The Sun. — London, England, 1804-01-12 00:00:00

DUI.. ?iAIT.s. Ha:nbuygh •ARIV ND. • 0 PRICE OF -STOCKS, THIS HAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols 56 e 1 I Red. Ann. 54 tass I Ot url - 4 THE SUN. =& ' L£l/1 QUIS DICERS FALSUM VJDEA? ? LONDON, JANUARY xi, 1804. Out Dover and Deal Letters state, that a great firing was heard yesterday morning in the diredion of BoPique, but there having been no arrival from the French Coast, and the weather being very hazy, rt,_liing was known with respea to the cause of it. WE understand from the authority of persons lately returned from the Continent, that there still prevails in the Fre:ich Army, and among the Mili. tary Officers about the person of the First Consul, grelt eagerness to attempt the'lnvasion of Eng_ land. This spirit BoN:i?n:;•rE has himself excited, and every Military Man who wishes to pay his court - to him, gives into this idea. On the other . hand, the Navy are almost to a man .against the attempt ; they look, upon it as dangerous in the extreme, and speak of the enterprize as im. pradieable without a covering Fleet. This lat ter opinion also prevails very much in •Holland, and in that Country is not confined to Na val Men alone—The Dutch Troops are very much disinclined 'to the attempt, and Gen.VlcTort, who was to have commanded the E>ipedition flout the Texel, is said to have incurred 'the displeasure of the First Consul, by representing the difficulties which would attend it. These considerations may induce - the Chief Consul to postpone his intention for the present ; but nothing that we have heard induces us to think that be has abandoned the plan of Invasion. On the contrary, the latest accounts from Hollami state, that the preparations are j going on, and Troops still marching to the Coast from all quarters. Mr. PITT has been in town for a day or two past. Sir HARRY BURY.ARD NEALE yesterday took hia seat as one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. T *tamped Dollars are now issued from the at ss. pit' dtst;art their intrinsic value, WC learn, it; 4 , , 90. hut that is of tittle moment in circulation, as an accommodation to the Public. Yesterday a Court of Direnors was held at the F. sr Ihdta House, when Capt. RuouF, of the Sir W. Bensley, took leave, previous to departing for IVladeira, Madras, and Bengal. The .Court ad.. jour ned at six o'clo:k till this day. On Tuesday last General Fox reviewed a Brigade of Volunteer Infantry upon Blackheath, con s i s ti ng of the Lewisham and Lee Corps, the Deptf,rd Corps, and the Deptford Rißemen. The Bri ga d e was commanded by the Right Fin. Colonel LONG. They rn.:de a very military appearance, and went through their tnanceuvres and firings with great correctness, and General Fox expressed, himself highly satisfied with their performance. The General atterw,lrds reviewed tiny Troops 'of Yeo. maury Cavalry belonging to Greenwich and. Dept ford, commanded by Sir T. WILSON, whose ap pearance and movements also, very much met with General Fox's approbation, Signal-posts have been ereaed upon all the great houses situated _upon eminences, throughout the County of Norfolk. Last week L'g.staffs were placed up ar Itainham Hall, the seat ot the Marquis TOWNSH FNO ; at Holkhatn Hall, the seat of Mr. COKE; and at Houghton Hall, the seat ot the Earl of CHoLmoNDELEY. The - Flag is red, and is only to be hoisted in case of - aanal Invasion, or the ap. penance of an Enemy off the Coast. It was on the 4th of November that General CLvrtiANE died at Grenada. His Funeralis4tateti to have been the most splendid ever witne4sed iw that Island. A very anpleasant occurrence, we are sorry to state, has lately taken place in the Southwark. Corps of Volunteers. One of the Captains having, on account of his private concerns, been under the ne cessity of resigning his Commission, the Company to which he had belonged proceeded to the election of a successor, and sent to the Colooel the name of the Gentleman of whom they had made choice,— Colonel TIEkNEY immediately informed therm that their proceedings were irregular, and that he had himself appointed'a C. , prain to the vacant Company. This answer produced a .erious remonstrance on the part of the privates the consequence of which was, that the Colonel• ordered the company to he dis. baivied ; and the members have accordingly resigned their anus into the hands of the proper officer. Private Letter, from Hainhurgh state, that a Rus sian Amoy of 200,000 is aCtually collecting, the greater part of whici. is in Livonia and Volhynia. His ittFEttIAL MAIESTY,it added, has sent B. ron GIEILSON to Hanover, fully authorized, accord ing to report, to give further assurances to the States of his earnett solicitude to obtain the com plete evacuation of the Elettorate. The same let ter, trate, that•the Blockade of the Elbe has been re. surned by otir Cruizeri. .The Tiber, in the course of last month, over_ { l o wed its banks, for the third time since CAnber, d inundated the whole Country in the neighbour.. hood of • Rom; together with several parts of that N4Y AL, NEWS. DOVER, JAN. i .—There has be e n a great firing off B,ulogne this morning, but as nothing has arrived from the Frer.th Coast, and the weather has been very hazy, we are ignorant of the causo. clic. DEAL, JAN. 11. -- Sailed the /m n orta/iti this morning, on a Cruize off the Coast of France; and the Supply Transport for Deptford. • This morning a very heavy Can no nading was heard from the South East, but we do not expert the particulars until to-morrow. Ire the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Perseus, Basilisk, Spe culator, Lugger, Flirt Armed Cutter. PLYINMUTH, JAN. lc).--The Impetueux, of 78 guns, Captain T. B. MARTIN, which sailed on Sun day to join the Channel Fleet, was forced back to Cawsand Bay yesterday a violent gale of wind at South. Arrived La Loire Frigate, of ¢o guns, from a Cruize in the Irish Channel, to refit, haying car ried away her mizen in the late gales. The Santa Margaritta Frigate came into liar hour this afternoon to refit. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. t r.--Arrived this day His Majesty's Ship his, from the Downs, with several outward-bound vessels.' The Snow Eagle, CarretiFt.t, master, which lost her masts and anchors, and cables in the late gales, having been repaired, went out of the Har bour this day to join the Convoy now waiting a wind for sailing for the West Indies. •YARMOUTH, JAN. I i.--Arrived in the Road yesterday after Post, the Adventure Packet, Captain DEANE, from Heligoland, with IVlails arid Passen. gers. Arrived this morning the Ef.7hden Packet, Capt. PETERSON. from Tonningen, bound to London, with goods. FALMOUTH, JAN. 9.—Last evening arrived the Ship Berricks, Capt. GI zsoN, much damaged. She sailed hence on the loth ult. with the Fleet under convoy for Lisbon, and parted from them in the gale of the 26th ult. Sailed the Ship Harpooner, Capt. GEo. LAtan, with iron, for London; and the Danish BrigAdjutm, GELD with wine, brandy, &c. for Tonningen ; the Eaglesbush, COURTNEY, for Swansea; the Price, PEARC E, for Padstow ; the Martha, LIITLE, for Looe ; and the Flying Fish, MottcAtr, for Ply. mouth. Appeared off last evening, the American Brig Petersburgh, Capt. I .ricKEßy, from Norfo!k, with tobacco and cotton, to call at this Port fox orders, with the loss of her mainmast and foretop_mast, in a violent gale of wind at S. E.—ln the course of last night it came'tO biow extremely hard, and this morning she was not to be seen; it is supposed she has made for Plymouth. The Brig Padstow, of Padstow, Capt. STrvrtis, with iron, from Cardiff bound to L on d on , ma ki ng for this Harbour, unfortunately got on the Stag 'Rocks, and received much damage, in consequence of which she will be obliged to discharge her cargo, The Portugueae Schooner Va lante, bound to Lis bon, and which sailed a few days since, has this evening put back. The Princess Amelia, ST EVRNS, and the Lady Arabella, Foal.Eus, with Mails of this month, the former for Jamaica, and the latter for New-York, will sail about the r zth inst. jERSEIr s JAN. 7. —The Grappler Gun_brig on this Stati on was. i n t h e l ate gales anc h ore d near the Island of Chunsie, about three leagues from Gran ville, and nine leagues from this Island, and in pre paring to put to sea, was driven on the rocks, and as soon as the weather moderated (them being no other of His Majesty's Ships there), about eleve n or twelve boats, with about 200 men, were sent fr om Granville for the purpose cf taking possession of the Gun_brig ; but on their approach, so me little resistance was made by the' Crew, in which the Lieutenant was wounded in the mouth. At length the Vesiel was blown up,' and the men were taken prisoners and carried to Granville. It is supposed that a signal of the distress of the Gun, boat was given by a Frenchman who was indulged to remain in his , possessions on the Island--he in consequence was taken and carried to Sir JAMES SAttmAßrz, at Guernsey, by the Vessels which were sent to the assistance of the Gun_brig, but which arrived too late. SE-it ERNESS I JAN I 416/0`"-A Court-Martial. was assembled on the 5,11, and:held' by adjournment till this day, on board His Nlajesty's Bomb.vessel.F ur , in this Harbour,, consisting of the following Niem. bars, wiz. Captain Min-IEL, ?resident, Capt o i n , BERESIFORD, ATI'. \TESS!! Y, Lord W 4:4 STUART, • HAR-DY:AAN, -13.1.1LEY i and AaGLES whco they rruccOed to try .7 , 4 . 06 ..7chasr,.n, a sta. min belonging to His Majesty's Sloop L ar k, on suspicion of being guilty of a species of the most Wanton and deliberate treachery, in that of cutting a ship's riding cable in a gale of wind, which was accomplished on board of His Majesty's Sloop Lark, whilst lying in Lowestoffe Road, on the evening of the 16th of December last, and fur recommending the cable to be nicked. The Court was of opinion that then: was strong presumptive proof of the Pri soner having cut the cable, but that the charge of nicking the cable was fully proved ; and the Court adjudged the Prisoner to receive 300 lashes on his bare back, and to be put in solitary confine ment for one year in any of His Majesty's gaols the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty should direst. Yesterday Sir E. NEPEAN sent an extra, of a letter to LLOYD'S, for the information of the Un derwriters and Merchants. It is dated the 3oth of Odober, from Gibraltar, and communicates the pleasing intelligence of the safe arrival there of the whole of the large fleet from England, under the convoy of the Excellent, of 74. guns, Capt. SOTHE RON, with the exception of the Flora, Captain NELSON, which was captured just as she was en tering the Bay, being seven or eight hours sail a-head of the convoy. Lieut. COLES, who was recently captured on the Coast of Holland, is re-appointed to the Amelia Frigate, at Yarmouth. Several shipwrights, rope.makers, and other artificers, take their passage for Malta in the Ilin dostalt store-ship, to assist in completing the repairs of the Ships of war at that place. The Neptune, Moss, from London, is stranded near Bridlington. Cargo expeEted to be saved.. The Ethallon, PARR ETT, from London, is wreck. ed Flamborough Head. . The Lady Cremorne, Glssolv, from. New Bruns. wick, arrived at Liverpool, put into the Isle of Mull, and found lying there the Six Sisters, Capt. MACMI LLAN, fruin Africa, an American Brig from Charlestown ; had been 70 days on her passage, and had picked up five.of the crew of the Adamant, from Quebec, bound fnk-London, which was Water logged, and had bemdeserted by the crew. The remainder of the crew were washed overboard pre vious to their quitting the ship. Spoke the George, of Greenock, from New-York, and the Carlton, from Quebec, all well, The Baton, Capt. SpENcE, on her passage from Africa, about So leagues to windward of Barbadoes, was captured and carried into Poinr-a-Petre, Gua daloupe, by a French Privateer of 14 guns and 150 men, after a severe engagement of two hours and a half, in which Capt. SrENCE and one man were killed, and four dangerously wounded. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 10. LAST night about twelve o'clock, the drums beat to arms throughout this town, anti the bugle horns sounded an alarm ; when the several Corps of Caval ry, Loyal Forest Rangers, with the numerous South amptun Corps of V o l unteer I n f antry, assembled under arms with surprizing promptitude and zeal in the whole ex tent of it, allnidght-ostraeect'onOsietcleurpaybil6egditshteance above Bar. The Sea Fencibles, arid every Other Officer and IVI,In eHIS M AJESTY, were called together, and F ready for service within 40 minutes after the alarm was g i ven . About half past one this morning, the Troops being still under arms, .vleerew,iles b t i l l ; Cgr°aTi'fineaCidaitngthe°gfielcneri'al alertness and zeal rnani. t he whole of them, and informed terem hc h b t y their services would not be wanted on the gmuaoisrt"cse'tnsbiy d frelist:Lei occasion, as it had been recently discover ed present that the alarth iiA-Orginated in mistake. THE OPERA.—The new Opera was again te_ hearsed yesterday at , the King's Theatre. g GRAs sr N I is !flitch recovered , from h er cold, and her (ones are consequently h ear d to more advantae. Some of her -tiotes are exqui s i te ly beautiful,. 'and s h e w ill no doubt p rove a very fi ne Actress. Ricut has more to boast from nature t h an f rom study, THE THEATRE.—The Tragedy of ;fuze Shore was represented last night at Covent Garden Thea tre before a numerous audience. Before the Play Mr. KEMBLe came forward and informed the audi ence., that a Message hid been received between three and four o'clock that day, importing, that Mr. Couy was unable to attend his duty, and that Mr. RAYMOND, of Drury Lane Theatre, had kindly of fered to perform the part of Gloucester. The play then proceeded without impediment. Mrs. SID DONS exhibited the distress of lane ,Sbore, with all.. the genuine pathos which charaCterizes her aCting. KEmBLE, as usual, gaVe force and dignity to Shore. The part of Dumont which was to have been per formed by CooxE, was very .well supported by MURRAY, and the whole went off with due im pression. The Stratagem and Cinderell a completely filled Drury-Lane Theatre last night.—The former piece . indeed attracted a large audience at first, owing no doubt to the appearance of Mrs. JORDAN in Mrs. Sullen, a character which she sustains at least with . archness, humour and spirit. Mr. TAYLOR, we understand, has adjusted most of the embarrassMents in which the Opera House was involved, and put .matters in a t ra i n f or an entire liquid at i on , in consequeNc e of which he is .aCtually to resume the management in the ensuing season. QUICK has been playing several nights.at the Maidstone Theatre, where he is to have a benefit this evening. Complaints respe&ing the scanty provision of the Inferior Clergy have existed tipwards of 300 years. In 421 there was a great commotion among them, regarding the inequality of their stipends, when it was ordained by the superior convocation, that each BishoP'gfathi . ?;:atirber should ibaye each Priest who, had his orders frpm that payment. DUBLIN, JAx. 7. MONDriY arrived at Cork the American Brig T(v.,c Braberi, Captain LowELL, from Dunkirk, which place she left 17 days since, bound to Nor folk, in ballast, but forced into Cove by contrary winds. By her the several accounts of the prepara tions in the Enemy's Ports are fully con Armed, and the division of Ireland is the general topic of conversation among the troops. The number of Gun-boats equipped in that harbour is said to be in credible ; the general plan 6e) feet long, to carry one 32-pounder in a slide, each calculated to carry too men ; but from the materials of which they are stated to be composed, it is not thought this Cour]. try can be the obje& of their destination. The Commissioners of the Revenue having had just reason to suspeCt that great abuses had pre.. vailed in the Excise Department, in the DistriCts of Newry, Dundalk, and Droiiheda, dispatched a confidential Officer, J. B. ITZSIMNONS, Esq. who with equal promptitude and celerity repaired to these Distrias, and by well-timed measures of prudence, deteCted numerous frauds and forgeries on the Revenue to a large amount. From New.. ry, Mr. FlTzsritamor4s hastened to Carlow and the Distria of Leighlin-bridge, where he made very great deteaions.--The result of a week's exertion by this Gentleman is, that two thousand pounds have been paid or secured to the Crown ; fines and seizures to the amount of many thousands are depending ; a most complicated system of forgery upon the Revenue has been thrown open ; the fair dealer is proteCted ; honest men are gratified, and the national purse is replenished with that which otherwise would have gone into the pocket of the public spoiler. _ . Thursday Captain DAwsoN apprehended a most desperate villain of the name of &ode rick, who was President of the Assassination Committee which sat upon the life of the Earl of CARHAMPTON ; and for which Dunn and Carty were executed in Strand street. This Broderick escaped in the year 1798, and has been out of this Country since that pet iod, until some time previous to the z 3,1 of July last. FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS. PAR IS, DEC. 3t.—Tlve are daily engagements between the divisions of our Flotilla and the English Cruizers. At the /de of Croix, seven of out Gun boats compelled two English Ships of - the Line an 4 a Frigate to sheer off, after having their rigging very much damaged. Between Calais and Gravelinet, a part of our Flotilla having got on shore, some En g li s h CatiZers advanced to take possession of them, buc the Patroles of the Ist Regiment of Chasseurs, with , some Detachments of the g s tli Regiment of Infantry , and the Flying Artillery, efedually proteded than from the attacks of the English, whQ were compel led led to retire a f ter h av i ng sustained considerable da- f mage, and upon the flowing Calais.of the tide, our Fl ot illa escaped safely i nto C During the wh o l e o f W e d nes d ay last, it blew a violent tempest in this city. Between eight and twelve o'clock, when it was most violent, it ocea.! sioned a number of accidents. The slates were fly ing to all dirraions ; the lead* were torn in several places from the roofs ; some chimnies were thrown down, and a number of persons are said to h a ve been severely hurt by their fall. In the gardens of the Thuilleries, several trees were throw n downs and large branches broken oIE The statue of Pa/ pirius, at the extremity of the Allie de; Oral l geris near the gate-way, had its head broken by the fall of a large tree, blown from its roots by the hurri' , cane. The roofs of the pavilions, anol that 9f t i t s grand gallery, suffered considerably, MINISTRY OF MAR/NE, . • The Privateer, the Audezciov, of lia,yoPz7is, his captured and brought into chat Port an English Vessel, laden with three or four thousand tiuinrals of Cod. The Ptivateer, the Determine, took .an Fog : list) Vessel with nearly the same Cargo ; bu.t the kng,. lish Priponers who remained on board retook. her, after killing the Prize-Master and two Sailors, and wounding fool. others ; she .was, however, again captured by the B1.111417:1, of .80):Oftnr, acrd brought into that Port. FRANKFORT, DEC. 23.—The Commlssariat_Ge neral of the Bavarian Provinces in Franconia, having learnt, that the Direlory of the Equestrian Order Ii sitting at Nuremberg, as well as some of those Members of the Order who have refused to take the oath of submission, are endeavouring co procure ' a Loan, have published at Bamberg an Edict, de claring, That in no case can the possessions o f die Equestrian Order in Franconia, situate in the Prin"‘ cipalities of Wurt-4bourg and Bamberg, be ma d e to serve as pledges for such loan, and that his Elec toral HighnesS will never recognize such engage ment. ScH I EDAM, Jv. 3.--It is now positively sa id, i w n ek p e ur . suance of the orders issued by General NET, Command er i n Chi e f o f t h e C om bi ne d T roop i in the Island of Walcherr n , th at the Fix.ve-CoNstlr• will arrive at Rushing towa r d s t h e en d o f nex t Preparations fur his reception have already been made. Against that period the French Am bassador at the Hague is also expo led there, as well as several Generals and Staff' Of f icers. The FtasT CONSUL will make a longer stay in th at Ci ty t han he did last summer; a circumstance which fully re. futes all the idle tales circulated on that occasion; such as that he was afraid of being assassinated by the Dutch, 84 . c. Rear Admiral VERFIE.UL will arrive at Flushing in a few days, to take upon him self the command of the Flotilla. It is certain that he left the Hague immediately on the arrival there of a Courier from the FIRST CONstn.. On Tuesday evening a thininner belonging to the Queen's Royal Volunteers was tied up to the halberts to receive the punishment sentenced upon him by a Court-martial for desertion, at the Corps drilling-ground, near Raiieiagh, when Colonel RO BINSON read the sentence to him of the Court• martial, but on account of !tits being the first offence co itted in the Corps, the Colonel remitted the sentence.; after which, he read the At of Parlia ment, authorising the Cqrpe to inilitt military I`u-