The Sun.
London, England, 1802-07-10 00:00:00

ST. PETERSBURGH; jl.-NE 8.

E following is the farther intelligence we have
received of the EMPEROR'S journey :—ln Nama
His MAJESTY visited, after the Parade, the Cathe-
dral Church, and then the house wherein PETER the
GREAT had once lived. He examined all the curl.
osities preserved here, consisting principally of
utensils, which that immortal Prince had made use
of. The •retnembranee of the hero, and admiration
for his great deeds, excite respeft for every thing
any wise connected with him. The EMPEROR or.
dered that the house, uhich is in a very decayed
condition, should be repaired, and every possible
measure adopted to preserve a monument which is
so precious to every true Russian.
His MAJESTY arrived at Dorpat precisely on the
day when the new University was opened, and
was •conducted by the President and Chancellor,
Count MANTEU FF EL, to the Hall of the College,
where all the Professors and Students were assetn.
Wed,

COURT OF. KING', BENCH, IcLi
SETTINGS DLrORE LORD LLLEkgdROUGH IN wz:IA

AIINSTrit HALL.

ARCHERS 7ttt taei WELLINRICE4

MR: PARK, who opened the case for the Plain-,
tiff, stated, that this was an anion or the utmost
importance to the morals of the Public, and par.
ticularly of the rising generation. It was founded
on the 25 Geo. 11. c. 36. entitled, " An An for
the better. preventing Thefts and Robberies, and
for regulating Places of Public Entertainmenr, and
punishing Persons keeping disorderly Houses." In
the second clause of file Ad, all the mischiefs arising
to the Public from persons in the situation of the
Defenclant from keeping Public-houses, that were
(Ten to persons of all descriptions for the purpose
of dancing, are fully set forth.- " And whereas
the multitude of places of entertainment for the
lower sort of people is another great cause of
thefts and robberies, as they are thereby tempted-
to spend their small substance in riotous pleasures,
and in consequence are put on unlawful methods'
of supplying their wants and renewing their plea...
sures ; in order, therefore, to prevent the said
temptation to thefts and robberies, and to correct as
far as may be the habit of idleness, which is become too
general over the whole kingdom, and is produdive
of much mischief and inconvenience, be it there=
fore enaned," as prescribed. By this At the
person keeping such house forfeits. loot. upon con.

It appeared in evidence in this .case, that the
Defendant kept, the Coach and - Horses, oppo,ite
the George and kllue Boar in Holborn, that dur-
ing the Winter season his house was open every
Monday right for the reception of persons of all
descriptions who wished to dance. The admittance
was as. 6d. for, each Gentleman, and that entitled
him to carry a Lady along with him. The De-
fendant, who kept this house, supplied them with -
liquor and other things tha,t were wanted, and in
some cases took the money for admission. The
persons that frequented the house were Attornies'
clerks, servants, women of the town, &c. Sec.
Mr. GARROW, on the part of the Defendant,
readily admitted the value of this At of Parlia-
ment, and said, his Client had defended this at-
tion on the ground of another case of a similar
description, that was tried before Lord KENYON,
and where the Defendant was acquitted. 'that
was the case of a person who was a Dancing.
master, and kept a public room for the instruftion
of his scholars in that science, which could not
be learned without a number of persons necessarily
assembled together. He felt that case was different
from the present ; and it would be of the utmost
importance to persons in the situation of his Client,
as well as to the Public at large, to attend to the
law on this case, as it would be laid down by the
J
Noble and Learned Judge.
Lord ELL ENBOROUGH observed, that every per-
son who kept a house of this description without the
licence of four Magistrates sitting in a Court of
Quarter Sessions, unquestionably incurred the penal-
ty of tool. and in this Case the Jury had only to
see whether the proof was made out on the fads.—
They had nothing to do with the motives of the
Common Informer in bringing this Adion. He
. was bound upon his oath to state what the Law
was, and they to find upon the fads which -appear-
ed in evidence ; and that was a Case in which they
could have no great unwillingness) if it was clearly
made out, to find the penalty, in order to repress a
pradice that was in an extreme degree mischievous.
He had no desire to check dancing as an innocent
amusement at a proper time and place ; but the Lc..
gislature had thought fit to mid that no public- •
house should be permitted-to admit persons of all
descriptions to dance, without a licence from four
Magistrates. Now here there was no such licence,
and without it, if the people had been all of the
purest characters, it would have made no difference ' •
but evidence had been given' to shew that good and
bad persons frequented this house, which led to the
inconvenienetes and mischievous consequences meant
to be prohibited by the Legislature ; and those Who
had occasion to administer the Criminal Law of the
Country, had but too often an opportunity of observ-
ing that the connections that were formed at these
places, often led to vicious courses; and-habits of ex..
pence thus gained, without looking to consequences,
frequently terminated fatally for the individuals. The
proof in this Case was satisfaaory and complete :
it had been proved that it was a public place for
the reception of persons for the purpose of dancing;'
and after the fad}; were clearly made out, the jury
and he were mere instruments for carrying the Lim:
into execution. He hoped the mischietS that so
often arose in this great capital from so many places
of this description, might be prevented by giving
effect to this Adion.
Verdia for Plaintiff tool.

CHASE v. VAFGHAN.

This AE ion was brought to recover the sum of
61. from the, Defendant who is a Lady of fortune
and fashion, living in Manchester-square. She
admitted that she owed the Plaintiff 41. 175. so that
there was a difference of tl. 3s. This Lady at
some of her splendid Galas had hired of the Plaintiff
eartherr-ware, wine-glasses &c. ; his charge for
Soo wine-glasses per night, was only 12s. 6d. for
So rummers

Here the Plaintiff's Counsel was stopped by the
Learned Counsel for tire Defendant, who seemed :o
be rather ashamed of the condud of his Client.
Verdil for Plaintiff 61.

On Monday last died, in the 69th year of her
age, at the Grove, 'oxford, Suit)lk, sincerely aria
universally' regretted, the Hon. FRANCES AITS
DAVY, wife of ELEAvok DAVY, EA. She was
the Daughter of Lord CARBERY, and Aunt to the
present Lord.

On Thursday was married at Shenley, by tht
Rev. Mr. NEWCOMBE, HENRY SHEPPARD,
of Frome, to Miss MARY WINTER, Daughter Of
THOMAS BRADBURY WINTER, Esq. of Shenley
Hill, Herts.

Thursday 54 prisoners were removed from !he
different Gaols to Newgate, in order to-take their
trials at the ensuing Sessions at the Old-Bailey,
which commence on Wednesday next,

‘V

ANT WE RE,

AND..

THE PP.EITING OF THE SCHELDT.

(Continued
.11-,n our Paper of
,7une 3o:)

the Commerce of Antwerp with Italy, they sent
to Ron-ie a great-variety of woollen drapery, linen,
tapestry, and many other things ; bui brought no-
thing from thence except money, ,or bills of ex-
change. To Ancona they sent great quantities of
English and Netherland cloth and stuffs, linen, tapes-
try, cochineal,..&c. and brought back such spices and

drugs, as they (the Merchants of Ancona) brough

from the. Levant; also silks, cottons; carpets, fur-
,key leather, &c. To Bologna they sent serge and
other stuffs, tapestries, linens, merceries, &c. Aid
brought from thence wrought silks, cloth of gold
and silver, crapes; &c. • To Venice they sent
jewels and pearls, cloth and wool of England, in
great quantities, draperies. of .the Netherlands, ta-
pestries,-- linen; coChineal, and many kinds of mer-
eery ; sometimes also sughr and pepper ; and
brought hack from Venice (before the Portuguese
found the way to the Spice Island) all sorts of India
spices and drugs ; and even so late as the year 5518
there arrived five Venetian galeasses at Antwerp,
laden with spices anddrugs for the Fair there ; but
they still brought from Venice the finest and richest
wrought silks, camblets, grograms, carpets, cot-
tons, and great variety of merceries ; also colours
both for dyers and painters. To Naples, Antwerp
sent Netherland and English cloths and stuffs in
abundance, tapestry, linen in vast quantitieS, and
several sorts of merceries,* as well' of metal as of
other materials. From Naples, Antwerp brought
back wrought silks, raw silk, thrown silk, some
fine furs, or skins, saffron of Aquila, and excellent
manna.

To Sicily they sent cloth and serges in great
quantities, linen, tapestries, and innumerable sorts
of mercery, as well of metals as of many other
kinds-. And from Sicily Antwerp brought galls
in great quantities, cummin, oranges, cotton, silk,-
and sometimes wines of various sorts.
To Milan Antwerp sent .pepper, sugar,. jewels,
musk, and other -perfumes, great quantities of
English and Netherland cloths and serges, tapestries,
vast quantities of linen, English and Spanish 'wool,
and cochineal. From Milan Antwerp brought great
quantities of gold and silver thread, various wrought
silks, gold stuffs, fusiians, and dimities of many fine
sorts, scarlets, tainmies, and other fine-and.curious
draperies, great' quantities of fine rice, musquets,
and pther fine armory, various sorts of high priced
.mercery, even Parmesan cheese, which last. was a
considerable commodity.
To Florence -Antwerp sent many sorts ofwoollen.
stuffs, English wool, linens, fans, frizes, even al-
though by sea, the Florentines and Venetians were
better provided with-English wool on the,spot it-
self. From _Florence' they brought back many
sorts- of very:fine wrought : gold and silver
stuffs, and thread, fine shalloiins, then called rasses,
and rine furs. _Antwerp sent to Genoa English and
Netherland cloth and serges, tapestry, linen, mer-
eery, utensils, and 'household furniture, and from
Genoa brougtit back vast quantities of velvets of all
prices, the best in_ the world, satins, and other
w. ought silks, the best of coral, mithridate and
treacle. By Genoa also, it sent to Mantua;Verona,
Brescia; Vicenza, Modena, Lucca, &c. the same
sorts of •rnerchanclize, and- brought
_back the same
returns as from Genoa.
From Italy also they brought by sea to the-Ne-
therlands the alum of Civita Vecchia, the oils of
Apulia, Genoa, and Pisa, various gums, senna in
the leaf, sulphur, orpirrient, &c. and by sea also
Italy received from the Netherlands, tin, lead,
madder, brasil wood, wax, leather, flax, tallow,
salt-fish, timber, and sometimes corn and pulse.
The imports from Italy of silks, gold and silver
thread, camblets, grograms, and other stuffs (ex_
elusive of other wares), amounted to three millions
of crowns yearly, or about 600,0001 sterling.
•To Germany it sent precious stones and pearls,
spices, drugs, saffron, sugars, English cloths, (then
esteemed finer than Netherland cloth,) tapestry, an
infinite quantity of linen, and mercery of all sorts.
It received from thence, by land carriage, silver
in bullion, quicksilver, immense quantities of
fine wool of "Hesse, glass, fustians of an high
price, to the value of about 600,000 crowns yearly,
woad, madder, and other dyers' wares, saltpetre,
vast quantities of mercery, and household goods,
all kinds of metals. to an inestimable value, and
also arms ; above 40,000 tons 'of Rhenish wines,
of great importance to commerce, says GUICCiAR-
DINT, " of exquisite taste, profitable for health,
and proper for digestion, and, so safe, that one may
drink tftsiice as much of it as of any other twine,
'.without afefling either head or stomach."
WHEELER, who wrote in the year 1601, says,
" That a little before the troubles in the Low
Countries, the Antwerpians were become the
greatest dealers to Italy in English and other fo_
reign'merchandize, and also to Alexandria, Cyprus,
and Tripoli in Syria ; beating the Italians, English,
*id Germans, almost entirely out of that trade, as
they also soon did the Germans at the fairs and
marts of their own Country. That those of Am-
sterdam and other bat -new upstart towns of Hol-
land,' with their-great :hulks and Other ships, be-
gan tq diminish the trade, of the• Easterlings. at
Antwerp'; and the Antwerp Merchants, having
great wealth, were the best able to supply Spain
and her -Indies at long days of payMent, by which
means they set their own prices on their merchan.
dize. Antwerp-also now supplied Germany, Spain,
Portugal, ,and Eastland, with the wares which
France was: use& to_ supply them. •
.It is not more
than 8o years ago, i. e. about the year isao,.since
there were not in London 'above ma or 16 Low
Country' Merchants, • whose merchandize imported
from thence were stone pots, brushes, toys for
Children, and other Pedlars'wares ; but in less
fortythan-
years after, there were in' London, at least, "
an hundred Netherland Merchants, who brought •
thither ail the commodities which the Merchants of

4, Nlereqry, as it was then understood, included toys as
*ea Hs wl:at we now call haberdashery wares.