The Sun. — London, England, 1804-03-05 00:00:00

i~ 1 had lande3 60,v , 0 men in Ireland ; tha't the Irish had joined them ; and that they were in I possession of the whole Country. Official accounts have been received from Egypt, that all the Consuls of the European Powers at Alexandria have applied to their Ministers at the Porte, complaining that ALI PASHA has made many attacks on their persons, property, and privileges. The Arnauts and Mamelukes, among the latter of whom are many renegadoes, disgqised foreigners, have again come to blows with the Turkish Troops in Egypt, who are too weak to oppose them. JAN. 15.--The Porte frequently receives -Dis patches from the Morea and from Corfu, the con. tents of which relate to the state of affairs in the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas. The Divan has held many Councils on this subjea. It is likewise remarked, that the Russian and English Envoys, and the Neapolitan Charg6 de Affairs, have fre quent conferences with the Reis Effendi. We are assured that a new Treaty of Al. liance has been concluded between the Porte and Great Britain, but which is only to be car ried into effea under certain circumatances. The English Envoy sent off a Courier to London the day before yesterday. -The above mentioned Treaty . of Alliance would have been concluded sooner, had not the late Capitan Pasha constantly opposed it. MILAN, jAN. 30.--Gebetal 0t..1V 1 kit, late Com minder of the French Tops at Leghorn, left that place on the loth inst. after having resigned his command to General VERDI EL . . Accotding to private Letters from Rome, a re port prevailed there, that the reigning KiNG ofSAtt- DINIA had proposed to go to Malta. A French Emigrant was lately arrested at Flo. rence : another person who was suspeled of a con ilexion with him, saved himself from the same fate by flight. The new Constitution of the Republic of the •Stven Islands "is of the Aristocratic f,rm. The Iseven pricciPal Islands, Corfu, Ceffalonia, Zante, St. Maura, Cvrigo, Ithaca,' and Paxa, have the right to constitutional nobility ; the other Islands will be incorporated with them. Tlie orthodox Greek Re ligion is the Religion of the State : the Roman Ca tholic Religion is proteled, and every other mode of worship roltrated. The Law prescribes the pri irileges to be granted to the Jews who may settle in the Islands. GENOA, lAN. 22.--The Vice-Admiral LA roVCHE TStEVILLE is arrived at Toulon, to take tit command of the Squadron lying there, consist ing of six Ships of the Line and four Frigates. Ita.out, FRE. r4..7--A measure enforced by the French throughout our-li.eublic, and particularly in the Maritime ToWns, and th e two Departments, th e Brabant and Zealand, has occasioned some active negotiatLns betwee n our Government and that of France. On the 7th inst, an order was is,tied by the French Government for seizing all Engli s h commodities in the , warehouses, sh s op , kt commercial houses in the above-mentioned de partments, and all goo d s which were esteemed were tak en away and carried to places appertaining to such, Franc e . In the Island of Walcheren General Moto enf orced the measure by Officers of the Cos ,°lll3l supported by Military Detachments. At diddl e - ur-, 6 Flushing, and Veere, the houses were occupied, stree ts a nd stro ng detachments patrcled the seized, till all the English commodities dan Plac e d under were the gu ar d o f t h e F rench Troop s . Braba nt by the o p erat i on was car _ lied into e ff ea a gr eat number of Officers of the Customs, Who went from on e v ill age to at Tilburgcloth, where the re i s a great manufaftory of , the assistance of the Military was called in. The English goods were packed up and carried off in waggons, which were put in requisi t i on , to t h e neigh bouring French territory. By this violent measure many of the inhabitants, particularly at FlUshing, have lost a great part of their property. The Go vernment of Zealand has made a strong remonstrance on the subjea to Ge n. IViotaxtT, and a similar one has beet made by the Government here to Gen.VicToa and it is hoped that the effeft of these will at least he, that the commodities seized will not be sent to France, or confiscated, before the return of a Cott tier dispat c h e d t o Paris to our Ambassador Scutsa. Z+iFLPENNINCK, on Sunday last. Dtiring the seizure of the English goods at Flush ing, the French troops loaded with ball, and paid no regard 'to the cries of the women and children when their property was taken away. The state of Flushing is truly deplorable. In a . ddition to th e b y M fifth Physici an ac k now l e d ged r ADD' NOTo N to attend His MAJESTY, Dr. buil t) as, of Richtnond, is likewise n atten. The L ORD CHANCELLOR had ani audienc d e ance of the Royal, Fs'AmiLy on Saturday and yesterday. A copy o f the Bulletin was sent o exp ress t o t h e PRINCE SS ff of WA L Es, at Blackheath, on Saturday. Saturday, about tour o'clock, the PRINCE of WALES took au airing in his carriage. , • „ y t .lO ng the . DUKE Of YORK left Lon_ don for 0 itiands. The DvKEs of CUMBERLAND and KENT dined With HER NIAJEsTy and the PRINCESSES CM Satin.. day. Yesterday the DUKE Of CUMBERLAND had a Se. left Party to dinnkr at his apartments in St.James's Palace. Yesterday, about one o'clock, the DUKE of KENT had an interview with the PRINCE of WALES at Carlton House. , Yesterihiy the Bishop of BRISTOL preached be fore the Nobility at the Chapel Royal. The Duke of Nott - rkumata:LAtio and his Fami_ ly arrived in town on Saturday last. •r•The Bells of Sr. Martin's church joyfully announced' this event, which indeed is the harbinger of Charity to ail the Poor of the neighbourhood. We understand that about two thousand Commis. s ilos, and various official Papers from the different Offices are waiting fur His MAJESTY'S signature. There is a very aukward story in circulation, te spetaing the alteration of a Treasury Warrant after it had received His Majesty's signature, and by that alteration a sum is said to have been in. serted double the amount of that for which the Warrant was originally signed. If this Report be well founded, it ought to become the sub jet} of solemn Parliamentary iilvestigation —if there is no foundation. for the charge, we think the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHFQUER would do well to satisfy the Public that the Treasury is entirely free from blame on this account. The alteration of a Paner to which His MAJESTY has set his Name, is forgery of the most serious na ture, and we do not see any reasqn why those who dare to commit such a forgery in one instance, will not do the same in every other which may sui; their purpose. We think this matter cannot be suffered to remain at rest. We earnestly hope that Ministers will, upon refleaion, adopt Mr. PITT'S suggestions respeding the Volunteers. His principal objeds, arc to pay these men better for their loss of time, and to require from them a greater degree of discipline. We trust that upon so serious an occasion, the love of calling a Measure their own (as in the Property Tax ; &c.) will not induce them to adopt a weak and in,fficient Plan, and rejea one which is founded I in wisdom and sound sense. An American Paper, of the 18th of jsnuary, con. tains the following intelligence :—" Captain How- L Ev, arrived at Philadelphia fcon: the Isle of France, sailed from thence on the t6theo` f Odober, after being embargoed three weeks, in consequence of five Ships of the Line, with coops, having sailed on a secret expedition shortly after the arrival of a new Governor from France." The Batavian Government appears , very desirous to have a regular exchange of Prisoners of War with this Country,-as they have lately liberated, through the request of some of the most respeetable Mer chants of Amsterdam and Rotterdam, the Matters and Mates of several Merchant Vessels, and suffered them to proceed to their resFealve homes, on their taking an oath, and signing t t. declaration, not to serve by land or sea against that Government dur ing the War. Two men are lately arrived at Yar mouth, having been liberated on those conditions. Saturday His Royal Highness the Duce of Yottx inspeCted the men who have been learning the new Bayonet Exerci , x, of which His Highness ex pressed t h e hi g t,e‘i app-ohdt:un, aliti it is forthwith ' to be adopted by all the Troops of the Line, Mili tia, Volunteers, Sec. without delay. Early on Saturday, two troops of the London and Westminster Light Horse Volunteers, mustered at their Riding-house in Gray's-inn.lane, and after be ing i ns peaed by their Colonel, marched .to Croydon, where they took up their quarters for the night, each Gentleman cleaning his own horse and accou. trements,. and performing stable duty. Yesterday t h e y m ached to Epsom, and were to return to town this afternoon. On Thursday last the Grenadier Company of the fourth Regiment of Loyal London .Volunteers, each ma n furnished with a day's,provision in his haver sack, marched under the command of Capt. SMITH, to Sydenham Common, where.they performed their skirmishing manoeuvres in a manner highly credit able to them, and afterwards fired .at aoarget for a silver medal, which was won by a l ..erttletnan who hit the centre of the bull's eye. Great additions are making to the Fortifications at Chatham, which will probably render them the most extensive in the kingdom : two large farms in the front of the works have been purchased by Government, and the. houses, barns, &c. on them are now pulling down fur the purpose of still farther extending the lines. . The report that- Lord AMHERST was going to re sign his command of the St. James's Volunteers is, we understand, without foundation. His Lordship is too much attached to the Regiment, and the Regiment to his Lordship, for any such resignation to be probable. Last Friday morning there was so great a fall of snow between Yarmouth and Yoxford, as to suspend the travelling of the stage waggons. We regret to have to record the death of the Dowager Lady EetoT s whos e a ffliEtion for her de ceased Lord was so severe, that she survived him but a few days, although in good health. They are both to be buried on the same . day, in the same vault. MEssßs. Go iz DO Ns .—The two Mr. Gordon: were removed from Newgate at six o'clock on Friday morning, to the Bell Savage Inn', Ludgate-hill, and sent from thence in one of the Oxford stages, tinder a strong guard. They arrived at Oxford in the evening, and were lodged in the castle. Saturday evening, Mr. Justice LAWRENCE, and Sir Srmorr Le BLANC, arrived at Oxford, and opened their Commission for holding the Assize, the business of which will commence this day. The trial of the Messrs. Gordon; is not expeatd to take place till tomorrow morning. , Letters from Scotland mention, that the Duke of ARGYLE, a few .days since, had nearly been de. stroyed by an .eletiric.b , Jll of fire, which came down the chimney of his library at Inverary, and singed his Grace's stockings in its passage through one of the bow-windows. Lady CAMPBELL, and two other, Ladies, head the explobion in an adjoin ill room. NAVAL N L w sy. LO N DOA' G AZETTE, ,11.1.1rch 3, t2;4, Admiralty-01, - e, March 3, 1804. Copy of a Letter from rice-Admiral Lorei 1 7 ;scount J:elson, K. B. Crilinnander in Chief of His Ma jesty's Ships and Pewll in the Mediterranean, to Sir Evan Ne;pean, Bart. "dated on hoard Ilis Ma jesty's Shp the Viaorj, at Sea, the I6th iVovem. her 11303. SIR, I herewith transmit you, for the infornation of my Lords Commissioners of theAdMiralty, copy of a letter from Captain Cracrafr,,:oCHis Majesty's Ship Anson, together with copy of one therein alluded to from Captain Rainsford, of the Morgiana, giving an account of the capture of a French Pri vateer. I am, Stc. NELSON and BRONTE. Ansou, off Cape Sprit-tie:lento, 08. zo, 1803. MY LORD, I have the honour to transmit your Lordship the copy of a letter I have received from Captain Rains ford, of His Majesty's Brig Morgiana, acquaint ing me of her having captured La Marguerite French Privateer, of four guns and forty men, on the isth instant. I have the honour to he, &c. W. E. CRACRAFT. Right Han. ,Lord Nel.cov, His Majesty's Sloop. Alo'rgiana, of Cape Sparti•-yento, Oa. 16, 1803. SIR, ' I have rO acquaint ynu that, being in chace of two vessels on the morning of the isih instant, I observed a vessel under, lateen sails, with her sweeps out, haul out' from under the land, and give chace to us, with Englislr , colours and a red flag flying. I continued my course until she came within gun. shot, when, di,(!overing us to be, a Man of War, she made sail from us. I immediately gave chace, ,and fired several shot at her, when she hoisted French colours, and soon after came to an anchor. I then sent the boats under the command of Lieute. nant Lawrence, with Orders to examine her, and, if he - met with resistance, to bring her off. This service was executed with great gallantry by him and the people under his command, wilt) hoarded and carried her under a smart fire Of grape : shot and musketry. She proves to be La Margue ' rite French Privateer, mounting two six and two four-pounders, manned with forty men, time of whom only remained on board on taking possession. I am sorry to add ; that I had one seaman badly wounded, who is since dead. I have honour to be, &c. R. RAINSFORD. ' IYilliam Edward Cracraft, Esq. , Captain of His Majesty's Ship Anson. Admiralty -Office, March 3, 1804, Cok; of another Letterfrom Vice-Admiral Lord Vis count Nelson, K. B. Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean, to Sir Evan Nepraiz, Bart. dated on board His Ma jesty's Ship Vidory, at Sea, the 16th "Vovembe. r, 1803. SIR, You will please ia acquaint the Lords Commis. sioners of the 'Adniiraity. that this morning the Squadron under my 'cottimand captured .Le Renard French National Schooner, mounting twelve four pounders, with six swivels, and manned with eighty men ; also Le Titus Transport, haring on board ninety-six soldiers, from Corsica bound to Tou lon. I am, &c. NELSON and BRONTE. Admiralty-0 . /flee, Mar, h 1804.. Copy of another Letter from Vice- Admiral Lord Vs. cgant Nelson, K. B. Commander, in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean, to Sir Evan Nepean - , Bart. dated on board His Majesty's Ship Vidory, at Sea, the loth Janu ary, 180+. SIR, I herewith transmit you; ,for their Lordships' in formation, an extraa of a leiter from Captain Hart, with a copy of a letter frd& Captain Gore, of the Medusa, giving an account of the capture of L'Es perance Pencil Privateer, and the destruction of Le Sorcier, on the Bth ultimo ; and beg leave to ex press the very high► opinion I entertain of Captain Gore's conduit in putting to . sea iffuntdiately on the appearance of these vessels, and his very able ma. nceuvres in capturing and destroying them. I am, &c. NELSON and BRONTE. ExtraB of a Letter from Captain George Hart, of His Majesty's Ship Monmouth, dated Gibraltar Bay, the 9th December, iBo3, to the Right Ron. Lord Viscount Nelson, K. B. Duke of Bronte, Vice Admiral of the Blue, and Commander in Chief, t E.'. fc. c. I have great satisfaaion in transmitting to your Lordship a Copy of Captain Gore's Letter to me of yesterday's date, giving an account of his having captured a French Privateer offCabrita Point, called L'Esperance, of two twelve and two six-pounders, with seventy men ; and destroying another, by driving her on shore. I beg leave to refer your Lordship to the p.►rticulars of the capture, &c. as stated in Captain Gore's Letter ; and beg leave to add the high opinion I entertain of Captain Gore's great readiness in putting to sea, and of his able condutt throughout on the occasion, which I had the pleasure to witness. His Majesty's Shill, Medusa, of New Mole • Head, Gibraltar, Dec. 8, 1803. scene. SIR, As from your situation you could not see the cause of the manoeuvres of His Majesty's Ship Me dusa this day, I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Right Honourable Lord Nelson, Commander in Chief, &c. &c. &c. that at ten A. M. I obset ved a Cuiter standing in for the Westward, and two French Privateers (Felucca rigged) standing out from under Tarrife, and at tack her. I, immediately ordered both the Medu sa's cables to be slipped,. and proceeded to her as. sistance; as we approached they hauled from her, Favourable circumstances of wind and current we opened our fire upon one gas she crossed on the opposite tacks with e!tel ; the other we ran close' alongside of and captured, As per annexed report, then tacked, and continuzd firing upon the, other until she rowed amongst the rocks, within, shot of a Battery to the Westward of Cabrita She received so many of our shot, and froM her yards being shot awry, and neniy all her °art broken, I have no dotibt she is effetlqally destroyed„ I understand she was called Li Sorrier, of two twelve and two six-pounders, with 76 'nen. I am, Sir, &c. &c, ecc. (Signed.) J 0: -IN GORE, • George Hart, .01. Captain of His Majesty') Ship Monmouth, and Scniar ggeer h, Gib, tar .8 aji , . j .. . • L'Esperance, M. Martin, Master, of Two Twelve and Tire' Sit-pounders, aria Seventy Men, captured : Boatswain • killed. , . , . La Sorrier, of TwO Twelve a nd Two Sii-pounderz, de stroyed. . . PLYMOUTH, MARCH 3. —Sailed the Minotaur, of 74 pins, Capt. MANSE , I LII, to join the Chan.' net Fleet. Arrived the Succeis, Capt. TE4ONIAS WAR W I CIC;. from Gibraltar, last from Lisbon, with fruit and logwood, bound to London, put in' by contrary I,viodS; and several Provision Vessels from Ireland, , bound to die Eastward. PORTNOUTH, MARCH 4.—Arrived His Ma— jesty's Ship Cyc/ops, Capt. FYFFE, from Ireland, with Cu'lviq Capt. Woirt, from cruiz_ mr" g off the French Coast; idato)cw, L AW, and Thomas and Ann, ELINoR, from Sunderland, SHEERNE93, MARCH 4.—Artive3 His Majesty's Ship Pegasus, Capt. PENGELLi.", from Portsmouth. Caine down the River the Etna Bomb; Capt., MATERS. The Champion and Lynx are both come into Harbour to repair the damages they sus 7 tai,,ed in running foul of each other in the Downs. The Africaine Fiigaie, Captain MANBY, is tO be taken into dock as soon as the Chifone goes out, having sprung a leak at sea. DcAL, MARCH 4.—His Majesty's Ships Ra;s9n. able and L' Aimable sailed an a Cruize off the Texel the Escort Gun_brig came down from the Nore, and sailed to the North Ward ; the Dolphin froth the. Nore. The Harpy, illi/hrook Schouneri and Archer Gun_brig Hine in from Dungeness. The Arab sailed for Chatham. The Lizmartal;te, Vulture, Dart, Borretta, and Basilisk, came in from a cruize off Boulogne: CORK, FEB. 23.—The West India Fleet sailed last Friday from Cove, under convoy% of the Mers maid and Atedatita Frigates and a Sloop of War they were joined at the Harbour's mouth by the Venus Frigate, and some of the Fleet from England, who %vele actually at the time sailing for the Kir. boor. Nothing could surpass the grandeur of the The Sirius Frigate picked up at sea (it then blowing hard) in his cutter Capt. P. 'WILKIN SON, with ten of his crew, trying to gain the: Fleet, late of the• Hussar, of 38 guns, wrecked upon some rocks near the Saints Islands, off Brest, on the 4th ult. where she went to pieces. Capt. Wu.- KINS6N, his officers,,and crew were all saved by the boats, and landed on one of the Islands of the Saints Rocks, where they remained a few days ; and the weather being favourable, they took some French fishing boats, with an intention of either being . picked up by some of our Cruizers, meeting, the Fleet, or of hearing up for the nearest port in England ; unfortunately after they were diStant a few leagues, it began to blow a hard gale direft on the French Coast, the little Flotilla were obliged to make the shore, where the Officers and Crew wete all saved, and are now Prisoners in Brest. Some further accounts reached Town from Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, dated the 16th of Olober, which state, that the British Squadron, under the command of Captain FERRIER, comprising the Albion, Sceptre, and Russel, of 7+ guns, and Gram pus, of so, with the Melville, Essex,Sfiencer, Prin. Bess Mary, Ann, Glory, Anna, and Southampton In diarnen, sailed on the 15th for India ; the Calcutta for New South Wales, having repaired some damage • which she experienced on her passage, likewise re. burned her voyage. The Dutch Admiral HARTSINCK, with two Sail of the Line, was to sail on the z3d two other Ships, of which his Squadron consisted, had sustained so much damage on their passage, that they would not be in a condition fur sea for some months. CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH 5. THE fresh imports of Wheat to-day are not very numerous : fine samples may be noted is. dearer, but other, surts are in• small request, and difficult of sale ; Barley is is. per quarter higher price ; Malt at little venation, as are Pease ; Tick Beans rather lower ; we have a middling supply of Oats, which fetches better price; in Flour no cliffetence. • Wheat 3os a 40s a 53s od Tick Beans -24 s a 31$ od fine ditto . - 54$ a 565 od Oats -19 s a 21s a 23s od Rye -. ' - 285 a 3is ad Poland ditto 23$ a 24$ 64 Barley - -18 s a 2.3 s od Rape Seed ,- - 351 a 3sl Malt . - - 475 a 55$ od Fine Flour - 39$ a 43$ od Write Pease 33$ a 4os cd Seconds 34$ a 39s 64 Beans - - 34)5 a 35s od The affairs of the Opera were finally adjusted on Saturday'. The'sole m,nagement of this 'theatre is now vested in GooLo, who, has been,, with the c o nsent of all the parties, put in possession of tit direction of all the branches belonging to it.