The Sun. — London, England, 1804-03-02 00:00:00

N.dPAL NAWS, , • FAt:mottrtf, 28.—Arriv e d this - triprning the Tawr;thend Packet. Dont:), with Mails from Lisbon, efeVen daYs passage: left lying there the IFUlsing4;zot and P rinie.'O aleiles P ackets. 1141\la jesty's Brig ild/cyon,•.tif t 6 guns . ; Capt. PEA R CE, lead, arrived in the Tagus just before the Packet . having onboard J. FALCON, Esq. Consul-Ge neral at Algiers, charged with.nlispatclies from Lord NELsoN, Off, Toulon', with which he embarked on board th eTowns/Se n d, and on his arrival here went off-immediately express for London. A report pre eirailed at Lisbon bef ore t h e Packet sailed, that th 'French Fleet; had sailed from Toulon. When Mr. FALCON left rwary), Lord our Fleet (about the 3lst o f J a - NELSON was closely blockading Tou lon : the French Fleet there were ten Sail of the Line and a numbe r of Frigates and Transports. His Majesty's Ship of W ar , Lap w i ng, an d Gannet Sloop sailed from Lisbo n a fortni g h t b e f ore the met a g a l e o f wind Townshe n d, w i th Convoy for Engl an d, b ut h aving , were dispersed, and sev era l h ad Put into Sr. Übe's, with loss of masts, &c. The Ship Minerva, of London Ho n d uras, ,bound to t h e B ay of had put i nto Lisbon, having sprung a leak at sea. On the 25th inst. in lat. 47. 2s. lon Packet was chased by three line of Rattl e Ship s , w hi c h proved to b e British. Last night, off the was fir e d at b Lizard, Y a Frigate, supposed to be English, but -did not bring to. P4sset)gers per the To wns h en d ate,J Secretary, a .FALCON, Esq. Regiment rid servant ; Capt. T NOET, of th e 30 ,h ; Messrs. n ....,ENNOR, EDWARD,, ASLING, KtooAß, CFLLIN, MoottE, , ANSEL M) DURAN RAmEo, and M.. GlNoux. Also arrived His 11,Iajesty's Ship Plover, of 18 E u x, Capt. fr om a e ruize ; the Rashleigh, IVltthursti, from Cardiff.; Riveire, COOPER, from Penzance, with tin, f or L ondon ; and Friendship, LIFFE Y , from Poole, with fish. Sailed the Four rill s Sisters, W ILE tAms, with 1)3- , fu r ; th e Steil, PE TTIGR EW, for Car diff; Tem pl e, Ho:RiN c , for Bridgese Water ; U n i on ,' A'f Q-n Amary, MARSLAN, for Swan sea, • he Chesterfield Pa c k et, to take the BLIGHT, is appointed Mails of the 7(1) of March for Ja- AeNcn) aic a t;, e Duke of Cumb er l and Packet, LACY_i York ant i Halifax. e will take t hMail s Of same date fur New. 151;1-mourn, , Do E ' 29.-- Arrived the . S . yi j oh Sloop or w 4r, Capt. ATE, from. Portsmouth ; also the 610 0 • .. p Robert n ,,, 5 1 ' fruit f -- ." -.'." Jane, calif. MASTERS, with ~ f rp m r yai . . . -- . . P k i : --- • m ° --sivi"lnir MARCH z.—Arrived the Himd, —4113 . and George, TIN L EY, from London, bound to Africa. La - Paulette Va , Capt. UNBAR, is now ling off rnouth,- Ly le of Wight, b. urid with Convoy to laur tugal ) and exped e d .to saißon Saturday next, s a il ed P 11)EAL, MAR ~ CH t.----1-lis Majesty's Sloop Auturnii, n a Cruize to,the W estward ; Pegarrit, t•)r Sh.eerness. atham; eerness : and Mi nx Gun -brig came down from Th e : 8 . . th e ik i "fly:Dick East India Ship, came down from Arrive" .and sailed for Portsm(...irh. Arri ved the &Inc-. • Ship C - 4 724 of New.. 'NI h ound . . onan oa, , , !n-lkniterdam, and remains.. in the llows_.:_m - . R ison ar.llle ' irtistv' L'AnriZarcl:l, Utrecht, 1 Ilustrions, ~ t a fSeLt; k• ttry, Conflict, Lc,,,s:etSaluirrel.,..V iDe ego y I L a alk a , n . e , ......„...tfl nx and BR 11731 N.4F-Y -'' ' ~..... STATEMENT OP THE Dl.irP,lßuTio 11tilrlsil FORCE, 10 THE F I In Po rt and fi tting, and Z Line so's ' wit sea ld'crd ers 7 - , I Ilardhn the Engs l Ship s _ On ish _ 8 i and Irish 27 ~, Chn the annel - - llowns mid North II ~Sea stations -"theWest India Islandi 2 0 4 nd on the Passage 5 n the Jamaica station • 5 Arrlerican 4: Newfound o f„l4nd stations - Cof G. Hope, E. Ind. 61 . 41 1(.1 on the Passage C oast of Africa • 0 I)airt, Portugal and Gib ialtar 6 I \'!ecliterranean and on passage 13 ctospital and Prison Ships 13 h Total in Cdrn mission 3 .‘eceiving Ships 2ervice able and repairing 3 , for Service - s ordigary . - . 1 - r I G 1 j ~ 16 tBg ----. iTo the Fc.u.droli , ailt, Northuniberind, Alexander, Auda. ci,us, Success; and Li Corso Brig, for .the capture of the French Snip of WAr La Ville de Marseilles, a distribution will be made at No. tj, Barnard% inn, on Thursday, March zz.. From the Norfolk tielald, Virgin a, Jan. 7. Arrived in distress the schooner - Dispatch, Capt. ROEtNsoN, 6S days from Glasgow, bound to Rich.. pond, with dry goods, In TEMPLE and GORDON. 'On the eighth day after sailing, being in lat. 30. long. 53. it blowing very heavy, and a high sea running, at meridian, the crew being on the quar ter-deck, the vessel was struck by 'a sea which °knocked her .over•on•he T beam ends, in which si, tuation she lay for about ten minutes; when the fore-mast gave-way a few feet above decks, and she righted. At this time all- the crew but the chief mate were overboard; 'after some• time the Captain and second mate got on board by swimmin 2 -, and thOugh the sea continued high, the wreck was clear ed, but not without the greatest diffi cu l ty , ow i ng to ' the loss of five of the crew ; every thing on deck was. washed overboard,, and the ;passengers' in the cabin were much hurt, and the cargo shifted so much as to keep the lee gunwale under water ; but after some time a jury mast was got up, and the ves sel trimmed, with the assistance of the passengers. Spoke several vessels, but could get no assistanc • from them, owing to heavy gales. The following. are the names of the persons lost overboard :—John Babcock, belonging to New-York ; Csar Pursley, William Johnson, Isham Stevens, and Joseph Jack son, from Richmond. It is said, that the Admiralty Board have ordered the construaion of twenty new Ships of the Line. Among the many melancholy accounts of ship wrecks and distresses by sea, the following has been unnoticed :—About the middle of last month, a Sloop, name unknown, was cast away on the rocks betwixt Stotfield and Causea, within six mileS of Elgin, and every soul •on board perished. The long-boar, which has been drove on shore, has two initial letters marked upon it, with " Peterhead" - painted on the.stern ; from which it is conjeaured that she belonged to that One of the bodies of the unfortunate 'offerers has come on shore, and •has been decently interred in the church-yard of Drainy. A part of the mast is only seen at low water, so that the vessel is irrecoverably lost. COASTING TRADE.—Our trade, particularly the coasting part of it, has Of late suitained great in jury from' the depreciaritms of three small - Lugger Privateers belonging to Boulogne, between Beachy Head and Dungeness. We know the measures that have • been adopted by the Admiralty to guard against this evil, but it is not at ail likely to answer the end. The time affixed on by the Pri- vateers for their daring attempts, is when there is not' any moori-light at - the early part of the night, , and after a shift of wind from the Eastward to the i - Westward; and vice 'versa ; in the. former case they are sure of falling in with our coasting trade ' up Channel ; in the latter our trade down Channel. They are generally stationed at ,different Ports, Bou logne, Treport, and Dieppe ;' they leave Boul , gtle with the wind strong at S.W. or from that to West, anti with,the ebb tide are close in under Fairleigh, before nine o'clock at night, Gupoosing them to have left Boulogne at four o'clock. With the wind as we now mention between S.W. - and W. none of our ships are close in with Boulogne. The Privateers then bring to close under - the' land, - and during four or five hours, not a coasting • vessel escapes. The vessel taken is immediately run over to the nearest point o f the French coast, where there are innumerable batteries to protest them, and both privateer and prize arc safe in a French port before day-light next morning. The privateer s leave Dieppe, Treport, &c. as the wind is between the points of N.N.E. and S.W. so as to be able to fetch some point between Dover and Beachy Head at a stretch. There are two Ships stationed4etween Beachy and Dungeness, the Vulture arid Speedy, snips the least calculated for the service thew are -to perf.4n - i; they are two of the purchased Sloops, fitted up with 24 —pounders, and particularly forruidAble in aftion, but having been 1 merchantmen, are very bad sailers. MrS. l'ot.F.'s ball On Monday evening in Hanover Square,, was attended _by upwards of 300 persons of high distinaion in the fashionable world.. The Margra vine of ANSPACH'S sumptuous din ner on Friday last was one of the most splendid en tertainments of the kind that has been known for a long time in the circles of fashion. But the treat was by no means confined 'to the gratifications of the 'palate ; the eye and ear were equally delighted, the one with 'beauty and magnificence, and the other with " the concord of sweet tounds." It was on the whole a rich intellectual repast, that will long be remembered by the guests with pleasure unalloyed. Mr. CHERRY is not less fortunate in the closet than on the stage. his Soldier's Daughter hating already run through eight large editions. The Ladies' Subscription Private Concert has been renewed this year in the Fashionable World.— SALomort is, as usual, the Leader, and renders it a very charming entertainment by his beautiful se learon, and by his own admirable performance. The next concert takes place on the Bth instant • a t Lord SOME i s ' s i n Cavindish-square. A Miss Easicirsu is likely to become a distin guished ornament 'of the musical world. She is the daughter of the manager of the concerts at York. The name of ERSKINE is ominous to the success of whatever depends on the Mi ss Mo' RT/ m ER , - _ whOse vocal powers were brought forward at Covent Garden Theatre with encouraging success, but who has since been thrown into the. back-ground, has been introduced into the musical circles with friendly zeal by Mrs. CR ES. PYGMY, 'a lady well known for' talents and bene volence. The-good fulks,in the Galleries were so-turbulent at the representation of Othello on Monday night, that Ketvta t E was disturbed in his performance, and obliged to 'appeal the Audience to entreat that they _wouldenforcearrention among them,elves, if they wiOied,to have tlicir amusements properly cun. duCted by_l4 ; Pcsforniers. . . . OF TH E NAVAL RST INST. Frig Sps. f Tot. 28 38' 7s 7 3 21 29 1 1 59 117 20 1 6 3 1 97 1 1 to 1 1 81 3t 4 1 to 2o 3I 24 6 4 9 Jo 29 i o 3 3 4 1 3 11 0 2, 0 22 129 i 218 3 3 I 10 I 45 I 23 ° 10 '4O I 36 ;T ATE or THE ORDINAIt . Y AT EACH PCl:tt. Line. 2 I so 's ' Frig 1 Sps, I Tot. 24 1 s'l 1 4 9 4 4 ° r 24 ' 9 3I 4/ 2 1 6 I/ 21 2 9 5 28 I 196 I .283 3 12 4L IS tarts?, rly t i,'" ° uth ghat Ouch " 75 1 1 4 lSflz I 17! DISTRItiVTION OF PRIZE MONEY. . 0)1)pan. :„..o9pU.oyounte, tor the capture a the Wasp, in corn si ith Hi s A, ajesty's hired armed Brig Lady Anu, and bitte, 11 be paid on Tuesday, March 6, at No. 7 0 , .441 t kussel-btitet, Bloomsburg. NEWCASTM h.. zS. ON Wednesday I.t , r, .his Grace. the Duke of NORTRUIViIi ER LAN '0 .set ou,l from Alnwick Castle to proceed to London, much to (he regret of the peo. ple of Alnwick and its vicini!y. The- anxious de sit e which his Grace,, as Lord Liedtenapt'-of the county, has -always exhibited ; to place the Vo lunteers of the ,County on a .respenable footing, both in. appearance and . was again evinced by his viewing, during .last week, prior to his departure, the. different -Corps" tbcongholit the Cottnty. On Sunday afternoon he left Cap he4ton for Newcastle, ! whew he ,arrived about five o'clock. On his entrance into ih.c (own, she, New_ castle V9iuiteefs,, who were drAky,i) .up, in New_ gate,street, saluted, him as bp passe4,., and . proceed. 'ink, froth thence to Mr., •Tiftmt,As Di.orroioN's, he wa's,again saluted by the Newc as tle Armed Associ_ „ation,, in passing aronfWestgate-Str : eCt. Both Cnrps he warmly complimented,for, their appear ance. • • D urbain consequence of! t4e,deci_ . sion of the Committee that thetedion of ,111 cHARD WHARTON, Esq. was voidohat Gentleman arrived, in Durham on Wednesday se'nnight. On the ; next day he addressed his late Constituents at , the Guild hail, and proposed FRANCIS INV ED DELL, - -Esq. as his Successor. On Thursday a requisition was made to the Mayor to call a Meeting : to,eonsider of what steps were to be taken respetaing the.. future representation of the City, which was heldjhe en . suing. day. In the course of Friday a number of re_ . speftable• inhabitants signed a request to It. E. D. SHAFT°, Esq. of Whitworth, to offer himself as a Candidate to supply the present vacancy, which he • has accepted. The Fleftion is fixed for this day. Liskeard seems now to be the sporting Borough, no less than 'six Candidates being already talked of, Serjeant RtINN I NOTON, Mr. THOMAS - SHER I DAN, Sir THOMAS TUlt TON, M:. C. CARPENTER, Mr. COFFIN, of Tregony, and Mr. MoasHE AD: Be tween the contending rivals, it is expeaed to be come a matter of considerable magnitude and in terest. LAw.—Twenty-Catises were tried yesterday be. Lord ELLENBoROUGH, all of them rather in significant and uninteresting.- In one' case, which was an aftion of slander, the. Defendant, against whom there' was a yerdift, paid the Plaintiff his damages with greater promptneSs than debts of the same nature are usually discharged with. The amount of the. damages given by the Jury was ohe farthing, and the Defendant instantly, when the verdiCt was pronounced,. threw. a halfpenny to the Plaintiff across the• table,- and desired him to take • his damages and return the change. All 'differences in- the 'Southwark Corps have at length been amicably adjusted,' ''.The Regithent pa raded on Tuesday morning at ten o'clock; -in fro n t of the New Sessions - House, Horsemonger_lane, Newington, and made a very respeCtable Muster. The Battalion having in part formed, the third Company, which had been dismissed,.fcil in in their regular station, as did a great number of individOals of the other Companies, who in a momentary heat had withdrawn themselves. The Light Company, commanded by Capt. Gurrsora,- fell in, and. formed. under the. King's Bench-Wall, and marched down to join the Battalion; as soon as they came abreast of the first Company on the right, their brother soldiers gave them three hearty cheers, as a wei. come, whiCh was repeated all along the line. The Fifeshire Militia, corrimanded by Colonel • Lord CRAWFORD, arrived at Newcastle, on Tues day se'nnight, from Morpeth, where they are to be - quartered for some time. They are 600 strong, and a remarkable fine body of men. The Croydon Infantry were oinspefted on Wed. • nesday by Colonel JENKINsoN. They were under • the command of Colonel WARRTNGToN, and consist of four Companies of sixty each. After he had in speCied their arms, &c. they went through a. va. riety of manceovres, such as changing, encreasing and diminishing their front by the Echelon move_ ment, in the course of which they fired several rounds ; all of which the Inspefti - rig Officer expres sed himself highly pleased with. In returning them thanks,- he said he never in his 'life saw Regulars acquit themselves in a more satisfaftory manner. This Corps are to be Brigaded, in th e course o f - a 1 fortnight, with th e Tooting, Sireathain, Mitcham, and.Carshalton Corps 1 and- the Croydon Corps, on account of their superior discipline, are to take the right of the line. - The Earl .of STRATHMORE'S valuable studhorse Pipator dropped down-dead a few days ago. He was considered worth not less than loco guineas. Wednesday several informations were brought be fore the Lord Mayor, by the Farmer of the Duty on Post Chaises, against different Post -masters, for not making the regtilar return of,DutY, :according fatt of Parliament, for coaches or chaises hired by them. The first . of these, informations was, against Mr. White, of BiShopsgate-s treet,which coin, • plained of his taking r ls. 6d. for •the fare of a post_ chaise to . Hanimerstnith, and returning only . 3d. per mile for the duty. This information was supported, by Mr. Shepherd, the Solicitor, who informed his Lordship of the great disadvantages the, farmer of this tax was' under, by the Post-masters evading. the duty, &c. Mr. White produced the At of Parliament, and pleaded that it expressed only 3d. per mile 'duty, and not a foUrth of what was re ceived. After much argumeilt, the Lord Mayor said, he thought the Ast of Parliament meant a fourth of every shilling paid on post-chaises, how_ ever, high they might charge ; but told Mr. White, as this was the first complaint of the kind, he might appeal to the conviction, and it would be further argued ; whi c h was agree d to accor di ng l y. Tuesday forenoon - a man, at Merton, in Surrey, agreed, for a wager of five guineas, to walk sixteen miles and a half in three hours, which he performed with ease in two hours and fifty minutes. Wednesday a man of the name of Abden cut his throat in a dreadful manner, in Gardener's lane, Westminster : in his waistcoat pocket was found 701. and a written paper, saying, " I will and be queath this money to R. Rubinson, a private in the light company in the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards," with whom he had lodged. EDINBURGH, ON Friday the Militia „Rei.;i tl ients, stationed the neighbourhood o f Edi n bot g h, had it' dand day and mock fight in the Park of the: Poke of 8ti0 . , - CLEUGH, at o Dalkeith, At eleven o'clock t';l ossoi Brigades under the command of Brigadier Gale. rats, Lord DALHOU.3IE and Sir JitimKs.ST. . ERsEttS'E, were assembled in ,castle. Steads:Pok. On the:arrival of Lord Marts A,, theyvoetteded:il two colturins, one under. Lord DAtoroti-sie :toNoords Dalkeith House ;.half way it formed and advanced on the Bridge, and Sable-:yard i ‘o!:vo• the enemy were supposed to be strongJy e..nt-renck. The other, under Sir jAmE,s ,Sy.,CoA,tot ,Foif;4lNv, proceeded, through the,yyood,• . taking post in di:filo. rent,paris oldie park, as also:at the Dake4s,how, bridge, and stable.yat:,,l, o , The .firio& then ~ On. Menced inthewOod, , which, was ,answered by: the troops on the other side o and a most Iretnerolons Soar of cannon and small arms, : from one. c'tt4 to tJsc other of both lines, was kept.up,fpr a con:4des:slfle time, when the-enemy were driven from thefrgn_ trenchments by Brigadier_Geuefal 'Lord .13,0 HousiE, in the most .gallant manner. After this grand _achievement, the ,svh_ok, Ape :passed in slow time beforeillis Excellency, : who. ept_ pressed the utmost satisfaCtioo.on the occasion. • There were nine Rcgirnepts in the field, • ing of about 4opo men. :fhe o day, though cold, wps ,dry and ,clear.,. :The appearance t f she Troops wos. very fine, and. the effeet of the tremeodoul roar of 0;e. fire through the beautifnl,a4,;,livetsified park. of site Noble Duke, was. gract:l.on-'64 extreme, Lord M'oIR4 wai o ittended by a numerous Staff, and many Officers of distinOton. The company:was more selea. thart'nutnercius, owing to the circuip_ stance not having,been very generally knowtn.. most all the Nobility and Fashionables in E.diobtrigh and its neighbourhood attended in their cartiAge.s, and addedgreatly to the brilliancy of the cort i t'odi o xi/, which certainly was the:finest that has been witues. sed in that quarter for . maoy years. , Saturday the ist Regiment of Royal Edinhurkh Volunteers, commanded by the Right Hon, 'the LORD ADVOCATP, and the zd Battalion of the zd Regi. men:, commanded by Lieut. CoI.,JAMES Hop?, sembled• in the Meadow Walk. The latter Regi. merit marched off abort 'eleven o'clock for Craig. millar Castle,-three miles to the south of this city, of which they took possession, with four pieces of cannon, which were plac&I• on the most assailable points. About twelve Velock the Ist Regiment with 4 . pieces of cannon, and a Company of Sharp Shooters, marched-by the Gilmertonoroad, till they came to a cross road opposite to Craigmillar, when the Shay? Shooters advanced, and. the Regiment formed into two di v isions i : the right under command of the LolttEi ADVOCATF,.the left commanded by Major it E, to attack the Castle. On the first appearance of the sharpshooters, the. troops in Castle coin menced a heavy fire both with their cannon and musketry. As the first regiment advanced, 'the diviSions attacked on two points three different times. In the first, they took the Castle' bus .were soon again driven our lof it, with the loss of one • piece of artillery ;,a second time they Isere unsoc cesSful ; but in the third attack they completely succeeded, driving the d e f en d ers out o f the Castle, and adjoining grounds, when they retreated to. their standards, which were stationed on the heights to the northeast, near the Niddry road, where they drew up in good order,: which ended. the engage., men't. , . In the ,course of the aaion many fine manoeuvres were made, both in the attack and defence of the Castle. In attacking one place the Ist regiment had to pull down part 4 a wall to get firward a piece of cannon; this obstacle wassunnounced, and in a few minutes it was leveled with the ground : At another place a cannon had 10 be dragged up a precipice, which, with much difficulty the artillery, assisted- by 'part of the regimenti ,accnmplished, and broughfup into a fine position fur attacking the Castle The whole were under the command of Lieut... Col. WIGHT, Inspeding Field Officer for this Dis. trig. • About three o'clock 'the Troops arrived in town, where, after being inspeaCd.by Colonel WIGHT, in George Square, were dismissed. CORN EXCHANGE, MARcH z THE Market has not much further accelskri of Wheat to-d 4 fine samples readily support last prices, fine Danczic at 59 5 • I , er .tittatter ; Barley, f r , rn th e late full supplies, and reduction in price ; is lower than for many years, but little stinting in the Malt trade ; Pease and Beaus of each kind ate something cheaper ; Oats ate in tolerable quantity % but nearly as our last, as is Fl'..,ur. kVheat 263 a, 36s a s3s od Fine ditto -54 s a 56s 0.1 Rye - - 2Ss a 3/S od. Barley - - t6s a Tick Beans 235. a •3 rs od Oats - as a zos a 23s od Poland Citto 23s a 24. 6 , 1 Rape Seed - 361 a 351 Fine Flow' - cos a 445 od Seconds 335 a 4os od Malt 7 White Pease Beans - - -47 s a 53s od 33s a 40s od 2,3 s a 35,6, od This morning the two brothers, Hedges, convia -ed of defrauding bovetnmen: at one of "His Majes ty's Dock-yards, stood in the Pillory for'one boor in the Strand, opposite Soinerset-House, pursuant to their sentence. • Bow-STRPET.—Yesterday William Morgan, the driver of a hackney coach, was examined before Sir R. FORD and Mr. RosiNsoN, on a charge of wilfully driving his coach against a chair, in which the Duke of Portland wa s return i ng h ome f rom the Opera on Tuesday night last, whereby the chair was broken to pieces, and his Grace's life much endangered. By the testimony o f d ie Ch a i rmen , . it appeared that they were crossing Piccadilly, they observed the Prisoner driving his coach furi ously towards them, on which one of them called our to him to stop, but he paid no attention to it,, and continued his-course, and in a moment the pole struck the glass of the chair, which it shattered to pieces, overturned the - c' r and threw down the man; who, as well as his Grace, were in the tr_ most danger of being trampled to death by the horses, they, however, fortunately escaped with little injury; the fact being so very clear; the Pri. soner was ordered to find bail for the assault, and in default was committed to prison.