The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-31 00:00:00

MOOREHEAD, THE COMPOSER.

TAB following is an Extract of a Letter sent by
Captain SEARLE, of His Majesty's Ship Monarch,
in the Downs, addressed to Mr. JoEng Jou :IST° NE
Of Drury-lane Theatre.

g' Monarch, in the Downs, ran. 27, tSo4.

" Sift, A paragraph refleting on the conduot of Mr.
Moo R EH EA D, and stating that his life is despaired of in con-
sequence of a severe flogging Ile has received, &c, &c. having
appeared in several Daily Papers of the-24th inst., I feel ex-
tremely anxious to have it coniradiaed.
" It is surprising how so infamous a falsehood could have
been fabricated, and if I did not deem it beneath an notice, I
should think it a much more severe reflection upon me than
him.

" It may, perhaps, afford consolation to his friends, to
know that his condua here has procured him the resped and
esteem of all the Officers, and, as far as is consistent with
the rules and regulations ofa King's Ship, that it has been on
all occasions their study to alleviate his present situation.
" t am, dear Sir,
" Your most obedient Servant,
To John 7o4rtone, Erg. " j. C. SEA.RLE."

Yesterday was the rsgth Anniversary of the
Martyrdom of King CHARLES I. the great bell of Sr.
Martin's Church was tolled at seven o'clock in the
morning, at eleven in the forenoon, and again at
half past five, previous to Evening Prayers, to so.
lemnize the death of that Prince.

It is said that another Lady, at the West end of
the Town, has been forcibly carried away. The
person who committed the outrage is not yet in
custody.
The Board of Commissioners for the Tax on Pro.
perty are so much divided in their opinions, that
no certificates are at present granted on Bank,
South Sea, or India Stock, standing in the names
of Foreigners.
A person of very suspicious appearance was ap-
prehended in the course of last week, in the neicrh_
hourhood of Leith, who had been taking soundings,
Sic. of the Coast of Scotland. Several papers were
f:und on him, which have been taken care of. He
has been committed to prison till. such time as di-
reetions arrive from the Secretary of State con.
cerning him.
Since the appearance of the " Plain Answer,"
Mr. ADDINGTON does not wish to encourage any
further Remarks upon his conduCt—not even Cur.
soy Remarks.

The most foolish attempt we ever remember to
have been made was that of the ADDINGTONS en-
deavouring to persuade the world that neither they
nor tfieir friends had encouraged the circulatiOn of
the Treasury Pamphlet—but they never made this
attempt till all its lies were detected.--They did
not persuade a single man that their friends had not
industriously assisted its circulation, and they made
Mr, B. very angry with their attempt to disavow

Mr. TI ERNEY, we will venture to predia, will
never be given as a toast at any convivial meeting
of the Volunteer Corps, and, we presume, that un-
less there should be a surprizing change in the sen-
timents of the Eicetors of Southwark, he has as lit-
tle chance of being ever returned agairl as the Re-
presentative of that respeEtable Borough.
It is with the utmost abhorrence we mention, that
about a week since, the owner of a Rochester
Smack laden with sprats, not being able to get his
price at Billingsgate, sailed from thence, and ordered
the whole to be thrown overboard in Sea Reach.
The cargois supposed to have contained 200 bushels.
Saturday, about one o'clock, as Mr. Bean, livery_
stable keeper in Blackfriars road, was going home
from the Court of Request, Guildhall, he dropped
down dead on Blackfriars-bridge.
On Thursday, at the Copper Works of the Mines
Royal Company, at Harefield, near Uxbridge, two
labouring men, having a dispute, became at length
so much exasperated, that blom s ensued. During
the struggle they by some means got entangled in
the cogs of the principal wheel, when one of them
was literally torn to pieces, and the other so man-
gled that he survived but two days.
Thursday evening a Coronet's Inquest was held
at Sc. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of
Mary Wiseman, who was found dreadfully wounded,
on the 15th inst. lying under a gateway in Long.
lane, Smithfield. The deceased was a young wo.
ma 24. years of age. On being taken to the hos-
pitZ she was questioned who had beaten her in that
cruel manner ? She said, she knew not ; but who.
ever they were, they had given her blows that
would cause her death.--Verdict, Wilful Murder
agaivt .;orre prion or perions link/sawn.

FR 0 .114' THE k ./1 11, 1? 4`.;'

The follm'iinp; chxrviitio,cf:
Izth icitant. We were tlouiitt :•,ii..pecting the I:t.,>iy-it.:ty
of their publication at all in this Cutonty, but as have
seen the Papers atreaing to support the present
freely ciraul,:te ;hem, we lay aside our uelica,:y for the
gratilisAfibri Ot-the curiosity of tint. Speaking Of
the People of this Country it s;:ys ;]
A$ to their public spirit, the greltest degree
of alarm prevails, and the numh-r of peryinQ
,ntented agatti,t an improvident Government, who
have. no.other resource but that of arming the whole
ration, increases daily.

" Peace is pagerlv desired by all classes of tha
nation, even ,by some of the Princes. Generei
NOpUFS dined at
.11toi with the DUKE of Cu,...
BEg.LAND, who fought akainst the- French in (..7er-
mani,, who (lid fl,ft doubt that the French would
be be abie, to eft-ea a descent on England ; and said in
the course of cotiver,dtion, iliac his Opinion was,
that the Engli.,h must fight en vrasre.

"i Poverty begins to be universally felt. Evrn she
navy stands. in need of a great many articles of
stores and ecluipment. The land forces, if we exvept
the Guards and the tro(t, of the line, form a ridi-
culous caricature. One (las.; is armed With fowling
pieces, and a second wilh

" The Ministry is uoivorsally despised. pert
some exiortisions, too gross for us to give, follow, re_
spelling the King on,' %/teen.] The prevailing
sentiment of the whole English soldiery is a great
di!dike to the DtiK.F. of Yoax, their Commander in
Chief.

" o:her Orlicrs arrived by .the same opportunity,
have furnished the followitg details :

" Parliament is composed of 600 merribers, and
is divided in the following manner.:—,•Two hundred
and fifty always vote for the Chancellor of the Ex.
chequer, whatever be his opinion; should he even
declare it night in full mid-day. They are pur.
chased and paid kir it.

" The aigarchicai party, compnsed of W I NDH AM.
MEIN! LLu and Purr ; which, like the Oligarchies
of Venice and Genua, no longer know what line of
condua to pursue in the new p(,sition of Europe,
and whom the pride with which they are puffed up
will not allow to see it till it be too late, consist of
ninety members. The PRINCE of WAi Es's influence
extends to eighty members.

" The party cf Mr. Fox, and of those who prefer
the present Ministry, with all the contempt which
they have for them, to seeing t he above oligarchists
recalled to the head of affairs, 'aMounts to So.

‘i The rest are composed of Generals, of Offi-
cers, and other members, ,a.ho du not attend much
to the affairs of Parliament.

" The Minister is known to be incapable of
making Peace, and Peace once made, wanting the
energy requisite to maintain is untouched, and be-
yond the reach. of the parties which oppose him.. He
is equally incapable of direeliog well a War so
difficult, and of establishing an advantageous system
of finances in circumstances which might present
themselves. But the KING, tired with having been
under the yoke of the oligarchical party of PITT
and of TEMPLE, does not wish their return. He
equally hates the Opposition, and to this is to be
attributed the existence of it Ministry the most
contemptible, from which England cannot derive
any advantage, nor Europe enjoy any repose."

[Here follow some reflelions on the Quzrzy and the
tr,cy. of WALES, which a sense of duty, respeet, and
veneration, precludes us from trankribing.]
" One can hardly form an idea of the crush which
credit and manufaaures have sustained since the
war. The pers,,ns who give these details have been
at
,Birmingham, at Manchester, Sheffield and Co.
srnrey. The shops there are shut in the striaest
sense of the word, and the workmen dismissed. A
great number of them have betaken themselves to
the highway ; others are in the greatest want, and
wander about in search of subsistence. Part are
carried away by press gangs, and many of these are
sent on board the squadrons of Admirals CORN..
WALLIS, KEITH, and GARDNER. There is no
doubt, that after one battle lost, the half of these
people will join the French army.
" The maritime commerce of England has suffered
much since the War. Merchant vessels, which sold
for 31,0001. sterling for the East India trade, do
not now sell for more than 9 or to,oool. ; that is
to say, one-third. All the banks are in the greatest
distress. Cash has disappeared, and there is not at
this moment an Englishman who dues not hoard his
money, in expeaation of the pressing events which
he anticipates. To procure money it is necessary
to lose at least so per cent. One does not obtain a
guinea from the bankers of the capital, hut at a high
discount. On the first rumour of a descent being
efFetied in any one point, the private bankers will
'be reduced to bankruptcy. • In short, England is in
the situation of a vessel in the midst of a violent
storm, which has no confidence in the pilot who
dire& it."

Out of the quota which the County of Middlesex
has to furnish to the Army of Reserve, the number
raised at.present amounts to little more than one_
third only.
On Friday evening died, at his seat, at Molls..
park, Somerset, THOMAS HORNER, Esq. He had
been deprived of the use of his right side and speech
two years since, by a severe paralytic stroke,
though with little comparative injury to his mental
faculties. The illness which terminated in his
death, appeared to be unconneeted with his original
complaint, being principally a violent defluxion on
his lungs. He remained sensibic to the last la)ur.
in his death, his family have to mourn the loss of
an affeaionate parent, and the public a min of truly
honourable and gentlemanly principles. To the
poorer classes of his neighbourhood especially, he
constituted the source of extended employment and
opportune relief, few gentlemen living so much on
their estates as Mr. HORNER did ; and of c i,rse
his income circulated to the benefit of those ar:und
him. As a Magistrate, he was ever conscienti usly
zealous and active in acquitting the duties of his
station. He has left issue two children ; :Ho o,
STRANGWAYS HORNER, Liellierlarlt-Colonel C m_
mandant of the East Mendip Legion, and EL ZA.
BETH-ANNE, the wife of Sir JOHN CQX HIPM.
Y, Bart.

Mr. Justice LAWRENCE asked if they had moved
against the Sheriff in this Court ?

Mr. Serjeant BEST then proceeded to shew that
it had been' held as an established point of law,
whether wisely or not, both in that Court, and.in
the Court of King's Bench, that the next day after
the dishonour, was all that was allowed for a notice
of this kind, when the parties resided in the same
place; and, when they resided at a distance, that it
was necessary that such intimation should be made
in course of post. He adduced several cases in sup-
port of his doarine.
Lord A L V ANL EY remarked, however, chat in the
cases cited, no Banker had been employed. The
Banker, he ,aid, surely was not hound in this case
to send to Knightsl7ridge, to give notice of the dis
honour to the Defendant. He did all that was in
cutnbent on him. He intimated it to his employer
on the next lawful day. The Plaintiff did all that
could be required of him. He was not bound to be
at home, waiting for the return or: the Bill, but,
next day, he tendered it back to the Defendant.
Mr. Serjeant BEST said, if it was not laid down

On Monday the 23d inst. at her sister's, in Brunswick-
square, Mrs. Rudall, wife of Mr. Rudal4- of Crediton, De-
vout.
On Tuesday last, at Hedge Grove, near Watford, the Rev.
Joseph Fawcett' late LeCturer at the Old Jewry.
At Weeiy, in Essex, the infant daughter of Captain james
Grant, of the 42d Regiment.
On Thursday last, at Brompton, the Rev. Charles Graham,
Rector of Watton Lefsion, Hertfordshire.
On ‘Vedtiesday, at Godmanchester, Mrs. Jackson, relit
of the late John Jackson, Esq.
At Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, on the 22d inst. Colones
James liamilton, first cousin of the Duke of Hamilton and
Brandon.
On the ist inst. at her house in Inveresk, Mrs. Adams,
wife of George Herbert Adams, Esq.

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