The Sun.
London, England, 1801-05-23 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 22.

ARItIVLD His Majesty's Ship Madras, from the
North Seas : in coming in this morning, she got on
shore on Bembridge Ledge, but by the assistance of
some Men of War, got deal. about five o'clock this'

evening.
-Dropped. down to St. ffelen's, llis Majesty's Ship
Ertudice, with. the outward-bound Quebec Ships.
The 25th Regiment this day embarked on board
the Ag;nco'urt, for. Egypt.
The •Aftwarcb and Le,ydem . are expected here, to
take in 'l'roops for that place.

Y ARMOUTH, .MAY 22.

SA ILEA, r.• a:arge Packet, Capt.PLYN,
to Cuxhaven, with a Messenger; and the Diepra
Packer', Capt.-STEw Ut to the Weser•.

SHEERNESS, MAY 22.

Aitto vtn this thy, His Majesty's Gun-vesse'
Jackal, 'nom the River. Thmes.

On, Wednesday the. 27th inst. the 7th (nr Queen's
own) Regiment of Light DrakOcins will be reviewed
by 'Els Royal Highness :the DUKE of YORK, on
Ashford Common.

A misunderstanding exists between Sir Hype
PARKER. and the First Lord or the •Admiralty,
which, it is supposed, will lead to a serious inquiry.
Mr. NEPEAN; Secretary to the Admiralty, had
the honour of being appointed one of the Knights
of Malta by the late Einperor Paul., at the same
time with Sir HOME POPHAm, but declined assum-
ing the title. ~
Lord CASTLEREApH resides, during his present
indisposition, for the benefit, of his health, at hi:;
mother's house at Wimbledon.
The Seat near Ealing, purchased by His Royal
Highness the Dtnce of KENT, was the property of
Mrs. FITZHErtHERT.

On Thursday and yesterday GEORGE BROWN
and JOSEPH WARNER, Esqrs. 'paid a ftna into the
Chamber of London, of and zo marks, to be
excused serving the Office of Sheriffs for the year
ensuing, to which they ivere nothinated by the
Lora Mayor on Tuesday last, at a Court of Alder.
men.

General Sir RALPH ABURCROMBY, whose loss
we all so justly deplore, after having his horse
shot from under him, was attacked by a young
French Dragoon, who was also dismounted, sword
in hand, whom, however, he completely subdued and
disarmed. Another Frenchman at this instant came
up to the assistanye of the young man, and would.
have put Sir RALPH to death, but lbr a soldier of
the 4zd Regiment,-who run the assailant through the
body. Sir RALrH "then mounted another horse) and
short-1r after received a 'shot in the`'thick part of
the thigh. He continued, however, to,rido about
during the remainder of the Action, which conti-
nued upwards. of two hours from that _tide. His
A,41-de-Camp said to him, Sir, lam afraid you'
are touched."---‘, Oh, no,') replied the gallant ve-
teran, ;' nothing but a mere scratih." At length
he prevailed upon him to dismount, when he found
his leg so stiff that he, could hardly get it off the'
home. The-heroic chief was then put into a blanket,
and carried down to the Lake, ‘Qhere he was put
ino a boat, and conveyed on board the Foudroyant.

u 1 I

Okoit +T#L► CUIItitifITTEE Of sEcitet

OF THE
HOUSE OF CONbiONS.

(Cmibniedfropti our Pap.l. ial I",,terdiy.)
As the Revolutionists in Lont'i li were willing to
inlist under their Banners, :talc: Religious Extrava-
gancies of the -days- those in the Conlin.), availed
themselves of similar prejudices: A Soeiety appears
to have beeti formed hi part of Yorkshire; under the
title of New Jerusalemites,,Whose Leaihrs haVe iii
spired them with a belief in the pretended praplie;
Cie:, of tiddlers, and who look under his guidance
for the speedy commencement of the Millenium
The views of these people seem totally unconneded
with any political °bra, ' though Their tenets,
leading to an independence on any earthly Govern_
meat, and an eXpeClati rt of the subVersiOn of the
existing order of things, 'Would naturally Make
them indifferent speetatori at lest, if not alive in-
stiuments of any attempt to accomplish that end.—
The profane perversion tif Scriptural 'Prciphecy, at.
tribtited•to them, and which is noticed in the Ap-
pendix,. sufficiently marks -the praCtiCal danger of
such enthdilasts, and the use which might be made
of them in furtherance of any RevOlutionary Schemes.
Whatever, therefore, might be , the ohjeds of the
first authOrs 'Of this sed, the Scriptural allUsion
was adopted by the seditious Emissaries above re..
ferred to; and read over to the personi who was to-
take the Oath, before it was administered.
'The oath . above described was certainly adMi-
nistered to very largenutnber:;, -ind the extension of
it promoted both by . offers of money and of Milita-
ry rank in the prOjeded Rebellion, to those whose
Hexertions should induce the greatest number to en.
i gage in it. This last temptation was particularly*
addressed to the Soldiery, both of the Regular and.
' Volunteer Corps ; to wlu 41 a set of queries was
also deliveled,' .a Copy of which is inserted in 'the
Appendik.
The partiettlats of theSe attempts have been
divulged by those on Whom they were Made, at-
tested in legal depositions, and one 'of "them- has
lately been, the subject of a trial at Lancaster, in
which the 'fad appears to ' have been fully proved,
bin, it baying been inadvertently stated in the In.
• didment, that the oath was administered in an une
lawful assembly, instead of privately (as was the
fad), by a single individual, the prosecution was'
thus- for the time defeated. On the apprehen-
sion . of one of the carries concerned, it seems to
have been a point for consideration with his assts:,
ciates, as it had been on similar occasions in the Me-
tropolis, whether they should not seize that moment
for a general rising, rather than-wait, with the ap-
prehension Of intermediate detection, till they were
better prepared in other respeds.: , •Though this was
not adopted, they announced from time to time a
certain period for the.insurredion, whichtwas-repre
sented as connected with -one in Scotland and Ire-
land, all to - take place on the same clay, and
Which was -at last appointed for 'the' termination
of seed-time. Two very niuneetitti popular Meet-
, ings were meanwhile held' in a 'part of Lancashire
early in , April, apparently calculated to forward
these designs ;•at one of which a considerable num-
ber of persons were` observed. practising' military
exercises ; but the, principal objed 'preVious to the
general explosion, if not intended as a part of it,
was "to convene a general meeting of disirkis in a
central part of the Island, and particularly of the
• popukuS and mattuftduring par's of-the cotinties of
York, Lancaster, Chester and Derby, near which it
was represented that a kind of Congress *of Dole-
, gates, from six distrids into which the kingdom
was divided, had for some time been occasionally sit_,
sing. The latest • accounts from that part . of ' the
country, announce,- that this assembly. has aaually
been held, at which many thousands from different
parts of- the country were collected ; but the Aft
for preventing Seditious Meetings having then
passed, the aSsembly;was at length dispersed by the
intervention of the Magistrates, supported by a
military force.
.'
Your Committee have abstained from drawing the
attention of the House to any ,unpremeditated
tumults which 14ve,unfortonately prevailed in dif;
ferent parts of the Country, .and particularly ill, the
West 'of England, oh account of the,, dearness of
provisions ; conceivino- that, although' these, may
in their progress, have been encouraged' by the dis.
affeded, and may havii assumed, an order and con-
cert in their proceedings, from the example of secret
cOnfederaey,. recently oradised in both pri-rts Of the
United KingdoM, (winch seems evidently to have
formed a part of an eit.tqnsiye, ,digested,' anti toe-
thodized system) they were origioally'unconncded
with the &signs traced io thii Report. .
The enterprizes and connenions . of the New
Society in the Metropolis, were ;IN, however,
• confined to foment the discontents, or encourage.
the hopes of the disaffeded in our own Country :
They certainly Were disposed, if- occasion offered,
to avail themselves of any' asaistance, that could he
derived from the invasion of a Foreign Enemy,.
whose aid was solicited by some of their emissaries,
both for this Country and lieltind, and to whom
they held out the hopes'of a formidable co-operation
from internal insurreetion. Towards the end ,of last
year, when, as has Keen already stated, the hopes of
thc Seditious in England began to revive, it ap.
. pears that representations were, ,transmitted, abroad
of the progress of similar discontents in Scotland,
by the Agent's concerned in fomenting thein, and
that- they were described as connected with expelled
support irons the North of England, and particularly
- ' with insurrections in London, the plan of which
' was described " as perfectly organized." On the
other hand, hopes • were held forth of a: pro-
, jeCied invasion from Holland on the. Coasts of
England or Scotland, to . co-operate . with a
general Insurrection or " Explosion,"
,as it was
called, to take place at the same. moment both in
England, and Ireland. Early in the present year,
when the plan in question is stated as having arrived,
at maturity in London, an Agent from thence ap-
pears to have avowed the oiled of it, without re-
; serve, on the Continent ; to have ,boasted of the
progress it, had made amongst the subtolii of the
M.:tropolis ; to have explained the ,support to be
expettcd front Foreign Initais4on, the design of the
instil-cc:lion breaking out at the same time in the

nob dir direaini the first atiadk (7.1 d;
teinnient arid Magistrates
,of the Codttrj; :int! td
'Mire eortirriunieateit these designs, and did inearil
availing thiniselves of iliertie.td the
the Foreign Enemy.

(To be rontinuil.)

AhrjREIV STElVari‘

. ,
TA is aentleniaii, who ,died dii Mondak-
possessed abilities of a very superior kittds as veil
as extensive mental acquirements: He distingtiishf
ed himself the celebrated DO u t....ts cause,
as thief Agent for the Duke_ of I-limit:ox: By
the unwearied :usidtiiiy of Mr: STE
by his uncommon talents and knowledge of Ili in-
kind, every .thing Was brought to light that was
calculated to danip the hopes and obst met the claims
of the present possessor of the vast property which
was then in litigation:
In consetitiehee of some. refleAlons throwri upon
the charaeler of IVIr..STEwAtur his Condua in
that memorable cause a duel took place between
hith and the present L6rd w.
Aler the final decision of that extraordinary
cause,in: this Country, Mr. ST E WART illidTClsf'tl
series of letters to the Earl of IVIANSF Int o, nose
argunients and elocittente principally con! ributed to
ptoduce that decision. In these letters Mr. STE W Atti
gives- a history of alt the cireunistances that re-
lated to the cause, with a view to rePreSent that de-
cision as erroneous.
The letters ate written with
great force, ingenuity, and acumen, and the noble
Lord is treated with the utmost severity. .

Mr. STEWART printed these letters for circula
tion among his private friends, and those who h.td
taker an aetive part in the cause. They have, how-
ever, been since printed by the Booksellers, of Scut-
land and Ireland, They may be considered as ad-
mirable proofs of a penetrating, ingenious and in-
telligent mind. Hardly any thing in our language
can be, compared with them for address, judgment.,
and aElivity in the maintenance of a particular ob.'
jed ; and if they do not equal the Letters or juN,,,
eloquence, they are by no means inferior to them
in the display of strength of mind and argunutnta-
tive dexterity.

Mr. STEWART' was present in the !louse of Lords
during the whole discussion of the interesting and
complicated husiness in question, and though the
Advocates on the opposite side,cast the severest re.
fieetions on his charaderi lie manifested the most

perfea composure in his manner, and, according.to
the observation of a Gentleman who stood near him,
rested his arm upon the Bar, hardly made a single
movement of his body during-many hours, and in
steadiness, attention, , and dignity, looked exaaly
like a statue of some venerable sage,of antigaity..
It, would be improper to conclude this brief tr-
bute-to the memory of ar enlightened characier,'
wittont observing, that no mean selfish considera—
tions influenced the conduct of Mi. STEwmyr, in
relation to the famons cause in which. hc.engaged
with so. much zeal, perseverance, and ability, but
that it was certainly on his own part the'result of
the firmest and most honourable convilion.

The following Letter from an Officer in the Army
in Egypt, contains several interesting Nets relative
to the last Engagement, particularly in the descrip-
tion of the order and movements of the Army,
which have not yet•been detailed : •
Our Army was encamped in two lines, extend,.
ing East and- West across an uneven neck of land
formed by the sea, an the West, and the Lake
Maadie on thesEa3r, which covered\ the right and
left flanks. The Reserve was stationed in frone
the right of•the first line, about one mile. The.
2.Bth was posted in an angular work in front of the
Reserve. The Guards were on the left of the Re-
serve., The first object of the. Enemy waa to carry
the works 'in which the zBth were potted, then to
turn the right flank of OUT Army, and by these
means secure the heights on the sea side, and drive ,
our Troops into the Lake. Maadie, nn the .left.
The Enemy advanced boldly and' rapidly.
~Three
solid columns of infantry led the way, supported
a large body of Cavalry, in the' rear of which was a
line of Infantry, and guns to support the :tttaek, in
which they were confident of success. Oee entire
Column attacked the 28th, another weer towards,
the Guards, whilst a third advanced Fowl,' the flank
of the angular work to attack an old Fort, in
which the 58th were posted. Thislgglant Corps,
with, the 33a, took them in flank, and the lin rear
soon save a good account of them. A well direeted
tire from the whole, killed and wounded so: rent
number, that the remainder threw dow,n ther arms,
and surrendered at discretinn. All this while the
28th were busily employed in repelling the d, apes
attack of the other Column. The e.id were order.
ed-to support the left flank of the work after
the former business was over. In the execution
of this duty, that gallant and distinguished Re.
giment advanced rather too far, -which the Ene-
my's Cavalry took advantage of, cot in am mgst
them, and penetrated quite round to she rear of
the zBth, upon which that Regiment faced rotted,
'gave them one volley, which killed or wounded
every man, in sight, and then resumed their pro.
per front, as if nothing had happened. 'Colonel
PAGET, who commanded the 28th, was unfortu.•
nately wounded early in the aftion, and obliged
to retire from the field, and the charge of the
Corps devolved on Lieutenant. Colonel CHANT"; eats."

The. Amusements at the Royal Circus, St.George's'
Fields, are such as 12y their excellence and novelty,
attra6l the attendance of the Public in a superior,
degree, and certainly the Managers spare no expence
to he the first in bringing before them the most
complete rcptesentatiOns to celeln-ate the glotious
atcluevements of our Arms by Sea.and Land; such
are the interesting and unrivalled Spe6tacle of our
Success in the Bat* under Lord Nelson, and
.the
glorious Vitiory gained in Egypt, which is got up
in a truly superior stile of correctness and brilliancy,
such as' to set completely at defiance all atteuipts of
rivalship and competinon. The Music, Scenery,
Combats, ee.e. are of the first rate, and display the
greatest judgment, which the crowded. Audieli,va
every evening, at , the above Place of Amusenut:st,
proves abundantly.

Liffit REPORT..

COURT OF KING'S BLNCII, FAIDny, MAY 22.

Sir rINGs iik:FORE, LORD KLNYO:;, IN yit,*v/1N.,,-ixx.

UALL.

THE KING v. JIVF.\t'X.

This —lndjatnnt ag;iin,,t the Defendant,
Fra/74-*s 7,...7.%-aux,, charging. hint with having taken
Sysannali -Archer hind. Mary
.Russeit, two girls be-
longing to the parish• of.green‘vieh, of the ageof
alsout ten years, by indentures dated the 39th of
Noveutber, 1796, by which it was provided that.
they should tlweit with)litn until they should be of
the age nt tiventy-one years, to be his' Apprent(ces,
and during which turn he was to feed and cloath
them decently, Sze. but that he neglecled to.do so,,
Sz.e, and alrnost starved thlta. to -deth, ;this
Was the substance of the 'charge against. the' De.
lendant. •

The ATTnRNEY GENV,RAL Oyene,o the case fur
tile -Prosecution to the following tffe& :
" This is a case which. will interest your feelings
a excite our compassion, As tvell:as those of the
Noble Lord who sits upon the f3encli, and the Pub-
lic who will become acquainted with it, after which,
fhcpe another such case wilt 'never come into a
Court of Justice. The business of this day is only
.
to a!;0-.nail, the guilt of th ,party ; another season
will be allotted ibr the judgment of the °Wended'.
Law, and when, I have no doubt, the punishment
had out iribther4
at ion of justiec,such as.will deter them from the corn-.
01 such a crime. Tire man who stands upon
the.' FicOr. br,lote you; whose name is Francis. Jiveaux,
is iersOn who carried on the busineSs ola Muslin
Tinibour_worker, rTho took parish apprentice
wild who had, :.at one time under his-care, no
less than seventeen of them. Fortunately, tot the

niterestl!;*• of htimanity, some of thee tibitippv crea:
tots belorwcd- to the parish of Greenwich, who
h'aviiireason to suspect what was • going no,
Made euipiiry into the Situation in which these poo-
plllh apprentice virls were, nod having some intir
inatinl!s b..fore, were lid to be. mare eircturi
siiea.L-17he way iii which they had full informa-
tion was this—Two girls who were under the care
d this man, and who had met with the same ill,
trentitOot as. the 'rest, contrived to make their
est,Ape,; 'they come to the Parish Officers of Green,
wich;•where thcv disclosed a scene of horror, which
Mayi. t tempted to • be. described by the AVi tueSses,
and Which 11Am:ea the Otlicerg of the Parish to
search the abode of the Defendant, where they

fouod a nninber of those. who Were victims to his in_
hum mity in' the: most deplorable condition, and,,
among the rest, ,the two poor girls who are the
subje:ts. of IltiS Indielment ; they were:, emaciated,
'and almost started •to death.—Fi-Ve of thOse Nirh9rn
the Defeodatit had the care oj, aallalf); expired for
wino- . of, food .--e--4 need not 'remind you of the
daty.of,a,juty, when such a case is proved.. It will,
appear' by the evidence, that while this Defendant,
had the care of these poor creature, they were seen'
to go to the hog-trough in the yard of a li6use ad-
joining tollis,+lnere they purloined trotwthe s,tvirie
their food, to SLI;I:lin their expiring nature. This
man had seventeen of these Unhappy Creatures living,
setiled as apprentices ; while he had a
house at I fackney,, where their shrieks' attraded the'
notice of the neighbours ; he afterwardt; moved to
Seelin.ey. *They Were made to work from five or
she in the morninOintil elevenatioight, sometimes
all night ; and they had for breakfast only half a
pint'ofpri tea ; for dinner Ca thin slice), a piece
of bread'' and :a draught of 'we:yr ; and •the same
agian inr ',upper ; no meat during any, part of the
WeC!;,, but a drop of broth once a week, and a lit-
tle bit of Meat on• the Sunday ; the consequence of
Which was, that fiveof these deyoted creatures TX-
pired for Want Of the common necessaries of life.—
. One would have thought this had beeit cruelty
ehougy—but he used to heat these poor creature);
with a cane, 'made tan for the purpose of eirtting
them, as he hirriseil declared, which, he said, was
" cutting into their flesh."--:These are the hor-
r6is which nave: to lay hefine you, which I shall
leave ro'be detailed by the. Witnesses, lay, two-of the
girls, : the one of the name of Archer and the other.
of the natite of Russell, wlicr'happened loimake their
eScape,•'after having been in this state of torMent,
and confintied with him for near five years.—They
gave their account to the Officers of the parish, who
discovered the whole of this; brutal behaviour; and
th'e,Doferidant fled on the accusation being made
abinst hiqr but lie was'afterwards. apprehended,
here he is to answer the justice of the Country.
of this day is only 'to pronounce upon
the suit nr 'innocence of the party ; it will after-
ward,, fnr his LnrcLhip, and the rest of the judges
upoil the report of hi,. Lordship, of the circumstances
of the case, to apportion the punishment in the
evenrof tile 'Def.endant's convifiion."
Several Witnes,',es were called,, among whom were
the to of tilt! Deferidaot, while lie lived a.t -
flackoey, and..afterw'ards at Stepney, ;old 'also the
tAVE, girk. the eldest of whom is now only seven-,
teen, and who have, lived with the Defendant be-
tw .t;tt:l four a,ncl five years, and whose ill-treatthent
made the subject matter of this Ihdietment ; -by
whose, testiinony
,the hutteri;fi fitab opened by the
TO*NEY.-twosRAL,I, were proved.
Mr.,Serjeant LENs was Counsel for the. De-
fen&nr,, and he said, a few wt rd, to the jtiry,
to show, that '.the Defendant had met him in,
•the Hall, and had put into his hands a paper, tot-
ted,but coilraini rig asseveittions of the De-
fendant's innocence; and an allegation that he was
too pOor t 9 ohtaio,cocmci, or even_to procure the
attendance ofa witness.,-,-This was a mistake of the
Defendant, and which should be re#jficd: heieatier,
for the'Law of had provided means for both
these advantiges, if application was nitule in due
form by those who Nid, no money, :and he said this.
to coma the error, which Ow:Defendant hats fallen.
into. A't to the fads which he stated, the Court
would indulgently_ hear all ofqhern which were mil...
terial, on Affidavits, when he cattle to receive
j udgment.
ury: found him Guilty. ,

Lord I(i:43:Ott observt4, it was areat pity that
the Paril; Pincers, or even higher persons, did not
look into these horrid abuseS More than they did
it was
.employment worthy of the highest charalers,
and .:Imost as important .as numbering the People. .
Mr. ERSKINE If these pr#„iices continue
much longer, the task ofnuMbering the People will
not he.so•great.as:it is at preSent."
The Deiendant, who has heen'appreherided some
time, was taken-away to Prison. • "
[A full account of this must interesting Trial the firstop-
, port unity . thil short, sketch is all we are able to allOrtl room
tor at present. 1 , ,