The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-01 00:00:00

l'll.oiNi AN AMERICAN*

WILMINGTON, (N. C.) MAY 5.---Arrivect 'yet-
terdav the ship Thrterpri7:e, Capt. ChartesTrehd-,
well, in the remarkable short passage ot:. t
days from Jeremie, in.the,lsiand of St. I.4ounino.
'Ca•pt. T. has furnished us with the folio wing
'telligence, which he has, received. from cleriel
Henry; Commandant at Jereinie,:—
" JERE.MIE, APRIL 21.—That part of the fleet
of ChristOphe,. which was employed in the bloCk-
ade of Port-au-lirince, consisting of One corvette
and two heavy brigs,. was attacked by. the fleet of
President.Petion; consisting of tWo'corvettes and
two btigs, besides about' 20 armed barges. The
result Of,the engagement was theisinking of one
of the brigs, when the•AdMiral and all on' board
perished, and the capture-of the other, which was
towed: Auto Port-au-Prince by the barges ; the
corvette escaped, and got under cover of a small •
battery in the ppsseision 'of Christophe's army,
where she continues to be blockaded. Christophe
himself started next day for Cape Francois ; and
there is no doubt that his army, harassed on its
wings by a force of, about 5000 light troops, and.
straitened for provisions since the affair with-the
.fleet of Petion, will, before many days,-be obliged
to follow him. It -was by-means of his. ,superior.
, fleck that Christophe succeeded in transporting his
besieging 'artillery before Port-au-Prince 3- and
.the
same superiority enabled' him to lraw from the
North, thrOugh the °same- Channel, all the supplies
e
necessary for his. army. . The comparative force
of the contending parties stands as follows, viz.
Petion'sarrny,in. Port-au-Prince 9000 then—div' i'-
sion of light troops 5000,---of which about .2000
are cavalry. 'Garrisons of the different towns and
portS' in' the South and West computed at 20.00,
and employed in the reduction of the insurrection.
of the Grande Ause or Jeremie 1500. Christophe's
besieging army before Port-au-Prince about 8000:
•Garrisons of the North 3000, Petion's maritime
force at Port-au-Prince, 2 corvettes of 20, guns
each, 4 heavy brigs•of 16 guns each, armed with
muskets. Christophe's-maritime.force, 1 corvette
of 20 gills, near -Port-au-Prince;. 2. brigs of 16
guns, near St. Marv's ; 1 schooner of 8 guns; 1.
faluche of- 4 guns,. and 12 armed barges, at the
Capes."
. .

rnspection of Cuvalry.--Yesterday, at 10 o'elock,
the Tst and 2d Regiments of Life Guards, muster-,
ed, with their pppointments in the fullest order,
in Hyde Park, opposite the Barracks, for the pur-
pose of being inspected by the Commander in
Chief, Lord HEATHFIELD, and-the usual Staff.—
The bands of both regiments.. made a nouvelle ap-
pearance ; the Blacks in .the long Moorish tur-
bans, 4. n d the other performers in Austrian cos-
tume, Attracted .general .admiration. They per-
formed. several.. pieces of martial music, to the
great entertainment of a numerous assemblage
of Ladies. - The Duke of Vont( arrived, with his
suite, about a quarter past ten o'clock, and the
regiments went through a variety of evoletions in
a most brilliant style.' Several persons of distinc-
tion were present.

. The, 9th 'and .82d, two very 'strong and effective
regiments (th'es 82d being 1100 strong), at Gibral-
tar; are under orders to jOin Lord,WELL.moTok.
They will be-replaced by the 26th, 77th-, and 83d.
The trans Worts that carry the latter regiments to
Gibraltar, will take the two former from thence to
Lisbon. , ,

The 6th foot, 900 stron!4, at Jersey, are alsq
under orders to join Lord WELLINGTON.

A detachment of. the -Royal Waggox train em-
barked on Friday, for Portugal.
Upwards of 200 rank and file of the 43d regi-'
meat, second battalion, have sailed for Portugal,
to join the Ist battaliOn.
The.lo2d Regimettt, now at Guernsey; are ex-
pected shortly to out go to Bermuda: „
East, India Shipping,—The ships •Brosbourne-
bury, Lord Duncan; Sir Godfr:g Webster, -Diana,

Juliana, -Manias;Grfneille„ z7incl. Princess Ch«rlotte

•
of Irales,- which left Fdlinoutl► the 13'th of May,
under 'Convoy of.his Mkjesty:s ship'llloittague, ar-
rived at Madeira the.3d' Ult. • • • • •s

The 'Nobility and Araatcurs of Musical Science
bave within these feui months been much interest,
ed in 'witnessing the extraordinary .powers of a;
grand. and novel instrument, made by Messrs.
Vtdowr and RoksoN., for the. Right Hon. Lord.:
NIRKWALL, Which, by permissiozi, of his. Lord^
ship,'has'been.privately exhibited to thekobion,‘
able World, at the manufactory of the Inventors,
No. 101, St. Martin's lane. This, instrument,
which-performs orchestral music in parts, in the
most accurate-style, has been no less an object of,
admiration with the emineutprofeSsors, who have
unanimously and: nnequivoeally 'declared it to be
superior to any invention of the kind which has
yet been produced., The' effect of. such general
encomiums was, that 'large companies -of visitors
to witness its performance came not only daily,
but perpetually. To remedy this inconvenience,
we understand that the instrument, (which will
shortly be removed to the. mansion of the Noble
Proprietor) may he still seen and heard for a few
weeks by such of the NObility and Gentry as may
think proper to make their own appointments,
- It is stated in a Morning Paper, that. Mr.
Kti%itste had been induced to withdraw himself
from Covent-Garden Theatre, both. as Actor and
Manager, because he was refused the " eanorbitimt
terms" which he demanded for a re-engagement.
According to report; :however,, matters have for
some time not been upon a cordial footing be •
tween him and • the chief Proprietor, and on
this account he had been desirous of disposing of
his share in the Theatre. The same Paper states,
thtt he Was expected to leave town this day upon
an engagement with the Dublin Manager,, and
that Mr. FAWCETT is to succeed him next season
as Deputy Manager.'
• A few days since, the Aylesbury coach was
robbed of a. parcel, directed to Messrs-Masterman
and Co. Bankers, in White Hart-court, Loth-
bard-street, containing Reading and -.Aylesbury.
Bank notes, to the amount of 16001.- -
On Tuesday, the 16th instant, a woodcock waS
shot by Mr. .loittc DENDY, on the premises of his
uncle, at Shipley, in‘ Sussex, a circumstance that
does not often occur at this season of the year.—
Mr. DEXDY fiusled'his bird in'a ditch nigh to the
farmlard.

LAW RE'PORT.

COURT OF RING'S BENOIT, 30:

WART AND V. WADMAN.

, . . . . . ,
*- This was an issue'from the Court Of,..i:nt:)..te.erv, 1
to tryths, validity of the Will and-codicilof.Franci.s. i
Art.dnian, Esq: 'The .plaintiffs were, the'attoniey
Who made the will and .codicil, andV.gio had filed i
his bill in-Chancery to recover his- "lalV expenses,
Sir Waiter Stirling Bart. to Whom. the codicil be- ,
queathed all the testator's states, :subject to.a le-
,- ~.,-,, of 6001. to the third plaintiff, Major J.OlitiE,:ey-
..
motir Davies,who, in the will, was tenant in com-
mon of the.estates with Sit• W. and the defendants
were theeheirs atlaw Of the testator: Mr. Francis
Wadman 'was. in his life-time a Major of a volun-
teer dorps at. Northfleet, and was proved to have .
been iii his old age amahof extreMelyfilthy 'and beg-
garly habits. , He hired a. lodging in Suffolk-
street, at half-a-guinea per week, where'he lived
without a servant, seldom or never cleaning hith-
self ; and, when he did indulge himself with a
clean shirt, putting it on over his dirty. one... In
this lodging he wls visited by Sir Walter Stirling
and Major Davies, who used to come almost
daily nod- pray with him. A'few days before the,
'.execution of hiS will, he called _upon Mr. Has-
tings, a cheinist in , the..Haymarket, requesting
-of him a medicine for his. complaint, which he
described, and which was of sd serious a nature,
that the chemist was surprised how he could walk
about. He put the Medicine in his pocket, and
walked: out of the shop. without paying fur it ; and
Mr.-M7supposing, from his dirt and rags, that he
was'a pauper, said nothing about the payment.. Mr.
Watkins, Mr. Hastings's. assistant, who spoketo ,
the testator before he saw Mr. Hastings, was so
-convinced of this circumstance, that he gave him
.an 'aims of_6d. which the testator took, with ex-
pressions of gratitude.- The'next day Mn . Hart-
' nip was Called upon iD • visit as a patient Major
Wadinali , iti'' Sudo] k,s treet , whOpl ~,lie was ' 4 tir -
firised-to find was t4Pe same person luOiad relieved,
at his shop. . Mr. Hastings attended . linii . two', or
three times after this ; and onithe 14th of, Aug.
' 1811, Was, together -with his assistant, fetched by
Mr. Warrand, the attorney; to. ,vtitness the Will.
They: found the testator, in bed ; . 'and ,-.Major
Davies Said to hitn,—‘f:LTacle, we .have brought
the will Tor you to sign,", turning over, the leaves
of it. (The Testator was no 'relation to Major
D). the Major used other -expressions of .per-
suasion, arid lifted the Testator-that of bed; be bad
sonie clothes on; and executed the will at a table.
near the window. The Chemist and 'his as4starit,
and-Airs. Croft, the landlady of thelodgings, wit-
nessed the will, which was not read ,over to the
'testator -; nor was he told of =its' contents, Mr.
WarYand, the attorney, reinainiug below- stairs
' during tiie e-,eCution. Both the cheinist and his
assistant were of opinion, from the testator's im,-
becility, that he was incompetent to execute the
will; and the latter obS'erved tO the-former, that if
ever they were-called upon to give their testimony
' upon that subject, he should state that opinion ;Alt
they witnessed the ;Till, supposing they were te..!fy
ing the mere act, and not.the competency • of signa-
. tare. Mrs :Croftthought better ofthetestator's win-
' potency,. and differed with the chemist as to the
situation in which the testator. execute,d the will;
she deposing that he t7ot out of bed Aid dressed'
. ' • himself to, do it., 3, o.' he that the testatorqemained
in bed. - '' ' ':' : -' •' . ,A-. '

Lord *E'LLENBOII OtiGH was of • lapinion that the
prObabilitY •ivas. 41 • favour-of. the assistant'S‘ eVi.-
deuce, that he .rose p.artly dressed,. and thought
that these slight variations fended to confirm the
general evidence iltther than to weaken
and appeared that Mr: Hastings had refus-
ed to anticipate his evidenee. to Mr. Collier,
the . attorney, and had repelled all- the parties
Ni.'llO had importuned him on this :subject from
liis shop. All the three Witnessss agreed as. to
the .testator's weakness and that the will was'
not read over._ His Lordship shoultV require, a-
connnuniCation tof its contents "to the tqstator,
and expressed his 'surprise thatthe attorney who
nude tint should not-have attended its execu,.
in.the houSe at the -time.
o.p,rika:, who cOndtcied' tire, plaintiff's .elge;
said he ,hoidd be able to pr0.4.-e,:thp,t at •the time.
of iex‘ccuting the,codii4 in., the presence (it the
landlady, Mr. .Warrand, junior; -and Bachael
Colman the ntir'e -both the will and *it were
read .over to the .testator, and the, latter .'re-`
cognised the
.contents. .of tike former.
EI.r..E.NBOROUG 'held' this ndt ;:enoug-h
and. it was agreed. that an should.
be made to the Cbancellot.for-another:issue, in•
, Warra hd. might not. be IR. ad eplaintiff;
'so that he might,he exiimined as a witnev-i: and!
ia theMea.n time a verdict was takewfor..the• de-
fendant, Subject to a power to-enter a nonsuit, pro
vided in point of law- a, plaintiff can te`uoilsiiiteci
on an, issue from Chancery. 'The .SoLlts.roAt-
G.e-NrAtAL .(Mr. Garrow) 'conducted-the defenar
.-,ant,'s case. •