The Sun. — London, England, 1804-02-25 00:00:00

lARSEY, FF B. 2.6:, -t near three this afternoon, the Sc-verts * Ship of War, that lies in Granville Bay, sent a Dispatch to the Commanding Officer, and one to her Captain, the DuttE DE BOUILLON, who lives at La Baga -telle, -near St. Hihim, that 14. Sail of the Enemy's Ships were in sight steering down Channel. The -wind blowing'vepy strong, is quite fair for them, but the Skier?: could not get out with it. 'An English 'Ship . of War appeared in sight to day : she was seen ' from the Heights near Granville : the Enemy's Ships cannot be discerned from the-shore. All here ~.a re on the alert, andprepared. The force of Gran. Cole consists of the 83d Regiment, under Lieut.- lonel BP:IRD, and about i3o of the Reserve, un uer Major tL.EMORT, but the barracks can contain. i 3c3oo tnen. More Troops should b e stat i one d t h ere. , the Ene m y intended to make an attack on this Island, it is supposed here that Granville Bay would .be the most likely place for such an attempt. A ......._____ The following form ot Prayer and Thanksgiving upon tne prcrspea of HIS- MAJESTYa recovery, has been ordered to he used in the Churches and Chapels of the Metropolis to-niorrow, and in other .parts : of the Kingdom on the first Sunday after the respeCtive Ministers shall receive the r.ame. `‘ 0 Anmintayy Goo; we- render unto Thee our un feigned thanks and praise, that thou bast vouchsafed to be merciful and gracious to this Kingdom, in granting to Thy Servant, our. Sovereign, the hope and prospeet of a speedy rc covery from his dangerous sickness. Confirm and establish, we beseech Thee, Lord, t h e work which Thou last be gun. M ake the l Him, and lon in aim h•iig 0 ht of T hy countena nce to shine upon renew s perfeit strength. G rant that tie ) 1 g Continue a nursing Father to Thy Church, and Thy Minister for good to all his subjeds ; and that, in the He may be Thy Blessed Instrument of re present crisis, He when Thou last storing Peae to the distraaed World. lengthened His days on earth, in the enjoyment both of and of -public peace and Pros peritY. domestic happiness, crown Him. 0 L w" l ,, with eveilastjng Glory in the Life to • come, vhrough Jesus Christ our Lord and- saviour. Amen'.7 ..,..-.....- It has long been lamented by the Literary World, Oat the celebrated Author Qt*CLARIsSA and GRAN nisoN had f6rbidden his-Corresponder-ielo be pub - lisped, in the life.:time of his Children, unles k they -should be obliged to resort to them as a souvce of fortune. 'tile recent death of Mrs. ANNE,RIC , SON, of Stratford, in Suffolk, having removed the , .forc e of that injunCtion those interesting remains HARD rare now about to meet the public eye through the medium of Mr. PHILLirs, Who, We understand, 'has given Mr. RI cHARDs,ON's. desCendantS Twelve hundred HA for the ,IVlanutoripts. SE RAsTIANI, formerly an Aide de Camp to the F.iitsr CoisisuL, Ip.it appointed a General of Brigade in the army at Brest was pUt 'under arrest for a i:veek, lately, by the orders . of AtrGEREAU, but, beflre tire time expired, orders from the Frits.7- ‘iiita.., by the telegraph, releasedliim, and gave him another command at St.. Maloes, in a. small army colletting there..., - Fo - tfr other Generals 'have, thrown Up there... " • • , -, i The Third Regiment Of Loyal-London Volunteers ~,•11.d yesterday a grand field day after which Col. .kR/IsttioToN . • dto I 'Corp-' the' rea. . hexplaine tit .1 , _ sons '''hY they 0 „ a t not, to accept' the Col Jo.. voted by the Corporation of to . ' Yesterday the Queen's Volunteer Corps had . a grand.fitid-day in Hyde. atl '4 i ; I " 117 .i.c.1 . .., T. Yr. ooT. ToN, jun. a Private beic,P, Ri; at w Corps had part• of his fore.finger (41114 l'e-ktnr to rite •k • , land shot 4WaY ~y hi s musket going off when it was half cocked, w hile he was ramming down his ramrod. At five o'clock ;the Officers of the Corps di ned White to at the ite IfOrse Tavern, Pimlico. , . On Thursday Lieutenant. Colonel JENKLNSUN inspeaed the St. Saviour's. Southwark VOlunteers, tomManded b ' MajorP 1 S J .l is Mai°r. - Y ore, t le- t. oin , . ,ak 'No, and the St. °lave's, Captain SEtA.vir, OIL Kennington Common.. Colonel- JeNiciNsoN ex-- Pressed himself completely sa,tisfied with the mill. tar appearance Of these Corps, but more . Parried. - Lary so with the good condition of 'their arms and accoutrements. Atter having inspetted • the above Corps individually, they atied together as a single attalion, and went -through several ma n ceuvre s in a very precise manner. We cannot refrain from mentioning that the high state of discipline to which' itilajor PoTT's Corps hai arrived, is :exceedingly creditable. to that fine body of men , • at the same tim otheroUld- be unjust' were we to pass unnoticed the tivti Corps, which manoeuvred in a ver y able manner. , . , The Officeri of St. Siviour's afiervvards gave their men an elegant dinner at the. Three Tuns Tavern, in the Borough :after dinner His MAJESTY'S health, , dlid a speedy recovery to him, was drank with en thusiastn man Lyal Toasts were given and apprcn. prints Songs Sung by some Members of the C9rps. On the same day,• Col. JENKINSUN inspetied the Christ Church Sorry Volunteers, as did Col. GatTsKEnt.. his own R egiment, the First Sorry, previous to their inspeElion by Col. JENxiivsox on Thursday next. ~.Thursdav afternoon, woman of the name of Mott, in a fit of delitium, threw herself out ,of a three pair of stairs window near Leadenhall 'mar ket : she was taken up most excessively bruised, and no hopes are entertained of her recovery-- • Tile nurse had but just left the room, when she was in I ed; and by the tim e the nurse had grit to the bat-- torn of the sf i •, the poor creature .is 'as down tipon a rs 1.1,e pavement. LADY W ARREN's FUNERAL. I ESTEMDAY the remains of the above Lady, who was unfortunately burnt to death, were removed from her Ladyship's house at Bri red i n t h e family vault at Parham.ghton, to he inter'.. r n oved.on in th e f o ll owing order: TheProces4ion T w o Mutes Ten ,on ho rse b ack. H. , . o rsemm, two and two. A Plume of Feathers, liciity outriainerted Y'vith escutcheons. A State Banner bearnv,the Family Arras carried by a man On horseback. • ' Tile Hearse, drawn by stx horses, richly mounted with. State Banners, escutctleons, arid trophies bearing' tne Family Arms, Two Mourrung Coaches, drawn by six -hams. -.' Her Lad.lshi's Carriae - . ~, Which was foll owe d by those of 'Viscou g it Butict.la of LIVEAP OOL , and Sir NATHANIEL HOLLAN y, Earl D:. - .4:4CIAI\T C(3,:NC AD RO)2'S. Hanover Sqv.7re. Tia . Vocal Concert, which has,been rendered so conspicuous in.the Musical World,. under the con_ EIUC~ :Of Messrs. HARJUSON, BARTL EMAN, T nld GR EATOR EX, was last night resumed at this' place with all its usual eclat. The chief Vocal Performers are Mrs. BILLING-- TON, HARRISON, , MiSS TENNANT, and BARTL E MAN, with many others of . acknowledged skill. The Band is led by Mr. F. CRAMER, and the Or. chestra is in all respefis well, supplied With instru. mental Performers of distinguished talents. The organ and grand piano -forte are assigned to Mr. GREATOREX,: Though vocal excellence is the charaaeristic of this Concert, it is varied and relieved by instru mental exertions.. "The novelty in composition last night was a Glee, by WEBBE, intitled British Sen tiinents, in which God save the ,King was very in. geniously introduced, and sung with great spirit•by Mrs. BILLJNGTON. • This - accomplished singer also distinguished herself highly in. an Italian Air of BIANCHI. HARRISON gave, with his usual pure-ta , te and elegant expression, a Selection from 11.A.1 D'N'S Creation. • The fine Recitative and Air front "FHOlvioN's HYMN to the • Seasons, composed by CALLCOTT f were admirably sung by BARTLE MAN. Miss TENNANT sung very ably, " Come unto theseyellOw sands,'' from PURCELL. This excellent Concert attracted an audience that filled the room, and was received with great ap plause. he alterations in the place gave increased sa.' tisfaCtion, particularly as the eired.of , the music is considerably improved. The following persons we noticetkamong the more distinguished visitors: Duke of Portland. Earls—Chesterfield, Dartmouth, Uxbridge, Fortescue, Darn. ley, Spencer, and Eilingh,im. Viscount Curzon. Lord Newark. Pole' H. Martin, F. Standish, J. Musgrave, and E. Dryden. 4 Baroness Howe. C.zinres.ret—Uxbridge, Darnley, Effingham, and D. Bnihl. Ladies —Bostou, Dryden, Lushington, Folkes ' Fermanagh, Prescott, Moore, Riggs Miller, Martin, and Smith. PROLOGUE To LQPE Gil/ES THE AL/IR:11. WitjTTENVYWILLIAM THOMAS FITZGERALD, ESQ. SPOKEN BY MR. C. KEMBLE. Lovircavi.s Tli f ALAßAti—but where you Say or how ? The Aniwer's plain—on Beauty's matchless brow ; In dimpled smiles, and ev'ry varied grace, That form the nameless magic of the face Nor have Men dimpled smiles alone to fear — Still greater peril waits upon a tear ; 'Tis Pity's gem, the offspring of a sigh s And doubly valued in a Female eye; •For still the wisest and the bravest know s The pow'r resistless of a Woman's woe. 13ut even Love's Alarms themselves must yield, To those that call us to th' embattled Field. While sounds in ev'ry ear the warlike drum, And day by day the cry is sill ' 4 they come." The Muse all other subjeds must forego, Btit aach as hurl defiance at the Foe 1 For ver will we live to see the day, When this great City is the Plundlrers' Prey ; When all its wealth shall feed a Savage Band, The Curse, where e'er'they go, of ev'ry Land ! But while our Fleets command the Ocean's tide, -The'Tlifeats of France this Island may deride. Yet say her Bordes were tented on our Plains, Can we submit to wear th' InVader's Chain? Can we our Rights to Frenchmen basely yield, And Terror-struck forsake the gloriouS Field? What Briton but prefers, on Land or Wave, To die a Freeman, than to live a Slave ? N o ! while the Lite-blood circles in our veins, Britons will never wear a Tyrant's Chains ! Party Distindions now no more are known; The Nation, one and all, proteds the Throne ! In Brother Bands 'her Martial Sons a e ppear, , 'Draw the keen Sword, or 'Point ,the Patriot Spear; Swearing their much-lov'd Mbnarch to defend, • Who reigns his 'Peeples Father and their Friend ! A King to ev'ry honest heart endear'd, As Sov'reign honour'd, and as Man rever'd ! Assembled round their Country's sacred shrine, They swear; by all things Human and divine" By all that bad Men feat, and good adore ! No foreign Tyrant shall pollute their shore ; Or should he pass the well-defended wave, England shall prove his everlasting grave. And all mankind with admiration see, That nothing can subdue a Nation Free For still the Muse repeats her Patriot Song; With ardent zeal, arid voice as thunder strong, • That while the Life-bloOcl circles in our veins, Britons will never wear a Tyrant's Chains! THE ORATOR I o:—The . harmonic treat at Covent Garden Theatre last night, consisted of a Grand Selection of Sacred Music from HANDEL, and other distinguished Composers. . Mrs..BLIL NGTON gave " Holy, holy L o rd,"' w i t h fine expression. —Her " Sweet Bird' was a delicious treat, and was accompanied in a most exquisite manner by Mr. `VEICHSELL. It was encored. BRAHAM'S " Softly S'weet," was in his best style. Mi ss MUNDAY and Miss TYR VR were very successful in " Bear my prayer." The House was numerously attended, and the whole went off with sublime efFed. The Prologue to the Comedy of Love gives the Alarm produced a stronger efreft on the audience than any produaion of a similar kind fot a very long period. Indeed it may be considered as the most successful theatrical address since the memo rable epilogue to The Distressed Mother, which was encored fOr nine nights. There was certainly a very strong party deter mined to oppose Mr. HoLmAist's Comedy, right or wrong. Several of these malignant spirits plant ed themselves in the pit, and displayed their ran cour very soon. after the play began. We think, however, upon the whole, Clat the Author has done rightly in witUrawing it, a, it Was by no means equal to. his other Produftions, Abroad and at lloaie, and the rotarJ cf Wealth. CEYLON. Tug following extr,t6i trtnn a p7iv2te letter con tains some additional particulars of the :melancholy at Candy The march of the British troops on the .2d of February, the carure of and the settling a new King upon. the ,throne*; *the sickness of our troops in garrison, and the proposals rbpeatedly made on our part: for an accommodation, we have. given before. " The troops in Candy and the neigljbouring posts dying daily and being much reduced by sickness, the Candians formed a plan to rise en masse, on'a c\'rtain day, all over, the island,' and massacre the E'nglish troops. On the day appoint6d, about z,OOO of: the natives surrounded Candy, and at tacked the Palace, which was , defended. with the. greatest obstinacy by the 19th and the Malays, who fought hand to hand for nearly two hours, and at one time they could not load their pieces, but merely -used the bayonet. After a desperate struggle, they at last beat the Candians off with great slaughter. We lost about 1 a or 14. killed and wounded, and two gallant young men, Lieutenants I3L AYENEY Ad n PL ENDER t.trrx,of the 19th. The surrender ofMajor DAVIE: happened exaaly as we have already stated. While our .troops were on .their way to Thri comalee, the Adigar, on the a6rh, sent them a mes sage, saying, the King positively insisted that-they should march back to Candy and lay down their arms; and that Moo Too SW'AMMY, the new King, should be given up to them. After some time Ma jor DAVI E marched back towards Candy; and was met by the Adigar and theDissavacs or Chiefs, and shewn where. they should pile their arms, close to the town, . When that was done, the Europeans were Marched to some distanCe from their arms, which were immediately secured by the Candians. The Malay, ,soldiers in our service were separated from the Europeans and marched another waY.' The Candians then took the. new King, Moo Too SWAMMY, and put him to death on the spot. Maior DAVI E and. Captain RUML EY, i)f. the Malay regi ments, and Captain 1 - IumPHRFYS,' of the Bengal Artillery, were separated from the rest of the Of:. ficers. The other Officers, eight in number„ With all the,men of the 19th, were then led away, tied two and two.:. The greater part were then brought into . .the jungle in this state, .and,. horrid to relate, ,beat against each other with clubs till. they expired. The remainder, by two and . two, ibeir throats cut ; one corporal pf the 19 . th, as 'already stated; only . escaping ; he had hk head and. neck 'despe. nicely cut, and way thrown. among . the heap of slain . ; but at night was able to creer in t o . th e wood, and m ,kefor he river, over which he swam, thtligh very broad and'rapid, and escaped to Fort' Nlocdowal. In all,, there were IjB Europeans . of they i 9 h pt“ To death, and nearly the whole of the Mdlays, who would not voluntarily enter into the King's service. " Many of those who did so to save their 'li ves, contrived afterwards to eff'e their escape. Major DAV lE, Captains Rum . EY and HUMP EIR Eri, were kept Prisoners for some days after the first massacre, and when the grand feast 'was made upon establish, Sing the King again on the throne at Candy, these unfortunate men were dragged out in the presence of . the King . and all his Di , savacs, by command. ,of the Adigar, and put to death in the :nost cruel and inhuman manner. " Several valuable Malay Officers perished in their attempts to vote& the Europeans.. A very fine young man, not above 17, Ensign BARRY, of the Malay Corps, who was reserved , from the ►first slaughter, being sent for a few days after by the Adigar, to come before the King, finding his exe_ cution at hand, snatched a sword from one of the guards, and thrust it through his body. " During the truce which was made between the General and the King in May, the Candian Dissa vac of the four Codes, LEUI‘E RALEHAMIE, sud denly colleEfed•a large body of Candians, , and en tered our territories at the village of Auagalla, en deavoured to force the Cingalese under our Govern ment to join them, but they fled towards rive coast, where a detachment of 25 of the 65th Regiment, and as many, of Ramsay's Corps, and about too Lascarine Soldiers, marched to attack. them. After a short contest, the Candians fled beyontl,Ruanelli, leaving two of their guns and an image of BUDHA behind them. We are told that, in consequence of the in habitants of a village, in the route of the British Troops in Ceylon, supplying •the latter very criti. cally with a quantity of paddy, a party of Candian Troops stationed' n the vicinity, Made a descent on . the poor defenceless and unstispeding offenders, and put them all to death. " Notwithstanding the extreme difficulty of roads in the vicinity of Candy, the passes have been rendered still more difficult by the einaion of a number of caravetys, or fortified gates which can easily be defended by a very inferior force." - This morning, aheut four oclock, a Fire broke out at Chating.croSs, in the house of Messrs. WILD . and BARRINGTON, cheesemongers, which burnt with uncommon fierceness and rapidity. The engines from the different Offices arrived very soon, and although water was immediately procured, the house ,of Messrs. Wm° and BARRINGTON, and the adjoin ing house belonging to Mr. THOMAS, a butcher, were completely „destroyed ; and the house of Mr. FOURDILI NI ER, the stationer, was very much da maged, as were those of PLACE, a tailor, TAPST R'S baths, and of Mr. WYnottmE, Craig's -court, the fire communicating to all these' backwards, where it could not well be got at by the engines. The apartments of Mr. SMITH, of Bath, the Fossil Co►leaor, fortunately escaped uninjured. The Fire is supposed to have been occasioned by the carelessness of a boy who was sitting up with a light. A detachment of ,the Guards, and parties from the Royal Westminster and other Volunteer Corps, attended,- and - , were of great. service in. keeping off the mob. We have a►ot heard- that any., lives were lost. The Committee of Accounts of the Birminghatn Volunteers, have given notice to the females of that town and. neighbourhood, that their generous sub , criptiop had completed 6500 flannel waistcoats, Soo pairs of drawers, and 1600 night caps, for Cie use of the above Corps, LAW - IZEPOPT.,;-: COURT KING'S BENCH - ,' SITTINGS IN WESTMINS,tER-HALL. THE KING V. WRIGHT. .:This was an indiarnent for obstructing the. Ki highway. . • Mr. Fellinghatn,' the PiOsecutor, hut made a v...ty' considerable purchase' of land on the banks, and in the vicinity of the Paddington Can 4, in that part which is inclosed between the Uxbridge aud!Harrow Toads, within the distance of . a few Miles frotniffyile Park' Corner, and on a distria which has luhg'gone under the . name of Wormold Wood. 'The questicin arose on a cross-road, of the length of two miles f which cuts at right angles the two roads we hat'e mentioned; the expence of the:repairs necessary this road was estimated at' about 30001. and the objea of this alion was to determine by whom this expence should be defrayed ;- or whether it was a mere private way, which the contiguous - parishes were not to be required to' repair. Messrs. Easitz and LAW ES were concerned for the pro-secution, aid Messrs. GIBBS and MARRYAT for the defence. Mr. EL:SKI The question on this india. theist will be reducedtis this': if the road in one— tion be or be not a high road, open to all the King's subjeets ? With great inconvenience I went to exa. mine the place; and I am con vinced,. from-the mere inspeFuion, insPedion, that it is a road of this description. You all.know there is a canal Irons Paddington to lix_ bridge, which, from the immense. system of internal navigation lately adopted, establishes a cortunnnica_ Lion between the capital and the most, distant coasts of thc Island. , The proprietorS of that canal, be the statute under which 'trey are authoriztd to pro. _ceed in this great public' work, are required to Make a path-ivay, a bridie-way, and a earriage-way, by bridges,over the canal, wherever the channel ob".. struds the ancient pasSae.- I do not use it as a 'conclusive argument, but as a strong presuMptive one; that this was a public highway,,when I tell y 0, that after having uxamine:d. the preten,,ions Isf the parties, the surveyors of that work coostruded spacious bridge for the transit 'of wagg-ns, antiNehl. cies of every description. M r . Felliogha m has pur. chased sixty acres of land its this neighbOurhood, and he is not to he excluded ironi the ancient advantages of this situation. My Lord will'recolled the sur.. prize .he expressed, when I Maintained an action upon a. question, if there existed a highway upon the broad pavement in Lamb's Conduit-street, A man had disposed of his houses in that street, and. he said to his occupants, You may shut up your doors, and yOur windows, and let the premiSes . run , to de.,- , Cay v fOr you shall have neither egress or, in g ress, without an action of trespass.'.. My Lard KEN-yoN said, it was not to be endured, that a man slwsild • sell his houses, grant a public right of way for a given time,- and, then withdraw that right, and expose, the premises to rot and rein on their.own foundations. The importance of communication in the road :to which the present indiament applies, is of great consequence to the community at large. An adjacent market is commenced at Pdtidingtorr, .which no doubt, in a few .years, will become the Centre of the capital, when Covent. Garden be . considered, probably, contemptible appendage of the suburbs. It is not less important to the vidual. Mr. Fellingham. 'creded, at a consider. able expence, a tavern, for public entertainment, to which persons resort alternately 'foil businessi and pleasure,,and whether for the one, or for the other, it seeks and it demands the protedion of the law." Mr. ERsictscE then produCed. three_and.twenty witnesses, by which he endeavoured to support his position, that this was a road by immemorial cus. tom; but in the opinion of , the Jury, it was nor eka. Wished satisfadory grounds.: Mr. GIBBS, on behalf of the Defendant, pro. duced nearly an equal number of witnesses to' sinew 'that the road was a private means of communication for the farmers in the neighbourhood, and that those who had no right of cotnmon on Wormold Wood, were trespassers. Lord ELLENBOROUGH.---" The question ,is, if this be an immemorial highway. With`resped_to the allusion to Lamb's- Conduit-steeet,where there has been a public.street, on which, houses have been - eretted, and which houses , have been sold, e ver y thing will be concluded -to establish the right of p ass ing and repassing to the premises. It is true., an d has. been supported in evidence, that the atten dant has shut up the road in question. If it be a. public road, he has done . .wiong ; -if it be a private one, the charge in the IndiAthent does not apply to him. A public road mu s t be repaired and sup ported at the public expence, unless under peculiar circumstances not to be here considere& There is no evidence on this cause that this road has been repaired at the public or paroch ial expence ; and if the right bad been in the Public to demand this re.. pair, no doubt ,can be , admitted but it would ,have been enforced. No engagement on the part of the public has been proved .by these aged and infirm. Witnesses. Here is a - .gate-keeper, the gates are found to be-frequently loCked, and no semblance of a general right is supported, -which must be released from such itnpedimen. The matter seems to me to be so clear, that I, need not enter into the particu lars of the evidence. If, Gentleinen, it , appears .to you in a different light, 1 will detail .the testimony which I have-taken down on my Note-book, with much attention; and I hope with sufficient correit. ness."—Not Gully. FRIDAY, FEB. 24.. -THE , EARL OF BERKELEY at. THE ARCHBISHOP 0r YORK. Mr. GARROW stated this to brt an action of Eje&ment brought by the Noble Earl .against hie Grace the Archbishop of York. He•had, he said, the honour of being Counsel for the Noble Earl, who was Plaintiff in this Cause; and in the opening of it he begged it to be Jistin&lv understood, there Was no hostility between hip Noble Client and his Grace the Archbi•Alop Of Yolk, who was th 4 De fendant upon this Record ; it was a mere qa:.stion btought forward to try the civil tights of the Par ties upon a dry question of Ltw, *and nothing the dec . ision of a Corr' of Law deterniine. lie had nut tile ho.iuut of bclog F 1