The Sun. — London, England, 1817-07-07 00:00:00

SRC 0 IVY 110.0. 71-1.1 " . 1. 5 7 4 1 3 01 a • .4.. • SUN 'OFF ICE. O'CLOCK. LORD AM HERST.--..tFURTHER PARTICULARS. 3 The Alceste frigate, which was returning to this country with Lord AMHERST and his Suite, was lust o n t h e 18th February, in Gaspar Straits; as w e have mentioned in our first impression this day. We have the satisfaction to confirm the report, that n " lives were lost,* but we regret to add, that Lord AMHERST and his son were in great da "gt'r, having escaped in an open boat, 2n4 after passing six days of imminent 81 ' 16 "Yi and fatigue, at length .reached Batavia in saftty. DUBLIN, JULY 3. • S E " NI) • EniToN..—The Aggregate Catholic eet ingilield this day in Clarendon-street Chapel, w as uutnerously awl respectably attended ; sevei al !let 4/ "ltions were entered into: it was resolved to P etition Parliament, early in the next Sessions, net " to consent to the measure of a Veto; to off er Rs a removal of every objection In Einan ellltkti, Domestic Nomination; - and that th# PreParatroo and management of the General Pet., r h nli 411 0 0,1 b e con fid e d t o th e p ersons who cont -I'o the late Catholic Board,--{Dublin Eve n ing 40 Oat) Calcutt a Pap e rs to the middle of February con t cl a l' the following particulars :—The Governor- General, the Martinis of HASTINGS, had left Bar :elipore on a hooting excursion to Goer. Maldah, vc e• Ativices had been received of Sir. D. °CUTER -4l``Y Lavine, passed Allahalvd, on his way tti Be -11445. The , uhsilliaty force under Col. ADAM, had r eached Banda on the 611 of January, on his i'ay towards .Nagpor i e..--According.to the latest Tlthar s f rom the upper provinces, the Rajah of d froor had obtained a !MCC trOM AMEER KHAN, . 411 erudition of paying him two lacs of rupees, and 11 thliug the district of Malwah in the name- of 14 P.a lt KIJAN•S SOU. From Jiidpoor AMEER KIIAN 1 1 directed his march towards ,Ty poor.. A patty I IAHNIOI ., D SHAD'S ItOops, on the 18th of Ja ttliary, took the village Of Baglal from a body of eklts, and plundered them of 50,000 rupees. A battle was daily expected between the troops of th e Nizam of Cashmere anti the united force " I RUNJFIET SING and SINRARCLIUND,• on the fr ontiers of Mundwi. RUNSEET SING, during his luxe expe,lition to the North, had taken possession.. of °tie hundred forts in the district of Rhuingur, a bld extorted three lacs in specie front the widow. 0. the Chief of that territory, and 10,000 rupees trout SttcsattznoNo. The British Regiment at . belhi had written to the Seekh Chiefs, that it was Litended to construct two fortresses at Hurdwar, tn protect the property of the inerchans who re pair thither at the annual fair. The Anniversary of the Victory of Waterlob vras celebrate! throughout the whole of the. United Provinces as a strict holiday.--4he churches were akt.4.ldrd morning arlf: evening, and no 'shops wire opened.. ‘ WINDsOR, JULY 6.--Yesterday, soon after two dock, the Duchess of GLotrcesTEß arrived on a Vsit to the -QUEEN.—This morning the Royal 41 ... 441 4, after attending Divine Service in the ‘-astl e , went to Frogmore, but are expected to re , ttrn to dinner. ENGL/SH OPERA.—The Opera of Artaxerxes, a "uposition that placed our countryman, ARNE, "l'on a high pinnacle of musical fame, 'was re- Peated a t this place on Saturday. MisS BUGGINS 4 gain acquitted herself well in Mundane. and de 3qvedly increases in favour with the Public. LEE sunk " In infancy" so well, that he was encored; 'ln he conylied with ungracious reluctance, and "nIY gave a part of the song. The audience Itio i dd always begratified when a repetition is the general wish. The farce of My Uncle is very di verting, and WRENCH . may tlonk the Author far fiving him so good an opporttority of shewitig .tis comic powers. The farce was written by Mr. • t6 RAzt.sv, the Architect of the Theatre, and. who rossesses dramatic talents which have often anniSed the Public. , CHARGES OF TREASONABLE PRACTICES.—Abort 4 Week since several State Prisoners were conveyed hoot London to different gaols by King's Nlesseri gees and Bow-street Officers. T. Woldeinhohne, W olstenholme, and J. Wolstenholme, father and two , .'ons, who had been brought some time ago from S heffield on charges of treasonable practices, were "nveyed to Winchester prison. At the same time 'thers from Sheffield, Nottingham,. and Derby, were sent off to other prisons. On Wednesday ; li ght a man of the name of Scroope was brought Londoti by a King's messenger and a Bow reet.officer, from Wakefield ; and on Thursday )2 tilltlerWellt an examination before Lord ill)- tuTtr, the Law-officers, Sir N. CONANT, &c. ti ' l 'e. others, ‘ , vito hail been in custody for some were brought from the House of Correction, underwent arvexhmination at the same time; I; t er which some cf them were sent off to Cam i'lge..and Hertford piiions. On Saturday night, a e t wee n 9 and 10 o'clock, a King's messenger ii rll . 3 Bow-street officer arrived in !own], with lino *Elnan on a charge of treasonable practices, .by r "e of a warrant issued by Lord SIDMOUTH. He IfaS lod g ed in the House of Correction. r We beli eve t h ere never was a fi ner appearance o . t the Crops throughout the conotry than at this t :rile, and we are glad to find the Corn-Markers :re de c li n i ng in price. . There is one article, how tv", in the . market, which we think, from its ,`;, l ?:city, must look upward—Lottery. Tickets.— 3 11 "r:est for Ad venturers i s now a pp roac hi ng , d c,tl Wednesday next - moil: than 7,000 Tickets he dr awn.. As the Scheme contains Four .‘ ,z 4 es of . 20,000 i. an d T wo o f 10 0001 with o n ly , 0(1 .P ickets, and as every Blank is entitled, to Chance, the great increase iu the sale of EY Tickets,, gthe last week, arCAR- RoL L ' s sold th , e la is s e t asily ac counte d for, especially as he Plize•of 30,C00/. at his fortunate Of- , ii " 10 0-, Combill, and 26, Oxford-street. SIIIP NEWS. DEAL, JULY 6.—Arrived the Grenada; Ams- I TON, from St. Domingo ;'"Lord Muigrave, TIN DALL, from Africa ; Jane, BLACKBURN ) from Leghorn ; .Aberdeen . , FENrricx, from Bengal ; and George, DBA - PEII, frOin Berbice ;.‘ she has sailed for the River. Came dOwn from the River the Leda, for the Cape; Emperor Alexander, for Bengal ;- Bristol, for Cork ; Malta, for Malta and Jane, Couvrs, for Charleston. PORTSMOUTH, JULY s.—Arrived yesterday the Recovery transport from Gibraltar, and Dowson, M`DoNatzi, from Bengal; sailed the Ist Frb.; left the Cape the Ist May, and Ascension the 23d May. Arrived to-day his Majesty's ship Cadmus, and the Crown and Ilfracombe transports from . Cork ; his Maksty's ship Alert, (rain the Downs; Union, from Vaughan ; and Hawk transport, from Gibraltar. The Prince of 'Wales schooner, bound to St. 'Thomas's, Robert and Anti, bound to St. John's, hurl his Majesty's ship Ganymede, which sailed from Spi - bead,a few days back, are lying in Lyinington Creek. Sailed the CroWn and Ilfracomb transports for Chatham, and Abe 7 ona ditto for Aberdee , —the latter with part of the 78th regiment on hoard from FALMOUTH, luiv 4.--Arrived the Princess Elisabeth packet \vitt) a mail from New York and - Halifax, 18 days from tile latter. S,ailel his Ma jesty's ship Lee, and the Active and Providence cutters on a cruise. The Hope, arri ved yesterday in 43 clays from Tobago ; she expe rienced very had weather on the llth TORBAY, JULY s.—Put in here the 2d inst.' the Montreal, for Quebec ; Atli t Ito N,,rtliumbrian, for Bengal; they sailed ag +IA vesterlay. Sailed to-day his I.laje,ty:s store-ship Weymouth, for the Metlitertatteatt. The Dover, belonging to this port, was lost in Mount's Bay on the lbih ult. and two of her crew perished. HARWICH; JULY (i.—Arrived yesterday . the Beaufoy packet from Hoilaml. Sailed the Henry Freeing; packet tor ditto, and Lark packet for Coxlt iven—all with mails.. • HULL, JULY 4 —Arrived his Majesty's ship . Florida trout a cruise. MARGATis, JULY s.—The Ann, of •Colchester, and the Abraham and Moses: of Boston, have both been on shore near this port; but got off without damage, and proceeded on their voyages. The Prince Blucher , WETHERALL, recently ar rived tram Calrurta, lv itence Jhe sailed on the Ist of Marchovittilhe Nth regiment an board, which had served in Indira 22 yea's, called off St. He lena—stroke the ,Leveret, captiiin THBED, but Was not allowed to a-chor. Bo ON APARTE was i living, awe the 1.1 tnd in perfect helltb Tad tr:an f quillity„ ai t h time of her departure, in a trangoil state ; the Pindarees had retttrtted to the moon dins, without baying succeeded in col lecting much booty by their Incursions the cbas tisernent they halt met 4.i h trow the Madras ca -1 valty, (who killed 800 of them iti one day's wit.- suit), deterred them, for the p:e. , ent, tram fur ther predatory waif:ire. The 84111 reeimetit was marching tor Calcutta, to be enithirked for Eng- land ; and dispatches tad been sent to Bo,obay and.Madta%, to embark- the SO Ii and 86th regi ments for Eugland. Five other latge ships had been ctrartered at Calcutta (beside% vie Blueber), to bring home troops : their arrival may he daily expected. The 78tb regiment landed at Ports mouth to march to Chatham ; but, stibsequently, orders were received to embark them for Aber deen, in the Aheona transport. The Blucher is expected to return to Caientia in ballast. The brig Grenada. APPLETON, which arrived last week at Portsmonth from St. Domingo, with a cargo of coffee and logwood, sailed on the 14th of Alay, at which time apprehensions were entertained of an attempt to recover the Colony by France; and PETION was making great exet tions to resist any such attempt on that part of the Island under his command. The Insurgent privateers.cnntinue their depredations throughout the West Indies, without much respect ti' airy flag; and a report is very prevalent there, that the crew of one or more British vessels had to a 'man been ma,sacred by them. The Pique, Captain IVIAcKELL-xtt,.Was cruizing oil the A letter from D , ,,er, dated July 4 (Friday), says—" The en►barkation of 6,000 Russian troops finshed at Calais yesterday, and the rgoadrot► have, or. are about sailing, on their return to Russia." PEDESTRIANISM AT WORMWOOD SCRURES.— STEVENS, after finishing 25 miles at eight r'clock on Saturday evening, walking backwards, com menced again at four o'clock yeslerday morning, and at four in the afternoon he had gone l 6 miles, making in the whole, since his first starting on Thursday evening, 69 miles and a half. Bets are still ten to one against him. .SHOCKING CATASTnOPHE.--Friday evening a Child about seven years old, son of 'Mr. Butcher, Nelson-iquare, Blackfriars, fell from a two pair of stairs window, by which means its head was so dreadfully fractured, that when Mr. Aldis, genii, examined the head directly after the acci dent, there was no appearance of life, and the brains discharged themselves from the wound. The distressed situation of the mother cannot be described. SINGULARII be remembered that yours;; ratan, was in Compdi;y with Mr. WHITE, of Stoke Newington, %%hen he %vas drowned in the New River, in consequence, it is supposed, of his having come in contact with a dead body, which had come Aoating down the stream Strange to say, this .young man,who aught to ha ve held' the spot in horror„ went there again on Fri day last, and drowned himself tinder the same arch where his triend had already perished. 14 W IN T . f. 7 I f, TA -1 C • COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY .1. • GANiING HOUSES. . • THE KING V. FIELDER. Mt. MAIWrAI-r,stated, that thii was An indict ment preferred . agninst tile dtlendant,.eh,trgiug hint with keeping a public gaming -house, io the polish of St. George, Hanover-square, for illegal games. the house was No. 9, Betioett-street, St. Janiees-street. He stated. the nature of the games carried on, such as Hazard and Rouge et Noir, &c., and would call persons connected with. the establishment, and a Gentleman no way con-' cerned in it, any further than 11141 he had, with the knotvledge of . the Magistrates,' visited the house for the purpose of Adetecting the pro- cecdings. Mr. Holland knows the house, and had been repeatedly-there; was there on the 29th of March last ;- saw a porter at thedOor, who let him and he went up stairs, where he saw a number of Gentleal,:o playing at Rouge et Noir. .• The-por ter's name was Robert Oldfield, Mr. Fielder was in the room, at the table,.paying and receiving money at the Range et Noir table, Witness pro ceeded to describe the Rouge et Noir-table. Jo the centre, there was a hollow to receive the cards, and at each end of the table were marks of silk, one red, the other black, to receive the stakes ; cards are then dealt and turned up; and on that event depends the success of the different players. Th e mast.-`r of the house, however, always had the best chan.ce. lilitaess saw money won and lost on the night in question. The bank contained, in notes, from 15001. to 20001. The dealer was a person named Aldred ; there were also - in the room other persons ; George Tompkins, a waiter, William bore!, who appeared to be an inferior servant, and 'Thomas Allen, who appeared to be watching the progress of the .game. Mr. Guest; Mr. William Barton, anti several other persons, perhaps 16 or 18, were also present. — The house had an outward door, within which ! here was -anothel . , with an oval glass near the, upper part of it, through which the porter recon noitres every one who approaches to the room up stairs. Thire was also a door which could be se emed. In rowdier was a macao-table. Witness was also at the house on the. Ist April last, and alter 'three they wete playing at Rouge et Noir; .and witness . recognized Mr. Guest, Mr. Barton, and others, amongst the players. Mr. John Al dred was this night •paying and receiving, and Mr. Fielder was dealer. Mr. Fielder always'acted I as master of the houSe. Robert Oiafield said, his bUsiness was to let Gentlemen who came to the house in' and out. — He had been in the room between the.2Pth of March and 14th of April, and seen Gentlemen at play. There was. - a hazard 'table tip stairs, but witness never saw it used. He, however, one morning about three o'clock, saw some Gentle men playing at hazard. Mr. Fielder was amongst them. XVitness received several boxes from the players of a,pound each, which he. handed over to Mr. Fielder, The Gentlemen wanted to - make them half boxes, hut Mr. Fielder insisted -upon having them pounds. Mr. MAIIRYATT inquired who were present play ing on this morning ? Sir, Godfrey Webster was present this night, and Was the..only , iserso:: who won : he -won 700.! or 3001. Mr.Alarton, a young Gentleman, 27 or 28 years of age, - lost several hundredS. The play wenton at this house till this day three weeks. — There were generally 20 persons, more or less, there every flight . ; they usually played till three o'clock, sometimes later. - Mr. William Barton had been at the house in question howelea the 29th of .March and 14th of April several times, and saw play going forward on each night that he was there : he sawitouge et Noir and hazard played, the first fr,quently, the, latter only 'once. Sir Godfrey Webster was one of the hazard party. There were eight or ten persons ; present.- They began to splay about three o'clock, or soon atter, and continued .piny ing"till seven. Sir Godfrey Webster won 2001. or 3001. •Wirttess always understood there were two persons concerned in the house, Mr.' Millar and Mr. Fielder. Mr. Fielder was present on the night hazard was played, but witness did not be lieve he had any thing to do with the- game. - Godfrey and Wilson, Police Officers, were exa minrd.—Mr GURNEY spoke for the defendants. Verdict—Guilty. • • SECONDARY'S COURT—SATURDAY, Ju ra 5. (*RIM. CON. KENT, ESQ V. SORELL, ESQ. This was an nqu is i t ion to assess damages, in an bi-ought against the defendant ; for criminal conversation with the phintiff's wife, and in which tl►e defendant had suffered judgment to go by default. Mr. BROUGHAM, as leadin , " Counsel for the plaintiff, stated the case to th e Jury. The plain tiff, Mr. Kent, was . a Lieutenant . in the 21st •Re githent of Dragoons. in the year 1807 he Was under the necessity of proceeding to the Cape of Good Hope, to join his regiment, which had been previonslyksent out to that colony. On thiS 'oc casion he did not, as other officers had often (font!, leave his wife behind him, cithough there were many persons'bere by whom she might have been protected ; they telt no wish to be separated from each other ; they _ sailed in the same ship, and srrived in due time at the Cape. It was here Mr. Kent had the misfortune to meet the de fendant for thefirst time, and here their acquaint ance commenced as a matter , of course. The de- fendant held the rank of a Colonel in the arn.y, and at that time filled the high and responsible si tuation of Adjutant General ti; the forces at 'the Cape. An intercourse, 'therefore, must bave,suh sisted between the plaintiff -and defendant ; and that intercourse, which - the duties of the service dt first rendered necessary,' afterwards grew -into one of intimacy and friendship. The plaintiff having fotmed his establishment at the Cape, con tinned with his Lady to mix in the first circles of the place; they visited at the different parties in the first circles, and often had parties of officers at their house. The defendant was a constant 'men draft at all sneli parties ; he, with the plaintiff anti other officers, frequently dined toget bet at the Governor's table. In the moean tittle Coi. S. pre tended to entertaitkah uncommon, degree of friend ,it:p for the pllintiff, and .matle him repeated offers of using his' interest to obtain nromoti,n for lout in •the army. While Mr. Kent re'maioed at the Cape, his lady Was delivered of two children at different times ; and Colone! SOreli ; to give a s ill greater proof of his assumed frienflship, suited gOdfalber for one of them, in consequence of his on'ti par ticular regnest. In this state of cordial inter course, the parties continued to associare with etch other, until the year :811 , when the ptivate af fairs of Mr. Kent requited his presence in• England; and, for that purpose, he obtained lease of absence for sik'montlis. Up to that moment Mr. Kent had not the slightest suspicion of hi, wife's'infideli , y ; nor was there any evidence to show, or reason ta believe, that any criminal intercourse had takett . place between her and Col. SOF , I), d ur i ng t h e i r res i., deuce at the Cape. It was evident, Itowey r, from. the circumstances that afterwards transpired, that by that time he had suceeded iu uuderminiug her virtue, in corrupting the purity of tier mind, and in Seducingheratfeetions. He notst have been for it length of time carrying on suclr air artful Nit secret system of seduction, as at length induced the unhappy woman test consent to the guilty ar... rangemeots which, he 'formed for -the nitirrtare completion Of his execrable purpose. One of these arrangement was,'-that, on the arrival of Mrs. Kent in England, she should inn - net:lately-elope from , her husband, and place herself ;miler tne prozection of a friend of Col. Sorell's, to whom she was to be represented as a slighted and in - - ' jured woman. Mr. Kent hating Mit a hued leave of absence, as the Jury were already iuformed, embarked with his' family ou board the Boa• dicey frigate ; Lord Neville, the Captaiu of that - ship, having kindly given them a 1111.5 sage to England. To, the very moment of his departure.. front the Cape, Colonel Soren continued his pro fessions of friendship ; and just before he sailed, gave hint a letter of introduction - and reeoni mendation to Sir Henry Turrens. But the smne. ship which conveyed that letter, did also convey another, written about the sante time, containing. sentiments the very reverse ; and insinuating that the plaintiff Was a character unworthy of !toss:is-. ing such a woman as his wife. This letter wus addressed to Colonel Shaw, in England. - It fortunately happened that neither of those letters were delivered to the party to whom it was directed.—'[Here Mr. Brougham dwelt with con siderable severity on the unprincipled and profli gate mined that could dictate' such a letter as that directed to Colonel Shaw, and which could con ctive that the latter would lend himself to the atrocious project which it held forth.]—He (Mr. Brougham) had the honour of being personally a , quainter! with Colonel Shaw; and to his owed knoWledge he could assert, that Colonel Shaw was a Gentleman of the most honourable cha racter ; that he was a married Kean, and the last man in the world who would make himself instru mental to the seduction and r..in of a virtuous female. The letter clearly proved that the de-. fendant had effecied his plan of seduction long before the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Kent from the Colony ; and that it was to be carried fully into effect as soon as the parties arrived in Eng.- hind. • Colonel Sorell wished, but was unable to obtain a passage on board the Boadicea ; bolt that ship had not been three months in England when be art ived in another ship ; and than, instead of edling on the plaintiff to renew his tormer friend ship, he easefully avoided him, but took care to prize the wife of his arrival f and that infatuated. woman, unable to remove the impressions that hart been made upon her Inind, fled from the roof and protection of the best of husdands, and deserted her two survi:ting children, lovely girls, who were already of au age and understanding sufficient to be ;acquainted with their mothers disgrace. She threw herself into the arms of a base and treacher. ons seducer, with whom she has ever since lived in a state of guilt. The Under-Sheriff summed np the evidence, and commented on every part of it in an able and int partial manner; after which the Jury retired for a few minutes, anal returned with , a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages—Three Thousand Pounds. No evidence was called, nor did any Counsel appear, on behalf of the defendant. • FASHIONABLE FAIR FRACAS. MARL - BoKoUGH-STREET.-Friday' night Miss NV--, a lady of fOrtime was brought up by Craig and Burton, the Officers, charged with an noying Mrs. a lady of fortune also, in the following extraordinary manner :—For a consider able time a Gentleman of rank • has paid his ad dresses to the prisoner, and a marriage was agreed upon ; but the Gentleman happening to see Miss N--, the niece of the complainant, who is a, very tine young lady, he instantly conceived a violent pas sion tor her, and'met an affectionate return. The pride of the prisoner was touched, and she fdlow ed Miss N-- to her seat in Norfolk, where (it is alleged) she sent her a'challenge• to meet at a certain time and place, to settle their pretensions in an honourable way. • Miss N--, however, not being a duellist, laid the matter before a neighbouring Magistrate, who, fiotlin it impossible to restore _ amity, held ,Miss IV: in recognizances of 2001. to keep the peace towards Miss N. The parties then came to town, ,and Miss N. went to live with' her aunt, Mrs. K., at and the prisoner resiitel in the neighbourhood 'of Portman-square. N. had occasion to go to Tonbildge ‘Vells, kind the prisciner suspecting (it is supposed) that the Gentlentan %vast() be her companion, got a post chaise and four, and followed the carriage from stage to stage mill' they lost each other in the neighbourhood of Tunbridge. As soon as she un (:erstood her rival had come to town again, site or dered her carriage, and drove to Mrs. K.'s, where she was informed Misl N. was not to be seen ; she said she would stay ell day; and as a proof of her resolution, ordered the - horses to he taken from the'carriage, which was immediately done by her servants ; she was requested seve'ral times to go away,' hut refused, until Mrs. K. applied for the interposition of the Police. Accordingly Mr. BAKER granted a w a rrant for her removal, but site would not go • with' the office's, until they removed her from her carriage into a hack ney chariot, which drove them to town.. The Magistrate ordure(' the prisoner to put in bail, which she refused, and in default 'was commit ted. .She is a tine woman, about 26 years old.