The Sun. — London, England, 1803-12-17 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS. FALUOUTII, DEC. 14..--.—This morning arrived the Prise As Amelia • Packet, Capt. STEVENS, with Mails from America, 33 days from • New.YOrk. She is put Under quarantine. • The Fever is consi. derably abated at New.Yorki The Prince Adol phus Packet was safe arrived out. Also arrived the Prussian Dogger johns:tie:, Capt. VINCIt, 'from Penzance, with sugar and toffee, from Embden ; the Brig Ceres, RICHARD, LITTLE, and Hears of Oak, AIIKLAN, with tilTI; ber, from Chepstow, the former for Montrose, t a the latter for the DOck-yard at Plymouth ; the American ship Hope, Capt.Gaoßc It BRAY, with iron, from Gottenburgh, bound to New-York, in a very leaky 'state ;• she' will be obliged to discharge her cargo; the ship John, of Truro, Captain JOHN TRELUDDRA,' (ram this Port with pilchiids for. Venice, and which sailed on the 6th inst. to'join the. Mediterranean Convoy, whith passed this Port that . day, 'brings the unplertiant account of the' whole of that Fleet, with the outward:bOuriA Lisbim and Oporto, haring been dispersed in a gale •Of 'wind . on Sunday last. Capt. TR ELUDtilt A yesterday — iaziv three Sail of the Line and a Cutter standing tcliV s e: South-4%nd:— The Princes, Enzateth, KIDD, and Fri preen . dugusta (Packets), THorosort, with Mail; of the lth Inst. the former for Jamaica and the latter for New-York, are detained by contrary winds. PLYMOUTH, riE C. I S.—Sailed the Mit, cobs. 4verth, Pr;neett Royal and Grant Transports, with the 3d or Scorch Buffs' Regiment, under convoy of the Settenll Stoop of Wdr, for Cork. The Ship and John, Ca pti ott tt otrsE, from. Valencia to Guernsey, was spoke with oft this tort yestirday.,- Alt well. • i6..-..Arrived this 'day His ilajtsty's Ship Fisgard, finm Lisbon; and the Orpheus and Pegasus from the Downs; Arrived also the Char./ape 'Armed Schooner, tietitenant ALT, hating tinffered considerably, and thrown her guns overboard in tk late pfes. The following nutward.bound. West India Ships, are arrived here ftbnl the Downs, with the loss, of authors and cables, viz. Dminirii, Capt, GREEN LEAF, Anne, Captain KING, and Progras, Captain FROST. It is assertetl this diy, That two' ontotard.bound West Indiamcn Are on shpre near Beachy Head. Arrived .thie Dutch Sh i p Cartel Admiral Kings. brrgen i frotri . .neinerara, with the - Dutch Troops th*S . AU I renderea,there. The Courageux MAO of War, of guns i has mirk a signal fur sailing with the Pleit bound to the WcAt Wits, SHERXNE&S, DRC. 16. —”SiiilCtl. His Majesty's Ship ni ! b e , Caps. SHrrIiARE4 and Peiasia, Capt. PtxC Lty, to the'Wcstwdrd, „. . Yiimrs Mahn' e, Si:;lat36, wad thi., day . Rugged thrutlit,the Fleet, pursuant to the'Scntence of a Court:Martial: DEAL, DEC. 16.-- , S4letFthe-Ledo, Pluto, ;ma Zebr a on a Ctuize off the Coin of 'France ; and I : pia. Sloop fot the Note. In the. Downs—the Monarch, Utrecht,..Euryalus, Cham pion • L'Arnaranthe, Squirrel, Hecla, Perseus, fury,. Bombs; Mot Sloop; and Conflicl Gutnbrig. The roma, which was sent with the intelligence of the War •to Governor PArrot4, at St. Helet,a, was unfortunately capturedi . so that two jnonthiL elaPu:d ere the, misfortune cuuld be remedied. The Re volut;ataire Frigate, which sailed from Portsmouth on the z+th hf September, was spoke with, all well, on she 6th of November, anti was expelled to reach Barbadoes in the -course of a few days. • The Barlt4dort Plantsr, Capt. &atm, fell in with . a French Privateer off Tobago, which she engaged for upwards of two hours. The• Privateer mounted" 111 pins and too men ; the Rarbaeloes Planter only six sont-: the Pail/leer captured her, nod afterwards set ,her. !mire. Last work a Court. Martial was' held at the Itoik Marine Barrack.s . , Chatham ; on Second 'Lieuienatit SMITH, for unofficer and.ungentleman.liketanduit ; ' wherkthe charges being clearly proved, 'he was dia.' missed His Majesty's Service, and rendered ince/ie..' ble of ever serving again us an Officer. ' • Lieutenant:Colonel JOHNCTONE, Commander of • the 3d,tatialion of Loyal Birmingham Volunteers; having _received two anonymous letters, threatening,. to shoot him on the Parade the first time the Rep:* !tient should fire, the Captains of the Battalion have angered too guineas, and the &de:tots. 31 guineas, for thedisc.overy of the writer; in addition to ; Joel: offered by the Committee. Letters frotn.D.ublin of the dire of the Itth inst. state, that the repirt of the appr e heniio n of the noted • Rebel D.tv . yee .was premature. Alreat.effort had been niacin, during the three preceding days to sur. round him and his gang in the Wicklow Mountains; for which purpose, on Saturday - morning last, all the Troops in the neighbourhood of Dublin moved' as towards a common centre. The Glen of Imail was the point to which they .all tended pbut Da go. escaped .them. His principal Lieutenant and asko. elate, Burke, was apprehended ; and at the chase Was to have beeti continued On Sunday and Monday, there is some probability that Dwyer himself 'bay' be , eat died. SMJTHFJ EL!) CL UB, Tfi R Annual Exhibition of Prize -Cattle took place yesterday in Wootton's Yard, Smithfield, be,. fore the following Judges, viz. • GEORGE 13yNo, Esq. M. P. for MiddleseX. Mr. FLowrats, AylesbUry, Grarieri. Mr. K t No, jun. of Plastow, Mr. PO rr, of the Strand. • Mr. 1'! stars NV O.'olPlCC3dillYt Butchers. Ct Ai s 1.. Beasts fed on any kind of Food, except Corn.— The Premium of as guineas to the Owner of the best t)x or Steer, weight 160 stone, or more, was obtained by Mr. IVESTCAtt, f , r a Bullock of the Hereford breed, six years and a halt old, bred by Mr. TULLEy.—The is guineas offered for the next best was won by, His Grace the Duke of Eva roan, for a Bullock of the Hereford breed, seven years - old; bred by• Mr. StIYN. Ctass 11. Beasts fed without Cake Or . Ciarn.-I'he Pre mium ars guineas ter the best O or Steer, weighing Ito stone or upwards, was adjudged to Mr WEs•rcA a, fora Bullock of the Hereford breed, seven years old, bred by Mr. WILLIAMs.—That of. es guineas ter the next best, was adjudged to Mr. Ent U N DS, for a Bullock of the Stale breed, six years and a half old, bred by. Mr. JEFFEIL/LS. CLASS all without Cake or Corn.—The Pre- miutn of 15 guineas to the Owner of the best Ox-or Steer, weighing less than too stdne, was won by Mr. VI/Ls te R . • for a Bullock of the Devonshire bleed, six years old.--Ten guineas fOr the next best, of the same age and breed, were adjudged to Mr.. Ws ass.. Ct. Ass IV. Cows.—Fifteen guineas, the Premium for the k best fat Cow, wer.: adjudged to Mr: %VESTCAR, fora short horned Cow, seven years, old. The Premium of re gui- EICiIS tar the nest best was adjudged to the Duke of Br D FOR n, for a Cow of the Devonshire breed, bred by Mr. . CLAss V.—One year old, long woolled Wethers. The Premium of to guineas, offered for the best Pen of three - one...year old long woolled Wethers, of one man's breed, wag obtained by Mc-Ctr.i.tibtrit;' for three• of the new Leicester breed, grass fed. • Cr wss i years old long woolled Wethers. —The Premium of to guineas for this Class wai adjudged to Ale. Hustvite. Its • for the befit Pen of three grass ted Wethers, bred by Mr.,koctitsi...- CLAss vn.—One year short woolled Wethers.—A Pre mium of to guineas was adjudged to the Duke of RED - rot: 13, for a Pen of the best three Wethers of the above . description, being of the South Down breed, and fed and bred by His Grace. • Ct. As s VI I I .—Two yeaei old short wordier! Wethers.—The Premium( of. to guineas for the hest of this Class, was won by the Duke of BED t OR 0, for three South Dawn Wethent, bred and ted by Hit Gram: CLASS' I —Pigs.—The -Premium of •15 guineas, for the best fat Pig, with the most satistaclory registtr of its Food, verified by certificates, was obtained by Mr. Wu' T LI, for an IS months old' Pig, of Kentish breed, bred and fed • by himself. The Premium of to guineas, under 'the same conclitious, for the next be:it Pig, was adjudged to' the Duke of BEDfOR 1), for a Ply 17 ITlOntip old, or the Slll * . folk breed.--N. lir. - rhe first Pig was fed upon beans, pease, . and barley : the second; upon barley meal. A Heifer, fed on grass only, by Mr. BArtittNd. tort, of Rochfnrd, in Essex, was universally ad mired, as one of the completest beasts eVer exhi. kited ; but being spayed, she was not admissible in the Prize Classes. A—fine pervof Gloucestershire bred blethers attraatd much notice, for their size, symmetry, and condition. The Duke of OF.DFORD'S Suffolk Hog was pre ferred to all of. its kind ; to which an Essex bred 'One, fatted by Mr. WAKEFUELD, 'was deemed by the Judges very little interior. Owners of ilorseS* were not entitled to Premiums, notwithstanding some•very fine ones were exhibit ed. Two in particular excited attention, a beau ttful blood mare, bred by Sir H. V.. TrmrasT, and . a capital blood horse, bred by Mr. RoarstsuN, which for figure, bone, and symmetry, can scarcely beexceeded. . . Most of the Prize • Cattle were sold to the prin. .cipal Butchers at high prices, though the close wea ,t4or is much against the slaughtering of the largest ;oxen, the flesh of which, without a oryer and cooler 'air, cannot possibly stiffen. The Judges and Committee met yesterday at the • ,Crown anti Anchor, where they dined. The Duke of B E DFoLtD . was, in the first instance,, in the Chair. Mr. C. C. WErrExtr, Member for Malden, took the Chair after his. departure, and the business of the evening teyminated with much hilarity. The Moti;tenr has announced that the Hanse Towns have advanced to the States of Hanover three •millions; at 4. percent. interest, which sum is se. cured upon the private property in patrimonial goods of the KING of ENGLAND, and lying in the Eleaorate ; .the objed of-the loan is to enable the klanoverians to meet the burdens of the War ; and trance, it is added, is ccinneeted with the tranlac. ton only, in so far as her uitrantee was necessary. On Monday last the kirst Regiment of Royal Devon Cavalry, of eight Troops, under the command' of Lord RoLLt, Marched :into Exeter, to be guar tered and exercised .for ten days, . agreeably to MI of Parliament. Tueiday they were inspeaed by :Lieut. Gen. SIMCOe and Major-Gen. GROSVENOR, who were highly pleasvi with their appearance ;.and Wednesday they were brigaded on Hallitin with the. Queen's Dragoon' Guards, accompanii.l by somir . pieces of artillery. Although the weather was very unfavourable ; frorra.the prevalence .of a: thick fog and rain during the morning, the Troops took their several positions in . gOod stile, and went through their minceovres.highly to the General's . : satidatlion, who expressed himself in general or_ dots, in the most flattering terms. _ _ The permanent duty. of the Exeter Regiment of ; Volunteer Infantry expired on Monday, when Lieu. :tenant-General Stracot - eipressed his perfed appro. - batiOn of their appearance, good ronduei, and profs.,. ney during.the time they were on duty. 'rimy are . t o he Brigaded in future once a week with the Garrison. The Deputy . Lieutenants - of Three Hundreds in Derbyshire, have published an Address, calling in strong terms upon some Parishes in that Comity, -to contribute iiisvards the expence of the Volunteer System, and observing, tVat the Compulsory Clauses of thc Defence At may still be carried into execu. lion. FORGLRY.—On Tuesday last ? a forged Power of ,Attorney was discovered at' the 'Bank of England, 'purporting to be the Power of a Mr. B. AL, t.sti, an elderly gentleman, residing ,at Greenwich.. , A gen. teel.dressed young woman, whose name was Anne Heftrie, waited upon Mr. F. a stock—broker, on Sa turday, the ;o'h inst. and , desired ilia) to make out a Power of Attorney for •her, when she wou►d get it signed by Mr. A I.l.Eli r who, she liaid,'*as to -give her fool. in the three per cents. Some stn. picions, however, .being entertained that the signa. ture of Mr. 'Allen was' false,' inquiries were nude, and the suspicions "were 'Copfirmed. She was ac.. eordingly apprehended at Bermondsey on Thursday.. last, and underwent a long examination at the,Man. HoOse. She is'a young woman of education, and about twerrty.two years of age. O D E,. it4tivt TED FROM TioltAtE. n6ok V. oIiE Sri. TO TUE ANCLIYI46II,! LIAELLLK THE RIGHT HON. IVILLIAM rrc'r. 1 ETESTEU, baie, malignant Haunt!, Attempting matchless Worth to wound • With thy ctivenorn'd tooth : parking at ir tm, with rancour vain, • Who well s thy fury inly Secure in conscious truth. Yet thou eati'st fawning Montage pay To Wolves who on the Nation prey. Though loud tlicit victims groan; For, while thou nor wilt crinKing wait, The Gluttons, fateuilig on the State, On dice bestow a hone. PITT', Britain's prop, te•World's best friend, FITZ-A RION* fitMly aka(' : A voluntary trust. He stopp'd, vile Cur, thy hideous yell; He thy sty Masters too-ean Th' th:/GRATEIIII. and tirixus.e, 'But cease, thou odious Snarler, cease, AO eat thy dirty meal in peace, Nor on F urz-Al.a los turn: He. with the force of Manly sense, And honest scorn, shall drive thee hence, And all at thee shall spurn.. ,• . • • Think'st thou when Pr r - r„exafted name ! 'Thy -weak Employers would actlitn...!, V tarns could silent stand ! Bits baste 'Fs rz-A ifs toN strait arisc7 • Another I ti xc s meets out eyes, To crush the hostile Band. Vide the excel len& Letars of FIT i-A LB I ON, published in This Paper, and since. collected.in a Pamphlet, compre hending 4 comPlete refutation of the illiberal falichuods of the' Away Mons Lib tier, and forming altogether an admit abit:prciduciion of pattiotic.ie4l and political knowledge. GIBRALTAR, Ocr. TriTER DAY the Convoy fro►n England arrived here in the afternoon, ,with the Excedent, Apnnzim, and Jalwise Brig, in thirty days from Portsmouth. :.The, Fl o r a Ttansvwt, with At party of...vs re. cruits, under the command of Lieut..,CoLjortas, of the Queen's Regiment, and several 01Ece,rs! wives 'and families, belongin& to the Garrison, having -separated from the Convoy,.was unfortunately taken in die Gut by a French Privateer, ab rut an hour's sail a-head of the Fleet, and was carried,into .Alge— siras in the middle of the day, with .her reversed, in sight of the' Garrison and two Line of Battle Ships, lying here, the - Mar/ma/ilk and court. It. was a most mortifying and degrading sight, and created very universal indignation, here. in going into Algesiras, the Flora struck upon a reef of rocks about half a mile from the town, where she lay till next morning, This afternoon the . Crew and Passengers. were. sent over here from Algesiras, .in exchange fur an equal number of French Prisoners. The Passengers say, that the moment the Flora got under the protection of the Forts at Algesiras, tin; Frenchmen there, with pistols at their breasts, stripped . the whole of them of all their clothes, 'ex. cept what they had on their backs, taking even the rings and ear-rings from the persons of the Ladies. THE THEAME.,-.IIIC English Flat in 1342 1 again sailed triumphantly intO the tort of public 14voui. Nearly the same encores took place as upon the former reprehentationi. This Piece will pro. bably'keep its anchorage in Covent-Garden during the Winter triontk, and it will, no doubt bring. Eke AudiOr very fairly into tort. Ad the lockers both aloft• anti below were well stowed, and the hold .was chaak.full. TN; admirable suggestions of Mr. PrtT for the peddling the Volunteer system will no doubt tnateip., tie adopted. When the Doder has flit the pulse 011ie Public upon the subjea, he will find the necessity .of giving way to superior juigment and infujrnation, the. fate. di Quackery in every thing, The, Minister is determined to justify Mr. SH Eft in A ts's description of his being 4 sitting port merely---Even the threatened ruin- of the Ccbintry caonot maw biusfrossi bit place.: I\4r. ADD I NCTaN thir.lo that the Volunteers may :be :is fit for service .without littiplioe, as his Fifty Sail of at Lime would be itu;thout men. " !'here are the. Ships," says . lie, " rdid not stipulate for men"- r " There are the Voluntters—l care nothing about !" • .I`4,Aoslor is obliged to have recourse to his pillow of hops, which his friend the Editor of The TimeA.solcindly ascribed to him the merit of invent. • big. These bops. however can produce no 'bops of his mpchlonger clinging to beloved place, for which he makes_ such nnheared.of sacrifices. Ensign - BURRO‘irb, of the Sussex Militia, did- ,played, la.it Wednesday, at Brighton, great skill,. .in discharging 14 rounds from his fowling-piece at an t ipple which hellid i eW from. his own hand, to dicidea wager tha t had made with Lieutenant . Orro, of the same Regiment, of a guinea a' shot that he failed not, under such circumstances, of striking the objet before it reached the ground.— Of the twenty-four shots, three only had not the desired effect. Thus the gnsign, in the end, was a gainer of eighteen guineas by the experimental skill of the day. ,A Mr. C —R, who WAS confined in the King's Bench Prison for the sum of 2soo, died on Wed nesday, in what is called the State House, where lie had been placed a few days . before in consequence of having sent a challenge to/ military officer who was s fellow-prisoner.-- On Tuesday sennighr, in Gateshead, Newcastle, 'as Ann johnsbn, a girl about eight years of age, was hailin4 some potatoes, her cloaths caught fire, when she instantly ran 'into the street, and called out for help. A perion catriNg past at the time endeavoured to extinguish, the flames by wrapping' • his apron round het ; but the girl was so severely burnt as render it necessary to carry her to the Infirmary, whets she expired in great agony next Awnings 1 1 i ... A til. - - . • 11 . . . . Intituied, "An At.l to explain-and anieti(.lTt;;O . AL'is, p l i,St;_fi in the forty- saeond and PottNiiirci - .)(e . ites of the Reign of Flis przl:sit Nl.hje.ny, rti.iting to VolanCeer add Yen:Minty Corps in,o %ht. 13,i,ani.." • . . WH Eft P AS an' Mt passed in the forty . ..se'Cotid of the reign of 1 fis present Majesty, intitulrrl , "An Ait to enable His Majesty to a vail himself of the offers of certain Yeomanry and Volunteer Corps tei continue their Services;" And whereas the Muster Rolls immtinned in the said MI are thereby requir.. ed to be returned on oe belle the z ts.t day of Sep. tember in each year : And whereas an Mt passed in the last Session of Parliamnt, intituled " An At for auchorizieg the bilieting of such Troops of Yeomanry and Volunteer Cavalry, as may be de. sirous of assemhFing for the purpose of king train_ ed together in Great Britain and Ireland ; and for subjecting to military discipline, during the Ware such Serjeants serving in any Volunteer or Yeo. manry Corps of Cavalry or Infantry as i - eceive Con. static pay,,acul ail Trumpeters, Drummers, or Bin: glemen serving therein, and receiving pay at .any •daily or weekly rate ; and for the further regulat. ing such Yeomanry and Volunteer Corps." And whereas the Commanding Wirers of Corps are re. quired, in their certifwates of attendance at muster ankl exercise under the provisions of the said ACts, to .syte that the persons returned by them i n t he Muster Rolls as effeCtive, pave attended properly armed attifeti iipped; And whereas by reason of the CumniandiiigOfficers of sonic Corps having omitted, and of others being unable from the periods of their anti a Servicest4o by 1 being, accepted, to .make t h e i r R eturns within the time specified in,the said first recited AO; n reason o f some Cticps not having been sup. plied with Arms, many persons who have dui! and diligently attended at musters and exercise and by their services ought to he ent:tkd to the benefit of the Exemptions given by the said Atts to Volun. teers and Yeomanry under the said AEts, and the several Aas relating to the Militia and Defence of the King,dotn, - cannot claim such Exemptions: for. remedy whereul, ni,y it therefore please your Md. jesty that it rosy be enacted, anti be it enacted by the King's m )st excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the. Lards Spiritual and Tempoeal,.andCommons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority oef the same, That it Sitall he la'wful for the Commanding Officers of any Corpseof Ventionry or Volunteers who may have omitted, or have been unable to make their . Returns under the said first recited Ae4 at the pc. riod therein specified„and also.for . the Commsedi ng Officers of any Corps not loving been supplied wit 4 Arms, to return, .at any time or times 'tier the pass, ivg of this A A ift 4 Muster Rolls in., the form in the , said xecited ►cts net:tiled, tit the 'Limes of every peraun trtaheir respeetave Corprwho shall have duly attended at the muster and exercise of the Corps to which he belongs, the number of days specified in the said recited Acts respeetively, and by such, attendance.shall have become cifeaive according to the prolvisiOns,of the said recited Ads (except in so 'far as they are altered by this AC1); and every per. son duly returned in any such Master Roll under this At shall, from the date., of such Muster Roll, be exempted from being ballotted or curdled to serve in the Militia, or in any addition a l F ntee raised, or to be raised under any Aa or, AL'.ts of the last Session of Parliament, or supply any vacancies therein, and shall remain so exempted until his name shall be omitted to be rm s . /tried :is an cif...dive Member•in any future Muster Ruff of his Corps for non-attendance, default, or otherwise : Provided always, that every Muster Roll whieli shall have been returned by any Commanding Offi::ers after the period prescribed by the first recited ACt, and be. fore the passing' of this At, shall be as valid and effectual to exempt the persons therein returned as effeetive, as it the same bad been returned after the passing of this AA : Provided always, that in eve. ry case in which any persons returned in any.such Muster Roll shall not have been properly ;M71 , 11414 equipped by reason of not having been supplied with arms, the COmmanding Officer making the return, instead of stating the persons so returned to have been properly armed and equipped, shall make a special Return that arms had not been supplied or procured to enable him to certify according to the Provisions of the said recited Acts. i c i Provided always, and be it farther erutaed, that nothing in .this Al 'contained shall extend or be construed.to extend trigive any Volunteer or Yen. ,nianry Corps,• or any Member thereof, not entitled thereto by their terms or Service, any. Exemptio n whatever, or tOextefid- any Exemption to any Mem bers of any' `Volunteer Ye.ornanry not en titled thereto under any of the provisions:Of the said recited ACV!, or any Aft' of the list Session of Par_ . liatnent, except 't,o far 'as relates' td any alteratiOn in this Aet conzaincd as in the Peri.,d or mode of returning Muster Roll . ;And whereas. doubts' •have arisen whether Oh! Wives , and FaMilles of persons unrotled in Vulun. teer Cnrita are ientitted to Raief 41 , 11, whereas'it` 'is expedient -that • the :Wive* and Families of . such persons, doing military ditty should have Relief during the absenee f of such persons on , military duty ; be it therefole..cnatted, That all persons in Voluff. seer Corps,. i .wheri march-d on any suomins 'of any. Lord Lieutenant, or in consequence of any general signal of alattn, or when volunt.frily assernbleadoing military ditty upon •any_..appearafice of 'lnvasion, With the ,approb4tiOn of His Majesty, signified through one of His Majesty's Secretaries of Stare, shalt he entitled to such and the like. Relict; anti under such.und the like circumstances as are ntert. tinned in two several A:ts pied in the 43 1 year of the reign.of His present I.llaj , ..sty, refitting to the, of I, , :ngland and Scotland respeeti Orly, and of ft nother—Mt passed in the sante year, lelating to the Defenceof the ReArn and all sum.. of money that shall have been before the passing ot this Ad advanced or ,raid to any ti Uth Wi Ve9 rr FainilieJ by any Overseer or Overseers, or ?Arid' Officer or Officers that shill have been or stral! be certific.l in manner diredied by the s4id last mentioned Mt, shall be repaid by the Receiver Gererai of the County out of an,4 pubiic ar A alowed in his acc o un ts ; Ati itil Over seers, PariAl,Offi,:ers, Receivers General, and others have advanced or repaid any such monies, un tier any order from the Lords Commissioners of" Hi * Mjesty's Treasury, or any thr:e orAnute of thau, ahali inciemnifiTd. PPM I