The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-30 00:00:00

MARQUIS t'ORNWALIS.

THE friends of this Country, and the admirers of
true worth, have another great subjeet of regret in

the death of this most amiable Nobleman.

The

melancholy tidings arrived yestertlay, in dispatches

dated the 23d of O&ober, 1805, which were brought
by the Medusa Frigate from Bengal,. G. A. ROBIN-
sox, Esq. Private Secretary to his Lordship, was the

bearer of these dispatches.
The charaEter of the deceased Marquis was held
sahigh in estimation as a Soldier and a Statesman,

that no eulogium could be necessary in this place, if
it were not an indispensible duty to pay the tribute
of justice to his memory. His Military talents were
justly admired by those best qualified to appreciate
their value. He was firm, cautious, and a&ive in
the field more intent to make vidory secure by
prudent foresight than by rash .enterprize. Such
will always be the chara&er of a great Corn=
hander, though others may be more fortunate in
the result of measures that were not planned with
Se much ability, and which were more indebted
to chance than to judgment for ultimate success...---
ilut Lord CORN WALLS s possessed another essential
feature in 'a Soldier's charader, which, though less
brilliant than heroism, is more calculated to excite
the esteem and reverence of every rational and-
Vkiatous mind—and that was, moderation in suc-
ten. He knew when to stop in the career of
glory, in order to secure the fruits, of conquest, to
lessen its evils, and to conciliate submission. His
military career in India strongly illustrates his mili-
tary skill, and a wise and provident use of
:in his private life no man ccuid be more amiable,
Vlore respedable, or more distinguished for that
ilignified urbanity which best adorns the chara&er of

a Nobleman. He was one of the most affeaionate
'of parents and of husbands, yet his feelings never
betrayed him into weak excesses in either chara&er.
But it was not only for military and private vir-
tues that this Nobleman was so deservedly admired
aitd esteemed ; he was also a Statesman of distill-
guiShed ability—a Statesman, however; of a high
character, above artful wiles and crooked policy, and
Only -solicitous to secure great and important objeets:
indeed there is no light in which he can be viewed
in, that will net give him additionai claims to the re,
*peel of mankind.
This lamented Nobleman Was born December
31, 1738. He succeeded his father June 23, 1762.
its titles were, " Marquis and Earl Cornwallis,
'Viscount Brome and Baron Cornwallis, Knight of
the Garter, and a Baronet, a General in the Army,
Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hatnietsi and Con-
stable of the Towet.'", His honours will descend to

his only son CHARLES Viscount BROME, Wht) is
Married to LouisA, daughter of the Duke of GOR-
bON. it is some consolation, under the heavy loss
of such a Nobleman as Marquis CORNWALLIS, that
his honours will descend to a young Nobleman
whose conduat fairly entitles the world to exped
that he will also inherit his father's virtues.

CALCUTTA GAZETTE EX"TRA-ORDEN:,'A-10'.

SATURDAY, 1805.

'FORT WILLIAM, OCT. 12,, 1805..
With sentiments of the deepest .sorrow and regret,
'the Government annopnces the decease of the most
Honourable CHARLES Marquis CORNWALLIS; Knight
of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Governor
General of the East India Company's Possessions,
and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's and the
Honourable Company's Land Forces in the East
Indies.
This hffliaing and greatly to be deplored event
took place on Saturday the 3th instant, at Ghazee-
pore, in the province of Benares, where his Lord-
ship hid arrived, in his progress to join and to as-
sume the personal command of the Army in ',the
field, as well as for the purpose of accomplishing
other important objets intimately conneaed with
the interests of the State.
During a long and a&ive life, distinguished by
eminently honourable and arduous exertion in the
service of his Country, this illustrious and revered
Nobleman manifested all the energies, combined
with all the virtues,. which can dignity exalted pub-
lic station, and adorn the sphere of private life.
As a Patriot, a Statesman, a Warrior, and a Man;
the charaeler of Marquis CORNWALLIS shines with
distinguished lustre.
The records of the British Empire in Europe and
Asia- bear ample testimony to the splendid and im-
portant services rendered by him, in different quar-
ters of the Globe, to his. Sovereign and his Country.
To the East India Company, the memory of Mar-
quis CORNWALLIS is peculiarly endeared. To the
service of his Country in India were devoted some
of the most vigorous years of his valuable life ; and
there, at an advanced period of it, has it pleased
Divine Providence to terminate his earthly career of
honour and of glory.
British India will ever be proud to associate with
its happiness, its prosperity, and renown, the grate-
ful remembrance of its .venerated benefactor Marquis
CORNWALLIS ; and the Native Powers of India will
sincerely regret a man who so deservedly possessed
their unbounded confidence and highest esteem.
By his Sovereign, and his Country, the death of
Marquis CORNWALLIS will be deplored as a public
calamity. Europe at large, to whom his fame and
his yirtues have long been familiar, will lament the
loss of such exalted and respeaed worth ; and WS-
tory will record his magnanimity, his benevolence,
his love of justice, his inflexible integrity, his ardent
val Our, his wise and prudent policy, as eminently
worthy of imitation, and of praise.
The Flag of Fort Williatn to he immediately hoisted
half staff high, and to continue so until sunset.
Minute_guns, sixty-six in number, corresponding
with the age of the deceased, to be fired from the
ramparts of Fort William.
Similar marks of respea, with the solemnities
suitable to the mournful occasion, to be paid to the
memory of Marquis CORNWALLIS at all the prinei7
pal military stations and posts dependant upon this
. Presidency ; and copies of the preceding orders to
be transmitted to the Government of Fort St. George,
•Botliftay; and Prinee Of Wales's Island, and also to the
Governinent of the British Possessions on the Island
'of By order of Government, •
' J. LUZeISpEN, Chief Sec. to the. Govt.

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The Calcutta Gazette, of the 26th of OElober,
states, that at a General Meeting of the Inhabitants,
it was Resolved :
" That in addttion to the general mourning which has been
adopted as a public token of the concern felt by this Settle
merit, on the death of ?vlartris CORNWALLIS, a Mausoleum
be..eteded, with the permission of Government, over the
place of his interment, at Ghazeepore, as a memorial of
esteem and reverence for his virtues, and of gratitude for his
eminent services,"
Committees, were at the same time eleEted for
India and Europe, to carry the above Resohtion into
execution. The Commit tee.of Europe. consists of
. Lord Teignmouth, Sir 1. Gore,
General A. Ross, G. A. Robinson, Esq.
Colonel A. Kyd,

A singular species of fraud has been lately practised
in- Buchan in the article of cheese. Last week two
cheeses were sent to a person in Aberdeen,'in the
heart of which. were flat stones, one of which weigh-
ed 26 ounces.
Monday se'nnight an Inquest was held before Mr.
EDWARD Bitoox, at Mirfield, Yorkshire; on the
body of John Redfearn : whilst at work at the Cal"-
der iron-works, in tire Parish of Mirfield, on Thurs-
day a large stone arch fell down, upon him, which
caused his instant death. .Verdia-,-,Accidental Death.
Three out of six men, who were upon the arch, are
so dreadfully bruised thattheir lives are despaired of.
Tuesday morning, at six o'clock, as two work-
men were going through Hyde Park, they discovered
a female taking off her clothes, at the edge of the
reservoir, and before they could reach her, she
plunged herself into the water. She was with diffi-
culty got out, and conveyed to the work-house in
Mount-street, where she was recognized to be a
nurse belonging to St. George's Hospital : she would
assign no reason-for the rash attempt.
Yesterday a shocking accident happened to a little
girl, the only daughter of Mr. GOBERT, Jeweller,
Litchfield-street, Soho. Being left alone near the
fire, the flames communicated with the infant's
clothes, and before any assistance arrived, notwith-
standing her screams alarmed the neighbourhood,
she was scorched in so dreadful a manner, that very
slight hopes were 'last night entertained that she
could survive till morning.
A Gentleman observing, that Music's Fascination
was a very appropriate second title to the popular
new operatical drama of The Travellers, an acquaint-
ance replied-" and the chink of British Guineas is
a most musical fascination also." The latter might
have justly added—that the sound of this Captivating
chink, will, in a few days, begin to ravish the ears
of such adventurers who are so wise as to become
candidates for the immense wealth that awaits the
first-drawn 5000 numbers in the present richest of
all Lottery Schemes.

CORN-EXCHANGE, JAN. 2g.—To-day there are
scarce any arrivals of Wheat coastwise, but much
Foreign remains on hand ; fine 'samples keep their
price other qualities are heavy of sale Barley con-
tinues to come in large arrivals, and prices further
decline ; the trade for Malt. is dull ; New Tick
Beans .2,45. to 30s. per quarter ; Oats are in but
nfiddlin6-.supply ; few fine, and this tra;le supports
the'currency ; Flour little alteration wine car-
goes from America are arrived.

iXtt( likPOlT.

COURT OF RING's BENCH, JAN. 29.

THE KING TATNEV.
•
This 'vas a Rule for an attachment 'against the
Keeper of Wiirwick G-idt, for having suffered a PH:-
seller under sentence of 'confinement, for assaulting
a Revenue Officer, to go about tIA Court Yard, at
to be about the outer doer of the Prison, &c. as a
Turnkey, instead of confining him according to his
sentence.

Mr. GARROW shewed cause against the Rule,
and observed, that it remidded him of an application '
made to him, - many years sago, by Lord Geo. GOr-
don, who sent with his • instruaions 'art hat full of
guineas, desiring him to move the Court against the
late Mr. Ackerinann, Keeper of Newgate, for let-
ting a woman prisoner shut up his room, and come
over that part of the priSbn. That unfortunate
Nobleman had taken it into his head, that as the
Woman was a Roman Catholic, she had formed a
determination to poison him, and to administer it
•.
to him in porter. The Court would readily believe,.
that all the guineas were returned, and the motion
was not made because there was no foundation for
the complaint. The woman was a proper person to
be trusted to look after other prisoners. Just so
was the case here. The person who was in con-
finement was very ill, and, to recover his health, he
had been permitted to walk in the yard of the prison
for better air than he could have within ; but he was
never out of the prison. The Gaoler was one day.
absent, conveying 13 convicts to Langston harbour,
and the care of the prison fell to his turnkey, who
had imprudently suftered the person in question to
speak to his Prosecutor as he passed the. outer door
of the prison, and they exchanged some angry words,
but the Gaoler was no party to this.
The Court thought that- prisons should be kept
with stria care, and, the Gaoler should not employ
persons who were not trust-worthy to keep their
prisoners. There was no proof that the Gaoler was
privy to the misconduct of this turnkey, in sutler-
ing two men to come together between whom there
was a deadly feud; for it was a dangerous thing. If
there bad been that proof, the Court- would order
the attachment against the Gaoler ; as it was, he
had only trusted a persdn who had misconduaed
himself, which was slightly blameable, and there-
fore, upon the Gaoler paying the costs of this appli-
cation, the rule. for the attachment should be dis-
charged.—Discharged.

' THE‘KING V. BONTIEN.
Mr. JARVIS moved the judgment of the Court on
Thomas William Botitien. He was Purser of His Ma-
jesty's Ship the Trusty. He was charged with hav-
ing. forged the Certificate of George Argles, the
Captain, and Cass Halliday, the Master of this.
Ship, of which
,he, • the Defendant, was Purser ;
by Which he it4oSed . upon. the Commissioners of
the ViCtualling' Office, and obtained of them the
sum of 241. ss. I i d..- being r 'an-allowance which he
would have been entitled to if the.Certfficate was ge-
nuine, for 28 days, for 343 men, :for coals, wood,
candles; Bcc. This was in the month of July, 1804.
And another sumpf 851. for certain other alloW-
ances for what are called savings (tieing- the-differ-
ence between the allowance of provision,to the crew,
and their a&ual consumption, which is below the al-
lowance) by a like forgery'. .He drew a Bill of Ex-
: change on the CoMmissioners for these and other
sums, to the amount of :3751. in all ; which they
accepted, believina these documents to be genuine.
Some suspicion-, however, fell- on the Purser after-
wards, and the Commissioners wrote to the Captain
upon the subje&. The Defendant contrived. to in-
tercept the letter of the Cormnissioners to the Cap-
tain, opened it himself, and wrote an answer to the
• Commissioners in the Captain's name, informing
them that he, the Captain, had himself entertained
the same suspicions if the Purser ; but after having
examined the matter fully, he was convinced of the
perfe& integrity of the Purser, whom he had re-
stored to his situation and his confidence, for he had
been ',sLispended ; but had cautioned him not to suf-
fer his conduct to place him in a suspicious situation
again. This letter the CoMmissioners thought ge-
nuine, and it lulled them completely, and the De-
fendant obtained all the money ; but shortly after-
wards the whole was discovered to be a forgery..
These faas were clearly verified by affidavit, and
the, Defendant did not affe& to deny then. He suf-
fered judgment to go by default.

Mr. GURNEY addressed the Court in his behalf 5

he had nothing to urge but his client's pecuniary
distress, he having been arrested for debt, his con-
trition,' and his intention to have returned the

money.
The SOLICITOR,-GENERAL observed, this was a
case, , the like to which had never before appeared
before the Court. It was a Case .of enormous fraud
and peculation in the first instance ; and, if be might
be excused for the use of a coarse expression, of
matchless impudence in the .second ; for that 'was
really the character of the Defendant's condu& in
intercepting the letter of the Commissioners to the
Captain, and writing an answer in the Captain's
name, assuring the Board the Purser had been re-
stored to his confidence. It called for exemplary
punishment.

Mr. Justice GnosE, after a short address to the
Defendant for the voice of the Learned Judge, he'
said, would not enable him to expatiate on the enor-
mity of the case as it merited),.pronounced the Judg=
meat of the Court, which ;was, That the Defendant
be imprisoned in His Majesty's gaol of Newoate for
two years ; and that during that time he do stand
in and upon the pillory in the open street opposite
to Somerset House, for one hour, between twelve
at noon and two iu the afternoon.

TUE KING V. GALLOWAY.

Mr. MORRIS moved the Judgment of the Court
on the Defendant; who was convicted of an assault
on Nicholas .Sheerman; in Cornhill. The 'parties
are respectable persons, the Prosecutor a Merchant,
the Defendant the Captain of a Ship. After the
Chief Justice had reported the trial, and the Officer
had read pall of an affidavit, it was proposed by Mr.
11.1161 CINE, on behalf of the Defendant, and assented
to by Mr. .GARROvi, for the prosecution, that the
parties should go beibre the Master of the CroWn-
Office, who is to settle the matter between therm