The Sun.
London, England, 1809-12-25 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE.MONEY.

Centaur, for the lohanna gallif)t, on January a, 3810, at
No: 12, Clement's-Inn; recalled _same pike on Tuesdays
and.'Thursdays.
reyhound; for the l'allas, Victoria, and Batavia, on the
zith inst. at N.., 9, New Broad-street; recalled Wednesdays
and:Thursdays: •
ponegal, for the Amphitrite, on board, on lan. re cal-
led on Tuesdays and Thursdays, at No. za, clement's-Inn.
Atricaine, for three fishing vessels, and the Uostailboom,
'oft time same day, at No. 'l2. Clement's Inn ; recalied same
place.
Juno, for the Young Samuel and L' Albano, on the'27th
inst. ; recalled at Nv. Norfolk-street, Strand; pn Tuesdays
and Fridays. , •

The Apollo frigate, Captt TAYLOR, which arrived
last week at Portsmouth, left Lord COLLINGWOOD
Only three weeks sinceat Minorca, with LS sail of
the line, and several frigates. Sir SAMUEL HOOD,
in the Centaur, of 74 guns, %Nab the Warspite, 74,
Cap! ant BLACKWOOD, joined .his Lordship on the
25th ult. The Apollo, on her passage to G ibraltar,
spoke his Majesty's ships York, of 74, 15. days,
from Plymouth, and Tigre, of 80, also going to
join his Lordship. The Invincible_ and. Triumph, of
74 each, lett Minorca on the. 25th ult.--the former
for Gibraltar, to be refitted, arid the latter for Cadiz.
The Excellent and Montaitue, of 74,, each, were at
Palermo'; the. Magnificent, 74, and the Yolage, and
Halcyon, frigates, at 'Malt, ; and the - Hydra and
Nereus, were crutziog off 'Toulon. The Ajax, 74,
had arrived at Minorca from Spith'ead. ' The Frede-
rickstein and •Suicalow frigates, with a convoy from
England, arrived at Gibraltar on the 26t:. ult. Lord
COLLLNGWOOD was about to detach five sail ; of the
line on a cruize off Cape St. Sebastian. It is un-
derstood to beihis Lordship's intention, that a part
.of the fleet only shall keep the sea dering the winter.
The perseverance of hiS Lordship : is . a subject of
wonder. The French line-of-battle ship and. store-
ship, which escaped destruttion on the 25th of Oc-
tober, and -got into Cette, were reconnoitred there,
oti .the 7th ultimo; by the Apollo and Scout, in i
'a situation ,that. indicated they would never be in 1
a -state to go to sea again. Toe French. fleet in 1
Toulon had shewed no- fresh disposition to put 1 _
to sea. The • Terrible, of 74 guns, Lord' H. . We have before mentioned that the Consulado at
POOLIITT ; and the Seahorse, Captain •STEW*RT, Cadiz had agreed to raise for the use of the Spanish
are coming home with the next convoy. The I Government, under the present emergency of public
Pomona frigate had left . Minorca to relieve the i .atfairs, the sum of one million of hard dollars. The
' Seahorse, off Leghorn. The Hind' was to 'sail from .1 subsequent publica,tion has been made of the trans-
Minorca on the 26th ult. with a convoy OL.e.a.nptY 1 a6ltion in honour of the contributors, and under the
transpotts for' Gibraltar and Cadiz. On the 7111 ult. . Royal snnaion :
ahe Royal Sovereign, of tto guns,, was.struck with , - s' Among the repeated proofs that the Consth.
a ball of lightning, off Cape St. Sebastian, and had I_ lado of Cadiz has given of its patriotism, loyalty,
-two men killed and 16 wounded. The Tigre,. of 1 and fidelity,. in the just cause of the public defence,
80, was struck at the same time, and her main- the
a•n- ' the following deserves particular.notice.
mast was so mnch shiuered, she was obliged to go “` It being . necessary to coiled a considerable.
to
_gibralrar.to get a new one. . : • i sum, in order to pay, the expenses of,our army, and
,the extraordinary charges incident to it, now it is ia
. - Tile Jevima Packet sailed from Liverpool for
motion, the S.uprente Central Junta has signified to
Nrewry on'Thursday last, and was totally wrecked :
v about ! :the said Consulado its wish to borrow a million of
on- Hoyle Bank, io a violent gale of. wind
four- o'claCk en Friday - morning ; five of the ! bard. dollars, in addition to former contributions, the
half te be repaid from the Royal effeds co
crew' are safe arrived at Liverpool ; it is on, corning by
certain what ntimber have perished, but we hope ! the,ship of war the Leandro, from New Spain; and
. most of the crew anal. passengers are saved, as seve-- i the rest by the treasures by the San Ronan i the
ral were on the quarterdeck of the vessel , floating , lenders to be reimbursed at 6 per cent. interest,
up the river bee. , should 'the priocipal not be 'returned at the time ila"
. .
1 The Covent-garden Managers,,
it seems, are de- !'
This desire of the Junta the Consulado has elcr
Lterrnined to cenfirmn. the good humour ot their new :. • • -
, . :
...ted.
erted itself to fulfil; and h.is raiSed.76o;ooo dollars,
allies, the 02 P. forces, by presenting to them a
- ! which sum has . been' offered to his Majesty, and at
Pantomime, in which no expence will be spayed ; .
the
same time it
.has been announced that he may
notwithstanding the unfortunate drawbacks on the
de end tipon recetving the rest., and that no 'interest
- refits Of the season. We call the O. P. party allies will 1) bcharged:
'H- is 'H .
e .s M
a
of the Proprietors, for, to do them justice, they ap- y
sty feeling the importance of this ser-
pear, now • that they have etfeC.ted their a)hiel., re- ~ ~
solved- to preyent the dr:on4ti'c''representatiops from vice,-Aas 'odered thanks to be returned in his-_naroe
to the:-Coosnlado, for their zeal, generosity, awl,
being interrupted, and to . compensate, by future . . , ..., • .
distriterestopeas _and. has, direaed that their gibe'
good order and deeprutiri for all past visolene and ~•', ' - • ci
rainy be Made public, as deserving his warm respet-
i auiousity. . . . . i and gratitude.".

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CITY ZLECIIIONI.

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Final tloge -ofthe Poll for Common Councilmen
'or the City of London on Saturday.' Those marled
hus * are new Candidates.

ALDERSGATI3.

,fr. George King .. 203 l*Mr. Thomas . . . . 17.
Aldridge
Fisher . .. . . 1157 t,owlatt
turner 187 I Loyelanti
,
'Betts • l7O
. ,

BRIDE WARD—RETURNS 15.
Mr. Child
. . • -• 14
Car twriknt . . . . too joy ner
Green
Brown
Saunders . tez Dutton
Roberts
Bartratn
Lacy
*Attwood

CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN—RETtIiNS 11.
*Mr. Heygate . . . tot ' Mr.. W. Valluxe . . 1:6
Xerl
Illicitly . . • . .
Deputy White ~ . . t 24 *Nightivgale .. .
tin • 123 , *Docksey
**Habbarton . .. . , . 22p I *Pdlnler
Mr. Tain out by a shew of hands.

CitfiiLtGATE NVlilioill,.=.-RETYKNS 4.

114 r. Dixon . .. . Mr, Daker . •
Drouch

. 193
. 19S

Pullen

. . .
POIViSOLEN-...RETURNS .5.

til.*ColebaCh . . . . isg Mr. Rea
Atkinson
106
floppe . 2;3 ile%4fion -. . . . • 5
'Carter . . • . . . zr;

'77
73
77
06

Ler REFORT.

_ A Loge barge, loaded with butter, was a few mind, on the most affedionate terins with her hns-
evenings ago sunk in Litnetiouse-bole, when -30 band, and dreading nothing but a separation from
casks, va/'uedatl"l-11ciated a w4Y) "P'irYlewof The first ve,tion to be considered was,wtie-
Were re,coveled.. the: she was in a state of lunacy at her marriage.

Suppoae it was proved dueler a commission, of. la-•
—....-- nacy, that Ole was, t!'i.e., baa-urt had,. no jurisdidina
. .
COURT OF CHANCERY, Die;. 23. to dissolve the murriage.. Suppose her husband, in
~ , . the space of twenty years„ did obtain landed pro-
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.
perty to the amount of id,oool. she would be, by
Sir S. ROMILLY stated this was the petition Of that verdict, deprived of her sinwry.. it was impos-
Sarah Anne D. a lunatic, to have_ herself remOVed ' .ile that Court coald inlet fere; tinder any circum-
from.rhe custody of Josepl) M----, into that of sta'isces. The situatiori of .Mr. J— M— was
her father, Mr. James a-a-a..., or into that ef any s a severe.ooe ; ,and, indeed; tie hed not solicited the
ot her. persons that the Court might think proper. Martiage.; on the contrary,.lie a.saii. the person solia
the tasarned Counsel stated, that neser in his life, cited, by Mr: D--.; and, 'since it had taker.
. ,
as a Counsels did he feel more embarrassment, or place, . his condw could not be
.impeached.—
mote anxiety for the success of an application, than He had been a most tender and aftetatiohate husband;
at present ; 'the ._ circumstances of the case were and; -as his Wife had become restofed..to.reason, he
most novel nod distressing. He, trusted that he was onlY,beginning to enjoy her society, and she
Miglifnever again be obliged to listen to the anxie-:-ryas Wensil-`4,60t her hePpiness. It was an aCt of seve-
ty of the 'father of this unfortunate young Lady., .rity, to attempt to sera: ate her from the only person
It was too mush for his weak nerves. It would be who had the . power of restoring her to reason..- The
...
sufficient to draw pity from the breast of an t'sneula father thou by . .
thought , her insanity was eause,d her affec-
tivated sintutoied savage. Mr..a. was a relle&" tion for Mr. Met—, and he was not deceived;., as
able:Gantlet-pm, residing at Hampstead s. tire Pet.i- # the sequel had borne hie) out. But., suppose it wasa
(loner was his only child,. In the month of March not the case, the impaired mind of Mr. D--, ac-
last she became deranged in her mind; she chewed knowledged by his affidavit-, made him an unfit per-
il in 'several ways; by tearing her clothea, sitting for son to have the cUsoody of this young lady. a
..
hours naked, striking her attendants,. and using • Mr. D. a respectable looking elderly gentleman,
most violent exclamations. Dr. Niunto s assistance jumped up, inside the Bar,. in the most frantic man-
was called in, but without curet. The agony of the
tier, stamped most ViOletr ly, and, looking at a gen-
doating father could be better conceived than de- tlepan whom we sUppbsed,,to be Mr. M. exclaim-
scribed ; from tl e diattesied State of his mind, his My 1.,,,rd, ailt . 1
ed-=!--"My at is the matt that has distressed
body became, impaired._ 'rite whole affe6.tion of and ruined me and my child. I demand my unfor-
the parent was called forth, -#.l his mind being innate child front four Lordship. I
.would sooner
weakened by distress and bodily- loin, he coo, be dead than my daughter slicaild ,remain in her
ceived the cause of his daughter's in sanisl,vva's a 1
present situation.—Let you, Lordship order me to
secret passion for Mr. Joseph Munyard, :1 young be hanged, if you will only relieve her."
Solicitor in the neighbourhood. He knew she had
- The LORD CHANCELLOIt gave the only answer
been him, as he had done some professional btasia
Which could be given to this unfortunate gentle-
littainess for him (Mr. Daniels) ; he was Coniiiined
man; which was, a look of pity and commiseration.
in hits opinion by the expressions of the Petitioner in ,
Mr. t-isawr ,saida after what had passed, he would
her "fits Of insanity: He thought by giving her ale
not tri;aible, lii.4. Lordship any farther ; but, he was
objed, Olich he supposed to be her titmice, he
not aware that he had made use of any expression
would remove her iaaiiity. .He accordingly. sent
the;-could hurt site feelings or provoke such irrita-
tor Mr., j. M, and acquainted him with his listen+
Lion; if he had, it 1.4,, AS
.Withour his.knowledge, and
, irons, without
,secreting any thing, which were im- he: trusted his L mrdshiP w6iiiii believe he was iricapa-
meClTately. acceded :to by him. hie of doing it knowingly'. - -
at -this time only being,,2o in last
5061. Mr WitatiON followed on the sarne side; and said
Novemh'er'. Mr. D. agreed to give Mr. M...
lee wOald pairsee the example of his learned friend,
1. Stock,
. Mr.. Hart, and touch Upon. t he case tightly; he would
on her marl-lege, and the. interest of 6000 .
-Ontil the Petitioner cattle to tire age of '24, when it
*is to be laid dot, bir the trusteea for the benefit
if) eitrs of age,
Paitioimer was
Of the Petitioner and her issue.. MiS. M. lifid been not state the affidavits, afraid Of a repetition of the,
scene they had witnessed, and this course, he had not
a doubt would meet the approbation of his Lordsihp,
in ahe habit of seeik; ,i),..... ia..titiot,ir.
„.130y, in the t as he could have an Opp,rtuniry of reading the affi-
presence of her atterelaotsr,,fr()tit the a!Otli .0,1.. March
da..its in his closet. ',llse Learned Counsel contend-
to the Bth of April, the day On. .vlliCil the Iffarbriage
ed the Lady was under the proper protettion, that
took place, and seeing her insanity, The irre...pett •
of her husuand,e itch both law and equity must cona
ct the union did not recover her. On the [learning It #
firm. The teplicition had More in view than cliang-
' Wok place, it was with chfficulty ale could hespre- i . :
ing the.custody,ot the Lady, for it went to annul the
'tailed On to allow herseli• to be, eressed. In the Setileineut. ,
chorch, instead of attending to the. (Strentraey she Sir fo'i.irant. ROMILLY replied with his usual- elo-
was looking around her with a vacant stare; which • '
(pence and jorce of argument. He contended,
'`mowed she Was not of sound rniud at the tite.e.—. that tals :unfortunate young lady was 'in a worse
Mr. -M. took tier home, but it toad's: no change in
situation than :f there was a verdict of a Jury; can-
her mitid. On the 17th of April, he ieturned her
'fismieg her insanity at
.the time of. her Marriage;
to her father, Mr. D. who again put her under the
;tor if ,he had seisiovered her teaser), or ever did re;
charge of Dr. Munro. 0,1 the 25111 of Aprit„ Mr..
'oer se'es of the atfeetiOns of a
'ible
J.M.r_ailed on Mr. b. and told 'him, if he did hot
C-i it, and was
, .give bins a Yieft cm the , aix thousand poonestahock . hieiarrdm, 4)e could -not return them as a wife, • be-
, :
CiniSe site was not one ; her issue would be ille-
and apromise of the residue bf fits fortune, at his
11l iMr T,•---,solid co . giiiiiiitie ',
• • tkad at •a ny time be made oat so
. • • death; he Would take the Pe,itiener away,,as he had .
by the ney..t heir of Mr. M—. He had seen sortie of
a right to do, she being his woe, AM! that lie, the -
th, at4.',34% As on time 6:her side, but they did not
father, shouln 'never see her more. Mr. II refus,•d
cot; rasiti thoSe of his Client. Dr.. Munro's affi-
., „ the t , ,
to comply with. this demand ;
at.' . `-e 'B' o: : davit stated that she was insane ih November last,aed
May fie put his threat into eXectltion, and carried the there must have, been a Very euick change wrought
Petitioner off by force. 911 the 16111 of August; in tier, it she was now of sound mind. He acknow-
there was an execution
,put into M or. .'s house, for
i !edged tat the father, Mr. D-e---, was the real Pe-
-5001. by the father of Mr..J. NI. On 1.1,e bond given
ti irtner; but his Lordship knew, by the regulations
to the latter by Mr: D.—The Petitioner had been
et the Court, it was obliged to come in. the shape
since negteded by J. M. and deprived of tlicee corn-
Lt
-_....dlLbetore them. As to the irritation of Mr.
forts her situation requited. 1' he Learned Counsel :
, .r_.,
fur, if others. wel:e. surprised at it, he, was
continued, that if there 'ever was a case which re-
not ; at was impossible to know: what a length
sluiced the interference of the
.Cetirt; it waS,the pre- .
Ihte___ayl:e.z.i io_n of a parent for an only child will drive
~ 1 sent. It asked but little.; only Aliat thiS.unfortu-
-IN. One. but a parent can be sensible of a fa-
- . as I bate and" beautiful young lady rnfrrli be given into , n '11!°
1 ~ utt:. ~ tier's woes, when deprived of whache.ouly thought"
..
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f worth living for:::=, an only daughter. He contended
• weiald. attend to
der the dire; tion of that Court, who
tl,af his Learned Friends bad not introduced a single
her-wants and 'comforts. it came fully 'under the
argument to strew that the.prayer of the petit tin
.ttrisdiaiou of his Lordship; for if she was legatee :at
ought not to be granted. He did humbly submit,
the time of the ceremony', the marriage was null and
that there was •but one view of rite e,:se far his
Void ; for, although the tit!scin ~,,as present, the
Lordship to take, which was, that the marriage was.
mind was absent. It was like a per Son tiaarriedby"
a nullity, which vested the right of cdstody in the
proxy, and the marriage lever consummated. at
nattual
tirdi,,ict, the father.
A was true, they . had beeturnarripi by license, and
a rilansgert
hveed ,
affidavits that
flii.‘aia •ri.nata em
.nreoapd'-,
with the con-etit of her father ; but his indiscretion, -porLfourndityEtc.t;
° L o
which he had sevetely suffered for; could not make
an Unlawful it a lawful one ; and if she was in a he would look over them, and give his decision on
.state of insanity. at the time of the marriage, it must Tuesday mO.1-fling. ..
"
be unlawful. The Clergyrni.in wh© performed the th and 18th of Ja-
. His Lordship sits, on the tt
service even . perceived there was somethingWit)n g j 'Wary to hear bankrupt petitions.
abbkit her; for; on his return to his family, he ob- fi -
t served, she must be either insane dr an idedt. The
•I . 'reason why this application bad not been made tie-
L.s.j_
—"RNJ . fore was, that Mr. D. intended instituting a suit in
06 the Spiritual Court, to dissolve the marriage ; but
4 he found he could not becorne'd suitor'there, when
IS 1 he had given his cainsent to the thing he complained
63 of; ;Linder these cireumstaiices, he had not a doubt,
45`i but the Court would look upon her as it the marriage
Ai- had not taken place; in Which case the right of cm-
tcasy could not be vested in Mr. J. M.
• 'Mr. BELL followed, an the same side, and can- ,
tended, the 'Petitioner had a right to the redress
ashea for by the Petition. I
Mr. ttICHARDS, as Counsel for Mr. D. submitted
t hat till Client was sorry for the part he had sided,
and regretted every hour that he had been guilty of
such an indiscretion:
Mr. HART, Counsel for Mr. J. M. contended,
A few nights since a person, appatently of the Mr.
this application was irregular, for the Court
Royal Navy, who said his twme was Wright, walked .
had no "urisdidion to do away with the willing 1
into the Geo. rge Inn, at Sittingbourne, arid ordered i late
: of the lawful father of this yOung lady. This was
dinner; when he had dined, he
,inquired if there
not her petition, although it professed to be so Qn
were any company in the house; amid being inforrned
the face of it, but that of Mr. 121----, the father—
there was a single gentleman (Capt. Sanderson), be
who had nothing to do, if he was displeased, but
defshir.esdc,t,itine .waiter would go and request the favour ' . . .
any to take a glass of wine with him.— ' 'to sue out a commission of lunacy, to try the fad
the time the
The invitaPtion was accepted, and in a short time - whether she. was or was
and have;
atfi
marriage took place, ave it con rol edby:th:.
Capt. Sanderson became inebriated, and went to bed, '
) verdict of a Jury.
under the iminediate care of his maw acquaintance
Sir SAmuen ROMILLY" He could not have a
Mr. Wright, who contrived to pick his pocket of a
' commission of lunacy ...-
without there was property in
ten pound and three one pound Bank of England , „ .
totes. Capt. Sanderson did nor miss his money until „ the case.
Lord ELDON"."." The Court would not grant it,
the. twrn ing, when to his sdrprise lie found his coma- I
without the husband was not able to take care of
s '
panion had decamped with his booty, leaving his bell '
unpaid
at the lon. The ten pound note was ex- , her, and consented to the commission.
changed at Mes As. Smith and Son's before he Lett the
~
Mr. two-, in continuation, observed, that he had
afdaviis,whieli denied she was insane at the time of
place. . 'the marriage, or that she was so nuw ; but of sound

Great depredations have lately been ciammitted by
a gang of robbers, upon property in small carts, oil
evenings. On Saturday evening, the Twickenhath
errand cart, , while stopping in Essex-street, Strand,
was left in the care of boy, with a stritl caution by
the man riot to leave the oart upon any account ; ,
but the boy stupidly did not attend to the caution,
bit
_was prevailed on by the ter ptation of a shilling
from a man, to take a letter a short distance, and.
while he was gone, a box was stolen from it, be-
longing to Mr. BURKS, of Nottingham-place, with
property to the amount of 401.
Friday evening,, a man having ten pigs for sale,'
in a: cart,. in Leather lane, a wan asked him the
price of them ; on the Man's telling l,im, he objett-
. ed, bin said, if he world go with him inio a public-
house and take a.pitit of -porter,' he would endeavour
tokiol with bith tor the whole, as he wanted them
to sell again, which the owner agreed to; but while
they were in the public-house, all the pigs were
stolen, supposed to be by a companion of the man
who enticed the owner of the pigs into the public-
house.