The Sun. — London, England, 1803-12-05 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 3.—Arrived last evening, a Cutter Cartel from Morlaix, to which place she carried over some French Prisoners, but has not brought hack any English Prisoners in return. She sailed from Morlairt on the rat instant, after being detained there a fortnight,' during which period • no communication iva'teier was permitted with the .)no • shore ; t h e Crew,l44Rieer, were informed, just before they sailed,:thirt the report was prevalent at Morlaix, and generally credited, that the Invasion of this Country from some of the Eastern Ports of France, and from Holland, had talcen place ; that the enterprize had been crowned with complete sic. CCSS, and that the French had marched 300 miles through the Country, carrying every thing before them I ! Rear. Admiral DAC RES this morning hoisted his Flag on board the Niobe Frigate, of 38 guns, and in the evening sailed hence for Portsmouth; when it Will be shifted to the Conrogeux, of 74 guns, in which Ship he is to sail immediately for the West. Indies, Arrived the Venerable, of 74. guns, Rear. Ad. nitral Cet.t.snowooD, %from the Channel Fleet, to refit, having sprung her foremast in one of the late gales of wind. , Arrived the Itioueberon Sloop of War, from -a Cruize in the Channel ; also the Pickle Schooner, of to guns, Lieut. J. LAPANOTI ERRE / from a Cruize to the Westward, where she encountered the vio. lence of the late gales of wind, and great doubts have been for several days past entertained for her safety. ailed the Hussar Frigate, do a Cruize. p o RTs m 0 writi Decch4.—Last evening arrived His Majesty 4 S"Ship'lo/4 e , from Plymouth, with „ Admiral DAcit Es on bbtard, who is going to the West Indies in the CoUlageux, of 74 guns, which Ship takes out the Merchant Ships under her Con. tray, The Sophie Sloop of War also goes with the said Convoy, She. sailed yesterday for Falmouth, to Colley} the outward-bound Ships together. Sailed His Majesty's Ship Gorgon, to the West. Ward. s Came into alrhour the May Armed Brig, to refit. , Sailed the Charlotte Schooner, Lieut. ALT, for he t station off Brighton. VALtaotrrx, DEC. 2._Arrived the Lord Miles 4S:lTheer Packet with a Mail front Jamaica, in 44 ' 14 33; and the Suffrante Sloop of War, with a Fleet under Convoy from Portsmouth. DIAL, DEC. 4. Admiral MONTAGUR has struck his Flag on board the Utrecht, and Admiral PATTO N has hoisted his Flag in the plaCe. Sailed the Cortftia Gun-vessel, with a Fleet under Convoy for Portsmouth ; Squirrel, Leda, and hn. viortaliti. Frigates, on a Cruize. SHERINISS, Dsc. 4..--We with pleasure this day observed 'a number of the Baltic Fleet (which had been dispersed and separated from their Con, VOY in the late giles oe,wind) pass by this for the River. •, , YesterdayliiiiVittjt4ity' s Ship Soda Alar e arctta tame out of 02 A i . 3 ,o l the Galgo Armed Ship went in to be repaired. Lieutenant W. WHITE is appointed to the aearver Sloop, Capt. PELLY, fitting out at this Port. PRIZE CAUSE. A very important cause was some days since de. citied by the Lords Commissioners of Appeal. It ,was a claim of joint capture in behalf of the Royal Admiral privateer, for construdive assistance af. forded to. His Majesty's ship the Trusty, in seizing 'the Natvcr„ a neutral vetsel, bound from Batavia to Europt, and laden with a cargo of Dutch property. Against - the claim, Sir Jotth NI cHoc contended that there was no instance whatever, in w inch a priva_ teer had been admitted to the benefit of a joint -capture from the mere circumstance of being in sight. That the Court itself had on a former .occasion declared, that capture, by construaion, had already been ex teritied bt yond the limits of the Ad, and ought ra ther to be narrowed, and brought within bounds, than allowed a farther extension. That in this case, there was no previous concert, nor was any a&ual assistance afforded to His Majesty's ship as in fad the boat of the Triisty was in possession of the Prize, before that of the Royal Admiral came up. On these grounds he contended, that the privateer cculd not be admitted to those rights which would have arisen from joint-capture. The ATTORNEY GEN ERAL followed on the same tide, and insisted-that there was no ground what ever for asserting the existence of previous concert. So far-from it, that the Commander of the Trusty, in answer to-a proposal of ading in concert, had de clined complying. with it, aliekling as a reason, that the Admiral was equally entitled with himself; and that he was not competent to treat concerning any right which might accrue to the Admiral. Dr. LAWRENCE, for the Claimants, admitted the extreme importance of this cause to the Officers of His Majesty's Navy ; but contended that the Ctew of the Royal Admiral is fully entitled to all the benefits of joint-caktutc. 'As to the assertion that tlsere was no previous concert, and that there was an ;dual refusal of afting in concert, he ob. served that this refusal was grounded on a mere point of delicacy respefting the disposal of the Admiral's interest; for it appeared in evidence, that the Admiral himself had dispatched this very Ship with the intelligence of the prize in question, and had directed her to assist in the capture. The re fusal therefore, could not invalidate the claim. In .. reply to the arguments of failure' of proof, as afloat assistanceon the part of the Privateer, he quilsed an instance, in which the Crew of a Frigittt otaimpd share of a Prize cut out by the Boats of a Privaker, and on the same good fortune happening to them. selves, refused a participation of the same advantages, though the Privateer had never been out of sight. He strongly urged the maxim that Anal chace has always been construed to be actual assistance ; in this case, both ships were present, and both dis patched their boats at the same time. The prior arrival of the Trusty's boat was merely accidental, and therefore, he contended, could not vest in her the exclusive benefit arising from the capture. The judgment of the Lords was reserved for the following day, when the allegation for the Clairn. ants was rejected, but their expences allowed, and the Nara sy adjudged to he sole anti lawful prize to His'iMajesty's ship the Trzosty. NAT At. P.Pouvrmarrrs.—e-Captain Hitacpoo to the-,Pelleirle, vice WHITBY,. who is to command the Ville de Paris ; Capt. DASH WOOD to the Bacchante; Liqftenani BROWN .to the Enterprenante Cutter; Lieutenant FIELD to. the Hecate, wire PARSONS, drowned; Lieut. RIBOLEAU to the Impress Service y, •, at paver • L i eut. MACDONELL, oldie. Mr, to the rank . of Commander, and to the command of the at Halifax. In 'the West Indies, Lieu. tenants AYSCOUGH and DOMETT, Of the Blenheim, Centaur; 'Mr. BRAND, of the Centaur, to he Lieu. tenant of the Blenheim; Mr. FORSTER, man of the Centaur, to be Lieutenant of the Chi. theists. ; Lieutenant Foattarr, late of the Surinam, to command the Desperate Schooner. At a Court Martill.held on Friday on board the Gladiator, at Portsmouth, John Morrison, a Marine belonging to the Eg yptienne, was sentenced to suf. fer Death, for leaving his post, stealing ths-Epp tiettne's boat, and deserting from the said L b titii. William Charter, for deserting from - sentenced to receive,fifty lashes. .11- LAW REPORT. COURT OF KING's BENCH, Dim. 3. SITTINGS BLIORZ LORD ILLENIIOROUGH, IN ,WIST. MINST/it- HALL. His Lordship sat at the usual hour, but observed, that the Court would sacrifice a little, in order to accommodate those who sacrificed a great deal to the Service of their Country---the Court would therefore rise at twelve at noon, toafford to Colonel ERSK I tie, and the Corps of Lawyers under his com mand, an opportunity of appearing in time to be inspeCied—which the Court did accordingly. No causes of any importance occurred. Lady WARREN arrived at Petersburgh on the 17111 of Ottober. Mr. }Past ze, who has been appointed American Consul General in Russia, is arrived in Petersburgh. The United States had never before either an Am bassador or Consul in the Russian Empire. A Letter from Funchal, Madeira, dated the 6th ult. states the number of persons who perished in the late deluge, did not exceed two hundred; the only English sufferers,were, Mr. C. TATI.Ocx, his two daughters, his son-in-law, Mr. Mottats, and an infant, and Mr. It. Ss ALT. The four bridges were swept away nearly at the same instant, about eight o'clock in the evening ; the loss of property is very considerable, as several houses and ,stores have been washed into the sea. The ilynihiita Fri gate, from Gibraltar, appeared off hnrichal, •on the sth November, but did not anchor. -040he i same 'day arrived the American, HoitgEsTON, , from,Bal rimore; Anal and Francis, CARPENTER, fiotTlNor folk ; Providence, from St. Michael's ; and Nanj, from the Cape de Verds. The Brig Magdaline, NOEL, which had been at the Island for several months, was stranded on the ad November ; there was not any one on board at the time. The Hindostan, &malt, an American Vessel, lately sailed from the Elbe for New-York, with soo men, women, and children, passengers. They are all . German Emigrants, and for the most part Hanoverians ; the price of the passage is Isl. each, and if they cannot pay it they arc to work it out on their arrival in America, as labourers in clearing woods' and waste land. The same system has long been observed in regard to Emigrants from Ireland and Scotland, • many of whom have for years re mained in slavery, being unable by all their exer tions to discharge the debt. On the aoth of this monthos,ooo pilau of raw diamonds, found on board the Lisbon Packet, King George, which is known to have been capsured by, lea scorisaille Privateer, arc to be sold at Boor- Beaux, by public auction. A quilat is somewhat less than a carat. GARNEItiN, in his 35th ascent from Moscow, saw, for the first time, an image of his balloon formed in the clouds in very bright prismatic co. lours. When at the height of 12,000 feet, he galvanized' himself, and observed flashes of light. While hovering over a wood. he was fired at by a huntsman, who wiih the peasants on seeing 'hhn de. scend from the clouds, considered him as super. natural. It is quite surprizing that the bridge upon the fnot.path in Ilyde Park, notivithstandilititht nu. merous complaints which have been tnAKshcisilct be suffered to remain in such a ruinous coniJitliM. The red-book tells us that there is somebody ivlio should attend to these things, and whose office Certainly cannot be intended as a mere Jinecurr: It may really be said on such a subje& that " they order these things better in France," for in every thing that relates to public edifices and spaces allotted to public objects, the gccatest vigilance and attention are ob. aervable. REVIEW OM ASHFORD COMMON. lirt,vas in contemplation, a fortnight ago, to Re. view the 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons, and a Corps of Artillery from 'Woolwich ; but in conse quence of the unfavourable state of the we a ther at that time, it was deferred till Saturday last. At,an early hour, the Park of Artillery was brought into the field from Kingston, where it had arrived the ; preceding right from Woolwich. ShoitVafter, the „Troops of Cavalry to he reviewed appeared, having , Come, the same morning, frotul tkalE,macters at Hounslow, Windsor, and Hampton Cobrißairacks. &detachment,of the 23d Light Dr:igolirls kept the ground, and were early at dick Station.. At ten o'clock the whole were drawn up. At half past eleven o'clock the Artillery, on the' right and left of the line, announced the arrival of His Royal Highness the DUKE of YORK, by a salute of 21 guns. Ott His Royal Highness appearing in front of the line, the Officers saluted, standards dropped, and the trumpets sounded, " God Save the King." The Commander in Chief was accom. partied by Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes Of CLARENCE and CAMERIDCE ; His Excellency Etat Bev, mounted on an Arabian horse ; Gene. rals the Earl of - HARRINGTON, FOX, DUMOURIER, PICHEGRU, and a numerous train of Staff aneuther Officers.. His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief and party now proceeded to the right, and com. menced inspeeting the line, during which th e Colo,. nel of - the 233 Light Dragoons, at the request of His Royal Highness, explained to his Excellency Eurt BEY (who seemed highly pleased. with the attention paid him) the different manoeuvres the Troops were to go through. The cavalcade having again arrived in front, the 13th Light Dragoons went through their different evolutions of the broad sword Exercise, in a very correa manner ; after which, assisted by the Royal Artillery on their flanks, they wheeled off, and exhibited the mode of attack and defence at full speed, besides several other mantativres. The business of the day was completed at half past one o'clock, when the Duct of YORK left the ground, accompanied by his Ex. cellency ELF! 13ey, and several Officers, and pro. ceeded to Oatlands to dinner. His Royal Highness the Du K a of CLARENCE at the same time adj , ,urned with a party of Officers to Bushey Park to dinner, where His Royal Highness ille.Picti4tl of WALES was expeded to meet them. , The da)iiwas uncom. monly fine, and drew together as spiendi,d an assem blage as we ever witnessed on a similar occasion. AN ACCOUNT OF THE NET PRODUCE OF ALL THE PERMANENT TAXI S, IN TN& YEARS AND QUARTERS ENDING TUII, loTit DAY UY OCEURIR, 18u2 AND 1603, RESPECTIVELY. t. 0 4 H -1 v , C)';"' min 94,z cr r, • 2.3 " fA rt, CP ga / /61 • .SS - z , OmeEr n • en Farr , 33" . 2=g • * 4 2 : I ml ":, " c ; 4 • 3E'SUI.V.Tg'r, cracm • b ( ?) . J2t r 2n . u . , • •• • • • E r, • • ?IN • 2) ..) , • 0.1 O , 41 Q 'a • a. 0 1..4 tfi 4§1161110 P 1 . I .cA Co.. r tio,4 I tAi 0 00 .4 tr , N • " 0 0 WON " " C.• I o 0 4.1 t:: ,7 c , ,4t 4„. ° `•° 4:1 , Li 0 ;*. • o oqooo w p A o ch . 4. o O' o o es.t a o a • *l3 3 16.4 0 0 Oft.l 014 CORN .EXCIIANGE, DEC. 5. 'Ft-1E Importations of Wheat for this day's Market are very large, and Sales, being by no means brisk, it is at a reduaion of full is. per quarter ; Barley 'comes in very full supply, is la. bd. cheaper, and difficult of sale ; Malt at less ; Pease, with Beans, have little variiition ; the arrivals of Oats are im. mense, with a few foreign cargoes, and noted about ts. per quarter lower ; Flour plentiful and 'cheaper. Wheat 443 rr S2S a 675 od Fine ditto - a sgs Rye - '3 Is a 335 011 Barley • ars a ails od Malt • 525 a Sbi od White Pease Sus a 56i on Scans 36s a 4•s od Tick !leans -33 s a 37s pd (WS 2IS a 23$ a 26i Poland ditto 27$ a 280 od Rape Seed 361 a 391 Fine Flour cs a sos Seconds - 40$ a 4 Drury-lane Theatre had it very numerous audience to A Wilt wit!) tan e Hutbandr, on Saturday last, and the Public are very of vionsly increasing in their patronage of this dramatic bigamy. BAN. NIVTEICV recovery and resumption of his part in this Piece, has contributed very much to strengthen its attraelion. The Cabinet is so well supported by the charms of music, that indifferent. as it is ipipoint of drama. tic merit, it continues to have a ; ,s,tcppg hold upon the Public. This Opera. ; as usual ) , drew a very large audience on Saturday to Covcnt,airden Thea. tre, and the Performers had no reason to murmur at the degree of applause which was conferred on their respedive exertions. The Leeds Papers contains a long list of Sub. seriptio ns in aid of the Volunteer Infantry raised in thtt Borough, amounting in the whole 1 0 near teriur. OLD BAILEY. FOURTII DAY7--SATUR4)AY, D. J. Grii;ge Edwalyte and ---- Clark WerelAincd • • fdr a Misdemeanour in conspitbig' to defraulf, &c. . Alexander Solomon. The circumst utces of the c 40., • 41eiej that Mr. Salomon, accompanied by a fricnct of the name of Harris, an Attorney, went t Smith. field nn Friday the zoth of July, for the purimse purchasing a hOrse—seeing one they 'thought they 'f , tttr ;: thotild approve of, they crafted to theb4 .who wat , rid riding him, and he ref,.rred them to Edwards, as the owiier,, who immediately came up, with the. Pri. Ittrot sonet Clarke and . anather man of .the name of Riley, and after some bargaining, SolOm,n h,, t i g h t t h e horse for eight guineas, Edwards warracing The . • horse to be sound and free from all d,s uders, which Clarke and Riley affirmed to be the fact, rind , as such he was entered by the Clerk of the marker. A few thintites after the purchase Was made, as they' were taking cite horse out, of .the market, a boy laughingly observed that the Jews had been done, for the horse had the glanders. :I ,this proved to be the fan, whereupon they next morning t o ok hurts : back' to Edwards, who according.to the evident .of Harris, said, that the boric being disasi,d was mire than he knew, that lie belonged to a friend of :his, and as he had said, when he sold him, that if Mr. Solomon found hits to be unsound, even a week af— terwards, he would.. take him back, and that he was ready to do so, hut. that he had not then the money . ready to return.-Mr. ComenQli . K.Nowuis wished 'to•Anow whether the-_hoiSe . . " • had been purchased upon, those, conditions, and be_. ing answered in the affirmative, he said there ought to he an end in'the charge of conspir.:cy, as . it was not probable that a horse could have the glanders without its being discovered in that space of time, they were 9f course acquitted. Thomas Pitcock, was indiaed foi a Libel un. the ' Trustees of the Parish of Sr. • Bartholomew thtf Great.—The Defendant is, it appeared, a Coach. master, and lets out nne.horse chaises in Bafthoio. mew Close, and it was stated that he Made a Kau. tice of setting the latter in the street, for the put, pose of procuring customers ; this being considered by the Trustees as an annoyance, they cautioned him against his continuing the prattice, but from his not attending to that, caution, they ordered nne of his chai s es to be token to the Green.yard, on which he ..chalked upon a board at his door an ac.. count of what had been done, calling it au aft of " Singular Cruelty! and Oppression," with other terms of Unfounded invcaive, And, adding their names thereto, for the purpose, as. the Indictment charged him, of rendering them objons of herd to the Public ; and two' days after he fisted up a writ_ ten paper to the same efflrCi., and for the Sara,: put. poses. The faas being made out, the Jot.). pro. nounced a Verdift of G4i/ty, and. the Court ordered him to ply a fine of Thirtj Paced:, and 'he impri. toned until the fine was paid. • • ! r j George Green , and .71b Pouttrefort were tried and capitally convideti fur assaulting and taking a bundle, containing wearing apparel, from a bay at Islington. _ _ _ Several other. Prisoners were tried for trifling offences, and the whole of the indielments disposed of, the itscoltuen proceeded to pai l , sentence on those who had been convideil during the present Sessions, viz. that of Awl!, on Daniel Fitzmaurice and Michael Brown, for being at large previous to the expiration of the. term tor which they had been ordered to be transported. Methusaleh Spalding, for an unnatural crime. And George Green and John Pouncefort, for a highway robbery'. John Driscoll, Hannah Welsh, Richard Gibbons, G,eo. B ur b age , pins. Ward, S Irish White, Eleanor Clifford, Win. Williams, M trgaret R sy, Isaac Clerke, Jonathan Cooper, Win. Taylour, John Freeman, Peter FLISWeII, John Durant, Edward - Ennis, Chas. Davison, Robert Griffiths, John Green, Elizabeth Boone, • Wm. Braisrock, Gea. Haynes, Win. Pitman, Elizabeth Cheese, and Sarah Smith, were severally sentenced to SrvenYearsTransiorta. Thomas Broadbridge and Richard Roberts, were adjudged lo Incoyenrs impri.lotirseot. Ann Price, Elizabeth Hayes, Elizabeth Bradford, Win. Golden, were sentenced to pat year's imprison.. mitt. , • . The rein:iining cnnvie.li were then sentenced v . ) lesser punishments, which cuncluded the business uf the Sessions. IXTRACT OF 4..LETTLIt FROM' WATERFORD, Nov. 26, 180 j. " On Thnrsday evening, at about half past four o'clock, as the Royal Mail Coach was coniittgfron). Carlow to this city, : with the Dublin Mail, &c. it Mils stopped, wi t hi n three quarters of a mile at the other side of MullinaVat, by a banditti consisting Of from to to 14 men, well armed with blunder. busses and guns they took away the bag contain.. ing the Mails, with some parcels that were in the.coach. Previous to their stopping the coach, they fired four shuts at the driver and gultd, and killed one of the wheelAtori!tn, They . forced Mr. J. O'Ntro., and Mr. S.SPRIOG, junior, pa SSQP . gers, out of the ctkich, and made them lie dowrs in the ditch on their faces, along with the drivt,l and guard, while they were rifling their priman. teaus, from which they took every article of the smallest value, and stripped the above, Gentlemen of their huts, watches, cash, &c. awl took the surtout from the guard. One of the villaina struck Mr. Srit too, whilelying in the ditch, v er y severely with the but.end.of ins gun on the head, and some of them cried out In shoot him when they found his Yeomanry jacket in his portmanteau. After detaining them for about a quarter of an honr, the robbers permitted them to proceed with .the coach to this city. The Pvlail.coach set out this'inorning at the u.ual hour for C,:rlow, under an escurt two of Captain . Yemnariry Cavalry; which, .we hear, are to be continued dating the Winter. A very considerable ►number of French and Dutch Prkoners passed through Birmingham on their pa. rile route to Litchfield, ma! other p.irts of the In. 6 1 6 I $ •' 1 S 1111111.0 1.111.0% • 00 OP . t'' "' al ta _ ••.• 1 4 -4 oe 04 • T o .— t 'A. 4: c." 4 to as ..c ... . -4 4., 4., 4 , . r 4 , 4 0 04 ,..w30,),:,,: 4 ~.....4.. ,ril C •I ( , cp. ii... t , ir .4... .4 v • ... '. '"' t ei; , .;; ~. 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