The Sun.
London, England, 1804-03-02 00:00:00

NEWCASTM h.. zS.

ON Wednesday I.t,r, .his Grace. the Duke of
NORTRUIViIi ER LAN '0 .set ou,l from Alnwick Castle to
proceed to London, much to (he regret of the peo.
ple of Alnwick and its vicini!y. The- anxious de-
sit e which his Grace,, as Lord Liedtenapt'-of the
county, has -always exhibited; to place the Vo-
lunteers of the ,County on a .respenable footing,
both in. appearance and . was again
evinced by his viewing, during .last week, prior
to his departure, the. different -Corps" tbcongholit
the Cottnty. On Sunday afternoon he left Cap-
he4ton for Newcastle,! whew he ,arrived about five
o'clock. On his entrance into ih.c (own, she, New_
castle V9iuiteefs,, who were drAky,i) .up, in New_
gate,street, saluted, him as bp passe4,., and. proceed.
'ink, froth thence to Mr., •Tiftmt,As Di.orroioN's, he
wa's,again saluted by the Newcastle Armed Associ_
„ation,, in passing aronfWestgate-Str:eCt. Both Cnrps
he warmly complimented,for, their appear-
ance.

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• D urbain consequence of! t4e,deci_
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sion of the Committee that thetedion of ,111 cHARD
WHARTON, Esq. was voidohat Gentleman arrived,
in Durham on Wednesday se'nnight. On the; next
day he addressed his late Constituents at, the Guild-
hail, and proposed FRANCIS INV ED DELL,- -Esq. as
his Successor. On Thursday a requisition was
made to the Mayor to call a Meeting: to,eonsider of
what steps were to be taken respetaing the.. future
representation of the City, which was heldjhe en-
. suing. day. In the course of Friday a number of re_.
speftable• inhabitants signed a request to It. E. D.
SHAFT°, Esq. of Whitworth, to offer himself as a
Candidate to supply the present vacancy, which he
• has accepted. The Fleftion is fixed for this day.
Liskeard seems now to be the sporting Borough,
no less than 'six Candidates being already talked of,
Serjeant RtINN I NOTON, Mr. THOMAS -SHER I DAN,
Sir THOMAS TUlt TON, M:. C. CARPENTER, Mr.
COFFIN, of Tregony, and Mr. MoasHE AD: Be-
tween the contending rivals, it is expeaed to be-
come a matter of considerable magnitude and in-
terest.

LAw.—Twenty-Catises were tried yesterday be.
Lord ELLENBoROUGH, all of them rather in-
significant and uninteresting.- In one' case, which
was an aftion of slander, the. Defendant, against
whom there' was a yerdift, paid the Plaintiff his
damages with greater promptneSs than debts of the
same nature are usually discharged with. The
amount of the. damages given by the Jury was ohe
farthing, and the Defendant instantly, when the
verdiCt was pronounced,. threw. a halfpenny to the
Plaintiff across the• table,- and desired him to take
• his damages and return the change.
All 'differences in- the 'Southwark Corps have at
length been amicably adjusted,' ''.The Regithent pa-
raded on Tuesday morning at ten o'clock; -in front
of the New Sessions -House, Horsemonger_lane,
Newington, and made a very respeCtable Muster.
The Battalion having in part formed, the third
Company, which had been dismissed,.fcil in in their
regular station, as did a great number of individOals
of the other Companies, who in a momentary heat
had withdrawn themselves. The Light Company,
commanded by Capt. Gurrsora,- fell in, and. formed.
under the. King's Bench-Wall, and marched down
to join the Battalion; as soon as they came abreast
of the first Company on the right, their brother
soldiers gave them three hearty cheers, as a wei.
come, whiCh was repeated all along the line.
The Fifeshire Militia, corrimanded by Colonel
• Lord CRAWFORD, arrived at Newcastle, on Tues-
day se'nnight, from Morpeth, where they are to be -
quartered for some time. They are 600 strong, and
a remarkable fine body of men.
The Croydon Infantry were oinspefted on Wed.
• nesday by Colonel JENKINsoN. They were under •
the command of Colonel WARRTNGToN, and consist
of four Companies of sixty each. After he had in-
speCied their arms, &c. they went through a. va.
riety of manceovres, such as changing, encreasing
and diminishing their front by the Echelon move_
ment, in the course of which they fired several
rounds ; all of which the Inspefti-rig Officer expres-
sed himself highly pleased with. In returning them
thanks,- he said he never in his 'life saw Regulars
acquit themselves in a more satisfaftory manner.
This Corps are to be Brigaded, in the course of -a 1
fortnight, with the Tooting, Sireathain, Mitcham,
and.Carshalton Corps 1 and- the Croydon Corps, on
account of their superior discipline, are to take the
right of the line.
-The Earl .of STRATHMORE'S valuable studhorse
Pipator dropped down-dead a few days ago. He
was considered worth not less than loco guineas.
Wednesday several informations were brought be-
fore the Lord Mayor, by the Farmer of the Duty
on Post Chaises, against different Post-masters, for
not making the regtilar return of,DutY, :according
fatt of Parliament, for coaches or chaises hired
by them. The first .of these, informations was,
against Mr. White, of BiShopsgate-s treet,which coin, •
plained of his taking r ls. 6d. for •the fare of a post_
chaise to.Hanimerstnith, and returning only .3d. per
mile for the duty. This information was supported,
by Mr. Shepherd, the Solicitor, who informed his
Lordship of the great disadvantages the, farmer of
this tax was' under, by the Post-masters evading.
the duty, &c. Mr. White produced the At of
Parliament, and pleaded that it expressed only 3d.
per mile 'duty, and not a foUrth of what was re-
ceived. After much argumeilt, the Lord Mayor
said, he thought the Ast of Parliament meant a
fourth of every shilling paid on post-chaises, how_
ever, high they might charge ; but told Mr. White,
as this was the first complaint of the kind, he might
appeal to the conviction, and it would be further
argued ; which was agreed to accordingly.
Tuesday forenoon -a man, at Merton, in Surrey,
agreed, for a wager of five guineas, to walk sixteen
miles and a half in three hours, which he performed
with ease in two hours and fifty minutes.
Wednesday a man of the name of Abden cut his
throat in a dreadful manner, in Gardener's lane,
Westminster : in his waistcoat pocket was found
701. and a written paper, saying, " I will and be-
queath this money to R. Rubinson, a private in the
light company in the Coldstream Regiment of Foot
Guards," with whom he had lodged.

EDINBURGH,

ON Friday the Militia „Rei.;itlients, stationed
the neighbourhood of Edinbotgh, had it' dand
day and mock fight in the Park of the: Poke of 8ti0.,-
CLEUGH, atoDalkeith, At eleven o'clock t';l ossoi
Brigades under the command of Brigadier Gale.
rats, Lord DALHOU.3IE and Sir JitimKs.ST. .
ERsEttS'E, were assembled in
,castle. Steads:Pok.
On the:arrival of Lord Marts A,, theyvoetteded:il
two colturins, one under. Lord DAtoroti-sie :toNoords
Dalkeith House ;.half way it formed
and advanced on the Bridge, and Sable-:yardi ‘o!:vo•
the enemy were supposed to be strongJy e..nt-renck.
The other, under Sir jAmE,s
,Sy.,CoA,tot ,Foif;4lNv,
proceeded, through the,yyood,•.taking post in di:filo.
rent,paris oldie park, as also:at the Dake4s,how,
bridge, and stable.yat:,,l,o, The .firio& then ~On.
Menced inthewOod, , which, was ,answered by: the
troops on the other side o and a most Iretnerolons
Soar of cannon and small arms, :from one. c'tt4 to tJsc
other of both lines, was kept.up,fpr a con:4des:slfle
time, when the-enemy were driven from thefrgn_
trenchments by Brigadier_Geuefal 'Lord .13,0
HousiE, in the most
.gallant manner.
After this grand
_achievement, the
,svh_ok, Ape
:passed in slow time beforeillis Excellency,:who. ept_
pressed the utmost satisfaCtioo.on the occasion. •
There were nine Rcgirnepts in the field,
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ing of about 4opo men. :fheoday, though cold, wps
,dry and
,clear.,. :The appearance t f she Troops wos.
very fine, and. the effeet of the tremeodoul roar of 0;e.
fire through the beautifnl,a4,;,livetsified park. of site
Noble Duke, was. gract:l.on-'64 extreme,
Lord M'oIR4 waioittended by a numerous Staff,
and many Officers of distinOton. The company:was
more selea. thart'nutnercius, owing to the circuip_
stance not having,been very generally knowtn..
most all the Nobility and Fashionables in E.diobtrigh
and its neighbourhood attended in their cartiAge.s,
and addedgreatly to the brilliancy of the cortit'odioxi/,
which certainly was the:finest that has been witues.
sed in that quarter for.maoy years. ,
Saturday the ist Regiment of Royal Edinhurkh
Volunteers, commanded by the Right Hon, 'the LORD
ADVOCATP, and the zd Battalion of the zd Regi.
men:, commanded by Lieut. CoI.,JAMES Hop?,
sembled• in the Meadow Walk. The latter Regi.
merit marched off abort 'eleven o'clock for Craig.
millar Castle,-three miles to the south of this city,
of which they took possession, with four pieces of
cannon, which were plac&I• on the most assailable
points. About twelve Velock the Ist Regiment with 4.
pieces of cannon, and a Company of Sharp Shooters,
marched-by the Gilmertonoroad, till they came to a
cross road opposite to Craigmillar, when the Shay?
Shooters advanced, and. the Regiment formed into
two di v isionsi: the right under command of the LolttEi
ADVOCATF,.the left commanded by Major it E,
to attack the Castle. On the first appearance of
the sharpshooters, the. troops in Castle coin-
menced a heavy fire both with their cannon and
musketry. As the first regiment advanced, 'the
diviSions attacked on two points three different
times. In the first, they took the Castle' bus .were
soon again driven our lof it, with the loss of one •
piece of artillery ;,a second time they Isere unsoc-
cesSful ; but in the third attack they completely
succeeded, driving the defenders out of the Castle,
and adjoining grounds, when they retreated to. their
standards, which were stationed on the heights to
the northeast, near the Niddry road, where they
drew up in good order,: which ended. the engage.,
men't.

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In the ,course of the aaion many fine manoeuvres
were made, both in the attack and defence of the
Castle. In attacking one place the Ist regiment
had to pull down part 4 a wall to get firward a
piece of cannon; this obstacle wassunnounced, and
in a few minutes it was leveled with the ground:
At another place a cannon had 10 be dragged up a
precipice, which, with much difficulty the artillery,
assisted- by 'part of the regimenti ,accnmplished,
and broughfup into a fine position fur attacking the
Castle

The whole were under the command of Lieut...
Col. WIGHT, Inspeding Field Officer for this Dis.
trig.

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About three o'clock 'the Troops arrived in town,
where, after being inspeaCd.by Colonel WIGHT, in
George Square, were dismissed.