The Sun. — London, England, 1804-03-23 00:00:00

Arnw, and in which that night it had been asserted, we - were wen.!er.folly successful. The fit, ho-w_ ever. he wa , , softy - to sly, was very different. In som.tdi , ,•t;tls, he knew, were• not to be bad. gteat deal 'of the statements which had been m ttie the .contrary, were founded on the numbers who were drawn from the Army of seive, who were induced by a superatided and ex-: ,cessive ;h-ernium to enter into the general service, at ,d the,z.e. they called Recruits. There was a.Clause, he (:)), , .-.rvec!, in the Army of Reserve Aci; allowing men pit the height of five feet two, - to enter as sub_ stitutes ; the consequence of which was, that on a certain occasion, where upwards of iOOO men had en.: tered from the Army of Reserve, owing to the Five Feet Twit Clause, there could not be found one man of ft we feet four for the general defence of the Coun try. Therefore if the data of these Statements were taken from what was furnished by the Army of Re st:rye; it was a deception upon the House and the Country. He then caned the attention of the House to the favourable circumstances for Ministers, under which the present War was commenced, with a Par liament confiding beyond all former example, and with the spirit of patriotism and loyalty universally diffuse , ' throughout the Country, they were furnish ed with In,tll to tender the Forced thc Country coin. pletely invulnerable. But how fir they were from improving these advantages, and establishing a COM. Mete and enftive Force. in the Country, was now pretty generally known. With respect to the mea sures intended to he proposed by an Hon. Secretary for augmenting the Troops of the Line, when they belcre tier House he should deliver his senti ments upon :hem ; but of this he was convinced in comnann with all Officers who were conversant upon the subject, that the Army ought to be augmented, AO that much time had been lost. L era CL,1,57 - L,E E AGM spoke shortly in expla nation, and observed, that independent of the newly adopted modes of recruiting, when the number cf ;nen obtained by the ordinary mode, compared with the amount obtained in the former year, it was only one-fourteenth •less. iir. C. lITYNNE mule some observations upon defects, 4s hich fie contended, prevailed in the present Volunteer System ; the men, he said, could not learn the use of arms before they had a rms given them. A cotryaratively sui)ll number were acquainted with ball tiring. He knew of two Counties where not a single :nasket had been received, and other Dis tritts where not one half of the Volunteers had been armed. He was glad the House were about to be rid of such a Bill : it ~ vis going to a place whence he biped it would not return, unless it was inocu lated with a little more vigour, and a little more efficacy. Sir W. GEARY made a few observations upon tibjeft, and contended, that the Volunteer-SYs, tern c.,uld rn be fairly held to interfere with the Recruiting of the Line, the diminution of which proceeded from the Militia and the Army of Re serve. Mr. If. L ASCELLES said a few words respc6l - the Provisions in the Bill relative to the Far. triers' Servants ; the time, he thought, should be enlarged, or perpetual disputes would ent4te. The Question oeing loudly called for, was then put, when the Bill was read a third time .and I,;issed, and Mr. TIERNEY was ordered to carry it to the Coeds for 'their concurrence. The report. of the Innkeepers' Allowance Bill, was received, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. — The retnetining Orders of tie Day were disposed Of, and at hail pact twelve o'clock. the House ad_ journed tili tie usu,kl hour this day. IIIAI'LS. - - - THE SUN. &OLEN QUIS DICE&E FALSUIVI 41jDZA.T DUE. Harn burgh i LONDON, MARCH 23, ISO.. AItRIVED. THE very favourable tenor of the Bulletin yes, rerd.ty of Ills MA.; t:iTY's Health, led us to sup_ pose that the daily Report of the Physicians to the Puniic would .no longer be necessary, and accord ingly soon after that of yesterday Was published, Lord SYDNEY give the following notice : ,‘ Lord SYnNEY has receive(': orders to say, that there will jatnes's aft et to -d a y. be no fiuthcr attendance at Sr. Sr. Yaines's Palace, illarch 22." About ore o'clock His MAJESTY gave audiences to the LORD CHANCELLOR and Mr. Apo iNoTom. The latter laid before His MAJESTY a number of official papers for the royal signature, IT is this morning stated in one or two of the Morning Papers, that Letters were received yester day in Town from Lord NELSON ; according to ene Paper, dated on the zoth ult. in the Straits of Bonifacio, between Corsica and Sardinia, and ac cording to another Paper, still off Toulon: These Letters are mlde to state that the 'French Fleet escaped from Toulon while his Lordship was absent on the coast of Algiers. We have before • expressed our disbelief that his Lord ship went to Algiers at all. The French Fleet is mAcle to have stood to the Eastward, and on the date of this letter from Lord ISIRLsow, he was in sight of the Enemy's Fleet, and expecting every hour to bring them to aftion. We sincerely hope this may prove true, but we do not attach much credit to ir, and indeed the statements to which we allude are at complete variance; for while the one makes his Lordship off Sardinia, the other, un der the same date, by the way of. Lisbon, makes him still , off Toulon. We are afraid this is merely a repetition of the former report of the sailing of the Toulon Fleet, for which there was no kind of au. tliority. If the Toulon Fleet had sailed, that event .must have been known long ago at Paris, and it seems most likely that it would have been pompous ly announced in the Moniteur. The Minister noticed in the House of Commons last hight, that the Recess would be for a week. The House will adj.)urn'on Thursday next till that day sennight. • By the death of Sir WILLIAM FAWCETT there become vacant the lucrative office of Governor of Chelsea College, the Colonelcy of the id Regiment of Dragoon Guards, and a Red Ribbon of the Order of the Bath. Yesterday Sir HOME POPHAM took the oaths and his seat in the House of Commons, as Member for Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight. The Court of Direnors of the East India Com. pany have appointed Major Cocxs, Chief Engineer and Member of Council at Sr. Helena, to succeed to the Government of that island on the first vacancy. In the North of England, at Newcastle and other places, orders and regulations, issued under an At of the 43d of the Reign of His present MAJESTY, " to enable him more effedually to provide for the Defence and Security of the realm," &c. were last week distributed to every housekeeper at Newcastle, specifying the places of rendezvous, in the event of an invasion in that quarter, for such inhabitants as may be desirous of being removed, 11.:t who are una ble to remote themselves. Each person is to pro vide himself with three days provision, and utensils for cooking ; besides which, and beds and blankets, no other description of property will be allowed to be put into the carriages appropriated for the re moval of the inhabitants. A very full Bard of Commissioners of Land Tax was yesterday held, at . Guildhall, for the Eletlion of Sworn Commissioners for the City of London ; when, after •a very handsome Address from Mr. Stock, of Ludgate Hill, as to the Concluta of the late Commissioners, the following Gentlemen were unanimously re.eleaed lames Pair!4er, Esq. Thomas Pounder, Esq. David Icnnings, Esq. D. Pinder, Esq. jiiines Dixon, Esq. laeob Beak, Esq. henry Maxland, Esq. On Thursday se'nnight, and Friday last, the Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards marched from Exe ter, on their route for Arundel and Chichester. The same day, the First Somerset Regiment of Militia marched for Ottery, Honiton, and Tiver ton ; and the Devon and Cornwall Royal 'Miners, to Newton-Bushel, on account of the Assizes. Yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, the London Light Horse Volunteers were inspefted by Colonel BLAcKwELL, in Moor-fields. Yesterday about twelve o'clock, the Pimlico Vo. lunteers were inspetied by Lieut. Col.. jENKINsoN, in Hyde Park. The Volunteer Corps of St. Clement's have sub scribed Fifty Guineas, in order to present a Sword to their Adjutant, Mr. JOHN PEDDER, in testimony of their esteem for his charafter. , . Yesterday.mirning the Third Regiment of Royal East India Volunteeri mustered at the New-street Warehouses, whence they proceeded to the fields near Hackney, where they- went through a great variety of manoeuvres, in a most coned and mili tary style ; and, after firing in division,, subdivi. sions, the h011 , ,w-squAre, titc. concluded with some excellent vollies, and returned about two o'clock. We understand there were some inaccuracies in the account of the Ilchester Elettion, given in our Paper of yesterday. .The Candidates were JOHN MANNERS and JOHN OGLE, Evs. The Election commenced at ten o'clock on Friday morning, and ended at eight o'clock in the evening, when the Returning Ofiicer,declared JOHN MANNERS,' Esq. duly eleEted. The state of the poll was as follows . : For Mr. MANNERS 65, and 6 rejeCted votes ; for Colonel OGLE 53, and at rekded /ores ; all of which were insisted upon as perfeCtly legal ; and Colonel OGLE, in consequence, declared his deter mination to bring the subject before Parliament., • The conduet of the Fr asT CONSUL, in the means he employed to force the Government of Hanover to negotiate Loans for large sums of money at Hamburgh, Bremen, Lubeck, &c. for the 'exclusive use of France, - has excited His MAJESTY, as ELEC TOR of HANOV2R, to determine on such measures as may check ail future attempts of the same nature. It is said, that the Hanoverian Ministers at Berlin, Petersburgh, Vienna, and other German Courts, have protested, in the name of their Sovereign, against all such transactions, not merely as being in direCtcontradiCtion to. the of Nations, but also . against the special diredion of His BRITANNIC MA J ESTY, as E,ledor of Hanover, who allows no debts to be clmrged on his Eletturate, but such as have been incurred by his consent, which alone, can give validity.to acts of Sovereignty in his ElcOoral Dominions. 'The Memorial which has been pre sented to the different Courts on the occasion,' con cludes with , 'declaring; " That should other legal Governments endure this violation and extortion of revolutionary France, severe measures, much against the will and custom of England, will he resorted to, in the acquisitions and conquests of Great Britain; and French and Dutch subj, , &s in the Colonies, and their property, shall finally be the only suf ferers for the rapacity of France on the continental possessions of His BRITANNIC MA J ESTy in Europe." A person arrived froth Teneriffe, who left that Island last month, states, that the French Privateers, consisting of L'Egyptienne, of 36 guns ; Uncle Toby, of 24 guns ; and two more of 16 guns each, which were cruizing oft' that Island, have sailed for the Coast of Africa. The report of the Spanish Sloop of War, Eirgutjo, having been delivered up, since her capture by the Aolus Frigate, is without foundation. Last Friday Capt. DA L E RMART, Aid-dB-C.llllp to General BOYER, was sent from Tiverton to the Prison Ship at Plymouth, having violated the rules of p , r- le. At Limerick Assizes on Saturday last, Mr. TO B lAS DO LNI AGE, cnrivifted of the murder of FRANc IS ENRACHT, F. 21. in A duel, received sen tence of death ; but the execution Was united un al the zit of April, NAYA,L, NE W S. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 21.---Arrived the Diana Frigate, of 3S guns, Capt. T. J. MALING, from the Mediterranean, having under convoy the Duke of Bronze (in ballast), Capt. LANE, and the Nefij, Capt. MASTCRMAN, laden with wine, &c. from Cadiz, bnund to London. Arrived the Aurora, of 28 guns, Capt. M. MAL. BON, and Nemesis, of z 8 guns, Capt. P. Swam. VILLE, from a cruize in the Channel. FALMOUTH, MARCH 20.—Sailed the Waoloverette Sloop of War, with a Fleet under Convoy for New. foundlanci. SHEERNESS, MARCH 22.- , —Came into Harbour to refit, His Majesty's Ship Etbalion, Capt.STtr ART. The C/Jde Frigate, Capt. LARMOVR, has this day hoisted a signal for a Convoy to the Baltic. On Monday last the jolly-boat of the Arab, 'Capt. COCHRANE, upset at the back of the Gatti son, but fortunately no lives were lost. Ships at the IsTore—Zealand, Veteran, Virginie, Clyde, ChidOnne, Arab, Champion, Lynx, Scourge, and Mariner Gun-brig: GREENOCK, MARCH 20.—The following Ves sels were captured off Barbadoes by French-Priva teers, viz. the Marina, M'BRIDE, of this Port ; Leander, MORRIS, and Swan, FRASER, both, of Glasgow ; and Mercurj, MILLEtt, of Kirkcaldy. The •Marina is re-taken, and sent into Barbadoes ; the others are said to be arrived at GuaJaloupe, and the Leander fitting out there as a French Privateer. On Sunday se'nnight, the Ship Louisa, of Glas gow, Capt. ORR, in coming through the small isles of Jura, it being then quite cairn, run on the rocks, and all endeavours to get her off proved in effcttual. When the express left her on. Monday morning, she was quite full of water; people were employed in saving the cargo, and great part of the cotton will, it is thought, be saved. Fears were entertained of the vessel going to pieces. CORK, MARCH 14. —Accounts from Beerhaven state, that the Prince of Wales, Sir ROBERT CAL DER, Terrible, Lord H. PAULET, and Conqueror, Capt. Louis, had arrived at their anchorage in that Harbour. On Saturday last His Majesty's Ship the Ardent also arrived at Beerhaven, in ten days from Ferrol, where she left six Sail of the Line, under the command of Capt. SUTTON, of the Mars, block adinor, that Port. The La Fleche, Capt. DIGDy, sailed this day from Cove, to look after a French Privateer which had captured some vessels off Scilly. DISTRIBUTION Or PRIZE MONEY. The Thunderer, for the capture of the French, Privateer Venus, will be paid on board her, on her arrival at Ply mouth. The Acasta, for the capture of the following prizes, viz. La Marguerite (salt brig), La St. Marguerite, L'AimableVhttoire, the condemned part of the cargo of the Gustava, and La Mere de Famille's cargo, will be paid at Plymouth„ • • EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM PORTSMOUTH. We must, in justice to the North Gloucester Militia, who have marched froth. hence for Silver Hill, - notice their very soldierlike and peaceable demeanour,. while in ;his town. ; which condua, has not escaped the notice of our worthy Mayor (the. Rev. G. CUTH3ERT), who, in lire followiug letter to Colonel Kr Ncsc o•rE, has expressed his thanks, and that of the Magistrates, for their very orderly and exemplary conduilt (COPY), " Portsm,uth, ilarch 7, a0..1. " Sir, I have great ptcasure in transmitting to you the unanimous Thanks which were voted Yesterday, at a Meeting of the Mayor and Magistrates of this Borough, to the .officers and Men of the North Gloucester Regiment, under your command, for their very orderly and etemplary condu6t during the time they have been quartered here ; and I have to request that you will be pleased to convey the same to them, in such manner as you may think proper. --I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble Servant, " GEORGE CUTHBERT, Mayor. 4‘ Colonel Kin g rcate, " NurtbGlortcester Regiment." To which Col.Kl NGSCOT E has replied in a suit_ able manner, for the honourable testimony of his Regiment's conduet. Last Monday week, being the anniversary of the Birth-day of the Most Noble Marquis Towxsti END, the Corps of Norfolk Rangers, of which that worthy and highly reSpeded Nobleman is Major, having finished their monthly field days, proceeded to Fa kenham, for the purpose of celebrating the Birth-day of their Commander : after firing a feu de joye, which surprized the numerous spettators (among whom were many of our fairest Country women, whom the fineness of the weather had drawn toge_ ther to witness this pleasing sight), by its reci skin, they sat down to a .most excellent which being fo;llowed by a delicious dessert, which was sent for on the occasion from town, the health of out beloved Monarch was drunk with enthusiasm, which was succeeded by that of their • Noble Com mander, the founder of the Yeomanry and Volun. • leers of the realm : many other loyal and constitu. tional toasts were dr . ank on the occaiion; the Offi. cers of the neighbouring. Yeomanry and Volunteer Corps were inviteth Barrels of beer were distri buted to the populace in the evening, which ended in the greatest festivity and rejoicing throughout the place. Mr. TUCKER we find was the Manager of the Grand Farce played off in the House of Com Mons on the question of the Naval Defeoce, and even Mr. SHER' D AN, it is insinuated, condescended to form one of the Dramatis Petson,:e at the rehearsal at the Admiralty on the morning of . Mr. PITT'S Motion. Upon that occasion a certain Naval Commander gave a fine specimen of .z;eerinz—till he received the pressing bispatch to steer direetly 1,,r the Port of the language he had held amongst his Bro. ther Officers was quite another ►hind.—H , ►w he will reo: - Ictle such glaring contrarieties remains to be seen, Mr. ADDINGTON proves hi:nself as expert in Nautical Affairs as in Political, when he aiks of ships cf lar ge ca lib re , an d of their being read ) , for Sea withcut Men THE 0r,E,7 A.., -, ' IC; • g's Titatri• • O Ar: T o H r E pr n al e t w rn s o e se rious st pe n ra ight entitledi,ug/h/t froi:tnvfaci o r le f tr for the benefit of Mrs. BtLLINCeraN. f his 01`e"' e n serves all the praises which have been bestawou ° Le it during its rehearsals, and is indeed one of " noblest compositions ever produced at this Theaf.rue; The general charader of the music is grlndeurt 9_2 there are, many passages of exgnisite rat" a beauty. The accompaniments are lighter than general force and splendour of the piece seemed pable of admitting. „ fi n ely Mrs. BILLINGTUN is provided with so n g - adapted to call forth the full extent of her rowker.;: and she exerted these powers with the mo." "Arlirs success. BRAHAM also is supplied with, equally well fitted for the display of his ta lent, and he appeared to very great advantage. A Trio, charmingly supported by Mrs. BILL I I; TON, VICANONI, and BRAHMA, was encored. `as a Duet between .13a.All.krvi and Mrs. BILLING' TON, and another between BRAHAM and ViGANnta. The Opera received the most decided apprn b3ri 2 ° l n Of the Connoisseurs, and the audience in go ner ," and will certainly be a great favourite. It is, 11°- ,i . ever, much too long, but should only be shorcene in the recitatives. C , as t f The struggle of fraternal love is between and - Pollux, and the piece is exhibited with b°. u , is and magnificence, suitable to the usual concer t°. of Pagan Mythology. Instead of : a Divertisement, Dances were inberrell duced incidental to the Fable, with admirable °':,gl The house was crowded with rank and fashion; 7 exhibited a very brilliant specqac/c. CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH 23. Tuts day there are not many fresh samplC s io , grain of any description ; Wheat of the inferior 4. 0 lily and Barley go off heavily, and rather at a dec 3 : in price ; Malt is without variation, as are p ease ' Pearls at 445. per quarter ; new Tick Bears arc . 0 ther. lower ; the late great supplies of Oats mostly sold, this article is noted something de nte. Flour without alteration. t od Wheat 273 a 4 os a 54 5 o d Tick Beans - 26 3 a 3-5 o d Fine ditto -55 s a 5 6 $ 6,1 Oats - 1 7 s a 19s 32 , 6f l Rye - -28 s a3is od Poland ditto 23' Barley - -18 s a 235 6d Rape Seed - - 35' od Malt - -48 s a 54s od Fine Fl ou r - 4° 5 a 4 ' 5 od White Pease 35s aps od Se con d s 35 3 4 0s Beans - 303 a 363 od. Wednesday His Grace the Duke of Noit p re ' sided at the Anniversary Festival of the Soc iet y le Arts, Manufadures, and Commerce. The Duke introduced the several toasts with a few vi°ret, appropriate to each, and in this manner all the ()th e., Societies for the cultivation of the Arts were - 1 11 . • membered, and success to them drunk With ' • mo't liberal feeling. This Society has now maintain edits high resped for near half a century. Course of the day the health of that most tvoi; t j 9 veteran in the Arts, Mr. Alderm in BOYD .7 given by the Noble Duke, which was druolc.j4o,o enthusiasm, and to which he made a very Po" • reply. , Duelling being so much the order of th e 6 , 1 1 . 4f 1 a. ; . two Jews, resident in Sheerness, having had 3 ' rel a few days ago, determined t hat their t tD should appear in the Hit of the many who have 131 sought " the b u bbl e reputa t ion even in the vie tc : l bt mouth." One of the parties having reason cod he ° 0 , the courage and attendance of the other on t pointed morning, proposed that 'they should e- oti ,. deposit five pounds in the hands of a third Pe rs oe to be forfeited by the defaulter in attending ef f field ; which precaution, it appears, was vend necessary, as the party suspected pro Cured a c i ee d of his to apprize the Magistrate of the dreadfol Itt ,d ' which was going to be enacted, who of cours e ( ~or the par t i es brought before him, a n d bound in f o r heavy penalties to keep the peace. The pledg e n i p, , their pun duality were delivered to him by th e (, be pine, a n d he very pr o perly o rd er ed the mane,' /- distribu t ed amongst the poor of the parish. • rt . MARLBOROUGH—STREET. Yesterday' •,: -b o f c I Anders on was charged wi t h h av i ng utt ered 3 I(7r ST t . Certificate of his Charatler to ST. A ND REW JOHN, Esq. of G ower - street , B e df o rtl-sq",, r ,of The Prisoner had hired him s elf into the tal l 'ivre the Prosecutor s as footman, and h a d referred t° ho o Plummet, Shooter's-hill, for a Character,wfrhe he stated he . had last served in that capacitY• a nd Prosecutor wrote according to the referenE e r y, Ll o received an answer, which not proving satisia the he wrote, and received a second letter. F el , illegibility of the hand, and the badness of the l ee ling, the Prosecutor took on himself to fully fort tigate the business, when he found Mr. Pil itit ioa to be a private in the Artillery Corps, ;Oli o 3 married the Prisoner's sister, and who lodge'coop. small house on the Hill. The Prisoner iN" s tw o" mitted to the Cold Bath Fields Prison far months.. BIRTHS. Yesterday, at Charing Cross, of a Daughter, the La de of Charles' Drummond, Esq. DIED. house, its Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, at his , • Great George-street, Westminster, Sir William Fawc; s oot Yestetday afternoon, at his house on the Claph an cocicy of convulsive fits, which continued three days, (oh Esq. formerly of Wood -street, Cheapside. Un Sunday last, at Totness, in Devonshire, Rear-Atli/lira' Epworth, a superdnnoated Ocer. hOdeS, On Tuesday last, after a fe ffi w days illness , 1011° g of Fiuchley, Esq. ICE 0 r STOCKS, nk Stock shut Navy 5 per Cent. 891,90 5 per Lent. 1797, stun “ish 5 per Cent. 4 per Cent. Con shut 3 per C. R. shut 3 I ,er C COll 15. T.. Ann. shut B. S. Ann. shut YESTERD V. India Stock shut South Sea Stock ExcheqUer 13i11s par Omnium 3 per Cent. Imperial Ditto Ann. 9/ India tbr Account Bank for Transf. 156 Cons for Account 5611 THIS DAY AT T Consols . wiLvs o'cLoo" 56010 .-- - - - ow ,, s tr Ltlndon: Printed by B. 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