The Sun.
London, England, 1802-12-31 00:00:00

TEMPLE BAR.

Tile spirited improvements so !Ong ago projened
and begun, for widening and improving the entrance
,to the City on the West side of Temple Bar, are
now proceeding. rapidly, and fortunately the cbsence
of frost at so late. a period of the season, has enabled
tlikbuildings to pro6eed. 'The entrance of the new
&relit opposite TWining'd, intended to lead into
Lincoln's Inn-fields, is formed, and curb stones of
the foot paths are in part laid ; the houses on each
side** some distatice,, are erected ai,lar at, the first
story, and some of them hikher. The foundations
of the magnificent and massive stone arch, which is
intended to lead to the New Inn,,goswell-cotirt, &c.
are laid, and great progreris is already made in the
cutting and preparing the stones fur its erection.--
Nearer to the end of Wych_street, the new court
House and Vestry RooM for St. Clement's Parish
is building, and has proceeded td. the second story.
Round St. Clement's,Charch, the wall for the iron
railing, to inclose an eliptical
,area for the new
Church Yard; is set out, and mote than half of it is
already carried up, and ready for the stone coping ;
it was necessary that the foundation for this wall
should be as much as six feet below the surface, to.
enable the future interment of corpses close to it on
the inside, without undermining or letting it down,
and in crossing the old Church-yard at the
.West
end, it was not possible to avoid disturbing and
moving, a little, many of the coffins there interred
with becoming resped, however, to the feelings of
the friends of the deceased, the part of the founda-
tion at which the men, were at work, has been con.
stantly boarded in by high and close boards, which
were moved on as they proceeded, and the report is
untrue: that any interruption had been given to this
necessary, .though certainly not akreeable work, In
a very few days cite whole,foUndation. will be com-
pleted. On the South side Of the Church the rails
will be close to the Church in:cue part. The new
"Church-yard, appropriated fur burying,;will be near
as large as the old one, on account of the addition
to it at the East end and North side.

,
WATIRMEN.-1110: conduct of these people has
for sometime past nor only exciied the attention of
the Public of this MetropOlis, but those froth all
parts of the British Enipire; who are occasionally
drawn to it by business or otherwiae, and created
their surprise and censure, in proportion as this
branch of the negleded Police 'ha's been made
known through the medium of the PUbliC Prints.

3liew the•impOrtancc of-tb6 Atibjea we will,
by way of illustratitin, point out,, that there are
1200 hackney. coachmen employed, but all tinder
due legal control ; so that by simply iaking their
number, the greatest stranger, or timid female,
may employ one with the utmost safety ; neverthe.
less, the unworthy part of this Community ven-
ture to commit sets of abuse ; however, the good
effeaa resulting froM their regulations are obvious,
as they essentially check their bad inclinations, by
the eitample of proMpt punishments.

There are about r watermen (ten to one)
under iitithet regulations or contioul, although
their rank in life, and ideas of right and wrong,
exatily assimilate ; hence it is that the honest and
industrious part- of their body suffer for the mal.
prauicei .of the idle arid unworthy, against whom
the Public-hive no redress ; the consequences are,
the have lost all confidence of the whole
body, and put themselves to every inconvenience,
rather than employ any one, for fear of ill treat.
meat: It will be almost unnecessary to point out
that the evils complained of have been occasioned
by the. Lord Mayor and Aldermen not carrying
intti-effeet the Aft of Parliament passed eight years
agn, entrusting them to carry into execution this'
important branch of the Police. What justifiable
reasons they may have for not doing it, are not well
known; Whatever may be the cause, it is certain.
ly reprehensible.
MA:i3tos.aiduss..—Yegterday Nathan Nathan
was summoned before the Lain g MAYOR., by John
Lawrence, a Custom-house Qtfi:er, who stied for the
conviCtion of afpenalty, he having seized thirty-five
pounds of raw coffee in his house, which had, nor,
paid the duty, and charged him with knowingly
harbouring and concealing it, under his shop-board, he
supposing him to be a taylor. Two persons who-were,
present at the seizure of this" cofFee;proved it to be
found in 'Nathan's-house, but could not prove it to
be with his knowledge,. as. they did: not see him
there.

Nathan denied any knowledge of it,: and call.
cd two witnesses to prove ttl3t he let out part of
his house, and they might bring in any thing with.
out his knowledge.
Alderman BoYDELL, agreeable to the Aet 'of
Parliament, assisted his Lordship in this inquiry,
who consulting together said, there, was a probabi,
lity at the coffee being in: the house without his
knowledge, as %uFlt they did tot convict him of
three times the value of the cofie, although it was
ccmdemned at the Customhouse.

Tudidity a young woman, under twenty years 01
age, went .to visit her 'mother in St. John's-tan ,
Clerkenwell, ‘v.isen a disagreement arose ; loot-)
after which, tlidaitAhter insisting. on treating her
mother with a dram, went out as if to pnrchise some
liquor ; brit, on het return, presented to her a tea-
cup, containing some ilea forth, .which the old
woman raised. to her head, and was about to swat.
low, but fottunately was ~prevented by the effer-
vescence and nauseous tfiluvia of the deleterious

tincitlu Iv

11FitlelD, DEC: ;8.

LAST week an information was laid against
Primer,: before.two of the Magistrates of this.ieJty,
for printing o witlgatt. alfixingitis,namc
to the paper. 51* printing being proved; ,it was
urged, in favotiv• of the Defendant* that the
under which the information Was laid, was entitled,
". An AA fur the More 01.1'4hull suppression of So.
cieties establishetLfor-stditicra and treasonable pur.
pOses ; and fin- better, .preventing rrearogabie and
seditious praeliccs," and .that as,the paper in goes.
tion contained nothing which could possibly be con.
strued into, a udificas .or heasoaable tendency, it
.could hardly the provisions., much
within the spirit of ,the MI.. in support Of this
defence, the case vbf. Mr.-Holmes, bookseller,
the Royal FxChange, London, was cited, as de.'
Bided in Otlober last, before the Lord Mayor of
,the City of London.. Proof , was. given in- court,
ihat Mr. flohnei had published_ " Baron Munchau.
:sen's Adventxtre.s," the said book tint having the
Printer's name affixed to it.—After hearing Coun.
set for and agaMst the prosecution, the Lord Mayor
said, " I aut convinced the Legislature, in framing
the Ati under which this prosecution is carried on,
did -not mean that it should extend to persons print,
ing books or _papers which are . not of a seditious
tendency. At the same time I ,wish to observe,
that when informations., are laid 'for the benefit of
the Public and Government, they deserve atten,
tient ; but, in this instance, they merit reprobation.
I am .happy- to have it in my pmver to t)e inatru.
Mental io ,protetting the honest Shop.keeper, when
I do' not find.him offending.against the I iws of hit
country ; and I advise the informer to pursue ail •
honest and .reputable .way of life, and not. get hi*
bread by such
.praaices in future." The Dclend.
ant, in this case, was then acquitted.—The Magi.
strates, however, for this city, declined it their
duty to cond& the Printer in the sum of twenty
pounds. .The author of the hand-bill was known.

On Tuesday afternoon, as Mr. ST v Ens, of Chel.
sea, was going from Vauxhall to Battersea, he
passed .through the Gardener's Grounds by the
River side, he perceived a young Woman sitting
among the rushes in great apparent distress. Fear.•
ing she meditated on self.destrualon, he went rp
to her, and demanded why she sat in that .forloin
state. It was some time before he could get any
reply from her, but her reluftance .made him
more urgent to inquire into her Misery. She at
last, told him, that she 113,1 lived servant with a. iVI
Wi-ti-rE, a Corn chandler in the city, and had ad(td •
to go out uhMonday, which was assented to by
her master. She had former: an acquaintance with
a young Man, a journeyman . watchmaker, in the
neighbourhood, who, had promised to take her, if
she got' a holiday, to see his friends, who he told •
her resided at Wandsworth. On their' arrival .at
that place be pretended iris relation had gone Out
holiday making like thethselves, and that they Must
ilke a comfortable dinner at one of the
houses.' They did so, and remained tbere till thee.
dark, when he told her it wo:iid be dangerous for
them to set, out for London at that tini.f, an,,l endea-
voured to persuade her to remain all night, assuring.
her the their marriage MK:mid be soleAphizett 10 a
few days. She listened to the person' and con.
sensed, The next Morning, when it was too late,
she "perceived her own folly;' the perfidy Of her
seducer, and,the misery she had brought upon her.
self; as herpromised and deititied husband was no.
where to be tbund. He had Made an excuse to leave
the room, and had taken that opportunity of run.
ing away from her. 'The bill amountiiig to nine
shillings. she was herself obliged to discharge, and
fearing to return to her master and mistress again,
she had wandered to that. spot, where she had sat
down in bitterness and misery. She added, that her
name was Cosby, that her parents lived' at New.
castle, from whom she had Only been is •montbs,
and that the had not a friend-•in London she' could
go to, of knew a person that would take pity on her
wretched condition. Mr. Stevens very humanely
cold her he would befriend her, that he bad childieh
of his own, and if she would go borne with him, be
'would not only write to her master, but would 'en.•
deavotir. to find out the man who had so be;
trayed her; adding, that if Mr. White spoon} re.
fuse to receive her again into his service, he would
take her into his own.

Wednesday, whilea workman in the employ of
Mr. Chi:item:ln, Silversmith, in St. Martin's-le.
grand, ViDS preparing to solder a hollow ball be.
longing to the head of a Parish Beadle's stair, on
putting it upon a charcoal fire, without leaving a
hole for the escape of air, it burst, with a loud ex.
plosion, into a million of pieces ; by which the
workman and an approntice lad were severely blunt
on the face, neck, and hands • and, it is timed, the
sight of the yoon&man is in Clanger,
Five suffering housekeepers, from diffet•ent parts
of ,the .Town, appeared yesterday at the Public
Offiee,'Shad Nell, to give evidence against Sarah
Walker, hid been referred from the Mansion.
House on To.siday last to that plaee,,and.fully corn.
muted fnr at charge of. plundering every
kir:A,: lodging she took. -Being informed 'of the
commitment, they went away, with an intent 'to
prefer bills against her at the ensuing Sessions.
Saturday evening: last, as Mr.. Brownsmith,
Gardener, in Roine-ltine, • Chatham, and his son,
Were on their rettlin trom London in a chaise-cart,
they Weil: stopped between 'Bexley-heath and Cray.
by three footpads, who robbed them of between
to anti 30 ; after Which they took a hag
out 4-thee:at, and finding it to contain only a few
pout & of vitien seeds, they beat the pap:fr parcels
to.piect'fi with their bludgeons, so as 'to scatter the
seed abatit the road; after whieh they made off.
On Tuesday, in the night, the watchman passing
by the h)ttse of Michael Abrahams, near the
Fhg, in High.street, Chatham; perceived
the Cellar wintowi broke, and listening, heard per.
sons in the cellar; he alarmed-the hOuse and kept
watch at the window, until .Mr. Abrahams ennie
down, when ir. a closet they found two Marines,
With all the implements recessary for the boil.
net's holise.breakers ; they:Lue 'committed for
trial.

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GENERAL CL 4U& MARTIN.

IN a late Paper we, mentioned the mausoleuth of
this extraordinary charafler, -efitich was lately fi,
nished in the East Indies. The; inscription in this
rrhinsoleurn is as folf).vs : " Here lies CLAUDE
MARTIN. He was it)rri at Lyons, 1732—Caine to
I!!dirs a Private Soldier—and died a Major_General."
Haw front so low an prigin he obtained this distin-
guished..rank, it may, -perhaps, be gratifying to
our Readersi to be informed.
- At an.,early age, he expressed a dislike to fol-
low his father's inadiv:!, profession, and determined
to- chose one more congenial to his disposition.

He accordingly enlisted in the French Artny, and
„!, soon distinguished himself so much, that he was
remo,ed from the Infantry to the. Cavalry-, and
"afterwards appointed a Trooper in. Count LALLy's
Body Guard, a small corps of seled men, that was
formed for the purpose of accompanying that Officer
to Pondicherry, of which place he had been then
appointed Governor.
Soon after LALLY'S arrival at Pondicherry, he
began to exercise- his power with such oppressive
severity, and to enforce the discipline of the Army
with such a rigid minuteness, that his condua ex-
cited the disgust and detestation of the whole Set-
tlement. Several remonstrances were drawn up
against him, and transmitted to France, and Many
Officers of distinftion threw up their appointments.
He, nevertheless, persevered in his injudicious sys-
tem of discipline with an unremitting strictness, un-
mindful of the representations of some Officers
_who
were in his confidence, and totally blind t(Qhe
dangers he was thus foolishly drawing on himself,
till it was too late to avert them.

- .
Though he must have. been sensible that he had
lost the ;.ffeaions of the Army, yet he, seemed not
aware of the c n,equenees to which that loss might
lead. Ile Troops were so dissatisfied, that when
the Erglish Anoy laid siege to Pondicherry, great
numbers deserted from the garrison ; and at last his
own Body Gusrd went over in a body to the enemy,
conveying their horses, arms, &c. along with
them. This Corps was well received. by the English
Commander, by whom MARTIN was soon noticed
for the spirit and ability which he displayed on
many occasions.
'On return of the British army to Madras,
after the surrender of Pondicherry, MARTIN ob-
tained permission from the Madras Government to
raise a Company of
.Chasseurs from amongst the
'Vrench PrisonerS, of which he got the command,
With the rank of Ensign in the Company's Service.

A few weeks after lie received tliis appointment,
he was ordered to proceed with the Chasseurs
to Bengal. Oo their passage thither, the ship
in which they were embarked sprang a leak;
MARYtN, by great fortitude and perseverance,
but with much difficulty, saved himself and some
of his men in one of the ship's boats. The ship
foundered off Point Gaudavar, (the promontory
which separates the coast of Coromandel_ from that
of Orissa), and from thence MARTIN and his men
proceeded in the ship's boat to Calcutta, which
place they reached, after surmounting many dan-
gers .and great hardships. He was received with
much kindness by the Bengal Government, sp_
pointed Cornet of Cavalry, in which service he
continued until he had risen, by regular succession,
to the rank of Captain in the Line, when he got a
Company' of Infantry;
Shortly after- this promotion,, he was employed
by the Government to survey the north-east dis-
tria of Bengal, being an able draftsman, and in
every respet well qualified for W that purpose. hen
he had completed his journey of the north-east dis--
triets, he was sent to Oude, in order to assist in
surveying that province. While employed in this
service, he resided 'chiefly at Lucknow, where he
amused himself in shewing his ingenuity in .several
brsnches of mechanics, and his skill in gunnery,
which gave the Nabob SITJAH-UL-DOWLAII so
high a notion of the value of hti services, that he
solicited, and obtained permission froin the Go,
vernor and Council of Calcutta, to appoint him
Stiperintendant of his Artillery-park and Arsenal.
MARTIN was so well satisfied with thii appoint-
ment, and with his prospeEts in theservieeOf the
Nabob Vizier, that he proposed to the Governor
and Council to relinquish his pay and allowances in
the Company's Service, on the condition of his
being permitted to retain his Rank, and to continue
in the service of the Vizier. This proposal was
- complied with, and from this his subsequent prospe-
rity commenced.
He was now admitted into the confidence of the
Vizier, and in the different changes which took
place in the Councils of his Highness, as well as
in the various negotiations with the English Go-
vernment, he was his secret adviser. He seldom,
however,. appeared at the Durbar ; and he rawer
held any ostensible situation in the administration
of the Vizier's Government ; but we have reason
to believe that few measures of impOrtance were
adopted without his advice being previously taken.
Hence his influence at the Court of Lucknow be-
came.very considerable, not only with the Vizier,
but with his Ministers ; anti, that influence was the
source of the immense fortune which he amassed.
Besides a large salary, with extensive emoluments
annexed to it, he used to receive from the Nabob
frequent presents of considerable value, And when
any of the Nabob's Ministers, or other men of con-
sequence about Court, had any particular measure
to carry with their Master, or personal 'favour to
ask of him, it was their custom to go privately to
MARTIN, and obtain his interest in their cause, by
offering him handsome presents, which, if he was
at times induced to refuse, he took good care to
procure from them ultimately, by other means, an
adequate compensation.
During the reign of AssoF-uo-DowLAH, father
of the present Vizier, MARTIN made a considerable
sum of money by encouraging the Prince's taste for
the prodations of Europe, with which he undertook
to supply him.
Another mode by which he realized money was,
by establishing an extensive credit with the Shroffs,
or Bankers, in, Oude and the adjacent 'provinces ;
so that no public loan could be made without his