The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-08 00:00:00

POLICE.

GRETNA GREEN MARRIAGE ANIYCILIM. CON.

ROW-STREET.-On Wednesday afternoon Miller,

; Otlicer arrived in London iu a post-chaise, with
most-beautiful young- woman, of the agerof twenty-
! WO years, iuhis custody, from Basingstoke, charged
...yid) the crime of bigamy. The charge against her
try the validity of Gretna Green marriages ;
,:ewise, :an a6tion of Crim. Con. brought by the

'!lsoner's first husband against the second.
The circumstances are as follow the month
(:f.NOvember, 180 t, the Prisoner, who was then
n her seventeenth year, run away with Mr. John
Whitford, a respe&able gentleman fartne.': of Hamp-
chire, to Gretna Green. Mr. Manning, a respeel-
.:ble Attorney, who is concerned for the prosecution,
i;hl has been indefatigable in his exertions, produced
Mt% David Sang, of Gretna Green, in the county of
Dumfries, ,a tobacconist,
_one of the soletunisers of
otarriage ceremonies at Gretna Green; who stated,
that on .the 26th day-of November, 1801, he was
Ipplied to by John Whitford, who stated himself to
reside at Basingstoke, in ,the county of Hants, to
marry him to Eleanor Howard, of the same placN
spinster, which he agreed to, and Mr. Whitfctd
,plid him five guineas, after which they proceeded
to Gretna Green Hall Inn, at Gretna Green, where
tt marriage ceremony was solemnised in the pre-
sence of James Ferguson, the landlord's son, who
subscribed his naipe as a witness. After. the so-
lemnization, the bride request a certificate of the
"marriage, which he granted, and for which she pre-
.knted him with two shillings- to buy a pair of
gloves. The witness had no doubt but that the pri-
soner and Alr.,Jobn Whitford, present, were the
parties whom he married.

The Rev. William Gawler, of the parish of St.
Mary, Lambeth, stated, that on the 1 9th day of
:May last he .married, by banns, the prisoner, who
describes herself as Eleanor Howard, spinster, to
Robe. t Jaques James, Esq. deseribincr.hiniself as a
-,%idower, of St. Mary, Lambeth Parish.
The Parish Clerk of Lambeth attended, but was
not positive as to-the person of prisoner, she being
veiled at the time•of her marriage.
Giles Herring, of Chester-street, Kennington,
however;.one of the subscribing witnesses, had .no
doubt of the person of the prisoner, and that.she is:
the person married to Mr. James on theabove day.
It likewise came our, that soon after the prisoner's
tharriage with Mr. Whitford, her affeaion.appeared •
to he upon the decline, supposed to be on account
of his not being successful in business. Some time
since Mr. James, the prisoner's second husband, a
wealthy old gentleman, about sixty years of age,.
preVailed upon the prisoner and her husband to take
him as a lodger at their house, fox ti e.benefit of his
,
health. In the beginning of the month of May
last The prisoner became posSesSed, to hex own
riebt, 10001. and 'eloped with Mr. James, and
-
was-married to him as above stated, conceiving, as
it is supposed, the marriage at Gretna Green, with
Mr. Whitford, Was not binding in law.
On .the other hand, we.haderstand, Mr. Whitford
hls brodgbt an aftion for Crim. Con. against Mr,-
James, the second busb4n.do

The prisoner was committed for .trial, and yes-
terday conveyed in a pi)st-chaise, by Miller, to
Guildford, to take her trial at the ensuing Assizes
for the county of Surrey.
PUBLIC OPZI,CE, WORSHIP:-SraGET.----Yesterday
the young man, named Mackenzy, who stands
Charged on suspic!on of felony, was brought up, and
underwent a final examination, when several other
persons attended, who charged the Prisoner with
cowing,to their different .shops, attd obtaining vari-
bus goudi>„ by giving them false checks upon Bank-
ers, and defrauding them of goods and money, the
different Bankers having no knowledge of the draw-
ers of such drafts. There are upwards of twenty
different tradesmen Who have come forward against
the Prisoner that recognized his person, who, -not
making any kind of defence, was fully committed to
Negate for trial.

FinE.—Yesterday morning, a quarter before one
o'clock, the sugar-house of Mrs. A. MOLSHOUS,
in Union-street; Shad well, was discovered to be on
fire by some Gentlemen passing in a coach ; it-
shortly after bu: t forth in a general blaze, and not,
withstanding the exertions of the firemen, such was
the fdry -of the flames, that in- less than two hours
the interior of the sugar-house was entirely consum-
ed ; the dwelling-hairSe, which communicated
the snot-house, escaped with little damage: the
Pfetnizies on the opposite side of the street were for-
tunately preserved by the exertions of the firemen.
We understand the preMises were insured for 75001. .
Camberwell and Peckham Fairs have generally
!peen held, thee-formei on ,the of Auonst, and
two following days, the latter on the 21st- of they
same month, if a Sunday dbeSnot intervene, and the •
two following days and nights. Pining these srx
days and nights excesses ha.;;e usually been eemmit-
ted, and to such an enormous extent, that the More
Serious part of the wealthy inhabitants in •that
sign and Nevwington; the grand avenue to these
Fairs, have been Induced, In the numberof 2;36, to
sign a Memorial to the Sessions AUgiStrates, praying
that it may not any lo:rfer be allOWed to be hefe.
A Special Meeting of Afagistrates was held on Wed-
nesday, at the New Sessions House, Horsemonger-
Newrington, on that' subjec.:l. The client, af-
ter a long deliberation, was, that the Fair is no lOuger
to be held'in the usual way.
The attention of passengers was excited on: Wed.-
•acsd3y, at .Turnham Green, by a Gentleman being
stopped in his gig, from his being at that moment
in thg at of driving ..a stolen horse. :The horse in
question was stolen from a paddock at Battersea ,as
long since as September last, and Was never beard of
until the present instance,- When he made a stop at
. some stabling, where he originally stood. •He was
known, and the Gentleman was stopped ; but after.
stilling Nvben and where he purchased him, &c. no
farther trouble was given, as the horse \las detained,
It appeared by the statement of the Gentleman, "
we,, wi.slinown to be a merchant in London, that
he eurebased the animal in Essex, and he under,
tooic, if possible, to bring the man forward Of whom
le:iue tee purcii4se.

011,1RQUIS CORNIriILLIS.

BOMBAY ,COURIER, Nov. soy 1805.

PROCEEDINGS

Of a very numerous and respedable Meeting of the British
Inhabitants of Bombay, held am :he .Court. house, on ‘Ved-
• nesdaY the 'III inst. in consequence of a-requisition to the
Sheriff;‘.‘ fur the purpose of expressing, colleetively, their
deep and heartfelt sorrow on the heavy national loss sus-
tained by the death ot\the Marquis Cornwallis, and of de-
liberating on the best mode of paying a durable tribute of
grateful respect to the memory of his exalted charatter."
At twelve o'clock tbeSheriff opened the proceed-
ings of the day, with an approprate address.. .
Mr. MowEv proposed, that Sir JameS Mackintosh
should take the Chau- ;'
liiich Motion. was.-sconded.
.by Mr. Law, and unanimously agreed to,
The Chairman then proceeded to read a letter to
the Honourable the • Governor, from Mr. Spike,
Chairman of a Meeting of the British Inhabitants of
Calcutta, fOr the phrpoSe of considering the most
proper means of expressing the deep concern felt by
that Settlement, oh the lamemed'death of Marquis
Cornwallis; arnd of testifying, by 2.lasting-tnemo-.
rial, the general sense entertained of the exalted vir-
tues of that revered Nobleman. Mr: Speke's Letter
inclosed the Resolutions of that respe6table Meeting,
which have been already before the Public; but, for
the purpose of connecting the proceedings of Wed-
ne'sday last, we shall repeat the two first, as having
a reference to the subjed of deliberation :
r: " That in addition to the general mourni,„ which has, •
been adopted, as a public token of the concern relt by this
Settlement on the death of the Marquis COrnwallis, a Mau-
soleum be ereeied, 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.

2. `'• Thar,the,foregoing Resolution be transmitted to Ma-
dras and Bombay, as well as to Ceylon, Penang, and Fort
Marlborough ; and that the Inhabitants of those' Settlements
be uivited to join in an unanimous testinionial of yeneration
for the character and memory of the late Governor-General
of the British Poss'zssions in India."

Mr. MONEY then rose, and addressed the Meeting
as follows :

Mr`. CismstmAN-0"r With far different feelings
from 'those which prompted and encouraged me to
address this respeCtable Assembly on a' recent and
happier occasion, I now present myself to your no-
tice. Then, with an elated and exulting heart, 1
proposed that we shculd hail with_our gratulations
the return of a man to whom I thought my Coun-
try indebted for a considerable portion of her fame
and glory, other charader fdr justice and valour,
and for that noble spirit of patriotism which distin-
guishes her among the nations of Europe, Now,
- oppressed by sensations of unatfeCted sorrow, in
concurrence with the spirit whiCh dictated our for-
Mer Resolutions, and, if I May judge from 'L.:4e mourn-
ful aspect of this meeting; in unison wish the public
sentiment, I endeavour to discharge my individual.
duty; by submitting; for our consideration, the ob-
ligations imposed upon us by a regard to all tbat'is
great and good, to express, in a solemn declaration, the
_universal grief of the. British Inhabitants of Bombay
and its Dependencies for the very heavy national
calamity which has been sustained ; and to com-
plete the consistency of that declaration,
.by cosope,
rating with our fellow-countrymen on the other side of
the-peninsula, in raising a sepulchral monument, and
erecting for ourselves and successors here, a durable
tribute of "respect and veneration to the memory of
departed excellence. It has been the prae:tice of, all
ages, in various forms,
.chreeted by the the taste or
genius of the period or country in which the object
of commemoration may have lived, to raise the tno-,
numental pile, as a memorial to pOsteritrefa nation's
gratitude for the services of hint who, by upholding.
its power;. extending its dominion, and promoting its
prosperity, has continued its pride, its ornament, its
boast. It is sufficient, however, to state, that such
has- been the usage,, and continues to be the
prac-
tice in our own free and enlightened land, where
honors never fail to reward the achievements of the
living hero, nor to console the relatives of the dead.
But, trom higher.motives still,although none can be
inure pure or laudable than these of remunerating
the man who risks his life in the cause of his coun-
try, or of ministering solace to the sacred sorrows of
friends, who have must deeply to lament his loss,
from,higher motives have arisen the cenotaph, the
pillar and the statue. These may be traced to the
noble ambition of eXciting the rising and future ge-
nerations to an emulation of the deeds and glory of
the past : They may be traced to the national and
exalted pride of exhibiting monuments of national
renown. Suish were th 6 motives, conjunctive with
the generous impulse of gratitude, which raised the
far-famed palace of Blenheim, and erected the sculp-
' tired monuments of a Wolle and a Chatham ; and
these, combined with the liberal and enlightened poli-
cy of perpetuating among the Natives of British In-
dia a grateful recollection of the blessings enjoyed
under a British Ruler, conveyed to our sister Settle-
ments Statues of the.illnstrious Patrice whose death
'Nye have nbw to deplore. 'I wish not to ainplify, nor
unnecessarily engage your 'attention ; but I feel I
should be wanting in resped if, on this occasion, I
omitted some notice of the most 'important and pro-
: minent features of a life which was always dedicated
to the service of our country. We all know that
the Noble Lord, at an advanced • age, embraced the
military 'profession
,; and that, in his progress to su-
perior rank, he aelively participated in many of the
glorious scenes which charaCterised the brilliant war
immediately preceding the reign of our present So
vereign. At the commencement of the unhappy
.‘,
troubles in America, his conduCt, as a Peer of Par-
liament, eras dignified and independent; it was such
as became an hereditary Councillor of the King of
nfree nation ; it was such as must naturally be ex-
peaed from a mind nurtured and matured in the
best principles of rational and constitutional liberty..
But, when his regiment was ordered on service, lie
knew his duty as a soldier too well to hesitate for a
moment; and, resisting the tender importunities of
the dearest object of his affeelions„ to-whom he was
attached with every tie by which virtue, in the love-
liest form, could bind the heart of man,- and who,
adoring the.excellencies of .her accomplished Lord,
carried her solicitation's to the Throne itself—Resist-
ing all intreaties, he crossed the Atlantic, and sacri-
ficed for ever his conjugal and domestic happiness
'to the service of his country. His conduCtin Arne-
rica, in circumstances the most arduous-and critical,
obtained him themost unqualified approbation of his
King, the personal affeetion ,of the' army he corn-
mantled, and the highest resped of the Enemy wham

lie fzuolt+ In that Painful and Strugqle
• he cuscharged all that he owed to his Country,.while
he never lost sight of what lie owed to humanity.--,
In the course of a brilliant career, his triumphs in
arms wreathed lautvls round his 'brow ; but the
still nobler triumphs of humanity, 'in parental
kindness to his soldiers, • and compassionate. ten-
-derness to his captives, enriched ,the garland with
a,gem, which no subsequent reverses ever could
eclipse. Until the .unfortunate capitulation of
York .Town, where his defence corresponded with
the •• high chara6ter he had acquired, success had
uniformly attended his march. to Thine ; brit I ap-
peal to every military man who hears me, if that
disastrous surrender was ever considered-'to have
cast the slightest blot on his honourable escutcheon ?
or tolizie detraeled, in the slightest degree, from
his, professional reputation ? if it 'were not the re-
sult of causes which :he could neither check nor_
contr:,.d 2 if he were .not encouraged, nay, almost
commanded, to hold out in that untenable post,
• until seasonable succours, with fleet and army,
should be 'sent to 'his relief ? - • The next great
public theatre upon which the Noble Lord aeled
a distinguished .patt, was the • theatre' of India.---;
To
_call to the recolle6lion of this Assernbly the
iluportant services which, in this quarter' of the
globe, he rendered -to. the State; and: to the East .
India Company, would be presumptuous and super-
•j fluous. They must live fresh in the memory of us
all, as long as a remembrance of his Undeviating
;integrity and justice is preserved and cherished in
the heart ofevery rational Indian, who enjoyedwhat
_he
.possessed , in seA rity, or reaped the fruits of .
honest industry; under his mild and equitable sway.
Upon 'his return to his native land, finding his
Country -in arms,, in defence of the peace • and .order
of the civilized world, and in vindication of its own
honour and independence,disdaining inglorious ease,
he courted professional employment, amidst the toils
and perils of war, and repaired'to the Continent,: to
take upon himself the command of a cimbined -13ri-
Aish and Prussian Army but the unprincipled de-
fediOn of the Power on whom we principally relied,
rendered the plan- abortive, and his zeal and talents
:of no avail. Having discharged the duties. of
_Alas-.
ter-General of the Ordnance, with uncornmon vi-
,g6ur and assiduity, and imprOved that department
(of vital consequence to the:State in war) to the
highest perfe6tion, he was appointed, at the most'
critical and perilous jun6ture, the representatiVe
his Sovereign in Ireland ; Where, by his ternperate
firmness, and conciliating disposition,. he succeeded,

to a great degree, in ailaj,ing. the anitno!litie.s, and

. .
compqsing tEe dissentions, Bich convulsed ivevery
part.of that distra6ted kingdom ; and, by hiS Pm,
dence, fortitude, and talents, overwhelmed with
confusion its Gallic Invaders. Having poured the
healing balm of mercy and oblivion into the bleed-
ing wounds of rebellion, and freed the hind froin the
pestiferous foe which had polluted its soil, he unde-
took; and, in cotijunelion with the great:Minister, of
England; helped to accomplish, the noble and 'Her-
culean task of uniting the great component parts of
the British Empire, by a bond of indissoluble con-.
.nexton ; and to his steady resolution and wisdom
the success of the great measure of the Unio:i
tO be attributed. From this elevate, station
of ViCe-regal Power, whichhe had filled with such'
signal
,benefit to the nation of large, and to Ireland
in particular, thoSe pr'inCiples of rez.(iilude.and ho-
nour, which had invariably furnished the rule of -his
public and private life, compelled him. to descend
but it might be said of him, as- of an eminent cha-
ra6ter deceased, if he were great in his high office,
he was greater still in the resignation of it.'
" When a change in the conduicA of the' French
Government presented. a .prospea of effeEtual nego-
tiation, Marquis Cornwallis was elected by his Mo-
narch as the most honourable Subject into whose
hands he could confide the interests of his Crown.
The progress and result of that negotiation is fami-
liar to us all. Opinions are divided upon the merits.
of the,Peace, but there is no division of opinion up-
on the merits of the Negotiation ; and whatever may
be thought of the terms, 'all parties admit that the
Peace itselfhas been the means, and the only means,
of uniting the sentiments and feelings of all classes
of our COuntrymen in favouf of the War in which
we are engaged.

Grealli advanced in years, rich in honours,
rich in the favour•of his King, and the atle6tions of
his felloW-subjeds, although enjoying a necessary
and dignified repose, suitable to his rank and age,
and with little prospea: of lengthening his space of
life to the completion of allot* lustre, at the call
of his Royal Master, with all the alacrity of youth,
L he embarked again for these distant and,uuhealthy
regions; exclaiming, If I but render service to my
country, it is unimportant to me whether die
Europe or in Asia.' With the isspe of this sub-
limely great and prophetic resolution' we are but
-too well acquainted. I hate the authority ofone who
was honoured to the last With his personal and un-
reserved confidence, for declaring. (and his authori-
ty is confirmed by the letter which was read from.
the Chair), that the ruling passion of his heart was
the loVe of his country. To this, he early sacrificed
another considerations most dear to his 50u1.7-,and to'
this he finally sacrificed his life. • When Wolfe, in
the arms of viaory, and in the agonies of death,
hearing that the enemy had lied, cried, with expir-
ing joy, I die contented!' by these words he int-
mortalized his name. Borne down by 'angora.
.id
debility, on the brink of the grave, the venerable
Cornwallis, addressing himsell to • the same cbnti-
dential friend, whose'autbority I have quote::4 eX-
claiMed, I have no apprehensions of death, but I
have an anxiety to- live a few months, if it should
Please God,' till I can see Peace restored hr India,
and I will willingly resign my life into:the hands of.
Rim who gave it.'—Surely this proof of an ardent
and unabated spirit of patriotism, expressed in the
pious'language of a Christian, and while the lamp
oflife was burning with feeble and declining power,
will immortalize his memorable name---' Carton et

venerabile' Icomen.—A name dear to every British
heart, and venerated in every Indian breast.
Such was the man to whose revered and exalted,
memory we are called upon to vote a Statue, and over
his illustrious remains to join with our fellow-coun-

trymeti in erecting a Mausoleum : Such was theynan 3
but I feel unequal to the oftice of pouriraying the
charader Of this' Christian Hero. Could I but catch a

spark from
.that illunainatin eloquence, -which has
shone with intellectual splendour within these Walls,