The Sun.
London, England, 1803-08-30 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, Auc. 2'3.

IGH-fo Ikt, beside the Parish Church, has the
Chapel Royal, and a Presbyterian, an Anahaptiir,
tin Huntingdoniart; and a Quakers' Meeting-house,
au of
,which were this day tuliy: attended-.
Alter church, His Royal Hrghness', accompanied
by General. CHURCHILL; tOOk- an in .his
phaeton on :the, We4ter,, chit; at; tar as Shoreliain,
and Jeturned to the Pavilion round by the Northern
where His Royal thglinexs_had..44rge party
at dotter, amongst whom was Gerirroltfimd flqr.
Ct3INSON, who leaves Brightonlo.niatioNv,
In the evening thi Ptttica's::a4o4..ass'einbled in
the; Lawn, of the Pavilion before., the ..liailqueting
Room, arid perforate& ti number: a military airs
the Polonese, German, .and*Fretich style. During
Oaf] ehtant ,Divehhownt, a lt,ll line of beaciy
.v.vas drawn across that part of the Stryne next the
Pavilion. : The Pavilion was brilliantly 'lighted up,
and the Pa INC CoMpany sat late, hod to the last
moment .the Steyne was crowded., -
A, part of the plan of.theimprovements projened
by the Pk INC F., 15 to open .the 'Sea view from the
Steyne, by pulling down that row of hudses on the
south of which Ets,H ER'S Library forms a part.

In consequence of the proposed.Redalion of the
niunl)ers,of the Volunteer Corps, several Members of
different Corpsitave already- retired in disgust. We
cannot conceive, indeed, any measure better caleulat..
ea to create dissatisfaftion amongst those who have
Loyally and Pairioticaliy come forward in defence
of their Country at the. present crisis. As to the
idea of seleeting the
,young and aetive' in the Volun.
tees.. Corps, and inducing those in more ativanCea
years to retire, it can answer. no beneficial purpose:
Mdny. have come forward as Volunteers , from the
most Patriotic motives, who, from their ages are ex-
empt from the Ballot for the Army of Reserve and
but who, as Volunteers, might be of es.
liential use, as in, case of a necessity existing for
calling the Volunteer Corps into aelual service,
nothing would be more easy than at that period,
to make a seloBion of the most young and alive
for such 'service, whilst the remainder would snake
an admirable guard for the proteflioo of property
at lime. Added to this, nothing tan bel gained
to Gov ..Inment by the secession or tl..c from Vo.
lun seer Corps who are exempt in cons qUence of
Iheir age from the ballot for ilie:Arsny of Reserve
and Militia, whilst by that secession a positive su.n-
port is lost, 'Lie- measure of reduetion is pregnant
with so many evils and such serious consequences,
that we trust Ministers Will not attempt, to carry it
further into y execution.
The inhabitants Of Brighton have consel ed that
the public road shall be turned, tot the libirJvciOcat
of the PRINCII of WALE6'S reSidC"Ce* •

Somr. 1.014 havknt ari'.%E.!n in tivt:mln;,!;, of rin3e
Subscribers in•cei-Oitt distant }ruts of the Cot:nary,
how far it wOuldi?erextiedient to add their Subseril..
tidns to- the General Fund at Liok.k.V,s, and leave
•the distribution to the Commit tt e of t!:at .noble and
patriotic undertaking, we hat e groat satisfaction in
extraaing tile following Letter iota a New*cas:le
we hope will set all' such chubts.',
wherever they may exist, Completely at rest. We
entirely concur with the Committee in epinitn,
.:that the appropriation 'will lie more COrreet and
' efficienti' and particularly less liaNe to fraud, if the,
Subk.riptiiins in every part of the U.lited Kingdnm,
tnere4.l into the Funds' at Lloyd''s in the first-
'stance'," and \iie'carinot bat applaod the motives
,which led Mr: S'rgt.ttc,i,oN,. the Writer oldie ft?l_
lowing Lettei, to 'forward in the way he has
done, fur the ptirpose of 'facilitating by his respirci.
-able testimony,- the accomplishment of an aka
which we conceive imeloirtant, a gefferal Coasolida.
under,the di ren ion of the Committee at Lloyd's,
of all the Funds raised, in every part Of the United
Kingdom, .for the Reward and Benet of the brave
Defenders of their Country:,
• • -

...,; TO THE LORD !BISHOP OF DURHAM.
4. mi.' Loan, . •
4,, I^lo4ring that objections have been made to theproposed.
Plan ot'addingthe Contributions (now-,raising in this C..,unty
',ft:i.r the entouragedient of Mae who may be engaged' in -the
pivienf iMporram contest, for the Relief of the Families of
those who may,frilli and -for the Benefit Of such Individuals
as iney suffer to, defence of their Country) to the Find at
Lloyd's, frent,an idea and' apprehension that objeEls living at
.atlistance Ray be overlooked in the distribution, and• this
apprehension originating in ti:assertion that tins has actually
been the case; that on a former occasion none of the muney
at that time raised for the. same patriotic purposes was•sent•
down to the Port of Sunderland, where there were several
objets—l beg leaveto transmit to your Lordship a statement •
of tads,' whien came Linde my own personal know ledge, arid'
think; must remove any misrepresentation or-wrong
impression that may hav,e been received, of the cantina of
that highly respectable and Inanourable body of 'men, the
Gentlemen at Lioyd's—num who have certainly at all times
hewn theMsel•Ves Protectors of the Poor, Rewarders ,Me-
tir,, ;tiid F rt,inds and Lovers of their Country.
1' In October, ij97,- atter. Admiral' Duncan's Vi&ory, a
Subscription was set on foot at.Sunderlanci for tile Relict of
those wit,' were wounded, and of the Relatives of such tell
ih'that engagement. 'tieing appointecfChaihnanof the emit-
mittee .formed tot carrying into OM the' inteutions of the
Subs,ribers, and it being-conceived tit:it the ellet. would be
best attained by Co-oper..ting with the exertions then making
at Lloyd's, and paying over our Contributions to that Fund,
1 of course frecptemiy corn.-speruted with Mr, Calverley Pe-
,-
wicke, the c. hair I and I have great satistaelion in as-
! surme yoUr Lorkt-,n,p, that I always found that Gentleman
uiafurmly ptntnet aria attentive to every application or ,
(14,1;:y t indae, i•on to every ease I had occasion.to submit to
IllS coosideration.
" But, fads best speak for themselves." lion rnferrhig to
my Na }ices, I find Mere were Moe Claimants in the Port of
iindefland, one of whom I know received forty.seven
pounds, another fifty-five, anntnet fifteen, anal another twen- •
ty pounds—the hatter' Is know- received mare, bUt the 'ad--
- clitional Relict not passing through my hands, I cannot sty
how much it was. AS to the rest, I beg Mauve to trauscribe
for yOur Lordship's perusal an Extract from a Letter I had
' from Mr, newieke lohn lames Telfottli- and
James Wardle, were ail relieved by a Itesoltition of the Com-
mitt, e of the 24th have all recovered of. their
,Wounds, and returned on board the Isis,. anti the Captain was
. requested-to pay them their gratuities, and draw for the
saner. ion I•inlysoo must apply to the Committee himself,
he .beiog. the person immediately interested, and George •
Ninon must do the same. .Upon examining the OffleNl.
ike-
tuiti9Ut toe killed :nut wounded in the aetion, they appear to
iactude only carte Irian of the name of Wilde, Ins Christian
• ;tame WA). 1011 n, and he belorigett to the
.Triumph .".' What
I conceive to be.a strong.mark of the unwearied attention of
the Gentlemen at Lloyd's, and an incontestable proof of their
anxious wish to dO ;risme to all, to objects niost distant,
- they re-considered the various cats, and, on a revision, sent
dawn at different-times, and at distant periods, further
dirita-
tions, and a second,,a third and fourth gratuity were paid to
one and the saw.: individual. • •
".But, my Lord, every one who reads a Newspaper, can-
not but have observed repeated advertisements from the. corn.
Lloyd's, •cal ring upon. the proper claimants. to
carte 4
rward:and partake of the public mtutiticenee.. •
!he cantrnOnieation of the tirregoing cacumstances,
which 1 thought might, from their local. nature, bennknown
to sour Lordship, will not, I trust, ottimd or b.: unsatistac-
wrv. •
. 1, have the honour to be, with the highest regard and
estcon,
" My Lord, , -• •
"-Your Lordship's most obedient and dittiful servant,.
. , , i-• " G. STF.P.HENSDN,
Bishopwearmouth, Aug: tB, 5803. . .
To the facis now brought forward. by Mr. Stephenson,
many ot hey; usually strong. could he. added by. Mr. Samuel
Latvion, or Newcastle ; which together, would term such a
-thass-of evidence in pro,t of the unwearied
Connnitteo, .11 .1i1141i1,16 out proper objeCts of the charity, and
-of their diligent shatifination Into the cases laid before then',
that no assertion ota.want ofattention to the interests of the
sulterers, in this, or.anynther. part at tlfe kingdom, hoWever
trtnilifleatly or fret& whatever Oarter it may proceed,
[:,Cali Possibly

Accounts have been received in Town; that about
a week ago, its John Floyd, a Fidierman, was going
,to his employmnt, he observed near. Neston Col.
-fiery, in Cheshire, a covered cart proceeding to the
water-side. Ilis ciirlosity being rather excited, he
',rowed it to the g.23.Y on which Vessels take in their
cap. Thee:ll.M then discharged,the contents of
his carti .wheti Floyd -went and tried their weight,
which gave rise to a strong suspicion in his mind; that
something Unfair was going on. He therefore made
an iinmediate Communication of the business to the
heigiihnuring inhabitants. On this the vessel, 10,1 d.
-ed with coats, and destined to Holland, was recur.
ed ; an examination took place, 'and' a nutiTher of
chests, cattainiiigYlke heads Were discovered con,.
cealed among the coals. The cart was 'marked as
from Bristol; but it is supposed. the pikes
,Canie
-from-Birmingham, and that the waggeso had con.
veyed them inw the neighbourhood some time be.
roVe,'Where they lay hid in a wooden frame. The
mats who attended the Cart made his escape; but
the cart and Jiotse were found on a cototton near at
hand.

Mr. Ti nn HEY' is particularly clever in that mill..
tary word olcommand, «7o the right aGglit nuktel.')
He gives it with a very animated voice, and :thews
the example- of the movement with peculiar tinccess.
The ATIORNEY'GENERAL is one of the Stewards
for .the,.Northampton Races, which commence the
12th of .September.
Blackpool, in Lancashire, has btcpme this Season
a.watering place of aome resort. , '
Dwtett is performing at Gosport; 115 plays Rolla
for his benefit'this evening. •
A-new Tragedy .was produced last week upon
the Lewes Stage, w-rittrn by. Dr. Dat.AP; upon the
silbj:!o of the SlaVe Trade, entitled 44bdaller.
A person of the name of MacdUnald hired himself
as a Substitute in the'Army of Reserve for a parish
in Northumberland, at the- rate of 35. per lb. At
this high rate of flesh he
proved to be of much less
%;alkie than he expected;i—as he only obtained about
oinetetrt guineas and a half.

THE Frinth IrTVC at-741140061 Ott; -141a;":il 'of
Dominic) to thz-Iji,wit,, wiift DOW reign vi4orion,iY
there, aptl hohl out a dreadful cx onl)44: to this
Colony, And, accordingly, a tew dAys ~ago a (201;..
Sei racy iliac )vrio,l in• a mirace:oas
Pm,md Jilt! 'tceg,,,,r, kaving
tilas:.)r, ; .: Co the ilou,c of Cor-
fectien. His Llowitig h waJ in the
secret of th.:ir I he tii Itt conl-c6,
sent Into %%cr.. poisoned. The
uniuspezit;ng • N.ii;tt, t;le tiati:iti,v hen finding
the poison fter„into o;,vra!:, and It'notring whcriceic
canto; ent?ged at the truchery of his companions;
hr Confessed that 1)1,1 wh:cli tl4 had laid to set
flue to Kip`jsrn,t, aittl :mas,,acre every white inha..
oiliatt• If the.ll4(l Stle,eeLico in tlik; their ittten-
tion'aeems to prf,cet•d in the excel-_
ininatinn-of all the Whites in t ha Sume "of
then-have already paid the forfeiture of their livee.;
and we are novc•quiet;but 'still under apprehensiom
The inhabitants of this bland have reason to curse
the day thry ever received the fugitive French
Blacks. front St. Domingo ; for, they'have poisoned
the minds of our 131acks•with their ievolutionark
principles, These things, combined with the,War;
have greatly depreciated the of negro and
fender: property; which is now 25 per cent. lesS
than it was three. years ago,

POLIC E-017! CE, ,177()Ar-G A RDPIV.

Yts'rEitDAY Mr. a,, who is accuserottefeii-
acceisatv to' the death of Mrs. Ann Smith., by
drowniii..(4 b the River Thames, near Chelsea Reach,
tan Stiod.iy the 24ih, ult.. was brought before the
'Magistrates of:this Oftke,for {anther dkamination;
The keeper'of the Swan at bielsea, Said, o t con-
sulting his. Wife, lie fnund the deceased was n co-
vered with a man's coat; but with the Civer of the
bOat-seai, whtni she cant into' his house with the
prisoner.
Ws. lielaval, the person With whom the par..
tietlodged, being called upon by Mr. (hiker, to
explain 'what i'nquity. she bad bi.:co enatiled to tnaka
since last examinalion, relative to thedestination Of
the deceased's in:wity, that she believed it
tech to her heirs, executors, or assigns., She he:.
Mr;Sinitii had Liked steps to 'secure it to
him',eif; Lis her • administratOr.: She knew he had
done so, and had taken out Let tets of Administra.
stion. fie originally intended to have sold ;t,
had accordingly advertiied it for sale but had since
changed his mind, and had assigned the benefit of it
to her (Mrs'i Delaval's) children. Being intern).
.gated When this assignmilit was eXecuted, it appera.
ed that that tratiskition had been carried into effect
upon the very afternoon of the day of the last exa.
Mination. Being.aslized,why, as,she Must then have
known of the intended destination, she did. not,
when inquiries were made by the Magistrates,
plain what she knew upon the suhieitt ? said, that no
such inqttiries were made of her,, and she did
.nut
think it necessary to enter ,irito any explanation on
the subjea. She was no relation of Mr, Smith's.
He owed her money, both for board and otherwise ;
but. she did not wish. to accept of the .assignment.
It .was forced upon her, and she would rathei have
declined it. :Being asked mbere Mr. Smith wits,
and when she last saw him,? Said, she hifd,,not seen
since the day the 4-ssigoirtent executed, nor
'did she know where he was. Questioned, as Mr.
Smith had so high a reptil for her as to.forct upon
her and her children an annuity of,so!. which she,
according to her oWn account, 'did not wish to ac.
cept, how c.-old it' he aoppoSed that she WAS igrUi_
rant of his place,' of residence ? The only ans er
'she could give was, She had not seen him' siocit
Thursday, and was really ignotmat:where he had
gone. Being asked if the'Prisoiter stood in any de.
gree.ofielationship toiler ? that his sister bad
.rnitrr;ed her husband's' ti•otber ;, that her d had
died abont eighteen months since, and the deceased
•and her litisliand'had been Married much abent the
same time;

Mr, Wiiliorts,' art Attorney, said, that on. the
morning of Tht:rtilay List, the day of the formes
exarninatinn, tiro prcet...ding Witness, attended by
Mr. Smith, sailed tivon him, and requested of him
to make cut a Power of Attorney in favour of the
last ;Witness.- Upon eitinnining into the circum.
stances-of the case, he found that °a Power of At.
torney was nor the proper deed for effeaing the in-
tention of the
,parties, and he accordingly reputed
a .deed of absolute assignment, which'seemed to him
the only way
.of carrying the intention of 114 t.
Smith. into execution, Mr.‘ Smith and the last
witness were, at this time, anxious to have the bu.
sine imniediatelk 'settled ; but the witness would
tint engage. to have the necessary deed ready befoie
ix o'clOek that evening, , About three o'clock. the,
last witness ealki upon the'deponent, and counter.
mantled the order hr the exeention of the deed; but
about six o'clock on the siitllC evening,. Mr. Smith
and Mrs, Mlaval a1..,,,71in Waited upon hint, and the
deed Was„exeeined. tie bad seen none'ot the pre.
vitiusdesiingions ()film proFerty, Uut took the deed
'which he furnished merely from the letters of admi-
'njotration, and from . the 'advertisement offering
the annuity for sale, which Smith pointed out to
him,

Mr..BAKnt rit, the Magistrate, declared, that, in
,
.the'prese circumstances of the ease, further inves.
tigation would int nteesgary Mitt that as Smith,
the husband of the deceased; had not thought pro.
.per to make his appearance, which. it was evident
the parties accusal pjuld easily command, it would
be necessary, in strboruplex, so circumstantial,, and
so doubtful a ease, that the Prisoner be remanded
tilt .Srt~rtfi should appear.
The Prisoner was accordingly committed to the
New Prison, and Mrs Delay.d to the 1-I,..uie of Cur.
redion, till a further examination shall take place.

YcsterdaYnoriiing, itt eleven o'ckck, i lire hrt,lte
out in Dirty-lane, in the Borough, which, to a few
hours consumed several srndi tenements, or. ing ra
their being built for the most part of wood ; the ef.
feel: of the ftitues would not btve been so dest ruetive.
but for the.dttliculty of pr cut ini-water. coo.
flits.cat ion was utcasionett by somo.citibiren mak 'tog a
fire in the closet duri. g the absence at thctt ti.tents,
floppily no IiVCS were lost.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU4V.

SIR,

Tu art of the Flint- Dial, at. the last. As.
sips 1. icv r, k given in a way so incurred
Ind faithless, th,o, as I wait in Court the whole of
the Sixteen Inwr, of tl,,tt trial, I hag leave to put it
in your
.powtr to do justice to the Public, by cor.
reefing. your statement, -where MO touch or UM
in it, or where something Else was
said titan' did really occur.
' It was not them), at Your Reporter asserts, that
the articles' which the Defendants refused to par
for,' had been purchased by moll of the neighbour.
ing'Porwrs ; for it appeared, by the evidence of,
the Plaintiffs, that they bad been sold Only to nine.
other Manufadurers in S(affordshire at that. time;
These nine persons were stated to he the cuctoniers

of the Plaintiffs' mill, to whom the same quality of
flint powder was delivered as to the Defendants :
great stress being at' First laid upon this eircurm
stance, if there had been more customers, no doubt,
the Plaintiffs' Agents would have brought them.
forward.' All these. Manufacturers, by
,the manner
of giving their evidence, appeared to be men of
probity : and I am informed, that most of them are
persons of fortune and high respettability. They
pronounced, without hesitation, that the flint in
question, arid that only, had produced a disorder in
their works,, similar to the one, felt by the Defen.,
dants ; that this disorder was new in its kind, and
had brought excessive losses upon them ; and that
they had et rid. of it simply by substituting flint
powder from other mills than 'those of the Plain.
tars, without farther change of process or ingredient.
I am told that the numlier of Potteries in Stafford.
shire exceeds greatly one hundred, yet it was not
shewn that the same disorder has at any time been
manifest in other inanuliaories than •thnse of the
Defendants, and the nine ManufaCturers aforesaid.
The Agents 'Of the Plaintiff's, who appear to'have I
had considerable address in managing this cause,
would certainly have searched out all such instances
as could be found ; and as they produced none,. your
Reporter was not warranted in saying genetAlly,
that " a very destructive disorder prevailed in the
StafThrdshire Potteries."

The Defendants, it appeared, did not content
themselves with the experiments Made at theitown
works to Ascertain the quality of the flint complain.
ed of, but sent likewise portions of it for trial to
three neighbouring ManUfaetur,trs, who were not
in the pra6tiee of using the Plaintiffs' flints, keeping
secret, however, the motive for doing,l4, sriti even
the name of the flint powder. The trials,were made
upon no small scale under these circumstances,-and
the results were the same.

I heard nothing upon this trial, of ge a cross action
for a compensation in'darnages for the lnsses in their
ware," or of other Manufafturers concurring with
the Defendants,". and I. think your Rep l'ter, in
these tespetts, clearly travels out cif the record.
Could I suspect that the Agents of Plaintiffit, so
truly respectable in themselves, were the shart.
J;g/rted writers of your Report, I might believe the
intention of the foregoing deviation was to induce
an idea of the tonturrinte spoken of, not favourable
to the credit of the Defendants. Insinuations, in.
deed, were freely thrown out, by the
:Plaintiffs'
Counsel, of a C6mllitsalion, but there did not appear
.the smallest foundation for them, and the Learned
Judge was of that opinion.

I have no desire to detraft from the merit of the
Chemical Gentlemen upon this trial, but your Re.
porter ought in mere fairness to have noticed the
adrnir;lble Mecum, whose analyses contravened those
of ihe three Gentlemen mentioned ; and whose rea.
toning contained cull as much 4f. science and inge-
nuity. From this part of,the evidence I conceived,
what I since find cannot be'co;itested, namely, that
th s:ience of the analysis of stones and earths is
i„ an invert-ea state ; and there seemed, there.
fore, an irresistible preponderance in the testimony
of the Manufacturers,. who had made their experi.
ments on a very extensive scale,
,and at an infinite.
ly greater expence. In this sentiment too, I had
the satisfaOion to find a coincidence with that of
.the venerable 'Judge ; and -who alsoi in his charge
to the Jury, said, that a verdia for. the Plaintiffs
would am,unt to'a declaration that the Manufadur...
ers were all perjured men, which it was impossible'
to believe them to be.

With respea to the purity of the flint, as 'esta-
blished by the Analysis, there was in my mind a
still greater difficulty arising from the following
circumstances ; The Agents of the Plaintiffs admit_
ted the adulteration, with Chemstone, to a certain
a degree, alledging necessity for it, which was,
however, denied by the Witnesses for the Defen.
slants, and who declared it to be a fraudulent prac.
ece. Again, a Witness pro'ved that about four
tons of a stone called Cheri, which had been burnt
in it lime-kilt), and fused intotwitreous masses, were
ground up with the flint, and that the Defendants
Avc;e served-with the article complained of, out of
the mass of flint that bad been so adulterated ! ! !
Tbis list circumstance was strongly marked in the
charge so, the Jury, but as it was unavailing then,
110 other use, perhaps, can now he made of it, than
to ground an assertion, that a true analysis of such
mixtures could not give pure filo.

If your Reporter had attended the Spring Assizes,
be could not have said that the Jury gave a verdid
in the first trial without hesitation. They went out
of Court, and that implies some delibe-ration. At
the second trial, it is true, they did mot go out of
Court, but they were twenty minutes or more in
makieig up their minds.

I cannot dismiss this subjea witHotit expressing
my regret, that su few of the Gentlemen appointed
of the Special Jury could make it convenient to at.
tend'on this interesting occasion : on the first trial
there were only three or four ; and at the last, but
one one, the number being filled up both times
from the Petit Jury.
I am, Sir, yout's, Sec.
d-hipst 22, 1803. A. C.