The Sun. — London, England, 1804-01-17 00:00:00

-_ VOLEINZEIRS. tilit different Companies of the Loyal South_ *ark Corps met yesterday at various tones and Places, to hear the determination of Government respeeting the appOintment of Officers to that Corps: When the Letter of Mr. Secretary Yoaxt was read to each, and also the Letter of the Deputy-Lieutenant of the County to the Commander, which accompa nied it, and his Letter to the Captains of Companies. Some of these bodies viewed the substance of these Letters in a very different light from others. The Light Infantry was particularly strenuous in the assertion of what they conceived to he their right. When they were told that such as would not in stantly - agree to the contents of the Letters should fall out of the ranks, all the Company bur Tour ren etepder ped forward. Af ter they had began to sue.. arms, &c. they were prevailed on by their Captain, to whom they are most strongly attached by ties of personal esteem far beyond those of duty, to resume their military order, and, if they should think fit afterwards, they might surrender their arms to the proper Officer. The Company address; ed the 'Lieutenant -Colonel and the Maj.)r,- who happened to appear in coloured clothes, stating,. that if it wa s f oun d to be the custom Of other Volunteer Corps to have their Officers nominated for them, they would readily accede to the same praftice ; if other Corps who had exercised that pri vilege were willing to give up their right in that particular,. they would also comply with the stir_ . render of _their.: - rights so f ar . B ut they- 'thought.. that it would not be handsome in them to be hasty inlayiners g; a precedent w hi c h might be reckoned bad by oth, and'-whith might hereafter influence the conduit of 370,000 men. They thought the Letters too extensive to be answered in a feu, mi. butes ; and wished to have an, opportunity of con sidering them more at leisure. The Company waa' then ordered to be suspended until some future ~ntlividualldetermination of the question. Each man went tO the Captain's house, and lodged their arm s t h ere, i t being their de ter . wination not to disba n d if . osSible, bu t to to themselves in reacli lle4s to answer any call '- which t h e CO untr y m i ght haVe upN them for its proteaion. The general . substance of the Letters can only be colleeted from tumour, as some degree of secrecy was observed with regard: to their cimttrits. It is said that they state the must positive detertnioation of Govern.. Them to sopport the praftlee which Mr: TIERVIIV has ProliTaigatcd in hi s 6 Corp and add, at suCh 41; b e the general principles, u . pon - wiiich all Volum. t e" Corps shall be regulated. Most probably, holy ever, this may be a 'Mistake, as rnaoY Corps have agreed to very different resolutions in the original offer of service which they matte to Government, ar td Will most probably be ruled by them as a sort of compad between them and the State. POLUNTEEI.a. ---............. Ts 2 followi ng letter has been ad tressed by C o l. luNtilisoti, to the Cotnrnanders of Volunteer Corps -within his. Distrid :-- . . " Sta,-.-I think it — th for y duty t o express to t h e pi • under my superintendance, the very great satisfadiml I feel in th e i r i n d e f at i ga bl e v i g i lance. I. - - and assiduity ; and I have not the least doubt the same exer tions will be continued against the ap. proathing!Muster and inspection. " Prey lows Ib which, I would wish to call to their attention the -absolute necessity of . a strong muster, si nee names that only appear on the Muste r 441 are (if no manner. of use --they do but lead to .leception.', by a c h ew o f f orce which does not exist.- , . laper•mec'n are not for these times. . 'n ,s. .tilt is hardly nece ssar y to o b serve, that all ma. - ti Are in a great measure use l ess, unless at the tame tinit t the firelocks tan be depended on for an effe4ive tir e , an d the bayonets be sharp and well Rxed. That the arms should always be kept in the best possible state, ready for service at a moment's warning, is no leSs obvious than it is important. This has Impressed m ilall'e vtr y mind so strong l y, that I t Consider it th e most essential- and desire. aule alleti. to attain, an d no pa i ns shall be wanting c m my part to efn:a it. t o : I h In order that this first and most necessary duty, °C ( Aker s and soldiers, should always be kept in view i , ... beg leave 1 0 Vi by OtEcers to recotnm en d f requent i n _ thotila of companies, when t h e arms titularly attended to be tinutely e xamined, and the Rioti ng par (this ought alw ays to b e done by the me n themselves and not by the armourers), firelock witht its correspondi'ng number, Wh at was pointed out more minutely on these heads at the last inspeaion; .j have no doubt, at the next, to find has b een attended to. That no part of the fire Thay beneffeaual, I must not i ce, what is so he, quent i all to young soldi ers, the nut coming d own a proper lev e l, part i cularly the rear-ranks. This, -- ere ' usu I h ope ry , will al ways b e correCted when found ne.. ?Laa" .The marching in line ought to be frequently 'sed,.atta partictilarly attended to, that the men , tp cut, and keep their bodies square to the front. I &tat' . I only remark further, for it is impossible here to sp e ak to every poini, that unless . be obskrved •perfeEt silence , it 13 i n- vain to look fur a steady, at ientrve, and i t On the con.. strary, I thiak I may regiment. that the re. verdure to say, giment which call .Attai n t h e wished prevail in thi s po i nt , will soon -fur _ excellence ; a proof of this in that truth i s eminently display e d by some o f the Corps Daft of the Di str i t i to which I- have had the hemour of being appointed. . - (Signed) ‘‘ J OHN JENKIMOIT. . c ~ T • t Colonel 1. F• 0 . ...ieuteuan . In addition to tlle mel.incholy accounts received from the West Inclics, we are concerned to hear of the death of Capt. WyBoRN, of the 60th Regiment of Foot,' a •%•ery promising young OECer, who fell' a viaitn to the yellow fever at St. Vincent's, where it has prevailed in a very high degree. A Serjeant in the Volunteer Corps at Appleton,; in Oxfordshit?e, was a few days since struck out uf, the Master 'Loll in the presence of the whole Corps, tot mati n g tin uj 9f improper language to his setiot Officer. ZRICHTON,,.TAN. AT an early hour yesterday morning, the Dti't al ttNT inspeCied the Sussex Militia, under marching orders, on the North Steyne. His Royal Highness, aboct noon, proceeded to the Barracks, and there took a surrey of the loth LightDtagoons,dismoun red, their Illustrious Commander at their head, and afterwards reviewed the 4.th, or Queen's Dragoons, the division from Lewes having previously joined them on the Level. The Royal Duke spoke in the highest terms of praise of the whole of the Troops which had been sublet) to his inspeCtion in the course of the day:—The Dorset and South Gloucester Militia had also a grand field day yestieday on the Downs. The first division of the toth Light Dragoons marched from . the Barracks, on their route Itir Guildford, this morning ; a seconddivision, consist. ing of a similar number, two troops, remove to morrow. A detachment of the 6th, or Enniskillen Cavalry, to supply the place of the troops which left us, marched into the town this morning ; others are also expektted to j Tin them to.morrow. 'the PRINCE of WALES, it is now currently -re po:led, does not retnove with his R':giment for Guildford. His Royal Highness the DUKE of KENT took his-,!eparcure this morning. Of che two Colliers recently beat up by . the tide, while.uoloading their cargoes here, one vas yester day got off; the other, the weather..to-Aay having been.veri boisterous, has' received further /image - , and it is now expeacti will never be fit for sea again. The Dasb Cutter, bound from Hastings to. this place, we hear, was lost in the gale of Monday last, and that all hands on board perished. A Letter from Lisbon of the sth of January, by the Mail which arrived Yesterday, mentions an occurrence there which is likely to produce some' 'discussion. The Lapwing Frigate was in the harbodr of Lisbon when a severe gale of wind prevailed,and by its violence she was driven abcut so anuch,rhat she got foul of a Portuguese East called the Bel same. The people of the latter,it is mentioned, were extremely irritating to the crew,of the Friga i te, re viling them for not keeping their N r essel (s to it birth in 'such a good situation. The 'POringuese likewise adderLinjuries to instil t 4, arld threw pieceS" . 7iP Wood, &c. on board the Frigate, and wounded two mendangerously. The .sentinels on board the Frigate then fired at those who were most forward, iii this.affair, and killed'a man. The rest fled below. Such is the acc,:unt cur.people give. The Portuguese of course, tell.a very diWerent tale. The matter had. caused a good deal of noise at Lisbon. Various Letters confirm the above statement, and add, that three men were, killed, besidea the Mate of the Portuguese Vessel, whose petulance_ was the principal cause of the disturbance. The Portuguese made -loud complaints of the condua of the Lap- cuing, but the Officers of latter were supported by Lord R. FITZGEILALD: It ; is even said that General Liss:lts, the French Minister, had expressed his opinion, that the English were pettedly justifiable, and ought to have shot all the people in the'Portu guese ship. In ail probability ,the affair will be produdivc of no serious consequence. By private Letters from Lisbon, we are informed of another instance of the unexampled, 'audacious, and insulting condua of General LAssres, the French Minister at that Court. The circumstance is as follows: He lately told the Par zee E of BR A. Zi L, that the Portuguese Minister at Paris wa s ve ry disagreeable to the CHIEF CON , UL, who desired that he might be immediately recalled. This infor mation, or rather command, very much surprized the Patrice, who had never' before received the smallest complaint against that Minister. However, he immediately direded M. De SOusA to write to TALLEYRAND, and inquire into the cause of com plaint.. with assurances that he should he immediate ly recalled. NOthing could equal the surprize - of TALL g? RAND at the receipt of this letter, which he instantly communicated .to the Chief Corssu . l, wh, was not less astonished than TALL E YRAND as he never had authorized the message deliveeed in his name, of which the Court of Lisi.ion.wasiiinme diately apprized. • • General FRANCIS DUNDAS was at Dover on Sa turday. He has been making a tour along the Coast. For some days past, persons have been dispatched to collet tan account of the stabling, outhouses, arc. belonging .to the different farms in that quarter, in order 'to ascertain what number of troops could be accommodated, in theevent of the Enemy's landing. The survey has been general throUghout that, part of .Ic.ent; • . The Cavalry Corps of the, Duke of NORTHUNI 13ERLANWS Tenantry, has been in quarters at Alnwiek, for ten days past, with:their Colonel Lord P'EII.CY. The weather in Northumberland has been remarkably severe, and in the midst of snow the Corps, with the . Colonel at their head, proceeded every day to Alemouth Sands to exercise, where they went, through their various evolutions with the utmost precision 'and .regularity. The Pettey Tenantry are nearly teoo strong, and every indiiielual in the Corps is a tenant of the Duke's. The Fifeshire Militia have received. marching orders, and are to, go into quarters at Alnwick and Morpeth. . At the Quarter Sesssions for thelVestern Division of Sussex, held on Tuesday and Wednesday last, the principal trial was an Indiamente by Lieut. SF iv ► of the Impress Service at Little liamptOri, against several barrack builders, for a riotous rescue of an impressed man : two of the offenders received sen tence of imprisonment. Saturday Robert Martin was convicied . .at . the Surrey Sessions, of stealing a 'cotton counaerrane from the George Inn, in the Borough, and ordered to be transported for seven years. The Prisoner was, described by the Counsel, as having for a long time past been in the habit of committing alarming depredations on the Inn and Tavern-keepers, Cof fee-houses, &c. On Friday two Shoreditch butchers started for a considerable winger to walk five miles, one of them was to carry a tray, with a quarter cwt. of sand on his shoulder, the otherunincumbered. He who car tied weight, though naturally the heaviest man, won the wager by five minutes and a half. GLEE CLU2, • Ox Saturday this Club held their Third Meet, ing this Season at the Crown 'and Anchor Tavern, Strand, which was very numerously attended. — ST gr"' GRoomoßrOce, Esq. having taken the Chair, two new Members were admitted by ballot, and Lord NE witart. was proposed as a Member. The Society then sat Lwri to a most excellent dinner, after which " Non nobis Donflre . ," and the Stock Glee, by Dr. CAL LCOTt,. followed of course. The President's 03e on the Customs and Officers of the Club was called,for, and, very correetly sung. " •Abdard," a celebrarcdGlee, by Dr., CALLCOTT, was -Most admirably sung by Messrs, ELLIOT, VAuGHAN, and LE ET a. Thorium gratified the company with the much admired song of "Ocarge and England saw," which was unanimously encored. . :A new Glee,. by Mr. BE AL, was much applauded. The charming Glee of "kforthsrweet! hosufresh by PAIITON, was , sung by ..Messrs. VAUCHAN, EvA'Ns, GUISE,. and' SALE, and, as usual, most rapturously received. DIG:Num sung a • new song . by SHIELD, which was-universally applauded. A ne w Glee by Mr. ELL iorr, well known in the Musical 'worm as Master ELLI9T, was much ad mired, and received general approbation; it was correaly sung by Messrs. Et LIOT,'EV ANS, and-J.- B. SA L E . . • The old and celebrated Scorch Air of " Saw ye my Father`?. or say., ye 7,7 y Mother ?" harmtinized by Mr. !kw Es, late of the Chapel Royal,.under Dr. AYRTON, was much admired, arid does great credit to his youthful:mtisical genius. •Mr. SALE Was Conduaor for the evening. • PARK GHOST. PUBLIC-0 F Iz . lC E, .130 W-SIRE ET. YESTRUDA-Y Gecr e 7oe.s, of Lieur-Col. TAY. d LO R's Company of Cultist ream Guard, whose decla. ratioturespeeting the Park Ghost we yesteiday pub lished, was brought before it Rt CH AR p FOR p, to bc interrogated respeeting the sight he was supposed to have seen. Previokk to hii . examnination, Mr. STAFFORD, the Chief Clerk, endevoured to find dut whether his imagination had received any im pressions from reading any diimal story, or .if he had,• at the time the phantom appeared ru him, suf fered,the story of the HammersMith Ghost to dwell on his mind, itvorder, if possible, to ascertain' if'he had been misled by his fancies. To these questions he answered in the negative. On being asked re speding.the strange objeEt he had seen, he solemnly declared, that he. was ready at any time to make oath to what he had stated, and that he firmly be lieved he had seen . a Ghost. He detailed every thing in Court as near as possible to what we yesterday inserted under his nwn signature. THE THE ATR r.—The Com'tdy of 7:'e Conntrc Girl, or rather Mrs. JORDAN, and Cinderella, COM. pletely filled Drury LaneTheatre)ast night. lYlrs.. JORDAN is quite at home in such charafteri as Miss Peggy, and her attraElion when she appears in those cliaraaers is the natural and proper effeet Of her• genuine comic humour. She plays with admirable' , spirit and true naivrti. 'I'HEIA MAJESTIES were to, have honoured Co. vent Garden Theatre last night, and had commanded the new Opera of The-English Fleet, with the Farce of Raising . the Wind.' But in the morning His -MA; EsTY found himself,so much of z..cled by the rheumatism, that he declined his intended visit to the Theatre. The same dramatic pieces were re presented, and the house was very_well attended. The boxes appropriated to the Royal Family ap peared in their state attire, but nobody of course wa s perniitted to enter _them. - INC LE DON came forward and made an apology for the absence of Mrs. GLOVER, who was, rendered incapable of per forming by.a fall :s she, was going,to the Theatre. The Surgeon who was I CAled in sent a letter to the Theatre, communitatingbthis unpleasant .acCident. The part was assigned to Mrs. St, LEGEtt, who had no time to prepare herself by study, and ,who•there . fore was, obliged to aft with the book in her hand.. Under this disadvantage 'however she entered into the charaaer with great spirit, and rendered it very forcible and impressive. Among the novelties forth-coming Pst Covent- GardenTheatre, is a musical entertainment written by .IYlr. , RANNIE, a gentleman who has produced rtiany we effusions of considerable merit. This piece, we understand, will have the powerful re- commendation of some original music from SHIELD. Kat civr has'not yet left Covent Garden Theatre. He is at present absent on account of indisposition. A considerable party of the theatrical \Vofld .yesterday, very much to their honour, had a Din. ner at th 4. Garrick's Head, in Bow-srreet, for the laudable. purpose of assisting the Widow'of the late Mr. SPE:icEi.- • It is said that Mr. ERsic I TIE differs very materi_ ally with the ATTORNEY and SOLICITOR GENERAL respetling some essential paints in. the Volunteer service. 4 . Who shall decide when Donors disagree ?" Mr. SAMUEL. LYSONS, who has been recently appointed Keeper of the. Rolls and Records of the Court of Chancery in the Tower of London, is a Gentleman well known for his taste in the Arts, and knowledge of British Antiquities. The late Miss PELHAM survived her father ex aElly 'half a century. On his death, in 17j+, she was addressed in consd!atory • Veres, both by MA SON and GAr licx, of whom the former thus com memorates his having passed sotne time in her com pany Attend that Muse, who late in happier hour, Heard thy soft voice its tuneful powers employ ; Where D'Aitcy call'd to Chiswick's social howet . Dlild mirth, and polish'd ease,' and decent joy. Though she lived in the practice of much benevo. fence, she died very rich. Her property is divided amongst her nephews. The estate in Surrey, the ,celebrated Esher Place, goes to Lord SONDES; that in Essex to the Hon. HENRY WATSONI and her personal property to the Hon, GEORGE WATSON. rite QUEEMS LOYAL 11E01111 - E.VI tiFOLUNTI.7ERS, Tim Sernion - which was addresse I to this t✓otpS, on Tuesday, janu'ary•j, 184, in Ranelagh Rutum.- da, at the presentation of Colours, has been de.-. sofvedly, praised, and may rank with the very best Discourses of the same kind that have been deliver ed on similar at casions. The Rev. JAmEs Moottk, L L. B. Honorary Chaplain to the Regiinent, an'S one of the evening preachers at the Foundling pital, who delivered this Sermon, has been indtiee,i ro.print it by the condescending apprObati:,m.ot MAJESTY, to whom it is. addressed, and by whboi the Colours were given. Thinkirg with the Preach 4 that 'the objet of the present hostility on the parr of France, unlike the ordinary .warfare sof civiliz tI nations, is not merely the extin6ion of Nati i. n.,i Prosperity, but_ absolutely_ our destrutlion as an In.: dependent People, we conceive it, to be our duty to take every possible means to assist in.-elverting so dreadful a calamity. We therefore 'shall extract a part of the Sermon allUcled to, just observing that the text is taken frimi Nehemiah, iv. 9. " made our prayer unto God, an.l.set a•watch against them day and night, because of. them." A text very applicable to the present moment., when ‘‘e ought to be constantly upon the witch against the designs of the must crafty, inveterate, an:l fill Enemy that ever attempted to overthr . o*- security, and . destroy the happiness of. are, Inde,„ 'pendent State. • " Thus threatened, as the Jews of old'wete, by ene. mies who would come upon us . unawares ; and sere_ sible, as in their case, that every thing most dear to us depends upon the issue of the present coniest ; we,too have happily•set .a " watch" against the ad. versary—such a watch" as, we (cost, he will not be able to elude;-- ". a watch" composed of all tii6 'strength and . flower of the country;--such "a watch" as proves that Britons . are united as one man, .to maintain their laws, liberties, and priyileges, in de spite of the 'presumptuous menaces of an envious ani vi4ed tyrant. In defence of these•blessings, ive have the satislgtion. to see all arena us, high and low, rich and poor, noble and•untitled, subjecting themselves together to the same discipline, submit:- ting together to the same, labours ; nut from a wild and visionary conception, that all men are equal, as . if society could exist for a day ,without its difFe.rent: ranks and gradations, but because all feel an equal interest in opposing the designs of Prance,'—bei. cause all Britons are equally proteded by law in their persons and roperties,—because we are all equal!y attached to a land unrivalled for the happiness of its inhabitants. In defence of these blesings, we.see men of all persuasions, sects, and parties, men who upon other points differ in opinion,universaily agreed in a's ;. that at the present critical conjundure•oor " Jerusalem must be, as a city which at unity with. in itself,"—that all contention roust now :cease, safe who Shall be foremost to oppose the invader— that we must iltt.) have nodebate,. hut respetting , the best , means of retaining the:advantages we enjoy. A spirit of unanimity percales ou island, exceeded by nothing of which we read in any pe-riot.t. of historY. We have but . .nne heart to estimate; nd one hanci,l9 maintain die blesiugc for which we distinguiShed. This is " the watch" which we have set agaisnt the enemy;—the united zeal ef Britons to retain - theirinvaltrible birth.rightee-fret: do . mfivnt _foreign contrord!,- , .1 - lonourabk and -delight.. fut . refledion I Noble and soul-inspiring sight ! A whole People rallying mond the throne of -a be loved Sovereign, determined to preserve him there, or perish by his side Sovereign at once the en . - cOurager and example of piety - and virtue ;,--a.Sove. • -reign who, for little less than . half a century, has swayed the sceptre in riglyeousnes, and " adorned the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things;"-- who, by the unremitting exercise of every public and private virtue, during titat long period, has established his Throne in the hearts' tit his s uljeas ;. - —a Sovereign whose interests are, as conscientiously as they are politically, inseparable lrom:theirs.whoto IA! governs ; who in their happiness seeltes.his:own e and in .their affedions receives - his' most. highly priZed reward. • . . . " Well have you jedged, my Fellow-Country men,' that such a Monarelvand such a Country as he , rules, are worthy - the -best exertions you can make in their defence. Well .have you evinced yourlOy - alty to your King, your Country, and yourselVes, in becoming a part of what I trust, will be found an invincible - " watzli" against our -arro gant and-inveterate; foee: You are associated. fer the defence of all that - is most dear and sacred in linman life. YOU take up arms to repel the disturber of all civilized society---the most merciless being that ever was suffered to afilia humanity l- • , " Sure I am, that "need not exhort such an au. dience as I am addressing", Co persevere in'the ho, nquiable course in which they have begun to -tread. 'I need not say-re-Manfully stand by the 'Banners 'this day dedicated to your use. They arc ensigns which you can never resign, wirhont the lass of . that which your,appearance in this new charader is an ample proof that you possess. 'The Banners indeed which you-boast it would be, et:ended with aggra vated infamy to forfeit, when you eon:sitter the ile lustrions charade.t from whom they hitve:been re ceived. It will even animate your courage, and, possible,: in&rne your ardour and loyalty in the dread conflict 'which ire,tolves the cause, not of Englishmen only, but of Man binitif, when yeti feel the honourable pride of being thus peculiarly distinguished. Dear to you, at all times, will be these ,Ensigns, in the honour which they Confer ; but, 'in the 'hour of battle, )#tya will rally round thefts With 'a sacred zeal r. and in the'recolledico that they were presented to you by the revered - 4 0mi exemplary consort of your king, you-will f•rettliat they are the propitious, signarof - vidory. 'WTieti the august Partner of a -Throotwhen 4 Personage Who Claiths, from her distinguished virtues, as much olpersonal affection and esteem;:ai of homage from the elevation of her' rank, bestoWs 'such a mark of regard upon the People of a Country, it in itself presumes the magnitude of the cause ; and that such a cause is not to be given up but with life itself." . Martha Wealyell was committed, a few days ago, to Lancaster Gaitic, charged with the wilfal murder of Henry Coventry', at Warrington,