The Sun.
London, England, 1810-02-26 00:00:00

FrOm the LONDON GAZETTE, Feb. t 4, 1810.

• . Foreign-Office, Feb. '2O, 1 8 O.
The Martris Well,,sley, his Mai- sty's Principal
'Se&etary of State for Forel4n Adatrs, has this clay
not'fied to the Ministers of. friendly - and neutral
powers resident at this Churl, that his Maj.-sty has
judged it expedient to. dired that the necessary
measures Should be taken for the Wckade,of the
coast and ports pt Spain from Gijon to the French
territory:). and that the same will be maintained and
enforced in the strictest manner, according- to the
usages of-war acknowledged and allowed. in similar
cases.

.
- At tlle.Court at .the Queen's Palace., the 2ist of
relmuary 1810, present; the Kint;'s Most Excellent
klajes'ty in Council. . • .
. ..

His Majesty in Council was this day.. pleased to appoint
john Ayton, of Missenden Abbey, Esq. to be sherilfot the
county of Buckingham, in the room of Sir William Clayton,-
of Harleyford, Bart. •
Thomas Brook, of Church Minshull, Esq. to' be sheriff
'of the county of Chester, in the •rOom of Robert -Vino., of
Bidston, Esq.
John Chaworth,- of Ansley, Esq. 'to be sheriff of the
county of -
William WC:Lary, of Manerfabon, Esq. to
,be sheriff of
the county of Carmirthen, in the room of Thonias Stepney,
of Danyralt, E.sq. . •
And john Owen Herbert, of Dalforgan, Esq. to be sheriff
of the codnty -of Nloutgomery, in the roomor Edward Hey-
ward, of Crosswood, hsq.

And his Majesty was also pleased to make the
following ameAinents upon the roll ?
13edtink610re.,- Sir. Gregory Osborne Turner, Bart. made
Sir Gregory Osborne Page Turner, Bart.
Monmouthshire.. Timinis Pilkington, Esq. wade William
Pilkingion, Esq,
Warwickshire. allieS V, est, ur Arlescote, Esq. made lames

Rots Wet•C, of Al.xtt, Esq.
War...ollw, ,Peb. 24, t 8 to.

ist Regiment of Dragooli Guards, Ensign Ralph Babington,
from the 53d. Four, -to be Comet, wic,e Wilknison, who,

exchai.Aes;
3d ditt<, Linnet William Shunt to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, Vice. Evans, promoet:d. Lorlict L-thvard letterys
to oe Lieutenant, vice Patterson, deceased. Quarter-Ma a-

ter Jona Marti❑ to he it egimew.a Quarter- IVI7, r
3d Regiment of Drag.x,ns, Cornet '1 minas from
the yih Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutewint, by purchase,
vice v rey, promoted.
Ith Kegunent of Light Dragoons, Assistant-Surgeon W. B.
Cart.r, trorn the 43d Foot, to be Assigant-Surgeon, vice
Sinet,, promoted.
gth Ditto, Cornet Robeit Robertson to be. Lieutenanti by
putclia.e, vice klerries, proinotcd in the Ist Dragoon

L uards. -
zsth Ditto, , Gentleman Cadet Edward Arnold, from the
Royal Military College. to be Cornet, without purchase,
• vice Frullips, promoted. •
'l7th Ditto, Laptain Nathan Wilson. from the' igth Light
Dragoons, to be -Major, by purchase, vice Morland, ap-

pointed to the 9th Light Diaioons.
251hDitto, Captain North Dalrymple, from the 6oth Foot,
to be Captain of a Troop; vice C.:-unniiigharn, who ex.
' changes. Lieutenant blackiston, from the 95th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Ongley, promoted:
Ensign K M4Ponndl Gibbons, froM the I}4lt Foot, to be
Cornet, vice netcher,. wilt) exchangiis.
sth Regiment of Foot, Ensign Chi-istripher Hilliard, to be
Lieu}enant, without purchase,
l, vice Doyle, promoted.
sth Ditto, Ensign C. L. Powell, to be Lieutenun without-
withou
purehase;viLe Home, who retires.
11th Ditto, Tiromas Smith, Gent, to be Adjutant, (with
thirank of Ensigti,) vice }larding, who reiiigris the Adjul,

tantcy. only.
18th Ditto, Cornet Robert Fletcher, frr.m the zsth Light
bragoons, to be Ensign,' vice Gibbons, who exchanges.
24th Ditto, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel William Kelly; to
be Lieutenant-Ccdonel, without purchase. Captain T.
W. Forster, to be Major, vice Kelly. Lieutenant T; G.
Coote to be Captaiii ut a Company, vice Forster. Ensign
Nokes to be 'Lieurcnant, vice Cc,..te. Gcurge
Horton,, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Nukes.
34th Ditto, Ensign lulin Harden, front the Bth Foot, to be
Lieutenant', without' purchase, vice Gale, appointed to
the S7th Foot,
.35th Ditto,' Hospital Mate William Keoghoe to he Assistant
Surgeon, vise Savery,'appointed to the btli ROYiti Veteran
Battalion.
37th Ditto, Capt. Thomis Wrentford Southouse, from the
Worcester Militia, to
41st via., mai .1- k.elieral Josiah Cliamp.igne, from the, ist
•Ceylon Regitrient, to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-General
. M • DOWall. deceased. ' 4
43d.Ditto, Hospital Mate lames Robson to. he Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Carter, `appoilited to the tith Light Dra-
•

goons. , _ • •
44th Ditto, Ensign I. Frederick Sinclair, from the zci West
• India Regiment, to be Ensign, without purchase. john
James Fenton, bent, ,o'be ditto. Ensign Samuel Simp-
i ton to be Adjutant, vice Dudie, who resigns the Adju-
tancy only.
.48th Ditto, l.ieutenant 'Robert Andrew Waugh to be Cap-
. tain of a-Conipany, by purchase, vice Stanhope, who're.

tires.
S: tlt Vitro,' Ensign Holman Cnstarce to he Lieutenant. with-
out purchAse, vice held, app,•inted to the 4th West India

. . . _
. Ref:anent. . .
41-2.4 Kegii-..ent of FOot, Volunteer S,,rintel Scott, from the
sth Foot, to be Ensign, vice Craig, deceased.
_.
53d Onto, col-net lohts Vv ilkinson, tryin the Ist Dragoon
Guard, tote Ensign., -vice Babington, who exchanges. •
....

,
754th • pita), En ign hats, to be. Lieutenant, vice
Mousdaie,. deceased. joscpti Henry Potts, Gent. to be
. Ensign, without purchase,-vme Claus..
SBth. Duna, H,:n. A kook to oe Lieutenant, vice Mor-
timer,. deceased. Euward Siulth,• Gent. to be Ensign,
witho.t purchase, v ye A !cock.
.sqth, Ditto,• Lieutenant Samuel Stewart, from the Bth Gar-
rison iLittalion, to be Lieuten..tit, vice Daunt, placed on
halt-inty of the Bth Garrison butt,clr n. Ensign Robert
Whittle to b. LitutenAtt, without purchase, . viLe Sorrel,

. .
pnazioted is, the 2d hest India Regiitietit. lobo Lucas,
GLiit. t,, be Ensign, vi.e V% ilatlC ,
,60th Ditto, CaptLim lulu; Cut.iiiiigiwn, from the 2stit Light
. , Dragukiis, to tic Captain of a Cutitpaiv,- vice Umitympte,

WOO CX,ll.lligeS.
-63 d Onto,- Captain 'W. Bean, from. 'Half-pay of the late
ith Gartas..it llaitaluni, to be Captain of aCompany, vice
Hopkins, *lto egcnanges, receiving the (inference. En.
Juhn MacquAle to be Lieuten.nit, without pur-
ehame. lianten, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Mac.

quarie. _
loth .Ditto, Ensign Henry Rose Lewen to be Lieutenant,
vice Potterler, • de,: ezu.ed. ver, C., eat. to be

Ensign, Vice-Lewczt.
77th D1:10,
puretiase,-vice Lynch, promoted in the 14th foot.
pital. Mate D. ito4ilter to be Assistaiit-Surgeim, vice Ea.
SON.. promoted in the 47th lout,
27th Ditto,- Ensign l'honnis Dowling fo be Lieutenant, vice
;Warren, deceased. Lieutenant Henry .Gale, from thr 34th
- Foot, to be Lieutenant,- without purchase, vice Carey,
who rtStgus. Stanley Ireland, Gent. to be Ensign, vice
DoWling.- '
Both Dittos Assistant-Surgeon fames Cardiff; from the Sth
GarrLon to be.Assistant-Surgeon, vice Dillon,
whose appointment has not taken place.
91(1 • Ditto, Assistant-Surgeon Ala?thew Crozier, from-the
Bth Garrison Battalion' to be,Assistant-Surgeon, vice Be-
attie, promoted in the 6oth Foot.
ictli Ditto, Second Lieutenant, Duncan Stuart. to he First
. Lieutenant, vice Stevenson, deceasett. it tithyrford Hawks-

ley, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Bugden, 'promoted. _
•2d West Inu►a Regiment, Thomas Nash, Gent. to be En•
sign, 'without purchase, vit.e Sinclair, appointed to the
44th Foot.
4th Ditto, Lieut. WilliaM field, froM the salt Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchse, vice llehoste,• promoted in
the Bth West India Reg ment. _

sth Ditto, Lieutetnint Charles Valiancy, from the 96th
Foot, to be Captain,of a Company, vice Mackay, deceused.
Lieuten int john Ball, ficim the 54th Fi,ot, to be dijto, vice
Prior, appointed to the ;911. Foot. .
To be Lieutenants without purchase.—linsigp Petceval Hart.
Ensign 'norms Hooper, vice Mackay, promoted. EitsiAn
John M`Nair, vice Hazlegrove, dece..s.sl.-, Ensign Charles

LinY REPORT.,

COURT OE KING'S BENCH, FEB. 24.

LIBEL..-THE KING V. LAMBERT.

The ATTORNEY GENERAL stated this to be an in-
forMation against Mf. Perry the Proprietor, and Mr.
Lambert, the Printer and Publisher of The Morning
chivnicle, for a libel against his Majesty As it
was not 'unusual io tteatall attempts to check abuses
of the kind as encroachments on the liberty of the
press, be should candidly admit the right of the
conchae-tors of publications of this ki:id freely .to dis-
cuss all 'subjeEts conneEted with public tiffairs, and
with the conduA of the Servantsof 'the Crots rt. On
that right some of our best privileges depended. It
bad been instrumental, in for Mer days, in preserving
our free Constitution, and it might,' when'properly
managed; be the means of preserving the sameinvalu-
able blessing tows in times to come. It was not for any
animadverstons on the measures of Government that
the present prosecution was brought.. On such sub-
jeCts he admitted that a free discussion should be
allowed ; and those who knew his praCtice would
do him the justice to say, that he was more in-
clined
to pass by cases where persons in the exercise ,
of this right allowed themselves to be carried be-
yond the bounds of discretion, than unnecessarily to
drag them forward to public notice. 84, as the free
dismission-of public measures, on the one'liancl, ought
to be perm.tted, s 7, on the other, was it necessary that
at -least common decency should be observed, and
that the relations bAween the Sovereign and his
People should not be entirely broken in upon. It
was -his duty to see that the people should not be
told that there were blessings which they might en-
joy, but which were withheld from theta by their
Sovereign, and to the posse'ssion of which they could
look forward only on his death, and on. the acces-
sion of his successor. The libel, he Observed, was
so short indeed, that the Jury could hardly miss the
sense of it at a single reading. It was, " What a
crowd of ideas rush on'one's mind from considering
the numberless blessings which a total change in the
present system might produce." This being merely
a :political opinion, he might not be disposed to. quar-
rel with the defendants for entertaining it ; but the
produCtion then proceeded, " Of all our Monarchs,
indeed,• since- the Revolution,- the successor of
George 111. will have the-grandest opportunity of
becoming nobly popular." In other words, there
-was no proipeet of those numberless blessings being
to be attained during the reign of his present Ma-
jesty. They could only be expeded on his Succes-
sor's coming to 'the Throne; and his present Ma-
jesty's life was the only barrier to their attainment.
It was unnecessary for him so consume more words.
It was sufficient' to read the libel to be satisfied of
its dangerous tendency:
-Mr. Perry, to save the time of the Court, imme-,
diately came forward, and with Mr. Lambert, who
was also present, admitied the publication. ,
. Mr. Perry 'then
,himself addressed his Lordship
and the Jury, and in a very able and eloquent speech,
explained the motives which had induced
appear personally before the Court." If them had
been here any cross questioning—any special' plead-
ing L.-he should
.have shrunk from the atterOpt,
well knowing that man, after all, is-but like a plant,
which pines and withers till, it become familiar to
the climate, and till the influence of the sun reel\ ify
and restore it. This-was'a case in Which he wished
freely to exhibit himself to the Juty. If it had been
icase- in which an individual might have been" sup
posed to have sufferedeven frorp his negligence; if,
witliorit intending it, he had been guilty of calumny,
he should have ailowedlhe judgment against him to
go by default. '" If th's had been Merely, a charge of
reflecting unjustly on Ministers, which he might in-
advertently have fallen int n,the Court should not have
-been troubled with, his personal pre,ence to-day.
-But the charge being of the nature now exhibited, he
thought himself catie'd on, with his worthy friend
Mr. Lambert,-to chew his-face in that Court, .to.de-
sire the Jury to lookat them, if they had the power
of the Almighty, even to look into their breasts, -and
to oy,. if they saw. about them any of'those malig-
nant feelings, any thing .so detestable as should in-
duce them wantonly to traduce,' or throw out re-
flections against the sacred person of his Majesty.
-Mr. Perry entered into 'a long •examination of the
article in question (which he had copied from an-
other Paper) and pointed out various paragraphs in
the leading article, which completely confuted' the
charge shade against him.,
' The ATTORNEY GENERAL spoke at considerable
length in reply, complimenting Mr. Perry on the elo-
quence and ability of his defence; on the advan-
tages he had theieby gained more than -he would
have possessed had he been defended by Counsel ;
but, at the same time, contending that his argu-
ments, and the whole of his speech ought to have
been` adduced in mitigation of punishment; rather
than as"gOing lo.the Jury.
turd EiLLENBOROUGH, in a most liberal charge to
• the Jury, 101'd them tha( a total change of the sys-
. teni coiald only be Liken in a political- sense; That
it did not mean a subversion or demolition of the
Government Was apparent from this circumstance,
that Moharchy 'and Monarch were inuned.ately
afterwards, mentioned. The, Jury were to consider
. the fair and honest meaning-and understanding of the
paragraph, taken per se. It would be going too far
to say, that a wish to overturn. any existing system
must imply a.wisli to depkciate the Kings:, A Sove-
reign might be supposed to be misled; and to re-
quire that the system should be changed mightuot
proceed from any charge of crime, but of error: It
could be no crime to say that his Majesty had taktn
an erroneous view .of matters. He le:t it to the
Jury to say, regarding the paragraph neither with
lenity nor with severity, what judgment they would
be inclined to pass upon it. The Jury immediately
found the defendants Not Guilty.

tl.e late Cot Macdotiriel, and described him as
man of great dissipation, but they saW him as, late-
asr May 1803, -and •he. did not appear to be out of
health. • \
Sir.Francts Millinan :said; in July UM. `41,9'
called-in to, meet. the, late Sir J. M. Hayes, M c""-*
'Filiation on Col. Macdonnel's case.—Sir Jetties was
the confidential, friend and Physician of the Colonel.
He found him labouring under a pultnimarY.c°tl".
plaint, but he did not apprehend his-case to be Otic;
gerous. He „advised him to leave town, to go. inl,
the country, and• live regular; He went to Bristol/ ,
and there died in the Se?tember folloMng.'
For the defendants, Mr. GARROW stated the hard
rt
ship of his client's case, inasmuch as the
had lain by from the year 1803 to this time, b'."r •
„he brOught the cause to trial, in which time the!,
had lost their most, material witness, namely, Sir J
M. HAyas, who was perfeCtly acquainted witli.trw,
state-of the Colonel's health, his brother
and several other material witnesses, whose test'
mony they liSd lost by this'delay. - firs('
Mr. Shelter, the Actuary to the Office, Was
called, who proved, that when Colonel M. and 016
plaintiff attended at the Office, on being desit'dt
name a medical man, who might be referred to .`)
the state of his health, Mr. Stacpole saki, the CO-
- had never had occasion io consult any ow'
&cal' man •in 'his life, and therefore could refer to
notic •
Doctors Mosely and Pearson were then callea,
and proved, that at the time &lief. bad both
tended-him, he afflicted with diseased lungs. ,
On this•evidence the Plaintiff was tionsuited:

OLD BAILEY, FEB. 24.—A prisoner of the
_nail::
e.
of Maddox was tried on ari indiament fur a 6-or-
glary of considerable magnitude, in the house of -M"
ir'
Gustard, woollen-draper, in Bedford-court, and gtem,-
ing woollen cloths and cassimeres to the amour'
4001. The.circurnstances of this case have alreaY
' been stated ai length. Several persons gave the'
prisoner an excellent chatatEfer.'
Bow-STnEET.—The young man who is suspetied
to have robbed several Hotels, and was deteded at
La Sablonier's Hotel, in Liecester's7sqWreo GK'S
brought to the Office on Saturday, before Mr. (jl'"
HAM,- for re-examination.''- -
.Robert Weston, of Shiffbal, Shropshire, attended,
And stated, that -he lodged at the Old Hummuns
on or about the Bth day of January, when his pat-
rnanteau, containing a a watch, anda number of ar-
ticles, was stolen from the house. The watch SVs-
afterwards discovered at the shop of Abraham
Myres, a Jew 'salesman in Swallow-street, why
identified the prisor.er, whom he purchased 1, °l*
The prisoner was again committed. • .
Thomas 'Thornton, of York-street, in the Coal' •
mercial' Road, appeared upon a SUMMON, 13eitlg
charged,with having laid, or caused to be laid, a laitr,
) before the public stairs, called Hungerford•stairsy,
and thereby preventing the due and oi:derly p3ssiP6
of boats. The barge being clearly proved to haVe
been laid on the causeway, so as to prevent byes,
coming to it ;.be was cenviaed in the penally or
ss. and 35. costs.

•
. The oath taken by, the East India Captains 10'1,
Mates, to be true and faithful to the East Ind
ia
Company, has, in the course of the last weelt been
extended to all persons either in dm civil or Inilirarl
line, proceeding to the several Pteiideaciel.

- .
A • few days. ago /several military weapons, ar
pared), of great antiquity,- and probably Danisll'
were found under a large projetitint.; rock, at Gan'
rushea, in the parish of Kirkpatrick, Isle Of M3r"1";
Amonit them is a.spear, 'made of a Composition 0,1.
metal,' and mounted with- gold. It Measures 10
inches in length, and weighs-- g oz..;and 31,4°
two swords of the same kind of metal,• but- no
vice or inscription upon. either of them.
cur-inns v,..e110f Roman masonry has ltely
discovered by the workmen employed in -digg . ing I„
mound, on which the Half Moon kattery 4.te
stood at Newcastle, in order to prqcure a firm fond,:
dation for the New Court Houses for the ConoL-7..
bin
of Northumberland. It is situated thirty lee' be
low the suiface, and is formed of fine hewn stogy

rch 17. Richard Hawkins, late of hrid
CERTIFICATES. .
Ma ge '
shire, innkeeper. '.
I'o'
T Thomas Weaver, late of Cbelttaham, Gloucester Shire,
keeper.
John Cox;of Penzlewood, Somersetshire, miller. , %val.
Henry Davis, late of Sunderlan'd, Durham, but now or ,
Worth, Surrey, cap-maker. OW
carP
Thomas Taylor, of die Edgware-road, MiddleseXt
and builder.
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water, Samcrscr-'

, •
BIRTHS.'
Gig.
,
On Friday last, in New Cavendish-street, the LA'
Ilarford, Esq. of a Daughter. . 3411.•
On the 23(1 inst. at Woodend, near Chichesters the
,of Captain Sir john Gore Ku, of a Daughter. t°",. , lady
Sararday, at his house in Linoin's:inn.fiel&S,
of Thomas Peregrine Courtenayk ;Esq. of a Son. ',.,, of
Titleers.quasnieadrea, ot a Son
y,thel.ady,
and u
of
c\V,.illiatin Berkeley'rkeleY.
Bim".".
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MARRJAD. V Mr"
On Thursday last, at St.. Dunstants.in the '
.srtiricoentl:smßitlnoCrkielast.las or 13illiter.lane, to Miss Sorhia 11°1'11C-
son; daughter of-the late William Thompson, of George-
son;
. or Nci,c).,
The same day, Tho. Harding Newman, rig.
in the Cotinty of E‘Ssex, to IVlisk• Harriet Cartwright..Y°,":.,
daughter of the late John Cartwitglit, Esq. of lxWv/ti'
bey, in the County of Suliblk.. to liss.
O n the 22d inst. Mr. Thomas ,Meryon, of RYc,
Harricit Pix, of Northam.
ofAiottliinall:,hoTalhaoplistigGhoews,laEnst.E, sq.. to. Mrs. iluglie"

. D Igo. •, . -
Ad.
nor )ni thet
itie6t h
e.i
an 5.,t.. the Right Hon. Lord Lec-ale, Vice"
Oii the igtßh inst... at his son's house at linchley, Middle-
Scx, Mr. Nthoy, in the ,oth yelr 'of his aget. ~tain.
On the gin
at his Nose in Wc.)od-stres , r.....:, r re-
ster, Mr. William Hudson, lospedor of Dead let,c", -col-
Sident of the Yost-0 ince, C.; ei rard-iit leet. Soho, goo ~st.
lector for the' verge of the Palaces of. -Whitehall all".
STACPOLE V. WYE AND OTHERS. James's, &c. &c. ••-: , • . - • „ pSte'lib
• ~, on the 2.,ih inst. at the -Parsonage-Ifouse, rv."11.,;/$l.
This was an anion' agaiisf the Westmjnster Life, Emily, third daughter Of the' Rev. Saiiluel Wild, • ,
.
. ,recover the sum of 0001. in- .
. Ite(c)lorl.nhf that Parih..
Insurance Office- to
sured on the life of a Colonel MaCdonnel, who died . a short i I luoress-a:Y e pgei-174'years• . cjix.ogs:
in September 1803. The question at issue was, .Iyreritiontpahtßhoitisria)p,artmmts
,On Friday afternoon, Mrs. Salmon, wile of Nlir.,,•:-..,),ter
surance eras effetied, he was in Sound healthi 'and an . non-street
whether in the month Of June 1803, When the in- Salmon, of East-strc;et, Meinehester-squarc,ees J1,117:1'00.
of Nlr. R..ubcii Smith, Wine-merchant, Crooked-
i, Cliorcl.
,
insurable life. On Saturday evening, at his house in St. I:alie. s -a: ‘
ajle Rev. Mr. Ormesby, Sir \rem Hurit, Colone
-Ogle, and Mr. Reynold's, stated, that they knew yard, Robert 'Smith, Esq. in the 7!th year 01.1iir.,..:34jant, OA
Gutter-lane,
uTthteer
-srnee
,d
cayi:ea p, after
.idea shorti.llness, Mr. Join "
, ..............."'"**r."P''''''
L'ad-lane,
0 ft°.

FRIDAY, FEB. 23.