The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-15 00:00:00

BOJIRAY GAZETTE, JUIsTE 12, 1805.

By letters frpm Mocha, under date 3Qth April, it
is with much pleasure we learn, that Lord VALES-
TIA has most completely succeeded in the object of
his pursuits,, and whose labours and researches in the
Retl Sea, when given to the Public, cannot fail of
proving both entertaining and useful. Rich and po-
pulous cities have been discoVered, the inhabitatr:s
of which are friendly in the extreme, and are parti-
cularly desirous of cultivating a friendship With the
English .Nation, and of becoming more familiar
with the commereial world in general. they pro-,
tared fresh provisions, beef,. sheep, goats, and thwls,
fine spring water, and fruit in abundance, at al-
most every place they touched at. The, strong
north-west winds having set in with much violence,
his fAtcfship had bore up for Mocha. Ten thousand
Turks are said to have arrived at Judda,"to check
the spirit of the Wahabees, whilst 10;000 more
were at Cossier and Suez.

INDIA-HOLTSE.—Yetterday a Court of DireEtors
was held, when Captain GEORGE MULLET took the
oaths, and his seat, as Dire&or, and was appointed
to the Committees of Government, Troops, and
Stores, Shipping, and Private Trade. The Court
adjourned at six o'clock till this day.

Tan THEATRE.—Romeo and Juliet dre* a nu-
merous Audience last night to Drury-lane Theatre.
Master BETTY was the Romeo, though he is by
no means so successful in the drama of SHAKsrt ARE
as in that of inferior writers, he performs this cha-
rataer better than he did last season. Several hostile
spirits assailed him in some passages with marks of
disapprobation; but they were soon drowned in the
applause of his friends.—Mrs. H. SIDDONS was
so Much indisposed that, though a commend-
able zeal for the discharge of her duty made
her come forward in Juliet, BARCLAY was obliged
to solicit the kindness of the audience towards the
languor which her illness rendered unavoidable, and
she went through the part. RUSSELL, for the first
time, appeared in Mercutio, which he seemed to
Understand very well, and which he performed with
spirit. Towards the conclusion of the Play Master
BETTY `was so hoarse that he was hardly audible :
yet, from all accounts, it is not likely that he will
be permitted to ecorio»iize his powers.

As You Like It was, as usual, strongly cast, as it
is termed, • at Coventi-Garden Theatre last night.
Miss SMITH'S Rosalind increases in playfulness and
spirited etfea. KEMBLE'S Jaques is one of the
best personifications .of SHAKSPEARE'S charaaer
that the modern Stage has afforded. FAWCETT
conceives the humour of Touchstone very well, and
renders it very effeCtive. The modest firmness and
sensibility of Orlando were given with suitable ex-
pression by C. _KEMBLE. It is a delightful Play,
and was, throughout much applauded.
Yesterday was the day appointed for the Redemp-
tion of the Omnium taken in by the Bank, upon
which the five last instalments had been paid by the •
Direaors ; and although the sum necessary to re-
deem this pledge amounted to nearly two millions
sterling, the Stocks were rather lower. Thelast in-
stalment of 5 per cent, will be paid .up on Friday
next.
Since the death of TIPPOO SULTAUN the English
have had an opportunity of exploring' the Mysore
Country ; their researches have been attended with
success, as Lieutenant WARREN, in the service of
the East India Company, has discovered some gold
mines, which he is examining; as yet we are to
learn whether they will prove equal to the expeaa-
tions first formed of them.
An unfortunate accident happened at Stockwell
yesterday morning :—Some boiling water being left
incautiously in the way of a young child, she fell
into it, and was so dreadfully scalded as to cause in-
stant death.

LAU ixTELLIGRACE,

Sittings in Me Eidiegyer,
1805; before the I.JORD CHIEF BArtakt and a SiE-
CIAL JUEY;

RIOEIPT

His MAJESTY'S ATTORNEY-GENERAL V.Ntrfoi. tiELL;
Mr. PLUMER, the Counselfor the Ctowti; stated
to the Court add Jury, that this was an Information
filed in the name. of His Majesty's Atuirriey-Ge-
neral, by Order of the COMmissiotiers of Stamps,
against the Defendaht, William Bell; a Butcher, at
Manchester; fdr having, in the month of 06tober;
1804, received, from a person Of the name of Bar-
rowclodgh, a Sheriff's OffiCet, diSd :ending at Man;
chester; the sum of 111.155.6 d. the amount of a Bill
delivered for meat sold to him, and refusing, at the
time the money was paid, to sign a receipt for the
dame on a proper stamp, and to pay the duty thereon,.
as dire&ed by the Statute of the 43d of the present
King, cap. 126; which A&, in the id Se6.tion, di-.
refs, that the Stamp Duty on all Receipts shall be
paid by the person receiving the money. And the
sth Seetion also enaals, that it shall be lawful for any
person, or any ageht of any persOn, from whom any
sum of money shall be due or payable, and who
shall have paid such sum of money, to provide A-
piece of paper, duly stamped according to the.
amount of the sum so paid; or some hi:her rate of
duty in the said Mt contained, -dud to demand and
require of the person intitled to snch sum of money
a receipt for the same, and also the amount of the
duty thereon ; and then it 'provides, if any person,
to whom any sum of money shall 'have been paid,
shall refuse to give any such receipt upon demand
thereof, or pay the amount of the duty thereof, every:
such person shall forfeit and pay for every such, of-
fence the sum of ten pounds. He then obserVedj
that this A6I- casts the obligation upon the person
Who receives the money to give a stamped receipt
to the person paying it, or the person paying the
money may tender a" receipt stamp, and may 'Oe.
,nand of the person to sign it, after he has received
the money ; and he has a right
.also to demand the
payment of the amount of the duty: and if. the
person receiving the:money does not sign a receipt,
and pay the duty, he incurs the penalty.
The case was proved agreeable to Mr. PLummes
opening, by Barrowclough, confirmed by James
Butler, who proved that the, Defendant was paid
ill. los. 6d. for his bill, -and then asked to sign a
receipt, which was produced by Barrowclough, and
to pay the sum of 4d. which was
.the price oldie
stamp. 'The Defendant refused, and said he should
ask the advice of his friends,. and would sign it im-
mediately after. Upon being freluently applied to,
afterwards, he Persevered in his refusal to sign the
receipt, or pay the fourpence.
Mr. DAUNCEY made a few observations on behalf
of the Defendant,

When the Lord CHIEF BAII'UN addressed the Jury
as follows :—" I think this is an extremely proper
prosecutiOn. I take. the obje& of it to be to' give
publicity to the Law. I entirely agree with what
has fallen from. the Counsel for the Crown, that the
receipt must be given immediately upon the pay-
ment of the money, at the peril of the party who re-
fuses it. By your verdict}l hope, theretbre, it will
be understOod, that the Law must be put in exe--
cution ; and that a person withholds A receipt at 'the
time of receiving— the money at Ills peril. It is im-
possible that to.a butcher (a,man in co,:siderable trade
I should suppose, by having a bill of 1i I. 15s. 6d.
paid .))r a customer not of very high rank) the 4d.
should he an obje& to him. I take it to be an ex-
periMent on the part of this man,, and perhaps many
others, to try whether the Law can be avoided or
not: • It -is not likely he should squabble merely'
about 4d. ; nor is it likely he could have any doubt
about the. terms of the receipt. It was extremely
proper that it should Je published to the world, that
a man must give a receipt upon receiving money, and
must do it immediately._ That I take to be the true
interpretation of the Law in .this case. Gentlemen;
you can 'have no doubt in finding a Verdi& lOr the
Crown:"

The Jury immediately 'gave a Verdia for the
King.—Penalty, -101.

Four companies of the first battalion of 'the 95th.
Rifle Regirnent marched into Canterbury on Mon-
day frOm Deal, for Brabourn Lees, as (lid the 45th
Regiment (which, with the 62d, have been disem-,"
barked at Ramsgate) on 'their route for the same
place. The‘62d Regiment followed. yesterday, also,•.
for the same destination. Several Transports, with
detachments of the Bth, 26th, 30th, and 89th Re-
giments, which are supposed to be those that were
dispersed and driven back by the late high winds;
arrived on Monday afternoon in the Downs from
Yarmouth Roads.

On the Ist inst. a most elegant ball, and sumptu-
ous supper, were,given at Berkeley, by the Mayor,
DANIEL MARKLOVE, Esq. to the neighbouring No-
bility and Gentry, the Corporation of the town,
with their families, and the most respe&able
inhabi-
tants. Nothing could surpass the gaiety and bustle
of the town : hundreds of carriages from Dursley,
Wotton, and the country round, rattling in all di-
reations; seemed to enliven the whole. The ball
commenced at six, opened by the Countess of
BERKELEY and Mr. MARKLOVE,, followed by Lord
DURSLEY and Mrs. MARKLOVE. The supper, con-
sisting of. every delicacy in profusion, and laid
out in a most elegant manner, was prepared at an
early hour ; after which many loyal and other
toasts went.round ;, amongst others, the health of
the host was drank, the. Earl of BERKELEY, the
Countess Of BERKELEY,' and Lord DURSLEY, each
with three times three; when his Lordship rose,
and, in a speech that augured well of his future
oratorical abilities, thanked the company for the ho-
nour they "did him. The Earl and Countess of
BERKELEY, Lord DURSLEY, and some others, soon
after took their leave; when the rest of the ,com-
pany resumed the merry dance, and did not depart
till an early hour the next miming.

CORN-EXCHANGE, JAN. 15.—The
,expeaed supply-
of Wheat is here in large arrivals ; presuming a fur-
ther redudion, the trade is dull, and few pur-
chases are made, at less terms ; Barley is in
abundance, 2s.
,and 3s. cheaper_ per quarter for
second and inferior samples ; White and Grey PeaSe
are each cheaper, and 'in plenty; new Tick Beans
but few here, and .keep their. price 255. to 315.
per'quarter; having many fresh arrivals of Oars,
causes, sales 2s. and 3s. per quarter lower than last
week; Flour is expeeted cheaper.