The Sun. — London, England, 1801-05-06 00:00:00

!v. NAVAL 54, , 4 -- )- NEWS. •~ -.~.~; ~~~~ Nom illi iNspethow pelagi c Javadirtgue tiidesteok, Sid snibi sole datum. I', ors the LONDON GAZETTE. Mj 5, 180 I. , Admiral ty .0, c May 5: •- Cob ay a 14 4r from the lion. William Cornwallis, Admiral o 2 the Blue, &lc. to Eva,: Nepease, Esq. • dated e i Waist, 28th April, iBot. SIR, -I have enclosed a Letter from Captain Hotham, of His Majesty's Ship Immortalite, giving an ac count of his having taken a French Privateer. I have the Honour to be, &c. W,. C ORN WALLIS. Immortality, at Sea, 7. ..., `•IR, —I have the Honour to inform you, that on 'the t4th, in lat. deg. B.min, N. and long. r3.deg. ss min. W. Yell in with and captured La Lau T e French Privateer Brig, of 14 guns, and 78 _men, whohad.been fifteen days out from - Sr. Maloes, 'and had taken nothing but a Portuguese Vessel from Bristol bound .to Lisbon i but during her former (Taus had made seventeen captures. - •rlr have'th4'HOficiin: &e. `&c. (signed). HENRY HOTHAM. thi:Hoo. Admira l Con:4l4)4li' ) _ trc. , I ty.O . fee, May si • " Caty,of tir Letter from Lord -Amefius,Beaitclerk,Cai: _ talq of. Hit, Majesty's Ship Forturie, to Event • Neittim,. Esq, dated Spithead ) the ut inst. I acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Couunissioners•of the Admiralty, in company with His 'Majesty's Ship Trent and Dolphin Cutter, we captured on the 2oth of April, after a chase of ten both; St. Aubin's Bay, Le Renard P-resfch)Fr:ioiitir'Slagger, from St. Maloes, pierces? ibsyrAgiuis:g4Twhitti Vessel has been a great detri , meat to pus qoasting Trade. Y g ni; Sk. Ak a iralty.Ofte, Atgy S. Copy, ol a Zeller from Lieutenant Loma, commattti ifis Majesty's Ship laton, to Evan Neteaz, Ely. dated at Sea, the .Lit. init. A. BEAUCLERK. siR, I have the Honour to acquaintyou, for the ir brnAtion of my Lord s Commiss ioners of the Ad nitaltys of my having, at one o'clock this morn. I t ig, Cheri)burg bearing South, distant four leagues, , a p turr d La Dorad French prig Privateer, "noun:- ng / 4 brass six.poundera and 53 Men, commanded iy Citoycn Fevre, from Cherbourg six hours, ad bound for a Crutze off the Coast of Spain. I bore the Hnnour to be, &c. &c. WOODLEY LOSACK. yL?/tfOUTH, MAY 4. ARRIVED the M Portugueze Brig, laden with undry fulerchanclize, from Bristol bound to Lisbon, aptured by La .Loire French Privateer, arcs re. rkeri ty the Leda Frigate. Arrived the Beaisle and Resohit;l", of 7Y guns. ach, from ,the Channel Elect. Sailed the Uorh Frigate, on a Cruize to . the West. card ; and Lady elkirklie Aired Arrned '4rig", with, ConVoy for thebdiinil ; . thi Corrqdg, of I+ ., uns).lo thve4in'erPle:ek..":" ArK l o44Tfidftljsse ar4e,laden with wine rd • Fr igate. 24 1 4,aptt1144 by the Amelia • F g-,4 - fdtTrif j., Aitßl V r n the - Kin,g 6';orge Packe . tl . .. Capt.. 1 r E.l. DUO E, with a Mail- from Lisbon - , 'twenty . .:fotti ty4 : she ltas.biough . t twen9r-ehr ,Passe n_ :I's,. among 'whom Are Col: Bb E,G r ClißtAins CH A.‘,r_ Ft Ey and DCRSAN. Lieutenant LE FE VR E of the oyal Artillery, ...kiessrs. ELSE, •FI TZ G Lp, Say, id Do wit • Also arriveci''~ti erican.Ship Aurora, Captain tiNCE), f.t)rirll)l7-e4t days ftom:,Charlestown, for dcrs t laden=with sugar; cofra . o, dte. 'She has beet; tenty.two days in soundOgs, but could not getup, ving to contrary ArriveLi tlie Schooners Infor, Capt. BAao‘tfs - , e M a ry Ann, from Wales; also the Pro , vid enc; I:gger, l'lnzualr, from Sealy. The Hecate Gun-brig has detained and sent into tour is Ba . y, a Prpssiau Dogger, laden with wine, &c. from France, bound to Altana. The &,rl Stereo - Letter of Marque, d,Dept. rd, ha; caplutts! and sent into Lisbon a• French rivateer. !,21t The Ear/ . 6144eViracket was safe arrived out, 1,1 was 1 0We'6 1 4i,tislion the 6ttrult, - An Eqggikyrigate, with a French. Privateer, ssed this Pott'on.f i riany last. DEAL, MAY 5. THE Fresco and Lady Jame Transports, the for !r bound to Jersey,and the latter•to Gibraltar, came wn from the. River yesterday afternoon. The .eicot has since. sailed to the Wistsrard, undei con y of the Resolution Armed Lugger;. and -the LeTity INC . towns arrived in the Downs this morning from the River, and proceeded immediately on her voyage. The King George Cutter is appointed Convoy to the Westward, and has the Signal for the same flying. YARMOUTH, MAY S. SAILED the George Cutter, AThion and Wr•ig-fit Armed Ships, and Fidette Brig, on - a Crui4e. - Arrived the rlaia, of 64.guns,. : :ind Ranger SrOop. DOVER, MAY 5. A Passage.vessel sailed this morning for Calais, but there has not been any arrival from thence to day. Letters received from the Channel Fleet s state the following conduct of the Robust, of 74 guns, Capt. BROWNE. When cruizing singly off Port Louis, L'Orient, in the dusk of the evening, she fell in with two large ships, which Captain Ea ow NE mis took fora Line-of-Battle Ship and a very large Fri.. gate. He immediately determined to bear down and attack them. When within pistol-shot, he ,discovered them to be a French ship, L' Ar gonaut, of 8+ guns; and tOOO incn, and a Spanish ship 0174 guns, standing towards Pori Louis, 'llle Robust had cleared for action, and lay ,to, to engage !diem with her three topsails to the mast ; .but -the Enemy passed her within pistol-shot, ‘vithotir attempting to fire, and made sail for L'Orient; not thoosing to risk an Adion even with so inferior a British force.- By Letters from Palermo, dated r3th March, the following Vessels are arrived at Malta, viz. Hawke,, Capt. Spark ; Weymouth, Weldon ; Maria, Barber; Nile, Broad ; Walsingham, Shea rim ; Mary, Mack ; Lord Nelson, - --; Triton, Gibsotr; Cleopatra, Gardner ; Canadian, Leigh ; and Hamilton, Harrison. The Pomona, Atkinson, from.sialiAt's.to Lan easter, has been taken by a Frencli z Akrittstin, 43- taken by the A rgus P r i vateer , or jerscy, and ar rived at Ki nsa l e . 51 57: ;l 3,11 m The Frieml3, Christian ! from Lishimitoidonabn,: was captured the 2 tst March, by a Ekettclo, teer, and carried into Cadiz. '•:.fx , . ' On the 3oth ult. arrived at Greenock, the Ship Governor Piiion, RI-rept E, from Trinidad, in thirty-five days, by which_ we learn that an Expe dition had sailed from Martinique in March, sup., posed against the Danish and Swedish Islands. Yesterday the Principals of the Bakers' Company waited upon the 1.0 it n MAY OR at the Mansion-I-louse to fix the Assize of Bread, when it appeared upon examination of the Mealvveighers' returns that .5368 Quarters and five Bushels of Wheat sold between the zoth and :,sth cf April; front loos. to 188 s. per Quarter, and 9225 Sacks,of Flow sold between the 2sth..af .April to the Ist instant, fr6m 88s. 6d. to I 255. Bd. per sack, forming averages of 1395. +ld. per quarter, and togs. Sd. per sack,. which being considerably lover than last week's. returns, his Lordship ordered the Bread to be lowered three Assizes and a half, ofd. in the Peck LOaf, to commence and take place to-inorwow—the Quarters Loaf %via then be sold for is. 61d. . . By the Accounts presented to the House of Com-, mons respe&ing the Public Funded Debt and the .1 -cdulion: thereof to the Ist of February last, it ap_ . pears that the total:Principal 'Debt ;Is 'it then stoo d amounted to 4.79,934,4881.,. 95.. .2.1 d. That the total annual charge thr the Permanent Debt of Great Britain is r 8,40-5,9481, 4s. "61.--for ' the Non_ Vernwent•Debt 1,73g,6381.-35.-44.---and for the -Pet manent Debt of Ireland 633!.4.321..05z,64; imilic .ing a total of z 0,178,0 181. 8.i.. 4.d. TheiCcmeitio-1: tuners appointeat tor the reBiihioti . o EliNa - ti s mA,„ Debt laz4between the -tstof;Aug, l t staiq& triz-, Ist 0 . fleci).. .180 1, purchased 5 2, 281 ,654,4,4of%kriiidi . 1 6,18"2,09 . 41.1 i recieem;d.by t he s ne w ‘ S.i,n4.inz. Fund, 'end 36;e0,561. by the old,' ITO this is to be . 1yidd. ; .16,04,8.0z1 - . - transfetred - to . "Commissioners e . d la oi)..,Tax redeemed, matting. the whole redue: ~ritin;* of 'the Public Debt On the. Ist of Feb. last &8x365.,4. 8l; The 'new Sinking now 1 Func. , amounts.. .t0. , 2,578,284. - 2S. 4.d. and the old to 241125341. Itt. 9d. npking a total of 4,989,8181. hp.. Id. ' The total Produce, of the Tax upon Income', for the yearn 'ending thestlrof April tSO I, as far as the same can be made tip arid estimated, distinguishjng the Amount in consequence of A-ssessinents 'by the CoMmercial Commissioners, was as follows : Ainount of Assessments, as fAr as the same, tan -be tnado :. • up, and estiinAted : . By Commissioners for General fur. ,C. poses, and Commissioners of Ap. peal - • • - 4.34 2 0'; 0 ' 43 )13y Commercial . Cortunissicin&rs• 1,;94,`,i7 u C Amount of Voluntary Contributions • : 2 • received from the tst of J:ainary, goo, to the Ist of January, Igor - 79,59 1 59 4 X. 5,g211741 1 9 4 About One-Fifth of .the Sum assessed by Com_ rnircial Commissioners arises from property not d,:- fived from Trade. The Board of Agriculture, we understand, came, some- weeks. past, to the following Resolutions : This Board living lately receivedirr . evely part f ob' the kingdom, remonstrances 14r8i,e, , traffs . of land being suffered to renitiritV Witte' and• uncultivated state, which, if tilledif would-411We a material effed in preventing the re t urq,pf-Seqcit's Resolved, "That it is the opinion of this lir,t, ,A*e7vin Acre of waste and uncultivated Land shouhl be-bruagtf,. y as soon as may he, into a state of cultivation ; and that crerr impediment thereto, should'be removed hi the - best manner possible: . . " That the BOard will give every assistance in its power, .to carry into execution any measure that may be adopted for the above beneficial purpose. " That the President be requested to lay a Copy of the above Resolutions before the.Corn•COmmittee of the liotise of Lords; and that sir ROB rat VAUGHAN be requestesl lay the same before the Committee of the House of Com mons, *Wog for the same purpose," . . Last Wednesday morning a respite was sent-off front Dublin to - Lifford for Napter Taxdr, until the 28th of May. z,.41;' REPORT: COURT OF RING', BENCH, TcitpAra MiT q. WliAitx% The- ATTORNET GENERAL moved to iinake a Rule iiiisp!tite: Mr. GARROW S:Aid he was to shew CAise against this Rule, which had been °Brained by Mr. Mar_ riot, and which was to slim tatise why all these proceedings should riot be set aside for irregtflailty, with costs to he paid by the Plaintiff; Mr. Robert Holloway, or his Attorney Mr,. Patrick, and why a Writ of Attachment should obi iSstfe . against the Plaintiff and his Attorney,,fdrAntempt of Court, by signing a judgnieni Afi er. :4 1 1Suie had been ob tained for staying the proceedings; After Mr. GAR RO_W had proceeded a certainway in sheaving cause, he said the Plaintiff's Attorney had no notice of the Rule for stayin g proceedings till after he had signed his Judgment ;.an3 he hail repeatedly offered to Mr. Hodson i the Defendant's Attorney, to waive - that Judgment as having been irregularly signed, and therefore thi sa ppliC at i on to the Court - could be made for no better reason than for the enhancing of the costs) though it .niight be made for a - worse one. •Mr.Tionsosi declared that Mr. Patrick had ne ver offered to - Waive the Judgment; and he was ready to snake affidavit to that tack. The ATTORNEY GENERAL wished very much that- this inquiry might be sifted, that it might really be seen cvlm was.right and who wrong - in this :Inisiness, and that the severe hand of the Law might press Upon the guilty. Lord KENYO.N said, this was a case that must be'probed to the bottom. He was therefore very much inclined to give Hodson an opportunity of making an affidavit. Mr. ERSKINE on the same side with the ATTOR NEY GENERAL said, he laid great stress on the name of Robert HolloWay, as knowing every thing, and as being acquainted with all the chicanery of the profession. Lozd , Kt NYON said, he shoal,' be very glad to see this case on precise questions put to the parties. Mt. Justice . GRost said, there were pregnant grounds'of suspicion, d,therebre it must stand an. ..4 over, to give the Defendant's ttorney an oppor tunity of making an itffiday-ir. Mr. ESPINASSE 1116Veir for a Mairdamms to be issued, requiring the. COmMissioner's for regulating .the concerns of the Thames ; u Severn Canal, to say what compeniat.,on, in lieu 'of, Tythes, should be made .the. Rev.: Mr,- Roskelly, by reason Of the said. Canal intersedins a part of the land in the parish comprising his living. Lord I(E.NyoN observed, that he was as tender of the Rights of the Church as any judge who had ever presidA before him, hut he enniidered those Rights to be best attended to when least pressed for. The Aft granting • Indemnity ta.:Propric..tors, of Land,. Where their property should be injured by naviga - - blecanals, did not say any.iltinc; of Cyrlies. - .. EGYPTIAN EXPE D I*o EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFF IC ER-OF RANK IN SIR RALFH,..ABERCROMIIV I S. DATED CAMP, NEAR ALEX ANSA CA.,- 'MARC H 17, tBO I . "TB E Lake 'of - Aboukkor Maadia, 'naviga. ble in all irs length ; it has been formed within these - few years by an irruption .of the sea; _ at pre it is covered with boats 'of provisions, stores, amtmtnition, every thing in slipri; that we want, and williff&mid 'not have well been conveyed by any othti means. - " The Enemy seems undecided in hii motions, and I am 'in hopes may separate hii fOrce , so much as to catty - no where a solid resistance. The Vizir Moved front j f ifa on the : 740.4-)1 February, and we heat; that his AdvatiCe44comil...of.Mamelulses 'has ,advanced . -ti) UP 4,0 j4t learn, reached Damanho . tiililkiif.2 e;'lf t liV about Isoo Horse but ,we ',are . ,orfitto thoineb if his whole force was -assembled; ivefilvt)t-iniltplier and' I assure you our people nmy : f4l4N. - iltes 7 : liseci.to and have - the'utmost contempit for the French, esPe_ cially for their Cavalry.-In alt here 'are una— nimous—Regiments of all kinds, colleCted- from. all places, have met in one body—they have moved and formed with a regularity and 'order,, of 'which no other .Infantry in Europe is capable ; forlowhig one system, speaking one military langiiage; not the slightest:mistake; not t he sma ll est confusion has. occurted.- 7 and the whole Army' of Egypt trill bear testimony of the truth of svhntl saY. • We have stftl a hard job or two befOre we cart open trenches r —once within good . bombarding dist ance, 1 think 41e.Kandria will :not holdieng," The remains ~ 'if' the late MwuArt E. of the Navy •Office,. the brother oftord Wti soil, were Sund 4,13“ conveyed into Norfolk, a.od.,irterred in the Family Burying Place. _ . A tart load of tobacco was - seized' ;yesterday morning on Westminster Bridge. 'The smuggled property was stopped by the Watchman, ;ind through his means conveyed to the Custom-House. - Yesterday .morning an Inquest was,taken on the body of a woman of the name of JohnsOn E ,.hcfore W. WALLEk, Esq..-Coroner for Middlesex, at a lint on , Stepney Common, where she was Murdered. the preceding morning, and robbed of z as. The Jury returned a Verdiet. of Wilful - Mahler agatnsr some person unknown.. • • A Prench-Prieoner,. Jon de Sil i vh 3 ptf the. Diablo la Quatre, died: from' 'bikiialtiitlr t}:e Hospital. at Mill Prison, Plymoatiaollo4l4l4Villir g.ain.)ted away eight days provisiow l 4ir t hody.was opened,. 'and thp Surgeons declared that bcdied.for,want. of sustenance: The Agent; Mr..Clevairon, 11i ? taken and destroyed all. their lamirig-tables but so Inve terate is their itch for gambling, that they itr*c billiard tables on the earth. < On Tuesday . Dixon, a Corprrat in the, I.Bth. Dragotins,lying in 'the Barracks, hear the city of York, deserted, after breakirg-6pen - a:glt:tr; ter' Master's box belonging to .the.-aine Re.giment,‘ • ilidefroin 1 . 4.01. , in cash arid notes, The . -robbery teintihimediately'llisrol'el, parries wts: insthntly sent off, and Ice was taken at Stamford Bridge. OPEAA: • • V IC; 711 I VitiCf Made heir. •fifs:: ap . peditihtE litsi night at this Theatre; in a new Ccatic Opefa titled La Prilicipisa and- inade a iert' fa; VOLitable impression on the Musical - voice is rather sweet than poWerial: She .;ingi wits &f eat taste,- and executes very diffiCtilt pitf - ,sa i gc6 with rapid and distinct .articulation; The Audi: ence Were so mud' pleased With her perforniarice that two of her .Airs *ere erit-rtili as well. as 4 Duet I'vhich she and Mott ELL! gave with .stronk. Comic circa. Her g g itie is good, and -her itiktiner easy.. Her humour is not of the br oa d i,ulgarictit..,. but the humour of genteel life; She rt.,:civeti act. musical eheatiOn• we Undetstand i a t Rome, but came laSt from' Lisbon, where she was much a 4: mired. Her face; though not handsokne; is very. agreeable; and capable of great expression.. Alto &ether she is the most oleising we have seen a long time; arid - will be veFyuseful,to the Theatre: Moatu.i resorted - to his old excellent .sryle of htimotir i and without Any grimace; wa.; t i i g bly di_ ViCANQNt is so admirable aiinger, that we regret she has so little to do' in this Opera.--=.. The . Music is by AlizaEozi'..l; It is, frill of pious conirivanre and spirit. The Accompani.: meths are particularly good; and do not smot4er the Airs, as in most of the Cotttie Operas • The House:was full, and the Audience gave the new Performer 'a liberal and animated protection; FOR THE SUN MR. EDITOR, • FROM a persuasion that the most efficacious thod of defeating base calumny, is to producP, its authors before the Public, I apply to you, tvith view of Making all men of respedability and honour acquainted with the treachery gr , , 7 nefarious pr_ suits of those enemies, whom my attac'lment to the British Government has raised agaii•.:, .ne. Having at heart to save my Country; I ttionght it advisable to surrender to His I .M.aj‘:sty's For g es that- Distria, in the Island of Sr. Domingv of , which I held the Command, and wherel -preserved: order amidst the horrors of the Revolution: • On the 24th of Dece mber, i 793, the British Flag was hoisted in the Distrift of l'Arcahoye, where one English Officer.aione dcd by any , military, took posse s , iota ot. - part of'Sr. Domingo which continued to r aspen of a flourishing Colony. His Brite , jest Com mander in Chief was pleased to c. rrie in his situation, which I retained to the day of 'the eva:. cuation. During the five years that I had the honour of being Commandant for His Britannic Mait order„ and tranquillity prevailed at l'Arcahaye ; the British. Flag was xespecied, agriculture improved, anti whilst the occupation of the desolate Territory 'that' surrounded , the Distria of / Arcahaye, !'tbsorhed those suMs. that were destined fcir the r:esr . rv.tti , -)n of St. Domingo, I had the satisf•etion - i t ,' fi n d & Li . the produce, of , that part under iny Commv r.‘ (1 ed indemnification to Government for ail 0 , 11,•;-• peaces. Of all the French Officers who had Con:- manded for His 13eitannic Majesty, I. alone co n ri., nued at St. Domingo to the day of the evacual I alone was' a Proprietor; and of 'most valu t'Le Estate 4,, the cultivation whereof - was continually , attended to, till on The . i7th 'March, [798, 'a gr.' neral engltgemetlt took place, and my chief Planta. tioo ,h3ppening to serve as the field of battle, was destroyed bythe..Brigan,d3. " • . Although the, above mentioned' faCis were not publicly known,.. , .the correspondence- of fits Majes; ty's Ministers, and of the various Gen , „-rain have successively held the Chief COmmand in St., 'Domingo, would stand sufficient evidence td move the doUbts of the most _incredulous. . • • Prompted by the tinlimitd.confidence I reporq t , in the British GOvernmcint, I repaired to Englani. solicit the payment of such suns as I hal ,i(lvatice likewise the' indeirtnificati6n tnrsa tn. • titled to, both in my military capacity, having, served with, equal zeal and attachment, ,and as Planter,. with 'whom the, last Commander in Chief has coot raded.engagerneßts. - • 1 entert,ain too high are opinion of the British Government, questiow its jusiice towards •vitell (every .. .Trench Odic w- vA6 has l'ou&lit under its : l3alqiers, and NtlCth Prtip'rietors its have tts_ rained losses. ,on 'account of 'dr hare every,:repow to praise its g:riefosity:; ' circunis - timees:a r lo' l n'el not. being:taken into speedy cOnsideratiOn, 'our' my friccds 'have just apprized . me that - I was aCcus - ed of having been a Traitor:, t. 9 the call e and InterOsts fish Government, And ofhaving carried on a - crinii; nal correspon4ne,c....with.the Chieß of'she -BriOn4. My profouo449spce , for'.His 'N'lajeSty!s - Ministers and Corumanders in Chic( at : St. llothingr,.!., Who have bestowo4 high,- encomiin upon 'my condua, during the time,of my Command, .and'the viridica.' tion of my, charader, : which . is so maliciously im. .peached in a Country : where- X arm a total . strimger, except io Government,. iii .whose soryice I had played scansraj'it'. a iviiy.intljnost succesful exer. dons, make if My duty to yepek calumny, though ever so-absurd- .-though eV „s,ci vile and despicable its anonythons -authors.. I :ftekiar.cuab.rne.secretly, - whereas r- , defy: them, ..thui. to .produce any evidence, nay:, even the_slightest indication, 'OO my having ever carried on a criminal correspond...i)", once with the Enemies of llt 4ritamlit Majesty; Now that . I have made.the 'above declafation;lf those b;:e Calutraiiat9rs-.e.10 licit , come foi ward and nuke their 4cc,l44iotvalso pulalV,. I devote them to . the coutenipt of , Go‘''o - rnment,::Which - t ficy are en. .des v ourinc , to imppsq. upon ; tht - abherronce 'of all_ men of re.speitability,.' whose esteem the y' w i 6 gain . , though ever so undeserving of it ; Shot:, to that opprbbrium which- never fails to brand tl; !se villains, -who have not spirit Lmough to be fait46l to their own villany, ' • . • •• - (Signed).. LA:POINTE; Late Commartiant for Fits Bt ITA NNIC MAJESTY at vArcailaye, 411.1r:island of St. Domingo. 4r/.) Meg, iSo z.