The Sun. — London, England, 1803-11-19 00:00:00

i• A 1 1 ,1 L, N Ail' S. rLYMOUTII, NOV. 17.—Sailed the NarAhober. land, of 74. guns, Capt. Hon. A. COCHIIANE, to join the Channel Fleet ; and L' Imps ierise and Niobe Frigates, on a Cruize Westward. Arrived the Mary Hall, Capt, MOORE, horn Bilboa, laden with nuts, fur this Port. POILTSMOiITH, NOV. 1 8.---Arrived the I,2banna, from, Oporto, detained by His Majesty's Shipßaver; Les Am' from La Hogue, cap tured by His Majesty's Ship Liberty ; Maria, AR. THUR ) from Jamaica, captured by the French Pri- Vateer La Blonde, re..captured by the Isis, and, since carried to. Newfoundland ; Union, &mix . , from Jamaica, captured by La Reprisal French Pd. Vateer, re.capinred by the since carried to Newfoundland ; Hope, Knot, from New. York ; met with bad weather on the passage, and forced to throw overboard great part of her cargo. .. Sailed the Industry, INGRAM, for Amsterdam. Nov. 16.—The following Packets Tailed this evening wiih a dine breeze at 'itortli„ -14 z. - Tow t", 7 and Waliiirsham; R 0 SARTS, with Mails . of the zsth alt.. and tst anJ Bth inst. for Lisbon ; Earl Lekester, BELL, with Mail of the zd inst. for New-Yark and Halifax .; and Duke of Marlboroargb, Bu Li, with Mail of ad inst. for Jamaica, Barbadoes, and Crooked Island. . Also the Zondox, Brig Privateer, of London, Capt. PAtJ. LETT, on a Cruize ; the Industry, ROgivaTS, and Ebevezer, MAINWARING, for Swansea. Arrived since my last, the English barque Royal itsvereign, Captain GMAYDOR, 4s days passage, With wheat from Quebec, very leaky. She will be obliged to discharge part of her cargo. Also arriv ed the Lord Nelson, Roc 11 as, from Corp, with pro. stony{ and the 13lessin4, PINKIIAM, with wool. ions, &c. from Exeter. Packets with Mails from the Leeward. Islands and America, *te daily expe&ed. The Prince of Wales Packet will take out the next Lisbon Mails, and will 'sail on the arrival of the iisteiland from thence. The Duke of Kent Packet will take out the next Leeward Island Mails of the 16th inst. Arrived the Hope (Russian Ship), Captain BAT. i LITS, from St. Übes, with salt. YARMOUTH, Nov. io—The Blackney Packet, of Blackney, Wm. HARVEY, for Lon Lion, with corn, way captured on the Oth inst. by a Priva. leer, and since re-taken by the Pharni..v Cutter, and brought in here. The William and Mary of this Port, BENJ. COLE master, for Era, with herrings, was captured off Happesburgit by the same hi vateer, and sent for the Texel. DEAL, Nov. t B , —The hired Sloop Pinion came down last night, and remains. • Sailed the inemortalittl, Trowpenee, La r k and .L.yiex Sloops, Cow'ie7 , . Mariner, and 'Blorelhoun' • Gon.brigs, and Viper Cotter, on a Ctoize off the . Coast . of France and the Alilbrooke Schooner to the ' Northward.. . • In the Downs— Menarch,Utrechr, Raisonablc, Magicicone, Squirrel, L'Amaranthe; Champion,. Vulture: Hound. and INlerlio Sloops ; Perseus and Fury .Bombs ; Seatlower s prig ; Starling G un- haft Findon hired Sloop; elyrcouth, Supply, and Sussex Oak Transports. . . SHEIRNESS, Noy. 'tB.—This day the crew of Hie Majesty's Ship Stivrrn, of 44 wins, w ere p a id " 42 Bounty, and two month's advance ; after which she immediately got under way, and proceeded for Portsmouth. Arrived to refit, the Adder Gun.ve‘sel, having carried away her fore.mast and bow.sprit in the late gales off the Coast of Holland. Yesterday. His Majesty's Ship Sotto Margaretta went into Dock : it being dark before she' was Completely shored and secured, two of her people tmployed on that duty fell into the water, one of 'whom (a marine) was unfortunately drowned. We copied on Thursday last a Paragraph from ne mornin g ch,,,,sith of that day, the absurd and calumniout nature of which, the following Letter Will explain. It was by us very inadvertently copied, foy we certainly know the charaaer of Aritish Officers better than to suppose for a moment that such a circumstance could hive taken place on board any of His Majesty's Ships of War. In justice to the Gentleman who was so improperly► brought before, the Public, we readily give insertion to the following Letter from him : Datrur, Ntt Majtv's Ship Utrecht, stk, Nov. 18, 1803. Taking up gout Papo, the Su n of the 17th iWtallti WaS . astonished at reading the foll Owing paragraph : The French Soldiers captured a few days since in the ' 4 un-boat, witnessed on Sunday night a strong proof of British Prowess and British justice. The Captain of the Gun-hoat, who with the other PrisOners ,is on hoard t he Utrecht, became refraClory, and struck: the hlaster of the Utrecht : our gallant Tar instantly eltallettged him t!) Single• Combat, which took place--" lair PlaY." ‘vas Inc cry —and thuresult.was, that which ;.we unit will cvet z l npen to th e Sl aves of 4.3oNAVARTS . centeuding . with the Fretl4enof Old England -a complete Defeat." Now, Sir, a‘ Master.of His- Majesty's Ship Utrecht, I am c ertainly the Iverson best qualified to. vouch tl trutlt of sit r. zod • • """""' LIQI 4 rnoutent to rromunct it 01 . 10' of tho etistiloa , is• thlt 'ever . ii.ortertletl• a bad heart et a Weak held : : it not 'only Chaes trioClf; Witt 'er4ty cer in the Sint, with hehayiciur that 'W - ottid ever discraee in Engtishman, who at alltinies;'•and under oiery provocit= tion. Would, 1 trust, disdain to strike'a \rout insertion of this will much oblige, • • SIR, Your most obedient Servant, 1. H. WEMYSS, Master of His Majesty's Ship Utrecht. We are happy in being able to contradift the report of the loss of the Henry Dundas East India. man, which was stated to have- taken place its Bengal Bay. It was not the Company'.s Ship of, that name, but a Country Ship th.t was lost., A Convoy 13 appointed to sail from Cork to the• West Indies on the T sth of December. The Seaga/Sloop sailed fromiCinsale on the Toth inst. with a Fleet of Transports bound to Guernsey, with the First Battalion of the 58th Regiment on board. _ _ Capt. VESEY is appointed to command the Bril liant Frigate, at Chatham. .FIRE,BEACONS. TFie following instruflions have been issued by the General commanding the Southern Diana: WV Cs it is most desirable and essential,. on the_ near approach of the expeaed Enemy, or on his actual landing, on the. Coast. of Kent, that the quickest intelligence of such an event should be diffused over the whole County, it is judged exile. dient, for this purpose, to establish Fire Beacons on the fifteen or. sixteen most conspicuous and elevated poims, of the .County, which successively taking up the signal, beginning from Canterbury (Head quarters), in consequence of intelligence received there, will, in a very short space .of time, com municate it to the most distant part of the County : and, on which signal, every one is immediately to assemble at his known place of rendezvous, and there expea and receive orders for hiS further pro. ceedings, from the General Officer ..tirailet , whose command the several Volunteer i and other. Corps are placed, and to whose quarters on the firstalarm.of such an event, the Commanding Officer of each Corps is . to dispatch a mounted.Offieer, ur non.contrnissioa.‘ ed OffieerJor such orders. " The places at present ,(Nov. 17) fixed upon, but which, on more critical examination, may in home instances.be changed or .added,to, are thus numbered: . , i. Shorr.ebtfe, ' . s. Egerton z. Canterbury s. 'ft:met:ten a. liarhim ' '6. Coxheadx ' 2. Shollenclen . G. Highgate, near Hawkehurst 2., Lynne Heights 7. lioxley-Hill • 3. Isle of Thanet • 7. Goadhurst ' 3. Enstlin Down : NA Chatham Lines Charinvign4 I 8. IYroth4m-Ellll, N. B. Stations:marked with the same Figures, comiri*k. Qat' 'direeity with t;acii ", It is therefore proposed that an intelligent and steady Scrjeant and three men shbnld encami , be stationed at each place, and the spot chosen s*lat . be the most favourable that offers in the of the town, village, or point, Mentioned in the list. A Telescope will be provided for cavil post, and one of the men will always day and •night berm the lookout towards the station fr(int which he is to expcet the signal, and al s o , towards that one to which he is next..to communicate. " The Scrjeant is /0 be'peifealy convinced, that he is not tnkled by accidental fire or smoke, before he repeats the signal ; note is he, on any ac. count,. or . occasion, to. hiory it; he is not to fire his Beaeon - (ai in . (aic:and hazy weather) until lie distinaly . Sees the one to which he is to communi- . 'care, and Until he is persuaded that from that Beacon his is to'he seen. • A forge 'stack, or pile of furze or faggots. with some cord-Wbud,'at least eight waggon-loads, a. - id such As ivy be expected to produce a fire, con. spicuous at ten or twette miles distance, is to be etefted at each station, together with three or four tar-barrOs, to add occasionally, so as to make a fire that will he visible for kus bogs. Also a large quantity of straw, wetted, and;-in readiness to be wet, to make a smoke by day. Stno,ke.ba4 will also be ‘ sent to each station., with imitations 'for their use. Should the Enemy suddenly appear cm the Coast, between Folkstone and Dungeness, the Gt.' neral Officer at Sandgate will,. by orders from him. self, fire the beams at Shorncliffe, Lynne Heights,' and Postling, and thence the alarm will be extended. The several mounted Messengers that are ordered on such occasion to be dispatched in all direelions, will more particularly ;ascertain events, and supply the stoppage of intelligence that might other Wise be occasioned by unfavourable and thick weather. 48 The communication by Sussex will he by the beaeonr.hill of . Crowborough, being seen from WeothAm, Bexley, Coxheath, Goodhurst, and pro. hahly from Egerton. Fairlight Beacon . , near Mast. ing., will she be seen front Highgate, Tenterden, and Aldington. " As the Naval Signal Stations along the Coast are ditched to make certain Signals in the night, .by burning one or more blue lights, accompanied with a ftre.blaze of no long duration, care it to be taken not . to give' the interior alarm from any of those ; but, by the magnitude and duration of the beacon-fire, when near any such Signal, Stations, to distinguish between that and the other, which is confined to the Coast line. " The General Officer, from whose,Diyisions the parties ate sent, will give such further direflions as occur, to promote vigilance and iireV.ent, premature and false alarms."—Cod save kin g . ' • ,In case of emergency, the County of Lancashiie can, at a kw hours notice, embody, upwards of 30,000 Volunteers, well-appointed, and fit for aaual service. Mr. ASLETT'S (of the Bank) case was to be argued this day in the Exchequer Chamber before the 'f Juages. Itrcoma TAx.—The India Company, by a late Resolution, have made themselves anwer*ble for the salaries and fees of their Clerks being forth coming to Government., This mutlo,will be pur. sited by all Corporate PAiitlies, •-• '),II4:IIISCAPW, 1 ,- - - P-.lttia 4,bittalimi of 'Cinque Port .Vounteets are to be•plit on permanent duty --for three weeks, corn. mencing on Saturday next: :The -twelve Companies forming thiSlattalion (viz, four from Sandwich,:four from Margate, two from Ramqgate, and - One each from•Broadstairs and Ssrre) met 'their Colonel the Right Hon. WM. PITT acid Lieuti - Col. Lord CAR. 1112.1GTON, by 'appointinent, on Sandwich Flats, yes terday atietnOon (Wednesday). The Battalion having formed a-ci`rele, were addressed by -Mr. PITT in 'a very animating speech ) , explaining to the Volunteers the proposal, he had to make them relative to their entering on permanent duty, which it was His Majes. ty's wish they should undertake for twenty-one days, for the protedion of the CU:lst, &c. the rst and 3d Battalion of Cinque Port Volunteers having already (he said )-engaged to do the . same.• He then explained to the Corps, that during tint: period'they were to be under Military Law-•in every respect ; adding, that as they had stepped forward in support of their King and Ctteuntry, it was necessary to be acquainted with the duty they may have to perform, should their services be required ; and, it was his (Mr. Pyres) particular wish that, during the 21 days, attention should be paid to the 'Battalion being per_ fedied in . :their military eiercise,-,&e. The Lieutenant-Colonel, Lord CARItINOTON ) then read His Majesty's letter relative to the above, when Mr. PITT eg4ifl-atirtleSSed the 131110110 N stat ing, that if there was any further explanation re. quired,he was ready to give it, and in order to give every man an opportunity of asking any question, he desired the Officers of-each Company to converse with their men, and to learn whether they- under. stood the nature of the proposal jest made to them, after which Mr. PITT said Ke would sec each Com.: isany Separately, to be informed-of their determina. lion. The whole Battalion then, as if satiated at the moment with one' heart and voice, gave three cheers, and •were 'elated iti the highest degree with their Colonel's handsomelnanner of expressing him-1 self, and affability .to them: Each Company then formed r a separ,stej!"Otele,.-an.i Mr. PITT and Lord CARRAPItTON went , intothe centre of each, ,wher; they were' received - withlothi cheering, and every , mark of respat anti sati44tion and.of the whole . nuniber.we.do not hear there was one di sentient voice. Notwithstanding the weather was. very un favourable, and it:rained the whole day, there were present' uwards of 800'rank and tile ; anti including Officers and Seljeants, &c. altogether about, goo. The Colonel and Lientenant-Culonel on quitting the ground expressed their high satisfaetion at the loyalty and unanimity of the ad Battalion. Owing to the Mustering weather that we have had for some da'ys past; a great many vessels of va rious descriptions hare taken shelter in Ramsgate Harbour, "chiefly coaiters, and :luny with barrack. stores of different kinds,. DUBLIN,No'v . '5. YESTERDAY 7. Kiernan, of Enniskillen, Was brought.to town by Capt. FortVrT and a party of the CatrielcmactUts Yeomanry. • • • • On Ft last Serje..ant IkFtrtr, df the . Dundrum' Infantry, atrcSted in an house iii Francis.street, a. ',argon named "fart,' charged* with baying been- a. Rebel Leader:on.the '23d at July last. Hark being surrounded bk . ' his frientlf, made a violent resistance ;• but the Serjeani, though alone, succeeded in..bring. ing 1163144 r s4fo,y to the Provost. ' • " 1310GArn ORDERS,„: •-• •• . • 12,,j'al I forpital, 'Nov. to. Major General Du 'has received the following com munication' from the Cciinmander of the. Forces,: NPre 4 hing to the CorpS of yeomanry of the City. of Nylio, the eatii. faction he this morning had 'in seeing the pernirtruice. ot so numerous and most respectable a bode. of them 'in the Pack : " I am no strarser to the extent, of , tintydone by the y 0.6 matiry in this (.4ty and having been' witneSs of the manner in which that task isperformedi: f was ektrinnery gratified u rind that their appearance in the fiel4, so I.4llY(WrreSPonderi, with their alertness,. good order, and perseverance, in the ,la, boriouS.services • whieli peculiar iiltctlinMatittSS•endeetif.sh I much • importance to the •seettrity_or.• the City of Dublin. From the whole of, my obseryatioNit app n eap to me that tha, true principle of tlie Veritnanry noilitatio,is undersiOod and acted upon by this Conks t. and from. -- tlie - Zeal which' ititeited by tin' ManY•PSE I ,9I4. o ti.F. 4 ok* and independent fo'f• tune, whose. habits of the had.beendireCted to pursuits, of a very different nature, there appears no doubt, citcutn.i stances should unfortunately demand, . either a' continuance or a renewal ot theme exertions and privations, thesameJoyal •spirit ,which diCtated the first orferovill ensure their pers:verance in the 11)161ot:in t of the Sante untlert.4:ing. • (Signed) '" CATHCART, tieut.-Geti." TIT AT R .—The Tragedy of crymbeli re was represented last night at Drury 'Lane Theatre, • and. altogether so well 'aupportedrihat, indepen dently of its dramatic - merits,., it deserved a more numerous airdienee•'than was present. , ---Porel iv a very respettahle Porditorins, And whatever may be' his faults in the tharatter,' there is certainly no want of spirited exertion. The part'of brggra was per. formed for the first 'time by Mrs. YOUNG. There was a plaintive tenderness in her' manner, very well suited to the'qualities of the part. 'Her chief errOr, a'very common one; was ill delivering every soli.: loquy as if it Were a formal' address to the audience.' Mr. fiAItTLEY. also for the'first time, PlOyed the , part of Guiderius. He spoke with' good 'sense and charatieristic emotion, - but too often in an effemi. nate elevation of tone, by no weans fit fur 64 a vii.. lain Mountaineer." • • ' • Miss MORTIM ER has been too much indisposed to perform for several days. Mrs. GLOVER has lately made an addition .to her family—a circumstance that has deprived the Public of her exerriettij Nit 'she will soon be able to resume her theatrical duties4A,- Fiia MAJESTY, we understand, has given an sts• ewer to the Memorial presented to him by the Royal Academy, relative to the five suspended Members, Viz. Messrs. COPLEY, WYATT, YENN, SOANR, and BOURGROIS.. The ATTORNEY GENE AM,/ Was consulted by His MAJESTY upon the whole of the proceedings, and the matter has under. gone a f u ll i nvest i gat i o n. There atob e a genera l meeting of the Royal Academy on Monday next, for the purpose of communicating Firs MA ESTY'S sentiments upoti the subjeet, to all the Members.— The friends of the Arts must feel highly indebted to lirs.MitjasTy . for his condescension in attending 10 a matter so interesting to the Royal Academy, with so much kindness and peneverance. -Lugk'r REPORT, cotAT OF KING's tiENCII, N.r?l,*. jOrINSO24 itßoDf This . wai a Case upon a "Writ 'of Error from the! , Common, Pleas., The. aCiion was brought. by the Plaintiff recover' wages,- . which he alledged to ,h 7 a;te been dote tO him as . a ,IVEtriner on board one OF the British ships detainedat- Riga, by order of the •Empeior. of -Rtissia, 'by virtue of that•stiddeni,vio.. and inhnman,order which that Prince issued against British ships and subjeas in his.domininos, when Contrary to ail "the rules of hospitality, all British subjeds were made Prisoners; and all Briash property detained.-,--Sorrie time afterwards, tliis'Em. bargo, or whatever. else. it may be called, was taken ofF, the property . restored, British subjeTts rated, and all British ships were allowed .to pursue their voyages. This ship , was% .one of. them; she came from Petersburgh- to Hull. The on'y question here was, whether the Seamen were entitled to their' wages for all the time they were prisoners in P,iiss'ia under this order, as well as for . the time they were aftually in the service of the Master . Of the Ship Mr. Serjeant LENS contended, that this violent aft of the State of Russia must be considered as An Embargo, and that it only suspended the exercise of the command of the Master of this ship and the duty of Mariners; and did• not, as a capture would Italie done, put an end to the contra4t between_ thesq patties. That in.eontetnilition of Law, t herefoir, the Mariners continued in the, senior of th .O. , M,totet of the ship' during the .time they were thin confined altogether, as well as when they were on the age going but or coming home, and that the Plain tiff in this Case was Ciltitfrd to recover. Mr: ' on 'the - dthee' hand contended, 'that the service. ,which the .Plaintiff• contracted -to perform must either be aetually performed, or eke that the Plaintiff could assign such an excuse for not performing it, as would entitle him to rem u:‘e, ration, in like manner as if he had performed it.— Now it was clear that the service was, not actually performed, it was impossible, the relation 4n/taster and, Servant did mit, while they were prisoorrs, subsist between the 11 , 1 aster and Mariner,Ao, i this case. The one was not in a condition to'iotutuafiA, nor was the other in a condition to obey..--The next point was, whether the Plaintiff had thltt port Of:excuse for non.performancc as ervitled him to'th same remuneration as if he had annally'performed'it Now nothing could place him in that situation,' kit its having beep made impossible by the aCt of the . .. Defendant, to whom he owed the duty. 'This Was an a6t of violence by a Foreign Prince, whiCh was no excuse fur the non...performance of any . eontract, so as to entitle' any body to sue .another upon soclk rt contraa, although it had - not been performed ; it was one of those misfortunes which, when they hap. pen, must be borne by those on whom 'they ;toff. pen to fall. Here the performance of the duty of a Mariner was a condition precedent to the tiff's having any right of action ; tat dw y was not perfortned, and there was therefore nu right of ac.. Lion in . the Plaintiff" in' this Case. The Court took time to consider on the Case. IMANDON, AND OTHER,* t.'• CURLINO* . This was also a 'Special Case for the 'opinion of the COUrt• It tvas an aetion iipon„,a Suiance ,upon gOods-shipped can lio: . tril an Algeria :tit Archsel, ,vorage.fipin Lundon, to Bayonne FrJnitic, and the i'olicy was. entered into ott . the 2tse • - (4.1a0P 3 1:14 vig3 , • „ • ' '[he - 1 laintiffs were inereharint tesi4eut in Lon.. don, :WAS* , Suct . p,rcert y,g4 prder k tc l ,pu tc h ape goo d s , th e and to consign mto persons residint at Baypnne. ..:.The gootia , W.ere itecord'pigly sllipiQed,,on board an on the 2th''' Of January r 79 3, and on the i , ame day the. hill of.T.,ading was. forwarded to the Cor?signee..at aecompa. .Hied Go the 4.1 . h of It lib ru,sry Oktier. Connell hignetl, and on the Bth it .was .the- .aizette l . by. . which order in Council Ake Ships of 171,11 c., jsty were prohibttti!d iron) entering or ,cleaeitig. fur any port of Fratie.e... French S;tips as...wall as all persona ~4nd proiyk!tty (fl I .of them: But this was an:...Atperican ship. the zth cf . Fehruary, this. ' Antillean ship, with goods thus consigned, sailed from . London for HA.. theCaptaiiffirst doing every thing that ‘'''tl . 3, required by law preparatory to.that voyage, accord.: : log praetiee tusiontil,ouse; etlAble hiin to sail for-,Dayntine. on the t 3th of, 'February the ship arrived at Gravescod; where sh*, received the proper documents. for sailing. ~On the f,lipwitig day the. ship saile(i for Ba) to.ne, and was 'afterwards captured by a Spanish Ship of farce. lie 'question was, , whether, the Plaintiff in this case. could recover from the Underwriter, or not ? • Mr. Gmas contended, .thit the Policy Attachekl from the. znothent the goods were on board, wWcts was befcire the•commeneementolhostilities between this Country and Frarte,., anti that the Bill of Lad. Jo g , .as well as Inyolces,had - been dispmelted to the Consignees.(the.Pulicy attakhed); the hostilities terwards brealiing .out did not invalidate the con tr a d between: ,the parties ! , but only suspended the opermion of it during war,. and therefore when the,. • ti.at'litio,over, the Underwriter. was liable, &c. `Orr tlit other hand it was ably argued by Mr. KERR, that the §hip,kyiug sailed from Gravesend on the 14. th of February, 1793, three days after the Proclamation-of:AN , coturnencentent of Hosti. Titles, the voyage was illegal, and therefore that. the Policy was- void. . • . The Court took time to consider this case,. the r e - being several others now for Judgment, depending-. upon the same point.. One of the'Loyal Birmingham Volunteers being► bantered by one of his companions resneaing his awkwardness at priming and loading, offered to lay a wager that he would get on the back of a large old sow, and prime, load, and lire twice iti,th space of one minute. The wager was accepted,Th Volunteer had the pig killed, and mounting fin the dead animal, performed his bet, to the mumfivation. of his jeering compa n ions. At Epping Fair, on Monday and Tuesday last, there - was a large show of 'twain. of thy, Svutoti Irish, and Welch k►ntds, Which dui nut go int fretiy 'at 'reduced price s ; ulmly dwves went