The Sun. — London, England, 1804-06-02 00:00:00

IMPERML PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. FRIDAY, JUNE I. THE second reading of the Aylesbury Ele6lion Bill was postponed till Friday. The Earl of DORCHESTER took the oaths and his seat. Lord SHEFFIELD presented a Petition from the Ship Owners of the Port of London,. complaining of the Suspension of the Navigation Aft, and praying for an Inquiry into the State of the Shipping Inter est. His Lordship did not think it necessary to en ter into the particulars of the complaint, as he hoped the investigation wished for would be granted. He moved, that the Petition be laid on the Table.— Ordered. Adjourned till Tuesday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. FRIDAY, JUNE I. WILBERFoRcE presented a Petition from the Debtors in the County Gaol of York, praying relief.--It was ordered to lie on the Table. Sir joyttv NE wrou'r brought up the Report (f t he Committee appointed to inquire into the means of making, Provision :or the aged Poor of Ireland, which also was ordered to lie an the Table. Col. LoNGFIELD presented a Petition from th Bakers of Cork, praying for the Etab:ishment of some new Regulations relative to the Assize of Bread in that City.—lt was ordered to lie on the Table. Lord MARSHA'S! obtained leave for the Middlesex Committee to adjourn over to Tuesday. On the Motion of Lord CASTLEREAGH, the Ac countsirorn the East India Company, presented on. the 2.4 th of April last, were ordered to be printed for the use of the Members of the House. CORN TRADE. Sir CHARLES BUNBURY moved, that the Rerrt of the Committee on this Bill bhould be taken into farther consideration on Friday next. Mr. PATTESON said, that yesterday he had under_ stood, by what had fallen from the Gentleman who was Chairman of that Committee, that, instead of any farther postponement, the intention was to have it re-committed. Colonel BAGwtLL wished to know whether the Bill was to extend to the Corn Trade of Ireland ? Mr. FOSTER, replied, that although it might oc. casion a necessity for some alteration in the Laws which governed the Corn Lacs of Ireland, it would have no other influence on them, and would certainly be no ways injurious to the Irish Corn Trade. After some tarther conversation it was resolved, that the farther consideration of the Report should be postponed till Friday next. SLAVE TRADE. Mr. WILBERFORCE brought up the Bill for the Abolition of the f;:ave Trade. It was read a first time, and ordered to •be read a second time on Thursday next, and in the mean time to he printed. The second•reading of the Attornies' indemnity Bill was postponed till Tuesday, as" were the Com mitted; of Supply and Ways and Means to the same day. Mr. Owe: presented some Accounts from the India House, which were ordered on a former day. Some other trifling Orders being disposed of, the House adjourned to Tuesday. Dirt. liamburgh -- - 2: - - . MAILS. ARRIvgD. PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT TWELVE o'cLocx. Consols - 5611 (Minium -3i 1 Red. Ann. - 541 THE SUN. GOLEM Q.UIS DICEkr. FAL,SUM AUDZAT LONDON, JUNE z, 1804. Pr is with great concern we state, that the last accounts from St. Domingo prove, that ;he late Proclamation of General DEssALINrs did not contain an idle threat against the unfortunate White Inhabitants of that Island. The Massa cres recommended in that Proclamation, have coat. menced, and DassALzrtcs, in person, generally superintends the Executions. At Port.azi-Paix and Jeremie, all the Whites have been put to death, with the exception of some Women, who consented to live with the Black Oflicers.---The usual mode of destroying them was, to collet from ~7.0 to 3o together, and then to bayonet them. The cruelties exercised upon the unfortunate women are too dreadful to be detailed. DESSALINES was proceeding, when the last aC_ counts came away, to Cape Francois, where of course she same dreadful scenes would be repeated. He has colleaed a treasure to the amount of one million of Dollars, which he carries about with him in his pro , gress, on mules. Tuts morning we received the Halzburgil Cor respondenten of the zzd ult. from which we e4trad the following Articles : RATISBoM, MAY 54.—This d:iy the Russian Note communicated to the Diet on the 7th inst. was taken into consideration. The Delegate for Bohemia and the Arch-dutchy of Austria declared vefhally, that Os itdly raw, MAJESTY had con. : ceived he might e.-.:pea that the French Govern ment would itself hare notified to the faith and season which had induced, and, as it is sppnosed, might justify, the seizure of persons in the gel-man Territory in March last. His Majesty, therefore, thought that there could be no objeftion to an appli cation to the French, on the part of the Emperor and the. Empire, for a sufficient and satisfaelory expla. nation. The further consideration of the subjea was then deferred for six weeks from the 7th inst. Protocol fixed for the 18th June. To-day the following Note was given in by KNUT BILDT, the Swedish Envoy Extraordinary. " His Majesty the KING. of SWEDEN having been informed of the contents of the Note given in to ;the Diet of the 7th instant, by order of His Majesty the EMPEROR of all the RUSSIAS, con celves it to be incumbent on him to declare, that when there is a question of Guarantee of the Ger manic Constitution, he, as King of Sweden, may consider himself as one of the most ancient of its Guarantees, since he is Guarantee of the Peace of Westphalia. His Majesty, however, does not conceive it necessary to declare his sentiments on the present question, as Guarantee of the Consti tution, since he is convinced that the Head of the Empire can explain them to the Diet. The sen timents of the King upon the affairs of Germany are, besides, too well known, and have too often been declared, to be repeated on this occasion." BANK:, DE THE MEIN.—A French Army, it is said, will soon be assembled on the Upper Rhine. The Regiments to compose it art expelled from the interior of France. WNENsvEtt it has been the will of Ileaventhat the Personage most dear to this Empire, and on whom its happiness :chiefly depends, should be vi. sited with indisposition, it has always been the ob.- jeft with a certain Party, to paint that indisposi tion in such aggravated colours as are best calculated to spread gloom and despondency over the People. Such has been invariably the case when that be-, loved CharaEter hes been suffering under the visita.' tion of sickness. Nay, to such a malignant excess . has Party Spirit prevailed on these occasions, that, though every proof of recov.ered health has been given that could satisfy the national 40;cwile on a subjea so interesting, the despicable toolsi of Vaiori have endeavoured to keep alive that solicitude by dark hints and mysterious insinuations. At the present moment, these base artifices are set on foot in private circulation, and in Prints devoted to the enemies of Government. The ohjea of these des.. picable artifices at present is, to weaken the in. fluence of Mr. PITT in Parliament, by exciting a suspicion that his Administration will be of short. continuance. We have the happiness, however, of assuring our Readers, that' - all - these vile ihsinua.:' Lions are only fabricated by faaious discontent, and . have no foundation in truth. The health of the beloved Chrraaer alluded to, is as perfect as it, has been for many years. But, even-granting that this were not the case, can the deluded men who are so wicked as to propagate these depressing slanders, fiatter themselves, that if the state of things were as they wish, Mr. Pt eT would not al- - • ways be regarded by .the People at large as a man who must be included in any Ministerial Arrange_ ment ? The People repose in his transcendanteta-e lents and his unimpeachable integrity. They know - that a wiser and a more disinterested Statesman never existed, and they are convinced, that whatever measures he may bring forward, will have no • objea in view but the honour, the interest, and the happiness of the Empire. -Wk yesterday received the Frerrb Paler: of the 2.1.1 ult. which bring some further particulars of the ceremony of proclaiming BoNAih§,P.TE Emperor on the zoth ult. •We look forward with the most. earnest anxiety to the arrival of the next Hainbtruh Mail, which will probably bring an account of the manner in which the notification of BONAPARTE'S assumption of the imperial Dignity has been received at the Courts of riotna and Ber/im. We are, however, by no means inclined to suppose that they will at once rzfuse to acknowledge him in his new CharaCter, because that would inevitably lead to an immediate rupture, which, we belive, neither of those Powers are perfeelly prepared for at present. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, tits MAJESTY, the DUKE Qf LAMER DGE, the QUEEN', and PR IN CEsSES, in their usual order, took an airing on the, Uxbridge Road. Yesterday the DUKES Of CUMBERLAND anti CAM BRIDGE dined with the ROYAL FAMILY. Yesterday at two o'clock a Cabinet Council tva.i held at Lord HAttßowny's Office, which was tended by the Duke of PORTLAND, Lord HAWKES. BURY, Mr. PITT, &c. The Russian Ambassador attended a considerable time. The CoUncil broke up about five. Hts MAJESTY has been pleased to appoint Mr. COOPER, of Winds6r, one of his Pages. Dispatches for Lord NELsoN, from the Admi ralty, 'and for Sir ALF.ItANDER BALL, at Mair3, - from Lord HARP,OWBY Office, weieldst night ftr.. Warded to Portsmouth ; to Olt -on 69ard the Am. bu:ca4 ' l 4 'riglte, which is al:outto sail for the Me diterrancano, hilliAL NEWS. Portsmotml, JUNE T.—Sailed His Majesty's Ship Tribune on a cruize; Two Brothers, SMITH ) and Borough, PATTERSON, for Sunderland. HARWICH, JUNE 1.-A Smuggling Cutter, with one hundred and ninety half anker casks of Geneva, was this day sent into Port by the Aggressor Gun.. vessel, captured on the suffulk Coast. Six o'C/ock.--.No Mails arc yet arrived from the Continent. DEAL, JUNE /.—Sailed His Majesty's Ships Jamaica, Champion, Dart, and Orestes, on a Cfuize off Calais ; Heela, Sulphur, Lark, Banetta, and Autumn, on a Cruize off Boulogne; Jackal on a Cruize off Ostend ; and Snipe Gun.brig, for Yar mouth Roads. Arrived the Vesuv:ius, from Dungeness; and Ba. from Margate Roads. In the Downs --Monarch, Utrecht, Ardent, Inflexible, Veteran, Virginie, Seine, Bacchante, Tartarus, Fury, Zebra, Vesuvius, Scourge, Speedy, Bloodhound, Archer, Basilisk, Millorook, Lady Warren, Earl St. Vincent, Lord Keith, King George, Armed Cutters, and Speculator Lugger, with the Ttansports as per last. YARMOUTH, JUNE I.—Arrived the 10, CRICK. MAY, from Christiana. Sailed the Favourite, Huict ING, fur Liverpool; and Nancy, GILES, for Bristol. SHEERNESS, JUNE i.—Arrived, to refit the damages she sustained in the Action with the Enemy's Gun-boats, the Mariner Gun brig, Lieut. LAPSLIE ; also the Mary Tender, Lieut. MEux, from Leith, with Seamen for the Fleet. - Sailed for the Downs the Haw Sloop of War, Captain Hgywooo. On Tuesday next the Court Martial will be held on board of the Peaeloise. Frigate in this I-Vrhour, for the trial of Capt. CAM£BELL, of the Ametyst, his Officers and Ship's Company, respecting the late Adion which that Ship had with some Dutch Pri_ vateers. Rear-Admiral P.ow4.,Ey, commanding at this Port, will preside. THE PORPOISE ANDCATQ, EXTRACT FROM THE SYDNEY GAIViiiTE, NEW SOUTH WALES. Capt. FLINDERS, late Commander of His Ma. jesty's Stoop INvestigator, and Mr. PARK, Corn. manger of the Ship Cato, arrived at the Govern_ men t.I - LQ,e, at llalf-past three in the afternoon of the Sth instant, with the following disagreeable in tellizence, as communicate, in the following Let. ter to I - its Excellency : " jd:.,:4• 4 New" South 11-Weir, Sept. 9, 18C3. " SI/24 " I have to inform you of my arrival here, yes. terday, in a six-pied Cutter, belongir'g to His Majesty's armed vessel, Porpoise, corn nanded by Lirtlt. FOWLER, which Ship, I am sorry to stare t o your Excellency, I left on shore, on a coral reef, without any prospeCt of her being saved, in lat. 22 deg. i t min. and long. t 55 deg. 35 min. E. being 208 miles to the N. 44 deg. E. trom Sandy Cape, and 735 miles from this Port. The Slitp Cato, which was in company, is entiiely lost open the same reef, and brok en to pi eces , w i t h out any .thing having been saved from her, but the Crew, with the exception of three. " These are, with the " whole of the Officers, crew, and passengers of the Pospaise, upon a small -sand:bank, near' the wrecks, with sufficient provi sions and water, saved from the Porpoise, to subsist the whole, amounting to 83 men, for three months. " Accompanied by the Commander of the Cato, Mr. JOHN PARK, and iz men, I left 'Wreck Reef in the Cutter, with three weeks provisions, on Friday, August zsth, in the morning, and on the . 3Bth, in the evening, made the land near Indian Head, from • which I kept the Coast on board to this place, " I cannot state the extent 'of Wreck Reef to the Eastward, but a bank is visible in that direaion six or seven miles from the wrecks in a West direc tion. We rowed along the reef twelve miles, but saw no other dangers in the passage towards Sandy Care.. ' " There are several passages through the reef and anchorage, in from /5 to 22 fathoths, upon a sandy bottom. The flag-staff upon Wreck - Reef Bank, bearing S. E. to S. S. W. distarkt from three quarters to one and a quarter mile. " After the above statement, it is unnecessary for me to mike application to your Excellency to furnish me with the means of relieving the Crews of the two Ships from the precarious situa tion in which they are placed, since your humanity, and former unremitting attention to the bvveitiga tor and Por . poi.te, are sureties, that the earliest and most effenual means will be taken either to bring them back to this port, or to send them and myself onwards towards England. " I inclose to your Excellency a Letter from Lieut. Fu WI,Elt upon the occasion; and as he refers to me for the particulars of the wreck, an account thereof is inclosed. I think it proper to notice to your Excellency,' that the great exertions of Lieutenant FOWL ER, and his Qificers, and Ship's Company, as well' as the Passengers belonging to the Investigator, in saving His Majesty's Stores, have been very praise_ worthy ; and I judge, that the precautions that were taken, will exonerate the Commander of the p o rpoise, fro•n the blame that might otherwise be att ic4u to the los s o f His Majesty's Armed Vessel. ft . , I have t h e H onour to b e, gi your );c'elleney's o b e di ent h um bl e S ervant , " MATTHEW “,INDER4." The Beesdieq Frigate is appointed Convoy to the •-x est Ilidies, and i' . exi . ) . ead to tail from Port,- m , ) , 1 0 1 about the gth inst. ~--~ MRS. THELLUSStih% iffllSeefßifiA /' About one in the morning, the following ' entitled a Prologue, upon the subjeft of the a t e drawing the Piece i n te n d e d to burlesque the l am,Wit proceedings in France, w as v 114oken by to TESL EY, in the charader o f jam Bull: Odds, lays and Magpies I 'mid this sprightly belt My spirit, &heard, may seem too grave and heavy, But in this throng, of whim and frolic full, Some English Tars will listen to John Bull; Think not JOHN Bold. esteems it meritorious On harmless merriment to be censorious— No— W hen his sterner duties are perform'd, The Patriot flame, which all his bosom warm'd, Ever in sparks of social wit subsides, And jovial laughter shakes his generous sides I Yes, he can laugh, and loudly too, whene'er Our Foes invasion or Descent prepare ! E'en if the waves, when Gallic hordes assail us, Bar'd with the oak of British Navies fail us, Our sea-built Gates their strongest effort thwarts, Bar'd with the adamant of British hearts : But hark! I near some murmurs in the crowd ; They tell rue to take care, nor speak too loud — A Statesman* says, " Your gibes may reach, I fear The Consul a r—l me a n th' I m p er i a l E ar: " The man's a scou n drel, I can ne ' er e xcuse him, " And in the Senate con;r a ntly a b use him : " Fight him, be-tyrant him, dethr o ne him, kill hinit " But jokes, you snow, with bil e an d gall may till him' " Tins jest of yOur's might p rove a d an gerous teaze i r , ; " Shoot as you m a y, y ou must not l aug h at c o ri-ar. And must then all our objects of de r isi o n Be subje6t to an En em y' s revi s ion Whilst our loved Kt No, throughout this happy Isle , Bids every lace with cheerful pleasure smile, Shall counter-orders from an hostile shore E'er say to free-born Britons—" Smile no more.' -, • No, but one nobler sentiment prevails, Though Foreign threat, and Party clamour fails. Floweer State cant his anger may provoke, Joni disclaims, abhors the dangerous joke Which can excite one kindred bosom's tears, Or risk to cause one anxious Parents' tears 1-- * Ski /Ai DA N. t Marquis and Marchioness of An ass race took place on the lawn, about fi ve 1 5 o'clock in the morning. Three of these anima were brought on the course ready saddled ; they we mounted by Lord BROOKE, Mr. THELLussoN, ano Captain UPrgx. The two latter Gentlemen W cr dressed in the true jockey stile, but the former all' peared in the charaCter of a Butcher, with his "S ir / bel)re.him on the saddle. At a given time, L a he i n ANNE WiNottAtst dropped the handkerchiehel'-wwin. the steeds started to go three times arourLa j t4 by the ning post. Much laughter was excite d r nt different manoeuvres resorted to b y t he “Ake' - , e • t , of the animal they bestrode. champions, ordex to keep down the restive sill" Lord in furl the winning.p . ost for the last time, was dista nt g i by Mr. T. who, by flogging and kicking , g ° „ l ahead of Captain 1,J. - and the latter, fearing he sho w " be beaten, resorted to a piece a jockeyship, b a ,/ A5 running his donkey across the course, and upse tt Mr. 'l'. which he accomplished with ease, Qfg ri turning both the ass and his rider, and by that means arrived at the goal, and claimed the bo l l g s of the victory, which was, not withstaoding, cleO ce . ' by the Vmpires to M. THELL;t3soli, IGeneral Sir ALI.TRED CLARK, X. B. it is go ° : will have the command of the Expeditions ag 3 .i":" • the attached, t Cape, ov: C eeh:r a eant p dloo e : ,D o f h(os G ii it o AhsA d iesi ,t l utelawv o i p iielon e lunt co n aaif d t sr ar il : ysih a ase t rot a y: v rtto i ec a ta , au:.tc alth o ugh :oooiolnio;T:i s.wso lf e n: ch tP ir Europe as soon as these objeas are achieved, ant General IVIA;TeAND will become the Civil GOve rfaQ of Batavia. . r • The 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons are on t hel , i march from the Eastern Distria, to do the g in g ta duty. The 2 0 th, now at Romford, are to march Est the barracks lately occupied by the 9th, as 5 0 ° n oe they have been reviewed by the Dt.t4s of YORK' Wanstead Flats, which is expelled in a few day s ' On Wednesday, the 23t1 ultimo, the centre oP of Hertfordshire Ye o manry Cavalry, Captain -, Hon, PENNISTger LAMB, having previouSly vo le s , teered to enter on permanent duty for fourteen d a y • marched into the Borough of St. Alban's, wilerf:i f b ve were received with every mark of resped by t h - habitants, The b e ll s w e re ringing, and CO 4 '64' flying on the occasion. The Volunteers f the' o aye t he rough met the Troop, and escorted them into . town. The Troop drew billets in the regular k ith and have expressed themselves ,much saiisfied their-- T he quarters, sheppy I bY Volunteer Infantry, comman d - i e `A r , Major BENTHAM, having previously had . --e a t itY tides of War read to them, went on permane nt ;dlr.. in Sheerness Garrison yesterday' for a icir in a "" n ceir Their clean, steady, and soldier.like aPPeat excited much admiration. avtar Voluntee rs,returnedO n Wednesday f e r t o l nmecsodt their ralnagdsuteadr thetheyrs Sirßa t e Regiment oomcleihnNe Stir: c o t ir f : a r e r Cl b Clain ing out fourteen days on permanent duty 4r •„ ai plari: Lines. The very forward, and indeed cSi t i the state of discipline of this Regiment's I r r t an Si c highest encomium, and refieEis great cl e " -- ,, c elleg . JOHN and his O ffi cers, particularly on thei r e 'l As t he and moot attentive Adjutant, Mr. GILDER' 5011 Lines they performed all the adive duties 0f a an 4 dier with the greatest cheerfulness and alacrirYinfia,, left Rochester admired and applauded by the reci. bitants for their soldier like appearance and P et stun in the field, and steady sober conduet in fl eter ters. Both Officers and men express their 03 s . o m f i t n h a e t o Alen of u K p h e o n i t d ; s a h s o u fa l d r a t h s e i n E t o h e e m m y l g ie i s v , e t t h h e c g opportunity. Music.—The Annual Concert of Mr. BAIL 024 MAN, took place last night in the New Roort ics , s n i p o v n e a r i: s qo u f a t r h e is Pe T rf h o e rni m er e , ri d ts r , ew p a er n o u n m al e ro a u n : l an Pr i l " s ii gant audience. The Band was led by CRAMER , his usual ability, and the Orchestra was fillea wer eminent Performers. The Vocal Performers - Gossi HARRISON, Miss TENNANT , Ma ster CUTLEg cero and BARTLEMAN. CRAMER perform ed a C°'l_. Ey on the Vi An with his usual skill , and distinguished himself by a Concerto on the vw . : 010 cello. The Music in general wa s from 14,4ficvorr, SAccrz lI,JI, PERCOLESI, MARTINI, &c. &c. An Anthem, compose d by Dr 7 t " . f o u o , was encored. HARRISON sung a new Air bY .I4 , e x- LEY, in a very capital style, and BARTLE„7 The erted his fine voice with admirable efl „re , whole of the Concert was marked by beauty Oosion, arid grandeur, 4