The Sun. — London, England, 1806-09-25 00:00:00

LIT,4 RY 7 - `3-71 7 TRral LS, THE . Officers of tile Garrison of Ipswich and Col chester perfor'ued the Tragedy of The . Orphan of China, on Monday se'nnight, to the most brilliant and crowded house ever known at that Theatre. The Dramat's Personae were as follow : ▪ Lieut CLos E. • Lieut. WOOD. CipE. LECGATT. . Capt. RUSHBROGXE. Lieut. Byzis. - Lieut. KELLEY Capt. Writ - 1,46a z. ▪ - - Capt. OLi v Ea. - Mrs. ERRINGTON. Theatre- R4al, Norwich. Timurkaan Adel- . Zampti Etau - 1-lamet Murat Mirvan o rasming Mandane The performance went off with the greatest eclat.. The arrangements of the Stage were such as are sel dom witnessed. The splendour and propriety of the Tartar and Chinese costumes completed the dramatic illusion. The After-piece which succeeded was that laugh able prouation 4>IIVILALLINsuAba, 'Tis all a Farce. The characters were cast as follow Don Cortez - Lieut. BELLINGHAM. • Colonel Beigarde - - Capt. RUSHBR.OOKE. Don Testy - - - Lieut.. KELLEY. Don Alphonso ' - - Capt. OLIVER. Tluinpo - - - Capt. WHITMORE. lelirtillo . - Lieut. BYERS. SLIGO) .. Capt. LEGGATT. Carolina - - - MIS. ERRINGTON. Th,- Audie►nce were convulsed with laughter dur ing the Farce, but most particularly in those scenes which were enlivened with the drbllcries of the Hungry Hero. The Earl of CHATHAM and hi Lady, together with the General Of and their Staff', &c. were present, who were highly gratified with the evening's amusement. Between the Play and the Farce, an Address was admirably delivered by Capt. Ouvisß, in the diameter of Orasming, a Conspirator. THE THEATRE.--The very pleasant Comedy, of The 411erry Wives If Windsor, was represented last night at Covent-Garden. Theatre, and the chief comic strengal of the Company gave to. it such force and spirit as. rendered it highly amusing to a nu merous audience. • Mr. STlpitor Kx3IBLE was the Foste and he performed the charaEer with even more effearthati he did in Kiv Henry the Fourth. It is but justice to say, that- he entered thoroughly into the spirit of the part; and displayed a critical knowledge of the text. Altogether laiS performance is iodisputatrly the best that. has. beeti seen since the clays of Hrwinsaaotc--Roma .deserves a very com mendatory notice for the-manner in, which he sup ported the charadter or BAIL—Mrs. GLOVER and Mrs. MArroexs, were sprightly in the chaq&ers of Mrs. Ford abd Mrs. Page.- LISTON'S Master Sleskler was a' very diverting specimen of ludicrous simplicity. The Play was also much indebted to FLAN CHARD and EMERY, for the merit they dii played in Sir Hugh 4vahsy and the Host of the barter. The dramatic Piece which Messrs. TOPITAM and ' *ANDREWS are preparing for the Public is to be an Opera. It is to be brought forward it Covent Gar den Theatre. The former writes the Prologue, and the latter, of course,• the Epilogue. This day, about one o'clock, the remains of the late Lord TRURLOW were deposited in a vault in the Inner Temple Church. The Funeral Procession consisted of a hearse and six, five mourning coaches and four, and ten Noblemen and Gentlemen's carriages. • The PRINCE of WALES took leave of the Earl and Countess of DERBY on Sunday, after a very gratify ing reception among the people of Liverpool and all the neighbouring inhabitants. He then proceeded by Warrington, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Buxton, Chesterfield, and Worksop to Doncas ter. He stopped in his way to view the beauties of ,Chatsworth, . the famous seat 'of the DEVONSHIRE larnily. The PRINCE had not left Doncaster when the last accounts of his, excursion were received. 'L ie Mayor and Corporation of the' town were to present an Address to his Royal Highness on Tues day last, and the people in' general testified the highest pleasure at seeing the first-born of their revered and beloved Monarch. The brass field-piece which was taken from the Spaniards at Buenos Ayres, is now in the ToWer, It is to be newly polished, and a fresh carriage of the most beautiful workmanship added to it. When finished, it is to be placed in the centre of the Court at St. James's Palace, where the Guards parade. The Rev. Mr. MAURICE, who unites the powers of the Antiquary, the Historian, and the Poet, is at present, we find,' engaged in.a poetical composition on the beauties of Richmond Hill and its delightful vicinity. The place which has thus been seiceled by his Muse is endeared by a classical Charm, as well as by its natural graces, as it has been the favourite retreat of our Heroes, Statesmen, and Poets. From a mind so amply stored with learning, and animated by genius, as that of Mr. MAURICE, we may fairly anticipate a work of distinguished merit. ' Yesterday a Court of Direekors was held at the India House, when the following Captains were sworn into the Command of their respeaivu Ships, viz. Captain George Welstead, of the Alfred, for St. Helena, Bencoolen, and China ; Ceorge Welbank, of the Cufthells, for Madras and China ; Wirt. Adderley, of the Deiaynes, and I. Yates, of the City of London, for Madras and Ben. dl The following times were fixed for the Ships taken up on Tuesday- last, viz. Scaleby Castle, Nottingham, True Briton, and Britannia, for Bombay and China, and Alfred, for St. Helena, Bencoo len, and China, to be afloat the 27th of Odiober next, sail to Gravesend the loth of November , stay there 3 o days, a nd b e in the Downs the z o th o f December. That the Lord Hawkesbury, for St. Helena and Bengal, and Admiral Cardner arid Castle Eden, for Coast and Bay, be afloat the loth of November, sail to Gravesend the asth do. stay there 30 days, and be in the Downs the sth of January, That the Henry Addington, Cumberland, and Cuirnells, for Coast and China, be afloat the zsth of November, sail to Gravesend the 9th of December, stay there 30 days, and be in the Downs the 18th of limitary, 1807. That the United Kingdom and Worcester, for St. Helena Intl Madras, City of London, Baring, and Ceylon, for Coast and Bay, and the ivletealle, tor Bombay, be afloat the 9th of December, sail to Gravesend the 25th ditto, st a r th ere 3a days, and be in the Downs tile 4th os February, 1807. That the Lord Duncan and Wal pole, for Coast and Bay, :Ind Duke of Montrose and Airly Castle, for St. Helena and .13engal, be afloat the Bth of January, 1807, sail to Gravesend the aid ditto, stay there so nays, and be in the Downs the t of March. That the Devonshire for 'Bombay, the Taunton Castle, W.ope, Woodford, Earl Camden, Coutts, and Surat 'Caz le, fr r China, be afloat the 23d of January, sail to Gravesend the 7i I: of February, stag there 3o days, and be in the Downs the Ih of March. ' 9 O E.ISP MIA HOUSE. . . Yesterdayy - A General Court' of Pt'oprietors was held,' at which a Resolution of the Court of Direc tors, of the 10th instant, was laid before this Court for their . approbation. This was for annexing a salary of 30001. per annum to the Office of ire corder of Prince of Wales's Island, and the meet ing was .summoned pursuant to the 17th'and Se&ions of the 6th Chapter of the Company's Bye- Laws. A Resolution of the Conn of Dirthors, of the 30th of April last, was alsii submitted to ,trie Meeting, agreeably to the 19th Section of the same Chapter of the Company's Bye-Laws;' this was for granting a Pension of -10001.. per ant - min to.the Re corder of Prince of Wales's Island after his haying 'served that office ten years. The Chairman stated, that the Court of Directors had re-considered'the question of the salary to he given to that Officer, arid having come to the Reso lutions above-stated, its it was indisPensibly neces sary,,that such an Officer should be appointed, they came to the Proprietors with the proposition of this reduced salary, with the addition of a pension t 0 that high Law Officer after ten years faithful ser vice in an Eastern Climate. Two letters from the Governor of the Island . were read, statjng his opinioh of the u rg en t n e cess i ty of the appointment of a Criminal Tribunal, for the trial of Asiatic as well as British subjeets, in cases of felony, and giving an instance-of a Sepoy, who had stolen about a s million of dollars, •but Who escaped the hands of justice, from the Want of such a COurt of Judicature on the spot, and his being sent to Ben gal, where the witnesses,.who were military men, could not, consistent With the interests of the Com pany, be sent to give evi , :ence. Mr. KEMBLE opposed the second Resolution, on the ground that 111 the course of ten years the Offi-' cer to w!iom the grant . was proposed to be given, might be enabled to save a very handsome compe tence; for the future support of himself and family. Mr. JokisrsTo NE suggested that the question Might be , :nore decorously. brought forward two months - hence, whet there would be a greater number of Proprietors in town. The general' establishment of this Island be conceived to be already far more ex tensive than , it ought to be, consistent with any coll.! sideration of the extent or importance of the place, or with a view to the present state of the Company's finances. The Gentlemen who wrote the letters which oad been read, were about sip: months at the head of the Governnient Of that place, and, from their having adduced but a single instance of the inconvenience resulting from the want of such a Tribunal as was illere stated, he thought he might fairly infer that they could have . had no great reasop to complain of the inadequacy of their Laws. Was not that Sepoy amenable to a Milnary Tribunal ? Then why not try him by a Court Martial instead of incurring the expence and suffering the delay and inconvenience of sending him round to Bengal, less it was done f"or the purpose of laying that case before a Court of Proprietors in London ?—At a time when the state of the CoMpany's affairs was so unfavourable, when the best-informed servants Of the Company had but -little hope of then cir cumstances being speettny retrieved, it surely *would not be wise in the Court to set such an example of profusion in their expenditure—it would be vain for them to expeCt• that economy in otoers which they themselves appeared to disregard. The Go vernor had a Salary or 10,0001'. the • Parson, he believed, about 20001. and the Surgeon about 30001. 'so that it was not so much that he objected to the proposition' now before the Spurt, considered in itself only, as that he complained of making so great an addition to the expence of an establishment al ready by far too great in proportion ,to the value of the place. If the Court was to think of proceeding at this rate to squander . away their money upon a place of comparatively no importance, he conceived that it would be much better for them to attend to the suggestions of a Right Hon. Director (SirFaAN CIS BARING), and come to a determination rather to transfer theGevernment of the Island to His MA JEsr—for all the arguments that were urged in sup port of this'establishaient on a'former occasion were in favour of the Nation, and not in faYour of the Company's interests. To • that proposition he was induced to give his assent, however, only from a con;. sideratiOn of the expence of the establishment. He therefore opposed both the Motion S—but more par ticularly the latter pne ; and concluded with moving the previous question. Mr. KEMBLE complained of, the thinness of tho Court. If he was in the Chair he should, in such a case as this h have left the question to be decided by ballot. -Alit was he declared, that be was ready to sign a requisition for that purpose. s Mr. SYMES observed, that according to the con fession of an Hon. Meznber Opposite (Mr. JOHN STONE), he did not think the salary which was pro posed to be given to the Supreme Judge 'of Prince of Wales's Island,was by 'any means too great ; his objc6tion only went to the general establishment of that place, and that was not the, question now 'be fore the Court It was obvious, then, and in fat} the truth must strike the mind of every liberal man; that we could riot send out any person who was qualified to fill the high office of the Chief Law of . ficer in that Settlement in such circumstances that he must be bound to live there in obscurity and without that it would be impossible that he could save in the manner that an Hon. Member (Mr. KEMBLE) had supposed he could ;" for the expense; of subsistence in that Island were nearly .dauble what they were in any other Settlement; and the inferior Judges in some other "parts of our Eastern ,Territory had a salary of 50001. a year. Another Member (Mr. JOHNSTONE) had supposed that a so litary case had been made out, for the purpose of enforcing the necessity of appointing a criminal tri builal at this place ; but be could inform that Mem— her of inn such 'instances; and' to his knowledge prisgners were sent arrnot every fortni g ht- to Cal cutta. In answer to the idea of sending the Sepoy who had been spoken of, or any other person,. to a military tribunal, he would say that it would be ex tremely improper to have any civil offence tried by a military tribUnal, where a civil Court could' possibly be'resorted to— tae civil always sUperseded the militry tribunal. \ Upon the Whole view of the subject, he hoped that, for the credit of the Court of Proprietors, - for' the credit of the Company, and for. the sake of that decent respeft 'which is due to the situation of the Supreine Judge of the Esta-. blishment, the sum of three thousand pounds per anntim'would, at least, be voted to that Officer, and a - pension of one thousand pounds upon his retire ' ment, if he should be so fortunate as to survive thit ten years arduous duty. The CHAIRMAN appealed'to any Gentleman who was at all acquainted with Ind,a to decide upon the importance of Prince of Wales's Island', considered as a naval depot, and as a place of succour to our. Shipping at the time of the M o n soo ns. Most pro-,. bably th e thing would not happen this War but if a French Fleet-‘u-Is to escape to the Indian Seas, th e importance, of this_lsland would then be manifest,. This would. in itself be sutErjent to justify the ma i n : a , nce of regular establishment at that place. lift its advantages in a Commercial point of view kk ere ilk() of the utmost importance : from its local situitic;n, being placed between the great Eastern - and Western Seas, it afforded such facilities to com merce, as nothing but a total want of consideration . of the subje& could, induce any Member of that Court to think lightly. of, As to the 'idea of sur-. rendering the Government of that place to the State, he thought it might be productive of Abe most se- rious consequences--a place that was* in the very centre of the Company's territory- 7 -a place that posSessed every convenience for building Ships of all descriptions almost. Then, with respeol to the sa laries of the Offieers,' the Hon. Gentleman on the left below the bar (Mr. Joni7sToNE) had m os t un accountably exaggerated • every one of them w ins nearly doubled ; one (the Surgeon's) was exa&ly doubled ;, and the necessity of having a criminal tri bonal at this place, competent to try cases of felony, would be seen when Gentlemen were informed, that it cost the Company 7000 dollars in the•course of seven months for the transfer of prisoners from this place to Calcutta, and that the Jails were now crowded with felons. Bombay had cost the Company an immense sum of money—and by the late acquisitions of territory it may now be capable of defraying the expences annexed to its establish ment. But still it was to be observed, that Bombay, is not a Naval situation, and that if we have a place of that description, it appeared to him to be incum bent on us to' take every opportunity of increasing the advantages of such a situation: - If it was ne cessary that a Criminal Tribunal should be appointed' in that Island, 'and that he - believed he had already sufficiently established; the head of that Court , must . be a Gentleman o f education and_ ability, and - we)! ought, to reward him in proportion ; besides that, it must be 'Obvious,' that 4 Judge would-not impress that-degree of reverential awe to which his station was, entitled'Tif he were td live on a limited and narrow scale, ‘sUch as might be abundance 'for a man! in an inferior situation. Upon the whole, he assured The Court, teat he 'continued to be of the opinion that' he formerly stated, that 40001. a-year- was rather too small an intome to be an-: nexed to so unportant,an bffiCe, in one of the most expensive parts of our l'Osp“ion.s. however, - in order that be might co nf or m to the wishes of his* constituents, he had agreed to the granting Of a smaller salary to that Officer—arid he should be . very sorry indeed if the' East India Company's affairs were in such a situation that'they could, not afford to . reward their Servants 'according to the dignity of the situation which they 'filled. Mr. HUpDLESTONE, in consideration of the talents and education of the person who was to fill the situa tion, agreed-to the Vote of 30001. a-year salary ; but he could by no means concur in the idea of a cer tain pension', to be voted prospectively, without as certain inew 'tether the person. who .filled` the office would be entitled to such a reward from the merit of his services, and. without ascertaining what might be the4neans of the Company to pay that sum in ten years time. • Mr. JOHNSTONE and the Right Hon. CHAIRMAN mutually explained. Sir HUGH INGLis supported the two propositions; as to the first, he thought that 30001. was rather too small a salary for a Gentleman who should have obtained any degree of celebrity in a Learned Pro fession—and as to the second, he could not think of suffering a man to return home, after ten years fatigue in the service of the Company, without some provision, as it was evident that he would by that time have lost all his former connexions here, and might, besides, have suffered materially in his con stitution, from being so long in a climate to which he was unused. The Question was then put on the first Resolu tion, which was carried with only three dissenting voices. Upon the Question being put from the Chair that the Court agree with the 2d Resolution, Mr. INGLIS, Mr. BRIM, Mr. KEMBLE, and Mr. JogNsToNa, opposed the Motion—the CHAIRMAN and Mr. CorFoN supported it. In the course of the Debate it was stated by the CHAIRMAN, that he and some : other Direaors had been of opinion that the judicial, proceedings of the Island might be managed as well. by a Mayor and Aldermen ,as by any Court. composed of 'persons learned in the law—but that they had given way to the . opinions of several others whom they thought were more competent to judge in such cases, as well as those of three successive Administrations of the Country. • On the, Question. being put again, a division was called for, and the Motion was lost by a mojority- of fifieen... • Adjourned The improvethents at the Parliament House are going oniwith the greatest activity,. and whin com pleted will have a most magnificent appearance. The entrance.into the House of Lorils will be en tirely new; and the ParliaMent Hotel is pulled down, 'and will 'be converted into Ofikes. In- the front towards Cotton-Garden,- three Gothic. towers are in a,state of great forwardness, which will be embel lished. by two Gothic bow=windovvs, after designs by Lady GREN-VU.LE. ,There -will be a new entrance into Westminster Hall fronf the- Hodse of 'Coin- Mons.... All the Exchequer Bill "Offices are altered. The body of St. Margaret's Church :% ill soon be vi sit,* from Palace-yard, as -the old houses in the front of it are nearly pulled down ; and the: Board of Ord nance. will also be pulled down, a notice having teen given to quit it by the 7th of next month: • West minster Abbey- will also he repaired ; the towers to wards the House of :Lords, which are in a very decayed state, will- he new plaistered with succo, and the ornaments repaired to.theiror;ginal state. The , whole of . .this extensive workis under tne direEtion of J. T. G o VEs, Esq. . POLICE. PUBLIC Oi S FiCE, 'BO \V-STEE":I'. Yesterday the chargea2ainst Kelly and Edwarb, the reputed houce breakers, on suspicion of =havilig 'bake open the house of Mr. Kearns, of Tottenhancortroad, and stealing linen-drapery goods to the amount of 8001, under ent a farther investigation before Mr. GRA HAM. Wilkinson, the patrOle, produced the Irish linen and catobrick tou , lins found in the qeh of the. Prisoner Kelly's wife,• in Newgate, who .is under sentence for uttering forged notes; but the marks having bem tilt off, and otherwise djsfigured, the Pri soner could not swear to the property, though he had, every reason to believe it to behis. Wilkinson said, when he and Mr. Newman were'searcLog in New - gate, they were told that Mrs. Kelly and Edw<irds's wife had been busily employed in cutting the niarks off linen, and sending it out of the prison for several days past. ,Wilkinson like Wise produced the pick lock keys he found in, a bOx belonging to Mrs. Kelly, one of which he found opened the street-door Of the Prosecutor's house with great ease. Kelly, of course, denied all , knowledge of. any • thing that was found in the possession of his wife. MANSION - HOUSE.—YesterOay Thomas Gi.ifn, a genteel young man of good connexions,, who has been in custody these last ten days, was examined, being charged on suspicion of forging and uttering, a draft on the Banking-house of Messrs. Down, Thornton, and Co. for t 501. purporting to be drawn by Mr. Vine, a broker, in Threadneedle-street.— This young man had previously been several times examined before the LORD MAYOR. Yesterday the circumstances were fully - gone into, and the Loup MAYOR, after hearing the evidence and the Solicitors on both sides, did not think there were sufficient prOofs to commit him for trial. The Prisoner wai therefore discharged. PUBLIC OFFICE WORSHIP-STREET.---A man of the name of Arthur Langfi)rd was charged on sus picion of having stolen one pound of Piedmont of the value of Ms. the property of Mr. James Du bois, his employer, a master silk-weaver, in Vine Coutt, Lamb -street, Spitalfields. The property was traced to the possession of the Prisoner, who, not being able to' make a satisfaEtory defence, was fully cotrimitted to take his trial at the next Old Bailey Sessions. • A dealer in old iron w4s conviCted in the penalty of four pounds, for haring in his possession a quan. tity of iron and brass of which he could not give a• satisfaCtory account. QUEEN-SQLAUE:--7- Yesteiday a soldier of - the Guards, named Pointer, , and his wife, ,Were,charged with feloniously stealing the kit of a Serjeant of the German Legion. It happened that on the preceding night the Pro 7; secutor Went with nine recruits to the White Horse; in the Broadway, Westminster, where he had ob tained lodgings for then., I to have a pint of beer each. They were sitting there, when three soldiers of the Guards, of whom Pointer was one, came in, and presently . the Ilicof.the S,!rj , zant, cpntaining shirts , shoes, pantaloons, 'waistcoats,. and Other neces sar i e S for a soldkr, with 'the regimental' papers and attesta tions, were taken a Nay. 'As soon a s it was disco vered, information was given, and the property was traced, part to Pointer's lodgings, and the remainder 'to where his wife had removed it.—They were both committed for fUrther examination on Tuesday next. A great number of duplicates were found upon the which, it is supp - oiecl, may lead to the dis covery of sOnte'othe: robberies that_have lately been committed. Yesterday afternoon as a Gentleman, whose name we understand to be GOODESON,. a Captain in the Army, in company with another Gehtlethal), was driving a light chaise at a furious rate 'down the New Road, Mary-le-b one , t h e o ff rein became loosened from the bit, and the horse went off at speed.—Mr. G.'s friend jumped out of the gig, and broke one of - his legs, whilst Mr. G. remained in his perilous situation, and endeavoured to stop the animal, but by keeping tight the single icin, the vehicle was run against a bank, and upset. Mr. G. was thrown from his seat to a distance of ten or twelve yards, and, besides breaking his hip bone, he was so materially hurt by bruises, that his life is despaired of—The vehicle was broken in pieces. SHOCKING ACCIDENT..,-All Inquest was 'taken yesterday at the Craven and Anchor, Brewer-street, Golden-square, on the body of a child three years of age, who was killed on the preceding day , by a coach going over his bOdY. It appeared tin evidence that the child was playing in the street nearly - opposite to the door of his father, 'a Jeweller, in the afternoon of Tuesday; and by some accident he got _too near the horses belonging to a backncl coach, which was passing, and he was knocked down the wheels Of the coach went Over the, body of the clad, and he was crushed in a manner dreadful to describe, and after being taken to Dr. Ford, in Golden-square, he expired in a few minutes. There could' not be any blame attached to the coachman, and the Ver dict was Accidental Death. The father of the child went into the country a few hours befOre th e ace i= • dent, which to him is as yet unknown. Another inquisition was Taken 'yesterday, in Ox ford-road, .on the bOdy of Jane Adkins, Nirho wqs found dead on.the preceding night. was in wretched cheurnstances, and, it niet her death t*exCessive drinklng.—Verdict—D4 1331 the Visitation. (f God. 1 7 Yesterday se - niiight a grenadier Meng - nig to the Guards, named Thomis Hartland, was taken Suci . denly ill with a complaint in his stomach, and dic'd in the course Of a few hours, notwAstanding every remedy was tried which medical skill 'Could apply, Astroncr suspicion was excited in th e m i n d s ot. the MedicZGentlemeri•of the Guards, that the man had been poisoned ; he was in consequence opened, dud the wearance of ,the stomach justified" tier opinion. A Coroner's, inquest was. held .on the body, before J. SimmONs., .Esq. at the Golden Lion, in 4.3 rom p Kent, on Saturday, when the Airy, after Ma-' Lure deliberation, returnt.ci a verdict—Died ty pot_ son odministered.by some person or persons unknounz. On Saturday se,'nnight, Mr. BAss„,Ainster of t Viedant,,,ul Cork ; Poona to Ja,.laien, o,as stabbed by a Spanish mulAto, one 4,1 .1 - c! \.v ' the of the same vessel,l'and itninedia.ely ehpi,e ug i -epr K A from Mr. Bass, w undurstand, ‘A as tut:. only pro vocation to this abommawe deed. int. nii,Lreant has been ~ecured,.but his punishment '.Olt atfOrti but little consolation to the very fesp Cc:table : connexions of tiie deceased.