The Sun. — London, England, 1803-12-29 00:00:00

LONDON, DECEMBER 29, 1803. As we are :his morning furnished with no fur. ther imelligence from Admiral CORNWALL IS'S ritet, we are led to conclude that our hopes are fully justi. fled, of its having rode out the storm of &today without damage, except to those Ships whose arrival at Plymouth we yesterday announced. We still re. ceivti very melancholy and afflieting details of Mar. chant Vesbels being wrecked on different parts of the coast. , Yesterday mnrning:pt3 MAJESTY, attended by Gentritli'MAlgtileriS,'MANN , NcHANl and SPENCER, rook an airing on horseback. in Windsor Great Park, His Royal Highness the DUKE of CLAItENes left Bushy Park on 'Tuesday, on a visit to His Royal Highness the PRtttce of WALES at Brighton, for a few, days. Their Royal Highnesses the Pa.rtioe of WALIS and DUKE of CLA!, NC B icaye the, Pavilion to. morrow, for a re ov days, on a shobting party to the seat of ,Sir fIAR FEAMERSTONEHAIJOH ; after which' Their' Royal Highnesses are expeded in Town. The Duke of Nottrour is at his seat called Home 'Lacey, in Herefordshire, with a party of friends. Lord finwKESB trtt , Y has removed frimi St. James's. tgo4t.e to thq Earl of BATlltlttsT's in Pfccadilly. • Government, we uhderstand, have sent' three tholisand pounds to Franbe for the presetit relief of the English Prisoners so unjustly detained in Vrince, contrary to usage and natitural right. Drspatches of importance, we hear, were sent off on Tuesday to• Lord GAIWNER, at Cork; to Ad. miral CORNWALLIS ; and to the Port Admirals at Portsmouth and Plymouth. Orders, we understand, have bean transmitted to all the Ports to get every Vessel in perfea rekliness for Sea. 'file Admiral at Sheerness has received an exprrss, ant every Ship that can possibly be got out is ortkied to sea. , Dispatches ,were Yesterday received at the Ad• miraly froin Sir lANirs SAummttz, at Guernsey. Both at disc :Nand and at Jersey, our means of de. fence tt rc finally adjusted. On the opposite line of the French Coast, nd increased aatvity in the encry's prcparations has been Lately observed. _ _ W e understand • the firilbattslion of the t Bth, or Royal Irish Regiment of I.oot, presently cantoned in'Edinburgh Castle, is to march for the East Coast. ire to be replaced by the 2a battalion: of the same Regiment. The concerted trial of the signals established in the County of Roxburgh, took place on Thursday last. The day signal 'was made by smoke, at noon; and answered remarkably well ; the night sig. nat, by .. fire,'ws fixed fur seven in the evening, and although the weather was iery unfavourable, being wet and hazy, the whole four appeared in flame nriiirly' at the same instant, and continued burning for a considerable.time. appearance they made, wllieb Was very beautiful, gives every reason to be. lieve that they will . fully answer the object they have in •! 'The Beacons in the West Riding of Yorkshire sVece lighted on Monday sennight, and their cad was Aistinetly—risible-by -the proper Ofßeers, tiikned on the lespettive.spots for the purpose of ob. setint.them; 'ther..coultl not have been mistaken for ,any Other lights,iAlthe d deighbourhood i although 'lNTwet to be seen. lie:tieutenatieyl'of the Wet Riding of .York. b hk a " : .iVi c te, co inzet this day tbr the purpose . ol'eon. sidering of iotrie mode at supplying the deficiencies occaiunNl,by the numerous dismissals from the Army Ut Rebetvty. , , _ _ . The Inhabitants of Maybole, proud to see the old gionnt, the zstli, 'or Catneronians, who Are OtigiouliV-taistd, to. 04i, town, treated every man of the two Battaliims,' , as they passed through it on their way to Ireland . , with a glass of spirits and .a biscuit. The Of of this gallant and dis tlquished Regimeitt, ordered the colours to be kept dloplayed, and evcri Other mark of military respett while they were in that town. The Infantry Volunteer Corps of:Dumbarton. shire are aln to be formed into a Battalion. ''Yesterday se'onight, two Meinbersvof the Gi n s. t ow Trades' 'Regiment of — VolunteerS were prose, cuted before the ,itting Magistrate,at,6lasgow, fur not'atiending re,gularly.ar drill anti both of them lined for each day they had been absent. Yesterday morning was interred, with military honours, in icensingron chttrvh, Capt, Mm 4, of the Ke:tsingron Corps. •Ihe funeral was very mne. rouily'attended by the Members of the Association. I: a vas );ourtg gentletryin of very considerable property, and dieci viversaliy ces . ptde‘l. It is sup. posed his death was occasioned by a violent cold c a ught wheo..itleuling at one of their field-days. The Weymouth Volunteers, coni.isting of about 3oo.tpen, are on e aatial service ever since the be. ginning .November, and receive the same pay ;is the intantry of the Line, but not the meat and ipeila fly .ihe Aft which receive(' the Royal Assent nn , vlon6 y Seruliplit, tl y VolUnteCri are not exempt fr;(in trm I).ocm , 60 thg MiNtin ; hut ate to 'be C,115(d Acrving, ,0 Jong ay: lley tiluip„V o'un tcerv. tettolticm t limi,is!‘;d, if they liawc.beeo prcv imply ()allotted far tho (Ley will be coLopell;:d to t. , :i;'ti• 1){,:i.;011,;;:y k u t tty iubgti t oft:. I, NEWS. 1 PLYMOUTH, Dec. 27. —Arrived the Brig Petus, of Peak, laden with fish, from Newfoundland, with the loss of h6r mainmast, which was carried away Juring the gale on Sunday last, to the westward of Scilly. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 28...... This day sailed His Majesty's. Slaip Melpomene fur the Coast of France, but brought up at St. Helens, and joined the rest of the Blockading Frigates now there, which Vessels have not been - able to get their anchors since Sunday morning, it having almost constantly blown a severe gale from that period, His Majesty's Ship L'Egyprienne dropped into Stokes.bay, and will sail to:Morrow with sealed orders. Sr. CYRUso NPAR MON't ItoSt, Dec. Ili—Tile violent Easterly gales which have prevailed for some days past, have raised an uncommonly great sea on this coast, and rendered it extremely danger. otl3 to the Shipping ; and we arc sorry to add, that considerable loss has been sustained. On Monday, about one o'clock P. M. a vessel belonging to Dunbar, from Norway, with wood, was driven in at the mouth of North Esk, but as it was day light, and abundance of people at hand ready to give every kind of assistance, boats were soon conveyed to the spot, and the crew, consisting 'of four men and two boys, with some difficulty brought safe to shore. We hear that two vessels, one at Usan and ano ther in Lunan Bay, were wrecked during the course of the same night, and ail hands, except three be long to the ship in Lunan Bay, perished. Yesterday a dead body, haviag nothing on it except a pair of flannel drawers, came ashore here ; and as his arms were marked in a very particular manner, it is judged proper to give some public notice of the circumstance, that his friends may be informed of his fate, and have the melancholy satisfaaion of knowing, 'that his remains were decently interred : an the'right ar•m, marked with black, were the letters I'. G. E.G. 178; on the left arm, the figure of a woman and a ship's anchor, and T. G. E. M. t 779. —The body was brought up to the church, and was decently buried at the cx. pence of the Church Session. ARBROATH', Dec. 10.--eOn the morning of the 15th inst. the Brig Society, of Lynn, in ballast, came ashore about three miles to the westward of this place ; all the crew sued; and as the vessel came in with a high tide, she still keeps whole. The storm has been truly dreadful ever since .Saturday ; and yesterday about three P. M. a large vessel appeared off here, and soon after founder. ed in right fathom water, off East Haven, about four miles to the Westward ; when, melancholy to relate, all on board perished. In a few mi. flutes she struck, and immediately went to pieces. By the Captain's desk coming on shore, :and the papers found therein, she appears to be the Ham. burgh Packet, Roazscr Gouctt master, from Dantzig to London, her cargo wheat and lea.' titers ; most part of the feathers have come on shore among the wreck of the vessel. A party of the Arbroath 'Volunteers were immediately dispatched' to use every exertion in preserving and proteding the property, for the benefit of thcise con. cerned; which, notwithstanding the inclemency of the storm, was obeyed with theeetmost peoMptitude. The Wacde'wih, commanded by Captain Wr y_ BOOM . , was put ashore on the morning of Thursday last / among the rocks to the northward of Stone. haven, on her passage . ,froin St. Martin's, Isle of Rhe, bound to the Baltic.—The Captnjn and six men were saved, and seven men drowned. Hutt., Dec. 26.—A Letter from a. respenable • Mercantile House at Berwick.npon-Tweed, to Mr. JosuuuA Ket.t., Merchant of this town, dated on Thuricley. 1104 the 22d instant, seites es follows " A large vessel, with yellow sides, and partly dis .masted, was seen to the windward :of this harbour yesterday, but boeti could gri t off, the see run. niogerery heavy. The Captain of a vessel belonging to Newcastle, which put into Holyieland yesterday morning, has come here this morning says, he run his vessel dose alongside the above ship, and therm appeared to be no person on board of her ;. ,he wtinld have 'taken her in tow, but having lo'st his own bowsprit; and from the wretched state of the other vessel, he did nut dare to do it : he says, she is the Arid, of Hull. This morning she was not more than three miles from this Harbour, anti two boats made an attempt to get off to her, but could not accomplish it ; hut one boar got to her this afternoon. They came on shore from her Artist three o'clock, and say, she is the Arid; hut they donut know to what port she belonge she is timber loaded, and water.logged. There is one titan 0,1 board, lying dead on the deck, with a piece of the cable oset him ; there is also a dog on hti‘wl; which is aliVe, and appears to have eaten a part of the man's fare; they have neither brought the melt nor the dgg on shore. They let go an auchpr to bring her up; but both cables were washed.nver. board, and they had not strength enough to . Ov er _ haul them ; so that the anchor will be 01 nO use, our having a scope of c.;!:1e, As the sea is sciil heavy, and the night coming on, it is not likely that any boats will go off to bring her to an anchor; but it is very probable she will drive on shore before morn ing. We have therefore given you this account, that if there is such a Vessel belonging to Hull, and any probability of this being her, that you may ac quaint the Owners, so that they may take the earliest opportunity of looking after their property. We are apprehensive the others of the crew have been washed overboard." By a letter from an Officer of La Ciifforne Frigate, Capt. CHARLES Aonm, dated Cromarty Bay, the 24t11 instant, we learn, that that Ship has arrived safe in that Bay, after being on shore for nearly► two hours on a ledge of rocks on the Coast of Norway. The Ship has sustained considerable damage, and it is thought the will be obliged to proceed to Sheer ness to get repaired. Vice.Adniiral BLICH, from Leith, is examining into the state ` of the Frith of Forth, and taking soundings where Gunboats and other vessels may be stationed for the defence of that part of the coast. The following vessels, part of the Gifitrforei homeward-bound convoy, have been driven on shore on the Lessot, in the night of the3oth ult. Viz.' Argo, Williams, from Petersburgh to, London, hands saved; Rebecca, lit eul, from Riga to Leith, one than lost ; Duke of Athol, , Greig, from Rip . to London, hands saved ; Supply, Ling, trom Dantzic, to Whitby, hands „ saved „.• Satisfaction, front Petersburgh to Lon don, Captain and one man lost Standard.- Storr k trot! Petersburgh to London, all hands missing; Joseph and Han. ash, Thompson, from Memel to London, all hands miss. in g ; Albion, Dobson, from Pctersburgh . to Lond on , all saved g Jason, Atkinson, from Petersburgta to Lon. don, Mate and four men missing ; Clementma, Hurst, of Chepstow, all hands missing ; , Dorothea, Smith, from Dantzic to Hull, all missing.,--Fxclusive of the above, seven sail more arc on short, names unknown, but a s three of them are complete wrecks, it is supposed the Crews are loSt. Two Boats are on 'shore belonging to thc A tty, ot Whitby:. acid a wrack, supposed to be the Simpso#, of Whitby • and' a, Brig ,helonging to the same place, fro t h Petersburgit, Captain Chaters, aro namo Unknown the r people all frost-bitten. The Captain who brought the.iabove account to Gottenburg reports, that for more tharv.aix miles along the coast ofLessoe, nothing is tti be. seen but wrecks, and that in the night 'this lost happened' . , , the frost was so severe, th a t th e rigging of the ships had become complete masses c:4l.ice., so as to render them quite unmanageable. " ' • . Two trunks are driven on shore at Gottenburg, one belonging to a British Naval (Meer of the name of PEACOCK ; the other to an English Lady of the name of IRvING ; in the latter were several letters direned to Tranquebar, Coast of Coroman. del ; and a quantity of women's and children's apparel, • Extran of a letter front Capt. WILLI Ams t of the Aurora, bound to the coast of Africa, dated at sea, on the 13th of December, in lat. 48. long. to: — If I write by a brig that is just passaing, to say, all is well, and we have weathered a very heavy gale, which lasted for 68 hours, without damage. The Baca:Pule, KERR 211, and Alhson, and the Flora, South.Sca.man, only were in company with the 1:y/ader Sloop." Yesterday afternoon, two Officers, with a Warrant of Distress from the Magistrates of the Borough, distrained on the premises of Mr.' Tito. DOL/LRY I : Willow -street, Bank-side, for the fines and penalties. supposed to be due by him for' non..attendance at. drills, after he had tendered his resignation to his', Commanding Officer, Capt. Co LLINGDOW. Theie. fines and penalties were stated to amount to gl. Ifs. - but which Mr. DouLtY resisted as illegal. The, Officers took from Mr.DOULEY his sword, pistols,• unifkins, and helmet, which they estimated at 41. los. and therefore to complete their levy, they.: took front:him two silver table apOons. ;Mr. Dot. LEY has aded upon legal advice, anti means to be% the ouestion,tO trial'before a Jury, Yesterday the City of 'earldom :Ind Westminstet. Light Horse; the Temple Regithent i and Fourth , Loyal London, were, under armi.' TWO'Companiii of the latter went to Highbury Barn, , and•firetiat targ o e n t ... T.4Y,,.ttu. Stnitit l t t V ' 'lnfaUtry, t t Me, the command of Lieut.,Col. JOHN ALCOCAi as Sembled,, to., the 'number of 6ota,',...early in, the . . morning, and prnceedeti to praticc the. neeeisary toonceuvres ...to be observed wilco placed , on 'duty, at their alartn.po,stS; 'for whielqurpoie the giena.; diets took post at the foot of:London Bridge, the light infantry-at the King's , Beildil, a company at the county gatil, and the main,Lbody,of tlin.Regiment in• the centre, which w as judged - .to be:the corner of Unioo,strect.. By nine o'clock they were all on their proper: 'tattoos, and ,th,eir patroles . and guards' were on in , motion, • and , communicated with each other in such a wanner as would have occasioned the .most trifling :alarm to :have "been known throughout the Borough of Southwark in a few , minutes.-- It being understood. by mem, that this ,was not to fre a general alarm, 'the' Commanding Officer gave orders for the Gre. nadiera to repair to,head.qoatters (Uniun-street) ; from thence . they'rnaretted to the county gaol; and haying Called. the Light Company from the King's Bench, formed 'into a Battalion and march.. ed to a field in George'4 Walk, Lambeth, in order, to have a grand Field-day ; and, notwithstanding, the excessive rain, :went through all their ma. nceuvres in a style which refleds the highest honour on their• Commander and themselves. They fired and 'manoeuvred till near three o'clock, when they piled' their arms, and were plentifully regalett by their Officers in a' Marquee pitched for the purpose. A little before four o'clock they left the field. It has long been known, that the First Consul's life is embittered with the apprehensions of a pre. mature death, St. Cloud has long been utrapproach. able, but through a , suceessiori of military guards, anti a multiplicity of suspicious precautions. We now understand that lines of eireurnVallation arc to be drawn round the Consular residence, 'and it will appearance of a r egu l ar fortifica- C lcitlY a uae theil'otri,witslts.ar'tiller y . and all the tactical apparatus of defence. A letter from Copenhagen informs na, that two Merchants, of that City having, ili'dinhedienee to t h e - l aws , procured fn. Foreign Veasela Kssporis and other Papers, have been lately triod , by the Supreme Tribunal, and condemned, not only to a heLlyy'pe. cuniary alsl to the loss of Citizenship, DA A 1 . AAR IV/lb. liamburgh 3 . IDUll• PRICE • OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT TWILLVS O'CLOCK. 55 I Red. Ann. • 541. l Ornninrn 6 dis. THE SUN. QUIS DICIRS 111,1U14 AUDLAT 01' A L ON Tuesday morning, soon after breakfast, His MAJESTY and the MIKE of CANIBR IDGE, attended by Lord WALSINCHANI, Generals MANN INGHAM, MANNERS and SesNcEtt, left Windsor, and rode to Wood End, near Ascot Race Ground, where the Earl of SANDWICH and a large party were waiting the arrival of His MAJESTY to enjoy the sports of the field. arrivaltAtittl R5 l The Race oer d fi n e cHg e o r itushr w esly le a d. s ;.: eja s ra t n a gra iT r a t nyg e d in a fe ewtfoti inhgt ghere w da at minutes ys,wi idfitvnee 6 af r isi ti t across r r i u d n e n s in tl g lat w l i e t a i d i ttoreTatoipweeredHiflol,r into one of the new i a n whichcon sitle h r e rime when lie got near king's Beach Hill he •'made a dduble, at which time all the royal sportsmen were in sight. From this place betook bit course across 134g-shoi. Road towards Cnhhatn, leaving Sir, Wle. Nis :MY'S seat, to the, right, makinta double to the l w r e a f t r :t n o c r r it i o h n n o g s u i t n d l d e s r a ti b i l;e a m t t l i i l n in it t e o , making t k n i e n i g i sSer.9%, 'ro o d; d w o% i bl i e t h h e ; op • with him, lie left the Wood, and the Owe resumed in the adjoining' inclOsures,, where-he was closely pursued, and Wit . , ;akin near the Heath," about two Miles, from Virm ghsia Water, after a run of above two &rims . t , The deer is only, three years' old.' He was hied" at Siritile~ryr . This - was the first' time of his beiog turned out. A grand Subscription Ball was given.On tueSday evening, at the 4sSeinbly,looms at cp2/4957.0j_v !jet; , was attended by all the Fashionable* in'tte aribiot ty. The Bail was operled .alsaur eighi:'dOelciek-b1 Miss PORTMAN and. an Ofliec,r,' of : the Militia. • About eleyen,o'clock the company - present exceeded zoo persons, "and. the circle continued to increase until twelve. The dancing was kept up with great spirit and' elegance. until one o'clock, when reels , and strathspeys concluded this agreeable divertise. ment . The Mars of the World, supported by .the excel. ,lent afting of Cooxtein Sir Pertivar , drew a lario audience last night ; . to Covent Garden Theatre in defiance of the weather. , --Mrs. GLOVER resumed `hcr charaCter of L'ady hotlolpha, Which she repre.. ..stiptedwith so Much 'spitit as abundantly to„cOtn• Cn sit e foi, her :.wa4 t of accuracy 'in,deliverinkihe aledonian ditile4. The.netv Pantomime c4riguOr does not gain upon the Public The new Entertainment, entitled Cirideeribiihr been some time in the hand of the Manager' ' t was to have been brotighi. forsVaici last. season, but the scenery was not in due preparation."' The admirers ,of theatrical_ geniosi . and tio,T.Cd! c worth, will be sorry : to he Au Mrs.',s l oP,"' at present much - indisposed. .;, There' was'something.:of Mockery grantedAo the Dark Sallitts:of Making efr.taill 0• , before their departure on the expedition agalriStrhis . Country, as the Ortinoli had ytteath, : • The foilawi htemourooi circumstance too A man driving il heasir loau.ed. Gait, N.V‘49, Pla4T4tblirl.; Ortn l it‘ itOr t irO'' 6 - T i r d iozg I t v o hi la c t ,h u e . G t h e:4;l:7 Gentienoin was impatienr; hly,tero gre.t.,. deal, ' and at last exclaimed , stlnie'id e g e r tt cirri roa o Yi7el e ; . • don't you know , Bonaparte 1 4 Vie was immediately turn's% , Are you ?-1: - round, said, with itu broad grin .:end Jiave long:,wished io, see Mr. Bonaparte, . . spon.show yon'how treat :then de liberately .overturtted b rtike , it to pieces , aid thengaYe the detilletirin W hearty 'beating. r T e h a t t. , 4 p i o g o h r bu iV u itgo ut4Autice r tie? rio law :tb punish'an gliktlihrnAti '1(.4 drubbirig to. natiart,C;. , ,and' Oierietting his flat where ver , lie met them. lie: Prisoner had adeil : tor the g oo' 41 his, , Chuntry, - and — the Geritiettlari:tirst take , the • gonseivenCes of hit hilly. Afti _ rp , mot) E N 4 ratt'i Isaat.-Orie of the English pri. , t lately , permitted to ' Who have been exchanged, and a fou rth p erson, whom t i o ry ir l a j n h c i e s h ti iteherirmweaild)ertrq chhGillernceirtiers - the Englishman took for a Frenchman, but who was tis own coutttfysnan. The English prisoner addressed ' hiniselflo the French Gclierals, attd complained , in the bitterest terms of, the treatment which the . jtrctnclt prisoners experienced in this country, and which he , represented as a violation of humanity and a tional disgrace. The French Generals testified the highest surprise at :this account, assuring thri e EPg lishtnan he must certainty be mistaken ; roa llthe i t inquiries-thatthei their d 6 t t y he t y o hadbevery t o ads, d they • their scrutiny, as, well as from in- themselves, they had every reason to hesaus"", „ ne v e l thought t . ' with the liberality and kindness of •the Br itish GO vernment toward.} all of their Countrymen who were detained At Prisoners of \Var. The Eng lishman persevered in his assertions, , apparently w ith such an eager desire to impress the French Ge nerals with contrary opinions, that at' last. the fourth perso n polortapaireti x c p u e la ri r e was provoked 'to break his silence; li e confirmed all that the French Generals had said respening the kind treatment which the French Prisoners had ex perienced, concluding with saying, that 'he thought it his duty to infirm the Secretary or Stair of the very improper language which the degenerate Englishinan had uttered, language which, if credited in Franv, -would be likely to produce consequences highly in furious to our Countrymen who are.detahled there. When this degenerate Englishinani found that there %vat a Countryman in company,he appeared to bevery much confused, and had not firmness to retake, ar.) defence or apology for his conduit. The' E"g liNj ' Gentleman apprized one of the Secretaries of. Srzot • of the whole transaction. The lesult was, that th' degenerate Englishman was properly rebuked tin his condud, and a trust that was to hive beet? posed ,in him relative to :air Couorrytden ahroan 'was withheld. It is proper to add, that the insi who thus degraded himself, and might have it 1" so much injury to his (...;ountrymtti to Frdlicet W once a Aiming Potri , :l and a . - -1• hement 0, 4 1 c *t• I 0 1 the last Administration.