The Sun. — London, England, 1803-04-08 00:00:00

Id 1 C. Tint rtenelt Governinent afreat to deny ttat ant prepaiations are . making in the Porta of Franet or Holland, which ought to_ excite the smallest alarm $ I in this Cuuntry,but thi faa has been so notorious for some time past, that some surprise hasbeen ex , , pressed that these preparatiOns did nor sooner attraa I'public attention here. F ro m t h e information of 1 4 . English Gen t l eme n w i lo h ave passed through Fldn'd;ei+ Within these few weeks, we know that k!f;slo4tue before . His MA3 asTy's Message to Par , liament, almost the whole of the French Troops ~. were dtawn f rom t h e G a r r i sons an d cantpne d along ( the sea coast, and that the Invasion of this Country was the general topic of conversation both with the Officers and men of ' the rieneh Army. We believe further that the French 'Ports ,are filled with Gun Moats, and small craft of different kinds, fittld for the recelition.of 'irbops., , In these they may trans. port 50,00 0 or' 60,c500 Men, and, if fav,Oured by eireumsrances, may land them on .our Coast with out much interruption from our Navy. The irrita tion and anger apparent in a certain quarter we believe to proceed chiefly, from the French prepz,ra tions being discovered - here too oon, not from the were assertion of theexistenee of suctr.preparation, ; the Troops for an Invaaiou are 'ready,: but, not squally so the means of transporting.them. hither; snd benceit is that so ,much displeasure-is expressed at the deteetion of the plan, and the means used , .. here to renaer ft abortive. . . '. . it ...... .. . Yesterday His MAJESTY, and the Pstittoessls So ' Tritt A and AMELIA, attended by GeneralGwy.NFE, a. rode on horseback through Bever Park = towards atin ding.flill Wells, accompanied ~ by tile FR DIC Ins . ' ELlzAarria in a Phaeton, , attended by M rs . DRAx Oa osv titoit, from whence the; 1 ) 1 INC ems' returned to W indsory..and His MAJitSTY Continued his' ride by Virginia, Water ' ,' and inspeeted 'the different farms in the Great Park, .till near three o'clock. ' , . HER. MAJESTY and the Princess AtinUSTA, Rt. ! tended by the Hon. M rs..HA aco v KT, took an airing .to, Ytoginore, and walked in the . Gardens,; where they were joined by the Princesses Eirzairtata, 'o••PErfk,,and AMELIA, after returning: from their ride with fits .IC/in JESTY. • , . HER tVLOESTy and the Pit INC Earn 'gemmed from Fr ''gri“lte to the Lodge between two and three. o'clock. .. . . . ~ ... . . Yes.terday'a . bout one o'clock: the PrinCesr, MARY took an airing by' latlitirti and .ilarnpstead,,and re. . , .• _ turned by the New I.Ond. •. ~. ~...... . • Yesterday. Hii ...Royal . Highness; ,;the. : PUKE - Of Ye RK left tow . o for ()attends for a few daYs; • t, ' Yesterday' boiog ,111anday-Thursday, .fin..cotn, . . . Inemoraciter ofihePassoVer, l NCI MA ; isTy le nottoxy. - ' • 'was many ppq . r men " and' women as • the l tKrtrc is. • • ..„ _ years .old, was distrib t tied ih Whitehlt Chapel, • by the'nean 6f Westininster, witb 'delivered a short :' exordium -on the. Royal , lieneficence er , .. the poor were as usual regaled with a pia tie cot fiili, )a:ratio'of beef,: and four , three-penny loaies t:Vtte't vbich, in the afternoon . , after evening' `SerCri'c' -104 i e rfortned i t by the Vey. :Dr...: ; t4ciostx,- and , an Anthein . by the thoyitneo of.. the. Chapel Ropl, Dr. Vricitiy, in • thefr.bAity otthe.chai -)el; gave to every; applkarit who had a right to the. hehetaaioni:. - cloth' to each man, for a' coat anti-shirt; . a pail: tilshoes . :ini stoekings :. to:each:vicanan-,. cloth , .for p..shift and caniblei for a • . gown, with two little leather bags, ope 4ontuining 1 a one-poOnd note - , the other as many - silver. penny. Nnuoiht 2 14eces as the KING is years old. Atter which each 4 vttl,tfstrion had:givin to h•iiti a small wtoodeo 'boliq 'of " !.I. W ine to drink the - Iti. rN6 'S health. • • General Sir' Taos. Tatcca, K. B.;arrived at Portsmouth, on Wednesday. He was' to embark ~ Yesterday on hoard the Jan a, F r igate,' Capt . , Rita. 1 41 011:47, for Gib r altar. • ' . Letters from Genoa, dated ,Nlarch 0, say that the Dotefiess of CUMBERLAND passed through that C i t ,Y•a„ few days before, on her way to Rome. . • Yesterday the guards' bad' a Seeded tlelti day in- Nyde Pa r k. '-- • • . '•• ••"" •-. • . ' '• The Marquis C 0111177104 : s gave .. a .spOond grand dinner yesterday to several Of the — Ministers, arid others* of the . first distinaion. ''' • . The South Devon Militia', which were embo. , died at Plymouth on Thursday seinnight, ire making great progress in their military evolutions, owing , to the unremitted attention paid bithe Officers, and they bid fair to form one of the .best iliseiplined Corps in the Country, in ,::short periodi .. .' ' Captain Lonoroao is - appointed to: clic command or the FEyßumb.vessel, - fi tting 'din' at Woolwich. *Yesterday a BOard was held •at the Admiralty,. -- for' . the examination of candidates ,for Greenwich ' Vospital, when ..several poor felloWs *received their . reward for service rendered to . theieconntry. • . Considerable numbers of the Perisiotiers of Green. wichllospital have come forward. before the ap. "pointed time, for the purpose of fitting opt the.ships at 'the...different Ports: ~ Mr• BASTIDE, Banker of the Frenqh Govern. .• , . ment, ac c ompanied by ' two of his Chief Clerks, ar.' . rived in Town on' Saturday last.. ,; ... I s .., T he• Canton Of Scbmaitz , * given a.deemea mar k, of 4a:dis approba f France, and of the inte r fe ret te e . oratipi, lbe decisiOn ' Of the Hebietic Cons u lt a , by ele Et . lag the'eelchrated ALOYS Rromaits Landamman. A Boston paper received y e a ter d a y says, " We he a by the arrival of the Maria (from Pitatialoupe, 1404.2), : that General LA Caosst• has prohibited the. exputiation. of coffee froni • Gradate* in AMerican bottom, ;and it is .no less; material rt, s he interest of importer 3 of sugarsfrom 'thence' to ‘l)e4nfortned, that he has likewise laid an additional Pf.l.4ty. of Once per cent. on that commodity." - • . , I tss * stated in a Morning Paper- that.:accounts Ative been - rectivid ' from several countiea,- that the , Wtratchave iwgeneral.been severely injured by the Iss . t.frost in March.. These accounts are by no :nears correft : The 'Wheats in lottial havell pro. : flisirkg appearance, though they may have suffered) -mutt partial damage. 7 4 NAVii L 1U E s. DEAL, APRIL 7. tear.Adtniral THOW.NISOROUGH, in . His. Ma jesty's Ship Jsis, with "the Frigates . /4finerve lipird, and three . large Rivenue, Cutters,' sailed early this morning from the Downs on a. Secret .Ex pidition to . the North Ward ;' supposed to watch - the motions of the Dutch Fleet that are bound to Louisiana. Arrived His Majesty's Ship . ' Wricaime, from the Eastward, and Milbrook Schooner, from a Croize, both of which . remain with La Pique Frigate ) ja louse Sloop, Lamy and Censor Gun-brigs. The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed an Officer to regulate the Impress Service at this Port ; and he arrived- here yesterday. PLYMOUTH, Aran 6. AtRIVED the Albion, 0174. guns, Capt. J. FBit. MIR, from Portsmouth.- Sailed the Boadicea Frigate ) of 38 guns,. Captain J. MAITLAND, on a Cruize in the Channel. The Heaor, of 74. guns, Captain SICIFSEY, is come into Harbour to refit. HARWICH, APRIL 7. - Tar King George, Post Office Packet, Capt. PR. DEAris,:anvl the Isar! of Leicester, Capt. THUMP. SON, -sailed...this day at noon, the fqrmer for Cux_ haven, with the Flamburgh aid Bremen Mails, and the latter for Helvoetsluys, with the Dutch Mail and Passengers. , . THE DLITCII MAIL. •lIRUSSELS, 36; AN approachintmovement is announced ,among (lifnrent Corps of' Troops comPosing . 4 part: of the GarrisOn of the old frontieri. of France, as well .as those .of the United Dep4trneynts and the left bank of the Rhine. Jr is supposed to relate to. the formation: of a Camp which .is to be es tablished- between Brussels and Louvain. Conaers' axe continually passing bet Ween the Hague i and Paris, and Paris.and Berlin. "MALINES • Ar;lt."4. A riot? of the' Second Regiment of liusars, rate the Regiment of Charnberan, which was in. garri son 'in this. City, left it yeseriliiy morning to go to B r d a . We learn from , Ghent, 'that the other part of Shis :Regiment likewise ..began Its-:march on the 30th ult. tbr the same destination; • Several other Corps of. -Troops are on their march towards : the frontiers of 'the 'Bat avian Republic. Three Squa. dionsof the t (h. Regiment of Dragoons arriv eti to- day in this City from Namur they will set , out to-morroiV fot.Dutch B ra.bant, VT NNA. hl AKC ti 23. Hi s Royal Highnes the -A*CkiDtTICII Cnmtta has had another relapse, anti has been. for ' cr al, days extremely ill. The President, of the GOefiCeitent of Lower Au. v',l(l'Jat (,) stria, dOUnt.SUMR RANNI I I4 I 4PO3 ,PP oi nted by the Arch-Duke Gamta.Duxx, n Minister at :~, , ROTTIRDAM, Arm& S. ,COMMON report; if not inual circumstances; seems at, present ,to preponderate on the sid e Of war paratory. to which, a beginning has been nude with the marthing of French Troops into.this country, two Battalions of whom are already arrived at Brecld ; and for Xtaiy they are proceeding from all' quarters, where, in case of a rupture, -. their presence will be more immediately: necessary. Spain seems' decided' to adhere .to her Ally' at' all events; and it it more than probable• , that Citizen DIII(Oc has Succeeded in . the objea of his mission at Berlin. Should the issue'be also 1.1- vourable at the Court of Petersburg 4 it, is not likely that France will hesitite longer, the Freneh Government beiog enraged, at what has rece;itli passed at- the Cape of Good Hope. ' • - The inglish, in the mean time, are making • the .most formidable preparatioOt against an eicpsfted Nvasion; while 'there is no less attivity employing in the Frencif Ports. As long, hdwever, , as the Ambaisadors of the two Powers keep their stations, and the Isiegotiations contimke, hopes of an accoi'm. modation still remain. Sir •-# t,) "77 • •, . Whether or Mo- 4 111 .41 ; 011,,, SCOTT'S oh lec. tion to the holding of gitipa4x iunCrergytnen will be . adopted in the Bill, noho3thspmegret that the prac. rice' has prevailed, since it ,filtnaed the genius of Ft E Lai xo with an opport unity of giving his admi. 'able Portrait of ParsoxTrulliber. It may well be ranked amongst the wary things of the present year,.., that a...Scotch/aim should have been committed , to Neenair for refusing to come to England ! A Morning Raper, among other strong indica. tions of an approaching War, mentions the iinpor rant movement of the Enniskillen Regiment from Derh to Loughbioitch - and Arbity.deiia.Zoirb. bUTZ. . - TIIE pa rties engaged in ihq nttei Whitii. we men. ti,r,csi 3 es:terday, were-, Lieute.nanr-tolonet Mawr Of the 9th Foot, and ,Captairt MAGNA _rS late of the Cet'brrus Frigate:. Thequ .rrel arosee - in Hyde Park, about four o'cl4wk on Wed. nesday. - tOlonel MtiIgTOOMERY frequeoily rode there a beautiful white Arabian, followed. by a f:. vourite NeWfoundiand dog. One of his purses ing ill r. tlte Colonel was not on Wednesday attended by his servant. 'Captain.MAcftoiA36 waralio on horseback,Olowedbradog. The two dogs guar. relied near . - tile 'Serpeottne River, -do the pass be tureen the riaeiii&lle water. 'COlortel MONTOO - Mk! 4 got off his hate to separate them :. they were tumbling over each other, .and. Captain NIA.CNA mAkA's being uppermost, having the best of the battle, the other being young slog, Colonel MOrt*doturay went up to separate ~theM, saying, " tome off; or knack your brains out." By this, time, Captain IVlAcNAramtA had alighted, and -.coining up said—" If you do, I'll knock your brains nut." Col. M. answered, that was not language for agentleman. VerY high and warm words arose :and a number of gentlemen came around : the par. thichanged addresses. Colonel IVlowrqom P.T rode away, surrounded by about twenty. gentlemen, . his friends. Capt. MAetfAMARA rode after, accom. panied by Capt. BARRY, of. the Navy. Capt. M. „went ioto his lodgings, at BLAKE'S Hotel, and .sent ." . Capt. ilmtitY to Cot. MONTGOMERY, at Mt LLEa's Hoieis Iggging he Would appoint his time and places He appototed seven o'clock, on ,Primroke-hill,•near Hampstead. M oN - rcotseßv appciimed Sir Wm. KR I It, his second: Capt. IVIAcNANinan. ap pointed Capt. BARRY. Mr. HEAViIipE, the sdr. geon, was ordered to be on the ground. The parties walked across Prirnrose-hill to the opposite side frOm Chalk Farm, and chose their; ground in the most private spot.. .SpVerat persons. were walking - over the.hill, but none took notice, till Cal. MoNT. 00, , .0ns : fired his pistol to try it. This attracted the attention uf, some passengers, but none inter feted. Colonel MoN•rocit.tEß'Y or his Second then loaded his pistol, and the parties took-their grouod at twelve paces distance. They were each te. inarkably gond shots, and it was agreed they ; ihould both fire at once by a signal. ' They .fired one round, when Capt. M.'s ball entered •the right side of , Cal,, M.'s 'chest, and taking a direetion to the leftiftipOsr,pFobably went immediately through the !mot; Anidpstantly fell, Aithout uttering a 'word, 4Ait.,34#dever two or three times, as if in great' agony, and. groaned. Col.' M.'s: ball •went through, Capt. M. entering on the right side just - above the, Itip, and passing through the left side, carrying pait of the coat and 'waistcoat in with it, taking isart of his leather breeches and the hip but. ton away with iron the other side: By this:time a _considerable. nurnhet of persons had arrived on the - -spot. ;The Surgeots having examined Col. Mimi-. .00metai's wound, pronounced it mortal. Thiswas cominunicated to the Seconds, but nut to Capt. MAC NAMARA', whose wound being also examined, he was advisedio..retire.Hedid so, attended by his Second, • and wasjible to walk to the chaise, on entering which he was hearttio say, hove there is no danger !" ••Hi s second Answered, " Not in' the !caste!' " don't' ,„„ mean for myself, — said Captain LVIACNAMAR A, "I know how to die ;• I - mean - for-Colonel Mowroo... M a R Iv." • His Second assured 'him there . was no :ger for him either,- •and Captain M. came awaY without . knowing :the situation of -his lintagonist.- - --- . 'Colonel N?otmoob ERir WAS carried by some of the persons standing by into Chalk Farm, -where lie was laid on abed; attended'hy Mi. HEAVISIDE.. As They 'were 'earrying.him lie attempteitto speak and spit, but the blood , clioaked him. His mouth foamed Much, and in about' five' minutes- afier he was' brought into 'twit hoUit;:he txpired,. with a gentle - sigh. His . Seconti,Sir ,Wm: Kat a, had previously 'retirikAn peat agitation;." Sir WJLLLAM lOatan . itif in'a duel .with Sir Mmic Os . ' . "Sa t triviLieis • Both the Sec:cinch have absconded. - • Pinar -, 4 _ CapraktOpiC/ViMA.4 A Is Naval Pffit.er,tvho has . much distinguished., himself In two or three actions, as Commacaler of the Cr sb,rrrtt Ftigate.• He served . long. on : ihe Cork statiOn,' and 'lastly in' the 'West , Indies. He was made a Post Captain in '1795. He • lately returned hunt . the West Indies, anit his ship, wai about two months ago paid off' at Chatham -7.: We believe he wa.s . .oh the eve - of marriage to a young Lady from . 'cork, with 4 fo'rtime of io,oool. He is about thirty-six years of age; a strong, bold,. Relive man. Afc;:r the unfortunate - affair on Wed_ nesday evening, he returned. to ',lodgings at . BLAKE.'S Hotel, in Jermyn. weer,' where every.. - sui, . giCal assiiiance_ was procured and . hopes were t erday entertained of' his recovery. • ' . Mr.. MONTCOMEILY. was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 9th. Regiment of Foot, son of Sir Rots L u'r MpNTGOMIERY, of Ireland, and brother to the Marchioness of To wrisucriti and Mir. Gitoitca", - Britt, by . thefathei's ; side, though by a different mother. - Ile .tvas a .very. handsome,. genteel . man i . 'about 28, and- he also had, fought , bravely in the . Selvice of his Country.. In the Dutch Expedition, -the Russiansiseing put to flight, -his-Regiment 'was ihraivn into confitsion,, and retreating, in` conic irence -chile 'Russians falling back- upon them •: at this rime a- druMMer k ille d ,tvas• arid Mr.' MONT. ' GO:4E ttY took ;upthe drum, beating it to tally his lien, be 'himself standing alone: he did rally them, and at their head rendered essential serviee. - several'oceasitins in Egypt and Malta, he distinguish. , ed himself for his courage and spirit. - He was very. inoffensive, extremely good-natured,. and an agree able companion.' •He was honoured by the . • itnti frientisbipof the Pa INCE Of VVALts, with whom, he liiktflielfilf last summer at Brighton, and he= was ROP4iktlite,wi!h the Dime of YORK. The ?kith* of VAAL s was extremely affefted,' and shed leat s sr"Wheti -1 14 7 heard of his - -death. Colonel M, • .Wailiittpdrikular in his dress, always remarkably neat and clean. His attention to •dress did not pre..' pnssess in 'his 'favour, but no one.ever knew -him .without being attached to him... He, was' remark. able 'spine years ago for dressing like the fate Doke of - HAmtt.Tori ; called- 'the Duke of HAMILT ON ' S double, his shadow, &c. • . - . Mos:Qoatiar'S body remained at Chalk 1 - Farm yesterday. Hia. relation - , General Lori us, went - to ace its; his servant was sato there. The Coroner's rnquest vetd to Rh Chit (lay. r l / 4 4 Gentlemen on horseback, and others, went to t.l - !alo, Farm to inquire into the particulars yesterd, Q ., and, crowds of persons were all day vidwing the spat where Col. M. fell, which was covered with blood,. • In consequence of this unlortuu3te Duel, Sir RICHARD FORD caused Capt. MACIVANIAItA to be yesterday put under art arrest of the Civil Rawer Grit as he was unable to be removed; he is at pre. sent permitted to remain in his apartrnenti at BLAKE'S Hotel, Jertnyn-street. Several persons concerned in this fatal trartsafiion were examined before Sir . RICHARD FOED, and some of them ordered to be detained. .; Mr. ATTDRIZWS, the -Surgeon, at the . ;albeit of Sir RICHARD FoaD, went yesterday to examine the nature of the wound which had 'produced ihe death of Colonel MONTGOMERY, and. teparted that a pis. tol ball' had fraftured the fourth - rib on the right side, and entered the.cavity of thechest. . Captain MACNAMALA, *3 , wounded in .the though still living, his lire is very unc2rtain.--- Townond,. the ,Bow.sttdet Officer,- is iiiced ia the house, COMM)N COUNCIL. YESr!IDAY a Court.•of .Common Conntil 'vat het& at Guildhall, at which tverevresent, the Lou MAYOR, seven Aldermen, theltecorder, and 150 Commoners, . • The Proceedings of the Last Court fiver: read and confirmed. 1116 LORD MAY O R, in a yery able_ and pathetic Speech to:the memory of.. the late Inoch eiteemea Comptroller of- the City's Cash, announced the,v,a cancy in that glfice, and appointed Thurs,lay, the. list:instant for the Eleetion, by ballot, of another td' succeed him. • The LORD MAYOR - resented a • Letter he itad received from Admiral RAINIER, dated t tilt Oa. 1802, on board the :Vie/aria/is, Madras Roads, ac+ knowledging the receipt of the Resolution of the Thanks of this Court, in-Dec. 180 I, to Rear Ad. miral BLANKETT, for his entinent services, in eon. juottion with the Army in Egypt, and also to the Captains, Officers, Seamen and.,Marines; for their gallantry; which was read And misted to he in,. serted in the Proceedings of this Cotirr. . The LORD MAYOR also presented a Resolution of Thanks from the Royal Jennerian Society_, .for the extermination of the Small Pox), for the liberal donation Of cool. to be paid into the hands of the LORD MAYOR, one of the Trustees, in aid of this Institution, which being read, was ordered to, be 'entered in the Proceedings of this Court.: The-vacancies of City Painter and Mason were ordered to be filled up at the next Court. On its being reported that the FrenehAmbais'flatit was with the Lord Mayor when hi — was called out to - hack the Press Warrants : WHIN the I,ord Mayer.of London with splendor they say, Invited some Frenchmen to dinner one :14, His Lordship was called from the room in a crack; ' , What could it be for? (aside) a few Warrants to hack. His Lordship returned .with asmileon his face, And beged the great folks no: to rise corn their place ; Ask'd pardon of all—but was heard to declare, , tie hid been eall'd out a freitimir arrai4. • CQURT MARTIAL.---The Report of the Trial of the two Officers, qidotione<Fin our Papei‘of Wcdtles« day, was laid before Fits Mnj EsTY tita day, when the deciskOn of the Court Martial received the knyal SArketion. C.lpi. NACI.ELLNW (t)Nther to Lord KlRcupoo tt,iont) Who Was the aggres,r on the Oc. cation, is dismissed His MAJISTY'S Service, anti Epsign Lt.oro is suspended and depr ived of his pay fur six rnonths. Both these Officers belonked to the Cqldstream Regitnerie of Guard s . • Arthur O'Connor is sa id to live, at present, in the environs of.Paris,,unnoticed by the Government. It is , The fate of all Traiorb : to be despised by all mankind. • . A Gentleman lately laid a wager that he would ride his horse across the Serpentine Rivtr, which he lost i the' horse, riotwithstanding a., most severe flogging, haVing refused , to plunge into,.the water. liesides the great success whiCh has at tended her - vocal exertions at I3erlin, has received many Valuahle presents:'' The Qt e N of PR uss) a. gave her a *very beautiful CroSi, , set ‘vith fire large .brilliants,.. The Queen-lvlotl4r gave her a pair of Ear-rings_ richly adorned with brilliants. The Dut. chess of WlNirl,g, and the Dutchess of Cot/ aI.AN Po also presented her with ritiperliNteklaLe.. MAR& WaS aiWays ,4favottrite at but sho ha's ex.. cited more admii4tiori her last.vibit, than in the . of,hcr fame. It is indeed, probable., that her .present musical Tiavels will enable'her to sit downcouiftirtably, "for' life, , The colebrited CON. lA't INI SUIT r with her in . the Duet composed for her by It'L,a to, and which WJISO delightfully sung by,MAR A and_ 11l tt.i NGTOX at the Opera..liouse, when M R tdolc . leave of tin Citntry. `On .the ctli inst, at his huiselOGloucestet_Piace, the. Lady of the Hon. I,Vlajor General FoR nti was - safely delivered of a Snn. On Monday night, as Mr. Dleaton, or Br'oad. street, neat: the Royal Excliange,,was returning to Town in a post.chaise, he was stopped near Char!. ton, in Kent, by three footptiq, armed `with cut. lasses and pistols, who robbcd him of upwards of 301. and his much, with which they made their escape.. , . , A Few eveningslince, a woman went to visit a prisoner in the King's Bench ; when drinking tea they disagreed, and arming timiuso-veq with knives to decide rite quarrel, the unibrtunare . woman' re. 'eeived manrstabs . iii her body ; in the last the knife was hroken between her ribs. assistance was immediately hart, yet it is doubted whether her will pot prove mortal. The.whaie.bone in her stays broke the force-• of the severe“ blow. The Ticket Nip. 41,696, drawn yesterday a Prize of Two Thousand Pound,, wAs sold 'in one Half; one Quart •r, and four Sixteenth Shares, by SIMI rr an d c o , at their old State Lottery Office, No.