The Sun. — London, England, 1804-09-20 00:00:00

MAILS. aOY. A RR IV ID II a ni' u rsh . a • rRICE OF STOCKS, 'Hug O•V T W LVIL O'CLOCK. COUKOIS - • . • . • 0 571 TO CORRESPONDENTS. I'e have melted a Low agued Damon, fantail:lv some Perm:, which, though they POMSI tonsicleraele poetical merit, aro-not.cufciently corral for puhlicatioa. : • THE SUN. • 1101.1111 QUI& DIMAS 7ALSI.III 41.1.1DZAT ? LONDON, THURSDAY, 811,22M11111t 20, 1804. ON Tuesday last Capt. ()wax, in the Immorta. made a dash at forty or fifty of the Enemy's Gun-brigs and Luggers, • as they were attempt. ing to‘get into Port, and, , as he got within range of grape.shnt, there' is little doubt that they • were severely peppered. They were thrown into great confusion, some running into Boulogne and others into Vinaereux. They were so frightened as to , make little or no resistance, but the guns and - mortars on shore wereadively employed. These are the People that hold out a menace to invade our Shores ! The great fear is that they will not put their menace into execution, now that we ate prepared to punish them for their vaunting arrogance. We were prevented yesterday from noticing the Letter of Count Zr NOB to, which appeared in a M.4ning Paper, by the pressure of Foreign Intelli. genee. If any justification were wanting to Go. verriment for having rid the Country of such a meddling, empty, intriguing coxcomb as Count ZENottio, it would be found in, the Letter which he has published,, because nothing can afford a stronger proof of the restless, troublesome dis. position of this man, than that at the moment he is complaining of being sent out of this Country, he is impudently diCtating to the People of England who are to he their Ministers. The Party, we dare say, think Mr. Fox's pretensions to be Minister of Great Britain are much strengthened by the suf. fr.rge of this i -eorer'sll Patrht, but as the l'eople of England cxpressed no wish that Mr. Fox should be Minister, even• when they were told it would be agreeable to BotrAPAttrE, it is probable that they will treat with equal contempt the wishes of that accomplished little Statesman, Count Zr,roeto. Yeaterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when several Tenders were open. 'ail of ships of too° tons burthen, now in India, also of those which have performed their contratted num. Ler of voyages in the Company's Set Vice 1 they were referred to the Committee of Shippiog. The following Ships were stationed for China, in pact of the number to be employed the ensuing sea. Son, viz. sambay Castle, Captain. A. Hamilton, Bengal and China. Henry Adelingt.nr, I. Kirkpatrick; Wexford, Captain W, Stanley Clarke, Royal George -----, and Earl of Aberga weii,iy, I. Wordsworth, jun. George, and China. (horn, -----, Madras and China. • Warren !Listings, I. Larkins, St. lielenx, Bencoolen, and China. The Court aLl'iorned at six o'clock t ill Wetlnes. (by flex , . , Y'esterday Dispatches were received from Admi. rat CoitNwitt.t.ts, off .Brest, dated on board the Glary, of 98 guns, the. 13111 inst. which wer e f or . warded to Lard M toy it.t.v, at Wimbledon. Yesterday Sir Si DtigT.SMITH and Sir Hutu Pop. n 414 had long audieoces of the' 130,111,1 of Admiralty. A Letter from a Merchant, at Nantes, to a reaped. able House in the 'City, says, " All our trade is entirely at a atand—our only specidations arc in pri. vateering, Wiihin fifteen months forty. three Pri• WOMB been fitted out here by subscription ; of these, twenty-six havebeen captured by English Cruizers, five have been cast away, seven have been unsuccessful, and five have made eight prizes, of which three only have arrived safe in French Ports ; we, of course, have been losers in this busi'ness ; as, besides our vessels, we have been deprived of nut best Sailors, now prisoners in I.ogland. Our Port almost deserted et en by Neutrals, -on fleCnittit of the numerous vexations they are exposed to, by, the rapacity, treachery, and insolence of tiukroliee and. Custom.hoose Officers. Four Atnericriks have been here fur six months; I , ut, after taking in cargoes for Martioico and Guarialonee, last July, and -being ready to sail, they were stopped by the order doo r Police-C.l=l,o;aq, whip oetended that some of •the Sailors cvett.: British Sti!-jeas. After some Louis d'urs had crpttritlced him of his mistake, and Pilots were ready can h quo, to descend the Loite, the 1 custorn.itouie Officers sejzeil the 'Vessels, upon a Chat ge that they had English goods on boatil. This, it is true,• was the case- - -but the goods had been bought originally at a public sale, from the Englisfi prizes. Tt 6'4 the American Captains ate gone to Paris to complain, and the other two arc' unloading, intending to sail, in ballast, to avoid all farther plunder. and chicanery. Last June, a Danish and two Swedish Vessels, in the same manner, after ex. periencing the same difficulties and c pp reh* i on , having agreed to carry to Martinico several -passel). gets of both sexes, the day they sailed they were i t to r ped, ball a league from our City, by our wicked Police and Custotn-houss Officers, who declared the, passes of' the passengers deficient in some nf our numerous formalities, detained the passengers until the orders ni the Grand Judge should ArtiVe With per. mibsion for them to depart, and for which they ar e tint vvattilig, atier 1)4%4111 expended their nv,lney at r ovis l o., 9 , ow 1014 their passage, their VelliCh havinged idr. Spain." saiA. .• .. ," fill 411 JV .ILJ 'I 4.0• PLYMOUTH, Seri.. O.—Arrived the Brig Afar. garet, of this Port, Cap►. MAY, from Demerara, laden with coffee, cotton, &e. hound to London: came under convoy of the P.yladrs Sloop of War, of 18 guns; parted company with the Fleet on the gdi instant, off Cape Clear, in a fog. PORTSMOVTH, SECt. 19. —The whole of the Fleet that were put untie( criarantine at the Mother. bank s are getting under weigh fur the Downs. DEAL, SEPT. z9.--Arrived the Duithris of nod. ford Armed DefenceShip, from rho Note. Sailed the Paragon Armed Defence Ship fur Shields. In ths Dqwns Nlonarch, iltir!cht, inflexible, Castor, Greyhound, Bold, Watchful Sir Andrew Mit chell, Sceptre, Kiin,,sion, Walker, L or d Eld o n, Willi ng t on , Dasher, Ariactni:, Ranger, Lora Nelson, intlefatigAble, Dot_ chess of Redford, Armed Defence Ships ; Armed Transports before; and Saran American Ship, for The Mary, —, from Greenock for Virginia, has, been captured by the Malt Ohele Toby French Privateer, and recaptured by the illuttriou, Man oi 'ar off Ferrol. The geehr, MAR'HA'LL,. from Antigua for Li. verpool, is lust in Cardigan Bay. The following interesting Particulars of the En. gagement between Lirsots and the *China Fleet, have been received from Bitavia, by a Gentleman in London, from an English. Gentleman, a Prisoner of War on board one of the Frigates of the Squadton under the.commind of A.lmiral Largo's. L. M. LlNot.,'s Squadron consists of the follow ing Ships, viz. The mountin Marermo, rated 74, but ig 4 g• . s gu n s. The Belle Footle,• 44 guns. The Semellante, 36 guns. The Pensoc, ao ditto. The Avanturia, Dutch brig, t 8 do. 3zlb. carronades. On the morning of the 13th instant, Pooh) Auto hearing N. 'W. distant teri or twelve leagues, the French Admiral made the signal for a Fleet to windward, and orders were given to chace ; three large Ships and a Brig belonging to the Fleet having come down and observed the Force of the French, made the -signal fur their .Fleet to come down, and immediately tacked arid stood towards them : but kept cs'insicieratily to leeward of their Fleet, and in a line parallel to . that of the French Ships, which stood on long enough to allow the whole Fleet, consisting of •27 Sail, to pass to lee. ward cf them. As none of the English .Ships came down to °fret Battle, the French thinking there were no Ships of War among them, folloWed them, full of the most sanguine expe&ations of taking anti de. stroying the whole Fleet. Every Meer and Sea. man anticipating his future greatneSs from the its. mense riches he must soon be io possession of, danced and capered from one end of the Ship to the other, rubbi n g his hands and squeez:ng his teeth together with.the most frantic, joy. About un hour before dusk, the Belle None having received orders to go ahead and reconnoitre, in a ihort tone returned with intelligence, that many of them had te,in decks, b ut supposed that one of them was only paint; d, The Commodore determined to defer an engage. ment till the morning, expelling that the grra'er number would make their escape in the night, and that he would easily capture the remainder ; he kept astern at a moderate distant from them all night ;, but to their astonishment, in the mornin g found the whol e Flee t laying too, with all the smaller S! - .ips to leeward. This had the same efret4 on the French men as an e'en ric stroke—'' Sacra bleu they.ex. claimed, " it is no good sign wren the Englishmen wait for us— , some of our heaths wdl he sore before night, , ' They held a C , tir,cil of War, and deter. mined to go down and engage them ii.!; so.m as die !neer! , -should spring tie, being then a calm. About ten A. M. on the morning , if the t+iii lost, h small brecLt springing up, kept edging d ova till they were nearly on a line with the centre of the English Fleet ; they then. h )re right dO,vn fir them. About twelve A. M. the French Comot:rd ire fired a shut, which was returned by one of the English Ships with a whole broadside ; the fire eintinued on both sides for about 4o minutes, when the Marenr, lutviog received two shot Aetween wind and water, and two of her topmast backstays shot away, and the Belle' hidle having her miiii.top gallant yard ''shot away, the Commodore made the signal 1. retreat. .They stood away i:file the wind with every sail they •could set , cursing the English ; who chased them f r an hour, and had they cominutd the chace for half an hour longer, must inevir, ably have taken the Dutch Brig; but the English Commodore thinking he had chased them far enough, and not wishing to leave his Convoy., which were lay tog, some of them, along way astero,• thought proper to return---the headmost Ships, as they hauled their wind, fired a broadside after the French. Some time afterwards a considerable firing WAS heard among the English Fret---the reason, of which was nut known. " The Margu r s Of 13!..oluvoRD Town yester d,y tor Vcrhite The Duke of ltozauzCfr and the Earl of WIC: ToN are arrived in Town bon) Scotland. The Etrl . and Countess of .WESTmoat.AND are • gone to Weymouth, tin a V 11.11( MAJaa. TIZO. The •Earl el .A.muukuPtAm has at present a number of friend s on ishouting piny, at Ashburn. ham. hail. The Countess of Ftmsitpicti is gone to Wilt. fthir e; 1 4 4,1 and Llciy SYDNEY to WOrtiling; and Sir jt; to Huntingdon. Lady CALTI-IuRNE yest'erda'y returneir to her seat at Worthing, .ifter leaving two of her sons at liar. row School. The DUlt i ll Cif GLOIJC RITI It Was presented with the Freedo4i'Of the town of Liverpooi, on Sdtorddy lAM, by thiMayor and CorpotAtion. He afterwards vhitrti thc. town and tloAs, accomiianieit by Put NC WILLIAM, and was every wiler; received wii!. the Ibotle“ acclamations of an Juniaing neoutl,e of Ipctiatort. fir 4 , 40, LI 41. '.. 17.11 4.Z. Tim Royal Residence is undergoing alterationt , , that materially tend to augment alw internai com forts, and at the same time . aggrandize thCexterior, of a Palace, in the. imprOvements of which 1113 MAJEt.TY'S good taste will conspicuously appear ; from that source has emanated the ameliorating arrangements which, when carried into effect, can. not tail to produce a combination of beauty and grandeur, calculated to excite pleasure and surprise, and which will be cuntemplated by cultivated minds with increased admiration. The great entrance to the Royal apartments has been improved by an im. portant denge ; it -now forms a distinguished tea. cure of this august and venerable pile. At a former period the cieling of the hall had been supported by columns with capitals of a sort of mongrel lonic, decidedly at variance with the original stile of the building ; these columns have been judiciously converted into Gothic piers, sustain ing a grained cieling. A range of ch , isrers with ap propriate enrichments form the sides, while the cen. ire of the piers lead to a spacinus and map'. ficent flight of steps, thirty.five in number, easy in the ascent, pnti decorated with a railing of bronze, the extreme part supporting, at equal distances, twisted pillars of bronze and or mart, which ter. minate in highly embellished lamps. On the pro. files of the landing are canopied niches ; in the cen. teal front, under a painted arch, the armorial bear ings of the Crown are placed with judgment. .The entire scene, produces an awful effeet, and this effea is considerably improved by the pleasing portion ()flight admitted by windows trom an utta. gon lanthorn, elevated at least one hundred feet above the floor, and supported by circular spandrals, beautifully enriched with tracery, and other charac. teristic embellishments olsculpture. Of the two grand door. ways on the landing, one is the entrance to the Drawing.room ; by the other we are conthitted through the Guardroom to the QUEEN'S PRESENCH. CHAMBER ; here the arrange ment is new, impressive, and truly Royal.— At the upper end of the apartment is to he a Throne; an equestrian figure cif KING CHARLas, with the DUKE De PIRNON orl toot, the noblest effort of the pencil of VANDYKF, graces the compartment at one side of the chim , .ey.piece ; on the other, a commanding figure of the Duxs of ALv,s, displays the energy of Rue eels, and claims admiration. Opposite to the Throne, the afrcling group of KING CHARLES and Family, powerluiiy arrests the attention ; the untarnished magnanimity and mildness Ot the Prince, With the co nnu bi a l ten . derness of hi s -Q ueen, speak feelingly to t h e h eart the • expression of so much sentiment by means so simple, due. honour to Painting. From the happy seleetion, and just disposition of. the pitiores recently arranged, it may' be augured to what an height the aggregate excellence will arrive when the various masterpieces of. Art dispersed, and too I.log consigned, as it were, tO an oblivious ti , oin, are, concentered anti preserved in one spot, under the immediate eye of Majesty.„ The Acchitedural alterations are in a progressive state, principally diretted to iminvdiate convenience; but :hat beauty and utility will be combined there can be ni? (look!, as Mr. WYATT continually s u p er . intends; 'aid while hie juAgnient pervade 4 and di. rects the m.ichine, his presence animates the various close, r,f Artific , !rs, who, by their'exettiuns, seem resolved to cunqui•J 14VPASION. - . Iv has been suggested to Government, that in case of aCitutl Invasion, that very respenah:e body, the . Cominercial Travellers, might be materiaity use. ful in.forwarding dispatches, dec. On such an event taking place, if every one of these Gentlemen became immediately lucaliz.d in t h e town where lie happened to he as the time, or the mist material place near it, Government %Quid have, at once, an organized syste t b of communica. tion all over the Kingdom_ at hand, by the most rapid and cheapes t plan this Co u ld b e ad o p te d, I t i s supposed there is always a fluctuating b.dy. of from two to four th-usand of them in motion ~throughout rhos Country, and as they are ail well mounted, a ntiils source u town in'England is ever without one or more in it, in proportion to its Con. sequence, the machine would be complete to all its purp o be s the instant 1i w,.s 4vanted. It may be proper to oilberve, (1141 these Gentle. men, generally speaking, cannot, from the naiure of their employment, be in any V *lunreer Corps, hut on an occasion like that the plan has reference to, it,bsould be impossible to doubt their zi:al and utility. In addition u this dispersed body, there rem tin seve ra l tho usan d alway s in Loudon, and perhaps it May be .c.ilculated that MOO of them have horses there ; this part might do the business f or T own , and be detach e d to such places where their services inight he must required. At all events, the suggestion Places. in the view of Govtrinuent a hotly of 3 or 4000 Horse, that it does not appear they have in any way calculated on. Captain WOOO, of the Ponlico Battalion of the Loyal Regiment, yesterday totilt his Corn. pany to Chalk Farm, tt , exercite them in that Most material pact of a Soldier's duty, firing at a' 'target. The Company assembled about eleven u'Clock, and marched 'through Hyde Park towards Wel. ling's Farm, where - they commenced the usual opera. lions of a light company, skirmishing toward s Prim. rose-hill, and firing in extended order. Arrived at the place of their destination, a target was placed at the disr,tice of too yards. Ir is due to the Corn. pany to say, 'that their fi r i ng .was uncommonly steady and, carreo, so much so, that many persons sat within a few yards of the target without the least apprehension of danger. A Subicription Purse was shot for, which was divided between a Serjeant and a Private, whose shuts' were equal. An excellent dinner was provided St the expellee Of Captain Wool), who exerted himself to.the ut. most of his power to render the men under his eons. niand comfortable and happy. After dinner the glasi circulated; a number of lOyal Toasts were drank,. and excellent son A s sung ' . and, as s oon as night cams on, the comp an y marcoed back to quarters perfeetly gratified/by the enjoyments of At day. j HORACI. BPIS.TLB IV. , SOOK to ALB *us, on all my labours still inclin'd To pass the judgment of a candid mind, • - What shall I say is now thy tuneful toil, Led by the Muse o'er thy Pcdanian soil 1 Dost thou resolve on works in numbers more Than 'e'en et Parma Cassius' bulky store, Or silent stray along the balmy grove, Intent on themes the wise and virtuous love? . Thou Weft not born to set a worthless pan,. 'No torpid trunk art thou without a heart; The Gods to thee In various gifts were kind, The Gods bestow'd on thee a noble mind; They gave thee riches, and they gave thee Skint To - share thrtiehes with a bounteous. will. that could en anxious nurse of Hearin implore, . E'cn for her faerite boy, than such a store;, Than wisdom, and the courage to reveal Th: boldest energies the heart may feel ; Than fair repute, than fame, than blooming health, A plenteous bard, and competence of wealth ? • Amidst suspense, anxiety, and fear, Amidst whatc'er to vex thee may appear, Still think, at sight of Morn's returning ray, it then is shining ou thy life's last day. Hence, if to-morrow come, with double pow'r Its beams will cheer Time's unexpcCted hour. Me shouldst thou visit with a sportive mind, A proper subjeel will thy humour rind ; Fat, clean, and sleek in look, a happy sign, Laugh as thou wilt at Etteuaes' swine. R 0 YAL FAMILY. YsSTERDAY morning fits MAJESTY took an eqii ride on the D)rchester,road, attended by tit Du", Pof SUS, X, and t he E ar l s o f UXISItIVOIt an d AULFT ; and after breakfast went on board On RlyniSeverfrpr Yacht ; having a fine breeze, the y were soon out of s i g h t . Ab,tit five o,elirck rill MA j ESTY, landed, after having ef j..yrd s VerY,! n . c sailing dap : the Pickets being itiveaecl, tits 11,1 y and the Ro YAI. FAMILY went to the Thealtwa to see the Comedy of Tbs Irettliv,' and Thrif iiiirred jack ; which were performed to the satis. faction or a house overfilwing in every pert. rbied i e, l , : r h e i ssAetnvri(e)errirn breakfast (k} f ci l k,a l s i o I and to Jc i w is. a Au s Ls u o i4_3 n ldoni t i l 7 nr e i b na l sp C . l: 4 the Pealed in the Hanoverian uniform, blue and sohi turned up with reti.• His MAJESTY was in his phaeton,. attended by the Earl PAULET, and drawn by his H.inoverian white horses. HER MAJESTY, the PIEISs,IESSIS AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH, and SOPHIA, attended by Lady Ttty rims, and the Pstscsss AMFLIA and Dugs of Su,sez, with the Countess of JLCIIISTER and daughters, Ltdy M,irILOA %VINYARD, and several others, in five of Hatt MAisszvt3 carriages, 24 tended by all the Generals and Aids..tie.camps sit • off for Dorchester, to the Review of the Hanoverian Light Hor , e, with which the Dugs u rCa.maarao., bas been taking such pains °flare, to complete theta c i to n ins t yi h o l en i w r G otf e h r et m he ; t n oy taE t t L ics F . Aid ' l llll; c g o e n tt e i o n u s ise ,:i t i; d p oL e a rso nthn n o : HcitnHe, t h a s a t 4, ie. : ::::si a ic n ivoa d atatit. o t: hl the s i fi d e a l rt very ti, egyr great. At I"C ' hoave,ruiano,po,:juirsredsviriteece:pLi,re*d.hlSZ:isn' v 's e. a r rld n l n ue 1161 • were e ntertained, with half pence; at were the HAOLlYearti.ll4OlSS Pau"( l 4 , 1 pork, a pouovi of mutton, bread, art 4 central pri u ntd i cetr.t i: li e :ceu e om t ßio c e,r ,4 . i i : n w si t a t i l y i ao ? ie:44..64c4t)t, nisur, Arelvals at th e Kolis Head H “el—r ) 4 ard.Nr. ant Airs. Askijitr.:llF(lstKrafn.3MLetruCa:l.'ll": Tgtt Ts'Aliti•--The Beams. Straw:es was rel. pre,iented last night. at Cnvent.garden rheAgre4 Le - , ts has s o long been 10610 tepre.entative." Archer th at not h i net A b e sa id o f . in 1114 charmer. Mr . G:ovait, Who Iva; m.of 14 " : u s r , l e ably •grerted hcr cn:ra ice, was decidedsy Mr:. Sullen thilt h.ts been n ste 4itice 8h44 ., rertormed tne pat. Rising rendered foisori 0 100 I,lCuosi:, and Muttpitta, though somewhat .fnuelt devoted to the Galleries. Will very °ter" 01 The in Scrub. The pleasant Musical Fate, be Quader tJllowed. T i tyLoit from the 'haf t .: I . ll .4tit.et appeared in the' part of Luhix, in o ' l 7 he displayed a very respectable share of In ; tit aeting as welt as singing. kits wilt FlO . mate her fi rst appearance in the charatter of ra°' keto, and actinitted herself at least credital*": airy were Witt well received. IttcLepos i in t 31 4F.ty. and MUNOltk in Solomon, a p owerful a uplp►rt to the Piece. BRUNTON, ju n . set s o ff to America, 1 0 juir l leis Sister's Colniatty, as soon as the Brighton sqn He is a respetlable Actor, .an d wll take with hi m an unimpeachable charatter in pet' ,vate life.' • Mrs. Sii)hotts has been suffetini severely under i .a /werbago ; hut she better, and we trust n ll (wn tic Ayen gratify the. Public with her- great " len". Mr. CAULTIVLD who performed .ildrnkt ;11 Ccivrot-Garden Theatre, soma time since , is to it the Hero of the BA Stage. STIIPHIN XIII4BLI is engaged for a few nights to Weymouth, where he will to perform . at Bath aid Bristol. Ha is alto gol honour of giving his eIti. : CIICTIT representat ion before IVIAjli)111111. t Mrs. blotting) has regained her situation Coveni.garuen Theatre,- hut was priviuusif en "' gaged tor a few nights at Brighton. f;•• It will, perhaps, be a question of kettriai probably have 4 he gem'', who shall take the trail in point of the 4sitskost of IstAscs; or the Em 0' " w a AtwarlessThe'Corstedis certainly had th e till., rt of the latter in point of seVstominatioir to ,it pedal title, but the Litter seems rpoirett t 4 P r " tab the Gallic S•vereigo in ratifying the lisle "y a it s j roeelioe. It is to be hoped that thes e, ,„ Brothers will settle she indi ter without l SfillU BONAPARTI decorates his. Imperial twitot. e ;he Bees--Nothing can be more. .ippropria tt e al 4 1 rtn:li bit trly 'offer under hit sail.