The Sun. — London, England, 1803-03-14 00:00:00

fot will Ted , firm itio -PLYMOUTH, Mead l li. ..;•••••6•010 , THE greatest exertions are used in the Dock. yard at this Port, in equipping the Ships of War Under repair : the Malta, of 84 guns, Le Tennant, of 80 guns, the Mars, Splicer, and Spsiiii/4, of .tguns each, are to be fitted for Commission with possible dispatch. It is reported that the Tennant, t very fine Ship, is to be fitted for that gallant Ofii. reef Capt. Sir E. Fer.r.ew. Arrived the Spit f ire, of 16 guns, Capt. R. kxxx, from Dublin, and the Beis, of Falmouth, Captain MAttrrow, laden with wine from Lisbon. Seven Sail of French Fishing Boats are now at Pchor itl the Sound, drove in by contrary winds. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH T 3. Decade, Topaz, ' Seahorre, Galatea, "Indro. *oda, and Success Frigates, are ordered to be im. bliately fitted for Commission. The,Dock.yard at . this Port is put upon double tides, and to use every exertion in completing the sUp* under repair. T he Artificers work this day Sunday), which they have not done since the Peace. Arrived His Majesty's .Ship Minerve, Captain iIkINTbN. from Deal, and since sailed for the t „. I.lovvns. , Sailed the Amazon, Capt. PARKER ) and Amph;ov, Captain fiAany, with Dispatches for the Mediter. • Wean; and La Loire, Capt. Mimi, &ND, for the Down', ' ail Majesty's Ships Alcmene, Capt. Sr t L Es„ and /"../dP'et ) Capt. Mulsol•, are gone out of the liar, 1)04 to•S 'intl;e d a . • The:Pigsty Lieut. Witi•rf, will go out , igtheßarbour to Spithead. The ketentie Cutters are ordered under the , Corn. *and of the Port.Atitnirals at Portsmouth, Flyniouth, POWns, ' The Tliic•iirfthers, Wtt Tc Hato, from liavre.de. Orme ) arrived yesterday morning. She left - that ort Thursday, at which time there was not 'known Cue any interroptiOn to Peace. DEAL, MAacn 13. fear Admiral THORIVSKOUGH hoisted his Ting this morning in the Downs on board, His Majesty's Frigate ,iforhoessiie. lyhe Itononrable Eist India • Company's Ship Chario*. came'down this morning from the River, rerm!ins. • DOPER ) IVlA.actl 13. HALF PAST SIX, P. it. A Packet arrived this morning with Dispatches Lord WHITWORTH. Mr. MOlutzssOß came in her, who.brought Dispatches from 'Malta, sup. Posed, to be of great importance, from' his great eagerness to set off, which he did in a few minutes after he landed, in a post.chaise / and four. The. Prince If Wales Packet, of Harwich, Capt. ,was towed into this Harbour this morn. ing, 'havirn been met with at sea with the loss of her rudder, which was knocked off ulion the Flats, pn the Dutch Coast. The:Tartar Custom-house Cutter, Capt. Wo R. IIIINGTONT ) of this Port, seized a few nights since, after .a long and skilful ch ace , a large Smuggling '33oatcalled :the' AThry, of Lydd, with a cargo of 4 6 9 casks i3f %randy and geneva, and a considerable quantity of tea and tobacco. Two Vessels are in sight from Calais, which are exlviied about ten this evening. A Bond of Admi ra l ty was lield.yesterday. Lord i LS NEON attended; h e h a d a l ong i nterview with the Earl of ST. VINCE t siT.. , Durin th e whole of yesterday, c ommun i cat i ons . 2 , .t' were sna king (by means of the Telegraph) between • the , Admiralty Portsmouth, Sheern ess , and Deal. . Tlic Commissioners of Alio- Navy sat,yesterday as . Sommer Place. . ; • ' . Sir. JAmes.Sa.uta.tatz is appointed, Commander f, .• • it) Chief at the Note. . ' Sir SI D NEY SMITH attended yesterday at the Admiralty, and received an appointment .to the • .riltriVe, of go guns, a newt ship recently launched , .. *X: Sheerness.---Sir SIDNEY will command a Squa. dr9n.of,Obiervation. ' On SatUrday a f ternoon an express was rece i ved at 'Portsmo ut h frpin the Admiralty, containing three— iions for the Neptime, of g 8 guns, Capt. W. Da It ity, to be iminediately got ready for receiving the Flag ' , . •- Of Idord OAtiom a, who will have the Command on the Cork station. ~- CAP. O'Ne ILE of the Navy, i s a p po i nte d to the ',o o nimand of the Impress for Se.•men at Poole, t : ' • . The Seepre, of 74 guns, is cominissioned at Woolwich, and Captain DicKsort is appointed to command her. Captain Wm. BEDFORD is appointed to the corn: - mand of the Thunderer. Among other Naval Of)icers, who,have come for. rarti,to offer their services, are Admirals BEIC{E. . ' I V Y, SrAttnopz, and StarrH, and the lion. Capt. ‘I:4,,GET, second SOD of th e Earl of 'EN aa.IUG E• k; t ,.., apt. E. Bu taait is appointed to the.Maho, and ''aPt. G. ?fluatt.tY to the Spatial', the last two ships captured at the battle of the Nile, by Lord NE esos, and are supposed to be the finest ships that were taken from the French. durit'g the late War. i I: • eneral :tente had a SIOII everal S suite m the loners D have 1 that Or the II Fri- hough le nut )r four, trAsarl. idiogt renctalt aloft Mecn• 'I that ilia .Thil I , vial ` 1 reira, t. of 1/ !ref -10 :ell its ition« I Liti at 'l4O 1.0011 sue' Isll ' diaaoa ant' ., 1* WOO; rilA; trade ;.der •and r late rand iigh! ► chat ousts: rencir asset enCC. rend' rCnCh 331C4 Atka inga• % too 140 GOLJ Vl f in.115411A:5:.. FRIDAY, M4RCH AFTER HENRY BRONVN, Esq. the High Sheriff, had opened the Meeting, and stated that he had called it in consequence of a requisition from several Noblemen and Gentlemen ; • The Hon. Mr. LAMER rose, and said, that as he had been one of those who thought it their duty to request that the High Sheriff would call a Meeting, he begged leave to propose that the dutiful and loyal Address which. he had before him should be presented to Hrs NAJes•ry from that County.— He said it must be evident to every person who had examined the evidence produced upon the late trials for High Treason, and who had heard of the con v iftion, condemnation, and execution of the often.. ders, that a most daring and dangerous Conspiracy had existed against His MAJRSTY'S Person and Go. vernment.--He was very sure that no person, con vinced of rite existence of that Conspiracy, and rejoi cing as an Englishman ought to do at the punish. ment of the Conspirators, could doubt of the pro pricty of that County offering up their earnest and hearty congratulations at the foot of the Throne. He then adverted to the Loyalty of the County, and paid some handsome compliments to the Volunteers, who had, stood forward at the moment of danger in defence of their Country, and expressed his con. vidion that the same zeal, ardour, and alacrity, would be shewn whenever circumstances required it. He concluded by re:tding a spirited and loyal.M. dress, and moving that -it be-presented to.IiiSNA JESTY. CowPmsaid, that he agreed with the mover of the Address, in every sentiment he had uttered, and with every word containefl in the Ad. dress ; that after the able speech they had 'laird, it was unnecessary for him to occupy the time Of the - Meeting ; that feeling the most sincere joy at the disco Very of the Conspirators, a nd_ the safety of His MAJESTY, he s thought they could. not shew their happiness, their zeal, and their loyalty, better than by unanimously agreeing, to the propoSed Ad. dress. WILLIAM I3M rR, Rsq. said, he did not rise to offer any opposition. to the Address, or to interrupt the harmony and unanimity of that Meeting, = 7 - That he perfeftly agreed with the Addling as tar as it went, but conceived that some allusion ought to have been made to the curnexiolt that evidently existed between the Conspirators and the French Government.--That he thought it clearly proved . that it was the plan of Colonel Despard and his accomplices i ) - assassinate kits MAJOTY as pe,arly as poSsible ttl the time that the Freoch Were to land on the Coast ; that the evidence of one of the ac— complices spewed that De.tiard was in daily expec. lation of money and, news from. France that he thought it was proper to skew His MWSTY• that these circumstances did not escape our'notice . ; still he should not propog.e.any admendment„ and chearfully joined iii the "Address as fir as it went, but .could not help lamentine , tlt~lt Inot go farther. After a few words from Mr, Bypi,. the was put, and carried unanimnusl.y. question a I C A% Ci..:. CoYY of. Letter addressed by the Secretary of State Tor the • Home Departmenr, to the Lord Lieuteatibts of the Maritime Counties in Great Britain. lEhitrhddl, 9th Itrateb, "MY LC D, ' " As there is reason to think that Altenslanding in this kingdom from the Continent, neglett in m.nly in,,,;:inees to make their declarations to the Magistrates of the places where they reside, a, required by the provisions of the 9th and toth . Clauses of the Alien Ad, a copy of-which I inclose, I airs 14 request that your Lordship will be so gtioa as to call the Par ticular attention at the Magistrates in the . County of to this circumstance, and t, desire thClll to entnree the pro visions of 11w above- itintioned clauses; With Tespea. to such Aliens within their several jurisdiebosis, as havoc negicetiM to comply therewith, anti at the Sanie tune to tetbrn to ere List of such Alien;:. " I am,. • (Signed) ' • 4 .‘‘ PELIIAM." " The Lord Lieutenant of the County of Officers for the Militia Service are stepping fora ward with uncommon alacrity, The Skeletons,' by which we mean the Adjutant and Non.eommis'ioned Officers of every Regiment, having been mint jodi_ ciously preserved and kept embodied, the different Corps will be very expeditiously formed .and cis. eiplincd after they are assembled. Jr is supposed that ai least two-thirds of the Militia, when called out, will be found to consist of old Soldiers, we mean, of men who are perfectly acquainted with the use of arms. • All Officers absent from their Regiments, are or.. tiered, in the Gazette of R'iturday, •to rejoin their respettive Corps without delay, except such as are employed on the Recruiting SerVice, or ori Publiq Duty. Several of the Volunteer Associations are again assembling, and we doubt not, should occasion re quire their serviu, the Patriotic Corpa which lately did honour to every part of the Empire, will again stand forward in its defence. . . - The loyal and exemplary cantina of the Cpeps of ROYAL MAtt !yrs, has justly become the subjed, of admiration and' applatne with the whola► tish Notion. Another Instarke has come to our knowledge, of their bread); adherence to discipline and : dtity,. which we Wee great pleasure in • coin, mtmicating. Captain M xrcitstA, the Subalterns; Non-commissioned Oflicets and -Privates of the 1)e. tachment of Royal Marines serving tin - board His Majesty's Ship the Exielleftt, in the West lOdies, received the Thanks of the Court-Martial which tried the Mutineer's, :Is well as those- of the Cam. mender in Chief, for their loyal, gali.mt and spirited conduit in suppressing the Mutiny that lately took place on board of that Ship. The following are the words used by Commodore Root), in his pUblic Thanks to them upon this cc. casion:, "By their firmtiess . in resisting : , the attempt to seduce them from their duty, and ills ()probing men in admit mutiny, they have increased, xf pos sible, the high. charade.? the Corps, has so justly Aed. quited.'' Mier vilich,• the -Commodore- ,aasotes theta hit't►hali not fail to represent their meritotions "conduit to tbcLords Commissioners of the Mmf. tolty. .1,1,Y11.71 , ,tY, .1111,4 cl! Id. SELATION William Le: and In/film Rosi.yky were indifted for felOaiouslyacirninisteringi anal, ;titling and assist. ing at administering a a certain oath pi- engageMent, I Statute o f l' . "contrary to t le t.,e 37th year of I-lis pet'_ ,sent Majesty's reign, intituled a " An Ad for more eftedually preventing the adminiStaring or taking of unlawfol Oaths.," , _ a Counsel for theCrown--NIia.SEK 't EAN't Cot t: EL, Mr. PARK, Mr. Wool), . and Mr. ToPrP ING. For the Prisoners—Mr. R A 11 , 1 E atsd Mr. floTHAtvt. , The Prisoners pleaded Nat. Guilty. Mr. ToiPtiaGsopened'the Indictment. • Mr. SerjeantCocKt a opeoedahe circumstances of the case. ,• . . . . William Simnet Ivag the fit.st witness) who said, that he was ,bro(her.in.law to Williatn-Rooxley that last Odober eWelve months •he lived , at Rich mond, a S % a Collier; that he afterwards lived -with Ronxley, and worked iviili him as a turner; in the month of Odober , 180 i, Ronxley asked him to make one with them in their .Society, ,and said it would be better to join them than so- do otherwise, for if any fell in the engagement when it came .to a battle, there would he a maintenance for their wives and ftmilies afterwards; Rons,iey said the battle was tube with any %vim might come, against them; adding, there were more thio moo of the Society in Sheffield i . witness did not work with Ronxley till Tanuary !Ikea that in Oaoher Ronxley asked the'witatss to . go with him to W:lliim Lee's, .and become one of the Society ; tliiit !Zona:ley' did not then' say Ay thing mote; witness went with Rona- . ley to Lee's; wirees's's brother went ' with them they found William Lee only in the house, and told I..ee they,were come to join the Sticiety ; Lee. said lie vas agreeable ; and then produced a paper and. read it over ; witness.coald not tecolled what,were the contents of the paper particularly a but it was to. make them membeis, and tb keep secrets with t lie,So. ciety ; that Lee rmd Ronxley told hint to repeat after Lee, Which he did; and-then baile-liiio kiss ihe Paper. 'Witneas respeaseti after him, Anti thon passed the N. per over his face, as kissitig 'it ..; Rot - latex told the witness when he came to live With him in January, that the So,ciety. intended 'to make this a Free Na. tion if E ossitite, 'and ,they ,were to rate themselves ; that it Was to b done by fightiag. Lee re-d the same paper to witness's *brother, anti he repeated after him. Ronxley told witness they Were to, destroy the Parliament; to take the ,Pailiitmcnt down, and to rule 't'acinselves. Ronarey said -he was 'a Condu,l,;r, Lee was a Ckirac in the Society, and . Witoess was a illemq‘er"; Ronxley said there were Five Chiefs in, Sheff i eld, - but did nist.say how many Condseaors; Rtlnxley,'in the latter end of Au. gust last, - said that orders were come fram . theChiels to prepare arms for thernselvei, anti he should pre pare arms for himself and his nun, such Men as he bad attested .as . a Ca7,-a'itc74o% - Witness said, he heard Ronxliy give orders to one Raruscat for some pikes, very soon -after. this .conversation;. that Rarnsear is a c.vhitesmith in-Slicfri.lle4 Wil. Hari* Ronxley asked the Wittuiss to go to Ram. scar's to see if the'spears were dollea witness; went and int three or four at Rantscar'a ; could'not get more, as' Ratuscar-said no mote were yet done, fOr • lief) a d not •Isaif . rime-/toaaaotare..... a),V,i toe Va !Plat t his ' to. R on ik y ; they, were &fades, slaty at each edge,' and' a sharp point ; brought tharn to Ronxley'f i that a parcel were letchedfrom Ramsear's liy wit. ness's brother. Rortitley, desired witness to, carry them to one Birch to, be grotnal ; he did sa „ an d went far them 'where` done a:- did nor stay for . grind. . ing ; the charge was to be el., a piece. ttanst. ley said they wool(' do. very._weil with shafts. Wit flea went with' his brother to a wood to get shafts. That Lee catn6- one day to grind the instruments at Ronxley's wheel; he heard Lee ask, Roniley if he had got arms made ;• lie said he had not, - but would' get them as soon as be could, This conversation was before the ivitness.Went to itamscar',S - fur arms he.vki Lee say to ROlialey, after the spears (vete got, that a letter bad, cone by the Post a iawas found out and opened, anti that. it was proper, thetear e , a n the pikes should he hid as SoOli aspossible. After this wijnen and Ron:Ory toolz'al>o7.< and buried it; Ronxley iaid• there were pikes in it. Th a t i n the' \evening he went with. Rom:ley, Thomas Frere, aNa witness's brother, to a wood, about a mile from-Sheffield, tailed Conies Wood; witness made a hAle, and .-put the box iii .the 'ground; -Ronxley Said there was lime pot in the box with: the pikes to proserve them. Witness Was afterwards taken up,. anti went with the.COnstable ,to the wood,: to the plac!c where the.box was burial. Fletcher Was the Cons . table t They took it up, and it was the same bo x ; t he saw it opened ; and t h ere were pikes or sy i cars in it, .and 4three r or ,fur files, wish Some 11.11 e and-a Wok: Witness said he went to live at Chi:sterfield in September'. ; that he came over to Sheath] itiOtqober last, and, saw •Rooxley, who told him ;here were or4ri come for a meeting that evenivg-r , lhat Rdnxley went to the meeting, and . wht.n he cpme back,. told the witneSs• he' had . „ had very good news, and shott;,l want the things again very sow, and would let them - know. when they were wanted he did not say where the orderS Came from. , - - The cvidcn:e ci Win 'Jam Sirnnt vas- confirmed ••• ••••••• .•••••• in the se v eral particubirs by his brother, y rdlverrd Simet, with thi' addition, that Ittinxley told the witness dist ,they shottld take the Barracks at Shef field, make the Soldiers prisoners, anti cake iheir arms, and tan go into the town, and lake the town: An‘f that Rnnxley also said, he hati,pro vided pikes and spears, and had hid them in a gar den, and thait the plan was to overturn the Govern_ mint anti ruin thetilselVes. Tharuis Romwor, a wh temi ;It at Sheffield, proved, that konxlcy came., to his ilhop to order tools some titne last summer, and ch.iikeii out what he wanted; hut did not ay what they were, and witptv could not-undcrxrar,d the pat:c.rn ichalited out, on which flonxley fetched him one : it was likga 19iig I)!mie of it knSe, with.ttco edges. The box W:ts now produed, containing a quantity of pikes, or spears, about inches ton g , with two slitirp edgt.,N, shltri) points. Itooxley fist ()raced witness'to (11.1ke•thrce or four fiom wale stuff of his tiWo, which witoc3s muje, and deli v eted to Simnet when he citine.fk,,r them, R, l ngl v y hal brought a . ': tit eight or nine• flies to,be tnit,ie into -,locart . i ; that de 610 s w eft. he bWiebo4, ak . -.1.11; f.:;211.1 f r them, and witness onde about ten or, a dour. Slinnet was fartl4er confirmed br the evidence o Thomas Frere, and Fletcher the constable, %Olt identified tl)e..box dug up to be thv. box procluced . ,.. Each Of the PriSTocrs Called it witness to hi. cha. ratler ? who ~spoicc, of them as honest inthwrionl men. The Learned Judge, Mr. Justice Riioia,. then summed up.the evidence, and observed, as well on the exaft concurrence of the testithony of the two brothers, as on thet orroboraifun of their testimony by the other witnesses; and the, Jury; after about three minutes deliberation; found them both Gviby. The Judge then addressed the Prisoners, expatiate& at large on the enormity of their contlyet, and, the sad consequences to be apprehet.cied to tbis happy, country, men of theii dt%cription should. accomplish their avowed Objeels, or being eonvitte(l, should escape the punishment the , Legislature had thought fit to inflict on such offenders ; heexhorted them to acknoWledge the justice of their sentlnce, and moderation of the 'punishment the la•vs had inflided on such offtmces. - His Lordship then' pro ceeded to pass sentence of transportation for scren years on:each of the Prisoners. Saruitl Mauster, Esq. of Suicoates,,in East Riding, committed the 4.th.of February last, was tried fur the wilful murler of Margaret Moister, his ditughter. The Pkisoner_was ff,und guilty ; Lut as icappeored upon, hii, trial, upon the evidence of two physici4ns, or.d one .of his own servants, that he had for some tiMe been in a state of insanity, he did' not' receive sentence of death. CORN EXCii./YGE, MARCH I+. We have not many fresh imports of Wheat or other Grain at market to day, and being rather of Buyers, caused.mole ready sales at is. hitr,her on this article than our la s t ;' B a rley i n tolerable supply, that and Malt is. dearer ; but few White Pease, and theyigo aft at 3s. and .0. per Quarter advance Oars also sel halt Is. per ,Qaarte:: ad vance; with FrOttr 24. per Sick clearer: Wheat 48s a sss a 62s 0:1 Fine ditto -63 s a 645 , yid 13.irley . 24s a 2155. art M. • • 435 a 47s 6(t Rye -' 7 33s a 3 0 s ad kVtrite Pease 30i x 44i 0 ,1 13.:2ns ' 3:s a 36s 04 Tick Bemis -28 s a 335 act o:tts r 53 a as a 113 ' PolAtitt ditto . 22.$ a: 233 6 - 1 , 36! Fine rtotir 45 a soi 4n5 4 45$ r It s reported tiut the Russian Ambassador at,. Paris declared,. in the name of Ins : Soyereio,' that the tAIP ROR should consider , the Jandin4 of a French'Skildier in the Turkish:Dominions, as the commencement of hostilitiesiagainst him on the part of France. This report certainly eatri6.eredibilitf cm the face of it. Ezarp twit of Rut,S.l A ) believe to have•seen for some time past with, great .uneasiness, the daring ambition' and the-fortn4lable . encroachments of. France,. and we are led to enter. twin a very sanguine. hope, that in the event Of the renewal of War, he wilt throw the weight of his great power into the scale of this Country, A Portsinouth Paper received this mcirning' con, ;tai,ts the 'following Paragraph A eireumstanee .has lately cotner to Tight, that is no less, matter of ..xtuptise than of concern to us. ..It appears, by 1114 Papers of an 011ieet iri tTie firiiish died , a few days since, that he has •maintaittea a correspondence with BONA/. ARTS, which 1Y as brought down nearly to the time of: . his death. What the exa& nature ,or' this torre.tpoiienee was, we have not been able to learn ; but it could not wear any honourable Lice, situated as this. Cotiorry has lately-been with •th' First Consul.- dis., vovery was consequent on the death Of the• person alluded to. His Papers have been put into du: hands, of Government,"' During the Press:on the River, a great numher of American Seamen have, been 'taken ; inconsequence, Mr. Ett.viUG, tile Consul of the United Suites, sident in London, has . had a long, interview with the Lords of ifte_Mmiralty, whet - Fall those Seamen who could produce satisfactory testimonials of their being Citizens of. America, were ordei%.d to be dis. charged., Several, however, have' ntered vo:nnta rily, at the same rime expressing a that they may have an opportunity of netting the common enemy. The condud of these•brave tell.J.,vs is above, all prim Madame BoiLA . is itrived Town , and will int mediately make her appearance at the Opera.Honse. • DUEL.—Friday morning a most extraordfliarv' Duet took place in 'Hyde -Park, between, Lieut.. W.' of, the'.Navy, - and Captain J. .of the' Army. The . antagonists.aerivcd at the appoi nte d place 'within a. few minute's of .each other ; some disprit - e` arose 'respcaing the' distance, -which the frier-141i of :Lieutenant W.-ipiisted 'should not exceed six pares,' while, the Second of apt* J. raged strongly the rashness, of so decisi ve : u distance, abd inslintd on its being extended.," At length the proposal w: renarit.W.'i friends was agreed to, and the Parties fired per signal, when Lieutenant W. re ce i ve d t h e sbot of his. Adversary on the .guard •of hist pistol, which tore away . . the third and. fourth finger of 'his right hand. 'File Sti:onds then interfered to no purpose : 4, the Son of Neptune, apparently cal. lons to pain, wrapped -his handkei chief round his hand, .atid swore: he had another which 'no.ver. failed him. Captiin J. called friend and told him. it .wai, in vain t o ur g e a reconciliation:. The? , again took .their ground.. tin Lien:;:nalit kV. • receiving :the pistol in his left band, he f o ol ce j Stedlastly at Captain . Jr cur sfsint: tiowi then cost his eyes to Heaven, and said in a -IoW voice, Forgive inc.". • `.lllc..parties fired as heftue, and both fell. Captain J. received the shot through his head, and instantly expired. Lion. W..r,ctiv. ed the ball in his- left breast, and immettatel:.. flit filmed of hilt fr:end it Captain J. , tvouriti watt -mortal I being answered in the martyr, he thanked Heaven he hail lie oil thus tort-, tYquested a mourning Ting cm his linger might. I. . piven to, his .sister, and that she might be assaire‘t was the happiest inonient he ever knew. He If finished the words when u suantity of from his wound, and he expired almost VIII:, tit rt struggle. The unfortunate young man utl eve of being married to a Lady in Hattlßshite, 1 . 0 foe; somc time he had paid his addresse s ; dst ono) a to us to ,her► le ill