The Sun. — London, England, 1804-04-27 00:00:00

IAI PER TA .L .PART I ...111/1 E N T• HOUSE OF PEERS, THUR3DAY, ArttiL 26. 'HE several Bilis before the House were forward_ ed in their respeCtive stage's. Among these the-Irish Linen Manufaaurers' Bill was read a third time and passed, and a Message sent to acquaint the Com mons thereof. The Earl of AYLESiSURY, and Lords CLIVE and SZAIoRTI - 1 were sworn, and took their seats. A few words were interchanged between g, arl S?ENCER and the LORD CHANCELLO; ; the for_ tie.r Peer expressing his wish to know if the docu ments ordered on the Motion of his Noble Relative (Ave believe his Lordship al!utled to the Earl of Cmt ulstr) were yet laid upon the Table ? In answer to which, the Noble and Learned Lord referred to His Majesty's Answer, to, their Lordships' Address upon the subjeet, as reported last Monday. Certain Accounts from the East India DireEors, ordered to he laid annually before Parliament, were presented by Mr. C.?vcn, and ordered to li,eon the Tab! Some private business was then disposed of, after which their Lordships adjourned till to-morrow. HDUSE OF COMMONS. THURSDAY, APRIL 26. TiE Committee for deciding on the right of Eletti,:n for the Borough of Liskeard, is composed pf the following Gentlemen : R. C. Kerr, Esq. M. Russell, Esq. J. H. Strut, Esq. Sir M. Bloxham, Bart. H. focldrel, Esq. Hon. C. Kinnaird. 1. Frinsep, Esq. C. A. Ormsby-, Esq. -Sir R. Barclay, Bart. R. H. Leigh, Esq. Rt. Hon. W. Wyndham, I. A. Lloyd, Esq.'. Lord Viscount Loftus, . NOM I NE E 5. Hon. C. I. Fos., —Wm. Sturges Bourne, Esq. Several Accounts were presented from the Corn. trois-ioners of Customs, pursuant to an order of the douse. Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr—Owen from the India House, presented an Account of the dates of the several Dispatches sent our by the Secret Committee of the Court of Direc tors to the different Presidencies, on the Messages from His Majesty to Parliament, in March and May, ISo3.—Ordered to lie on the Table, and to be printed. Sir JoHN NEWPORT, after a few introduEtory ob. tietvations respeaing the state of the Poor in Ire land, and the necessity of Legislative assistance for their more effeaual relief, particularly for the sup port of ideots and lunatics, a description of unfor tunates which he stated to be very numerous in dif ferent parts of that country, moved, " That a Corn. rnittee be appointed to consider of some Legislative provisions for the support of the Poor in Ireland, and for the better prevention of vagrants; also of the necessity of revising the Statutes already ex. isting for that purpose, and of providing for the sup_ port of ideots and lunatics in that part of the United iCingdom called Ireland, and that they do report their observations and opinions thereon to the House." A Selea Committee was appointed, five of whom are to be a quorum. The Statute Du'y Bill, on the Motion of Lord Vs/ t 4. RossELL, passed through a Committee. The Report' was ordered to be received to_mArrnar. On the Motion of Mr. BoNp, the Newfoundland Trade Bill passed through a Committee, the Report then received, and the Bill read a third time and passed. Mr. ALEXANDFR brought up the Reports on the the following Bills :—the 8,000:000 Exchequer Bills Bill ; the 1,500,000 Exchequer Bills Bill; the English Militia Pay and Clothing, the Irish Militia by and Clothing, and the Militia Adjutants Bills, which wete all ordered to be read a third time to- ITlCrrow. Mr. VAN , ITTART, pursuant to an Order of toe House, presented an Account of the amount of Ex chequer Bills outstanding on the sth of April, i Boi, / 8 0 2, 1803, and , 8 0 4., respeecively. Ordered to lie on the Table, and to he printed. The Deacons' and Priests' Orders Bill was read a third time and passed. The House went in►o a Committee on the Army of Reserve Suspension Bill. Mr. Secretary VoRKE stated, that it was fit that some reasonable fine should be levied on the Coun ties which were deficient in supplying their quotas, according to the former Ac}. The tribunal to which he should propose to refer the returns made under that ACi, was to consist of the Deputy Lieu tenants and the Magistrates for the County, and their report should, of course, he sent up to the War Office. The Right Hon. Secretary explained minutely, the various other provisions of the Bill. it was then read in the Committee, and several Amendments were made, The House having re sumed, the Report was brought up, and ordered to be received to-morrow. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of.—Adjourned. MAILS. DUE. AR R ilamburgh " 3 PRICE OF STOCKS, THI3 DAi AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols -56 i THE SUN. ZiOLIM (LUIS 1:) , c”s lALSUM AUDLAT LONDON, APRIL 27, J 39.. ve happy to state, that Dispatches were yesterday received at the Admiralty, containing an , I ccopnt of the re-capture of Garet, on the Sib of la , ; month, by a B;itish Squadron, I s t'esterday morning the KING rode in the firusE.N's Rid ing -210USe. 1 1P,Sttrdity Soon after one o'plock Hsa MAJEs. TY and the four younger ParNc: E.ssEs, attended by the Marchioness of BATH, and Lady M. WIN- Y ARD, tools an airing on the Edgeware. road. Yesterday noon a Council was 'Acid at Lord HAWK EsBURY'S Office in Downing-street, at which the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lords Hos ART and T-i AwKcsß u ß y ) Earl Si. VINCENT, and Mr. Yott.:E., were present. The CHANCELLOR of the ExciirguElt bad yes terdily a very long interview with His MAJESTY at the Queen's. House. The Revobdiona;re Frigate, Captain ROTH AM, At Portsmouth, is ordered to be immediately pre pared, for the purpose of carrying His Royal High ness the DUKE of KENT and Suite to Gibraltar. Monday last the Right Hon. Lard Viscount MELVILLi set off from Melville Castle for London. Mr. LISTON, His Majesty's Ambassador Extra ordinary to the Court of Denmark, and his Lady, arrived at Grangemouth on the i zth inst. in the Lazirentid Maria, Capt. KNAGH. The KING has granted Marquis WELLESLEY per mission, in addition to his other well-earned digni ties, to wear the Order of the Crescent. The Captain of a Danish Vessel who left Calais on the 4th inst. gives the following interesting statement : The neutral vessels detained in that port in consequence of the existing Embargo, were, by repeated applications to the French Government, at length permitted to depart, but were allowed only one day (the 24th) to avail themselves of that permission : the Mastrrs of the vessels were at the same time informed, That the Embargo would be renewed on the following day, and remain in full force till a landing of the French Army had been cffeEted in this Country. Yesterday a Court of Dire&ors was held at the East India House, when the Ships Monarch, Sove reign, and Alexander, ordered, to be afloat the z4..th instant, were consigned to Bengal dire I. Capta►n ;NIERITON was swoxci into the command of the Sovereign. Yesterday a General Court was held at the East India House, when the Chairman (Mr. ELPHIN STONE), submitted to the Proprietors a Resolution of the Court of Direaors, permitting Sir JOHN DOYLEY to return to his station in the Civil Ser_ vice in Bengal ; he then moved, that a ballot be taken on the zd of May. After a few words in favour of the Motion from Mr. RANDLE JACKSON and Sir JOHN Hirrtst.Ey, it passed unanimously. New-York Papers to the zoth ult. are received. The Senate of the United States have pronounced judgment on JOHN PICKERING, Judge of the Su preme Court for the District of New Hampshire, and have removed him from office. Judge CHASE is also to be impeached. It appears by the New-York Papers which ar rived yesterday, that the Americans, and their new friends the French, at New Orleans, do not mani fest a cordial disposition towards each other. — Strong symptoms of a mutual dislike are said to have been very visible amidst the ceremonies that accom panied the cession of that Country ; and since that period, a spirit of animosity has broken forth, which, it is thought, will not be easily tranquil. lined. The following particulars relative to Curacia, the Surrender of which we stated on Wednesday, are given in the American Papers : " On the last day of January, four English Men of War (two Ships of the Line and two Frigates), and a Schooner, came off the Harbour of Curacoa at eight o'clock in the morning, without apprizing the Dutch. They sent in a Flag of Truce, and de. manded the Island, which the Dutch refused. They immediately bore down, attacked, and took the Fort, and landed the Troops to the number of 6 or 700 men ; who marched up, and took possession of the Hill, where the French built a Fort, and mounted a Field-piece, with which they fired into the Dutch Forts ; hut Fort George, and a Fort below it, an noyed them so much, that they were induced to leave their situation, and ere] a Fortification below the Hill, without the reach of Fort George, and the other one. For three or four days the British were firing into the Town with several heavy guns, al most every shot going through some house. It is supposed the Government House is entirely destroy. e d, as well as almost every other in town. The Dutch Troops had two skirmishes with them ; in the first they took four straggling Prisoners; in the last, the English drove them as fast as their legs could carry them. The Dutch have hauled a large Ship across the Harbour, where they intend to sink her in case of an attack ; and have hauled a Frigate alongside of her, to keep the shot off." By the corroded account laid before the House of Commons, it pppears that there are at present employed in His Majesty's Navy 163 z vessels of every description, of which 86 are Ships of the Line, 12 Fifty-gun Ships, and too Frigates ; and the number of Shipwrights and Artificers employed in the Dock-yards is 6967. By a return to the Act of the 33d of the King, made yesterday, it appears that " the non-arrival of the accounts from Bengal, for the years 1802-3 and 1803.4, has rendered it impossible to prepare the statements required by the Ad above mention ed within the period limited. Yesterday High Mass was celebrated at St. Pa trick's Chapel in Sutton-street, Soho-square, for the deceased Prince the Duke d'ENGU I EN. The service was performed by M. Le AbLe de Box/. TANS, in the presence of the French Princes, MON SIEUR, Dukes de BERKI,ORLEANs, MONTPENSIER, and Count BEAU J oLAis, and about three hundred of the English Nobility and Gentry, besides others, were present. Saturday two Troops of the 4th, or Royal Dra goon Guards, marched into the Barracks at Exeter; and on Tuesday two Troops of the same fine Regi ment passed through that City, on their route for Modbury and Totnes. On Tuesday last was picked up at sea, and brought e, into Stareross, in Devonshire , b y the Alarm lugg a vessel with only a cat and do g on board, botli nearly in a starved state ; no name was marked on her stern, to give any information to wl.ere she belonged, brit by some papers found in her, there is reason to believe she was ore of our ficet brut tl to the West hAPAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, Apitrt. 25.--Arrived the Prince George, of 98 guns, Capt. J. S. YoRkE, and the Conqueror, of 74 guns, Capt. T. Louts, from the Channel Fleet ; also the Argue Sloop of War, from a Cruize it, the Channel. PORTSMOUTH, Aran, 26.—Arrived a brig from the Coast of Africa, from which a Lieutenant land ed, and set off immediately for London with iris. patches, containing an account of the Surrender of the Island of Goree to the English. YARMOUTH, APRIL z6.—Arrived the ilairon. able, of 64. guns, Vixen and Rattler Gun brigs, and remain with the'State/y, Admiral RUSSEL. Sailed the Antelope, of 50 guns, Magicienne Fri gate, 'Monkey, Snipe, and Escort Gun brigs, Prince of Wales and Champion Cutters. HAttwteu, Ar att. 26.—The Earl of Leicester Post Office Packet, Captain THomPsoN, and the Auckland, Captain HAMMOND, sailed this morn. ing, the former with the Hamburgh and Btemen Mails for Husum, and the latter with a Mail for Got tenburgh. A Smuggling Cutter was this day brought into this Port by Lieutenant TATHAM, Commander of His Majesty's Gun-brig Monkey, loaded with five hundred and twenty_six half anker casks ofGeneva, which was captured on the Suffolk Coast. The Cargo has been landed and lodged in the Cus. tom-house, and the Cutter secured in the Condemn ed Hole. DEAL, APRIL 26.—His Majesty's Ships Squir rel, Dart, Orestes, Archer, Aggressor, Mariner, and Basilisk, put back, it blowing strong to the Westward. Arrived the Autumn, from Dungeness. Vice. Admiral PATTON shifted his Flag from Blue to Red, this day at I z o'clock. In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Illustrious, Veteran, Ardent,•'Trusty, Regulus, Virginie, Euryalus, Imtnortalite, Leda, Champion, Squirrel, Dart, Orestes, Perseus, Fury, Autumn, Vesuvius,. Tartarus, Discovery, Sulphur, Wasp, Harpy, Archer, Aggressor, Viper, Contlitt, Mariner, Star ling, Milbrook, with the Transports, &c. as per last. GREENOCK, APRIL 24.—The Mercury, EDING /. T ON, arrived here last night from New York, brought intelligence that the Ship Lilly, WALLACE, (beloning to HUNTER, ROBERTSON, and Co. Mer chants in this town), from St. John's, with spars for the King's Yard, Jamaica, was captured by a French Privateer, manned with Izs men, after an engage. ment of two hours. The Lilly had one man killed, and nine feet water in her hold, before she struck. The following Vessels were lost on the Coast of Portugal, between Cape Mondejo and Avero, early in the morning of the zd of April, viz. the Apollo Frigate; Perseverance, Clutson,from Bristol; Caledo nia, Gilderson, and Aaive, M'Nickol, from Gas. g ow ; Mary Isabella, Harper, from Whitehaven ; Neptune, Marshall, and Bristol, Meyrick, from Bris. tol ; Apollo, Clark, from Greenock for Jamaica ; Charles, M‘Neil, from Bristol to St. Kitt's ; Miner va, Tolson, from Liverpool for Nevis ; Ark, Reid, and Eringo Bay, Ferguson, from Bristol for Barba does ; Dart, Dennison, and Fame, and Ander son, from Glasgow for Grenada ; Peggy, ---, from Greenock to St. Vincent's ; St. Sebastian's, -, and Susannah, --, from Liverpool ; Diana, ---; Clarendon, --- ; Start, ; and Atlantic, --, from Greenock, for De merara ; Sally, Judd, and Triton, Williams, from Bristol ; Friendship, Griffin, and James, Douglas, from Liverpool for Antigua ; Ann, Crawford, from Dublin ; Robert, Clark, from Greenock ; ACtive , Hornsby, and Ford, Anderson, from Liverpool to Dominica ; Nancy, Wier, and Trim, Oddy, from Glasgow for Tobago ; Albion, M'Ewen, from Glas gow to Honduras; Atlantic, M'lntire, from Bristol, to St. Vincent's ; Peggy, --, and Elizabeth, -, from Greenock to Demerara ; and several others, names unknown. The crews and cargoes of many of them saved. The Carysfort Frigate, with the remainder of the Fleet fur the West Indies, proceeded onwards. Notwithstanding the Promotion of Capt. Dom ETT to the rank of Rear-Admiral, lie is still to remain as First Captain to the Channel Fleet. The Amelia Frigate, Lord Pitol3Y, is ordered to proceed from the Nore to Portsmouth, to be fitted for Foreign Service. The Eagle, of 74 guns, which has been repaired at Nurthfleet, is ordered to proceed immediately to join the Squadron under the orders of Lord KEITH. Captain SKINS is appointed to the command of the Beaulieu Frigate, at Portsmouth. Captain REYNOLDS is appointed to the command of the Venerable, of 74 guns, cruizing off Brest. HIS MAJESTY has been graciously pleased to re store to his rank of Post Captain in the Navy, J. MAcKELLAR, Esq. from which he had been dis missed by the sentence of a Court-Martial. A Letter from Lerwick, dated the 17th instant, says, '' His Majesty's Ship Ametb . yrt, just now off Brassay Sound, on the 3d of March last had a severe engagement with four Dutch Vessels off Ber_ L 1 ) two ot* them of 38 guns e4h, one of them ')f and the other 12 guns, all cf them much damagea; The Amethyst had three men kited, and s.:vera: , wounded, and was march darn Ted in her rigging , !cc At a Meeting on Tuesday last, of the Commit ee for the Patriotic Fund, at Lloyd's CofFee-house• he Committee unanimously voted, that a Sword of the value, of tool. with an appropriate inscription , should he presented to Captain HARDING 6, for his gallant and spirited coraluCt in boarding at;d cutting out the Atalante, on the 3-tst of last month, cif the Texel. The /sir Man .of War arrived at Portsmouth , parted from the Walmer Castle, Glatton,Winchelsea , and Cirencester Indiamen, and some 'Whalers, on the 9th of March, in lat. 3. N. long. 18. W. The Admiral Gardner, Earl licwe, Charlt,;l, and Lushipgton, sailed from Bengal for England, on the 2lst of December, 1803. A letter from China, dated Nov. 4, 1803, saY' , " All the ships of the season are arrived, except the Walley and Wood, ford the former is put into St. John's, with some damage, having been driven to leeward." The Princess Elizabeth Packet, from jamaieas brings an account of the French capturing all the American vessels in those seas which they fall 1° with. A Convoy was appointed to sail from Antonio for England on the rst of April. An English tender, of 18 guns, was blown bil b y f accident off St. Pierre's, Martinique, on the gin °. February last ; every soul on board is said to hav e perished. The Mary, whaler, mentioned to have run (111 shore near Selsey Bill, on her return from the Soo ,ll l Seas, not knowing of the War, put into the Cape ° Good Hope on the 4th of January. She was die seized, and the crew made prisoners.—The Cap , a'. ° and first and second Mates were allowed th eir liberty on parole. The crew were afterwards a en .` , ' on board the Matilda, a cartel Ship, from r 01; cherry to Europe, with French prisoners. Matilda was an English Ship, commanded by vp: lish O ffi cers. On the 4th of February, in the nigl while they were lying in Table Bay, the cre w ,°` the Mary lowered down the Matilda's boat, an after a little opposition, got clear of the Ship, a° boarded the Mary, which they retook, after ove r powering the Dutchmen that were on board, wb° ll they set adrift in the Matilda's boat. They nsediately cut the Mary's cable, and ran out of t ° ; Bay, and arrived "safe at St. Helena ; where, vl" understand, the Officers'underwent a strid exami°,3: tion as to their conduet in this instance. Captain was on shore during the above transaitio rt• The command of the Mary was taken out of hands of the Officers who retook hcr, who were 0, considered French prisoners by the Government (4 St. Helena ; and Mr. TYRER, chief officer of th e Herculean, came home as Commander. The Govern` ment of St. Helena intend representing the case t His Majesty's Ministers, that the hon our of th e British name may not be tarnished. Governor s PATTON intended to send a p P erson with disp atch to the Cape, representing the m e as ures that had a t e if taken, and assuring the Dutch Government, , in it should appear the crew of the Mary had aa e itis h any way contrary to the Lary of Nations, Of B a ke a Nation would disavow their condud, sew i ns a. restitution of the property so unlawfully obtA.” - - l‘4, 1, Private Letters brought by the janvie3 c ,I c j i. stte, that all endeavours on our part have fa to a induce the Kick Chief of Sr Domingo to enter into a Commercial Treaty with this Country'? Colonel HARNAGE has just finished his third in' t ion of the Volunteer Corps , East of TetilPle: bar. He observed that many o f the Regiracri “ were much improved in discipline ; and ha s earn e'. ly recommended to all the Commandants of Nircilu°: teer Corps, that they immediately do establish o f which the o C , o frz rr c in e r i : r , io Drillr:ed Drill for the instruflion, practice, and improeeti'en, pU t 0 0 ' an i d le the direction and superintendency of t he IMar'i (i\ge'osiri-rcco:nntrzmiyisiboneed OP i r assisted by the Adjutants. at 'on The Bloomsbury and Inns of Court Assoc , ' e l were inspected yesterday by Lieutenant -00 a nd , JENRINSUN ; they mustered upwards of 60 0 ;„, a e a , notwithstanding the unfavourable state of th e - er e.. ther, they went through their evolutions 1 1 k, e s t - r onc ran soldiers. The firing by subdivisions, ' i ti s om e and rear, was in general excellent, althot'V. on of the pieces, from the wetness of the , (Ij iease it avoidably hung fire. The Colonel was hig i '' ) ,, l with the state of the arms and accoutreolen—'„ yes' The Custom House Corps of Voluntee rs W „:::•cen. ter-ground, Goodman's Fields. They terday inspeCted by Colonel HARK. at 11— 1) 1; 11 their exercise, manceuvres, and firiogs, w ith g cl 111 5 expresse precision, and of which the Colonel fullest approbation. wit h Wednesday the City of London Light Horse:, , n % their Field-pieces ; their Rifle Corps, aloUntetileic carriage, dressed in green and plaid cloaks, at' a 0 „e, dismounted men being also drawn 00 a carri (11,, went to Sydenham for a grand field-drlY ; ° f p' 5 1 spite of the wetness of the weather and th e , 0 .0.. eeriness of the ground, they performed the" f i l e ncovres with most admirable dexterity'• , t he Southwark Yeomen Cavalry, were mustered oy, co he'l sound of the bugle at nine o'clock, and mare Clapham Common to exercise. foll° 9. Wednesday morning at eight o'clock, the to o ing Regiments of the Southwark Division, ass e t os e, went throroc at Montpelier Ground, \Valworth, for the P uri? Col• as the notice specified, of being inspcded pier die JENKINSON, and then to put themselveso,co.ole, immediate command of G en. Lord HAtt1111" ' and his Staff, to be manmuvred : si'''' First Surrey, - - - Colonel G^ Ure s 1: ,;. L - Colonel E DWAIt s I Christ Church, - ambeth, - --- - - - Major T ouLml St. Saviour's, - - . • Major P ot T • St. 101111'S, - - . - . Major Kt No• ' , lcier 0- St. 01.1 ye, - .. - - - Capt. SirAvt• i. The whole w.'re formed into a Briga°` the command of Colonel GAIT,KELL. Wit h F° % ' el' Generals the Earl of HAR.RINGTOa nd ,clo,-*“ r eceivi n b , and and after riding along the line, and 1 0 " l'' their Staff, came on the ground at rwc.! c ,. ° t he r e ," 'holly unn c be dismissed, the day being, `'.'‘ turns, gave orders to the whole to march , o i• re maneTuvret intended; I i