The Sun.
London, England, 1807-06-29 00:00:00

tritom .TiiE MONITEUR OP JUNE 19.1

3.-Oti the 2d of May a Russian
Squadron, consisting of two Ships of 74 'guns, a
'Corvette and' a' Po!acre of 20 guns, appeared off the
Coast of Salonica, and cast anchor three leagues
from that
.City. After having remained there some
days,. no doubt to afford time for their great .plans
to ripen, RearAdtnir-al GkEICK sent a Flag of Truce
to the Turkish Commandant at Salonica, witth
Dispatch, written in Greek,' of which the following
is 'a
translation
. .“ The Commandant of the City shall iinme,l;,;ely
deliver up to the Russian Rear-Admiral, the French
Consul; and French in Salonica, with their
property, and that of their Correspondents; or p
200,000 Venetian tSequins. In case of refusal, Ur:
Russian Fleet will proceed to burn the. City." ,

To this summons was added a Note from near.
Admiral Gaitcx; filled with the most absurd ne%tA.
According to him, the Emperor NApoi.Rox had beta
completely defeated, and pursued to Berlin—a
sian Arrny Was.advancing upon Constantinople, and
W, already, taken Sophia and Adrianople=---and in
such a state-of things resistance must be madness.

The Turkish Commandant replied, without deign-
ing to notice the absurdities contained in the Note
of the Rear-Admiral, that lae would neither deliver
op the French, his Allies, nor pay the 200,000 Se-
quins; but that if the Russians advanced, they
would be received with cannon shot.

The Flag of Truce retired with the most violent
menaces,: The batteries were immediately p.n in a
state of defence : the arrival of the Russian Squa-
dron was'expeEted every moment; and it was with
the greatest astonishment that it was seen, twenty-
four hours after, to weigh anchor, and away,
with all sails set.

LAW. REPORT.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, ju,:as

KNIGHT V. I.yoLcoTT.

The ATTOIRNPA-GENERAL opened the Plaintiff's
rase. .It was in n6tion for criminal Conversation by
the belend4nt, who is the celebrated. Dr. Wolcott;
otherwise Peter Pindar, with the wife of the Plain-
tiff., He represented the Defendant as having lodg-.
ed for ot-ne months in the house of the Plaintiff,
its Pratt-,,ireet; Camden Town; and said, that he-
had seduced the Plaintiff's wife, taking advantage of
a passion she had for the stage) pretending that he
.vas acquainted with several managers of the thea-
tres in the metropolis, and in the country, and
that by his influence with them, if she cultivated
her , talents sufficiently under his instrntlions, he
f,honld be enabled to. prucure her probably an esta-
Mi4ueut of two thousand a year. She accord-
in~ly to pass several hours alone with him in
his room, aeting.and reciting under his direaionS.
At length she `.became inattentive to her family, hav-
ing acquired under him not only a paidion for the
stage, but alSo for drinking: and upon too-close an
intimacy being discovered between the Doctor and
her she was separated from her.. buaband. The
bo&or; it appeared, was upwaids of seventy' years
of age, and she a young wornan of..2fi. :She-had
had four 'children by her husband, of whom two
were living at the time of the criminal intercourse.
• The marriage being- proved, a Mrs. Potter, a Mrs.
Crow, anti Thomas Knight, the. brother -Of thd
Plaintiff, were called to prove the-state of felicity
in whiekthe Plaintlff and his wife lived: They were
• married in 1799... The husband ,was a Captain's
Steward, and the wife. Was obliged' to.snpport 'her-.
self partly by taking in 'needle-workl. The brother
described the `Plaintiff's situationin life, and his own,
in the following manner : " My-brother- was under
the prote&iou of Capt. Row, and ants, as I belie% e as
his steward I live with Colonel Styles,tand act inins
domestic concerns."—He: was a' feottnan.::".mdry
Carter lived as • servant of all work f
Tonight, at N0..2, Pratt-street, CiithddtPTOMY.-:•;-
Dr. Wolcott-came to live there' id tb@ yeari .1805,
and took a two-pairof-stairs bedt reol;lY,n at es. 'a
week. He came for the benefit of the 'air; and.
Was very asthmatic. He sornetim*w wanted to tie
rude to me (the witriess),, and: seemed-, or pretended
to be, blind ; but when he watired toberude,
I believe he could see well enough, and Was very
stron,,,,-; although, at other- times, he used to bd
helped up stairs. Mrs. Knight was often in liih room,
reciting with him. I have seen her go into his 'room
very neatly dressed, and -come out -with her elo: hes
all tumbled. I have seen-him sin itliWi; It hip coat
Off, with her on the sofa; and on day, A.;.cli I went
into-the room; •his hand was upon: the point of her
knee., and he 'took it-off again -as I came in:
Lori R Fel.; Dr.
W.-Was teaching MC 3. i.e ;ilk: not put
her hands in certain positionSi.thrthp purp-tse of in-
§traiia ? re'; whi:l-shs answered that he did. And,
upon be'ng crossexaminecl, the- witness' 'admitted,
that ihe.Dr. used. frequently,-when Mrs. K. was not
with ItiK, to sit without his Coat on tits sofa, for
the sake of -1 be, air. One tittle she s:iw him with .his
hand oil h.a bosom; a tie 'she hadbe,n acting, and
when ben handkerchief was open.

_Mrs Dyke lodged •in • the bruise. About three
Months after. Dr. W. came to lodge there, the last
witness Went away, and Mrs. •K. was without a ser;.
vant, •and did. all the.. buSi4ss of the house.: She
evAi a .vely dece.it, genteel; and well4tehaved Nit:o-
-n-lan, and very Attentiue to ter children' anti: family.
When the DOCtor tirt went titure:, Itailonrf the
two-pair. bed-room ; but s!.‘Jr*ly atterwardshe. took
two itionts on the first -f and Mr. and Mrs.
Kniglii's bed-roona was also upon .the 'same float'.
The Wi;lte9S and ber.husband sleflt on the ground-
floor, under Dr Wolcott. Otte day Mrs...K. asked
her to take the child, and went in fn Dr. W. ; her
husband was out, and she remained with him an
hour at least. She then saw her run ddwn. to the
garden, ' with her gown loose and tumbled, and her
hair out of order. She appeared intoxicated, and
went up stairs again—and the child being asleep, she
believes she laid down also. When she went up to.
Dr. W. she had on a clean white 'muslin gown : in
the evening, before her husband canie'bnille, the put
On a green gown. At :mother time MroClC:asked the
witness to take.her dinner below, as slAf4,tvrto: dine
-with Dr. W. _Tier husband was Oot;;"7"SlitiNvent to
dine with him, and staid about. two dr thred.hddri.
She earns down to tea; -and appeared AA-if she had
been to sleep. 'When she Was-cowing down to ten,
11.9 r husband' came to the doer on. latarbAck, and
she said site Wouicrget hint sonetea'first, at the
Dotlor was aOleep... lhir: 'Knight then • went away, as
it was supposed', to Norwood: • Atibut tett (fclocls;-
after the witness "and her husband. were in 'bed, they
,hefrd Mrs. Kriight 0-into' Dr. Voic.ott'srootn-i-,*
they thought she was- gone to take .the,hottle .of
warm • water In,-Atthich: she 'usually did before he
tobed.,,,,,EterWardt :she heard thetV, talk and
laugh together, and it was three-fourtirW'rST'an hoUr
before she 'wen( ,her own mom. rkr husband.
observed'' to her that tile DoqoralldMrS. Ktiight
,titre very Comfortable together,
.and went to sleep.
On being cross.-exarnined, 'and itsked whether she'
had not said she had taught the Scherne of Itidttig
the husband under the s'ofa, and her eVidence- Would
get 20001. Out'of the Duetor ? She said she had Used
very..strenilatiguage Against She' hal*never
• vied the hiding under..thc sUfa—bnt She could
not say she bad. not .i.Jo6h)r "carne
July was twelve months: .goudafortnight at tt-r.
the husband' went to: NorWPocl'-i& 15nOor
relied, .ancl.went away on the 234 .-of.'bit&rE)e.-.-
-Airs. Knight staid in the house till the' 8t!.
.ot Ja-
nuary, and then she was separated- from berlins7
band. The witness herself now keeps the house, and
-Mrs. ii.tiq;ht ledges there. • • '
• Me. 11)!;e: confirmed his wife's statement as to
coerheari--,g-the liodor and Mrs. Knight :talking
and laughing in his bed-10., m. 'He did not corn-
Inunic.ate his suspicions. to Mr. K. wizen he
-bonte, . . ,•

Mr. PtItRE addressed th,.. Jury for the.nefendant,
whuni lac deselibect' as a d:•crepid 91,(1,-mau 0.170
Nears, who, instead of being able to Ny. 20001. was
iibbolub:ly kept- from a :late of wait by an anniiity
from roe booksellers., tor whom he fl fuirne'rly la-
boured in writing poems, which he, the Counsel,