The Sun. — London, England, 1806-01-30 00:00:00

MARQUIS t'ORNWALIS. THE friends of this Country, and the admirers of true worth, have another great subjeet of regret in the death of this most amiable Nobleman. The melancholy tidings arrived yestertlay, in dispatches dated the 23d of O&ober, 1805, which were brought by the Medusa Frigate from Bengal,. G. A. ROBIN sox, Esq. Private Secretary to his Lordship, was the bearer of these dispatches. The charaEter of the deceased Marquis was held sahigh in estimation as a Soldier and a Statesman, that no eulogium could be necessary in this place, if it were not an indispensible duty to pay the tribute of justice to his memory. His Military talents were justly admired by those best qualified to appreciate their value. He was firm, cautious, and a&ive in the field more intent to make vidory secure by prudent foresight than by rash .enterprize. Such will always be the chara&er of a great Corn= hander, though others may be more fortunate in the result of measures that were not planned with Se much ability, and which were more indebted to chance than to judgment for ultimate success... - -- ilut Lord CORN WALLS s possessed another essential feature in 'a Soldier's charader, which, though less brilliant than heroism, is more calculated to excite the esteem and reverence of every rational and - Vkiatous mind—and that was, moderation in suc ten. He knew when to stop in the career of glory, in order to secure the fruits, of conquest, to lessen its evils, and to conciliate submission. His military career in India strongly illustrates his mili tary skill, and a wise and provident use of :in his private life no man ccuid be more amiable, Vlore respedable, or more distinguished for that ilignified urbanity which best adorns the chara&er of a Nobleman. He was one of the most affeaionate 'of parents and of husbands, yet his feelings never betrayed him into weak excesses in either chara&er. But it was not only for military and private vir tues that this Nobleman was so deservedly admired aitd esteemed ; he was also a Statesman of distill guiShed ability—a Statesman, however ; of a high character, above artful wiles and crooked policy, and Only - solicitous to secure great and important objeets: indeed there is no light in which he can be viewed in, that will net give him additionai claims to the re , *peel of mankind. This lamented Nobleman Was born December 31 , 1738. He succeeded his father June 23, 1762. its titles were, " Marquis and Earl Cornwallis, 'Viscount Brome and Baron Cornwallis, Knight of the Garter, and a Baronet, a General in the Army, Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hatnietsi and Con stable of the Towet.'", His honours will descend to his only son CHARLES Viscount BROME, Wht) is Married to LouisA, daughter of the Duke of GOR bON. it is some consolation, under the heavy loss of such a Nobleman as Marquis CORNWALLIS, that his honours will descend to a young Nobleman whose conduat fairly entitles the world to exped that he will also inherit his father's virtues. CALCUTTA GAZETTE EX"TRA-ORDEN:,'A-10'. SATURDAY, 1805. 'FORT WILLIAM, OCT. 12 , , 1805 . . With sentiments of the deepest .sorrow and regret, 'the Government annopnces the decease of the most Honourable CHARLES Marquis CORNWALLIS; Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Governor General of the East India Company's Possessions, and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's and the Honourable Company's Land Forces in the East Indies. This hffliaing and greatly to be deplored event took place on Saturday the 3th instant, at Ghazee pore, in the province of Benares, where his Lord ship hid arrived, in his progress to join and to as sume the personal command of the Army in ',the field, as well as for the purpose of accomplishing other important objets intimately conneaed with the interests of the State. During a long and a&ive life, distinguished by eminently honourable and arduous exertion in the service of his Country, this illustrious and revered Nobleman manifested all the energies, combined with all the virtues,. which can dignity exalted pub lic station, and adorn the sphere of private life. As a Patriot, a Statesman, a Warrior, and a Man; the charaeler of Marquis CORNWALLIS shines with distinguished lustre. The records of the British Empire in Europe and Asia - bear ample testimony to the splendid and im portant services rendered by him, in different quar ters of the Globe, to his. Sovereign and his Country. To the East India Company, the memory of Mar quis CORNWALLIS is peculiarly endeared. To the service of his Country in India were devoted some of the most vigorous years of his valuable life ; and there, at an advanced period of it, has it pleased Divine Providence to terminate his earthly career of honour and of glory. British India will ever be proud to associate with its happiness, its prosperity, and renown, the grate ful remembrance of its .venerated benefactor Marquis CORNWALLIS ; and the Native Powers of India will sincerely regret a man who so deservedly possessed their unbounded confidence and highest esteem. By his Sovereign, and his Country, the death of Marquis CORNWALLIS will be deplored as a public calamity. Europe at large, to whom his fame and his yirtues have long been familiar, will lament the loss of such exalted and respeaed worth ; and WS tory will record his magnanimity, his benevolence, his love of justice, his inflexible integrity, his ardent val Our, his wise and prudent policy, as eminently worthy of imitation, and of praise. The Flag of Fort Williatn to he immediately hoisted half staff high, and to continue so until sunset. Minute_guns, sixty-six in number, corresponding with the age of the deceased, to be fired from the ramparts of Fort William. Similar marks of respea, with the solemnities suitable to the mournful occasion, to be paid to the memory of Marquis CORNWALLIS at all the prinei 7 pal military stations and posts dependant upon this . Presidency ; and copies of the preceding orders to be transmitted to the Government of Fort St. George, •Botliftay; and Prinee Of Wales's Island, and also to the Governinent of the British Possessions on the Island 'of By order of Government, • ' J. LUZeISpEN, Chief Sec. to the. Govt. -;.i~.i The Calcutta Gazette, of the 26th of OElober, states, that at a General Meeting of the Inhabitants, it was Resolved : " That in addttion to the general mourning which has been adopted as a public token of the concern felt by this Settle merit, on the death of ?vlartris CORNWALLIS, a Mausoleum be..eteded, with the permission of Government, over the place of his interment, at Ghazeepore, as a memorial of esteem and reverence for his virtues, and of gratitude for his eminent services," Committees, were at the same time eleEted for India and Europe, to carry the above Resohtion into execution. The Commit tee.of Europe. consists of . Lord Teignmouth, Sir 1. Gore, General A. Ross, G. A. Robinson, Esq. Colonel A. Kyd, A singular species of fraud has been lately practised in - Buchan in the article of cheese. Last week two cheeses were sent to a person in Aberdeen,'in the heart of which. were flat stones, one of which weigh ed 26 ounces. Monday se'nnight an Inquest was held before Mr. EDWARD Bitoox, at Mirfield, Yorkshire ; on the body of John Redfearn : whilst at work at the Cal"- der iron-works, in tire Parish of Mirfield, on Thurs day a large stone arch fell down, upon him, which caused his instant death. .Verdia- , -,Accidental Death. Three out of six men, who were upon the arch, are so dreadfully bruised thattheir lives are despaired of. Tuesday morning, at six o'clock, as two work men were going through Hyde Park, they discovered a female taking off her clothes, at the edge of the reservoir, and before they could reach her, she plunged herself into the water. She was with diffi culty got out, and conveyed to the work-house in Mount-street, where she was recognized to be a nurse belonging to St. George's Hospital : she would assign no reason-for the rash attempt. Yesterday a shocking accident happened to a little girl, the only daughter of Mr. GOBERT, Jeweller, Litchfield-street, Soho. Being left alone near the fire, the flames communicated with the infant's clothes, and before any assistance arrived, notwith standing her screams alarmed the neighbourhood, she was scorched in so dreadful a manner, that very slight hopes were 'last night entertained that she could survive till morning. A Gentleman observing, that Music's Fascination was a very appropriate second title to the popular new operatical drama of The Travellers, an acquaint ance replied-" and the chink of British Guineas is a most musical fascination also." The latter might have justly added—that the sound of this Captivating chink, will, in a few days, begin to ravish the ears of such adventurers who are so wise as to become candidates for the immense wealth that awaits the first-drawn 5000 numbers in the present richest of all Lottery Schemes. CORN-EXCHANGE, JAN. 2g.—To-day there are scarce any arrivals of Wheat coastwise, but much Foreign remains on hand ; fine 'samples keep their price other qualities are heavy of sale Barley con tinues to come in large arrivals, and prices further decline ; the trade for Malt . is dull ; New Tick Beans .2,45. to 30s. per quarter ; Oats are in but nfiddlin6 - .supply ; few fine, and this tra;le supports the'currency ; Flour little alteration wine car goes from America are arrived. iXtt( likPOlT. COURT OF RING's BENCH, JAN. 29. THE KING TATNEV. • This 'vas a Rule for an attachment 'against the Keeper of Wiirwick G-idt, for having suffered a PH:- seller under sentence of 'confinement, for assaulting a Revenue Officer, to go about tIA Court Yard, at to be about the outer doer of the Prison, &c. as a Turnkey, instead of confining him according to his sentence. Mr. GARROW shewed cause against the Rule, and observed, that it remidded him of an application ' made to him, - many years s ago, by Lord Geo. GOr don, who sent with his • instruaions 'art hat full of guineas, desiring him to move the Court against the late Mr. Ackerinann, Keeper of Newgate, for let ting a woman prisoner shut up his room, and come over that part of the priSbn. That unfortunate Nobleman had taken it into his head, that as the Woman was a Roman Catholic, she had formed a determination to poison him, and to administer it •. to him in porter. The Court would readily believe,. that all the guineas were returned, and the motion was not made because there was no foundation for the complaint. The woman was a proper person to be trusted to look after other prisoners. Just so was the case here. The person who was in con finement was very ill, and, to recover his health, he had been permitted to walk in the yard of the prison for better air than he could have within ; but he was never out of the prison. The Gaoler was one day. absent, conveying 13 convicts to Langston harbour, and the care of the prison fell to his turnkey, who had imprudently suftered the person in question to speak to his Prosecutor as he passed the . outer door of the prison, and they exchanged some angry words, but the Gaoler was no party to this. The Court thought that - prisons should be kept with stria care, and, the Gaoler should not employ persons who were not trust-worthy to keep their prisoners. There was no proof that the Gaoler was privy to the misconduct of this turnkey, in sutler ing two men to come together between whom there was a deadly feud; for it was a dangerous thing. If there bad been that proof, the Court - would order the attachment against the Gaoler ; as it was, he had only trusted a persdn who had misconduaed himself, which was slightly blameable, and there fore, upon the Gaoler paying the costs of this appli cation, the rule. for the attachment should be dis charged.—Discharged. ' THE‘KING V. BONTIEN. Mr. JARVIS moved the judgment of the Court on Thomas William Botitien. He was Purser of His Ma jesty's Ship the Trusty. He was charged with hav ing. forged the Certificate of George Argles, the Captain, and Cass Halliday, the Master of this . Ship, of which ,he, • the Defendant, was Purser ; by Which he it4oSed . upon . the Commissioners of the ViCtualling' Office, and obtained of them the sum of 241. ss. I i d..- being r 'an-allowance which he would have been entitled to if the.Certfficate was ge nuine, for 28 days, for 343 men, :for coals, wood, candles; Bcc. This was in the month of July, 1804. And another sumpf 851. for certain other alloW ances for what are called savings (tieing - the-differ ence between the allowance of provision,to the crew, and their a&ual consumption, which is below the al lowance) by a like forgery'. .He drew a Bill of Ex : change on the CoMmissioners for these and other sums, to the amount of :3751. in all ; which they accepted, believina these documents to be genuine. Some suspicion-, however, fell - on the Purser after wards, and the Commissioners wrote to the Captain upon the subje&. The Defendant contrived. to in tercept the letter of the Cormnissioners to the Cap tain, opened it himself, and wrote an answer to the • Commissioners in the Captain's name, informing them that he, the Captain, had himself entertained the same suspicions if the Purser ; but after having examined the matter fully, he was convinced of the perfe& integrity of the Purser, whom he had re stored to his situation and his confidence, for he had been ',sLispended ; but had cautioned him not to suf fer his conduct to place him in a suspicious situation again. This letter the CoMmissioners thought ge nuine, and it lulled them completely, and the De fendant obtained all the money ; but shortly after wards the whole was discovered to be a forgery.. These faas were clearly verified by affidavit, and the, Defendant did not affe& to deny then. He suf fered judgment to go by default. Mr. GURNEY addressed the Court in his behalf 5 he had nothing to urge but his client's pecuniary distress, he having been arrested for debt, his con trition,' and his intention to have returned the money. The SOLICITOR , -GENERAL observed, this was a case, , the like to which had never before appeared before the Court. It was a Case .of enormous fraud and peculation in the first instance ; and, if be might be excused for the use of a coarse expression, of matchless impudence in the . second ; for that 'was really the character of the Defendant's condu& in intercepting the letter of the Commissioners to the Captain, and writing an answer in the Captain's name, assuring the Board the Purser had been re stored to his confidence. It called for exemplary punishment. Mr. Justice GnosE, after a short address to the Defendant for the voice of the Learned Judge, he' said, would not enable him to expatiate on the enor mity of the case as it merited),.pronounced the Judg= meat of the Court, which ;was, That the Defendant be imprisoned in His Majesty's gaol of Newoate for two years ; and that during that time he do stand in and upon the pillory in the open street opposite to Somerset House, for one hour, between twelve at noon and two iu the afternoon. TUE KING V. GALLOWAY. Mr. MORRIS moved the Judgment of the Court on the Defendant; who was convicted of an assault on Nicholas .Sheerman; in Cornhill. The 'parties are respectable persons, the Prosecutor a Merchant, the Defendant the Captain of a Ship. After the Chief Justice had reported the trial, and the Officer had read pall of an affidavit, it was proposed by Mr. 11.1161 CINE, on behalf of the Defendant, and assented to by Mr. .GARROvi, for the prosecution, that the parties should go beibre the Master of the CroWn- Office, who is to settle the matter between therm POETRY.' Tht following elegant Apostrophe on the recent National Loss is ascribed to the Poi of Mr. Jr.rtNINGHAt4.. • IMPROMPTC OW THE DEATH OF MR. firm. 0 matchless ELOQUENCE, to WISDOM join'd f 13 splendid HONOUR of the human mind ! sun-like Orb, that cheer'd the public-eye, At thy extinction NAT ust heav'd a sigh. She "net thy Birth with Gifts unknown before, And o'er thy soul difFus'd a lavish store Yet then those Gifts from others to withold, With jealous hand she crnsh'd the heav'nly mould. Yesterday the Princess of WALES inspeeted all the Public Offices of Somerset-Place, and afterwards paid a visit to Sir ANDREW SNAPE HAMOND. • The Tragedy of illacbetit, supported by KEN' tLE and Mrs. SIDDONS, drew a very large audience last night to Covent-Garden Theatre. KEMELE Was much oppressed by a cold, • but he gave a fine Portrait of the irresolute, ambitious and murderous Thane. Mrs. SIDDONS also gave a faithful, bold, and animated representation of his imperious and un feeling partner. The new Farce of We Fly by Night followed, and was very well received. All the political allusions were very properly omitted, and the Performers acquitted themselves most ably, riarticoarlv 1111INDEN, FAWCETT, and LISTON. We r . ought before to have noticed, that the Music was composed by KELLY, and that it does credit to his taste and talents. A very considerable sensation has been produced tmong the Members of the University of Cambridge by the present contest for the representation of that respeaable and learned body. 'lie honour of suc ceeding such a man as Mr. PITT, cannot, certlinly, be too highly estimated ; and, we trust, will never be conferred on any but the undoubted Friends of the, King and Constitution ' • and, above all, the firm Supporters of our Church Establishment. We 11137 denstand, that Lord PALMERSTON, a young Nobleman of great promise, is supported by the friends of the late much lamented Representative ; and that Lord HENRY PETTY depends chiefly on the friends of Mr. Fox for success. On Sunday Aennight.a pauper, named John Met calfe, ckf the Workhouse in Halifax, cut his throat with a penknife, in so shocking a manner, as to oc casion his death a few hors atterw4rds., Coroner's -Vcrdiat—Jaunacy. Tom' .'i vstir%~,~:!_~ VIE KING 'U. AVATTS. 'the Defendant was brou ht before the Court too receive-judgment for disobediendeto a Wrii4Man= damus dormnanding him to deliver tip Certain books, and to pay a certain sum of Money which canie into his hands as a public officer under 1114 Grace thci Duke of Richmond. The first part of the namely, the delivery 'of the books, he had obeyed the latter he was unable to do ; he had been two years and la half in prison, and submitted by Mr. LAWS, his - Cdunsel, whether mercy might not .ba shewn to hith. ERSKINE said he would undertake, on the part of the Duke of ifiChmond, to do whatever the Court should think proper 'to conimend. The Court thoUght that both th' criminal and civil ends of justice seemed to end here; but that nothing could be done *ithout the consent of the Noble Duke, adept, indeed, to let the Defendant he at large on his own recognizance, to appear neat Term, and then to stand committed, unless the Noble Duke should be pleased to consent to excuse him. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS; • intr. 29. GRRARD V. COOK. Mr. Serjeant BAILEY shewed cause gaisisf, 'a Rule obtained in this case by Mr. Serjeaut LSAMS, for setting aside the verdiCt. It• - was an ac- tion of trespass; tried at Warwick, before Lord ELLENBOROUGH. Tile question arising was, • the right of way .through certain premises in the occu pation of the Defendant. It appeared the Plaintiff had la ut down a large flag-stone and _a pavement for the accommodation of passengers, which the Defen dant pulled up,; an aCtion was consequently brought, and the Plaintiff got a verdia. Thu arguinents for and against the decision of the Jury were heard at considerable length, and the Court s,vere finally of opinion the verdid ought to remain.—Rule dis charged. Several other Motions occurred, of no ,general importance, and the Court rose at an early .hour. Besides several robberies which have lately been committed in the neighbourhood of Thames-street s in consequence of the absence of the watchmen from their • stands, the following circumstance oc curred on Sunday night, just before nine o'clock : A Gentleman and Lady passing over the lead wharf, belonging to Walker, Maltby. and Co. , Upper Thatnes-street, observed the watch-box to be on fire; On calling watch none appeared, upon which they rim ,- several times the house and counting house, bells,' but without effea. The box being now filled with flames, from some mkting,-Araw, &c. which were in it, a dog, which was lett in pos session during the absence, of his master, be gan to howl most hideously. At this in stant another Gentleman came up, who im- mediately • broke open the box, and extricat ed the animal. On attempting to extinguish the fire in the box, a loaded blunderbuss was distovered in the midst'of the flames, which . the Gentleman . - . . who had come up _immediately snatched out, arid discharged it over the river. The Watchman was however too deeply engaged over his pipe and his pot, at a neighbouring public-house, to be disturbed, either by the report of a blunderbuss, or the cry of: fire, and aetually did not attend at the spot, till the flames were extinguished, and near 100 other pen sons had arrived. Mr. John Scott, carrier from Manchester to Glas - - e gow, as travelling in the trail-coach towards Man-. Chester, on the 1 tith inst. was taken suddenly ill at golton; he 'was put to bed, and, during the night, - in a fit of insanity, got out of the roOin window, and •fell into the - street. He was Much bruised, and - scarcely able to utter a word : he lingered till Satin - - day se'nnight, when he died. Saturday se'nnight a' very shocking 'occurrence. took place at a public-house 31013 J-shore, below,: Liverpool : Several men, part of crie, crew of the Ship Neptune, which had run on shore a-little belo*--, the Fort, had been employed in getting . her They'had left the Vessel and gone . into the public- ' house.for refreshment, 'when t person ,came to re- eueSt their immediate attendance at the Ship, and not being able to prevail on them to leave the house instantly, he had recourse to the dreadful stratageth of scaling the roof of the house, and dropping a cartridge of gun-poWder down the chimney; in con sequenct of which one man was killed on the spot„ another had his arm so lacerated as to make ampu tation at the shoulder necessary, and several others were severely hurt ; the house was shook to its foundation, and the doors shattered to pieces. On the night of Thursday the 9th inst. or early on Friday morning, during the storm, a large and heavy corn stack, supported on the timbers of a helni, in a farm-yard at Wyton, Holderness, dropped down to the ground nearly in a' perpendicular diredion, and retains its form without visible alteration.— What is also remarkable, the fall was so instanta neous, that two valuable beasts and a pig, also a game cock, and a number of other poultry at roost in the helm below, were all buried, and lay dead under the stack. Yesterday sent - light a beggar woman, apparently in liquor, being observed by Mr. Leslie, baker, using a child very ill in the street of North Shields, he' humanely took it from her, and committed it to' the care of another woman till the next morning, when the pretended mother came and demandedit. Oil the woman offering to give up the .child, it• screamed alodd to be kept'front that bad woman, - Who was not her mother. This, of course, caused a minute inquirfr when the child gave the fellowing account her name wat 'Sally Gardner, and that she belonged to Liverpool— that her father was a sailor—that her mother died one morning, and at night she was sent out to buy a pound of candles, when she was met by that wo man, and a man without 'an arm, who took the money from her; and carried her out of the town, when they stripped off her good clothes And put I old rags on her—and that they had beat her cru elly every day since. During this 'examination, the. wretch made her escape • across the water, where she was pursued and taken, and sent off to Durham corredion-house. Her nanie is 'Donald, and travelled with a vagabond of the name of 'Al`Gilley, who was seen in South Shields, but made his escape. - The girl appears . to be between eight and nine years of age, and is a very pretty child. The is in the South Shields poor-house tLti information (# het friends- is 'obtained.