The Sun. — London, England, 1804-01-09 00:00:00

1 L S u ty I . Hsmburgl► z - PRICE t)? STOCKS. TRI s PAY AT T WELVF. O'CLOCK. Re:lL:ced Ann. - -54 i THE SUN. SOLLM QVIS DICERE FALSVM AUDLAT ARALVID. LONDON, JANUARY 9, 1804, Fouß Ilan:burgh Mails arrived yesterday, and -if the Intelligence they bring can be relied upon as .authentic, it is certainly of considerable importance. Jr is stated in a letter from the Banks of the Mein, that the ENIPEROR of Rtrs' TA. had made an applica tion to the Government of France for the Evacuation of the EleCtorate of Hanover )y the French Troops, mind'hati also demanded chat an indemnification shotild he nin.c.le to Cr. KING of SARDIISTA, which, if not complete, should amount at least to one-third of the value of the States he had lost. These demands were, it is added, supported by the Court of Vienna, but n2.:t with_ an absolute-refusal on the pall of the French Government, why declared that Ha/lover cculd` not be evacuared, l nor any Indemnification Made 'to- the KING Of SA•RotNIA, until Peace was . . coricludell between England and France. • If this ie.tellir , e'Ceis'truf.' it is not only a decisive proof of the opinion which the Court of :Russia entertains of the condua of• France vespeeting Hanover, but it in. a. great degree pledges His IMP,Eit lAL MAJESTY t adopt ef:efttt ii measures to enforce his applica tion. Speculation's, • however, upon this subje& would be idle, until the fait is ascertained. The disputes , between Austria and Bavaria are for the present terminated ; but the question re. speCting the number .M Votes in 'the College of Princes sti;l remains onsettled ; and there is great reason to apprehend that BONAPARTE will not omit this opportunity of offering his services to the Em. pire as a Mediator. An Official Note to the Diet is shortly expeCted to be presented by the French Minister, upon the pretence that several of the States. of .the Empire have applied to. the First Consul for proteti ion. Every fresh account from Turkey brings acidi trona' proofs of the extreme weakness of that Go vernment InsurreEtions are multiplied in every Atici thls once mighty Empire, formerly the terror of the greater parr of Europe, seems now to, bc tottering on the verge of ruin. In Syria, the late nalm of Damascus, A BDALLAft, who had been su, pered , !d in his G)vernment by DGEZZAIt P4).CHA, lias pm himself at the head of 15.000 men, and is the- Country waste. Letters from Vienna stare, that disturbances have broken out in Con stim!ino4.)l:-. ; and, according to other accounts, 41dr,:4"ntle,ts anualy besieged by a body of Rebels. Letters frArn Peterscbmrsk state, that Court Wo- aoNvlcv'h;rtiretired from the Ministry, on account of age and ili health. .7•The news brought by these Mails from France and ,r-lo!iana, has been anticipated by the Dutch .rd; French Papers. Cmunt MARKOFF left Paris on the t 4.th ult. BY our Letter from P/:;tizciab, we have the cer_ . t.iin intelligence that the Fterch Fleet in Brest Harbour_ had made no movement during the abcence of Admiral CORNWALLIS, and that noble Veteran must early in the week have resumed his 'most per. severing and effectual blockade. The Gazette of Saturday contains the account of the Capture of Five French vessels by the iinchfr.. and G T assis ted by the Boats of the hvinortalite ; we are afraid, however; that there is no foun6ation for the report of a greater number of the Fr;;nch Convoy being captured, as Captain Qw Er; distirAly states that they escaped under the land in the dark. The difference of a few Boats more or less being taken, is very n unimportant ; the fa 4 is now completely ascertained, that these formidable Gun-boats, even with the greatest superiority of numbers, are unable to contend with the smallest description of our Naval Force, and that their safety can only be ensured by remaining under the protec. tion of their Batteries. It was in this Paper only, that the first account of this Capture was correaly stated. The Public should be cautious of giving credit upon any point, to t h e exaggerated statements 'and vague assertions Of some Of our Coteipporaries. Saturday morning Firs MAJEST Y , an d the Duke Of CAMB IDG E, attended by Lord WALSINGE:AM and General S - erNct It, walked to Old Windsor, and liont:uted Lady WA LsINGHAM and daughters with a visit. HA MAJE.sTy, and Princesses AUGUSTA, ELI. ZAI3 ETU, arid MARY, Waikf:(l to Froginore. Princess AMELIA, attei deal by Lady ELY, look an airing to Holly Grove. Yesterday morning the ROYAL FAMILY went to St. George's Chapel, and heard an excellent Ser. mon by Dr. WiLsosr, from the 6th Chapter . of St. Mark and zath Verse. Early yesterday morning, the Marquis of SALTS. BURY arrived at Windsor, and attended His MA. JEST'S( to Chapel. Baron • LENTHE had an audience of His MA '3ES7Y. The Gazette of Saturday contains an Order in Council, prohibiting, for six ni-nths from the Ittli inst. the exportation of Naval or Military Store;. The Packets which are appointed to carry out the American and West India Mails of this month, wilt not be ready for:sea till the z ath inst. consequently the letters of this day will be in time for conveyance by them. A. draft has been made from , the three Batta lions of Foot Guards now in London, and the De. tachment marches to-morrow morning for Chatham and Chelmsford. Large quantities of clothing, and other articles, have, within these few days, been sent from the Slop Office, Somerset-place, to Deptford, to he put on board Transports, which are to convey the ar ticles to the different Ports. For the purpose of preventing the Prisoners of War associating, those who are captured from Hol land, are to be cor,fined indifferent places from those who are captured from France. Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, the Excise Volunteer Corps assembled in their yard, and 14f!er Divine Service about 400 marched to the East India Company's Field, and went through several ma. razuvres in a very respeaable manner, notwith standing the ground was slippery in consequence of a sudden thaw, and it was their first attempt in the field. Sir J. CRAIG, Commander in Chief of the Eastern District, has ordered all Officers under his orders, absent on leave or otherwise, to join their respective Regiments immediately ; and no Officer is allowed to be six hours absent from his Corps. Lord G. H. CAvENntsH and the Hon. Lieut._ Col. SimrsoN have joined their Regiment of Militia at Canterbury, agreeably to stria orders from Go. vernment. The al Corps of 'Loyal Suffolk Yeomanry Ca, valry, commanded by Major Ena.N.R, to the nurn. her of 137, have „agreed to take their 'rotation of duty on the Coast, - agreeably to the requisition of the Lord Lieutenant. The arrrival of Admiral Plitt; P at Deal on Fri. day last, was for the purpose of mustering the Sea_ Fencibles at that place. Government has given or. ders to the Admiral, to visit every place at which the Sea-Fencibles are established, for the purpose of examining into their discipline and effedire strength. Madame BONAPARTF i on Christmas eve, visited the shops of the principal confedioners in Pail s , and expended zoo Louis in articles for distribution as Christmas-boxes. The shops were profusely de. corated with naval trophies, gun-boats, &c. In one of them the FIRST CONSUL was represented re straining Neptune with one hand, and closing the Temple of Janus with the other. THE auTCHRss OF BEDPoRD'STwELITii-NIGHT PARTY.—The Dutehess of BernoßO's Masquerade Ball on Twellth.Night, was attended by all the Beauty and Fashion for twenty miles rouild. AU the Gentry in the town of Bedford were present, and min) , Fashionables went froin Town the same m“rning. Upwards of goo persons were present, and th e whole suite of rooms on the drawing.room floor, as well as the lower apartments, were thrown open on the occasion. The state apartments were adorned with all kinds of flowers and evergieens, natural as well as artificial ; in short, every means were resorted to, to render the scene attradive. The masks began to drop in about ten o'clock ;. among the most conspicuous were,' the Dutchess of BEDFORD, as a Houle Maid, which she suppor ed to admiration ; His Grace the Duke of BE ovoß as John Bull, or Feftmer, which he supported with much humour, and added greatly to the entertain, ment of the evening; and Mr. SIIERIDAN, as a fir& woman, who delivered upon the occasion an appro. priate speech, and kept them in a continual roar.— Major CAR.TwRIGHT as Oberon, Mr. COTTON as Punch, Mr. MAckcicrzts a Cloctun, Lord WILL LIA4I RussELL, a Spaniard. There were but few charaders ; dominos and fancy dresses. prevaile The supper was costly and elegant, at which diF lovely Hostess presided with her usual grace and elegance. BE LVOIR-CASTL S FESTIVITI Es. —Wednesday, the 4th instant, being the Anniversary of Hi s Grace the Duke of RtrLANo's Natal Day, w as kept with great splendour at Belvoir Castle. The morning was ushered in with ringing o f bells, the colours . were displayed on the New Tower, and at noon His Grace's Tenants, who 14,tip volunteered their services, to the amount of 466, assembled in front of the Castle, and fired a fett. de joye, which was answered by His Graces mestics, by z- discharge of twelve vollies from the principal tower. The effeti, from the echo of ,the surrounding words, was awfully grand. The day was spent in the old English hospitable manner, and die scene of mirth and festivity concluded in the evening with a grand ball. On Saturday the State Lottery Wheels were re moved from Somerset-place to Cooper's Hall, under escort of a party of Life Guards on foot, prepara tory to the drawing, which commenced this morning. On Saturday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, a 6 some boys were playing near the Duxe of GLouc IiSTER'S ride in Hyde Park, one of them discovered in a dyke the. feet and hands, apparently of an infant. On a further examination, it proved to be a newly born babe, wrapped up in a coarse wrapper. It was taken to Mount-street watch_ house, wheie a COroner's Inquest will sit on the body. On . Friday last died, at her h•:use in Char street, Berk , ley-square, in the 74th year of her age,' the Lady ANNE CAP EL, sister to the late, and auiat to the present, Earl of EssFx. On Sunday Ist inst. was'i-nrirried, Mr. BENJAMIN aVINARD, of Newbury, t() Miss Him:l-Ims, of 'Nest Ilsley, Berks. ivArAFTEWS. ishvn i& LONDON GAZETTE, 711. 7, /24. Admiralty Ofre, yam. 7, do+. _ . -Copy of a Letter from the Right Nov. Lord Keith, K. B. Admiral of the Blue, to Sir Evan Ne peas, Bart. doted on board His Mapstys Ship she Monarch, of Ramsgate, the 6th inst. SIR, I enclose, for their Lordships' information, a copy of a Letter which I have received from Capt. Owen, of His Majesty's Ship Immortalit, acquaint. ing me, that His Majesty's . 9un.brig the Archer, and the Griffin Hired Cutter, (the Crew of the fur_ mer being reinforced by. Lieut. Payne and some of the Immortalire's men) bad captured one of the Enemy's Gan vessels, a Dogger, a Schuyt, and two Blankenberg Fishin . 'oats, apparently part of a Convoy proceeding .t.'oulogne. I have a nour to be, &c. KEITH. dnchor en the edge of the s, Agrelozne,-S. half 8. miles, Wednesday, ganu. Immo- Bt fis MY LORD, Having last night reinforced the Crew of the Ar cher with some men from this Ship, and pushed her in close shore, she was iOrtunate enough to fall in with and capture the French Lugger Gun-vessel, No. 432, mounting an 18 and a 12-pounder,, corn. manded by an Ensign de Vaisseau, with five Sea_. men, a Lieutenant, and 26 Grenadiers of the 36th Regiment of the Line, some of whom, with two Seamen, escaped in her boat during the' running fight, which she continued for a quarter of an hour with her stern gun and musketry. The Archer. had part of her rigging cut, but no one materially hurt on either side. The Archer and Griffin afterwards captured a Dogger, a -Schuyt, and two Blankenberg, Fishing.. boats, which the Prisoners report to be part of a Convoy, which, with a prame of 16 guns, and five or six Gun-vessels escaped under the land in the dark ; some, I understand, laden with provisions and stores. The Schuyt has 'Gin, and the Fishing. boats tin:bers and kriees for tioits ; each Vessel - had three or four Soldiers on board ,' , Lieut. Sheriff, of the - Ardier, has done every thing I could possibly wish or exped from his zeal; and Lieut. Payne, of this Ship, who commanded the boat and party assisting the Archer, executed that service with his usual alacrity, and the Commander of the Griffin has my thanks fur the share be bore in bringing off the latter Vessels, which was effeded under a very heavy fire from the shore, to which they wore as close as possible. I have the Honour to be, &c. (Signed) E. W. C. R. OWEN. The Right !loiz. Lord Keith, K. B. c. &c. &c. • PLYMOUTH', JAR. 7.—Arrived La Marie, and two other French Chasse Maries (names unknown), laden with vinegar, salt, and timber converted for shipbuilding, captured•on Tuesday the 3d instan t near the entrance of Brest Harbour, by the l'oseph hired Armed Cutter, commanded by Lieut. Gin. DONS. Positive intelligence has been received by t h ese Vessels, that the French Squadron remained on the day above.mentioned in t h e H ar b our of Brest, without sm a llest l preparati on f or sa i ling, so that theo re g a l lan t o p e rform, Co NWALLIS will h ave nothing m than to con t i nue t h e Blockade as to the r Aodin,ira before, which, there can be little doubt, has been carried into ellsa since Wednesday last. ;e, from a eymout h. T STMOUTH, JAN. 8.--Arrived t hi s day His ..^, ~-• ty . 's an S d h t i h p e s 4 ./zo e: s v t:n c t u a r n ;e d r f T ro r m ib , Sailed yesterday His Majesty's Ship Diomede f or Guernsey, but put back this day owing to con trar y wind. , .. A Frigate with a quarantine signal i s this even. ing atr i ve d at = 4 1 . H e l e n s , 6ut her n ame i s not yet known, WYesterday evening arrived the French Brig I, a Puae, • rsuivanie, lately purcltased at Plymouth by a Mer chant of this Porte, with the crew of the Smack Prince of Wales, of Brixham, which she ran foul of off Berry-head, and sunk, last Thursday evening. The Crew saved themselves by catching bold of the Brig's bowsprit rigging. Arrived several Colliers and Coasters. • HARWICH, JAN. B.—Yesterday at six A. M. arrived the Post-Office Packet King George, Capt . SAUNDERS, from Heligokind, with the - Mails and Passengers, after receiving some damage. at the Island; also arrived at two P. M. the ,luckland, Capt. BRIDGE, and the Lark, Capt. DELL, with Mails anti sengers f r om' t h e above Limit!. Re_ main here, . Escort Gu n -b r i g and the Hecate Gun. brig, and die Tartres B om b- s hi p . S DEAL, JAN. B.—Came in the immortafittl from a cruize off Boulogne ; and the Supply Transport from Plymouth. Sailed the Amelia Frigatc,on a cruize off West Cape!. In the Downs—Monarch, Utrtcht, Immortalite, Perseus, Mariner, Basilisk. SHFERNESS, JAN. B.—His Majesty's Ship 1 7 &ter, Cart. RENOLY, has sailed to resume her station as a Blockship off Margate ; also the Alonzo Sloop, Cap tain IMPEY, on a Cruize. The appointment of Capt. Woo DLY LOSACY. to sui ersede Captain PELLY in the Beaver, has not taken place, the Admiralty having been satisfied, from the report of three Captains who were ordered on a survey for that purpose, that the cornplaint of Captain PELL V, as to the weakness and insufficiency of the Crew of the Beaver, was perfe6Uy correl. MARGATE, JAN. 2.—About a fortnight since, I informed you relative to the Auspicious, - extra East India ship. The arbitrators met on Thursday last in London, and awarded the crews of the Margate boats, consisting of 31 men, the sum of 4 0 00 gui. neas, and 3001. as a compensation for the loss of the LordNe,eion lugsail boat. The award is at- once liberal and just the ship was in all human pro.. bability saved by the exertions of these br,ive men. When the first boat came near the Auspicious, the waves were running so high, that they were under the necessity of casting anchor early twenty yards astern of her. A buoy was thrown from the ship, which reached the boar, a rope was thus conveyed to the ship ; the other end of this rope one of the boat's crew, Mr. J. HUB BARD, lasterirA round leis body, and then leaped overboard. He was sown got up by the side of the ship, and fortunately without any injury. This was the first step to wards saving the ship; and if ever tearless intre pidity deserved high recompence, it surely did in this -case, and the generosity of the Arbitrators must be applauded. Many instances have occurred when as mtich exertion has been made, as much courage displayed, and „the hardy felluWs have not been paid'i tithe.of the sum. .. THE DUI C,ll FLEET. _ _ . _ . It v A LETTER fr om an oificr on bdard His N1;1' 44 ' , jesty's ship the Piinchs of °rave, off the_ Texel, dated on Sunday January 1, contains tht; follow. ing important information 4 ‘ As various reports were prevalent at Yar. mputh_a few days back, respeding the movetnents of the Enemy i n th e T ex el , w hi ch were not a tittle augmented on our ship and the Repulse being or. dered to sea with all possible dispatch, I transmit you an accurate statement of the force now in the Texel, which we this day distinky reconnoitred ; the island bearing N. N. E. distance : a league and a half. Ships, in the Inner Roads, viz. • No. t, A ship of the line, with lOwer :assts rigged, and topmasts up.. Na. 2. wo ships of the line ready for sea. No. 3, One ship of tho line, topmasts struck, bearing an Admiral's Hag at the fore. No, 4. Two frigates, in theaft of bending topsails. No. S. Three sloops of war, ready fpr sea. No. 4. One large ship, und er j ury masts No. Fourteen or fifteen transports (supposed), each be. • - ing numbered. No. S. Thirty or mote fishing boats, apparently fitted out for the conveyance of..troops. ‘‘ From this, and other information which we gained, we doubt not but that the Enemy will cet. tainly attempt getting out the first opportunity.. We yesterday (Saturday) hoarded an Ameri. can vessel from Amsterdam, who assured us that the Republic had purchased upwards of seventy mer. chant ships, and were converting them into trans.. purls : he also informed us a report was prevalent at Amsterdam, that the Dutch Troops . had refused to embark ; but he said that it was soon afterwards y contradicted; nor did he believe that the force in . the Texel was intended for the invasiunof_Ensf,latift.. He stated that Avery article of food was very dear and scarce. " In Holland they have not yet been troubled with frost or snow (4 circumstance very uncommon) and the Dutch Pilots are of opinion that the Tezei • will not be frozen up this Wintet,4l We arc concerned to state the loss of the Grap. pier gun.vessel by part of the flotilla from Gran. vine. The Grappler, in getting under weigh froM Chosse, struck upon one of the numerous rocks with which the sea .in the neighbourhood of those islands arc studded; and while in this situation was attacked and destroyed by the Enemy's boats from the opposite coast. The, crew were carried pri. .soners to Granville, excepting the Master and six men, who had previously left her in a boat, and are atrived at Guernsey. • The passage of the Texel vfras not frozen up on theist instant, a circumstance so unusual, that the people there imagine it will not .be stopped up this year. Our naval force off theTexel'yesterda v sc'n_ H night comprised the Defe nce and Privets of Orange, of 74. guns; Ruby, York, and i?iiithe ; of 64 ; corn arid Clyde frigates, and Mallard gun-vessel, under the orders of Rear-Admiral TitoaNuoßouoti. Sir SIDNEY SMITH'S squadron continues off Flush. ing. The Thisbe frigate will sail from Portsmouth io a few (Lys with she trade far Portugal and the Me_ diterranean— s he is to call at Falmouth fur the ves sels assembled there. - • Th e Sisters, %VI NTE R INGHAM, from Memel, one of the missing Baltic ships, arrived safely on Tuesday morning in Hull Roads. The Minereva, WH ITC ; Psearnoni, Cu UTHE t, ; and Carlton, CU RRICY, from Quebec, are arrived iti tiTO "Clyde; They sailed' from - Quebec on - =c?le!: 22d of November, in company with the Teresa, bound to London. The Little George, bound to Bristol, was wrecked on the Coast of Orleans pre.. • vii,us to their sailing. The winter had set in very severe at the time of their departure, and it w.is supposed no more ships would sail from Quebec this season. The President, Capt. WESTCOAT, from Amster dam, bound to Baltimore, was wrecked on the 6th of December, 1803, off Boulogne. The solders from the shore fired upon them, although the ship was in 'he at of breaking to pieces. Same gun boats from the shore went and took out the crew and passengers, and treated then) in the most cruel manner. They plundered the ship of every thing valuable. The 6th Regiment of Dragoons are en their march from Liverpool for Lincoln ; they arrived at Don caster on Tuesday - and Wednesday, and on Thurs day morning continued their route. One of the men had his leg broke as they were leaving the town. A Subscription is opened in the County o Ches. ter, for providin4 Flannel Waistcoats for tile Mi litia.