The Sun. — London, England, 1805-03-12 00:00:00

, '0 isf'b i . .iiii. - i - :e . :k. -. 14 . ii.:,41.• •-,,i',.. JouLoewe, VII, 28. --The day before 'yemer day a Prussian Ship was Wyecked upon the Coast between Ambleteuse and Cape GrLnez. The CreW tvere saved, but the cargo and Ship were clmplete. 17 iost. ~i R0112)11-t'll. 28..--On the 20th a French Pd.' • I 'meet Was closely Pursued by an English Corvette Peony: The Officer of the Customs steing that the hcncit Vessel was not sufficiently strop to re. list the English, procured a g train of artillery which ws in readiness, and which was so well d, ti utoat Of 21 5 110i2 t 9 st ruc k t h e Corvette, which bon stood off, after discharging her whole broad. side at PrivSteer, happily without effect. We exited some Vessels richly laden with mer clundite, dollars, and ingots, from Lima. There hurting reason to believe that they have been ap prised of tile War with England, and that they have put into the Canaries for shelter ; this is the more Probable, as they ought to have arrived here SIX weeks ago. Gliaaa O.—They write from Milan, un. de cd ate of the 1 ph. that . the intelligence which the t re esiso 'from Paris continues to afford- the best ,reps/With reapea to ,the future fate of that th.Ceeelry, the necessary discussions in an affair of il!iPaitanee Only having delaYed the final result. Intentions of His Imperial Majesty always /liiaNhi-view • the benefit of the State which he " e tled, - will be f o u n d to b e i n unison with the 74466' principal ? ewers o f E urope, and espe. I.4,l44Y4sattia. Thus, as a t est i mony o f t h e mode. Inti as .4'o Llis . Maje st y t h e E mperor of the French, a Guarantee of the safety of other States, k ar y el, lithe pneral peace, His Majesty the Emperor -,410ir Oa*, by a graei o u s L etter o f t h e Ist hltl ett to the Vice-President, M. Mst.zt, or. ale of to revok e all the dispositions which Mittister'Of War had ordered to be made. , repo rte d at Milan, that in the new ora t/ilettl is o thine will g u he a . Senate and a Legislative and t hat,the present Vice-pre s id ent w ill b e. innsted with one of the Chief Dignities. I v reTtich eY w rite from Vi aregg i o, that t h e little f" C orvette l'Eli xer had maintained a combat 1" hours With two large English Privateers. CabiZ, Fae. s. are i n f orme d, t h at t h e of P IACI w i ll visit our Port in the Spring. ',eta GRA VINA will preced e hi m . S evera l R e. tuneets vtpeeted from CordoVa, but we dd 417.1P0tt their Ult imatel destination. Two Ships lay s r a t , Line Pld a Frigate, coming from England, ik ely Passed the Streights of Gibraltar to join fib cir e Nlsson' s F leet. According to some account s d o t : ar e kroops on board the se vesse l s, b ut this is it : tilt istertain, that t h e E ng li s h G overn. 4ntr : vare a pprehensive o f a j un e l i on of the French P ee itil Force in the Mediterranean, Indeed, stiZed Toulon Fleet was to form a junEtion with the N et t°44 . 4 4 Cadiz and Carthagena, the English a tto il hil lett be fought to advantage, and the t a,.!leared of the Cruizers that infest it.— fro: U tbss who commands the English Squa. t hef ere our Port, lately received dispatches pe,;:il l eed• which it is supposed are very itTi. air a . s as the Admiral immediately !tot o ff in. 1441 to all the Vessels ander his command. be t old if / st i p e vening a Sekaion from t h e O rator i o lts, -a was performed before In! tit MA) as. sait.t'll'elttotindsor Castle, by the QUERN'S Band Lalf n t riel un Pboir, of the Nln.t,Tuttitt 1V1A1152123 entertained several tioatn thenfebittY with a Vocal Concert by the Gen. Ve llud Windso r Ch o i r . , Mast * :tY morning His Mkt/writ, and PRIX -14ent,418 it in A , Ind AMELIA, accomp an i e d by liotBthZztt?'"' Windsor Great Park. ae ai r i n 6 . s' and the other PRINC ISMS took toefogmote. aesterd tw o er the St. Pancras, tittd other,COlvs were the St. Giles's, and Reviewed, and prat. ite r i bo e new Corps Which have some time liiib_me'ed by the Duc t of Yoßs to be pract ised. prisen7al 1-11gtiness and several Staff Officers . were kith expreased themselve s highbr satisfiecl th at b ` t ue advance which the Troops had made in Wednesday of exercise. kait im ed eestlay the East Essex Militia 'arrived at alateh o l o fmto Tynemourh, a n d on * Thursday o n r hu m Barracks, near Sunderland. Siftehit."l.s4l.4y. Friday, and Saturday morning the e tt4l , commanded by Lora. M . t . orr. ft al $7,0 ,arstsed at Newcastle, in three divisions, 14401'11°14h Caatle, to replace the,ROyal North h. W en E IN%on , sseX Militia quitted Sheerness yes. relilateah !Lin-mute fur l'ortsinouth,` and will he Yesltt,,Y_lee Battalion oldie Army of Reserve. teviewee4Y st nnight t h e D uza of CAMOR MOE Har s h , the Germa n L egion, stationed at r a field n ear t h e Barracks . there, and "la d wel e l elasteav,ti P le ase n ti ft. with Th their appearance and 4 "410 ‘ tanka clothe, Ilteers and men were dre sse d i n A i and e ' made -a very gran d and martial t the Review' His Royal Highness par. tht 11°44 Noun ule4ickst with flu. Officers, in their mess.' ark l a rse out, on his re turn f ur London, in ti t w 4.14 taute ittbhillnfantry are expect e d to march into e'l i t i l a t7. !, t o.tuutrow, and Thursday,' tan their " k IP - I, I‘)* 11/ S. ilie "./"rutart.r, of Bremen, DAVID PUN DT MaStr, ITUID BJyonne; bound to Lisbon, laden will• wheat i .,kie; tained by the . Naiad Frigate:; the latter came up the Harbour last evening to refit. Sailed the Niger Frigate and /fetetta . Sloop' of War on a Citlize to the Westward ; and Humber Sloop. of War for .Falmouth. This evrning arrived the Hina'astint, of 54 guns ) from Portsmouth, with eight of Merchantmen under Convoy, supposed to be the outward.bound .East India Fleet. I)ALP PAST FIVE, P. M. The Edit India Ships mentioned in my Letter of this day, arc not the outward-bound for India, as supposed, but Eight homeward-bound Ships -from the East Indies, under Convoy of the Centurion, of so guns, Capt. RAINIER; they passed this Port yesterday, but were obliged to put back by contrary winds.—The lateness of the hour prevents getting their names in time to save post. Cowan, Mita cit i re—Yesterday afternoon a Seaman belonging to the John aid James, Captain SouLtuatt, outward-bound South Sea Whaler, now lying in our Roads, in a fit of intemperance, acknowledged himself to have been one of the Mani. veers belonging to the liermione. ile was imme. diately apprehended by Capt. HILL, commanding the Impress Service at this Port, and put in irons, and this day was conveyed to Spithead. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH r I.—Arrived the Prato Catkrrixa, from Antwerp, and Friendship, EN. DRICK, Iron Rotterdam, both detained by His Majesty's Ship Ristller. Sailed the Olive Branch, SMALL, for Wales ; Ocean, Fa . A.*Am, fur Csdis ; and tlizabeth, Hurl. LET, for Arundel• SHER&NRS3, MARCH into Harbour L' Aim a ble, • to be docked. Sailed the Diadem, for Portsmouth; and the Fer. ricer Gun-brig, for YarmOuth. Two Boats, within these few days, have been run away with by the Seamen from Ships of War at this Port, some of whoM have been apprehended, and will be tried by a Court-Martial, and no doubt will receive a suitable punishment for SO daring a breach of discipline. Ships at this Port—Zealand, Majestic, Inflexible, Gelyk. held, Etlialion (in dock), L'Aitnable;•Al.ignaniiiious,Winchel. sea, Coreb, Lynx (in dock), Ro,sitta Armed Snip, ,Censor and Baur Gun-brigs, and several' Fire- vess;:is and homb-tenclers. FALMOUTH;, MARCH 9.--Arrived the Preto La:: Sloop of War, with h Fleet under Convoy from the Downs. LEITH, MARCH 7.—On the morning of the . 27th ult. the Brig Vizabetb, of Dunbar, jouN ScAttLot, master, loaded with grain for London, was captured ten miles southward of the Dudgeon Light by L' Alert French Lugger Privateer, ,of four guns and + . 5 Into. The Captain. and crew of the A4abeth had previously got into their boat, and made their'escape, and, at three o'clock in the al.. ternoon, were picked up by 0 -... apt. Hurrom, of the Edinburgh and Leith Shipping Company's Smack Rope. • • Upon Captain Sc'AßLor's pointing out to him the direction in which the .Elizaheth hail been car. tied away, Captain fiturZoN immediately bete down, and gave information to the Captains .01 the following Smacks, then in company, viz. The Ber. wick Old Shipping Company's Smacks Britannia and London Packet, and Union Company's Smack Roxburgh Packet, and they all went in pursuit of the Prtze ;• and af'er a Chace of four hours had the good fortune to re.capture her within two miles of the Privateer, which,' with two more of her Prizes, would have shared the same fate' had not night come on. After putting Capt. SCARLOT and his Crew it) po3session of 061 Vessel, and seeing , her safe near Cromer, they left her to proceed on her voyage.— The Prisoners .brought to Leith, report, that the Privateer had been out ten days from Dunkirk, and had taken five Vessels besides the Elizabeih.— Much praise is elite to the ,Passengers,, who cheer. fully complied with the reolutibn of giving Cline to the Prize and Privateer, anti would willingly have 4s3isted in attacking the latter, had not that been prevented by the night. DISTRIbUTION OF PRIZ-MONEY. To the Officers and Company of Ms Atijestv's Ship the Andante, tar the Capture of the Ship Ocean and her Largo, the 7tltlune, Oat, on board the Ata;ante, at Plymouth, on Friday next; or every Tuesday and F riday afterwards during three yeart, at Mr. Edmund Lockyer's Office, Plymouth. . To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's• Gun-brig Censor s for the Re-capture of the Unanimity, the 27th No vember. tBe4l on beard the Censor, on her arrival at Yar- - mouth t or at No. 37, Soutliampum-street, Coventlgarden, every Wednesday and Saturday during threeyears. To the Officers and Ship's Company of Flit Majesty's Ship Clang", tor the Re-capture of the Eliza, the rBtli PehruatY. tie. 4, by a squadron under the command of sir Edw.Pellew, at No. 7, Waibrook, on Thitraday stennight ; or evety Thurs. day and Saturday duripg three years, at the ;amp place. . The Galliot Jonge Kirmininga, HAN IL►ttgtns BoL master, laden with brandy, lately wrecked on the Sussex Coast, near Nerling Gap, Was, on Thursday last, after being buffctt,ld against the cliff` tar x fortnight, got off, and ( ,ii red into New. haven harbour to be repaired. The vessel, which was Dutelt.built, was remarkably strong, anti al. mo , *t ncw, or she would have been dashed to pieces. Slsc was so acme under the cliff, that a part of it was Cut away to get. her old'. ,81 - 'II,6C;UE 70 ?)L COMEDY 01 TO MARRY OR NOT TO AIARAY *RITTRN BY MR. TAYLOR. HOW vain are the resolves of fickle MAN WokrAta controuls him; do vvltate'er he can,— Spite of his formal looks and lofty carriage; , .'• Our studious Lord ivas markl for Love and Marriage. But then how strange . to slight a Datne of Fashion, And for a simple CirlconceiVe a passiOnl • Hence we may see that Nature Will preVail, When Art, with all hervatioils aidS, may fail. But will that Nature last, if:Spouse should snub-- Or FashiOn not attract her 3—there's the rub I Within that Vortex, which so Many draws, Who next' may whirl, 'must make a Lover pauSe. Fashien, with Nature constantly_at strife, The Husband may ensnare as well as Wife; Fashion, that ev'ry day new objeas gives, And though 'tis always dying always lives ; Fashion, that nukes us seek, with humour pliant, A budding Rosclus, or a full.blown Giant; Fashion—but quite forget tho Play— Male Critics, you to-night•can nothing say. Lan' r;, the Prologue told you very true— • Our present Candidate is one of 'YOU. , In this fam'el Land, which all the World reveres, People are try'd by juries of their Peers ; You, in this Cause, are then our chief resort; The Men are but Speetators in the court:. f you condemn, they will oficourse subrOft— Set then a kind example and 'acquit. - - • •• THE THIATR R.—The Tragedy of Brobarossa, with the usual attraction of Little. BATTY, produced a very numerous Audience at Prory.Lane Theatre last night. l-le was not less successful in his in fluence upon the Audience. The rest of the Per., formers•acquilted thernselves ably, and Were. more, attended to than has been usual when Master .BerrY appears.—Miss Boyce, in 'rare ) displayed , such evident marks of improvement that she will cer, tainly become one of the must intekesting AOteSS.ed of that Theatre. Little BETTY . is to have a Benefit next season at Drury-lane 'Theatre, by which twelve hundred pounds are to he seated to him, in addition to the hundred guineas each night fur fifty perform-. ances. Miss FENToN, the first and the celebrated P o lly,. in The .Beuats' Opera, had for sometime a salary of fifteen shillings a week, but , was bribed to Covent.garden Theatre by RICH at double that, enormous sum, This Miress was afterwards Dutchess of BOLTON. A singular circumstance happened last night at Covent Garden Theatre, during the first aff . of To. Marry or Not to Marry. A . dog suddenly sprung : 'out of the private box next to Mr. Klima Lied box, and came Upon the stage, very near the orchestra. He gave a howl, and mule his exit delibarately on the Promptor's side without any appare?t hurt. The Audience ridiculously testified,some dtsappro. bation of the compinr to whom the Lox belonged when they entered ir. . THE is with much pleasure that Ave notice an improvement which has recently taken place in the manufacture of British Porcelaineollich renders it, in every respe(t, far superior to any similar manufadure on the Continent . . •'A nev) com. position his been discovered in the fabrication, of the Derby Porcelaine, which; beautiful as that. Porcelaine his hitherto been acknowledged to ,be, • has not only unveil increased . its beauty, •but has also given to it 'more, firmness and dorbility, E va n t h e Save China, which has generally, been Ponsidcrett as the moat excellent that •the Continent affords,will bear no comparison with the new manufacture of Der. by, as well for -the, eleganceof the designs, the - bril- Jiancy of the. colouring, and the soundness and trans. !mucky of the composition'. It is with patriotic pride we add, that we hive not, on this occasion, - been obliged rto borrow art and skid from' Other coun tries, but that the ingenious author of this valuable . dbcovery is a native of the British Empire. Thus anew` vein of commerce has, been opened, which will enable •us to advance the interests of this' Country, and extend its reputation for superiority , in the. Arts, as much as for the knowledge of truer Political Freedom, acid the spirit to maintain it. A Gentletnan, iris said, has offered to submit to Lord Mat,viLt.a a disco Very to prevent Ships from sinking. The Inventor has offered to pitive the efficacy of his plan by making an experiment in a .vessel perforated for the purpose.—He requires a very large remuneration for this discovery. jt was stated, t in some of the Papers, that a Re. pots was expetted to be made yesterday from the Cornmittee of the House of Lotds relative to Mr. Jaitice -- Fox. The Committee, however, did not' make. any Report, nor was any thing said in the . blouse ,upan the subjed. It is now supposed that the Committee will report to-morrow. BoNAPAtvre, in his recent Address,to the Legis lative Body, held out Frenchmen to the'civilized world as an example of " the auild'est, most en.. lightened, and most humane people." Did they Shaw their mildness and humauity during the pip.- gress of the Revolution—or their enlightened mfrs. dorn, when, after all their sacrifices and all their horrors, the)isulfered themselves to he enslaved by an obscure Foreign 'Usurper, to the s.urprise„ nationcind contempt of, the whole world, civilized and ; iambi ions I pin Wednesday last the 'remains of Mrs. Kts4wei s were interred in the,Church.yard at Slangily', Sus. ocx. .fihe llad desired that she might be bocric. to the grave try eight men, dressed in new black, ront'd frocks, with the shoulder.straps marked in white, E. K. pito inttials,of her name)- the day on which she died, and her age; 'black neck.cicalt s `and black stockings. This singular request was lite. rally complied with, and the novel arpe.ranmdrew together considerable number of country people to behold it. On Saturday se'ntlight CIitiRLPS SAxTort.. Esq. (son of Cot 12 Sir 'C., SAX To 74" s i3art.) was, by the NeLlynr, and Corporation of Abingdon, unarti. gnously dosen Recciider r,f Oil iLroogh. 1',11Z137..4M II fON4 4.lreves are much WOrit•t h i•' actaivz't banquets. To nr).e. exaaly ..:_einate the costuni: of the Opera, this light Litt...S:3lS ,i , h2S. Tite‘oress balls are mare in fa: • . ; .r ;. it i 5 n q means the case with the niaSqued.b a ll... 1 I rm the first Thursday in Lentohough numeroust , i , %vas by .nO ntealiS as crowded as in the preceding ye (Jur young folks in general are rot fonttoltitsgt6log and our females are too sensible of their charms to conceal them with a.tatask. Besides her antique lamp, a - fine ‘votnan has, on her noc-' turnailable,•a sphynx. in bronic, undor which lie the pc riodical publiCations - of Cliarades and Enigmas ; an altar or Grecian tripod,- in ',which pertitines are huitung, and the newest poem or romance. When a tasliionaSte young, man floeS not wear cli4moncr, Steel; or silver buttrins on his full-dress coat, he uses gold or enatnelled buttons, which have an astonishing et :et; cularly if the colour of the coat be dark, and dark coloUrs ant the most fashionable. On Saturday senniglir, about seven o'clock, a fine new e Sloop - of War, called.the Utter, pierced for, z 8 guns, was 'launched Thy torch.liglii to an s wer the tide) from the .yard of Mr. A. GRoves, Hull. Thespeetatotr,.. of cOugse, wrre not r.) nu: inerous - as might haye been eipeEleZ had the Vessel been launched in the day-rime r3llt those who ci:ti . attend, were gratified `with the sight of licihaps onti of the finest launches .ever witnessed at that P:4l, The ways were laid down in th e which arc used in' HiS gaiesty's Dick- 4 t4cds. The Band of the Suffolk . Reginient (d.mili,6, board', previous to, and alter the vessel'; launched, played " Gcid Saco the Kiiig,", '' Rate Brilannia," and othr appropriate loyal Air., on -.fit occasiOn. , A Court Matfial was lately held at Glasgow on drummer in theist Regitnent of GlasgowVoi4oteet.s;' accused of disobedience of Orders, insolent langoae; and Striking the Drum-Major whe'n on duty. These charges having been clearly proved, he was sentenc a , ed reeelve fifty lashes, and to be crinsned and e 3 Upon bread and water for twenty days. We hear with pleasure that aSubsCrilitiort' within these few days, been opened At f!af. the pUrpose Of 'bringing up and pOttrni 'Out to ,t,_ vice the nurner,-us orphans now at GO:altar, w,h k i , e' patents were carried.off by the dreadfui fever %%;hicit, lately r iged there. , Lieutenant Bit, A Aumkr,'Pirst Lieutenant to Al., AL miral COR'NWLis, promoted to the rank of Commander, Captll/11 C.i MENT is appointed to command the Sea Fencibles at Bet wicl4. Saturday se'nnight a Velsel'abour then, Mititt'S . tl:4lllle 4111) ' A2 It, w;s aroy.".shoie . ttai Portneasuck, in Se•itl4tid, Anti went 't,o pieees she had a paled of Old'jiink on hoard, from Plytimu h, intf was bound for 13;Ifirst,, to load previsions, ,Sce. D.tring the two dat's w,hich preceded wreck the wind biciv strong from West and South ;‘. never, he. less, shE rude out the ,?;reater part of the ga;e, anc!ir on attempting to get under way, the Ves.,el chsc on the wrong".tprek, when she , Went 19• On the i~tc,c4, and in a few minutes _separated, ,o: , e 'Min, : a jotv a suspended himself by a rope from the mast, and thought,' With the motion of the Vessel, to swing' himself on .enure, hut the rnpe ruit.being -fastened, he was_ dashed amongst the locks and. surge, and was overwhelmed 'in the deep, Thi . s Vessel was one of the first French Gun.ly,ato which we took front them„.." , - • The stamen al marine. the p,..7„, anti m ;o g will shrirc 41vInt Sgo. dollarg per man. A sinuggliog vest,el,-suppnetito b'e' Fn-ncli Pri. vateer, w.fs taken tzn Fridi.y or t h e s o w, / l urc h e d, after - a lotg'ehace, by four of the Cruizers on ,that. station. Last We ek . si Danish sr,ef.sel, laden with 'tirnlyr and Salt . , entered the port of Pow 1..;;.. An Exitie Officer, happening to be on'. bOard, While . she was unloading part of her cargo, di covered tw nty, hogsheads of wine, and tWo pupcheons of brand r, concealed under lbc salt ; npon . Which, he itornedi. ately seized the ship and all her argo., A person of Lostwithiel, last Week bargained with a fartnerof St. Wenn, to let him have a'snisil quantity of wheat at Ids. per:hushel ; while the . tanner was ,bringing it to the buj!er, he Was'inet by a party of tinners, who of it, and ,oside 'him deliver it all to them for 265 . 4 , per buslitl. On Friday se'nnight, several men of the pariah of Roach, Corn 'all, assembled in a 'riotous Manner, and proceeded, to Padstow, where alley stew ed . two. vessels,laden with curd, that were hound for Sit,tin,~ and made the owners Unnhlp their cargoes. Appre hensions were entertainedinliodmin, on Sattitday last, that a disturbance would be made in that mar ket, hut; by the spirited exertions of the Rev, Pri I 1.1,11'i, Mayor, it prevented. • Tbdmas . Campbell, the fehio, who effected a very extraordinary escape frOm Oxford gaol, whilst under sentence of transportation for life.for house-break*, in years since,,and whow . as afterwardi taken, by Sayers the 011icer,and cot:dated tO Bow, t taken, by three from Whence he . again contrived to escape' from the strong room wrath his irons on, was tried at Oxford on Friday last for that offence, a n d f ooo d guilty. The ,Prisoner pleaded guilty to the ch arges e preferred against biro.. On Thursday last, about noon, an alarming fire broke Out , at WimbotsiCarn, near Dow nham Marker, Norfolk, which, in a few minutes, totally con: turned four cottages and a barn ; in the latter of which were a mate :and4,call that tell sidims to the flames. A Elfin, house, to which the fire had cost muniCatett, hail nearly suffered the hke,dest'rudions but 'for the timely arrival of the engines from , Downham, 'and the Wkw exertions or the lona. biiants. On Thursday Mr. Gisigory, of Little Bolton, Whilst endeavouring to stuirate fumes in his cans van, unfortunately tell unifier -the' wheels, which` crushed him in so dreadful a 'lninner at to occasion his death the RAMC night., MelanthUtY der t happened in Prineess.;tteet, Manehemier. On Timrsclay last,.an '•*tio w • pis r‘ik • Autsin en y THomni MARII4, Gent: nn a new-horn Want role child, whose head was barbarously severest from irs body, which. was the preceding niorning ffound (closely sewed up in a • piece of canvass cloth) an ri the River Wenstu,'near Sitriingham Fsrry. , —Ver. dis, Wilful Murcier,ig4insi some Person or POrgoill unknown. A respretable Nuke., of Newark, WKS some days - iioce acciticorally clic/wiled tit r canal in that neiv. It , , Olt