The Sun.
London, England, 1816-08-07 00:00:00

ROYAL ENTBRTAINMENT.

Yesterday the Duke and bitches, of GLOVCES.-
TER gave an entertainment to the whole of the
inhabitants of the 'unitary around Bagshot, to
celebrate the joyful event of their wedding. The
roads leading to the Park were thronged at an
early hour with carriages of various descriptions,
equestrians end pedestrians. There were various
amusements, rustic, &c prepared for them. The
cloth was laid for a thousand persons on the
,lawn, near the Royal Mansion. An excellent
dinner covered the temporary table built for the
occasion, to accommodate 6tich an immense num-
, her, consisting of good old English cheer, fine
roast beef, and, excellent plumb-puddings, with
very fine old ate.
After the numerous assemblage had taken their
seats, the happy Royal Couple, lam in arm,
walked round the table to view the enjoyment of
the country folks"; they all, with due respect were
rising from their seats to pay their homage to the
Duke and Duchess as they passed, with gratitude
beaming on their emmtenences, for the royal bus•
pitatity, but the Royal Pair insisted on their keep-
ing their seats, and not to disturb themselves on
account of their presence, as they wished them
to be lentufortable and happy, and to enjoy the
day. the healths of the Duke and Duchess were
drank with enthusiaim, with life and happiness to
attend them. Several bands of music attended on
the occasion, Hod after dinner the lads and lasses
danced it merrily on the green and lav‘n.
The assemblage consisted of yoking and old of
all descriptions,. who were eager to shew their
ardent attachment and respect to the Royal Pair,
who are beloved by all ranks. Among the rest
was an aged Lady, 98 years 'of age, who came in
a chaise some distance, to pay her respects to tl►e
Duke and Duchess, who appeared highly gratified
with her journey, having the honour of speaking
to the Duke and Duchess. Their Royal High-
nesses were marked in their attention to her. She
drank their healths most heartily. The entertain'
went wit kept up till a late hour.

' A private Letter from Paris, of Saturday morn=
into says, "The utmost vigilance is at present
4ket•ciaed to exclude English merchandise from
this country. Examinations are as rigorously
rnade as in the tjiiie of BUONAPARTE, and inspec
' tors for that purpose have been appointed, with
the most extensive powers. This ne* system ii
already felt as a hardship even by English passen-
gers. At Calitia,and Dieppe a high duty, is paid
upOii article.. 4 bf English manufacture, which be-
for, were not noticed by the Custom-house,
6cers, a's having been evidently intended for pri-.
Vete use. A case of pistols, or-a fowling-piece,
were allowed to pass in this manner ; but now a
high duty is paid upon them., and what is evi-
dently an abuse, the weight of the box in which
'They tilt 'contained is inclpded. The duty upon
a small foWling-piece time anicuiiits to about two
poundo. The object of the French Grivertinient
10 the encouragement of their:manufactures, which
at present are in a deplorable state. The matini•
factute of shawlcin imitation of those of India,
has been recently calculated to produce not moil
than one-tenth of the rijuilis of 1810; and the
' cotton manufacture of Mr. 16m-win, which iti
Paris alone gave employment to 10,000 persons,
is-nut, scarcely thought of."
The pillory seems a favourite mode of punish-
ment in the French code ofjarisprudence. Hardly_
week passes in Paris without an exhibitiod of
this kind. On Friday last, four females, 'loot of
whose ages exceeded leiwere pilloried at the Con-
ciergerie.r—The Editor of the Gaiette de :home
apologises for having, on a previous day, when he
gave an account of an exhibition of this kind,
termed the executioner of justice; the Italigninti
(hourreau). lie says, he had forgot that an edict,
of the King, dated the 12th of January, 1787,
prohibited the application of that name to the cite-
eutiohert of criminal deciiiontl,

The Permanent Taxes for the week ending Ail-
gnat 2,181 b.. eitceeded thilse in the chrrespOnding
Ora of 1815 by 1,0741. ; but the imount ih the
whole quarter ending August 2; 1816, was less
than that of the corresponding quafter, in 1815,
by 134,4511. Considering the state of trade. and
the great deficiency of the quarter ending July 5,
this latter stun May really be mentioned with sa-
"'meth:in. When a deficiency of several ntiliiuus
has been expected fits the_ year, it is •matter for
congratulation tb filid a period in which it bus
been going on, at the'rate of 600.0001: The Aie-
e:rease in the WO Taxes in the period ending Au-
gust. 2, h st, has been nearly 1,200,000 t.; 'but we
are tar frtpn mentioning that %vial tegret. The
diminiition in that case arises front the abolition:
of the Income Tax and of the War Malt Tax.--41
Taxes, the amount of which, especially of the
.former, was merely a testimony of the severity of
the inniition.

The folinuiing particulars reapeet.iit'g ttlis
are taken riStritt the letter of a traVe.ttr, tlated the
of June, I'Bl6 :

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" ‘Vheli a vessel arrives in ate harbour of Cape
Henry no person is permitted to land mita the
shin has been visited,ty a boat from the shore.—
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Shortly after our coming tC hrielOr, therefore, the
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visiting boat came off fa With a military Offi-
cer, interpreter, &e. Their appearance. was by
no mean prepossessing) their dress consisted of
wide cheeped i:raWserS, with boots above them, a
long blue cot faced,with red, ansl out at elbows,
while a huge cached hat,witb it red feather at leait
two feet long, and a dragOon sabre by their side,
gave to their black faces a very formidable appear-
ance. They were, however,very polite„inquired the
news from Burope, swallowed cheese, ham, &c. by
the luintiovashiog alldown with wine, gip, and por-
ter; they then conducted the captain and all thepas-
sengers in the Oovernor, the Due de Marmalade',
a black man, about 60 years of age, e native of
Africa, mild in his manners, and, exceedingly ,well
liked both by natives.and foi;eiguers. He merely
inquired our names .business, took all our
letters', papers, &c.. in order to have them trans-
lated 'for his Alitiebty, and then ordered* to wait
on Baron oupily, a Watt of colour, about 50,
Private Secretary to .the "King, and reckoned a
second Talleyrand. lle certaiply looks La npin of
address. 1 was afterwpirds introduced 16 Wince
John, the King's sou, who is a good young matt,
but has no abilities. I was, bowever, _much j-ileas-
ed with him, and received Many kindnesset from
him.
" On one who has seen Negroes and Colottred
people only in the degraded situation in which
they are in the Colonies, it has a singular effect
when be goes among them where they only have
command and controul ; and, although front My
short residence in this quarter of the world, and
from my general feelings towards them, at.; a people
who are and have beets cruelly and unjustifiably
ill-used, still I felt something like an ill-natured
contenqit for their assuming an authority over sue.
The desolation which surrounds you io the town
of Cape Henry serves to keep alive this heeling,
and is, on first lauding, perhaps, the most impres-
sive scene I ever witnessed. It formerly contained
61) of 70,000 inhabitants, built upon a plain, in
I the most regular order, all the streets intersect-
ing each other at right angles, and running in
strait lines E. and W. and N. and S. The build.,
ings have been uniformly elegant. Picture to
yourself such a place—the houses completely
sacked, and only the outward walls and balconies
remaining—trees and shrubs growing within anti
titioli the walls—and grass growing upon, the
striets-7and you have something almost as me-
lancholy as the appearance of Cape Henry.
‘" To complete the picture, however, you must
conceive a climate uniformly serene, a kind of
3plimdotir in the bright blazing sun, and the IlvClp
verdure all around, and something so impressively
sad in the appearance of the partial occupation
Of the ruined holism Which here and there contain
a family of Blacks or Mulattoes, that words 'can-
not convey any adequate description of the
scene. You arc continually rentinded that
others than those you now see in a cortier of
what has been a princely Manikin raised it
and dwelt in it ; and, fur aught you can tell,
the very' persons who now huddle up in one
corner of it, map have cut the throats of the for-
mer owners. The house's of the feW English and
Americans resident are exceptions to this, as are
also the few occupied by the Nobility. These babe
been completely repaired, and just serve to spew
how splendid a place it must have he'en when all
the others were m the same state. The saute de-
(scription will apply to the country. I had an
opportunity Of, travelling from Gonaives across
to the Cape, a dittaliCC Of 60 or 70
On every side I could see the ruins of fine
hdttses and plantations ; and, from the appear-
ante Of the country, I have little doubt but the
Assertion of the French is correct, that their pis-
sessions in St. Domingo Were Once worth all the
Colonies in the %Vest Indies,' I had no oppOrtu-
nity of seeing Christoplie, which I was sorry for ;
but he kept himself iso aloof from the Ca 1144 that
I might have continued there three months with-
out his being once In it ; and even then perhaps
tint

The following authentic particulars or his
character way couvOr to you a livelier idea of hint.,
than mere description tit his person, which, by-theL
bye, I. have beeit.told Is the elegant merdel of, an
Hercules. la battle he is brave tii desperation ; .hl5
courage rising with danger. He has been seen in
the heat of an engagenient animated with the fury
of t tiger, raging and fouuiidg through all hii
ranki. Ile is revengeful heyund meastrie. Hp
bad a regiment commanded by a 'coloured , man;
which went over to Petibn. The moment he was
Uppriied of the cireunistance; be ordered a itfassacre
of ell the coloured women in his dominions; and
not even to waste powder On them.. ' 1 was 'Alma
ievkial plates where ntsitiberis of those unfortunate,
females were butchered; many were hid there by .4-e.
lativet till the fury abated. and I have had the par-
ticulare of their escape M'oru the lips of two or
three. They still live in great dread ; and some
who are even Wealthy would gladly abandon all
and go any where to get ottt of his power; whom
they hate; but never name. He is extravagant in
-iris Notions of grandeur, and proud as buetfer WM-
Self ; severe at a tyrant towards those of his own
eolouiii and %Vito are his subjects; at the tame time
llghlly edtbrciog the laws, and preiteeting taring:ell
who respect them. In no country
Europe are do.
ties and customs so rigidly exacted, or illicit trade
3o completely prevented. Add to this that 1 Ira-
*died in the interior of the country; where not a
white. face is to be seen, with as much security as
1 could have dorie in any part of Great Britain.
This is not to be clone without a passport signed
by himself. No stranger is permitted to go 4l
i.hundred yards beyond the barriers of the Cape
without permission. 1 do 'not think, however,
that his Government will be of long duration.
He: is so much the tyrant, that he must have
minty enemies among his seeming friends ; beside s

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the ri4rp of the country, and applying them of-
ten foolishly, and without advice, will naturally
inspire thas.t about- him with notions dangerous
to his safety. His personal charaver is so
well; known, That none will attempt any thing
against they are sure to have him. At all
events rconeeive Petion musteventually overcome
hint. Ills liairaeter.is so opposite to Christophe's
its all that is good, that his success will save the
country."

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DISTURBANCES AT GLASGOW.

FURTI4gR PAttTICULARS.

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ASr=OW; AUG. ,Thursday afternoon,
and yesterday, there wa's a considerable disposi-
tion to rioting, among the lOtVer ranks, in the
Calton, one; of vin. populous suburbs, which
has happily terminated Without any 'serious tnis-
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chief. In the city, the greatest good order pre-
vailed, and 'not the thadOw Of a disturbance. Two;
troops of the ith Dragoon Gtiards arrived in the
town yesterday about in aid of tile very
small military t foreu StatiOned in this garrison.
h e boy who was'car'ried to the Infirmary on
ThUrstaY, as noticed in the lie rald, was in life
this Morning.—(Glaszoto Courier .)
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Thiirsday,:ahont noon, Mite disttirbance
eflinmenced at Calton, at the east end of M'Keeh-
nit:-street. The t eritor3 told Gentletneo con-
nected with 'CaltOn. and pridgetou bad opened
sithscriptiotts -for' relieving the distressei of the
labourers out Or, work, and hail considered soup
-
kitchens as the Most effeetual aid. The unfortu-
, nate people tlitioselves are howover, said to be
of an opposite opinion'; and a gibing expression
used by smite terson in the soap:kitchen is said 6
haVe intitttliccl their to outrage. A crowd very
soon cofteeted in front of the building in which
the VOnting apparatus was placed, and shattered
the windows and culinary utensils, and did other
damage. The. affray had 'continued front about
noon until four o'citick, when a party of the 78th
Highlanders were taken front the barracks to the
spot, accompanied by Patrick Playfair, Esq. and
Robert Struthers Esq. Justices of the Peace, and
Adjutant Dan's, of the recruiting service. The
Military were ifflied, posted in front of Toshach's
boost, and the usual meatis were adopted to in-
dime the Mob to disperse, the military loading
their muskets,. &c. Tite crowd was , composed
principally of women and young men; and at this
time a stone or two were t hrowti at the soldiers,
bat there was no spitit of opposition generally
shewn. Before five o'clock another detachment
of the 78th arrived, as did also about a dozen pri-
vates, along with a terjetot, of the .6th Dragoon
'Guar&
Several 'Gentlemen joined the Justices, and
sided *than to disperse ate crowd. About seven
o'clock some stones were thrown at the soldiers.
A young man was,•seized, and tinder military
'eseart Was sent to jail. Another had *ho inter-
fered with the putty was also taken. is second
party was dispatched on the sante Service with
two lads, lotheit course they were Very sunclt
harassed by genie of the mob hooting nod throw.
ing stones at them. Sonic Of theta brought their
pieces to the charge ; and at the end of the bridge,
over the burn, at the herd's housC, affairs appear-
ed to USSIIIIIC an alarming aspect. Two or three
of the soldiers, ;tor the party consisted of only
levet) or eight, endeavoured to stop the further
progreis of the mob. They levelled their mus-
kets, and when the word '' fire" was given by
*some of thb soidier, the mob precipitately re-
treated They reached the jail with their prison-
e'rs, having tin the way fired a shot opposite to
ibe Episcopal Chapel. On their return they were
able td proceed a little more speetlly, as they had
prisonett aembartisS them. Ac Craignestock
they faced ebout and several shots were tired.—
One man who lives in (latbals was wounded with
a ball ih the leg, it little above the knee, and a lad
residing in Calton in the arm ; the former Was
taken into the•Mnsetim Tavern, Mr. Gibson's,
Great Ilamilton-street, where h surgeon was
ialiCd,, and he was removed in a cart to his own
house :theta. an hoar afterwards,

There le
:tlie ease of a 'boy, about eleven years
of age, who'inul been among the mob when it
raged in front of Toshsch's house;' and most On.
fortunately received such a blow as fractured his
Skull. Ile was carried to a surgeon's shOp iii
111ain.street, Calton, and afterwards to the Royal
Infirmary, where the operation of trepatinitig was
performed On him. lie was still alive this morning.
• Yesterday, a `continuation of the disturbance
teas oppithended, rutti a sniall detachment of the
soldiers was mamhed to l'osliach's house.' Robert
Hatitiboo', - SherHl-Depute, leaving, that
place ln:a ehos6, was pursoed through
.Calton by
a large body of young Men, who threw many
itones the carriage. Ile reached the barracks,
anti procured about a company of the 78th, with
1.11n.m he returned to M'Kechnie=street. About
one o'clock a portion of the rioters collected id
Tureen.'street, and proceeded to break the windows
of a steam-Ihom inaniifactory,-but the military r 6.
pairing to the spot, they immediately dispersed.
In the afternoon, as an escort were taking
Some prisoners to the barracks, stones were thrown
at them, when they were ordered to tire. Stieral
Muskets were discharged, but
.no person was
hint. In the evening a reinforcement of cavalry
arrived from Hamilton, and the speciAl constables
were also ordered on duty. They itlfleared to 1*
a more effectual means of suppressing the riot
than the soldiers, for not being distinguished by'.
their dreis,imagination naturally atigmented their
number, and the circumstance of their knowing
many of the crowd' personally, must have ha 4
much itifluence:in keeping order. Between seven
and eight o'clock, some Of the cavalry rode down
the Gallowga'te a considerable distance ; hut, at
the suggestion of some of the coostables, they
stopped and returned towards the barracks. No.
t hit% remarkable happened in this Street,Mlthough
it was very crowded, eic'ept the taking of two
men, one vf, whom %vas immediately rescued. A
few witufueVi 'Were broken in CRltOtt. Several
diviaokth,„,hesidis those ahuve stated, have beta
taken Imo custOdy.-----(Gtargow Citron)

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lliSt MTN :COURT.---BeAre Mr. Baron
‘,BIGHT V. 11011T6 N. , •
This was a qui- tom action brought by the in-
arrier to recover from the defendant, Thomas
Horton, E.g. of How royde, near Halifax, certain
penalticsotated to have been iacurred fur magis-
terial acts performed by the defendant; withbut
'being possessed of the property reqnired by the
law as a yialification for acting aS a Magistrate.
Mr. SCARLE'rt stated the case, to the jury. He
said that the present act lob was bronght,to enforce
the execution of a valuable Act-of Parliament, the
object of which *at to prevent needy and de-
pendent persons from exercising the offices hf
magistracy, who might from their neeessitous cir-
cumstances be induced to act corruptly or impro-
perly. TO prevent this, the law required the pos.
tession of certain visible property to a determinate
amount, aS a necessary prerequisite ; wizhout
'which a person could not 'apt as a Magistrate,
incurring very serioni penalties. ot
Air Horton he knew nothing, and should mice
ea observatilms.(tpon, nim which did not arise
Vint of the cause : he could not, however, avoid
eniatklog, that it would have been mitre decorous
in him to hove retired fromobe exercise of ma-
gisterial tooctions when. he-was deprixed of the
legal right to discharge them. 'Air. Scarlett pro-
ceeded to state, that by the htli of eel). 11., ex-
plained and amended by an A'ct passed in the '22d
year of the said reign, the possession of 1001. a-
year, in freebold,• copyhold, or leasehold pro-
perty, secured in the manner stated by the Act,
or the reversion of landed property to the amount
of 3001. per annum, was made a necessary-qoali-
fiCatioo of all persons acting as Justices of the
Peure in England. The proof of this,qualifiea-
tion ‘fris to he delivered in open Court, and 4
schedule of the property on which it was foiinded.
With these forms the defendant, bath originally
complied ; but it was not only necessary !oat .the
qualification have at first existed, but that
it should continue ; and the Act required,, that if
by the alienation of this property this tptalificatiou
Should be lost, and. an action should be brought
under t he Act, the defendant shottld give notice to
the plaintiff in tire, action as to what property be
meant to,groundhis'quillification on. 'fins notice
the defendant had not given. The Learned Counsel
then proceeded to. state, :that Mr. Horton had
been in custody at York castle, at the suit of his
creditors but front which be was released, by
delivering in a schedule, and making .an assign-
. went of all his property, tin* the provisions ,of
the Insolvent .Act. , Having complied ;with this,,
be_ was (Untamed but ;;Ivhsetitient to the execu-
tion of the assignment, lie had, in divers instances,
deted,as a MAgistrate, him
' to. a verdict..for;such penalties as the Act of -Par-
lianient bad given to the per3on .suing for the
saute. , •
Mr. Wm. Wooler was shown several warrants,
awl other official papers, signed bylMr. Horton
1/4°,a,niagtitrate of the NVest Riding they were
flitted jo the mould's of October .and November
144,40.1O(1 which lie stated.to be the hand-i.vriting
.Mr, Horton. The. defendant, he said, had
recently acted as chairman at aQuarter Sessions.
Mr. Jolni Voljambe, the Deputy clerk of the
Peace fur the Vest Riding, proved that Mr.
ton„ was discharged not of . the cultody of Mr.
kitaveley, the Governor the Castle of Yrnit,
Oti-dtrtlik"! provisions Of the lnsolt ern Act, on the.
41711., of January 18,14,,
,and, that lie gave in the
necessary schedule,. and, made the assignment of
his property required :by 'the act. . • .
. Mr. Foljambe, ill answer to a. question from
the deictulant's. ;Counsel, said, that Mr. Horton
sites a gentleman of an ancient family, and a re-
lation of Sit' Watts Horton.
AlcliAltDSON, for Oie defence, Saiti, that
it Was trite that Mr; Lipton had of late years,
tit!Ongb Misfortittir*, tO Wbivit We are all,sobject„
puffered a great deelension in his fortnne, but lie
}tall not; Assigned the office of a magistrate impro-
perly ; and during his pore prosperous days he
bad reudered,useful.aMl honourable services
. to his
eountry in this capacity c
and when the ountry.
Atoml in need of military services, lie had been
Atutmg the, foremost. in the pnSt honour,
loving commanded the Volunteer. Corps raised
in the district in which be resided', and sub.
sequcntly
,the Local Militia, compo,ed, 'in a
,treat measure. of the members of his corps.
;The estate at Howroyd had. descended. to the de-
fendant through a limg §erits of ancestors, and
t!,01.4 ,1i he was obliged to retire to thelsie of 'Minn
for ptotection from his ereditOrs, and 'was a tracked
4)n his return hya number uF acceptances, which
the first witness (Woofer) ought to have provided
.
ler; yet, when he came to examine into the state
Aaf, his affairs, he found that, there w;ls: a strong
~tr. not only that 'his est at es would tijs
charge all his debts, but that there would remain
a surplus, for his own use; of more than 1001.
Tier an ti
The Jury ittimedbit.th foalid a verdict fur the
Danetges, 1001. ; costs, 403.
-Ward, late of flothwelt;
wns committed on Tue•day last for suliniUisteriUg
• 1„,1,0., to sister. The,prisoner, is only 17 yew's
oi. age. It was a most paioftil circumstanee in this
c.: sr, thee the(110,1 to.antevial witnesses were persons
nearly connected with, the prioner, a Sister and
,a younger brother. It
,was with the utmost diffi-
culty that bnswera could be obtained from the
Pinner to question, the tendency of which was
xrt crimioate_ the prkotter, who had no Coluisel.
.littigc took great pins to 'investigate the cir-
CunlitauCes of the rase;; the profvery. cont.
elusive. :dterretiring fora few minutes)
found the prisoner Gailty,' and his I,firdship
fnediate,ly passed *sentence of death. (woo her, and
exrressly stated, that sentenee would inevitably
be executed. , -