The Sun.
London, England, 1803-11-08 00:00:00

NORTHRRN MEET/Nab

ItiVilii.llllll/ OCT. 29.
,a isloiihern Meeting held here on Monday
'auk And Ctintintied foi the Week Ai usual. The
ratteudinetq alihoukh not numerons, liras Klee; and
weft hdn'otired k.v3th the company of the Earl of
ERROi. indbitintessi the earl of A sovnit, Sir bftrr
Goloott of Park, Colonel GORDON and his Lady,
the Hon. Q 0 veitiok tiitArt, ,And several other re.
Teaable old ,}ltd Regiment, Aberdeen.
shire Militia, and ,the Ober Military Depart Men is
in the Garrison of Fort George: The Stewatai for
the following yeah are; Vitt.
The Most Noble the Moquisof IlUntly, ,
Angus Mackintosh, Esq. of Holm. Sikwards.
Wm. Mackintosh, Esq. of Balntspick,
Duncan George Forbes, Esq. of Luilridett.
Alex. M'Donnell, Esq. of Glengarry.,
William Chisholm, Esq. of Chishohn.
Donald M‘ Esq. of Gentiles.
]Simon Frasiertsq. of Farraline.
loobert
Mackintosh, Rob late provost of interneti; and
lt Canton, Rog. ofOrakies.

Letters have been received in town, which men-
tion that an epidemical disease has made its appear-
ance at Malaga, in Spain... The following is an
Extra& off'a Letter, dated 1106 tuber 8, which corn-
ntunicetes some particulars respefiing this unfortu-
nate event :

" A calamity has befallen us here, from which
the most serious consequences are apprehended.
Several vessels lately arrived in this port fromNew-York, and other parts of America, have com-
municated to us that fatal disorder, the 'yellow fever,
so destruaive to the Antericans. Sonic of the in.
habitants in the town and suburbs die daily t all the
Crews in the harbour are more or less affiated with.
it. Capt. -, a Swede, whom you know, and
will regret, died last night,, besides three of his
crew, flis 'Vessel only entered the Putt three days
before. All communication between the Town,
the Harbour and the Mole, is excluded, . which
prevents us ftntn learning the true state of those on
board of the different ships; but we fear the worst.
At present the vessels are restrilled from all inter.
course with each other, notwithstandin; sometimes
the most urgent calls of business. '1 he English
GoVernment will, no doubt, soon be acquainted
with our sitt,a,tion, and will take measures accord-
ingly, to avoid a similar misfortune falling on your
Country, by preventing the intr.)duetion of any
vessels into the English ports that have lately come
from this quarter, until they have performed quaran-
tine."

On Friday night, shtfollowing unfortunate afftir
took place. On account% of the too frequent de-
sertion• of the principals and substitutes for the
Royal Army of Reserve, Colonel BINCHAM, corn.
`madding the. dept In Chatham Garrison, found
'Mins 'lf under the necessity, -for Me more essential
gpue Of Ilk Mjesty's Service, to order sentries to
he posted, after evening parade, at the different
!.,track doom. A rtscruts, who had been only two
days fr, to Lind. .n, being, it is supposed, in a state
(4- intoxication, wished to force his way out : the
an old bo!dit:r the 1.3164, kept him back
ford while ; but on finding himself struck by the
recruit, he plunged his bAyon.et into the unfortu.
li•ite111:411's heart. .The recruit expired ipatanta-
n:cubly, and without a groan.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, Nov. 7.

Tuts being the first day of Michaelmas Term,
the Court did not sit until one o'clock.
Mr. &skins moved for an Attachment to he
issued against Mr. William Wilson for Contempt of
Court, in not snaking a return to a Writ of Habeas
Corpus issued to him, commanding him to bring up
the body of Elizabeth Woodward, and for making
a most giossly false and impudent return to that
Habeas Corpus; or rather for not returning it in
due time, for that was the foundation of this Mo-
tion. The Habeas Corpus was issued upon an AlR-
davit, stating circumstances that were scandalous
and nauseous to repeat. Mr. Wilson had got into
his possession and custody an unhappy young wo-
man', on the 1 sth of May last, who, with two
Brothers., w!s entitled to to,oool. and it was not
too much to. Suppose that this man' had a view on
this young woman's property as well as her person.
One was alWays extremely glad when guilt was as.
certained, and it was proper that it should be made
as public as possible. This man's guilt being fully
ascertained, he hoped every body who heard him
would take notice, that this Wm. Wilson keeps
the sign of the Crown, at Basingstoke, and he hoped
that any man of common feeling, who might go lay
that way, would rather sleep in his Chaise, than
take a Bed at that House, While Mr. Wilson
kept it.
'Allis Habeas Corpus being issued, direned to
this Person, commanding him to being up the body
of this young Woman, he was traced with her bum
house to house, along the road, until they were
lost in the obscurity of this Metrrpolis ; and it was
found that he had given direetions to drive to some
Bagnio) in Covent Garden.—The Writ was served
on him on the 18th day of Oelober, by Mr. Mi.
shad Lyne, Clerk to Messrs. Rhodes and Co. This
Gentleman came to London, in the same Coach as Mr.
Wilson, and over.heard a conversation between him
and the Coachman, who had the care of this young
woman's bonnet.—This Writ having been served
on this person on the ISth of Oftober, he made no
return of it Midi the zzd ; and the Return he then
made was most gross, and impudently false ; but it
was not the falsehood of the Return, but the Con,
tempt of Court, upon which the resat Motion
was founded ; and the Contempt was in the delay,
for he did not make. that Return until the zad of
that month. At the time he was served with the
Writ of Habeas Corpus, he had this young
woman at house in Welheck-street.—The
learned Judge before whom the Defendant was
brought was so desirous to release this unhappy
child from her melancholy captivity, that he
• expostulated with die Defendant upon the great im.
propriety of his conduti, but for want of Jurisdic.
Lion could go no further, and here he could not help
hopi this Was an imperfeaion in the Law which
would not long remain ; perhaps this case might
give rise to an improvement in that respell, for Laws
were often Made under the emergency of a case.—
The Habeas At itself was made out Of an emeigen.
ctle—Ltahwe , was,aiteration which, he said, was wanting in
that when .the Judges had authority
to issue the Writ of Habeas Corpus in V4CAIiOII)
they should have in vacation also authority to en.
force °bedtime to such Writ in like manner as the
Court had. The Learned Judge appeared to have
expostulated with this man, and to have endea.
vouied to prevail on him to do that which the Law
toad not then force him to do, which was to deli.
vet this young woman up to her fiends. He brought
her to the chambers of Mr. Chippindale, his Actor.
ney, who was so disgusted with his infamy that he
would not be concerned for him any longer, if he
would not give her up. This unhappy child was
now in the possession and custody of this man, and
there were no means, but by this application, to
procure her deliverance. The foundation of this
motion was the delay in returning the Writ.—He
was served on the t Bth, and he made no return
until the zed.

Tile CHM' Jus:rct asked if he rettirned the
Writ at last ?

Mr. ERSKINE said, " Yes, he returned that Which
was most gross and impudently false."
Mr. Justice LA w efINCE, That she was not in
his custody or power, and so on ?"
Mr. ERMINE Lead the return to the writ, That
since the service of the writ she was not in his CUS_
tody or potier, nor was she subject to any► controul,
but was free from any restraint whatever."

Chief justice "''here was no time necessary to
&lay such a return as that."
Mr. Jastice LAWRENCI, " I think it worth
while for the friends of this young woman to make
an affidavit of these fats and to lay them before
the Court of Chancery, and then the Chancellor, I
hive nO dotibt, would make her a Ward of that
Court, and then she would be under the care of
thatCourti whose order could not be evaded by a
Use ketUrni"

Rule granted to• alley,' cause why attachment
should not issue.

Mr. GARIIdW moved fur leave to file a Criminal
Information against a Gentleman, whose name lie
aid not mentions for a Challenge and violent provo-
cation to Mr. BRIM is, a respedable Wine-mer-
chant in the City, to fight a Duel, or commit some
breach of the peace. The Defendant is a Gentleman
holding a respeitable post in a public.oflice, and
whose country-house is in the neighbourhood of rho
of the Prosecutor's. The circumstances of the case,
as they depend solely on an ex parte 6tateMCPti
Ohmic' not now be detailed, the season for so doing
will he when cause is shewn against the Rule,
Rule to shew Cause granted.

Mr. JAxvls moved fur leave to filo a Criminal
Information'against Richard Mooresom, Esq. who
is the only Magistrate at Whitby, and is a con-
siderable Ship Owner, for refusing to lend pro-
per assistance as a Magistrate, to call forth the
Civil Pover to assist Officers duly authorized to
Impress Seamen at that Port, he alleciging it as his
Opinion that Pressing was Illegal, 'and that they
ought to bring him no 'Warrants to back for
any thing except Murder and• Felony, &e.
The particulars. of this Case, for the reason al-
ready stated, we shall:not at present detail. Rule
to Om Cause granted,

Mr. JEICYLL moved; on behalf of Bail, for time
until the next Term to surrender their principal,
on the ground that it was impossible to do it now,
for that he went to France after Bail was justified,
was suddenly taken into custody there and carried
to Funtainbleau, where he is now prisoner with
many other Englishmen. He urged that this was
an ad of violent aggression which nobody could
foresee, it was a violent ad of power arbitrarily
exercised, and the most othiageous measure that
was ever taken by any Government since the four.
dation was laid of Civil Society. The Bail had
power to surrender the principal, and lie was not
placed in this situation by any a& of theirs.

The Court however observed there was no autho-
rity to suppart this application. The current of
cases was against the principle of it, fur it had been
held that where a Defendant was so ill that death
would be the ere& of moving him, yet the Bail
were not to be allowed time to render. So here if
these persons chuse to become Bail they must take
the consequences of not being able to render their
principal. If they had not become Bail, the De.
fendant would have remained in custody to satisfy
the Plaintiff's demand, and the Plaintiff had a right
either to his debt or the custody of Defendant's
person.—Motion refused.

A Printer of the name of Seal, pleaded Not
Guilty to an Indiftment charging him with disaf-
le&ion to the King, Constitution, and Government
of these Kingdoms, in a printed libel, and with
discouraging the people of this Country from op.
Elating and resisting the French in their intended
Invasion.
The Defendant said he had !milt

Mr. Aft sore, on the part of the Prosecution,
moved, that it might be made part of the tecogni.
A 'ace, that he should appear personally at his trial.
That had been sometimes done.

The LOU) CMKIP Jtmrtcr desired that might
be made a part of the Rule.
The Bail, however, did not atttntli in conse.
quence of which the Defendant was committed.

Mr.CAMPBILL made the usual report of the Con.
yids on board the Hulks, and elsewhere. It appeared
they were employed on various works of utility in
the Dock.yards, and were in general in good health.

The new Faroe of Railing the freed, IM repeat.
ed last night at Covent Garden Theatre, after the
tragedy of Pizarro. This whimsical Farce was
fully confirmed in public opinion. The offing of
'Awls is incomparable. He is the life of the Piece,
which in itself is highly diverting. The House
was crowded.

The new entrance into Drury-Lane Theatre from
Brydges-street was opened last night. The passage
from the street leads by a flight of steps into a light
and agreeable anti.room, and this room communi.
cams with a very elegant saloon, fortthng a seg_
ment of a circle, ornamented by a great number of
pillet. which are painted in imitation of marble.
This baloon communicates by a stair-case at each
end with the lobby, at the back of the first tier of
boles. There are compartments in the saloon which
tve understand Consist of little shops which are to
be opened for fruit and confeaionary. ThC saloon
is at firesent hardly lighted enough, and as the Sea_
son advances it will probably need a fire, unless it
should be warmed by the gallant circles, which will
most probably be formed in it. The whole of this
new passage is a very great improvement in point
of convenience, and is also an ornament to the
Theatre.

Mr. STEPHEN KIMBLE- is engaged to perfOrni
a few nights this season at Drury-lane Theatre.
His Pallid' was certainly a classical performance,
and he rendered the old tat knight very diverting,
without degenerating into broad farce.
The Law Association yesterday resulted their
old unifoilta Cedant "Irma toter. The muster in
Westminiter Hall was more nuinetous than it used
to be in the Temple Gardens, and they went through
their issotfoiss with greater dexterity—There was
however, a great deal of tailinz in the ranks.
The new Farce, announced for representation at
Drury-lane Theatre, is claimed by two Authors,
in consequence of which, the Board of Management
.have very properly postponed its performance, till
it can fairly be aacertained eiihiCh is the Man
Wednesday morning a duel was fought on Spring
Bank, near Hull, between Captain G------- and
Lieutenant H—, both of the Durham Regiment
of Militia. They met a little after six o'clock,
and were attended by two other Gentlemen of that
Regiment as seconds. After the parties had ex.
'changed two shot tech without are, the Seconds
interfered, and the matter was amicably settled.
Mr. CHAaLes Bien, generally called Count
Bios, a charatter well known in the theatrical cir.
cies, on Sunday last made his exit from the stage of
life. He was the son of Mr. Brea, formerly an
eminent sword.eutler in Newport.street, who has
been dead many years. Mr. CAARLIS Bs a a was
brought up to the business of an engraver, and
might have risen to distinflion in that line, if he
had been capable of persevering application. But
he had a strong sense of humour, and was too fond
of company to be fit for Any employment that re..
quired diligence and attention. He was much ad.
aided, to ploy, but was always unsuccessful. He
was >ti very good tempered man, and had a lively
satirical humour, which, with a fund of anecdotes,
particularly of the theatrical kind, rendered him
a very diverting companion. Having no resources
but in thekinibiess of his friends, his subsistence, for
near the last thirty years, has been very precarious,
but he was so well known, that it was hardly, pos-
sible for him to sally forth in any part of the Me-
trapolis, without meeting with some acquaintance,
ready to became his banker for the expenses of the
passing day, and he did not trouble himself with
much care about to-morrow. , It is supposed that
the author of the Farce, which was brought fonVard
onSattirday last, at Covent Garden Theatre; hail
this excentric charafler in view, wbeO he drew the
hero of the piece, and it may be considered as a
good dramatic Iketch of the whimsical original.
He. was jocosely proud of the title of Cowl: Bra a;
which he used to soy dill not descend to him from
a, dull line of Ancestors, but was earned by his own
merit, aacl conferred by the voice of the Public.

I) LI LI V,

,
Yesterday /1;17;n/1: /tar/aro:it Esq. of Enniskiiieh,
was brought tip to the Castle under a military es-
cort; he was taken near Carrickmacross, in the
County of Monaghan, by the personal intrepidity
Of ALEXANDER KERR, Esq. of Newbliss, in that
County. Mr, Hamilton's person eiaOly corms.
sponds with
.the description given in the Advertise-
ment of Sir Ctiii.kLEs Ross, otf:.ring a reward for
his apprehension. Having been examined at
;!he
Chief Secretary's he was committed to :1,41-
'll44am gaol. It is asserted that this Prisonei:
had arrived from I" ranee, where he held a Commiq.:
sion under 13otiAi'AII.TE, very shortly before the 23d
of July ; and that he was the principal channel of
communication between the French Government and
the Irish Traitoi-S: • Ile is nephew by marriage .o
the Rebel General 1611,41, recently executed in
the North of Ireland. He is a .very tall, well_
looking man, of a remarkably gentletnan.like ap..
pearsnce—once served in the British Army, where
he had a subaltern's commission, and is possessed of a
liberal hereditary property.
Discoveries of high itoportance are supposed to
have been made to Government within the last two
days
.and it it believed that some Prisoners, of a
rank above the there vulgar, may be.. expected in
this City in a short time.

Letters from Enniscorthy niention a discovers►
of great moment to the security of that neigh-
bourhood, having been made on Saturday last
suspicions having been excited by the constant
meetings of a certain description of persons at a
house in that Town, a proper tOrce surrounded it on
Saturday, and found nine of the Cavat Militia, and
about a dozen of the most suspeded eliaraifters
in the town engaged in, deep deliberation; their
objeft was clearly ascertained to be treasonable by
various coincident circumstances, and they were ac-
cordingly committed to the gaol of Wexford. The
nine hililitia..men 'had been lately recruited, from
amongst the lower orders of the County of Wex.
ford, and it is understood that no other person of
the Cavan Regiment was at all implicated.
A person of some property was yesterday broug'it
up from the neighbourhood of flaiiimore.Eustace,
arid committed to iCilmainham gaol ; as was also a
person sent up by Captain GatE7 ITHI of the Milli.
cent Legion.

Thirty.sik Prisoners were lodged in the gaol of
Naas on Sunday last, from the County of Kildare,
and six from the same place were on Monday lodg_
ed in the gaol of Kiltnainham. They ate all chari;ed
with being concerned in the lasl Rebellion.
A person of the name of Lacey, accused with
treasonable praaices, underwent examination on
Monday at the Castle.
Saturday night last, Captain WtLsorr, Chief
Peace:.Officer, apprehended a man of the name of
Murray, in Handkerchief-alley, in this city, who
is charged with having been a leader of Rebels on
the night of the 23(1 of July last ; he is by trade a
weaver-.

Yesterday Mr. ;moles Tandy, Wine.merchant,
(who has been in charge of a King's Messenger for
two or three days past), was examined at the Lastle.

VKTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ATHLONE,

ocroara 28.

" On Tuesday morning last, Lord CATHCART,
Commander of the 'Forces, came into this town.
Immediately after his arrival, his Lordship set
about inspeding minutely ,the Regulars, Militia,
and Yeomanly, and the Stores, Powder.magazioes,
Works on the Castle, state of the Cannon, &c. anti
the great line of Fortifications construding to the
west part of the town ; of ,he state of the entire,
his Lordship was pleased to express Isis warmest
approbation.

4' Next morning at early hour his Lordship pro.
ceeded to Ballinasloe, on his way to the Camp fora).
ing at Shannon Harbour, near Banagher, which his.
Lordship inspefted narrowly.
g, From thence his Lordship, we hear, proceeds to
Galway, Laughren, Cast!elm., &c. robe satisfied of
the situation and strength at these places, previous
to his return to
ig On Wednesday Gen. Sir Eva Court arrived
here and succeeded Major-Gen. MEYERS in ther
commal:d of this distrid.

" The works at the west side of this town are
going on with the utmost expedition ; at present
they make a very formidable appearance; upwards
of Soo soldiers and others, in the situations of
masons and labourers, are employed thereon every
day."