The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-31 00:00:00

P:ZOPIIEGY:

. .
Ti it tie the ci ry of the ,journalists to record he
past, and to tniliute the present, the praCtice of most
of Our Coteinporaries shews us that they consider it
as incumbent .upon them occasionally to take such a
view of futurity, as falls within the limits of their
capacity. What ,in Monastic ages our ancestors
were accustomed to utter as a Prophecy, in modern
dines appears with the more modest air of a leading
paragraph. ' That no undue bias may be supposed
to influence us in favour of the modern practice, we
shall gratify our Readers with a specimen of the
ancient: Of the following Prophecy We can give
no other account, than :lac it, is asserted to have
el
been found in MS.. by' Door MAIVORTH at
Abingdon, and by him sent to the Agiliversity of
_Oxford. Some other particulars respeeting it are
given in a Pamphlet, whence we extras this 3 and
which We believe has been circulated among a par-
ticular class of Dissenters to the incredible comfort
of the foes to warfare. The Notes are written by
one who appears to understand the science of predic.
tion. Fur our parts we can only express our sincere
wish that this may redound to the infinite augmen-
tation of THOMAS a BECKET'S fame, of whose large
proportion of brain 3, his .Cathedral, is said to con-
tain visible proofs,' and that it .may not prove a
Canterbury Tale.

PROPHETIA SANCTI THOMIE A BECKET EX MA.

NUSCRIRTO NtIPER ABINc-DONIE A DOCTORK

AILSWOR:TH INVENT() TRANSCRIPTA.

(r) Lilium in meliori parte manebit, r& intrabit
in terram (2) Leonis, earentis auxilio, quern besti2e
regionis Sum dentibus lacerabunt, &.stabit in Agro
inter Spinas regni sui, stiperne Filius Hominis veniet
cum magnn exercitu transiens aquas, (3) ferens feras
in bra:Allis suis, cujus gegrium est in Terra Lana',
timendus per univetsum munduM. (4.) Aquila- veniet
ex parte Orientali alis extensis super ,Solemc cum
nagna multitUdine- populorum suorum in adjutorium
Filii Hominis. 1110 anno'castra deferentur, magnus
tirnor erit quadam parieLeonis fad-
!um erit inter plures Reges, c erit Sanguinis di--
, luvium. Lilium perdet Coronani strami de qua Filius
Mominis coronabitur; & per quatuor annns sequences'
fient in mundo mita inter fidtn selam.
Pars .mundi destruetur. (5) CaplittMundi erit ad
Terrame Filius Hominis. & .AvilaTif±valebunt, &
tune erit pax in tow terrarum'oTli'e. Tune' FiliuS
Hominis accipiet .Signum ibit in Ter.
ram Promissionis. •,

(i) France.- (z) Holland. (3) King of England.
(4) Emperor of Germany. (5) -Pope or Turk.

THE PROPHECY, OF ST. THOMAS A BECKET, ARCH:,
BISHOP *OF CANTERBURI, IN THE REIGN OF
HENRY THE SECONb, FOUND LATELY IN AN

ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT AT ABINGDON, BY DA.

AILSWORTH.

The Lillie (1) shall remain in the better part, and
shall enter 11110 the Land of the Lion, (z) they
wanting his Assistance, which the Beasts of his own
Kingdom shall tear with.their Teeth, and shall stand
in the . Field amongst the Thorns of his Kingdom.
At length shall the Son (3) of Man come with a
great Army, passing, the waters, carrying Wild.
Beasts in his Arms, ‘y,hose kingdom is in the Land
of -Wool, and feared by the whole World. (4) The
Eagle shall come out of the East, with his Wings
spread.upon the SUN, with a great Multitude of his
People, to the Help of the Son of Man. in that
year Camps ihAl he torn, great fear shAl,be in the
Wd,-/d; and *in some part of the ,Land of the Lion
shall War be amongSt many Kings, imd there shall
be a Flood of Blood. The Lilie shall lose, his Crown,
with which the Son of Man shall be crowned ; and
for four following Years shall, there be many Battles
amongst Christians. Part of the World shall be de-
stroyed. (5)- The Head of the ,World, shall be to
the earth. The Son of Man and the .Eagle shall
prevail, and then -shall there be Peace over the
whole Face of the Earth. Then shall the Son of
Man receive, a Wonderful ,Sign, and'shall go into
the Land of Promise:

(r) Francp. (2) Holland. (3) King of. England.
(4) Emperor of. Germany. (5) Pope or Turk.

The Jews, it seems, are likely to be naturalized
in several places abroad. Such a measure demands
a. very serious attention. The attempt failed in
this country,. though the most sanguine expeCtation,
prevailed among the Mosaic Community. Mr;
MURPHY', to whom the' literaly world is so much
indebted, exercised his powers with admirable cad,
on this subjea. He dire-Etat his ',battery • against
the then pending Bill for, voluraliziu:s; the Jews, in
the forhi of a Newspaper, supposed
.to 'be published
after that people had obtained a Complete ascend-
ancy in Great Britain ; repres,mting the disgrace,
insignificance, and misery that would .be brought
upoo the Christians of this _country, arising train
the entire dowafal of. the Constitution in Church
and State. This publication was eXceuted with
great wit, humour; and• ridicule, and very proba-
bly contributed materially to: strengthen the Oppo-
sition of the public mind towards the m:asure in
question, whichfinallv operated in its frustration. •
Several youths on Saturday went to bathe in the.
Thames near Somerset-House, 'when. one of them
was unfortunately drowned. Medical assistance_
was immediately procured, but without effect, he
being too long under water.
Saturday morning Mr. Creed, of the Custom-
house, while filling up a ship's clearance, without
any previous indisposition; leaned back and instant-
ly expired.

A fine child Was a tew days ince, poisoned at
Slehford, by its grandmother giving it too large a
'dose of laudanum. This is the seconctiwtident of
the same nature that occurred in Sleaford within a
few weeks.

Some d:iys since a boy leaping on some straw, at
Kirklington, Oxfordshire, fell on the points of a
pitchfork, which lay concealed, and the shads, or
grain, entering his body, occasioned his imme-
diate death.

A few days ago George Johnson, near NorthaT-
lerton, imprudently loaded his :gun with stria,'
stones instead of shot, to shoot at win:: crows, when
the piece bursting, wounded him so severely in the
left hand as to occasion his death.

FRANCE.

PARIS; Aug.

ANok4 PAT' 3t.--=-Since the -sailirit of crie
• French Frigates for the Levant, we have not :Seed
any Vessel belonging to that (Cations The Prival
teers have been ordered to leave the Ports and d
great number haVe already sailed: A Military Or:
der was iesterday.published here; for sluittitig up
all the Landing places except one: Two of the
Gates of the City alSek been walled up,- and it
is said a chain will be thrown across the liarboUt.
All these preparations have been occasioned by ac
counts brought yesterday by a 'small Vessel;
_that
4o Sail of Anglo'lTurkish Vessels had been seen in
the Gaff of Otranto: . •

BouLooicE; Aire. have now this`.
Port onlv'two 64.'5, and 'five or six small Ve‘lsels,.
which effected la;t night .t debarkatiOn at Clic?, six
leagues from Boitlogrie. They burnt a dept of 600
tons of tar,and pitch belonging...o private persons:
This merchandize was the cargo of an American
Ship which had run ashore, and which was sold two
days ago: There were. upon the coast only a "lCut
personb. who fled at the approach of the Enemy,
and some bombs. With respeCi to ,the means adopt,
ed to receive the Enemy, if they re-appear in out
environs, they are powerful, and directed in such a
manner as to make them repent, it they are imprudent
enough to attack us.
ROTTERDAM, Auc. 19.—The Gun-boats, as
well as the other' Vessels,. destined for,the defence,
of the IVlouth,of the Meiise, and partieularly foi'the
Isle, of agree, and the.. Harbour of .fletiv.etsitys,
are now stationed in places the most proper to repel
attack. French ani Dutch Troops continue' to at--
riVe on that part of the .Coast of Holland, where
they will occupy different 'small Camps, which are
already markecL t;)iir. Admiral de WINTER' has
been infcurned, • that numerotrs armaments are pre.
paring at Marpte, Harwich; and,Yariodirth, which
eem to announee, that they will ,be employed
against some parr of the Dutch. -Republic. The
same measures of precatition. have been 'adopted at,
the Month of:Ole Zzgderzee, . • •

FRANKFORT, Au6.' x 7.-2-It appears, that the.
Cabinet of Berlin thwks seriously of executing, -its,
projects upon a part of -Southern Germany..
,mly do its troops remain in pos.session of the-Ripe-
'torate of klanover ; but it is supposed,
.that the;
iiishopricks of Moister, Paderhor,, f)snaburgb,
.4.leshe;az, andsali the,. Territory ,vhieli.the C ToR - •
of CfotocNE posses,sed in Westphalia, will be -tLkeri-
possession -of: • this plan be,executed, it cvtli be
• concluded, that the Cabinet of 'Berlin has made-
rargernents with the French Government, :Is well as
• with the Court of Iletersburgh—nothing can then
• hinder ,the Secularization of all. the Ecclesiastical
States. The Court of Vienna is equally on the evc
of extending its dominion on the Eastern Fron-
•tiers. It is- with this Objea, that so many Troops
arc assembling in
,the ,two Gallicias ; that the Mi-
litary Force in Dalmatia and Albania is increasing;
.and a new Commissary-General, M: de STEFANO, •
well known and esteemed .in the neighbouring
Turkish Provinces,_ is going thither. - -
Letters from Anspach, *announce, that 8,066 Pills-
sian Troops in. ti!e7lViargraia.tes 'of Ansp-ach and
Barenth, have received stria orders to hold them-
selves in readiness to march ; they are destined to
take possession of the Indemnities that are to be
giyen to the King of Prussia. • :

GENOA, Atto. 17.---The KING ,Of 'SARDINIA,
finding the party of those who wish for a reform in
the GoVerninent, and for political changes, daily.
increases, in order to extirpate that party, has re.
solved to restore the Jesuits as very proper to keep
the people in subjeCtion, - For this purpose, some
Feudatories and Canons of Cagliari, gthein,
selves Representatives of the Sardinian Nation, have
requested from the Pore the re-establishment -of
the Jesuits. Pitts VII. kindly consented, and by
a,Bull, has authorized the Jesuits nowin Sardinia,
to unite themsthet into a Society as before, and to.
establish themselves in the Colleges of Cagliari and
Sossari. -
,while the KING of Spain is expel-
ling from 'his Territories theSe ambitious Monks,
attempts are made to restore-them in -other placeS.
MUNSTER, AUG. /7.—AS soon as the death of
the ELECTOR of COLOGNE. Was announced, the
Chapter proceeded -to the Eleaion of a"- Prince ,
The meeting wi.k.heid with an-appearance
of secrecy, yit, it is believed,, that PRINCE
THoNY,,' the-EMPY V ROS• *Brother, has beep unani,
eleaed, A Courier .inginediateiv
patched to :Fienna, to :announce this Inrellig(.nce
to that court. The late Fifeaor,d)y his will, eon. ,
stitured. his Nepheiv, ARCHDUKE MAXIMILIAN,"
[ITS 'llir, and the ARCHDUKE CHARLES Ills
„ , .

- CAD•I Z), Auc. 5.-+-Soine English Privateers with
,a Gallica • and a- Brig of War belonging to that
Nation, :have Made a landing upon our coast, and
inhumanly.-pillaged 'the two little village, of Ccrra.:
bedo and ir7gl..i which had 'nodefince; •They have
profaned. '4And. taken away every thing 'that. was'
valuable, in the churches, laid Waste the car-
' tied off the cattle, burnt the:hottsesocized the pub-
lic money, a -Id robbeetand ilLtreated a number of
privale indiVidual in. short, they have raqtged
the villages on the coast by exercising' an unre-
strained, and
,hitherto unexampled' piracy, -which
charatierizes a ferocious Nation, it was.diffieult
to prevent such plundering `-Expeditions along an
immense extent of coast, left without defence in
cow,equence (Alin assemblage of oUr Troops on the
frontiers .of Portugal. But the orders which have
been given to fortify all the IDOst. exposed points,
will tender the 'English more cirCumspeet and IeSS;
cowardly in their future condu6l.: •

On Saturday evening :;bout Fight o'clock, as- a
yoUrg'man of the neighbourhoOd of the Haymarke,,
was returning home from countzy in a sivgle:.
horse chaise, through Holborn, he was seized w.lch
vintent fit of coughing, and just as they had pa:sed
Middle-row, he told his uncle he was exiretneiy
and was spitting blood. He jumped out of the
chaise, and ran into a shop at the corner of Chan..
eery lane,. when he fell down, and expired -in te's
than five minutes ; medical assistance was irls:a...l
procured, but to no effca.

L Alr REPORT.

COURT OF KING's BENCH

11TTItti3S- BEFORE LORD KENYON AND A SPECIAL

JrVEY IN.WEAMI:NSTERHALL:

MAY V.

• (Continued Iran t.our Paper. el Sal:v.4l#
: n 5.•—..." My Lard, -I will now examine
:Miss WOod herself.".
fsabclla Wood—" When I was sent to the School
of Mr. and Mrs. Giroux, I WAS 1 years of age. I:
.am..daughter-in-law to Mr. May-: the daughter of
his wife by a former husband. I have brothers-and
Tiisters (four), and they are all yotinger than myself.
It was the intention of my father Lin-law, Mr. May,
to have me instructed so: as to be able to keep a
school ; and, for that purpose, I went to the house
of Mr. Giroux in August 1799, There:were there-
at that time; 36 Boarders and zo Pay-scholars.
Por the first three months I had nothing to com..,
plain-of, Mr. 'Giroux, is a FrenCliman, and Mrs.
Giroux is; an. English Woman born, of French
enr.s._ I was instructed in the French grammar.
At Michaelmas 1799,an infant came to the house of
Mr. Giroux, and the care of that infant was corn-
pitted to me entirely : that' child had a sciophulou
Complaint upon it ;. for the first three months;, she
Slept in the nursery, and afterwards with me : it
,Was desired by Mrs, Girdux, that this child should
never ku out of my sight.-L-:-[Here t ie Witness gave
an account of the manner in 'which she Used to dress
this child, and aZiminister relief to it in the•night,•
while in this state of.aikita:ton, and, afterwards,.
.‘while it had the measles;-, t 6 shew, how much of her.
attention was taken tip in the nursing of it, instead
of attending —her own instruCtiop'; and then pro..
ct-ded.]— The child continual there the whole
time• I was there, and.l attended it for ,-t•lie whole
of that time : the child cane in Michaelmas 1799.
When the Midsummer Holiday's arrived, it was the
Custom of the School for the young. ladies 'to go
home to their families : my father and mother
wished to see me at :home ; but the reason'given
for my not being permitted to go home was, that
Mrs. Girotfx said she 'wished to teach me some
things in the VacatiOn, ,which she had not time to
teach Me before.; and therefore I staid at the BchOol

for, all except three days of the Vacation : still the
same attendance of mine-was required. for the child
had the care of,, and there was' no,other person to
do ite. From .my time being taken up so -much as
it was in attending this child, it was,impoSsible.for
me to receive the instruction I wanted. In point
of fat, I did not receive, after the first three
months", the .common instruaion, which •a young.
woman at a .Boarding-school ~does receive ; far -I
did not always read, nor receive my lessons so fre-
quently as the other Scholars did. At the HotidayS,
Mr. and Mrs. Giroux were always out, and• very
frequently came home late. I did not receive any
instrutions during, the Midsummer Holidays, .but. I
had to,take care of this child and of the house too.

[Here the Witness gave an account of an illness
with which she was Aided herself, and of the
manner in which she was attended by an Apo:he.
cary, but in the course of which- there did not ap-
pear any thing from which blame was imputable to
any body, nor that any thing improper was done.]
The Learned Counsel then 'asked the Witness—

" During the_ time you- were at this house, how
was the Sabbath day spent ?" Here. the Counsel
for the Defendant objeted to- the question, and the
Learned Gentleman who put. it, said he. was ready
to argue and maintain the propriety of that pies-
Lion ; for that an engagement like this, implied
that Religion was not to be negleEted.
Lord KENYON-" Unfuriunately, for the °Nee-
don to this question, lam a Christian." The ob-
jeiffion was therefore over-ruled, and the Witnc.;;s
was direded to answer the question. She said,
" We ,were nearly two months there_without go-
ing to Church at'all."
Mr. Gt lins then. proposed to examine into the
conduet'of the company, such as Opera Dancers, he
said; who frequented the house, but---
Lora KENT ON—" If there .was 'any immorality
or any miscondud in the house, I lament it ; but -I
do, not See hoW- the general economy of the house,
or-the m6rals.- of its frequenter, have any thins to
do with this action."

Mr. ERsimzt, on the part of the _Defendant,
said he wished this inquiry to be pursued, for that
he had a great number -of Witnesses-- to spew 'the
economy of the house to be excellent-.

IVl‘r.6l BBs said, " That this s. objeft was not
now worth puesuing, for that the School was at an

encl.')

Mr. ERSKINE- saki, " It was owing,to the malice

Which set on foot this adiom, that the SchOol
obliged to be discontinued, for a .while,--and until
the result of this eause'might enable tie Defendant
to open it again.'i •
The Witness then went on in her examination'.

The SOlool, she said, was broken up, entirely last.
I a ly-day.--,--Ohe then described the two .Schtiol:.
rooms, 'the one for winter below, and the other for
the,summer above stairs, on which there was but
Attie scope for any material observation.]

Lord " How often did you see
your father and mother ?"—A. " dare:4a),* once

a- week."
Mr. Gxuß'S-•-•" Did you complain to them ?"
A. " Sometimes I did."

Mr. raltSKIN.g-" YOUr LOrailip shall hear the
whole of'this by and bye.". • ,
.[The•Witness then proceeded to givOan account
bf the manner in which the children breakfasted,
and So on ;• to shew that it was but a slight One.]
Lord KENYOZ4—" Some things aregiven in'evi-
dqce in this cause, on which I- cannot lay much
stress ; such, for instance, as this young, woman
being direfted.to take care of the chiid ; and as to
these breakfasts, there would be no foundation for
this unlins the food was really too, scantily
provided, so as that the child's" growth or health
might be Affeapd forthe want of it., Childrcri may
think they have too little, even when more would
hurt them. Some of them will cry for want of sugar
in their milk; but if they have as much as will
keep them in health, it is- enough." •