The Sun.
London, England, 1803-02-24 00:00:00

TIdE MMT NOBLE COV ORNOk.GENgRAL.

Praise to the bountiful DispoSer of Events, that what.
ever-I, and along with the (being all of us the devoted
vants,of the. Shadow of Gan, Ills Majesty the King of Pie_
st A) had conceived and thoroughly. relied on, respeaing the
permanency of the friendship and twit y
_h4tween the tWo
Nations, bath,* fromthe magnanitnOus and' benign dis-
posivinn of His Excellency the Most .Ntihje. the Governor..
Cenimil, been, in the terms of His Excellency's.t)resent De-
claration, confirmed and realized iuld since, trout the kind
attention of Mr. DLitie a, the dth'ernbr here, and the skil-
ful care of the excellent Surgeons. that have attended
my- wounds, arc now so tar advanced in their., cure,
that I have r.'covered strength to address by my own
hand an -ArZee ,tei His Extellency the Most Noble Martinis
L,LK3Lt. y • the eminent and renowned Govianor-Generil
of India, in answer to his Lordship's favourable tornin
cation now direded to me; I shall accordingly•soon have
the happiness to prepare and deliver the same for transmis-
sion to Ilis Excellency.

1 have also great pleasure in the present opportunity of ex-
prei;sing my fullest sense of the humane and consolatory care
lxrstowedon me during my confinement, by Mr. it It Y
whilst Ailing Prdsident, in the interval that.prececled the
arrival at, Governor DUNCAN from the iskrtilwArtl. • .
(Signed). " Mon 4NIM&D 'fusses."'

The liononrable the Governor, after a short
time passed in ,opnversation with Axis HussEtr,
took his leave.

Published by order of the Ilonottrable the Lover.
nor in Council..

J. A. GRwr, Sec. to Government.
Bomber.), castle, Sept. 17, 802.

PUBLIC OFFICR, MARLHOROUGU.STREET.--
Tuesday a very respectable cabinet.maker, resin.
big in the neighbourhOod of Cavendish-square, was
charged before two .Sitting Magistrates with corn.
mining a rape on his servant girl of tWelire years
of age. The testimony of this girl, so far as it'
went,, seemed to establish the fat, which was in
part confirmed by her 'mother; 'From her state
ment it appeared,- that the fafttook.place on Satur.
day evening, about eight o'clock. In answer to
the ell'arge; the accused party brought forward seve.
ral Witnesses to shew that the story was improba-
ble in the highest degree, and actually was false.
He proved that, at the time stated, he was at
nrstry.lan; Theatre, having gone 'there before six
o'clock,•and also materiallycontradiaed many parti.
culars, which she had advanced to confirm her state.
anent. The TvlagiStratea were satisfied Of the inno..
=et of the accused party, and accordingly dis.
chargid,him. -
Avery genteel mati.Waicharged.by a journeyman
Carpenter, with being found in 'his bed-room with
the Carpenter's wife. The examination of this
charge created much mirth in the room. Honest
Chip stated, that he returned home from his work
the preceding evening, and was surprised to find
this Gentleman in the room with his wife. lie
asked him what fmiinesi he' had there, and desired
he would leave the room ; they had some..'.creation,
which was at length terminated by the Gentleman
requesting he would go and fetch a pot of beer, which
be accordingly did ; and as he' was going down
stairs, he heard a noise in the room, arid.the Gen_
tleman say " Now's thi'tirmit to cuckold the fiat."-;-•
The witness, however, Went forward and got the
beer, which they afterwardS•drank. He then in-
siated upon the Gentleman's retiring, whieh he re-
fused to do, and at length found it necessary to call
the watch, and be was giyen in Charge. •
.extraordinary instance of ilanesiy.—A person in
the neighbourhood of''Halifax, in the West-Riding.
of Yorkshire, 'having, through misibrtune, about
do years ago, become insolvent, and n& being
able to 'pay more than eleven • shillings in the
pOund, formed a reiolution, if Providenee smiled
on his future endeaVouri, to pay the whole amount ;
and in ease of death, he requested'hit ions to liqui.
date his debts by their joint proportion. rt lAose.
GA, 'however, to spare' hii life, and after ssrugd
gliit with a variety Of tifftieultiej, (for his
hood chiefly, depended on his oWn' labour) be at
length saved front small 'earnings, sufficient to
satisfy every demand. A few 'days ago, the'nld
Man, who' isof the Society of Quakers, ~.vent with
no inconsiderable sinn to the surviving son of one
of his credittirs,' who had been dead 30 years, and
insisted on payingltint the money he owed'his
ther, which he accordingly did with heartJelt sa.
tisfaaion. Soch a display of Vipttous principle re.
fleas the highest honour on a' worthy
.The Tower of Montlhery,. near Marsolle.s,.:w filch
has .been demolished by order of the Fr'ench
vernment, was a building of gteat.antiquity. Tt
formed the only remains. of, the Caitle intended to
command the town of Montlhery, which appears
to have once been: very extensive. This Tower has
long been regarded :with interest, as well on ;le_
count of its antiquity, verses of floileao,
who immortalized it in hisi.sittia. was built
in rote., by Thibaut, surnamed .Mdl4/Qapes, or
File.Etoupes, second son of .Souchard, first Baronof
Montmorency. Montlheryislarther celebrated for

the famous battle fought near it between I,oeis
XI. and Charles, Doke of Berrik his brother, who
was supported by the Dakes or Burgundy and Brit-
tany. One gate of the town still exists, on which
a-black marble slab has lately been placed, with
the following inscription: " This ate, built in
the year rots, by Thibaut File-Etakps, was re-
built in z 587, in the reign of Henry 111, and re-
paired under the Consulship of Bonaparte, in the
year to of the Republic, by Chatidron Dutilloy,
Mayor."

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