The Sun.
London, England, 1807-06-26 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY.

To the Officers and Crew of His Majesty's Ship Brader-
scarp, ‘for the Detention of the Neptunus (a Vroit of Adrrii,..
Talty)t on the•rath Nov. 1804, their proportions of part of
the said Droir, by virtue of a Grant from the Lords Commis-
sioners of His Majesty's Treasury, on the 26th inst. at No.
70, Great Russell-street ;and afterwards for' three years at the
'same place.
-To the Officers and CornpJny of 11. M. Ship Fame, for
'the-Capture of the• San Patilos on the 26th April, 1806, and
the Estrella. on the 27th of 'Ale same Month, the Farne's
proportion of the proceeds, on board the said Ship, at Ports-
mouth, on the 3d July and afterwards at No. 13, Great
George-street, Westminster, for three months.
To the Officers arid Company of H. M. Ship Kite, for the
Capture of the Dutch Ship Minerva, in company with the
Kite, on ,the 28th inst. at Lockyer's Office, Plyrnout
every Tuesday and Friday fbr three years at the sameTlice.

BONAPARTE'S MODESTY.—In the French Army
t, the Kings of NAPLES, HoLLAND, BAVARIA,
WIRTEMKIRGH, and
.SAXONY, are inserted merely
s Lieuteuant,s of thaEmperor of the l'Apticu.

The Marchioness of ABERCORIsei Maultieracie on
Wednesday evening, excelled every ;thing- of -the
kind we have-witnessed for several seasonsipast,
,No
entertainment,of, the kind was ever better conduEted..
Of the truth of the remark, the Royal Dukes ,of
CUMBERLAND and CAM/iRIDG bore-ample testimol
ny. The company exceeded eight hundred per-
sons of the first distinCtibn In addition to a
military band; were added that belonging to Mr..
Gow; the latter was allotted to the country dances.,
To preserve order out of doors,'sand facilitate the ih-•
gress and egress of the masks, a file Of‘soldierS be-
longing to the• Duke • Of CAMBRIDGE'S Regiment of:
Foot, Guayds, was stationed at ,thestreet door.. Al,
though . almost every apartment was thronged, and •
the heat prodUced in consequence excessive, still no
'one 'felt an inclination 'to retire from the gaiety of
.the.bustliug -scene: The following charaders bore a
prominent feature in the motley groupe . •

His Royal -Highness. the Puke of Cluriberland,first
-..peared in a domino, but afterwards in two different charac-
. . ters : the first was that of a Special Pleader, in his gorivn and .
; the second dress Worn by the. Duke was that'of.an'
Clipsey Forturie-teller.. in which character his, High ,
ness was very amusing. The Duke of Cambridge wore a
as'a ROMan SecatOr. The Duke of Bedford was a PilL
grim; his Duchess was a Spanish Donna. So were likewise
the Countesses of Derby and Hardwicke. r Lord Chartley
was a Spaniard, and. Lady Chartley a Sultana in a rich dress.
Lord Mountjoy was a Lady of the Ton,- in the extreme of
• fashion ; his Lordship afterwards 'appeared as the Prince of
Wales in Henry IV. attended by Colonel Morrison, as Pains.-
, As Turk's there were .E irl .Hardivicke, General 13eresforc1,-
Earl Cowper, &c.--Lady Dungan-min looked most beautiful
in an old EngliSh dress, black and scarlet, with' a- high
ruff; black hat,. with. scarlet.
_feathers, and a profusion
of diamonds. Mr. and the 'fascinating Mr's. Foott, as ~
• an. Old Clothes-Man,. and. his-.bright-eyed., Wife. Mrs. ".
Atkins, an Old Irish Water- Cress Woman, a•most„humour-
, ous Mask, supported admirably ' • danced to pertettior;. -The.
DrichesS of 4edford,.-aS• Mary Qireen of Scots, attended by
the Duchess of Gordon, as Queen Margaret of Anjou. .I,loth
these Ladies were habited in proper.costurne, consisting. of
. dresses of white satin,vandyked, witircharlems on their heads,
and a profusioh.of jewels,; the two Miss Fordyces,- as At-
tendants, s's
accompanied them. Mr. T.. Sheridan and Colonel,
.• Armstrong excited irresistible laughter ; the first represented
a very excellent caricature of Matrimony, in the peisonifiea.;
' thin of a female figure affixed to his back ; much wit and
pleasantry•were produced by the rehearsal of a little tatinly
fracas.. Colonel Armstreng was a most excellent Sir Perlin'ax-;
.11P.S.J•cr,pban(., A groupe, consisting ,of Messrs. 'Moore,
sLyttleton, G. Lambe, Mr,. Valentine Jones, Lady Mel-
bourne, &c. at the head of which appeared Mr. Champ-
neys,--was a most Admirable personification of truly
comic and. o'riglnarscene. . The, tour s Gentlemen exattly•
represented. the. tour Knaves, as -pourtrayed in. the ..Court
Cards ; . they having dresses designed and executed froM
_pc simiie for the occasion. These Four Knaves were .in'the
act of eloping with the Four Queens, when 'the Four Kings
detetting.thesteatageht,- proceeded. without delay,- by .sound ' •
trumpet', to.procla'un the discovery, and bring the•delin.s
• - queilts to trial. The denmearea had every possible
..effi:et.
Lady iVllillsortrne WAS the Qtteeti of Clubs ; and Mrs. Champ-
,. treys the-Queen of .Diaretoods.. Mr. Leslie and Mr.' Black-
'sna*, as Rival Quack DdEtors, Wereeeeel lent"; as Pilgrims,
Countess. of Teniple,-,-I.ord • WilliaM Russell, Mr: G. Ro-
binson, Mr. ,Den;, Lord Osq.listort,,Mr. rere, Earl of Loris-
' ri•de, Lady H. Cavendish, Lady E. Forster and Mr., Daw-
kins ; ..1 sChinese Charatters were noticed, Mr. Fairrinier,
• 11;r. Wodehouse, and Captain' Berestord ;.•Lords- Brook, a
Poiander.;.,.Marouisof Ilartiligto.r, Old-English Dress ; .Mr..
'Woodforde, ditto ; Cattiness Cowper, ditto ; 'among the
SpaniOrds there were the Princes ot‘tiolstein :Ara Esternazy ;
• Mr. Erskine way anOld Woman, and-Mr. Cohrtney a Vuring
One; 'Messrs.. Lenifin, wwkins. W4lesier ; Mrs. E. C. •
Villiers, Lady E . Best, and Mrs. St. George C.initield, Swiss
Peasants; Duke of 'Argyle and Kr. Delme,' Friars; Old
Barons, arons, Lords Cdartenay and Elliot; Mr... Morris and
Sir Gilbert•Heathcore.; Messrs. Hale, Caldwell, and Mirore,
COuntryrnen.--•Mi. 'Crampton was a French Daricin,,,-Mas-
ter, in which character lie appeared -to admiration ; Miss
Soineryilles, Nuns ;•. Sir l•rl.vard Crofton wore a splendid
Genii-an dress ;- Mr. Walpol, was as-Forrester ;' Mr. Free, a
Grecian Slave; Sir-Charles and EdWard Hamilton, Sailors
Lord Kensington was a Quakers; Dr.-Pemberton, a Ginger.:
bread Nuttnan ; 'and- Mr. Kernble, a•Spaniard. • - •

There were pitseut....seyeni- groupes of nand'
Singers,.amblig whom the Miss GuNs..took the lead.
The'Royal,Brothers ch - not depart until near six,
o'clock in the morning. The Duke and Duchess of.
You. were-pr tar, ',Unmasked ;-her- Highness ap-.
peared highly delighted. It was.not until half-past
six that the company .had wholly retired, previous
to which a Polley Race took place: in the open area
of StiJames's-square, between Lord Moo NTJ oY and
Mr. LAmBE. The foi-mer won by half a length at
least.

Among the company in Ifanq'Dresses were—
Pukes--Argyle, Rutland, Beaufort, and Roxburgh:
Prince and rince-ss' Caste!cicala.
Duchesses—Northumberland, Rutland, and St. Albares.
Dowager of Rutland.
Nlarquisses—Bland ford, Sfafford, Waterford, and Hertford.
Marehionesses—Stailbrcl, Waterford, Hertford, and Salis-
bury.'
,

Liston, Rardwieke, Manstield,Varrnorith,
Camden,. Cholmondeley,. Barrymore, Harrington, Lauder-
dale, Selkirk, and ikilOrton. ,
CounteSse,s— Tankerville, Euston, Hardwicke, Camden,
Cholmondeldy, Barrymorei Itleiborough, LonSdale, and
lersey„. _
Viscounts— Dungannon,`Duntanrion, and Ossulston.
Viscountesses Northwiek,,Hampden, and Dungarmoif.
I..ohls—Dynevor, Ilartowby, Renillesham, G. Cavendish,
Murray, Digby,' Alvanley, Berwick,. Cranley,. Brook,,and
LadiO—Three,j'ercys,:..4mberst; G. Caikndish, Loyaine,
M.. LoWthet, W: Gordon, E. Fitzroy, E. Villiers, M. Fitz.
roy,. Clancarty, Carrington, Binning, Shelley, Graham, E.
Lindsay. W. Russell, Rumbold, M. Bentinck, and two
Townsends. •

Pulteneyi and 11. Featherstone:
From the report of Dominos not being admitted,
there was a grent variety of fancy dresses.

Tire THRATRE.-Ve observed in our account cif
Mr..YouNQ'S rkbut on the Haymarket stage, in the
arduous charaaer of Hanziet,, that we had no doubt
his next pertorMance would be •less embarrassed,
and shew his powers to Ttiore advantage. • He ap,
peared,again on NiVednesdity night in the same cha-
racter, and fully justified our opinion. He confirm- •
ed the favourable sentiments we • before expressedi
and. maintained his pretensions to a settled station
on the London boards. Good sense, reflection,. and,
feeling, constitute tha.essential features of his naingi
and he will rise in credit in proportion as he pro.-
ceeds.—The audience "was. much more numerous
last night than on the former, occasion, and the ap-
plause was abundant. • „ .
CASINEWBACKER, the musical Phenomenon, who
Ins excited so much wonder anct astonishment hi
Paris by his performance on the harp, came to this
country under the.,care• and prote6lion. of Colonel
MAOLton, of Colbecks:

An extraordinaiy 'accident happened on Wednes-
day rrforning in.Deanstreet, Soho maid servant
of Mr. Oldtield, looking out of the garret window.,
leaned over too farto teach some articles that had
fallen into the gutter, when she fell.over the parapet,
but was most wonderfully preserved from destruc-
tiOn- by her clothes catching hold of some spikes on
the coping. of the adjacent house. She kept sus-.
pended in her perilous situation until her cries
brOught some persons to her relief; but more than
twenty' Minutes elapsed ere they could etTed her
complete safety. '

ASTL'E

ANNUAL 11/71ERRY.

Triclovers of aquatic amusements were yesterday
.highly gratified with diie of the hint contestedßow-
lug
Matches we ever witnessed on the RiverThameS.
The concourse of, speelators, assembled on the oc-
casion, exceeded in number any' thing of the
kind ,hitherto given: :The Whole'face of the River,
from Westminster Bridge to Vauxhall Gardens, was
'finely dechrated with pleasure-boatS of every de-
scription, each. filloct with parties of pleasure, and
Bands of Music. The banks of The River were lined.
several deep, for a mile on 'each side, with gazing
spe&ators; while the fineness-of the dayrendeted it,
k' on the whole, a most. pleasing speancie. This 'was
the 18th Prize Wherry given . by. Mr. ASTLEY, in
.lA.onour of His Majesty's Birth-day. It .was rowed
Tor by the six folloWing Watermen,-each with a pair
of oars, and distinguished.by a small flag. orcolour :
Thomas Duffin, Lambeth, Bine.
2 John Evans, . _ .7 ,rower,
3 Edward Cross, --:-- - Bartle-bridge, - Yellow.
4 John Didfield Hungerford, •- .Pufpfe.
5 Daniel Shaw :Horsley-Down Green.
6 Abraham Lock - Stansate:. - Pink.
.Three of the. six were above, and the other three
below Bridge. A little befere six 'o'clock,. the six
'boats started, with the, tide, Tr.em VestminSter
Bridge, rowed round a boat moored off-Vanxhall,
returned on the Surrey side, rowed round the ilea-
con facing Hungerford, and returned through the
centre arch 9f Westminster Bridge, !.
_ Dual and Cross were completely distanced, and
gave in. The contest afforded much gratification.
—The boat's. came in according to the folloWing-
order :--,
Leek, Ist Evans, 3d
• • • Ohltield, ad . • . Shaw, last. •
• •The three first were only entitled to start for the
Wherry, on' the second heat. . At seven, the three
.first boats therefore started.again. , Bets were en-
tirely in favour of Lock, who prOved hiMself worthy
of the encomiums bestOWed on him.. He won the
second race by about six boats length. Oldfield was
'second, and Evans last. The :wiener was brought
'into the Amphitheatre, and, on the Stage4resented
with the Wherry, in the presence of a very crowded'
and very fashionable audi,ence. The second-than
received five guineas, and the third man two gut
peas.

Another Rowing Match took, place at Greenwich ;
sit boats started, and. one. Freer, of Deptford, was
declared vi&or.

ABOLITION OF LOTTERIES.

Such a measure as .the abolition of Lotteries will
not, it is to be premmed, be adopted without the
most serious consid(!ration': the revenue is consider-
ably benefited in various ways by this voluntary
tax, and it will be difficult, if not impossible, to
find any mode •of raising the sum it supplies an-
nually, so pleasant to the people. At all events,
if the, present Lottery is.to be the last, the Public
should Certainly have been made acqUainted with
the fa a long agog in order that every indivtuital
• might have had a fair chance of buyhtg tickets ; now
these Gentlemen who were in the secret will Fro-
bably Make fortunes by their, purchases, as tickets.
of course, rise .very considerably in price. All
this accounts for the pawity of ativertisements; and
the compar22):::;ly quiet mode of condut9ing this
Liit-fery.r:l-foweVer, though Lotteries .array be su.;
speLdeci for a time, we c.nifess we shall. not he
very sorry when they are.::evivedi.as, in a- political
point of vicw, we are mire they are of service to the
State'; :and in' a 4.aoral point of view, no. serious
evil is to beapprehended.from them. •

The lenity which was shewn Mr. Ambrose. Charles
try .
the,4:I7RaNEy.,GENERAL, was in consequence of
the following affidavit that was read in Court by the.
the Defendant, and. which we have au-
. thorlty from the Earl of Moira to insert. Nothing.
less than.a 'public acknowledgment would, indeed,
have satisfied the wounded feelings of that respe6table
and unimpeached Nobleman. .

THE RUNG. V. AMT ROSE CHARLES.

, .
. Ambrose Charles, of the Old lury, in the City of London,
Gentleman, the above-nameil Defendant, inaketh oath and,
saith, that he admits the letter- stated to have been written
by this Deponent, bearing date the 17th day of Ahgust, 1806,
and. ressed to
_Abe. Might Lord, Grenville, then his
&fijelty'sFirt,F Lord of rhgTreasury, set forth in theinforrnit,,;
tie filed against this Deponent, to have been written by this
Deponent ; and tills Deponent further surd', that at the time
of writing the same, he ryas induced by the rbistept:2senta-
tions of certain persons to believe the reports therein' eferred
to to be,,, true ; but that shortly after writing thisletterrthe;
this Deponent, had an,opporturtity of examining,intp many.
of the circumstances. of tne said reports mentioned or re-
ferred .tei• in ''the said letter; snd this Deponent ' with he
found,the .same • to be false, scandalous, and Avicked,.as far
as it imputed to the Earl of 'Moira any corrupt or improper
condud, ,or any . connivance in or knowledge 'of any im-
proper. Conduti in any other person or .persons- whom
; . and this , Deponent further saith, that he finds he
bath been imposed upOn, and-grossly. misled by the' per-
sons who so informed nitri, and that he has written several
letters to the said Earl Wira., and bath also otherwise 4pplied
to the said Earl, acknowledging his error; and this depunent
further saithy that he bath, sutlered the utmost distiess .of
mind, for having written the said letter, and 'still feels the
greatest contrition and repentance, and submits- himself to
thelenity of the said Earl and the mercy of this Honourable
Coart. . ,

in the cause.Creswell v. Wilson, -a mistake was
iriade in the report yesterday : Two bills Vrere nego-
tiated, one of 2951. on which Sharp and Eyre, re-
ceived 1751. and one of 5001. on which Sharp,and
Wilsoti received .2001:'; after this Mr., King declined
going on, and the other bills were returned to them.
The 'Royal Gardens of Richmond and kew will
be Open to the.Publio on Sunday the i3Bth inst. and
every Sunday, as usual, duing thig sumnwr.:
Lord .E.OREmoNt has sold his Gdthima cOlt, that
won the late Derby Stakes, to Lord DARLINGTON,
for 2000 guineas. Three years out• of the last foul,
Lord E. has won this same stake, and has afterwards
bold the, winner for a large sum.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, TUNE 26.
thisdav's market was tolerably well supplied with
different kit ds of Cattle ; Beef, Mutton, and Lamb
are dearer than, our last report ; :Pork and Veal are
something cheaper, and the ,tradeiu genval-velks,but-•
indifferent. The sales in the Haymarket were
trifling ; Hay, Straw, . 'and Clover, obtained better
prices' than. Monday's,rnarket.—We subjoin an ac-
curate statement of the prices and numbers :

To sink the Oit:11 per stone of Sib.

Bcef 4s. od. to ss. od.—Mutton 4s. 6d. to'ss. cd.—Veal
65.. cd. to 7s, ed.--Lamb 6s. 6tl. to Bs. cd.--Pork ss. cd. to
_ _

Beasts, 475.—Sheep and Lambs, 6740.—Calves, '76.—
Pigs gio.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.
Hay 4t. tja. robl. 471. to. al. WO. ITS.—
SHOY Ai. as. to 31, las..

RE,eoßr..

• •
.COdRT BE,NCH, WEs7*.imgrEß, 7

DE LUNnyuct 11 PHILLIPS,

• •
.This was an issue diretied by the Lord Chancel 7
for, to try whether bond and warrant of attorney
which harf-beekexecuted for securing 4,0001.. to :the
Plaintiff, was executed, in consideration. of; money
aanallv advanced by the Plaintiff or.n6t
4fte4hepleadings had been opened by Mr. Kyp,'
• The ATTORNEY-GENER AL, on
,the part :pf :the,
Plaintiff,-said, that the Lady tbr whom,he appeared,
was a native of France, and when the transaCtions to.
which fie should refer took place, she was a widow,
She etni9:Tated to this country in the year i 796, with
her son,. who was then only ninetnonths old, and
here they both of them found protection. During
her residence in England, she was largely indebted
to the bounty of the late Lord Cameltord, t. 11,0 had
before Met with het at Bruisels and Duisel!cri—
As she was ebtering an etigraver'S shop in this city,
he noticed 'het, recognised her, and accosted her.
She was then in indigent circumstances; -Lord Ca-,
melford was a mate of warm attachments, and of
extraordinary munificence: With this Lady he re-
new'ed ‘'
his acquaintance, 'and in the exercise 'of his
natural genetosity, made large presents to her, tp
the amount of six or seven thousand pounds. 'Thus:
enriched, in 1802 she returned to Paris; and.while •
'she
.was thete, the Defendant was recommended
to her by Mr: Morris, a surgeon, a Gentleman
of respeClability,. whose • introduction she received
With the respect. and. attention it- deserved. Dur-
ing -his intercourse- with the Lady, at Paris, Mr.
phillipS(`as We Stated-in taufpreceding report) made
her acqhainted 'With hia.:pecuniary embarrassments;
and, to relieve his necessities, she,,tadually advanced
to him the sum of 40061: At the time he received,.
the last ignol.-to complete this amount, he brought a
bend with filth, executed and 'attested in the ere-
sOce of his, own servant, for the whole debt. The?'
were at this time both of them in England ; and
the Defendant being a Man of gallantry, it was
not an improbable thing, that he would otTer the
lady marriage, as a return for the confidence she had,
reposed in.htm. He did sso, and was favourably re-
ceived." The mother acrd sister of the Defendant
were en this occasion introduced to the Plaintiff, and
the Defendants own daughter was 'placed under het
protection. :• With these expedations before her, the •
Lady fitted up a house in Cumberland Place, where
Shedevoted a room exclusively to the accommoda-
tion of the Defendant. • In the sequel, marriage was
suspended, bat the Plaintiff remained oil the best;
terms 'with the family of the Defendant: Souse
time afterwards, the Lady began to be dissatisfied
N'vith the security of- the Defendant, and on
cation obtained his Warrant of Attorii, - She „.,„e' •
abroad returned, and on
herre again ; soon t
tirh,a
demandedi
n_lent or.still further
security; on this,' made his . Will,
appointed her his executrix, ' and deposited 'Chia,
iztrument in her hands: BAs time passed' on,
and the first ebullition of- feeling subsided; certein
scruples arose in the mind 'of the Lady; and the
prospect of marriage seemed now to have vati‘tshed;
becanse the Defendant was in the hutnble, • but
lucrative occupation of a 'fishrnonger. Stich
connubial alliance would disgrace her son by a for:het
husband, :and Allis degradation was ncit to be Sub-,
mitred to, unless some remedy were discovered: -Lid
cure was at hand ;eit'; was propOSed that'the
daughter of the defendant should idterniattywilh
the infant son: of the Plaintiff,
.and, 'by some sort of.
a logic, such double connexion in the families was
to remove the diffieulty: Notwithstanding this Inge...,
amity, new obstruCtions arose; and, at last, the parties
came to open War,•non prcelia amoris, and the Lady
entered up judgment upon the warrant' of attorney,
and was entitled to take out execution upon it. The
defence which the Gentleman set up
.was, that no
'money liaci.been advanced by her, that he kept up ad
i]licit intercourse with her, and-that this bond was
given-withbet•consideration, as a contrivance to de-
feat the
,claims of his QWII creditors. If these fail
could be supported,' the Defendant had a plain course
to take ; lie had only to make affidavit of tliern, and
to apply to the Court on such grounds to set 'aside the
judgment. But this was not the course he thought
-fit to pursue. He filed a bill in 'a Court of 'Equity
to which no oath was required; and by which the
'heavy penalties of perjury could not be incurred. To
that bill -the Plaintiff gave a full' and` complete an-
swer. The question the Jury had _to try wts, if the
Plaintiff were or were not a creditor' at the time
the bond
.Was -executed ? The ATTORNEY-GE-
NERAL,understood that it was to be ohjeeted, that
the Warrant of Attorney, dated in 'lBO3, was writ-
ten upon paper with the water-mark of 1804. If it
were so, it was probable That it was executed in 1804.
This was, the general statement'of the fats: The
LORD CHANCELLOR had direoled that both the patties
should be examined, and they would Of c.ourSe.be-
, called.

Madame De Luneville said; that she was in this
. country prior to 1802. She acquired here consider-
- able.property. On the 7th August; of that year, she
returned to Paris, and took lodgings, in the Rue du
Bas du Pont. In OEtober following the Deteridant
was recommended to her by her friend Mrl Morrth,
a surgeon in Marlborough-street. One morning the
Defendant, when he called upon her, appeared me-
lancholy, and or. her enquiring the cause, he said he
had letters to Thos. Paine and Dr: Priestley, from Mr.
Bosville, and be was disappointed at not meeting--
With them in Paris. The witness was riot satisfied
With this reply, and in answer to some. additional
questiOns, he told her that he had a bond for 80001.
and other debts, which he could not realize, and
that he: was in consequence embarrassed iii his
affairs. The witness, on receiving'tbis explanation,
assisted him first with 5001. then 'with 1(3001. and
at last,: Wen they were both in England, to the
extent of 40001. ter which he gave his bond: The
witness here confirmed by her evidence the princi-
pal particulars in' the Learned Counsel's OpeninF,
and speakipa of the Mean She errirAciyed to pia:in bur
sensibility, she said, that he had always pistols with.
him, and that he used to fright her constantly, lest
he should kill him Self if she Should'not consent to
marry him. On het first return to France, at Graves-
end he,took up a pistol, and said to a young Lady
in company, that she Should not wonder he was'in
despair at the absence of Madame De Luneville, as'
had it not been‘for her, hee-shoUld have been rotting.
in a gaol. j
The Witness cross-examined Cy- Mr. GARIZOW.

Q. Ygu: were some time before you got over your