The Sun. — London, England, 1804-11-28 00:00:00

Izo 'AL, FAMILY. tot house in which N t h NlAif.sry always sleep, When at Kew, * is the same antique Gothic villa in PRlNCEwhich the of WALES reSid , a during hi, earliest years in the Society of his tutors. Jr k from the circumstance of its being very smaH, c•ni. tequently, 'very ill caltulated for the accomm , ,da, lion of the Qu EN and PRINCESSES, that they do not pass ihb night there a's well as the.Kiso. . To this abode of Royalty His MA I ESTY is SO Attached, that it has, since 'the departure' of the haTAL Fiat ILY foe - Weymouth, undergone a thorough repair, and is now fitted up in'the most 'elegant stile possible. The dining-room has :re. tently been fitted viith very fine paintings ;,and keveral of the other apartments are abaut to be de. corated in the same manner. It was in the above avirtment the PRINCE the KING on a recent 'occasion. The Royal Palace at Kew is in a considerable `degre e of forw a rd ness . M r . WYATT had pledged tutoself to complete the vast undertaking by next Midsummer ; but the improvements of ,Windsor Caitle interfering, it is feared. the accomplishment of the design will necessarily he protraaed another Year, when it will certainly be finished, and opened to public inspeaion for a few days. The apartments bill consist of numerous suits of rooms, better cal.. culated for convenience than show. The building is defended from fire by sheets of "P.Per, introduced not only under the floorings, but in the wells of each apartment. It is in this noble Palaee that the KING and QuECN will reside when they quit Buckingham [-louse. The improvements at Frogmore, FI ER MAJESTY'S favourite villa, are still carried on. Several new apartments, it is said., have been ereaed, but the temporary' alcoves in the garden have pot been re. built. The QUEEN and ProNcEsses always take their luncheon there, about one o'clock, on their return from their morning ride. In these exalt lions they are generally accompanied by the Du xe s ( 1 1 SU‘S.EX and CAMBRIDG, neither of those P rinces being very partial to the violent exercise 'if hunting, in which their Royal Father delights'ao Much. The Dirge of CAM R 1 DC residence at Wind torhas been much admired, not only. from the stile efeiegance a n d neatness w ith which iris fi tted nr, tut from its peculiarly romantic situation, being on the Castle Hill, commanding from its scite the must picturesque views of the surrounding Country. THE .OPERA.---11 Rota di Proserpina way per. f ormed again last night at the King's Theatre. The Ih usie was Lielightfol, and it bsd dunning support from the i ncom p ara bl e powers of BIL I NGTeN, and (11 e impressive exertions - of Gxissst NI. KlNltt.t. is too much indisposed to resume his Part in The Blind Bargain, And, hr refore, , that. this Polnilar Comedy may not he inter' opted in its ca 'eel', the' character is to be assigned to his Brother CHARLE S , for whom, indeed, it was originally Intended, The Little Rosdus is nor, as asserted, to appear Murata) , next at Covent-Garden Theatre. He is indisposed with a severe cold, and requires some rest after his provincial labours. No day is yet fixed on for his debut at that Theat re. Tut Aturs.—'-Noit'racci.rf has already prepared a very interesting design for a Portrait of Young 14 56111. The Muse wrepresented as. leading the littl e theatrical - Hero to the Altar of Fame, before the Statue of Sit AIVirEAR e. The fore.ground is to display armour and all the insignia 'of Tragedy. The design is very pietiresque, and the combos;. lion admirably arranged. The pifture,is. to belong I I !) Mr. PAKKett, the High Sheriff of Lancashire, a It 'tral Patron of the Arts, and a zealous admirer, of tittlittle theatrical Wonder.' L 4etters from Holland state, that the 'V es sel'. W hich were lately seized in the Dutch. Ports,: under luspieion of having British produce on board, con. Wined to be guarded by French Centinele. Nothing terrain was known as to . the future disp osa t o f t h em ; b ut 48 the recent order of BUSAP4iITit, .fur the pO. sit ive'excltision of all British merchandiic., or pro. d uce, would be i n f u ll f orce an d 41E1164. on 'the 26th, therecan belittle .doubt .but the question 4nfiseation or liberation was determined in, .the course of the following day. -1, . . _ The severity of this last measure, combined with ' the reiterated exactions, vexations and inipositiOns PraCtised against the commerce mid the property of: the Batavians, by BoNAPAvre's Government, has 'educed the inhabitants of that country to a state Of Unqualified despair. Business of every kind is at 4 1. stand, and y et t h ere i s : n o rem i ss i on o f toe public u ttrthens ; the taxes,' which are bath numerous and It t leVous, and al most ab ove t h e strengt h o f Atmore .1 ~..4 l ient poulation, being collected with extrali. . • Irstrsdn p ess and severity. k ,'Lstter from Malagt, slated the aoth.ult. says : . i t - i : °4 will be pleased to hear, that we have little 1 , 4111 r to dread from the Fever which has proved t i ° . fruit! amongst us. Yesterday only one : person 1 - .rft in this City and its Suburbs, and four in the I ir,l' i lals. ' All the Provisional l - losPitalas eSta (l)4/ed at an early stage of the disorder, are- this I. I Y to be shut; a convincing :proof that Govern.. t ` l 'nt has 'cation to believe the direful calamity has I , e ':eLl. Inc people are flocking into town daily, 171 returning to their different avocations, but I h m 'fraid it will be some time befora- business will lase cc l flourishing. Nothing is wanted : or wish-, here so nitt } :ll as rain ; a few copious showers, ii Qu hl prove must grateful; not a, drop has fallen, , 4 ne t the month of April, and the Country is parch hitiP ids want o f i t . At 'Velez Malaga the inha. . 4 ants have had a favourable change of the disor. lei; the averageofdeaths is reduced to about - 17 ~ ► gaY. li A Lette r h as be en received from Gibraltar, of the c ' ll e (late, which fully con fi rms the favourable ac: uun t , . : ~, lately given of the .Fever. vlin ce . telh._ . ALexAsnutt KoßAxilkr, forral".l/' Chan : • 4..!` ''t the Russian Empire, ,has lately given Ire. - , il L'' to three thousand of his peasants, for the 1 ;" 0 of eleven. hundred thousand roubles . labu i u e uti ;° o o,). sterling), which sum is to be paidle 4e (4 twenly•fivelears at ditfilera illSl4llnellta. rhvirrEs4t siGNALI. :4 .4 - - - • A C ,rtesp'nndent having ; put into our, hands a inost ingenious work, in . 3t pages ,quartu, printed the _brgtunin of October, for private use only, cu ries of which, we understand, were distributed by, the Author: to his Royal Highness the .Duak of V A :uric, the Lards Commissioners of the Admiralty, _• .and to the principal Naval and, Military characters iO the kingdom ; we deem it so highly interesting, not only to the Naval, and Military profession of this Country, but also to the Mercantile World in :general,; that we have thought it might be ac. fceptable to our Readers to give a brief review of ' the suhjett. The Work is entitled " Thoughts several Plans combining' a System of Universal Sir. nalt,by day and night, adapted for Naval, 14. tar t ', Commercial,and Political Purposes; 'with Sug gestions for the general extension and improvement of day and night relegraphs andlignalt, opt princi. pies adapted to tarry on public or private • Corre. rpondence by the Symbols of Flags and Lights, be. tnneen the Maritime Nations of the Universe." The Author we understand to be Mr. M'Alt. Twill, a Gentleman who some time ago published an original -work on Courtr.Martia, now out of print ; and recently, “financial and Political Fads of the Eighteenth Century ;" which has run through four successive editions.' His Thoughts on Universal' Signals, contains seven different Plana': t. Telegraphic Sivals, by Day and Night, - pre sented to the Admiralifin 1797. The principal ob. jed of this Plan is to establish Nocturnal Telegra. phic Signals by . the combination of . six lights, and on _similar principles to improve the present Day Telegraph.: The one he has propose& is' extremely simple in theconstrualOn, may he easily transported from one place to,anotller, is made to move in any direttion _ _ of the Compass, and is peculiarly adapted for Camps, or Military Stations. The Telegraph is construct. ed with two posts or poles, having grooves on each post,_ o admit of frames. ; or screens of canvas to slide up or down, to denote similar movements as the boards in present use ; and by having lamps with refleaors. : placed in the spaces at night, the obscurations.prexposures of the lights'can be easily effeaed by hoisting or .lowering• the ,respettive 'screens. An imrrovement is also suggested to the Tcle:,cope, in observations by night, by having placed in the common focus of the °Ned and eye. glasses, two vertical brass wires parallel to each. other.; also two horizontal wires crossing the other,,,equi.distant, at right angles, which would r e ndce the obscurations of the lights on the_ right or left of the operator more easily .and accurately defined by the observer. . . Plan a, contains Additional SriggestioNs for ma.. curbing a NoTharnid Telegraph, which are princi. pally by the contrivance of a simple apparatus to be fixed to a lamp, which will obscure or expose the lights, and supersede the necessity of the boaris or I screens. By a curious and easy combination of movements, the-letters of the alphabet, or any word in the Diclionary, may be quickly denoted. • Plati,3... it new Arrangement for Communicating ,sht Words sf a Dictionary, by adhering . to'the - Com: binations of the Day Telegraph NOIV in tar, and which may he equally applied to the Day and Night Telegraph proposed in Plans 't and 2. There being only 63 mutations, or movements, ofour Telegraph as at present established, the Authtir, by an inge. nious arrangement of these mutations, in seven series, or ranks, having nine movements in each series, can express, if necessary, 9999,999 words, Of ideas. He has given a table of the combinations, alnl examples illustrative of the application to any word of a Diiionary, in the English or any other language. Plan 4... On tbt Extension and Improvemeni 'of Day Signals in. His Majthy's Navy, adapted' alto to a Military Code. By an arrangement Of the identical flags used in the Navy, the plan is, in the first instance, susceptible of denoting no less than zp,ooo Signals, and .by means of two auxiliary flags, the twenty.six letters of the alphabet can, at' the same time, be denoted, whereby the arrange. ment proposed, will be susceptible of 260,000 mu tations, or Signals, which 1 , mute than double the number of svortisin any Dieliortary •of the . English langnage; and exceeds, by 170,000, the number of 4yrn49ls, or hieroglyphics, in the Chinese `guage. Plan 5.' On the Communication , of Signals by Day; with five. Flags only in the System, in an easy and expeditious ,manner,- adapted for Naval, Military; . or Commercial Purposes. The principles of this plan will,obviate the ex. pence of having a great variety of Flags, and any ,Merchant Vessel, - provided with five Flags only, Sean make Signals , to a , va'r extent, and may 'even denote the., numbers aurt6unced of words of a Dic tionary in shy language. This plan, from Its cheapniss and simplicity, is worthy the notice of the MerCantile • World in general, and leo re ewe.; daily that of Insurers'and Adventurers of this Or any other Ctsuntty, and is pecaliarly adapted as a bisis for a general Code amongst' all 'Maritime Na. . tions, and may be applied to' exercising ads of• • humaniny, in saving. Mariners from iiitipwr(!ck.— The Author has, in this and ..the preceding Plan, suggested the..facility with which a Foreigner of any nation can communicate his ideas to an English. man; or to any other of a Nation different toshim. self, and whose language he might be ignorant of. The basis, extent, and combinations at the Plan, with never more, than three Flags,' used at a time, is she wn in a, Table, whereby 999 dif , (crew Signals may be expressed, and by making two Signals in succession, numbers to the extent of 999,999 are, with facility, expressed. !fence this cheap, and easy Plan. is not only applicable to vati_ . taus purposes of. peblic utility, hut may bc male subserStient to. the :convenience and amusement of Ctiuntry Gentlemen in ,sight of each others' Seats, or Signal.posts. The principles of, this Plan is' put in Fr•tittice either by chewing the Flags at 1 1 1,1 “ . .0 1 yard across, or three Signal.pOsts, Of tfCO th,C three arms of a Windmill. Plan $6..1s a .mtthotof etrtadingligna 1 Fliegs in light air: or calm weather. This plan wish a model accarnpanicd * Cade ,of clay • ptesentett t;) , the Autlitn. t^ titc Admiralty In' 1790, and wlti Ircquently e t in m ake. on. board the eitiory, &c. Plan 7. Outhart of •a general plan rf Night adapted for Naval or Military purposes by lb s ; 6mbinatrok of four_ lights. It appears frorn the 'Author's prefatory observations, that the numeraiy Night Signals by the combination of guns, fake fires and lights, first brought into pradice at the commencement of the W it 3 793 . , since, used in the Navy, were originally prepared by him in-the sum mer 3792, and tried at sea by Admiral Lord Hoota's' Evolution Squadron. The ohjed of the system no* proposed is to remedy the disadvantages . of making Signals by guns, and false fires in the night, more especially when in expedation of fall ing in with an Enemy. This is effeded by the combination of four lights ; and the mode proposed may be occasionally employed as a Nodurnal — rele. graph - at sea or on shore, and the numbers applicable to the words in a didiunary of the English or any other language may be denoted. The Author has justly remarked, "- That th& reciprocity of commercial interests between Mani- time Nations, might make a - code of Signals estab. lished on similar principles as his Plan No. 5, an objed of the greatest importance. The voyages of trading Ships might be performed with greater, celerity 'by communicating their wants and corn.. missions by Signals before it was pradicable for the Master to get on shore, and a still more important consitieratiOn naturally presents itself, namely, that of humanity.—Ships in danger of lr . i.ng shipwreck ed, or reduced by long voyages, of contrary winds to the last extremity, might,. easily cOrtvnuniCale their wants by this universal code of Signals, est 4 b . .. 'limbed for the best purposes, that of. saving the' lives of individuals; and affotding protection and security to their property." We trust fur the benefit c of 'mankind, that every publicity will he given to a system of the nature proposed, and which if translated into the several languages of Europe, hopes may he entertained that an universal code of Signals would be one day 'established among all Maui= Nations, without , militafi against th eir Naval or Military systems. ,-- , . DUNDER.---,Ott the morning of Friday last a Detachment of the ul Battalion of Irish Reserve, consisting of 17c men, marched from Dudhope tie Barracks for Leith, there to he emhatked for Jersey, to join the za Battalion of the 1801 Regi. went. At -the same time another I).,...tachment of that Regiment; cot4isting- Of 147 men, marched , under the command of Captain liocAN, on Alictir route. for Glasgow, .where they are to be. embowlied with the 2d Batt e ilion of the 27 tlt Regimenr. now. quartered there. ; Tl)4,.rpnaining part (tithe b i tted. lion is under orders to join the 88th Regiment, ,and will do duty at .. Dudhope Barracks atut..in only until they can , he relic : v.ed...Wheu General IYI'DoNAt.c,, save orders 10 : t.lieotenant- Colonel STRICKLAND for the above Detachments to march, he was pleased to Say, . . " I seize on this occasion with great pleasure, to repeat the expressions <Amy satistAion with the good orderly coin - dut of the Battalion under your command, during . the )•ieriod in which it has been under my immediate observation." • The Military of the Chatham Distria, viz. the Royal Marines, the Staff, West Essex, Cambridge, and York Regiments, are supplied with the best ox beef anti wether mutton at six-pence per pound, like. wise the inhabitants at seven-penee. The 14th Light Dragoons marched Owing! Maidstone last week on their route to Guitdfutd The i tth Light Dragoons, from the Stistiex. Coast, are arrived in Kent, and have re.placed the 14..1 Regiment ()Nate Kentish Coast. The rod) Light Dragooni, from Guildford, have also replaced the lib Regiment on the Sussex Coast. The Second Battalion of the 27th Foot is to be embodied at Glasgow. On Tuesday above. too -very fine Recruits fur the Regiment, Volunteers from the 2d Regiment of Reserve, marched into Glasgow; On Monday se'lioight the Wakefield Volunteers were reviewed, on lleath Common, by Col. Bet,h. After the manoeuvres of the day were. finished, . t h e men whose pieces had not been discharged, were called out to disehatge them : the rain-rod :of one' was unfortunately shot from his piece, which ly wounded Serjraot John Clapham in the forehead, and afterwards struck private Hind on the breast, and.laid it open very considerably. The latter declared completely Out of danger, and the former is in a fair way of re c o v e ry. GOLD:MTH,. in.ine charming little Work, the Vicar , of Wukefield, - makos—ane of his citaratfiers say, speaking of the Drama, that the Public Taste had gone back a whole century. \Vli it would he now say of that which prevails in Romances ? That it has retrograded a century or twcymore . l— Readers areglati to be relieved with such works as the VI t,t.io ANEOD rtes. Ar•few in that ,style, by proving that scenes in Common . Life may be so managed, Ar tali:: highly-interesting, would, perhaps, recover 09 once more to Nature, Probability, and Common Sense. It is said that the Empress of France is to meet the Pope at Fontainbleati. His Ilidiness will, no doubt, be highly gratified by an interview with so much purity and illaore!ae. For the amusement olNaturalitts and others of our Readers, we give the following description of a bird, of the hawk or eagle tribe, which was shot last week at Stockeld Park, near Wetherhy, by Mr. Cummins, game.kceper to the •Countess of. Aberdeen, in the grounds near the houie. It is of , su ch enormous size an d strength us to tereivc the sinit of three discharges before it was seemed, and it then defended itself so powerfully, as to elude every device Mr. Cummins could exercise to seize it,' till he 'olTried the muzzle of his g un, which it seized witli such avidity ;h to hang that pnsi - - lion till he reached the honse. it is yet alive and merures t 3 feet . 4 i n dles (ion ) the of the wingi, and its beak, talons, &c. display asto. nivhing strength. On Sunday night — an unstrecessful attempt was made to rob the house of E q. in the I.,!)wer Road, :Chelsea, by some villains, woo forced the .street !thior, and in. so doing alarintil the loot. L man who slept• in the servants' hall. They were pursued, but unfortunately without,effen, CO : RIV,EjeCHAYGE, Nov. is. HAVING Wheat in considerable shpply ; and the trade nut so brisk as of late, sales are 3s. and" 4i. prr quarter cheaper, excepting the very hoe 3111'1111es ; large imports of Barley to-day, th4t, with M dt, Are cheaper ; Peace are full as high ; Beans rather lower; there are many further arrival, of O,M (part from Lincolnshire), this article ik generally voted at less; but pritne samples exceed our currency ; sales of Flour at 'no particular variatt )n. . Wheat 87s a . loos. a to6S od. tivaris - .os.a 56s ,o 4 Fine ditto - a tit; 'Tick Bqns .43s a 33s Rye (new)' - a 58s od Oats 28i a 31s a 34$ GU 48i a 54i pe, Poi.itid do. - 3Si a 363 03 Malt gos a gij od itApe - 411 a 44 White Peaitt t;o4 a Fiqd Flour - sos a 95.4 od Grey ditto joa a ;Is !W., Secuiids - isss a or: od TO THE . I...IJII'uR OF 11HE SUN. THette is an event in, the CreciAnliistory vet}'. deserVing of ,the, attention of the Pri t tion at thts time.; it is when LY•,%!4 pelt, the Spaitan Admiral, lay with Ilk i Fleet in lite ,i-lellesvot„ near Athens ; intending .the 4estruaion of that City, and the overthrow of, its Cistvernment :,, hc sufrered ~ the Atheni3OS to menace him, to brave him, and ire queotiy tit itisult him, by offeripg him battle, which he chose to decline this condkt the Ache pians- were Completely deceived, and ht.ttly..despis. jog an Enemy they 1110lIglyi .160 in so irresolute a intoner, , they • unforrtr , ,ately •relaxM in their .which Lvintio tit observing, he tir!o attacked them,. and completely conqu!red -both their Army .and N,tvy, taking 3000 prisoners, all their Generals, and their whale Fleet ; he then mediately advanced to Athens, destroyed the lOng walls and fortifizations_of the Piraeus, wholly over. threw their State and G ,vernment, and appointed thirty Tyrants -to role the once free and noble City of Athens.---As 1 was returning from Church last Sunday I avked one of our Volunteers when he next exercised:; h e said they were to exercise no more during the winter, ,unless an impeding day way apvinted. This, I hope, is only a partial order ; for, if-it is a.general one, the N ttion may he enslaved in consequence, as the Athenians were— for 130 NAP AR TB PS chandler lTUlCll :resembles Ly. SAND au's, and he is prob.doly only waiting the luo. meat .of a relJx,ition i l f discipline to invade us. The insertion of this. Leapt in your Paper,w ill ol)l',gt, Sir, Your obedient humble Servant, A Lov ;a. 07 HIS COUNTILY• S . INCV ; I.. AR FAC:I4.-^"0.1" TIMCSOity the I , t was killed by Mr. Rich trti Clarke, buteltr, of Mershon), a fat Reif r, belongiod to Mt. Bop, of Willesixgougii, when, on opening the paunch; w . a4* found one guinea and one hall.guinea in gold, anti twq,shillings in bilver. Boston. horie-tnart, yesterday se'nnight anti Wednesdaylast, there tvas not so 'good a show of hories,as usual, and but few dealers.—Good horses went off at .high prices, but bid ones were dull of • sale. A few days since a poor woman,• in Blue Town, Sheerness, was. safely delivered of three childten, two girls and a boy, who, With the mother, ate all doing welL . MANSIONtir/tliE.—Yest'efdly A r glldatri • • underwent a tecoud examination before the finals MAYOR. Charged With being concerned, with teve. 'rat others; in a Onspiraey to defraud tradesmen of their goods upon false pretences. The Prisoner did not enter into any Ofence, and was remanded for further examination. The private Watchtnin of 'the Castle and Falcon Inn, Aldersgate.street, was charged before the Sitting Alderman, ac Guildhall, on suspicion, 'of being concerned with some persons who lobbed the Counting,.house of that inn, of bills, notes, 'and cash, to the amount of near 4001. It appeared, they . had got into the warehouse by ,a false key, where they found the key of the Citurifing.house, .tod where they broke open every desk in it, which must have made some noise; as Well as taken time to do it. The watch. • man confessed having been at a rublie.house drink. 41' at the time. I'he Alderman, Said his condua certainly negle&ful, n but 11e diti , not see reason's front the evidence, to keep hint. in custody, and dis. charged him, on his promising to be forthcoming at any time it wanted. About five fi'cloek on Sunday morning - a stable, erett,.o at the loin of the Brack Wont, in . Lewes, with aatnall tenement attached to it, suddenly gave way at 'the I•l,irthern end, and gradually fell into A heap of ruins, by which an Attillery.driver, seven. teen horses, , n)Ti itr' with his wife, and four children, who occupied the tenement, were placed in the utmost peril of their lives ; hut fortunately, the driver who was on his guard.bed, in the hay. loft, at that part of the building which fii"st though much cut and bruised, was : ahle to give an alarm; that "soon brought Many persons to'the spot, who quickly extricated him, and the affrighted fa. tnily in their blocked.up tenement (whose cries were trust piteous), by digginu them out at the back part of it, and happily before they had suffered any material injury. 'lhe horses were with difficulty, all got out of the ruins alive, except one that was killed by the fall of the miin gittlei, belonging; with nine more, to the Corp* of Artillery:.drivers the other seven belong to Mr. Wtta.ltit, Cammon carrier. 'Had the 'accident happened an : hour or two spoiler, before any persons were stirring, the con. sequenees must have been dreadful. in addition to rite sycce4sful attempts at suicide; during the lair 'week, .a y oung fetn4le, genteelly ha. bited, was observed to throw hq . Sell into the birvair, in Hyde' Park,. at' dusk, Or. Monday even. Mr. Wm', l'olbey, a grocer at Knight,bridge, W 4 int`ssiog by at the tiine, an.i snatched her from her iinp,.ntiing fate; and she %vas conveyed to the Lodge, v% here surgical aid WAS rendered her. After her reci)v..iy, she descril”d - herself as having left her apArlnleilt3 its .Nlori , tl.4lreet, New RndWith a determination to enlron . lt the, rd , dt cit. eumstonee was eviitctit twin Ole letters fou r d in her pockets, reteivt..:(l from her faiher at hain. 11/I`lntlay night the ,hour 'ts C'ontletn,in irk SJl ter's.ll4ll,e,intrt capnon.btreet; tv‘ii loicittly'en.ere,l by 'thi eve , un known, 'who stole ;art perty to a 'terge 4:nount, with which they eir.tt,ti their est:JFe.