The Sun. — London, England, 1803-05-28 00:00:00

MATTA. LUZ. ARII TVXD. Hollanci t - - • « - 0 F rench 3 p . no • iA;bon o - r PRICE OF STOCKS, Tl-lie DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening , - - be THE SUN. .2uts DiC2:tz rAisust 4uorAr ? LONDON, MAY 23, 18a3. Coa Port Letters of this morning will be found particularly interesting.' That from Portimeutb, ,states the arrival yesterday of th'e. Squadron under 'Sir ROGER Currts from the Cape of Good Hope, ?Ind of that Squadron having taken, yesterday at noon, a French .East India Ship, estimated at ;co,oool. value. Tte same Letter brings an ac. count of the rapture 'of the Hazard Sloop of Wai, 'which event Sir ROGER CVRTIS learned from La lifirit:rv.. at Sea. On! 'Falmouth Letter contains some interesting Intelligence from 4'/, Domingo. Several Captures have been matte by our Crtizers, for particulars of which we refer ..to our Nuval News. Tits Proceedings last night in the House of Commons were particularly interesting and impor tint. Mr. Fox made his promised Motion for an Adams to 14 s MAJESTY, to avail himself of the proffered Mediation of Rupia- to settle the differ. , epees between this Country and France; and in theeourse of the discussion which ensued, Lord PAWIi.ESTIUItir candidly stated the readiness of its Majesty's Minisirs to explain their views - to the Court of St. Petersburgh, and readily to accept the Mediation of that Power. But his Lordship repeated what he bad mentioned be. • fore, that no dire or precise offer of Mediation bad berm offered on the part of Russia ; it was, merely of the sliOtest species of asairatice of Medi arimi, It vvas however admitted, that, meanwhile; the contesPinto which we have again been obliged To enter, 611°4141 be prosecuted with vigour, until vie..k s of Mediation shall have,been realized ; and in consequence .of.T4orci FlAwicssautur's candid statement, Mr. Vox withdrew his Motion, Whatever may be the opinion of the fublip upon the gotttion of War, or the. views of a restoration ..Of : Peace„ the situation of the Country is• one of mueh anxiety,,, We . repeat whit we have before. urged, becan'i'e every thy. and every . _ hour more folly proves the 'truth 'of our assertion, that a sTa.oNG GOVERNMENT iS necessary, not only for Pur welfare, but perhaps for our, very existence. We cant 9.1 doubt', that even now His Majesty's Ministers . are trying, every ground. fur attaining secure Peace; but if they fail, 'then we more particularly say, Let us harue' a Governmeut iu !which the People ha-ye canfirleUce.: We are con. winced that His Makstyls Ministers have meant well in everything they have done, but the state of the' Country is such, that we want' something. more Than good intentions. The general opinion which is heard in every corner of every street, .$ That the Qovernment cannot last as it is at present consti. ,tuted," tends to weaken and undermine it ; and though the proeedings laid before Parliament re. apeiting the Negotiation in,ike out the stronseit. case against France, they do not, at the same time, plAce the cOnduft of Ministers in an tincxcepticmablC NI"! • We are unwilling at the present moment , to say pny thing respeeting the condun of the Baard of Admiralty. If the remarks we have made upon that condu4, have stitholated itt to addi. ;lona' exertions, we shall have rendered an portant service to the Country. The First Lord, dater bavinz tpqre mean cute tent riot, and repeatedly complained that it was not accepted or, has, it understood, consented to remain for the present, if his health Permit, Re. port says, that LO4l eNIOIR4 and Mt. TIERNEY art to Join Administration, and that the latter has been much employed lately upon the Budget, which the Minister is to bring forward in the course of the next ten days. Indeed the tnnwre which is to 14 ptoposed is said to originate with him. " The state of Political parties is at the present motnent roost e‘priOrdinary. The prevalent opinion, that the presets •Administratinn liar not so much the Ci;nlidence or' the Coonlty as it formerly had, has created cal.dicOes f,r Office on all sides.t—Mr. For, who has prol4:o4y seen by experience, how much via. lent opinions have obstruaed his purposes, has he ! come temperat, and in his Speech llist night, he re. sinned all 'his former Correa opinions on the suhied it continental Connofions 4 , which, in the heat of L 1 3 .111 y, in the course of the hilt wtt,r/' hg Pfl/leti 19 have entirely abandoned ; Lorri Qat , l -, !11.1.0, and those cornered with h !Pr tllcttt to be tbc` NnoPit mat milted t),Z tility to theveaent Admirdstratinn, and we under_ stand he means to propose stron g Censures upon their conduei in the late Negot6tion, In 'the midst of all these contending Parties," we wish only for a strong Government—the situation of the Country imperiously calls for it. The greatest disappointment and regret have been universally expressed, at no report having been given of Mr- PITT'S Speech in the House of Commons on Monday last. The loss of that Speech to the Country, we have not hesitated to consider as a National Misfortnne; it is a loss, however, which we still hope to• be able, in some measure, to re_ pair'; and though we are unwilling to excite publiC expedation on a point so interesting and impor tant, we cannot altogether suppress our feelings of satisfaction, at even the faint hopes which we enter tain of bang able to procure aSkrtch of that Speech from a Friend who was present. Letters of the zd and 3d of April from Jamaica, mention the wretched state of the Islard of St. Da. mingo.' The. French Troops were still very sickly, and fell very fast ; they had also been repeatedly attacked, and had lost many men in the field, though the Blacks . had a!so suffered consider.. ably. A reinforcement from France of gOOO then, - had latelf landed, bat it was thought it would be quite irrsuflicicot. lt was generally sup. posed that the Enrcrprize would be abandoned before the unhea:thy season set in, which begins in the end of June. These acCOonts, it is to be observed, came from Saint Domingo. soni time before the or ders could reach that Colony. for the return of the French Fleet to Europe, bat they tend to chew the hopeless state of the enterpriz l e against it, even indeperident,of.the renewal of the War. This morning -arrived a Mail from Lisbon, brought to Falmouth by the Waltingham Packet in 17 days, and a Mail from Jamaica, brought by , the itrinress charlotte Packet in 6 weeks. His MAJasIY had ordered his carriage yesterday morning at eight o'clock* 'intending to set off at that hour for Windsor. Some dispatches, however, were sent to Buckingham-house, which were soon followed by Mr. ADDINGTON, who had a long in. terview with his iVIAJE3TY. HIS MAJESTY, in consequence, did not leave town till • some hours after the time settled fur his departure. The Quttiv will have a Drawing.roorn on Sa. turday next, which A beKing ' s Birth-day ; but there will not be'a Ball in the evening. • .On Thursdaythe PR I NC 4. of WALES dined with a party of the Jockey . Club, at Mr. LAD uawca's, at Hadley, near Epsom ; and yesterday came to Town immediately after the Oaks/Stakes were decided. Captain 'Lou itiG of the Royal' Navy was pre se,ned to HEX MAJESTY by the Earl of MoIKA, on Thursday. 1 Private Letters from .the Hague say, The French Army assembling near. Nitneguen has for its ostensible destination the Eledorate of nanover but it is a curious fats, that this army is encamped upon the same ground, where, in z6BB, the then PRINCE oaf ,OR A NC R , afterward KING WILLIAM under pretence of interfering in the dispute then' subsisting between Prince CIAii•ONT of 13ava. uN ria and the Cardinal of- Foas-rauRG, Colleaed the army with which' he in November in the same year invaded :England. It is true, that the PR INC tt of O ANC u hada:Fleet of so sail of Men of War to escort his Transports; but iv. , is equally true, that the Corsican diaposer of 'llte lives anti the liberties of Frenchmen,. cares •less about the loss of whole armies, than the Prince did for the safety of one single regiment. • 6 Without any intent to alarm you, I have heard from good authority, that French ',Emissaries have for tome dap teen hug in taking an account' of the numbers, the warier, and- the tonnage, V . all Ve.t:els, even .Schoits, in -our different Harbours; and that abed have in the lame vanner tried to procure .the namei and the number of our 4ailors, but in this they have been disappointed, as all our Sailors are attached to the PRINCe of OR ANGE, and detest the French, and have therefore already begun'to desert and to conceal themselves. Some official encourage. ?pent from England, at this period, -might bring you Over many of them. . - • ‘ 4 .1 repeat, again, thai my intention is not to create Ilarin ; but vigilance, vigour, aftivity, and tmanimilyi- ate absolutely necessary to connteraCt the designs of a Man,_ who believes„in no other Provi. Once but Fortane, and who hitherto, even in' his most desporate enterprizcs, has never ceased to be Its favourite. Remember, that if one army should really attack Hanover, there are already- in this Country, in Brabant and on the Rhine, upwards , of i 10,00.0, men, which ate augmenting every day by fresh Troops.". An order from Government is stated to have been received . on Tuesday bj M. COQUEBIRT DE MQNUR ET, the French Commercial Commissioner, to leave London within 24 hours, and quit the kingdom with all possible dispatch, in , COOlieqUetsCe of which hi set out on his' return to Pasis last, Wednesday . . Yesterday HENRY KING, ES+ of the Worship ful Ccimpany of Butchers, paid into the Chamber of London, a fine - of 4.701. and 20 marks, to be excused serving the Office of Sheriff fur this Ci ty , . tor the ensuing year. - Yesterday His t Majesty 's Honourable C omm i s . , signers of Licutenancy, held a Court at Guildhall, anti eleeted-by ballot, - Messrs. BEN W ELL aila LOVETT,' Oapiain Lieutenants of th e East and West Regiments of'London Militia, in the roomof C.iptain minis' AYRES and Nictrot.As t proquite4i - Ciptairts of the' said Regiinents. l irelertlay ale I.olldon pran4 pry fcun ,. rn bill s of iiiiiittment, against Robert Aolftt, late I)epury . 001 tier of the Bank, Tor ernbt24ling prppe rty b e. 4n )Zing to 015 P.cnreppr 4PO'c °NOT 4415(it: NAVAL NEWS. FALMOUTH, MA sr' 25.--Arrived yesterday the Towns end Packet, DODD, with Mail from Jamaica, 63 days pas sage. Passengers by her, are Capt. Dostase, Lieut. AUSTIN, Messrs. Tt L FORD. LI N DS, BILI:/SAlt10, and CA &DADA IT,' andNrs. PAINE. On the 20th April, in lat. 43. 4. long. 51. 30. spoke the , American Ship Amphion,' ftom Charleston to London, all well. On the nth spoke His Majesty's Ship Camilla, of 2.0 guns, in company. with the Aurora Frig,ate, in lat. 48. IS. long. x9..11. West, all well, bound for Newfoundland. On the 19th inst. spoke the Brig Priscilla, in lat. 49. t 6. long. 16. tr. from Dart mouth for Newfoundland.—Also arrived yesterday, the Transport- Ship Ann, Capt. BiteriNsa, in is days from Gibraltar; she is gone Imo quar.tinine; has on board several 'Officers of' the Army, and Capt. Gx:NrEa, of the Navy, passengers. An Officer of the Army is said to bar: been - landed from her at Mount's Bay, with Dispatches (said to be important) for Government. Arrived this day, the American Ship Governor Strong, Capt. Cito.vr, 34 days tram the. Cape of Virginia, with tobacco; called here for orders. 'ln long; 40. spoke the Atnerican Ship Hannah, from Havre, belonging to and bound for Philadelphia. On the zoth inst. off — Cape Clear, spoke the Brig Sally, of Portland, Captain Waite, from Charles. town for Liverpool, all well, Yesterday she was boarded by His Majesty's Ship Revolationaire. which pressed three . of her crew. • • Thisday the Resolution Cutter, .Lieut. Gitoosz, sent in the .Ireneli Brig Le Vigilant, Capt, Rousts las, s; days passage train St. Domingo, with about one-fourth of a Cargo (the whole that remained on the Island) of sugar and coffee. Capt. K. reports, that a few days beforchs sailed. the French Ship Le Virginie, Capt. La Notre, arrived in,thenight at the Mouth of the Harbour of Port.au-Prince, and anchored about one league from the City, where he was boarded by the Blacks, who Inurdered the Captain and all the Crew. Several Lady passengers who were on board they landed, and sent into the Country• and having taken every thing valuable, they set fire to the Ship. The Blacs arc said to he So,oao strong, and scarce a• night payees but the • Plantations are on tire. The French Fleet still remained at St. Doiningo, viz. two sail of the lido at. Port-au-Prince, 'and tine remainder at Cape Nichula Mole. It was slid-when he sailed, that they waited dispa►ches from France, when they expealcd to sail for Eimipe. A- French Corvette came out the same day as Le Vigilaiit, having on bawl dispatches for France. Several merchant vessels sailed the day before for France, and abouttwelvi sail were then laying at Port-. au-Prince. Arrived this day, the Princess Charlotte .Packet, Ka R X With Mails for larnaica; Left Port Royal the 4th April, at which time were lying there, His Majeaty's Ships Leviathan, Cutnberland, GangEs, Theseus, Goliah, Tartar, JEOlus. and Pickle. On the aSth April, 'in let. 34. 25. lu,n. .1 6 - 40. spoke the, French Brig Naltatta, from Martinique bound to !, Havre-de:Grace, out 21 days. Yesterday . spoke the Brig ' Fanny, ltatin' Bitotrr tsio master, •2:2 days from Lisbon, bound to London ; :and Brig Robert and lane, 56 days from Naples, bound to Harnbro' ; and Ship Apollo, 65 days from larilitiek, bound to London. Passengers, Vitas-Sam Bair Esq. arid Servant. A Ur. Hama Faszatior, of Loudon, died on the voyage homeward. Also arrived this evening, the -Walsingbana Packet, Rost:ars, with Mails front Lisbon, a? days tattsage s , no Packet was at Lisbon when she sailed. • The Dutch Minis ter's Lady, Mad.iints Yon G 41.140412, and six Children, came Passengers in her. Tstv o'Ctocx, P. M.-4 . this-moment. learn that the Gannet Sloop of War 'has arrived, and brouglit in, with her the Dutch Bark, FaCtor, Captain Horratt; from Demerara: for Middleburgh, with sugar, cotton, IN. She captured her this moment, in 'company with the Active Cutter. The Gannet has also taken and sent for Mount's Bay ft French Brig, from Martinique for .Havre, and a Dutch Ship from Demerara, which she sent for Plymouth. PLYMOUTH, Mat 26.—Arrived this day at noon, the French National Lugger. Le Frontier, of 14 six plunders and 92 men, commanded by Mons: LA?OYZ, Liettterant De Vaisseatt,. captured on the 22(1 inst. WI Ushant by the Doris Frigate; of 36 guns, Capt. R. H. FIMISON. She mistook • the.. Doris for a West lndiaman, and hauled close under her quarter for the purpose, it is supposed, of , boarding, in which situation she fired . three brOadsides into the Doris, but beirg . so close to the latter, she could not bring her guns to bear upon her, but the Marines gave her a volley , Of musketry which killed the Captain and eight Men, - and wounded' fourteen of the French Crete, whereupon she im mediately struck. The above Lugger was stationed off Ushant *to reconnoitre the British Fleet, and the Instate - lions she' had for the put , - pose have been taken, whereby it appears that she was tc. communicate the movements' of the British Flevt, by signal to- the Telegraph at Ushitut, from whence it •vas to be inl inediately conveyed, to. Brest ; that .the .7tivis ma to rstit*e coy captures ) nor to:suffer any insult to be orrered to the French 11ag, Arrived the Dutch Ship Ilerhice, Capt. r nosy., laden with coae and cotton, from hetbice, bound to Amsterdam, de tained in the Channel by the Gannet Sloop of War. Arrived the Kitbpi' Revenue Cutter, Capt. Fa ^ salt, with . Dispatches from the Channel Fleet. - Arrived the' Doris Frigate, from a- Cruize otr Ushant. On the asti .inst. she captured a French Shift called La Poulain, from France bound to Martinique, in ballast,: not yet arrived. Arrived the Trent Frigate, Capt. K ATort, from 'Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, Mis v - 37. —Arrived this day His .M.t. jesty's Ship Diomcd, Admiral:Sir kooza. C earl s, Jupiter, Capt. 1.03 ACK, Braave, Capt. Gil , r s itD, and . Hindustan, Capt. I.e Gaoa, from the Cape :of Good Hope; With the ssailk, Rotri stsorii and Favoutite, , with stores, from the same glace. • We have the pleasure to state, that this Squadron whited this day at noon, the homeward-hound' French east ,India Ship Re-ilidon, "from the I,le. or France; burthen 'goo tons, estimated at the value cif tos, , .eul. They could . have' taken several More, had they known th e commencement of host'- . , • .. lities sooner, Sir Rncee 'CURTI3 was informed by Li Minnie Fri gate,-Ahat the Hazard Stoop oaf Wir was uken. Th 4 day the Ship Abelona, of Eisineur, KOA master, from Bourdeaux to Copenhagen, with wine and brandy, was d r i ven on s h ore ' a t shanklin, at the back of the Isle of Wight, Passed by the I shi of Wight this day, the Danish Frigate Frederickstern, from St. ‘ Cr oix. Landa4. from her Major. General.WA►..TKKUrptt rs, and seiiefal,other Passengers. The c; re yh oun d vetlue Cutter teas =Fit into Weymouth two French Priy:s. . - - Y 4 RMOWf D4loi St,pliie 41qop of War i* IVaitirlg itkYlirkopmsll Boas , t 0 COliVoy cite Trat; to t h e tic. Tpc Marin;r and 13u14 c'tyt.bfius i And Cuti;r, .0 with a loge F;:...,tt 0: ;Wit North;rard. DEM., IfifAr 27......ktriYed His Majesty's Sloop tat?, from the Z4ore, and -remain; with the Honourable East India Company's Ship; Manship, and Earl St. Vincent, harp India: Sailed the Milbrook Armed Schoanr, to the Northward. Yesterday the rollowins ship were ordered into Commission . Speneet Ruby 74 guns, Hon. Cap t. StooolP. 64 --- Hon. Capt. GAlVitt- PIOVtr(s)00P) :8 — K: Wasp n Capt. Hiattso . Wasp (do.) a AYLN,iIk. Captain MATSON has heen appointed to the O'im , krix, of 7+ guns, by Commodore Hoop, at Trio nidad, in the room of Captain BOV.SR, deceased. Captain W. A. arwity,: one of the .Commis. sioners for the TrAnsport Service, js'appointed Corn. mis - sinner of the. Navy at Gibraltar. . TFt r TH EATit E.—After The Eirth.Day and 711 i g Fella, a new Farce entitled Mrs. Wining, was last night represented at the Ilaymarket Theatre. Its humour is very broad, but very diirerting. The :chief incidents arise from the,coniusioa between wives of Old Wiggins and his son. It is a very whimsical - Farrago,. and though it , 'met with CO'e opposition, - it will - most probably become a poriM'' favourite, its it is very well acted, partictilailY, lll ', part of Old Wiggins, by MATHF.WS. It is 35Crin:u .to Mr. ALL IN OHANI, the Author of The M arriage Proinise.• Mrs. GLovrit's Benefit last night at Draty-lane Theatre was attended by a very numerous audience' A new Comedy Was:brought forward entitled rio „High ?iota to Marriage. It r)sseoes flid) more Dramatic merit than is generally found in SVOri's broughtforward sue!) occasions. Theie is inter est as well as amusement in the plot, and spirit'''. gaiety in the dialogue. It is the avowed prodaci; tion of Mr. SKFkFI NGTON, a Gentleman 04 known in the fashionable circles. We have the pleasure to announce the safe 140' gr'• rival in the Downi on Thursday. last,,of the nourable East India Company's illips the Itlanibito, .Captain Joust LorsAN,, from Bengal; and the Eat' .81. Vincent, 'Captain JOHN BROOK SAMSON' 1( 0111 Madras; they left the above Presidencies in Occeni. bet, and %Ailed Irons the itfland of St. Helen a the be ginning of April. The Ciornri from Bomb* is also arrived in the Dawns. The above ships did not fall in with any thing to coinmunicatc tht rupture with France till they made the Clon ne !: Tire Company's ship the Lady Bur;es, SwINTON, was at Calcutta the 7th Dcc:niber. Marquis Wellesley was to go is.) Prince of Mil d ' Island, or the Northern Ports, and to retu rn :‘ Madras to be laden there for England. The Li# at l" 'Kingdous, Captain Gsoitoa RtcHAßnswr, o'as Calcutta the jd Dec. and was ready to receive hecli light cargo.. The Baring, titarc,biarress Exeuffin Lard Nelson', were shortly to be dispatchril for Bengal, for England. The Ail:Flail of Alj r . 4-3 ".KNDILEW HANNAY ; and tic Callior, , f JO ( THOMAS LUSH INGTON, were at Canto the / the January,. and nearly:ready for sea ; as were, „ t CriPeltr, Capt. CoTron ; and the A'Veitsots Yar Rtoble. Yesterday - morning, one of lAr d '. G".°131% Bti RR EL'S horse, returning on a g one s:lit9hPet c r4Vl f a ti l i be y ;Isßmh g coa n i luteirisher,hoC:sisnaah'bbtp:hoirdtreel4p..ie' animal p maker Bwhiei fell a ng ho hdd g ni n i t n i gi s e opt los;lonoto.eaaudwr startled, tote shop ciw t ivico : ,d l volithc ;;I:::.; down, and so much hurt, that Mr..Ariolt Esv's Westminster Infirmary E, she soon 'after tutu bitt site, ordered her to. be ialcf, u ," horse had his left hind leg broke, his`chest te;l' lacera.:,d, and his mouth very much ;he _ i v ' carried 'to the livery stables and killed, for &Mitt LL purchased him pbotit thre e months AP 0 90 guineas, And had since been offered for guineas. The lad threw hi mself off, and 111. 1 - 0 , being broken by a Gantlernan of the yeoman a , Guard , who was passing at the . time, he 01 " P t t v o i o a k e . place a iIY at Epsom • 1010 We are sOrry that several melancholy aCc"'.. the followin— g : two Gentlemen were riding in polite d reekiEpsom liaces; and among others , and their horses came ag.il"..r, each other .with so violent/ a concussion, OA P" rider and one horse were killed in the encoPtgre r ' CI apb E er x vi T eb e i t r h o c yt e r rt.,e ' N ' r C C hoe :l l : n ;a l n ite n ne p g rg a e ßt n a , be ) i i nan,i i i St r and, s . iti n g during the t R oy alH liril th jpre a gg n ee rn e eefilfro;bmuPt dthyt o c lc : s rseird : t a h Ey ' Hughes, from Bengal, besides a most be Leopard; Antelope, 6&e. with a great varietYitis Birds. The Scientific' Elephant still conti"" t o surprising performances, ~which, with the i , Pie, ° / coileaion of Lion, Nylghaw, Satyr, or Wil d ' d a te of the Wnods, Kangaroos from Botany Bal the Industrious Beavers, that Stupendous B i rd Sc' Grand Cassowary, Condor, Crown Crane, 64C. many cit Them only to be found at Exeter render the Royal Menagerie the Grandest Spe4ta in the. Universe. The enormous Skeleton ("1.0 Whale, the only complete orie England, icy 3 be viewed at the same . place. • SW? NEMS. . •-- .. CR At'ILSEND, MAY 26. I Passed by—the Minerva, Scager, from Hombre. ~.,,,,,,, Sailed—the Horatio, Robertson, for Hantwo'S , P l ,'"' ear 'ili . - , --- 1 for Coruna:l; Vrosprrity, Tones, for Cork • 'r e , I l i zabeth, Wisdenum, and Anna Louisa; Getman:for ''''" men. • ..--- --1 " °. of:OijoitrWo.neds.nKescadaity4evien.alisgafugtiFera.dy of Ed Ward ___Taylot_____., E* , , , I)1$1). gen- On the tsth inst, at t he Bishop of Limerick's house/ ho „ tietta.street, Dublin, Lady Hales, relia of the late s,rT ~ mas Pym Hales, Bart. of Houlets, in Kent. h o ot On Montiav last, at Pllcll-Hall, near Lancaster, Au., . t , Rawlinson, Esq. i.ged 65, many years ReptrSelltatiVe ittro !Lament fiiir that Town, .. 00 0 On Wednesday the t ith inst. a t Rochester, M.— widow of the late James Nlorfat, Esq. of the ast-lodia '.• --- ... e t . o s.- - London : Printed by B. 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