The Sun. — London, England, 1801-08-05 00:00:00

2•1.3 e LONDON GAZETTE, August 4, 1801. Whitehall, August 4, 1801. The King has been pleased to.grant the dignity of a -Baron of the United Kingdom of Great and Ireland, to the Right Honourable Horatio Viscount Nelson, Knight of, the Most 'Honourable Order of the Bath, and Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet, (Duke of Bronti in Sicily, Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit, and of the Imperial Orpistr ;of. the Crescent,) 'ar.d to the Heirs Male of lawiutly begotten, by the Milne, Stile, and Title of Baron Nelson, of the Nile, and of Hilborough, in the County of Norfolk; with Re_ ruainders .to Edmund Nelson, 'Clerk, ReCior of Burnham Thorpe, in the said County Of Norfolk, Father of the said Horatio Viscount Nelson, and the Heirs Male of his Body, lawfully begotten ; and to the Heirs Male lawfully begotten, and to be begotten, severally and successively, of Susanna.. the Wife of Thomas Bolton, Esq. and Sister of the said Horatio Viscount Nelson; and in default of such issue, to the Heirs Male of Catherine the Wife of George Matcham o 'Esq. another Sister of the said Horatio Viscount Nelson:.: Ordt . lance-Opce,‘ J et t y 3r,.150r. Rcyal Reginzont,of Third Gentleman Cadet Archibald M. Maxwell to be Se. cer.d Lieutenant, vice S' -Thorndike, pronioted.. Dated July r, tgor. Fourtn Gentleman. Cadet:lan Marlow to be Second Lieu tenant, vice C. G. ruins, promoted. Dated as above. Fifth Gentleman Cadet Ri/bert Douglas to be Second Lieu., tenant. Dated,as above . • • - - Corps of kOj'al Erreiteers. • First lieutenarit Atoning William Harccup to' be Captain. Lieutenant, vice Nicolay, appointed Major of the Staff Corns of Infantry. Dated June z 6, Isol. First Gentleman Cadet Charle's S. Rhodes to be First Lieu - tenant, vice BroWnrigg; appointed" to: a Co:IVA/1y in the Staff. CorpS. Dated July t i .1801. Second Gentlenran Cadet Henry M. Kilvington to be First Lieutenant, vice Hartcup, promoted: Dated as above. Third' G entleman Cadet Gilbert• Buchanan to be .firSt Lieu tenant. Dated as abo-- - e. Fourth Gentleman Cadet Charles Ellicombe to 'be . First - Lieutenant. Dated as above. Fifth Gentleman Cadet Edward Fanshawe to be First Lieu -tenant. Dated as above. Sixth Gentleman Cadet George Macleod /o be First Lieute nant. Dated as aboVe. First Gentleman Cadet. Peter Wade to be SeCond Lieutenant, vice Arnold, promoted. Dated as above. Second Gentleman Cadet William Douglas to be Second Lieutenant, vice Burgoyne, promoted. • Dated as above-. Thomas Cunningham, Gent. to be - Second Lieutenant, vice Marlowf ) protnoted. Dated July 2, :Sot. Corp of Royal Powder Mill Volunteers. Lieutenant Frederickl , Vilic4 to be Captain,. vice Sumpter, resigned. Dated July i 3, lEOi. John Jenkins to be Lieu tenant, vice Wilks, promoted. Dated as above. Conlnission in the Sast-Vork Militia, signed by the Lord Lieu . tenant. Dated March 26, iliot William 141ilner, Gent. to be Ensign. Csazmissions in tie Middlesex Militia, signed by the Lord Lieu. tenant. Western Regiment. ja:nes,E His, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated March 25, 18or. Eastern Rcgintent. John Francis Barrett; Esq. to be Captain. .Dated July rg, 180 t. John Rix, Esq to be captatn Lieutenant. Dated as above. foseph Knowles ' Gent. to be Lieutenant:: Dated April 2, 12,00. Cltarle i Starkey, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated June 2, 1801. IPisiminster Rreeiwnt. Fry Wynchismbc, Gent. to br Ensign. 'Dated June 'gal. • William Rlandfitld Fleckfotd, Gent. to be Ensign. 'Dated lune 4 ; asr. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Sept. a?.. john Eden beacon, of New Bond-street, linen draper, at ten, at Guildhall. BANKRUPTS. john Holmes and James Palmer, of Craven-street, Strand, army commission brokers, to surrender August 8,-I,T and September 1 5/ at one, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. D yne, Sevaut's-Inn, Fleet-street. Richard Maddocks, now or sate of Barge-Yard, Bucklers bury, Lo:.don, broker, August Tr, 18, and September IS, at ten, at guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Hurd, FurnivaPs Londort. DIVIDENDS. OSI. so. Thomas Verstille, of Leadenhall-market, butcher, at eleken,.at Guildhall. _ _ _ _: • _ _ Aug. 25. Fames Wilkins, of Paganhill, Gloucestershire, corn dealer and baker, at ten, at the Boothall Inn, Glou cester. Airg. Carden, of Bristol, merchanl, at eleven, , . . at the Bush Tavern, Bristol. . . Aug. 31 -Peter Heatlicote, of Walsall, Staffordshire, skin ner, at eleven, at the Dragon Inn, Walstill. Sept. a. William. Roberts,, of Robert-Town, . Yorkshire, blanket-maker, at eleven, at the Woolpack, Horbury.' Sept. 7. Robert Farthing, of Blakeney, Norfolk, merchant, at three, at the King's-Head, Norfolk. Aug. 27. John Jackson, of Temple SoWerby, Westmorland, banker, at ten, at the King's-. Head Inn,'. Apploby, West morland. . . Aug. 29. Charles Bratt, - of Warrington, linen-draper, at . three, at the Coach and Horses, Deansgate, Manchester. . . THE SUN. .110i.E211. QUIS raLsum AITD;AT LOAIDO N , A (:;v T So THE hostile operations of Lord NE Lso N have at Jength cotnmenced. Early yesterday morning his Lordship began ele Bornl)ardment of Bt;ukeire, liaking previously reconnoitred the Road, and the position of the grtemy, in the Nile Armed Lugger. The only particulars of which we are yet in pos:.es. sion, are, that the Attack-commenced between six and seven in the morning, and continued till aboqt five in the evening. The French Batteries appeared to keep up a br4k fire on our Ships. A Fort near thelliarlroar't mouth, however, ceased firing at noon, suppid. to be silenced by our cannon. S , ,tne of War sailed from the Downs in the afternoon, to reinforce.the Fleet. A stronger motive than even the feeling of Na_ tionalGhity, intbices us at this moment to point out to cur Couptrymen every remarkable instance of raval provipss. 'So the pon4clence which the TeQpip Of England feel ire the exertions of their Seamen, every G,;zette adds fresh vigour. That "of last night contains an instance which, in any - ;War but the present, is unparalleled, and which even in this, has never been exceeded. The Letter of LOrd CO&HRANE gives -an account of the triumph of Fifty-four British Tars, - in a small sloop of four. teen guns, four-pounders, over Three Hundred and Nineteen Spaniards, in a Frigate carrying thirty two ; guns. Of the filet' we were some` weeks - ago informed, 'but the detail exceeds even our.expe6ta dons. theie aCtions continue-to distinguish us at sea, ,the.-CoUntry wilt; -wei'ffifst, have no oc casion, from any siiiilter;lt ell6r, for any othr service of her Sons on land',than that which they have shewn themselves so well equal to ; a state' of vigilance and preparation: ' Should the. Enemy, however, by any means succeed - in passing the first line of our defence, they will be met on the shore by men not less' eager to contend -with them than those they haVe escaped at se'a.—Siteh an observation may perhaps be deemed not very app i. • . • cable, at a moment . when , the attads:„.is removed' from our own to the French Coast, • . _ The Ilamturgh Mail -which becactie due this morning had not arrived when this Paper was put to Press. His Royal Highness the Dolce Of KENT set off yesterday for Weymouth, on a visit to the ROYAL FAMILY. The PRINc of \VALES came over to Lewes As_ sizes to invite LordKENYON to dine with him; but his Lordship declined on- account of ill health. Lord TButtLow and Mr. FULLER, the new Mem ber for the County, had the honour of being of the dinner party. The Gazette of last night, it will be seen, con. tains a farther addition to the marks of respell and honour which his grateful Country has bestowed on Lord NELSON, in the remainder over of his titles to his Father in tail male, and on all the issue male of his Sisters. This grant is..paztidiila•rly well timal;at a moment when his Lordship is , retnployed. in the service of Ms Country,Lin a mannerin which no thing but zeal and attachment to that Country could induce him to volunteer. Friday a meeting was held at the house of - Nt ego_ LAS JEFFE RISS, Esq. at Tunbridge Wells, when the ....Yeomen and Farmers there assembled, came to the unanimous resolution of standing forth in the present crisis, for the defence of their Country, with a tender of their labouring men and servants, their horses and waggons, to be ready at a moment's notice, in case of actual or impending Invasion. Many respectable names were immediately.. signed, ,and ; orders taken for putting in circulation this spirited and' pa. triotic resolution, which refle6ls such honour not only on the parties, but on that town also, which, though inconsiderable in size and population, has already raised one complete troop of yeorrien ca. valry, and two companies of volunteer infantry, within a period of little more than six monthf; The Loyal Stroud Volunteers, on parade, last Wednesday, were inforined by Capt. Hold. I NOS, .of his having received an official notice, that their services would very probably soon be required to oppose the attempts of an invading Enemy, The Captain, on this occasion, considering the situ. Orion of most of the individuals, relative to. their domestic attachments and Concerns, .put to them the question--" is any Gentleman.desirous of procur ing for hitwelf a Substitute ?" The emotion pro duced in - the breast.of every bystander is conceive, able, but cannot be described, when they heard the whole Corps warmly exClaun, " No Substitutes!" Monday afternoon upwards of 200, draft horses, 6r .. " the use of the Artillery, passed -through the City and Borough of Southwark, to att upon the sea-coast in case of an Iniagion being; attempted. Last Friday night the •Militarreationed along the Coast of Sussex were thrown into a bustle, by being unexpetedly called to arms, in consequence of formal adviCes which their Commanders had re ceived, positively stating that the. Enemy's Fleet was at sea; and within sight, a little Westward of Brighton. The Troops continued under arms the whole night, and until the mistake was deteaed .the next morning. Colonel WILLIAMS, who obtained so much dis tinaion in his command of the Austrian Flotilla of Gun-boats, during the whole of the War with -France, is arrived at Harnburgh, on his way to England. Don JoAQu.rti DE MOREO, who commanded the Spanish Fleet in the last engagement, was the same who commanded. all the Spanish Gun-boats during the. memorable Siege of Gibraltar, and, was reckoned .one of ; the best and most afire Officers in the : Spanish, Navy. GEORGE JAMES WILLIAMS, Fsq. having retired as Receiver-General of the Excise, is succeeded- by GEO. cHOLMONDELY, Esq. and Lord GEORGE SEYMOUR. is appointed Commissioner in his room. Yesterday the Principals of the Bakers' Compu.' ny attended the LORD MAYOR at the Mansion_ House,. to set the Assize of Bread, when it ap. peared by the Mealweighers' Returns, that Wheat end Flour had fallen since their last Reports per Quarter, and Flour Eight Shillings in the Sack, his Lhrdship with great satisfation to himself, or dered the Bread to be reduced.tw-OAssizes, or 4d. in the truck-Loaf, to takdiptaa td/nitirrow. The price of the. Quartern- Loa will diet, tows. 7d. Q 0 ., The PR lidk:E of vN Ity AL .I.ltltte G 12. 1 DEDFORD, Lord 'JOHN Rj/SSELL, 8 1_1/7T?) Ir.."H. V. TiMpEsT, and other Gentlemen, arrived'at Sir HARRY FEATHER STOZ;Er:4 on Friday morning, where they were met by tbd Duke and putchess at MANCHESTER, Dut chess of GORDON, i-ady GEORGINA, &c. In the evening Their Graces of MANC.HESTER and Goa. Q : 1 Z , ft, 'lip Park, the accommodations IlQt being fqr the whole company. On "fuestlay was married the Right Hon, Lord AYt.Nii: to Miss Lois ts... second daughter of the late Sir jwiN CALL, Bart. e_d NAKAL NEWS. )- Non ill/ imieriitm tehigi, szvutnque tridertrmr- - - Sed mil); .carte 'datum. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Auve.rt 4. Admiralty-o;re, August 4,' 1801. ), ciette;- m the HonourableCorn.. the Evan •Ne s q .date, f ir off U:shant, Itily 31, 1801. -SIRS .r I have the honour - to enclose to you, for the in f9rmalitin of the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty', a Letter from Captain, Hotham, of His Ma jesty'. Ship the Immortalite, acquainting me with his haring captured the Four Masted French Priva teef therein mentioned. , t; - t I have• the Honor to be, &c. W. CORNWALLIS. s IR, at Sea, July 3 I, i SoI. I hare the honour to inform you, that at one o'clock in ti;e morning of the 27th inst.' in Lat. 43 Deg. -34. Min. N. and Longitude i 'De.g. 42 Min. SNT'.' I had the good' ra'r-tune. to fall,in with, and at half past set en, to capture a remarkably fine and singularly cens:trufted French Privateer with four masts,' named L'lnvention, carrying •Twenty-four Guns on a.flush Deck, and two hundred and ten men. She is gaite new, .had only left liourdeau?( nine days before on her first Cruize, and had taken nothing. She is a beautiful Yessel, on a plan entirely peculiar to herself, designed by her Commander Mr. Thi baut, and of extraordinary dimensions, being One Hundred and Forty-seven Feet I )ng and Tuenty seven wide, each Mast is rigged in the usual man ner, and she appears,to cue to answer perfe&ly well. During the chace, at Daylight, fli.4 Majesty's Ship Arethusa was seen at a distance, who joined in the Pursuit, and from her situation,' - greatly as sisted me in czlpturing her. - I have the HOnor . to be, &C . . &c. &e. F!. HOTHAM. Honorable AdANl r eorletuali;s, tPc. 4dreiralty , ,Qs(e, 4 ; -80 I. Copy of a Lettir from •Captain Manley Dixon, of His Majestos Ship Gener;ltx, Yo ETan 11 1 ePean, ,Esq. Secretaty of the Admiralty, dated at Port Mahon, stb June, 18or. • I have the pleasure to transmit a Copy of Lord Cochrane's Letter relative to the very spirited and brilliant aftion with a Spanish Xebeck Frigate. I have the Sonour to. be, &c. MANLEY DIXON. Majesty's Sloop Speedy,.of Barce lona, 6th• May, 1801 2 Castello. Ferro; N. Four Miles. • . SIR, I have the pleasure to inform you, that the Sloop I have the honor to command, after a mutual chace and warm adion, has captured a Spanish Xebeck Frigate, of thirty r two Guns, tWenty-tWO long Twelve-pounder., eight Nines, and two heavy Carronades, named the Gamo, commanded by Don Francisco de 'Fortis, manned by three hundred and nineteen Naval Officers, Seamen, Supernumeraries, and Marines. The great disparity of force rendering it neces. sary to adopt some measure that might prove de. cisive, I resolved to board, and, with Lieutenant Parker, the Honourable Mr. Cochrane, the Boat swain, and Crew, bolrdecl . ; when, by the impe tuosity of the attack, we forced them instantly to strike their colours. I have to lament in boarding the loss of one man only; the severe wounds received by Lieute nant Parker, both foam musketry and the sword, on e wimp& received .liy the Boatswain, and one Searnan.yNA MI ';:Fr` I must b k ri qpittrtimil to say, there could not be greater regularity nor more cool determined con dua shewn by men, than by the Crew of the Speedy. Lieutenant Parker, whom I beg leave_to recom mend to their Lordships' notice, as well as the Ho norable Mr. Cochrane, deserve all the approbation that can. be bestowed. The exertions and good condua of the B9atswain, Carpenter, and Petty Officers, I acknowledge with pleasure, as well as the skill and attention of Mr. Guthrie, the Sur geon. I have the Honour to be, &c. (Signed) COCHRANE. M. Dixor, Esq. Ctrptain of His ilia jrny's Ship Zenereux. Lat of Killed, Wounded,, &e. Speedy's Force at the Commencement of the Aaion. 54 Officers, Men, and Boys. .. 3 Killed, and 8 IVonnded. 14 FQUI-Pounders (G 1.1119). GamorsForce at the Commencement of the A &ion. 274 Officers, Seamen, BoyS, and 'Supernumeraries ; 45 Ma rines.. Total 319. Don .Francisco de Torris, the Bpauwain, and 13 Men, killed; 41 wounded. Admirdity-Offet7,. August 4, t 8o;. Copy of a Letter from Captain Thomas Rogers, of His. Majesty's Ship .111ercnty, to Evan Nepean, Esq. dated of s" Tremite Islands, in tbe Adria. 2 341 4 1 11 5.P1A9}• ' SlRji I -1.!I I beelealie irietoki; for their Lordships' in.. formation-il Copy of a-, - Letter I have received from Captain Iticketts, of thttorso ; as also of one from myself to Lord Keith. I have the Honour to be, &c. THOMAS ROGERS. SIR, El Corso, of Mafffredonia, May 27, 1801. I have the Honour to acquaint you, that this morning, at nine o'clock, we captured, off Manfre.: donia, the Corivesse, a small Vessel, mounting One Brass Gun ; commanded by M, Bernard Du Bour. dier, Lieutenant of the itegener4e, who with another Officer was carrying Dispatches from Al;xandria to Ancona. I have the Honour to be, &c. (Signed)` W. RICKETTS. Captain Rogers, Senior Ofcer -of Ills -- ---Majesty-'s Ships _in the Adriatic. Mercury, .of the Tremite: Islands, iit the MY LOltn, Adriatic, 23d June, Is or. I have the satisfaftion to acquaint your Lordship With the capture `Of a notorious French Pirate, this afterriorin; by- the Boats of the ;41-Fury and El Corso : .he morning, had taken refuge in the when chased by' the Corso, among the R'otk -, in the Tre; mite Islands, inhabited by a few. RempliPg.s4LAY ; and upon ,the Mereury's appearance landed die greatest part of his Crew, who posted themselves with a Four-pounder, -and Musketry upon a'Hill - to. defend the Vessel, close to which she lay a-ground With Hawsers: fast to. the Shore ; notwithstanding this abantageous position, the Boats, under the "command of Lieutenant Mather, of the Mercury, rowed in with great intrepidity ; exposed to a smart fire of grape and musketry from the Vessel and the Hill, while the Mercury and Corso awed the Enemy by firing what gun's could be brought to bear upon hire; , and ire had the satisfaction to,see our People very gallantly beard the Vessel, and land at the same time to drive.the Banditti :from the Hill, in which they fortunately succeeded, without the loss of a Man;. and Lieutenant Wilson, with the party of Marines, maintained . the position, while the Seamen- , hove the - Vessel off . the Rocks, and brought her Out, I.vith several Prisoners taken upon the Hill.— She is a Tartan, called Le Tigre, fitted out at Si nigalia, but last -from Ancona, mounts Eight. Six anil I'welve r pounders, and had a Crew of Sixty French and Italians ; the plunder found on board this Vessel is.suflicient evidence , of her chara&er, consisting of Bales of Cotton, and other goods taken from Vessels of. different Nations. • I have the Honour to be, &c. &c. &c. (Signed) T. ROGER Admiral Lord Keith, &c. &e. tlfc. DEAL, AUG. 4.. His-Majesty's Bombs Distbrverj, - 1,--I,ecia, I'dcatz7 Zebra, and Sulthur, sailed yesterday to join the Fleet off Boulogne: -• The Cygnet hit-J(1 Armed Cutter, commanded by Lieutenant WAIArk, arrived ita the Downs last 'night, from the Coast of Franae, with Dispatches 'from Lord NELSON, which werelanded at DoN;er.. His Lorthhip in person, reconnoirred, the Road of Boulogne, and Position of the Enemy, early yester day morning, in the Nile Armed Lugger ; the wind was favourable for an Attack, It was ex_ peed something would' be done in the course of the night, 'which was confirmed this morning by the awful appearance of our Squadron bombarding the Town, tlistinaly seen from East Hill Signal post, about four miles from hence. A Fort near the Harbour's mouth ceased firing at noon, supposed to be silenced by the invincibility, of the, British Navy, •------ , TIMEE O'CLOCK P . . M. The firing is still to be seen ) ::11(1 has continued upwards of eight hours. The Lord Dancan Armed Cutter, and William Store ship, sailed last night for Portsmouth,- with Convoy ; and the Lieldin Frigate•and Gannet Sloop of War, to the Fleet off' the Coast of France. DOrER, AUG. 4, I(X:rsn fl`iV lo ft: O'CLOCK, P. • 'ft P' Tit r report' which the Cygnets people ; brought last oight, appears to have been well founded.— Lord NELSON'S Fleet was distinguished between. six,and seven this morning to be throwing Bombs into Boulogne, and the Attack has continued ever since. The atmosphere being very clear, every Vesiel is distinguishable from the Hills, and trio French Batteries appear to keep up a brisk fire on our Ships. Some Men of War are nuw under sail from the Downs to reinforce the Fleet, but nothing' has arrived from so that we cannot know the re. suit till to.motrow. It is•said the gallant Admiral hoisted his Flag on board the Nile Lugger yesterday, to take the closer survey of the Enemy's coast. SIX O'CLOCK. All firing has ceased nearly an hour. PLYMOUTH, AU G . 3. ARRIVED the _French ,Brig La Bien Amu, laden with biandy, wine, &c. from Rochefort hound to Brest, captured on the z4.th ' ult. = by the Sloop of War. - a , Arrived La Desiree Frigate, one qf the Baltic : Fleet, from Cork. Arrived a Spanish Schooner Letter of . Marlue, and a French Chasse_marie, captured by the Amelia Frigate ; and a Spanish Brig Privateer, of zz guns; formerly the Lovely Emily of this Port, captured by the Stark Sloop of War. PORTSMOUTH, Au ARRIVED His Majesty's Ships Defiance and Galles, from Ireland Lady Barges, Ludy Jane J a :f ..