The Sun. — London, England, 1803-02-26 00:00:00

b~ 1 NAVAL NEWS. HARWICH, 'us. by !ti. ity THE 4*a land Post.office Packet, Capt. 13%11)0E, arrived froth lielvoetsluys with the Dutch Mail and Pauengers ; and the Prince of Wale, Capt. HEARN, arrived from Heliegoland, where he landed the }lamburgh and Bremen Mails. VEAL, FEB. Z. AttltlvErs yesterday after Post, the Cynthia Sloop from the Mediterranean,' and sailed through to the Note. Put back, La 111;merve Frigate, and sailed again this morning, with the Juno, for Portsmouth. Sailed this morning, the Bloodhound Gun.brig, on a Cruize ; and this afternoon the Snipe Gun-brig for Ostend. Arrived from Portsmouth, and sailed through for the Nor'e, the Lotus/ Gun-brig. • , The Leopard, of so guns, arrived at Portsmouth Ilti• Thursday from the East Indies, brought Dis. Vales from the Cape, which she left on the lath • meeeMber, at which time the British Forces still remained there. The Company's ship Ca/edonia 7 ivas at St. Helena. • The Viaoriour, of 74 guns, and the OrpheutFti. ktel are daily expe&ed to arrive from the Cape of kiood Hope. Aeconnts have been received of the melancholy fate of the John and Simon, Captain Mott, bound to Barbadoes, in the service of the mercantile house Of %Witt. and Sorg, in Mincing.lane. This ship WAS to have taken • in a cargo of wine at Madeira, but was unfortunately run aground on that island, and was soon dashed to.pieces by the breakers. Seven men were saved, but all the others, including Captain and Passengers, unhappily perished.— Attlo'ng the latter, we have heard the names of Mr. VELoakvE, two Mr. GOLDRIDGES, and Dr. Dk. 3 1A*, Surgeon. ,The fate of the Mr. GOLDRIDGES ilo peculiarly lamentable. They were sons of an OPuleht Planter in Barbadoes, who had sent them to this Country for education. They were deserving young men, and were on'their return to their fond and anxious father. Dr. DANAY also, of Barba. gift?, was said to be a very worthy young man. ,Nineteen persons perished. On the z6th of this month, a Boat, or Cutter, *Reared off -Ostend in great distress, coming from the .westward, apparently with thirteen men on hoard ; but although immediate assistance was given from the shore, ,the Boat upset, and every soul pc. Yithed : one man was picked 'up With some small ttigns of life, but every attempt to restore, him to lite proved fruitless. On examining the Boat, it had marked on it the King's mark, and " Hazard's Jolly Boat." There were found in it sounding lines and every . thing necessary for making oh. servat ions on the entrance of the Harbour of °item!. The Boat was . taken . possession of by the ()Meer of Marine, until it can he ascertained to whom it be. longs, It since appears to have been a Boat belong ing to His Majes t y' s Shi p . ricasta, Captain-J. A. WOOO, with a Lieutenant and thirteen men on board, and had been making observations and sound. ings at that place. IL HIS MATESTY's MOST GRACIOUS ANSWER TO THE LORDS' ADDRESS. fly Lord:, " I receive, with peculiar satisfaition, this dutiful and loyal Address, in addition to the many signal procifs which You have given Me of your cordial attachment to My Person and .0 tivernment. " The strong and just sentiments of hatred and indil•na. 'tion, which you have expressed against this Conspiracy, will, doubt nor, produce the most salutary efkeds, in preventing the tepewal of such desperate and wicked attempts against out ecsnomon interests. ", The wann, steady, and unshaken /.,oyalty of My People, I trust, through the continuation of the Divine Pro , teaion hither vouchsafed to Me, renclr efreattal my endea vours to maintain, and to transmit to the latest posterity that freedom, security, arid happiness, Which experience has ishewn us to be inseparably conneEled with the preservation • of our establi s hed Constitution." • The PRINCE of WA ilts sent a donatian of one bundred guineas to the Marine Society on Thurs. day, by the hands of Sir SYDNEY SMITH. His Royal Highness was pleased to say, that he should contribute this sum annually. The Court of DireCtors of the East-India Com pany, with their accustomed liberality, have pre sented the Boat's Crew of the Lori Marg*te Huy, with the Burn of five hundred guineas, as a reward for their gallant and daring rescue of los men from the wreck of the Hindman. A very lucrative appointment has fallen to the Bishop of London, by the death of Dr: PrAttc; Sub-Dean of the Chapel Royal. A general change in the Guards took place yeater. d 4 Y. The First Battalion of the First Regiment of Puqrds is removed from Portman-street Barracks to Winchester ; the Second Battalion of the First iegirnent, from Knightsbridge Barracks to West. minster ; the Third'Hattalion of the First Regiment from the Tower to Windsor, and the Invalids.marched to the Tower to do duty in their room, after first receiving a new set of Colours from Hest MAJESTY; the First Battalion of the Second, or Coldstream Regiment of Guards, holm the Lower DiVision of :Westminster' to Portmad.street Barracks ; the Sc. cond Battalion of the Second Regiment, from Wind_ oat to Knightsbridge; the First Battalion of the Third Regiment, from . the Borough to Finsbury,. and Holborn Division ; the Second Ilittalion of the Third Regiment, from Winchester to the Borough. The Committee appointed to take into considera. tion thc,tnerits of the Petition of Ricit. Wrt,so:!, Esq. against the return of Sir EDw. Par,Lzw, .Bart. for the Borough of Barnstaple, have declared the said Sir EDWARD PELLEW duly. ele&ed. Lard REDD EsDALE, ,the Lord Chancellor of Ire land, may be exietted here about the middle of next month. • Tlr P77C1,1• MAIL. VIENNA, Fes. 9. THtt Ainitantz CNARLES h again very alarni ingly ill ; since yesterday, however, he is some. what better, and the fever has considerably abated. Yesterday a Courier was sent off to Milan, for the celebrated Physician MOSCATI. The 'French Am. bassador, CHAMPACNY, gave the Courier a Letter to the Vice-President ME Lz I, in which he requests him to permit Citizen MOSCATI to repair to Vienna, and remain there for some time, for the recovery of the health of the ARCHDUKE CHARLES. Almost at the same time when the Archbishop of OLMUTZ received by a Courier the agreeable in telligence of his appointment to the Cardinalship, he lost his brother Count COLLOIM3IO, who was Commandant-General at Olmutz. There are reports of several Camps which will be formed early in the spring, for the exercise of the Troops, and of the interviews of some great Snvereigns which will take place. ITALY, FLII. r. THE report still continues, that the Negotia. tions for the cession of the Islaud of Sardinia to England are concluded, and that nothing is wanting but the reciprocal ratification of the Treaty of Cos- sion. There is also a report, but which appears to have no foundation, that the Batavian Admiral DR WINTER, bad taken French Troops on board his Squadron at Toulon, and sailed with them to Sar4inia, where, however, he was not suffered to remain by the Governor and the English Admiral. ROME, JAN.I2. ILLUMINATIONS and other festivities have taken phee-here, in consequence "of the late promotion of Cardinals : the illumination of the Palace of the French Ambassador, Citizen CAc3.l; LT, was espe. cially distingcished. The Cardinal whose name was not declared is now known to be BERNIiII i Bishop of Orleans, who signed the Coirordat. ANISTETWANI, FFB. t 2. WHEN Admiral DE WIN TER returns with his Squadron from the Meditrrrancan, ,where some Ships of War will still be left for the protection of Trade,. ancalfer Squadron will sail for that destina , tion, under Vice-Admiral HARTS! NCK, which will consist of live Ships of 'War. Two new French. Frigates, each 'of 44. guns, will soon be launched at Dutikirk i. rtn4 several Ships of the Gine will this year be built in the southern Ports of France. Twelve hundred: men will immediately sail from Dunkirk, with 'military stores, for St. Dottrbtgo. Six hundred men have sailed from Havre on board three Ships, fur the same destination. The Batavian Rescriptions, payable after the Peace, are at 68. The following proceedings have lately rAen place in ;he Royal Court of Jersey : On the sth day of February, 1803, Mr. JOHN STEAD, and Mr. PHILIP M4)1.1 R ANT, Printers, were prosecuted by the King's Attorney-Ceneral, in consequence of a represeittatiOn that the weekly Newspapers printed by them respettively, have, fo r some time past, contained observations and reflettions injurious to the French Government, and tending to disturb tbe peace 'and amity suliditing between Hls BR ITANNIC MA J Esl 'V and the French Republic. After the said Messrs. joitii STiAo and PHILIP MOOR ANT had been heard by their Counsel, it appeared that the oWensive articles in question had been extraEted from Newspapers printed in London, and that neither 'the Defen. &lets, nor any persons employed' by them, had composed any part of what appeared so retire hensible. The Court, nevertheless, thought pro per to testify its entire disapprobation of every spe. cies of injury or outrage, towards the Constituted Authorities of established and acknowledged Go vernments ; and further, the Court enjoined the said Editors, for the future to insert nothing in their journals that can tend to disturb the good under standing Which 'prevails between the inhabitants of theisland ofjetey, and those of Foreign Countries with which His BR ITANN I C MAJESTY is at peace." A mist magnificent state carriage Will shortly be shipped on board one of the East India Company's ships for Madras, intended for Lord Wm. CAV RN. DISH BENTINCK, who is proceeding,as Governor of that Presidency. he harness is made for eight horses, and the buckles are ail of solid silver. The Hon.'East India Company's Ship the Irex fird, Captain WILLIAM STANLEY CLARKE, is or dered by the Court of Directors of the East India Company to proceed to Portsmouth, for the purpose of receiving on board a Detachment of His Majes ty's Troops for the Presidency of Fort St. George. Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, about 1 5 0 of the Invalids marched out of Chelsea Hospital to the Tower, to do duty there. They had new Re gimentals on, and made a very. respeelable 4 p,•ear. Ance. They were headed by three Officers on horse back, and accompanied by one drum. All the accounts from the Continent concur in stating, that the Epidemic Distemper which pre vails there is of the most serious nature. It is of the putrid kind ; bur, from ignorance we preutu - , it has been generally treated as inflammatory. the. 'City of Brussels no less than eight physicians have died of it since last summer, and it is calculat ed dug about,sixty persons di: there of it in a day. ALISVERRIE AT tII'EN9W,-. ttla Masquerade which-took place at Livtrpool on the zest, though strongly opptised by a large portion of the inhabitants, Was carried through lay the Managers with a degree of spirit and perseves ranee which certainly became them, after the en. couragement they at first received, and the even. ing, as far as circumstances would pern it, afforded general satisfaaion and amusement. What we sup pose is unprecedented in the annals of Masquerad ing, there was only one Lady in the room ; and she was drawn there from ignorance of the detertnina. tion the rest of the sex had'made to absent them-. selves. It is impossible to account for the change able variety of &male opinioni and decisions ; and in this instance, we shall content ourselves with saying, that, though the amusement was planned, and the management appointed with the warm con currence of several Ladies, of consequence in the town; the scruples of a few over-starched damsels completely cooled their ardour, and prevailed upon them to desert a cause promoted by themselves, and undertaken for their own gratification. What is almost as strange, and what refletas the highest credit on the caution and conduct of the Managers is, that, notwithstanding the absence of the Ladies, the evening passed off with the stria. est order and decorum, a circumstance clearly evinced, by the young Lady already mentioned, re maining some time in the room with her Blathers. Severai . charatiers were very ably supported, and had the presence of a few Females enlivened the group, and encouraged the Gentlemen to exert themselves, this provincial attempt might have vied with the motley diversionS of the. Metropolis. The Hon. Col. MAcnoirai."D appeared as a rosy. faced 'Friar ;• Mr. Batasotr, an admirable Sylvester Daggerwood, distributed Bills for his. Benefit, drawn up with infinite humour, and a fine stroke of satire., Capt. Co I.QU ITT, as a young Lady, in the scanty attire of the present day, was chaps -paned by Mr. M. BeNsosr, in all the Strait-laced formality of our great grand-mothers. Mr. DENABI.es exerted him. self with treat success a 3 a Cloun ; Mr. BAcx- HOUSE a good Butcher; and Captain AswrOst as a Recruit, attended by his younger Brother as his aged Parent, proved, that true humour can suit it self to all stations ; Mr. N;V. INE WRIGHT was dress. ed in the real ct , s.rume of China ; Majar O'BRIEN, Captains CHKNIBER LAIN and CR ioAN, of the 14th Regiment, in most excellent Spanish habits ; and an Officer of the same Regiment, in' the low attire of a Chambermaid, sustained his part' with much humour anti precision ; R.. DAVedON, as an over-grown Boy, in Nankeen jacket and truwsers, cried for hisHobhy, which was stolen from him; Mr. IVloaa.Ann, Hlieree Cossack, preceded his Bro ther, a venerable Getitleman, supporting the deli cate frame of Captain Rooie,.ftaunced„ furbelowed, and lated into the semblance of Mss Lucretia ItiTab, who being pressed to dance a reel, moved with unbending gravity, in a minuet step, to the trine Of Paddy - Whack/ 'Mr. !its:Da, as Pust-in- Boots, was earrest,itt his solicitations for his master, the Marluit Carreba.c, Mr. Ci.s.:3siti ; Lieutenant Marroala (Royal Navy), 'as a Galleca.mati, with guineas instead of buttans on his jacket, anti his Brother as a begging G:pre e r, were capital figures. Mr. PICK ER INo was a smooth Qualcr, though a w et one; Mr. Ent. Rat aN a Sasidier, with his lame wife in if b'aiket ; Mr. W. LA4: F. an excellent wild fuefian. About the middle of the evening, a most entertaining group appeared—Mr. P.ssesoN, an Italian b c arlead4r, Introduced his brother as a docile' Bruin, with a monkey on his teach; ; Mr. Mosta/tr.'. scraped a squeaking fiddle; and the hear danced, growled, and anticked with inore 'fan and dexterity than the generality of such animals possess. Ai stipper-liIIW, several new and very iplenditi dresses appeared ; amongst the rest, Egypt. Co egtt tra= and Mr: Batasosr, Priaci Irszey and Pours; Mr. Dissysost, as CoriYt - Cassel; and Mr. ` CRctsals, a Graud Turk ; Mr. I lI ti D E WAti convert. ed into a Ciseten, and Colonel EVl . stooraso into an 0/1/1/.sislau. The Supper . was ear &rapt and profuse, the wines: not sparinglyadMinisteted, and the abSenee of tale` fair sex did opt• preeent the moiler herd, elevased with the generous fluid, from tlaneioureela and country .danees, otar si O'cli,cl , ;. the next , mown, the room waa eleganrie ornamented with Naval Colours; and in our .compliment to the Managers of the evening's ui-nnseineut, we muit . taks oceaaionlo mention the assistance ofthe Band of the zaaln.which was very handsomely lent.by the OVA urs, and Which . pntinned piaying, at intet*ais, during the whale ni&k. - ,Tua Os.A-rok“ , .—This sublime cotertaintr, , .!nt commenced fur the season last night at COvent.Gar., den, with Me Alessia.4.. Mrs. BtL.I.,GTON prevented from attending by severe indiwosition, Miss PA RK F 'took her place, and acquitted be i rself very ably. BitAttAat was admirably in 'voice, and . sung with a simplicity suitable to the grand corn. posi , ious in which he was. engaged. Two vecal novelties were intiodoced.tl) the ioidienee,. the 'one Miss Sit IPLE Y and the other Mios MUNDAr'. They are both detierviog of 'public. patronage. Mr: G. ASHLEY . led the B.,ad, and' the Orchestra was well supplied with VOrai. andinstitumnral Performers, a s indeed, is always the case, with undertiliilgs con. duaett by the veteran KY. : The .whole .went off with corrtelricss sitnplicity, and grandeur. The house was very .well attended. Mrs. SIDDONS closes her engagement at Dublin this week. 7he Hero of the North has been rendered much more compall than on the earlier representations, and the interest of the Fable is proportionably lip. proved, The Music is ret rainly excellent, and KELLY deserves much credit for the taste of his se_ leaions, as well as for the genius which marks the original compositions. The Private TheatriCals in Tottenham-street have been obliged to be dropped, owing to a cause which callous insensibility will not even venture to short at. A principal Gentleman of Fashion who took the lead in that harmless undertaking, has been too lately affliaed with a domestic calamity to give his attention to a renewal of Theatricals ; and, indeed, his own precarious state of health is such, that lie is about direttly to retire for a while into the country. xsrvz nAßmoivrc SOCIETY. THE Exeter Ittrmoric Society held their Sixth Meeting on the 23d, inst. The Room was filled at an early htiur, and graced by the presence of nearly the whole of, the principal Nobility tit)d Gentry in the City and its neighbourhood. Among the former were'noticed, Lords CLItFoIto,GRAv ES, Ror.LE, and ARUNDEL.; Ladies CLIFFORD and ROLLE ; Sirs STAFFORD Ii.NORTHCOTE, JOHN DAVIE, JOLINDUN T ZE, BULLER YAP,DE BULLER, WILMOT PRIDEAUX, JOHN KENNAWAY, TkIW MAS GRAY ES, K. 13. ; Ladies NORTHCOTE, DAV I E., BULLER, and KENNAWAY, an 3 Sir ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Knt. and Lady, Mr. BULLER, M. P, eze. &e. • The SeleEtion for the evening was most happily chosen, and contitffied by T. Pt Latta w, Esq. (in the absence of Mr. PArwoN). Mrs. Bit AMWELL, gave " Fragrant Roses all entwined," by SALIER I, with such taste and expression, as to merit and call forth the loudest plaudits. Mr. HANcocx, in chat beautiful Song of INCL E. DON'S, " On board of the Arethusa," liter.tlly elec. trifled the company ; and his execution of that difficult Song was considered very little, if at all, interior to Mr. IxcLEpou---Mr. PRIEST gave a fine Concerto on the Basstion, which astonished and delighted the: Au-dienee. The charming Quartet by JACKtiON, Go, gentle gales, and bear my sighs away," was sung in a stile of much taste and ex. pression,. by Messrs. S. V. SPENCER, HANCOCK, POTTER, and GAitkom.---IVICSSM SPENCER and HANCO.CK afterwards sang 4 , When Niehoias first at Court began," in yo exquisite a manner, as to give universal satislaftion, and in which they were most deservedly encored.. Mr. SPENCER having, at the particular request of the Stewards, favoured the company with INC LEDOV'S "'Pest Captain," in the highest stile, the eveninz concluded with the grand Chorus, " The Horse and his Rider," from HAN. otr.'s Israel in Egypt. In justice to all-the Performers, we freely confess that they afforded to the company present a' 'very high musical feast. STOC KM4 AI, JAN. 2r. THE Ceremony of churching HER MAI ESTI is just ended. It has beep► .enerally remarkable for show and' elegance.. ,The, Fete Of yesterday, which terminated the public rejoicings for the birth of His Royal Highness the GitAlitt Dolcc of FP;LAND, - was disting,uished by the greatest magnificence. It consisted of a. Ball, which took place in the great Flail " de's Grats i 'w in the Castle. This building, of an immense size . , and most superb archiwaure, was illuminated with upwards of 3006 Tartws. The laying our, embellishments, order and exi_ cution, deservedly conferred high encomiums on the Manager, (M. le Compte de FutseN, the King's Grand Chamberlain.) Immediately after the entr►nce of Their MA/ Etal FS, witi► a 1,11. merous and brilliant retinue, the, Ball• wa s opened by Madame the Dutchess of SUDE RMANI A and the PR INCE WILLIAM of Gtovc ESTER who danced a mintier, Which was followed by four other minuet. After these there was a grand pa!fliaire, or dance. at'er the Polish fashion, petiortne.d by the' following', personages • The Km aIKI QICC:I, The Duke ye Sudertnani:4, with NlAdanle t, to Cdattes..l de B 'V lie Prince of Gloucester . , witit Matiam, , the Duichess ef Sutler:m[llu, anti a great number of Loris and Ladies heinn;ivg. to iLle Cciurt. Afier this, the ?3 ill becoming to!, was kept up till ten o'clock, and ended with :4 t.piendia supper, served up on Feven great tables, in. cluding that at which His ;Molest* sat. Yesterda y a court 'of Direanti was held at 01' 1 East \ lndia House, which adjintrned at live o'clock till Wedoesday next. h 3vc g re a t rle.l.,;tve in stating, that pail. of the valu:thle cargo of the Brig illentat has been re,. covered. This vessel foundered at Cerign, the 17th of September, 1862, on her pa‘.!....:“,e Athens to .111alta. She w:ri lien with toned marble: of . unequ.illed b::•anty and min: 11'20,, ship, from the Tem:ile of Minerva, 'at' ACnens. and other' Monuments of Antiquity, 'beloogirg Lord, ELcutg', our Ainhaptador at Ccrisranti • nople. Mr, HAMILTON, Iris_ Lord3hip% Secretary, Captain LE,e.k.E, cf. the - Artillery, ai:d Caraio %two., of the Royal Engineers, were passe in the vessel, on' their return from 7, very inttre..t... 'log tour through Syria and Greece. It is entirely owing to Mr. liniarr.ro;r's indefatigable exertio that any part cf this truly valuable cargo has titer. recrivered ; he rein:tined' tome weeks an the 141a..:1' o f Cerigu, to try if it :mere possible to get any the property; and after havir,g empkiyed . meiins, Ire tit length sent for Divers frOm 151.11:d o Samos, who succeeded in the uudertaking, In the. French service, acc'ording to the arrangement, no General 06..-er can (tient. Those Generals who ltAve deserved wcil ut their Country, are provided for in succession, by being appointed to the Command of Distrias . ; as they are now- called, Military Divisions, Of three hundred Generals, seventy.five.are provided for in this way ; many more have the command of Garrisons, and are employed in the inspeclion the Troops, stores, &C. Others 'are, employed the civil department, on embassies in the Cotortie4, &c. A great number are, as it may be supposed, in a state of solicitation. ` fir; ,.. `>.,, The river Vousie which threw itself )nto tl e Seine, near Brai, has suddenly disappeared, linvirg been swallowed up in an abyss of extraordinary depth, to the great terror of the neighbouring iutia bitants. The Newmarket Co+using Meeting commenced on Monday last, anti 'vas well attended. Captain DURAIIDiS three dogs, Needle, Johnny, and Jugg. ler had decidedly the superiority, beating the best dogs the County afforded. Mr. Du Coto offered to match Juggler against any dug in the kingdom for five hundred guineas. The finest day's sport was on Thursday, and the coursing being near the Town, attracted air the Newmirket Belles to the Side-hilLCoven, where, the Ladies backed their favourites.