The Sun.
London, England, 1811-12-28 00:00:00

POLICE.

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QUE1114.,'QUAR8.....A., very tall and slender man,
named hanc,Clarke, ti native 01 Sheewshory, was
examined at this Office yesterday, on suspicion of
being one of the perpetraiors of the horrid ()nyder
of Mr. and Mrs. Williainson, and servant is d, tin
the night of the 9th lost,
The circumstances .ofstispieion against the sc,.
(nisei], arose !rpm his pehon being like that ()Fare ,
oldie murderers, according Lobe deserirtion
hi 3 also having on
,a similar great coat. He wiia
also stated to be a man of idle and dissolitte "4,
continually frequenting various public-houses.
The prisoner., in his 'detence,, stated, t hitt sinCe
his discharge from the first regiinent of root Go aids,
in consequence of the falling sickness, Or tits, Ve
hart earned a Iherihood try ententaining.emnpanyat
publie-hauseS with music, and dancing horniqes,
for any drink. or money they were pleased', to otter.
,him 'lint I hat( he Oieat re of pertairrianLics
was Wetominster, where he resides, and the w.r
end' Or the tOwn, and not any place in the city )f
London; 01 eic.mity of shad welt adding, that on
the falai night Of the murder, he, was pilying Inv
music and dancing hisHhotpioes, at the i.l-* the
Bell public-house Pi inces-street,Westminster, rrotrt
'Chia] $1 the evtufing till near ellIvel!) 11ivie%
in played three Or four lanes and danced soinetiorn.
pipes, 'for' hal exhibitions he received Of olio
gentleman in company two Shillings. In reply 10 the
aliargo. at Ling in 4) certain sinee the
wnother they ierriernbeled. his I),..ing
thvre that he slid his calls were so nu.
merons, awl flt9i lessung to pnpik k dancing hiirn-
pipds to twiny, that he tc.rgot thu honso, and i e sal o
i,,rgut the name of any one of the tunes. No 0.00
appeared to corroborate:this defence, and thepliE,
saner was rctionjed for anot ttltc.r examination.

On Tnesday night, between ten and elevon
o'clock, thy servant of Mr. !..liuttlewortit, Duke.
street, St. James's, W:IA sent ont for something for
the family. .On her returo, ssshe was opening iho
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door; she WAS knOCked d9w,, when three men rush.
ed and proceeded to rub the house. 1 ir- criei
('t Mrs. 8, who heard the poise, alarmed the
who deedinped without booty.
wednesday eveniug the apartments or Mr. I t, oft
,
cent, in Upper .L'uameg.street, wvre, during e 4,6.
serive of the ttnni',y, forcibly entered by thieves,w te
strapped them to toe value of near 301.

TO TUE EDITOR OF r HE SUN.

Sra,

A. the welfare of the Empire appears-to be yonr.
cLiet object:l have no douh that,: you will ichnit
the following lettei,s, although they -hare airethly
been 'inserted" in a 'Mottling Paper, beraus-: they
Place uron true principles, a questhm which has
been thestibject of much misrepresentation, and 6e-
cause itfa of importance to all Collllllarcill States.
PunLicos.

tin,

11..1.16

Your correspondent who signs himself I. S. al-
though a very able and well-informed writer, yet
appears to have fallen into a concession, untoutritel
in principle, and dangeroosln .ior tendency. • f le
seems to think, that a:belligerent, who prohibits
the importation into his dotrunions of all articles of
the produce or manufacture of. the. erletny's .couo-
try, must be considered to be setting 'up 4c mere
municipal regulation, of which the neutral -has - no
ground of complunt, as being any violation of his
rights. Now, .I apprehend that such a prohibition
may be a mere measure of war, and a gross injury
to the neutral ; and that its character is to be ascer-
tained by the attendant circumstances. I admit,
that if the circumstances do not clearly and obvious-
ly mark its character, and the regulatiOn be such at
might 'naturally take elate time of peace, its in. 4
nocence is to be presumed : but if its object as a
meesure-of vic,r be plain and manifest, so as to leave
no doubts on minds judging rationally and•candidly,
the, the neutral 'is injured.
Thar the pretUbition amounts to an injury, and
is not a mere damnum absque in, f uria, will appear
fronereferrieg to a few admitted principle of 'the
laws of war. The-very basis of the righter-3f lieu-
ttil commerce is, "'that the neutral is entitled to
carry on his aCcustomed trade, except so tar as the
established practice of war among cisolized nations
' has authorised its restrictions, " such as thehlockach.
ed places, and in contraband articles. Now; to pro-
-100 the neutral from'carryiitg his own property to
Mttrket in a belligerent' country, tecause,that pro-
perty happens to be produced or manufidered in
other belligerent country., , is, a manifest restriction
of his accustomed -trade. It is a restridion not au-
thorbeed by the received practice of nations.* It is,
therefore, a violation of the rights of the neutral. .
It follows, that if neutrals acquiesce in such a
violation of their rights, by which this unusual mea-
sure of war becomes ctfectual against the other bel-
ligerent ; whose produce and manutadures are thus
excluded frotn the oldinary course of commerce, the
other belligerent may roan, in the way of retalia-
tion, to countervailing prohibitions against she trade
of his enemy; and although neutrals may be colla-
terally atiected, yet they have no ground to Com-
plain of tti6 latter inconvenience; because their re-
medy is by towelling the offender to return to the
usual practice of warfare.
Buottapartehas interdicted all trade in articles of
British proouce or manufacture. If an American
lets purchased a. hogshearl of sugar, a bale of cloth,
a eat es. et tea, or a bale of muslin, which has come
front Engt.lnd, -or even from British India, and it
has been repeatedly nought and sold in America,
still ti' American can send that article among his
other goods- to a Minket ie France, or in any part of
Europe, which, under the influence of France, 'his
adopted, what is called the Continental System.-:- '
NO person can doubt of this being a restriction on •
the ordinary commerce of Anieticani and other
neutrali. No erson can doubt 'of this being
.a -Measure of war directed ogainst Great Bri- .
tam, and' not-- a mere Municipal' regulation.—
France may be willing to tetrad her. Decrees so tar
*as not to see vessels on the high seas,,ona6clount
of having sects air article on board; beCause, on' the
high liens, from the present state of her marine, she
has nat.-little means of enforcing her Decrees ; but
the character of the measure would not thetehy be
'changed.; it would not become• converted into a
mere municipal regulation ; while it would still' ex-
elude the nenfral'ierisel,,Carrying any such anicle,
from almost every 'port ire, Europe. The neutral
rights, and probably the very existing treaties of
Atrietiea,' would be violated. • • '
TO 'countered this mischievous syatern, 'Great Bri-
tain must resort to effectual retaliation against Frauce.
-retaliation does net necessarily require the_ trie of
"the sante identiCal Measure; for that might in'effed
be no retaliation at all. France has the means of
-shutting the 'pens of the Continent frona.'vvithin
Great Britain has the means pf shutting the pens of
'the Continent 'frOm without. The rneen4
. latter' may be justly be applied in blockading ''rise
whole or any part of the ports, or in modifying the
measure, by pronibitieg fhe,export of the priduee
and ruanufaCtures of thoSecountriet'which prohibit'
the import' of British produce' and manufaderes ;:
or in any other way that shall bee, most effeeluar to
compel the enemy to return to, the accustomed
usages of war.
Another principle set up by America, and equally
life imissible, is, that because France may find it ex-
pedient so relit her Decrees in. tetVOLir. Anieri6 ;
Great Britain is bound to follow the example, se 'far
as respeas America, by revoking her countervail-
ing measures, On the. contrary, I maintain, that
whether Great Britain shall or shall not follow the
example is (taken in the abstrad),.Matter of expe-
diency; and net of right : for, otherwise, the ad-
vantage-grotind would be given to. France in 3 man-
ner soo obvious to require illustratieu.
The true principle is, that the criuntervailing pea;
sures being pointed dire fly against the enemy; and,
only affecting .neutrals inCidentallY and conse4uo).
tially, this-country is 'prmciPally to leek to their el.,'
fed upon the enemy. Uri the other hand, each
Lew rakta.lintind to as a 3 one of the great society at
nations,; and' ' not to look merely to her, ovsu imme-
diate interests, Great 'Utak). has -a right; by her
counteraaing measures, to beat dos 0 the new
principle and prattice -of war set up by, France, and
to compel their total. abandonment. The neutral
has the same intereSt and the same duty. White
-r the decrees remain in force as againitlany country,
and,are avowed " fundamental laws, of the .em-

mut ttit
,Pglll3 01 :tOICTICa are intringen. tile
ii!:”4;:iple is asserted by. France, and :pi recognized'
by Atncrira, nnt,kiripirolding, in present pracile,
a temporary policy may indwe 14.1-.-111CP 001 10 aelily
i: (but without. diswo.tving' it) to that particular
State. • • Yaties,

December 17, Ott. •

Sin,

TO THE ED OR.

H. G.

In my letter of the 17th inStant which yen have
obligingly inserted in your Paper of this•eirening,
there is an important rumor)), either in tlitt'fratis.
crthing or the printing, I have the original draft
now before me : Fur. "'prohibiting the IgPORT of
the produceand manufaMores of those counties which
prohibit the'iMport of British produce andMantifac.;
tures," read prohibiting the EXPOkT, 80." what
I meant to assert being, that if the .001.101rii..3 of
the Continent will rest), t to a new mode of Warlare
against Great Britain, by preventing neutral veSiels;
:yid) NEUThAL PROCiIiTY, importing' that property
into the ports •of the' Continent, because it happens
to have been 'originally of &high produce or mann-
(active, Great Britain has aright to retaltate ; but
she is not bound. to retaliate precisely in- the same
form, namely, by prohibiting neutrals from irri•
potting into Great Britain articles of the produce
and- numulatkure of the Continent ; for that, so
tar from being retaliatiOn, might, by injuring her
own 'lade and
.revenue,
,bc giving- further 01'01
to the Continent:4 policy, But Great Britain Jim.=
ing the command of the Seas,' as Buonaparte
has the continued of the Continent may in her
own , defence justly retaliate, either by saying,
'that if ,Boonapaite wit sutler neutrals to trade
at ihe ports of the Continent in the ti'tde accus-
tomed during war, Great Bribin will not allow
them to trade' there at all ; or the restriction niay.
be Modified by saying, that it the Continent will
nut allow the import into its ports of neutral pro-.
petty, Whicli may happen to he of British produce
or manufacture, G.eat Britain will not rillOw
to be exported out of the ports of the Contineni,
articles which are Of Continental produce or mann-
fActure: Or the tesJrimion may be still farther mo-
dified, by applying it, iii either form, only trarance,
and tt:e count: lei iminedialely under the Gover 11-
merit of Buonaparte. ,
1y takilig'ati—early oppottutiily of, 'insetting this
corredion and o(oe:it:kiwi, vnti•
. Your's- " • •
DCC: 23, al I.

LADY BERK aLmv —We yesterday gave an outline
of the Address which t his Ladyhas thought priper to
submit to the House of Peers, in consequence a !Init....
decision respecting' the claim 01 her eldest•son to the
titles and honours of his filthily, 'The Lady does
not preiume to hint the slightest wlietition to the
strict justice of that deeision; so far as' it Wag war.:
ranted by legal evidencei. arid her only 'objeti in
the present Address is to vindicate the motives which
aduated those 'who appeared a, witnesses in support. ,
of the claim. She justly contends that -there max
be moral proofs which may satisfy the minds of
Jodges, in the* private capacity, though they may.
be insufficient to justify a decision up'ibir•• 'strict
winelples of law. As the question has been dt.
cidedi•etnl admits: of no appeal, it iS highly to the
credit 'of the Lady that diets anxious to clear herself
front theintputMioti of having wilfully attempted to
support. the views of fraud and imposture: ' In the
course of the Addresss, she examines with 'great
judgment the evidence which 'appeared 'against the
claimant, and 'reflected oh her Self ; but alt she says is
urged with at:Maid and temperate spirit." Sliefefera to •
the whole of her live, t her toiikitia fititn
infancy has been stich.as'to•sliew a disposition little
capable of aspiring to a superior condition by-disho-
nourable practices. Mar-work is altogether written ,
with great feeling-and ability. The 'fidlotving let-
ters, the first addressed to Admiral IlEttx BLEY; after
the second Marriage, the' Admiral's answer, and. his
letter t 6 Lord Rua kccek,are'atiteng• the ttiost infer-
esting, parts of \work, and is honourable to the
feelings or the Lady, as well as to the good sense,
disintetested nod', brotherly afie6tiOn of the
gallant Admiral:
The .Idruiral's last letter may alsb be-considered as
the 111(abt, honourable test imonyiti favour of Lady
xer.Ey ; ,fur unless• her conduct had been conspicn•
misty meritoriuns; it never can be imagined that he
.woultl.haverpad ,sqlwarnt and affectionate a tribute'
to her character.

MY ))tAlt PAPT. BE.It}:ILF

Dec. i 797,

The reasons being in borne measure done away
which caused your brother to conceal his matting°
with roe, it is w►th ple,i.tire I embiace the first mo.
meat I.have hi, pernission to write to you, to tell
.you hot.of my marriage (lot that I think you 'must
have,been certain of long. agn),:but that as I had all
the of and attention front you of the kindest
brother, when called Miss Tudor, so I quoit you will.
continue It / be to. [Till in my present situation. I have
haeever,lnved you With the sincerest friendahip,
and with pleasure have seen the attedion between
you and Lord Berkeley, which l hope And, t rust will
continue to the end of your' lives, without interrnp.
non ; , if at any titre I can be instrumental "in doing
any ►king in the county for you, or in any place that
can give yrro pleastne, my happiness will be incieas-
:ed by it ; fur, though 1 shall no longer 'meet the
world with the same face I have seen it for teal-years
:past, f trust that I never shall forget that no narne,
clink, or (amity, can ever give me more honourable,
priaci'plett, than those 1 had under that manie,
I remebt,:youratTettionate
MALI Y BEHKELEY.

MY.,DE,411 SISTRii,

(;o9dwooili, Dec. 7.

Your 'viler now inform* me, for the firotAime,
that I may call you by I,hat
,naroe, and I can only
repeal to )nti what I hitt'. always said to .my bro.
_that whatever coulribtarll most 10 his happit
satialaCtion, or hotlOUr, will gille.rne pleasure
but I must hinent very sincerely, that any reasons
should hate e.sktedwhich could wake it necessary
to keep ,a secret from
,we;
,what all, the uotld (es:
ceps tuyst'll) believed and,this incredulity of mine

• ..
• • ,
this , ,
' Franc i• did attempt to iotroduce itilritiple,.brsorne
of hi..r eltredietsi hilt it was lever admitiett'•iilto pr.idii,e,
NI rtcogolud by the receivc:dvvritco on tbe Jaws-0;t140os

SuAl ut +.;ar

wits
menet! b tdeling Myself that nothing ' Irch
created either iny. or mirrow,. or that
;.no sensat 'ohs
Of iniereq or happiness should have h irhoured in
the breast of oi!e broilmr. which ought not to have
been shared by the (Auer. perhans I may be
mistaken, anti it way be the feelings of a heart a lit-
tle tinanied with rnmantie nations; such as that
heart Ic, however, I oticr it to you, with the firmest
assnrani_e that it shall beat with the atreMion of a
bruther towaids you and • you's ; I 01;111 feel
very, very much di,anpointed indeed in thi. opinion
I' have lamed of your mind, if 'yotido not accept
it as wartnly,soaS nobly,- and as atfectomatdy as I
off ,r it.

shall rob:tidy see you in London after Christ-
Mac, when I ,11.111 be Abie lb say more thst! I can in
aletter upon ibis subjeel ; in toe [Mall buses I beg-
you tollind: of MO ai yours, • -
Alost sineereli and affeBinnately,
G. BatiKELEY.

'Coodwocid, Dec:7, 179'.
MY DEAR BUOTHRR,

I this. (fay received a letter from Lady Berkeley,
by your desise, inform:rig me of your marriage, of
which she says I must have been certain (or some
time pas,. Under this. impression, I must hate ap-
peared to her unfeeling and rude, and I therefore
hope you will so far justify me, as to explain to ber,
why I was the last person to give credit to, the re-
pert, as iirmy conversation with yea at Cranford I.
stated my reasons why I ought not to be,so.; and
how uukind and unfeeling such treatment would
appear-te.the world, that a brother (putting aside
every ether,conslderation which adds ioree to it),
whose whole'mind and heart was devoted. to your
honour,. welfare, and happiness,; should be the last
person to hear of such an event, is, I- must own,
the severest blow my afralion hasever met with.—
It is not what I deserved. It strews you beither
knew my mind, s'udied my heart, nor felt the real
affeaion I bear you. It makes. me imagine you
think my principles so little, so narrow, and so self-
ish, that I should not. rejoice at, your happiness and
cora°, t, because a distant part of my worldly-views
ould be Crossed by it. How little you know me,
how iojurioesly have you, indged of my sentiments,
if such are ycsir ideas! I, lake God to witness,. that
my own interests have been a secondary ti:eight,
whenever yonrs appearei. Your happiness, and
misfortunes have been mine. Your honour has
formed a, part of my glory ; and he who declared
hint set(. enemy Wits sure. to meet a Iclared
andnsortal foe' in ow. It 'is wish these sensations
towards you, that I, have a right to :ay, that you
have treated me with unkindness; and after I have
told you so, ;and that yon feel it, I have done, and
say hive Enid affection.shall nbt. suffer in pbatemeni.
With regard, to the marriage itself, whatever your
feelings are about , it, they arc mine. If my opinion
is not partially erroneous, you have made a choice,
ho s prove herself not lill'Aorthv she high situa.
liras you have raised, her to ; she possasaea honour,
religion, and a most. attentive love so a•inr children;
and to ail your interests and atfiir4 st.e has proved a
most zealot's and ga,atchful guardian. Li you had
chosen from a throne, you perhaps might not have
!net a better. . I have admired tend loaa-d her tar
these-qualiOes, and for hi r own sake ; I shalt now
love her.. if poa4ible, more for ',masa; and, by every
attention in my poWer, snake her Jed towards me
as an affectionate sister. Forgive me, dear brother,
it any expressions I have made use of should sex
you ; but I am hurt beyond, what I can e:presA at
the want of Coefidepee you have shewn. towards mu.
You may, perhaps,. be able so assign sonic reasons
which I may be unacquainted with ; if so, do, not
hesitate, for you will restore my mind to happiness,
and you will make me believe I have again resumed
that situation, which I .prized beyond any other,
that of being not only your most affectionate bra,
ther, bu;
The sincerest of your friends,
• G. BEIMLLEY.

An affair of konour, which ended' in 'the ultimate
death of one of the parties, took place on Monday
se'nnight, in the neighbourhood of Farnham, be-
.l weer!t' Capt. J-7—, and B—, Esq. id Linley
Ornve, in the vicinage of the sea: of combat. A
dispute originated in a lady having • refused her
countenance to one of the combatants, in consequence
Of expressions 'bovine!, been made use of by the
other derogatory to the character of a gentleman.
The partieslired twice, no ineffeCtual attempt havieg
been made to reconcile matters after the first tire,
and 114 r. S: received the 'second tire in his side,
whiCh deprived hint of life four days after.
CAUTION To BAK/IM.-411 consequence of in.
formation on oath, that a baker, in Walcot, Bath,
had exposed for' sale and sold bread deticieat in
Weight, the Police.officers .proceeded to his shop,
and weighed all the tre id therein, when it was
found to be one hundred and thirty ounces deficient.
in Weight ; and the baker was convkled. on. Tues-
day in the full penalty tor each ounce, which
attioniqed to 321. iris. besides the lois. of bread.

poor Man was, on Tuesday, blown up at Ponds
let; near Plymouth, while'workiitg at the quarry
there,'; he was shockingly lacerated, but fortunately
no bones were broken. It appears these accidents
occur from their touch piper, which is steeped in
nitre and water, and dried; being too strung.
On 'Monday "evening last, as Mr. Scnortp.n, 'of
rPaddir.gton.;row, Was returning Ifprri Merton to
town, by' way of Battersea, -he was stopped within
about a mile of, the latter place by two footpads,
armed With pistols, who robbed hits of 151. and his
watch.

About midnight, on' Wednesday se'nnight, Mr.
Armitage, of Hiiddernfield, butcher, was stopped by
a toutppd,, at Grimscar Bridge; about throe • smiles
from Huddersfield, hilt owing to Mr. A's horse
plunging violently, the robber was thrown, and failed
ellOing his purpose. •
A pour man lately applied to a Clerical ton vivant
in tnecothiity , to preach a luperal sertnon. on his
d',!Cettseci wife, at the same timerequesting to know
the
,expence. Two guineas, was the reply.
" Couldn't
.your BevetenCe do it' 'tor '
Why, 1 could preach you a 'sernion for ove
gui-
aea, but it would;tiorbd war-M your hewing."
On Smithy, part of the
,wing • of "Stamnrook-
house,'Powick, near Worcester', was con,umed by
lire, together with some valuable furniture.

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