The Sun.
London, England, 1809-12-02 00:00:00

LISROM

We have been -fat:blared with a letter froth Lisbon,
brought by the last mail; in which ouT readers will
find many spew, and interesting communications.
Lisho'N, Nov. 17.—1 t is finally determined to
persevere in the defence of this country.. Marshal
Beresford can bring 25,0(30 men into the field of
'week's notice. The Portuguese force is at present
'in tile interior, where proviSions can be obtained
without distressing the frontiers or interfering with
the depots that are aalually forming in different
SeVeral of the native corps are highly spoken
of by our best officers. Lord Wellington is certain!?
idolized here; and at the Theatre when he entered,
all stop was put to the representation, so repeated
were the acclamations to the Conqueror of Tala-
vera..

" The Minister, Mr. Villiers, who has returned
to this place, has once more taken possession of the
Pombal Palace. His conduEt_ here seems to have
given 'great satisPaion to the, portuguese," and,
from every information I can gain, be appears to
deserve their thanks. He is zealous in their cause,
and makes every exertion, personal and' political, to
assist them. The Consul General, Jefferey, late
Member for Poole, is highly esteemed. The Ad-
miral attends to his duty, and makes friends among
all parties. From the armies there is little of novelty
'Lord Wellington has about 28,000 fit for service;
and reports have said, his force as well as the Spa-
niards are advancing. At any rate all Officers have
had orders to joio, and this city is very thin to What
it was. The pirke del Parque has gained great
credit 3t-: Salamanca ; on the first attack his army
was worsted, and his cavalry behaved ill, so much
so that the infantry fired on them ; the whole then
returned to the charge, and certainty completely de-
feated Ney's army, which has left Salamanca in
haste, of Which place the Spaniards, were in ,posses-
sion‘. There is no doubt but that 2200 French have
been buried. lam convinced the Portuguese troops
Will behave well, and so will the English Officers
who command them. Marshal Beresford deserves
every commendation;. be has enemies, and. some
even among' his own countrymen, whose expeEta-
tions,do not seem to have been. fully realized, al-
though they have every thing they can
.wish for, and
promotion beyond what they' had arty right to ex-
pe6l. However, they are determined to sire‘.v their
soldiers the road, 'and if they can once teach them
the use of the bayonet, the French will find a dif-
ferent reception to what they anticipate. The
Royals are still at Belem, but the garrison here is
small, -every man being sent to the army as soon as
possible.
" Lord Wellington, I •hear, does not choose tb
aa, at least he doe's not see how he can at here
and be with the army at the same time; his situation
is the same as the late Duke D'Alafoes held. I be-
lieve our army will move to the left soon, as where
theyare the ground is low, and overflowed by the
Guadiana in winter at times. The whole army is
now under cover of tiles. The artillery were the
last which left their huts. No truth of Santarem
becoming bead-quarters. Fortifications are coin-
mencing round St. Julian's, on every point which
commands that fortress. I am happy to observe,'
the, condu& cif the Errglish has converted many who
were once French.

"American vessels have been pouring in here at
last. A license has been obtained to allow the tran-
shipment of, the produce, and about 25,000 barrels of
flour, together with cotton, &c. tic. are shipping off
for England, principally foy Liverpool."

THE THEATRES.--There was so little interruption
to the representation of Cure for the Heart-Ache,
last night, at Covent-Garden Theatre, even during
the last two kits, and the After-piece of The Jubilee,
that we are justified in the hope that good humour
will ar length be restored between the Public and
the Proprietors, and that we shall again enjoy our
rational amusement without disturbance. Daly one
person ventured to appear with the 0. P. ensign,
and he endeavoured to excite (the same feelirigs
which have so often produced scenes of turbulence
and confusion.- His views, however, met with so
little encouragement, that he was easily taken into
custody, and feW appeared to be disposed to follbw
his example. Nothing therefore occurred but, a few
hisses; and 'sometimes a ludicrous imitation of what
passed on the stage. Our recent naval victory
afforded 'a good opportunty for- the Proprietors to,
pay a tribute of respect to our gallant Tars, and they
properly availed themselves of it by introducing• a
view of the Bay of Rosas, which, with the'exhibi-
Lion of banners, fireworks, &c. and a triumphal
arch, inscribed " 25th October—COLLINGWOOD,
HALLowgLL, MARTIN ,"had a very pleasing effe&,
-and excited much applause. This occasional tribute
to naval 'heroism, drew out the true charaeter of
JOHN BOLL, and he cordially joined in the, airs of
"‘ Hearts of Oak," " Rule Britannia," and. " God
save the King."
THE LY-cEum.—,-The Honey Moon was repreSented
last night, at this Theatre, and Mr. MELNiIN ventur-
ed to appear in the charaCter of The Duke. It' was
a rash atte.:npt,.and was by no means attended with
success. Mr. MELVIN. is no more calculated for
characters.
charaers which require dignity, than .he is for
aline
.elegant comedy... is true 'fbrte is low
comedy, ;Ind in that province alone is he likely to
acquire• any permanent reputation as an aCtor.--.
Miss DoticAN - bad a cold, which prevented her
singing her usual air,.and an apology was made by
RUSSELL for the omission.—Mrs. ORGEE perfortiled
the part of Yolante with great spirit, and '.IVIkS RAY
was animated in that of Zamora. The Play altoge-
. ther went off very well. The,house 'was full.

Mr. ELLISTON closed his engagement at the Bath
Theatre, on' WedneSday evening, in the parts of
LoCior Rangios and The Three Singles. The Misses
and Mr. Gutoux finish their engagement at the
same theatre. this night.
Mrs. GLOVER is engaged at the Glasgow Theatre,
which will open on Mond4 next. •
•
CATALANI, it seems, has made up her quarrel with
the Manager of the Opera-House, and is engaged
for next season, upon very handsome. terms. Here
she will appear in her proper chara6ler, and if she
had never beet)) engaged at Covent-garden Theatre;
_it is very probable that the disturbances at that place
would by no ineans have been .of so fort:6l3l*e a
nature avthei, have tinfortungtt)y

:POLICE.

RIOT§ IN COVENT.-GA(' I)EN

• T,
-now-sTßEET.—TheMagistrtiteii3,;,c,..,l
to `a determination oot.to recei;e any chaigt:
the Theatre after nine o'clock, as .tho,e
dud made therri liable to be taken into-Cato

could be conveyed to the watch-ho6se.
brought up to the Office in the morning ,t;>Pee.:..-.:1:i;-

nation.

John-Thomas, of Argyle-street, Okford-rend, wab
charged by Mr. Brandon with 'making a ' noise In
the -pit nt. Coventgarden Theatre, by ehibifing
large 0. P. in the front of his hat, and brandishing a
large stick over his head, as if to pfotea whiCh
created7V'much noise in the house; 'a's: to peevent
the perfOrmers from being beard, •

prisdner was taken to the watch-house.

MANstok,-1-TOuss.—A case of a si-ngnlar ,nnture
ctune on to C.
heard :before the Lour;
Alderman C. Sm- yrti.—The Stewards of a Idenc!it
Society were summoned by' the Wi&ow of one of
their Members, to spew cause Ay they Nhould not
continue to piy her an annuity of poi. per annUtri',
according to their Article's.

Mr. ALLEY
,atlondcd On the Dart of thePlainfiff,
,
and ATF.EbL,LAND for toe I...kienuants. cir-
ciunstan W ces ere as-follow :---Th R e uh.-s of tie So- .
ciety provided, that the widows of members
be entitled to an annuity of. 201. and that,
they marry again, the:Society, on the payment (:f
201.
,should he released from any further claim;
ing made upon them. The husband 'of the Plaintiff
had been dead upwards of five years, and she.had
received her afinnity till about eighteen months'.
since, at which time she married ;: and on produc
ingthe certificate of her marriage to the stew.ardn,
they paid her: 201. and took her receipt for ,
Some time -afterwards she discovered that the man
-whom she had niatried had a wife a.KI several did:-
dren living in Cornwall ; and; in faa, after havi;ig
spent Fer money, and made away with her prop,:rty;
he went back to his wife, and is now with -her at
Penzanee, in Cornwall. On this desertion, she ap-
plied to' the stewards, demandiug to be again put •
Upon the list.of widows, on the grounds of her
ing been deceived, and tharshe was still, in fad, a
widow. On the part of the Defendants; it was con
tended, that the Plaintiff cotild.have no farther claim
.4k
on the Society, they having, in compliance with the
Rules of the Society, on the production of the
riage certificate by the Plaintiff, paid her 20h and
taken' her' receipt for it. Several witnesses .were; ,
called On'the part of the Plaintiff; and the first wife,,
being proved to be alive, his,LoreShip and,the wan:.
r thy Alderman were of opinion that she ought to Jai.
reinstated on the-books of the Society:

, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. —4- A charge, Of sneep
Stealing was yesterday preferred at this Office, by
Mr. Hall and other wholesale butchers, agaiirst
man of the name of Thomas cross; formerly a ser-
vant to one of the complainants, and from whose
service he Was discharged for misconduct. Tho
complainants have lands for the purpose of turning
in their cattle, after purchasing, and Mr. Hall's is
at Neasdon, on the, road to Edgeware. ,Orr the
night of the 14th of NoVember, 5 fatsheep were
killed on Mr. Hall's ground, the carcases of which
were left, and the fat alone, which .is worth on tni.
average 6s. 8. a sheep, was stolen. It appeared that
this kind of depredatioe had been carried on a con-
siderable time, one salesman having had if sheep
killed, another 8,„ another 5, &c. In 'several in=
stances the animals had, only been -half killed, and
were found in the_morning alive, with their. throats
half cut, arid' the fat from the flanks had. been talz,:u
away by cutting open the bellies. The. prisener was
strongly suspected of tliese barbarous practices, he
having 'been traced to have sold considerable gnat-
tities of fat, and he was taken jam) custody when in
the act of offering to vend' a. quantity of that- artielc
at, an inferior price :to Mr. M'Kinder, a tallo
chandler, East-street, Manchester-sqpare. Ilc wlll
remanded for another examination.

:Yesterday seinnight two French. officers, prisoners
of- war, at Norman Cross,.escaped by the expedient
of secreting themselves in the soil carts of the prison,
in which, at the usual time in the morning, they
were drawn out of the confines of the depot. They
have since, it is 'supposed, made their way for_Ahe
Lincolnshire coast, - avoiding *the main roads, -and.
concealing themselves in woods or other places dur-::-
Mg the day., They are two naval Captains, cell
dressed ; .one is 5 feet 5 inches' high ;- the- other
'feet 3 inches, and speaks English. ,
It may be remembered, that some months ago an
account was extracted from the French pavers, of
the execution of some persons in France, Who weiri
attached to the secret service of this country.
Gentleman lately returned from France ,was present
at the examination of M. Pregent (the-Confidential
agent of M;Puisaye); whs,,, being detected him4eiti;
endeavoured to procure his pirdon.by sacrificing .his
colleagues, several of whom became the victims of
his treachery, and when he declared that he had
*nothing further to discloSe, he underwent a similar'
fate.to that which he had procured for his comrades:
It is said that Chateat3:Brilliarw was, in like ru'all n erj
induced to. attempt insuring his own 'safety, by cri-
minating the persofiw.who had assisted him in • his
mission.

FIRE.—On Thursday night; about.nine o'clock; a
fire broke out on board a large vessel ,lying at Shad-
well Dock, which was entirely des'iroyed.

The accounts froni Colchester of the sick btobght
to that garrison 'horn Flushing; are of the most satis-
faaory nature; upwards off 2000 haVing recovered
there in a short time, under the skilful treattnent of-
Drs. ROBERTS and FELLowss, Physicians.to the
Army. The former wrved many years in that ca-
pacity in the West Indies) dining the last war; and
the latter at Gibraltar,while the 'late destruaive fever'
raged tht-te.. The analogy observed by, theni be!;
tween the fevers; they were so .muCh accustomed lb,
and the disease that h4s,swept off sych tiorithe3 of
our troops in Zealand) led them to adopt a made of
treatment which has proved eminently su-ccessful.
It is much to be rei.etted, considering the very great
mortality iri outartpy at WalChereni, t hat tie talent,
and experience.of these tientlmicti tier trot4iNaot4
thQ spot.;

LAW REPQRT.

COURT OF KINGts BENCH, Nov. 30.

CON NOR V. JAMES.

This was-an action brought to recover the price'of
horse and cart, which were destroyed by the ne-
left of the defendant's servant.
Mr. PARK, stated, that his client, the Plaintiff,
tae-s dus:rinin, and the Defendant a merchant of
1-•,-sre,litbility in the. city. He then related the evi-
dence, and said, that if hi% u itnesses proved The
else. necertling to his iutrutii:als, -the Jury must
give a ,-ercliel tw tie , plaintiff, who - only went for
'.seven•eet, penn4s.
William Burt idge deposed, that, in the month of
Febzoary last, he saw the defendant's servant driv-
ing his chaise-cart thronell Shoreditch, going towards
London ; that he attempted to drive the • horse' be-
tween a waggon and a brick cart ; the cart-chaise
entangled between them, there not being room for
it to pass. The shafts were_broken, the horse, be-
ing frightened, ran away at lull speed,- carrying with
him one of the shafts and a footstep. The accident
was caused by the servant's attempting to drive-be-
tween:the waggon and the !wick-cart, where there
was pot _room for ttitn to pass through:
William White deposed, he was standing by the
side of the plaintiff's horse and cart, at the corner of
Polloway4ane, Sjloreditch; when he saw the De-
fendant's horse coming at full speed; he ran with
.his breast against the shalt of the plaintiff, which
broke, and ran through hina, and he immediately
exOred. The cart, from the shock, tilted up, and
the plaintiff's horse was suspended by the neck and
nearly strati he died in three days afterwards.
He' was WO,tii about 101. and it would cost about
31. to repair the dust-cart.
'Mr. (hallow, in defence,' observed, that the de-
feedant's horse' was a spirited animal, which cost
140 guineas; it took- fright, and ran away with the
servant, long before the chaec..e;cart came in•conta6t
with the waggon and the brick-cart,-, in which case
there could be no negle.4--t on the part of the servant;
he would prove that he did every thing in his Power.
to restrain the horse; the cefendant was-a sufficient
,lo‘er already, his horse having been killed ; he
would ttlll them what was the meaning of the story
told t 6 them that day; for, could it be believed,
that a horse being held up b; the head for two mi-
ratites, would cause his death ? no ; but it was to
pave the defendant's horse from going a hunting, a
term well known to dustmen ; not that he was to
follow the hounds, but that he was to be carried' to
them. He concluded, by observing, there was not
that kind.of evidence before the Jury upon which
*hey would he justified in giving a verdiel for the
plaintiff ;' he would prove_ there was no negle& in
tie case,- and the defendant would be entitled to
eleir verditi. .-
Henry Collins, the-defendant's servant,
:who drove
it he horse after-being released,, deposed, that, as ke
got opposite to the front of
,S.horeditch church, the
bOrse ran away with him and the chaise-cart; he
valid not pull him in..or manage him ; that he
hed between the waggon and the • bock-earl ;
th re was not room between them ; and if he had
been able to manage the horse, lie would hatie pre-
vented his going; the witness was ia danger of hav,
iug lost his. life. ,
Lord ELLESBOROUGH—" Were you
.accustomed

to drive ?" . .
. .
" I was, my Lord ; I had been in the custom of
(.1:. v:!:g for eight years before." . -
- Lod ELLENrsouou967-7" • Did you Use your best
efforts to prevent the accident ?" . '
" 1. did, my lord."
- Lord ELLENBOI!OUGH—." This puts an end to
the "plaintiff's case.. The declaration 'states the
cause Of adieu, to be, the negled of the defentint%
servaot, and, it-is in e.viclence that he used all due di,
liunce to prevent the injury that has been sustained.
Lest a Juror be witlidrawn."--Wkich was.accord-
iii3ly done: .‘ - .

HAYWOOD. V. PIPER.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated, this was an 2C-
f4111 to recover 1601. the amount of a Bill of Exchange
accepted by the defendant ; he would prove the ac..
teptance, and the Jury must give a
,verdi& for the
Plaintiff.
John Croft proved that the acceptance was the
defvudaneN writing.
GArtnow—"l wilt put an end to this ac-
tion ; the Bill of 47,change is on a two-shilling,
instead of a four-shilling stamp, on
,which account
tour Lordship knows the Plaintiff must be non-
;t.-d." - . .

Mr. 'ATTORNEY-GENERAL.—" I Will maintain
the • aBion, and the other counts in the india-
went." •
William Haywood. the son of the Plaintiff", vas
examined, but lac acknowledged that he was the
plaintiff's partner, on-which his, evidence could not
be received. •
The phintiff was non-suited. -

HALE tt. JAMES 'WILSON, SENIOR.

Mr. GAEUON stated, this Was an salon to reco-
ver tool, the amount of a bill of exchange ; Lee
viould prove the acceptance, .atter, ‘9lich, he could
not conceive what defence could be set up, except,
it had been said, tilot.the.Plaintiff, in some conver,
sali.,n", said,. that money was worth ten per cent.
interest. The Plaintif was a partner in the house!
Nle,srs. Calyeri and co. brewer; ; the Defend-
ant's son kept a. pubic-house ;he applied to the
P;ainutito lend hi-ha tool. for twelve monthB,which,
he slid, he would do, if the son got his father, the
Defendant, to give his bill for it, The bill WaS.ob-
tained, and the Plaintiff paid down tool. and he
was now DEiged to. bring -his salon for its repay,
=era. The Learned Cotinselthelr.called a witness,
w:1O proved the Defendant's acceptance, .and also
the draw ,'s James Wilson, jun.
Mr. ATT9RNEY-GENERA-L, in defence, stated,
Cat it his instructions-were right,:he: would prove
usury in this case, which. would: for ever debar the
/ Plaintiff from recovering. He would hot take up
the time of the Court. atad Jury, .but go to the proof

•
at once.
James 'Wilson, jun:deposed, !hat' he had 'kept a
r:ublic-hous_, awl that the Phiitititf lent him tool.
for -1 welve months, on the joint security of him 'and
his father, the Defendant. .The PlaMtiff did this
to induco the _witness to get his beer from-the house

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