The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-21 00:00:00

STATE PAPER.

The following is the Answer which Count MUlsi
STER, Minister of Brunswick Lunenburgh, returned
to the Letter of the Prussian Minister of state, of
Jan. 27, 1.806

" By the means of public rumour, and the gene-
ral conuminications- made to the British Envoy, Lord
HARROWBY, upon the part of his Excellency Baron
HARDENBERG; the Electoral Administration offlan-:,
over was informed of the intended occupation of
the Eledorate by Prussian Troops ; they were also
put in a situation of knowing the sentiments of their
most gracious Sovereign relative to this event. Never-
: theless, the Letterof .his Prussian Majesty, of the 27th
. of January, appears to them of considerable weight,
• notwithritanding the important changes Which
the unhappy issue of the Campaign in the
South of Germany cannot fail .to produce in the
political situation of Europe, the Hanoverian Ad-
ministration presumes; since, but a few months ago
they were called upon, in the name of his Prussian
Majesty, to resume their fundions, to mention their
concern upon being again. deprived of them by the
same Monarch, at a period when. the Army of his
imperial Majesty of Russia; the Ally of. our.Graci-
ons Sovereign, is united with the British Army, and
-under the command of the King of Prussia ; ,during
the existence of friendly relations between Great
Britain and Prussia, , and while the safety -of the
-Eledorate is Under the guarantee' of the Conditions
agreed upon between Baron ITARDENRERG and Lord
kinattowsy, and expressed in the Note transmitted
to his Lordship on December 22. His Bilthnnic
'Majesty', informed of the. intended Possession of
his Eledoral States by the Prussiau Troops' has not,
'only teund himself disposed to. express to his Mi-
•nister his aversion to these Measures, so • distressing'
-in their consequences to an exhausted Country,.
occupied by tine Enemy during twenty-nine Months;
but has also expressed, through the Prussian Envoy,
Baron JACOBI ic-LEIST, his surprise at the circum-
stance, and bis hope that the'representatiOns, be had
made would induce his Prussian Majesty to abandon
his intended Plan, and recur to the original condi-
tions, with the necessary modifigations.: . Thi.s-Lhope
he,F.ledoral Administration sit indulged, in a full.
irainfiden& in his Trussiin Majesty's love of rec.-
titu ; but after receiving' the Letter of the 27th-
'of this month, in which, ectrding to a Treaty
between France and Prussia, the Ele&orate and its
.Administration are ruade over to his Prussian Majesty;
and when, ill consequence a this, the Administra-
. ti4ln were commanded to resign their fuationS
.clnsively to a Commissioner,- and %vette made respon-
sible for the consequences of 'disobedience to their
lawful Sovereign,, their consciences could no longer .
excuse them for ethe .negled of protesting -against
these proceedings. Being specially charged and
empowered by my most .gracious Sovereign, I feel
myself bound, in . name of His Britannic Ma-
jesty, as Eledor of Brunswick Lunenburgh,. to pre-
test in the most solemn manner against any limita-
tion of his rights, and in particular, against the
vibliCation of the Prussian Patent of the 27th. At
the same time, I cannot yet suppress -the hope that
kis Excellency the Prussian :Minister, in cense-
-quence of the, representations already Made; will
Find himself • disposed to use Iris good offices with
his Sovereign, that in case the occupation of the
E,le6Aorate should be inevitably' determined upon; it
'shall be condated in such a mariner, and unon such
principks, as 'shall still preseeke the friendly rclatiinits.
hitherto maintained between their Prussian and Bri-'
tannic Majesties. . . •• • -
"I believe it is scarcely necessary for me to re-
mark, that under the present, circumstances, it Can-
not possibly enter into the conceptions of the present
Electoral Administration, to repel those measures by
tince, which depend upon • the King of Pritssia,- in
respect: of this Country.. •
• Coy ISIR" 'MUNS:TER.7-
.
" Hanover, lan.'3., 1806.7 . -

Justicb-RooN, Gur4DifALL.-YesterdaY .Rokri
Maltheu,s, a country boy of very, interetting appear-
ince, was brought before the Sitting Alderman; by
a Constable, who foUnd him alone in the street at a
;tato hour the preceding night„ It appeared, that the
bgv was, preVailed upon some time since by a woman
to leave his 'home at SaiiSbury, and he travelled with
her until. he reached Chatham, witere his female
conduaor left him in the most unproteacd state.
Finding himself deserted, he left the latter place for
London, and subsisted on the way
,by the charity of
passengers : it also appeared, that the boy's parents
had recently. left him, with four other children, un-
provided - The artless manner in which the boy
told his tale affected every person in Court, and a
Gentleman present promised to make every inquiry
relative to his friends.—Alderman ANDEMON Or-
dered every care to be taken of him, until the.neces-
sary information could be obtained.

LiA lON-HALL.—Jolan Alien was yesterday charged
with defrauding a number of tradesmen in the Bo-
rough ,-of a variety of articles, tables, chairs, bed-
ding, and other furniture, &c. His detection arose
from going to •Mr. Cor4nfs, a linen-draper in the
High-street, and ordering two pieces of Irish linen,
fit to line
,jadies' shoes with, to be left at Mr. Suck's,
a shoemaker, in Blackman-street.

Thom. as Smith and George'Garlick, the first a shop-
man, and the other a boy, living with Dr. 'Williams,
in the Borough, 'were charged with, the boy for
stealing, the other for receiving, with a guilty know-
ledge, 'divers articles.
The charge in question arose from some articles
being missing immediately after the absence of the
boy from a Mr. I_;ttnaan's, in the High-street.—
Wordy, the 'officer- was sent for, and on the boy
being searched, t,:yo silver spoons and a knife and
fork were folind:;*reted on his person.--They were
both committedlor a re-examination,

FlRE.=—Betw'een the hours ()tone and t,.vo•O'cl'ock
yesterday morning A fire broke.ont at the house of
r. Falkener„ a perfumer, in Macclesfield-strect,-
SOho, which spread considerable alarm in the neigh-
bourhood. The fire was first. discovered in. thy
upper part of the houie, and providentiallythe in-
habitants were alirrued in time to escape in Safety.
The house, from the quantity of wood in the inside,
was Soon destroyed, but the -flames were prevented
spreading farther,_ by the strong walls with which it
was surrounded.

1Y - ITZYCZET.

~COtRIT OF CHANCERY, 111mtett

ROBERT AN•D NVESTI.EY PERCIVAL V. It. eqofct.

The: prayer of this Bill refers to a great -variety of
conveyances' and bends between the Plaintiffs and
Defendant, affeding several estates in Longford'and:
Westmeath, in Ireland, and on which numerous
proceedings in the Courts of Law, bath in England
and in Ireland, had been founded. The Bill charges
all these transactions as fraudulent, seeks that all.
documents and vouchers may be delivered up to the
Plaintiffs, and that an account may be taken.of the
respe&ive claims of ,the parties against each other
under the orders of the Court.

Mr. LEACH, for the Plaintiffs, said,,, that in -the
year 1775 a marriage was solemnized between Ro-
bert Percival and Miss Frances Armstrpng, an& that-
the Earl of Mexborough,and Lord Annandale were-
trustees to the settlement, - The issue of this mar-
` riage was • Robert Percival, since' dead, and Westley.
Percival, one of the Plaintiff's. Soon after this mar-
riage R. Percival fell into embarrassments in his cir-
cumstances, and observing an advertisement in the
Papers, that monies would be adval:ed, with a
dire&ion to Amen Corner, where particulars would
-be explained, he went to the houSe, where he. Was'
received by a. Mr. Freer. The latter introduced:
Mr. R. Percival to Mr. Thomas Turle, who was
represented. to be an Attorney of eminence, and to
be capable of procuring the 'sums that might be re-.•
-quired. Different species of extortion were then
stated, and Mr. Cooke, the Defendant, of Hans-
place, Chelsea, agreed to give 6001, for an annuity
of tool. per 'annum, secured on this ,Gentleman's •
estates. But the Defendant did not fulfil this con-
traiit, nor was the annuity registered as directed in
the statute yet he availed himself cs. the securities,
to. the great prejudice of , the -Defendant; who did
not receive a shilling of the• money. This transac
tion was in 1792, : two years afterwards the Plain-.
tiff was involved. in new- difficulties, and ineffec-
tually endeavoured to conceal the place of his abode
from the Defendant.. Subsequently a meeting- was.
appointed at Highgate on a Sunday, to prevent the .
danger of arrest, when thd Defendant made abun-
dant professions of the warmth of.liis attachment to
Mr. R. Percival, promised to advance him any sums
for Which he should have occasion, and so coin,-
pletely imposed upon the confidence of this Gentle- -
man, that_he'had committed to him. the entire ma-
nagement of the Irish estates, and the exclusive.re-
ceipts of the rents *and profits ; and a bond for the
aniountof2sool. was-entrustedio,him, for which no
money or consideration whatever was received. The
IA then supplied a minute history of , the- transac-
tions between those persons up to the year 1804,
during which period the demands of the Defendant
had increased to :15,1241,1?ut which was afterwards ,
reduced by alienations of property• to 739210.—!
Then an agreement was entered into, with the
provisoe that if+ the said sum of 73921. were paid
either in Lincoln's-Inn-Hall, or into the Bank -of
` Messrs.-Childs, on or before the -Ist of January,
1804, no further investigation should be made into
the account, but this balance should be recognized
' Oi7set tied between the parties. The Learned Coun-
sel concluded with observing, that the whole trans.-.
action, from beginning to ,end; was nothing. but a'
system of fraud that the Defendantwasinan bumble
situation, and incapable of advancing the wellies. he
clerg-ed in the -account ; and that the atfairs were
sPftled in -the most secret manner by the artifice of
the *Defendant; in order ito elude detection. He
then prayed the relief'stated.
On the part of the Defendant it Was said, that R,
Percival had been guilty of the must gross misre:
presentation respecting his estates, which he de
scribed as being •only subject toa small rent charge,
when they were encumbered to extent of 1,4001.
When the Defendant inqUiredin Ireland into the
condition of the' property, he fewid„the lands in the
hands of the .creditors of Robert Percival, although;
by the managenient of his Steward, a rental was re-
iiiitted of 6001, a year. The objea of the Defendant
'Was to alleviate the burdens* the 'Plaintiff, and to
rescue his 'effee,ls from greedy anal Yapacions
ants ; ,and so sensible was Robert Percival of the ac.
Live and friendly * exertion's of the 'Defendant, that;
after repeated -refusals, he insisted on giving the De:"
fendant a note cor 1()001.' as a reward for his skill and,
diligence. Numerous letters were read, indicative
of these favourable impressions of the concha& Of the
Defendant---," to deceive yon is only to deceive my 7
self:" Language expressive of the most implicit con=
fidence, and the most ardent gratitude, was employ=
eel; and-the Defendant contended, that the-Plaintiff
at that time took a corieia view of his uttlities in
this important agency, whatever, might have been the
result in consequence of the new instances of extra-
vagance, misCondua, and impolicy of Mr. It. Perci--
val. Among other examples of this kind, the. Learn-
ed Counsel said,. that this Gentleman by gaMbling
had incurred debts of honour to the reach of 81001.
which the Defeudant enabled him to settle, by 'rais-
ing for him the stun of 10601.• Numerous other Cir-
cumstances were stated, involving no inconsiderable
part of the biography of Mr. R. Percival, during the
last ten years, in which the painful effects of indis-
cretion were fully disclosed,' and which occasioned
the 'confinement of Mr. It. Pereival. in the Fleet
Prison -from the year ;1800 to the present
Further h'earing deferred,, \

On Friday week was found dead on the Moors,
between Saddleworth 'and. Holmfirth, Mrs. Ann
Platt, of Saddleworth, aged 66'. She Set- off from.
home on Sunday the 26th. of January, to go to
her daughter at liohnfirth, who was expeaed soon
-
to be brought to • bed, purposing to stay with her.
Within two miles of Hohnfirth she called at a house
to take some refreshment, and again proceeded, ,but
unfortunately missed her way, and was no more
heard of till the :;7th nit: when her son-in-law, hap-
pening to go to Saddlew;Orth; called to inquire ifshe
.were well : tilts caused an alarm, the whole 'neigh-
bourhood Was roused, and unremitting search was
made until the above day, when-she was found laid
upon a little hill, with her bundleby her side. Her
corpse had stiffered no'injury either from the pre-
datory tenants of earth or the air,
• Died lately at Ceylon,in the 24th year of his- age,
Capt. GEORGE BAYNIlpfj, of Colonel RAAIsA Re-
giment, late of the 4th, br King's own Infantry.—
Ile has left an of han Son,of four ye,-.l:s

:ELL

IZATDSTOXE, 'WEDN733DAY. NACIT 19.
....
._
Jane.; MOWS, teas indiaed for hurglariously bre-A,'
.ing, and .entering the dwelling-house, of , the 'lteV
James. Andrewa, at Marden, In, this 'county, and
stealing therefrom 20 shirts, 201.' in money,. plake,
and other articleapthe valueof 1501.
.. .
' Sarah Pearce, setvAnt -to Mr. Andrews, stated,
thataon ,the , night . of the 26th of Depember last;
aabout eleven ,o'clock, she. was abOut going to.bed;
but opening . a
°back ittor toalet . out a cat, it WaS
-violently thrust against her, and five,men immedi-a
ately rushed into-the house. The candle wigs beaat
out of her hand, and ahe waaseized,by.one of thetn;
who dragged her up stairs—on getting up stOirs, she'
„saw her master,. Mr. Andrews, on the hour, -with
two
.men holding pistols to his tread. .
.. . ,
a- - Mr. -A. asked if, they wanted to; murder him ?,
„they said no, they only_ wanted his motley. Mr.-A.•
gave them some money, which they .swore was not.
.enough, and threatened to
-kill him,. ualesabe sheared
them his secret drawer, which contained his cash
.and notes. Mr. A. gave them hia.keys ; they then
proceeded to • rifle the house, which they did by
breaking open every closet; drawer, and . cupboard,
.. and ransacking, their cot:items.- They staid. four
hours in the honse, and eat and drank what-they
pleased. She had no . hesitation in saying that the
Prisoner was one of the
,five who robbed the.house.
E. Biker, another female servaat, stated the same-
faets, and was positive as to the person of the Pak
toner. - . . , . • a -
Mr. Andrews confirmed the testimony of the aer-
rants as to the mode of the robbery, but would pot.
swear to the person of the Prisoner.
_ . The Learned Judge told toe Jury, that they must
acquit the prisoner, oft he burglary, hiastneda as there
was no breakiog to enter the dwelling-house, the.
. robbers having taken an opportunity.-of forcing their
Way when the door was opened for another purpose.
But if they believed the Prisoner to be one of the
;thieves they would find him guilty 9f 'stealingin the
dwelling-house. . -
The Jury found the Prisoner Guilty of stealing in
the dwelling-house to the amount aktos. which equal- .
ly subjeds. him to be
,hanged. -
If.icliard Butler -,was indided -for the murder of
.george Farr, at Dover, by giving hint several mortal
blows and kicks, on the I ath of Odober, , of which
.he died on the lad of the same month.
By the evidence of William Gee, a soldier in the
_Herefordshire Militia, it appeared, that tj)e Prisoner-
and the deceased were both private. soldiers. On the
15th of Odober the Prisoner and the deceased were
playing at cards, at the Carpenters' A!ms, in Dover;
they qaarrelled about a chalk, and they began box,
'Mg; the Prisoner kicked at the deceased as well as
struck him. Tn the third round they fell, and the
,Prisoner's left knee fell iii the belly.of the deceased.
He immediately cried out very niuch,' and begged
to be, led out to make water ; they led hint to
.the
door, but no water would pass. He begged to be
i laid on his back on the table, and theddeclared that
the Prisoner had killed, him. He lived a few days,
and then died:
. -The Assistant Surgeon of the Regiment _proved .
that the deceased died a an inflammation in the
bladder, occasioned by external violence. .. '
The Jury found the Prisoner Guilty
.of illan7
siaughter, and he was sentenced to six. months' im-
prisonment. • ,
Thorny Green was- indiaed.for lOranslaughter. , in
killing and slaying John Clark, in the: parish of .
Woolwich. . • . ,
' The Prisoner was a coal-heaver, and the deceased
-a coal-whipper. On the .25th of August last- they
Were both at work on board the same erattaaad hap- .
peniog to quarrel, they went, onshore to. box it out. .
In the third round the deceased received a blow in the '
temple, which instantly killed him.
'ThtiJury found the Prisoner Guilty, but in gonse-
quence of hatiing been imprisoned from Angast last,
he was fined la, and ordered to be discharged. - .
William Sayers was indided for manslaughter, in
killing and slaying John Dildridge, by forcing hint
to drink four quarterns of spirits called gin, of which
he was cloaked and suffocated. .
Three witnesses were called, but their evidence -
amounted to no more than that the deceased was
I drunk, and begged the Prisoner to .give him some
gin. - The Prisoner ordered him some more, which
be drank voluntarily. He was seiaed, with an apo-
plexy, and died. .
The Learned Judge &reed the jury to acquit
the Prisoner; observing, that the quantity given by the
Prisoner was not sufficient to cause death, and it was
the 'deceased's own , fault that he bad drinik. more.
Verdid---ant Guilty,. .
,
' THURSDAY, MARCIi 5-'O.
This day came-on at Maidstone, the trial of Capt"...
Fraileis Temple, late Commander of His Majesty's
Strip Theseus, for the supposed murder of Thomas
Archarl, a seaman, belonging to that Ship, on her.
passage from Janiaiea to dtis Country, in September,
1805. The Grand Jury of the County ofKent had,
on Wednesday„-thrown. out a bill of indictment, -
Which lrad been preferred against ,the Captain for
the sane -offence, and he now surrendered himself
...to take his trial, upon the Inquisition which had
been returned by the Coroner, and , a Jury of the
-City of Rochester. Capt. Temple was attended into
Court. by a most nemerous body of Naval Office,re,
and-other Friends, amongst whom ' were observed',
Rear-Admiral Sir Isaac C-taffin, Bart: -the Honour-
able 'Captain C. Herbert,' 1«.,P. -the- Hon.' Captain 7.-
E. King, M: P.Pathe Hon. Captain Bennett, Captain
P. Fraser, Captain Baker, Captain. Butcher, Captain
Tower, Captain Crofton,' Sir C. Hawkins, Barr.
M. P. T. a Boswell,- Esq. E. S. Ricketts, I:4 '
and the Rev. Mr. Powlett, &c. An objection being
taken to the Inquisition, Mr, Justice HEATH stated':
that the Inquisition could -not possibly be supported, I
and added, "-Being anxious for the charader of Cap- .
tail) .Temple, Ilun the more. inclined to quash it, as
I. -have read the depositions of the witnesses examin-
ed by the Coroner, and find there is not even a pre-
tence for such a eharee against him." - We cannot
avoid lamenting-that this Officer sholald-have- suffer-
ed so much anxiety forthelast six months from an
atcausation entirely without foundation.- And although
this full and.lionourable•Acquittal is, no doubt, most
.' satistadory to-his feelings; yet nothing •can recom-
-1 penseforthe temporary -Obloquy.cast on his charac-
r ter-through prejudice and misrepresentation.

COrtagE4'.3.4lls44C;FST.r.4.4,l,4TALliS:tiOn
yeSterdaY aTtern-60'-4111-6•.;Kiii.g's-Arms, on
Wall, on the 6otly-ofJ:Lee, a y'onrig I2d,
on. s,unday,,4ernooti layi,, iyas tnost.-nnfortu
battly jatnined_to bets ..een two liihterr,
in aj..ighter Rl:M.(l;6ff East-lane Stairs. It anpellred
tht the
,Unfbrttinateaceident arose fronla.ltirge col-_
leer 'drifting down, arid running 'foul of the LigbiOr,
The hoy, who was a inast4naker's
'deavouring to save his tnaster!s-slii, met his death
as alreadytnitioned. The VercTiCt the Jury was,
"That the deceased-met his death by accic,ent."

SHIP NEci.s

CRAVES,4-D, MARCH 19

Passed by.--.2lie- Goodwill, Clinker, and Hero, Hornback,
from' Nuriva);.
Sailed—the Sali.is, MoQuch for Jamaica ; .and George, P.uei..
dicoMbe, for. Surinam. . r .

BIRTH

Lately, at P,ortsninuth,. the, Lady, of Major Fletcher„of the.
Royal Engineers, of Twins.