The Sun. — London, England, 1803-09-27 00:00:00

frir MAILS. btflt. ANNIVID. Cottcnburgh a --- Harnburgh t - isols - o PRICE OF STOCKS, 'ruts DAY AT TWILLVE O'CLOCK. 533 a Omniurn S THE SUN. 301,thf QUIS I•LgUI4 AUDIAT ? Lri.VDON, SEPTEMBER 27, 1803. Two Mrila from 'Gottenburg arrived this morn ing ; but bring no intelligence of any importance, Some farther Articles of Intelligence, not alto. gether uninteresting, have reached us through the medium of Letters brought by the Hamburgh Mails which arrived on Sunday night. • The Military Capitulation, as it is called, between • Switzetland and France, is at length said to be con. eluded, by which t 6,000, Swiss soldiers are to pass into the service of France. One Battalion is 'to make a part of the Consular Guard. The ivy of these Troops is to be the same as that of the French Ttoopy. From Switzerland we also have a'Letter written by Bo:JAY:I2I7E to tlie• Landamman, extolling the AA of Mediation which so happily confirmed the Libertie, a the Swiss. With respel to the preparations against thii Country,, we are again told that the building. of Flat-bottomed Boats' is going on with the greaten alftivity in the Ports of Belgium. AtAaftwery , 16z houies are to be puile:i down to make room fur the new Bacon which is to be construfted on the General ROCHAMBEAV, WIZO cornmacded at. St. Domingo, is Paid to h.ive arrived in France. The whole number of French and Dutch 'troops which a.t present occupy the Lland of Zealand are ritrd at 15 or 16,000, and these, it is laid, will be reinforced. A Ilatayiin flotilla will, it is said,. be formed on the Scheldt, which wiil be composed of some Fri. gates, Cutters, and Sloops, and tkccrtain number of Gun.boats. The intelligence from Paris, brought by the cir. cuitous route of the liamburgh 'Mails, respecting the formation of a French : Army at Bayonne, for the purpose of attacking Portugal, and relative to the . fabricated.complaints mule of a violation of neutra lity on the part of the Portoguese,• has been reasoned upon in some of the Papers as affording.grounds to believe that an attack was immediately intended upon Portugal'. We think on the. contrary that the wisembling,,or pretending to assetnble an Army at 13,tyonne, and the complaints in the Mani feu,' against Portugal, 'which we stated yesterdaY; were merely intended as threats to induce the latter Power to purchase htr neutrality, which have already had t~7 it efed, whilst they have at the same time made a ,itnlar impression on Spain,, and induced that . P.,wer to give a part of:her treasure in order to par. chase at air enormus price an inglorious vassalage •to the FIRST CONSUL 1)1 France. Nothing, decisive ,can bc gleaned Front the ligence brought by the fait Mails respeding the ilisposition cif Bassin, and all speCulation upon that subject, at present, can only teM to render uncer. v4iri3y more uncertain, and doubt sti 11 more doubt. itie. A Mail arriVeti this morning from Dab/in, with T'arrs Of the 2'3,1, but they contain nu intcresting i~itK;iigence. Ye r sterday mnrning 1118 MAJESTY, attended. by Lord WALtiINGHANI, 'GCilefak FITZROY and HAR COIIitT, and Co!. DEn,nitow, tack an airing on sl back in Windlor Great Park, and . viewed iwrovments nuking there. HI , It MAI t , ry, the PRlNcrssrs AI,IOII3TA and ELtz A livrif, by the COUliteSS of LIAR COUAT, toOk :In I. irg in a 30t.'Llbk' On the Dentield !Wad, aod rt:turi,A by Hatclitg-lane and Holly Grove. Pril,c;:ss A a—on(lcNi by Lac!) , PITT, thro , 1 1 :1 di,: sc,:;,zions by Virginia VViite'i, YQi,!erday rrtornit.7 the: Windsor Cavalry had a stand ffrisl day on Wi n kAeld Ikr Glace lho :Dotchess' of Gba DON, and Lady tir I,4NA arrivtd at Gordon's Nzw 'For , z,daY On a visit to thc Ma'r j rinis ui iloNft;i: - , and setoff again for Gordon Castit: ttl .ton :7.,:ainr;i.try. last night forwarded from the S:. , c.retAry of ()trice. to Portsrriontli, to he sent on ( .war d the Excilient, of 74 . guils„„Capt. Sari; E L old, for .Sir ALF the I;,'!,glish Minister at Au. ta; an d a i s ,.; addressed to the Com. Tw o 1.;I:es of P:.:tcoos approved of by Generd , iltunf.tdiatcly ereocd uloog the bmst ildiapshir,:. at E r entertained the Chief 01. ftc4c.r, at (Arto.l4llll ye. tr t day, i st.C.,,,,bhavn H a il, 'kh e C;l:nerkt! 'CI/rt.:YARD, t:« 10,,,- I , ; # l,r k v_1..1.;it1,.. ; •I`::',:v ,~,~ ~ 1 4 . ' i ~ilc• NAVAL NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 26.—Arrived this day the Speedwell Cutter, Capt. HoPiciNs, from Cork, with ten sail of Slips under her convoy ; one of them, the Ship LLl•venture, SINCLAIR (late BRUCE), from Jamaica, which was captured by the Caroline French Privateer, re-captured by an English Priva. Leer, comtuanded by Capt. GOODALL, again taken by the Enemy, with Capt. GOODALL'S Privateer by said French Privateer, Caroline; and, lastly, re. • taken by His Maj4sty's Ship Decade. Dropped down to Sr. Helens, His Majesty's Ship Britannia, commanded by the Earl of NORTH. ESK. -The outward hound West India, Lisbon, and Mediterranean Ships, with their respective Con voys, are exptded to sail to-morrow. Arrived the Family, BJORNSON, from Fors. ground. DEAL, SEPT. 26.—His Majesty's Ship Leda came in last night from . the Eastward, and His Ma. jests Ship Diana this morning from, the \Vest_ ward, and saile,l this afternoon to the Northward. Sailed this afternoon, the Bloodhound Gun-brig on a Cruize off In the Downs, the Illoyearcb, Utrecht, York, Glatton,lrnmortaliii, and Lcda. YARMOUTH, SE Pr. z6.—Arrive4 the Diana Packet, Captain STEWARD.; from Gottenburgh, and Nancy, WALsit, from Norway. The Twee Gcbroders, K.SAM ER , and a Hoy, name unknown, are sent by His Majesty's Ship Fortune'e. The Lord Nebvs, STOKER, for Hull, put in here on Saturday last with loss of anchor, and cable, sailed this morning, The Diema Packer, in crossing the North Sea, was chased'by a French Privateer, but the Packet firing two broadsides at her, she declined the contest, KING GEORGE PACKET, CAPT. YESCOMBE.— We have been favoured with some further partico., lays of the engagement by which the King Gorge Packet,' Capt. YEsCOMUE, was captured. She sailed from Lisbon on the 23d,0f July last, with the Mail for England. On the 30th, at four in the afternoon, a schooner was observed in the south. east, standing towards her: Capt. Y. took in steer. ing.sails, hauled his wind to the . N. W. and a thick fig coming on soon after, lost sight of the schooner. The wind shifting to the southward, the packet tacked to the westward ; when, the fog clearing up, the schooner was seen again about half a mile off, and appeared to he a privateer.— Another fog coming on, she disappeared again, and the Packet crol.vdingsail, now stood before the wind. It cleared again about ten, when the Schooner was discovered in full chase, and gaining fast upon the packet, Finding it now impossible to out-Sail her, " it became our duty (says our i n f ormant ) to d e f en d the ship like English Men, We shortened sail, and prepared fin action. We had but six r2.pound carronades, and 28 men ;!, the enemy as appeared afterwards, had 14 guns and 98 men ; but the firm spirit, skill, and animating address of our brave commander, diffused a cheerful confidence through our little vessel. We got up our boarding.nettings, and stood to quarters until four in the morning ; the schooner keeping just without gunshot. She now hoisted a rett flag at the lore; :di at half pst four, being within gunshot, we, gave her our broadside. She then•hoieted French colours anti re. turned „it. The action now comtneoced, and was continued for fifty minutes, at close quarters. Our colOUrs' were twice tihut away, and our decks ploughed •up with shot, of which more than two hundred passed through one to sail. It is astonish ing, with the heavy fire of musquetry they kept up,' in addition to their great guns, that they left a loan of us alive, as we,,stood exposed to their view, without any t hi n g to defend us above breast-high. They attempted several times to board us, which we evaded. At last they ran alongside, their yards filled with men, .and under a heavy fire of mosque• try, threw about fifty (many of whom were blacks) into our rigging. It was useless to resist any longer.; 'our brave Captain wa, mortally wound e d ; and his second, Mr. Sr. Auer N, shot ihroogh the leg. We struck' our colours, and were carried into Spain." In addition to the Captain and Master wountied,Joort Refs and ALEXANDER HILL were much hurt ; but none dangerously except the Cap. rain, who snivived until the It to instant, when he died on.board'a neutral vessel he had hired to bring him to England. • The remains of Captain Yescom a e were interred in a vault in .Milor chutoh.yard, Thursttly last, With peculi3r solemnity.- The packets in harbour fired Minute guns; all the Captains of the packets in harbour attended, with roost cf their crews, and a vast' concourse of people, compo-ed of nearly all the respetlable inhabitants of Falmouth, and the neighbourhood. • Captain.BaostLay is appointed to. the Command Of the 4 1 .6Atropiori Frig:tte, at is Captain Bot.T N to the Ainialle, at Chatham. Some bomb vessels have, it is said, been ordered off Calais, with a view to attempt the destruaion of the fhtilla that lately escaped front Dortkio; into that harbour. Ow the . I,rh'of February, .1 Court-IVTar;ial tt.P , l nsiembled on board I Majaty's Bombay harbour, for the . of i\lr. jou:: .4'GFt E v., Surgeon ot His Majesty% P - I" , X, on a charge of .unArrobluanlike. b4ravi6o r ; o,„ s i ve , f ugtcige ., .a m t fir .triktog it t BLAKE, the Diiiruis,sed His iv,f,sp,,, ty ., ~ : ndered incap;lble of ever •agato I:. , Trisontnelit for 51X motiOs in tlzt; Tara v j ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ PRINCE WILLIAM OF GLOUCESTEIVs ROUTE IN LANCASHIRE. Prevon, Sept. 13. PRI NC E WI LLIAm of GLOUCESTER arrived here on Tueday night last, at a late hour. On Wed nesday morning early the bells rung a merry peal, and 'every street and avenue were uncommonly crowded. At eleven o'clock the Corporation waited on His Royal Highness, to whom a very handsome Address , was delivered by the Recorder of the Borough, expressive of their loyalty and attach. merit to the illustrious. House of Hanover, &c. &c. His Royal : Highness, in reply, was pleased to ;lc - knowledge:the high sense he had of their loyalty and zeal. 'On the Corporation retiring, His High. tress proceeded to the Market-Place, and reviewed a troop of the 6th Dragoon Guards ; he then pro ceeded into Church -street, wh ere Colonel \VAT soses Corps of Loyal Preston Volunteers were drawn out, which His Highness inspested, and was pleased to express his approbation at their appear ance. He retired amidst the huzzas of thousands spelJtors, from amongst whom a female re. quested, and had permission to kiss his hand. The Prince afterwards (in compliance with a note from the Lady Abbess) visited the Nunnery for young ladies. He was pleased to pay the Lady Abbess many compliments, on the arrangement of. her Se minary. His Highness then called upon Colonel WATSON, and took some refreshment. After wards, attended by the Colonel and several other Officers, he rode out to view the neighbourhood of the town, which he considers capable of being . made of considerable military strength and im portance. In the afternoon he reviewed the Preston Light Horse, and second Corps of Infantry Volun. Seers, under the command of Colonel GRIMSHAW. His Highness and,suite dined at the Bull Inn, with the Mayor and Corporation, and the, several Field Officers of the different Corps. At six o'clock His Highness and suite left Preston for Lancaster. Lancaster, Seth 24. About nine o'clock on Wednes4ay. evening, His Highness PR/NCR WILLIAM of GLOUCESTER ar rived here, and went to the King's• Arms Inn. On Thursday morning the. Colours were hoisted tin the steeple, and by all the vessels in harbour. About ten o'clock His Highneis inspetied, in Dalton. square, the Loyal Lancaster Volunteers. Soon alter eleven o'clock, the Mayor and Cerporation waited upon' His Highness, when the Mayor.delivered an Address, expressive of their loyalty and afrcetion to their lIIIICII.UCIOVCd KING ; wherein they al so requested r ermission of His'Highness •to enrol his name in the list of Freemen of the Borough of Lancaster. • . . His Royal Highness received the Address, and accepted of the honorary freedom of the Borough in the most gracious manner. In the afternoon,. the PRINCE visited the Castle, and ascended the Square Tower ; at the top of which is an elevated place, calted.7obn of Gaulle s Chair. A t six o'clock he partook of an 'excellent dinner at the King's Arms, with the Colonel and Officers of the Volun teer Corps, &c. In the. evening His Highness visited the Theatre, and at eight o'clock yesterday morning he left this town for Busford Hall, the seat of Sir I'. D. littsxrrn, Ban, with whom he dines, on his way to Liverpool. ' It is reported that Gen. DustovarEa has deliver* ed into the hands of Ills Royal Highne;s the Com mander in Chief, a most comprehensive arid interest jog Afe/anir, minutely detailing all the Plans that have been formed and adopted during the last thirty years in France for the Invasion of this Country, and pointing out, with astonishing ability, the only as sailable points on our coast, and how these points may be rendered invulnerable. It is likewise said, that in this work'n delineation of all the Ports from Baj- Imre to the Texcl is given with the greatest accuracy; the number. of vessels and their capacities that each harbour can supply ; the m'thods formerly de.. signed for their safe departure and landing on the shores of England, and the different routes to be pursued by the respedive divisions. of the Invading Army,, and the orders for their conduct, when they had olitaitied a footing on this side the water. The Lieutenancy of Northamptonshire have ap. pointed General Places of assembling for the Vo lunteer Corps of that County, in the event of In vasion, or the appearance of an Enemy off the Coast. The St. Margaret's, Hans Town, Fulhani, Lam. beth, and several other Corps of Volunteers, as. sembled yesterday at their respeCtive parade grotinds, and went through their exercise with great preciskin. The St. Margaret's and St. John's Corps have received orders to provide themselves Knap. sacks, and have in readiness to take with theni, i , 3 pair of shoes, a pair of stockings, a blanket, and bread for four days. The Sr. George's Volunteers had, a Field-day yesterday in Hyde Park. A well-planned sham fight took place, and was executed in a very lent'style. The Light Company was particularly _alert, and the whole went through their cliff:rent evolutions in a most corred and. effedive styl.4. As it was found extremely inconvenient to the St. James's Volunteets to be under the necessity of calling at the Parade for their arms every time they went nut, the Duke of . PORTLAND has Jibe rally made them an offer of a spacioui.room within the Court-yard, to beconverted into an armoury. Lord F.4iLICL AND is gone to Broadstaits. As he is a spirited .young Nobleman,. and. in the Naval Service of his Country, we should be glad to hear that he was employed upon the waves rather than upon the ?bore, Lord HA RP, WOOD,: wi t h true Patriotic s pi r i t . , h as rased' a regiment.. of rift:in:li on his estates in Yorkshire. The llaroness Caorrois and her daughter are go. j o g tdl eilelteolmn. They intended to visit Ir - eland, but the state of that Country has induced them to 11,4 tpone their. Journey. . . The Cc unte;.4 of A t.Doottoucit .ancl many other .1-ashionable persons Mare at. the seat' of the P.art of (31. y LbFor. D, at Waidershare, - Loid ;ii - ht Lady STOPIinRD ATe flititre tr) Noose, in Wortha:uptnn4iire, fotrn :r .: iy rcofieLi 6). the Dukt'Qf 411.4R04TE, SEPT. 25. THE jiutumnal bre; ain have lively blown away 3 great number of our visitors, yet we n.ustered at', least A . 6, persnns on Monday list at a Benefit Con- cert . -at:the Prosoe.i Bowling Green House. The Corned v of The Will was represented at the Theatre; in the svening, but as a Ilan wai given-the same night at Ramsgate by the Officers of the I,sth Light Dragoons. this Military Fate proved a more power flu dive rsi*-0:. . .. The Maslernf the Ceremonies had aß.:nelit Ball. on Tuesday ' there, the festivity of which . was clouded by the melancholy accident of the boat up setting near the Pier,hcad, which has already noticed in the Public Prints. INca.spoN appeared, at our Theatre in the evening. .He played Yowl i Illeadolos in Love in a Village, and Tom Tug it . t!'e After.piece. He was very at traftive, and very mud!' admired. CanWhinesday DANDELION was to have been opened, but the unfavourable weather put aside til • intended Entertainment. Mri. Purr patroniZ t ed the Benefit of Miss NORTON in the evening. Tne Play was Romeo gird 7nliet, and the Farce Bov rao. Mr.T.kuoußDl N performed Romeo with great judg. • meet and spirit. A Gentleman came on for Mer#, claw with nothing conspicuous of theatrical merit.. Miss NoRToN'S J u li e t wa s at least interesti n g in point of feeling. Mrs. TAYt.ott was a strong sisp• port to the Piece in the Nurse, and dressed the part . . were the Dal," and Si r J o h n TrotlV with peculiar success. G A RNER and II Drl _Pt:" in Bow Joe , and both supported the charatiers With so much true comic merit that they would have gratified a London' k - f audience. KIDDMAN'S Ball on Thursday was as usual ree f brilliantly illumi n a te d, b ut not to much purpose'n, 3* a s bitants. . I Mrs. FORSYTH gave a Public Break fast onri day at •Bmadstairs. This Entertainment was ais. tinguished by a pr o f us i on of every thing that could gratify the tast e i nte ll e ctually it ll our town has lost so man y of its tempos Y corporeally.. 7 The ompany, WWI! consisted of all our Fathiotrables, anti all that cou d. be assembled at the neighbouring places, amounted to about 300. 'There was a dreadful hood( among i. the Perrier" , on this occasion. Speed eke Plougb was the performance at the Theatre, but it was bl. and . no titans Speed 117 e Manager. DANnittio): on SaturJay mustered up 3 fe' v R : ctuits at a 'Benefit Concert. Mrs. Foltsrr la rl s ;' night patronized the Benefit of Mist 1i:oil'. Play was As You Like It, and the seecinti Ti e7 h 7. Ways and Means. Mr. 1 7 AD LKNXit, frOM 1 1 4. : played japes in the Play 'and Randrm in the A 3 1 1: He was most successful in the urlan cl '°l i : japes,' the sentiments of which be delivered -41i force and judguient. He wits well received. Sir BENJAMIN SULIVAN took the oaths, and his seat on the Bench as, Recorder of Bombay, on the I zth of May under a salute of 19 guns. May,, A , ge neral Field Review, anti mock Engagement, it to take place in the Easter I)istrial avithin tbs course of ten days, under the command of Lieutt; , nant•General CRAIG. The ground for thiltgrana military speaacle, is Weeley. Coalman, tie lw r i : Colchester and Ipswich—the only space cal"" of receiving fi fteen thousand men, of which this lin . e e is to be formed. Tie Brigade of Guards, sod ! k i l o prescribed Regiments of Royal Lancasters, expea •10 e.• , grounds near the scene of review. their tents this week, and to march from •L' e. " - ford and Danbury, to encamp on some of tile h i g h i Ipswich and Colchester, with their oeigh l " uri f n h g e encampments, will each send hoot sOo* m o e"; 11 .• 1 9th, and three other regiments of :Light ' ava. ' e ll are to take post on the flanks ; the Artillery 0,1, be limited to the field. • of pieces the several ter. • men". The D al „ of y og g ard CAMORIOOS are expelled to be present. ' applicable to Several new military inventions, defensive purposes, 1,,,,, e l ate ly been under the e . o n: immense chasm may be Th e garrisons 0 !ider'ition of the Board of Ordnance. Aro"g st Whel ii is one for undermining any part of a " ad; "Y‘tilat in !t should be necessary to abandon it to .10 ertemy,s prOach, which it will be iin.possible for Artillerl (.;, PM* This has been fully approved b) the Ina r ,„ 4nd'llllle implements and inst rations necessary t o . forming six !, m i n „ wi ll , s peedily be forwarded i!f diffe.rent parts of t he Coast. The chief n ovell _ forrnt,i, previous to hrs . the invention consists in the facility with which 11 may be applied on an emergency. able attack upon Sir WILLIAM ' tar' We are very much surprised to SCC 3 ° ln • 0 $ • • Morning Paper that is aduatcd with, a n i ew- wor , . zeal in favour:of Government, of.whi ch " i e , lt• thy Baronet has always been a firm and ma th / ' t his porters'. But what is somewhat 6xtraortlinarY' V. attack, which consists of mere pitifulribithilivd pears in a Paer :that lately :acquired and de ° , 40 ,4 credit, for its deCidedleprObaflOO of the sc"!' n .. - Sir _uttered by Sir FR.ANc is BUR DETT,4 ft 'm IVI /J - I it 4FIC . WILLIAM' Cu ktts effedually Pulled off the - • isb 3s at.the Hackney Meeting. Sir WI LLIAta Cu l' i l . 'cop always' been so open and manly in his put" lc n ti. Ctrarisi il.)orn don, and is sn highly and justly esteemed i",orae. vale life, that he ought to be esteinpt from 1.1c, 11 , 0 ' n 61 cent abuse, Which is probably the mere , etro fo od personal pique, and , which should not hav e :. 1 0 admission into the respedable channel to ,villici have alluded. er 05 A Meeting of the Inhallitants of Linos ( , f o r , been summoed, rtw consider of forming a e° r P t i t he li the immediate preservation of the Peace tvitoloo. Town, in the event of the other Troops and tears bring sent away from thence. MO At a Meeting of the Inhabi tants: on Friday,- in [Ake . into consideration th.e . 17 ., 01 re- scarcity of Silver and small Gold Coin, tr 7 . _ co, 1 , • solved humbly to submit a representation traour, "rnrnent, of the grievance under which thyci2iii‘ so and to solicit such int loiltle o f new Silver ' o il wrce, may be adequate to the purposes of Col"" o f rild , thAt measures roly be Liken for the ,rai ': ipir it• 4,4 u-ed.-fled anti attoi fermi Silver Coin. . is: od . p ie. , of BriatOffesent tee was then i a . pr Jima :who with! lr , e ` c :,. A vo l d pared a Mem :Ind .to be Treseoted,to II E. l - 13 ' , ' Iiicoo ,ly Loa of the ExottEoura, iihell " 5 1 7 :Troy cil of, am; of-titled to h 6 1 . 1':';"" 4 ' I