The Sun.
London, England, 1804-07-28 00:00:00

MILITARY AIorEMANTS,

. ,
ON the instant, the advaoceu baggage of the:
Guards, ticiih an escort, passed through Canterbury.
for &Otani Downs The Tst and '3l Mitt Ilion, of,
the Ist Regiment of Guards, kit Chathatn.Barracks.
on the same day, and: the succeeding. morning.; tlit!se
halted on the first day's m itch at 04pringe and
Faversham Tiarracks, and proceeded from thel:ee to
Barham Powns, 0o
.the morning -of the Ole
ist Battalion wok the ground, and the 3d on nos,:
day ; they are. to the right of the Line, which.
commences at :leden (gip rep,

The West Kent Regiment of Militia marched on ' •
the zsch instant from Brabourn Lees to Ashford ‘
barracks, to occupy the .quarters of the 57t1h .Regi.' ,
meat, .which hall previously marched tor thos at
Riding.street. . . • , -

Tile— Brigade of Guards, from Chelmsford, march.:
ed- through Maiditone on Wednesday morning, and
encamped on Coxheath. •

Thj 23d Regiment of Light I)ragoons iq ordered
into kent, and is expeded to 1)4 stationed at Maid.
stone.

Such is the present arrangement of the public
force in that distrift, and for the supply of the Trani
that the contras are taken until the end of the yo.:t.
The East Kent Volunteers are to pass under "r; e.
neral review, by the Lord Lieutenant, on the 1 8:h,
.19th, and 2051 t of September, at Beacon Hill, near
Ospringe, at Barham Dawns, and in the vicinity, of
Ashford.

Friday the Ist and 31 Battalions of Guards march,
ed over the bridge of countinicati9n across the
Medway, adjoining the lower end of Chatham- Dick,
yard, with their artillery, eze. This the krot
time of, its being used since the completion, and
answers the purpose in every roped.

AN ESTIMATE OF THE DUTY ON PROPERTY,
DUI; AND OUTSTANIDING ON TUE STII APRIL, 1804-SO
rAR. AS TilE SALVE CAN lilt MHOS UP.

An Estirmte of the Prod►►ce of the Pro, erty Tax, ,
from licturng received at this Office - 4.1i3,745
Ditto from 38 Districts in Eng►a►►d, and the whole • '
Duty trout Scotland, not returned to this Office;
estimated proportionally to the produce of the
Incunte Tax, tri the tante Districts - - 83 ‘.,,,561.

4.9601310
Dedua, probable Charges at 60. in the pound 134,342

Paid into the Exchequer up to the sth of Apra .0;25,968
- 338,a77

Due and Outstanding —4457,09 t
WILLIAM LOWNDES, 11ARNS BARNE,
.EnWARD htfiDOWS, 1411. N. 1-10DOSON.
Office for Taxes, July x 4..

\Ve haVe seen ftinr, letters from Italy, whicllall
concur in stating, 'that the Proelamation of BotzA.
PARTE, as.,Vllntrwror .of the French, has, been re,
eeived by the French Army in that COuntry, not
MI 1 el.}, with discontent, but also attended with dis.
affettion, When General JoUISPAN announced this
new revolt3tionary dignity at Milan, and, with Ms
Stair, exclaimed, " rive IlEmibereur i!' the Troops
remained ~.iAtitt, the soldiers smiling each other.
At Leghorn the goldiers hissed, and h0nu,,,1, ;An{
grounded their, arms; and at Genoa, they 'n,.! ;c:
squire, and lc,ircd to deliberate, whenlloriA.PAßTE's
Countryntan arid Minister there, SALts: yrrt, in.
retlered, and, by his itilvice, the, men were ordervd
hack to their barracks; Where the rOifiers drew ty
an Address of Congratulation in theit own names as,
welt as in that of the, Soldiers. Gen: ST. CYtt, the,
CoMmanLier of, the Atiny in the kingdom of Naples,
had More dihienliies to eneounter *fore he could'
procure, not the consent cif his Troops, but an ad.
dress from individual intrigueri. It is. supposed
that Luc t etss Borip,,vtTaltad his, emissaries in this
Army, ;anti front enrhity.or4envy to his Brntlni* NA.
P:a,LON, had F)ained. over s::rne of the principal
C) nrers, Who„o,, the.,..4th of last Ky,deliver,td
petition tOC.leneral do,,indwg, " th,tt,as
their mertreiJett in an ar Strntaiie.al, or ratlier des..
ly)ric c nintry,:iVhere-liherfielile principles tnay
b, inihrbed, a netWoiiir tb liberty:and equality,
atkl fidelity to a Reliiiblian't;oyernirmt might he
t.tken," St. C said that he would
Mansihit ° thcir 'demand to 'the First C:mstri. On
the .4tit'of Jude, arrived fronl P:tris .with
the itiPtinia trio' of - t;l.' the
zgth,,of Kin. winch NAr,NRT s tint
h.tnperori • and the Imperial dignity hereditary
family, The tse*t day General ST. CYR
ordi.tledra'grand parade 's& all the Troops in the guff
of Tatentins4 and read' to' them the Senami
.ridttten. ,Their only answer was ria,41,1 Republique
rive la 'Liberte Liberte,:'ou la Mark ! In the
evening he ordered plenty of wine, anti of brandy,
;to he tliitributed am,nig the Soldiers. Promises and
stoney Wefe given so the 0113ers , not Withstanding
not irfore than 69-irigOatutes.6luld be coj4edeil by
;his• Aid. de. Camps, iar,rn Ptinly of 22,000 frith. The
next day,:however, an :address of congratulation
vs, is Made,dut, in the natite of the whole Army, and
these .592 names Were Nfroce,l as delegates. That
similar :sentiments have prevailed in France, and
similar uses made of the mimes of some feW
or seduced officers and into, is more than probahie,
Very riecchint from the Aru on the toast, as
well its from the Army of the interior, mentions the
discontent both of the offieetS and men, upm tet!iDg
4 Revolution, begun in -the name of Ld.!' ty, ter.
urinate in the most abject Shivery.
THE ATP.. 11.-^,-The Cooly of 77,e ra,'..1.! is
• R4in teas represented I:ist flight at the flaymakket
Th 7.3 tie, before very
v4ll reee:ved. The.part of Ziort), 490-,404 waL, sup-
ported with eAse, ledingsand apt it. by
Du CA.Ntp made in Of Gold /16,e1, titan migtir be
expelled from his ading its geht:Ntl, IM,Cre Wiss,
.however, ever, no light an:l anal tva a too slot tny
tliroughotit.• pareoral a,lxitty
and great 5:4;1%!5Jt in (Ed bur
Mrs. Carl it its ,v as very iuteresting in Sopb;,7, Mt s.
HAttr„ow F, misch to S elahoratt, to Ott.; W141,,mw.
MATtifiwa 'l;tlte, at Hood rn.trait of Sitiy.
are-Soitl4 sitilllti4A,d its tire,play, but
Co L N shohldw
'e .
ed if Of toot 3/3,s'ots of alf-c'teil
philchophy 46:lived front the New midi to! nt,
irt.L M le3re Cent ltCCiiden.t bilk prevented him from
wening tin! Soil or,.ll:idin, but it has given hint
lekure for his pen, which has nearly finisb,:d a new
Piece for Dtury4ine Theatre.

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Ll3iCOLie4. I N HUI., JULY 26.

ix Parte Mrs DP MAN:.ievILLE, andCAROLINTI
TII()NIAS MANN V I LE, an Infant, by her

• .
'This wa• a petition preferred by the Wife against
her Husband, praying that she might have the cus7
tody of their itifant et ih!, Caroline De Manneville.
An plic;ittoo of a similar nature had beett made
to the Court of King', Bench in May last ; the par.
titulars of which we laid before the Public in our
Paper of
,the 'esth of month.
Mr. Fo',NB LAYS/UP. stated the case of the' Peti-
tioner, who was a young
,wornan, posses4ed of an
indepeedent personal propeoty'of '7ool. per annum,
nut in any way subject tO the Controur of her hos.
band, the respondent, who W:l3 a oolitic of France,
and sahjed to the Alien Laws He had been some
time marritd to the Petitioner; and treated her with
that attention and affedion usual in the first days of
the mat timenial •state ; hut, from some unknown
rnative;3, I:c changed his cereinet to that of morose-
, netts anti severity ; arid, during her pregnancy, ire.
trends, threatened to carry het out of the kingdom
ieto France, and treated her in various other ways
with" harshness' and cruelty. Atte).- her lying-in
he continued these se vet ities to scch a degree, as to
oblige her, with her infant child, to seek refuge in
her mother's hothe. Het(' he did not let her remain
in quiet long ; • but, on the night of the Toth of
April laSt, finding her frOm home, he, by a strata-
gem, i.:nt into the house, from whence he carried
his itdant child, half naked, in an incltment night,
find I ever . since kepi possession of tier, without
1,01'14; ting Ilat mother to have any access, or even
to eet re,taoce of her child. The Learned Counsel
adinturd ate apitlicmion had been made to, but was
Tet noed by, the 1,..:t!0rt of King's Bench. However,
bee, orrod,d, that although a Court of Law could
not gokr the leg,il custody of the child out of the
fa•lcer; set it uas mpetent' ris a Court of
Equity to do so, ooder certain circumstances ; and
this case cattle fully within that description of cases,
in which he had 11,, doubt but the Court would in.
terfere Mr. De ,Manneville was an Alien, and
subird to be sent out of the Kingdom when the
pobite policy might require. lie was a man of nu
property whatever, and obliged to obtain his live-
lihood by folkming the business of a painter. He
admitted this was touch to his credit ; but the wife
was in aetual possession of 7001. per annum, in her
own right', and her tooiher had cool. a.year at her.
disposal ; which, it might naturally be surposed,
would devolve to the inlant iii question. The father,
from his situation, could not gke her that educa.
tiori which these expeCtancies entitled het to. As to
his disposition, it was evident from his outrageous
condo 'f, and threats to la wife, that he was more'
W Wing to .obev his own laws than those of the.
country in which he lived. As to his religion, it
appeared by the affidavits he had none in the days
of courtship he frequently attended the family
.prayer 3;, which were those of theChuteh-of England ;
but after rn 11.6 age he always avoided them, and ex.
peo,ed petlealy it different on that subjen.
This .i.littitteti, was :opt a consideration suf.
dent ro induce the Court to take from bitn the cus.
red); en his child ; but, conibined with all the other
• circumstances of the case, he trusted it would have
itsdite• weight.' As to his conduct towards his wife,
it was it circumstance almost 'peculiar to this ease ;
that', after all those charges which she had preferred
ag,4ino him, he assigned, as an excuse for the dirt-
agreements which had occurred between them, the
interference of her mother, Mrs. Crompton, forget.
cog all affinity, and making no allowance fur the
ties df a daughter to her mother, He called his
Liirdship's particular attention to all the circum.
Vailo9 of the case, and trusted his Lordship would
see it in its true colours, which appeared to him no
other than an effort for pecuniark extortion.
Mr. R R.:II'AR Di) on the part of the Respondent,
observed, that though the law was clear that the
custody of 1.112 child belonged to the father, yet, he
admitted, that a child of the tender age of the one
in. question was much better in the care of the
mother. Mr. De Manneville was then ready to
forgive amid forget, as far as human memory could
forget all the past, and to cohabit with his wife as
a hthbalid ought so do, provided-there was no in.
terferente from other persons. The Court of King's
Bench had. dismissed the rule,, as no cause of mis.
cont!nd in. him towards the child had been, proved,
which could take the custody out of him. The
'party had had opportunity to thew such miscon.
tied, but never attempted. it. They had charged
him with threatening' to, take the child out 'of the
kington, hut no soch,eharge was substantiated.
Mrs, Crompton was the sole cause of the disagree.
ments hod uneasitieas between him and 'his wife.
Where was tip pat ticalar violence alledged, but that
which met:twit in the kitchen in iSot. Mrs.
Cremptoo was in the habit of sitting constantly
io the kitchen, whither Mrs. De Manneville most
generally followed her. He had intimated to her.
Irtquently„ that this was, much against his: inch.
nation, by no means suited to the rank in life
which belonged: to her.; notwithstanding which,
she continued in the,prattice of it, and, one evening
after dinner, she went down as usual, which so
much irritated him, that' he followed her, and tale.
jog her by the arm, said, " Pray, Madam, is this
your drawing.roorn ?" .and then, took her Out,
,tcrainst her inclination certainly.' These parties
4 0
thought proper to bring thiS matter before the
Spiritual Court, to which it more properly belonged;
anti it sums litdicrou's to think that such a circum.
etance 'of mere faintly should take tip the
tiatic of that Court. Charges of irreligion and ja.
cebinisin were brought against," the Respondent,
which %vete tctally groundless. There was some-
thing of uneasiness and net vouanesi nattmil to the
female sex, of which' this lady appeared to have a
tolerable share. But as to Mr. IVlantieville, it Was
admitted
.he w ti a man of tioliteriess.and Social ha.
hitse It was stipulated on their marriage, that lie
waS net to carry her c of the kingdom; he most
ely 'le I,ever had any such intention,
4Ylrs. frequeta visits caused much urea.

siness, and made hiM very unhappy': upon cOnsult. •
ing With his friends, be was advised to remove to
some distance from .her, and accordingly took,. a
Pl'ace in Berkshire, whence be proposed -to remove
his wife. Expetling she would go along with him,.
he brought a Carriage for that purpose; 'but mhe
fused, and preferred living with her mother. He,
at that time, submitted to her wishes, although the
law gives a husband an undoubted right to take his
wife with him any +Attie within the kingdom.
M. Da Manneville was an emigrant loyalitt, who
had fought for his King and country ; but, in the
general wreck of that unhappy country, was obliged
to avail himself of that hospitality which the Go.,
vernment of this country granted to emigrants.
Since his arrival in this kingdom, he had exercised
the diusineis of a painter, by which he obtained
an honourable and upright livelihood.
,His father
was a man of noble birth in France, and had saved
some little from time wreck of his fortune, which
enabled him to allow his von about 3001. per annum;
he also had 601. a.year as an emigrant. Mrs. De
Manneville's family, previous to the marriage, had
the precaution to send to France, and inquire the •
charaaer anti circumstances of his family, with
which they were so well satisfied, that they ex
pressed_ their delight, and spoke with the utmost
pleasure of the approaching nuptials. As to
his treatment of her when pregnant, and after.
wards when suckling her child ; when it is as.
;tried that he said her milk would poison the infant,
it was scarcely possible to believe that a person
of his gentlemanly manners, .-great family, good
education and accomplishments, all Which he was
admitted to i °wits in the'greatest degree, could be
guilty of such inhuman barbarity. The assertion
was as monstrous and diabolical, as it was ground.
less ; and this he
,most positively swore, anti,
•from the whole history of his life, the, truth a(
his testimony could not be doubted. He:swore in
the most positive manner that he never threatened'
not intended to carry the child. into Fiance. The'
charge of irreligion could only be founded nn his
desire of having hit child christened at ,borne in.
Bread of at church ; and although he professed the
Romano Catholic religion, the ceremony was per.
formed by a Clergyman according to the rites and
ceremonies of the ChUrch of England, in conse,
quenceof the mother's wish. 'l-1; had been accused'
of treating holy books with tidichle and irony, and '
that he was a downright Atheist- ; but the testimony
of a most respettable Clergyman proved the con.
rrary : he stated he had known him to attend Di.
vine Service constantly, and that he believed him to
be a true Christian. Mrs. De Manneville had writ.
ten two letters to him during his absence from Lm.
don, the former of Which was all affeditm and l'oVe,
but the latter all coidoess and apathy ; he c 'uld not
in any way account for this alteration in her cor.
respondence, and deferred answering her for some.
time, in order that he might not be obliged to refer
to the fast letter. After this she left his house, and
he took measures to recover the child. He was in.
tercepted and taken into custody,.when Pr. Lawson,
forgetting
.the duty of a Magistrate, kept him in
dose confinement for to days. He was not long
enlarged, before he' was again taken into'custody.
An indiament was then preferred against him by
Mrs. Crompton, far an assault, when in the ad of
taking away his child ; this indictment was re:
moved by certiorari, into the Court of King's Bench,
Then an application was made to that Court for a
writ of maNdavuts to briiig in the child. Andlast
of all a suit was instituted in the Court of Chancery,
all expressly for the -purpose of .harassing this um.
fortunate Gentleman, and ultimately to ruin the
little, fortune he is possessed of. lie had never
'beeta.called upon through the whole of these pro.
ceedings to'State in what manner he maintained the
child : was not to be supposed that an infant of
only 'eleven months old could require that affluent
support which the Petitioner 4;atei to be necessary.
If the father had worked at daily labour, it' was
sufficient for its tender years. The Learned Coun...
lel regretted much that he was forced to admit that
the mother was the tnost competent to maintain the
child, which, from her settlement, she was so amply
enabled to do. riNs settlement was the Cause of
the whole'dispute, and it was to be- wished that alt.
such might be abolished. They were a constant
source of disagreements and jealousies, and, as long
as they existed, would create family quarrels 'arid
unconquerable disputes.
The LORD CH ANC t 14.011 observed, -that he did,
not recoiled any instance of are application of this
kind being granted, except under very special Oases
indeed. Where a child lived with the father, and 'a
third person made a provision for that child,' upon
express condition that.: he was to be eduCated in a
certain way, he is not to be deprived of hit rights
by the condutt of his father.
• Mr. ROM It LiT said, that.. Mrs. De Manneville
was ready to make such settlement on the child as
the Court Should direeA,. or in any manner his Lord.
ship would desire.
FON al. Anil a then Said,. the child was used
as "a means to extort money from the mother. Is
was a roost scandalous' and shameful thing, that
fattier, pretending to wish for the comfort of his
child, should make use Of the-Custody of it fur the
base purpose of extortion.
Mr.'Rl CHARDS said, if any one in Court • would
bring the parties together again, he, was authorized
by Mr. De Manneville to. say, that every: matter
should be., forgotten 'and forgiven. The 'charges
which were made against him, lie did not at all
impute to his wife, but to another perton ; and if
that, person would withdraw herself from the,nal«).
gether, and leave 'them entirely to themselves, that
harm-my and Affedion, which once .sulisisicd
tween :them, should. he re.cstablishei, and they,
would again enjoy the skiciety,of each other, and
mutually provide f 4 the welfare of their child.
Lott Amsc Loa The -best way of decd.
ing this matter, will be for the to read the affi,la v its,
whic!. I • will do this evening, and make art order
upon them in the morning."