The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-04 00:00:00

DEAL, jotl'i. 3.

Hon. East India Company's Ship Rug,
George, put :back, with the rest of the outward..
bound, this morning ; and the 'Tnie 137it1n, from
India, arrived at the same time ; all of which re.
main, with the Earl Comdex.
The P,lnecis Cbarlotte.sailed last night to the
River. •

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TucsclaY a Court Martial Wit held art board
the Net:wit, at Portsmouth,
,on T. Lyons, Master'
at Arms; of._ lkiiusiebtyls ship ileriwir, for
Drunkenneit. The charge being proved, he was
sentenced to be, dismissed His jesty's trery ice.
The next day a Court Martial W 33 held on board.
the same ship, on J:Rosco r.l, We PR I CV', '
and Joan
Moot's, seamen of the Port 4fabon sloop of wars for Desertion, when Roscon was sentenced to re-
itive tco lashes; Price loo; and Mooreso.—.-
apt. Otryen Drury President,
The late Lord Howe, when Captain, of the Dog.
Man of War,_ ordered a Black Sailor, who had
committed some offence, to receive a certain number
of lashes. Being tied to the gun, the Captain or.:
tiered she ship's company to be piped upon deck, and,
then began along exhortation in favour of subordina.
lion and obedience : the black culprit heard it all,
Under various heads of dissertation, for nearly three
luarters OlatVliour ; when, unable any letnger to en.
du" 14'6PlaiSion of his Commander's eloquence,.
!iith thi.other.sifferings that were to follow, thus
Nov iegly addressed him Massa 1.
if you preach.
em, .preach.em; if you frog.em,
frog.cm but
"
" don't You Pear:L.-ern and fropm coot Nor':
withstanding, the Captain of the Dunkirk continued,
this.treach'ing, and afterwards flogged,flogged,Blaeleey into
bargain!

rte Dvlu of M. Ni R49s is eieded Positlant of
Sottish 4Ativai4uSosierY.

L'UJiV.D (.1 ALT 11,
.1.1.1 c • ;$O.

SATURDAY. at an extraordinary Mee-tint of the
LORD PROVOST, .Magistrates, and Council of Edin-
burgh, a letter was read from the Right Hon: Lord
Viscotint MiLittLir, announcing his elevation to
the Peerage; and thanking them for the honour
they had so repeatedly conferred on him, in chusing
him their Representative. A letter was also read
from the Right Hun. the LORD ADVOCATE, an.
nouncing hid ntention of offering-himself a- candi-
date to reptesent the City in Parliament, in the
room of Lord Viscount WIELmi.,2.—A letter was
voted to their late Representative, thinking him
for the great services done by him, both to his
country and native city, and congratulating him
cm the honour so deservedly 'conferred on him by
his Sovereign.
We understand the eleaion of a Member of Par-
liament for this City is to take place on Tuesday
next.

In pursuance of instrudions from the Magistrates,
a number of the carts with coals were examined and
Weighed yesterday, and, we .are sorry to say, that
only one out of many was found just. The Ma.
gistrates forfeited the coals in eight of the most
faulty, and sent them to the Charity Workhouse,
and direded the names of the drivers to be pub.
lisped.

The attention of the Magistrates of Glasgow has
been lately taken up with the following rather sin-
gular case. About eight days ago, information was
given at the Procurator Fiscal's office, that a tumour
prevailed that Eiji. Walker, wife of Robert Coch.
rave, carter in the Dovehill, who had died suddenly,
and been then two days buried, had owed her death
to the maltreatment of her husband. The Ma.
gistrates immediately caused a precognition to be
taken, by Which it was established, that Coch.
cane had behaved with much barbarity to his
wife for some time past, and that, in particular,
he had wounded her on the head with a pan,
some days before her death. The Magistrates
hereupon ordered the body of the deceased to
be lifted from the grave, and inspeaed by a phy.
sieian and surgeon of respeElability ; but •their re-
port did not confirm the suspicions arising from
the precognition. On the contrary, they found
the wound on the head to have been merely su.
perficial, and that there was no mark of violetice
upon any other part of the body. • In consequence
of this, Cochrane, who had beep imprisoned, has
been, admitted to bail, being still open to prosecu.
tiun for the assault on his deceased wife.

On Thursday evening, while some people were
.bringii,g in a quantity.of whisky to Aberdeen, they
were. met at the Bridge of Dee by the Officers-of
Excise, when .a desperate encounter ensued ; in
which some hard blows were dealt on both sides.—
The Excise Officers, however, got the superiority,
and succeeded in bringing the whisky to town, to.
settler with seven horses which were carrying it.
Yesterday and this day .the MagiStrates sen-
tenced four sturdy beggars to be confined in Bride_
well, they having been a nuisance anapest to the
inhabitants far nigh a week past, bawling on the
streets, and pretending to he wounded seamen, When;
on inspection and examination, they were found to
be impostors.

ELEGY,

WRITTEN AT :.*T
Ili .TIIC)MAS

•• . ,
jo s Less I hail the solenin gloom,
'Joyless !"view the pillars vast and rude,
When erst the Fool of Superstition tiod,
• In smoaking blood imbrued,
And rising from the tomb,
Mistaken hornage.to an unknown God.
Fancyrwhither dust thou stray,
Whither dust thou wing thy way, . - •
Check the rising Wild delight,.
Ah ! what avails this awful sight,
Maria is no more
Why curst reMembrance wilt thou haunt my mind,
The blessings past are mis'ry now,
UpOn her.lovely btow
Her lovelier soul she wore, ' 6
Soft as the evening gale • .
When breathing perfumes thro' the rase.dtedgl4 vale,
She was my joy, my happiness refin'el":""
MI hail, ye solemn horrors of this scene
• The blasted oak, the dusky green;
ye dreary altars by.whosc side "
The Druid priest, to crimson dyed,
1/he solemn dirges sung,
And drovg the golden knife
. Into tile palpitating seat of life, •
When rent with horrid shouts the distant Valleys rung.
The bleeding body beridsi
The glowing purple stream ascends
Whil?t the troubled Spirit near
• ]lovers its the steamy air.
Again the sacred dirge they Ong,
Again the distant hill and coppice valley. ring.
Soul of my deur Maria, haste,
Whilst my languid Spirits waste,
When from this my prised' lice,
Catch my soul, it tiscs to thc;";
Death had doubly arin'd his dart,
In piercing thee, it pierc'd my heart.

•
Sir jAmts Cocicu trio; gave a grand Hall and Stip.
per on Friday evening, ac leis house at Uxbridge.
All .the Fashionableti in the neighbourhood.
were
piesent, 1 The daisies commenced at eight o'clock,
the suPper at one. After supper the dancing re-
commenced, --and- was kept_ up with great spirit till
past five on Saturday morning. Sir jouts, who is
entering• into his 85th year, kept up the festive
scene by leading down every dance himself..., .
. The Masquerade given by Sir WI LULU) LAW-
SON, at Cockermouth, in Cumberland, on the 30th
of December last, was attended by all the Nobility
and Gentry for fifty miles round. T. lattrii, Esq.
'of Irton.liall, in Lancashire, had the direetiou of
the entertainment., 'h!fl;
Mrs. SiDDONS had a grand Route and supper, as,
her house in Dublin, last week. All the F3sltintly
ables in the City were present; amounting to up.
-wards of four hundred.,, among whom were the
LORD Li Ring N ANT and Family : The Supper was a
Pic.Nie. At three o'clock the party broke up.—
One leundted carriages were in wasting; a sight sel.
dos* seen at a private door in Dublin. The Ladies
watts dressed very splendidly, with a profusion of
diamonds.
Lots COURTS NAY it seems, is making great
.preparatious for a-magnificent Gala at Poqvderham
Cattle. wedo.not hear that his Lordship has sent
an invitation to Counsellor TUNIC IN

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A Meeting .of the Deputy Governors-,, Magi-
mates, and Gentlemen of the County of Kilkenny,
:was held on ;Thurstaay last, at the County. coUrt-
housei,for the purpose, of taktrigi74o consideration
his li!xcellency the Lordlieiq4iiiine:i orders, for em-
bodying the Militia of. that County, pursuant to
Aft of Parliament, when they declared their ap.
probation of the measures pointed out by his Ex.
cellencv, for effcaing that ohjea ; and they will
proceed, on the receipt of further orders from his
Excellency to recruit for the same.
A meeting of the Governors, Deputy Governors,
&c. of the County of 'Waterford, is to be held; for
a similar purpose, on the 3oth instant.
On Monday night last, at the hour of twelve,
a gang of villains attacked the dwelling-house of
Timothy Connor, steward to Hickman Rose, Esq.
who resides near Patrick's-Well, County of Lime-
rick, and within .zoo yards of a military guard.
house ; about ten of the villains who were armed
burst open the door, and dragged the unfortunate
man from his bed, 'whom they flogged in the most
brutal manner ; they then retired, but returned in
a few minutes and neatly deprived him of life, by
beating and flogging him on all parts of his naked
body ; after which they snapped two pistols at his
head, and made him swear to quit Mr. Rose's ser-
vice, and that part of the country, before St.
Stephen's day.