The Sun.
London, England, 1803-09-07 00:00:00

LETTER

SIR,

I 114VE•w.aiteil with no small degree or impa-
tience for softie 'public refutation of the ealumniesa
opts the aubjed of which I took the liberty of ad,
Ocessing myself trayou last week• 'Perhaps, in my
anxiety to have the foul aspersions on your charac.
ter done away, I attached too great a degree of im-
portance to thosemen who had combined to forge
them ; and my zeal probably outstripped my discre.
tion..(as other grief, men have been compelled to ac.,
knowledge) when I proposed the application of so
powerful a MCAO, to overthrow comparative nothing~.
I feel my error, but I feel also, that the delin.
quanta should not be permit fed to escape for want of
an executioner : the ends of justice must not be de-
feared because the Magistrate cannot assume the of.
fice of Jack Ketch! Some one. surely will start from
The ranks honoured by the confidence and warrned
by the friend hip of Mr. Purr (distinitioris sufficient
'as a motive, whilst they anticipate a. rettirm_ade.
quate to the utmost exertion of human faculties)
who in !y bring the assailants upon their kr:ers.
Why,• sir, should they be .permitted to avail them.
selves of the knowledge they,: in their interenurse
with you, have obtained of your character and dis.
position ? They calculated on your contempt,* and
your silence they conceived would sandlot) the
posture they purposed to fabricate. Had their tao
lent at anticipation 13,-en, upon all ,occasiona,, as
admissible as on the present, the country might at
this 'moment have borne a prouder aspect, and our
reputation for vigour and decision would nor have
been at so low an 'ebb on the Continent of Europe.
But on lest important occurrences (where their- own
interest has not been so intimately concerned) 'their
prophetic powers have been similar to those of
certain laWyer, whom history 'represents sitting at
his desk, and noticing an -ill-looking_ stranger.
handle his. gown which hung upon a peg in his outer
room.--" I think," says he, placidly, or in: diplo.
matiolanguage, with dignity, " the fellow meaite
to 1041 ply g0wn."...." You're a witeb,!' cries the
thief, who turning the key upon this shrewd spoiler
of parchments, carried off .his gown without
let, hindrance, or molest'atio'n: lieen Urged
in. their Afenee, by -the friends of the:present Mini.
stern, 'that high or shining talents are brain:means
desirable qualifications, meat less requisite, in 'those
who are entrusted with the conduit or Public Affaits;
and that your Men of Business, your Desk Poli.
ticians, are the breed from which-all our great and
responsible offices
,are to be Supplied; Olaf the
powers of eloquence are only necessary to gloss
over useless measures, and that sound to/id 'sense
(mark 'the epithet) is more efficient in the Public
oaUae than those high-minded principles of aEtiun,
which lead us to cover honour and reputation (pro.
rzlerbiallj bubbles), when our business is merely to
keep olte plague. from our own home, and sitting at
our door with a 'bucket of water in our hands, to
watch the progress of the fire whidi consumes our
neighbour's house, and not stir ar finger till it has
caught our, own. Every, man for himself, and
Ils:aven for us, all ! The policy is evident ; .and
who that has heard: the Cock, in Zsop's 'Fables,
whim:J:l oub 0, he would rather have one rain..of
delichne. barley, than all the jewels under the sun;"
does not clearly. comprehend the force of:the nega.
tive compliment addressed to. Ministers 'by their
vvaiinet irknds ancl. most. 4ealons supportets%?. It is
vire ascot:idling, however, to observe the rapid
and successful effed of this edifyingdodrine ; and
coinelsisant candour of dissolving Opposition.
must aaird a plaint highly. gratifying .to every
man whose: heart. flows with the milk of: human
3f,intineas--s.a pidure, which displays at one, view,
men who have beerveduceted in principles as app.
site as the Penes---whose chatadetat have been- the
°bled, of: ridicule or reprobation to. each other
froth their first outset in public life, linked in bonds
of 'strides, alliance How pleasant to behold such
a coojundion, which can be, .from the oppoaite pro.
pensities of the two Parties, in no other way xa
counted for than by the exertion of a talent pecilliar
to one of them, of converting, every thing into
(Breen( rain. By the accession
.of hit; eetereurial
gui7liliet, the sunalgamatinn (sci at' least theit mu,
tool friends have augured). will, be ContPleCe. Stich
moderation has metamorphosed a, hostile phalanx
Into, a band of friendso, and hat made a proselyte of
one adversary in particular, whose temperament in
former times was so warm, as 'to inclute him`to raise
pistol against the breast of a Minister—a Miniiter,
by.the.bye, who trained the hand, and disciplined, as
far as the repelling power of their naturcWould admit,.
these very men who have had •the power of opening.
tla. Mind of this opponent to such stithht, eonvic.-
lion. It is true, 'that he has been obliged to forego
his former desire:of making a figure in the Deb.-.tes
----hui.n.wdoubt having become a Convert to iril the
or iiiiorl9.,a his new Frientis, lie has at length' dii.!
covered the EatAtittett and Patens of-Parrt.orientaey
Oratory— As thing%. arc, he. i,ohis it a wise old
baying, rind the bolt ,aid it the toonett tin', led.—
Ilowever, Sir, the taknts of ActinilliStratloll do
not enter into my present discussion, They will
rot be injured by being passed over lightly. Their
!ow jou, io wbar al pftsUlit rt'qUireN
which, without professing to have any.
but, the common sources of information, I have nti
hesitation in ,oserting, will lay open a scene such as
;he Records of Political Aposotcy, Parliamentary
Heresy, or Ministerial InfirrOiry, never yet groan.
ed undel. ,Every common observet, ss:ithout hay.
ing been a near one, has lung petceivvd the 'coming
Storm, and an open defiance on the Met ting of Par,.
liamenr., has' beet) very nrOurally anticipated from
the Oot-post firing of the Adviineed Guard of Mi.
nisierial journalists; bur that it' should have been
deemed expedient to send forth this'iliag of Shred;
And inpunted 'upon a Stalking 'War 'Horse
to frighten Women Childreoaaato publish a'Ma.•
nifestra proclahning.HoStility in form, cirri be ac.
counted fist, only horn the Hint DoNArAxTE has
iven them, in seizing upon a Subjed that might
ave been ktefttl in their cull Ranh, because they
omitted tQ:dr:Clare War' before 'they eniotnenad
t iota. MO men e vet. *tied more" upon; or
turicti lef4 froth experience than our present Mini..

stets. This may appear a 'somewhat • paradoxical
charge, hut its novelty alone renders it arrOgul?.93-
If a man regularly occupy the whole of to..clay in
correaing the blunders of yesterday, he will, io.the
end of the. Chapter, be a day behind hand, and his
experience will always arrive just font and twenty
hours-too late fur his purpose. Rut, Sir, although; we
cannot exaaly upon grounds that they will admit to
be- genuine; tract- the- conduit oithese- Gentlemen
to any precise principle, or known rule of' aaion, in
thus breaking_ ground so lcing.before it is necessary
to take the Field, the,"progress towards the con_
summation of their prile-nt Greaintss, and their ur.
ter contempt',of all proffeied assistance or alliance -
(except by the, influence of Proselytism), presents no
difficulty in point of explanation.• Men who are
united by Interest will find in every thing objtnls
of recipiocal felicitation. In the support of each
• other the advancement of the •Party • is implied.
'is 'all very natural; and justifiable by
ordinary' usage----13ut, that a set of individuals
should in the practice of this party policy, so
manage to cajole each other as' to feel aaually
transformed by the force of a pampered imagi-
nation into the very excellence they would im.
pose upon the world, affords an instance of self.
delusion' which the most easy man in: the creation
would scarcely credit_. yet so it is, as the festive
guests at Witribledun, Roeharnptonj and Richmond'
will attest. Their leading.itrings' were no SOoner.
'thrown aside, than they pulled on their seven.
leagued.bonts—frighteneel at first, like children'in •
the dark, :lig bound Ibeir :laid: lest they, should,
come, in contaa with something above them, and
they grop'd along the ground, lest they should' tread
upon 'l'worin even, who might turn upon. them;
theirsteps were all caution, and every tone the tone
of deprecation ; When quick Presto begone-4311tey:
strut I.lititlt'a bola and erea• gait, through the most
intricate and dirty passages gallantly whistle
thtokehlhe dark, and care not what opposes them,
or where they stumble. They are brave and valiant
men, depend on't, and who shall doubt their future
prowess, "now that Sir Toby bath taken them in
hands 44 Challenge-me, the Count's youth, to fight.
'with him, aye
,marry," quoth Sir. Andrew, " and "t
'way it must be with :valour, for policy I
hate; I'd as lief be a lirOusni;t as a Politician!"

. •
" Nunc in roe:into Dracones,
Egit amor- apis :ague pupa)."

There is no boundary 'to• their valour, •nor is it
alloyed by that cant' of t OWardite which Falstaff
calls Discretion. If theSe Gentlemen were at one
period censured for their too great 'deference to
opinions oirciously proffered to them—lf Sir,• the
resped which Mr. ADDINGTON for some time paid
to comrnurttentiontr the history of which are better
known to yourself than to the world, be the only
instances of weakness which a Near Observer can
discover in the conduct of that Gentleman, he is by
this time assuredly one of the most complete
rafAers' borne On the muster:.roll Of Ilistotyr---his
imbecility is cutedeffedually, and unshackled by.
the -obtruiive amendments of your, Offensive. zeal,
the -prospe4 of future success, the pledge of future
benefit and glory to the Empiretan he no longer;
problematical. I will go ftitther in my good
wishes, fur the extension of this Carhsemr. energy,,
and spirit than their own mouthpiece has ventured
to do modesty and dAdence, the inseparable
allies of, true merit, no'doubt, checked' him, when
he merely expressed. a hope that as the pre-
sent Ministry had proved itself faithful, 44,
.c,igoroul, and fortunate, it might still Continue so;
would not Commit myself as an unreasonable
man,- nor as •reqiiiring more than falls to ;he lot of
human nature in this state of, sublunary it-watt:era.'
tion,, when I express my'lliost. earnest wish (how.
ever I may he bounded in fitly hoists), ihat the.
proportion our Rulers at present trij.,y ( f these
respetliee qualifications may, for the good of the
Country', whilst they remain at the helm, be multi.,
plied all hundred fold upon theoi With this. wish,
Sir, coupled..with an earnest.cottsfaty that you will
not withohold those Friends, who by their connexion
with you are eminently-qualified for the task, from
pointing out to :the world .the seere,t purpose and
bent of the silly Publication in-question, I take my
leave., You.may think that I feel too seriously the
.consequences of the
.Libel f it is universally .read,
because` officially issued and circulated by Govern.
Ment-!---by that Government which, upon the ap.
of..a.cinee of a very dispassionate and. calm' an 41.4
of the, question. 0, Why do we go to War ?"'sent
round to the Booksellers of L moon ('f my intermit—
tion be coiled, which I sosprO will not .he this,
pined), .to desire, them Prot to exhibit it iv their 'shop.
nvindows, • liar la selk it if iuguired jar/ lie that as
may, we never should have heard of a Near Ob.
• setver, ,but•ftir the pains which were 'taken to give'
hint publiCity. Our` attention Would not, be excited
by. the harking of-a CUr in the street., but if we were
to behold this self.samne CLu foaming at the nun!),
and with evident oigswni Madness uport,him making,
towards us, we 11011
.511.1 Cettilinly pit. ourselves on
our guard,. to avoid or overpower hint. • -
I understand that a new Edition is prenaring for
the Press, in which certain errors are to bet orred•
e 4, certain rotighnesses to tit. ruh'd down, and
certain unfortunate Observations, which possess a
power, not anticipated, of cutting two ways, to be
discharged. like the, Volunteers, being found an
pediment to the Service. They have said too much
in haste, and have repented at their leisure. No.
'further confirmation would be necessary to identify
with every Other at of our present Ministry.

Diruit. mifiticat. mutat suadrata rotundith

The measure of to.day is amended to.morrow,
and the weakness of this week becomes a gigantic
caricature of vigour the next. System is what these
good Gentlemen ut. present particularly stand in
need of. A Sysiciii Of sound, and steadi 'Policy
can alone prated in ''the awful posture. of
Public Affairs. • Should I still find a silence,
on the part of Your immediate Frienda,r
tinue to be pefievered in, weak and inadequate
as beltkiiowledge inatruds me, arc my powers,
I shall not 'hesit;os. to canvass some of the lead.
ingpoints of tills atrocious Manifesto. y'ou
Bir, my ;Val will be some, apology for the.
altetupt. 'The task cannot be considered of a nature
very arduous, when the only point to eatablidt is,
tlir: title PITT. to the cOiltvnied lonour,
'refipeat vetiOtation, and gratirude'of hii taintry.
Men. When I propose merely as the .-
.. . e thyself M N

LONDON, SEPTEMBER 7, 1803.

BY the Dublin Mail of the 3d, which arrived
thi, morning, we have the Proceedings of that day
under the Special CoMmisslon. On that day John
Ben, another of, the. Traitors concerned in the in-
surreaion of the z3d July, was convi&ed, but re-
commended to mercy by the Jury, on account of
liis good,charaaer.
A Conspiracy amongst twenty-seven Convids
to break out of Kilmainham gaol, was happily die.
covered and frustrated on Friday.
Public tranquillity remains undisturbed.

Tttt Catette of last night, states, that His MA-
JEATY has caused it to be signified to the Ministers
of Neutral Powers residing here, that the most of_
feetual measures have been taken for the Blockade
of the Entrance of the Port of Havre-de-Graces and
the other-Ports of the Seine

' It has been so often determined and undetermined'
to appoint Lord PELHAM to the Office of Chance/log'
of the Dutch, jk.of Laneasier, that we cannot pretend
to say .how.that point stands at the present moment.
Pet4tAra always statedin'the Cabinet his,
Lair anti unbiassed 'opinion, but it seldom accorded
with that of Mr. ADDINoToIts and some Offi'Vof
the Ministers.‘,4l it had been followed however
with respell to the Affairs of Ireland, we believe
things would be in a more tranquil state in,:tbai,
Country, than .they nre, a; present. The Admini:.
stration feel hOWever the total impossibility df going
on in the.H4use,
,of 'Lords without further aikin,
that quarter, and it is determined that either;Mr,
YORKII is to be created Lord Dayett, as that Lord
HAWuiliiiitY is to be called up to the House of
Peers previous to the next Session of Parliament*
It is, also' positively' decided to assemble the Portia.
[cent in the course of the month of November, and.
'probably in the beginning of that month.

On Monday afternoon at five o'clock, their Royal
Highnesses the. PRINCESSES MARY and Asasteth,
at tended by Lady PITT, took an airing in •a' SO.
ciable by .:Stock.gretn and Upton, and returned; o
the Lodge at seven o'clock. In the evening Milk
I\44f ESTIE3 had a Seidl Party at the:Castle. •
Yesterday His MAJESTY,- with his usual:attend,'
ants, took an airing on horseback in the Great Park.
HER MAJESTY and the PRINCESSICS- AUGUSTA,
ELIZABETH, and •MART, attended by Lady SID-
NEY, took ride to Frogmore; and at twelve:
o'clock took an airing in
,a sociable, and paid a
morning visit to Lord and Lady liestLav, at En.
glefield.green, where the Royal Visitors staid some
time and took refreshment ; and at three o'clock
they returned to the Lodge.

The PRINCESS AMELIA attended by. Ladies
CRANLEY and DAME. tookatt airing in the Great
Park.

His Royal Highness the Duke of CUMIIRRLAND
was to be present last night at the Ilan for the
Master of the Ceremonies at Gloucester-Rouse,
Clifton.

Yeatetd# the Staffutithire Militia had a Grand
Id.day irl. Wind.Or Little Park, preparAtory to
their betnithii day Reviewed by His MA I tsrv.

The Dutchess of MotoNsittsz and Countess of
HARRINGTON still illumine the fashionable haunts
of the Metropolis.

much elegant Festivity
Mr, WAtti}t PORTER has disposed of his pretty
he scene of so
Ivy Cottage, t
during the Summer.
The Northumberland-Family, it is stated, are
shout to return to Sion House, in sonsequeiice of
the 'severe and afflitting.loas sustained sines their
residence at Ainwick Valli/4 in theilenth of their
youngeit daughter,

NAYAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, Szt-r. s.—Arrivei the Ranger Itc.
venue Cutter, Capt. FRASIER, (tom Cork, with a
Smuggling
•
Vessel called the Return, laden with
spirits, from Guernsey, captured off the Land's.

En& • 1.../c
Sailed the Dragon, of 74 guns, to join the Chan. ,
nel Fleet, and the Childers Sloop of Wt 4 with
• - ,b‘
Dispatches for Malta.
TheArasta and Fisgard Frigates west out 01
Harbour this morning, and anchored in the•Souna.
Sailed this evening, the Ranger Revenue cutter,
on a Cruize.

DEAL, SEPT. 6.—His Majesty's Stoops Lark;
Consflia, Mariner, and Starling, with the. Aggresior
Gun.brig, and Afilbraoke Schooner, sailed Int
night to the Westward.
Arrived die ya/orrtr, Sloop, and Majesty's Ship
Pegasus, from Portsmouth, both of which remain,
with .t he Mcnarch, Admiral Lord K E ITH, Cirtdjf°
Admiral MoNTAOU E; Raisonable, Irrncr~nlilt, ;.tut
Ranger; B:disbar Bomb, and Stec-tilt:tor Hired
Aimed Logger.

"Vancy Cutter, capir;
MIDDLETON, sailed last tide for Morlaix,
French priSoners,, all communication beinu rot off
between Calais and Dover, and' the neighbouring.
ports for the, ri,stent:; the blockade of E
even a
ports is, if possible,,stieter than ever, not
fishing‘boat can come our, and instead of fearing al
invasion here, the French are obliged to keep "nail
;illogrics
camps all along the coast between Calais,:
&c., for. .fear of being invaded, norwiths"%linl.'-
whicb the boats of our cruisers flecluenq $lO .0.•
shore at night, and after doing all the mischief E y
can,, return on board as soon as day begins fo daw.„ll
he French
e
a.srnall French Schooner •is expetted in seltt
laden: with gum,
.elephants, teeth, &c. from Senettil
to the• Drake privateer, Capt. KING, of ibis
port : the above privateer has.also captured a v al",11113
West. Indianian, and.rceaptured 4 ship iichly. lacer"

'tiassn
geur r c who
hff
lately" rrivt with
Dispatches The S l)a n
frontis h
the
last Sundayiion his return, with the tatillatuitibl. UI
Cabinet. 44'
The_ discontents among the Volunteer Corps stilt
continues, and Government has taken no suitable
steps to calm the ill humour. 'The AtrottNtv Gr-
NRIVAL, we understand, has given it as his opinion,
on:consultation, that the last MI passed for the Ge-
neral Defenee of theCoun try exempts from the Army
of Reserve and the Militia, all Volunteers Corp!
accepted by His MAJESTY, and which, in 4:35°
Invasion, are- ready-to march to-any Pa" 01 GI"

Britain. .
A Circular Letter has been addressed to the litna
Lieutenant of the County of Essex,
.dated 31st AO4
gust, stating, that orders have been given to the
Board of Ordnance to issue such a number of arms as
may be sufficient for one half of the quota of Vulon"
teers for that County, or three tiines,the number 0'
their Old Militia, after making allowance for the
quantity of arms which the respettive Corps have pro"
vided, or may be disposed to provide, for themselves:
sabres and pistols are to be appropriated for the Cam
valrY, and pikes for the Artillery. His 1.40!ti31'i9
concludes with observing, " It is considered. how"
ever, to be highly desirable that the several hodies
of Volunteers should in the preent moment he "1"
couraged, under proper precautions; to supply
elves."
t _.,
Tne,ritlNt.: lit of WAL a S'S Loyal Volunteers mus.
tered yesterday' 'for.the first time in their twitoral,
in the King's Mews i they made a very hmidsDnie
and soldiet.liker appearance.
..
tend,rid
The Royal WesuniOster Carps .bad a ''' Lehi
The g
My yesterday in Hyde Park.
§' I' g who
TI RI
-te r-001115bUty Cur -"" 1
ps, now 1200
r ita yr
aaually received notice
are .no expence -whatever to Governmeno „I
thon.
to 720 ! Ite
_
, The tiloontsbury Volunteers have signed J 1
41„"!si,kOn to thiir Committee, to call a- General
mectingof their.corps., to take into consideration
the printed paper transmitted' to them, which suggo-,
serts regulation* for 'their proposed reduttion
that they are to be ttiluc

720 Men.
Barrack,. arq.effaing. on woey Contiont'rl--t
&Wirt
lit rent wood, for ..a, nume togs • . Curial *Of .
.ound which an extensive park Of Ordtlecc is I°lll4
ing*f:rOttihdeerEstaitsnterd ntliDathiGtroiave.r.nm 'havei've I,°ol
ktnemshepla.
ntieoign-hthoobutirhiloixd Id
oAfilitary and NAv" tvl"-
iltratea of that city have aEl,'prcitimnbiutrogighiveltt g.
(on the•upiier end of.Burritsfield Links)• for er—
t;sttifuloe:7.ll3hlfoloe.irlasiunegh:.a.
pAurpmnosreecaenl ingoitblbee
fru
und healthfulnear
n.
Cambridgeshire Militia,
Lana guard Fort, have gallanyn'Qvwoluinntegeltrerclitilnhei
services for Ireland.. This .Regiment Was
the first who. volunteered during the late itebe.(4
His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
3
their COlonel.
Administration have paired the Rnbiron
ing Mr. PITT, and their under.strapers arc o"bsar
occasions endeavouring -to leSsen• the credit of
illustrious Statesman.and true Patriot. The pu se
are now told, that it is a gross mistake ru
that the latter modifications in the POPertY ?il
flee.
were adopted in deference to Mr. PITT.,
join issue with the Tinves-servini.Scribbic.is.,
Ministry, indeed, show .no deference ti.A!ir.‘ls
PITT, whose high'. reputation their Newspal'crb
anonymous, pamphleti are vainly at tempting (0 ."1,41
The improvements in that Bill Were adopted Dei
cause PITT nircred itrefragable argiiinents)2,l,4_
supported them by irresistible eloquence, ario
the subsequent conduit of Ministers, it is probi!i?le
that though they were obliged to adopt them,
.111 K.
did.so with reluitance, becau,e they were susges c.
i. -
b'y Mr. PITT,
,whose wis4om rendered
cilicy more conspicuous.

PRI PATE CORRES PONVI.VC E.

Duatirr, sm. 3.
COMMISSION INTELLIGENCE.

.761 m Begg stood trial on an Indictment for High
Treason on the two branches of the Stat. 25th
Edward 111. recited in the former cases.
Mr. ATTOItNIY GENERAL informed the Jury
that the Prisoner at the Bar, from the nature of his
trade and occupation, being a Carpenter, stood
within the influence of a species of public prejudice
which has pervaded the minds of very intelligent
Ten since the breaking out of the late Insurreflion.
This prejudice probably arose from the many im-
plements of destrudion which were found, and
which had been so often detailed in evidence, re.
gutting the assiduous operations of men belonging
to that trade or craft.
Of this prepossession, as well as all others, the
Gentlemen of the Jury were to endeavour most
completely to divest their minds, and weigh the
evidence which shall be adduced to prove the fads
laid in the Indiament, on their specific merits.
The preliminary evidence of a traiterous insur.
Teltion breaking out in the City of Dublin on the
night of the 23d of July, having been previously
gone through,

Lieut. COllman, of the 9th Regiment of Foot,
was called to prove the particular charges against the
Prisoner at the Bar. On the night 23d July, having
proceeded at the head of but tour men of his own
regiment, and some Yeomanry of the Barrack Di.
vision irs coloured clothes, in all amounting to
twenty.eight, to the spot contiguous to the Dept!:
of Arms, Ammunition, ace. so often described, he
arrived at 1304111 am-street, a.. street which he de.
scribed as running parallel to the lane, viz. Maas.
where the DO of pikes were, and only se.,
parated from that lane by three tilt:her...yards And a •
dab-J.:yard. In Bonham.street he met with a large
square piece of timber, mounted on a carriage with.
out wheels. This timber was throughout perforat.
ed in the middle, and a plug made of harder
timber than itself, adapted to the mouth or
rnuaile of the aperture. Nearly in the middle
there was a species of touch.hole, adapted to re.
ceive a priming of powder to communicate by the
application of a quick-match, or rocket, to a charge
of powder destined to have been within, and with a
great explosion to act the machine in splinters,
and thereby to contribute to destroy either Infantry
or Cavalry which should come before them, besides
opposing a formidable barrier to their progress its
tsarrow lanes or passages. A similar muchine the
Witness discovered so Dirty.lene, from its posi.
lion calculated to oppose the passage of any of the
King's Troops from Usher's Island. On the left
hand- of an Iron Foundery, in Bonham-street, the
Wittlell3t accompanied by his party, at the head of
whoM was a Private.of his own Regiment, by name
Gallagher,. discoVered the Prisoner at the Bar con-
ceeled among a number of coarse unhetved timber,
which he conceived to have been the roots of trees,
Witness 'tailed him from his place of concealment,
tied him, and had him committed to the custody of
a Sergeant and party of the 38th Regiment, by
whom he had been reinforced. Previous to the
seizure of the Prisoner, the Witness took up one pike within about a yard of his hiding place,..,. I
Contiguous to the machines which Witness describ.
ed as calcalatcti by an explosion to do much da-
mage, Prisoner had but to step to a pile of timber,
anti from thence to the place whence he sought
refuge. Among other engines of destruction,
which the Witness discovered in the Dolt at Mass.
lane, near the plaCe from whence the Prisoner at
the Bar was uakennelled, were planks of timbe
studded thickly with large spikes, the sharp endsr upwards, set in a diamond-like form in different
compartments, and the whole constructed most effe.
Nally, as Witness believed, to annoy and obstruct
either Infantiy or Cavalry in their respettive
passages.
On eross-examiation—Witness acknowledged
that the wooden tubes which he described, were not
charged with powder when he discovered them. •
The transaction of detefling the Prisoner, Witness
described to have occurred about twelve o'clock;
when the atmosphere was clearing from that extreme
darkness which prevailed at the commencement of
the InsurraliOrt, viz, about half after nine o'clock.
Witness having' interrogated the Prisoner when discovered, what he had been doing there I The
other replied, that he ran away for his life from
Pike-men.—Wianess being interrogated by a Juror
as follows :
Q. Did you, when you discovered the Prisoner
in his place of concealment, or afterwards, while
in Your custody, ask him where he lived is
he
A. I did ; and as near as I can recoiled, he said lodged somewhere near Oirty.lane, and had been
at a tailor's for a pair of breeches.
Seqeami kite of h
Oat on the9th Regiment, deposed,
lam-street, tltleTnsurreft ion he was in Bon.
issifizice,ni,htea.saew t the command of the last Witness,
he Prisoner at the bar, whom
. he icien-
k from out of ,a timber-yard in Bonham.
street' Where he found him concealed under a heap
ohis f timber, When wtt-ness took the Prisoner from
concealment the latter had nothi in is .
This occurrence
was about the hour g of twhelve,han o dr
rather between twelve and one o'clock. Witness
was accompanied by a Private of the name of John
Gallagher, being the first man who directed the at-
tention of the party to the Prisoner in his conceal-
ment.
laid,' Gallagher being sworn, deposed, that he
saw the Prisoner at the bar run across Bonham.
street at the time alleged by the former_ wit-
, nesses. Ile was the first man of the party com-
manded by Lieutenant Coltman, and within a few
yards of the Prisoner at the Bar when he descried
him near ttfa timber machine in lionhant-street, al,
laded to in the testimony of Lietit. Coltman. Saw
the Prisoner, rim, 'towards the large beam above-
mentioned, which he ascended, and stepped to a
heap of timber, near a yard, into which he
leaped over a wall. This the Witness distiettly •
Saw, and immediately cried to his Officer, Mr.
Cullman, allnding to the man he saw, w!cain he
afterwartiS hiir reason to conclude was the Priswlei)
" there is a Rebel armed with a Pike gone over the
Wall;" on which he resolved instantly toinusue hims

eeturaie,s interposed, eed warned him of the
danger of advancing alone on the other side, lest-
there might be other armed Rebels to associate,
with him. Witness still persevered in following
him ; when Witness called to his Officer to remark
the man with the pike, he saw him instantly drop
the pike, and siek under a heap of timber. Witness
then had no arms but the bayonet about him. Wit-
'less described the Prisoner to have been dressed in
a grey coat, with a linen or ticker apron before him.
He deposed, that so exasperated were the party when
they detaled the Prisoner, that they ivould have
instantly put him to death, were it not for his, the
Witness's interposition, who alleged that " the
watch, meaning the Prisoner, had good guts, and if
they spared hislife, might give useful i/itarmation ;"
on which they were appeased, seized on him, and
committed him to Lieut. Coltman, who banded him
over either to a Serjeant of the 38th or 3zd Re-
giment.
Mr. MCNALLY, for the Prisoner, was by the.
Court conliued merely to state his Client's case,
without observations on the Evidence for the
Crown, unless he wished to combine both, in
which case his Colleague would be prevented from
speaking particularly to evidence, and the opposite
Counsel would have the right of reply to Mr.
la/PNALev ; who assented in limiting himself to the
simple statement of his Client's case, and leave the
privilege of speaking to evidence to Mr. C. BALL,
his assistant.
The Defence consisted merely in a statement that
the Prisoner was an industrious tradesman, returning
from Lis work on Saturday eight, after receiving
his weekly wages ; that he lived in the vicinity
where the Insurredion raged ; had been at his
tailor's, in the same neighbourhood, to get a pair
of breeches, when, on his return to .his lodgings, in
the midst of the traiterous tumult, he was seized
on by the insurgents, and forced into the Rebel
Ranks.
A woman with whom the alledged tailor -had
lodged, in the neighbourhood where the Prisoner
was apprehended, deposed to his calling at the
tailor's lodgings in • her house, for the breeches.
The tailor was • not at home. The Prisoner
remained there from half after nine o'clock un-
til ten o'clock. This time,, and the Prisoner's
omitting to bring ally evidence how he had
spent the interval between ten o'clock and
tsuelve, the hour he was deteded with the pike,
fanned a strong hold for the SOLIC teak GENERAL in
his reply to Mr. Bea L L's Speech to Evidence, which
however, Lord NoRBURY, in an admirable Charge
to the jury,
obviated, by stating, that in the con-
fusion of the night,, an honest simple man like him,
which charader he bore from the te3titnony of his
employer,,_ might well be conceived to wander, not
knowing where, without the possibility of his being
able to offer testimony on that point,
The Jury eee-,
r most solemnly exhorted by the
Court to retire, and weigh all the merits of the case.
'They did
,so, and after a few minutes, returned a
VerdiCl—GuUty ; at the same time recommending
she Prisoner to Mercy, on account of the favourable
charader which his employer gave of him.

lanes Byrn, yesterday ii►und Guilty no Charges
of 'High Treason, receivrd Sentence of Death front
Baron DALy ; after which, the Court adjourned un-
til Monday..
A conspiracy among twenti.seven Convia,, to
break open the goal of Kilmainham, to escape, was
happily discovered yesterday.
Wednesday last, Capt. HETENSTAL, of Sandy.
mount, from a pike.heing found near the spot, had
some ground turned up at Irishtown, nearly opposite
the Church, and there discovered iso heads of those
rebel weapons: Mr. HEPENsTAL in consequence
took some Smiths into custody, who .were suspeaed
to be their manufadurers, and we understand there
is foundation to justify suspicion, at least against one
of those persons.
Tuesday a party of the Dundrum Infantry, brought
into the Castle four Prisoners, charged with being
part of those who wounded Lieutenant jetit4iNos,
of the Royal Navy, at Miltown, on Sunday even.
ing last.
On Saturday the 2gth Regiment of Foot landed
at Monkstown, from Portsmouth, and marched up
to the'City of Cork, under the command of Lieut..
Col. SrxwArr : and on Monday the first division
marched to Cloumel, where this Regiment is to do
Garrison duty.

The following Letter is from His Grace the Duke
of NORTIIUMD ERLAND, to the Mayor of Berwick,
in answer to the offer of service of a Rifle Corps
that had inrolled themselves at Berwick :
611—Nothing would give me greater pleasure than attend-
ing to any recommendation of yours ; and I should have been
very 114PPY to have forwarded the prop sal for raising. a
Rifle Corps, had I not received directions last night from
Lord 1105All'f, 001 to transmit any more proposals for Vo-
lunteer Corps until Ills MAI k. srv. shall be pleased to sig.
nify his intention to increase the Volunteer l once in the
County under toy charge. I shall not, however, fail to let
His MA! trev know of this additional proof of zeal and
loyalty of the Inhabitants of 13em
I have the pleasure he, &c.
NO toRTHUMBERLAND.

We are glad to observe a reciprocity of sentiment
pervades the Committee ar Lloyd's, and the Pro-
fessors of the Fine Arts.

The following Subscription has been transmitted
through the Inc'.limo of Messrs, HAISIMEASLRY anti
CU.

GINTLIMIN,

Apprehensive that the Vote of the Royal Aca.
dewy for subscribing 5001. towards the patriotic
purposes stated by the Committee at Lloyd's, can-
not; consistently with the Laws and Regulations of
the Institution, he carried intoetre,tt, We the un.
dersigned Academicians, in our itadividual capaci.
ties, du request you will present to the committee
the stun of One Hundred Guineas, for which we en.
close a draft. We are, Sirs, •
/beg. 2s, 1803. Yotir obedient Servants,

PAUL SANDUY, F. BOURGFOIS,
R. CoswAY, W. BRECHRY,
T. s. COPLEY, H • TR RSHAIqi
T. F. RIGAUD, JOHN So4NE,
f. WYATI", JuHN YENN.

Covent Garden Theatre defers its benefit for the
Patriotic. Fund till the Town shall is full enough io
:afore oa overflowing house.

EXECUTION OP HATFIELD.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CARLIsLt, SEPT. 3.

" I now send you the•accouniof the Execution of
HATFt Etrp. His irons were struck oil this morn-
ing about ten o'clock ; he appeared as usual, and I
did not obs,er ye . any alteration or increased agita.
lion whatever, Soon after ten o'clock he sent for.
The Carlisle 71uswal, and perused it for some time;
a little after he had laid aside the Paper, two Cler-
gymen attended, and prayed with him for about
two hours, and drank coffee with him. After they
left him (about twelve), he wrote some letters, and -
in one inclosed his pen-knife; it was addressed to
London. The Sheriff; the Bailiff's .and the Carlisle
Volunteer Cavalry attended at the Gaol Door about
half past three, together with a post-chaise and a
hearse. He was then ordered into the Turnkey's •
Lodge for the purpose of getting pinioned, where
he inquired of the Gaoler who were going in the
chaise with him? He was told the Executioner and
the Gaoler. He immediately said, " Pray where is
the Executioneer, I should wish much to see him."
The Executioner was sent for ; -HATFIELD asked him
how he was, and made him a present of some silver
in a paper. During the time of his being pinioned
he stood with resolution, and requested he might
not be pinioned tight, as he wished to use his hand-
kerchief when on the platform, which was complied
with. He
.then left the prison, and wished fa.low prisoners might he hippy. When in
sight of the tree, he said to the Gaoler, he imagined
that was the tree (pointing at it).that he Was to die
on. On being told, yes, "0! a happy sight, I
see it with pleasure." Then k: desired the
man to be as expert as possible about it, and that
he would wave a handkerchief when he was ready.
The. Hangman not having fixed the row in its prorr
place, he put up his hand, and turned it himself.
He also tied his cap, took his handkerchief from
his own neck, and tied it about his head also.—
Then he requested the goaler would step upon the
platform and pinion his arms a little harder, saying,
that when he lost his senses, he might attempt to
place them to his neck. The rope was then com-
pletely fixed about live minutes before four o'clock :
it was slack, and he merely said, " May the Al.
mighty Mess you all." ,Nor did he falter io the least
when he tied the cap, shifted the rope, and took his
.handkerchief from his neck. He hung midst
of a great number of Speetat4rs for one hour, when
he was cut down, and interred in St. Mary's Church:.
yard, the usual . place of interment for those who
gome;to. an untimely end; the Parishioners of Burgh
objeting to his being laid there."