The Sun. — London, England, 1804-02-01 00:00:00

diets on touching the eart Battle, (It would be pedantry in tl.is case to hesi_ tare at deciding.) They would advarce in good orter against the enemy, in order to seize those batteries, which, to French infantry, would only be the surer attradi•rn to viaory." 1 Wi le in er L.S. AR R IV ILD. tii , Yll'Ufgh 2 Listx)r. 0 r S - - PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols. - -55 2 1 i I Red. Ann. - THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERS FALSUM AVDE!,T 17,0 t. LONDON, FEBRUARY z, 1804. W E have to announce the Capture of Three more of the Enemy's Gun-brigs. They were taken on Monday by His Majesty's Ships H .) a'rzz and Tribune, off Boulogne. They were part of a Division of twenty, passing to that Poct from . St. Maloes: The Blockading Squadron from the Downs sailed yesterday, to resume their station cif Boulogne. . THE account which we stated of the Surrender of the French force in St. Domingo, was conveyed to this Country, in a Letter from Captain DUNN, of the Hercule, who was convey ing .the French Prizes and Prisoners to Jamaica, and filling in with the homeward-bound Convoy under the Cumbi.rlind, put Letters. .on. board of that Ship. We can jinsitively state, that no Prize-money was brought -home, in the Cumberland. She had only - 42,0001. sterling cm hoard in Dollars for the Merchants. be ,OfEcial Details from Sir THOMAS DUCK ,•• qR.TH may be expeded by the next Packet, or in Ship of War sent home with the Dispatches. TH E Gazette of last night contains some further Dispatches from Rear Admiral Sir J. T. DUCK. wox-rx, containing an account or the capture, de tention, anti destruction of forty-four Vessels in the West Indies. , There is also a Letter from Capt. SELBY of the Cerberus, giving an account of the c3pture, off Cape La Hague, onWednesday last, of the French National qua-vessel Le Chamean, which was part of a Con. voy, consisting of four Armed Vessels, steering to the Eastward ; another of them was driven on the Rocks, and the rest escaped. The captured Vessel is of soo tons burthen, carrying four long six. founders, and two swivels, and had on board an Ensigy de Vaisseruz, and fifty-eight men, including twenty_one Soldier;. She is calculated to carry be. tutOn two and three huildred Troops. IF Admicai Cor.Ntvm.t.ts anchored in Torhay n Saturday, as stated in the Letters from Brixham Quay, there is, reason to conclude he remained aver;' short tune, the weather having become moderate, flPd we Nelieve he sent no account to the Admiralty of his having come in. He probably sailed again Instantly to fesuint his station off Brest. The perseverance with .which this gallant Veteran obeys Lis instro6tions, - is worthy of the highest admira. • tion-.--but much doubt begins to be entertained re. spefling the policy of the system pursued by the present Admiralty Board. The extraordinary sue cession of stormy weather for the last three months, ;ncl.the co-nfequent wear and tear of our blockading Squadrons in the coursc of that time, have induced many persons deeply conversant in naval affairs, to cloubt whether this system is founded in good sense and good policy. As an invariable rule we should certainly condemn it. We put ourselves to a great 'o.pence on a Service, dangerous in some degree, and the most irksome of all ()fliers to our gal. lant tars, while the Enemy remain in _safety, and a re comparatively sus aning no 'expence whatever. But there 'are times when it is extremely advanta geous to keep the Enemy within their own Ports, .and it always presents to Europe a most humiliating pight for our Enemy, and a glorious one for us, to behold our Squadrons waiting constantly and offer. ing battle, and the Enemy not daring to come out and face us. , Our Naval Vinories in the course of the last War, greater and more brilliant than any which had before been obtained, have 'left an impression upon the minds of Frenchmen which will not easily be effaced. They will not come out of port -Rut_ posely to fight, except with very superior numbers. When therefore England and Ireland are (as we th nk them at present) in a comp!cte state of defence, we ihould, for a time at least, give up the. blockading system—we should invite the Enemy to Sea. gates should-be stationed to watch the motions of H Their Fleets, and ours should be kept in constant xeadmess to meet them. New_York Papers to the zgth of December in_ thisive are received. One of them contains the tol. iowkog intelligence relaiive to St. Doining9 NE W-Y03,K 1 DEC. 23,—Mr. DAWSON, who loon Port-au-Prit , ce, has furnished us with the fol lowing information :—" Agreeably to advices re. ceived at Port-au-Prince, from General DESSA— LINES, he had, on the 23d ult. attacked the Cape with all the affive force he could raise, said to amount to from 20 to 25,000 men. The descent was eff-61ed from IVlorne-du-Cap. After having passed the outlines and several of the block-houses, an aelion ensued between the Troops of DRSSALINES and RoctiamsFiav, which continued eleven hours with the greatest obstinacy, when Gen. ROCHAM BEAL': was under the necessity of capitulating for the evacuation of the Cape on the Ist inst. All the Troops posted at the block-houses between the Barrier and Haut-dn_Cap (the outposts) were massacred, as all possibility of escape from the town was cut otf. —Agreeably to the Capitu. lotion, ROCHAMB EAU, with the Army under his command, were to be emharked under the proteCtion of the British Cruizing Fleet. When DESSAL INES left Port-au.Prince, he nominated PETION (a Mu. latto). General of Brigade and Commandant of the place, in his absence. The People of Colota, par_ . titularly the women, experienced the most cruel treatment, having been put to labour on the public works, with Negro women to superintend • them. ' The American Vessels, with provisions, were coot. }idled to part with them to the Government, and were promised payment in coff:e in three or four wont ha. DEsSAL INES has given assurances of re. solid and proteCtion to the American Merchants re. siding at Port.au-Prince, which he had partially observed while Mr. DAW,ON was there. His Officers, however, gted as they thought proper. DessAn !Nes is proclaimed Captain-General of the Colony; CLAtIZVP.AUX, CHM sTOPHE, PETION, and several other Mulattoes, are_ ranked as Generals of Division and Brigade." . Another Paper says—" Cape - Nichola Mole had not surrendered on the of December. Captain Se Y, in passing there at that time, heard a great cannonade, and suppused it was attacked. It so, had no doubt of its not being able to hold out tenger than five or six days." On the subje6l of LoniSiiinaOa letter dated Wash. ington, Dec. tB, giv es ' t h e following information "New Orleans is now in our possession : accounts were yesterday received " from that place, dated the 29th of November. L'AUSSAT was to rake pSSC3- sion in the name of the French Republic, On the 30th. lie was preparing a grand Frte on the occasion. Was td hold the place a week, acd uteri to deliver it to the AMerican CowtnissionerE. Money had arrived to pay off' the Spanish Troops, .and to pre serve order. L'Aussaa• hod organized the Militia of New Orleans, and, had appointed the Officers, at the recommendation of the American Consul. We expect to have official information 'of the delivery of the place to our Government on Sunday next." Yesterday afternoon it was feared firs MAJESTY standing several hours at the Levee appointei for this day, would cause a relapse of the rhr wnatism. In consecjuence of which notice arrived at the Lord Chamberlain's Office about five o'clock, anti unclog that His MAJESTY would not hold a Levee, but would be at James's at two Cclocki.to hold a Privy Council. Several Messengers were in consequence dispatched from the Office io the proper Officers be longing to the Court, informing them of the Levee being put off. Yesterday morning His MA:EsTY attended by Generals SPENCER and M+Y Ee role in ti:e Ridi ng House for about an hour-and a half.. HP It MAJESTY and Pt INC F., , ES AT,TGUSTA And Et. t ZA.EETH took an ailing by Highgate and Hamp ste.id. PRINCESS AMELTA (Of* ;!r: airing by Streatha m . The DIJK E of YORK had an audience of • Ills MAJESTY. PRI4CESS 30PITIA Of GLOrC ESTER ViSitecl HER MAIESTY. The Eacl and Countess of WEs - rmottLAwo, and Ltdy S. CHILD have returned to town from Ay,. th rpe. The Dowager Countess of RUTLAND Still con tinues very alarmingly intlispobed at her houie in Sackville Street. Yesterday morning the . %,./toole. of clic Gnimis now in - Londrtrt -- h-a - d . rgrand-muster on the Parade, St. James's Park, where th . ey under.vent <t . -g:,l - ,eral in spedion ; and, in the art'WnOon,His High ness the PUKE of Yor,;;' glve "irki'an(ldirincrtp the Officer s o f h 4 ow n Regiment of Guards, at the Thatched-house-t4vcrn, St. jamei's-strect, where he presided. The Marquis of SAT.ISSURY arrived in Town yesterday from Hatfiel6. The Duke and DutcheSs of Arrnt. and Family, ►etched TOwn yestertig for the 'season, frura Dun. keid, Scotland. Silc months. pay. to Reduced OfTicerS of His Ma jesty's Land Forces, due at Christmas last, will be issued on Wednesday next, the Fill - inst. Letters and Pafers..-from Bombily„. so late a s the 7th of September are received. A letter of the 6th contains some very important particulars of the War with the Niahrattas. kr appears than Gen, WEL LEst.EY has proceeded with grest vigour in his opera_ duns against Sm. , ,toEA, and has takenone of his prin cipal fortresses, called Alemainaghur, by. escalade. The particulars of our loss are not mentioned ; but as the attack was continued for three days, it muse have been 'considerable. Capt. Hums EasToN and ANDERsoN, of the 78th, were killed.— This •Regiment, she 74. th, and a battalion of Na_ tive Sepoys, particularly distinguished themselves in storming the place. closely pur sued. It appears that the" Jl:ngal Army under Ge_ neral LAKE; was also in motion to assist the Dom. bay Arrtiy. An important place, Earoacb, in the Guzzerat, has been'taken by the Bombay Troops. Captain TEMPLE, of the 84. th, was killed. Further paiti cularS had not transpired. It is not known what has become of otS. He arrived in Madras Roads on the tzth of fitly. We have sine heard that he returned to the iVlauritius. The'Bumbay Gazette of the 3d August states, on the authority of Letters from Madras, that oil the artival.of a Clititer from France, linvois immediate:. ly left the Roads of Pondicherry and proceeded to sea. ••• • .♦ p ..i ..g. L. {. 1 L. Vl' ....1 . Iran the LONDON GAZETTE, yan. 3r, 1204. Admiralty-05(e, Jan. 3r, 1804. Copy of a Letter pain Rear-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth, K. B. Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels at Jamaica, to Sir Evan IVepean, Bart, dated at Port Royal, the 26th of Oacber 1803. SIR, I herewith transmit, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, two let. ters from Captain Ross;:pf His NlAjesty's ship De s i r ee, relative to vessels captured and destroyed. I 4 fp, - sec. J. T. DUCKWORTH. sr R 9th Aug. 1803. Having fetched into this anchorage last evening, and seeing from the mast-head, over t h e l an d, several vessels at anchor in Monte Christe Roads, I dispatched the boats armed, under Lieut. Can ning, of His Majesty's ship I command, to bring th:m out, which service he performed with 'credit, under a heavy fire from the Batteries, and returned at day-light this morning, with five Schooners and a Sloop. I have the honour to be, &c. C. B. H. ROSS. To Capt. Nigh, €S . C. &c. &c. Desiree, Mancinelle Bay, Sept. 4; zBp3 I have pleasure in informing you, that your boats, accompanied by those of His Majesty's ship I command, returned early this morning, having brought out of Monte Christe all the vessels at that anchorage, to the amount of six sail of Schooners, under a smart fire from the Batteries, without loss. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) CHARLES B. H. ROSS. Cap. Admiralty-05,-e, Jan. 31,1804. Copy of another Letter from Rear-Admiral Sir ;chit. Thomas Duckworth, K. B. Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels at Jamaica, to Sir Evan Nate-m, Bart. dated at rcrt-Royal, the 20th flf Nevember 1803. SIR, Accompanying this you receive, for the informa. tion of the Lords Commissioners of the Adnair:ilty, an account of Vessels captured and destroYed by His Majesty's Ships and Vessels under my cotn mand, since the Return of September last. I am, &c. J. T. DUCKWORTH, [Here follows a list of forty-four vessels captured, detained, and destroyed by ills :Majesty's ships and vessels, at and about arnaica, under the orders of Sir John Thornas Duck worth, K. B.] dia'4 , :;rahy-Ofce, Jan. 31, 180+. Copy qf a Letter frzn, Captain William Selby, Com. _ mender of His Majesty's Ship the Cerbtras, to Sir Evan Nepean, Bart, dated at Spithead, the 26th instant, SIR, I beg you will be pleased to lay before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the enclosed copy of a Letter written to Rear-Admiral Sir James Saumarez, stat i ng my h av i ng ca p tured, in His Ma ,rsty's ship under my command, fhe National Gun Vessel Le Chameau, and destroyed another off Cape La Hague, on the night of the zsth instant. I am, &c. . W. SELBY. Majesti°,3 Ship Cerberus, off Cape La Hague, 26th Jan. 180+. • In pursuance of your r , rderm, I yesterday, at one 13 . M. weighed in His Majesty's ship Cerberus, under my command, from Guernsey Roads, and h av ing passed throu g h the Little Rus•el, I shaped course o ire l a H ague, i n or d er, if possible, o 1 intor C he r tic) ur g before dark ; in our ap. prnach to the above Cape, we discovered a Convoy of the Enemy, consistin g of four armed vessels, steering lb the East ward. We had the good for tune to cut them off before they reached the Cape, tvhiLb obliged them to anchor. The strength of the tide prevented our reaching them. I therefore hauled the wind to the Southward, under a press of sail, until after dark, when we bore up for Cape la Hague, and at m id n i g h t saw them coming round the Cape, hut so close to the land thai v it tvas considered dangerous to take the ship near them. However, a heavy srpiall of wind them,:a little, further from the shore, we succeeded in capturing the National Gun Vessel Le Chameau, and driving one on the rocks, the rest esfl,:aed their escape, owing to the vicinity of the rocks, which at that time was not more than a cable's length from ns. SIR, The above Gun Vessel is 300 tons burthen, is quite new, carrying four long 6-pounders and two swivels, and commanded by Francis G.llliare, En. sigt: de Vaisseau, having on board at the time of capture 38 mcn, 21 of whom were soldiers, fully accoutered,. She is calculated to carry between zoo and 303 troops, and appears to be a Gun Vessel fit for His 11,ijesty's service. 1 kirve the honour to be, Ste;.' WILLIAM SELBY. Rear AZia;ral Sir Janes Saumarez, Bart. K. B. Conirnander - in Chief, Guernsey. PORTSMoIITI-1,• JAN. 31.—tris Majesty's Ships hydra and Tribune yesterday captured off Boulogne the following Vessels, part of a Fleet of twenty Vessels passing from . St. Maloes to Boulogne, and part of the Flotilla destined for the Invasion of this Country, viz. No. 43, No. 47, and N 0.51, new copper bottomed Qiin , larits. Yesterday ar:ifved at C;Jwes L'Arethure, from Halifax, which place she left 27th December last, with two other Ships and a Brig, under convoy of His Majesty's Ship Andromache, but parted Com pany in a heavy gale of wind the 7 th inst. and has seen nothing of either of them since. Arrived the Brothers, WHITE, from Sunder_ 144-rul, and Dick, ROBARTS, from Carmarthen. YARMOUTH, JAN. 31.—Yesterday afternoon the T;tv.z racket, Capt. OSBORN, arrived here frptn Husum, with 'hue Maile and n) faseenvrs, r ,~ 1 i the Ships bound to Ireland with corn. W i i ,l , DEAL, JAN. 31.—Sailed the I merortal;te, Cycle/if Harpy Sloop, and Archer Gun.brig, for their station off Boulogne. In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Virginia, Brilliant, Squirrel, Champion, Curle,w, Vulture, Cruiser, Perseus, Fury, Zebra, Speedwell, jackal!, Locust, Abundance Store• ship, with the outward-bound as per last. BRITISH NAPY. STATEMENT OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF T-LIE NAVAL BRITISH FORCE, TU THIS DAY. Line so's 1 Frig In Port and fitting, and t l6 6 :0 with sealed orders Guard-Ships - - 8 4 i 7 In the English and Irish Channels - - S 2,, 3 2 3 On the Downs and North Sea stations - S 9 4 1 2 4 At the West India Islands and on the Passage S 4 3 1 4 On the Jamaica station S at S American & Newfound- ? 1 e land stations - S o t C. of G. Ilope, E. Ind. ? 6 and on the Passage 5 Coast - of A trica - o Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar 7 Mediterranean and on passage i a Hospital•and Prison - Ships i z Sps. I Tot. 45 I 97 4 S 2 3 4 8 i 94 601 97 1 4i a; 91 23 4 1 0 31 9 9 1 2,7 z 3 z i o Total in emnrniision 99 28 Rtx:civing Ships _ 2 S Serviceable and repairing for Service - - 9 1 In ordinary - - - 63. 8 lluiidizl }; - o 2 j 4 12 11 3 0 124 1 210 4c 7c 4 43 20 16 4o AT E ACH P i 694 ORT. Line. so's Frig Sp;. I Tot. 21 z 17 6 44 2 3 3 9 6 4 1 2 % 941 41 2 2 lo 1 3 16 i 4 24 Total 74 I 1 0 i 53 25 Total 189 " STATE OF TIIE OItDIN.A.R Portsmouth - Plymouth - Chatham - Sheerness - River I 42 188 ( 27$ The Brad Man of War, of so guns, Captai o CLARK, sailed from Smyrna on the 20th of Novel her, with the following ships under convoy, boa t!, England: 7 ---queen Charlotte, atul Pito(/' Capt. Bzu TT() N ; &vet, Her, Starling, Enterprirn ind Catherine. The Sovereign, Captain RICHARDSON, from 'jilt nidad, hound to-London, which sailed under conY"" of the Chichester Man of War, is lost near Youg' hall, in Ireland. The Captain and 28 of the Crco f . ire drowned. Sunday evening an express reached Sheerness, or' tiering all t h e gun vesse l s t h ere to put to sea with" out a moment's delay. Similar orders, it is beileVc d ° have been sent to other places. Some letters from Holland mention a circumstana g which, being also received from other sources of ;dal mation, we believe well founded, viz. that Admir y Ds WINTER has positively refused to take the c 0; mand of the Expediti on aga i nst t hi s C ountry f r ° 0 11 the Dutch Ports. His reason is, that he consiK it utterly absurd arid imptaCticable. His refusal ; given the greatest offence to the FIRST CONSV4 cause the opinion of an Officer of such-tried ccur 3 v and acknowledged abili t y must h ave the effeet,,; a discourage the whole o f t h e F orces, naval an d tary, destined for the enterprize. Yesterday a C o u rt of DireCtors was held at the List India House, when several dispatches receiv e e from Bombay by the Experiment were Court adjourned at six o'cl - ;ck till this day. 'Advice, received per Experiment, from Bombay) state that the ships City of London an,i Adgirf‘ Gard ner sa il e d f rom Bom!iayr Beng a l th e 14. tii July. The Windham and Walpole were to he disl, patched from Madras for England:. The llexfi r arrived at Madras the 3.1 August ; Calcutta ditt ° ' and had sailed fcr Bengal. The Union, extra afrrP h arrived at Madras the sgth August.; Sir fike; Inglis, ditto, the rBth ; Preston, ditto, the 191., , d ; The Oc ean an d Henry Addington left B o mbay China the zoth July ; Earl Camden and Both Castle, di tto , 7t h A ugust. The Ceylon arrived Born'),y the 24th August. Another of the Jamaica homeward Fleet ha 9 l r . f.. rived in the Downs, and one at Greenock 4 1' former p arte d co mp an y on the +A, with fift e e n la t . + 6. 4 6. N. an d l ong. 34. 19. West. 1-0, latter parted company w i t h t h irteen sa i l of the 0, voy on the 215 t. Th e s hi ps h ave had a very circa ful passage. . The Ceres Letter of Marque, Capt. WEBB, roon lit ; ing 20 guns, f rom T o b ago b ound to London , spoken with on the isth inst.: she had thrown of her guns .overbgard, and was a little leaky- .; A _ Court of Aldermen was h e ld yesterday' a 4 Guildhall, present the LORD MAYOR, twelve / 4 : dermen, Mr. Recorder, Mr. Common Serjeant i ,js:--- sheriffs,- and other Officers. a After the. proceedings o f l ast C ourt were tea and confirmed: The Master and Wardens of the Worshipful C ° r ie . pany - ot Bakers, waited on th e C ourt to sett le t o , Assize of Bread, which ordered t h e pr i ce to t tinue at 9d. the Qoartern Loaf, wheaten,. and If household. JANISS SAUNDERS, Esq. a M em b er o f the afg of Common Council, eleFted by the'Coid and Ca . ,' Committee, a Corn Met er in truss f or t his was sworn for the due execution of his Office. t , The Court appointed the Eledion of Ci t y /31 E , master, So take place a t t h e next C o U rt o f 44,145 men. Precepts for licensing vktuallers, for .this Ctc~~ svere ordered to issue for the 7th 01 March oo,t' sr ,- The usual Wardtnotc Presei.tinents, made 0 " • I ,i Tlynas's day last, by t h e Inquest of* he se ve o t Wards, were referred w the City Solicitor, 10 the Aft of Parliament in force relative thereto. ,• Wm. BOLLAND, Esq. Barrie. .;,4, at Law, vva g e ,,, j r ffi mitred and sworn i nto the oee'tf one of the Common Pleaders of this City, in the room 0 p NRWMAN KNOW L Esq. elected by the mon Council, C ,, mtuon Serjeant of this city., o f . ,Qn Friday nex r , hi s Lottosurr wiil hold a L' el d of Common Council to elettt the Irish SocietYr a appoint Committees for the ensuing year.