The Sun.
London, England, 1805-04-12 00:00:00

DUILi4V, APRIL S.

ON 'Wednesday night last, the long coach which
conveys the passengers from the Mail Coach Hotel,
Dawson.-street, to the Holyhead Packer, at the Pi-
geon-house boa, narrowly escaped being thrown
over that ruinous nuisance which is permitted to
.stand in the place, of ftingsend Bridge, some time
since destroyed by a flood,-by which every person
must have been dashed to
,pieces : their 'fears,
however, were nut long subsided upon that
escape, before (from the overloaded state of
the coach roof, and the improper conduit of the
driver) this machine was overturned upon the
South We11...-Lord and Lady CONYNOHAM were in
the coach, and some of their servants upon the roof,
one of whom was unable to proceed from his hurt,
and lies at present dangerously ill : Lady COHYI4O.
HAM received some contusions id the head, and was
obliged to proceed on foot, in the midst of rain, to
the Pidgeon-house (the coach being too much injured
to proceed), and Mr. le tourtoi, the Attorney, was
severely wounded in the head and utherwise bruised.

Master BITTY was to have performed doting the
present week at Coventry, but the Bishop' of the
Diocese signified to the Manager that if the Theatre
were opened for dramatic Entertainments this .week,
the Law would be put in force. The disappoint.
ment is much greater to the people of Coventry than
to the Manager, as the latter was to give such a
high price fur the intended performances, as, con.,
tattering the size of the Theatre, afforded little hope
of any profit to himself, though he thought it right
to oblige his Patrons with a sight of the juvenile
Ador.

BRALIAM has published a very long and tedious
defence °lbis own cnndun, in which he has.ohrown
many illiberal refleftians upon KEMIILE. An his
laboured vindication, however, is nullified by his
vLdatitin of an established rule of the Theatre, viz.
No Attur inuit.print a Bill of any intended Repre-
sentations till it has had the 8411Cliol) of the Ma.
mart..

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LAW RPFORT.

COURT of the SITE FFS of !Oj.DDLi3EX, Arit,L

KNICIIT v. P:IILLIK. • ,
ATr e the plevlings were opened on behalf of the
Plaintiff:by Mr, WAR/tat?)
Mr. East tre addressed the Jury, anti snit!, he
Shotild pinstie the praCtice,, on the present occasion,
he had Icing adopted, of stating briefly the circum.
stances of the case, Iccompanied by a fe.w general
observations. The Defendant had rendered it Unne-
cessary for him to go into the proof of the crime
charged, which was .nothing les; thari.the violation
of-,the wife of the Plaintiff. The Defendant had
acknowledged theoffence, and had admitted judg.
ment to go, by default ; the only question then
for the jury to determine was, what was the
compensation the Plaintiff ought
.to receive for
the dishonour of his bed, and fir the surrender
of all his domestic enjoyments ? The Plaintiff was
a Gentleman of considerzble fortune in the County
of Warwick ; he married the daughter of Lord
'Dormer,' before she was of age, and with the con.
currence of:thAt illustrious family, The ceremony
was performed in the. year 1795. For eight, or
nine years, or more, they lived in a state of un.
interrupted happiness, and three children were
born to them. The one was. a boy, who, to the
anguish of his parents, died at Paris:; the other two
were females, who, by the unhappy conduCt of the
Defendant, were deprived of all the blessings of
maternal love and atredion. The Defendant was
'.the son of a rich Banker, and had the rank of
Lieutenant. Colonel in the Goal& ; and what in.
creases the horror of this, transaCtion, the families
were allied, the Brother of the Defendant having
married the Sister of the Plaintiff. This connexion
naturally prodUced an intimacy betvveth the family
of Mr. Knight and Colonel Fuller; the latter was
admitted in all the confidence of friendship, and un.
der such circumstances, suspicion seemed to he an
insult to human nature. Mr. &MINE then entered
into the distindion in reaped to damages, when a
careless husband receives a stranger at the convivial
board ; when a man, forgetful of the treasure he is
appointed to guard, neglects the °Nat of his for.
mrr attachment ; and endeavoured to she w, that
in the present case, every circumstance 'tended to
exhibit the caution of the husband, and the atrocity
of the adulterer; adding, however, that he was per.
nasally acquainted with the family of the Defend.
ant, and, with the exception of the present in.
stance, knew nothing in his conduit that was repre.
hensible. The witnesses were then called.
Dr. Parr said, he became acquainted with the
Plaintiff soon after his marriage. The age of the
Lady, at that time, was about eighteen or nineteen.
He had been much at the house of Mr. Knight, and
had frequently seen him at Lord Dormer's. He
was a kind, indulgent, and attentive husband. He
never heard the slightest imputation before on the
Lady, and imagined her to be wholly incapable of
such miscondua. Site had carriages and attendants
at her command, and every thing suited to her qua.
liry and station in life. On his cross.exarnina.
lion by Mr. Serjeant VAtictiAtls the Dotior said,
that the principal opportunity he had of seeing
the Plaintiff and his wife was in the country ; that
he did not know preciselr the age of the Lady,
and fie could not say, of his awn knowledge, al.
though he firmly believed it, that the Plaintiff and

his wife bad cohabited since clic birth of the last
child,

Edward F. Gould, Esq. knew the Plaintiff per.
fe(tly well, and lived near him in the country.—
The Plaintiff appeared ad affetitionate and tender
husband, anti the Lady seemed to perform all the
duties of a good wife. She was a beautiful and
accomplished woman, and was the sister of the
wife of the Witness. He had seen the Defend.
ant once or twice. Colonel Fuller, he understood,
was the son of an opulent Banker, and was a man
of fortune. On his cross-examination he said, he
had net seen the Plaintiff and hit wife much of late,
sad in the years a Sot and t Soz the Witness was
with his regiment in Scotland, and did not sec them
at all. When he returned from Scotland, they ap.
peated on' the same terms of affetlion, but as he
did not spend his Winters in town, the Witness
could not speak particularly to the condutt of Mr.
Knight and his wife when they visited London.
The evidence being closed on the part of the
Plaintiff—

Mr. Serjeant .VAUGHANT said, that he must ac.
knowledge he ruse under some embarrassment, not
so much from the nature of the case, as from the ts.
lents and eloquence he had to oppose with his feeble
abilities. He did not disapprove of any of the ge.
neral principles expressed with so much animation
by his Learned Friend; lie admitted the sacredness of
marriage ; he allowed that it was the foundation of
the happiness of society, and he was not disposed even
to apologist, much less to attempt to vindicate,
where the infringement of the rights of a virtuous
anti prudent husband had been committed. 'lwo
things would particularly attraet the attention of the
Jury. t 2. What has the Plaintiff lost ? 2. What has
been the conduCt of the Defendant in producing this
loss ? He would admit, that when the husband ful.
Ells all the duties of his station, when he is jealous of
the Ironton of his wife, when he is anxiolts to pro.
mote her happiness, the damages in such a case can.
not be too large ; hot when a man negleCts these
important duties, they cannot be too strtml. A few
moments attention to the evidence would assist in
exposing the fads of the case. Dr. Purr was the fast
Witness ; lie was a Man undoubtedlyio the highest
estittiation. He was a giant in literature; and if a
question arose of any difficulty in polemical contro.
vets'', on the construftion of an obscure passage in
the sacred volume of out religion, on the exposition
of the beauties of the classical and learned languages,
there is no one who would not pay the greatest tie.
ference to the authority of Dr. Parr ; but this pro.
found scholar seems least of all fitted to be
Witness in a case of Criminal Conversation; he
might as soon almost be expected to be a party
(a :emend smile), as to give testimony in such a
cause. Every one knows his native good humour;
Ise diffuses cheerfulness wherever he moves ; even a
churlish husband must raise his brow, and what.
ever domestic quarrels mCglit subsist between the
Plaintiff and his wire, the presence of Dr. Parr
would its eke placidity, and all the semblance of af.

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retarrt. Jet n 1144 hr ti 7 stick tr: intern .1 IC: it
tlif . evidence tit this,Wir. (il,ortetnan c mil), pt..,
pl 7. Lt was. very iernark.tblef tb-ft the
produced t messes. did n..t veo lure to brirra'
fotward the itlends, or even rti.rAtervonts, of Isis
rnily, to chew, that unite, ate otrqftion prevaited, and
in the athetlCC at these witnesses, la cwiily
it Int:4l kirly,,be ennqloded, th, t there tir.2t something
in thc came. which .the ri,iintiff was an;iic.ret. 0 con-
coal. Upon the whole of the case then, although
,
nominal oittnages would not be given, he trusted tne
Jury wdold bee there were no circomstantes of v.
gravation, and that in doing justice, they wou:d
preserve that moderation by which British juiir3
were distinguished.
,Mr. SAyoaLthe Linder-Shcriff, then summed up
the evidence, and after the deliberation of about
hall an hour, the Jury delivered a Verdia of--7oodi,
Damages.

F.

Extra et of a Letter from Copenhagen, dated 30th
March 18os: " Being pfesent at an Extraordinary
General Court of Proprietors of the Dtnish East
India Company, held on the s Bth of this tnanth
here, wherein, amongst other sutjeas of importance,
the Hon. CARSTEN ANKEIt, who is lately rtttirt',.
ed to this Capital, gave an account of his Mis..
sion to England on Ilia:pail and as one of the Dire‘;'.
tors of the Company, I cannot but confeas, that
as an Englishman, I was highly gratified at one pail
of his speech, which particularly applies to our
Country, and the flattering manner in which he ea-
presses himself, both as ro it and his re.ception.
The following extras I took down verbatim, with
the view of transmitting it to you, and you ate
therefore welcome to communicate it ainongit the
circle of our friends accordingly :--
'" It now becomes my duty on this occasion to testify to
the Proprietors how much I have reason to be satisfied witii
the treatment and reception which, on behalf of the Danish
East India Company, I experienced while in England, net
alone from several Mernherl of the Government, rhit like-
wise from the Hon. Directors of the East India Comparty,
and the chief persons in office at the head of this immense
Establishment.

Benevolence anti liberality will always be folind etm-
stitute the prominent features. •of tl►is inestiriuble
char:le:ler, provided one overlooks those national ittiparee.
tions of which other Nation!: have equally their share,
without being able to boast of their civil virtue; and grwati
attions. •

" 1 was, comparatively speaking, an insignificant irtdiu
vidual, and the oOjeCts of my mission courd nut be parti-
cularly welcome.
The advantages which have been obtained are wholly
on our side, and 1 had naming to offer, by way of Qutnpcma..
tion, in exchange.
" When we equally consider the remarkable period at ..4..hicit
these different objeets welt to be 'proposed, examined,
and carried into effect ; when War and Peace alierniiteiy
oc-
cupied the attention of every man in office when ivearly
whole Empire flew to arms, in defence of the.r Cotiiitry,
during which the 411111C:13Z mas::. of current but:ine..l went use
uninterruptedly, with a vigour and intricacy, the progress
and name. of which the keenest observer will never ilav it
in his power to conceive; wilco this is taken, witA
tiality, into consideration, the tiolay 1 have met with is by
no means surprising ; besides, none hate su*reti by thk
lay but myself; my concerns at home have, riutMg my ab-
sence, been negleaed, and, of course, suff4ed consideraole

Injury.
" The Danish East-India Company did not stand in need
of my interference to be favourably noticed in unmease
aelive circle, wherein it is wise, expedient, prudilit, and nu-
portant, for every Maritime Power to have friends. Tins,
however, I may venture, as a simple truth, to .leit, that at
least my presence has not done the Danish Company any
twin.
" I have formed ties, I have acquired valuable friends, by
means of which contusion:; I hope the Proprietors may, at a
futurerlay, it occasionally requisite, derive considerable ben*.
tit ; Willis should not be wanted, so much the better." A.c.Btc.

We are sorry to..find that we inserted a
.Paragraph
in our Paper of Friday list, contaioing much oils.
information as to the isle of Mann. We understand
the real matter of fit to be, that the Duke of
ATHO IL did, in the year 1790, apply to ?Atha_
ment for the eppointment at Parliamentary Cow.
missioners, for the purpose of investizating allega-
tions, made by the Duke, respecting the Isle of
Man; allegations which went equally to embrace
the interests of the Tile as those of his family,
But that measure was withdrawn, not from the
weight of objeflions made to it,• but because it was
considered that the justice of the allegations he had
made might be equally proved by Commission from
Hts MAJESTY, and- the result being laid before
Parliament, the precise objen and view of the Duke
of.kruot.t. might be brought in a more matured
shape before Parliament, The Report was made in
1792—n0t 3 Report, as erroneously stated, at lit.
tie service to the Duke, bat most essential in all,
principal points and bearings both to the interests
and prosperity of the isle and the Duke. Great
and weighty Public Concerns prevented the fruit of
any measures, founded on the Report, until-1798,
when a Bill, founded on part of it, was I:nought in
and passed for three years, contributing, as far as
it went, to the relief of the Isle—preveotiuu of
Monopoly and Smuggling, arid to the 'Consequent
increase of Revenue. That AEI was further lea.
proved in 1801,--continued from that time frion
year to year, and now before Parliament as being
fit to be rendered more permauent. Aed solar frosts
its being true that the House of KEYS :and the ii.,
habitants oppose, we have reason to believe, that the
measure will have the cordial cooperation of the
great majority of both,and that the opposition, it any
will be made, will be confined too few individuals.
Putt= OFF IClti HATTOU.GARCIRN.—Y ester.
day Trephine Parker was charged with bigamy,
intermarrying with Thomas Hamlin, in the par
of St. George in the East, in the year 1799, anid
John Kirwood, a cooler, in the parish church of
Cripplegate, in ifioz, under the name of Hamlin,
and also with John Lions.
It appeared that this adventurous woman went
to the East Indies with t labband some yeats pre.
oleos to the marriages of the two former, where
he died; she was fifteen months in a French prison ;
after that she got acquai:ited with Lions at Table
Bay, Cape of Go?d Hope, came with him to Eng.,
land, when they passed for man and wife; he bring
a seafaring man went Afoul again, in the intrrval
or which she married the two furnace men, end
Lions, on his return again to
,Europe, married her
at `Portsmouth, in .nly 180.1., • under the name of
Ruphini Hamlin ; he very retaaantly gave evidence
against her. •
With reaped to Kirwocd, she said that aTte
thought her Marriage with him was ..all, becao,e,
as she said, he never was christened ; and with re.
gird to Hatnlio, she elleCted to have no knowledge
at all of him; lint the regiitcr.boolti at the two
former marriages being produce 1, with cAtatetal
evidence, she was fully committed fat ttid.

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Fevt: the LO G AZETTE, April 9, 16°5.

. ,War. Office, ilprif q. t.
9.-Id Regiment of Foot—,To be Paymaster of the 2d Battalion,
ri 11,1; i Pherson,, wilt, resigns.
94th Diito,,James Cooke, Cent. to be Ensign, without put-
chas'e, vte, 13d1v:tire, promoted in the 7l3th loot.
gsth Ditto. Second Lieutenant John Evans, to be First Lieu-
tenant, withmit purchase, vice Leonard, promoted in the
New Brunswick Fencibles. Donald Cameron, Gent. to be
Second Lieutenant, vice Evans.
Boval Stitt Corps, Major William Nicolay to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, witl4,ut purliase.
stlf West India 'Regiment, Surgeon Georg° Days, from the
Retired List, to be Sureeon. Hospital.lllate Robert Bra-
' denach to be Assit:mt-Surgeon, vice Gordon, deceased.
Colonel • Baillie's Regimeid, Lieutenant (,)etavian Reynolds
trout thes2d foof, to he Captain of a Company, without
purchase.
The King's Germal; Legion, John Blundstone," Esry. to be
Paymaster of the Regiment of Artillery.
De Roll's Regiment, Lieutenant Joseph De Glut 2 to be Cap-
tain of a Company; vice. De Roland, who retires to Half-
pay. C. Br, nner, Gent. to be Lieutenant,.with temporary
Rank, vice t'e 1;11112. •
To be Ensigns—Frederick De Watteville, Cent, vice De
L'Espartt who resigns, Frederick Be Stettler, Gent. vice
Gotigclberg, promoted. host De Muller, Gent. vice Po-
la:itron, &Leased. Stephen De Planta, Gent, vice Tehudy,
decc..ol. •
24 Gam;:..:l. Pattalivn, Ensign Hugh Mackay, from Half pay
of the eotu Foot; to be Ensign, vice Stewart, who ex-
changes.
3d Ditto, Ensign Treats Pankin, from the ,56th Foot, to be
Lieutenant .
snli Royal Veteran Battalion. To be Ensigns—Quarter.
• Master Walter Thainpsoi ,t from the Royal Waggon 'Train.
SerjeantOlajor Duncan Kennedy, twin the oth Veteran
Ilattali4, Jambes Cumming, late Quarter-Master-Serjeant
oftoe 83th Foot.
European Garrison Company for Service in Jamaica, Quilt-
ter-Master • Serjeant C. P. brockmuller, from the Oath
Foot, to he Lin„ign, vice Conelly, deceased.
STAFF.
Major EdWard Mockler, of the rBth Foot, to be an Tnspea-
ing Field Office: of Yeomanry and Volunteer Corps in he.
land, wirli the teniVorary hank of Lieutenant-Colonel in
the Army:

mteaoßANnott.
Veterinary-Surgeon Riehavi Davies,, of the 24th Light Dm-
-I;,:)uns, who w.ts sui,ersede,i, as stated in the Gatette of the.
..2d.fenrulty r-in.,t.ited in the Reitnent. Lieute-
nant Walter N. Hudson, of the 54th Re,gtment of Foot, is
-superseded, boing. absent without leave. Lieutenant .
Castleton Brownrigg, of the 36th Regiment of Foot, r,
superseded, being absent without leave.

ERRATUM in th Gazette of the pall Ultimo.
/4th Light Dr4i4oon3, tin Lieutenant Henry Collins, front
the Ski Foot,- to be Lieutenant; real Lieutenant &Ward
Collins, front the 83d Foot, to be Lieutenant.. •

L'onsmislicns signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Middlitscx.
Wittiest Regiment of Middlesex Militia.
George Francis, Gent. to be Ensisn. Dated March it,
1874. tames Scutt, Gent. to be ditto. Dated March 19i
tik4.

Somtrtet.Place Volunteer:.
Charles Barrow, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Yeats, promoted.
Dated Jan. 2, tilos. John Melburne Marsh, Gent. to he
Ensign, vi..e Oixon, promoted. Dated as above. lola,
Stanton, Gent. to be 6urgeon. Dated as above.

YotA Moryfedome t'olunteerr.
Second Lieuteihnit Fa%vcett to be First Lieutenant,
vice Lord Pero vd, ,promoted, Dated Feb. 2s, dos.
Second Lieutenant --- Phillimore to be First Mettle-
mint, vice Jones, resigned. Dated as above. 'Edward
Crent_to be Second Lieutenant, vice, Fawcett.
Dated dfi above. Lieutenant --- Hall to be Captain, vice
resigned. Dated March 7, tSes.

St. Clentott Dauer Volunteer:.
William Rothery, Esl. to ba. Captain, vice Prince, re-
' 'signed. Dated Mardi 5, arts. Iplin Hunt, Gent. to be
Lieutenant, vice Raillery, promoted. Dated as above.
lohn Wurnble,Gent. to be Ensign, vice Hunt, promoted.
Dated as abotie.

Royal .S'peithorne Legion..
Douglas M‘Murtlo3 Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Murray,
resigned. Dated March i 2, 18os,
Comnthsion in:bc Ist limalion art Regimentof Ayrshire Vo-
lunteas, signed 19, rbe Lord Uri/tenon, of the Coten;y of Ayr.
Dicks, Gent. to be Eosign.. Dated 4, 18os.
Conaniisions in' it( i-lArtlepool Volunteer Artillery, signed 47
• the Loyd 1.4(0e/rant cf the Comoy of Ourtiarn,
Charlei Speoliian, Esq. to be Lieutc:uant.Colopel.Com.,
Inmiant. Dated JUI v 50, 184. Carr ibbctsouP Esq. to
13,t Major, o;w:it as :move'. •
To. be Captinn—GeorKo Hunter, Esq. D4ted )nly
IRO3_, I' test Lielittmant wil.liairt Sedgewick, Dated Nov:

6, Clio 3.
To be First Lieutenants—William Sedgewiek, C;ent. Dated
July 30, 1803.. William Thompson, C;ent._ Dated as
above. Witham IL i u iuu, Cent, Dated as above. Wit.
1 iani \real, Cent, Dated as above. Second Lieutenant
William yolltlin.• Dated Nov: 6, iSo3.
To be Second Lientenains-»Williarri Yollum' Gent.. 'Dated
July 30, risq,3. GeorKe. Sheraton, Gent. DLitt:4as above.
Timothy julinson, Gent.' Dated as above. Robert Pre,-
ton, Gent. Dated Aug. 31, tilo4.
To he Cliaplairt—Rev. Robert Dated fitly 30,

•
3.
Cuttnnifsion: signed by the Lord Lieutenant of, the County, f
Kent.

• Lath of Spay roluntseri. '-
Stephen Lushingtow Esq. to bt Captain, vice Baic, resigned
Dated Wlarch

Mrdway 141unteert.
•
Major fames Mann to be LiCistei4llllt.COlonel,. vice Cage;
deceatEi., Dalcd March 27, 180;. Captain Thomas Ry-
der 'to be Mdjor, vice Mann. Dated as wove. William
'Wilkins,' Esq. rci be Captain, vice Ryder. Dated,as above.
Commissions in the D.Orsct,Regiment cif Milki4l Jigned hy
.1.04 Lieutenant.
George Layton, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Robert Samp2oni
resigned. ' Dated March 21, 18as. .•

We copy the- 'following horrible instance of bar.
balky from a Provincial raper :—Abotft three weeks
agn William Walker, a coal.higler,'. of Bonsai!, in
Derbyshire (who fur many years has been in the habit
Of buying ,ttitneeare called d9g.6orier, and working
out their retaining existence in his caret), baying
one of miserable animals, which, from star.
vation aril disease, was frequentiy drawn .back by
his burden, undertook, in :the following roannec, 4' to
care him," as he said, of that vice :.:—After putting
the horse in the shAts", he led him into the field, and
hacked the wheels against a will :,haVing secured
hiin in this position, he fetched lionr his stable aix
bundles. of straw and a camlle and laptltron, all of
which this detestable wretch lighted one after ano.
ther, and burnt to ashes under the body of the pour
Kane, whose agonizing groans tended. only to in.
crease the thirst of revenge in the barbarian. After
having burnt out all his straw, he drove his misc.
gable half-roasted animal to Cromforri- and back, a
disiance- of three miles. On his return, lie with
d;theuity got the poor creature into the stable,' Where,
after lingering ten days in the most excruciating
torturo, he expired,

Alq ALARMING CIRCUMSTANCE.--If-iti' fICt
wei! a)ccrtained,' anti, an alarming one 'it ought to
prove to ail dilatory Adventurers inthe present su.
prey e L, ,ttery, that if Tickets and Shares conttnue
to be as cal,idly bought uti during this month as ill
the hit, r: ;:t a Chance will remain to be purchased
Inproof, "Pickets Art'alre,idy oni the
ktiYA;.cc-4. circurustanCe unparalleled at so early a
stage cat their sale,