament, as one of the'Repre ? ' sentatives for the City of Westminster, took place yesterday at the Crown and Anchor. , Mr. MAD DOCKS, sen. took the Chair a little after one o'clock. 1 - le began his address to the Meeting with heavycorn plaints against the Public Prints for having stigmatiz-. ed its proceedings with the charaaer of faelious. He referred to the. aro 'Meeting, and paid high coin plitnents to the eloquent SpeeCh of Mr. SHERI DAN, and asking if there was . any thing in that Meeting which could properly be deemed fac tious ? The following Meeting be declared was of the ,saaae nature, and took place chiefly for the - purpose of sele&ing some person qualified to repre sent the City, and follow so great a man as Mr. Fox, as Nr. SHERIDAN had, much to the regret ofall, declin ed that honour. •He declared that he had been an Eliaor between thirty and forty years, and would not have taken the Chair if he were not conscious tlia , his principles were congenial with that of the firs Meeting. He said, that before they proceeded to the immediate object of the Meeting, he begged leave to observe, that as we had a hundred thousand of our gallant Countrymen 'in arms, ready to repel s the aitempts•of a Foreign Despot to enslave us, be hoped that the Eleaors of Westminster, at 'such a moment, would not lightly treat the important obli gations which fell upon them -in consequence of the loss of their late meritorious RepresentatiVe. He then read 'the letters from Sir FRANcts BURDETT and Mr. Cu aRAN, which we have already inserted, -wherein they 'declined. the invitation of the Com mittee to offer themselves as Candidates. After these observations, he called upon any Gentleman .present to bring forward any Resolutions which he might deem it proper fur the Meeting to adopt. • ''He was folloWed by Mr. Gir.soNs, who declared that he telt it to .be oecessary to defend himself, against the misLatatements l which had been made of his condua, particularly with respect to the letters of Mr. Burgess and Mr. Walker. Mr. SHAW inunecliately called him to order, oh serving, that he ought to confine himself striElly to the purpose of the Meeting. Some disturbance arose, but at length Mr. G. was sutiered to proceed. He then expressed a doubt whether the Letter signed by the name of Mr. WALKER was written by that Gen tleman. Mr. WALLER avowed the Letter in question, and desired Mr. GIBBONS to refute any part of it. Mr. Gtzsovs resumed the subje&, but The CHAI RZIAN here interposed, and declared that Mr. GIBBOb/S had been fully justified by the Reso lutions passed at the late Meeting, and trusted that no further comments might be made on the subjea, but that the objea of the present Meeting should be taken into consideration. Mr. lizw;aNG, however, insisted upon vindi- , eating his own charaeter ; but the confusion was„ip,..', „great that he was obliged to relinquish his intention.. The CHAIRMAN then read some. Resolutions given to him, by Mr. GIBBONS. The first Resolu tion stated the faCt, that Messrs. BURDETT and CURRAN had. declined the invitation to offer them selves, lamenting that fad, and proposing thanks to them for the principles they avowed in their letters. This Resolution passed unanimously. The second Resolution declared, that the Meeting was not dis couraged by this disappointment, but trusted that a proper Candidate might yet be fOund to resist a confederacy formed against the independence of . Westminster. Mr. FINNERTY, who spoke. on the last Meeting,. opposed this Resolution, and begged to ask the Chair man, whether, under cover of that Resolution . , it was intended to propose Mr. ATADDOCKS, jun.: - in case he was.anwered in the negative, he should have nothing further to say ; but that otherwise he should state his reasons for objecting to the Pretensions of that Gentleman: The CHAIRNIAN,. after observing that he 'could answer for the principles of his son, said, that though his zeal in the cause might, be admired, it was cer tainly - not a proper measure to nominate him for the Representation of Westminster. He said, that his son, from motives of delicacy, was not present that day, as it had been resolved at the last meeting that Non-eleCtors should withdraw. The Resolution was then carried: The purport of the third Resolution was to state, that the present Meeting was united in sentiments with the two former, and that they would do every thing in their power to frustrate the designs of those who.tnight be - enemies to the Constitution. The other Resolutions imported, that the Letters from Messrs. BURDETT and CURRAN, as well as the Re solutions themselves, should be advertised in the Morning Pape.rs. Here the business of the day in fact ended ; but there was some subseqUent speaking as to the pro priety of seeking fur some other Candidate, and Mr. GIBBONS was stopped by the Chairman from . urging the ineligibility of Lord PERCY, as that ques tion had been decided on the former Meetings. At length the Meeting was. adjourned . sine die, after a Vote of Thanks to the Chairman for his impartial condua. - It is somewhat curious that any complaints should have been made yesterday, at the Westminster, Meeting, on the alledged abase of the public Prints against its proceedings, considering that several of the persons who have forced themselves into notice by their turbulent harangues, indulged themselves in the most rancorous inreaives against Lord PERCY, his venerable father,, Lord GRENVILLE, and the whole of the present Administration. The Pub lic Prints have, in fa&, been very moderate in their notice of these officious Upstarts, who have done all they could to raise a storm in Westminster, not merely to oppose an Amiable young Nobleman, who is supported by the very men whom these Upstarts af feB to revere,.sucir as Mr. SHERIDAN, Mr. WHIT BREAD, &c. &c. but to force their own obscure names into public notice, and illustrate the old say ing of " How we apples swim." We feel great pleasure in acquainting our Readers, that a Subscription was yesterday opened at LLOYD'S for the Widow and five Children of Mr. PALM, the Bookseller, who was tried at Brannan by a French Court-Martial, and shot, for having dared to publish some works, containing animadversions upon the conduit of BONAPARTE. FORUM? INTELLIGENCE. ./3ZELIN, SEPT. 23.--Ou the 20th their Majesties set 'out for Potsdam, on their way to Magdeburgh ; and on the 22d they proceeded to . Halle from Magdeburgh, where they will remain this day and to-morrow j, after which they will repair to the Head-quarters at Lauenburgh. The Queen is to remain only two days with his Majesty, after which she will. return to this City. The Countess ,Vox Bos, and the Countess Vox Tatmwsziw, the daugh ter of the General of that name, are in the Suite of the Queen. Count HAUGWITZ has followed the. King to Head quarters. During the absence of the Minister, M.. VoN La Coz will maintain the necessary relations with the Foreign Ministers. . . A French cabinet Courier, named Oav, has ar rived here from Paris, with a Le.tter from the E►u peror to our,King, and set out yesterday on his re turn with an answer. It is said that the Fren;h:Etti7oy at this Court has 'demanded passports for himself and his suite. It is bclieVed, that the French troops are falling beck from Westphalia, 'hilt not from Franconia, .where they are, on the contrary, increased. MAGDEBUR.GH, SEPT. 23.—At•six in the evening of the 21st their Majesties arrived bere, And yester day proceeded on their journey to, Halle.. HALLE,SEPT, 22.—The Corps' hitherto concen trated in our environs are marching forward. — The Duke of BRUNSWICK goes to •Lauenburgh on. the 28th. This eveningthe . King and Queen arrived here : they are to remain all night in this town, and will proceed to-morrow to Lauenburgh. MUNICII, SENT. 16,-7-Though the Austrian Phi•• soners of War still proceed on their return, yet a new Vac seems unavoidable. In Bavaria there is to. be an immediate levy of 12,000 men. The States\have just granted two Regiments of Foot, of twelve hundred men, and two of horse of six hun dred strong. DUSSELDORF, SEPT. 22.—We observe troops, ad vanciug' on all sides, with a view of composing a formidable Army on the Dutch Frontiers. A re speetable number is already colleeledl andi,the whole, expeCted to be colleded in a few days, will be 80,000 men, French and Dutch. It appears that the King of Holland is to have the command, and that the defence of his own territory will be principally entrusted to the Dutch troops:_. We learn that his Majesty's speedy arrival has been just an nounced officially. • FRANKMAT, SEPT. 21.—1 t seems that there will be no material change in the position of the French Armies till the return of Mayshals Nay, AUGE- RgAu, and MoßTitit, from Paris. The troops on the march from the Lower Rhine to the Maine have bad sudden orders to halt, as well i as those who were coming hither from Anspach.- 1.; Marshal AUGERiAIJ is not expeeted back before the 28th ; and it seems, that if there should be any en campment upon the Maine, it will be at Bergen, about a leag ue from this City. 0 All the carpenters in the neighbourhood of Co 1014,Yne and Bonn have been put in a state of requisi , ton, in order to lay bridges oter the Rhine at the shortest notice.—i-Brannau was still in the hands of the French on the i3th.—There has been some se rious resistance to the new mode of recruiting in Wins temburgh : the Military having been called in, restored order. The recruiting service has been carried on very • brtskly in Bavaria within - the last fortnight, but still ; in - the old way. • • -The Head-quarters of Marshal BERTMER were at Munich 'on the 18th, though.all his .baggage was packed up, and his departure was momentarily ex pe6ted. The Marshal had ordered all the depots of Cavalry of the 4th, sth, and 6th Corps to march to Strasburgh. MARBURGH, SEPT. 20.—The Prussian Army on our .frontier is stronger every day. General KALK REUTH has taken the position of General BLUCHER, HiS right is posted towards Munster ; his left is the side Of East Friesland.' General littcirga,WhO joined General KALKREUTH'S Corps some days since, has now moved more to the left, and occu pies the territory .of Waldeck, opposite to the Hes sian frontier. General VON Rucitim, whose Head quarters are at 'Gottingen, has advanced his position in a right line partly towards General BLUCHER. To his left, behind the Elbe, the Grand army is form ed, commanded by Marshal MOLLENDOEF, and his Majesty . in person, and 'which- is computed at 70,000 infantry and 16,000 • cavalry.' Its present . station is in the vicinity of Verg. Fourteen sand men entered thiS camp between the 14th and 16th instant ; and according to the orders of Mar shal MOLLENDOEP, all the Troops in Magdeburgh must be encamped,by the 22d. Further on to the left are the Troops in Silesia, under Prince HOHEN LOBE, to Which it '4 said • 20,000,Saxons are to be added. The latter Corps has two reserves in its rear, one at Custrin and the other at Bober. Large magazines are forming upon the Oder. FLUSHING, SEPT.. 22..-Two 'orders have been given by the Commandant in Chief MONNET, dated the 21st, stating,, that each inhabitant, shall provide his family with wheat sufficient for six weeks; com mencing 06tober Ist ; secondly, that the bakers shall previously provide themselves vAtli a sufficient quantity of fuel; and that on the sth of Oaober, an enquiry shall be m set on fool respeCting the execution of these orders, when those persons who have not complied with them shall be sent out. Of the place in case of an attack. The inhabitants are also called upon to remove, all trees, bushes, hedges, &c. fruit-; trees excepted, within three hundred rods of the place, to prevent them from affording any shelter to the Enemy, or from remaining as obstacles to the fire of the place. FRANKFORT, SEPT. 20.—The Marquis DE LUC CREAM! arrived here from Paris on the 18th, and continued his journey to Berlin on the followiner day. Our City has already experienced the g&od effetts of the new Government. The mediation of the Prince Primate has induced the Emperor NAPOLEON to remit the payment of the remainder of the con tribution imposed on this city. A letter of thanks has of course been transmitted from this City to the Sovereign. • DOSSELDORP, SEPT. 23.—An article .which has appeared in the Frankfbrt'Journal, stating that the Fieuch mode of conscription was to ba introduced into the Duchy of Cleves_ and 13erg, has been very seriously taken %Li' and contradicted, in the Courant of this City. . • . *NAPLES, SEPT. insurrektion in Calabria is hastening to a period. Ten-Sail of English Ships, cruizing near Procida ; have received orders by a Brig to steer to the Calabrian coast, to receive troops on board. ;From Messina, also, we learn, that a num- 1 ber of English VesselS had returned to Sicily with 1 Troops on board ; that only two hundred men re mained in, the Fort of Scilla, opposite Messina, to receive and protect the' principal insurgents, who might' wish to . be transported to .Sicily. HAGUE, SEPT. 26. - -;—N6 learn tbat the camp at . Zeist has broken up... . . LEIPZIG, SEPT. 16.—The Gazette of the Beau , Monde contains the folloWing observations, under the head of Berlin , , • • ' " We are all alive here, and I cannot sufficiently describe to you,the spirit of unanimity . which ani. mates the soldiers; andeven all the inhabitants, men, ; women, and children. It appears as if an eleEtric spark had lighted up a patriptie' flame in every bosom —and in the Provinces, particularly in Pomerania, the • ' old spirit of the days of 'FREDERICK the GREAT is' ' again, displayed. ",Whoever does not participate in thiS sentiment, or appears indifferent to it, in' danger of becom ing- a sacrifice to his unpatriotic condo& ; Several' ,have already paid for their pusillanimity with a broken head or a well basted back. When ',the Gens d' Armes Marched out of the garrison two men young ran the risk of being very ill treated, merely . because the one observed to the other, that the horses of that regiment were not so good as those of a foreign corps of Artillery." . MECKLENBURGH, SEPT. 22.—1 t is asserted that a corps of Russian troops will soon be landed:at Warnemunde, for which quarters are already en gaged at Rostock: This report, however, still-re quires confirmation. M. ALOPEUS, the Russian Envoy to his Swedish Majesty, is still at, Lubeck.. HANOVER, SEPT. 21.—The Head-quarters of Gen. RucHEL are now at, Muhlhauseti. General KALKREUTH is not to march through Hanover; he is to have another destination. UTRECHT,- SEPT. 18.—General BRUCE, who, for some time past, has commanded this garrison, 'set off yesterday for Middleburgb, to take the corn mand of the, second Division - of the Army. Yes terday forty waggons arrived here, to be employed in transporting provisions and other necessaries to the Camp at Zeist. Troops are daily forwarded , thither. General DusamscEsu is ekpeated this day here, on his way to the Camp. The troops.at Zeist are to amount by the 234 to 11,150 Foot, and 1,570 - Horse. HAGUE, SEPT. 20.—Troops are marching from every . quarter in this country to the Camp at Zeist, :where they are all to be assembled by the 23d. — They will not remain long in that place ; but their future destination , depends upon certain circum stances. The Dutch troops in the Camp are to be commanded by Gen. DUMONCEAU, who formerly served in Moravia and Austria, andthe. French will be commanded by Brigadier-General BOVIER, WllO is on his journey.: from Paris to Zeist. The whole are to be commanded by General Mictation, • under the King:who is. expeC:ted to come direet . from Aix-la- Chapelle to the camp on the 23d. AUG3BURGIV SEPT. 13.—0 n the 13th the dif ferent Clerks' belonging to the Topographic, Depart mein, under.the ,superintendance of Colonel SAN soar, and whose orlice has been stationarx , here these several months, were stiddenly summoned by . express to ; Munich, to attend the,.Minister at *War, ' Prince ALEX- BERTHIER. For the rest, all the corps of thelGrand Army quietly occupy their formercan 7 tonments. , . A numerous levy is matting in Swabia for the purs pose of completing the Bavarian Army. The city of Augsburg!' has to furnish 57 men, and likewise two. reserves of the same. number. 'The. Gazette of this City contains, under the head of Munich, Sept. et, an article, from which the fols lowing is an Extra& : Though six, persons were condemned to death , in Brannan, in conformity to the general principles of the laws of war, and the military code of the French Empire, this sentence was executed only on one of the six, namely, the Bookseller. PALM, of Nu remberg, who_had long 'been notorious for circulat ing every Pamphlet that has,been" published in Ger many, tending to excite the people against their' So vereigns and the Freifcli. But as some mitigating. „.... Circumstances transpired in favour of several of the persons implicated, in this, process, the execution of their sentence was • suspended, and the decisiOn of the' CoUrt Martial transmitted to the 'Emperor NA POLEON, by a Courier who left Munich on 'the 27th ult. Advice has been this day received that his. Majesty, in consideration that these persons, and particularly JOSEPH SCHODERER, of Donauwerth ; MERKEL, of Neckarsulm; and FREDERICK JENISCH, principal Clerk to the Widow STAGE, Bookseller, at Augsburgh, had rather circulated such Publica tions as were personally direCied against himself, than those exciting the people of Germany to as sassination, has, upon this occasion, listened only to the voice of mercy. His Majesty has accordingly commanded that the said persons shall be released from the sentence awarded against them by the Court Martial, and delivered up to. their respeCtive GoVernments, for the purpose of receiving such pu nishment as they shall think proper." -Yesterday the St. James's Volunteers, commanded by Lord AMHERST, mustered to the nun oer of 400, at their Parade, Burlington-hbuse, and afterwards proceeded to Hyde Park, for the Orpose of Field Exercise.; and it is but justice to say, that . they per fanned their various evolutions with much correct ness and precision. The firing (particularly. two vollies) would not have disgraced any regular Regi ment: After, the return of the Regiment to the Armoury, the yearly statement of their fund was read by the President ; by which it appeared, that the balance in fiivour of the Regiment, up to that day, amounts to upwards of 400 L The Negotiation at Paris, between this -Country and France, will not necessarily stand still by the absence of BONAPARTE and TALLEYRAND. General CLARKE and M. CHAMPAGNY, it is understood, are the Negotiators on the part of the French Govern ment, with Lord LAUDERDALE. In the present cir cumstances, however, it is probable that no great progress Vk ill be made., roL.TcT_.. BOW ypt..ll3z; 111:1:1 cr, , fody, r , we t y, ed on suspicion of bding the ni.irdel* of Ann Web underwent another exarninTaion, yoiLvrdav, bat.tr ; M. GRAnnm: On hiS former exarninatii)nilrei*e an account of himself. the two (lays previonS'qu'llie murder, on the night of the murder, -and after. Yesterday HopwOod, the Patrole, - produced . Ann Overall, Elizabes Teasdale, and a min, who con-' tradiEted his accounts in every- particular, and,ornved them. to be complete falsehoods: They likewise proved that the Prisoner was in the habit of carry ing a razor in his pocket ; Which "Was confirmed by Hopwood, who produced a' razor which he found. in the Prisoner's pocket when he apprehended hith. The witnesses knew the deceased 'extremely well, and that she was intimate with the PrisOber, and often were.witnesses to his using her very 111. The ,Prisont - was committed to the House ofCor reetion. . . The examination of the gang of forgers of soldiers* and sailors' wills is at length finished, And there area • sixteen committed on 'those chAfges. UNION-HALL.--Yesterday the two Ladies of great celebrity, Airs. Mary Soames, and Mrs. Maria 13(17.2 rington, wives of the two 'celebrated Gentlemen ot. those names, were brought up for further examina; tion. The evidence as taken is to the following effestit : One evening last week Mr. Bywell, being on his return home dow_ri.Flect-street, yas accosted by three ladies, who "got him into the passage of a public-house, and there • robbed him of a pocket book containing notes to the amount of 171. The ladies were moving off, when he discovered his loss. For his impertinence in making a charge, against such respeaable charaeters, the landlord pnt him irr charge of the watch, and the ladies escaped. The Prosecutor was discharged at the watch house, and applied to Lloyd, Collingbourn, and Wortley, the Officers, who, on his description, ap prehended at their several apartments, near Higgler s lope, Mrs. Soames and Mrs. Barrington, in their beds, hut in neither of their pockets were found any part of the stolen property. In Mrs. Barrington's were found two guineas and a half. As the third person, a girl said to be named iPbod. ford; is not yet in custody, Mr.' EVANCE ordered them to a future examination. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, Smith, alias Galegas, was again brought before the LORD MAYOR, for his third examination. The depositions for the Prosecution were read over to him, and sworn to by the witnesses from, the house of Messrs. Lloyd, Jones, and Co, of Loth. bury ; when the Prisoner was fully committed for, trial. HA TT ON* G A RDt X - Yest erclay II illinm Lloyd was committed for trial, for a fraud on Hannah Pitt, servant to Mr. Richmond, in Grenville -street, Bruns wicicsquare, to whom he delivered a paper parcel, addressed to her master, as if front Bath, for which he demanded two shillings, which having got,' he went awrli. On opening the parcel, it was found to contain only three bitS - of paper. He has prac tised the same artifice on several other persons. - Murder of Mrs. Pooley.— It appears that the two men now in custody were accustomed to-spend their evening at a public-house which adjoins that of the deceased. On the night previous to the murder of Mrs. PoOley they were both at this publiC-house; and, as-far as the confession of at. accomplice 'goes, we understand that they both got into Mrs. Pooley's house through the yard of'the . publiC-house, late on the Saturday night, and proceeded to her chamber, , when they found her door fastened, on the inside : they did not, however, break it open, but retired to the kitchen, Where they remained all night, and until Mrs. P. cane down in. the morning, when the villain who still stands out and asserts his innocence, seized her by the throat, and, having thrown her on the ground, throttled her. This horrid a6l being done, they. -went into her bed-room, whence they took. property, in notes and cash; to the. amount' of nearly 1001. ; and May cock, the principal, took , to him Self also a•piece of linen. -They then returned ,to the kitchen, where the body of Mrs. P. lay quite dead ; nor was it until ten o'clock the same night that. they could find an opportunity- to effea their escape. Since Maycock's apprehension, two shirts have been found where he lodged, which he acknow ledged were his:, They are, quite new,,. and exat'lly .correspond with the linen described, by Pope, (the accomplice who has turnedevidence) which May' , cock -took from the room' of the deceased. There are several other minor. circuEnstances, which, when added to those already mentioned, forma mass of evidence that leaves little doubt as to the reality of the. offenders. SMITHFIELD MARKET, Oct., 3. This day's ,Market had but a. short supply of dif ferent kinds of Cattle; Veal and Lamb support las; prices Beef, Mutton, and Pork, are rather cheaper than Monday's Market, and the trade, for the most_ part, was not over brisk. The sales in the Hay market were inconsiderable ; Hay, Straw, and Clo ver, have fallen in price since our last report. The following prices, and numbers are an accurate state ment : To sink the Offal per stone of 81b. Beef 4s. od. to 4s. 6d —Altman 4s. od. to 4s. 6d.—Veal 6s. od. to 7s. od.—Lamb 6s. od. to 7s. od.—York 55.,6d. to 6s. od. Beasts, 600. Sheep and Lambs, 4760. —Calves, 9a -rigs, 300. SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET. Hay 31. 3s. to 51. os.—Clover 31. 3s. to 51. izs.—:Straw 11. 16s. to 21. as. CORil-,EXCHANGE, OCT. 3.—There are. several further imports of Wheat to-day, and the trade is very dull in sales, at a small declension in price ; and many new samples of the late Harvest, of , Grain in general, 'are here ; Barley is in consider.' able supplies, and goes off, .tnere readily, at rather better price, and Malt maintains its price; White Pease likewise ;" in Beans little difference ; several fresh cargoes of Oats are arrived, tin,e samples fetch last price, but others are 'rather lower; Flour re. mains\without alteration. Wheat ,56s a 74s a 36s od Beans . -43 s a' Sts od Fine ditto -88 s a rgs od Tick Beans 38, a 445 od Rye - - Os a 4ss od Oats 23s a z7s aO4 oct Barley - . 4 , ..is a 45s 6d i Poland ditto 33s a3SS od Malt - -74 s a }'os ad Rape Seed 261. z3O. os .White Pease - 6os a 66s od Fine Flour 7os a 75s 04 1 Grey ditto 4zs a 46s at Seconds - , 6ja a 7US ed \