The Sun. — London, England, 1806-08-12 00:00:00

1 , 9> X 14);A.t, ivt V. PORTSMOUT%, Aud. i I.—Arrived the .Marga- : ;vile; KEENGEN, from 'Benecerlan, and Goede, IP ay sing, SALES, from Charante, both laden with wine and brandy on account of the Vi&ualing Office., Sailed the Regulus Frigate, Captain BOYS; fcir the Downs. TORBAY, AUG. g.--Put into the Bay, from con trary winds, His' Majesty's Ship Resistance, of 38 guns, Capt. ADAMS, and La Prevo . yante Store-ship, IVI`CoY Master; with a Fleet Of outward-bound Transports. PLYMOUTH, AUG. o.—Arrived L'inipeiueux, of 78 guns, from the Channel Fleet; and the Ameri 'can Brig Thomas, HOLLON, from New-York; laden With sugar, coffee, Ecc. bound to Nantz, detained on the Ist inst. by His Majesty's Ship Gibraltar ; sailed from New-York on the 23d June. , DEAL, AUG. t i.—Sailed the Pomona Frigate for Plymouth. Arcived the Satellite Sloop of War from a Cruize. Came down from _Sheerness the Gannet Sloop of War; and remain in the Downs with the Ships as per last and the Isabella,' SIMPSON, for-Honduras. FALMOUTH, AUG. 9.—Arrived the Dispatch, Ito‘VE, from Cork. Sailed the Humber Armed Ship to - the Eastward', • with the followin7 • Ships • .viz. the Tecran, Cuswi, Laura, QuiOit, and the Swedish Brig Frioze; Sty stTRG, for London'. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Cutter Vimble, for the ,Capture of the French'Vesscls La Marie, and La Sophie, 'on the Ist and 2d lune, in eotnpany utak the . Rhoda, and others, on the 13th, on board, at Ply !Muth ; ahti tor three months at the office of Mr. W. F. Smith, Plymouth-Dock. . • To the Officers and Crew of His ltbjesty'S SChooner Fe rot, for the-capture or the Spanish Brig Santa Isabel, itlvis -Vidorta, on the 2,i,c1,0c1. , ber, Mpg,_ on board, on the re, turn of the Felix to Plymouth; and every Tuesday inn Sa turday for three years, ar the Vhitp.liatt, No. 269, Strand.. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF DUBLIN. irOFICE OF A CONVOY FROM CORK TO THE WEST INDIES. gi Admiralty-o . flice; Aug. 2, 1806. "-S ii, —Having laid 13tfore my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter of the zSth of last month; addressed to Lord Flow' ex., signifying the request of the Chamber of Commerce of Dublin, that a Convoy may be appointed to sail from Cork to. the West Indies by the loth inst, at the latest, I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint yott, that they find it expedient to appoint the Ist of September tor the sailing of the Convoy. I am, Sir, " Your very huthble Servant, " WM. MARSDEN." H Mr. joseph'Miller, Commercial buildings, Dublin." Letters received from St. Helena, dated 27th June, by the Ship L'lntention; Advise the sailing of the Perseverance Store-ship, Capt. TWEEDALE,on the 23d June; for Bencoolen and China. His Majesty's Ship Adamant, with .the _Leviathan and Rebecca Whalers, were lying there when L'lntention. left the Island , The Hull _Advertiser, of Saturday last, contains the following article, which we - should be glad to :lee confirmed :—" The Birnie, Hoarsv, of Grims by, is arrived at that port from Davis's Straits, with five fish. The ,Birrzze left the country with the Royal GeOrge, Leviathan,' Thomas, North Briton, and Trafalgar.--Captain HORNBY reports, that he spoke a vessel on Wednesday, off the Humber, :vhich informed him, that he had been boarded by the Pkete Frigate, With, a 'French Frigate in corn:- pany, which she had captured off North Faro, by boarding, without firing a shot, and that 'the Phoebe cid her prize had passed the thirnber for Yar-- mouth." EDINBURGH, AUG. g, C . ZN Monday night, between ten and eleveà o'clock, A serious affray took, place at Kehl:), occasioned by a gang of travelling gypsies, with whorl - ) that town is at present too much infested. Three of them, noto rious chara&ers, broke into' the libuse of Aleiander. Watson, chimney-sweeper, whoM they beat in an inhuman manner. , While Watson attempted .to de- . fend himself, one of the rascals drew a knife, with which he cut' and wounded,him severely across the back and arm. The villains afterwards salliedforth, and attacked some of the town's people, whom the 'wise had attra&ed to the place, but by whom, after some ineffectual resistance, they were secured. Next morning they were sent to the County jail, on a warrant of the Justkes of the Peace. On the'same evening a perspn. returning Protn Kelso to Syden barn, about ten o'clock, 'with' a horse and cart, was attacked on the road by three men, one of whom, after the .most 'abusive language to the driver, wounded the horse with a knife." From several cir cumstances, it seems "extremely probable, that this aft was perpetrated by the persons, mentioned above. MYSTERIOUS 'AFFAIR. -- An investigation took place at a meeting of MagistrateS, held at Ferry bridge, on Tuesday last, relative to the mysterious disappearance of a young woman from Knottingley, not more than sixteeen years of age. A young man, in whose company she was last seen, had been pre viously committed to Wakefield HouSe oftorreaion; on suspicion of having been the cause of her disaP pearance ; and the 'vigilance of the .Magitrates, it is supposed, will lead to a disCoveryof a nature too shocking - to be mentioned in the present Stage of the business. AUG. . , . „. , AiL the Trankiorts sailed again yesterday froM the,Downs, under convoy, for Portsmouth, to join the remainder of, the - Expedition. As the day Nvzi remarkably clear, .we had a most delightful VieW of thein. for. a considerable time from the Pier Cliffs. The preparation for sailing, :the firing of signal guns, and various manCeuvres performed when under Weigh, presente&a most gratifying sight to a great concourse of speetators, who heartily wished for a continuance of fair wind, and 'a successful is sue to the military operations. . Lord KEITH sailed this morning; in the .:Fc/gctr, from the Downs, for Brighton, in order to be pre sent at the celebration of the PRINCE'S Birth-day, and to testify by a royal salute at that place, which, it. is supposed, will be honoured with the presence of the illustrious Personage, the loyalty and affec tion which the Tars of Old England feel for His Royal Highness. A French seaman having lately eluded the vigi lance "of' the guard at Chatham, where he was con fired, and reached the neighbourhood of Broadstairs, was in_the course of a few day§ apprehended, and put on board a vessel at that place, to be carried to his former confinement., As he had "shewu great desperacy and ingenuity in effecting his escape in the first instance; it was thought adviseable to place a guard over him on board,. byway of effeaual seCu rity ; night, however, being pretty far advanced be fore the vessel could sail, the Frenchman, .who was permitte'd to remain on deck, stretched 'himselff,. with great presence of mind, at full' length, and pretended, by , snoring loudly; that he Was fast' asleep. The centinel, being thus put off his guard, seated himself, naturally enough at the dead•of night, and soon fell fast asleep in good earnest. The prisoner, who was on the ',Watch the w h o l e ' time, finding that - he had thus'comPletely.ensnared soldier, quickly jumped up, and first.robbing the peror felloW of two seven shilling pieces and his ; watob;:sthen let himself down in the small boat from the stern, and - got_ safely on shore. The three or fbiir hands belonging to the. vessel, Which 'Was a small. coaster, corning up soon afterwards to pre -pare for sailing, awoke the centinel, who then covered., as may be supposed, with astonishment, both' the escape of, the prisoner and his robbery:—* Every search was Made fbr him of course in the morning, and during the whole day, but to no pur-, pose it was believed; therefore, that he had endea voured to arrive at some other part: of the coast, from which he might cut out a vessel, and get over to France. Instead of-quitting the neighbourhood of Broad stairs,. however, .he' lurked about in the corn-fields till night, when he returned, and boarded a fishing smack,. in which, it is now ascertained, he etfeeled. his escape to Dunkirk. If he had gone' in any other vessel he must have been taken, our pilots say, by the armed coasters, or have fallen lin with some 'of our squadrons; which would not sutler any . other de scription of vessel to pass throus4 them ; bUt in the fishing season the smacks 'and little coasters are al lowed full range, without mole s tati on . ; in conse quence of which indulgence,' he finally-accOmplish ed his hazardous object: On the whole, ;it must.be ,acknowledged that he evinced uncommon saodeity, promptitude, and decision of charaOcr, under all the difficulties which he had to encounter. The Denbigh and Perthshire Regiments of Militia marched in yesterday from Deal, the first to Mar gate, and the second to this place, highly gratified With the approbation which the Commander in Chief was pleased to express of their discipline and soldier like appearance when he reviewed them at the Free Downs on Friday last. Another Expedition, destined for the East Indies, is spoken of with the greatest confidence. We had a large importation of live stock from London by the Packet, at seven o'clock this morn ing, which must, for the want of room here, go up to the village, of St. Lawrence. 21I4RGATE, AUGUST 10. The scene of life at tliis place appears to be. a chaos of pleasure and labour, as the former is pur sued with such indefatigable zeal as would be'ac counted severe toil if the sole Objea .in.view. were not thegratification of th e senses an d the passions. ktioloes Sunday evening Promenade, which was ciowded the last time, is - expeded to be • attended 'to-night by as large a congregation. , Ball on . Thursday, and that at. Ramsgate on Tuesday, were also - very well attended ; Dandelion comes in for its full share of public patronage. - Stivia's 'nightly Auction is also a crowded scene ,of bustle and maxi . ou'S expeaation. Gamiva's . Auction of the same nature, is a place of eager. adventure ; and the' re sPedable Condu&or of the place delivers !the decrees of Fortune with much humour and pleasantry. The Theatre, amidst these various attraaions, is not equally successful. Miss 'Munn; has been the chief novelty, and, like Master BET r; 'has been . - prinCipally admired on account of her youth : She is by no means deficient in spirit, or. what is Called stage - trick ; but we all wish to hear that the rage for . theatrical infancy were at an e nd, an d that people who have devoted their' Tires to ,tlie priifession the . Stage, and who have deservedly risen` into public favour, shotild not be elbowed off the - Stage by children. Miss TAYLOR, who appear ed in Zoraida last season at Covent 7 Garden Theatre, .performed Portia at this place on Tuesday last.— Her face is, beautiful and , her figure elegant, but she wants pra&ice and animation. , GAR NER, . our Librarian, was the Shylock, and he gave. a very good representation of that diffichlt .charaaer. Though 'eye are not disposed to encourage a brood of infant Performers, yet . We regret to hear, . that after Miss MuntE had toiled through Young Roxalana, Nell, Miss Pe g gy, '&c.. during the week, which must indeed have been - a labour at her years (we had almost said days), the amount of her ben was hafdly a quarter of her ex pences. • - The -toys (packets, we' mean), have seldom -brought les3 than 120 (once 10) in the course hf this ,week, and we exped "that 'they will do so f - or some time, much to the gratification of those who deal in fool and lodgins4. • , - .OVER, A&G. ie. Yesterday, in the:early part of the morning; di? Royal Dukes visited the works on . the Western Hilly; and • were 'received with a salute : from the Batteries; the . citadel was prtiCtilarly..inspeel4 under the condu# of Lord FORBES; Who explained 'the" abundant resources of this fortreis, Willa art and nature haire conspired to render fortriidaW;.and *hid] ir - isAiecessary to secure, as its lofty suthrpit, ascending,aboye the turrets of the Castle, cornmar;ds that. nuPortant depot. At abotit half-past eleven o'clock their Royal Highnesses, with their• attendants, ascended the eminence, where the line 'was formed by the Ren irew, Fifeshire, and Essex Militia ), With the Royal Miners, and to•th e right -it Brigade of Artillery. On approaching the Troops, the Duke of 'YORK paused for a moment in the centre, to pay his conipiiinents to Lord FORBES, and' then immediately gallopped to the left, of the cannon ; from, thence he pro ceeded along the Line,'in front and rear; and af terwards the whole ,body, pasied in slow tine, the Artillery in the van, with the customary soleinnt- . ties.. As in 'these times we depend•so Much upon the valour and discipline of our soldiery,. i (is Mate:- rial to notice any incorreilness and irregularity, and there were two or three defeels which did not escape the vigilante of the Commander in Chief., The pace of the horSesi attached to.the• guns not -be-, ing accurately in time, the movement of the entire Line was too tardy : din the title t' was: nOt less em barrassing to the aklors than displeasing to thespec tators. Subsequently, during the skirmishing, while the centre withdrew in a' compact Body, to be pro teeted in the retreat by the Light Inlantry; 4 part of the right flank was wholly Uncovered,. and was ex- . posed .to a galling fire from the enemy. -The Duke instantly deteEted this error, and observed upon it. • The evolutions of these Regiments were ,not 'ter minated when the attention of the Company. '.Vas attracted" by one of the most interesting exhibitions . ' by which our Briti s h I s l an d ers C ou ld be gratified. The 'cliff on which they : Were situated . is elevated perpendicularly about 2,0 .feet above. the level of the - sea-, cornhaanliing the chain of limestone rOcks extending from the 'Heights of the South kOreland to the Vale of Folkestone. .At this favourable terVal 'seventy' Sail .of Transports, with our gallant Defenders, aceottipanied - by a Frigate and several were seen. silently ,gliding, along the surface .of ,the Ocean, under 'a fair and pleasant breeze. , A few excellent .vollies,,three deep, and'". port arms," concluded this spectacle ; when., on an ad jacenthill; the 12th 'Regiment. of Light DragoonS Was discovered, to which the Commander in Chief next advanced. Lieut. Colonel BE'OWN received their Highnesses at. the - head of his Cavalry; which soon passed in squadrons, single file. The horses were strong;. and ' in high condition; but they : wanted activity ; they are principally of the Irish stock, and withthe-uSeful qualities, possess many of the deformities usual -with that breed. A short hour terminated this. part, of the ekhibition ; • after Which , the Duke descended to Folltstone, where; 'he partook, of some refreshment, and .prepared his dispatches for the War Qffice,J -- I.is - ...k0xal nexChastellea — to the Camp at Sliprn-cliff; where the whitened tents gave the singular appearance of a snow-capt mountain to this craggy promontory. There he was received by the gt,11,. 14th, and g Ist Regiments, and by two battalions of the 43d.. The , 43d. only was reviewed. ; • th e men had risen at live -in the morning, had marched nine miles from their quarters at..Brabournc,'-leys, and. were to return. the same night: Notwithstanding the fatigue they had 'undergone; and the lateness of the hotir,.after being . exposed to a vertical shn, I will venture to say, that in - no part of theworld s could Shewn,a more per fed state of discipline. • To a professiOnal man, it would be sufficient to say, that they formed from sealons into 'the line, in double quick thne, with perfect' precision, a . . manoeuvre which never has been • even attempted with a body of this description., Colonel STUART, who commands"thern, has made 'the formation 'of this Corps the. constant pursuit of his protra&ed life, and he' has had no dorriestic duties to divert his mind from his faVotirite object ; three ,times did the - Duke adVance to this distinguished, Officer, to express 'his' astonishment and admiration. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE loudly and pu4liely ,exclaimed lie never saw any thing to approach it. • . During the whole of the.tlaY the . Coast of France was conspicuous; the 'eye. was ,relieved from the glaring, cliffs of Calais by. the tea-grade ocean, and, with -a _little optical- assistance, on his own, •terri tory, BONAPARTE - might have witnessed . a scene that would have chilled his hopes, and mortified his' ambition: • ' It has been said, that- i was easy to account for the celerity of many persons.who have engaged . in,fo9t races and Adler amusements the same, kind at Our watering places,.,s they have often " Out-ran the Constable." . The following receipt for keeping flies 'out of apartments and ,stables; ,and driving them away from 'll6r4es, was sold, in a 'sealed cover, at. the Letpsic Alichaelmas-Fair;at a high price, and had a very extensive sale :—Put into an earthen 'rot half a pound of canth ar id es , an ounce and a. half 'of gourd seed ; mother -wort, sassafras; root of Saint John's • wort, and spirit of ants, of each half an ounce ; a quarter of an - ounce of orpi ment, 'and a good handful of savin, the whole cut small or reduced ,'to 'powder ;..elose the pot her metically, luting 'the interstices of the lid with flour paste. After the contents of , the pot have boiled sufficiently; take it irom the •fire,.and let it' stand' twebiy:fotir hours in a cool. pface ; then uncover`. the' pot, and , With a feather: smear the frames of the Windows and doors, both of apart ments and : stables, from which you are desirOus of keeping the flies. . A single coat is sufficient, for the Vhole season ; but if the 'rain should chance to take it off, care must be taken. to renew it. The smell of this 'preparation, which 'is scarcely per, eet;fible to Man; iS . so insupportable to flies, that there is nota single instance of one having entered by an opeo s window or doer to Which this liquid has been applied. - To. keep them away from' horses, it is sufficient to besmear the harness, the girth, or . the saddle, with this liquid.. 4,1•. iibif i,iii , i . COURT 'OF CHANcERY, AUG. 7 •. • " . , .Erparte LEE; .. . . .. . In the Matter of LANs PRAiER;andC6. tankruP' . Tins was an application 'to expunke from the prweeditt under. the nndehe Commission the proof or a debt claimed ,bk Messis, tarolii and Carbonhe, Alien,Enemies. The SQ:LICITOR-GENERAL, in suPport- of the: Petition, and on behalf of the Assignees of. thO Bankrupt, stoed, that this was an applif.ation to expunge the proof of certain sums of money; traaed by the Bankrupts with Messrs. Laroux and Carbonise, Bourdeaux Merchants. The Bankrupts' previous to the breaking out of the present war with. France„ were eminent Insurance Brokers in this City; and carried oh that business in partnership to gether for some length of time; in, the course of which, and immediately preceding the commence- Merit -of hostilities between' the two COuntries, the Bankrupts effected- Insurances for MeSsrs. Laroux and ,Carbonne, upon several ships, ffeights: goods; &c. which were afterwards lost or Captured, The house of Lane, Frazer, and :Co. becoming, ,Bank rupts -Since that tim e , M es S rs. Laroxi :Car7*. bonne claimed the amount of these insurances . against the Bankriipts' btate„. The Learned Coun sel -- contended, - therefore, that these Gentlerneti being in the . situation of Alien Enemies, could not . recover, in d' Court of La* ; and in support Of this position; he cited the case of Branclnii Curling, as desiiiixe of the present care, - where the Law was cl6E.rly - and fully laid down*by Lord On , these .grounds, therefore, he submitted; that this proof shoilki be expunged Ir, izi the proceedings. g , Mr.fERCIITA;..; 'on the same stoe. ob3erved, that the insurance being inadel)revions to ti,c breal:ing out of hostilities, did not" at all alter tle case ; but Messrs . . Laroux: an.i .carhoknie must be considered in the situation. ni.t persotis carrying on a cOntrilk.iii trade, which the,,Bankrupts had insured ; and fore 'the, proof of such a debt could not be mittcd.• . , , - The LORD CIFA'NCELLOR Said; that being himself engaged in the consideration of all these eases, he certainly confessed that h e thought it acgreat hard ship upon individu a l s , b ut it.was that sort .of hard ship which people were obliged to bear, , b-,teause .it was conflated with ' the policy of the Country,' If a foreign enemy's ship, being insured - in this Country, be captured the Foreigner could not re cover his loss in a' B r itish Co urt of Justice, because King's Ships . ,and Letters of Marque have a right to make enemies' ships their pr e y ; an d no b ene fi t would be derived to this Country if it were ethetC. wise, as it Would-be - taking the money out of th 4 pocket of a liqgp, subjea of this realm, to put it into that of. an alien. enemy. This his Lordship expreSsed to be the 'poliCy GI this Country, and a .very good-policy he'considered it to-be.' _ln sucl>r cases as the,present the law was :fa be taken for ' grantpd, but . not the His Lordship, there:- ' fOre, direeted it to be referred to, the Master to examine into the fa'f,ts, abd expunge the proof f th ro en. nthe proceedings,- accordirigs he should tirid • ..At the late Glon6e.ster Assizes was tried,- 16 which Mr. ThOmal Holland, one of His Majesty's SUrveyors of Taxes, residing at Tewliesi. bury, was Defendant. • It 'was brought to . recover from Mr. Holland a penalty of 501: for, omitting to make a return of ss. for a gardener employed by bitn'between the sth of April, 1803, and the dth of ' April, 1804 another penalty Of 5,01. for omitting to make the return' of a dog kept by hi m i n t he same year; and a furth er penalty of 1001. for fUlly, and through favour, omitting to:surcharge Mr. Sandilan4 a Solicitor at .Tewke'sbury.s for Jos e ph Cossens, 'a writer' employed by him in the Same year; and whom he omitted-to return as his .Clerk: —Mr. DAUNCEY; for the Plaintiff, after a short act; dress, called eyidence to prove that a gardener had been employed twice .in the course of the year 1803 by the Defendant, to do some .work in his garden, but who: ititecT, on cross-exat6p •lion, that he had only beetr,.....emploted for these two jobs. 'lt was alsd proVed ,that a, large . dog was Sent to Mr. Holland in May - , 1803, from Warwickshire, which remained in his house for about three-w l eeks, when it was sent .away.—Joseph Cossens proved that .he was . , employed by Mr. Sandilands as, a writer; but on cross-examination stated, that •hi s ' employment Was to write and ingross deeds at his (the witness's) own house, and that he wrote in like manner for other- Attornies Tewkesbury.—tMr. Serjeani Ws Lthams addressed the. Jury on behalf of the De lendant ; and,• called Mr. H. Wilton, an Attorney at Gloucester, who proved; that hi the spring of the: year 1803 Mr.' Holland promised to procure Newfoundland dog for him, which he afterwards received from Mr. H. brought by a •=a;itormail.— Mr. Serjeant' Wit AAMS was ploCeeding to call other evidence, hut. the Jury' thought it, Unne cessary. , Mr. Justice LAwknrcg, in summing up thevvi dence; observed, tha t 'with respc-r& to the gardener, he did not consider the,two jobs &Me by'the gardener 'constituted such art employment as to render Hob.. land liable.to :the ss. doty, within the spirit .and, meanwg of the•A'6i of• Parliament. As to the dog; he remarked;thatlf 'Holland- was liable to my for it, it might,:withequal propriety, be contended that the. waggoner ,whO brought it to Tewkesbury, and the waterinan-Wko conveyed it 'to Gloucester; were equally so ; and with regard to Cossens, the writer, if Mr. Satidilands was liable to- return' him as his Clerk, every ,'Solicitor in London, who, employed a Law Stationer- to write for him, was ,equally liable to return and''pay the duty for such Law Stationer as • his .- Clerk. The Jury, which' was special, with out hesitariOn, found a verdid for the Defendant Upon .each count.'—The question, however, as to whether the employment of a garcl2her for a day or two in the year renders the person' employing him liable.to the duty of ss. is, it is stated, to become the subjeet of discussion in the Court of Exchequer next Michaelmas Teem.- • . • , Many married ct3Uples giro were united at Gretna Green;already, it, is said, begin to testify, great in the hope that the Hrneneul Blarksmi4 D hal no tight to forge conjugal letters,