The Sun. — London, England, 1803-04-27 00:00:00

~c I NAVAL NEWS. It PLYMOUTH, Artti, PORTSMOUTH, APRIL z 6. S. ' )!, .!e rt • ARRIVED His Majesty's Armed .Store-Ship La Prevo.yante, laden with hemp, from Fiume, for the. .Dock.yard.at this Port ; and the Eagle Revenue Cutter, Capt. WARD, with impressed men for the 'Fleet. •Sailed:-the Annetva,' Irish Revenue Brig, Capt . : TOWNsHEND, on a 'Cruize ; and the Danish Ship Conferentz Rath Baur, Capt. WimpLEMAK, for .1 - lamburgh: Arrived the Imogene Sloop of War, Capt. H. VAUGHAN, with impressed men from Milford. She is since sailed to the Westward. AttltIVED this day, His Majesty's. Ship Moe. giana, Captain RAYNSF.ORD ) from ,the 'Westward, With impressed men. All the Revenue Cutters have been the last two days employed in disembarking Troops lately ar. lived from Egypt and Arrival the Ala fir , , from Simdcrland. The following Ships were, ordered into Cnnimis_. sion yesterday, and the Captains, whose names' are subjoined, were appointed ,to command them At Chatliam—V6iator, of 64 guns, Capt. NLWHOU . 37.. Batavier. of S.} guns, Cwt. TON? N: • ' ArnbuScade. of 36 guns, Capt. linwxtris. At Partstnouth—Plicenix, 0136 grins, Capt. Ift xis! ()RD. At Sheerness. Unicorn, of 32 guns, Capt. T, F AKE R. Sophie, of t 8 guns, Capt. lOstrguAosx • (re-commissione d). • The Ships.at Chatham are ordered to proceed to the Note as expeditiously as possible. • The A/atilt:77, of 24. guns, is ordered to he pre. pared for an Hospital Ship, at Woolwich, 'as quickly a po•thtble. Captain CUMMINGS is appointed to the Impress Servk e at Exeter. His Majesty's Ship Sjbelle, of forty-four guns, Capt. ADAM, recently from the East Indies, is tol be paid off, and prepared to be re-commissioned'at Portsmouth. The Viaory, of too guns, was carried 'down to Long Reach a few days.ago, but she has as yet but few hands on board of her. SHIP.OIVNERS: YESTERDAY there was a numerous and respeaable Meeting of persons concerned in the Shipping In terest, held at the London 'raven). Mr. P. KEN. rzott was voted to the Chair. Mr. ATCIIE ! iON, the Secretary, informed the Meeting, that in consequence of the instrudions which he had' received from ri , eir Committee, hi 2a,,viiiavnured_ to get a copy r I the Consolidation Schedule. This, however, he had found it B ible to o b ta i n. But he had seen. and read it ; m and there could be no doubt 'that it was the intention of .Mr. ADDINGTON to continue the Tonnage Duty. • littowtr moved a Resolution, expressive of the impoliey of the Duty, and th.claratory. of their :opinion of its injuring the Carrying Trade, and Materially affecting the, Cuinmerce of ,the Country. Mr. HILL observed, that the Committee had been entrusted With powers. to make application for the repeat of that Duty, which was so obnoxious to : the persons. concerned in the Shipping Trade, and in faet . sa subversive of the general commercial rela. tions of the Country.. This they Is mild have dooe, but that the . important change in the aspeEt of litical affairs had induced them not to shetif ,any. thing:like 'an inelinatiOn to embarrass the intentions of Government at this - momentous crisis. 'A few days since, , however, they had learned that it was the intention of 'Mr. ADD INGTQDI to renew. ,the Duty. A. number of Ship. Owners h a d thought, it a duty incumbent on _them, as a necess a ry measure o f *elf-def ence , to call .the present Meeting.' The resolution. was -then read a second time,. and agreed .to 'unanimously.- • The Secretary, in a short, but impressive speech, tienical that the opposition to the Tonnage Duty was the effea' of the influence of a few powerful individuals. It was the spontaneous aa of the whole body of the shipping interest, conscious how much their interests were afleeted by its oppressive ope ration. Mr. AKENHEAD spoke warmly against the Tax. The Thanks of the Meeting were unanimously voted to the Lotto MAYok, for the part he had taken in the opposition to the Tax, and his Lord, ship was requested to continue' , his exertion for the attainment of the important objed of its repeal. Th e Th an k s of the Meeting were then moved to the late and present Chairman, and the meeting adjourned. Lady CARR I NGTON'S rout, on Monday evening, Was one of the Most numerous parties of the season ; the company exceeded 500 persons of rank and dis. 4. tindion. The late Mr. Bit ttrow died possessed of the Itaresr fortune that has yet been made by any guropean i n I n di a. H e has left behind him Fifteen Hundred Thoiannti Pound,. One Million of which 'he has' left to his son ; fifty thousand to each of his daught-t , ; wo . thousand per annum to his wife, besides a variety of other less considerable Jegacies. botior FLE ?AM I NG, Physician Geru,ral to the COM. • Pany in Bengal, is his sole executor and residuary legatee.- ' - Abe R,tces at Goodwood last week, in consequence of the badne ss of the weather, were not a 3 tientled ley so large a compitny as, was expc4ted. 4evcral lent horses started ; and each day afforded- good sport. The Ball . was very. spleodid and' the 'theatre crowded every '• night. Capt.•SAm rso who . cottimanded the - Countess of Elgin Passage.boat, at Dover, ha's lately been ap. Pointed Comptrolicr of the Custcmy at that "gate. PARIS, Apita itb Sro xHO Ltd, Arltl L t.---Suspicions having litien for a long time entertained of the condna MAN," the Secretary of, the court; in C-Insequence of his mysterious conduit, he was closely--watched by the Police, .and the whole of his plans hi6ie been* discovered. It appears from his Papers, that he is a- Member, or perhaps the .Chief,- of an As. Sociation' who call themselves the ?hid:it' Bra: 'hers,- who me bound by the - most solemn oaths to pay the most implicit obedience to. an un known Council. • The Brothers engage by the same oarh, never to reveal either the residence of the Governing Di_ rectory, the names Of its Members, or the erid of the Association.. A piece found amongst BOHE. MANN'S Papers, indicates that this Society pretend. ed to nothing less than to render itself the arbiter of all Governments, of Peace and War, and of the life and death of Sovereigns and Individuals. The whole system of the Order is. founded on a pre tended purified Christianity, arid on the principle of an absolute obedience to the will of an unknown Chief. The Association appears fo'have taken its .rise in Southern Germany ; but •the::rapidity with which it extended itself; excited so much public attention,' according. to the declarati , m: of Box MANN ' , that the Chiefs were forced to suspend for Some time the Assemblies of the Brothers. It was therefOre that Bthi . EMANN formed the piojeel of changing the named the Order, and •of seeking for other places fin - assembling. New Chapters were in consequence founded inseveral Provinces of Sweden, Denmark, and the North of Germany,' which are precisely- those which have been discovered. These Chapters lave," under another name, the same sra tuies, the.-:saine organization, and the same' urt 'limited submission. towards the unknown Chiefs.- MCLAN, Arm', t r.-It was said that 'French Troops were to arrive in this Capital, but now we are assured that they have received counter orders, and that theyare not to cotne. BRUSSELS, APRIL Ro.—All the pieces of the telegraph destined to establish the communication between Brussels and Lisle,' arrived the. day before yesterday at Alost. The telegraphic line will tra verse the ei-deniant Flanders; and wii,l be finished and in full activity before the arrival of the Ft RsT Cotistm. 'The Geographical E CHAPPR, - DireCtor and Inventor of Telegraphs, has deter mined all . the p6sitions. his understood that the telegraphic line will be continued by Antwerp unto the Frontiers of the Batavian Republic. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 16.—The new French Ambassador has- made, within these few days. past, his'private visits. He has been received every where in the mast distinguished manner. .The people appear to see with the greatest pleasure the re-establishment of amicable relations - with France; above all, the commercial relations. The Ministers of the:Porte do not spew less eagerness in seconding the views , of their Sovereign, whose wish is deciared for the ie.estAlishment of the an. tient political system which unites so intimittely the Empire of the Crescent .to France. On the 6rh in.. Stant the GRAND VIZIR gave n 501e:b Ili;te to Ge. neral BItUNE. Yesterday Sir. Wm. SCOTT,. Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, had a long interview with the Lords of the. Adrairally. Yesterday the LORD MAYott held a Court of Aldermen at Guildfiali, at which his Lordship and eighteen Aldermen were present. The Court, after examining the average prices of Wheat and Flour, ordered the price of Bread to remain as last week, viz. at 9d. the quartern • The Court returned thanks to the Bishop of CHESTER' and Dr. GLAsSE, for their excellent Ser.- :1116 preached before his Lordship and the Go. Vcronts of the Royal Hospitals on Easter Monday. .and Tuesday last. Eight thtiustitui six huntfre&riumis Orphans Stock was AraWo out of the wheel and annihilated. Joscyrt BUSHNAN, Esq. elcaeci Comptroller in the roinn of PHILIP WYATT CROWTHER, Esq. de ceased, was' sworn for the due'execution thereof. JOHN TEAqUE was elated Keeper of the Poul try Comptet in the room of. his father, deceased,' during the ,pleasure of the Court. His Majesty's Ship Calcutta, now at P. , rtsmouth, Captain D. WOODRIFF, is going to New South Wales with" Convi lts, where a new Colony is to be formed, under the Government of Lieut,-Colonel CoLL INS, of the Royal Marines she is accompanied by the Ocean. Transport, which has on board a number of . volunrcer settlers.• It is highly to the. credit of Capt. W. and his Officers to record, tjtat with 306 convils on board, now three. months, . they have only had, one death' Smith, the sham parson; and at this moment only : three.on the sick list, and those • not'dangerously : this — is entirely to be attributed to the unremitted exertion of the Of f icers to have them clean : at 5 every morning their fiammocks are carried up on the booms, and the decks washed and scraped and as many are admitted in turn, as is consistent with safety, upon deck for two hours everyday. The seven Mutinee'rs from the zsth Regiment, who were sent home from Gibraltar, were sent on board .on Friday evening. The Rev. -Mr. KNOPWOOD goes out Chaplain to the Settlement. On board the Calcutta Government have allowed so healthy Young women to go out with them : they, - doubt. will torn) not the least, important rut (if t he stock taken out for the die:timid coioniz,:tion of this unexplored region, certainly situated at the farthest limits of the known world. The tide on the Sussex Coast, owing to the strong S. W. winds, rose last week untiSti - allY suet) a height did it swell on Wednesday . last at Aye'. and so rapidly, ahat upwards of 8o sheep, be hinging to . JERFM I Ali CURTV,Is, Esq. wcredlowned •by the overflowing of the se a on some salt marshes, 'before the least danger was apprehended. Yesterday OKatil was : I)lntight: !wrote N1(3101.A3 (3101.A3 BoND, Esq. and -Sir Wm. PARSONS, and itp&rwent a re-examination on a ciiarge of shooting at J.)lin Spencer. Townsend; Esq. in St. James's. plies , with ;IP intent*: kill, and was committed to take his trial under the Black Aft at the present Scs. sions. TIIE OPERA. PA Tit E LL 6, ) 3 fit' our t e I )er tof ilf , , , iitura,ti , as re pea:eJ last night, in wYch Bot. L A sting-11 . 113 accted mot.,t deli&ttfully, ai:d wet with ge.neral and loud_ applause, - • * pitire new:grand .enr,od' Vo/osese, composed by' c.TA Lt. 1. WRS of terwarkis'• per lot:med. The folluwini short sketch of .tile story. VoLoGE.ltus, King of the Pai . thbn's, having been defeat- ed in*a pitched battle by Lucia' Versis; the Koman.General, and being supposed slain, disguises xiinrsetfin. the habit Q a Partin= slave to gain, admittance to the Roman , camp, as Lucius, with his kingdom, had deprived `of his wit,: Be renice, Whom he holds captive, and to wiwite‘ charms the conqueror had submitted. puder this disguiSe, Vologesius had gained the faVour of Attica, confidant of Lucius, and by his talents had procured the direcliOn of some splendid En tertainments, which the Roman General had destined for the captive Queen. Vologcs:us, who is accompanied by some faithful subjeds, also disguised, .is determined to poison the cup Of wine :les tined for Lucius,. and thus revenge himself fin the loss of his Crown and Queen—The Banquet prepared,. lint Lucius, 4 . 9 show his gallantry, otters the .Cup tit Honour to the Queen. YoiogesiuS„ in despair at th 2 turn which his project has taken, striites the cup front the hand of hereni:4%. and discovers himself. Lucius, enraged. commits Vologestus to prison, and finding Berenice still attached to her husband, sends her to share his confinement, and to put their mutual constancy to the extreme - test, gives orders for the execution. His dispositiOns are changed by the ari;val of Claudius, a Roman Senator, who is charged by Marcus Ault:Bus t fie Em- Peror, with the care of Cucilia; his slaughter, betrothed to 'Lucius, who pith. the hand of the Princess, was:to receive a share in the Crown. Claudius announces that the promotion to the Throne de. Creeds on the: . hand -of cite Princess, and Lucius, at lint con. vniCecl of Ins injustice to the partitian Queen, and ..excitzd by ambition, as welt as conscious .of the iiwritsof liberates and re-unites Vologesitts and 13erenic4, givs his band to Lucilia, and orders a magnificent entertainment to cciebratit.the happy event. . This Ballet is got up with great spidodor, and at a very great expence, at once evincing the liberality of-the Manager., and the taste of the Bllet-mister. The music, which is uncommonly beautiful,- was composed for theoccaiion by the celebrated. Wt 14- TEE. All the Performers exerted themselves 'to the utmost of their powers, and obtained, as- they de served, the general applause of the Auklience. , JOSEPH .7EMMEIT. FEW amongst the many instances or forgeries which are daily recorded, were ever' more daringly committed, more expeditiously detthfted, or more spiritedly punished, than that hteiy praelised on Messrs. Citowg, SpARRow, :Ina BROWN, Bankers in, Sufrfolk and Essex, by Joseph jemmert, who Was executed this morning.at the Oita Bailey. .7.-inmett .had ordered ,a copperplate , to be en. graved from one of the Notes of the ,Stowinarket Bank of the above Gentlernen, from whis:h,.to.be gin With, he had furnished hitmelf wilt, two hun dred iMpriorlii, Which he carried to the. Wtiersl Stamp-office himself, anti got stamped ; after which; he. filled them up, and went into, different "1 art Suffolk, Notiolk, and Es:iexeto . issue them. Mess.Crs o WE, SP A R Ow' and BROWN ; soon vered at all theirdifferent'Banks, inuch.about the same? time, that some of their Notes Were forged, whkh, hoWever, much to their honor and credit, they paid as they were presented, both irri...ndon attain the Country; rather than permit the PubliC to be lbsers bytheM; bat in - the'meati while they lost no time,. nor minded any expence, in their exertions to discover the - author• Of . .theM, by tracing. e:.ch forgery through the channels it had liaised. One of them they found had been paid Ott a shop . in Crin - bourn-alley, and another at Cbebnsford; by the same description of person, who, tro ut the sa id circumstance, they had little doubt' of bCing the forgerer. With his description thus obtained, numbers of - Bow-street ()dicers were dispatched iu ,iill direnion's in search of hint, stimulsted by the. promise of a re ward of one hundred guineas besides . their expenecs., But BROWN (one', Of the Firm 'On whom the forgery was committed) through singular good for tune, aCtivity, and address, was the first to appre hend him. Hiq. trial at the Old Dailey in February last, • where he was capitally convOed, we have already laid before our Readers ; and now we have only to announce the execution of the last Sentence of the LaW against the above Unfortunate young man, only twenty.eight years of age, r whoSe appearane, t3lu. cation, .and abilities, bad they been virtiirmsly ex. ercised, qualified him for abetter de,rinati.m. His cOndua since his conViaion sheered his sin. cere penitence, and his manly yet pious r es i gns . tion on the staffeild, could only ,lave been the ell'ett of true , Christian hope and tortitode.. ice concealed. his 'real name during the whole of hii disgrace, through a commendable regard to the ings of a respettable family, to which it is said he was very nearly allied, and who we understand used great interest with , Lord Pe t.'}l to rcconl_ mend hint to His Majesty!.s mercy ;: but it cannot be too generally known, that in a great . Cnmili,:reial Country like this, the -atrocious Crime oi . forgery ought never to be, nor ever is pardoned. An Article in The Bahama Gazette of March 3, received at New-York, menti,med that His hi tannic Majesty's :)11:p the C'qypso, had tcucl;ed at in New-Ptovidenee, on its way to New_ Orleans, with dispatches to the Spanish Governor thire resident. A Plan has been . suggested to Government for the eneouragenierit.ofThe Fisheries on the Coasts of Ireland, which, We understand, meets with gene. ral approbatiori, : ani will probably s oon be carried into tfrea. We !Live the pleasare to state,. that accounts were received at Bengal, from Our Ambass,olor at the Court of A va , b e f ore t h e ied e Itl.i4;rist2u, sailed, of such a favourable nature, as toskays sio doubt wh.it_ ever of the hnal success tit the tnisiori. The objetis iti view me stated to be; first, to permit 6f a mod:tication of the Present imports on ()us— trade to Rangoon and Pegue, and to establish a Faaory on the coast of Pegue; for the purpose of supplying our Settle =nth in India with sizeable tinier fit fin. ship build - ing; and, secondly, for opening getter - al commu. nication with.Arracan. ColoneiSrm F 3 W.iS Ava in November, and experienced the utm.. , st reved . t and attention from the Prince and the w , liole Cour t , who permitted the English Flag to be displayed on the Arnbassadot's residence. a: .iILEY. ,DAY-."tUESDAY, APRIL Sin;th, alias jobii Thompion, was in difte.t to: stealing. and :r.iding away a. lila& geLling, -and a bak mare, the property of. John Hall. There M tterd othZe counts io thetodiamenr, stating; ar the geWin g was the property of F. Chopping, Esq. ;:nd the mare Ate property of C. L. Pundas, Esq.; though, as •against a wro:ig-doer, the property was well laid, to be in Mr: Han, for he had the card of thcat. • It appeared in • evidence, that Mr. hall took this horse and inure, towing many others, to grass, at Kensington ; that on the I of Mara, at five o'clock in the afternoon, they were locked up per, redly saf, by the servants of Mr. Hall; and onnthe next morning thq were gone. That; in conse;. qirnee of information, they were pursued on the Oxford road, and that within six or seven miles oe Oxford, the Prisoner tvas found riding one and lead, ing the other, about twelve, on the following day; whichis : of the distance of .0 miles. • .The gekiing appeared to have'been tired 1‘ ith riding. The Pri. soner was apprehended. He said he bought the'm4re and gelding .of Thorrias W;; r,l, a horse-dealer, at High Wycoinbe; but be pr.l,tuce4 no Witnes.ses to' prove it, ,although n i bs-trial had been in the course of coining on for the last three The horse in;il mare were clearly identified, and the Prisoner was flund.Gailiy-Deathf: .7oreph Willis and Waker ,17 . 110 i Were inclined for a capital offence, upon, the statute of the , 24th of Georgelf. which mikes the stealing Of goods• to the Mlle of forty shilling's, from on board any ship or vessel, in any navigable river, &e. an offe'nc'e for which the person Committing it shift' suffer Death, The Prisoners belonged, the one of them to a Lighter, and the other had some employment under the. Wet Dock Company, They stood charged with stealing a quarter of a hundred weight of cot. fee, from on board a vessel in the River, that lay ate the Hambnro' tier of st.ips, off St. Catherine's Stairs. They were suspected .by the water Police Officer, who called to them to stop, as they were going off in a Wherry from this vessel, about seven rn the morning, and they, threw over a bag, large e: , 0ue,.11 to contain th'rty po4nds weight of coiree'or sugar :----when the Oflizer came tip, he searched them, aid COund in the pocket of one of thetn,.abotit two p. whits. weight of coffee, which, on -examina tion, v.as fOund to be the same in quality as that on board the vessel, from which upwards of a quarter o!' a Hundred weight was taken out of one of 0:e c • Tht: Cir.tN7oN SERIFANT thrtight, that although this was crid , !nce of the steaOng of eoffce to the atmunt of what was found in the possession of the teriwner,.and wss strop;; presuroptioO that they stole the whole 91. the coffee .that was missing from on board the Vessel, ypt he thought it ,vas lrartlly to suppbrt the charge. as far as it' atf...cicd the lives of the Prisonqrs; and theeefore he advised the Jury to acqiiit.tl44:l4.44.ll,e.F* of cay , ;tal part of. the and to find them .goilty of the, sitgle Fctony which thry . ditt accordingly. Clyambers and Price were charged with the capital offence Of a burglary, in the house of Wm. Taylor, and stealing .therein, tin the 4d,nf March, zo loaves of sugar, roo.hs. weight °fana of tea, together with some , plate.and linen, his property: 1 It appeared in the cvidt.riee, drat the house of the Prosecutor was.broken open at the tittle mentioned in the Intlitftment, and the shop plundered of the ar- - tides as there stated: but under all the eircutet . , .StAlle6' of the,ease-, ,as they . appeared • in' evhiei*eY,.. there Was ,no prt*lf of the fad having been' committed, in the nighttime nor, in• the oiciniow— of the Jury, that it was sufficiently crearjnd strong to 'implicate tire Prisoners.; they . therefore, pru.:, pounced them—Not , . . • j At Witt was charged with the. capita l offence of a high Way robbery, in teloniously•assaulting John Menteno, and taking /of cibly from his person, a silver watch, his property. The Prosecutor, a young lad, son of Mr. M. the Print*StAler, PALMA!, it appeared, was go.: ing through I'vlaryie.bnnt.:street, about half pa.st eight o'clock, when the Prisoner met him, snatched. the watch vi,;!entic lrt,ni his pocket, and ran, Ll' with it.: The Pt c , sccir.or cr:c .1 out 4 stop thief,' anti fotloWed him, on v. , hi6, one of the Witnesses, on. able to stop the Prisoner in any other manner, knock. cd him diwn, when the Prosecutor's watt h was funnel. under hint. ri.'he'se Etas drarly aprenriog itt evi, dance.; as jury found .!rdiet quilo.., but nut t 9 the fuli,.ekteo, of charge. CORN EXcILINGE, APRIL 27. Ow INC to so little Grtin of most descriptions in t h e m ar k et , better prices are asked for Wheat, and. sales to .those in request, are rather higher ; Bar, ley and' Malt folly support ILeir prices ; Peme and Mms are Naar!), as our !Mt; Oats, till more sup. plies, are likewise hOffiCtlitel dearer ; we have Flour in plenty, and cot lower. Wbeat 4is a 345, a Sys pdt.Ti(*Bearis .. 26, P 3:7 , S DA hr....ditto "- 6as a 6ts 6.1 I Oat, -- . tss fi :Ss ;.: 2.t, Ilaric.y . 21i .a 25. oil l Poland Aitto 12, a 23i 6:i 11.ilt - -41 s a .45s (id ' Rape Seed - - .3-zi a 3 .: ;t ltvc - - 32.s'a iis . od fine Flour • - 44, a 47, 01 White Pease . 34s . .t 42s , iii :Seconi.icto - .lob a ,14$ Beans, -30 s a 34s od '. - ACCOTt i.tg to intri:igen c e from the. Hague,. the marching ot French 'Ctoops into Holland has ceased for some days, and the Government seem to enter. twin hopes of Peace;' for orders have been issue v . ) recominerfee the egnipment of the ships 'employed the whale fishery, and to get the West India • n tii v ion, ships ready - liar sea. Private Letters "from mention, that the late stormy weather bas done so much datnlg4,,t I the Dutch, Fleet at Helveet4luys, that , even if it was 'wished to send off the Expedition to Lot isiAna it' wont not be pradicable for a month at least to CQUIC.