The Sun. — London, England, 1801-03-06 00:00:00

>\..„. NAVA -e-• do —v - L i I\4, ~. T r u - - - = P S. Nog illi ktperium pelagi c resiumgmatridexteme, Sol estibi torte dawn. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 4. ARRIVED the Brig Betsey, of Jersey►, laden with wine, hides.and fruit, from Lisbon, bound to jersey. She was taken on the 23d ult. by La Grand Decide French Privateer, of 24. guns, to.. gether with nine others of the Fleet,, names not known; and re-taken the z7th, by the Doris Fri. gate. She sailed from Lisbon with a large Fleet, but all. the English Crew having heen taken ont, and put onboard the Privateer, no particulars can be obtained. - Arrived the Swedish Brig Dolphin, of Wolgast, A. C. MASKOW master, from Terra Vica, laden vith salt, bound to Stockholm, .detained'off Cape Finisterre; by the Naiad Frigate. Sailed the Leda Frigate, of 3 8 guns, and. Stout, ..16,guns, a cfuize to the, Westward ; also the liddipt Frigate,• with a Convoy tor the Downs ; and Chapman Armed Ship, with a Con. voy fog 'Wales. cif 5. ! , 1 41,1) . - the Dili 'ern', Ftxr, and Queen of oje4 . ,LE#Cl3, from Leghotn ,La Grat:totlenec, 14- 10zii . 04;4, fromtv,enice. , , r ; ,ArtiVe4l' E lep h a nt, of 74, guns, from the ....• • Tunnel PeSt• • - 3 • f.!. Flag this day on 00,ird Maie- 3 tY!sav • - . ,;; jAelikr , ahlten ;45,143) illikAtPt s *, to the Northward, His ';2;44oty_ . 's: Ships Rent/lien S4turn, Ana Be/L?0, `with the ,4411aFire f ship; anti to the Westward, tils: Mites tY 's Popps • Ratori and Dart, ,AmarrCon alrjg l ,l l . 7 7la4le P,ottst, and. Attael Otin.brig, with COTIVOY; LOT POFtStriUth. • A iriior:'yesterday' afternoon from the Weit. iiis'lsAajesty's Ships Leaden , and Ganges ; * t i this morning from the Eastward, His Majes, x y's Ships Fortmge, 2Viiites;s, and Irrazu Sloop', . remain with the Overissel, and Gannet, Jove, Bouncer, Ttazer, Pelter, and Sparkles Gun- , , SHEERNES,S, Dielial.cji 5., • • . •; . • • . , • • SAILED Exp/oiion Bomb-vessel, Captain .WIARTIN, for Yarmouth: ' • . , Arrived the .Mangy Gun-essel, frorrl,LeitN: I4ViCI . FEB. 2 . , V,'s have this , tnOmeQt recetv ed the disagieoie ' . n II i gen ce . otihrSices •.Q.liikktnipany 's aelc bcink e4pture,d::Off ttnticllApdtTOint, rt oining a*hOdt seven ' 'a:logter Pvi'v+ Tee l., with bright aides ktoc, - t pen ar:1111 44;:y4 L ere , l i viflg got ashore ing a ilead of the, Ceres itif, some time, for. inf ' o f a breeze.. They re fit, that .tho' privateer. sent their boat .to' board another' . smack, which t h e y supposed to be . the clotiriwird Loynd, but they supposed; hey get. her away,. owing to its being quite calm:. • the Captain of .the Ceres set off immediately for. shieldt k to:give the alarm, and there is great hopes • if thd C d rei being retaken.. The Berwick.' flirt is arrived. , - • On Wednesday the x Bth ult . .' the - Thames, of . Dundee ' •-bil her voyage to Lou.. de?l,-.laden - svith grain and bale goods, struck . On . .fborough Sands. The goods have been saved, foie-damaged.; and hopes are entertained that the Neste way be brought into Port. . . Zeohms, Of 74 gum, at Chatham, is fitting out with the utmost attivlty to join the North Sec Fleet, under the immediate impeetiol) of her VOIDIII3IIder,. SAMUEL HOED LINZEE, Esq. late Captain of L'Oi,eau. Letters received yesterday from Plymouth 'state, that some Passengers landed there from the Lydia, an American Ship, report, that she was 'hoarded in the Channel by La Bougairviile, French. Brig Privateer, of I 8 guns. The Lydia having some Provisions on board, bad nearly been detained, as the 'American Captain was told or ders had been issued by the Chief Consul, to stop and send into French Ports all Neutral Vessels for England with Provisions. I.as-t night at Drury-lane Theatre, after the Pl 4, the following stanzas, added. to the loyal song of " God Save the King," were received with -rapturous applituse! . . o God; thy Mercy shed ' On his anointed Head, • Cod Sarie the K; ! Cunt Isritain'svarnest Prayer, Alake him thy special care,. 4 And for his Yirtues spare Great GEwtcE. our,' - kl !4,-- , . ' prostrate People see, 'Who, - with one voice, to thee Pray fbr their Kt NCI God, ,temove -our Fears, Renew his-Health and YriTS, And to a Nation's F.ears Give back their KING ! f(, '~ s tEo.Vr. = had•broken, out in this Colony, which:hitkiprOceeded to such a pitch, sometime in •Septehlber , lakr, that all the white people were not only in danger of being expelled the :Colony, hut -, -of being murdered. At this critical Period Lieutenant jox !it Su ERE try of the Royal • Navy, who was serving as an Agent of the Transport Boardi on board the Asia, for merly an East-Indiaman, and which ship was em ployed in the 4ervicc'of carrying the Caribs that had been sent from Sr, i';ncent'.l to 114/ifax, from the latter place to Sierra Leone, arrived at that Colony. Mr. SHERRIFF immediately . put himself at the head of such an European force as he could muster, and marched out againtt the Black Settlers, who had taken shelter in the neighbour ing woods, from , whence ,they caqieci on their operations against the• t Colony.-0n: the.. 24 of (kgober; !le headed: a detachment that went out agains,t.the ,R.4els, and which •by gallananfl judieiOus. condl i a4 succeeded in taking a number of them prisonets, and by that means, put an end " r, , • :rheiGovernor. and Council of Sierra: Leone passed the following . Resolutions in consequence of Lieut..CSßlt R rr's. spirited and meritorious conduit. • . • • . . (COPY.) . . , • „,Dec. COv,tretv---Present T. LunLAss, Governor. '' • •'1 • 4'K I". First in Council. • c lir, Second in .council. The Covergoc .i nt‘ 'Cotpcil, next procecdql to, consider of a suitable ack n owledgment to ,Lieutenant S I It I uctlis lklajesty'4 hley.„ ) tos,the serfice,this.covernment received from hint ; rplitary capacity,during the late Aoeilon.,--,upqn,wiockpFcasion w as unanimously . Rsso,tArao . .. • • _, 14, That- Lieutenant...jowl Suittrorr has manifested his leal 40 the Welfare ut this.Colopy,.in a voluntary, ex, pesure. of ktis, 114 and health, Py : heading, di tltken; Detach- Tents sent oef.tgain:st thetkedeLs, especially that on the 34 Of Oaciber ISo. -77 A :e..) . .)161 - ..• • 24. That in ~ .ac-ep tipg and: suppottilti the charAiler of Pfe.iident of the 00lIti pt= Inquiry, which iillwinstanCe 4:lld:tire. of ti)ii Otivconnient, sat ftininany , sinxessive dais on the Kenai Char ware taken orzurntrutered, / - he moor and Councithaire.toecliiiowlage his unrentitted and patienli inveitigatien; conjunttion• hia etilisnues ,'`E'iiCutCc tta , Snsrrk and Tn•t.L. vv judiciou s ad4tation-oftlaeiuniahnicsnt rectsmnittidety to'beintlifled upott - the'Frisoritis;ita , the present. safety of the Colony, ind'the With which tlili , Governinent wis this 'Cane preM l iled •• ' ' • • t. •• ' 3d, That; n said and- otlierTristirters board t lie; A s'ilififi'colis iderable' period of t 'and tb ere. by exonerati:ni Cti) ., eilliTtenr front . the risk', anti chittiet tar•securing their persons at the Goternnuitt House, as Nvell es by LietJining the compliance with their requct,t,bn 'this express "setiriCe,* Lieutenant jeraN Strtitp:rt Otterially strengthened the hands of the eioverlior atibtded them leisttre.and se,:iirtin'delda , er.cOn many points of great and Wien" impo' riang. , . • 'That the public Thanks of this Board; together with a cppy of the present Minute, he Coinuninicated to I:.lentenant •Si . iL . l 1 in a letter from the pen of then i '' J E>toe d from the Of :C ouneil, Jan.' ISO A 2/ : 4.-i'v.zi ) k u ,i4 1 1 ' (,2 1 20t 1 ), A. sinTH, , Sec. ;i:: st/ritcovivii • ' * ..!, • • ' •►---' t kt i ;7 7 . . , . I# , , gi, ; ~ .)*.i 1 11 ' li i. 4= , a ..:-. A ' T r e e . mi uki . je an. "s o , . " .. ' . . t iift liitt:tlet , * the': °Steiner al4 COuticil . to' 't rail's:. thit taiAti l itio l fil l tioigd 'Nliiiiite; ! and to testify; - 01 tifeli iii( - 4 , ifie iliiablisiPttiey dikleVer retain otliour i; ii p or.: iikt;Siii4M4riit the late kebellion t th:iy 'beg yo .1 will lace* tilts iittbk. notifiAti"tin of their sentiments, and i 4 "slgrie . hal) Vto he ir that your qininent 'servirecs ~ 1101 not 31aI,ed unnoilced !,y ta... Court of Dire:Aors, ''!*! ' ''°' f t*t , the - 11646 ii rto be, ,„ it - : ! ~ , pnr : 9dient huinble Servant, •••..../'' '. 'fi t iii.a) A. SMITH, Sec. ttetit: JeSteriff:' •." -:- •-:-, . . .. • • t Lieottront'SHEßßlFF sailed in the Asia from . Sierra Leone, after having put the Colony in a state of security, in the beginning of January,. and'had' a prosperous passage to England. On . Friday , night last he was attacked by a French Ship Privateer mounting 24 guns, but she met with $4 warm a reception from the Asia, that she • was' gla d to sheer off, , •-: TM Court of Direaors of the Sierra Leone Contpanyi we doubt nor, will be eager to testify : their approbation'and gratitude for the eminent services of Lieut. , SHEmitFF to that Colony, by recommending him in such a manner to the Ad rr miralty Board as-will obtain . him that rank in : the Service which his merit seems to entitle him to. . . a . .. . , his known to the PUblic, that silver plate to a very great value, not kis, it is said, than t 0,0001.. has been. lately stolen- from different Colleges in the University of Cambridge.— Three men, of the ripmei of Kidman, Grimsha'w, 'and Coheis, have been taken inro custody as the thieves. Kidman has turned. King's evidence, and impeached his accomplices: His discoveries have led to a suspicion that a respeaable silversmith in London _was remotely concerned in -the vii. lany. This' person was yesterday examined privately on this account, before Sir W. LE ICH , TON, the Sitting Alderman, atOuildhail.• It appeared in evidencti - ,' that the plate, being first melted down by the: thieves, was.tlien sold to Mr. Cohen, -of Cambridge; at the rate of 21. 4.9 for - the pound of 18 ounces.: Cohen . paid for it in width were prOied to have been re_ . ceived by the person under examination from the Bank of England; A youth, who has:44ed - partly as Olopman and partly as errand-boy, for that per _ son,. was also examincd, and related that his . master had occasiOnal dealings with one ; Cohen, of Cambridge, hut knew. df no transattion4 the Oat= of'tliat was,atledged. ~• . Sir WM. Le ton ToN, udas inclined to .remand • the person, in - rekard to *nom these faas.appear ed, inro: - castorly, but admitted - him - at - last to bail, himself being bound' in wool. 'and' two sureties in _cool. each. litus lc. ; r rt the • thrk. o t-CADEMY OF A Nt: PNT MUSIC, tfoe:tlie.pieSerit SeasOri, was old last night at the Crowii ‘ and Anchor The Selekltion was made by L. The first piece was an Overture' Of MISS 'TENNANT, a very iiitCtC.titt performer, acquitted herself very well in; 16 . 0 Magnify. tAt , 11 VAt:GHAx; wio'understandS by art, but 1 ,;;Ift should display a little More gave Th.;:ever y,,TYll;bu : ih good Style. - ...1 A' beau tifut6o4er tante ' bi; l fit e klE l a . , ' SNlft.4lr, LIiiDLEY', &C. was a leaditiii pact to the „ mentof • tpe night. 1.? , Mrs. 1:31.A.!, , :CH1 (late Miss 11*.cKstiN), ;and Mastcr., Sm - rX, ought to ,be novicea .. fgr - their ipz if t, Pefc't,q.cith Pie t. ,4o 4rocum 46 Sfititet Bird,'.'' was well sung,birldis...SE COND,:: and admirably accoMpanied by . Ca AMER. The powerful notes of SALE were exerted with good efreCth 44 • Populous C;t;e.llliftsi As tken,” —but, in the choruS, the boys•seeitieci 'to want a little hirnOnie drilling. : it GodS a .-;, e with . the neiv Stanzas, suggested by illness , that sttoggly inte rested the whol.eltion, was,given b;st • • Mrs. SECOND appeartd tpretnisiiderable advac tage in a song by SAFctiztit ;* and 11 1 1,410:c' Clarionet .Accompaniment was deservedly admired. A glee by Di. ARNOLD, " Parent of joy, heart-easing 1117rth,'''a'frorclerscope to Mrs. Bi- A . NCHIc Young SMITH, GoitE and Isa,ftit: 'The composing 'pieces composing the general treat, were chosen witirjudgment, and were' performed with suitable:spirit. The room -Was"'ci:Ouided with an elegant Audience, and 'the ent ) eibirift*it inay be justly compared-with- any rival'attrahion. EbriV . BUßdii; MARCH 3. , a- 'Wed • • , , , Last . ,nesday evening,- George Rom ,a aonviEl; •; ride 4%fais 4 -is MackeNZ;e,,.icnpcisoaed.for theft, made ;licit escape:from the Town's Cells,of Glasgow. , By ihe favour of ;he, Magistrates, Rankin was allowed to have a,lootn' hio cell; and haying !liAt t day a new , welt to put in;, Mae r kenxie, was allinved to assist hilyt i .and the•doots oftheir•cells` 44 ,4ieh were golitigui;;4, ,wcKtbere t , fore lefti.open, they being botls.incloseeby strati exterior door. :4 - he passage i t etween Ale cells not being acchet:),,Out formed : , of Alarg e flag stones resting on „wood .work, • they had c,ont dyed to lift one of the ktones t and so get down to the lower tier of cells, which have sOdoin been • used, the exterior dog: of which had so, bad a lock, that they picked it with part of :die iron-work of Rapkin's lootu,, which was left,iß it. After klii6 they 'had the Centinel to pass, who, it appears, was pif his : post. • MORTON'S, Opera has been put into rehearsal, anti is to. be.;brciught forward inthiediately after tk=. Easter Holidays:. Alhe title•of the Piece, as we have said; is : be The Blind-Gitl: . . The rigeibus oidicome,y; of „irefiv fray' 'io pay, Old Debt;, is to be sooA revived at Qiivcor.: Garden Theatre, in order to COOK E - an Op portunitk, of appearing 'in:Sir s cr-rea l th, charatget yvhielf is said tube one of his principal archievethents. Magistrittei Of the West Ruitng o 1 York shire. horc_ p4blishgd in !the last Lc ds,,New paper, 'a T.ist 'of Si xty.six Pe I::C.tilS . COhiiktect ha ing False W veights in -their po Yesterday - ,. in consequenCeofinformatiou given at the Police-Office, Whitechapel, ;he officers were dispatChed to .a Wretched house iii.Raseniary 7 laile, Where they apprehended upwards 'of 42irty, ppr. saris, most ; of whoin aiteared., to, be its_ a state., of great .poverty. They were insuring tickets in the Lottery a:t, the time time of their apprete.i 'tsion. They were all discharged by th:: Magistrates after a suitable adnionition, but the principal of the house and 114 worthy clerk were detained, for the purpose of being in troduccd, to. the Ho,use Of Correction 'ac rogues and vagabonas. Yesterday nt the Public l Office, .Union Ball,. a Servant to Messrs. Smith and Rusliy, of Bankside, Borough, corn-fadors,,was examined- on, suspicion of stealing a large` quantity of Poland Qats. A de ficit of 25 quarters of this grain from the _general stock was discovered,whic.hcould not be account.. ed for, until by chance turning up the dung in !the yard,• some bags of the oars were'iliicovered contiguous to the stables, which' were under the management of the Prisoner. -It is supposed, as the' premises are near the water-side, that the oats were put into boats at different times, to be conveyed to distant parts. The Prisoner was committed. for re-examination. Yesterday • Henry Hart underwent a second examination at the Mansion House, on a charge of uttering CO Messrs. Kit'by, Beckley and Kirby, note of hand for : 271, to.. which they strongly suspeded to - be forged, from its.being drawn or; a person of no-,tharacter, and made payable at the house of another person who suddenly disappeared from.his place of residence, A num ber of people attended the examination, ,to give ,evidence of the prisoner's having passed *variety . of bills, of which payrnent could neverbe obtained, from the insignificancy of the parties concerned. No ad of forgery was; tioWever, proved, but 'the- prisoner ‘s.as 'committed for a misdemeanor for *ant of streties. 'Several detainers are 'lodged against him, and he 'will be brought up on a' future - day. The Ticket/ No. . 57,346, n On. the third cly of bra tking, a Prize of r °dol. also the Ticket ,41 4 709,. On, the first Hay Drawing, PrizeOf .se"). - . the only cvo Prii6drawn : this' Lottery . abwc Idol. were shared, and registered at Dtemsosn's Fortunate ORee; .140 6 , Fleet ,steet; %Mere PrizeS' to a large a: - Abunt have beet: sod and paid in former • Lotteries. Tickets and Shires on side duringibelkawinv warranted untrawn, TO 111 Z APPENDIX. •; ` f .REF9R.T FRONT: THE EtlAit4 OF AGRICaLTtt4I .I _•. RESPECTING THE (Iv L'rui.E.OF POTATOVE. - TIIE - Board of Agriculture, in 'obedience .to the requtsmon or the ...ointnlttee of the li?u. , _e•or. ConlinCns, - hiivingr taken into consideration, ‘, Whether :mc , ant! ha - t Ixrerriluin on (14 k.;ulti. vation „Potaoei.Wsuld bti . likely tO,be attencied with beneficial effeits : 3 ) alto ‘; ';;'hat . • .2, Itcgulations at co - tulittons ir. ri } aybe proper tO prekribe in iratitin any' Still trend= ; ' beg leave to - feport. as follows : . , , The objed of the committevseetris to be the produijion oftwrlyPotatoei. ,-• • • • 1 Thi s .expressioai 4.i7piy. either to' et dy;4. sorts, or to any sc-,rts, provided they, be brotrhe into coniu:npLion , The sorts, which:arc' c:>,110 'etzrly, fron? the. tiameatheir cylpple„ung 4 1 -otvtli, bc. Q p r p ripe, and titeir'soll44 die, 'in 'June, July,. or - 15,U4,, 4 „,. gust : Mitt th ese sorts aru not piiodyctkve, iu quantity, arA •Maybe. ratligr as , an of than. as au o.,jeCt of•gencrat consumption : nor fur purpese can, a sufficient quantity of seed be at this, tine proot.kred. • ~•,• Secondly.—Rut Potatoes may .be brought into earlyjuse by being-gathered I.)elprei they arrive-at niatutiry., The Bparcl 4tles, not l'anctiv -that the Cornritittee'lkould wish/to sanaion this prae., (hie by. Parliamentary Pretokups; as !mit i tkg short 15f:real di,Stress can justify the consumption I<n July Or August, uf one sbithdred bushels frOm . acre of land, Which'in Cittober..might producle double the quantity ? , acid of Of a quality more fit for . human For Olga Teasons,, the.lioard cannot reconuiend Premiums Tor earl,. Potatoes, in. either . sense of the word. ,I,eir t her,. , upon full Consideration; cap the ward +lse ale itanting'ofPremiums for the growth lqi.atoes.< on laud which is dlrkady,in itl i ti,d_cf4ea,rar (Aber crops : they conceive that' itetohleain w tray 'be attained without Inb regbiiise to ;hat . opedierii. Having clearest their. way by theseJnquiries, the Board took into .their _consideration tilt ex pedi-eiley_ and effect of Padiamentaty Pccmiutiv to procure an extcnsive:grow_th Qf common Potittoes. - That some peculiar encouragement* is neces. sary,!,. appears from the common opinion, that the Potatoc is a root more than ordinarily ex hatistW,,z, and frornahe colru re being on that ac 49J.incriot generally perpitied by LaWlords in se. Yer2l, tof the'•Kiiigdoin; r, • ; -Nor, in the eAseof' tt . too plentiful stipply - ,' . t'an 'theLcro? be' 'preserved ced for the hance of rising methods:- for drying and pre. servins tfleiii• have 'sileCessfillty pratiiSed der 'tile .•IttialOtilof ionic:. powerful 104`riVeidei "therefore .seetri 'neeess:iry :to . raise ic crop; a . dequate to .tkx present c. , :.geney,'Of atf afticle, on tllc cultiviitiOn' of which lar':, - e . ejt . - pehces are unayoidables - 'lt . ,app"chrs the pard, .14 the'proc ue, tion of an inereaed quantity- of liutat,*ies in the nlOptlis of S'epreinty:r or p(flo . .)er,sn.:ty i)V'tilrhosF equal)y the l'ulilic, as - it the idnie 4 were pioduced . ;:n e4riier iv!rioti. It may in 's*e'riied's'i'irelire'vent the r:ccessiry' of diately h'evt ';crop 'of Wheat for cod ioT+-ir..4,foriwFdaac th4t slow , drid when thg !gi4pya rcikiolic it :o4f) Ii lisydN tntggO.pus to tbrosh: out ,mare 444Y.' Price' 'of AVIleAt gisc:i , by these means be:i)turentwl c F risik-igi - 4t o illopient Wit6ti it is pecoliarl , ttesira!Jle to , see it cutafinecl•.trtits na tural level: . : .i. ~i 'For these reasons, the i'marc! srrngil• reeo6_ mends the 0-ranting of i'reihiums extt.i)ding the edlttire of the of Potatoes,. e' comin s• • - In this respe6 they i r i ve two objeds in, vjety The one, to encourage the cultur,e among Facmers and Occupiers on a great.scale ; the other to be restrided to Cottagers, who may have, or' may procure; gardens, .or sknall,pieces of ground. These measures. taken together, seem likely to insure the objea of the CommitteE: but by the last, the Board. conceives that, the condition of. the Cottager .m a y, lie ~pctimxtently ameliorated,. and, that he'svill 15e inelined to continue a, prac tice, from which he wilT:re - ceive so great a relief urider'the piesent. ptessure. If it' be objetied, th..‘t the present high price is of itself' a sufficient encouragement to the growth of Potatoes, itimar be observed, that its immediate operation is', to increase, particularly , to the Cottager, 'the difPulty of obtaininir i ce d, and, that the - expectation 'of a plentiful Wheat Harvest, both. from the favourable season, and from the breadth sown, may make Potatoes,, at all times an expensive' cuitnre, in the present ypar an hazardous one, , _ It may further be observed, that the Public will not -sustain any loss by the amount of . the :Premiums given for ,Potatoes, inasmuch as •thq smallest difference which nity be reasonably ex :pe6e'd in tlie price of that article by an extended cultivation, will relieve the classes m9st . ,in want, to a much greater amount: than the value of therrerniums expended can burden others'. Impressed with these ideas, the Board begs leave to recommend to tfle cowsideration . the "Couirnittee folkiws : -Thin,. the' part of the .I.lnite4 Kingdvm called Great„Britaip, be iliirided into Twelve Districts, ' and that the following Premiums, to the amount of 12,9001.. in tile ‘vhole,be oftired for the cuitivit tion of Potatoes, by Proprietors and Occupiers of Land, nut being Cottagers : I'd the ?Mon who' dial!, in' the Distriet No. in_the present year 1801, cultivate 8n Land now in, his occupation, which Tlas nut Yiaided any Arable Crop during the