The Sun. — London, England, 1801-05-15 00:00:00

The' with .which these Wands hare been • reduced; 'should also be observed,. a proof that if we-did not attempt.to make aurselves.misters of'tflern during our first misunderstanding with the Court of Denmark, we are to look for the reason of it sorely in our moderation and bur pacifiC views. We have been accused of aiming at a geqeral empire over the Seas, and. the Colonies of. the two Indies. is certain,. however, that these five „Islands • were bOt difficult Prizes, and if-Our Governinent • had not been uniformly guided . -1). a principle of t'.juoice, Denmark and Sweden have in the last eight ....years afforded them more than one occasion, and more than one pretence, for stripping them of their • • colonies. The tranquil neutrality which our late .• - - - • • acquisitions have enjoyedduring the course of this *. War; in a Sea where we have enjoyed the most `sovereign Power, must be considered as a monu ' ment of Our disinterestedness, and of our love of '.-Peace and Justice. • .• The frambursh Mail due on Wednesday is not yet *rrived. The QUEEN and PRINCESSES AUGUSTA, ELIZA- TiETH-9 MARY, SoPHIA, and AMELIA, took an birint.• in their carriages yesterday round by Rich :-rgiostd, 'lll - s MAI r STY walks outin the Gardens frequent_ ly ihe day. The Rt. Hon. the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER , gave a grand Dinner yesterday at his house in Downing-street, at which were resent,His Royal • Highness the' DUKE •of yORKj the. Duke of PORT_ LAND, Eair ST. • VINCENT, Earl CHATHAM, Mr. ,atyINIC. YORK E. Acitnital Sir HYDE PARKER has come home ...in the Blanehe Frigate, - from the Baltic, - where Lord ..Is7ELsor.: is now Commander in Chief. :Wednesday morning Captain M'MAHON, who tiought . the Dispatches Imm Lieutenant-General I'R,iGGE, presented the Colours taken from the Zanci at, Santa Cruz, to the Secretary at War, at Oiftce in Downing street. - Yesterday the 2ci Regiment of Foot Guards had fieltliay in Ilyde Park. • Yesterday being the feast of the Ascension, the boundaries of the different Parishes were prome tiaitied by the Gentlemen of their' distri&s, attended ty the Charity Children. Mrss . MAxwELL, Niece to the Dotchoss of Gott tem, is soon to be married tb Mr. DUPRE, a rich Vest Indian, - - - Sir . NY ALTER PARQIHAR. was yesterd a y t o l ea v e We are h a ppy to l ea r n t h at salr4.hill for Bristol. considerably 'amended Since, be left 114 health is :TOWDe It is mentioned in acnunts received fromjrieste; at the • dzd of April, that zsoo Swiss-and French Tro p si +elonging to the Ann) , of Cond, arrived There on that day, and were to sail for Egypt on eh e 3 d. inst. All the Privateers belonging to Dunkirk, to . the nem b er : of fifteens are laid up ; and their crew's' dis tributed on board the Menof . \*Var.. There are no m ili tar y preparations whatever going on at Pan kirk; but an Expedition is fitting out at • fort and pre.St . . 'estetday the Right lion. the LORD MAYOR. Per some little 'difficulty by the Members not at tending), held a Court of Common Couneil, at which were present six Aldermen, the RECORDER, Sheriff Ciotti., and about fifty or sixty Corrnopers , A Petition was presented by the Tackle house - - Porters. against that of the Ticket Porters, praying n alteration to be made in the A& for. their' regu_ Lida, which was ordered to lie on the Table until the Report of the Committee for General Purposes, On the Petition of the Ticket Porters, was known. • A ROpoa of the Committee , of Ways and Means of the annual amount of the City's Income, subje& to the Tax upon income, .was read, and the CHANT_ . fit 14. L i t/ i‘r was ordered to lay the same before .the. Commissioners, with the particulars of the causes o f the , decrease in the last, year's Return. A Petition from the Deputy Sea-COalzmeters for the adoption of .another , method of paying them fOr clearing Ships,' was read, and after kirbig the Parties, it was referred to the Comtnittee of Con trots! over:the Coal and Corn-meters, to examine and teport, to the next Court. The Commi;tee for General Purposes presehted their Report on the Petition. Of 'the Ticket Por ters, Wherein they said that the alterations they wished . should take -place in . the AEI were, that thoy. s h ou ia.have the right of working Ships coming from the Islands of Demerara, 'Surinam, Berbice, • and Trinidad; which the Court agreed to, and or_ tiered the Law Officers to prepare a Clause to be in_ sorted iii the Affirecordingly. . A Bill - for. altering and 'ainent'ling, the- London Aililitia•Mts was read, and referred to the Militia Committee, to efaminc and report their opinion to the next Court,: , • A Report from the Committee of City Lands for Building a House of Correftion for the Punishment of Person's guilty of Miidemeanours was read, and a long debate ensuing on the subjeel, and several Members having left the Court, it was observed, there was not a sufficient number of Members pre.. sent to form a Court, the Report was adjourned, and the Court immediately broke up, Viithout doing ally other Business. The sentence of Kydd Wake having expired, he was on . Thursday-last discharged, on giving ioool. security for.good behaviour for ten years. • A melancholy accitlent happened at the Margrave o f A NsP AC H '6; at Brandenburgh- House on • Friday last; the Porter, in running down the back-stairs, tell over the ballustrade .and broke his neck. On Tuesday - night, the house of Mr. Whitton, James street, Becltnrd-IiOVV, was broke , open 'and robbed.of about 51.,in cash and notes.. A ., - • . . .. 1i t . .17....g,144: • • - OS: . 4. .; ' . . ,N.•.f., v-v::-.2-,...-' ?try , 'NATAL 11' == 1' , .), NEWS, - .-. ..i.. , :;' , , • ' :.-----,„-vt, - kv,„ i//i /. 1 ,,,h g,„ t dog!, sort/torque it i.fenrem, Srd mibi . solt datam. ' PORTSMOUTH; MAY 14. ARRIVED at the Motherbink this evenidg, the American Ship Maria Jane, Jc;iiii Bow Lei master, from Barcelona, with wine and nuts : Spoke His Majesty's Ship Marla, in lat. 33. o. N. 7th ult. ; the Brig Hussey, of Liverpool, on the 22d ; and His Majesty's Ship Anson, on the 27th, in lat. 4.3. 00. N. His Majesty's Ship Prompte is now under weigh, to come into the Harbour. This evening is arrived, and come to anchor be tween the Motherbank and Spithead, His Majesty's Frigate Flora, Capt. Mt DDL Erbx, from Egypt, with Dispatches. No person has yet landed from her. SEVEN O'CLOCK, P.M. Since the above, Lieutenant CORB ETT has landed with the Dispatches. The Flora left Egypt the . , Sth of April. General AB ERCROMBY died of the wounds he received. in the Action of the list, many other Officers' were killed, and four General Officers • wounded. The whole of the Regiment of Bonaparte's Grenadiers were killed, and the Standard called Bonaparre's.frvitcible Standard, is br.iught home- in the Flora. Alexandria was in possession of the - French ; and the French and English Troops in Egypt were about equal in number when the Flora sailed. , The Britami;a and Queen are ordered to be got ready for sea immediately. PLYMOUTH, MAY 13. ARRIVED the Nile Cutter, of 14 guns, Lieut. T. NE WTO N, from a Cruize off Brest. On the 9th, inst. a French Cutter, of 14 guns, attempted to come Out of that Harbour, which the Nile pursued close under the Batteries, and engaged nearly, four hours, the whole of which time she was constantly fired on from the shore,,as well as from the Enemy's Cutter : the latter at length ran into Dournenez Bay, and escaped : she is. supposed to Piave sustained considerable damage in her hull, as both pumps were kept at work. The sails of the Nile are shot to pieces, and her. mast wounded in several places. Fortunately the Nile had only one man wounded. Arrived the American Brig Maly, OBADIAH RICH master, from Lisbon, laden with fruit, for London. 'rile Fleet in Brest Harbour on the 7th inst. consisted of seven Three-deckers, thirteen Two deckers, Cliree Frigates, and four Corvettes, appa renbly ready for Sea. A Frigate and Corvette were laying in Catnaret Bay ready for a start, waiting only a ftvourable opportunity. S i tiled the Neptune, of 98, - Relleide and Resolution . of 74 guns, to join the ChauAl Fleet. Arrived the American Brig Nepunc, of and from Newport (Rhode Island) ) laden with coffee, sugar, &c. fletained by the Alert Privateer, of London. TORBAY, MAY 12. AItnIVF.D His Majesty's Ship Majestic. She left the Grand Fleet off Brest, and has brought home with her 162, sick men. The ship Fames, Capt. MOORE, one of the last West India Fleet, which drove on shore and bu'ged on the back of Brixham Pier, in consequence of her being lightened, has been lifted by four Brixham Stoops ,hea . , ving down to her, and "they have got her abreist of the HarboUr's mouth : there are hopes of saving her. FALMOUTH, MAY I'2. ARRIVED this day, the American Ships ileaor, Capt. PINCKTON, and Hole, Capt. GitrNPI.ELD, from Barcelona, with wine, brandy, &c. for Guern scy, sent in here by the Helen Privateer, of Lon.. don. Also arrived the American Schooner Friend ship, Captain FOSSETT, with tOOO barrels of flour; 47 days from Richmond, for, this Port. On the 25th ult. spoke a French Brig Privateer, of H. guns, and on the z6th stoke a French Ship Privateer, of 18 guns, in lat. so. long. 18. Sailed the Spidor Schooner, belonging to Ports mouth, on a Cruize ; the Privets: Amelia, Captain STEVENS, for New-York and Halifax ; the Duke of York, Capt. SE R V ANTE, for Jamaica, Barbacloes, and Martinique, with the Mails of the 6th instant ; and King George Packet,, Capt. YEscomeE, with the Mails of-tlie 28th ult. and sth inst. for Lisbon. The Harlequin arid Duke of CumberlatulPackets, from America, and Prince of IVajer , from Lisbon, are hourly expeeled: The 'Prin . cess Charlotte Packet is expeffed to take out the middle Mails of this month for the Leeward Idands. i r ARAIbtrTH; MA.' 14, ADMIRAL Sir HYDE PARKEt arrived here yes terliy afternoon in the klattrke Frigate, from the Baltic. Arrived the Hazard Cutter, Inspeaor Sloop, and Cohgurg Cutter. , Sailed the Phagnix Cutter on a Cruize. SHEERNESS, MAY 14. • , ARRIVED His Majesty' s d un -b r ig Lcort,' frotii the River Thames. The InT4stigatok has gone from . the. Little to the Great Nore. DEAL, MAY 14. His' Majesty's Gun-brig Miriner came down yes_ terday afternoon from Sheerness,, and the Ferreter Armed Ship came in, and passed through to the Northward. The • Surprizl , , of 32 guns, sailed this morning for. Nore, and the Basilisk Gun-brig for Ports- mob T 1: Lacelles, for LoNlon, one of . t 11,7 West In_ dia Flc..: - ,carne into the Downs this morning.— Remain he Overyme/, Serpezt, and Gier Sloops, .. - arincr, Bloodhound, Locust, and :Archer Gun-brigs, Earl Sjencer, Queen, and Venus (I)Cut ters: ROY A L ACADEMY. 2Sr. The Army of the Medes destroyed in the Desert by a whiOvvind.—W. TuRNER. A. .*. . Mr. TURNER has doubtless heard that obscurity is one source of the sublime, and he has. certainly given to the Picture before us a full measure of such a species of sublimity. Upon something of the same kind in Literature, the Poet says, " It is not Poet;y, but Prose run mad." Whether the Artist means to illustrate the idea of " conYusion t worse covroun ded," we know not, hut a mare biggledy iggleity composition we never saw. In fad, in this ,Picture Mr. TURNER has shewn a gttaf waste of powers, and perhaps his Work may be best described by what a L:.dy said of it, viz:. 'f that tit was all flags and s.woke." ---~ No. 173. Portrait of the Mott. Sophia Vpton.—T. LAW- RENCk R. A. This is esteemed one of Mr. LAWR ENC E'S best Portraits in the preient Exhibition. it is indeed a very interesting Work, and, though a Portrait, is painted in a pitinresque• and poetical style:' ~The Mb , . in the head-dress, however, is not ver' orna mental, and may induce one -tp: think that. tile fair original wanted to. personify Cbi-istzias, a most unsuitable ducat - ter. fca a Lady .so young and beau tiful. , • No. 34. View of Stoke-Park in Buckinghamshir4 the Seat of John ficnn, Aa Lilt:To:1, R. A. An Artist, however great his merit, has always a rculiar difficulty to encounter when he is • con fined' in point'of,locality. Mr. 'FAR loci‘orr- has surmounted this iifiiculty with succes§. Though this is a faithful'representation of the spot, it is ex ecuted with greattaste and spirit. The mansiorlis l heautirtilly situitted, and : the surrounding scenery denotes the hand of an Artist that knoiVs how to represent Nature in . her most interesting positions: The trees are 'varied,witligood effe6l, and the water; though thrown into shadow, is admirably clear and transparent. NO. 102. Portrait of Mr. Vatix, M. R. A, We must give Mr. SH E credit for fidelity of rc-. semblance in this Picture; as We know- not the ori ginal ; but we should 'do him great injustice if we were to pass tiler so excellent a Portrait. The co louring isThaste; yet vivid, and the whole is paint ed with a firm dtitermined pencil. There are very few Artists of the present day capable of producing a Picture of . equal merit. On Saturday last ,Samuel Johnson, alias :inftlel • Thompsdn, alias Samttel - Johnson 'Thompson, for :uttering coli4terleit Bank of 'England_ Note, at Congleton John Morgan, for 'a, simi,lar offence at Stockport ; 'an'd John Clare, for various burglaries and'relonies -at and' near NantWich, were conveyed front Chester Castle in the usual form, towards . the place - of execution, at Boughton.— . —Just before the prOCession arrived .-- at the fatal tree, John Clare sprung oat of the Cart, and being . near to the hill 'where theoldgallows stook rapidly descended into the • River Dee, and in' the preience of a great number of spectators was a l most in stant a neous l y drowned. The body was soon after , taken out of the water, and suspended at the tree with those ci" the other malefaClors; .who behaved with the strietest propriety and resignation from the time, 'of condemnation.,,John Clare constantly declar ed he was . rot born to be hatigefl, on which account every care was taken in the Castle to prevent any scheme he might have invented in order' to destroy himself. persisted \ in the same declara tion, and requested one of the turnkeys to enquire at the Post-office Whether a reprieve was not arrived for him. On receiving a negative answer he seemed not to. be ~ dismayed, and still as s e r ted h e was not to be hangtd.' On 'Wednesday night, tile house of Mr. Clark, shoemaker, Kingston, Surrey, was broke open and roblq of a large quantity of boots and shoes. We understand, from authority, that the import_ ant mercantile cause, 11 The KING V. GEORGE 'W. THELLUSSON, Esq." stands for trial before Lord KENYON, at Guildhall, on Wednesday next.—lt is said that Mr. RICHAk•D COP INGER, the principal Prosecutor, purposes taking, the leakaixi condun of the Prosecution, assisted by five Professional Gen.. tiernm of the first eminence at the. car. rITE OPERA. Fri LLicsu Etitt,-one of the chief, vnki one or tl-ie most descrying-favourites (;f: the had a numerous audience at ha hen fit lasi night. :file Opera wasi.a Principe:J.2 Fijosq/a, in which Vt:ce shone her usual eclat. At the end of the first al, a. Diveriisement . wns revived, origfrially .composed by VEsrxis ,anti entitled Le Pied de has no great Con_ nedion wit'.; its name,' sand . is founded on a manual sport, said td - be common in France : nor 'bad - it much merit in itself. The novelty, of the night was a Chinese Ballet, composed by ,Dipt LOT, and entitled. Ile n — f i an » Tao: It is full o f kive, and rivalry, but of ours: concludes haprilr. • This Ballet 'is lively and interesting, and is brought forward* with a.striking and. beautiful ad:. herence to the Chinese costu;rie. Ir wds teceiveds with great applause, and will no doubt be adopted by the Manager. HiLLicsurxo distinguished herself as much As ever by her activity and exhilli.ating graws,, and received Fhe most gratifying marks of pui)lic par tiality. The importance of the late daptures in the West- Indies, can he properly apprecOted by those only whose rec en t residence in those Islands ; or inime4 diate,conneftions with them, affords a knowlej? - e (.t* the great improvements, they have. within a short period unLeronf... Sqnta Crtrz , Con'sicir6l in all it points, is scilicet inferior to , itny Island in the -West' Igdies. Its affluence is immense,, producing annually about 2b,000 hcgshends of sugar (the last crop was 36,000 bovsheads ; Lo cwt, each), each hogshead of Isoolb. Welt ; 0,000 hogsheads of rum; and 300 0 bales "Of c tton, 3oolb. to the bale. St. Thomas and St. John make each about 4006 hhds. of qugar, zoo° of ruM, and soo bales of cot, ton ; but the island of St. John is of the highest iii‘portance to Great 13ritain, from possessing one pf the finest harbours in that quarter, fully capable of riding fifty sail opf the line in safety, during the most violent hur,ricanc.' •, • a Sr. Bartholmn*,_ivhtch belonged to Sweden, is not, of great consequence, eAcept for its commerce. It has, however, a good h a rbo ur f or vesse l s o f 3 00 tortsl;trthen. St. Marti;/Ps, though a fine Island, islusceptible of yery considerable impi.ovement, and may One tlay rank not among the least in value. It now about t0.,0?d bhcb - .. -- of-stigar: and rims. Many.misetable _puns have been'. made upon the name of dig young : Gentleman who attends,Loici Sr. HEL ENS to PetersLiirgi , , as ilis Socretacy. We are satisfied in knowing that Lord ST. HE Mi SS ion bids-well, for Pea Cie TH E ATR C Ai. F Dorf% The celebrated I-JARtty one of the very beSt Comic . A.Ctors this Couittrr :ever .v.w„....was once involved. in an.embayrasmo t t s:nityr n.) \etiat !,uTored Oh .I .C/lonctif lair" `tit Co - yetil'Zarden tre. Dr. Hitt, the nptqdW'i4ror.of.L'Aersiture, h4' written some severe gtri:Ures is Cli)Q,-OfNiperiodical. works On WooDW'Aito's kt,ing. to night or two alter the publicatio'n the Doctor: went .to the Theatre, and was seen in .the box by or p : . mkt) as the latte r was performing the Stage... Ulder the sudden,. and .strOni , .ituptilse-70f resentinept, Wt7oDW Atip - clenched' his. fist and held 'it . to yvar,ls the'Diktur, muttering at the satne , time . a' thi eat of 'vengeance._ Dr. HILL was a eltaratier not much - admired by the Public,' dud Woo D W.tk o was 'a great favOitrite. ; but the Audience considering themselves as . insulted GOD ,this occasion, hissed Wo.Onw ttt) so much that he was. not . permitted to proceed till. h e h a d made an apology' for his disiespe4 tOwai:is them. .—This circuutance afterwards pti.iduet.id a literary warfare between HILL and WooDwAan, in which Wool) WARD 'ortaiinly the .advantitge iir.roint of hum our 'HILL had in the early, periul of ,his life attempted to perform an the Stage, brit. not succeed_ . ing„ he then devoted himself . to .: Physie..... Woon. w AID alluding to this .theatrical. failure, addressed the Doetorjn nearly the_ following words: " I was present when you performed Lothar;u at May Fair, DAGGER MAAR' (one - of the WV'. t J ever seen) played Alta/iron:, and the whole House concurred with you, when you dying' said," ." Oh! Altainont thy gerites is the stronger." CHURCHILL'. in his Rarciad alludes to this dis pute, Which happened just befUre the first publica (ion of that 1):Iern "WoonW . A R D Carrie,- 111 r. L s Up'd away, " Melting like G hugs baiare tnc rising day." Yesterday 'a house in Gray's-Buildings, Lam.. both, supposed to•be inhabited by Coincrs, was be sieged by, a party of Bow-street Officers, who, after forcing, an entrance at the. back yart of the house, went up stairs, and in a rOom on the first floor found a woman fili n g a quantity of ,base shillings, and sixpences : some of the 2:licers were then pro ceeding to the attic suli‘y,- when they were sudden ly obltrueted by adoor being, let doff ou th e s6`irs,, which they had some trouble to break -through be.. fore' they could get at the Sanaum Stmehrryn of this Banditti, when they discovered two men and a wo. man, who appeared to, have been ,just' at work, a lighted furnace, and every 'other aitaratus.for together with a: large quantity of base money finished and unfinished, being found in theylace. On Ailonday a &ironer's Inquest w as h e ld at .Mr . .,Gushion's, the SpreacLEagle, Lambeth,' on the body of Mr. Smith, of Canterbury place, Lam bed' • a clerk in the. Sun Fire.o,fiice, who died on Friday morning,• ill consequence of ,woUnds sup.. posed to he ioliided.by ititnself, with a carxing_ knife. Iwo wounds were Wade on his neck, which would not hare, been fatal, and, several others in different parts of his body the mortal one was given,bv thrusting' the knife into his left side so as to reach his heart.. This unhappy deed was perpetrated soon after' midnight, inS. he was dead before any, assistance could he procured. . The Jury, - after a deliberation a several huuts \ returned a verdict of-Lrolciev.