The Sun.
London, England, 1808-05-27 00:00:00

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'BNB URGFI ‘MA

Gorrtmtctr, MAY 13.---Baron has:
obtained leave to quit Stockholm, .to go to Carla-
crUna, there to embark on board the same -Frigate
(a Swedish one) appointed to convey •Mr.
the Prussian Minister, '
to Konig,sburglie-r..
Count Sr. PausT, will go by the same FOgatet. The
Lord Dun*, Capt. HAMlLtrotc.airrived.to-day with
Brki'adier-General S.obriAct, Mr. Shltril, Paymas-
ter-General,,,and-several other Officers of the'Ex-
pedition, the whole rof 'which is' expetied here
to-morrow. The Packit fell in with two Danish
Privateers off the coast of Jupand, nne:of, which,
(having, on board 40 men) she chased on shore,
When the crew all forsook, her,. and fled up,the coun-
try. . Capt. HAMILTON would have destroyed her,
had not the delay which would have attended such
tto undertaking been inconsistent with his duty.
A short Bulletin from Stockholm states, that the
Swede have been successful in an affair near Ulea,'
burg, and have taken a General Officer and 27 other
Officers, 200 men killed, and 400 made prisoners;
but this is all counterbalanced by the miserable busi-
ness of Sweaberg, of which there is nothing new by
this post.
GOTT/LNIItiROW, MAY 16. Sr;etal EttglishTrans.
ports, with Troops on board, have entered the Har-
botlr this afternoon, and, the whole of the Fleet
with the Expedition is in sight. Sir Jot*? MOORE
has not yet landed, but Is. hourly expected. We
are, as yet, unacquainted with the point to which.,
this Expedition will be directed. S ,

GOTTLNISU4GH, MAY 13.--The English Expedi!'
CCU is arrived bale, and all the Ships (nearly 300
• sail) safe at anchor. It is said they will Wait the
dispositions of the KING of SWEAIW.
'the remainder of the Gun-boats and Other. Ves•
tell given up ta.the Itnasians by •the Convention of
ereaborg, is said-to amount to between 2 and 300,
which will furnish the means of transporting a great.
df troops, and place the Capital (Stock-
holm) iri inimittent danger. It is reportetft hat some
rfiglish Ships of'War are going thither ; • but it will
be almost impossible to prevent the RuSsians, from
coining oVer, within the innumerable rocks lying
•
along the coast of Finland..
The ./tiara; Admiral KEATS; and the .ettucfOlieuh,
tieutenant-General Sir JoeleMaonel General Hoeit,
General CtaNTON, Sze: kc. ere also arrived.
Bruce ROLN, MAY :7!,..=.His Maje Sty itai this.
morning received advie from General-in-Chief
taut KLINOSPOE) that the army in Finland again
paint d.a
considerable advantage over the enemy near
karolax, on the 2;t-4 of Ap:.l !Ist, when the
Gear_
rat Ban TOFF, seven officers, and 400
111°6 Woze -made prisoners, of whom too were
wound, :Two sixteen-pound howitiers, two
Tight-Pound brass cannons,. two standardSi 21 and-
-I.elY raid infantry ammunition waggons, 8 drums,
a considerable quantity or arms, were taken from
the Enemy, whose loss in killed is said to have be,•ii
kvon Officers . and 206 'men. More eircut,nstateial
*ccounts of this. affair will- bC" published :without-.
delay.•
• Sr(ICK"LiII, Royal .Majesty has
received from General Baron AR;FELDT the
lug Report, made to him by• Colonel GAHN •. •.
"In order to take post, pursuant to my orders,
en the tight of Count LeyONSTZpVS -brigade, I mov-
-14 from Medskog. on the 24th ofApril, at eleven
Veto& at night, with the corps 'under my ordeisi
Consisting of 480 men. Not withstanding the exces-
sive fatigues of our march, obstrated by a hevvy
fall Of sew*, we reached the enemy's, advanced,
Pest early in the morning; drove them back, and
p.l4,,atthed about three miles farther into the country,-
,4;:ihe enemy having rallied 'and assembled in . force,
`neY began to make a vigoroui resistance, but pWing
tc' the determined gallaht Condit& of 'Capt. Gorier,
t
;"eY Were dislodged from a strong position which
had-taken up, near An almost impraaicable
least
' and compelled to give way.
In the mean time the stiength of the. Enemy
hating considerably increased, they advanced frotia_
Yes attacked the. detachment Which I had ordered
to Cover my rear, and At the same time threatened
41Y Batik : I immediately joined the above detach-
and endeavoured to cut tny way' through the
l'ettlY's Troops, far superior in number. Twice
•,/41'..small corps succeeded in driving • the, Enemy
"kit, but at length having lost upwards of 200 men
lati killed and wounded, spent all my ammunition,
tutin tneans of defence left, I was at length .unfor.
.:natEly compelled to surrender, and was taken pri-
er, With all the Troops tinder my command,who
Played the greatest gallantry and valour duriqg the
whole of that unfortu'nate affair. '

p. GAFINT,
. " Colonel anti Chief of a4ttalion."
Liioinetz, tilt Zstlt April, 'lBoB.v

:Letters from Civita Vecchia, state, that the Ras-
Hiatt Minister, COrISI.II, atni other Russian Gentl!-
filen, have arrived there from Sicily, in consequeino
ntt.h.i4 Sicilian Majesty having declared War, against
and seized a Russian Frigate winch was ly
41 in a 'Sicilian Port.

STOCkIibLM, Tat Majesty re-
' I Oeiv'edYesterday -the folloing report froiri Lieute--
tiant KAi.sm.rast, of the Royal Navy, dated on
liosrd the Schooner No. g, lying.at anChor
ling Haven, the gth May, 1809.•
" Piirsbant to my orders, I crossed, on the 6th
of May, the Bay of Oland, with
,my Division, and
took my first station -off KlofeSkaer, where I dropped
anchor at ten o'clock at night. On the 7th, in the
morning, I weighed anchor and stood for Mushaga,
where I arrived at g o'clock, but was prevented by
the ice from proceedingffirtheito thelsiorth. I had
already before my arrival sent orders to the Corn-
missioner ISLENBRR6, in Dogerby„ to seize on all
boats which the Enemy might make use of to cross
over to Finland, and that he should Immediately
join ine on my arrival at that station. ',I repeated
this order from Mushaga, -nod, as I understood that
he dispatched all the Enemy's orders, and was there-
fore a dangerous person, I ordered the peasants to
arrest, and bring him on board my Ship, in case that
he Should not immediately comply with my above
order. The peasants accordingly apprehended the
above Commissioner, and brought him on 'board
the latter, where he is now confined, together with
several other Public Officers of Kumling, who
applied themselves to procure provisions for* the
enemy's troops. Having intercepted orders from
the Russian Commander in Kumling, to the Russian
Officer commanding in ,Oland immediately to re-
treat with his troops, I adopted the resolution to
proceed with my division to Kurnling, and came to
an anchor off that Island at twelve o'clock at noon,
At three'o'clock in the afternoon I received a report
that the' peasants in Oland, in consequence of my
•
approach, .took up arms, 'and rendered themselves.
masters of all the Rpssian troops in Oland,. both
Officers and men, excepting a Major of Cossacks,
and a few men who have not yet been taken. Hav-
ing ascertained the' strength of the Enemy's Corps in
Kumling,
.consisting of 660 men, I sent a Flag of
Truce and summoned them. to surrender; the RUS-
elan Colonel, WosuTcH, who commands' the corps,
has, however, hitherto refused to submit. I have
under his eyes taken a large Yacht,-and sunk several
soats on.the East side of the Island, and ordered•the
peasants to seize upon the Eneny's powder maga-
zine, and conduet the Rnssiau prisoners of War,
under a strong escort, to Grislehaven. Of the exe-
cution of these orders have, howeVer, not yet re-
ceived any report." .

gis•

STOOKUOLM, MAY g.-Bayou Captain RUMSEY
arrived here yesterday with -the fotioiving repoit
from Count KLINGSPOR, General-in-Chief of the
rinnish mini, dated Head-quarters, Limmingo,4o
2gth of April •

" Since the atlvantageSobtained over the enemy
by your Majesty's army in Finlandi on the ..tlith
inst. near Schajorki, I ordered the second -and third
. .
Brigades to take up another position 'in the environs
'of ,Lurrtjacki, hLorder to secure the communication
with theTrocnis, near Say.6l4, -and cover our Ma-
The fourth Brigade was posted near
Tainntners, and the fiftll by Ulreisala ; a detach-
tneue of. the' latter, Covering. the right flank of the
Army.

" In this position the Army continued until the
25th of Aprili• when intelligence was received that
the Enemy had occupied Savolax, with a, corps of
2500 men and six pieces of cannon, and intended.
in corfcert with the Troops at Sikajocki, to attack us.,

" In order to disconcert the Enemy's plan, I im-
mediately made the necessary ;dispositions fof at-
tack, With an intention:to retake Savolax, and drive
the Enemy from
„their advantageous position. My
diSpositions were so well executed by your Majesty's
gallant troops under my command, that the Enemy
were-driveit' from Savolax, and comeletely routed,
With theloss of 00 men killed and wounded, and
400 taken prisoners, 4 pieces of cannon, and stand
of colours. The latter Baron RUMSBY will have th
honour to lay. at your Majdsty'a fret .1'

STOCKHOLM, MAY. to.—. His Royal Majestr.re-
ccived yesterday from, General Baton AtutieLDT
the following report, dated Head-quarters, Holm&
dal, the 6th and 6th of this month :
" At. two o'clock this morning ipteiligence was
reccived:frOtn .the first Brigade, that the Ehemy
made a:falie'attack on the. left wing, at tcu o'clock,
it, being -his real intention to attack the right,
near Masterud,. I immediately detached a 7sutfi.
cient number of Troops to strengthen the above po-
. sition, who arriving in time, had the good fortune of
driving, the Enemy back and completely defeating
their design. The army romains in its former posi.

tion.

ge When I was on the point of dispatching my
yesterday's report I was iotinmed by Colonel Baron
CIIDERSTORM that the enemy had begun an attack
on the left flank of our position, I immediately

mounted. my horse, ordered the point attacked to he
reinforced, and had the good fortune to witness the
cool Sand intrepid condo& of your Majesty's Troops,
who, after severe contlia, compelled the enemy to

rretreat:,
'PRVISIit: ROl4, MARCH BwianKfiG liaS

ryalielied and ret!elired his distilisa:on, and Count
PomAN2ow has been appointed Minister fur Fo-
reign retaining, at the DaLVIC! time, the cam-
,
ttkrcial depintrnent.

Mustc.--31e. &susets' last night commenced a
series of Subscription Cenecrts at the Hanover-square
Rooms, and, in seleaion and perforrhance, presented
an exquisite treat to a numerous and elegant au-'
dience. He led the Band himself with hii usual
ability, and the Orchestra was filled with distin-
guished Performers. The vocal department was
sustained by CATALANI, Mrs. O'MoRAN, ROVE-
DINO, Stun NI, and NALDi. The-Merits of all, these
Performers, except Mrs. O'MOIIA N, are well known
to the Public, and need no eulooium. Mrs: O'Mo-
RAN never sung at an open eoncert before. She
possesses a powerful voice, of considerable compass;
and pleasing, intonation. Coming in ituthediate
mita& with so:great a singer as CATALANI, she suf-
fered somewhat by unavoidable comparis'on ; but
she deservedly obtained .much applause, and when
her taste is more refined by pratlice, will rank with
our best Vocal Performers.--CATALANI was finely in
voice. Her " 11 crado•Amorc," with variations,
was a wonderful.specimen of execution. Nothing
could be More distinti, as wed as rapid, than her
chromatic passages ; and in "Ah Superb)" there
was an expression of energy. and grandeur, hardly .
ever heard before. GNIBSIIACH and Yantawicz,
in their respeetive.Concertos on the Oboe and Via.:
lin, manifested the powers of the instruments with
extraordinary skill. The Concerts under the di-
realon of Mr. SALOMON have always been Classed
with the very best which this Country has ever
known, and the general excellence of last night fully'
maintained the credit of his high professional cha-
rader.

We had no room yesterday, to notice the Benefit
of BELLAMY, which took place on WednesdaY last '
at Covent Garden. Theatre. He is so respectable in
private life as well as in his profession, that we were
glad to witness a good house. The-Thy waS The,
Znglish Fleet. BELLAMY took the part originally
performed by BRAIIAMi and acquitted himself
throughout very ably. He gave the airs with man-
ly expression and good taste, and supported the cha-,
raaer with considerable ability. Ho was ably sup-
ported by Mra.Thcs.oars in STOBACE'S part. Many
of the Songs were encored, and the whole was very
well received: The- Farce was The Irishman in.
London ; and a new Performei appeared for the
first time in the cliaraiiter of Illurtoch Delany : his
name we understand to be DONNE. There 'was a
strong expression of original htimotir in his manner,
arid he was perfeklly at home in the Irish diale6t.— •,
He sung two airs, which were,well received, and al-
together displayed much meter MeriLihan .could. -
be expeded in a novice, or,in those who are usually
brought forward to give attratliOn to benefit nights.
Ott the conclusion of the OpPra, a Mnlical Inter-
lude Was ..performed, . entitled. The Feast of Apollo.
It was enriched by several 'vocal/novelties, which
afforded Much pleasure, and, it was 'warmly ap-
plauded. . .
Miss Pore.-,-This excellent aaress, and truly re-
speaable woman, shonld ,not suffered to retire
from public life without a due tribute of applause.---
She has been on the stage near half a century; during
whi.zhperiod she has unifotmly maintained an un-
bleuti,hed reputation in private life, and mest.deser-
vedly held a high piece among' the favourites of the
publicin h6r professional character. As an aaress,
she built her reputation upon thebasis of truth, good
sense, nature, and genuine humour; She: had the
advantage of 'an
.adMirable preceptress .in Mrs.
Cum-by whose example As well as inStru6tion, her
own powerful talents were led into the right. track,
from which she never deviated. Her, humour Was
strong, but not 'Coarse; and it Was'eVident that 'she
looked at life fear the' models of those charaaers
which she was to represent. on the mimic stage.—
In sprightly chamber-maids, in eharaaers of ,rustie
simplicity,upstart pride, city pertness, and affgled
fashion, she wai always .correct, animated, and,
powerful. It is needless to specify the several cha-
meters in which .her die& was conspicuous, as 'her
talents: have so long been known and admired by
the Public. But it ihonld he mentione4 as a proof"
of that good sense which has invariably.- marked her
conduct-in public and- in priVate, that when advanc-,
ing years approached, she did not, with the silly sa-
nity that is too prevalent among the votaries of the
Stage of both sexes, wish to retain those charaelees
which more properly devolVe on
.youthful tandi-
date& for public- titvour, but conformed to the pro.;
gross of time, and readily adopted such' as•were
suitable to the period Aline at which she had arriv-
ed. Hence- her
.Dottiagers Were marked by the,.
same truth, humour. and spirit whiCh bad :Cilarn-
wised her aging. in every preceding stage of her
course. In retirieg from the public scene she has,
shown the discretion and' judgment which have al-
ways governed her qiiideci, and has fOrcibly illus•
trated the observation of. the Poet, that

aa - Wisdom's triumph is wethined.reti cat,
As hard a science to the fair as Great." •

Having by her abilities and her acquired
a competency, she does not linger on the Stage till
the infirmities of declining life'excite compassion
rather than produce merriment, but with health and
spirits unimpaired retires into a domestic circle irf
numerous friends, whom she has long enlivened with
her talents and endeared by her aral
The par: in which she ton): leave of the town at
Drury Lane Theatre was Lady .Duterly, in the CO-
medy of The Heir at Law, and at the end of the
Play she delivered a Farewell Address, in the cha-
ratter of Audrey. It has been observed that a-se-
rious Address would have been more suitable to the
occasjdn ; but it was not l%er business to depress her
friends, and she was probably afraid to trust her own
feelings : she therefore assumed a spirit calculated to
leave .a pleasing impression on the public. mind, and
retired amidst repeated 'bursts of applause—the due
tribute of general esteem and admiration.

•
On Friday the tith ult. the Officers and Non-
cormnissioned Officers, Drummers and Privates of
his Majesty's Regiment of Cuper Vile Volunteer
infantry, commanded by Colonel Wamyss, of We-
myss Hall, 'volunteered and enrolled themselves to
become a Re,,,oiment of
facal Militia for Fifeshire.
Died, at Vienna, on the oth of March; 1808,
the Ron. Jonti THROPHILIS Ito.cuois, brother to
the Eari of Mom A,

!• .:*We are sorry td -warn that the CottOur Weaverai4
• Menehester; and,other tewhs where thet•thenbtlitAtire.
is-carried on, ale. in a state of serious commotion;
We hope thet-these misguided people will not persist
1,. in aline of conduct which cannot remove- tiie evils
of which they. complain, •ftut which will render k
necessary to resort to Severe measures to'4prese
their. riotous proceedings. The t'oliowing 6:-e ex,
• treOs.from Jotters which have been reveived in toevri
on this subject : , . • . -
I - '`. MAN(.3IEBTP,Ri MAY 24.—The mischief WE
have for some time been apprehensive of, I em sorrY
to say, is- fiist approaching. ..We have this day ep-
pearances of very serious
,rioting a.lgil
,commotious
amotig our working weavers, in conseqtreoce of their
present calamiteus satiation,- many hundreds being
out of empleyment, - and the wages of those that 'are
employed being very low, while, at the same time,
oatmeal and other proviSions have lately advanced in
price. At Stockport- and :Bolton there is still greater
cause of alarm ; the: rioting there having
,Ixtee alreedy
so serious, that application-has been niad!,: for essist-,
anee from the military quartered itere, which, how-
ever, iias..been refesed, es in all likelihood .we ;;hall'te-niorrow or next day have occasion for every man,
ourselves." .
Another Letter; of the same date; xays—" On
Mohdeplast, there being a report of the rioters hay-
ing held a meeting at Stockport, about /ix miles
from Manchestee, two troops of horse were dis-
patched from that town to disperse; them. :Yesterday
morning„ before eight,o'cleek; they begae to ieee-Le.
ble.iii. great numbers, in a field in the vicinity of this
city, and in a very short
.iithe their, notriberi
amounted to several thousaride.: , Several cleteetr-
ments of dragoons from the Barrecks SOW appeared,
cleared the ground,. and tools several of them into-
custody.. Thedragbons were on duty' the whole Of
the forenoon., and left- a guard at. the New jiaii-ev.
,Two eores of Volunteerkwere also under arms, and
the remainder ordered to be ready at llnomeie's
notice. The weavers, it is said, have come to a de,
termination to work no more ,under the prices fixed
• in their minimum, -and have missed a resolution that.
no more work should be done. for several lions ei that
.were the• roost obnoxious to thelll. It is reported
that all'was bustle again yesterday at Stockpert, and.
that they threatened to meet again in ten times
greater numbers here next day." . : -. • ,
A Gentleman who was -going to the masquerade, ..
in Dublin, on Monday se'nuight, in the character of
a Piper, 'was stopped by the populace near Carlisle-
bridge, to whom he very politely exhibited himself,
and, in the-spirit of his chat-at:ter, played them a
tune on his bagpipes, which they were so welt
pleased with, that a party of coal-porters and floor-
porters, who ply in that neighbourhood, insistettoe -
- taking him into a. house oh„.„Uteru!e.-Oriai, where-
- they tpAsle,jliza-1, ....1,1. for tirem until tour ecitelc in
the morning i-- when falling out among themselves,
and having got drunk, they broke his bagpipes,an4
his piper mask, and being thus treated with'.'' piper's
Wages," be retired to rest without the eeloymeot of
a ball or supper, for. which he had purchased hiS
• ticket of admission.
The pedererian feats recorded in, our -Papers are
extraordinary enough, but those who can •reinembet
the history of tarty or fifty years Past, are of opinion
that the pedestrian art is but reviving: In the month
ofJely, )763, a footman belonging, to the E:irl of
March (now Duke of Q. neenib6Ty) undertook to
run from ,Rochester-bridge 41 Westminster-bride e,
a distance of 30 toileii He was allowed three lionrs
and dile-drier, 'but ran it in two hews arid an hait,
which is at the rate of twelve miles an hour. W,
do not mention this to discourage our modern pe=-
destrians ; but merely by way of a hint that they.
May-top-eater lengths than they have yet attempted.
On Sunday last, the remains of Master Frrznuoit,
the 'young Midshipman, who fell in the aaion off
Bergen with Captitia
,BETTZOVORTH, Were landed
'froth the.Tartur f?rigate, and interred at Leith : his
brother Midshipmen attended, not only as Pall-
bearers, but as heart-felt mourners for their gallant
messmate. .

Another trotting tinitcli took plaCe on Wednesday,
on a picked piece of ground,,on the Bath road, west
of liminglew. -A mare, the property of Nir..Gran.
dell, of Okford7strect, was backed. to not six miles
and- a halfi in. harness, in half an hour, for fifty gui-
neas.. •Thp.alliiiia4 howoer, proved unequal to tkr
task, her pace not being sufficiently quick to accom-
plish the object.. There Were a considerable num-
bdr of sportsmen, present, .and beatings were rather
in, favour of the performance.
,Three, vessels- arrived On Monday se'nnight in
:..Doblin, from Oporto, laden with wine, and seVeral
Others are daily exPeded. It appear's that no
obstration is of tired to the sailing of any vessel
which cdmplies with the requiiition of the Frenen
C.-'utnandant. This requishion Is. to pay 41, per
ton ou wine, and pot to be c!;:;:,tined (nominally) for
an ,English Port. The Captain lit one of these re,•
sels'coutradids all that we have heard with rospe4
to the scarcity of provisions in Portugal---lief is sold
at Gil. per,pound, pork at rid, and bread is quite As
plehtitul and cheap as it had been previout; to the in-
vasionof the Vrench.
A.. most aflliding circumstance occurred on
day seehhight, the house of Mr. Whealan.,
spedable farmer antl, dealer, at Kihneaden, ),Vett,;r-
ford. His two daughters retired to bed, at their ac-
customed hour, and by some fatal neglect or cir-
curnstatiCe, of which we are us yet ighormt, the
brad taok.fire;-by which both of them lost their lives.

SMITHFIELD tORKET, MAY 27..
This days market, was not well snpplted with
diffcrenitinds of Cattle; Beef, Mutton, Vealid'ork.
and.Lamh are chesperthan. our last report., and Inc
trade:in general 4.va'a-nOt over. brisk. The ,sales in
the Haymarket were 'inconsiderable;, Hity hits
dropped in price since Monday's market; Straw and
Clover (etched last price.—.The fullowit,g prices and
timbers are an accurate statement :
To sink tint Otral per stone of
Beef 4s. 6d. to ss. Ott. -Mtitto4l 4s. 6d. to is. od.--Veal
ss. ad. to 6s. od.—Lamb 6s. od. to 7s. ed.—Pork ss. cd, to
as. ed.

Beasts, 370.—Sheep and Lambs, 7,670.--Calves.,
Pigs, 190. t
U.*y 31. iSs., ad. to 61. os. ad.—Clovec 61. 6s. ad. to 71.
os. od.—Straw zl. as. od. to al. is. od.

COR vr-Exc A NOE, MAY 27.--The strpplyof
Wheat to-day,is short,- with but few tre4 arrivaA,
and being in request this trade supports rather brAtt):
price; Barley, with Malt, vari but little; hot
Grey Pease or Beans, of both sorts, and.tutcli
bighy the sitpply of Oats are itleewiqe short, dmt
somewhat dearer; in Fle,ir no alttratifert,'

L.,-1111 RE PO It7',

COURT OF KING's BENCH, MAI 2s.

NATHANIEL YOUNG.,

This was a case in-which the privileges .of the
City of Loudon were immediately_ concerned.
Mr, GARROW applied for a Habeas Corpus to bring
up this man; who,was a freeman -and liveryman of
London, and who had been. Impressed. Thy same
queitiOn had been before' .the Court in the case of
Millachip, -in 1777, and then the Habeas Corpus
was granted, Vtid the man.was discharged, pending
the inquiry. In 1792 there Were similar proceed!
ifigs ; .but neither in the former .nor in the latter
ease was there 'any ultimate decision.
Lord EI,LENBOROUGII" Was .Millx:hip resident
in London ?"

Mr; G?iltROW..--," He was a freeman and livery-
man of the -Needle-makers' C tripany, and, like
Nathaniel Young, was a waterman on the RiVer
Thames.",
Lord E4LENTOROUOIL". I do not sec on what
principle they are to be exec pted• from the defence
of the country." ,
Mr. GARROVV...••••" Under,Edward 11. on account
,of some gratuitous assistance in arms to Govern-
.rnent they were exempted."
" Lord. ELLENDOROUGII.--r." Charters may be
called in question, tending to egempt permanently,
any class of subjeets from rendering such service to
the country."
Mr. GARROW.-..." The freedom of the city may
be obtained by purchase, but in this case it was ac-
quirer:l4)y servitude. There is an immemorial use
in the support of the exemption,"
Lord ELLENBOROVGIL.—" Read your affidavits."
Mr. GARRow said, that in substance, they stated
instances of persons discharged in the situation of
Nathaniel Young, and then they mentioned the
Charters as the ground of exemption. 'They gave
an extrad from one of these, dated the P2th of Dc-
Lember, in the 16th of Edward 11. by which it ap-
pearei, that the Mayor and good Men of London
had given aid to the King, on foot„at the, castle of
Leys, in the county of Kent, and that his Majesty
wishing to find indemnity for them, had granted to
them and their heirs, citizens, that they should not
be drawn out to be sent " in guerrant extra eivita-
tem preadiElant.','
Lord,,ELLENnottouall.—" Ido not think this is

sufficient to exempt. them ; and to grant the writ
would be giving a sanaioti and consequence toga
pretence, of exemption for which there is no founda-
tion."

Z;:r. GARROW.-.—" A writ was granted in 1777,
and on the substiF;c;;;. occasions in the Corupon
Pleas.'"

_
Lord ELLIMBOROUGII..—.." We can only proceed
upon what is shown to us."
Mr. Justice Gaosp...."-.." Your applicat►oit, if suc-
cessful, might enable, the City to sell some more
freedoms."—Writ refused.
ItIoGNIEN'Ts.

Thos. Coates, a Coroner in Herefordshire (whose,
ease has alr6ady appored before the publie), was
brought up to receive sentence in consequence of
bis convi6tion, and with the assent of the:Al-ma:
waY.Gl4bmitAl., was di charged obi tits own reCog,
nizatice, he having consented to resign his office.
Thos. Wtus, Ala Eicite4Alir
cer at Manchester,
bad been found guilty of colluding with MesSrs.
Smith and Co paper-ruanuta6turers, to defraud the
Revenue. It was ordered th3t he be brodght up ,to
reCehie sentence on' Friday next. Messrs. Smith
had compounded for' the penalties in the bum of
200.01.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, IU 24.

OWNERS OP THE SHIP TILE WILLIAM FENNINGS
V. THE RIGHT HON... LORD GRRNVILI.E, TUE
OWNER, AND 3011 ANTHONY, THE LATE CAPTAIN

OF THE SHIP CAERWEtiT.

. .
This was an argument on a point saved on an ;talon
of trover, tried at Guildhall, at Nisi Prius, before
Lord Chief Justice MAN4VIELD and a Special Jury,
to recover half a whale, on the 18th December. The
Jury gave a verdict for the Plaintiff, and it wits left to
two Gentlemen of the Jury, connedled, with the oil
trade, to calculate the half of the produce of the fish,
saving the point of law, that an action of trover Could
not lie, as one tenant, in conlmon could not bring an
action of trover against the other. unless there was
Some adual waste committed. The circumstances
of this case were The Plaintiffs were the registered
Owners of the' ship William Femings, and the De.
fodant, Lord Grenville, as the residuary Legatee of
the late Lord Carnelford, was the registered owner ,of
the South Sea Whaler the Cserwent. oo.Saturday
the 29th June 18rt5, the boats of the two ships; in
company with. other boats, Were fishing for whales
in apart pt.' the South Seas called the Lee Bay, con-
tiguous to the Gallipagos Islands, immediately under
the Equator. The Captain, of the :William Fennings
. .

war, that day in one oi his boats, with a portion of
his crew, fishing for whales ;They had struck a small
- -whale, ,from about to to 20 barrels, with their tow-'

-iron, which was annexed to theirboat by a long line.
Before the whale' eras killed it large shoal of these
fisli passed the head of his boat, which was attached
to the smill'ode ; he immediately struck with a-har-
poon a very large whale, from about 70 to 80, barrels;
this harpoon was not annexed to the boat,.but had tt
short warp. or rope to it, ;iit the reverse cud of which
was a drough, a thing resembling a buoy : thesein.
strumertts were gerterally used by persons in thispur-
suit, to retard the progress of fish when struck by
them. The other bonts,b,clonging to the William
}leanings were engagedln.pursaing another shoal of
fish, and therefore the Captain took off his hat, and
waved it to Capt. Anthony, the bcfendans, and bite
IVlaater of the Caerwent, to come to Iris assistance,
in 'securing this whale ; one of the Caerwent's boats
irnmed;:-.tely after the signal,.hove up, and proceed-
ei.l in sopport of the et-washed whale ; the crew,
succeeded in killitt it, and.Autheny, on a subse-
ciwilt applicationliont the Captain of the William
lifmnings, refused to 04: the fish, tp_ Which the
other contended his owner i were entitled by the
eilabiisheci custom and rules of, the tradtattengaged
in the South Sea Fishery„
Sorjeants SIIEPUCKI) and VAUntIAN contended
that the action, as it was brought by' the Plaintiffs,
could not, point I:,*, .iupported, allowing

the custqm-of the Mae to be such as entitled the.
Plaintiffs. to make A. claim as tenants in commbn ;
they might have sued tor the whole ; but in. institut-
ing apaction.of trever, they Must sue for some de-
signated article,.
..whiCh flier had not done; and to
recover, as tenants in eOllllllOll, they must haVe shewit
°the Defendant had injured their moiily ot 'property;
if they had stied for their part .of
.the profits of the
produceof the whale, they might have recoverea,
but it never could be argued, that 'a
-whale could be
divided by pieee-•Meal.
Serjeants BEST and Vx LLIAMS contended that the
Defendantshavitig converted a moiety of the fish to
which the Minas were entitled to their own use,
the atlion could lie ; and lay' refusing the halt when
demanded,
.and altering it into train oil, they were
subjeal to an action for damages..
The Coitrt observed, that if the'Defendants. 114
pot converted the half fish into oil, they would have,
been liable to an action for, damages ; but they took
every means of putting it to the use intended. The
Plaintiff's might recover in some other way ; and-
after considering and paying the strictest attention to
the arguments of. the Learned Serjeants .on hoth '
sides, they thought the action ...could:not. lie, and
therefore ordered a nonsuit.

ABSTR/ICVOP TIDE-lEPOR
SItIINI TUE CONiMITTEN. ON TIP: I)IsTILLAII9N el
SUVALt AND :kIOI,AtiNES.

The Committee begin With stating the great pres-
sure upon the Weil India Planters by the deprecia-
tion of the-price of Sugar, and the increaed eipence
attending its culture. In 300, sugar vAs at; ave-
rage Gas.-per cwt. while the average of 1807 was
only 345. per cart. 'This pressure has also been in-.
creased by the accumulation of the produce of the
conquered colonies in the home market. The dis-
stress of the Aplanters in consequence of ;ill these
circumstances has risen to such a height, that, thore
are in the Island of imnaica t 15 sugar estates re-
spe&ing Which suits are depending in The Cdurt •of
Chancery ; faint which, and froin other evidence,
it, appears that foreclosures of. securities on property
are ly..come unusually frequent in that Island, which
will deprive tiffany owners of 'theirestates • for Stuns
quite disproportioned to their value. Another effe&
from this cause will be, much individual, distress to
the negroes, who, in Consequence of
,such foreclo-
afros, will 'in many instances be separated'from their
farnilies:

It also appeared to the Committee that the planter
could not so change the obje& of his cultivation.
as to procure to litnsell 'any adequate relief—and
that without Legislative intervention, there was no
prOspeel of his being extricated from his distress,
With the view'• of giving relief to the planter, if
possible, the Contrifittee thensproceeded to consider
the expediency' of confining the distilleries to the use
of sugar instead of...grant.
It appeared on evidence, that, the revenue receiv-
ed. from the English distilleries amounts to near
2„000;p001. and the Committee were of opinion,
that by means of vations modifications, this -re..
veoue might be seemed up to nearly its full amount,
in the, case of distillation from gugar alone. The
quantity of grain at present Used in the distilleries of
the United 'amounts 'to about ig-o,ooo'
quarters, viz: for Eng-land 300;000, for Scotland
69,000, and Ireland about 31 1,000 quarters,
• The Committee then'proCeeded to exathine what
effeet'the proposed restrietion would have on the agri-
culture of.the kingdom. 'The opinion of several per-
sens whom they examined, was, that the ose of barley
is essential to the cult...vatiOn of the barleedistridiS of
/inland; that an such soils no other trop could be
edvantageeusly substituted in its room; that the dis-
tilleries are looked to, as a source of considerable in-
fluence on the price of the article ; and that the pro-
posed restrietlen would he' injurious to the growers
of barley, ,by diminishing the market• for it. The
etrea of this would be,. in their opinion, a reduce
tin in the price; on the supposit:on. of an average
crop, and that the same quantity continued to ba
sown; or, if.to avoid the etTeCts of depreciation in
the' market, a less quantity were to.be cultivated,
the farmers would be injured by being driven out of
their Usual courits:of cropping, and the forced ape
plication of the land to Ather.produce less, suited to
the nature of the soil.
LI answer to those fears the 'Committee contend ,
• ,
that act equivalent would be found in the increased
demand which would arise froni any failure in our •
usual importation of grain. IN.ldreover,, as .the
quantity sown this year will not be atret9ed
by
the proposed restriction, and as there is no sround
suppose that a sirnitai measure will take place next
year, the very re-opening of the distilleries to the
produce of his industry cannot but do away any evil
occasioned by the effect of a temporary alarm on the
1
mind of the farmer.
The' Committee then proceed to observe, that
from the state of our foreign relatioes, the trinel
supply of grain derived from the (,o' ntinent
wag
likdy to fail, ps it appears that about 470,000 Tier-
ters of grain 'are annually consumed by the British I
distillers, and t. 372,037.6 barrels, or ab0pt,,429,p00
quarters in Ireland, and that the anneal importation
of corn into Great.'Britain from foreign parts,
ex
clesisie of that from Ireland,' has for Eve years past
amounted to about 770,000 quarters. Crider ale
pressure of an a6tual scarcity; there weuld be no
hesitation' in having recourse to a 'stoppage or
distilleries. The Conunittee therefofe submit,' that
the restriction of that trade to the use of sugar fer..a
limited tine; in Great Britain only; (if the measure •
should be deemed inadmissible 33 to Ireland) would i
be a Wise precatition under our present prospects; It I
would leave for the food of the people 41-0,000 qear-
tors of grain, a quantity greater than the importa-
tion of oats in the last year.' Theyobserve, that as
a change of circuinstanees might' open out commu-
nications with the rest of the world; and as, in the
event of a seperabundant harvest, the proposed re-
.stri6lion might be foend very harful te.the agricel-
total interests cif the kingdom,' the Ceititnittee re
commend, in the strongest manner, that to
be brought in; in consequenee of this Report, should
contain a clause granting a. power'. to the King in
coUncil,upon a sufficient nOtice,lu do away the sus-
and allow the distillers to Carry on their
trade in the accustomed manner.

With regard to that part of the question which re-
speas.lreiand, the Committee are wiwiiiing to ex-
press any opinion, and this arises from the peculiar
situation of that countryobe great, prevalence of il-
legal distillation, and popular preference lot ~viti4key
distilled from corn.

Upon tho whole the Committee conclude with
impi'essing upon the House the great impoitance of
preserving the West India Colonies from the dis-
tresses which await them, They observe, that when
it. iS recolleated that this country derives from them
a net revenue on sugar of 3,000,0091. annually,
besides the duties on the other articles -of. their
,produce; that they takt3 off' manufaaures and •
produce of this country to the. amount of Six
Million sterling; to which .considerations must be
added the shipping they employs and the sailors
bred in the trade; and that were the restrictions
Liken off that nOw impedes the export of corn to
the Colonies, they would import from kence, to the
l;reat adVantage of the tritish hodllolifer and trier-
Ll)ant, a Considerable proportion of what they now
do tioin foreign pert; it is hoped that the House
will think them warranted, under the peculi:,r cir-
entlfsfanCe of the titnes, in reccomthencting the sus-
pension .of the use of grain in the distitteries of
Glen Br4aini and their restriCt ion to the u,e of su-
gar tbr one year, from
.the Aist ut ;8`,./S, tg•
the firA of Tuly, t itou, accompanied by-the -afore.,
said discretion,try to Le vested in-1114'..‘ii,jestY•