The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-06 00:00:00

CHOLMONDELEY CASTLE.

The birth-day of the Hon. Henry Cholmondeley,
an infant son of Earl 0.191m0-rideley, was celebrat-
ed %ith great sPlendour and true British hospitality,
on Friday last, at Choldiondeley Castle, Cheshire.
At breakfast, a proltiton of presenni were made to
the little hero of the day. At one the
whole family, and most of the distinguished persons
in ttie neighnonrhond, and a vast body besides, as-
sembled near the old Hall. The sports soon began wit h
a pig race, which excited much diversion.. This was
followed by a donkey race. Six donkies Starti-d, and
there were five heats for the prize, silver tankard..
The company,in general,were highly ainused with this
race, which. excited a strong interest. Between the
heats a saCk-race took place. Five men contended
for the prizes, and their harmless mishaps during
the struggle, produced much entertainment. The
prizes were paid in solid cash, which operated as a
balm for all bruises. Five hardy nymphs then .en-
gaged in a smock race, and'the prize was perhaps
the largest ever seen on such an .occas on; and to

render it ,the more valuable and alluring; it was
abundantly ornamented. with ribbands of various co-
lours. On the conclusion of the races, all of Which- .
afforded great merriment, there was a game. at-
prison bars, eleven men on each side. This manly
diversion continued till near five o'clock, and pre-
sents were so liberally distributed to the'Vanquished,
as well as the vi&lors, that' no sting 'accompanied:,
defeat, but all were satisfied. The chief part of
the company then returned to the; Castle.' During
the whole of these di%ersions, the drums beat mer-
rily, the fiddles were actively in motion, if tiot ex-
attly in concert, alid-the country pipes added to
the cheering sotind. The ditino.- Was Magnificent,
and or course plenteous. The guests were all of
the most 'respectable 'description, and 'convifiality
was the order of the day. A ball followed, crowd-
ed with visitors, who were invited on the; field of
anion by the animated little champion of .t tie day.
Thecornpany b:gan'to disperse about two o'clock in
the morning. Lady CholmOndeley Laid Mal-
i-is, kept up the ball, to the last, and exerted, them-
selves to the utmost to render the coinpany'happy,
and their endeavours were completely successful,
' for-nothing but hat mony, good humOuti and cheer-
ful animation, marked the whole ot.t his rustic tete,
which was in all respects worthy of the liberal and
amiable Nobleman by whom it was Oil).

The private letters which have reached town' by
the way of kieligoiand, bring accounts ,of , the con--
fiscation of a great number of ships in the purls of
the Baltic, under the pretext that their.cargoes were
pre perty. The following,are cxzracts•troin
three oti then)

• " DANTZIC, AUGUST ,11.—A .great number of
.French Custom-1i .u,L; Officers . have arrived here,
and we expect soon to be placed entirely under
FrenchGovert.tnetit. A new order has been issued
re)eciing the exportation of wheat, 'lk,.lllch' is to
pay ten ducats the last, The importatiOn
Colonial produce is prohibited under the penalty of
the contifcation Of ship and cargo. The King of
Prussia some time ago seized some English g.00,1s iu
one of his ports, and sinld 'bent to the Intgabitanis of
Rostock ; the French hiving goi a hint otithe trAns-
actipn, !aiely entered Ito•tock, and got bold of the .
.ropeity, whith thy sequeStered. You may judge-
how unfortunate this event for the Merchants,'
some of. who,i Wilt be ruined by it."
kETELISBUTIGE-1, AUG. 2.--rlly dear Friend—lt
is with regret Lhave to communicate to you the
-11nple.isant news, titat your valuable cargri, in the
Yoend Renkivioks, is at -last co.,fiscated, and I fear
(titre are a hopes of ever recovering one shilling ;.
but the are not the only Offerers in this sad busi-
ness, tor upwards of sixty sail of merchantmen here
and at Riga, with property to the amount of one
ofillion and a half. sterling, have suffered the same
fate; and I am much afraid that in future all other
ships (bring %.% hat papers they may) with sugar and
.coffee on board, will be liable to be detained, and
run toe risk of coli+cation." • _ .

HAMBURGH, AUG. 26.—We have received the
disat:,reeable intelL;ence from Mecklenburg, that
the French base entered that place, and their first
operations commenced by searching for Englkh
property, and sealing all the Merchants' counting.
houses ; after which they confiscated all Etigibh
goods they could find."

Extract of a letter, dated' SiCily, July 10, 1810..
" King MURAT keeps us constantly
.nn the alerte,--
he has lately been visited
,by the French Geneial
CiESAR BERTHIER, who no doubt is sent by-
high authority to spot him up to the attack of the
-bland of Sicily.. lint this he is every way prepared;
but as we now, thank GOD, have a good naval
force to co-operate with us, we rest pretty t..cure
that when he does attack uS, one half of his force
will perish at sea, and the other half Swallolt, the
bayonets of as fine .an army, for its numbers, as' the.
woild ever produced. Every-evening he embarks
ten or 'twelve battalions, as if for the purpose of
making the attempt. Our soldiers, tor. these. five
wells past, stand regularly to :their arms, (in view
of his tour camp, containing 25,000 trOoPs) from
two o'cloCk till six in the morning, ind.pendent of
_almost, hourly alarms- and olertes, .so that, at all
.vents, he keeps us going ; but when he does get
wer, mark, he will be well beaten. ,Our regi-
nent is just broUght, in to meet these invaders on
the beach. We all hope- they will come) that it
nay he settled ; I trust, to their disgrace."

On the Isth of June, .a Revolution took place at
3arthagerta ; the Governor was seized and sent off
to Havannah. The whole of the business was ef-
fe 6-led in a few hours. The old Governor, who had
bt :en. dismissed by the Junta of Spain, ,had been re-
tq
stated by the Revolutionists, to head the preset t
G 1 ivernmens. No accounts had been received from
Santa Fe. The Committee were sitting to form,
.ne w'regulations, and the merchants had petitioned
to have the duties on imports reduced to"ten per
Cet ,t. those.on exports to be entirely taken ofi, They
prcitess allegiance to FERDINAND VII. but rej&.t the
Sp; mists Tuota.
Ml's. JORDAN 15 gone to play a few nights at
Cheltenhatuo acid from thence proceeds to:: Liver.
pool.

We copy the following article (rota a Morning

Paper :—;
",At a late COurt Circle of 13I;ON ApA itTE's, Gen.

ARMSTRONG inerodtic,d era

men, one of whom being understo,o by t!i- Enye-

ror to have just retuTnedfrom .4ogland,,lLs Majest)
addressed hiin to the foliukviug purport )ou
think the. British will permit your vessels torsail the.
ocean ?--.-you that I have removed their apologies
for
.ohstruclittg your commerce. To be. a great
nation, you should sustain your flag, and sustain it
Ky your camnoii.... This our informant states to be .1
literal traus4atiyn Of BUQNAPARTE'3 words, as Hell as
he.cOuld Collect thein fiotn his accustomed Tapid
ery. The last sentence 1300NAPARTE pronounced
with that peculiar emphasis. which marks the deci
.sion of his tone arid manner.; and it' series. to
hiootrate the real charader of his late Commercial
-
Decree., which v‘a evidently issued with a view • to

conciliate America towards Frrice, and to 'irritate

her against England. BUONAPARTE a,ked pc oeFai
ARMSTRONG, whether be was not going home; and
when Congress would meet? and then paaSed on to

another part
.of the. Circe. The Einpre,,s, was pre-
sent .at this Circle, and' our informant suites, that

her .pregnancy is quite apparent. Her nsure 'he
describes rather as approaching to ti)een bonne point,
than to the slender avid delicate, as we-hale here-

tofore understood.. Her demeapour is quite re.
tnarkable for that siipercillousne4s, or as the vet)

, . .. . .
pl_iapts would cad it, dignity, which is so generali)
learned in ,the German school of Royalty.. A 1...
... ,

though, so young, there-is something very deCided
and commanding in the whole 'manner of MARIA
LOUisA. She appears, to be a woman_ who, ac-
cording to the common phrase, " has a will of 'her
awn."' BuoNAPARTE is exceedingly attentive to
her. • That attention, . indeed„ is said to hive pro-
duced a very perceptible change in his disposition
toWards business. BUoNApARTR is, and has been,
ever since his marriage, inure engaged in pleasure,
and much lesi in his cloSet; thaOhe-hatt been at any
former period „of. his. life. All his leisure hours are
spent with the Empress in reading,' in rural amuse.:
ments, and at the Theatres. 'His corpulency in-
creases considerably, bet 'still he appears capable of
the utmost activity. Our informant describes the
French Court to be far• Moie..splendid in every re-
speCt than any lie had ever seen, heard, or read of;".
Fifty guineas were given list week, in Leeds, fdr
a substitute to serve in the Militia.
.I\-latiernoiselle CeoTteps,' from Paris, is to be at.l
ded to the company of the Opera House next
reason ; but whether she is a dancer. or asinger,
has nOtlef been stated: .'Maciemoiselle'Cilsax is
also engaged, ,and MademoiselleMobtaoy has •neen
offered libe al 'terms to resuine her engagetnent.
Mr: T. SuERIDAN is better •in .health than he
has been for sometime past, and it is said that 'he is
not to go. to Madeira, as reported, till he has tried
the air of Cornwall, which has. often been found.
benefici.ti in complaints of a pulrriO:!ary de.icriPttoti.
It has been erroneously stated, in' . a Morning
P4er, that the MpatottaviNE Of ANSPACH was at
the 'Soutbarriiiton* Races in a light blue habit. The
truth is, that- the Lady was in her own mansion at
Hammersmith at the time, and in deep mourning lot.
the _Earl of BERKELEY, her late brother.
The storm on Friday Morning &triaged Kensing,
ton Palace,particularly than part where the Princess
Of WALES resides. About 7o squares 'of glass were
broke.
We understand, that the bets made by
.Mr. Far-..
quharson 4nd.Mr. R. Pollen, that they would kill
5o brace of• birds on the' Ist of this month, were
won by then) very easily before two o'clock.
As the Mailcoach between Coventy and Leam-
ington was passing on the road to Warwick, on
Thursday morning, One of the wheels came off, by
which accident a ,proprietor, who was driving at the
time, was thrown from the box, and wis much in-
jured. The passengers fortunately escaped without
any serious accident.
HOENCASTLE FAIR.-This greatest fair for horses
in England has supplied the London market 'with
some hundreds, which have reached town during •
the last week. 'Die Prince of WALES was thepur-
chaser of
,eight carriage horses from Milton, ,and
seven saddle horses flout Dysart. The Driving Clubs
have all been inspeCting. Tire demand for cavalry
horses was very great during the whole fair, and
numbers are still wanted for different regiments.
UNION HAL L.—John Pettit was charged yesterday
on suspicion Of stealing a'quantity'of port wine, tin
property of Mr. Clandsley, of Philpot-street. t ap-
peared that Mr. Claudsley's house being under .a
state of repair, the prisoner and several other work-
men were employed there. Mr. Clandsley was out
of town; and the concerns of the house were left
under the management ofa clerk, who lived On the
premises. The clerk having occasion to go down
to the wine-cellar on Saturday last. discovered thit.
the door had been forced, and several bOttles of wine
taken away ;, and having a suspicion of the prisoner;
he immediately procured an officer, and went to the
prisoner's house to search his premises. The pri-
soner, however, when they arrived there, contrived
to get upstairs first, and saying' something to his
wife in a language they did not understand, lie de-,
tained them at the door, whilst the %vile threw some
bAtles out of the window into the back yard. 'On
examining the yard afterwards,, the officer discovered
it was covered with pieces of glass bottles, and the
pavement stained with wine. Carrying.t heir search
further, they discovered a full bottle of port thrown
down the privy, which on examination proved to
have a mark on theink similar to some in Mr. Ciand-
sley's cellar. . •
Mr. Clandsley could not speak accurately to the
quantity of wine he had, but believed it amounted to
upwvds Of fourteen dozen. The prisoner was fully
committed for trial.
HATTON-GARDEN.-- Yesterday a *journeyman
stbith of the name of Griffin, who todged- in On-
slow-street, Saffron Hill,- was charged with ,the
wilful naur&r of his, wife yesterday morning between
twelve and one &Chick, by cutting her throat, and
otherwise mangling her in the body with a knife, of
which wounds she 'almost immediately expired.
There were present in the room at t e titne the hor-
rid deed' was committed, the prisoner's brother, and
the sister to the deceased, who. had all been 'in com-
pany together at St. Bartholomew Fair. The pri-
soner was committed, but to be brought up again;

CA RA CC 48.

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'TZARINAS, Josh 12.—The CoMmandant Gner:
'of the Army of .Observation otuct Defence ef
West, the Marquis dri Toro, has been commissiol,

ekf from the S•vreine JuntA to presept to that of

133ririas he wishes of the. Province of Caraccas iii

. . .
a manner worthy of the spirited. -resolution' and
wise dispositions of that State. Not to lose-a mo.
nient in the execution of his. commicsion,actie ad-

dressed, on the 601, a letter to the Superiot-Ju'uta
of Government and Conservation, quite cunforthithle
to the confidence that tie Superior Junta of Ca"-

raccas had reposed in this Chief, and to the Pacific
designs that distinguish all our operations. This

circumstance has sa'ndioned irrevocably the re. ili;ude
of our proceedingS; and the high opinion Rarivas• so
justly deserves, which has assured the Marquis del
Toro of its ardent wishes to.see him in that capital,
where he' will have the pleasure of contirmii ig the.
unanimity of all their designs • for protno.in:k the
success of the sacred cause which both Provinces
havesworn to maintain, and the favourable issue of
which. depends on the union and generosity an,
nounced by this proceeding. •
In equal terms 'tide Superior Junta of G )verns.
merit and. "Conserval.on express theinselve3 is-.) this
Superior Junta in a letter by the hand of. the same
Commandant 'General,. renewing and inT:eas;,oo the
hopes we bad always entertained from the kutrence
and foresight with • hid) Barinas th.64ty:ii9ed its
fate, the moment it' leari.ed our resdttitS6l:: The
people of Barinas, without lookitig to ally finer in-
terest, or expecitivg any' other glorl than than which
belongs to a people fait blot. and • generous, has e
-adopted our principles, have imitated. them, and
have asked, by uniting . theinstlves. with us, all
those securities that lire the guarantee of tf soli
and permanent union. Nothing
,now remains to
be wished fOr to coMplete its , distinguished pa-
triotism.; and while it eticourages and extends its
energies to the Deputies that have n;presepted it
in the Supretne Junta, it has been sb!icitotis also
to fulfil all the duties of cordiality and dee...rum, aws
tiCipating D.:Nicholas Pulido in manitestini, to his
Highness that Barinas continues and becomes more
contfirined every day In the partiality and OW will
which it announces to the Government of • Caraccat,
exhibiting the 'strongest desire and atotietyi for its
prosperity .. . Lerthe genius of discoid' tremble'
on teeing so near the triumph of union over ambi-
tion and calumny.
CARACCAS, Julvg 26.—There have arrived in
the port of Guayla the illeropesluop of wne, of his
Britannic. Majesty-, under- the.coMmand or Captain
FUR; the gun-brig Settle, Under the cbminand of
Lieutenant Brown ; and the corvette Gnadaloupe,
commanded by Captain Head. The, tWo first
vessels are those which. his Excellency -Vice-Ad•
miral Cochrane has appointed to proted our com-
merce and coasts from the attacks of the French,
and the. third is to convey fo London-any dispatches;
commissions from this to that Goweinment.
'By these vessels
.the most convincing and sa-
.t.isfaaory demonstratiOns have been received of
friendship aP.dproteaion.on the part of our generous
ally, and.the most_ handsome offerS of assistance by
his representatives' in the Antilles.. Although his
Excellency AdmitaKochrane had not. yet ',received
our communication- rvspeaing the transa&ion be-
tween Captain D,wers,- of the 17ingdove ~ and the
Archbishop of •Santa • Pe. he had ~disapproved
;of the condhct of this officer, in liating,,inter-
fered with :our .proceedings. relative, to ;Lk Packet
Fortune ; and his Excellency bas 'aiswea this
Government that' he .has, taken the ..mthst effica-
cious means to prevent a repetition of anyz ..circum-
stances capable of. interrupt ng the -good.' harmony
that exists, and .that his Excilettcy wi4eor) pre-
serve between the inhabitants of Venezuela and the
subjects of Great Britain. ,
..1
His Excellency Sir: George Beckwith,
mander in Chief of the land forces' of Ai.:rth.icitie
and Guadaloupe, has addressed similar
lions of friend,ship to the SupremeJunta,cin.grattilat-
ing it on its installation, promising it every astist-
ance in. his power, and assuring us that, our mer-
chant vessels shall be well received in those -islands,
and treated on thesame footing with respect to the
tarif of duties as the vessf•ls. of ,Great Britain.- Hi:.
Excellency communicates to us at the same time the
important information of the French having lost all
their•possessions in'the, East Indies.
e • •

The following is an extraa frum a private letter
which ..k.as delivered yesterday.

CADIZ, Auo. 16.—The enemy have not yet,
ventured to make any attempt to cross the narrow
channel, by which we are divided from them, nor is
it likely they ,Oon will. We' continne to exchange
shots with them, but we are chiefly employed in
erecting batteries, mounting heayy guns, mortars,
&c. and the enemy are occupied in a similar way on
the opposite side. From the situation and strength
of this place, I think it is impossible that the French
can ever,take it. The channel as fill of gni;bosts,
and the shore on our side is lined with batteries;,
besides; the French .would have to march bet vre
three and four miles across a flat wet swamp, befor,.!
they could reach the bank to.oppose us; as to their
forcing the road-way, that is impossihle. ti.ey
possess Puerto-de-Real and the foot of Matagor,!p,
wb!ch is \ opposite to ,Cioiz, yet all this is a ito
avail. The batteries which they ere& during the
night, our gun-boats knock% clown in the mornint'.
We fire shoWers of , shot and shells at them, and
when they have hill their power, which is seltioirt,
they return, the compliment. The troops are in ex-
cellent health and high spirits, and we are abundant-
Iv supplied with provisions of all sorts ; in a 'word,
there is no want of any thing. We. , have here the
brave Generals CASTANOS and BLAKE, and.the town
,is full of Spanish Officers of distinction." • •

In consequence of several informations against the
Maidenhead, Isleworth,. and one of the Brentford
stages, for carrying more than the number of pas-
sengers allowed by Act of Parliament, having tieeo
preferred, the Magistrates' met on Tuesday,,at the
Three Pigeons, Brentford, to hear the complaints,
When they
.convitted the respective proprietors in the
following surns:—The Maidenhead, 251. ; Isle,-
worth, 121. ; and he Brentford, Pnl. Had not the
penalties been mitigated, they would have Amount-
.ed to 1501.

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FOR THE SUN.

THE RUSTICATED CANTAB.

Dgad worthies, I bow at your shrines

And, kneeling submissive, petition
Ypti'll pardon this false step of mine,
r. Atnct pity my dismal condition.
When ye met all together of late,
In the room which we terrn:winbination,
To fix your Petitioner's fate,
Alas l why did you chuse Rustication ?

That my condua was wrong, 1 must own, •
And your justice am forc'd to acknowledge:
But can I, in no wise, atone
For my fault, without leaving the college
Consider how strange 'twill appear,
In the nind of each fine jolly fellow,
That a Cfmra6 was banitli'd a year
just for rowing a little when mellow.' ._

You have'precedents, ho one denies, .
-To prove it but just that I went hence:
Vut, surelyy, no harm could arise
if ye were to relax in your sentence.
Not trust me, much good Should proceed
• From granting this very great favour,
tor, jniprest with a sense of the deed,
I'd cat efully mend my behaviour.

You will, then, have oii me a fast hold,
For Gratitude's stronger than any tie :
:Then pray do not think me too bold
' In thus begging hard for som lenity !
But, why should 1 humbly implore,
Since to you all my sorrow's a farce ?
I'll supplicate jt-limis no more !
So, ye Reverend Dons, caret tars !

The lad, who good drinking enjoys,
• .I'll gheerfully pledge in a full can;
rustication's quite common, my boys,
Remember Apollo and. Vulcan : • •
-Piese two heroes were lirl'd from the Skies,
. ..Neither forges nor:Mimi-6- could'Save then],
Ffit heartily d—ning tbeir eyes,-
'love a tniveliing fellowship gave them.

'Then, no liinger let mortals. repine
I f to 4rass sent from Oxryz .
slltsti4 to the blessing,s divine
VV hiLii ;low from a well-filled decanter.
Wherythr gohlets with neaar ate (Jowled,
.41:3d our spirits rise taster and faster,
%%91.1114 good-liumour smiles gaily around,.
. 'iA,tig for the Falows and :Waster !

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FRANCE.

The Government of France, or rather its Usurper,
has unfortunately so great an influence upon every
part of Europe, that we shall avail ourselves of what;
ever may tend to throw a light upon the opetations
of the French Cabinet, and the principles and de-,
signs of its Ruler. We shall, therefore, as 'oppottu-.
pity otters, extra& passages from Mr. GOLDIMITH.S
publication, as the author evidently possessed great
sources of intelligence, as he resolutely submits his'
information to the world at large, and candidly
•avows the alteration of his principle S-. The follow-
ing, rotates to the state of the press in France, which.
in thlit:-country is onq of the surest props of national
liberty•r,r-
11' The press, so much dreaded by all tyrants, is
pedAliprly so by Buonapatte, not merely that he is
afrali..l),that it should become the vehicle of exposing
*; but he does not like to be reminded.
of his :former situation in. life. Marat, the gentle
Marat, when compared to Buonaparte,. said in the
• Convention, that in .order to extirpate notions of
royalty,. it would be necessary to put every. man to
death who w?s above eighteen years of age. I know
that Bitonaparte would do the same, and destroy
those who can recollect any thing about him, pre-:
vious to hii first taking the command of. the, army of
Italy. He is not so much irritated at Sir. Robert
Wilson's just charge against . him
.of his murders
in Egypt, as when
.he is reminded of his fOrmer si-
tuationgin lifet.
He knoWs perfeAly well that if there were any
. thing like ...liberty of the press in .France, 'he•would
not long keep his seat. He world be driven away by
Calernbourgs, Jcu t d'..Esprit, and Epigrams; these
means are more powerful .in France than the lo-
gic of Cicero, The French say it C'est .le ridicule
qui tue."
Very soon after nis.naaking- himself First Con
sul, he sent for M. de la Fayette, for the purpose of
offering him a situation in the Aew government :
an whieb La .Fayette observed, that if,Would allow
the liberty of the press, and the law of Habeas
Corpus in France, lie.vvould he!extremely happy to
serve und.r him ; to- this .Buonaparte replied,-
-' 1 M. de la Fayette, were I to permit the liberty of
' • the press:in
,France, neither you nor I Would be
in three months .hence!' • I believe the Corsican
*is in the right.,
Till, the period of the coronation, the newspa-
pers, excepting the Moniteur, were all. ;in, the hands
of private individuals, and were as much enslaved as
they possibly' teuld be ; hot still government had
no direa-conGetn in Ahem. , It is (lid), .after publi-
'cation that they arc sent to the police, consequently
a ri-I,.:hievous article might have crept in, and have
done all the mischief, which if might have been
wished to pre;:ent. It is' true, tho editor and pro-
, prietor were exposed to:a tourney to Cayenne, or ki
lodging
.. in the Temple, and these, fears •retrdered
• them cautious.

It isincredible.how sore the governthent f.el at
the tbost triv►al article in a tv,v,,paper, 'Which might

T hese,however, notwithstanding all his precautions, are
pretty well known all ovex France.

t Thmi,tocles declined the offer of Simonides to teach
hiin the art of remiineeiice; observing that he would prefer
le6soll of ODtiV:011, as he- Jound it' more ditßcult to tome
the things which displeased' him,. than to -remember all the
scene. or nis hie which afforded him"satista &ion.