The Sun. — London, England, 1804-03-27 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS:` PLYMOUTH, MARCH zs.—The outward-bound West India Ships, which sailed hence yesterday for Falmouth, under C: , nvoy of the Aurora Frigate, put back again this morning by contrary winds. Arrived the Foudroyant, of 8o guns, Rear. A dmiral GRAV ES, from the Channel Fleet. Arrived the Swedish Ship Amititia, Capt. J. C. ScHtm - rz, from Cadiz, with wine for this Port ; also the Atalanta, of Koninshurgh, J. C. HANNEMAN master; and the Maria, of ditto, J. G. ANSCHLAAG master, both from Marrenes, laden with salt, detained by the Viper Cutter. Arrived also the Providentla, Capt. PORT, and the Vriendschap, Capt. HOLSDT, from Barcelona, laden with wine, for orders. Porrsmourn, MARCH 2.6.--Arrived the Tram peuse Sloop of War, with the Margaret and Provi dence Transports, with Troops (which they landed this morning at Cowes), from Ireland ; S•wan Cut ter, from Guernsey, and Charlotte, WHITE, from Gottenburg for Nantz, detained by the Eurjdice Frigate. ..........—. S "ERNRSS, MARcil 26.—Arrived the Dili. Bence •Armed Ship, Ciut. KRA a, who is ordered to take the Convoy to the Baltic instead of the Clyde Frigate, which proceeds to resume the Blockade of the Elbe and Weser. This day a new Sloop of War, called the K;ngt fisher, lately launched at Dover, arrived at this Yard, to be Coppered and fitted outs A Cuurt.Martial was this day assembled and held on board of the Champion frigate, in the Hat%., houton try the Master of the Romuhir, on - charges 'exhibited, against him by Captain LOSACK, of the said Ship. The Curt having heard the Evidence in uPllort Of the Prosecution, „ s well as what the Pri_ s°r l er `had to off,r in his defence, sentenced him to be reprimaiutedi and he waN reprimanded accord. ingly . , . ' A 5......—.... • DEAL, MARCH z6.- - -tlis Majesty's Ships Seine, ligl umnb-Harpg, and Meteor, came in fro nt a Cruise Off Boulogne ; L' Ain:able, from the Nore ; P . m. viiss, from the Oneen's Channel; and .Chatham Lighter, from the River, llun tilt towns—Monarch, Ut rec h t, V eteran, Illustrious, , Viiginie, enilisc-rill 1/ e, ar,ii, Euryalus, L'Aluiable, Seine, tilt D4Squirrel, I erseus. Meteor Fµry, Vesuvius, Dart, j„l.y, Curlew, Autumn, Spider, 7 I.oeust Basilisk, Minx, ok, Deptford 'l' ' , t b x Es4t India_;.utispurt, „Alain , a, 1 slip. YARMOUTH; M -4 " ll l:s.—Friday P.M. arrived from the Southward the Pixen and Censor g to un. ,3o)o igs, li the lHeitet od iteL ort4 a,rame,t titter. Yesterd a y sa il e d .3oer Dutch Itiftnir a l TtinttNsottnuortf ) off the Coast, His Majesty's _shi guns, p Repulse, of 64. And th e V enus iligger. This day sailed the Vixen gun.brig, to Sn; - Sileerne lß to he ~,e gun iessel with shires fo r th e G e oh e a , l y i ng stores fo paid, and the in th e H the umber; also the Fa'v'ourite cutter, with With r North S ea Fl eet. Sailed for Emhden passehgers, the Elizabeth of London, and the Badger, with the trade to remain Husum .; several ships waiting convoy for the Baltic. Wind strong breeze at the S. W. The shipi in the Roads are the innexibie, • of 64 guns, Admiral RussEL, Bea. VTer sloop, CensoP-igun.brig, and &be and Prince Wales cutters.- PruNsuRGH, MARCH 24,—0n Wednesday last sailed from Leith Roads to the Southward to join Convoy, the Lady Forbes, Capt. G OURLEY, L ady Sitrclair, all Capt. SMITH, a n d C umberland, Capt. SimPsorr, of Leith, for Jamaica. At as the wind, which has contiimed with very little variation from the S. E. for several months past, has changed to the West. And yesterday morning the Baltic Flee under convoy of the Diligence Armed Sloop, Captain -K ERR ; the Tonningeo Flept, under convoy. of the Prince of Wales., Captain MURKAY ; and the Transports, with Troops for Guernsey, under Convoy o f the , g o t under Geor ge , Captain CARMICHAEL weigh, an d proceeded from Leith Frith with a Roads d own tair wind. Several of the ships in the Baltic and Tonningen Fleets have had their cargoes 00 board Since October last; and have repeatedly S ailed and proceeded sime distance to sea, but have a 3 often been dtiven back by tempestutius weather. 'PETERHEAD, MARCH 17 e days a go , . Som there was cast on shore here, a top.gat.y ard, on one arm o f which was cut out York, If llan M. S. After considering the yard particularly, 1 am of opinion, that the vessel has sunk, and that thi s y ar d has dis entangled it se lf from the tide, as t h ere i s no mark o ropes by th e mot i on o f t h e f viole nce on i t f art h er than what might be supposed t o be occa s ioned by the pulling of the ropes. We have still more reason to fear the loss of the York Man of War, as many strut' pieces of wreck are still coming on shore on this coast and the neighbourhood. Yesterday a piece of a gun-car. riage, marked YOrk, 1 8-pounder, was thrown on shore at Rattery.head ; a man's hand has been found on the be ac h, and an offizet's pantaloons) with red morocco leather on them. CORK, MARCH 21. The bri tord elson, Which arr i ved in Core this day from Malta, N sailed tinder convoy of His Majesty's ships Stukely and i3ralell, with 16 sail more in c;)mpany, bound up t he English and Irish Channel. She left Malta the 26th ja,luary, and parted convoy the 18th instant cif Usnant, and was chased yesterday by i French priv;treer hrig. lis IN/I.,j,ty's ship Ca/D.:fort, is now ling an hack of Spike 141 and, waiting fur the to out. *ard.bour+3 West Io(lia fleet. Tllere are now col. letied at Cove 50 sail to ptoceect'with her. Yesterday Ilk Nl..jesty's sloop Trvveuse, C:tpt. GooDwiri, sailed from this porc fotjersey. JERSEY, MARCH 23.—For this week past . a heavy fi r i ng of cannon has - been distinEtly . heard from hence in the direhinn of St. Makes. On Sunday evening last the firing of cannon and mus:. quetry was heard from -Granville Bay to the right of Custance- The Alcmene and Assault on-brigso with two cutters, haVe been -crUizing under the orders of the Severn; from Granville and Booty Bay- to the Coast of France. Scarce a day - passes but the Severn has a sigial flying for ships passing on the coast Of France. The Severn, commanded by the PR INC E of Bout at.t.ox, lies constantly moored in Granville Bay. From this ship the spy boats, or gigs, as they are - called, go nightly to the coast of France for intelligence. This secret ser vice business is entirely undel - the diredion of that Prince! its expence is very great--of its utility many doubr. The East India Battalion embarked under the &reflion of Brigadier-General HOPE, on board the Betsey, transport, for the Isle of Wight, on the 29th of February, from St. Owen's Pier. The 83d Regiment in Granville Barracks are im mediately to receive too men from the Royal Gar rison Bataalion here. • This draft will nearly coin- plete them. It. is said to have been ascertained within these few days that a much greater number of'the enemy's boats can come Out in one tide than has been gene t-any supposed, a faet that will of course, produce an angmentatiun of the squadron appointed to watch the forts of Boulogne and Ambit:tense. .NEWCASTLE, MARCH 24.. —Thursday sermight the inhabitants of Redcar were alarmed by a, very heavy firing ; thinking the enemy was off the coast, the drums were ordered to beat to arms. The Sea- Fencibies (much to their credit) commanded by Capt. THRUSH, were, ,in a few minutes, on the sands ; when it proved to be minute guns from the Brig' Rose (Letter of Marque, of London, ALEXANDER SI BEALD, Master,) . which had got upon Redcar Rocks. The Life-boat put. off, but could not ren der them any assistance ; a few Fishing Boats at length re-ached the, vessel, and brought all hands (twenty-six) ashore. 'She is laden with fir timber, &c. from Christiansand, and if the weather prove moderate, the cargo will be got our of her. The Vessel, it is feared, will be a wreck. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. The Culloden , for the capture of the Modeste French Brigs and the re-capture of the Lord Nelson East-Indianian, will thud on.beard the Culloden, on Iwt arrival in port. To the ship Ethailon,. a distribution fot two Fishing Ves sels, will-be made on her arrival in port. The Colossus, for. the re-capture of the Lord Nelson East- Indianaan, ,will be paid immediately on her arrival in port. The Fleet nnder Lord Net..ort; off Toilion, con_ sifts of the following Ships of the line : : • Lord NzLsois;. The Viaory - ICJ Capt. Co.E MURRAY. Capt. Su rzoic. c Cahopus Rear-Ad. G. Catdrur.r-L. . So La , c . , p. j. .01.71".. Kent - - 74 Rear-Au. Sir R. au:IER Torr. Donegal • . 80 Capt. Sir R. j. STA .A..6-IAN. Gibraltar - So Caiar_ Rw_v_s.s. _ . . Belleisle - 74 Capt. 11.41i.C.00D. Excellent - 74 Capt. SOT ii tliON... Renown . - 74 Capt. W lirr E. Superb - - 74 C.:pt. KEATS. • Triumph - 74 Capt. Sir R..BARLow. ' Agincourt - 64 Capt. BRIGGS . ' I‘lolllllollth - 64 Capt. HART. Hindostan - 5o Capt. Ls GROSS. • . Bralcd. - - so Capt. CLl\Rx.s. , ' . On the r9th tilt. the Royal Sovereign, Captain MALcoLm, arrived at Gibraltar from Admiral CORNWALLIS'S Fleet, after a - passage of' eight days. She was to sail in a few days to join Lord NEL SON'S Fleet. The Sloop P;lfour of Newburgh, JOHN WHITE master, arrived at Kingoody, on the 13th, after be ing chased by a French Privateer, on the 7th be tween Orford Ness and Lowestofit ; Capt. WHITE was determined rather to run ashore than be taken. He was v ithin pistol-shot for one and twenty mi.' nutes, the French' calling to haul down his sails, and keeping sip a brisk fire of musketry, with some great guns all the time : about so of the musket:. shot went through the sails, and in the hull, and shot away the gaff-top-sail-sheet ; they then hoist ed their boat and tackle for boarding ; by that time' the P;tfyur was 'within two fathoms water, and heard the 'Frenchman at the lead call out three fathoms. They then stood out for sea, or in one minute both ships would have been ashore. In going through Yarmouth Roads same day about ten o'clock, Capr. `Vu rfe hailed the Admiral, gave him, in formation of the above, to which he paid great attention. It appears by letters from Copenhagen, of the 3d inst. tiaat the report from Bergen. respating the arrival of several Dutch Armed Vessels and Troops is so far incurs - ea, that these Ships, four in number, viz. the Corvette the Spy, 18 .guns, 8o men, the Schboner the Wolf, 8 guns, 46 men, the Schneuffe leer, 8 guns, 4.6 men, and the Cutter the Lioe, 28 guns, 24 , 3 men, did not arrive together, hut one after another in Bergen, and are already nearly..dis mantly.d. • The Crews are returned to Holland.— They had no Troops. An English 44.gim Frigate lies also in Bergen. By the:accounts from Calcutta of the 6th August, it appears that the Government there had taken up .several ships of large burden, for the. purpose of conveying troops on some expedition. Among the ships taken up ate the Britannia, Hope, Myrtle, and Triton, being nine in all. The period was three months, and the terms liberal. These vessels for a short distance could carry s or to,Ooo men. It is supposed that tl•:e objet of the Expedition was the reinforcement of our forces in Ceylon, where the late disasters had greatly reduced our power, and exposed our remaining stations to great hazard. On Thursday last, at Epworth, Lincolnshire, there was one of the most terrible storms of thunder and lightning, attended with heavy rain and hail, during the time it lasted, ever witnessed. We ate happy, however, to find that no damage was done. NlAiscn t 4. NATHANIFL GO St ! il of Mr. N 1 f-:L. GOAL, the i.l,her iheB,-.nch MnAc, h;id his dt.'nti:ii 8;111 11,,e 11 , ,v,1t a fortnight since. It "as gives at the R,:onis in George -street, under the Fa troudge and dire ion of I ler Grace the Dutchess of I.lliccleugh, the Rig,ht Hun. the Countess of Dalhousie, Lady ChariottL: C aupbell, Lady Montgumerie, Lady Dalrymple Hamilton, ttte Hon. Mr ti. Dundas of Arniston, &c, The ball-room is one of the largest in the United Kingdom. Abotit ten o'clock the coma ,iny began to assemble, and before twelve, eleven laiodred per sons had paid for admission. Among the.company were, the Commander in Chief, Eari Nilo IRA and Suite, Lady CHARLOTTE RAW DON, Mr. and Mrs. D. SCOTT, ,the Dutchess'of GORD6N, &c. &TC. An elegant Supper rock place at one Welock ; about ,two the ball, re-commenced arid was kept up with that degree of spirit peculiar ,to the country, until six o'clock, when the company retired. Edinliurgh has never been known pa: i re-gay-than it is at present. This may be accounted for in con sequence of Lord MontA, and almost the whole of the heads of families in Scotland being here with their Regiments. • Last week Lady CHARLOTTE RAW DON gave a grand hall and supper, to whiCh were invited pp..' wards of 300 distinguished Fashionables. Parties are given every night in the week. - ' CKSM. Cott.—A recent Fashionable /Elopement is now beconie the stilled of general conversationt; 'we therefore feel ourselves at liberty to mention the following particulars G. the fair Elope", is second daughter .of an Honourable, Re verend, and Venerable Dean, who,resides in the South of Ireland, and is presumptive heir to an Earldom. About five years ago, Sir JOHN G. was quartered with his Regiment in the neighbourhqod, and became acquainted with the family. He was ordeted suddenly to, England ; and on his leaving his quarters, Lady G. then Miss C. followed him to Dublin, where they were married. From Dub lin they came to England, where they have since lived apparently in the greatest felicity. The Lady had a beautiful cottage near Windsor, a splen did equipage, &c. :Sir JouN. G. is a very hand. some man; severarars younger than the Lady or her gallant. .. All ,- adies in her situation arc pre sumed and declared beautiful. Hitherto, however, Lady G. has just been allowed to be pretty, and, not more. The Hon. Captain B. the' gallant, was the friend and brother officer to the injured husband. He was his inmate at the time of the discovery. The Lady, it seems, had stolen un. heeded to her lover's chamber, and was caught in the ad of coming out of it by her husband. The conduttof Sir JoHN G. upon this painful occasion was that of a Gentleman and Soldier.. He produced a brace of pistols ; but the Hon. Captain B. said he would not aggrAvute the injury by firing at the man whom he had wronged, and declined the chat_, lunge. S.r Jour; then sat down, and wrote a let. ter to the Lady's friends, requesting their advice. The criminal intercourse is supposed to have sub. sisted abaut four months. Lady G. has a daughter about five months old. Mr. T. DIBDIN is the acknowledged author of the Comedy brought forward for to tkenefit of Nit. LEWIS, under the title .of The Will for the Deid. It is not only very creditable to thc feelings of the author, as it was the tribute of friendiiiip to a man whose talents and, private worth are deservedly re speeted, but it. is cre,litable also to the Author's abili. ties, as the Comedy abounds with —strong humour, and incidents that make an irresistible appeal to the risible muscles. PARLEY has seldom appeared to so much ad vantage as in the,new Comedy of The Will for the need. He really displayed comic powers that if properly cultivated may raise him much higher in public estimation.. _ Accounts have been received'from France within these few days, from the crew of the Priace of Wales packet, taken at the commencement of the . war ; they are dated from Givet, the 18th of January, at which place the crew then were; • together with Captain BRENTON, and the other officers and crew ,f La Minerve frigate; they were then all well, but had suffered much from long marches, want of clothes, miserable allowance of food, and all the horrors ofrt French prison; they were, however, seasonably re lieved by .the humanity of the Government, who have, since the latter part of December, allowed them threepence each per day, in addition to . the allowance made them by the French ; and on the day on which the accounts are dated, they had been fur nished by Captain Bit ENTON, at the expence of the English Government, with each man a shirt, jacket, trowsers, stockings, and a pair of shoes, and straw. beds; this allowance has also been extended to the crews of the merchantmen, but they are only allow. ed two.pence each per day. They speak in very high terms of Captain BR ENTON'S humane condua and attention to them. The prisoners ,are not suf fered to remain long at one place ; their .stay seldom exceeds two months. Since the zzd of November they have been marched 200 miles. On Saturday night a man came to the watchman who stands at the end of King's:head-court, Norton Falgate, anti requested permission to.stop fora few minutes in his box, while he went his rounds, as the arranger said that he had no lodging to go to. The watchman granted his request, and then went to call the hour. On his return, however, he found the man sitting in the watch-box quite dead. The body was takers to the Ship Public.house for the Coroner's Inquest. The deceased was 'a Sawyer by trade, ,and lodged in•King's-lkead-court.; but being un well, and out -of employ, he was not able. to pay his.lodging, and in consequence turned out into the streets that very evening. At Milton, a ewe lately produced a living lamb with twolTrads. • . It is a singular faa, that in that ,neighbourhood some oyster-shells were lately thrown on a dung hill, amongst which was an oyster too lean to be thought worth opening. On turning the dung.heap five weeks after, that oyster was found uncommonly fat and fine, yet it had been exposed to sun and fain during a il t h at time. TRURO, MARCH 24. TilE zotii Regiment of Light Dragoons are slibri.- ly txpected in Corn , .vall. .fwo iru“rs only, we understand, will be quartered here, till the barracks are coinpleted. The head-quarters of the, Rogi. menr, will. be at Truro. _ _ A del t.s)t of Stores is shortly to be form* ed here for ti,e general use of the Troops aging in the western pairs of this County. The Penryn Volunteer. infantry, Col. GEoaart, are shortly to enter upon a rotAtion of service at Pendennis. It is expe&cd that this Regiment wilt be followed by all the other Volunteer Corps in the County. The several Storekeepers in the western Military last.week, took an account and made. re— turns to the Deputy Commissary-Qeneral, of all waggons, carts, draught and pack..ll , ,rses, within a circuit of two miles of His, Majesty's several de, puts, preparatory to the removal of thrir'resP...etive stores, incase of the sudden appearance of the Ene• my on the Coast. DUBLIN, MARCH IS• YFSTER DAY , the offender . who was arrested on suspiCioni:a • short tine ago in the country,' Lough.carib, was brought up a Prisnner toctho Castle. He was escorted, by a large the t Dragons, who were coming up on, their . roote to be stationed in Dublin, The Prisoner appeared fo'be . a mean looking pehan, of the lower wyrkiog class, and is charged with being one of those Who murt)e - red iri Thomas street, the late Lord'Kit:A WARD :•he is described by so tn.ley names, tl'iat his one is not yet ascertained ;he was lodged in the prison at the Castle. Yesterday Mr. Dixon, of Kilnpinham, tanner, who has been confined some time in the county gabs, underwent an 'examination at the Castle. A ravenous glead, or buzzard hawk, had fre: quently, of late, been seen devouring pigeons on the steeple of Bow Church; yesterday Mr. CAR; RtITHERs, of Cheapside, from . the window of 'Mr. POOLE'S house, shor the bird. • Married, on Tuesday the 13th inst. the Revsi- EDwARD THOMAS VA.UGHAN,6r of St.lVlar.. tin's and All Saints, Leicester, to Miss ELIZABETH ANNE HILL, daughter,of DANIEL THOMAS HILLi- Esq. of Oadby, near Leicester. •.. On Thursday morning last, about two o'clocki a fire broke out in a . cottage at K , :tnpsford, Gloucester.., shire, inhabited by an industrious labourer named Poole, his wife; and five small children. Thehouse7 was completely enveloped in flames before the fa_ mile were alarmed. The mother,, after escaping with diculty, returned, and penetrated three times,suc. ceseively through the fire, to save her children, in which she fortunately succeeded ; :hut, shocking to' relate, she was herself so terribly scorched in the attempts, as to survive only a few hours. The poor man and two of.the children are so much burnt as to leavelit de hopes of their recovery. . • The following extraordinary account may be de- . • pended upon to be correß : Mr, D. Crowley,* tayior, of Hight-street, Portsmouth, in Odober, Igo; missed from a counter drawer in his front shop, a small parcel, containing variou_s. Bankers' •••and*Promissory_ notes, to the amount of near sot. as he believes. In the warmth of inquiry Aotoe suspicious circumstances attached to a servant who, af;er judicial examination was committed to prison : Mr. Crowley, from good opinion of her: honesty, humanely declining to appear against her, • she. was liberated. Last week the workmen (Who are pulling down the premises), upon ,taking up, a board tinder the counter, found a rat's bor row, With a skeleton of a large rat surrounded by,' papers, whole and in scraps, which, upon inspec tion prove to be six notes of sl. each, of Grant and Co. two of 11. each, of Gtiflith's and Co. both • Eankers of Portsmouth, and two Promissory notes ; of the latter no part remained except the signatures. We feel great pleasure in adding (to Mr. Crowley's credit) that he has made some c,finpensation to the' suspeded girl, and has expressed his readiness to take her again into service. Oa Friday afternoon a desperate battle was fought in Hyde l'Jrk, , between George. Bristow and George Ccasins, artificial florists, in the employ of Mr. HAT tsres, of Golden-square. The battle had been proposed on the preceding day, in consequence: of an altercation•on an old grudge. The parties set to with the greatest fury, and fought for upwards of an hour, during which time,many very severe blows were exchanged. The battle terminated by a knock down blow given by Bristow, when his an tagonist fell with the back part of his head-upon a stone, which cut him so dreadfully, that feeble hopes are entertained of his surviving it. He was carried off the ground by •his friends, and conveyed to.his house;, No. t 1, Great Pulteney-street, where surgical assistance was rendered (aim. Last week, a person who had long been a house keeper in Chichester, in the trade of a Poulterer and Muffin-baker, was deterred with six. pigs, which had been stolen from a Gentleman's premises, near that city, who, from motives of compassion, would have permitted the escape of the offender, on eon; dition of' his removal ; but the Association for:pro,. secuting felonious offences, conceiving it injustiee to the Public, caused the - delinquent to be pursued, apprehended, and committed for trial. At the York Assizes, lane Robinson, a girl of about fourteen years of age, was indiaed for, ing twenty bank-notes of five guineas each;' up wards of twenty bank-notes of . the value of one guinea each, and two hills of exchange, from out of the dwelling-house of her master ; and her mother, Mary Robinson, for receiving the' property thus stolen. After the examination of numerous wit. tresses, the child was found Guilty on the fullest evi. deuce, and the mother Acquitted by the Jury.. Sen tence of death was passed on the Prisoner, in a so. leinn impressive manner, but the girl remained in the most hardened insensibility. On Wednesday morning a stage, ereded across the passage of St. Georges's Dock, Liverpool, for repairing it, gave way, by which two workmen were killed;- and seven men and two women dread. fully bruised.