The Sun. — London, England, 1804-02-22 00:00:00

IV4P4L NWS. prom the LONDON GAZETTE, Feb. 21, 18,4. Admiralty-gfice, Feb, 21, 1804. toly of a Letter from the Right Hon. Lord Keith, K. B. Admiral of the Blue, &c. to William Marsden, by. dated at Ramsgate, the 19th inst. LI herewith transmit for the information of their ordshi ps , a copy of a letter acquainting me with CCa e pture of a F renc h H orse Transport, by the apture I have the Honour to be, &c. KEITH. szR Squirrel, of Dover, , Feb. 1 7 , 1 80 4. , - F t have to infor m y ou I t hi s morning captured a re nch Schuyt, Nu. 6z6, called L'l , 7,,perance, Etna fntlel.Vandersweip, M aster. Sh e sa i led last night rom Ostend, bound to Boulogne ; she is 40 tons ourthen, fitted to carry eight horses. 1I am, &c. ERNEST BRAWN. 3romley, Champion. ADOVER, FEB. 2I.—HALF PAST Si,X P. M.— very heavy firing on the Coast o f F rance was heard the greater part of yesterday, and in the f ore pa our s rt Of the ,the day horiz on b eing clear,. several Cie ;ps were seen - warmly eng ag i ng some o f the Enemy's Vessel s within them. A brisk fire was kept up on our Ships from the French Batteries. of the E nemy ' s Vessels, it is said One was for the , see n tow i ng Dow ns by one of our Cruizers, at dusk yes ertlay ; and it is repot ted that by shell the bu rst i ng of a over the ./t7r4,zortethte Fri?seamen ate, thre e o f h er cannot were killed, and a s many wounded ; but we vouch for the truth of this account, for although several of the ST:a:lron have come into the Roads this eVenin is c ome g, w e cannot find any intelligence on shore from them. I.‘ ALMon i . , 1 : 4 ' Ft 4. 19..—Arrived here last even from in iiit , Ship Hauke, Capt. ‘FttEstriDEß3 Liverpool, to join Convoy for Lisbon, very and must unload her cargo (coals) to be repaired be leaky, fore she can proceed. Also arrived His Majesty's Ship Bacchante, of 22 guns, Capt. DAsHumoD) from Plymouth, and the Portuguese S choo:ler Rebie. rie, Capt. R AbAE (3 , w• ith ordnan ce store s f rom Lan don f or Lisbon, leaky, Sailed this morning th. and Op orto Fleet, outward b oun d Li s b on p under - convoy of Hi s M a j esty ' s Shis Ur lh eris, of ,32 guns, -Capt. HILL, and Barchavie, 422 guns, Capt. oASHtv 0 o D . The dinburgh_, Captain Thot as ; , ifirnes, Jane ; Del"' shire' P"res; AlarY Collins nlintleavour- Ashford; La Prlie, coiner; Doura ' , A tterhurly • ' Laters • Hebe, fraoce; Success, C reen ,• Flora 'Ti - ke; I • lndustry,Mary bowl; ; b wal 10, 13reddy ; and Nancy , 'For'nell, 'for Orio ' rto :—the Britannia lirovvni Eliza y+ Dangster • Hazard, Waller; Anna, FarveY; Zephyr, Green. Golden Fleece , Evans ; Ann, Cagill I General Prey.coft, Brand ; Devonshire 1(°- uel I ; Thirly, Atkinson ; 4genoria, Coodridge ; )onn, WriBht ; Swinger, Tours; Four Sisters, Pike; and rietsy, Marsden for Lisbon. Remain the Queen Charlotte, vi i.“iD GE, and Prin. Mail s o f the rest Charlott,,, (Packets) KERR, th e f ormer with Ist inst. fOr Jamai c a , and the l atter Mail s o f the , 15th inst. for th e Lt deewar. Also r ema i n i Islands, n Carrick Roads, His Majesty's trig Senfinver, of 12 guns, Lieut. OWEN) and the Wellesley East India Ship, with the trade, Waiting a favourable wind for the Downs. H IS Majesty's Bri - um , with g G annet, or the Tosbend Pack et 400 n Mail from Li s b on, ma be as th e wind shifts, y expefted as Su"daY. meet'o Clock, P.M. —This rn . oment is arrived the Sness, Lieut. RoWED) with Dis patches frog sir Et,— ..r. w. rELLEW's Squadron, off Ferrol, which she ieft om th e I i th inst, all well ; and on the left ins t. fell in with the Channel Fleet, consisting of seventeen Sail of the Line, all wen. and was informed by them that the Hussar Frigate) of 38 guns, Captain VVILKINsoN, was lost on the Coast of France, and that Captain W. with r i of the Crew were picked up by a trench Fishing Boat, and put on b:'ard the Ville de Paris. Ptorryouri r , F E B , zo.--Ar.coun.ts have this morn. ing been received here, of the Lss of the Hassa r Frigate, of 38 guns, Capt. ILKI NSON, a few P. I , V days since,, on the Black R oc k , on the French coast all s oast ; but the crew were fort unately taken out, and a afe on board th e Sail e d t h e British Squadron. Urania Fri gite to the Ea stwar d , and L'ilizie Frigate or, a cruiz e to the Westward. CHATHAM, FEB. 21.--Ca p t. R ICHARD KINC, son o f A dmiral Sir RICHARD Kr Ivo, yesterday p ut into commission His Majesty's Ship Veteran, of b+ guns. The Atlas, cut down Isom go to 74 guns, will next s be t urne d out of dock, af ter a thorough repair, pring tides ; co mmand h er . The Capt. WILLIAM HOPE i 5 CO GlOl, of of so, an d Ilexa go guns, Adamant, the ndria Frigate, o f 3 6 guns, are in same Duck, and their repairs are in great for. wardueis. _forSDEAL, FEB. 21.—Sailed the Mechway Lighter heerness, with Boats from the K; .ng'i Yard. the DoWns—Nknarch, Utrecht, lll,striauS, R4ls°ll - LurY4lU3, Fury, Pe%cus, and Vincer:). bußL.tiv; FEB. tg. • YosTERDAY, in obedience to an order of die LORD LIEUTENANT, the several Captains comma, d ing Corps of Yeomanry in Dublin, waited on His Excellency at the Castle. His Excellency, attended by Lord CATHC ART (Commander of the Forces), re ceived them in the most gracious manner, and in a warm style of approbation thanked the Captains for the loyalty and public spirit which, under every circumstance of difficulty and danger, they and their gallant Corps hail always manifested, and from which he was confident they would never swerve ; in par ticular, he thanked them for the promptitude and alacrity with which on Tuesday night last (though called forth by their zeal only), they had assem bled in arms. • His Excellency was then pleased to lay before the Captains for their approbation, the plan of a regulated mode of assembling the Yeomen upon any case of future alert or alar m . Thi s p l an was highly acceptable, 'and will immediately be put in orders. His Excellency, and the Commander of the Forces, repeated in the kindest terms their firm re liance on the loyalty, zeal, courage, and vigilance of the Yeomen, and dismissed the Assembly in great sa tisfaaion. On Monday Lord WHITWORTH and the Dutehess of DORSET left London for Knowle, in Kent. Lady WARREN, whose it:elancholy death we have 'stated, was the widow of the late Sir GEO. \VARREN, K. 13; She was aunt to the present Dutchess of DORSET, and sister of Lady LITER. POOL. She resided at Kensington Gore, at a very beautiful mansion, and by special favour she ob tained an iron gate fronting it, for her coach .to pass into Hyde Park. It was singular, that .this Lady and her Husband exhibited allegations against each other in Dotior's Commons, and afterward!: renew. ed all their conjugal endearments; and lived together till the death of Sir, GEORGE. The House and Furniture at Kensington Gore, with the Jointure of Fifteen Hundred a Year, lately possessed by Lady WAR KEN, 'becomes the Property of Lady BULKELEY, the. Daughter of Sir GEORGE WARREN by his first Wiie.— In failure of Male Issue, the bulk of Sir GEORGE WARREN'S Fortune, which is very considerable, goes to St. George's Hospital. Monday mulling the Dutchess Dowager of LEEDS laid private information before Sir RICHARD FORD, of a threatening letter which she hid received, in consequence of which she considered, and was fear ful, the person wou:d do her a bodily harm ; and on her Grace's information, Sir RICHARD issued a warrant to apprehend him, and dispatched Macma nos and Townsend to take him into custody, The Officers tried in vain to apprehend him, on Monday night, but early yesterday morning they took him him into custody, .at his in f3ond-street, and carried him iy:fore Sir RICHARD FORD, at the Sc.. cretary of State's Office, for examination, when he was extremely violent against the Dutchess, the Countess of C , Mr. P- ,- ----, and sev era l other persons of distindion, saying, they had treated him extremely ill. His name i Rob.rt England Perrier; he is of a very respFdable family in Nor folk. He refused sending t.,r bail. He was, therefore, committed to Tothill.fields On Sunday the . Chathain Dock-yard Regiment of Volunteers went through their evoluflons on the Lines, in a style highly creditable to officers and men. It is stated that an Admiral has been obliged to strike his Fla g , becaUse he refused to intercept let ters direled to a certain Officer of his Sq adron. Mr. PRINCE HOAR es new musical Farce is said to abound in whimsical incidents and broad humour. With these strong recommendations to pubic favour, and the support of I;ew music from BitAHAm, there can be little doubt of its success. EMERY is to have a part in HOLMAN'S flew Co medy, and the Author has adapted it exactly to that style of rustic simplicity and humour 'by which that Performer has acquired his popularity. It is stated in a Letter from Paris, that the un fortunate P _ icoT and BOURGEOIS, whose execution was noticed in a We . /126;;;terir, and whom that Paper, with its usual rzieracity, said, were in the pay of England, fur the purpose of preparing another Infernal Machine, were taken from the Temple in the middle of the night on the 27th uit. in pursu ance of an express Ordet'Of BONAPARTE, issued at ten in - the evening. They were carried before the Military Tribunal, the Judges of which had been convoked for seven in the morning : an Official De fender was, for the sake of form, appointed for them, and an hour afterwards they received sentence of Death, in the presence of several Gensdarmes, who waited to condutft them to the Plain of Grenelle.— Their fate was so completely decided b e f ure, h an d , that previous to their being taken before the Tri. bunal, the Guard of Paris were stationed at different points on the road, which they were to take. ,A Detachment of this Guard were orderer( to shout them at the place of execution, where they waited for their vidirns for three hours. That day, it is added, BONAPARTE hunted in the Park of Meudon, and it was remarked, that at the time when he sup posed his two vidims woold be sacrificed, he ra pidly ascended an eminence in order to witness their death, and although the unfortunate men did not ar rive till an hour afterwards, he waited without she w ing any signs of impatience. On Dec. 3r, a large Ship, without either masts or bowsprit, appeared off Gibraltar, and was carried in there. She had not a man on board, was laden with sugar, rum, tobacco, mahogany, and other goods, and appeared to be Norway built. From some Papers found on hoard, it appeared that her name was the Anna Banta, and that she had taken in her lading at Christi ! ins an d for St. Croix. The Vice- Admiralty Court at Gibraltar has taken possession of the Ship as Dutch proPerty, but the Danish Con— sul has put in a claim in reservation for the sup posed The Baron de GROTE, by birth an Hanoverian, will be the new Minister from 'Prussia of H am b urg h . Mr. de Sc who ,I 1 to as been tor the city some, time pa st i n that capacity, u ill con3equen try fold another destiLation. m E OPER,I; Ki Therzfre. A new Com7id Opera was brought forward last night at this place, under the tide of Le • Astuzie Femminih. The music .is by CIMAROSA, and though not quite equal to other works of that spirit ed Composer, is by no means unworthy of his talents and reputation. It is light, airy, spirited and ef_ fedive. BOLLA was the heroine of the Piece, and she displayed ail the feminine shrewdness, subtle ty, and quickness which its title denotes. She and VIGANONI distinguished themselves very much - in a Duet, in the first Ad, .which would doubtless have been encored if it had not been quite so long. A Duet at the opening of the Finale to the first Ad, was so humorously supported by MORELLI: and RoYEDI:10, that it was encored. ‘POLLA. and Vl- GANcitt also were encored in a. Duet in the second A. The accompaniments throughout are rich, fanciful, and well contrived. Upon the whole, the new Opera went off with great spirit, and was much applauded by amore,nutneroUs audience than is generally seen on Tuesdays. ALVTIENT CONCERT ROOMS. Hauover.square. THE FEsrixo RooNls were opened last night in illuminated state, for the purpose of observing the efred produced by the alterations which have been made by Mr. WYATT. Nothing can be more light, elegant, appropriate and classical, than the general appearance of the Great Room, in which the musical Performances take place. The box design eci for the ROYAL FAMILY is at the East end of the Room, raised above the place formerly allotted to the orchestra. The orchestra is on the opposite side of the Room, elevated to the same height in front as the Royal box, and gradually rising to the cieling. The Roomitself is not increased in size, except by the addition of the orchestra, which is raised upon the cieling of the small Refreshment_ room, lowered for that purpose. Tie following is a general account of the new embellishments, all of which are designed with the usual taste and elegance of Mr. WYATT, .and are admirably executed by his son. The splendor of decoration is augmented by ap propriate paintings arranged in archite6tural com partments, and executed with infinite taste : on the first glance we presinifed''the . intire series was from the pencil of CIPRIANI ; a few pictures of this master certainly remain, and to the lionnur of the y , :ung Artist employed in the painting department, :13 many Cl CIPRIANI'S works as could, by a judi cious restoration he preserved, have been replaced in their original situations ; these 'are the Jupiter and Juno in the center of the cieling, also two smaller circles—in the one is delineated a figure of Fame, in the other a Genius strewing wreaths of laurel : the intermediate 'spaces are divided into square compartments, and embellished with the al legories of martial music, and of render harmony-- the first inflaming the soul with valour, the second melting it to love ; both of these are painted, by Mr. M. WYATT, whose abilities have been sue. cessfully called forth in the various graceful figures that range alternately with ,four of CiPRIANCS . on each side of the Concert Room, in the, varied basso. relic vos, the embellishments that surmount the ca nopy, and the four paintings in the cieling imme diately over the-Orchestra. Looking from His I`.vlAJEsTy's Box on . the right hand side, the first Painting represents Instrumental Harmony, a graceful ferniie tuning a guitar, ac companied by two Genii: the second Picqure per. sonifics Vocal Music ; and in the third the Lyric Muse, in a recumbent attitude, medita tes her theme; 'then follows Inspiration with appropriate symbols ; and the filth compartment displays the Historic Muse inscribing on a scroll the influence of sweet sounds— " By Music, minds an equal temper know, " Nor swell too high, nor sink too loW." On the opposite side' commencing near the King's box, a Muse in a sitting posture is writing Ana creontic compositions, adapted to the genius of fes tivity, indicated by the wreaths of roses scattered on the scroll ; then follows a figure of Cuo ; t hi s pidure is succeeded by LITERATURE, the study of which is so highly necessary to embellish the labours of the Painter's 'Muse, delineated in the next compartment, and flllowed by the DRA MATICI MUSE,-thus the ten piaure3 form an agree ble chnne&ed chain and lead to the Orchestra, on the cieling of which is happily introduced three subjeas to excite the emulation of Musical Professors : in two of these the medallions of GE miNIANI and CORELLI are sustained by a favou rite Muse, and in the third the charming Puttc st.r. is justly crowned by aerial figures hearing his medal lion. Mr. M. WYATT seems to have borrowed from DRYDEN'S Elegy on PURCELL, • " The heavenly choir, who heard his notes from hi4h, " Let down the scale . of music from the sky : " They handed him along, " Apd all the way he taught, and all the way they sung." The Basso_relievos in two colours, Ware through out admirable, particularly the one on the front of the orchestra, in which a group of boys support the Portrait of the immortal HANDEL, of whose merit it may be said— " Such Music " Before was never made, " But when °fold the sons of morning sung." MILTON. In the Armorial decorations over the canopy we trace' Originality, and the Basso-relievos in the an gles are charaderistic-'of British feeling—Tyranny vanquished, and Discord and Democracy chained. The Earl Of CHESTERFIELD, several other Per sons of Fashion, and a considerable number of spec tators attended on tlis occasion, who 'all seemed to he highly gratified with the modest 9plendor and beauty of the place. Mr. T. Draom furnishes the Diaio-%ne to a new Entertainm ent prepar i ng at Covent Garden Theatre, from the old tale of Valentine and Orson. It will of course he enlivened with some humourous Songs. Mr. COLMAN is very forward with his new Co medy, which he means to keep entirely for the ad_ vante%e of his own Theatre. .tiritGHDO/V, FEB. iO. THE Royal Domestics have left this place tot Carleton House, a levV only excepted, who are he:. ceisarily left in care of the, Pavilion and its con.. tents, round which the sentinels continue their pa. rades, the same as when the PRINCE is here. Colonel Moo E's Corps of Volunteer Artillery were yesterday praftised in firing the tremendous 4 2 pounders on the Fort, at a cask, from the centre of which conspicuously waved the tri;coloured fl moored and floating on the water about threeqoar_ tens of. a league from the shore. The shotS, in general, were extremely well direfted ; and had the objed been but of the moderate dimensions of one of the smallest gun-boats, it must inevitably have been sent to the bottom. An immense num!)ei of speftators surrounded the Font on the occasi, , n ;' and many of the sashes in Artiller -place were rcblied of their panes, by the explosion attendant on tilt exercise. CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 22. WE hays. Wheat in tolerable good quantity, but the demand for fine. keeps up this article ; prime 'Dantzic fetches 58,. other quality very heavy sale ; good Barley has free sale ; Malt and 43:..ans at little variation.; Pease dearer; th , :re are but fresh Oats come in to-day ; the host. Sat. pies obtain rather better price ; Flour stilt high ; best American is 325. per barrel. Wheat 25s a 35s a 52s od i Tick Beans 24s a 3is od Fine ditto - 535 a 54. s 6d j eats -17 s a r9s a 21S ott Rye -28 s a 315 od Poland ditto - 225 a 23i, 64 Barley - - ISs a 235 Gil Rape Seed - - , 351 a 381 Malt - - 4:s A 555 od Foie Flour 38s a .43s ott White Pease 355 a 425 od Seconds 33s a 3ss od' Beans - 3os a 3;5 611 ANOTHER. DREANL—A reverie ,of singular itn port was last night, in I - 39w,.street, submitted to Mr. BOND and Sir W. PARSONS, who ;tact' as in terpreters upon the occasion. A Mrs, Di ETR CHEN, of Newman.street, exhibited Articles of Peace against her husband, and ainfang (Wier out rages, stated, that on Sunday te'n :ight, at br'eak fast, 'he told her he had dreamed a dream, aril if it elver crtme true, he would take up the first knife he could get, and stab her. The husband at first declined m2m io;ing the particulars of his dream, but upon being pressed by the Magi . strates, declar ed that he had dreamed his and w h a t he had uttered was u , lder tit: influence of the "green:. eyed monster." The i nter p retat i on o f the --dream was so unfavourable to the husband, that in default of bail, Queen Mab must have paid him' her next visit in Bridewell. POLICE-OFFICE, MAR L BOROUGH-STR I: T.— Yesterday Michael Meyers, a Jew cloAths.man, was examined for having attempted to induce an appren tice to. rob his master. The Prosecutor is - a hatter, residing - in 'Brook street, Cavendish-square, an , i to whose d•,. , p the Prisoner came early on the morning of the .14. th inst. and requested to be shewn a. go 'd hat. The apprentice spewed him one, for wh4.:1 1 :lira 255. and for Which the Prisoner Aried hi;; ) ~1) „ . serving, that his toaster need not be told of toe sale: ,of the ital: ) and by that imam .he might convert the money ti his oWn use. The Prisoner obsrrve t l, : that they should be better aequaioted, and th,.'n he never need to he in want of money to spend his Sun- . 4 days genteelly. He stated, tha - t he had received some articles'of an apprentic:: in St. Lititz ,'s.'street, .whose packets he alwayS kept full of money. The youth listened to the whole of his vol.> , with 3 seeming anxiety, when he with great courage shut the door against him. He related the circumstance to his mister in his corning into the shop, who di.. retied him, if he should see him again, to propose a meeting with him. He s. , w the Prisoner a few days • after, and proposed that he shOold come to the :,hop on' the next day, whikli he did, but observing the master in the shop, he retreated: The youth met him again on Monday, and proposed that he sh:t.ild come to the shop early on Tuesday morning. He apprized his master of the appointment, who se creted himself in the shop prior' to the time. The Prisoner came, and fixed on a hat and several p tie of gloves, for which he was on the point of giving a trifling sum, when the master, who had heard the whole of the conversation, secured him - and d; liver. ed him over to a Constable. The Magistrate highly commended the youth for his spirit .and integrity, and committed the P;isnner for trial.- A running dustman was filed los. and c - ists, for removing dust from.a I) , )use in Portland.piace, with out authority for so doing. Mr. Stephen Barker, the proprietor of the dust in the parish Of Mary-ie bonne, pays, annually, the sum of 32511. for that privilege. PUB lIC - OFF ICF, BO VJ'ZSTR EtT. Yesterday Bartholomew Scully underwent a final examination before N. BOND, Esq. and Sir. WA..PARSONS, Ott Suspicion of being concerned in breaking - open the dwelling.house of Mr. Woosnam, in High -street, St. Giles's, and stealing a number-of watches, jewel_ lery goods, and other valuables, to the amount of upwards of 3001. and wa s f u lly comm i tte d to ta k e his trial .for the burglary, at the next Bailey SesSions, • Private Letters from India, received by the last conveyance, inform us, that the Bengal Army had taken the field in.great force, under the immediat4 command of General LAICEi and that the Province of Dude being dun left almost destitute of Tr6opi, all the European Ladies in that di! eetion had hen induced to repair to the Fortress of Allahabad; We are extremely happy to atld, that the mast ,sanguintr. bope were then entertained of t he speedy and suc cesful termination of the 'War. On . Sunday - about one o'clock, a gentleman of' Hackney, while walking on the Downs between Hackney and Stoke-Newington, was accosted by a person wlio presented a knite .and demanded his ney. The gentleman gave the villain what money he had•about,him, and his watch, but a person coin.: ing up soon after, the gentleman painted out the rubber, wlm-had not got our of sight. He was. then pursued, and another person kiining in the ch.ice, he was seized and lodg,!d in the cage. P.!fore he was, apprehended, the persons who pursued him, saw him drop the watch, which was picked up. From his presenting a knife, he is supposed to he the seine desperado who lately c, - )rnairted several rrAkerirs in the near Islinztol:,