The Sun. — London, England, 1804-01-13 00:00:00

MAILS. ARRIV 80, Gottcuburgh 0 1.1.1,a,u4 ) ,1t - 711.; I. PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS ()AV AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Coos. is Red. Mo. 55 g g Omnium 4 THE SUN. SOLEII QU IS DICER£ FALSUNI AUDEAT? LONDON, JANUARY 13, ISo4. Tai Cannonading off Roulsi:e was renewed yes ..erday warning, and continued till yesterday at ,p.oou. As nothing h4d arrived, however, from the French Coast, either at Deal or Dover, befo7e the 2.e . parture of the Post last night, the cause remains I::known, but it is with great probability conjec tured, that it proceeded from some of our Cruizers m - Aking an attack upon some part of the Enemy's Flotilla. Tit ts morning tve received New-York Papers to the rich ult. brought to Faitnouth by the Prince 4,/ , ,1,6hus Packet in 25 days. They bring us nothing uer,' interesting: After a discussion, with intermis ,ons, which lasted for ,three weeks, on the 28th of Nov. an Amendment to the Constitution was carried in the- Senate, 22 to to, respeCting the mode of cleaing a Preident and Vice-President. • Mr. MERRY had presented his Letters of Cre_ to the President. A Vessel that had arrived from Si. Domingo, had iirought an account of the prospeds of the French !,:ving improved in that Island ; but this intelli. gence we do not think entitled to much credit.— They may have received some casual supplies of Provisions, hut we presume they will look in vain for effectual relief from France. IntMigence had been received, of Peace having been concluded between the E hMPERotc of Moßocco and the United States: This. morning three Gottenb.urgh Mail; arrived, w hi c h, however, furnish nothing in addition to the Intelligence brought by the Ist Harnburgh Mails. A Dublin Mail of the 91t inst. arrived this morn - - ing, barren of intelligence. On Wednesday morn : ng HIS MAJESTY took the diversion of hunting with , he haulers. HER MAJESTY and PRINCESSES ELIZABETH and SoFtii A took an airingin a coach an four, and honoured Mrs. HARcoulur at St. Leoriatd'o Hill, with a morning visit. Yesterday morning HIS MAJESTY, attended by Lord WALsINGHAM, and General SPENCER, hunted with the harriers by Cranbourn Lodge. PRINCESS AMELIA took an airing by Holly Grove. HER MAJESTY arid the elder PRINCESSES took an airing by the Long Walk. Sir EvAp NEP EAN we understand at last leaves the Admiralty, and is to succeed Nlr. WicturAm as Secretary of Sole for Ireland. Yesterday His Royal Highness the DUKE of Yoax ordered fourteen recruiting parties from the Coldstream Reg . ment of Foot Guards,'to proceed to the country immediately - ; an equal number was ex peaed to be ordered from the First and Third Regi. ments this day. Ni. PITT has left Town f r Mr. CANNING'S, at SOOOl-1111i, «•here he will pass some days. Ile then removes, according to report, to Bath, accompanied by Mr. CANNING, and some private friends. Mr. PITT was never in better health and spirits. Sir J. CRADDOCK proposes leaving Dublin for London about the zpth inst. on his way to India, vibither he will be a;:zompaniedby Lad; TH EODO SI A, :end his sister Mrs. FttArc Is. Major HALL, and his nephew (Sir JAmEs), young ST:GEORGE, son of the 'late Cotonel,. are appointed his Aid-de. camps. A great number of light. carriages, or caravans on springs, calculatedjur the conveyance of a number of 'Troops to any given point, or for the removal of camp eqUipage, provisions, &c. have been con_ traled by order of Government, and sent to dif_ lerent parts Of the sea coast.. . Yesterday tile Bioomshury.and Inns of Court As sociation had ano4l►er sham fight ; they took nearly the 'same route, and perfornied nearly the same ma nmuvres? as on the two preceding Thursdays s the first of which we derailed. The 2d Loyal London lead a field-day in the East-India Company's fields. The 3.1 Loyal London went,into the countrw, and did not return until a late hour in the evering. Yesterday the Christ Church Volunteers mus tered on their parade, at two o'clock, foc the pur pose of taking possession'of their Alarm Post, and to pradice the 'various services, they w0.a14 be call td upon to perform, should they be called out on the landing of the French. The Witham Rifle Corps, commanded by CHARLES MILLER, Esq. has hitely received His Majesty's most gracious thanks and approbation for the great improvement thty 'have 'nude in their military mantivres, &c. and also a request, through the Lord Lieutenant of the County, that the Com. pan t y should he :augmented from the number of 6S rank and file to So, which V/33 done in 'the course of two days. , The United States of America, it is said, have opened a Loan of Eighteen Milliorp of florins.at the Bal.king houses of SMITH, 'HOPE, and WE NL isx, at Ilarnburgh,, at an annual interest of per cent.— This money will scrve to pay the - first instalment to France for the cL.ssion Ai7J~ NAVAL NEWS. DOVER, JAN. lE.—Late last night, and from this morning till noon, a heavy firing has been heard off the Coast of France, which seemed to proceed from• the direftion of Boulogne, and -it is supposed was the Flotilla of Boulogne manoeuvring on ac. count of the arrival of BONAPARTE at that place, and our brave Tars saluting him with a few rounds of grapeshot. Though several people have been on the heights to-day with their glasses, yet the fog 'has been so thick, that nothing was discernible; but as nothing has yet arrived from thence, we arc anxious to know the event of the'firing, as the reinour this evening is, that the Leda Frigate was in chace of some of the Flotilla which had come out of Calais, and was proceeding in the direetion of Boulogne. DEAL, JAN. I Z.—The cannonading is still heard, and very heavy, but no news yet arrived that can be depended on. It is reported the First Consul is at Calais. Sailed the Speculator Lugger, on a Ctuize off the Coast of France. In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Perseus, and Basilisk. PENZANCE, JAN. to.—There is a large Fleet in the Offing, but cannot learn particulars : they were this morning standing to the Westward, but at three o'clock stood to the Eastward. SHEERNESS, JAN. 11. - Sailed His Majesty's Sloop Scorpion, Capt. HARDING, and Boxer Gun_ brig, Lieut. CHESTER. On Monday night the Cutter belonging to the Scorpion was upset ; the people were fortunately saved by one of the boats of the Zealand. DUNGENESS, SAN, B.:;—The Isis and Leopard ar rived hereon Friday last from a Cruize off Boulogne. The Euryalus the day before scuttled and sunk a Gun boat, having on board two poor devils who had been blown cif the coast on their way from Flushing to Boulogne. On that day about 6o of the Enemy's Vessels were outside the harbour ; but they chewed no inclination to go beyond the protedion afforded them by their Batteries. A salute was at Boulogne about one o'clock, which was supposed to be in consequence of _the arrival of the First Consul. BRIX/IMA OtrAY, JAW. tO. --- A large Coasting Sloop, called the Lick, of Chester, ABsI, DAN/Es, late master. and owner, laden with slate from Car narvon, bound to Portsmouth and Chichester, is just arrived here. She was boarded and taken last Satur day morning about iit o'clock, two miles off' the Runnel Stone, by a Boat armed and belonging to a French Brig Privateer, of /+ sixes, belonging to Dunkirk ; the Privateer then about tour mikes *emu them: it being fine calm weather, they took Mr, DAVIES, the Master and Owner, with all the Crew (except the Mate) out of her, and put them on board ihe. Privateer ; the Mate was left on board the Sloop with four FrenChmen. The Privateer then boarded and took four Brigs off the b'ind's End, three of which were laden, supposed from Bristol or Liverpool, and the other in ballast, she sunk a little to the westward of the Wolf Rock. The Privateer, on her leaving France, had nearly roo men, chiefly Danes and Swedes, but had taken so many prizes she became short handed, and stood away for France with her prizes; and the Mate of the Dick informs me he is afraid they are safe arrived at Morlaix, for he was in sight of that port when the wind flew round to the Southward,, and blew a whole gale,,which split the Dick's saiis, The Mate, who seems a fine daring Welchman, then told the French men that he was well acquainted with a port under their lee, and unless they would give up the helm to him, he said every soul of them would perish ; they consented, and he bore away, for England. He then enticed them to go below, make a goad fire, and take tea, and when they were down, he kept them there, having previously secured a musket and hanger, and this morning brought her safe into Torbay.. Another large Brig and Cutter Privateer is on the Coast. The Nemesis Frigate has laid claim to the Dick, and instantly made sail after the 'Cutter Privateer, who, it is said, has taken one of our Fishing Sloops, and a Brig belonging to Teignmouth, since retaken. In addition to the Ships of War already stationed in the Humber, Mr. THOMAS GLEADOW, of Hull, has, by ordet of Government, fitted up, under the inspeetion of Mr..TitcqtAs HAwr,cs, Naval Inspec tor at that place (and according to the Plans of Messrs. WHITBY and PERKINS), twenty vessels with frames, slides, &c. for the reception of two 241 b. carronades each vessel ; which said guns may be pointed 'in any direetion, Without altering the position of the vessels. The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed a Convoy to sail with the Ships for Portugal, from Spithead on the zo:h instant. The .Blanchland, of Sunderland, from Memel to Shoreham ; two vessels trom London, one of them far Kiel, the other for Stettin, (out seven weeks) ; and several Foreign Ships, in great distress, and some of them stranded, were lett at Lerwick, by Capt. PARK, of the Traveller, on Wednesday s'en_ night, at which time he quitted that place. The Aaeon, lately arrived at Hull from Narva, with deals, experienced an almost miraculous. escape. She got on shore— upon the Isle of G6tltiathi, where she remained fourteen days in a roc s q strand, and , exposed to four 'successive gales (Stria ; severity, the sea passing over her, and •her rudde r .beaten off; but being a compad and well.ibui; t - v p, sel, she kept together, and by lightening a part cl cargo, she fnated again, shipped a (corpora)/ rucl. der, pursued her voyage, and arrived safe. On being brought into dock,however,her keel was found beaten almost away, and a large piece of rock weighing ro9lbs. sticking in her planks, on the larboard side, nearly in the midships, close to the keel, which on removal of her sheathing dropped out, and discover.. ed a large hole quite through into her hold. Had it dropped out at sea, she must haed filled in ten minutes, and inevitably gone to the bottom. BRIGHTON, JAN. 11. YESTERDAY, towards six o'clock, P. M. His Royal Highness the DUKE of KENT arrived at the Pavilion. In the evening a Concert, at usual, was performed by the PRINCE of WALES'S private and military Band.., This morning the loth Light Dragoons, the PRINCE at their head, were reviewed by the Dugs of KF NT on the Downs, who expressed himself high ly gratified at the healthy and veteran-like appear ance of the troops,and at the almost incomparable skill which they displayed. The removal of this Regi ment for Guildford, in three divisions, it is said, takes place on Friday, Satutday, and Monday next Their Royal Commander, we are also informed, accompanies the last division in their march, on Monday. The Entertainment which was recently given by the PRINCE to a juvenile party of Masters an 4 Misses, at the Pavilion, has stimulated the Elegantes here alternately to amuse their young friends it: a similar way. An interesting and numerous ciicle, of both sexes, was last night entertained by the elegant Mrs. FINUCANE, with a 13all, kc. which was highly enjoyed by all parties. WINCHESTER, JAN. la. LAST night about ten o'clock, in consequence of one of the beacons being lighted in the neighbour hood of Southampton, as repeating the signal of the Enemy being on our coast, orders were gire►i for all the Volunteers in this city to he under 'arms, and which they were in a very short time, and remained so till four o'clock in the morning, when it was discovered:to be a mistake. At four o'clock on M. , nday morning the snow was falling so fa't on the Fells between Penritil and Carlisle, that it was with great difficulty the 'Man. chewer Mail-coach proceeded, and by four o'clock, at which time the London Mail had to travel by Penrith and Brough to Londoi, it was so deep as to render it itnpossibie u rroceed. New Spitt4l Inn nine ngles from Breztgbi Air:4 o'Clock, Moirday ,Night. TO THE SURVEYOR AND SUPERINTENDANT OF MAIL COACHES. We consider it our duty to state, that the Guard of the Mail Coach this day used every possible exertion to get forward with six horses from Brough, but finding from the depth of the snow it was impossible to proceed, was obliged to leave it half a mile from this place, and proposed carrying it forward upon horseback ; but from the Snowstorm continuing with great severity, and the road in many plas,s, not to be discerned, being covered with seven or eight teet of snow, together with being informed by a Post. boy who brought six horses to our assistance from Greta.bridge, that in day-light he could hardly find his way, we advised the Guard not to pro ceed, as it must be at imminent danger of the toss of his life and the Mail, and that we should repre. sent the circumstance, Signed by the Three Passengers. The Direetors of the East India Company, with their accustomed liberality, have ordered an a llow- - ance to the Captains of the several ship s outward bound, and detained at Portsmouth, in order that they may provide a table for the Company's Cadets, who have hitherto too often suffered, not only in their poCkets, but morals, from being left at the mercy of the inns of that place. The beautiful piece of .Roman pavement, lately discovered opposite to the East India House, has been taken up in so pitied a state, by the means of plaister • Parisr a.tder the direai on o f Mr. HoLLArao, that it will form a principal ornament , to the flooring of the Company's Museum, where it is intended to be laid down in frame work. A singular forgery has lately been committed in Dublin. A letter was written to the Lord Lieute nant, in the name of ,a Nobleman, requesting an employment for a person named in it, which on be.. ing shown to the supposed author, was discovered to be a forgery, and is the produEtion of a Lady. By General GRINFIELD'S Will, which was proved yesterday, his younger brother, a Clergyman at Bristol, becomes entitled to all the fortune, except ing a legacy to the late Mrs. GR INFIELD'S rela. tions. Mrs. GLovta, by too strong an exertion of her voice last night, in performing her part in The English Fleet, hurt herself so much that she was obliged to be supported on the Stage.—She is an excellent comic Adress, and it is a pity to see her continue to labour through a part that is certainly not well adapted to her talents. Among' the , nfm , regulations which are to take place in , Drury-Lane Theatre, it is said that con siderable retrenchnients are to be made, several per sons continuing to derive an income from it who are incapable of rendering any service to it, or none at least adequate to what they receive. Mr. F.AIiEI;ItOTHER, the Aulioneer, sold some Renters' Shares of Drury-Lane Theatre on Wednes day, and on offering them to the Public, he descanted on the increasing attradion of that Theatre, arising from the exertions of honest Carlo and Cinderella, but above all from the promise of Mr. SHERIDAN Co write again for its support. The last mentioned circumstance immediately drew forth aburst of merriment am•mg the audience, but this sa lly u 2 ingenuity in the Orator had a good, effett upon the whole, for the shares went off at a price much above expedation. Mrs. MARA, from the Liverpool The , tre, is soon to aprear at Dtury Land Theatre, as Julia, in The SOtTriIWARK POLUNTEER INFANTRY. As some late proceedings of a Dart of this Corps have given rise to a great deal of conversation, we shall state the farts that have occurred, and leave the PubliC to appreciate their conduit. A few weeks ago, Captain THoursou and Lieu. tenant BARKER of the 3d Company, for very valid reasons, resigned their situations in the Corps, which were accepted by their Commander, Mr. TIERNET, who almost immediately nominated: two Gentlemen who were OfF.cers in the same Corps,' to succeed them. The 3d Company had nothing to alledge against the Gentlemen proposed, but objeited to them because they were not of their own appointment, supposing the choice of their Officers devolved upon them ; and as a mark of their disapprobation, they held a meeting on IVICn day last, and passed several resolutions, Idllich were. " signed by all the ad Company, expressive of their objeetion to the Officers nominated by Mt. Ti RNE Y 9 and of his right to appoint them. These resolutions were the same evening, sent to their Commander.— The next day Mr. Tr E ItNEY ordered a muster of the Corps before the Sessions-House in the Borough ; when being all assembled, he ordered them to form, a square, except the third Company, which he placed in the centre of the Corps, and then addressed them. He reprobated, in the strongest terms, the measures they had taken, told them they were disgraced for ever, and that they had been guilty of a gross aft of mutiny. As for the person whom he considered at the head of the business, he would represent his chodu6l to fits MAJESTY.- On the first formation of. a Cerpse it. was proper that they should choose their Officers ; after that a:1 the appointments de.. volved on the Commander. Having finished his oh - _servaitons, he ordered the third Company to pile , their iiT.iis, to strip off their . 7• : - atitrenierat., and re- sign them all to a person i.ee: to receive them, •whicli wits aecordingly done, r_el they were &pi)... .sited in the Sessihns House, and the Company dis missed. It is, here ever, uotrue, that they are en.: timely disbanded. 1 he e contiue of the rest of the Corps has not been in the least 41:eeted by whet has taken place, as they attend every day to drib. i'lii~ occurrence, we understand, will be the cause scare new regulation for the guidance of Volunteer Corps in general, as it appears on this sobjeCt, 4 fines, there are points which are not clearly settled., The number of Volunteers in the Counties of Durham, NOrthumberland, Cumberlind, Westruore. land, and the three Riding s o f Yorkshire, according •to the late Returns, amounts to 7,910. The AX. riflery, -Troops of the Line and Militia being added to this, the whole Force in that district is estimated at 60,009 men. Signal posts are established-in each parish in Ayr., shire, for the men to repair to on the alarm being given. Orders were received on Monday sennight, at Ayr, for the County Cavalry, and the Ayr Rifle Corps, to hold themselves in immediate readiness to march. Biscuit was accordingly ordered to be baked, to supply each man with bread for so many days. Knapsacks have been ordered for the Rifle Corps, and the first Regiment of Ayrshire Volun. teen. <47 eArnnigke att. Ayr 'arid 24. -- vrtvri Yam , innteers unanimously made an offer for general Ger• vice, and tq toter on permanent duty when re. quired. The fifth battalion of the Royal Army of Reserve, at present in Ayr Barracks, hale got a route tot Liverpool, and expert by every post an order to Mardi. 'We are requested to state, that Mr. KENNAH 10 not an Army Agent, nor ever sold or purchased a Militia Commission—it was merely to oblige hist friend that he recommended Stott. The Battalion s of Reserve, attached, to the 5,0 Regiment, consisting, of moo men, and who are at present quartered in Carlisle, have received orders to provide themselves immediately with three days' provisions, and to hold themselves in readiness to (nrch at a moment's notice; and, in order that they '1 niay be conveyed, with the utmost expedition, to any-- place where their services may he dernanded, the Mayor has ordered a sufficient number of Carts and , other car6ag e s to be summoned fur thiridrPose, should oceaston rrquire them. Saturday foremoon there was a nrinter on the Calton.hill, near Edit.burgh, of the pioneers',' bourers, &c. who have volunteered (heir services to break up r oa d s , &c. in case t h e enemy should make an attempt on this past of the coast. Not wi:ll.. standing the severity of the weather, upwards of one thousand men appeared, many of whom had proper instruments, such as ma ttocks, spades, shovels, &c. for executing the work they are designed to be employed in.—After being inspected, they received one shilling each, and were dismissed. It snowed. ". heavily the whole time. no less than TehTbousand Pounds for the Copy., ight , Mr. Fox, it is confidently said, ha s b een coffere d of " The History of the House of STUART,", which. it has long been understood that he is employed in preparing. This offer, according to report, came from one of the most respectable Booksellers in the Trade, and was ready to he paid in hard cas h . —. Large and liberal as this offer is, there can be little doubt that /the name of the Author would recom mend the Work so much as to tender it a very pro.' fitable speculation. We trust that Mr. Fox wilt, in this work, suffer no party.bias to interfere, but consider the dignity of an Historian, ,and imparti ally state the tads he may detail, .and dispassion ately exhibit the characters he may introduce.--- With the abilities and knowledge which he'peSseises, he maythen fairly look forward, to have his name placed in the same ra n k with H UMS, ROBERTSON, and GIBBON. A:French Poem in. one of The Moniteurs, repre sents Fear, Robbery ! and Fraud, .as'the Allies of the English. The two latter haire long been so noto•- riously the Allies of France, that it is ridiculous to' connea them with any other Country. Fear, in deed,. has-not accompanied the French attacks lately. hut then those attacks have been oracle where t here. 'Wa s little chance of resistanee. Bur if Frince s hould venture to carry its menaced I.,vaston i n to effect. , . *e'iizive no doubt that its old fillies RoBS ERY 'ant i F RAu D . will have no room to at. 4, and it will PR)" to be chiefly undei the influence of FEAti.