The Sun. — London, England, 1803-07-07 00:00:00

1111 „ v ' i Is 1A VA N EIPS. t l / 4 1,).teanns, Jvtr 4.—Arrived His Majesty's • 'ship Autumt, of zo gons, to convoy the Trade to the Eastward ; Duke of Marlborough, Capt. PENWOSE• with Mail from Jamaica, six weeks passage. Spoke a French Brig from Tobago for Dunkirk, and a Spanish Ship from Havannah Tor Malaga. On the 39th tilt. spoke the Brig Three , Sisters, from Ja. ~ttaica for London, all well. A Dutch 44,.gun Ship, armed en flute, was lost the Isth of March on Abraham's Reef, Mayguana ; Crew saved. The Cariloa Spat . lish Frigate arrived at Baltimore on the gth of April, with Dispatches from the Court of Madrid to the Spanish Minister at Washington. Isis Majesty's Ships on the Jamaica Station were alt very healthy, owing to the excellent regulations of Sir T. DUCKWORTH. AIR/ arrived the American Ship 11 7 ;Mein: and John, Capt. WODEHOGSE, With 206 , barrels of flour from Alexandria for orders ; Ship Caklbury, Capt. DALLING, eight weeks from Jamaica. On rat iOst. spoke the Ship Privateer of Liverpool John Bull, tif 28 guns, who informed Capt. D. that they had 6ipinred a large French Ship from the tile of France to L'Ori,nr, .which they hail seen safe into Bantry Bay. Also arrived the Ship Stailiag, Capt. hi tt vrota, to wait Convoy for Smyrna. This evening arrived the Prime ,4dolpbus Packet, Capt. ViNtitemae, is days froth Lisbon, with A Mail : left there ‘ the ifiattinsharis Packet, which was to sail for t ngland about the itst ult. Sailed the American Ship Pallas, Capt. MAR. tHALL, for TenerilTe, and Brig Elizabeth, Capt. VANNAir, for London. His Majesty's Ship Grompirs, of so guns, and Convoy, lot East Indies, are now off this Porto PiYMOLITH. jutTS. - -h` frived La Fiore, Frenth laden with coffee and cotton, from St. Do.. tningo, captured by the lierrai. Frigate. Arrived the Renard Sloop of Wat, of t 6 guns, from the West Indies, On her passa g e she f e ll in with several French Ships from St. Domingo, but not being .apprised of the War, she passed them, to the now great mortification of her Officers and Ship's Company. Sailed its Majesty's Ship'Gartrrai, on A Crifite. jttLY 6.--. Sent in early this morning • by the Earl Spencer Privateer, of Dover, Captain tatter. the Young Attai-thath Schooner, of And for Bourdeaux, laden with mahogany, stir and tottnni from Louisiana also the Small Fathom, 13( Elsinore; Capt. Illtittototp, 'loin Copenhagen, with staves and spars, for Bourdeaux, sent in by the Star Privateer, Capt. IVIoW , Lt ; the Tctio Aber,, of Pappenburgh, Capt. GANNICKS, from bunkirk, with tobago stalks and wine, for Altona, stopped by the Arts" Tender, Capr. PUTTE. Majesty's Sloop of War the Lark sailed last night to the Westward. . Arrived the 1/;xor Gun-brig from a Cruiee ; the brim Bomb horn the West ward ; the Fury from the Northward ; anti the Rosario from the Dore, all which retrain. PoßTsmolitit, JULY 6.—This any arrived at tpilhead the Ship Bon Accord s hoot St. Domingo to ifourdeaux, coptuted by His Majesty's Ship • Apollo. Passed by this day the Waibiastov, from Charles. ton to London, from which Ship was put on shore several Passengers. YmtmouTti, JULY 6.—Arrived Do:/ease Mara, C.& de JoNor ! with wine and sundry goods. from Amsterdam bound to Hamburghe sent in by the Cruizers in the North Sea. Passed yesterday in the Offing, under convoy of a Frigate And a Cutter, a Fleet of Ships for the Baltic. They were joined here by the Illatb . W ARREN k for Christiana. The Phide Ann, Capt. GARDNER, front Char. leston, is arrived at Cowes, and reports, that in lat. 49.30. lorig. 15 west, he w:is hoarded by a French Ship called the Liberty, of t 4 guns, who had taken five Prizes, three, of which were West lndiamen ; had made up his . Cruise, and was .returning home to Bourdeaux, and had sent' his Prizes to a Spanish Port. Next day, ;at ten, P. K Capt. G. saw"a small boat, whi c h h e h a il e d, who answered they were the Crew of a Dutch Gal , liot, which had sunk, being deeply loaded, and desired permiSiion to come on board, which was -readily granted by Capt. 'G. who observed to them, that he waa an American, and commanded an American ship. On, their jumping on board they behaved in a hostile Manner, and one of them (whom Capt. G. afterwards understood was. the Boatswain) presented a pistol tO , Capt..G.'s breast, which' he Tired, but Capt. G. fortunately perceived it time enough to step on one .-, tide, by which he avoided the shot. The same man afterwards presented another pistol to the head of a Mr. DEN:4I6,It passenger,. and-on firing it, the ball went through the back of his neck, and carried away three of his teeth : they confined the Captain and Crew for. an hour, when a Schooner came '''''alongside; anti after examining. the said Crew loft t hem, but not till they had plundered them of all t he loose clothes they could find. PARIS, JULY 3. erta it, BARBI MARBOTS, Minister of the Public Treasure, set out on Friday to join the First Consul. HAMEL/RCN ' JUNE was by the Prussian Minister residing here, that the Senate Of the City was informed of the favourable dispositions of the' French Government relative to the Neutrality of the Hanseatic Towns. One of our Gazettes says this day, that in the Negotiation set on foot on this suhjed at Paris, by the Prussian Ambassador, the Minister TALL EYR AND declared, that the First Consul saw with pleasure, that His PRUSSIAN MA jarry took under ,his special protedion the Han seatic Towns, and that he had in consequence given orders to the General in Chief MORTIER, to re sped the Territories of those Cities. DEVENTER ' JUNE z 4 French General and Counsellor of State DESSOL LES ' Commandant of the Army of *Reserve, is at present here, with all his Etat-Major. French and tatavian Troops cond. nually arrive. CONSTANTINOPLE ' MAY 30.—1 t is certain that the Capitan Pacha , proceeds with his Fleet to Egypt. He Is charged by the GRAND SIGNIOR to COOSOil• d a te the eibw Form of Government; to take the most proper MtattrES fur keeping the Beys in sub. jedion ; and listly, ib-proted the Coasts Mr. DaummoND, the new Minister from Eng. land, hai not yet had an Audienc of the GRAND SION/OR. We are ignorant of the owe of this delay. It appears that the Porte is in no bully to hear the New OVertures which this Minister has to make. BRUSSELS, JUNt 366—Three extraordinary Cou. riers arrived here yesterday from Hanover and the Hague, charged with inipoitant dispatches for Go vernment. The Couriers having been informed at the Post.oflice, that the First Consul had quitted the Capital, have taken the road for Lisle, in order to meet him. HAmaystott,ittst 24... General MOKER !CHAR 0 arrived on the igth at Lunebourg 'he is appointed Governor of the touchy of that name. That Ge. neral will quit Lunebourgh on the 22d, in order to pass some days in this City. We shall soon also have here the General in Chief MORTt ett, who proposes to make a tour to Hamburgh,, in .the course of the visit which he intends to make in person through the Whole of the Eletlorate of Hanover. The PAINCt ROYAL of Denmark, who travels under the name of the Count de Stormann, arrived nu the szd at Zell, and from thence proceeded that day or the next to Hanover, on his - way to the Waters of Neundorf. The Prince is accompanied by his two Sons, and a small number of persons. Much is said of an approaching Marriage be. tween PAINce liglitßY of PRUSSIA, ,and the . PRIN CESS AUGUSTA. of BAVARIA. Letters from Bremen of the tgth Inst. announce, that hitherto the Neutrality of that imperial City had not experienced any attack : the Senate had received a Letter from the General of Division RIVAUD, Commandant in the Duchies of Bremen and Verden, stating that he had given to all the Troops under his command formal o.ders to resped the Territories and the 14eutrality of the City of Bremen. The Danish Troops destined for Holstein are al. ready on their March, followed by a cumiderable train of artillery. A Courier expedited by the Hamburgh Bailli at Ritzbuttel, has brought to our Senate the intelii. gence, that the French Commandant at Cuxhaven has placed seals on the house and drab of the Coin. misgary of the English Post. Office, who had retired some days before to Thump*, in the Dutchy of Holstein, where the English propose to establish, during the course of the War, their Post-Office. The Hanoverians, on their retreat, took some Cannon and Horses more than the Convention sti. pulated. They have been forced to restore them. -Preparations are making to empty Hameln-of the Artillery there. Eleven Pieces of Capnon have been found, which the French left during the Seven Years War. COPENHAGEN, JUN It 1 8..— , They write from Elsineur, Char four French Privateers have taken seven English Vessels in the North Sca. The English Frigate the Ambuscade set sail on she 16th` with go Merchant Vessels for the North Sea. HANOV IR, JUNE 22.—The States of Hanover are endeavouring to negotiate a Loan to pay the Contributions imposed by the French Army.—The wife of the Count de Lute, who is now at Pyr. mont for the recovery of her health, has received assurances, that the French Army 'being in the neighbourhood of that place need give her no uneasiness. The French are re-establishing the works on the Fortress of Ham'eln, and adding new Fortification) to Fort George. They are also con strutting formidable iiistteries at Cuxhaven, 'll,e rtench have an Arnvd.VeNsel opposi.e to Stade, but the Navigatinn Tuis sufFred no' biter- ruption. BERLIN, JUNE 22.—The Communications be: , tween our Court and that of the .Thuilleries 'are extremely frequent. It is believed that the.M . ' ing Powers will succeed in putting an end to the- War which has broke out between and France. Our Court has received the most satisfac tory assurances from the First Consul, relative to,", i the Neutrality of the Hanseatic Towns, and .the Vii. berty of the Navigation of the Elbe and the Were'', HAGUE, JUNE 25. —The Council of the Marine has ordered three Sail of the Line to be equipped. About twenty Brigs, Gun-boars, and Schooners, have been fitted out within these fifteen days. The English took this morning above sixty Fishing Vessels off Scheveninguen. Thu loss has ruined several Families, and deprived us of a great num. ber of Sailors. The English are constantly en deavouring to enter our Roads, and the Mouths of our Rivers, to surprite Merchant Vessels, but their designs have been always discovered anti frustrated. A Tax of two per cent. upon all property is about to lie imposed, in order to enable Government to carry on the War with vigour. BANKS or nIE MElN.—General Moat' in has given permission for the re-establishment of the Correspondence with , England through Bremen and Cu haven, On account of the dangerous entrance of the Port of Toningen.=-According to Letters from the Lower Rhine, the march of French Troops into Holland has ceased ; the Corps that arrive succes. aively from the Upper Rhine stop in the Environs of Cologne. [PRoWi THE BRUSSELS PAPER.) 1-tAuttuRGII, JUNE 4.--.L4tteri from Copenha. gen, of the date of the 21st, announce that two more Regiments were on their march from that Cipiral for Holstein. The number of amish Troops in motion is 18 or zo,ooo. We expea every instant a Declaration of Gene. ral MORTI It, on the subject of the ft,: navigation of tie Elbe and 'Weser. We are assured that the Court of Vienna has•re. fused to shut. the Ports of the Austri4u Monarchy against the English, as bad been demanded, that Court having resulted to observe . COI most exaa neutrality in the" resent War between England and France. . They writr frnm „,der the,doc of the 7th, that His IsirEttlAt. MA j F STY departed op the morning of the 4th for Finland.. ,His arrived at Wybonrg the same evening. His suite is composed of General Su EHTEL EN. Chief of the Engineers and Staff, two ,Adjutant-Generals, the Grand Marshal of the Court ToLiror, and the President of the Academy of Sciences the Cham. be r lain NOV OSI LTROPF• FRANKFORT, JUNE 27. —The Chapter of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, sitting,at Heite'r, s h e ja, have resolved to send a Deputation to the Grand Master of Malta, residing at Messina, to assure him of the respdl and devotion of the Ger man Langue of blot Order. DUNKIRK, JUNE 27.--It is said that a Camp will be immediately formed in the environs of St. Omer, of too,ooo men; one of 60,000 at Cher. bourg, and one of +o,ooo in Holland. IlausseLs, JULY 3.—A1l the English who are still in this City, are immediately to . repair to Va.' lenciennes. On TuesdaY'the DtrrcitESS of You dined with , THBIR MAJP.STIES at Windsor. About—Seven o'clock the Ro'rat. FAMICY 'left that place for . Kew, where they had a selea Party. The Engnib and Scotch Army of Reserve Bills.. yesterday rece ived the Royal Assent. Tile' Iri s h, Bill of the same nature still remains in the House Commons, on the discussion upon which last night; upon the recommitment, strangers were exclud e d at: an early period, and the Gallery was closed for. the remainder of the evening. • We have heard, that after the. Gallery was closed, a very interesting Debate took place, After General LoriUS,' Colonel ettAWFOaD tered into a general detail' of the means of at tack,' and the means oftlefenee, on'the part of the Countiy, was -answered by Sir Wm. r, t Ki a F., who combated many of his opinions . ; spoke in the highest • terms of the Militia Regiments ; and declared' that he should prefer any ten Battalions of a force of that description ti,` any ten RegiinentS. of 4usirians (however highly he . valued them), for the defence of the Country.. This speech wat (we understand) . very animated, and made a strong intpression on the House. It was Sir WI)..LIANeS first speech, Mr. IArtNntIAM followed, and went over the old grounds of preference . to the Regtdar Force. The other Gentlemen who .spOke were : The CrtAlsoet.Lott of. the E t kCtIVQ . ORtt„ Sir Roar it - c BUXTON, who justified the Magistrates' for the measure that had been taken in apprehending ,v:t.; grants, and them .the option of a pri-on, or serving His MAJistv ; Sir WILLIAM , TrNEY;* General' Tmt.t.tyroN„ ; General IVIatT. LANDt and Coptaiu Hi4i,ql" . , who reprobated the opinion that our naval 'Means of defence,were not to be properly considered.- ,' 'Ae_House then Went. into CoMmittee, when some new Clauses *ere Rolipaed by the SeCtg. TARN-at Wag, , A Lir; 14. , MR. rDtIOR, NPdff DER' • 1 .r! IY. ' A Misrvpre4cutatbn of a vet.); dangerous lert:tercy haviur, appeared in the Publia Prints, relative to the st;,te of the K. Gunpowder in Croat Brita;ti Velard; thought it incumbent on me, , as Coinpirollerof the Royal La boratory, to apply to the it(4.,rd of.t)o,.hianiy for a re,: i olar Of. cnil Inquiry to protks to His fvf,.'a r v's f.nv,il Sunjadts.that thiaVnuntry never was better pr , victed with r:o..lGunpoi,y;t2r b -ans! with materials for continuing a supply ot that-esential ,article, thin at present. The tblici...ving is the Right • and Hon: Board'S Answer which . I frost will . prevent this 'mischief which this inis-staternent in the Public-Prints tili4ht autve Caused. WM. C(ING K EVE. Comptroller at ibe ltoyal Laboratory, Colfm-1 Of Artillery, and Major-General in.the Army. SIR, In answer to yqur Letter of yesterday'kdate, I am corn. manded to acquaint you, that inc Board feet it ;unnecessary 'for them to.trouble you to make any further r e p ort on ' t h e Magazine at - P.urtieer, as they have perused with Much gra-, tifiCation the very able Paper on thaCsubjeet presented by you to the Master-General', which is complete! y satisfaEtory and I . atp further to acquaint you, that the Board ate well assured the Newspaper statement of what Mr. %V it: r a e r said in the House of Com Mons, was a gross tnisrepr:senta tion ; and that nothing escaped that Gentleman which i u ar ty 'degree rad:lM upon you, or. any of the Kt NG'S Servants (1)11- cerned in the management of - The K NC's P6u4ler, or the Ni d gazines, to whose integrity and abilities, on , the contrary, Mr. Wit mak EA ti bore the strongest tatitnont of aptito.,.: betion. I have th:: lionour to be, Sir, Your must obedient humble Servant. R. H. CREW. Majot-ben. thilgreve, A Meeting of the Lieutenants and Czntlemen of Essex is to be held to.ini ! rrow, far the purpose of taking int,► consideration a Plan of Defence in case of Invasion, similar to that adopted in,Kent. • The large and liberal prnmotion which - has just taken place. in the Corps of Royal Marines, gives the most general satisladion, a satisfanion s hide is not Confined to the Corps alone, but is felt by► the Country at large. The handsome tribUtes late_ ly paid in bath Houses of Parliament too to the merits of that Corps, are equally honourable to it, and to those who so generously, and -at the same time justly made them. We long ago stated from ukdoubted;Orniativt, that the French Emigrants who had been for years fostered -in this Country, and fed by its benevo. lence, had given in innumerable Plans to the Ch' f Consul, upon their return to France, for the Invw. sion of our Island: we have no doubt should an in; vasion be attempted, Cf 'seeing many of these famous fellows amongst cur invaders. Should such he the case, we would have them all hanged upoit gibbets mast.high, as !nemorials ofFreach Grati : rude and - Ear/ .:4/.7 , The SECRETARY at WAR is eXpene U to bring forward without delay, the. Bill which has been sr. verakimea hinted att in' the House .of Commons fur encouraging the offers of Voluutary Services in Case of Invasionr. We trust will meet with the same support which attended the Ar 4 of Riserve PM, li t the Spirit of ; the. Country' is properly rou4ed, ; we do riot ofseeing all idea ofalarm at Inirasioo succeeded by. the wish that the attempt may be mole. Amongst` the Tarn- patriotic offers of service, we have to notice that 01111-ssrs. Pr C KFO Kb, of Wood. street, Oz. 400 Horses, o VVagggns, and . 28 Boats, todk employed as Government shall think fit. Tbe.persons.employed in the different Offices at Somerset House, have been requested to ,signify whether they are willing to-be trained to the use .of arms. It is expected ~similar measure will be adopted in all the Public - Oftiecs under Government., Yesterday a General Court way held at the East India House, when, on the motion of the Chair. man, seconded by the fieptity, the several Resold. titins ofthe Court of Direffirs for an increase, in the present Season, of the allowance stipulated with the old and new Owners, by cuntlad, for the. Peitee freight of the ships, were - adopted by the Court, and a draft of a Bill for Pailiament was read and approved. The Court also Confirmed the proceed. ins of the Diteaors'relative to the loss of the Bad Maw', and granted permission for another "ship to be built in her room ; a ballot was ordered accord. ingly. The Court adjourned at a o'clock, sine e. BONAPAR'iIt left C4l,;is 04 S4turday ,inorning nhout seven o'clock. He proceeded front thence in). mediately to Dunkirk, • The CEitEv Constm paid no_attention whatever to the petition of Capt. Stkr - row, of the Prince of IF ales packet, for his release. Whilst one of 1114 Calais Magistrates wits sheaving the CIIIP.P CON. hut, the Harbour, he pointed out to him the Prince of Wales Packet and the Natm, Cutter, which have been detained there. BONAPARTE observed, " You have plenty of mud. in the Harbour, let them lay diem and rot." It is not so generally known, bot_it isrnost cer tilinty-true, that in one Police gig - co at Paris, there is a most exist? every Boolseller itr .Loadors who riser sold a Pe yiphlet againo BONAPARTE, and" of (Inv Newsfrailer Pditor and 11',iter iar this These'lists. have been fternidted by two ails. creants—one ass. lfuliap, and rite other a German pw, both well known here, and well acquainted with the state of our periodical Pc -,. They are lists of proscription. Ca)ewie or dia..eagasnie arc meant to be the puni,lnents of the tn..ht moderate. They make no secret at Paris of their intentions on this subject. • The cause of the fury of BoIi4PARTR at Boulogne when he cashiered .the .CominAndant; is thLs late(' " Two of our Frigates, which were ernizing off flonlogn,,, seeing an usatr,tr;ll hustle on - the ramparts, concluded that Box A ?ANAa was ' th e re, And fired two or three guns as a bravado'. The shot. went over ,the works, and fell into Cite town, This put the First Con(ul into a prodigious rage, and a tremendous discharge ,was kept up for ,some time from all .the.,Litteries. The balls, however, MI short of the Frigates, which con t itnied.t runquil spec, tattersof the confusir,n they had oc c as i one d . %fif er , the little great 111:1 ti rlißereed 'llk', be horst itut) parcxysm of fur . ,-, tore the epaulets with his own hand frum the, shout- ers of the Commanding.Otlier, ciaooeti them cm the ground, and.stamped ac,d risince,rl upcn them like a nt,nintan !. He 'then broke ahe Orli. cer on the spot,,arid.retired with a volley of threats and-execratiun.s, 'which his passiun rendered Quin.