The Sun.
London, England, 1806-02-13 00:00:00

COUNT:IVORONZOW

This eminent Statesman, who'has met the awful
dootn of dissoltition, was in the-pessession of shin-
ing talents, and distinguished peculiarities, not gone-
rally understood. During the -Reign of the great
CATHERINE was President of the CoilegS of
Cdmrperce, and in this impOrtant department evinced •
a superior knowledge, not only in the trading- inte-
rest 'of, Russia, but of Europe in. general:
Assi-
duc and indefatigable' in business, he was easy of
access, but could not divest himself of a' certain
stiffness of deportment, which the eyes •of
strangers gave him the appearance of haughtiness.
Though ardent in friendship, his enmity was remote
from implacability, and. among his greatest. enjof-
meats he, estimated an accidental meeting with an
old acquaintance; t 6 whom he could 'familiarly dis-
course of past occurrences.. 'His Negotiations witti
Lod St: HELEN'S and Lord -WHITWORTH, upon
the subject of a Commercial Treaty, infused a sus. •
picion' that he was rather-inimical to the interests of,
.this'Country, a prejudice which was' reported' to
'have originated from some personal offence he had
fornierly experienced during a 'residence here. This
-bias, however, by no tridans operated unfavourably
-for when Count Woßoxzei.v became Chancellor of
the Empire, and Prime Alinister, under ALEXAN•7
:DER, his Mind:. rose to its natural elevation ; he dis=
carded: all personal piqUes, -and. by' his wise and
energetic-counsels proved- himself the steady friend
of England and the firm supporter of the general
.cause ofDire/ie."' :With a dignified resentment he
reprobated'. the ambitious systems and tyrannic 4
cliemes 'or-Bot.i•ArAirra.- The licentious excuses
.cif :the French Revolution Were sincerely larnetitLd
by WoßozoW ; and be had predicted the fatal con-
sequences Frith 'the Same • prophetic fidelity \vhici?
inspire-a
-the CeIC:brated_EDNIUSD BURKE. He had
great: respeA and 'the warmest and sincerest affedion:
Inr.hiS brother Count SpIEON, the ..44nbassad91.,,•tq
Whose opiiiichis acid advice he paid. the utmost defe4
rence.- - The decease of this truly great man, if not •
immediately owincr'to, was no doubt accelerated by;
tho Same' stroke which hastened the earthly disso-,
lution of our Imniortal PITT, viz:, the disastrous ter=
mination of the Continental Coalition.. About two
years since 'Count ALEXANDER WoßoNzow,
vanced in life, being upwards of 70, and afilideci,
with a scorbutic complaint, retired to Moscow:
Private,- he was temperate-in his habits, and deliver...
ed his sentiments with unrestrained freedotn: De-
testing parties and intrigue, lie was revered as a true
Patriot, and regarded as almost the
,only great man
remaining from the time of cATHERINE."Hespoke
German and French with the fluency and propriety
of a native, and excelled in all
.the :fashionable ac-:
cornplishments of his day. In reward Int- his shin-t
ing talents,, and the eminent services he had render-
ed his: Country, Count WoltoN4ow: had the fol-
lowing, distinguished Titles conferred upon him :H.
He was Chancellor of the Empire, Adual Privy
Councillor of the First Class, Senator, Minister fur.
Foreign Affairs, Actual Chamberlain, Knight of the
Orders of St. Andrew, of Alexander Ref-sky, and of.
St. Ann and Wooldimer of the First Class.

On Saturday se'nnight a Privateer captured nine
Brigs,' corn-loaded, and a Collier, off the Sunk, near
the Sw ; the Collier carried four carronades, With
which the Crew for some time defended themselves,,
until having one Man killed, and the Master and ;
another man wounded; they,were obliged to strike ;
but a Berwick Smack soon after coming in sight,
gave chace, and re-took the Collier ; the Privateec .
crowding ,all sail; ',made for the French Coast, but
'the wind being E. by N.'•and afterwards 'changing to
S. E. it is conjeauredshe would find it difficult to get
her prizes into port.
' ;On Tuesday morning as some workmen were dig- • -
ging in search, of a deep common sewer. in Wood—
bridge-street, derkenwell, they• discovered some
large bone's; which are said to form part of the ske-
leton of an elephant. . • •
On .Sunday last as a Corporal and two Privates of
the 9th loyal Veteran Battalion were escorting a
deserter Of the First Dragoon Guards, from Berwick
to_Nei.vcastie, the nose of :one of them took a bleed-.
ing, in consequhice,of which he went.into.a
house, while the two others remained.with the pri-
soner, who, by a dexterods manoeuvre, disentangled
himself of his -handcuffs; knocked down one of the
party,' and took to his heels. The other fired.at
him; and his companion, having recovered, did the
same, ,buthoth without effeCt arid notwithstanding
a vigorous pursuit, he succeeded, in Making his
escape. .
Between; four aid five o'clodk on• Saturday morn-
ing last the building occupied by Messrs. Beilby.
and Hawthorn, in Bell's-court, NeWeastle, as their
warehou§es and shops, was discovered .to be in
flames, and in the space of an hour was entirely
consumed. The fire ,was, however, pfevented from
communicating to She adjoining buildings by the
continued and .aaive exertions of the fireinen. So•
rapid was the progress of.the Mathes preVious.to the
arrival of the engines, that- not an, article- Of their
valuable. stock could be sAved. •

LAW REPORT.

,COURT OF KINC's BENCH, FEs. rr.

MI',AMI.TS DIRECTED TO THE COURT OF REQ.IYESTS

OF TEE CITY. OF LONDON.

Sir VICARY GIBBS opposed the Rule obtained by
Mr. Wir.soN, to slew cause "why a Mandamus
should not issue,caliing upon the Court of Requests
to hear and determine a suit instituted by RichaM
Clarke, 14;sq. Chamberlain of the City of London,
against Francis Bailey, a Stock-broker. Byklle 6th
of Anne,, 6, it is enacted, that all pers6ns pro-
posing to be Brokers in the said City should be ad:.
mitted by the Court of Mayorand,Aldermen, under
restriOons for their honest and good, behaviour ;
that, upon such admission, they Should pay to the
Chamberlain of London, fOr the uses afterwards
mentioned, the sum of 40s. and that they should
yearly pay the same sum-On the 2gth of "September.
The uses are explained to be, to reimburse a person
of the name of Wm. Stewart in the sum of 9671. and
afterwards the profiti to be enjoyed by the Mayor,
Commonalty, and'Citizens of London.' If any per-
son should at as a Broker without complying with
these requisitions of the Statute, a penalty of 251.
was enacted, to be recovered by -salon of debt by
the• Chamberlain. Sir V.• GIB tas took this .diStitic,
tion on the wordsof the -Act : that although the
first 40s. were to be paid to. the -.Chamberlain' on
adtnissin, 'the.stibsequent 40s. were not direded tq
be,paidtto him. co nomine, but for the Use.of the
. .

An this case, it was not the admission, but
the subsequent fine, that was contended
,for ;, and
• therefore the Chamberlain, could not maintain his
Suit. As a security for ,the annual fine, there was a
bond given to the Mayor and Commonalty ; and the
true reason of substituting the name Of the Chatn-
berlaidto this attion was, because the answer to
them would be, that the fine had merged .in the'
bond, and that the penalty of the bond being above
the sum of which the Court of liequests.could take
cognizance, could not be exalted by that Court. •
Messrs. Wit.soN• and BOLLAND said, that the,
-Court of Requests was instituted as early. a. 9 .the
time of Henry VIII.. and.that it had been recogniz-
ed once under Charles I. and twice under James.—
Since that time its powers had been enlarged, and
the City had paid very dearly fbr its privileges in the
jurisdition in this Court.. The whole expence of
the proceedings there, in a case of this kind, was
-below is. ; whereas, in the Courts of Westminster,
the sum sought would be wholly sacrificed in the
costs. Upwards 0f.20d0 Brokers contributed to the
fund raised under the Aft of Anne ; and the ,only
point to be determined was, if a'persou in the si-
tuation of, a Stock-broker exclusively was subjc.
to this Stat‘tte ? The application was made to assert
the rights ofthe City of London, that the metropo,
lis might enjoy the advantage" of that Court, under
its own auspices, and the decision of their Lordships
would thew, whether they were, or were not, to be
deprived_ of this easy remedy for. the recovery of
is mall
debts: It was unnecessary to discuss the
pre-
cise
words of the A& to enforce this application : it
was clear-that the Chamberlain, in the first instance
of the fee of admission, was authorised to maintain
the Writ, and by implication he had the same power
with regard to the annual demand. That Officer
. was not, under t,his A6l, in the situation of agent or
servant of the Mayor and Commonalty ; but was in
the condition of a Trustee, and must sae in his own
name, to fulfil the duties of his trust.
Lord ELLEN BOROUGH:—" The right to sue in the
Chamberlain is a question easily disposed of, and the
only doubt is, if, under the circumstance of the May-
or and Commonalty having a collateral security, they
are to be precluded from the redress they seek in the
Court of Requests ? It would be too much to oust
them of this channel for the support.of their claim.".
...—Mandamus granted.