The Sun.
London, England, 1805-11-26 00:00:00

FROM
A CHARLESTON PAPER.

riWe publisll . with much pleasure, the following interesting
Papers, relati,ie to the Capture Of the Ship;Two Friends,
Capt. WI El r., dnd to the unproteaed situation of our
Couunerce grnerally.] . . .

.(CQPY.)
OIHCE OF THE SOUTH CA.ROLINA INSURANCE CON-
PANY, CHARLESTON, JUNE 22, 1805,

SIR, •
I have thehoneur to inclose a Metnorial of the Pre-
sident and Diredurs of the South Carolina Insurance
Company, and- of the Merchants and others inte-
rested in the Commerce of. the City of Charlestoh .;
and am,- Sir,
•
Your most obedient Servant,
. THOMAS CORISITT,
President of thc.South Carolina lusur!nce Ceutpany.
c,„L jhe ficui I the, ...AsON,
""mary of Sraie'oP_U aired States of Anicrica.,
MEMORIAL.

I
10 'CPR 110 N. JAMES MADISON, ESQ. SECRETARY, OF
STATE FOR THE UNITED STATES.
The iim)rial;of the President and Direetors of the South
(c),,r;,1114 Insurance Compiny, and of the Merehai!ts.anci
tl'vk interested in the Commerce .of the City or
Charit,i,,it •
,lespeCtfully Sheweth,
the "at Your Memorialists- are deeply affe6ted by
receaticapture, at the very entrance of this
4t, of the .American Ship Two • Friends, by a
finch Privateer. - This' event has excited among ,
iltlasses of Citizens the stronffest. sensations,
,not
• te'se, the Said.Ship.waS.4,iipt med. without any
cause' 4, pretence; svithin -sight of land,. but
:be-
S'e is our only regular London trader, and
pr Ajt) board a till supply of spring and sunimer
, 'and anxiety occasioned by
14. circumstances are
,greatly, enhanced from'our
been
.hitherto deprived of our spring sup-..
, anti from .inanticipation of the .consequences
Petly t P •
1„. .1, 9be apprehended from a continuance of
r outrages, should not the mast prompt and
2.sectual measures be adopted for the protection and
'",u,rity of our commercial interests.
r INictnerialiSts are authorized to add (al-.
e r
b?ugh the f be not detailed in the Protest), that
itttkiPPeeari, firom
.undoebted authority, that the M. ag-
ak, 0 tee Prize was the sole, mducement to, the
treenentioned capture, .the, capipr, haVing to,
tv4t they would release the Two Friends, in tfle•
of, their falling in with , any tither valuable
oa?which might be more,worthytheir.notice:
1„..1.4!1 most extraordinary; capture; in diredi vio.
_no of our 'Treaty with France• (as ai pears by the
ro.c°lllpanying documents), has already' been fol- •
tr'i'ed by yentS, no Jess alarming, Our haxbour being
r this moment completely blockaded by three..
Privateer; (and more. are daily expected),
,tiiell examine all VesselS coming in and going out
tutsulr port, and either detain or release them, accord-
44ii4i.their value excites the cupidity of the Cruizers.
my ins degrading state'of our Harbour has necessa-
r.aised the_premium of Insurance,. thus forcing
tivaulbnal sums from the. pockets of our Citizens, has
disnteed-tht price of every commodity, and created
.thatitrse*4.lN stagnation of oureXportiT; for the Mer-
not reeemno. their goods from' abroad,' are
• ICrlc'ouriiPaicr.l.,L,at.''i fiorn °purchaaing theprosduce of the
feacoe:." 41.40.4 these deplerable effeas of the de-
'acre% s hurniliating condition, et Our cOirve
loss 0f.,d'1,3' be moreover enumerated the immense.
.bein, 44" • those on the Ship Two Friends alone
o auk's
by the ColleCtor...et 46,000,d011ar5.
r'urlieVi
Alemorialists have the,,best °reasons for •be-'
Prt,,ilg-ti)at this early, success; experienced by 'these
sw2l6 Privateers,, will immediately allure others in.
44r41, s to our Coasts and' Bar;, to the total ruin
flieltv',ne mercantile concerns, and the most fatal de--
jt of
.the public revenue : ,Your AfemorialiAs:
Cr,,ve no less ground for;, aor'eheilding that British
4:4iZers, thounselyesol, the,abselice Of :do-
ff cbtic proteakM, tinderghi!,..cOloir of expelling
Je. ,French; ovum and.,oceupy their ground, and
Ti!ther retain Usin,the,saine degraded state, harras-
„llleOer Vessela.hysearehes and detentions, or ;,übjedt
.4s to the disgracef4-414.1d . ,11ifyil-obligations •of
l'atitudeffor-ilien Rucepur •
Yu'ur'Nerniori4i4s. tire the yeere•elarri lett at.tnesetls.
ts it're,,Ons,dati:bee.ause much. valuable. prOperty. ~.
stilt
.this.:.asunguer from 003 P- quarter,s than
~',.'l/40P!, .and considerable importations will he
fur in the fall ,for our Winter suppliea ;. and
there,not be- an. early and.eotil4P), check to
ese aZgressionS ; should our",fall importations be
11:0 interrupted - the, calamities of .the last year,
I:l)duced b y the hurriCane and ether causes, in
bA'ich this city has so largely participated; would
v,;aggraveted to .sneh • an. extent aS.to eventuate in
't..o,eral rein—and these great alarms and apprehelis-
C's ypui'Mernorialists are heightened by the well
circumstance of4atiny of the CTtIiZeFS which.
11114'4 oUrshores belonging to St. Jane de Cuba and
arraeoa, in which receptacles our Vessels and their
eL;rl:bes, with the knowlelge3Athe Government of
'"4,.are, instantly sold,
,w.4hout. even the 'formality
4 4141, or any Contlettmatlen whatever, thereby
11Nehiclitig every future i)rqb4bili.ty of redress.
Your Metriorilista then. selves of this oc--
c,'siou to notice a late deeisiOn,'Of the Distriet Court
~I,iithin this State, grounded On: ao of.Qoutress;
'lnereby the territorial jurisdidion of tbe ' nited
°r
a'
is limited to the short distance of three miles/.
,o`ib• maritime league, from the coasts._ or. shores,
rd.,'ellbY the said Court.: s construed to Mean three
trom the land; coniequelitly the middle ellen-
fe' of our bar beim,. more than three miles. distant
• •judicial au
trhoin the nearest land, is pronounced, by
kc),rilY, to be'without the juriSdid i0,.0 of the. United
Tes 1 The.very entrance of Our Harbour, in full
0'1.4 of the City, Where' V.`ejs'S'els • are fffiquently
at")!ged`to anchor -while Waiting for a tide, and with,
tel'lnt on bOard, is, by:our own Tribunals;_dcknow
eat
Zed to be without the prOteaion of our tiovern-
-". . • • • - •
th.l:ouron
MerriorialiSts refrain from Commenting.
Ternicious'effeCts of a system of policy so preg-
, viant with dishonoer arid ruin to • the trade and.na-
larttiQb of the Union at large, but more partica-
,to tlips of Charlestop," frOni the geography.
I,,.hwuose shores, and peculiar local. situation ,at
ail 3;
'
e bar harbour,. every liesscl in her ingress
e(„e-gress. thus subjeled to search, detention
--lzure. We content our.;elves with a bare state-
ii "tit of the above glievanc6
stlperadded to so many
i!-rsi not doubting that-the President will` take the
iuto consideration, and being duly impressed
(tie uocessit cf gate early remedial arrange-
,

ment,:either of a' legislative or: dtplomatT,- nature,
wal recur to such,as may, appear hiost conducive. to
the desired end. .'`.
Your Memorialists having
.thus exhibited .but an
impede& view of their ruinous, unprateek, and
degraded situation, -rely with confidence, on the
prompt 'interpoSition 'of the President, 0 ,obtaint
by representations to the Minister of F'rance, g.nd
of Spain (in, the event of:the Two Friends being
carried into a Spauisli Port), restitution of,the said
Ship and her cargo, and to cause a•stop to be put to
similar. spoliations. And Your Memorialists further
most earnestly sblicit• some immediate and effetauril
naval protedion for' our harbour and shores:, toge-
ther with 6uchother measures as. the. National Coun-
cils, in .their.. Wisdom, may deem expedient, as .well
for prevention of the renewal' of- the .outrages we
have sustained, as for the" perrnanent safety and pro-
te6tion of our commercial:and navigdting- rights and
'interests.
.. . .
Charleston, South-Carolina, lune 22, 1895.

(COPY.) ,
DEPARTMENT OF STA'FF., .11:71,41.10; 1405;

SIAM
' I have received your Letter of the :22a ult. in-
closing the Memorial of the Insurance Coiiipany of
which you are President,- and of the Merchants.and
others, interested in the Commerce.of Charleston.
Having been before made, acquainted, by the
Colle&or of the , Customs, with the circumstances
of the capture of the. rfivo Friends, I lost no time
instating it to. the French Minister, who has re-
plied,, that the communication made to him re-
spe,Elingthis affair; by the Commissary of his Nation
at Charleston, had enabled him to anticipate my
desires, by requesting the Captains General of the
French Colonies, to all of whom he had written
yespe&ing it, to obtain satisfaclion for this violation
of the Contention between France and the United
States. s' '
The observations contained in the Memorial re-
spe&ing the local situation, and the proteainu ne-
cessary for the port of Charleston and the adjacent
coast, have been weighed by the President; and iu
conne&ion with other infiii 'ration, will promote
such measures as the nature of. his fubaions, the
existing laws, and the public good, may be &Ought
tb admit and require. .
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Very respeafullY, your most obedient Servant,
lAMES MADISON.

. .
An Expedition was Preparing at Bengal aft. he date
of the last Dispatches from thence, *lnch wasSnp.,
posed_ to have for view the doStratiOit of the gun-
vessels in the. port Of. Maeilla, 'Which hate greatly
annoyed our trade in' that sea: Many.Of the vessels
which had been engaged and armed by the India
Government, for the defence of the Malabar Coast;
have been discharged, and re-converted to 'coinmerrvial ,
purposes. ' • •
An epidemic disorder has occasioned immense
mortality at MalWa, and has been accompanied by
a famine, which has nearly depopulated the country.
The Agra horse, under COL POHLMAN) 'has re-
turned to its station, . after most severe service in
scouring the 'adjacent country ofllotatait'-s predatory
cavalry. They were engaged in' numerous instances,
and always with success,' and have 'restored' tran-
eptillitY.m that quarter..,
A new Treaty is an the tapis, between the India
Company and,the Bibbee of Cannanore, by which
thefermer, with a view to concentrate the Moplas,
remit part of the tribute,. and restore some disputed
lands te, their. original .proprietor. The Bibbee is
likewise to have a Compensation in lands for certain
rights in the Luccadive Islands, which she, cedes to'
the Ceinpany. •
• A. Letter from Munich, dated the 2d inst. states,
that A strong Gallo-Bavarian Corps had, by a circuit-
ous march, turned theimportant. pass of Scharnitz,
in,ihe Tyrol., . It is raise mentioned,. that a body of
Austrian Troops carried into Bohemia by the Arch-
duke FartnINAND had made e, successful incursion
into the neighbourhood of I4ershaw; and made `4OO
prisoners. .
• A new Levy of 120,000 men has been ordered
••
in the Austrian States, and the roads from Vienna
to the Army are erowdedwith reinforcements from
Hungary 'and. Bohemia. - r
The Eleator of lia.v ;tat A iSresolved to accompany
BONAPARTE on his march; he first joined him at
Mulilderf -ha'since f, and' s moved
q with the head-
. .
head-
quarters..
' • • •
The following -is an Extra& of a Letter from St.
Boswell's, Selkirkshire A 'beggar .woman left,
'at the Manse Of St. Boswell's;:in the month of July,
1895, a female child apparently between two: and
three years of age. There are several circumstances
Which excite suspicion that the child has been stolen.
She knows the names and uses of 'several things
whieh. are 'not to be foUnd in common country
houses, much less hi the dwellings • of. beggars; she
speaks familiarly of Port wine, porter, strong-beer„
bread-basket,' tumblers; &c; and. whew she wishes to
go .to bed„, desires-to be.carried and asks
for a „sleeping gowe. So, far as her imperfeet story
can be undcplood, her name is , Margaret Adams,-
her father is dead, and her mother and:two brothers,
John and Alexander, live with her grand-father:--..
tier grand-father, it is supposed, lives 'somewhere
upon the. Clyde, :as she: sire, often of,Ciydeside ;
has, she :says, horses and cows, and a little dog
Called Flow'rY. She talks of a Janet Frew; in Air-
drie, or sorneother place, similar, irt sound, under
`whose care she seems tolewe- been ;before she was
exposed. By this .woman, it is probable' She_ was
left in St. Buswelrs. The.child has fair hair; a very
fair skin, 'and rathi.r weak eyes.".
A Letter from Malta, dated Aug. 26, says, " Yes-
.
=day dispatches.reached Gen. Sir J. CRAIG', that- a
body of 12,000 Russians bad, arrived at Corfu, in
consequence every preparatory step is taking for the
embarkation of the troops from heticr, ,which
now understand are destined for the Adriatic, ind
most like!y for Venice. Our Garrison is in three
brigades ; the 20th, 6lst, and 35th regiments, are
in that 'of Gen, A6E.LAND-:;-Gen. COLE hasthe 27th,
b&th, 'and WatteVilicl's regirnent—th'e brigade' of
Grenadiers are commanded by CoI.'•OtALLAG
and that of the Light Inftntry, by Col. Kau --+
-.amounting, with 'the Light Dragoons, &c. to 6700
men soldier of the 35th was shot. on the 22d
inst. for mutiny, who had a few days before stabbed
a serjeant of the regiment ;with a bayonet in the
back. We are all healthy, and in. high spirita 'at tfia
near prosped of entering upon active service."_

t:'

CbURT,().I:, KlNq's BENCH, MoND.A-Y, tiov.

T11E4.'1146 V. TliE ItEV:TEIOS. PRIESTLE t.

Mr. Itisor moved the judgment of tile Court
hgaimit this ftev. Gentlenti.
MI. ERSKINE, for the Defendant.;. stateirthat lie
Was a ,retpeEtable Clergyman, inwards of :70 years
of age, and hat been eon vieted of a Libel( contained
in a Letter written to the :Executors cif„a Gentleman
of thp name of Stanman,. upon a suhjea in which
he was materially concerned, and Much irritated :
and' when the fats were disclosed to their Lordships,
he trusted they would have great %-eight .with the
Court. TheAtlidavits, however, ware very 19t1g,
and it would not only take som'e'time to state tham,
but,,as the opposite party should have time to an-
swer them; he conceived the ends of justice would
he 'equally well attained if the business stood.over
for somB

Mr. WILSON, for the Prosecution, had no material -
objetlion' to this proposition ; and as the Defendant
was a Rev. Clergyman, and no likelihood of his
evading the justice of the Court-, lie did not press his
commitment.

The Defendant aecerdingly entered into recogni-
zance fur his appearance nett Term-, in the penalty
of 2001.

IMF. KING V. RICH. DAMIAN THORNHILL,. ESQ.

Upon Motion of Mr. JEItYL, the Defendant in this
case was brought up for Judgment.
, He was couviaed on. the, last
.AsSizes, in Bridge-
water, for the county of Setherset, before Mr.. Baron
GitAitAit, a sending a Letter to the Prosecutor,
no4s; Snifter Champney, Esq. with intent to'pro-
yoke him to tight a duel. '
The Affidavits of the Defendant_ stated :that he
NV3S Captain and Adjutant in the East Mindip Vo-
lunteer 'Cavalry atid Infantry, consisting of about
400 men. lie had gone upon the ManOr of the
ProseCutor to shoot game, when he was met by one
William Corner, the Game-keeper, who accosted
him with ec D--7n" you, you are a d-4-4 rascally
Adjutant, and rill got Mr. Champney to. write to
the Mike of York to have you dismissed.'! , Upon.
which ,the Defendant, in a Moment of irritatii'!i,
wrote, the Letter in question to the Prs.)sc; utor.' He
expresed his contrition and sorrow at li. sing 'writ-
ten it, And since Offered to make every' atorement. in
his poiver,, by apologising : in, -the t manner.
This was refused by the Prosecutor. , A Letter. had
been sent. to the •Cominander-in-thief, by Colonel
Homer, commanding the VOlunteers NN''l;ich he be-
longed to, refte(ting, a-s he understood, upon his
eondu'6l... , • . • , ,
Sir .
John'Keen, of Aatb, Bart. and.. James An-
thony )Vickhani, gsq. had also made Affidavits on
behalf of the.Defetidant,„ stating, that terms of ae-
commodation were proposed to, retbsed by tbe
;Prosecutor! •
On the paii-Of the. Prolekution, William Corner
bad sworn, that on the fioth of November, 1804,
'he was on 'the manor belonging to Mr.'llomas
Summer Champneys, in Soniersetshire, when he
observed Benjamin Richardson,. a-Clergyman,. who
had frequently before.trespassad on the groundS, in
company with. the Defendant, when, he,.; being the
-,Gameiteoper, desired to see their CertifiCatet, or by
what authority they came on this manor; when. the
Defendant abused him, and put hislun in a menac-
ing manner to his shoulder, sWearibghe would shoot
him, &c.

Mr. Champney's Affidavit stated, that having been
informed that the Defendant used to go upon his
grounds, he wrote to him upon the subye& ; when
the former answered, that he never would do so
any more. The transa6tion- a,boVe-mentioned af-
terwards took place; when the Defendant 'wrote to
him the letter in question, abusing him grossly,,
and insinuating a challenge to provoke him to fight a
duel.

Messrs. ERSKINE;JEKYL, and PELL, were heard
at sorne lengthen behalf of the Defendant, and press-
ed the offer of
,eccommodation made by him previous
to the trial, and since his conviction, in mitigation
of punishment.
Mr. Serjeant LENS Mr. NEWBOLT, and Mr. COT-
TON, on 'the part of ;he prosecution, urged the ne-
cessity of making an example of this Gentleman_ by
an exemplary punishment; being guilty 'of an int,
proper aft, lie wrote a letter to provoke, a personal
quarrel between him and the Prosecutor; and when
he found he had gone too far; he offered an apology,
just at the moment he was about' to be brought up
for judgment ;- being only propoSed, a few days
ago, after, he. ,had been informed he was to be
brought up.
Mr. Justice GROSE, in pronouncing the judgment
ofthe'Court, observed, that the Defendant had been
guilty of a very high offence; • the, Prosecutor , had,
'treated him like a Gentleman, in return for which he
had written to him a letter, not only •containing a
challenge, but a very bad libel. e time to make:
. atonement for this offence, vvas the following morn,
.ing' at, which period he might haVe 'had ftill leisure
.to reflea upon the impiiTriety of his condua. It
Was to be lamented, that Gentlemen who'Werefund
of sporting,. as lie suppaed the Defendant to be,
would not always follow the golden rule, in deing As
they would be done by. The present case admitted
of no extenuation whatever; and, taking .all the cir-
eturstances into cousiderPtion, for
,the safety of the,
Prosecutor,. and to preserve the 'public peace, the
Court ordered that the Defentiallt SlWllld'pay a tine
of 601- remain in the custody,- of the Marshal of the•
Marshalsea, for three calendiT -months, 'and enter
into security of 3001.- to keep the peace for three
years.

111••••••••••

GEDDES V. THE ROYAL At5t.74911 tiprd,

?ANY.

F - -
Mr. ERSX.ItiE applied to put ,off the trhillti
case, and fora Commission' co examine Witritses in
Scotland.

This Wa4 an Atlion upon .:a P,olicy- of 'instirance
which the Plaintiff (whq was a 'Scowlnar%) held in
right of his Wife. By the will, of the late husband of
the. Plaintiff's wife, sho was precluded from marry.:.
ing a Scotchman, or the son of any parents born jn
that part of Great Britain called Scotland; and ,so
apprehensive was' the deceased that either his wife
or daughter 'would be married to a Scotcbman, he
ordered, in, that -case' his property ,theuld he other-
wise disposed of, as his will direiled. The birth of
the Plaintiff cou'd be proVed by all the persbns -who
knew. him ; but, *hen applied to, tberunaniaiously
refuiad to.m3ke affidavits in the cause. A suit hid

been iritatited. In Chancery,-
and it was highly he,
cessary to havli-the depositions of• those persons be-
fore the cause wai tried, or the Bill answered.
Cotinr.---og Take a *Rule to shemi'Cause."