The Sun. — London, England, 1802-05-10 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS. PO&TSMOUTH, IVIAir 9. 4 "TvED La Sophia Frigate, from Gierniey, and Calcutta Man of War from the Eastward. Yesterday Admiral M!TC'HELL hoisted his Flag on board the Cambrian Frigate. SHEERNESS, MAY 9. I( "TERDAY sailed His Majesty's Ship Amph;on, 4 . 11 3 6 gun5, C apta i n B ENNET, f or Y armout h, w h ere be is to take in His Royal Highness the DUKE of C AMBRIDGE, to convey him to Cuxhaven ; and the Pixen Gun-brig for the Downs. ,‘ The Mari ner G un -brig went to Chatham to col. get men fora passage to the Westward. The Brilliant was paid off at this Port. This day sailed up the Thames, to be paid off, all standing, His Majesty's Ship Latona, of 38 guns, Captain SOTHERON. DEAL, MAY 9. ARRIVE D His Vlajestv's Ships Rant;Ner and Zr. Ih es i from Plymouth, and .iave proceeded on to 'tham ; the Ravcn Stoop of 'Wthr from the West. 11 ' 441 , and has sailed for Leith with dischagred Sea. Ine s; the Batavian Ship Neptvnes, Capt.A.GELDER, fr ° ll lDort for Batavia, and remains. Came down from the Riyer, the East India Com- Pany's Ship Fame, Capt. BAKER, for Madras and 13eneoolen; and remains with His Majesty's Ships dimazo n and Confiti, and Monkey and Piper Gun brigs. ( We 1 r , h ave the sati s f a ftio n to announce the follow • ! g k- an'lmanders ate promoted to the rank of Post aptains in the Royal Navy : Rich a r d ~ Bridges - William Henry Daniel rtri,ty Wray . George C. Pulling Rt,l l l , 4 rcl Poulden Jacob Walton • za ri : r LSauce . David Colby C i „,woodriff William Hoste I~'‘es Ryder , George Davies • • I)).obre , 11:, e lames Coutts Crawford 'qcl.; r Somerville John Hayes ioh n a rci, Pellowe • S. C. Rowley t Re te r Jah Winn:: kibouleau T.. n G. Shortland 9911 111 ' Y -M.. P rPbYn . B. Praed 1 n N te I liohn Wight .111) Ash len Rains Samuel Mottley WiP l as Hand Edward W. Browne ' ). 1, 441 1 Skip se y oh n T $ . Rouett k I ; EPworth G. R. Collier " 4 Ell ie • ' 4 •lckl William Ricketts 1 • H Columbine lames Dalrymple hri st -olumbine Alex. , keno , ear Bo w N ev ille George Miller . . lames k Bowen lion. Wm. Trends A, Noble George Blake C ' • Qrith e or „ tns Edw. Stieyd Clay ;ar ri '° e Burdett Thomas Richbell es 1 1 ,,, Thomas Brigs ete r s '°!° ll lam Piet!. Benjamin Carter 1. -/•'' s S eward $. 1". Digby iki ttt lYlor IVlitcbell }lon. F. P. Irby Li en = r w 7 .,Sproule Charles Inglis I! f a Y-ugncan Charles Carter .41 . t„ • Pure!! Thomas Browne Iv. -.anger Bech er /oho Conn -rat , ilh r ~, ~;'L, a y Edward Kendall eo r ""Yn Fs. Godolphin Bond ohje ReYnolds tephen Folvill , f 14 Halley ohn B. Edwards elf nil :nes Coffin . Henyrson . kaigersfi e ld Cnotw. • Upton i, Saville , W. H. Tremlett tart" 13 _ " ,, Coryndon Boger e: e iTh Brng e en Rich. Hatherill i w ar ittmar ;1 4 .. 1 a1s Quinton Lord Vis. Falkland •s D rh, 'D Samuel Pyni C, p Butterfield George Argles k ph• Ne Price Rt. Howe Bromley whouse Thos. Chas. Brodie t i choti o -e or - -yron Hon. D. P. Bouverie of "Re Wainwright 'robin Frederick Thesiger . • a il ,. 4 lnwright ' Chas. Worsley Boys Vi,,s' a Sander s. Ernest Brawn IV". Richa r dson . I,.Robert Fanshawe kicil• Webley Walter Grosset kil ar d Jones Samuel jackson /1; . „ 1 _ 441 Hawkins Robert Barrie -44 as Cowan 11113' employing a M r . MITCHELL, Cutler, in Sh• atl 'am, the Ship' s C om p an y o f His Majesty' s 44 1 1 li;ez, were enabled to p r esent to their Captain Ile ele gant Sword ( t ho ug h, on accoun t of the short_ thi s C if time, not so good as could be wished), with s Motto engraved on the hilt : Tribute of Gratitude from the Ship's Company • of His Majesty's Ship Asia, to their Benevolent. Commander, John Dawson, Esq. A. D. tgoz. % t e tt the despots who have the disagreeable plea-zna of reading this, recollea this is not flattery, do a,s at the same t i me t h ey rea d, bl us h , re f orm; an d ju st Capt. D AWSON h as d one b y % us — a d m i n i ster oo ""ce With mercy, without exception to rank, and t ea . ,' 4 st Prayer for him is-that the laurels he here r 3 r ilay garnish his brow in heaven. THE BOYS OF THE ASIA. Th e - men Calc u t ta G azette o f t h e zoth November . fo i l :tains an o ffi cial account of a galla n t Aaio per °°lll by Capt a i n COLLIER, P Piaor, in sinking a French Corvette, -..,a D., called of His Majesty's i ko _ ..-leche, of - zz guns and 170 men, in Mahe r 41, The Vi or had fallen in with La Fleche " rh i ncl . e 2d of September, and engaged her, when, d e „ ln g the contest unequal, the Frenchman en -14,-,youred to escape. By ' having damaged the itl ut . on the 1 1 ._`! 3 ) Of the Iliaar, she succeeded in getting off; sth Captain , CoL . LiErt found her moored d the inner harbour. He gallantly attacked her, ra, L I i n '' her on a coral reef, set her on fire, which be a tu i "tingUi S h e d , she at last fell into deeper water, ba..isunk. She b a d on b oar d 3o persons sent i nto Chl e s i hme nt for a conspiracy against the life of the Consul. cc,o(3ien, n Saturday the Di s p atc h es f or B enga l an d B e n - tio se by - the F ame , E xtra Shi p, ,were fi na ll y t h er r t at the Ea st I n di a H ouse, an d d e li vere d- to 4 v,?rs rl te er.— Pas4enger, M r . G EORGE S WINTON , I'r) 2 1 ,4R15, MAy AT the audience given to Ambassadors and Fo reign Ministers yesterday, Mr. MERRY, the Eng lish Minister s presented Mr. SPENC 'E R SMITH, lately Minister Plenipotentiary of England at the Sublime Porte ; Colonel DiumN, Colonel Of the 4th Irish Brigade; Mr. PALMER, an Irish Gentle:. man, and the Baron DE P.E A LTLIEU, in ihe Service of His BRITANNIC. MAJESTY in Hanover: A report having been circulated that the Impor:. tation of English Merchandize, partictilarly the English minufadure of China and Delf Ware, would be permitted by Government; the Minister of the Interior has formally contradided this report, by stating that the Law of October z 797, which pro hibits the Importation of English IVlanufadures, is Still in 'torce. And orders have been given to the Officers of the Customs, not only to prevent the importation of such merchandize, but to discover whether any has been imported, in order that the Law whiCh orders it, to be seized may be carried into execution. ' The Merchants of Pondicherry, and the Isles of France and Reunion, at Paris, have presented to Government a Memorial agaitist all exclusive privi lege, and claiming in the name of those three Fac tories, the indefinite freedom of commerce: We. are assured that Government is occupied in the examination of the great question so long puted, Whether Privileged Companies are useful or prejudicial to the Mother Country ? Yesterday all the' Bishops nominated by thiVirst Consul were presented to hin by PORTAL'S. He .received them with every mark of distindion,' and enjoined them to make Morality subservient to the improvement of the heart, and the oblivion of all . dissentions.. He invited them to admit no longer any distinaion between the Priests who took the oaths . and those whorefused to take them ; but to choose indiscriminately for Ecclesiastics, such, men as were of exemplary - .behaviour, and such as had recommended themselves by the, purity of their morals, Unite, said he to them, in your endeavours to obtain the esteem and confidence of your fellow-ci tizens,- and in so doing, you will never give reason to the Government , to repent of having established the Ministers of the Altar. VIENNA, APRIL IB. The Count de MON cENtoo ser off from hence on the x4th inst. for the Republic of the Seven Utlited Isles, whither he goes in the quality of Minister of the EMPEROR of Rtrs- SIA. He will embark from Naples, from whenee the Russian Troops will take their departure at, the same time, on board several Russian Ships of War. HAGUE, APRIL 28.—The Batavian Army is about to be placed on a Peace Establishment : it will consist of little more than 22,000 men. The ex pences of its maintenance, and of the War Depart ment., are estimated at 9,367,78 florins per ann. ROME, APRIL I 2.—The freedoom of Commerce established .by our Governitait, has procured the arrival of a considerable quantity of Wheat at Ci vita Vecchia. The price of this article of the first necessity, has been in consequence considerably te duced, and perfcE tranquiLi:y has been re-estab 7 lished amongst the people of tl►is Capital. The Port of Sinigagfia, in the Adriatic, is de clared a Free art. M. DE AREZZO, a Sicilian, is appointed Nun cio of His Holiness at the Court of Petersburgh. MADRID, APRIL 2.—The Court Gazette has this day published a Dispatch from Admiral GRA.. VINA, containing an account of his voyage from Brest to St. Domingo, and the first events which took place there after his arrival. The Dispatch is dated the Bth of February, and entirely corre sponds with those published in France. Admiral GRAV INA estimates the damage done by the flames at Cape Francois at rpo,ooo livres. He concludes as follows "I intend to sail direaly for the Havannah. The Squadron under my orders has, during the whole voyage, made use of , its own proper Signals, and has steered its course independently of the French Fleet the length of the period since I possessed my pre sent rank, not permitting me to sail under the orders of Adm,iral VILLARET. In other respeas, the same perfect good understanding reigns between us and the French Fleet as formerly at Brest, during the 18 months . we remained there." The Court of Directors of the East India Com pany have, with their usual liberality, presented to Captain JAMES BowEN, of His Majesty's Ship Argo, Four Hundred Guineas, for the purchase of a piece of Plate, as a testimony of their' approbation of his conduct, in the care•arld attention in convey ing from St. Helena to England, a number of valu able Ships, laden on the Company's account. The reinforcement of ro,ooo men about to sail from France for St. Domingo, will not repair the losses which the Army under General LECLERC must have sustained in battle, independent of the num bers that mum have fallen victims to the climate, and the privations which that Army is obliged to eu dure. • ROYAL ACADEMY, Ne. 195. The Angry Father ; or, the Discovery of the Clandestine Corre4olidence.—j. ‘0 P 11, R. A. CONSIDERAgtE attention has been excited by this performance, and it is certainly one of the best Pidtires in the pi "sent Exhibition, thouzli it is by no means free front faults. The charatters are in humble life, but there was no necessity for_ making the father, who is the principal objeEt, quite so coarse in the charader. of his head. There seems to be tdo great a disproportion in the age of the parents, the husband being so much oldex, that we might as sootapprehend a detelion of a clandestine Correspondence 'with his wife as with his daughter. The figtires . , however, are well disposed, and the charaders strongly marked. There is much deli cac.f in the figure of the daughter.; and an ilaerest ing expression of sorrow in her countenance. The colouring is, clear and rich, but not gaudy ; there is a fine breadth of light, and, upon the whole, the story is well told, with the exceptions we have mentioned'. No. 61. .A Woman and a Child in a Stoirn ; part .of the principal group of the " Storm in Harvest."—R. WEST* ALL, R. A. Every body mtiSt remember Mr. WEStALL,'S Drawing of the Storm in 'Harvest; which was one of the most exquisite proofs of his skill. , These figures.were very interesting in that drawing, and the popularity of the work has' induced the Artist to enlarge them, and transfer them to . canvass. We cannot, however, think that, in their present de_ Cached state, they appear to such advantage, as when they derived an interest from the surrounding ob: jells in their former place : still, however, there is a very pleasing exhibition of rustic charafter, and a fine expression of meek piety, and timid awe, in the face of the mother. The Colouring is not so luxuriant as is generally found in the works of this Artist, and is consequently better adapted to the suble6t, No. 77, F'Ortrait cif the buke of Leioster. —M. A. S EE, R. A . The extent of its merit, as well as the magnitude of its size, recommend this Work to an early no tice. It is an accurate and spirited likeneis of the noble original. The figure is well drawn, and , firmly put upon its legs. The Colouring is chaste, and the ,taut, ensembi e, dignified and striking. The Artist now holds a Tarliortvith the first class of the n 4 present race of Pntrati-Painters. The fineness of the weather yesterday attraaed a very large crowd to. Kensington Gardens. - The uncommon display- of elegance and beauty, the se renity of.the sky, and the fresh verdure of the gar.: dells, rendered the whole scene completely enchant ing. To the charins of our fair countrywomen, an other.. attradion was added by the much-expeded appearance of Madame RECAMIER. The company gave a very pleasing testimony of their' taste by crowding to : gaze on the truly graceful stranger. 7---, However flattering such 'attention might be, it Must have not a little .incommoded the Lady, as Wherever she turned, as close a front was presented to her, .as if her countrymen had-appeared armed in the garden. Mr. Fox was on Friday to see the Exhibition at the Royal Academy. He paid. particular attention to, and. much admired, the Bust of the late Duke OrBEDEORD. .• BOODLE'S Club are to give their grand Enter tainment at Ranelagh, upon a scale of vast magni ficence. The Gazette of Saturday night contained an order in Council for taking off all prohibitions to the ex port of gun-powder, saltpetre, or any sort of arms or ammunition; of naval stores, of lignum vitze, of copper, staves, bars, rings,' slieets, or nails.—lt also contained a Proclamation appointing the general Thanksgiving in Scotlgnd on account of the . Peace, to be postponed from theist to the i 7th of June, as the sitting: , of the General . Assembly of the Church of Scotland on the farmer' day would interfere with the celebration. The intentions of Government respeaing the Sugar Trade are said to- be, to reduce the Import Duty about 1,1-d. per pound ;. to place the Refiners under the. Excise Laws ; ,and by way of .compensa tion for the aboVe redulion, to lay a duty of three.; pence per pound pwall refined Sugars, and twopence on all bastard and ground Sugars. Refined Sugars for exportation are to be allowed to be !deiced up in warehnuSes, from whence they are to be exported free from the Excise Duty, with a bounty equal to the-Import Duty, an additional ,bounty on lumps and loaves, and one shilling per cwt.. when the price of raw Sugar is 455. exclusive of the duty, and ano ther shilling when at 405. The West India Merchants are somewhat divided in opinion respdling the utility of the above mea sure, which if adopted, will cause a great exten sion of the Excise Laws. The 4'loniteur of the sth inst. communicates an arret which orders that,, after the restitution of the West India Settlements by the British Government, Fort Royal and Fort Bourbon shall be called Fort de. France and Fort Deisaix ; and that Port Louis, in the Island of Tobago, shall'asstinie the name of Scarborough, by which it was distinguished while in possession of the English. The Necessiti, French frigate, sent. by Admiral VILLARET to Philadelphia, to procure a supply of provisions, arrived there on the z3d. of March. The Captain, KERGARIOR, reported, that no mili tary movement of consequence had .taken place in St. Domingo, subsequent to the occupation of the maritime towns. TOUSSA.INT'S sons had returned to the French camp without efFeaink a pacification ; but it was ' intended to send them again to their father, with a view of bringing him •to terms. The Rev. CHARLES ROBERT MARSHALL, B. D. has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of 'Lincoln to the Reetory of Hanworth, Lincolnshire, on the presentation of John Cracroft, Esq. of Hackthorn. The Rev. THOMAS KIDD, M. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, and second master of Merchant Taylor's School, has been lately collated by the BISHOP OCLONDON . to the Rectorr►y of St. James, Garlick Hithee CORN EXCHANGE, May tO. Out Market, in the early part, had many Buyers of Wheat, which caused an advance ; but from a large English importation it soon fell ; of Barley and. Whit we had a good sitpply ; they still maintain their ivices; Oats in greiii quantities, but having Many Buyers, are rather higher ; Flour, no alteia. lion. • Wheat 46s a sos a 62s od Beans - 3os a 33s 6d Fine -63 s a fits od Tick ditto -28 s 'a acs ai Malt 42s a 46s a sos od Oitt - - -14 s a 21S od Fine ditto - sis a 52,s od Poland do. . 22i a 23s 6d Barley kis a 3is od 'Rape Seed 3tl a 351 per last !lye ps a 3b5 od Fine Flour 455. a 485 per sack White PeaSe 28S a 32s od Second do. 4os acs per do,. OPERA.:—/Iktira was the performance of the evening; to an excessively crowd:xl hose. BAN-rr' was, as usual, animated, and in fine tone of voice. The delightful Air, with the horn accompaniment, was_recetved with a burst of applause, artd encored. La Fille mal Garde was the Ballet ;'and midi as we •have to regret the absence of PAktsoT and LitutißiE, went off with considerable eclat. PIERRE always contrives to keep the audience in good humotir. As we understand, we take leave of both these performances for this Season. The house: Was filled in every part with Beauty and Fashion, and the stage overflowed with those puppies, " qui 'veniunt spedentur ut ;psi:" ii the Ballet, they may come into question; for a girl in such situation would certainly be " rote Fille-malgardere." THE THEATRE.-The Opera of Alg.xiah was represented with increased success at Drury-Lane Theatre on Saturday. Mrs. BILL tivoTow acquits herself in this Opera with more success as to musical execution, than in any other in'which she has been seen on the English Stage. The Opera is much shortened, and, upon the whole, was very well re. ceived. Mrs. BLAND Was too hoarse to sing, and Su ETT apologized for her to the audience. Mr. .Lewis's Opera, entitled Adelmorn, which met with but indifferent success last season, not_ withstanding the support of good music and beauti. ful scenery, has been reduced by the Author into two acts. Though it had not dramatic strength enough for a • full piece, it is very well calculated for effed in its compressed state. It was brought forward on Satnrday last •at Drury-Lane Theatre, and much applauded. The music is very creditable to KELLY, the Composer. The present situation of STU t e ACE, who has just favoured the World with an heir to.. her Fortunes, preventing her appearing on the Stage, her charac ter in The Cabinet was on Saturday performed by Miss WATERS, who sung the Airs with skill, and, displayed more comic humour than could be ex_ petted, considering what has hitherto been seen of her theatrical powers. She was much applauded. BRAHAM sung delightfully. Miss POPE seemed solicitous to remind the Pub-. licof their old favourite CLIVE, in her performance of Mrs. Heidelberg on Thursday. She dressed the charafter much in the style cf tthat excellent Aaress, and sheaved through the whole of her performance that she succeeded to no small portion of the hu. niotir of her great theatrical Patroness. . • M. FILEssrN -- r, — the husband of Nit's. BILLING. arrived on Saturday evening in Town. Their first meeting was in the Green Room at Drury Lane Theatre. According to report, he is an un., commonly elegant and handsonior man. Music.—Mr. HARR ISON'S :Firma! Concert took pike on Friday last, in the Great Room at the. Opera House. The friends and admirerS which th 6 public talents, and privite Worih of this Performer attracted, were much too numerous for the' allotted space. The.perfOrmance wits exquisite th;oughout. HARRISON . and Mrs. SILLINGTON exerted them, selves most admirably i and were powerfully . sup. ported by KNYVETT, SALE, BARTLEMAN, &d. &c. and a large and excellent band conduaed with all requisite judgement and skill by CRAlsolE Mr. TURNERELL I, an Artist whose produaions we have long admired, has been appointed Sculptor and. Modeller to Her Royal Highness the PR I NC ESS of WALES: Yesterday afternoon a very alarming Riot took place in Gravel_lane, Southwark A.great num ber of Irishmen, armed with large bludgeons, assem-, bled for the purpose of fighting ; they were in two parties, one composed of county of,Cork men, the other. of county of Limerick . men : riots and dis turbances had taken place fOr two or three preced... ing Sundays, and in consequence of information being given at the Police-office, Union-hall, of the intended Meeting yesterday, the Magistrates had Ordered all the Constables and Peace .Officers in the . neighbourhood out to keep the Peace.— The rioters began'to assemble about four o'clock in great numbers, and Mr. POPE the High Constable, hi attempting seize some of them, was resisted, and in danger from a blow aimed avhis head with a large bludgeon the Officers succeeded in disarming several of the Irishmen, but this.seemed only td irritate and make then more violent, and theirnumber and arms being so, formidable, a Magistrafe s was sent for. In the interim the Irishmen paraded along the strew, throwing up.their bludgeons, shouting, and behay. ing in a: very riotous Manner. :Mr.-SMITH, the. Magistrate ; soon came in a single horse chaise, and driving into the middle of Gravel_lane, and standing up in the chaise he demanded silence, and read the Proclamation direCted by the Riot Ad, twice, and thsn admonished the spe.aatOrs to disperse, as they were in great danger from continuing assembled together. During the time he was reading the Proclamation, some of the Irishmen stood in front of him at a little distance, brandishing their bludgeons and hooting. It was' then thought necessary to send for military assistance, and about eight o'clock a' party of the Horse Guards arrived in the neighbourhood, but the Riotets having been less violent after the Procla mation was made, they were ndt called upon' to ad; several of the most alive of the rioters were recognized skulking about, and mixed with the spectators, and were apprehended by.thc officers. jE was understood, that . had not assistance arrived; they intended to have assembled again. ,Eight of the rioters were secured. At ten o'clock last night no appearance of riot 'remained.