The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-08 00:00:00

wzywro U 771, Au e. 6.

YEST!RDAT, after the DUKE of KENT, had dined
at Gloucester Lodge, His Royal Highness, acconb.
panied' by PRINCE ADOLetrirs, walked to the Quay
to meet his Royal Parents and Sisters, from their
aquatic excursion ; they all appeared in high
spirits. The fineness of the day added to their'
pleasing niusetnent on the water, which His MA-
JESTY is very partial to.

•
The Theatre was honoured with the presence al
the Ro-yAL FAMILY. The performances were, the
Comedy of The School for Scandal; 'the, chariaer
of Sir Peter Teazle was well sustained by Mr.
PURSER) and Lady' Teazle by MrS.. HAILOWE.
BeiWeen the Platrand Entertaltmicnt, two favourite
Songs were sung by Mrs. BRAMWELL and Master
Wok DSWORTH : the Entert'hinineut concluded with
the Farce of The Citizen. •

This morning PR INCE ADOLPHUS andl'a NC &Si-
AUGUSTA bathed.; the KING and Attendants walk..
ed on the Esplanade before breakfast.
Soon after eleven o'clock, Trixiß 11/lAIESI'IEs
and the PRINCESSES, with Their Royal Highnesses
the DUKE of KttlT, apd PRINCE A.poLyKus, ant
their ti,,ml party, went on board the _'orturre'e,
Where they partook of an elegant dejeuni,, given by
tbe‘Commander, Lord A. BEAUC LE RK; they were
entertained with several favourite.airs by the band:
belonging to the Regiments of Scotch Greys,, Staf-
fordshire, and Berkshire Militia ; the Ship was
dressed in sgveral colours, which looked very ba.-:
liant, the day being perfectly serene.

At Magdalen-hill.. Fair, on Monday last, there
was a great quantity of cheese. Prime old fetched,
from So to slos.. best- new 525. to 6os. ; there were a
few logs of very prime sold,in the morning at 635.
and 655, but the average price was 56s per .cwt.--
The price of two-meal cheese w4s from 34.5. to 425.
per-cwt. The sale was' dull, and a great deal re-
mained.unsold at six o'clock in the evening.
The Wool Fair held at Lewes last week, was
numerously attended by Wool-staplers trop London,
and other parts,. who said the prices lutist b;-con-
siderably lower than those. of lair 'year. After
dinner, Lord .SHEFFIt LD' rose,' observed--=--
" There was no ground for supposing the' value
was much lower than last year; on the contrary,
the prospect Was much -better. All the alarming
and discouraging circumstances 'of the last year
were done away. The Baltic and the German
rivers were now completely opened to us. If we
should lose part of the trade to Portugal, 'our ma-
nufadures Would rind their way to the Portugueze
Settlements. What deficiency of demand there
was last year, must he compensated by an increas-
ed demand this year : he added, that he had cer-
tain information the price of Wool had risen con-
siderably in Yorkshire; and being called on to
name a 'price for Wool, he mentioned 575. per tod,
that is -one shilling below the price of last year.
The Wool_staplers insisted it should be 4. or ss.
lower. Only one lot of Wool was sold that day ;
but the Wool-staplers, we understand, have since
bought up the Wool of the present Growers at one
.
sh4ling. below the last year's prices..
Yesterday the Recorder and Aldermen again met
at Guildhall, for the purpose of proceeding farther in
thehearing-of objedions against theliberation of In-
sollent Debtors who have compiled with the terms oI
the ate-Insolvent A. The discharge of one Prisonec
was resisted on tin, ground that a Creditor was ready
to suear to a debt contra red since the rstofMarch.
It WkS allowed by the Counsel that no detainer was
lodged against the Prisoner, blithe endeavoured to
apolotize for this, by remarking that he was not in
fad worth powder and shot. The Counsel for the Pri-
soner msisted much in behalfof his client, on the score
of no letainer being lodged. After hearing all the
arguaNits fully, the Court ruled•that a claim might
be ma(e, and ohjedions might be. urged against the
discharge of a prisoner without a detainer being
lodged, or without having sworn to ,tlie debt pre- •
vious to making the oblations.
The Court also ruled, that persons in custody bY
the derision of the Court of Conscience, are not en-
titled to the relief provided by the Ad.
Uritort HALL.----Yesterday and on Thursday 35
Biscuit Bakers, out of upwards of one hundred be-
longing to the King's Mills at Rotherhithe, and the
Victualling Office at Deptford, appeared before the
Magistrates at the instance of the Commissioners of
His Majesty's Vidualling Office, op a charge 0f
conspiring to ehhance their wages, and. deinanding
particular privileges. They were convided by the .1
Magistrates, and sentenced to three mon hs confine-
ment. From this decision they made an. appeal. to
the Quarter Sessions, and 'were therefore discharged
under sufficient security to abide the deciSion-04z.:a'"''
full Bench of IViagiscrates.

A few days ago a person at Huddersfield, in
consequence of having drank a' large quantity of
spirits, became so much intoxicated as. to .be trou-
blesome to his Bacchanalian companions, who re-
lieved themselves from his company by tossing him
into a cooler : his wife shortly ',after came to seek
him, and' was told where he was lodged , she
went to the vessel' and found him quite dead. Her
horror and the feelings of the company when ,tho
dreadful dreadful discovery was made, cannot be described+
The folrowing .stale trick was lately praaised
with success at Leek, and has afforded considerable
diverSiOn co 'the lovers of frin : Two pericOist'‘
possessed ef more wit than money, andlruireirli-,'
pudence.than either, entered a decent publiciliouseot:,
'Leek, and ordered a good dinner, After Litling fared-
most sumpttoUsly, and 'regaled themselves with the •
best beverage the cellar afforded, they began taarnnse
themselves c'ith the game of blindman's buff, in
which they were at' length joined by the Landford)
whose turn to be blindfolded. came, in due. time
when his gwsts, having effectually bound the hand-
kerchief ove• his eyes, quietly walked off, leaving
their host somuch diverted by the game,' that some
time elapsed before he discovered his playmates
were gone, od that he was blind enough without
the heip of abandage ! 2

The,Chatruionet, French Privateer has capture,;.
the Prussian cutter Poo, Capt. Thomas AndersoN
with passengrs,

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Est
ja,„ her, late Bower,. from Africa, is -arrived at
c(1-42
-Ica, after having been on shore, and sustained
nsiderithle damage ;—while off Jamaica the whole
Gv
Were impressed.

_ .
, Ir is sta-ted.as certain, that the Kticc, of NAt Lts,
In consequence of some unpleasant circurnsrbnces
Which have happened at Palermo, has resolved to
return, to.. Naples.., The French Minister ALQut
in
obiained constquence c repeaed aPPlications, has again
the enlarf gementt of a .number of Prisoners.
AQcordingto accounts from Naples, of the tzth
11~r 51 thousand-F-rench."froops were expe4ed in
t"at The CoUrt-has issued orders to prepare
1311artersanii subststerice for_then4
• _
•
alttwifforhn state that frequent conferences
Rare' h 44,,, -Itly,,it;le,,iniefers of Erance, England, and
Russia. From this, circumstance favourable omens
„are drawn a the speedy restoration of a general
reace.

According .to,letrers from .erlin of the 18th of
July, Lord CARYST6RI,, the English Ministers
uses every exertion to obtain from the Prussian
Government the
new
of Hanover. It is
thought that if new obstacles should not arise, the
evacuation wotild take place about the 7th of August,
on which day the cc.ntraCts for' 'the maintenance of
the Troops would expire. These letters also state,
that Prussia had not acceded to the Convention con.
chided at Petersbaril; the rith of June.. •
. _

A Leiter from the Hague, of the zSth of July,
in.the Clef die Cabinet, says—" All the Sailors who
orirboard the Fieet,of Admiral DE4WINIER,
Are landed, and compose the Garrisons of Helitoet
and Brille."

The First Consul attended the grand parade
this day, and.,reviewed the Troops, who went
„tnrough various evolutions with. great preeisiOn.
Ire afterwards 'gave a gran4 dinner to the General
Officers.. • •

•
2, GE,NOA) JULY VesSel arrived at Leg-
.o,crn 41.° -Tripoli, in twenty-three days,, states,
G.'”at them French Troops. of Cairo have attacked' the
him VIZIEA, and conipletely. defeated and putt
Lrorn:
•••111) flu after. a very brisk Aaion.'_ Letters
45v..,p1:4-be 22d .June.say,, that the Anglo_
ill ad no.t.y3l,4pproached Cairo, and ti the
rencl bad gained some advantage • over their Ene:
follOws •Lters
frorn .Napless of the 7th July state as
-
• .

‘-c expert with impatience the confirmation
of the news from
,Egypt. They write from seve-
ral Places that the. English, in consequence of the
inundations of the Nile, and a-Batile in which they
- aiad 6000 men taken prisOners, ,haVe re-embarked
'with the rerhains of their Arm v. I.t .is Said that
"R'e Turkish- and Greek Vessels-arrived at To-
re'"e, have brought the same- news."—(Cos:r:er
130TJLOCNE, Jour z9.—We cannot too much
*clinire the bold, brilliant, and
.happy -manoeuvre
which has brought into our port the six' Gun-boats
blocked up at Calais by an English division. A
preceding attcTpipt Was ne,lr costing it dear, It net
a strong ,Etiglish diVision, in ambush behind the
point of Grkneyk and' was forced to return immt
'lately. However, _the Commander in Chief, LE_
TOUR TREVILLE, attached great importance to the
uniting of these Gan-boats to the Flotilla of Boy.
logne.i- He ordered M. -Mx RAT E 5, who commanded
under him,- 'to iepa. ir to dakiis, .and to seize the
pest7'favourable opportunity to cross through the
n,e4ly's CruiSers-.
, tut the Eneiniis Cruisers, apprized of this design
°Y the late attempt, kept constantly upon our.coasts
between Calais and Bon/ogne . in echellon from the
13°'nt•of' Crisney, as far as the point. opposite the
coast of England, and abSolutely barred. that part of
• ,the passage;
which does
.not exceed 17,000
tt seemed impossible to
.surmount such obstacles ;
the Commander reckoned upon the ability and
infieSSl3f M. Mr ItAt ES,. and that:Officet has • fully
f~tChis-confideike. M. 111lixwzEs is an Officer
4a
erttlistingtiiAid merit, known b, 4i•excellent
auceuvrqs;dv6rsilieSßanisli Flotilla. of Cadiz. He
Very able in this kind Of little- maritime war_
fare.
- •
o 2°th-July;..zat three in. the morning,,our
tacked bts doubling the- point olGrisney, were at,
the who-,37 a part of the English-.Cruising-Squadron,
Of a 6, le °.f which was in .sight.. it was coMposed
severaret2lll.:Sh:p,..,4 cut down ship'of heavy Metal,.
• leis,
cruisina.. ;-•
- ')•boats .oll4rge calibre;-; Brigs, and Cut:
n all p A
• 4 -.l.rrtiedliesels,- besides several others.
West 'Pon distant points,: ,which weie perceived
ef,..the port,
and near fie Eriglish eaast. Our
,m boats, followed by•,a Fla_t-bottomed.boat,'
aWfurioutsrew little water, .doubl.ed (...irisney, making
str.ong fice;which was supported"bv that of the
batterr.,which. the, Commander had ereete'a
~Ithin a few days
.oil St. upon that -
had as yet- to fight only eight Or' nine English-
Vessels. The Commander of the Cruising Squadron
Made the signal. to-rally, and it was immediately
entirely united against our Gunboats... The latter
wept theinselves at first close to the coast,, under the
fire of the batteriei..- they' continued their route
111 in.'ithe; a very good appearance, a.brisk fire, and in a
- All bur laltd 'batteries fired almost without
tbe 'nterrttptio-Ci; irs also;our Notilla moored before
oraPrott of o a nel 'the ca in p:o f the Tower of •
• al • threw also some bombs. .dt appears
that the D.,' leY e
• - ‘4l2l`i -h have not forgotten the lesson they
receive,4
foree
the
they
at illgestras. . Although very superior in
,kcpt almost constantly out ofreach, with
e xceptipibpija- Brig, advanced and manceu-
redve• , • . . - .
Litifiluutsterable resolution. It is inconceiv-
aire that 111.40glith,vessels; which had orders to
eP our divili.loa-OfGun'-bOats blocked up in Calais,
tI,,QQ be .c,orktent to escort it at a very respeaful
stance from Calais- to Boulogne, from two in the
441
of g until five o'clock.' I\ellitATEs, seeing:•
• stile circumspeaion of the Enemy, inanoceuvred when
1:-e Came within a league of the port, to gain the open
r," ea and provoke the English ; but they did not think.
t"T°Pet to accept the challenge. He-then continued .
_'s route, effeCted his junftion.'with the Flotilla, and
'floored sin front:or, the port, in presence Of, and al,
post under the fire of the 'English.

YRAArcz covEll,D

SEING•
A FAITHFUL NARRATIVE#
TAKEN. FROM THE REPORT OF THr.gallant ADMIRAL

LINOIS•

&Joon PEo4fk all I pray attend
A most surprizing story,
'Tis-ofaffip-tiov On the main, - •
That colied FitSN cs With glory,
'Twas on the Ninth Day of July,
."'Frorii CADIZ post away, ,t;f!.
Six sail o'th'Line, and Frigatesitivell,
To ALGESIR Bay._ °mei rIG
For kept by th' ENown-in bloek* tlsr.
The mighty LIIIO s lay, 'bru"
With five large Ships, a Frigate too,
In ALGESIRAS Bay.

,These to ielieve R EN 0 came,.
Not to engage in fight,
But to the.port of
.0 A nt.z strait
With them combine in flight.

A fresh East wind rose on the twelfth—.'
The Far ;lex and SPANIARDS go,. •
For CADIZ swift they sail, and take, ,
The HANNIBAL in tow. n •

NoW this same Eastward gale, alas
' • Brought on the tv own Fleet, -14
'Who seem to wish tot nothing more
Than Enemies to•meet.'

Five Sail o' th' Line the English had,
A Frigate and a Brig— •
They came as if they did notsaill
Fur FtAzjcE. and SPAIN a •

The night came on, and FRANCE and §P.A.i
Were very much in fear, ' •
As stronger blew the Eastern breeze,-
More E Is might appear:::
Hence they were puzzled what to do, •
Thitis,, which way to • •
For what, indeA, ~are FRANCg ansiity4o
When BRITISH TARS are nigh! .21C

At length th' ALL LEs llearcl'earrnon three,
And fires saw far behind— "
They thOlighttlieni English. Signals,, so
They push'd before the wind.

Then they congratulate themselves
That th'ey were got together,'
And that they sail'd so very wells
Beyond 01. D ENG x. tether.

A Conflagration soon they saw,
Burst through the dark of night ;
Which seem'd .to be their ships on fire,
Oh ! then hoW great their fright ! '

Such their first thoughts, but soon they fear'd,
'Twas Fire-Slipi of the foe,---
Thai was enough to urge their speed,
Anti wondrous fast they go. - •

No longer then could be a doubt,
The fee had pased the Strait ;
Nay,. :l ay. had rcach'd the. .0 male Crake=--
. This was no time to wait. r.

The French at their maintop mast-he:24„
Had put a light to rally ;
But pull'd it down when th' English came;
Lest they too near might sally,.
For'well the wary" Frenchmen knew,
If they held forth a light,
It must have led the English on,
, To force them into fight, •

The night the French in anguish pass'd,.. .
Because it did not sheW _
Whether some'Ships that were in sight, •
Were Enemies or no.
At length the gay dispers'd their fears,
A day it was most sweet,
For why—Jhe French soon found thethseUeS'
In midst of their own Fleet. •
. .
' At five.o'clock they heard a sonntt,"—' .
--s
Thareliddenote a fray, i I-T-1 to-
hich.Made-the Frenchmen all rejrxe,':,
They.were 'st-; far away..

The wind about ekven rose— •
FOur vessels can itt ,
They thought them friends, but found them foes,
And then,again they sew.

The Formidable then they saw,
Driving before the wind,
As if she.said, " The Devil take
All those that are hehiad."

' At length the kiench, with rapture found,
Theyneed not free and chafe, -
The foe they had escap'd, and then
lAnchOr'd in 'Cadiz safe.

And now, to all our Naval Lads
May Hcav'n still give a blessing—
And if defeat with Glory clads,
May France ne'er want a dressing.

Nothing can be more curious than the difference
between Great Britain and her. Enemies on all naval
subjeas. While Lord NE LsoN does not think it
Worthy of his' magnanimity to send an account of ,a'
Visor), which he, though we believe no one die,
deems trifling, the French and. Spaniards are not-
above-publishingfour
.different accounts of a Defeat.

The French appear to be as mush aViireit fit the
prospeft df an importatio.: of .Brieish(eNiii4A, as
LAocooN was at that of the Greciarilbarrttr /1'4611,
however, be equally as vain for theiChidoeffinul
as for the Trojan Hero, to declairrhititiAgt
enemies' Steeds, and as Jong as British-.1-I&eses.and
British Ships shall preserve their present superiority,
the declamation of the Monsieurs will neither beat
us in the. race on shore, nor in thesombat at sea.
It was formerly the custom to flatter the-rising
'generation of males by the hopes, that they would
be men before their mothers. In these revolutionary
times, however, we see from the case of the Duke
of PARMA, that it is not absurd to promise a' child
that he.shall be a Kips,' before his Father.

A Paragraph has been sent to us, to tell us that
Miss Blocs who has been playing at Edinburgh, is
the Miss BIGGS of Drury.lane Theatre.

COUPT .6P 6#4 2VC.tti:

tiNtOLl\T's-INN HALL; AiTc. g.

CAUSE PETITIONS.-liiFOli fgt. LORD CUAN

CELLOR.

MARRIAGE OP A WARD OF CHANCERY:

PRIESTLBY AND LAMB.

This Case, which in every point of view is sci
important to the Public, came on this thorniiig be-
fore,thg LORD CHANCELLOR.
It will be recolleded, that Timothy Priestley; a
Writing,Master at ,the Ladies' Boarding-school',
Ikept by his Sisters, at Lambetha in the month of
February last, married Miss ,Ann larrib3 itieri at
that Boarding-Schoal,.,4ndengkrctiinstances.for which
he is how in custody:. 'l7l:iis,young Lady. is. a Ward
of the Court of Chancery. .
. .
.By the order of the LORO CHANCELLOR, Miss
Lamb, one. of the Miss Priestleys (who was in part-
nership with her two Sisters till Christmas last),
Mr. Swabey, the Minister, of the Parish of Lam-
bed], ,and the -Parish Clerk. of St'. Andrew's, Hol-
born, attended the Court.
Mr. Cox stated the different affidavits that had
been Made by the Miss Priestleys, Mr. Priestley,
heft spoke in a tone-Of voice so low; that he
could not be distinetly heard. The sum and sub-
stance of 'these Lathes' affidavits, so far as they
could' be heard; was, That they 'Were ignorant of
the fad of_the marriage till after it had taken
place.

LO VA) CHANCELLOR—"-From the view I have
• taken of this- case,, and according to- my ideas of
justict, I cannot order the parties now before, the
• Court to explain this matter farther than they have
.done, though they have given a miserable. account
-ofit. They only swear to the fait, They say,
'they did not know of the marriage till afterwards.
The circumstances of this case are these r This
girl, 'after the death of-her father, Was sent op by
her uncle:s,.vvholive in Lincolnihire;,to this Ladies'
Boarding-school at Lambeth, which is kept by the
Miss Friestleys, and_wAlikliihnothy Priestley,
their Brother, , atrend;d as., ititiing-rnaster. And
I wish to speak Ail' ad due reserve and delicacy
of those Ladies' situation. It now.' appears, that
.fimothy'Priestley• paid his addresses to this young
Lady in the month of January, •r So 1, and that in
the next month of *February they were•married, by
publication of banns; at theparish church of St. An-
drew, Holborn ; and whatever may be said' as •10
the manne- in which the. publication of banns Was
obtained, and the marriage celebrated, it must be
admitted that -it is a good marriage by' the law of
the land ; and here Mr. Priestley was aware, and
must have been aware that he was aaing illegally.
But though the marriage be valid, that will not by
any rnears furnish a defence to some of the pefsons,
who were concerned in it. In justice to the Parish
Clerk of St. Andrew's, Holborn, Twill riot-believe
what MrPriestley says in his ,affidavit---I mill, not
:believe- What a '.man says Who has been guilty of
such-a rubbery . and plunder of this girl's fortune,
which. my mind holds in so much abhorrence. He
-asked the Clerk- of the Parish how he,could be mar--
ricd. cal: there were two ways in which
,he might be imarried-first, byilicence, if it was
with the consent of the friends,; and if it was not,
by the' publicatiOn of banns. .appears that
Priestley 'himself rock chambers in Fitrnival's Inn,
and that.-Miss :Lamb took a room in Holborn
but it does not appear whether she lived during
the three weeks preceding, the marriage at that ,
lodging, or at 'the. Boarding-school,' The Miss
Priestleys stood to her in all the relations of pa_
rent and child. They owed to her all the duties
of a' parent ; and
.it is extremely to be lamented,
that under any, possible circumstances, 'while she.
was .under their care and 'protealon, their own'
brother should have had it -in his
,power to steal
her person frorn 'that care and proteetion. It is
also verse-much
,to be lamented, that, it .bas 11eAM
stated that nobody thinks it any part-of his duty
—nobody conceives hirnself under tin. smallest
ligation to inquire men the res.ldence of persons
who cDrne to be to;o'cisenver whether.
is baini fide or not. illityling dtie-diligence
had been used'in thii.ciii4.4Cis
_impossible that
this -n triage dould ever have taken place. It
ought to be remembered that,' by', the Canon Law,' •
which binds.- the Clergy of ,thi4 'kingdom, it was.

provided as early as 1320 down' to to 3. that ary
Clergyman celebrating a marriage ,witLczt due pal._
firation of banns, •*as subjeAed to vcry heavy pe-
balties, Does not that make it a duty incumbent
on every Clergyman to 'inquire whedler the rei.
denee ,of the parties in the parish was 1?o;ta Ade
If the, smallest attention had been to flax- cir-
.. .

eurntance in.this -case, . this who is
,now. rained

as- much as any girl can be by- such a marriage,
would have been safe in her persil and fortune.—
But this is not all. Look at the Marriage Ati,
i 6 Geo. 11. c. 33. sea. 2.--4 s Provided always,
and it is hereby further enaaed, that no Parson,
Vicar,
,Minister, or Curate,
,shall be -obliged to
publish .the banns of matrimony between any per-
sons whatsoever, unless the persons to be married
shall, seven days at the least, before the time re_.
quired for the. first publication-Of.such banns,, re-

spec` ively deliver, or cause to be delivered, to such
Parson, Minister, Vicar, or Curate,. a notice in
writing of their true christian and surnames, and
of the house or houses of their respeetive abodes
within such parish, chapelry, or extra-parochial
place, as aforesaid, and of the ti,we during <which the).
have dwelt, iahab;tetke2l,94geti .(.44 house or h,;zisfs
respeBivel y." If, therefore, the smallest inquiry had
bun made as to the length of time this young wo-
man. had resided in this parish—if a single ques-
tion had been asked, it would have immediately
led to the deteaion. of this plan of pillage, before
it was executed. By the 16th seetion of this sta-
tute, the doing of certain aEts knowingly or
fully, is made felony ; and if these aCis were done
frOm _gross negligence and inattention, as in this
case, though I would not say that was felony, yet
would say, it Wears the charaaer of a crime,
which, I trust,', might be'punished by the Criminal

Law, of this Country. In the loth scftion of this

Act it is said, " That after the't sokmnization of

any marriage, under a publication a banns, it
shall not be necessary, in support of such mar..

liage: to give any proof of the- a 0,231 dwcuin3 of

• •
' PAiiiei •hi ine of
wherein the earms of matrimony were pub Vied
of Where the Marriage is by liper:Ce; It shall tact 118:
• necessary to give any proof that the Usual plaLe..ot
abode of one of the patties for the `Spact of futif
weeks as aforesaid Was. in the parish of Chapep'y
where the marriage was solerrinized; nor Shall ii
evidence iii either of the Said Casts he received
prove the contrary- in any suit touching the tali;
dity of Stich Marfiage." But although no stich
evidence shall be produced to invalidate the roar:.'
,riage, it is pettedly Clepr that it May be-praddcect
for other purposes: t'or instance, _evidence May
be produced; though not to inViifiliate
riage; yet to sheW there was a wicked coristiiraey
to bring it about: The 'negligent and tiPe'rily‘
manner in which marriages:by publication citqlaS
are celebrated in the parish of Lambeth
.is alio
matter of the 'most serious regret. In cot:sec-pence
of this, good.intentioned men, and men who
meant to discharge their duty; were led to do
very improper, things. When I view this case iri
all its circumstances; I think it So base and malig-
nant, that treating it merely as a contempt of this
Court, will not tally anw.,er the purposes of jus- '
tice. It has been determined that the obtaining of
licence, improperly is the subjed of a criminal
charges I think it due to the Public to know
ther the obtaining a publication of Banns imprO:
perly is not also, an offence punishable by the Cri-
minal Law; And; therefore; before I proceed fur-
ther on this subjel, I shall order all the proceed..
ings in this case to be laid befol'e His Majesty's
ATTORNEY-GENERAL, that this business may he
sifted in all its circumstances, and that it may be
known whether, under the circurnsOinces of this
case; the parties concerned were not guilty of A.
conspiracy at the Common Law."

Mr. Swabey here tecitie§ted his Lordship's per_
.mission to say a few words. In every part, of the
transaftion .with which he had any thing to do, he
tas perfealy persuaded at
,the moment that his
c0n661 was corre&. But from the populousness of
that Parish, '.and. from other circumstances which
:were stated by this Gentleman, but which could
not be heard, it was, he salt!, extremely difficult- to
guard always against such accidents.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said, it was in re.:
ferenee to •Mr. Swabey he had observed, that- from
the .negligent and slovenly manner of celebrating-
marriages by the publication of banns in that Pa-
rish, and he was sorry to add in- other Parishes,
men who had the best intentions in the world to
do their duty, had been'led to do things that were
very incorreft, No. circumstances in the state of
that Parish. could ever furnish an answer to break-
,ing the Law, because' if it did, it would amount
to a repeal of the .Law„and Clergymen must do
their best. .If a little inciniry had been made, it
would have been found that this girl was-at this
.Boarding-School in the Parish, and he took it for
granted, that if Mr. Swabey had known that, he
would not have married them -(we understand they
were married at Lambeth after they had -been mar..
tied at St. Andrew's, Holborn.)
Mr. Switbey readily-answered, that if he had en. /
tertained the least- idea she was at School, he should
Certainly not have-Married them.
The Loßti CHANCELLOR here observed to this
Gentlemar,if he would have the goodness-to read the.
Statute Law of thes.Lant4 as far as it related to the
Clergy, he'wocild "see to what., a degree he or any
other Gentleman standing in the same situation,
was ,in the-polver„of every body.- It' would be no
defence to him to: say that he was' ignorant this•
yotmg woman was a. Ward of that Court.- _

- -
Mr. OwE4v, Counsel for Mr. Priestley, stated
on Monday last; when this business was' mentioned,
that his Client, who is in custody, was in a very bad
state of health. • .
The Lon CH'ivwEc Loa said, he Was very sorry
for it. fie'llad no objei'tion to.send, Wm- into any
wholesomejai,l, but that out of,eustody he-thobld--
not come till. he had made a settlement. ..Said his '
,Ltirdship,..as.this case must 'Come again befok..l-
- to,,receive'a proposal for a settlemeht-I:,
hope the Master, recolleaing the -robbery. n(i•Diußs;.::
der of this case, w.iil take ,are that this .`man sh.3l-I'''' --
*not receive the .value of One shilling either of the
real or personal Estate ofthis girl.

1 • Yesterday afternoon a Gentleman andladr were
overturned; in a whiskey, in Blackfriars . road. The
Gentleman escaped without injury:; his wife
unhappily bud one of her eyes nearly forced out of
her head, and was otherwise much bruised.:.
On Sundarnight last, 'about twelve-O'clock, as‘
tvio dentldmen were passing through the Line.lead-.
ing, to \V4worth Common, they sensibly,
affeaeci with some piteous moahs,
,seemed
to proceed from a small hovel belonging to a 1-lim-
ney-sweeper. The cries continuing fdta lerigth of
time, the eyentlemen.determined to enter the house,
for the purpose of ascertaining the"cause of dHtress,
when they found a poor little boy, tan appre‘ntice)
suspended by the troght,arm to the ceiling, having
the left hand and' leg tied together; in which, pain-
ful situation, the poor creature. had been for some
time. It was with some difficulty, by cutting the'
rope, that the Gentlemen extricated the little suf-
ferer from his master's cruelty, who alledged, for
such horrible barbarity, that the,boy had -lost two
or three shillings the preceding day.

On Thursday morning last, one of the City
Marshalmen, of the name, of Hall, suspeaing two
young men to be thives, and that they were medi-
tating a robbery, followed them from Reet-street
to the corner of Watling-street, when he saw one
of them go into the shop of Mr. Singleton, linen-
draper. On the man's return into the szreet, he
seized him with a viece of Irish linen concealed
tinder his coat; his confederate being close by him,
he_seized hitu also, and tying them together, took
them to Guildhall, where the case being heard,
they were both fully committed for trial.
The Gen. Simcoe, Duval, has captured a Spanish
Schooner from St. Martha, with cotton.

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'Tile Lydia, ----, from Belfast, to New York,
was spoke on June 27, in lat, 42, 12,10ng. ss, 50
thirty days at sea, 1