The Sun. — London, England, 1802-04-02 00:00:00

N E.Av S. PLYMOUTH, MAK:PH 31; AIRTIItD the Ship Experiment, dapt. Wl4li E r . laden with rice, from Bengal, bound to London; Put in by contrary winds. Sailed ten week§ since from ihe_Care of Gcod Hope. Arrived also the . American Ship illahala Winsor, C aPt• J. ATK INs, from Virginia, laden with tobacco, bound to'Cowes for orders. The Mail Coach arrived here morning at the early hour of 'six o'clock, and brought the pleasing and satisfattOry intelligence of !he Signing the De finitive Treaty the coach was.drawn by 8 horses, decorated with ribbons, and ptAceded by several ho r k.reds of horse and• fobt ; the bells at the several -"des in this totvn and neighbourhood 4 were lin. °/edi ately set-,a ringing, colours displayed .on the shi • ._- 1) P 11 1- 1 rulie*harbour, apti-kIF greatest joy was 4"e r fa llY In'ildfdsfeZtoo the atniunication-Of this so 111:-.De.lidesired event. PORTSVIOUTH, Arßt4 A ''RlvEn the Commerce', Api.LEbY, from `the le`l• • • • n crtan ean , and is pdt'under quarantine. ill's • • • • • . Morning about eleveri . o'clock, Faifest-072 Vr fre - . , Of the - Hetml•oni.,• - who was condemned suir • "rdeatb on Monday last, was. Jung on board .:Le‘ Gladiator in' this . Harbour; till twelve "hen his body •Wigs taken down, and conveyed to th e H os pi tal burying ground for interment. The • . bei ng a bO ut m id w ay 'between:theshores of 1- 0 " and,Gosporr, occasioned the assetnblage of a vast concourse of people to 'witness the- awful cerealony. rr • •\„ 4 tv ed the Duke of Kent, BATCI-I,ELOR, from (Ic)lWiC h ; and joisdnith, HICKS, ,from Souihamp- `Tile . 7 1-1: at this hr Gun-brig is ordered to be paid off irt Port . , SHEERNESS, APRIL 1. Yfi s • • A 4 -.. ' *r4 •DAy evening. came into Harbour, the ent r /rile, and Daphne and this day the sc'e?lner, Shannon, rlieter, dlattcu, R e d ou bt, 4lceste. ard ^ Bareat, all for the purpose Of . being Paid off . Sailed the 4rdent, &scheme?, Glatton, La Seine, an•d 1144, ', for Chatham, to be paid off there. All the above Ships are ordered to be sold, and their Crews, with all the Supernumerary Seamen at th e Note, and this Port, to be discharged. DEAL, APRIL 1. HIS Majesty's Ship Sujoik, from India, arrived this rn9rning in the,D owns , an d sailedimMediately 1 ° the River. t , ll 'e down t h e Shi p Edward, Fool', for Tri. l ' ad, and re ma i m with His Majesty's Ships St. 4/bah's, 4 1, 71az0n, Vemesis; Brilliant, and La Pre. ' ls ''.Y ant e . 1 14 R TP7C.M,' APRIL I. _____ .. Bp .„ P,H...-, t.i :. nine o'clOCk last night ,sailed. the Diana C. i the: King George, ptain IT' WART,,AIIC Ca . , , L. . Ptairl P. 1) with' Passengers and the.re 'CANE, 4 1'eai - , 1. .... /1. , \'' Nttils for fiehoetsluys and, Cuxhaven.— ) the latter \V A Mr. SECHENI and Mr. Packetrwere t r. „ s ti‘rF, Melserfgers- for the'Ca - tiffs of Vienna --,4 St. Petershtirrih ' . ' e Th 1 , news of the .Signature -of the Definitive l i a te3 ti afforded the greatest satisfaftion to' the in ent It 'its of t hi s Port, who being for the most part cer ned in the North Sea'Fishei-y,.haye Sustained \74lllrense lo sses by .the French Privateers during the . - • Ili i Ai V•lajesty's Ship s St. Georg4Sfreheer, P4'wer•- 'it p • ai, d wa 4 r, - r • rrivtd on th e i rt h o f. Fe b ruary r 0 . °rt'itOyal,l.jalllaiCa, - from. Gibraltar. t n - : 1? - - it-tomAs TaowaawatE -ifit e d . , - ‘is expeeled iO-1...).ap- Coturnandei.- in Chief . of - His . Majesty's jk luad ron in . the East Indies, ivii-e Yice„Admira •AoN/ER. L' l3 ,9 Y the 13 °InbLy overland Dispatch it aupears, the -,0, sloop of . ' wa r , : . - 0 1 i.g .. guns, 'commanded by ~.0 - P t a in Cora.i ER, had, after a verycclfte and severe il l t !'99, sunk 'Lit- Fleck French - Frigate, of.:36,guns, L., ';.°l-isi;rl of L;7 chiione, lately captured in India shit •Lfz.6.1,4://e.-.l:•The-V;Ef9r continued at sea in.purd butt °I;t1VO. Intliamto arid a Rice-shiP;.; e eil caw-A: -.4 C.: ii,- --- - - which ha .. ~ i --,e,,,....,y, imateers. . . . i yv'e tie the pleastrre to announce the sale arrival ri thc Dawns:of the sbi l ys -Sir'Ea7 , -,.vaiitlf g mWt_e . m x Ca )t • , i I- ain AND.ttkw . ROB E RA's° N, - and ~the, S'eus... f '''reg,h,..Captain je.4lN-ScoTT, having cargoes 0 dicael under, the, licenn . of .the Honourable East In et.)mparly for:, 2 4 . 1yrc1a.. attic , the above ships ..e , s ail d front - n . -. ' .. .. e - - noorrnd -1-aft year. Also the ship 'Ned --- - ' 0 ` • - . he Pilot i i , .„, / "..Y,- a ..cou n try • vesSel...:They.left 1. „ ;,. 1 Bengal- Riyer ..on 'the .2.zd 'of „August . ; ar leid ' 4 t Sr. Beleila:early in januarv i and sailed the N I L / 1 ' from, the -.said 'lsland, in. - company- wit His :r,:rsts Ship Sitfak, and' the Experiment and .-, letionter. .. rtwT e/egrdph,_Chpt. HE N 1" . M 0 ISP. I,,A:I''!SOIN, , which the-East India Comp:alY sent as A cli c i k , et to India in 0;.t.0h,•r last, with the account s-AiPeP,Face, vvas at St. Helena, and on the . point of Ice Jng trom thence for China, when the above,Ships K their departure for England. - tan . Mai , Aft • I\II.IIIAT is on his way 'rain iyitian ,hither. The Firit Consul has officially announced to the Vice‘Prqsident of the Italian Repiblie, that Austria has iecognized and approves of the Proceedings of the Assembly at Lyon. Yesterday a Lady went up alone in . a balloon. The Hereditary PRINCE of SAiiE. WEIMAR is immediately expelled here. The Russian, Amtpssa . dor Count MA ItKOW, has receivednn order from . the Emperor ALEXANDER, to treat him as a Prince of the Imperial House of Russia, to which he will immediately belong by lii*marriage with the young Princess MARY, sister of ALEXANDER' L The EMPEROR of lVfokoccso has intimated to Sweden and. Holland $• that , if they do not send tbe accuscomd Presents within three months ; he will. declare War against them. CONSTANTINOPLE, FE Et._ to—The tfoubles still continue -in Ramelia. • Adr;anqle is entirely sur e rounded by the Brig-anth.. "1: he vigorous measures proposed to be takenby our .Government to repress these disorders, are not yet carried into efft6t.' HAMBITRGH, MARCH Ic.—£y a letter from. Petersb A rgly, dated the z6th of February, we are informed that an •Irripeiial Ukase has been issued, suppressing all Censorship upon Boobs,- and declar. ing all the Presses free. VI ENNA, M4RCII I 5 ---By ,accounts from Bel grade, that may be relied upon, -we learn that the Aga of the Janissaries. having appeased the trou bles there, by a'spitit , ol conciliation, was charged to convey to COnsiantinople the complaints of• the Insurgents, in order that they might be adjusted. —The Messenger sent for this purpose - having ar rived at Nissa, was arrested by: the Son of the as sassinated Paella, who seized his papers, and order ed hirnro wait there for the answer of the . GRAND SE Id Nr9 R . The Janissaries,. upon 'receiving intel ligence of this, ptit:themselves in a still stronger state of defence ; and are now 'occupied sioning the place. • .• • . FEU : 27.—The rapid journey, of' LE BRI/N,• Adjutant to the First Consul, who, not finding here the Minister Acrpfi, piirsued his jour.. - ney to join him at, Palermo, has caused a report to be spread, that the PRINCE ROYAL, who remains here, is to be crowned KING. of NArtEs, whilst his august Father is to reside at PalerMo, ~where he is much beloved by the Sicilians. If this arrange ment, which it is asserted hat been made between the French Republic, and Spain, really takes place, the two Kingdoms will be equally.gainets : Naples will recover tranquillity, and Sicily it 4. ancient splendour. , • VIENNA, MARCH rs.—We e'xpe& here imme. diately the Prince of ORSINI, appointed Minister Plepipotentiary tO,IIIC EMPEROR frOtll the KING of ETR,URIA. The GRAND DUKE of TUSCANY, and the young Archdukes, will be at Presburgh during the Sitting of the Diet. It is understond that there .will be a Proposition discussed in that Assembly, to re-unite Dalmatia with the Kingdom of Hungary.. RATISBON,. MARCH Jo.'-- They write from Asehaffenberg, that the ELECTOR Of MAYENCE has received a positive assurance that his political existence will be preserved. The secularizations of the Bishoprics of Wurtzburg and Bamberg is definitively settled.; • BOURDEAUX, MARCH 2,..—The Minister of Marine and the Colonies, has written to the prin cipal Commissary of the Marine in this City, the following Letter; " Paris, Marcb is: " It is unnecessary, Citizen, to forward the Artillery to St. Domingo: one hundred and fifty pieces of ordnance the. Negroes had deposited at one point, and which have fallen into the halids of General I,EcLERe, render any further addition to this article superfluous.- Several bodies of the Negrbes have come tooffer their t habds and their arms to General LECLER C. ' • 9 " Not being able to find Tau-ss ArNT General LET LZAC has sent him his two Sons.. • He:has• sent him therm free, decorated with N4tiOitai: Uriireirn. and Artls t ."7..nctattended, by their Tutor. • . . ‘" At the depar;uxe of, the. Ship which brought me, these first nispatches, ibese yotithi had not time to meet withtie . • ' •".,Announce .to the Commerce of. Bourckaux, that the General in hiccof the Army of St.tfotningb will ezctend his protedion . aiul ta v,o T . tc . ): the 'Confrnercial.llouses which may wi3h to establish thrtiselvei at the Cape. , Let it be known, that the . ynvt, is i4i,t4e greatest s'ecurif)c carry on their spe culations in that Colony ; that all restiisitions are- prohibit.. ed ; that GovelEnMent ib to deal fir every thing at an - equal rate, and that the First Consul has ordered me, to discharge- With the utmost punditality, all Bills of txchange drawn on account of the Army - .-", ", • .; . • • . • A very curious 'plan for the safety of'. travelling has lately been ihirented . by :a gr. WI i.t.,tAms, which, it is thought —will prove, of great benefit to the-Public. It 'is so cor.strutted,_ that byTh spring the horSes can in an instant . be freed. from the car, riage . in ease of restiveness or. unruliness. . His Royal Highness the 'Pit t Not. of WALES ' and most of the Royal Family, . ha t , e, seen and been in 'the caPriage; and were highly pleased anti catisfied'ivith the ingenuity of the plan. .LITERARY FUND. TH E AtillhrerSa,lt Dinner of this laudable in.sit_ tution was yesteray held . at Willis's Rooms, in Kini.street,•St; James's: The Duke of SomEttsrt was in the Chair. The Room. was crowded, and the, day passed off with more than usual festivity.. KNYV ETT, YrELD, and others. gratifiat the Com pany with-vOcal performances. Messrs. Bosc AWE*, Fii'LGEk LD, BIRCH, and SWIFT favoured the .Company qvith Poetical recitals, in 'honour of the - It is with pleasure we stite, that the COlicetion yesterday :arnounted.to . three hundred And thirteen poUndS. When the'Dnk- of SoMER SET quitted the Room, the Chair was taken by:Sir . JOHN Hie tn . EY CdX E. We- subjoin tfie first Poetical Effusion of last night, Whicbwas recited with an animation natural_ ly resulting froth the fervid benevolence of the ; Author, and received with the \mine:a applaUse of' the Company. AtDDRES.V . TO TfIE S UBSCRIBER'S A ND FRIEND S TO THE- LfIER RY FUND, AT rilE11( ANNINEI.q.ARY AP:KIL •F; 1802. By WILLIAM BOSCAWEN; Esq. lit had} , ellivaZry's advent'ious days, • " At splemn feasts the Minstrel wak'd his fay : Each trophy'd hall with tuneful - eehoes rung, While godlike Chiefs and gOdlike l);:ccis he sung ; Sung these farn'd fieldS where patriot Valour bled, - Where the,,CrosS trinmph'd, -and the Crescent fled; Where EuroPe's Soni, in Freedom's generous pride, With dauntless breasts i l oPell'd Invasion's tide. Rapt with the strain, each Knight, in Fancy's eye ' Again beheld the hostile bannets fly ; • Again in thought he grasp'd bright Valour's meed, Resolv'd th Vanquish, or resign' to Weed. Less proud our boast—though still Britannia's name, - Fill the Wide-ectroing trump of martial Fame, • ThOngh.late her gen'rous Warriors, calmly brave, • ti Alike have trinmpli'd on the land and wave : Yet oft at social hoards; where Temperance reigns - , Far gentler pOwers attune her festive strains : There Bounty sits enthron'd; while Mirth, enshrin'.d With Virtue's sejf, conspires to bless mahkind. Then, if in nobler verse those Bards sublime, Who told the Warlikd feats of elder tinge, ev'ry heart by Fancy's rapt'rous dream ; More pure Out objed, more-benign our theme.. Remote from faelious strife, pr bloc&stain'd arms, To paint meek Charity'S.unfading charm's, Bid gentle Sympathy direct her eyes • To those dear haunts where sorrowing Genius lies, • And kindred warmth in ev'ry breast iniuSe; -• • These ends inspire, exalt, the humblest Muse: A Muse,.whb,:far from vain Ambition's claim, „ • Rcluaant treads the dangerous pailts of Fame Yet, call'd to Learning's aid, in Bounty's cause, Still.courts; her only Meed, the Heart's applause. Fir'd at this glorious prospect's bright display, The glad return, of this auspicious tray, She lilts her voice -and _with' heavellly smile, Appear the genuine VißruFs of* 'Our Isle! .Bright HoNoua first; whose generous lOve. Of fame, Prefers to life, itself a spotless name; - • Ingenuous CONFIOENC , E, to Worth allied; Who, if-she errs, still errs on- Candour's side ; Plain bold Si i; tERIr , who, firm as true, Prompts the free thotight, and bres the heart to view': But chief that gracious .heav'n-direded ••! Thy refuge; Grief, in dread Misfortune's hour, - BENEVOLF - ,,NCE, whose blessings unconfin'd, Fill ,the wide earth—embrace all human kind. She Alit inspir'd, she saw with fond delight, - This Band in Taste and Learning's aid unite, Smil'don their hopes, and call'd, to bless their cause, The GVARDIAN ANGEL of Britannia's laws; That Spirit, who, with firm undaunted zeal, Fills ev'ry heart that seeks the public weal; That Power shall view, with kind complacent, eyes, Redeem'd from Want, negleofed Genius rise; Shall hail its friends, shall vindicate their Claim To stedfast LOYALTY, to honest Fame: Who Faetion's arts disdain—her sway disown, But guard-a just, paternal, BRUNS wlcit's throne I A rejulation of great utility to our commercial correspondence with Germany has been. adopted at Hamburgh. The English Mails, when the wind is favourable, ate to be conveyed in swift Sailing Vessels up the Elbe from Cuxhaven to Haniburgh. In consequence of this regulation, the letters dated London Friday, the 19th,ult: were received at Hamburgh on the morning of the 23d. -• , ' Yesterday the.LOILD- MAYOR held a Court of Aldermen at Guildhall, at which were present r.:# ,Aldermen, Mr. Recor.i , -!r, and the Sheriffs. . • HENRY WOODTHOiPE• Esq. Town Cleric; was unanimously elected Bookkeeper- to the' Orphan Rind; in the room of WILLIAM Rtx, Esq. late Town Clerk, deceased. .. _. Six Thousand six hundred rounds wgs drawn. out of the Orphan's Wheel ( and ordered to be 'paid to the Proprietors, and six' months notice was or dered to be given to the parties. The Lord-Bishop of BRISTOL was ordered to be requested to preach - the—Spits! Sermon 'at 'Christ Chtirch, Newgate.street, on 'Easter Monday, and the Rev. CHARtrs STI3:RoEss, M. A. Prebendary Of St. Paul's, &c.. -.&c was also. or4zred to be,re_ quested to preach on EaSter-Tuesday,. • - Mr. WITART, the - Strufman, must indeed sup pose,' that be-levels the I•A;siiiiinstir Arbbility mo,t cornplelel7-hr the..K.r, 'When we frnd him addres sing • them in the folloujitig - *liiime strain`Of elo quence And self-irnportance:`",Y,6ii.inay depend, that at all times,. when tnj services. shall be necessary to the Trade fr Liberi;es,and Happ;niqr TRY, I . shall.alw,ays be reary . to'stand forward, and ny, most zealous support" !! ! Pray . Mr. WISLIART, let me have a he'P'orth.of Snuff! You are an Ora.to,:at a pinch-as well 'as Mr. RossoN ; but hia Oats ne ver.ga ye him half so much' botom, as your,Cannifier seems to tiele.eyoul!.! = • . _ . . , The Public are respeetfully, requested .to Take notice, that Mrs. PILLINGTON, Mr. BKAH AM, and the Vocal . alid" Instrumental Performers, ivill -con tinue for thelihree'remaining Orottido Nights solely at Covent-Garden . Theatre. . MAL,TA THEFT E Llas Deett some difficulty amorg the Rei nerality of persoiii, in tdrming a clear cpocelitiun of several Articles, in the Dednitive Mary 'ree Wive to Malb: ' 1 , In the loth Ar t icle of . t h e Treaty, it is stated, that " there s h a ll n o r be in future either a French - or English 'Language." The word '4aUguage is extremely obsaire, •unless the-reader is th(iroughly apprized cf the history of the Maltese Constitu tion. - During the times peculiarly characterized Linder the name of Crusades,` several religious Co nfraternities. were filcorporaeci . for the purpose of assisting the various bodies of trolys of pious Christ ions who direCled their rnaroli either tt, the Holy Land,'or to the shores of - Utica "f: he richest . among these orders, weresthe Knights Templars, a.' . . ....Society which was - abolished under many circum, stances of cruelty anii 'proscription in all the king. , .' doilis'of Europe. Alia the Kniglit.s",Oi. St.' John of J;,..rris:4 - e , ,ii, oil 'account of their insul ar sieua,tion, and indz'pentleri.t_ '‘Stivereignty,- .. weir - ieft" - liilmolested liy the' Laid 'of opreSsion of the "suggestions of ... avarice. ' :filet!. Island which 'was'contiguous to the. parts 'that . 'Were: wont to be itle - : , ":1:11e;stres - of' misglild - Ni 7...- - :31 .'-and' piety, . , ey...s alw a y s respeeted, by contending. - PO4ers =and their maghanimous..- defel.ce. against' th'e whole farce of the Ottoman Army, :led on by - One.of tht:' greatest Generals Willi ever .allufned the-page 'of Turkish story; yro cured them a rentitilii, which e.'as' nele.r t,arnish.. • ed till the late surrender Of their LlArd to the Artm . of the French. Republic. 'M. dJ. VOLtAIItE, ili his ESsayfon ''' , Universal- HiStory,' has ;tsrcitteri a . very interesting detail-:of this•celebrated Siege; and' the . Alibe- Vctur4t •has published fiv.: volumes, on 11, '-History and Prowess Of the Order,' . On 'the authenticity'of thZ...latter,- however, -little' 4.lepencl ' mice can be pltieedi-'"He wrote to the-Grand Master for certain Booles,..wthich.werc:...absolutely . necessary to elucidate - the - various incidents that occurted during the Siege -; and its some tithe elapsed before he received 'them, he c - Aciposed the History. from •his own' itniigination, and returned the Volumes - with-*Letter to theGrind' Master, stating, that. : the Siege had .taken place, and' been raifed long be.. lot'e the receipt of the 800k,5,._ W t he e have arready.mentioned the objeei of 1.n.4 stitution . ; we shall nts . 7 briefry : state the Coristiina. don of; thetjraer:.. - Tbe Knights were chosFo from • . among the di erent i bodtes of tropps,,,who . :marched. a i r various.: times under the , banner of'. the - Cross.. And as Europe, according to the elegant expression of the Princess..2'esNA Cow; E NA, seemed .to PreCi- Vitate itself on Asia, it became . necessary ; t h at t h e. • Knights who were - thus incorporated, should be s.ieffed from the different Rakiogs, who were. thus .. . engaged, in order that t h e ir assistance might be more readily afforded to their own. Countrymen.. - Hence a certain number were elected, who spoke the common language. of .each nation; ; arid . thus,. in process of ' : tithe, the term language.wics sphsti, toted for cot/fail ; and according to ita ancient sig-., nification, it w . iit_ be fiio, that the cxpressjon is. perfealy acciipt. _ . those nations : Which . 11ati.embr4ce c i the Reformed .1. . Religion were afterwards excloded from admission, into the Order. The .remaining totgues or -nations.,., out of .'Whict tile Knight's . were chosen, were Arra., gen, Italy .Castile, ,Germany and Fra nce . Th e, lattee,'by the ine.nporation.of the kingdom of Arles and'ProVenceil s and, of .Ace Province of: Auvergne, ~. -Obtained a decided influence in the deliberations of the Order, to which 1611tftnee," perhaps, the tame , defence of the islatzel ..is.txf be ascribed. It was therefore, a measure•of the highest policy in the .British Aliprrii,stration CoThm . re thus placed an efFeClual barrier ag4inSi the future interference of Prance,.inthe.inteiesti of the O r d er , -by ex.. eluding her . not .only from the • three. tongues she 'formerly exercised, but altogether- (top any, right `Or claim as a constituent body, of the Society. No_• thing therefore, but the levity, corruption; or cow.- ardicdof the :Knights can henceforward endanger the independence, of this celebrated island.. CORN EXCHANGE, A i aro . . ~. . WE have but few fresh 'importations to-day, but from the many parcels unsold,. mosr articles were lower : of Wheat we .had .but few prime samples at Market; Barley for Malting very plentiful, and heavy ; GatSnearly the same; fine for seed are dear. Flour rather cheaper, many parcels Went off lower than our current. Wheat 44S . a szs a 6ss•o~d Fine Suffolk do, tit s a 6-s od 3k • , fiLat - 4Z 5 a 444 6o Fine ditto - 45:".; a 464, od Barley - 3os a 35$ od Rye - -36 s ,a 4os od White Pease 34 s 7a-37s od Beans - 29 s a Sts 6d Tick ditto 273 a 19s .ocl o ats _ - . 1 4 c 2 100 0(1 do. zos a ais 6d Rape Seed 321 a 341 per last Fine Flour sss a • sSs per sack Secorid do. sos a sss per do. The extraordinary circumstances attending the arrest and imprisonmeyt of a Prisoner, supposed to be of elevated tank, has created considerable sen. sation , and inquiry in Spain. We learn from an English Officer, who is just arrived from Cartha_ gena, that during his residence there, this' unfortu nate person was brought to the Citadel of that City, under a considerable- escort, and shortly after put on board the Admiral's-Ship in the Harbour, to be conveyed to. South‘ A merica. - - , His face was covered with a masque of bla . ck vet, and. as a further precaution against discovery, even that was covered b}• a blaek crape or handker chief.,- , • • • The'llarh and WeStof England Agrictiltural So.' ciety have lately agreed, at amextraordnury met: ing i e to recommend t-6 the Annual Meeting, that a Gobi Medallion, value twenty guineas, ha ving on one side•a head of the late Duke ofTEDFORD, and on the reverse an allegorical design, be annually offered as a premium for the greatest improvement in any suhje& connected with Agriculture: - • '• As Mr. joiLIFFE, brother to the late Member, was returning on Taesday from the eleaion . at l'eteysfield, his chaise was suddenly overthrown, and. hiss head Mangled in a most alarming rniinner. He was- conveyed the s"e , vening to Merstharn• HoUse, the seat of Colonel JoLLLTFFE, where su:- giCal assistance was procured' with — the Utin9it ex PoaitiOn.