The Sun. — London, England, 1805-01-03 00:00:00

Tftrttr is certainly no truth in the report of Lord AUCKLAND'S succeeding Lord HARrtow.ay as'Se» cretary of State for Foreign Affairs. There would be no doubt of Lord iVis.t.mas. BURY'S filling that office excellently well ; but we ! fear that his Lordship's advanced age and infirmities render him at present incompetent to the arduous duties of such a situation, We are convinced, however, that the Nobleman whom we have heard mentioned as likely to succeed Lord HARRoway, will discharge' the functions of his office with an equal degree of talent, and acti• vity. Tii tc circumstance of the - Fmbargo having been taken off some of the Spanish Vessels, has given 'rise' tel a number of speculations, and i n f erences have been drawn from it, by some perms, of s pacific tendency. The faa, however, ,is simply as fellows ; —During the Negotiation between this Country and Spain, application WAS made , to our Government by the Spanish Merchants,,fri know whether they would be permitted to freieiil their Ships which were is our :Purls ; their -appli cation way answered in the affirmative; and, in con `or. tnity with that good faith which has always distin. guished thisCuuntry, theL4argo has now been taken off with regard to those y4stelia, As to one Ship on which the ,'lnblorgo is cuotit'ssed,sh • eighted with Ni t at British goods, which, of course, w 4 cos cated on her arrival at Bilboa. the o w p 1 the goods have applied to have them re.landed, offering to pay demurrage, &c. but this request, has been refused, and, therefore, it was thought right to co ne tinuc the Etntmrgo upon the Ship in qulstir,oittil consent is given to rc.land the Ilrititilt goods which are ort board her. laaAt night we received Kure more Par;r. Paper ; to the 25th nit, and Dootcb . 7eurnali to the 30th, 'l"he latter confirm our former statement wi t h fespe4 to the humiliation of the Bitavian vernmenr. The Dutch have been compelled to publish, In their lawn Journals, a recantation of the. Decree of the quvernment, dishing po obi,:dience to be paid to the French Cum. minder in Chief, relative to commercial af. fairs . ; and still more, have. been compelled to ascribe the Issuing of that Decree to the eraitarous i treleoes ref the enemies of goad order. The Cor sican Usurper seems determined that the unfor. tunate Dutch shall drink the cup of bitterness to its very dregs. It is also confirrne4 that the four Members of the State Directory * who issued the Order, and the S ecretary who signed it, have been dismissed, at the request, or rather by order, of the french Ambassador at the Hague. There is great fr v iSoll to believe that the new yoke of tyranny Which is intended to be fitted on the necks of the miserable inhabitants of the iiitavian AePublic -is nea rly r ea dy fi)r its purpose. With respeet to the Commercial intercourse he. tween this Country and Holland, if we may believe - private Lettere to the 3011 ult. it is nearly, ifnot en. tirely at ,in end, as they state positively that all Bri— tish Merchandise sent thither is peremptorily ordered to be 'confi.icated, whilst the most rigorous orders have been issued to prevent our being supplied from thence with corn. We are nor, howeyer, yet quite satisfied with respc4 to the correttnesa of these statements— r how fa,t the prohibition egtenda, or how far it can by any possibility be CaTTie4 into execution. There seems, however, little doubt , that , the wrongs and sufferings of the Putch are every day contributing to increase their detestation ni their '1 yrant. and this may terve as an additional reason for the `extremely rigorous measures adopted by ode of the Corsican, who probably begins to fear the tiled of the CX , pensive force of public opinion amongst the op. pressed and ruined Dutch, aided, as its operation might I'4 l by means of a communication with this Canty ry. hint is thrown out in one of the Purip Papers,, that French Troops mays probably occupy the Ports of Portugal. An' stteoyt of .this ktf,d is by no moans improbable. The conduct. of M. D*ollBllll,, durirg his resi. &lice as C . arse ela Ajfairei at Paris,..has beati sun, tioned by the full approbation of the EMP BUM of RoostA. The Accounts from Mmirid, which reach to the 4111 tilt. speak peremptorily of War. It was ex pected that Hostilities would be . publiely declared in that Capital on the Bib, . . There rIEVer was a more malicious and ill.founded report, than one which with great Actonishment we have seen in some of ape Papers, of . Mr. cANN !NOS being about to join the ratiks - of Opposition.— Should this Gentleman rpii(his present situation of Treasurer of the Navy, we apprehend that it will be for a widely different purpose. New Year's Dry was celebrated at Frognsare• by an entertainment given by flEtt MAJ EtiTY, when DRYDEN'S Ode on St. Ceeilia's Day, set to music by the inimitable HANDEL, WWI' aptly:chosen for the occasion, which was opened with great spirit by Mr. TAYI,OR, of the Theatre Royal, Covent. garden, who first attrafted the notice of the ROYAL FAMILY by his performances at Weymouth. BAR. TLEM AN", always excellent, never appeated to more advantage than in the songs, Bacchus ever fair and Young, and Revenge, Tintotheus cries, which be gave in a masterly manner. Madam BlANclis was most admired in the recitative, He chose a mournful Muse ; and the following air,. lie sang Darius ; likewise in Sift& sweet in Lydian Measure, acconr .panieci by -Mr. H. GRIESISACH; which were given with great taste and judgment. The chorusscs were performed with great correctness by the Gen. tlemen of the Windsor Choir ; and the whole wait, well condulled by Sir WILLIAM PARSONS. Between the Ads the Company were refreshed with tea, coffee, and sweettneats, At half past six o'clock the Company were nearly all assembled, At seven o'clock the Royal Family. arrived from Windsor Castle, in the following or. der :—The KING and Qua!? tr in the first carnage; the PRINCESSES ELIZABETH and MARY, and the DUKE of KENT, in the second ; the PRINCESSES, SOEIIII4 and, AMELIA, attended by Lady ELGIN, in the third ; and the DUKES of YORK and CAM aatnce, in the last. On the entrance of the Royal s r,.leainily into the Grand Colonnade, the Concert be. gan, The petfutolatice -concluded soon slier ten o'clock, A party of the Oxford Blues, and a party of the Staffordshire Militia, guarded the premises ; and a pattrof horse escorted the Royal Family from and to the Castle. The Company had all left at eleven o'clock. Among the Company we noticed The Marquis and Marchioneis of Thomi,nd. The Earl and Countess Rosslyn. Ladies—M. Bentinek, Henley, fourteney, noreliester, Elgin ' Walsingham, Ayleshury, Boston and daughters, Ely,, Cronley, G. llulkeley, and M. Winyard. Lords—Boston, St. tklen's, and Walsingham. • ' The Officers of the Oxford Blues, 5t:414(.6114e Militia, and their Ladies. General Prince. Cleinels Vansittarr, Rook, and Family . . , Captain iVyse. Tne.lion/Antible MF. Ifni:Putt. Th4listioo of Norwi c h, ' ' The Provitt,i of Eton Cone4e, tj h M t : and Mrs. West, Mr. and Mrs. Freemontle. foothill Roberts, or the Itopi Navy. an .a 'tinniber : ,of other ptlsons of distin6tion. M4cManus, Townsend, and Sayers, attended from Lortiton, to regulate the cartiqtes. Yesterday morning, noon atter nine o'clock, the ROYAL FAMILY left 'Windsor (yr London, in their travelling carriages, escorted_by a patty of the ox. ford Blues ; His MAJitSTY went by Slough,: and itopprd at Kew. HIM MAJISTY and the Pam. essis went by staines ; and, owing to some mis. take, the Light Horse were not on the.road to re.. lieve the Oxford Blues, and chose heavy horses were obliged to go all the way to London. Several of the horses were knocked up no the road ; anti on their arrival at the Queen's House with Hut kA. JUTY, about twelve o'clock, the men had the most 'deplorable appearance.; they were s o comp l ete ly covered with mud, that it was difficult to,discover what colony their clothes were of. • In the course of the 'Morning the Pe INC ISt So. RFII4 Of GLOUCESTER, and a number of the Female Nobility, visited HER MAJESTY and the Purr. clam. About two o'clock Has MAitts.ry arrived at the Queen's House, escorted by two German footmen 'on horseback, and a party 'of Light Horse. In a short lime after His MAJESTY gave audi. time to the Mice of YORK, Pa I,NCII WILL MM of GLOUCES T ER, the LORD*CKANCELLOR, and. Lord HArtterwaY. After which His MAJESTY had a Privy Council, which was attended by the LORD CitaNcßlAoll. the Duke of Moscritosl, the Bishop of Losnote, Dqd HAStrKESBURY, 'SII CHARLES MORGAN, and Mr. WALLIS. General Back w mit was 'introduced by Sir S. COTT3K LL, the Master of the Cerem,oies s and was sworn in Governor Of S. Vincent's, on which dc. (ntion he had the honour to kiss HIS MAJESTY'S hand. The Council closed about four o'clock, when His MAJESTY gave a private audience to Sir CNA. MORGAN, who laid before Ilia MAJESTY several papers telatiVe to Coutts.Mattiai, On Tuesday, at one - o'clock, His .Royal netts the Dtritit of Yottit visited Knightsbridge Bar. racks. where the ad Battalion of his Regiment (the Coldstream) is at present stationed. His Royal Highness impeded. 134 recruits, who joined the regiment from Ireland on. Saturday last, and then inspeeted the men's sleepi ng . roo rris ; after which he proceeded to the mess-room, where the men sat down to a dinner of row..beef and plum.pudding, with plentyOf porter; .each ma n j o i ne d in drink.. ing the health of their Royal Colonel, with three times three. His Royal Highness then partook of some refreshment with Captain BECKEiT, the Ad. jutant ; after which he set ofrin, his travelling car. tinge, to pay a visit to His MAJESTY, at Module His Royal Highness the DUKE of CLAKEtvca is arrived in Town for a few days, from Bushy Park, Mr. Prrr returned to Town yesterday from Earl CAMDEN'S seat in Kent. The principal Officers of General W, t , t,E , Liky's .Division of the Army in I,.odia have present ~ t with a gold'Vase of the value of 2000 pinta., iti, i l t an inscription; recording the principal eve t! s, docisive of the campaign is die Dekkan. gle'%°"", MARS. .4tx zu-1 Dublin, 2 Waterford. Du 4 llarnburgh, Dublin, 2 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS, Tilt, OAT ♦1 ?WILTS O'CLOCC. Consols foi Opening, sg/ 1 Red. Ann. .. 58 // 2RRATUNI.--111 our Address to the PublicAan Aiew-Year's Day, for, " we are tiit !he leis," read, " tse mere awerse." .THE SUN. SaLtm QUIS DICxRZ YALIUN AUDZAt L 0 N 1) 0 N, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1805. N l VA. NEWS. POETSMOUTH,Jtit~i.3.--Sailed out of Harbour, his Mdjeity'l Ship Prima of /{Vales, for Shithead ; Duke of IVorfolk, DYER, for Arundel ; Harriot, PARSON, Mary, ELLIOTT, and ado, T for, Sunderland ; and Pearl, KRA*, for London. The Mo . /nth- Armed Defence Ship it expefted to sail in the morning with alt the upward-bound Ships under convoy. LlARwrcir, jmv. 2.—The Brig /rata Orelfni of and from Stockholm, L. GEORGE HIRRTA Mas. ter, bound to Dublin, laden with iron, deal•, pitch, and tar, is on shore..on the Main, near the Naze Tower : the Ship is full of water, but the cargo, most probably, if the weather continues moderate, will be saved. The outward.bound Packets, with the Hanahro', Bremen, and Gottenburgh Mails, arc yet detained. CASTLETOWN (BANTRY BAY), DEC. 24.—0 n the zoth inst. His Majesty's Ship Thunderer, Capt. PIDFORD, arrived in this Bay about 8 A. M. and drove on shore on Bcre Island at 5 P. M. yesterday arrived His Majesty's Ship Princess, Royal, on board of which a great, quantityof the Thumderer's Stores, Guns, and Shot, were }nit ; and this day arrived His Majesty's Ship Gollob, and a Frigate, name unknown, with an empty Transport, to take out the remaining Guns and Stores. It is the general opinion, that when the Thum• derer is lightened she will be got off, DEA,L I JAN. 2.---Sailed the Curfew Sloop of War for Margate Roads. In the Downs. Ardent, Antelope, Inflexible, Castor, Champion, lamaica,.Spcedy, Dart, Alert Lticiier, Volcano, Discovery; Devastation, Vesuvius, and Zebra Watchful, Ri fleman, Thrasher, Monkey, Biter, Hold, lackal, Haughty, Mariner, Locust, and • Tigress Gun-brigs, and the Aimed Defence Ships and Transports, as per last. LEITH, DEC. 29.—0 n Thursday arrived in Leith Roads, the Diligence Armed Ship from a Cruize. Yesterday arrived at Leith, the Concorde, of Kirkcaldy, ADAIASON, from Riga, with hemp, flax, &c. She sailed in cumpany with several other. British Merchant Ships froM the Sound, who joined together for their mutual protediOn, there being no Ship of War at that place when they sailed. The Spanish Ship stated to have been captured by the An:redo Cutter, Capt, SMYTU, arrived last week at Ranhillan. She was bound for Malaga, from the River de Plata, laden wish dried and tanned hides,• tallow, candles, and iso,tscodllars. As a trait in the British charade, the following is not unworthy of notice : riil Majtity's Ship the Bat - hi/team being , appropriated solely to the re. ception 'of Dutch Prisoners of War, her Ship's Company, consisting of a detachment of the Royal Marines and some seamen, ;gave up the whole of their provisions, beer, &c.. on Christ4i mas:Day, to the Dutch Prisoners, in . gonsidera. Lion of the- humanity and kindness with which they understood the Romney's Officers and Ship's Company had been treated by the Dutch on occasion of the loss of that Ship on their Coast ; an acknow. lerigment which the prisoners most thanktully en,, joyed in evtry sense of the expression, 00 New.. Year's D a y they were - regaled by the Officers of the. Ship tio account of the same consideration. The Oporto Ship. jensy s . Capt. STONEHOtTni is arrived safe at Plymouth, after escaping, by sin. gular gallantry, from a french - Privat e er that at. tacked per in the Channel-: finding they had no chance of resisting the Enemy with two or' three swivels only, he' proposed to the crew to fight her. in a different way, viz. by attempting ra rnm her down. The. proposal being:instantly agreed to, he ordered the helm up, and run the jewty , direilly on the Enemy's weather buw, 'which carried' away his bowsprit and topmast,. and then wearing bore down on his boats, which were hoisted nut, to bOard with, • and, swamped them, leaving the French Privateer, afterwards enough to do to provide for her own safety. The Underwriters have very handsomely rewarded Captain Syorrittiouss for this salmons exploit. A Court Martial was assemhkd at Sheerness on Monday last, on board His Majesty's Ship Afri. taint, to in qu i re i nto t h e circumstances relative to the loss of His Majesty's Sitip.the Rowney, on the Sand called the Suuth Haaks, off the Texel, en the. 19th of Novornbet t •Anti- W try krt.( Capteitift CoLvti.t., his Officers, and Crew, for the saint. , . zstivr, F. N ICKMORIII Esq. • Captain of His Majesty's Ship Rami. lies, and Second Officer in the Command of His hi.ljesty's Shipa, ate . in the Medway, an d at the Buoy of the Note, President. Captain A. Fraser Captain H. Inrnan I, Draper Geo. Dun 4 as —,—. I. W. S'pranger James Colnett ..--- W. Broughton --- A. M'Kenzie ---- A. Renou Sir T.l.ivingstonerift. -- A. j. Griffith s J. RICHARD; Esq. Deputy fudge Advocate. After a very full investigation of ail the circurn stances relative thereto, it appeared to the . Court that the loss of the Ship was occasioned by the thickness of the fog, and the ignorance of the Pilots in regard to the tides, &c. they having undertaken a charge to which it app eare d t h ey were wholly inco mpetent., .The sentence ni the Court was, that the Pilots shall be mulcted of all their pay for the Rom#ey, and ren. dered incapable of taking charge of any of His Ma jesty's Ships and Vessels of War in future, and he imprisoned in the Marshalsea, one 'for the space of six, and the other for twelve cilemLir The Captain, Officers, and Crew, were most justly' and honourably acquitted of all blame ; it aprarin•c, to the Court t h at the utmost exertions were u se d by stem to Save the Ship after she had struck, and, to prevent the Ship's Company from becoming prisoners to the Enemy and the Court expressed,: by their President the hi4h satisfadirm which they reit at their =dna tirctlr 'he very trying circa stances attendant u, , on tint melancholy occasion. f TheCeptturioN, Cssur 2, from DAntzic, for L on ' don,, sailed from Elsioeur on the t N•.v. under . convoy of the Charles armed ship, and was cap tured ron the. 26th, off Flimbo,ugh H-ad, by a Fr ench privateer. Part of the crew are arrived at Dunk i r k, and ierrt that the same privateer had capture dl other vessels of the fleet. • • Last .night Dispatches were sent from the At miratty to Portsmouth, to he forwarded by the p r , , ses,rte Fr i gate, Capt. SAYER, to Sir jolts Duct' Dispatches were last wOlt.rir, at Jamaica. night sent to Adnii til MurcH, at Halifax, North America. ELL Sir HOME POPHAM had 2 long interview yestert' . A day with Lord Met.rxt.t.s, soon after the attlYo, of his bldship from Wimbledon. By Letters from Bushire, received via Madrtir per Tigris., we arc informed, that Mr. Misnssill the East-India Company', Resident, left that plot; on a mission to the Court of Tehram, in a style ,t . ;, elegance which cann o t b e equa ll e d b y any ()Ow', Persian Nobility, and h ar dly surpasse d b y t h e Kit' himself. One m a y form some idea of the spread ' m Add, that in which Mr. M his retinue TtssTOfltua::els ' w hen upwards horses, goo baggage mules, and 6o camels, with 4 multitude of servant s an d camp followers, wll°;.i, makes the whole appear like a little Army in :lion, The Procession moves - in the following 'der ; lo the van an . Elephant—Several awl 0 , rseback, who administer a c onstant su pply coffee and hookahs (pipes for smoking) during till march--Some troopers, two of them carrying TsiP l o ll. ' Jacks— Nine led horses, elegantly caparisoned la the Persian fashion ; twelve running footmen ; gold-sticks, and two silver sticks, mounted. -611r 1 IVIArvEsTv ; the Gentlemen of hi s Suite, a , horse before each ; 4.TGholains, or Persian Gtrards,:-. dressed in or:lilt-coloured clothes, and armed cv . itti:': shields, swords, and carbines, with the Sepat Gurrds. The whole made a splendid speCtacle , . and attracted not only the attent i,,n but the ad' miration of all the inhabitants of the Villages a.nd Towns they passed thiough on their. w ay to Sh'" raz, where the Prince was expeeled to meet them, previous to their introduAlon to the Court of Tell' r.tin. CALCUTTA,. jouv 4.—Yesterday arrived this Danish Ship the tlizabilk, Captain HAct. ftuA Batavia, last from Bencoolen, on the z 8,1) of NW' The following persons, Prisoners of War, s 0 Passengers on' board her,. from Batavia : CaptaiOt NV, SOMRIYI LL S. and CHAR LES EGOLISTONS, late Commanders of the Ship , ; Jiorrietta and Ceanterl Sutherialvd ; Messrs. AtAx. Itostmrsort, jolt g WAThON, PETS* !ATTE, JOHN STE.VatOON, I , E. E. SHER . RUINE, Pi rsit LAws , ts, WiLLIAA. DO l / 4 14114,, Rola IT FIREMAN, WM. SvTHkRLANP O NICHOLAS MF.ET,)N, Officers of Ships; with 1 0 Natives, all Prisoners of War. By Private Letters from Bencooten, feceivetibi; the above conveyance, we are happy to find, 11 ' 2 ! the Expedition that had been fitting nut at tea! Settlement had 'sailed for M-ochie, and•diarfcd,..,..; char before that Fort on the i4.rh April last. l l; demand against the Rajah of the place net ha Y l hi : been acceded to, the Ships were moored wi t hin pistol.shot of the walls of the Fort, and, idler ' lir tering for some time ? the place w.'s stormed, • the loss ..f about so killed and wounded on our pa i r The Ships suffered a little in their inasts and f f ging ; 83 pieces of cannon were found ju the f o r(.' The terms granted to the Enemy were the siirneako fered to them previous to the storm, viz. I.° lu d a t gonad the value of the ship Crescent. some time since, and to reimburs e us ex ace of the Expedition h tied o ut again" ;, (I : e f i The . 4e terms were fi nally agreed to, and six %-,'" delivered up hostages for their due perforaunc ella e * Yesterday a Court of Direetors was held at plundert East India House, when a number of Tenders „ .Ships were opened, a n d re ferred to the COrtai°,r Of Shipping. to The undermentioned CAptains were rl rn s .p .' the command of their r,:spettive Shiro Vl' . 15 f W. W. Fmrxra., Cumber/arid, and Capt. r 46 " 11 Mertirox, Exeter, for China dire Ct. The Court adjourned at s ix o'clock tilt to-00° row. __... i C v l A unt L ry ett a e g r a l io rn s tn t , c.o , _, the squadron destined for tir... protetlioo of (4 ` .., GARDNait, in the in mand of that distinguished and gallant Officer , 11 ran Cork, dated the 24th ult. sai- g Hibernia, invasion s . t t o he be fi u n n e d st er sh t:: l l :4 n world. Protetled by such a force, under such 4 , b t., , .. , Admiral, ; we have no reason to apprehend 07, o f den assault from the Enemy upon this part °Y e , coast. Superadded to this essential measure 49 ' i curtsy, it is bu t that the militaryjuasrtricaengteomtehnetsGheovsepirnatnirantoig: gra.- of attention to out inveroal tot sc-ogtii• ,11‘lei, fitte. battalions- intended lately for the We" in pre Ihel Stht 90th, and 96th - Regiments , ni f°°;' e ir again restored to the force of this kingdom'' act' heavy baggage has been disembarked, and forwllf to their respedive quarters." g et, A Letter from Newcastle, dated lower I'. h s t ', The weath er , for t hese three days ra", h o Steen very cold, and the frost more inter's° ..., his been experienced here for some time P l ot i l :n iti t ie he s" So w ut h h as fallen, so as to render the roads very l'e;:,',,f s t rt on Sunday last, stood at 18, The Mail did not arrive here on Fridal "" " o il, great t n h i e u re an ; rit b ie u: We illirtieoawrivll,,ai three o'gluck. The thermometer of F4blet'.. he, , low the freezing paint. Yeste b r e d i a n y g :t 4 r d o t s g e rc i i rj , T. ,, b in e; e a i i ; t : hue l a r ge ‘ves,y.esies . quantity narnejg tuito o z f tei I: i c c o e sph i s :: o r i r c i a ve t : s t ocief le f t/ On T Ai Obt , litlin'the.Prizes given by the Agricultursi w hoa 1Y was held an the Palace Grceo, Durtwa' 'Oil' jc:die:::::l4.4'triNt e l f t ei d e it tu h P p a ami r i g i s x : e: Bu f 'c o s n ‘ci r v i . t i h r i e a loi ln ia la:tt lB C a i: i t s d cgic e hn : l ti .l ; , s ll : l ::::: u . de t ;:t r r pe ri° r ar i: s r_lrigtOfl. A very large c.lavarly pi .t he 136 11 11 , 1 0 Pentlemen, quziars Etlin; re ' a t tendea ll tdecasion • k $4 .11 , 1 . • ,