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DUX. HaMbUrgh 2 MAILS. AAR IVIIID. di • ' . 0 PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT TWILVS A'CLncr. Consols - 571 Red. Ann. - 57* (Omn. • 6 5 THE SUN. •OLIC)d Ql/11$ DICLA& FALSUNZ 4UDIAT LONDON, THU4SDAT i AUGUST 36 b i 804. Ornt Readers ,will see, by our Dover Letter, that the Cannonading on the French Coast conti. nued through the greater part of yesterday, and that when the Post came away it was rather more brisk than before. The weather was so hazy that it was impossible to see to the opposite Coast; but even if it were not, very little attention ought to be paid to the conjectures of persons who on Dover Cliff's are contemplating a scene of anion which is twenty- miles from them, and where every objet must be enveloped in clouds of smoke.—The only account that has hitherto been obtained, upon which any reliance can be placed, is from Mr. MoWLE, who was Master of the Can. sritution Cutter, which was sunk on Sunday even. ing.—We are however convinced, that in a very short time, perhaps in a few hours, we !hail obtain some decisive information respefiing the intern. tion of the Enemy.—The greater part of the large Gun-Brigs, if we can rely upon the ac. counts that have been received, have been moved from the Inner Harbour of Boulogne, and are drawn up in a line, as close to the shore as possible, in order to be under cover of their Batteries. Un doubtedly BotrAPARTE will not let them remain in that situation long, because he knows, by sad ex perience, that even a moderate gale of wind would destroy the most of them. We are therefore con vinced that every effort Is making to get the whole Flotilla out of the Inner Harbour, and that is soon as that is accomplished it will put to sea. LAST night we received Paris Papers to the t9th inst. with the exception of those of the isth and I6th, They furnish nothing of interest or impor. tance BONAPARTE was at Ostend on the r4th, and at Boulogne on the next . day. 'We have also received a Supplement to the iv , - der: Qa . zette of the zest inst.' containing Paris news of the 16th . , which - , however, merely affords a few uninteresting particulars of the celebration of Borsit.: PARTE'i Birth-day on the !ph. The Theatres were opened gratis, and 'Fe Drum was performed at eight in the evening in the Temple of the In. valides. Last Monday, about one o'clock, the LORD CHANCELLuIt visited Mr. PITT. At two o'cicck a Cdbirit'r 011 1 1Cil was belt! at Lord HARItOWDY'S Office, which was attended by the LORD CHANCEL. LOR, Earl CAM DF N, Lord HARROWZy, Lord MEL. VII L s, and Mr. I'ver. Yesterday Lord M c r.v rL LE came, to Townfrom Wimbled,on ; , soon after the arrival of his Lordship Sir Hum Poritnst had a long audience. Yesterday rood His Royal Highness theDuics of Yoottc arrived at the Horse Guards, accoMpanied by Col. Ttort.olt, from whence His Royal High. peas proceeded ioVVoolwich, to insped several pieces of ordnance and shots on a new construdion.. Yesterday morning a new Plan was exhibited before the Officers at the Horse Guards, as an prnvement on the Machine , for the conveyance of Troops ;• it is very simple, and does not add to its weight or, size : it is formed by lour boards as seats placed across, that the soldiers may sit with their flees to the horses, instead of sitting sideways as in the late invention it was highly approved of'; acid We understand that the remainder of the Machines to he made are to be after this constration. Several Vessels have, within the last, week been examined at Deptford and Woolwicd, as to their, fitness in being prepared immediately to serve as, fire-ships : sortie of which have been fixed on. • uty ESTMINSTER. CAvALav,r—Yesterday morning, as early as seven o'clock, thicfine Regiment muster. ed in Hyde Park, where they wereinspeded by Ge. decal Lu E The different Squadrons occupied on immenbe space ,of ground, a plan whi c h t h e G e . oei.l observed, would be of infinite service in an. Or Enemy in case of Invasion, as one Troop would do.as much execution as three upon the old tiystem About ten o'clock Gen. LUMLEY retired, and the Regiment soon after folloived. Colonel ELL OT gave the „word r)f command. The L'lal North Itritons had yesterday after. noon a Field Exercise; they mustered in Gr.ty'b.inn. Gardens, and marched from thence to Harley.fteld, Mary.le.bone. The Bth Loyal Londow were also mustered and exercised. Last week the. Brackley, Aynoe, and King's. Sutton Vo!Unreel Infaniry, cinsisting of upwards of •Soo men, 'and commandeit by Colonel CART. WRIGHT, M. P. for Northaenptonshire, were re. viewed by lariga4lier-Ceneral BROMIi PAP, Who ex. pressed great satiiraelion at their steadiniss and sol dier-like appearance. Yeatertisy a Court of Direlion W 45 held at• the East India Fl , ,uSe, - which adjourned, at six o'clock, tin ,Friday ; tht court afterwards gave their Annual Venison Dinner to the Scrutineers, at the 4ond on Tavcrr, 'IV4P/IL 1V EWS. DOVER ) AUG. 29, Six , O'CLOCK, P. M.—Tha firing between our Squadron and the Enemy'i Flo. tilla and Batteries still continues. It ceased two or three times this morning, but 'it re-commenced about three o'clock this afternoon with great via. fence. The weather . is too hazy for us to see the opposite shore, but the sound appears to come dire6tly from Boulogne Bay. I aro unable to add much to the accounts I have already sent you of this long continued cannonade, for the only authentic information we have yet received is from Mr. MOW LI, the Master of the Constitution Cutter, which was sunk on Sunday ; he arrived here on Monday. All the other accounts are merely the conjeaures of persons who are constantly looking out from the Cliffs with their glasses, hut the distance and the immense quantity of smoke occasioned by the firing, render it very difficult to form a correci judgment of what is going on. The account he gives of the loss of the Cutter is nearly the same as that I already sent you. He was within about half gun shot of the shore, engaging a Gun-brig and two lugger-rigged Yachts, which were very splendidly gilt and de corated. After engaging them some time, they lowered their sails, took to their sweeps, and made for the shore with all possible expedition. The Constitutivi was following them, when she was struck by a 13-inch shell, which went through her without burstipg. The hole it made in the bottom was so large, that all attempts to stop it were vain, and it became necessary to make signals of dis. tress. The boats of the Squadron were intim. diately put out, and the Crew were all saved. It was very generally observed, that the Enemy's Artillery, both on their Batteries on shore, and on board their Flotilla, were very badly served, and dieted with a total want of skill, which is the more extraordinary, as the French have always had a very hies chapaer for expertness in the use of Artillery. The greater part of our Squadron was for several hours within the range of their numerous Gun and Mortar Batteries, from which they kept up an incessant fire, independent of that from the Flotilla ; and it is inconceivable, out of the many thousand shut and shells which they discharged, how few struck our Squadron, and how little damage it sustained. Their shot and shells, in general, went over our Vessels ; but it was observed, that the shells were thrown with much more precision than the shut were direaed. A shell struck the Harpy, but in passing through the deck die fuse was fortunately knocked out ; the shell penetrated into the hold, where a man instantly took it up, and threw it into the water. The Squadron in general has sustained very little damage, except in their sails. Several of the Enc. my's Gun.brigs are distnasted, and their loss in men is probably very great, as they were full of Soldiers. The Enemy still continue to send out more Vessels from the Inner Harbour, hut it is impos. sible to state with any precision Ole number that is already out. The Vessels that were to the west of the . Enemy's Line, which is now a very long one, have suffered the first, because they were out of the protedion of the heavy Batteries, and could only be covered by the Flying Artillery. Several of them appeared to be on shore. It is now half . ..past six, and the flung is . as Wait as ever. PLYHUTI rit, Auo. 28.—Arrive4 the. Ship ;Va han thathcote, of Liverpool, mounting 23 . gune, laden with cotton, &c. from Demerara, bound to Liverpool : she was 'captured . in the Irish Channel. by a large F rench rrivateet, of I i guns, Dogger. rigged, called the General Arizereatt, after a severe engagement of 25 minutes, 'and Was at length eat. fled by boarding, the • Privateer having a comple. ment of 93 men. Several of the William 11(04 . cote': crew were killed and wounded. The latter was re.captured near St..Andero by the Nastiilu i Sloop of War, Of 18 'guns, Capt. ALDHAM. Arrived the Indefatigable Frigate and Nam: filar Sloop of War from a Cruize. Captain MONIAI PH ILIPP S i who commanded the William Ilea, hvvr, with his son, and the nephew of . the owner of the Ship, were killed, together with two of the Crew, after the Frenchmen.boarded her the Mate, six men, anti two boys were badly wound` cd : she sailed from Demerara the gth of June, was captured the 4.. h inst. and re-taken the 9th lowing. Arrived the Afirnd4l.?/, Capt. Wt. L 1:1.112 r, from Dram, with timber for this Port. PORTSMOUTH, Auc.• 29.--Acrived fl I\l,ljvs. 'ty's Brig Sylph, from Guernsey. Sailed the Ajax, Capt. Lord GARLIPS, :lila the Defianie, Capt., DURHAM, (0 join the. Channel Arrived a le IVI O R AN i from Cheolow Good Intent, MARSHALL, from Bideford ; HAYWARD, from Milford; and broda, Go DER a Y, from Neath. Sailed the Liberty, STE EREY, for Sunderland. HARWICH, AUG. 29. —:The Lark Post. Office Packet, Capt. DELL, sailed this afternoon with a fair wind, immediately on the arrival of the coach from London, with the Hamburgh and Bremen Mails for Husum ; and at the same time the Prince of Wales Packet, Capt. A. DIANE, sailed for Got., tenburgh with the Mail and Passengers. DEAL, AUG. 29. —The Orestes arrived last night from Portsmouth, and sailed this morning on a Cruize off Boulogne; the Basilisk Gun.brig sailed this morning on a Cruize to the Westward ; the As/as, Princess Royal, Monarch, and Triton, Armed Defence Sbips, sailed on a Cruize off Boulogne. • Arrived the Roller from the Nore, and remains. The American Ship reported yesterday was got off with little damage, and carried into Margate Road. In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht,'lnflexihle, Adamant, Castor, Dart, Scourge, Speedy, Bruizer, Rattler; Majestic, Diadem, Perseus, Ranger, Aurora, Sir Andrew Mitchell, Paragon; Sceptre, Kingston, Walker, Lord Eldon, Willing ton, Dasher, Ariactne, Armed Defence Ships ; Melpomene, London, Britannia, Tartar, Flora, Loyal Britain, %Vhi►by, Elisha Tupper, Ark, and indefatigable, Armed Transports. SHEERNESS ' AUG. 29.—. Sailed the Lion Armed Ship, with 43 sail of Vessels under convoy, for the Baltic. Arrived the Juno, Exterprize, and Prow liar. monia, under Prussian colours, detained by the North Sea Squadron. LgITII, AUG. 77.—Saturday arrived in Leith Roads the Repulse Revenue Cutter, from the Downs, Convoy to the Roselle and Edgar West Indiamen. Sunday sailed from Leith Roads the Baltic and Tonninge - n Fleets, under Convoy of the L . y.lx Sloop of War, and Ilebe and Thaws Armed' Ships. This day arrived. in Leith R ,, ads the Prilttess Royal Revenue Cutter, with a Fleet from the 84. tic; also the Prince of wait, Cutter, Capt. Mutt. RAY, from a Cruize. The following is a Copy of the very interesting Letter from Capt. ALDHAM, of the Nautilus Sloop, to Messrs. .BtNNETT and WHITE, at Lloyd's Coffee-house., It is dated August z 7 " it is with much satisfaCtion I acquaint you that His Majesty's Sloop under my command, ork the gth inst. re-cap tured the valuable Ship William ileathrotc, from Demerara to Liverpool, laden with cotton and sugar. " Most probably you already know the William Ilea:brae was captured on the 4th inst. by the General Augereau French Privateer, of tz guns and 92 men. I have only, therefore, to say, that although the Enemy boarded with nearly their whole force, they did not gain possession of the ship until after an obstinate conflia, in which the Captain of the William Ilcatlxose, his son, a passenger, and one sea. man, were killed; the Mate, another passenger. and 7 sea. men, were wounf:ed. The French Prize -master acknow. ledges that the Privateer suffered comiderably in her hull, and had 3 men killed ; and that the Captain and s men were wounded. But, from other authority, lam informed their loss was much greater. " I sincerely regret the Mate being removed on board the Privateer. It would have given me much pleasure to have liberated a man c.o highly spoken of as he is by all who were left behind." Captain JAMES HAR Mg, of Leith, is appointed to the command of the Os!,aburgh Revenue Cutter, in the room of jAhtEs CANII4ELLI E,q. of Downie, deceased. Adviccs were yesterday received at the Admiralty from the Channel Feet, which was left all well on Saturday last off Brest. No recent movements haft bten'observed among the Enemy's Ships. A Di. vision of it, supposed to be that of GANTFIRAUME, continued, as usual, at single anchor, in the Outer Road. LIFE PRE9EIiVER.—An experiment was made yesterday of the utility of this invention, which met with the Most complete success. Six persons,, having first girt themselves with the machine,jumped overboard cff Parliament Stairs, above Westminster. bridge, and went down gently by the tide to Black. friars'-hridge,; a great number of boats surround, 'ea them, as• well to save them in case of danger, as crania desire to witness the experiment ; but every thing went on extremely smooth. and well. It was curious to observe six heads and shduitersen a per. peodicular poiture, • walking, as it were, through the waters, quite still, unless they wished to change their direflion, which a small paddle or two with their hands, which, as well as their legs, are perfett. ly at liberty, will do. The machine is. extremely simple; it is made of strong sheet copper, japanned, and strongly soldered together in eight different pieces, connected with straps ; it is laid on the chest and rolled up over the breasts, the whole fastened with straps that go over the shoulders, and are se. cured to the belt that goes round the chest. The divisions of the machine, though of a different shape, partake of the qualities of a cistern ball, to float on the water, and when the whole is fixed on, it is not unlike a horse's collar in shape, but much larger in. proportion. It is very simple, almost instantly put on, and it appears to us will be of incqlculable be. nefit in enabiing persons attending life liiaor, canals, Stc. who can swim, to remain a cvnsiderable time in the water without tiring ; and, by its buoyancy, to assist others, who cawypt swim, th at may b e i n danger of drowning. A great number of spedators, both afloat and ashore, appeared' highly pleased with the expert. mt.nt, to which the fineness of the day out a li ttle contributed. , . WEYMOUTH, Mc. 18. Orr Monday evening the ROYAL. FAMTL T ho. noured the Theatre with their presence. The Pieces commanded were, the Comedy of The Soldier's Daughter; the Scotch Ballet of Donald and Pegg"; and the Farce of Miss in her Teens. The part of Gm. vernor ileartall, in the Play, was performed by Mr.. Dawsort ; and that of the Wid o w Cbeerty, by Mts. FARR EN. The whole of the charaCters were extreme ly well supported, and this popular ray went off. with great eclat. In the Ballet, Mr. MILLER, in the charader of the Drunken Footman, introduced a comic Pas Seul, in wooden shoes; the novelty of this performance was highly amusing. The ROYAL FAmtLY were received on their entrance with Gd, save the King, in which the whole audience joined. The same mark of respeft was shewn them on their leaving the house. The Attendants on the ROYAL FAMILY were, Earl of lixa R, WOE, Generals CART.. WR IGHT, GARTH. and FITZROY, Ladies •WIN• WARD and THYNNE. Yesterday the ROYAL FAMILY sailed in the Royal Severtign Yacht. On their leaving the Fort, and on their return, a Royal Salute was given.-- They landed about five o'clock. This morning His MAJESTY was on horseback by seven o'clock to inspect t he secon d Di v i s i on o f t h e S ta ff or d s hire Militia. Between two an d t h ree o 'clock the ROYAL F AMILY sa il e d i n t h e R oya l Y a cht for a , cruize : they had a very fine breeze, and by three o'clock they were quite out of sight. The following are among the last arrivals at the Royal Hotel : - - Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Hinton, Lady Riddle, Sir ClP rle i 1:111iptylilc, Colonel of the StatfOrdshird Militia, Culenel Leer of the Soineret Militia, Colonel Trent, of the ad Somerset% Colonel Srieyd, and Colonel St. Leger, the Rev. Mr. 41141 Mrs. St. John, Mr. Harrison, Mr. lones, Mr. and Mrs. Dawson, gr. Welsh, Mr. Whitehead, and Mrs. Soinil ict Corte. MAPGArE, Auc. 29. If we have not any thing very novel to commit' nicate from this place, we have to relate some. thing still more interesting, which is the triumirk of Humanity, The Govern Ors and Supporters of our Sea. Bathing Infirmary held their itnnn 4l Dirfner on Monday last, at KIDDNIAN's Hotel,Th9 Chair was taken by Mr. GAR ROW. After an ex 7 cellent dinner, the worthy Chairman, when the cloth was removed, addressed the company in beha lf 91 the Institution, in terms of modest and affea;ng eloquence. The ColleCtiori amounted to 2 5 01 I Sic HORACE MArN sheaved, on this occasion, that as spirited in the cause of Charity, as he is in, all manly and fashionable amusements. He snentione4 some instances, in which the Infirmary had been of considerable service in the relief and cure of Sfro , phulous affeetions. The worthy Baronet watt followed by Lord linsitlxxEg, who spoke with amiable zeal ill the general eatise of Charity, a,nd particularly in fav,e,ug of an Institution'calculated for the peculiar bee of th e Mem of Kent, who never had, been subckedr. and who never would r,‘ stoop to the proud foot o f a Conqueror." He concluded with a short but ern! phatic aural to the loyalty and patriotism of the CompacT it which produced a powerful effea an all; present. In the evening Mrs. Joanitbr An imated the Thea 4! _ ire with the Widow CheeCheesy, in rkt s Dansb ter, and though she i mme di ate ly foll"wed so gra; a favourite a s . Miss DUNCAN., who has youth beauty, and novel t y i n h er f avou r. as well as gi l l talents, yet Mrs. JORDAN gave the part with 1 ' much genui ne sp i r i t , t h at i t went O ff with vnbir paired effett. As the play-bill s announce that Olt is Mrs. J ORDAN ' S l ast s eason at M arg a t e, she W ih doubtless be o f very great service t o the ( I)ealres ; though she is to have no less thin thirty pounds " night for six performances. We know nor whether this intimation is preparatory to Mrs. Joel:14 10 intended departure from tbeatricallite, but it is eer::: lain that t:4) many of the community to will ° she belongs forget the j4 , di cious observation o f the mnral I'uet : •. wisJom's triumph is tre a e m .d rtrrear,, As hard a sci ence to the F.47> as C,;redet." BR/G/il-027; IF the PRINCE should not soon return to tbil. place, we sh.+ll shortly sink into yawninglargooll Mrs. FITZUER RR ta is much better, but there 11 no great hope that she will be reinstated in ft" manent health., There is a little bustle. kept up by the WW I , stationed in th es e p arts . Th e I nn i s kille of Cavalry had a Vielti.day on M on d a y. We nar no doubt th a t thi s ga ll ant b an d w ill b e as heroic if the Enemy should dare to land, as they are expert in their exercise, and regular in their 4e' portment. • A Gentleman named Wrt,Ltims has been ing us with a walk of eight miles in an 8 " a twenty minut es , f o r a tr ifl ing b et . ir a lki a g at pf C sent seems to be quite the rim. have As infant wond ers are qu i te t h e fashion, e gig an imfora LL I NCTON, t he da ug hter of mr• --; Seca. She is only fi ve years Old, and has co ns ' &table merit, regarding her merely as a clink_ We expect the Gl oucester Reiment of O h l to succeed the Susse x , w h o ar c under orders march at an hour's notice, an.l whose destination " probably the Camp at East Bourne. The Ball at the Castle last night was marke d b y a scanty and an inanimate company. Ne W CASTE. t, Acta. 28.—From several accounts received from different Districts of the Country ., ' eta happy in stating that there is ist present a grt prospect of a good and abundant Harvest. In il l Shires of Berwick and Roxburh, the Corn ill; ready begun to be cur, as well y sin several of northern parts of Northumberland. nd. From the 6" 41 we weather we have had for these eight days poi , go ,. enjoy the pleasing hope that in a week or two e ,, Harvest in the North of England will biome gx, neral. An excellent sample of new wheat W hi ch posed to sale in our market on Saturday last, W 4.11 brought tBs. per boll. • According to accounts from Galloway ' , hare° has commenced there, and the Crop is abundant. In c i a l cAirse of the week several ripe fields have WI" down on the Coat of Ayrshire.