The Sun. — London, England, 1803-04-12 00:00:00

S TN! fast Letters from ila,h:3urgh state, that Conspiracy was formed in Portugal against the PRINCE REGiNT, but that it was fortunately (Hs ' eovered,'and some of the principal person. concern_ ' ed have been arrested. They write from Brest, that on the zgth ult. the brig La Marie, Captain BeETET, returning from St. Domingo; ent e red 'the Road; having on board the crew of the ship La Cvg;gne, which had been Woken up. NortEs, Arittt, 4.-..1,Ve learn by the Frigate 11 4.ypienve, which left Port_au_Prince on the 9th of February, that some Mulattoes at the headof a number of Blacks, having surprized the quay. of PArrre-d-reau, they burnt several houses, and committed many cruelties. General ROCHAS4- . lIIAU, with tBOO •men arrived from France, and General LATIAINIE with zzoo men marched thither, and . dispersed the Blacks with great slaughter. The Mulattoes were taken. General Roost Am. ItAti having fixed his Head-quarters at ,Port-au. Prince, has re-established tranquillity. Mt LAN, MARCH 28.—The approaching arrival in Liguria Of General LACONISE-SAINT-MICHEL, is innounced, to initial the the Great Road which is to be opened on i the . Banks of the Pi; and to mark out the• different-Batteries which arc to be raised to put it in a state of defence. BRUSSELS, APRIL 5. --They write from Mae strieht, under date of the 2d, that in consequence of an unexpe6led order from Government, the first and second Battalion of the 48th Demi-brigade of the Line suddenly left that place for Breda. These two Battalions arrived on ilie 3d at Malin:, from Whence they marched on the 4th, in the morning, f"thelt...aestinatkpn. According co the same order, their full . number of Officers and Men is to be com piece& from t h e third Battalion. From this cir cumstance; it is presumed that they are destined for a distant Expedition. The third Battalion will re. turn immediately from Penloo to Maestricht, t* form the dedt. This considerable diminution of • the Garrison has obliged . .them to have recourse to the National guard for she service of some of the interior Posts. The Labours on the new. Fortifications of the. City and Citadel (41s/tiers,' which 'began last year with great aeliviq, have been resumed, and besides a great number of, Pioneer', several Battalions of Sappers 're etnployed on them. According to the latest intelligence, the arrival of the First Consul in this City will be delayed till the 3d or sth of May. VIENNA, MAicH 25..-The Marriage sof the AIiteHALME PAL/MN./ with the PRINCESS of BA -3:01N, who is now at Petersbugh, will be celet rated at Cracow, where the ENT ERORS of GERMANY and littlssiA will meet upon the occasion. A deficit to the amount of two mill i fons, has been discovered in the Imperial 'Treasury. Some per. sons who are strongly suspeeicd, have been arrested. The EMPEROIt has published a Proclamation at Pesice, ordering that the Austro-Venetian Terri tories shall be divided into Seven Provinces, viz. Penie e and its territory, the Frioul,Treviso, Padua, Pieenza, lemma and Be!luxe, each of which is to be governed by an Officer, entitled a Provincial Captain Royal, who is to be stkordinate to the Government at Venice. qn Sunday morning a Merchant Ship from Ham. burgh landed her Passengers at Yarmouth :—They state, that when they left Hamburgh the Senate Were then sitting on a very important Debate, viz. whether they should , protect the City themselves, or allow the Prussian Troops to march in and prom& it for them. Last week Richard Barber, who many years was a labouring gardener at Chichester, carte to Lon. don, to receive a very considerable fortune, under a decree of Chancery, as a relation of --- Barber, Esq, who suddenly died intestate, at Osborne's Hotel, in the Adelphi, within a few dayi of his re. turn from India with an immense property, which the decree has given to six poor, and distant rela tions of the deceased ; but in different proportions. A poor illiterate old woman, of Feathard, near Clonmell, in Ireland, known in the neighbourhood by th e appellation of Granny, ,has of late, very tin expedetiJy, come into possession of above 30,0001. as next of kin to an Officer of Dragoons, who died intestate. The persons who have recently 'made so conspi. cams a figure in a Bankrupt Cause, b e f ore t h e 1 7 oito ‘..1/4HANeELLott, are of the family of the memorable Lard MaYor,,who said that he was restrained from making any attempts to stop the proceeding of a riotous nob by his temerity. As the peasants of the village of Mettler, in the Government of kVassa, wera lately diggingfor a well, they were suddenly assailed by flames arising from the earth, by which many of them were severely hurt. On Saturday last, a labouring man •at Mill-1 fill, in the Parish of Hendon, havingloolishly ; spent all 116 money, attempted to cut his. throat He was, howevtr, prevented from carrying his bloody Fur. Pose into execution, and was concluded by the Con. stable to. the Cage at Hendon, where he wag allowed remain till 'yesterday, by which tithe probably he had thatight better of it. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEE. 2s. tits 131tITANNIC MAJESTY has appointed the . Merchant, FRS SOMMER, at Bucharest; his Constil fot. Moldavia and Irallachiti, an office which did not before exist, but which has been established after the example of Russia, Austria, and France, which latter has also sent Commercial Commission ers into Moldavia and Wallachia. They write from AL:xandria, in Egypt, of the date the igth of January, that the English were making preparations to evacuate Egypt. ", PARIS, Ant IL 3. • TRI number of Troops that are already on their march, or that are in readiness to march, to re. inforce the Army of Italy, amounts from 20 to 25,000 men. General MURAT, brother-in-law of the First Consul, is destined to have the Com mand of all the French Troops which are to be distributed for the most part along the coasts of the extremity of the - Kingdom of Naples to the Genoese Territory. Several Generils cele. brated for their miliary skill and valour, are ap pointed to serve under General Mtn AT. Orders have been- also given s'to reinforce the Garrison of the Island of Elba; and there is a great talk of sending a Corps of 3000 men to Aneona i to aug ment the Gdrrison of that place,. in order to secure a military point on the Adriatic Sea. In general a War with England is considered as unavoidable ; and we every moment expeft news of of the commencement of hostilities. In the mean time, however, the Negotiations are carrying .on, but the hope of an amicable accommodatiott is almost vanished. The warlike preparations in our Sea.ports are .going forward 'with an ardour beyond example. The Admirals and other Officers who are to have the command of our Fleets, Squa drons and numerous Flotillas, are already seletted, although their appointments are not yet publicly announced. Thus is it also as to the Generals and superior - Officers who are appointed to'command the Troops assembling from Brest to the North Sea. We already courtt about 200 Gun.sloops, Flat-bottomed Vessels, and others of that nature, which are per feElly armed and equipped. The, French Minister at Dresden has demanded of the ELEctott of S A XO NY , i n the na me of his Government, that that Sovereign should prohibit the French Emigrants in his dominions, from wear. iog the orders or decorations of the ancient Regime. , Some of the French Comedians, Singers and Dancers, who went from Paris to Perersburgh, have returned from thence frost bilks:, Several of them had their noses and ears frozen at Petersburgh, which. frightened them su much that they returned in great haste to Paris. The Hon. and Rev. THOMAS LAURENC e Dux. Dm, third son of Lord DUNDAI; is presented by the Right Hon. Earl FITZW ILLIAM to the rectory of Harpole, in Northamptonshire. On Saturday last died, at Holton Park, Oxford , shire, in the 24,th year of her age, the Hon. Mrs.. PARKER, wife of Colonel PARKER, brother to the Earl of MAcct.Esr eLD. Mild and.dignified in her manners and condud, as a wife and mother, she dis. played all the fascinating virtues which adorn her sex. In a loose and dissipated age, the loss of an accomplished domestic female forms a chasm in so ' ciety not easily filled up. Could the endearments 'of faithful conjugal love, the heartfelt solicitude of her numerous friends, or the prayers and the tears of the' widow ant! `the orphan, have prolonged her days, five female infants would not now have to deplore the awful visitation which snatches the ma. ternal embrace from them for ever. Lady INGL t Y AMCOTTS had nearly experienced a dreadful accident a few days since, at her seat at Harrington, near Spilsby, in Lincolnshire. Whilst her Ladyshipiwas stirring the Are, a coal fell on - her gown, and thellarnea had already reached her hand kerchief which would most prob.►bly have proVed fatal before the family could have rendered assist ance, when her Ladyship's great presence of mind induced her to roll herself in the carpet, by which she was providentially extricated from her dangerou s situation. , About ten o'clock yesterday morning, as the ser vant of Captain ELSTED, of the Royal Navy, was driving his master's curricle and pair, turning from Bond-street into Piccadilly, one of the traces loosened, and touched the horses legs, who being very spirited, plunged, and ran with the greatest violence till they came near the Star in Piccadilly, when the carriage upset, and the driver was thrown to a considerable distance; this was only a momen tary check ; for, with the curricle turned upside. down, they pursued their career, and were not stopped till they reached Princes-street, Leicester. fields. The servant, we are sorry to add, received by the fall a very dangerous contusion ou,his head. The curricle was broken to pieces. On Friday evening last, between .seven And eight o'clock, a fire broke out in Sion Gardens, Aide!. rnanbury, at the house of Mr. CLARKS, -Navy. Sur. geon ; it began in the kitchen, and the flames ascended to the second floor in a few minutes, but by the assistance of the engines, and skilful exer. tions of the Firemen, its progress was stopped. Mr. CLARK E'S 'son, a child about three years 'old, was somewhat burnt,' as was its mother in her sue. cessfut endeavours to save him. Mr. CLARRE Was on 'board his ship at Sheerness at the time no part of his property is insured. . . Tipt LORI) MAtOR, according to aticiOten.l.- :torn, went yesterday in state to Christ. China.— the Mowing was the order in which. the Pious sion moved from the Mansion.,House , . .. . 1. the Street-keepers and Constable's to clear the say. 2. Me City Trumpeters. _ . . .- ...., . .... . tendril rslarshal• . The SiAtolars, with the Masters and Beadles :. the 133y1 tended for naval service, carrying embl:ms of the different branches of suitable knowledge in which they are educated. S. Theother City Marshal - , with the M;ffshal's men. 6. The Lord M'ayor'S Footmen.. . ~ 7.. The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayqess in the state truth. 8 The two Misses Price, with the Water-Bailiff; whose duty, on this occasion, is to hand the Lady Mayoresi: into the church. - . 6. Mr. Alderman Skinner, Sir John William Anderson, Sir Richard Carr Glyn and Ludy, Perryn, Pritchard and Lady, Ainslev, RoWcroft, T. Smith and Lady ; Lea and two Ladles; Sir lohn Rose, Recorder; Richard CIA, Esq. CharAberlaiii. and his Lady ; Mr. Silvester; and • all the other City Officers. After hearing 'an excellent sermon, preached by the I.prd Bishop of CH ESTER, they returnerd•in simi lar procession to the Mansion House.. At a quarter before six o'clock, all the company being assembled, the doors of the Egyptian Hall were thrown open, and \ the company sat down to an enter. tainment as sumptuous and as corkfiniently arran4ed as any that has ever been given at the. Mansion House on the same occasion. About eight o'clock the Lathes retired from din— ner ; the Gentlemen continued some time longer at table. Among the company present were Lords ELLEN. BOROUGH, CASTLERF.AGH, CARRINGTON, BRUCE !. era ATHLONE, Mr. WINDHAM, the Prince of SALM, General ANDREOSSY, M. SCHIMMELPEW. NICK and his Lady, and most of the other Foreign Ministers and their Ladies, The Ball commenced about ten o'clock, with a minuet danced by the eldest Miss PILIC E and the Earl of ATHLONE ; a minuet was also danced by another of the LORD MAYOR'S daughters and the 'above mentioned Nobleman. Country dances fol lowed, in which General ANDREOSSY and several of the Foreign Ministers took part. The Ball Company was so numerous that Cheap_ side was thronged with carriages going to the Man. sion-House, so late as between eleven and twelve o'clock. In the centre of the Egyptian Hall was a balloon, figure of a very large size, with a car, flags, &c. to illuminate which, more than a 'thousand small •lamps were added to iliose which, on former occasions, lighted the same apartment. In the balloon were seated figures emblematical of ,the iVlilitary and Naval Powers of ..Great Britain, one bearing the Standard of England, the other the Standard of the Volunteer Corps of which his Lordship was Colonel. This truly grand and superb speetacle was regarded as a masterpiece of ingenuity by: every person we... sent. The balloon, the car - , the. very ropes;' were formed of lamps adapted to produce the most lively and pleasing effeEt... The eight pilasters in the .saloon were adOrned . with various devices„ such as ,wreaths of lamps, and of artificial 'flowers inter mixed, &c. The centre ornaments were 'a Temple of Peace, ,with green glass and . gold, with a glory, - On the top, and a Cupid hovering over, with emblems of the .Blessings of Peace. On each side appeared four large Naal_Pillars,. she Pet high,' ornamented with medallions Of ihe differene • Minirals who ga b bed themselves ; in the British Service d u ri ng the late War. On the top' of each Pillar stood a figure of Britannia, holding the Standard of Great Britain. The Pitiars were surrounded' with the Flags of . the neighbouring Ntitions, intended to in timate that we are in peaceable intercourse with them all. On the centre tables were two large Ni:val. Tem ples ornamented with Flags, with the likenessei of our Admirals, and the implements of war reversed. On t h e s id e .tables were two . Temples of the Sun, each seven feet high, ornamented in a very handsome manner. On each side were trophies Of War, with the implements reversed. The parierre w7is in a style of uncommon neatness, paying a compliment to His MAJESTY, and to the Nations in amity with us, in beautiful devices. The ancient Bakm o Self was elevated on a high frame, at the end 4.:the table : a carver stood near, demolishing with the greatest dexterity and activity, to satisfy the wishes of such of the guests AS retained the genuine old English taste in good eating. There were also some very attraetive mo dels of ships of war in pastry, two feet long. GENUINE, SIMPLICITY. Three. cletgymen, Curates of small parish churches in one neighbour hood, happened to meet lately at a public prdinary ; when, after dinner, the subject turned on the irre ligious opinioni'of some people, and the increasing infidelity of the present age; One Said:thar U nifa. rianism had crept lately very much into his parish; a 'second..tomplained sorely that his parishioners were infected with Rrirmwhile .the latter, more than any; lamented that some of his were tialut'ed ' with atheism. A plain country rustic, sitting 'near,. and having listened very attentively to these coin. plaints, very innocently added- r ," You may be . badly off - in your parishes,. but by' the blid, we're worse off irr ours, for we'te terribly troubled with . Rheumatiim." Died on Thursday last, at Brigltion, jouNALD. RIDGR, Esq. uf New . Ledge, near Horsham,. one of His Majesty's. Deputy-Lieutenants, and Captain'in the Sussex Militia. Frances Lawrence of Darliam.street, Strand, mo. tiler of the person lately convided at Queen.square Office, was yesterday brought before PAT R ICK COL. QUHOUN. Esq., when yveral improper devices and papers relative to Lottery Insurance, were produced by the Officers, and the, case proved to the satisfac. tion of the Magistrate.' She wits ordered to be con_ tined two months in Tothill.tiehis littdewell. This Protsecution was carried on at the :instance of the Suciety for the Suppression or Vice. There are five days -of the present I,Ottery to draw, and:. the Wheel contains three Prizes of 20,000). two 0110,0001. two of 50001. and three of .1 0001. besides others of interior valus.. Tickets and Shares continue on sale every day, except Mon. day and Thursday, being the days appointed, for ibe drawing, at the Stare Lottery Office S►sift, Cv. No. it, Yooltsy. lit TifE OF zi..Nlcitttit: A PERSON of the nathe of Johnson presented t'etition,„yraying that Thomas Robert Mawler; Solicitor, of the • Coart, might pay certain costs incetre4 in . 'crinsequence of lining out a X.:ominis r sloe or Bankruptcy against Mr. Elinton, former ly of the • Old Bailey, printer,. it ..appeared that Mr. Johnson' had delimited 'a quantity of coppe.r. plates and paper with Mr. Hinton, who, from dis. tress, had been induced to pledge the article's: Mrs Johnson was Obliged to sustain considerable losses in redeeming . the articles so pledged''; and - . it was afterwards referred to arbitration,, io ascertain the amount of the sum the Bankrupt was bourrd to reimburse him. The arbitrators awarded' Mr; Johnson to , be paid a sum amounting to above one Kindred pounds.. The Petition then went on td state, that in order to destroy' the area of thit, award, Mr. Mawley sued out a Commission of Bankruptcy upon the Petiiion of a• Mr. Pearce, un der 'which Mr. Pearce and the Petitioner were ap pointed Assignees ; that debts were proved to the amount of between 306 and 4001. hut that nothing had ever been recovered of the -bankrupt's estate, except' two sums, one of 601. :it'd another of 71. sums which were inadequate even to defraying the expence of the Commission and attendant charges.. That the Petitioner had been put to various cost,. in consequence, of the Bankruptcy ; and it inferred that Mr. Mawley knew at the timb he took out the Commission Of Bankruptcy against Hinton, he was not possessed of sufficient property to defray the expence of it. It therefore prayed that Mr. Maw. • ley might repay the Petitioner the costs he had been put to, in consequence of the Bankvicy. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed; that a mea sure Which had been proposed to him last week by Lord REDESDALE, as necessary to be adopted in Ire., land, was no less necessary with regard to part of the of the United Kingdorrk, That Noble Lord had informed him, that it was a common pcielice in Ireland for Cominissiobs of Bankruptcy to issue against persons, whO, so far from having . pFiverty, to satisfy their Creditors, b6d not sufficient even to defroy, the expenses of the commissions in con4e pence of which, Creditori austab.ed a less even be. ' yond that of their debts. • His Lordship therefore wished, that an m df parliament should. piss, requiring Solicit o r s , whet they sued out a Commission of Bankruptcy, to make. affidavit that they believed the Bankrupt - iv:is pos.. iessed of sufficient property to reuil, , .r such n yro; ceeding an Ira °Prudence on the part of the Credi, tors; 'His Lordship added * , that the circumstances of the piesent case proved, that such an Aiatif.Par.. liament would be equally applicable to the praftice introduced in this colintry. He cut: ttained, doubts lkow far he-was justified in ordering Mr. Mawley to , pay the Costs, as. the Petition'ilid not prty 'that the Commission should be super . setled.. . Had it done so, he was, of opirtion' . he shoulz have orderetCi tta have been superieded at the expenee of the Solicitor, and . that heshould have diredled hint to have paid the Costs Which the Petitioner had incurred in con, sequence of his \ suing out a Commission where there was. no adequate property. ‘ He, would, how— ever, order, that the business should stand over tar three weeks, that :the Petitioner might take legal advice as to the propriety of amending leis Petition. In the, Mean time, he hoped Mr. pdawley would consult his own interest, by doing whatihe justice Of the case required, and prevent, arty further ap. plication to the Court. lie felt him. elfcompelled, in the present stage, not to grant the prayer of the Petition ; but he certainly should 'not allow Mr. Mawley any Costs for resisting it. ST. DOMINGO. TH E American Papers received on sattirilay, con tain the following articles, which establiish the fill. lacy of the accounts recently publishedin the French Journals, &C. stating the perfect rest o r a ti on o f tranquillity in this Isl and CAPE FRANCOIS, F,E8.,8, tBos,. At four o'clock - in the morning of the sth iost. an out.post, at the \ back of the Car, leading•to halide du Nord, in which were nine men of the Isht.. tional Gnarl!, and one cannon, was surprised and, taken'by the Negroes, ,who fired - the cannon at the Cape, and then retreated to the mountains, burning some plantations on their way thither. , ,\ EXTRACT OF A LETTER PitOM CAPTAIN ROBERT joHNSTOU, OP TUE BRIG PAISLEY, TO A OEN. TLEMAN IN THIb (NEW...YORK), DATED CAPE FRANCOIs, PI:B. 9, 1803. it I arrived here in 14 days horn .sindy Hook, after experiencing a very , heavy gale fur. five days, on the coast ; and in latitude. 36. ,had the heaviest thunder.storm I ever kriwovhieh shock and killed alMost all my live:stock on deck; hilt did little other damage. I expedted to find all tranquil here . ; but to 'My great surprise, 1 found the I:lrigmids firing close to the'toWn, and some shot reached the ship. ping. General FAU having occAsion visit another part of the Island, .the .Negroes took advantage of hiti absence, and are likely to be very troublesome. Several battlei haVe‘,l4teo fought within a mile or two of the town. Provisions .ire falling very fast, but lumber is on the rise. 44, or no ,Troops have arrived since my last voyage i - and. few 'Ainericang are here at tite:4ent, Many Freneli men are now :embarking for New. Orleans with dry 4rods'." CAPE FRANCOIS, Pi;E. 9. " I am sorry to inform you, that we' are again besieged by th-: liriginds, and ail of us Obliseo t o fly to 4itllS to. defend the Oaee. • 4-for. trey part, have been out for these three days past, in the moun tans, pursuing and seat eking to dispatch tbem.---- Eyery trade is again stagnated ; rtuthrug ticrioB hat defending ourbetveb' again,. the ,Biaekb, but' the-, town is considered safe ' provided the Ports ire guarded, which, 'ac this, ti , me, are well sity4ted.— There lately arrived a few Troops, atui Many more are hourly expeded." Mrs. Moult-mit; has returned -to Town from Manchester,' where ahe his beta singing at the Mu. p steal Meeting with great an ces„ Her Husband led the Band,