The Sun. — London, England, 1804-01-31 00:00:00

It ouse for rewarding the merit anli bravery of our brave Tars. Vt, e art informed several of the pas sengers, prtieularly a serjeant and small party of soldiers, exerted themselves mich during the en.. gagement, and trust their exertiLms will not pass unrewarded. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Yesterday morning arrived at Leith, the Queen Charlotte Berwick Snack, Capt. NISH ET, from London ; which Veqsel, on Tuesday last, near Blackney, fell in with a Privateer Cutter_brig, mounting fourteen guns, and full of men.—The Privateer was a remarkably fast sailer, and ranged alongside the Queen Charlotte with an inten tion to board her, which was effedually prevented by a judicious manoeuvre of Calq , tainl•Tisa ET'S. A running fight then commenced, which lasted about an hour and three quarters ; but a well-dire&ed shot from the Queen charlotte having shivered the main boom, and carried away the main and peak hal liards of the Privateer, she soon after gave up the chace and bore up to some vessels that were in sight to leeward. Captain Ntssr T had the misfortune to be wounded in the belly by a musket shot, but not dangerously ; and one of his men slightly wgunded on the head. The Queen Charlotte is one of the Smacks fitted up at the expence of Govern ment, with six 18-poundei carronades, on the non recoil principle, fur the protetlion of the coast in case of Invasion. The Pamela, RAMSAY, arrived in the Clyde yesterday morning. Sailed from Port Antonio, Ja. maica, orl the Est ult. with 42 sli!, under convoy of the Cumberland, 74., and the Creole, of 44 guns; befor e the Fleet passed the windward passage, the Garthhva and Lady Bruce, for Clyde ;' Britannia and British Queen, for Liverpool ; Aim and Aa'ria sic, for London ; and two others which Capt. RAM aAy did not know, parted from the Fleet. When the P'2lllo7la parted company with the Fleet per iignal from the the Commod ore on Saturday last, y,Were reduced to 145 sail, viz. 13 for London, and got ,71 Buu and Otter, for Liverpool. The Carthland ran foul of the F M AC L, N E anti carried away the he a d and bowsprit, an d i t was supposed s h e back to Port Antonio. ~_'~_. A Letter from 'anOfficer belonging to the Shannon Frigate, dated D:T. 4.2, at Cden, in Normandy, gives some particulars resi.eain,g the circumstance which game rise t her falling intci the hands of the Enemy. It wai ono.he loth, Of De..e, diiring a rainy and tem pestutilis night; that the Frigate got aground within Teach of a battery; five 24- pounders. neat. Cape. La Hogue, mounting The nuMbei of shot received in her bottom was so great, that the Captain and Oficers, with all the exertictiS 'of the Crew, could not keep filled • her afloat. As the tide rose she with water, and it became necessary to strike, after a very gallant resistance of Upwards of nine hours to the shot of the battery, besides the fire oft hree field-pieces, usketry. 11 and a considerable quantity of "Ireernen were killed on board the Frigate, and a 'number wounded. None of the Officers suffered. were immediately Crew, marched f or V er d un, i n Lorraine, English are in future to be detained. The Reno', ca nt . Di 1 ~R ADL EY, from Af r i ca , b oun d to Barbadoes (belonging to Liverpool, Nov. 1803, in lat. 13. 4. on the .17th of North, long. 59. :West, fell in with a French Privateer called the Erq9uf, Mount ing 15 guns and Sc weu, when . a very severe en. gagement cornrnencei, which' lasted for four hours. Night then coming on, the Frenchman sheered off; bol.st. still kept within sight of the Henry, and at five and the oext morning, the Aftion recommenced, boGittrcileaeltttill..- near seven, - when the Frenchman )Ellice ; ii,,i-Wie4!j, And...a dreadful slaughter took to strike, ai4 br i t ' hti ng overpowered, was oblige the eith of Decer'neh.wa the Henry carried into Guadaloupe on killed and seven wounded : th e loss on had three men Privateer appeared to n he ve r board of file same Privateer had captured aYbre'nfl fsideritble. The Newfound. land, which was in sight at the til,g,er,o,fmthe A6tion. A. Court Martial was held rthl on board the Gladiator-, on Capt. AUsTII+I oti Frid;iy at Ports. intosttht, his Officers and ship's company, to inquire iv i. • c ause and circumstances of the loss of His 'lNY's late Ship La Creole, on the xd inst. The Court • i being of ()pinion that her loss was occasioned b Y ner extreme leaky. conditio n , they were all -----euitted.- The same day Mr. W. TALBOT, Master of t h e . du , "speedy, Was tried for absenting himself from .LY without leave. He was sentenced to be dis. rn.issed his office as Master of the Speedy, serv e a s a petty Officer in a warm climate. and to Last Ft petty morning seven prime Seamen belong log to the Cur/eut Sloop lowered down the Boat from the stern oft he Ship, and effeaed their escape over to South. he They were immediately pur sued by another of the Ship's Boats, but they did not succeed in over ta h , )wev er ki ng t h em; t h e i r pursuers, , land e d shortly afte r , an d commun i cate d the circumstance of their d esert i on to t h e Com manding O fficer at S out h . E nd, who immediately dispatched a Serjeant's Patty of Cavalry to scour the country near where they landed, in quest of them. A melancholy accident hap His pened lately on ho ar d jesty is Ship Alagicienne, Capt. MACK ENZI E, on her passage from Yarmouth to Sheerness. A You;lg Gentlemar. of the name of SM/Til, one of the Master's Mates, havin g been sent to impress rnen from some Merchantmen near the Ship, after performing that duty, came alongside, when, from I)ing: benumbed by the cold f rom l ong s i tt i ng i n the b "at, and th e s id e ropes being wet, his hold gave way, and h e went down between the ship end the boat, without its bei n g p oss ibl e to afford the least assistance. PUGILIS. I !: YESTERDAY a battle was fought on Wil'Cir2ll - on the Edgware-road, between a coaehrtan; whose name is H ,Imes, and Blake, a butcher. Tltis fight was desperately maintained on both sides, and we may say, stands almost unrivalled in the annals of pugilism. An immense concourse of people assembled at the proposed spot, in a field near Paddington, bur the amateurs of boxing; for the safety of their com panions, proposed that they should pass on to the seat of affion, which was acceded to. • The parties stripped, as usual, after a ring had been formed for them; but they waited for some time before they began, on account of some differ ences arising on the purse for which they . were to fight ; which at length was settled by the words of some f the leading' Gentlemen in the ring. The first round commenced with a seemingly de termined spirit to conquer. After much squaring, some slight blows were struck, and Blake slipped up. Blake was at this time the favourite, and remained so until the eighth round ; when even Betts were ven tured, and the Coachman tor many rounds seerned to be the strongest man, and put in some hare! 13lovis about the body of his antagonist. About the_middie of the battle, Blake, from a former hurt, fell lathe in the knees, and had had the disadvantage for several former rounds. Betts were at this moment five to one against hirri. He fought still lathe for several rounds with great spirit; when his lameness left him, and he seemed for some time to be gaining an his antagonist. The fight from this time was on a balance; none of the amateurs of boxing being able to Call the fa. vourite. Blake had received some severe blows on the stomach, and was lilind with one eye, While his antagonist was covered with blood; which came freely from his ears, nose, and in short every part of his face. They maintained the fight desperately, until they were both so weakened as to be. almost unable to throw their fists from them, and after the 68th round Holmes resigned the contest. They were both conduCled off the ground by their companions, and both seemed to have been most severely hurt, bur of the two the vitor was the worst ,beaten. This fight laSted one hour and twenty minutes, and dttring that time they were in close udiov, very little time having been lost between the rounds. The Amateurs declared this to be one of the most obstinate battles they had ever beheld, and each of them was allowed, to use a technical phrase, to he bottom. Blake was seconded by lanes and Old Crib, and Hilmes by Caleb Baldwin and Maddox. Amongst the company we ob.,erved Lord Camelford, Mr. Reed, &c. The twitch was for twenty guineas, nineteen of which were adjudged to the victor' Mr. GODWIN, an eminent Goldsmith and jewel ler in the Strand, went yesterday morning, about eight o'clock, into the square of SumerSet-House, and leaped down from the railing on the eastern side, f ron i height cf nearly'torty feet. Some workmen saw Kith in the aft. They took him up and carried him one Of the offices of Somerset House. His left leg, near the anve, and his thigh, near the hip. bone, were broken; :Ind he was otherwise much bruised. Mr. StArttOtl, the Surgeon of the liouse, was immediately sent for, and bled hia.. He was just able to speak; and swallow a little wine aria water. He was alsti able to say his name was GoDwnv. In a few minutes after he expired. Last night, at eight o'clock, an Inquest was summoned by Mr. Ho DG'ON, Coroner for the Western Division of Middlesex, on the Ludy of Mr. GoDwrx. James Perry, a stone-mason, who had worked for some time at Somerset-House, said that he knew the deceased by sight, having frequently seen him ottss along the terrace. About rime o'clock that morn ing, he saw him pass the East gateway, near the Privy Seal Offiee ; observed him get on the top of the rails; his hat fell off, and he himself immediately follov. ed, falong backward into the area below. The Witness immediately got the key from the house-keeper, and went round, where he found the deceased lying on his back, with some rema!ns of life. He was carried up to Mr. TAYLOR'S room, in the Auditor's Office, where Mr. STANTON, Surgeon, immediately attended and bled him, but without effect. He was only able to answer a question put to him,.as to his identity, and expired in about twenty minutes, when he was carried to his own house. The depth of his fall was 33 feet 6 inches. The Witness had no doubt of his intention to precipitate himself, as he mounted with the agility of a boy, and not a moment elapsed previous to his descent. Christian Sa:iderson, who had lived with the de_ ceased as shop woman for 18 years, said, that he had been desponding for some time, and for the last week or ten days had been particularly depressed.. On the morning of the accident, be went out a few minutes before nine, after taking a single cup of tea, saying he was better, and promising to return in a short time. The Witness did not afterwards see him alive. She did not think the deceased in his perfed mind. Another servant in the house corroborated the statement of the last witness, as to the situation of the mind of the deceased. After a very accurate charge from the Coroner, the Jury, without the smallest hesitation, found a verdict of Lunacy. Died on the 27th instant, in his 77th year, Ro- B ERT COALES, the principal Partner in the Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, which he had conduced alone during a period of more than thirty years, but retired from taking an active part on the commencement of the present century, with a cha racler highly resreaable for his liberality in a public capacity, for his benevolence in a private one. At the late Quarter Sessions in Glamorganshire, William Pugh and David Jones, who served SA. MOE L HOMFRAY, Esq. of Penn y Darran, in the capacities of footman and groom, were cons fitted of felony, in stealing porter by means of a fake key from a cellar in their master's house, and sentenced to seven years transportation._ , Ti s h ope d th i s sentence will tend to remove the vulgar notion en tertained by servants, that to purloin their employers vktuals and drink, when and where they can, i 5 no felony. FEMALE FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY. MOF.NING DRESSF S —Of plain India trmslin ;.re ro supersede entirely the cambrics, in conse quence of.the former being patronized . by the Dm chess 01ST. ALBAN'S, Lady CHARLOTTE LENNOX., &c. . These dresses are made quite in the Parisian stile, short in the waist, close up to the neck, vyith a double row of•lace, and long sleeves, witl).,.a Lice rufrie. A cord and tassel to fasten the. waist. EVENING DRESSES—Fiinied shot SarSeflCl:l are quite new, and extremely 'genteel : made very 1 , 1)g iii the train, low behind, with white lace sleeves, very short aboVe the elbow. The back and shout. ders finished with white silk ornaments. . Dress Handkerchiefs are much worn, They arc Chiefly composed: either of muslin and lace, or en tirely of lace. The newest form . buttons on each shoulder, with a row of lace around the neck. The fill dresi: turbans are unit worn, a la Hanlelake, and will he the reigning fashion for the season.. Six yards of ellwide rtiulin is the quantiTy usual for one of them. Necklaces of Egyptian peb bles, with gold clasps are wonderfully pretty, and are much worn in the circles of the haut ton, where they were introduced by the lovely Lady A. M. STAN rE. Ear-rings f3r Undress. are compoied of dif., ferent stones, viz. Cornelia!), Egyptian, and Ag a te . Topaies are. quite out. Dress ear-rings, diamonds, and pearls. The . newest shape a large oval hoop see round with diamonds ; and in the centre a drop, col ;posed 012 single brilliant. This ornament was first introduced at Court on the birthday. . Large Parisienne she Wis br silk,, richly figured, ha'e made their appearance at : the Opera. These shawls are from 1 yard and a half to two yards square. They are very elegant, MOOREHEAD, THE COMPOSER. TAB following is an Extract of a Letter sent by Captain SEARLE, of His Majesty's Ship Monarch, in the Downs, addressed to Mr. JoEng Jou :IST° NE Of Drury-lane Theatre. g' Monarch, in the Downs, ran. 27, tSo4. " Sift, A paragraph refleting on the conduot of Mr. Moo R EH EA D, and stating that his life is despaired of in con sequence of a severe flogging Ile has received, &c, &c. having appeared in several Daily Papers of the - 24th inst., I feel ex tremely anxious to have it coniradiaed. " It is surprising how so infamous a falsehood could have been fabricated, and if I did not deem it beneath an notice, I should think it a much more severe reflection upon me than him. " It may, perhaps, afford consolation to his friends, to know that his condua here has procured him the resped and esteem of all the Officers, and, as far as is consistent with the rules and regulations ofa King's Ship, that it has been on all occasions their study to alleviate his present situation. " t am, dear Sir, " Your most obedient Servant, To John 7o4rtone, Erg. " j. C. SEA.RLE." Yesterday was the rsgth Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King CHARLES I. the great bell of Sr. Martin's Church was tolled at seven o'clock in the morning, at eleven in the forenoon, and again at half past five, previous to Evening Prayers, to so. lemnize the death of that Prince. It is said that another Lady, at the West end of the Town, has been forcibly carried away. The person who committed the outrage is not yet in custody. The Board of Commissioners for the Tax on Pro. perty are so much divided in their opinions, that no certificates are at present granted on Bank, South Sea, or India Stock, standing in the names of Foreigners. A person of very suspicious appearance was ap prehended in the course of last week, in the neicrh_ hourhood of Leith, who had been taking soundings, Sic. of the Coast of Scotland. Several papers were f:und on him, which have been taken care of. He has been committed to prison till. such time as di reetions arrive from the Secretary of State con. cerning him. Since the appearance of the " Plain Answer," Mr. ADDINGTON does not wish to encourage any further Remarks upon his conduCt—not even Cur. soy Remarks. The most foolish attempt we ever remember to have been made was that of the ADDINGTONS en deavouring to persuade the world that neither they nor tfieir friends had encouraged the circulatiOn of the Treasury Pamphlet—but they never made this attempt till all its lies were detected.--They did not persuade a single man that their friends had not industriously assisted its circulation, and they made Mr, B. very angry with their attempt to disavow Mr. TI ERNEY, we will venture to predia, will never be given as a toast at any convivial meeting o f the Volunteer Corps, and, we presume, that un less there should be a surprizing change in the sen timents of the Eicetors of Southwark, he has as lit tle chance of being ever returned agairl as the Re presentative of that respeEtable Borough. It is with the utmost abhorrence we mention, that about a week since, the owner of a Rochester Smack laden with sprats, not being able to get his price at Billingsgate, sailed from thence, and ordered the whole to be thrown overboard in Sea Reach. The cargois supposed to have contained 200 bushels. Saturday, about one o'clock, as Mr. Bean, livery_ stable keeper in Blackfriars road, was going home from the Court of Request, Guildhall, he dropped down dead on Blackfriars-bridge. On Thursday, at the Copper Works of the Mines Royal Company, at Harefield, near Uxbridge, two labouring men, having a dispute, became at length so much exasperated, that blom s ensued. During the struggle they by some means got entangled in the cogs of the principal wheel, when one of them was literally torn to pieces, and the other so man gled that he survived but two days. Thursday evening a Coronet's Inquest was held at Sc. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Mary Wiseman, who was found dreadfully wounded, on the 15th inst. lying under a gateway in Long. lane, Smithfield. The deceased was a young wo. ma 24. years of age. On being taken to the hos pitZ she was questioned who had beaten her in that cruel manner ? She said, she knew not ; but who. ever they were, they had given her blows that would cause her death.--Verdict, Wilful Murder agaivt .;orre prion or perions link/sawn. FR 0 .114' THE k ./1 11, 1? 4`.;' The follm'iinp; chxrviitio,cf: Izth icitant. We were tlouiitt :•,ii..pecting the I:t . ,>iy - it.:ty of their publication at all in this Cutonty, but as have seen the Papers atreaing to support the present freely ciraul,:te ;hem, we lay aside our uelica , :y for the gratilisAfibri Ot - the curiosity of tint . Speaking Of the People of this Country it s;:ys ;] A$ to their public spirit, the greltest degree of alarm prevails, and the numh-r of peryinQ ,ntented agatti,t an improvident Government, who have. no.other resource but that of arming the whole ration, increases daily. " Peace is pagerlv desired by all classes of tha nation, even ,by some of the Princes. Generei NOpUFS dined at .11toi with the DUKE of Cu,... BEg.LAND, who fought akainst the- French in (..7er mani,, who (lid fl , ft doubt that the French would be be abie, to eft - ea a descent on England ; and said in the course of cotiver,dtio n , iliac his Opinion was, that the Engli.,h must fight en vrasre. "i Poverty begins to be universally felt. Evrn she navy stands. in need of a great many articles of stores and ecluipment. The land forces, if we exvept the Guards and the tro(t, of the line, form a ridi culous caricature. One (las.; is armed With fowling pieces, and a second wilh " The Ministry is uoivorsally despised. pert some ex i ortisions, too gross for us to give, follow, re_ spelling the King on,' %/teen.] The prevailing sentiment of the whole English soldiery is a great di!dike to the DtiK.F. of Yoax, their Commander in Chief. " o:her Orlicrs arrived by .the same opportunity, have furnished the followitg details : " Parliament is composed of 600 merribers, and is divided in the following manner.:— , •Tw o hundred and fifty always vote for the Chancellor of the Ex. chequer, whatever be his opinion; should he even declare it night in full mid-day. They are pur. chased and paid kir it. " The aigarchicai party, compnsed of W I NDH AM. MEIN! LLu and Purr ; which, like the Oligarchies of Venice and Genua, no longer know what line of condua to pursue in the new p( , sition of Europe, and whom the pride with which they are puffed up will not allow to see it till it be too late, consist of ninety members. The PRINCE of WAi Es's influence extends to eighty members. " The party cf Mr. Fox, and of those who prefer the present Ministry, with all the contempt which they have for them, to seeing t he above oligarchists recalled to the head of affairs, 'aMounts to So. ‘i The rest are composed of Generals, of Offi cers, and other members, , a.ho du not attend much to the affairs of Parliament. " The Minister is known to be incapable of making Peace, and Peace once made, wanting the energy requisite to maintain is untouched, and be yond the reach. of the parties which oppose him . . He is equally incapable of direeliog well a War so difficult, and of establishing an advantageous system of finance s in circumstances which might present themselves. But the KING, tired with having been under the y o k e o f the oligarchical party of PITT and of TEMPLE, does not wish their return. He equally hates the Opposition, and to this is to be attributed the existence of it Ministry the most contemptible, from which England cannot derive any advantage, nor Europe enjoy any repose." [Here follow some reflelions on the Quzrzy and the tr,cy. of WALES, which a sense of duty, respeet, a n d veneration, precludes us from trankribing.] " One can hardly form an idea of the crush which credit and manufaaures have sustained since the war. The pers ,, ns who give these details have been at ,Birmingham, at Manchester, Sheffield and Co. srnrey. The shops there are shut in the striaest sense of the word, and the workmen dismissed. A great number of them have betaken themselves to the highway ; others are in the greatest want, and wander about in search of subsistence. Part are carried away by press gangs, and many of these are sent on board the squadrons of Admirals CORN.. WALLIS, KEITH, and GARDNER. Ther e i s no doubt, that after one battle lost, the half of these people will join the French army. " The maritime commerce of England has suffered much since the War. Merchant vessels, which sold for 31,0001. sterling for the East India trade, do not now sell for more than 9 or to,oool. ; that is to say, one-third. All the banks are in the greatest distress. Cash has disappeared, and there is not at this moment an Englishman who dues not hoard his money, in expeaation of the pressing events which he anticipates. To procure money it is necessary to lose at least so per cent. One does not obtain a guinea from the bankers of the capital, hut at a high discount. On the first rumour of a descent being efFetied in any one point, the private bankers will 'be reduced to bankruptcy. • In short, England is in the situation of a vessel in the midst of a violent storm, which has no confidence in the pilot who dire& it." Out of the quota which the County of Middlesex has to furnish to the Army of Reserve, the number raised at.present amounts to little more than one_ third only. On Friday evening died, at his seat, at Molls.. park, Somerset, THOMAS HORNER, Esq. He had been deprived of the use of his right side and speech two years since, by a severe paralytic stroke, though with little comparative injury to his mental faculties. The illness which terminated in his death, appeared to be unconneeted with his original complaint, being principally a violent defluxion on his lungs. He remained sensibic to the last la)ur. in his death, his family have to mourn the loss of an affeaionate parent, and the public a min of truly honourable and gentlemanly principles. To the poorer classes of his neighbourhood especially, he constituted the source of extended employment and opportune relief, few gentlemen living so much on their estates as Mr. HORNER did ; and of c i , rse his income circulated to the benefit of those ar:und him. As a Magistrate, he was ever conscienti usly zealous and active in acquitting the duties of his station. He has left issue two children ; :Ho o, STRANGWAYS HORNER, Liellierlarlt-Colonel C m_ mandant of the East Mendip Legion, and EL ZA. BETH-ANNE, the wife of Sir JOHN CQX HIPM. Y, Bart.