The Sun. — London, England, 1817-11-26 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN. i vet MR, Enrron,-7-In addition to the Orders for I . General Mourning, which- appeared on the 18th instant in your excellent Paper, I send you that issued by ()leen ANNE, on the death of WILLIAM 111. It is different from all the others, and the concluding sentence spews that her Majesty was sensible and felt for the distress caused to the trade of her subjects by these outward emblems of grief, and her endeavour, as far as the melancholy occasion would permit, to alleviate its stagnation. It also displays the interest her Majesty. took in promoting " English Manufactures," an interest well deserving imitation at the present day by all classes. This measure, from her Majesty's then situation, displays the Strongest possible proof of her readiness to promote industry, and mike her name as much beloved at home as it was respect ed abroad. It is also the solitary instance of any depart ore from the customary rule, and might perhaps serve as a precedent for some relaxation which e're long trade will require. iso-• . - N7ov. 2a.0. tgo ; and issed ,ncet Ar ica i 1. (fll r.ils; kiss iza, nna, cess and yard ion • the So- Infe 1035 t y'S 0 ch the " It having been ordered at the Committee of Council for disposing of the late King's body at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the Sth day of March, 1702, that the Earl of Carlisle, Earl Marshall of England, be desired to give public notice for going into a solemn mourning upon the present Occasion of the death of the late King of blessed memory; it is her Majesty's Royal pleasure, that all.persons should put themselves into the deepest mourning that is possible (long cloaks only excepted); the said mourning to begin upon Sunday next : And that as well all Lords, as Privy-Councel- Las, and Officers of her Majesty's and his Tate Majesty's household, do cover their coaches, chariots, and chairs, and cloath their Livery Servants with black cloth, by Sunday, the 22d of this month; and that no person do use any varnished or bullion nails to be seers on their coaches, chariots, or chairs, except for the use of his Highness Prince George of Denmark. And that it will be allowed as full and proper cursor:Ling, to wear fiathands of English alauiode covered with black crape, in consideration of the great encouragement it will be to the English manufacture of lustring and alawode. (Signed) " CARLISLE—E. M." THE LATE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. I at K, I on OLb the this atie t he five our Ti-Is the 01) she As it has been stated in several of the Public Prints, that the omission of the name of the Princess of Wales on the Deposituin of her (laugh ter, the late Princess Charlotte, was altovether unprecedented, we annex copies of the inscrip tions engraven on the coffin plates of their Royal highnesses the Princess . Amelia, who, died in 170 ; the Princess Amelia (his Majesty's daugh ter), who died in IEIIO ; and of his Majesty's sis ter, the Duchess of Brunswick, who died in 1813; from i perusal of which it will he seen that in none of these inscriptions was there any mention of the mothers of those illustrious individuals; and that consequently the Depositum of our late much lamented Princess was drawn up in. strict confor mity to the established usage on such mournful occasions.—lt may at the same time be observed, tha! the styles pronounced on the interments ne ver contain the name of the mother except in those cases where the approximation or claim to the Crown is derived through the maternal line, as in the case of the Duke of Gloucester, the son of Princess (afterwards Queen) Anne, by Prince George of Denmark. DEPostrum.—lllostrissimacPrincipissa AmelimSophireEle porw, natu secundoe Angustisstmi et Potentissitni Geor gii Securnii, Nlagnie Britannia, Francim, et Hibernia Regis, Defuticti. Obiit 31. we Octobris, Anna MDCCLXXXVI. -Etatts sua 76. -Dcrosrrum—lllustrissitnw Principissw Amelia, Filia Sex t',, et sato minima' Augustissinii et Potentissimi Georgii' Tertii, Del Gratia Milani:Ulm:li Regis, Fidel Defensoris, &c. 0144 2fia dic Novembris, Anno Domini MDCCCX. .Etatis sum: XXVIii. to 'ear reor • DErosl•ruM.—l'lustrissirnz Principissm Augusta', Vidum Serenissinii Principis Caroli Gulielmi Ferdinandi, Ducis Brunswiei, et Sororis Angustissitot et Potentissirni Georgii Tertii, Dei Gratia Britinniarum Regis, Fidel Deferisoris, Obiit die vicessimo tertio Alio° MDLCCXIII. -Eta.tis sum LXXVI. 1 to rid, Sao ncq !at, btlC iS' AS THE PRINCESS ROYAL OF ENGLAND.—A Gen- Tiernan who was lately at Stutgard, and had the Lorton'. of an audience of the QUEEN - - (the PEtrit cEss ROYAL, of ENGLAND), dew' ihes. her as enjoy jug the bust health and spirits. She is of very ac tive habits, rising at four every morning. Her AIAJEs - ry has no intention, it appears, of revisit ing England. ,It was Air. DIKES, the King's Messenger, who went with the dispatches to the Princess of WAsEs, informing her of the death of the Prin-• CeFS CHARLOTTE. jlic LE' tO , Deis irt tine ave Yesterday the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR proceeded in the accustomed state front the Alansion-House to Guildhall, to hold his first Court of Aldermen, when the same, shortly atter being formed, broke up. Yesterday George Chennell, jun. and William Chalcroft, the former charged with the murder of bis father, and the latter with aiding and abetting in the same, arrived at Horsem4inger-lane front Godalming, heavily ironed, being committed to take their trial at the next Guildford Assizes. in - im- the the ton , i al nt : lid td HORRIBLE STARVATION.—Yesterday morning, about 12 o'clock, a poor old man, almost naked, was observed lying at a door in High-street, Whitechapel, since - the preceding evening, in a most deplorable condition. Some humane persons gave bitn some halfpence, but the poor fellow was in nch a state from the effec's of starvation, that be was insensible of even the inclemency of the weather : he lay on the ground apparently lifeless. A Gendeman requosted two men to take him to the hospital, but first they took him to Lambeth street Police Office, to know what they should do with hint. The poor fellow was laid down for dead in the lock-up house, when Mr. Fortune, one of the officers, nptde,a good fire, and humanely purchased some nourishing things to revive him which in rt short time had the desired effect. He was then carried into the office before the Sitting 11Iagistrate (Sir DANIEL WILLIANS), who seemed struck with astonishment of beholding the wretched man's condition, and ordered him to receive every necessary nourishment while a conveyance was procured to take him to the parish work-house, where he was taken without the least hope of re covery. POETRY. THE MATr:RNAL CLAIM. Why, where the hallow'd Dome contains Angelic CwmorrE's dear remains, Omit the Mother's name ? For sure a Mother might presume To hope that the recording Tomb Would mark her equal claim. That Mother here the natal pains, That Mother now the lots sustains, With none to soothe ht.r woe— Why the sad solace the❑ denied - To share, with fond maternal pride, The sacred Dust below• ! We insert the foregoing lines as a tribute to the grief of the Princess of IVA LES, but it is proper to observe,.that it is not usual to mention the name of a Royal Mother in fune real inscriptions, except in a particular case, as stated in an article which we hare also inserted in out Paper this day. It is strange, however, that such a ❑egative precedent should prevail, as if a Royal Mother had not been in existence. REGISTER OF. FASHION. FASHIONABLE CHANGES. The Marquis of Camden, to Lord Braybrook's seat, Audley end, Essex ; the Marquis of Salisbury, for his seat, Albo rough, Suffolk ; the Earl and Countess of Hardwick, at the Earl of Mexhorough's seat, Methley Park, Yorkshire, from Scotland; the Earl and Countess of Jersey, in town, from the Earl of Essex's seat, Cashiobury eark; the Earl of Lauder dale, in town, from General Sir Wm. Houston's seat, Sussex; Lord Maitland, on a tour; Lord Graves, on a tour; ,Admiral Sir Charles Pole, for his seat, Hens; Mr. and Mrs. Thornhill, from Riddlesworth Hall, Norfolk; Mr. Lane Fox, and fa mily, for Yorkshire • Sir Hew Dalrymple, Lady and Miss Hamilton, at Blake's Hotel, from Scotland; the Marquis of Hartford, for Brighton ; Lord Langford, for Englefield-green ; the Earl of Carhamptoo, for Surrey; the Duke of Beaufort, at his seat, Worcester Lodge, from a tour; General Eustace, from the Continent ; Lord and Lady Ossulston, at Kirkisam's Hotel, from Walton: THE THEATRES. DRU RY,LANE.—The Beggai's Opera, which, con trary to decency, and outrageous to the improved taste of the age, continues to hold its station on dramatic hoards, was represented again last night, and Miss BYRNE was the Polly. Having been ani mated by public applause, she was in better posses sion of her powers, and certainly displays signs of improvement in acting as well as singing.— The play altogether was too well performed, con sidering the low and disgusting quality of the composition. _ . CoveNT-GARDEN.—A high gratification was afforded to the visitors of this Theatre last night in the perfoimance or The Cabinet, as might be expected from the combined and single exertions of Miss STEPHENS and BRAHAM. The former sung with alt tier interesting simplicity, and sup ported .her character with unaffected humour.— BRAHAM, always pleasing, was, however, most prodigally redundant in his musical decorations. MR. KEAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—It is with great surprise that I have seen in the Morning Chronicle of 'this day, an article statiog that I was taken ill yesterday so suddenly, that there was •no time to change the Play an nounced at Drury'-Lane Theatre for ►he even ing, in consequence of •which Mr.• MAY wool) had undertaken the character of Richard the Third at a few hours' notice. I must request that you will allow me through your Paper to correct this statement. I have been very muck indisposed for many days, and found myself so ill on Saturday last, that I then sent a notice to the Sub-Committee that it would be impossible for me to play on Monday. This was further con firmed by a certificate yesterday from my pro fessional medical attendant, which was at the Theatre by one o'clock. I have not been out of my bed 'since Saturday, and dictate this from my bedside, being unable to write myself. I am, Sir, your humble servant, - EDMUND KEAN. 12, Clarges-street, Tuesday, Nov. 25. PUNISHMENT OF THE STOCKS.—Lord CAMDEN, when Chief Justice, was upon a visit to Lord DACRE, his brother-in-law, at Alveley, in Essex, and had walked out with another Gen:lem3n, very absent man, to the hill, no great &stance from the house, where, on the summit, by the road side, were the Parish Stocks : he sat down upon them ; and after a little time asked his compa nion to open them, as he bad a mind to know what the punishment was : this being done, the companion took a book from his pocket, and sauntered about, dntil he forgot the Judge and his situation, and returned to Lord D.'s. When the Judge was tired, he tried, but found himself unequal, to open the stocks ; and asked a coun tryman, who'soon after passed by, to assist him,. who said, " No, old gentleman, you was not set there for nothing ;" and left him, until he was re leased by some of the servants of the house pass ing, that way. Not long after, he presided at a trial, in which a charge was brought against a Magistrate for false improvement, and for set ting in the stocks. The Connie' on the side of the Magistrate, in his reply, made very light of the whole charge, and particularly of set ting in the stocks, which, he said, every body knew was no punishment at all. The Chief Jus tice rose, and leaniug over the bench, said, in a half whisper—" Brother, were you ever in the stocks !"—" Really, my Lord, never."—" Then I have," said the Judge ; " and I assure you, Brother, it is no such trifle as you represent." Yesterday the Lottery commenced Drawing, when the only Number drawn a Prize above lOU was No. 3,092, which in Class A was sold by Bisx, iu rleven Shares, at his Offices. No. 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-Cross, where Undrawn Tickets and Shares are now selling.—The Second Day will be Friday, the sth December, when every Ticket drawn will be a Prize of Money, Consols, or to,bc re-drawn. TYPHUS FEVER. MANSION-HOUSE.— Colonel RIDDELL, of the East-India Company's service, yesterday waited upon the Loßn MAYOR, to inform him that he had a sovereign remedy for the Typhus Fever, which seemed to he prevalent in the Metropolis. The LORD MAYoR saki he was very happy to hear it, and begged the Colonel would not delay so important a communication. Colonel RIDDELL said he applied to his Lord ship in order to have his services accepted as soon ai . possible. The papers, which stated that his Lordship presided at the truly national meeting, assembled to avert a formidable calamity, directed him to the Mansion-house, as the most proper place to subMit the means of cure. The Loan MAvoa.—The community are obliged to you, but lam nut a judge of physic. If it were wine you had to propose, I could talk to you on the quality ; but I don't think physic ever cost me a pound, nor did its composition ever cost me a thought ; so that I am one of the worst persons to apply to on the subject of medicine. Colonel will pledge myself to cure the fever in a very short time, and shall render it, in cases where the symptoms are more serious than usual, as harmless as a lamb. if Thad your authority for the introduction of my prescription, it would soon be found that the contagion would vanish. • Tile Lora) Alrivoß.—How can it be imagined that I would advise the use of any particular mode of treatment, when I declare myself totally igno rant:of the subject I You would, I am sure, be attended to by the faculty, if your medicine seemed to be so complete a specific. Colonel Ridddl.—The faculty! They wouldn't believe me if I was to cure a whole hospital. The LORD ALvVon.—lf the physicians are so hard to be pleased, I'd have you advertise in the Papers. The Colonel went away without mentioning his specific, or saying that he would follow the advice just given to him. HYDROPHOBIA. A SIMPLE THOUGH INFALLIBLE REMEDY FOR TH3 BITE OF A MAD DOG. (From a Provincial Paper.) Take three yolks of hen's eggs, and oil olive as much as will fill three half egg shells ; put this together into a frying pan, on a gentle fire; by continually stirring it with a knife, mix it well together, • and continue doing this till it turns to a conserve or thick jelly, which, when made, will fill a large tea-cup. The manner of using it is as follows :—He who is bitten must take (the sooner the better after the bite, the effect of the remedy being uncertain if not applied within nine (lays) the above-mention ed doses two successive days, after he has fasted six hours, abstaining. even from drink, which he likewise m►►st do for six hours after he has taken it. When the patient has a wound, the wound must be scratched open twice a day with a pen of fire-wood for nine successive days, and every time the wound must be dressed with some of the same remedy. He who o►►ly has played with and caressed such a dog, or has been licked by the same, takes (for precaution's sake) only the above-mentiiined dose for one time. —To an animal, of what kind soever, that is bit ten, must be given, two successive days, a double portion of the same remedy ; and neither meat nor drink six hours before nor six hours after. could adduce several instances of the singular efficacy of this simple remedy, but shall content myself with one. In June 1770, a physician in Groningen was bitten by a small grey-hound in One of his fingers, so e.everely, that the wound bled very much ; immediately after the dog bit two cats ; still there was not the least suspicion that the dog - was mad, as nothing extraordinary appeared, and the wound was only dressed up with a linen rag. He ate and drank the whole day as usual. The next morning the dog was missing. Not long after a matt came to the honse, saying, the dog, which he had seen ahont the distance of three miles, must certainly be mad, for be had bitten several dogs, and a sheep which was in the fields. The confidence Which the physician had- in this remedy prevented any great .alarm. He took the remedy, according to the prescription, and by the mercy of God was preserVed from every ill consequence. Likewise the dogs which were bitten, and to whom this remedy was given, showed no symptoms of mad ness, and remained free from every ill effect. But the sheep, which had not taken the remedy, turned mad. The singular effect which this remedy had unto two other dogs that had been bitten, was, that they both sweated all over their bodics to such a degree that the inside of their kennels was stained with it, and adhered so much to the walls, that great labour was necessary in order to scrub it off: The stench was so strong, that a person could remain in the room where the dogs were for but a short time ; and almost all their hair fell off. They were both saved by this prescription.- SHOCKING MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE. Be tween four and five o'clock on Tuesday morning, the watchman on duty in the West Bow, Edin burghi- was alarmed by hearing some person groaning. Imagining the groans were uttered by some person in a state of intoxication, he proceeded to search a stair from which the dis tressing sounds appeared to proceed, and through a window discovered a man lying, apparently senseless, in a drain between the front land and the roof of a back house. The watch Man pro cured assistance, hut in order to come at the ob ject of their solicitude, it was found necessary to take out the window frame. The unfortunate suf ferer was immediately borne to the Police Office. Medical assistance was obtained, but it proved of no avail, for he expiled in a few moments. How the deceased came in the situation where lie was found, remains yet to be ascertained. It is impos sible he could have fallen from,a window in the stair, as the largest square in any of theM is only 12 inches by 7. A man, a woman, and a lad (inmates of the house where the deceased lodged) are in cus tody under very suspicious circumstances ; but as a precognition is going on before the Sheriff, we abstain from any farther remark. The name of the unfortunate man is Thomas Archibald ; he had been &soldier, and enjoyed A pension. LAW INTEL LIGENCA COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 25. WILLIAMS V. ISTEAD AND THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE SALE OF THE LAND-TPX. In our report yesterday, we mentioned the grounds on which the present application was made to . his Lordship, in consequence of the bill filed by the plaintiff against the Commissioners appointed by Parliament for the Redemption of the L nd Tax. The following is a general out line of the pleadings on both sides.: — Mr. TaowEir, Counsel for the plaintiff, stated the following to be the circumstances of the ease :—The Commissioners for the Land-Tax gave public notice. that they were disposed, ,ac cording to Act of Parliament, to sell the Tax of a quantity of land in the Borough of IVeym , utth and Melcombe Regis. In consequence of this inri mation, which was given by them in the most public manner, Mr. Stewart, one of the Commis sioners, sent in a proposal to purchase, and, as tl e Act required, he caused a copy of ltis, proposal to he fixed upon the door of the church or - Melcombe Regis. The plaintiff sent also to the Commis sioners a proposal to purchase, which, in com pliance with the provisions of the Act, was sealed and sent in withiu the limited period of 14 days, and the offer which lie made exceeded that of Ich. Stewart by so much as 60 per cent. A Mr. Is tead subsequently sent in sealed proposals of a different nature, in which tie offered to the Con missioners one per cent. more than any other per son proposed to give for the Tax. This proposal the Commissioners thought themselves bound to accept, but, before they did so, they referred it to the Law Officers of the Crown, as it differed so much from the forms which were prescribed by the Act. The Law Officers were of opinion, however, that the offer was legal in every view, and it being .the highest one, the Commissioners were bound to complete the con , tact. The plain tiff considered the proposal of Mr. lstead ex pressly !_ontrary to the letter as well as to the spirit of the Act; for the object of the Legislature in re quiring that sealed proposals should be sent in, and that these proposals should not he communicated to any of the hinders until the 14 &Sys had ex pired, were entirely defeated by !stead. He there fore filed a bill to compel the Commissioners to a specific performance of the contract, and it was contended for him, that he ought to be put ex actly in Istead's place, who could not be looked 'upon by the Court in any other capacity titan that 'Of a trustee. The case, as we stated yesterday, was originally heard before the Vice-Chancellor, who, on con sidering the demurrer, was decidedly of opinion the Court of Chancery l :. ad no jurisdiction. In support of this judgment, the SOLICITOR•GEN6.. RAL contended that the Court could not interfere, inasmuch as the application came before them in the shape of a Madamus, calling on the Commis. sioners to complete a performance of a contract, which as public officers, they were not liable to be called on to do. The question was one belonging to the revenue, and of course should have beets discussed before the Barons of the Exchequer, but on no account in the Chancery Court. A party was surely bound to make out his right in a Court of Law, before he ever applied for relief to a Court of Equity. There were cases• where the Court could enforce the performance of specific agree ments, but still before they did so, it must be shewn that the subject matter of the case was such that a Court of Law ,had no •juris diction. The Commissioners acted as agents of the Crown, and nothing could be more clear than that an action, if brought, must be against the principal, for it never could be sustained against theagent. The Commissioners thought that Istead had given the highest offer, and they were therefore bound to accept his offer, according to the principle laid down in the Act. They acted with the utmost possible caution, . and were cer tainly blameworthy in no respect whatever, for Parliament, in passing the Act, surely meant that the most money was to be made that could be made. In the 42d of the King, cap. 116, sect. 154, every person wishing to purchase was to give in a schedule to two Commissioners of what they intended to purchase, specifying also the price they chose to give ; but if within fourteen days a higher offer was made, the Commissioners were bound to accept it. The decision given by Sir Thomas Clarke, late Master of the Rolls, had settled this point, and the case of General Bur goyne was equally : conclusive, for there Lord Thoriow had declared that the bill raised against the General could not be sustained, inasmuch as he acted solely as the responsible agent of Govern ment. After quoting a variety of similar cases, the Learned Gentleman concluded by expressing his conviction, that the decision given by the Vice-• Chancellor, after the maturest deliberation on the part of his Honour, would be confirmed. Sir. S. Rossi Lest, on the other hand, contended, that certainly the appeal had been very properly brought, as the demurer, in his humble opinion, ought not to be allowed. It was a question cer tainly of the highest public importance to have settled, whether Commissioners appointed by Go vernment were or were not answerable for their conduct, or whether they could or could not .de part from the letter of- the Act of which minimised their appointment. Almost all sales made by Government, us well as coutrAct,, were done by private and sealed biddings. It N%as unnecessary to go into the nature of those bid dings, as they were so well known, but admitting for a moment that the Commissioners were not .responsible as individuals for this Act, still Istead was responsible to the plaintiff, as he had notice of his having ,had the first contract (for surely the certificate being. granted proved that a contract had . been , entered into), and besides, the Com rnissiosierf were to be considered as trustees for the polskioS: notaltogether as agents for the Crown, and of course responsible for the loss, which, if any were sustained, must - fall on them. Suppose a per son had agreed to sell an estate to A, and afterwards sold it to B, he having nonce of the former con tract with A, would not a Court of Equity oblige B to re-assign to A so much for the equity of the plaintiff's case ? With respect to this not being the proper Court, he was ready to admit that questions of revenue more properly came within the decision of the Barons, but the present was a