The Sun. — London, England, 1803-01-08 00:00:00

;.J.i11..5. A.StitIVSD. Vrencti a - flarnburgh 0 - PRIOE OF STOCK xuzs DAY AT TWELVZ O'CLOCK. Cofl6ollo - 73 Opening I 011111iIIITI • ) THE SUN. 4 3 1101.114 QUIN INCllttli r LAUM AL , DrA r LONDON, JANUARY 2, iPoS. . Ws received this morning the of the 4th, the contents o which , are extremely ,uninte. resting. A Letter from era //Aft states, that the. Magietratea of that City have tieterulined that its Fortifications shall 'be destroyed, and in it future Ware between the Empire and France, it is to en. jny a perfce. l Neutrality. The Funchs are 56.65. AT tho wornent our Vesper was, about, to be put t o press, wr received another day's k'arLt journals, viz. those of the sth instant, •'r'' They contain nothing that can interest an Englisl, Reader. The French Funda 14 ire, on the 4.th, $6. 50. WE titiE morning received Anier;itin Papti to the t Ith of December inclusive. 'I he following in.. telligence,respating Guadalopie and Martinique, it from the New-Yorlc Daly Athelt4er of the above date; Captain limtass, arrived at Boston the 4.tli inst. in thirty days from' 6nadaloripe, informi, that the iffdirti of that Colony are in a dreadful situation ; that no kind Of business cane he trammeled, as the Inhabitants are in a state of constant alarm from the .Blacks, who are daily committing the : most ,outrageous. ads of murder and pillage and are in such numbers as to threaten the total deStruelion of the White People, unless. they are speedily pro_ tested by very great reinforcements from Europe. Capt. BuNCEII 4 , who arrived at Baltimore on the stii Dec. in 20 dap from Martinique, and ten from St. Erisiaria,informs, that the American vessels at the former place were not suffered to open their hatches,or dispose of pit of their cargoes, without having previously been there ten days; and were forced %o retail on board to any who chose to.come off and purchase. Several vessels km New-York and 'Philadelphia had touched there, but were not auf. feted to sell, and h.ati gone to leewaici The Dutch -took possession of Si. Enitat;a the day Captain B. arrived there. PRI NCI WILLIAM , Of GLOUCISTIR dined with the. KING Of t.fr : W D N, at the Chateatrof Ilega t on' tho, 3th ult, and aisisted in he evening at a Grand givsn by the Count de As Atte to•the'Lords of the Court and the Foreign Ministers, Fier. Royal Highness the PitilletSB of WALIs hasJately presented to Viscountcy( Homo; an ele. gent Foot.itool, the value of • which is highly 'en. banced by its being the work of the Princely Donor's own Inlnds. The Stool is covered with'rich crim. son velvet, and trimmed with• a broad gold fringe, above which is a beautiful border, ConstiArig cloak kranclies cut out of white velvet, all the `fibres of every lea( being" delicately (rated with gnld threads. Around the top are similar ticeorarimis, atid in the •eenrre is a strong profile likeness of the lovely Pte INC ass CHAITOrte, cut eutof white velvet. The tout et/re/ant is allowed by those who 'have seen it, to be the most unique, and elegant prod Union of the kind, that' female ingenuity can' boast. Yesterday all 'the tpx Packets brought' by ,the Collet from 'Bengal, were brought to the' India_ house, and opened, consisting of eleven bolt% full of letters for individuals in' this Country, The Marchiemerr Ex'eler, Copt. lons, 1.,0 c jun. arrived at Madras the zsth June, in Company with the Lady Jane Duniial, Captain the 1-ion. )10014 1.11465AY. • •,. The Company's ship the Poirwrante,, Ciwtain JAMES TWEEDALE I Was at Fort Sr. GOrge Jo!) , last, taking in a•eargo ; she sailed from rortnioutli with Twin,' in tebroary last. Leiters from rill Hague state, that the,acneral DAI:IIDEI.S a has applied for, and obtained leave to resign the important station which he °cell pied. , 1 The Batavian Government has assigned him a considerable pension. Several more. resignations arc talked of among the Superior ,Officers„ of the Dutch Army, .hut nothing positive has' yet tun. spiv:4 upon this subjen. . AcCOtitab front the Hague state, that thogreatest Olivity is used in completing the gxpedition to Louisiana. ;lumber of Teansports having been ilerined insofficienr,•four more hare been engaged. o , :neral Victou printing, at the Hague, the rroci:im.oions anti Addresses whit:hare to be issued upon his arrival at Louisiana. General MACK it, it is SW, to be appointed by the gto I. altos, Adjunet to Ili, Royal Highness ter isischdoke ANTHONY, Who will proceed to Venice, as Captain. General of that Province. The Third Consul had another brilliant Assert). t)ly at Paris, on Thursday sennight, - which was par. ocularly remarkable for the elegance anti richnes: of the Ladies' Dresses. Atriongst other Persons 01 Dis t i li e:lion, the British Ambassatlat, and severs, other Members of the Corps Diplomatique, wit! their Ladies, Gcneral MAcoottnt.rs, and Genera: MAtsLun, were present. NAVAL NEWS. PLYWOUTHi . J4OI. 6. ARRIVED the Maria, Capt. POPPES, from Va. lvltia, with fruit for London ; the Hazard, Capt. ---, flora London to Virginia, in ballast ;. and the Two Frien(h, Captain TOWNSHEND, in ballast, from London bound to Lisbon. . , The wind has blown strong at South all this day ) and several vessels wertin the Offing. PRIXIMAI QUAY, JAN. 6. jusT arrived at Torbay, about twenty sail of different ships and brigs, being part of a fliet'of eighty sail which sailed from the Downs on Tues. day morning last; the wind blowing very hard from the S. and S. b. W, their Boats have not yet touched the shore. PORTSMOUTH, JAN, 7. Tilts day the Round Sloop of War was 'released from Quarantine. Arrived this day. at the Motherbank, • the Young Fatior, LuI)EN Gnanr;ra , master,fromNeiv.York; and Torto/a, LtN-rott, from Sunderland. CWVJS, JAN' 7. Tut Abundance Stun!. sh ip, that was on shore near Sconer l'oint,' is got c,)if with little or no damage. DEAL, JAN. 7. A Deal Boat crui•zinfy off t he Coast of France, near Blackness, on. the 5111 instant, discovered a large Swedish Ship on &lion: on the Whitsand Sand, which turned out to be the tirania, Capt. Oa s E are, belonging to Gottenburgh, and laden with salt and fruit, from St. Übes, The Captain and seven of the Crew left the Ship in their own Boat, and the others, consisting of flit' Mate iind..three people,. were saved by the Deal Men, an 4 .. carried into Calais. 't~: 'When the Boatleft the Urania, it blew a gale of wind, and she had seven feet %wet- in her hold. G 1 BIZAT R Dr.c. ;6. ON the r4.th, the Meth Frigate arrived from Malta, in thirteen days, having on hoard about two hundred aid fifty Invalids and discharged men, for England. P r evious to the flailing of the Thetir• the Re :loaner had arrived at Malta, in thirteen days, from Portsmouth; by which they had received the first certain t accounts , that we were not tt% evacua te. Malta, -and which had excited ilti ! ; greatest joy Xmonget the Natives. " Transports sailed from Malta on the 27th of No vember, "to' bring away . the remainder of the Army from Alexandria, which was then under the com mand of General SrE WART. Lord CA.vntv bad ar., rived at Maita, on his way to En ;land. Our Fleet were alt well in Onbtan Bay on the 4th of November, which is the last accounts we have from them. Sir Runt:Act. BARLOW, with the Triumph and Agincourt, had hen at Algiers, to carry the Copy of the New,Mediterranean Passes to the DEY, anti it was supposed thacall out differences with the DEY were adjusted. • . The Ftench have colleaed upwards of 12,000 men in Corsica, chiefly in the neighbouthocxl. of Ajaccio, which had excited eonsiiketble alarm and uneasiness in the Island of Sardini.i. " The Gruhound Frigate also'atri tied here on the t 4th,.. in 14. days from Leghorn ; she'had also been at. Toulon abOut six weeks ago, and had visited most of the principal Ports, in the Mediterranean.— •At Leghorn there was a French Garrison of about .3000 men : at Toulon they had four sail of the line ready for sea, and a number of Troops in the neigh bourhood, 'though' in the. town they had not more than 6000 men as A garrison. The Dutch Fleet, ut five sail of the line, under Admiral. De WITiTIR, was lying at Cagliari, in Sardinia. The French had witlidi.twr their Troops from the town of Genoa, hut they had sdoo men encamped. near it. The Meth Frigate, and the HotordSloop of War, sailed for England yesterday. • Sir Pasts SAUMARtZ is appointed to tie corn mod of His Majesty's Ships at Sheet Ilebfi, Wit hoist his Flag on ward tilt Albion. It may not .be amiss to remark, that by tlii'late Militia Ael, if any Servant hired by the year or otherwise shall :be enrolled as It- Militia-man, - sueli enrollment shall not' vacate the "crintrati between such servant and his master,. unless the Militia„ hall be embodied, or onless,sockservant shall not i'eturn to , his service at the end of zil dayi ;4nitually pointtd.for being trained and eXereirted, or as' soon after as reasonably may be, allowing to his Mititer an abatement of wares in proportion to his absenea ; and if the master or servant should not. agree re_ spaling the sum to he deduCled, it shall he lawful. for a justice of the l'esee to settle the differeriee, provided the sum in question does not exceed xol. The. 1144( pine of Manly, which is now ordered .to• be replaced by an Atrti6 of the Fitts-r CONSUL, was began in 168 i, and finished in 0,i90. The ex; pence a its constritelion ainduntkci t to iiiwitrtls of zooßool. The Annual Expenee sl* Ic i eqiing it in proper order, was p l iwardi - of A number of Persons ,calling themselves Bahtpli.' fin s have lately infested some of the Deputintnltof France, where they committed 'many robberies and' other outrages. Several,of them have lately been - ar.. toted. THE QUEEN's PALL AT FI?OCMORE. Thu Ball given by HER MA/TisTr on Thursday last, was the topic of conversation at Windsor, and in othe'r places, - for many preceding days. FrOin the preparations made by the Ptttecass li:Lizeksini, it -was generally, supposed that the Paity would have been more numerous then it really . . was.' This was pot, however, the Royal in qii;466, Thecompany was very. &cleft. For some 9 Irevij,us, .rlany families of distinelion' had l iiiird4 'in the Town of Windsor, a part of whom 1.1 We 94 t "e 'guests of royalty, and bad apartments as: signed them in the Castle. Those who went down from London, arrived there in the afternoon. From three to four o'clock, the roads to Windsor exlti.i bited a pleasing display of the stile. in which our ancient Nobility travelled : most of the carriages had six horses with postilions, and two, three, and four outriders, dressed in rich liverich : About four o'clock the Rciimt, .FAKILy dined, and at seven o'clock, the visitors, in their respeffive car riages, formed a grand cavalcade from Windsor to Frogmore. It was ten-minutes past seven when the KING, QtrEEN, and PatileassEs arrived ; and Omit an hour after, the Ball 'was openid withNtel cißivs by the . . . . . . • Earl of Mount -Edgeumbe and Princess - Aitgusta. .• ; * Marquis of Lorue • . Princess' Sophia. • : Lord Craven •-. Prihcess. . • Lord Fitzbarris • • Princess Amelia. , : Lord TcmpLeton • l i•incess Sophia otot °tester, Lord fohn. Campbell "-Lady* Charlotte Colonel Fremantle . Lady C. Cecil. Colonel Bligls . . Lady Mary Bentinck. • Mr. Townali,era . Lady Charlotte Greville, Hon. T. Bligh . Miss Captain Arthur Upton Lady C. }Loris: Capt. Grey, of the Navy Miss Craven. Colimet Deabrow . Miss Somerville. The second Danoe was Sted the Finish,' when the Marquis of Losaut and Lord MOUNT Eno. cumin changed Partners. After the third-dance, The Isle of Sky, the set was increased to fifteen. couple. . The additional- Gentlemen were Naval 011ieCTS. The dancing was kept up with great spirit until half after ten o'clock, when the dancers began to flag, so much so, As to ctll in the aid of Lady MAlt'r BINTINCK (who is generally the life and soul of almost every party). Ffer Ladyship called for the favourite dance - - - - . . of Sir David Hunter Blair. The scene was once more reanimated, and kept up till a quarter after eleven o'clock,, when Supper being announced, the 4 4 )),.. sq l 1 cluded. r. ( XHine. M. f .,tesrits, the PRINCESSES, and their: distinguished Guests, sat down to a very splendid ; tipper in the temporary room at the end of the: colonnade.or gallery. Covers were laid there for , I I a, the precise number of guests invited, of whom only three failed in their attendance, namely, the PRINCE of WALES, the DUKE of YOLK, and the DUKE of CUMBERLAND. The Supper was a hot. one., and consisted of the most costly viands, and the must delicate wines ;'every thing was st.rved on plate ; but, in the desert, china was used. After the cloth was removed, a noble Twelfth Cake was placed on the table, decorated with a variety of fanciful devices, such as Wintlaor Castle, Medal. lions of the Royal Family, ere..i.„akt half past twelve the RovAt. FAN( tLy &patted,. and the. company immediately -followc4, highly delishted with their evening's entertainment. • Tit a t R . M.A7 ent E 3 were never'observtd to be in better health and spit its.. • The" Kira heating that Colonel .FRIMANTLIt had declined dancing, Hp' MAJESTY went up to him and said—" YOu will not. refuse me, if. I find you a partner ?" at the same time taking Lady C. excii. (the daughiet of the . Marquil of SALISBURY) by the hand, His MA I V.STIr' presented her to him. The ;Colonel, With great gallantry and. politeness, acctPted the offer, and . went down the second dance. • . . • The Queett's dress attea4ed mail) notice; it waS of an orange cottoned silk of a peculiae fabric, of s substance nearly as thick as damask'. The PRINCESSES WC/M.-Wilke and gold muslin, dresses`; their ; Iread.dress plain, with bandeaus and diamonds. The Pk mc ass EL I EAR was, in blaCk inkfsilver. 'Among the guests,' besides the ,dancers already named, were : Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury.— •:• '• • Earls add Countesses of Cardigan, Waldegrave, Roslyn, Mansfield, Essex, Malmsbury.' Countess of Ely. ' Lord a n d; Lady Auckland, Lord Somerville, Lord and Lady Boston, Lord and Lady Walsinghlim, Lord aod Lady felkatti, Lord and Lady Hcntey, Lord and Lady Suttley, Sir William and Lady l'itt, Lady S. Stawell. . General and Mrs. Harcourt, General and Mrs. G wynne, General and Colonel Wynyard. Major Price. Messrs. Grey. ,Honourable Miss Townshend, two 'Edens, Somervills, and Erskine. On Thursday evening ihe LADY MAYOR 'via gave an elegant entertainment to upwards of 300 of her City Friends. The Egyptian Hall was fitted up in the most superb manner. Artificial flowers, most tastefully arranged', decorated the pillars in• the Hall, which was brilliantly ,illuminatod. The Ball Rom was opened at ten o'clock, and the dance kept up with glee till one, when the company sat down' to a collation of the choicest delicacies of the sea: son. After Supper, a new scene for mirth and good 'humour presented itself in drawing for King and Queen. On rising from the festive board, the dance was again renewed. FiteNcii RoYALry seems not yet to have ex perienced its full o measure of degradation ; ru mour speaks of new insults being preparing for it, 'of a nature infinitely more humiliating and disgraceful than any it has yet been obliged to submit to. 'The .7ourtra/ des Defenseurs states, that Mr. M.ooka had a conference in. Holland with joknton, the. Smuggler , who is gone to Switzerland to re . place that,Gentlernan as President of the Committee at Constance !--;.What next 11 1" It, seen ttaat.among the ornamental appendages of fiataicatrire, there iron Article entitled a ridi emlf, ~Wlit3ire4s of the fashionable fem o l cs h as indeed been sn extraordinary of late, that they could Ji ►rdly . thought to . w,a n t By the account .of the attempt to defraud the Under-Writers in Sweden, it is evident that our Cadiiiai mass not a No litair; , l. 'The French Counsellor of State who contrived to get free thousand Hosea hy. the sole of Jewels pur. chased by his wife's gallant s had no daub; bu;d of the adage Diamond eat Diaruvd. 747 E 7717:44TRE, Drary.Lant. Tat lively but rather liontious Comedy of 77g Beaux Stratagem was attended by a genteel and numerous Audience last night at this Theatre. The part of Mrs. Sullen was to have beep re. presented lit - Mei. 'OR bAs, but iti , apology Way made-for her absence, and a printed paper distributed in the House, stating :l oiquddeoAndispodtion renderidlier incapable of appearing, and " hutubly "hoping ilutt - tie usual indulgence would be 1464 granted" to Mrs. GLovEys, who was to be the sub. ,stitUte. Mrs. JORDAN 16 so great a favourite, that the Public must feel much regret when illness deprives them of her talents. In the charafter of Mrs. however, she i s ' not 'quite so .successful as she is in molt of her charaders.,--IVlss. Govatt. has often Perfoulled that charafter at the other house, and she perfonps it so well as not ro stand in need of any apology. She -was. animated_ and elegant throughout, and though ow of the passages are lather too free for the nicer taste of the . present I , age, she contrived to give them an air of archness ra thief. than' indelicacy. DWYER'S Archer is . a good boding piece, of acing. lie does pot, however, Make the livery appear so much an °awned garb as the Author in * TRW, lied he is too much in - the habit of address ing hialielf CO the plleries. CH i rqgl,,,kcemsr.t is the most respedah)e 10' 1 * well We 'have seen for a..long time. frisfine however, was rather too - much in the vielle tour. BANNIsTER was diverting in Scru4 with no more extravagance than what custom :Mows in such a part. Low comedy is his forte; and his repots• lion, high as it is, will increase if he keeps to that province. L4THROPP MURRAY': BANKRUPTCY. Yesterday the Conimissioners again met at Gat• hall, pursu a nt to adjournment, in order - that AV sai-ditant Baronet might pass his last examination; but this necessary formality was postponed, as nei ther Counsel or ,'Solicitor, attended on behalf of the Bankrupt. An altercation took place beck*een Sit LATH oP I. and a'Mr.S W 1.1, 9 his father. itulattr, atld language 'not very decorous upon a judicial. pro ceeding, was mutually resorted tct. 'The Cornino' sioners were compelled to interpose; and insist 'upon their condutting themselves wi t h b ecom ing respea. The mothcr of the Banktupr was sully! pcenaed for the purpose of giving an 3QCOUII( of his income and intailed estate 'at West Felton 4° Shropshire; and a Mr. H AL L was a l so summ oned ; tq state to what extent annuities were chargeable 04 his property.. There were no debts whatevet proved. All the Assignees attended this meeting? and they were desired to take a particular account t anti`o be.extiemely said in their investigation of the statement to be delivered by the 144114.rupt the next meeting. Mr. HARTAr, the 11Meshente t the Commission, informed the commissioners, chat Sir LA'riastorr had corornenctrd tn of inn agaifhttik 4 euid.he requested- tha.ie snetruitigns as to tilt •CCl`,ibig• he should adopt. The Commiotahets idvited to petition the Chancellor next 'berm, up9n,a btsts_ meat of fa4ts. Nothing further was done, arid flick 4deeting WAS adjourned until the s of March next? M rs . Wlria,giv, at the•cornmcncernent of tit, .Pantomlme on Thursday night', fell down with gruff violence, but forrunatsly without receiving" 0 0 least injury, • for s he i mme di ately recovered heal; and went through the ex e rtion of the evening WO increaser.ipirtt and adivity. The . accident owing •to her•treading 'upon something which ha 4 been thrown from the . Gallery ; a brutal praelicF which would ,disgrace the Theatre in.PtliL4P4l PHIA,. where it is thecustom to srnake tobaccil,. drink orter•during the whole performance.- It is said that none of the Members of 019 . APO? of MANACEMENT were present at the cutting up the . rwelfih cake in. the Green Rpm atlDrury« 1 . ,* on Thßrstlatitigllt;;;Jhey were no d9U.b.t a d !! the qakes, which, w ere ver y numerous* other pails of the Theatre. A splendid ball was given at Pa;is on lYfor‘daY le'nnight. by Madame Ractttusit, at which well: • present, amongst other perso nages o f di st i nft i on . .Prince EEiTeitHAZY, who had ju st arr i ve d at P ar i s , the Prince and Princess OCciottpcict, the Duteheca of GOROoN, .Lord and , Lady Ciloi,m9ND ItLey, ' and lady BitsI3OI4OUGH. Such has been the mildness of the season in the County of Kent, that there are now in the orchard of Mr. Seabrook, near Mereworth Church, in the neighbourhood of Tunbridge Town, two:appler trees, full of apples, more than an inch in diereerrrti— upoit the Midsunitim shoots. These trees yielded, this season, very fine. brops of apples, of a great size. Last night, the Butcher who was shot the pre. ceding evening in Mary.le-bone.street, by Capt. P. wits riot dead, but ,his head was swelled twice its natural size, at he was quite delirious. PUBLIC.OFFICIII Woastit,-Staszw. .—Yester. day a man who was in the service of a ,Gentleman as footman, in Finsbury.square, was brought to this Office, where he was ciamineci on suspicion of rob. bing his master of a considerable quantity of plate. From circumstances which appeared in evidence he was committed for reexamination. A man of the name of Canning, in the employ of a Druggist, in spitalfields, was committed for re examination, on a charge of purloining drugs, part of which was t race d to a h ouse i n the neighbour- hood. The occupier of the hou se wa,s also appre hended as the receiver, knowing the same to have been stolen. They were committed fur re.examina. tion. A few days ago a gang of ruffians jostled some Officer; of, the Artillery, in Sr. Margaret's-street, near the Ordnance Office, and succeeded in picking their pockets . The O ffi cers pursued these miscreants for a considerable way, but they effeded their escape by the back of the War Office;