The Sun. — London, England, 1801-03-25 00:00:00

NAVAL "i - 14 WS. • ilfi impel ium pc'agi, itrvionoe trideamk, Sed ?mit); twit. churns. From the LONDONCAZETTEi•Marcb Admiralty-O. te, March 24, iBOl. Copy of a Letter from Admiral Lord Gardner, Commander. in Chief of His Majesty's Ship and Yesseh on the 4 Coast of Ireland, to' Evan Nepean, Esq. dated at Cori, the Bth instant. SIR S I am , to desire you will please to acquaint the.. Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that His IVlajetty's Ship Dryad arrived here thii morning ; and enclosed I transmit you, for their Lordshirs' information, Copy of a , Letter 'just \ received from Captain Mansfield, 'of this date, giving an account of his having. captured the French Privateer Ship Le Premier. Consul, pierced for -Twenty-four Glins, One Hundred and Fifty Men. She is quite new; and would make a good Sloop of War. I am, &e. GARDNER. Cork Harbour, Bth of March, iBoz. MY LOtfl have the Honour to inform your Lordship, on the sth of March, after a chace pr three hour's, in lat, so deg. 6 min. North, long. rz . deg. Wes*, I fell in with and captured the French Privateer Ship Le . Premier Consul, mounting VourteenNine,pounders, but pierced for Twenty_ four, One Hundred and Fifty Men, from St. Ma_ Toes, out twenty.bne days. She is quite new, and on her first cruize ; had captured a Portu gueze Schooner ) from Lisbon bound to - Ireland, a few days before. I . have the Honour to be, •&c. • C. J. M. MANSFIELD. Admiral Lord Gardner, &c. sic. Admiraltj-Ofice, Mgrch 24., iSo 1. C'Opy of a Letter from Captain Re:gers, of llis Majesty's Shit Mercury, to Evan iVepean, Es 7. dated Part Mahon, jan.l6, 18oz. sit 4 1 beg leave to enclose to you, for their Lora rhips' information, in the absence of the Com mander in Chief, a Copy of my Letter to Cap tain Dixon, of His Majesty's Ship Genereux, stating- the Capture of a Convoy of the Enemy's Ships and Vessels by His Majesty's Ship under aly command. I have the Honour to be, &c. &c. THOIVIAS ROGERS. Mem:ay, of Minorca, lan. 15") 18°'• SIR, • have the pleasure to acquaint you, that on the 6th inst. cruizing agreeably to your Orders, I fell in with a'Convoy of about Twenty Sail of the Enemy, from Cette.bound to Marseilles, and froiri the adivity and exertions of the Officers and Men employed in the Boats, the Weather being nearly calm, I had the good fortune to capture - and secure Fifteen of them, as per Margin*, without tiny lose of Men, very little resistance' being made by the Vessels their Escort, consisting of Gun_ boats, having fled upon the Mercury's approach. The Prizes arc all deeply laden with Brandy, Sugar, Corn, Wine, Oil, and other IVlereflandize ; and I have the satisfaftion to add, they are safe arrived at Port Mahon. I am, Sir, &c. &c.. &c. THOMAS ROGERS. T. Manley Dixon, Et ? . Captain. of His Ala. jesty's Ship, Genereux, &c. &c. * 2 Ships, 4 Brigs, 3 Bombards,•, 2 Settees, and 4 Tar t 411 S. Admitialo.:olAce, March 24, IEOI. 'Copy of imother Letter free,; Cafitaitz Roger:, of His Majesty's Ship Alen-toy, to Evart.Nepean, .Esq. dated Port Afahon, the 22d of jaiittary, 18ot. SIR, In the absence of the Commander in Chief, I beg leave to enclose to you, f-Jr their Lordships' information, a Copy of my Letter, of this date, to Capt. Dixon, of His Majesty's Ship G enereux , (whose orders I am under, arid who i s a l so a l ) _ sent,) stating the capture of La Sans Pareille French National Corvette, by His Majesty's Ship under my command. I have the Honor to be, &c. &c. &c. THOMAS ROGERS. Mercury, of Port Mahon, 2a of .jravia):i So=. SIR, put . to Sea agreeably to my intention, signi fied to you, in my Letter of the 17th instant, the moment our Prizes were moored in safety, which was on the morning of the 19th, the day following I fell in with a Ship (the Island of Sar dinia bearing E. S. E. fort) , leagues), which I soon discovered to be an Enemy ; and after a chive of nine holm, blowing very fresh, I had the satisfaaion to come up with and, capture : She is called Lc Sans Pareille, French National Corvette, commanded by 'Citoyen Gabriel Re,- naglt, Lieut. De Vaisseau, mounting Eighteen tong Brass Nine-pounders, a i d Two" Howitzers, and .having on board a 'complement of Fifteen Men: She sailed from 'coition the day before her capture, and was bound to Alexandria, in Egypt, Suite laden with Shot, Arms, Medicines, and Supplies 'of every kind, for, the French Army, and is as complete a Vessel in every respea as I have seen, being quite new ; and well found with Stores of every description. I am, &c. THOMAS ROGERS. Captain Dixon,,Genc.reux. Admiraky-Ofice i rch24,1801.. • Copy of a Letter from. Lieutenant James Aida, commanding' His Majesty's Scheioner Netley, to Evan Nepeaft, Esf. dated RiTer . :Ta.gros, 26th of FA. 'tor. I beg leave to enclose, for the information of spy Lords Commissioners of the AUmiralty, the Lord Keitho I am, kci MMES MEIN. Neill§ River Tagas, 26th of MV ioitti, IFtbrtiaty zB6l. • I beg leave to inform your Lordship Of His Majesty's Schooner under my Command, having, on the 9th instant, ten leagues S. W. of Oporto, captured the Spanish Lugger Privateer, St. Fran cisco La Paula, armed with Two Carriage Guns, Four Swivels, and manned with Thirty-one Men. I am, &c. JAMES MEIN. _Right Honourable Lard Keith, K. B. &c: &c. &c. Netley, River Tagus. 26th of MY LORD, February 1801. I have the Honour to inform your Lordship of His Majesty's Schooner Netley, under my corn ma.ud, having on the tth instant, eight leagues S. W.'of Oporto, captured the Spanish Ptivateer Schooner St. Josef, alias el Beloz, Don Juan Antonio De Amaza, tommander, a new Vessel, pierced for Fourteen Guns, but had when taken only Four long Twelve-pounders mounted,' Six Swivels, and manned with Forty-four Men. Having receiv'ed information from some Eng lish Prisoners on board her, that several Ships of the Convoy . frbm'England had been taken the preceding day, I manned the Prize Schooner, and ordered Mr. Buchan, Master of the Netley, to proceed - on board, and go in &ace of two - strange Sail bearing West, ‘vhilst the -Netley went in pursuit of three others to the Northward: The first Vessel we came up with proved to be a Brig from Southampton, taken the day before by a Spanish Privateer ; the next also proved a cap tured Brig from London, on board of which I sent a Boat with a Midshipman and Six Men, and gave Chace to the third Vessel (a Lugger), which we drove on Shore six leagues to the Southward of Oporto. I have every hope of her being destroyed, as there was much surf on the Beach at the time. I am, my Lord, &c. JAMES MEIN. Right Honourable !Arc' Keith, K. B. &c. &c. &C. DEAL, MARCH 24. SAI LED the Nemesis Frigate, Retclation, Cyg net, Kent and Savage Cutters, on a Cruize. Came down, the Earl Ik.we, -, for India, and remains. As our Paper was about to he put to Press, an Express reached Town from Lrith, with a Dis_ patch from the Baltic. The French Frigate, the Africain, has been captured in the "Mediterranean, after an obsti nate Engagement of four hours, during which she lost her Captain, two Lieutenants, and 117 men killed, and 176. wounded. The English ship that took her is not mentioned in the -Mani teur. . The West India Fleet, under convoy of the Syren, from Cork, were left by .the Dryad, 12th Feb. in lat. 29, 26. long. - 21, 31. with a fair wind, blowing fiesh ; 134 bail in company. , The Osborn Transport, reported to have foun. dered, arrived at Gibraltar r 9th Fubruary. Our Letters from Birmingham, we are concern. ed to state, bring u) intelligence of a Riot there on Monday last. A good deal of mischief was done before the Dragoons could assemble, several Bakers! shops, as well as Cheese and Flour shops, having been broken open, and their contents car. tied off. The appearance of the Military soon dispersed' the mob, which .was very formidable in point of numbers. Several of the Rioters were fortunately secured, and traniuillity was re.esta. The LADY MAYOXESS gave a grand Route LiSt night, at the Mansion-House, at which above r goo persons of both sexes were present, amongst whom were Viscount and Viscountess TRINtLisroN, Lord W. Russtt, the Members of Parliament for the City of London, and the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, and. Kent, the Officers of the East 'lndia Company Volunteers, the Officers of the City Associations, the Officers of the Hon. Artillery Company, most of the Aldermen and Common' Council of the City, and their Ladies. The Happy Return, Nightingale, from Lon. .don to Grangemot-h, is taken - off Tinmouth. SuICIDE. —Las t Saturday morning, Sir a knight of very amiable manners and kind affettions, put an end to his existence with the shot of a pistol. ,He had , become melancholy since the death, in summer last, of his only brother, whom he af_ feetionately loved. His melancholy increased in the absence of his son, who went put Aid-de. iCaMp id Sir RALPH ABEkCAOMBY, in the Ex pedition_tO Egypt. . He . was disappointed of let. ters which he had for Some time impatiently ex pefted from his son, and which unhappily dicl. not arrive till yesterday Morning. - His melancholy, in these circumstances, increased by degrees to insanity. On Friday last he said abruptly to his servant, " Who do you stare at ? I am not 'out of my mind. If :you arc, lam not." Various other symptoms of the increasing derangement of his mind were also remarked. Be was accustomed 'to smoke a great. deal of tobacco, but . he smoked on Friday much more than usua4 He had placed himself in a chair, put themuzZle of the pistol in his. mouth, and discharged the shot through his head. The report was, heard by his servant, its the room above.—He'cainedoWn, and found his master expiring. His pipe lay broken beside him. The Coroner's Inquest on the body took place yesterday: at four-. o'clock. The Jury brought in their vetdiet—Lunacy.: Sir was formerly a ColOnel'in the Giards. • His .cha raCter, as a master, 'a father ) a biother, a friend, was truly excellent, PARIS ; MAicit it. Peace shall be publiShed In Paris on the next Decadi, and in the Departments, as soon as the Proclamatln is known there • and it shall be made known through th e Prefeqi arid Mayors. At night, the Palace and the Gardens of the Republic shall be illuminated, and a Concert slilll be given in 'the Gardens. • The whole City shall be illuminated. The day shall be celdbratcd by discharges of artillery every three hours ; and the Feast of Peace shall be celebrated by the ratth of July next. _ It is tepoit that the First Consul will shortly set out for Bburdeaux, and that he will visit Rochefort. Lotits BONAMTF. is to serve in the Army destined against Portugal. . _ On the 16th M. ICA - I.lTc:a IP and all the Rus sian Legation were 'presented to the Chief Con sul. n General BRUNE has returned from the Army of Italy. General MONCEY has been left in the charge of it. A Swedish Vessel, which entered the Port of Naples on the tst inst. brought intelligence that she fell in, off. the heights of Sicily, with two French Frigates, which formed the N"an.guard of a , Republican Squadron. No news had been re. ceived there respediug the Fleet commanded by Lord KEITH. The Consuls have issued the following PROCLAMAXION. THE coxsuts q THE FRENCH REFUEL IC TO T} PRZNCII PEOPLE. FIt4NCHMLN, " A glorious Peace has terminated the Continental War, Your Frontiers are brought to the limits which Nature has assigned to them. People long separated from you - rejoin you as their brethren, and augment your population, your territory, and your strength, a sixth part. " For these Successes you are indebted to the courage of your Warriors, to their patience in labour, to their pas sion for klory, to their love for Liberty, and for their Country; but you are also indebted for it to the happy re turn of COncord, and to that union' Of sentiment and of in terests which has more than once sated France from ruin. While you were divided, your Enemies entertained hopes of subduing you : they had hopes -that you would be subdued by youmelVes, and that the power which had triumphed over all their efforts, .would sink tinder the convulsions of Discord and Anarchy. " Th ei r hopes have been deceived: may they never be revived. • Continue eternally. united by the tecolledion of pour domestic misfortunes, by the sentiment •of your greatness and of your strength, ;4nd lear.to degrade,.by base )assions, a name which so m:►n} exploits have rendered sacred to glory and to immertality. " Maya generous emulation increase our Arts and our industry. May tKeful labours adorn France, that country which people will never name without resped and ad. niiration : May -the stranger who' will anxiously visit it, find among you• the mild and hospitable virtues which charatiterised your ancestorfs. " May, all professions be deserving of the dignity which the name of Frenchmen carries with it : May Commerce, by: its efßa on our intercourse with other Nations, introduce that fidelity which ensures confidence, and places fortune got on ha2ardons and fugitive Specula tions, but on those permanent canoe Lions of which esteem and mutual interest render both strong and durable. " Thus will our Commerce resume the 'rank due to it. Thus will the Connexions, which attach the most en lightened People of the Continent of Europe to our cause, be strengthened. Thus will even that Nation, which is still in arms against France, abjure its excessive preten sions, and becoMe sensible, at length, that there is no real happiness f9r a Nation any more than for an Individual, except in the prosperity of the whole. _ - - BONAPAA.TL, the First Consul of the Republic, or ders that the above Proclamation be inserted in the Bulle. tin bf the Laws, and be posted up throughout the Depart ments of the Republic.. . (Signed) " BONAPARTF." ARMISTICE DITWEEN THr FRENCH RtrtrELlC AND tus MAJESTY ?NE KING OF THE TWO EICILIES. Impressed with the sentiments of moderation and generosity manifested by the French Govern ment, as well as with the assurances of kindness displayed by the EMPEROR. of all the RUSSEAS with respect to the Court of Naples ) and desirous of putting an end to the calamities of War be tween France and His Sic' L lAN MAJESTY, by contributing on their part to the conclusion of a General Peace. General MURAT, ComMander in Chief of the Army of Observation, and M. the Chevalier MICHEROOX, consent to an Armistice on the following conditions Arrict.L I. The Armistice shall take place between the Armies of his Sicilian Majesty and those of the French Republic by land and by sea. • All the capturei made within ten days from the signing of the present Treaty shall be reciprocally restored. II . The Neapolitan Army shall evacuate the States of the Church, and commence its march fl*om the present date, so as to quit altogether the Ecclesiastical Territory within ten days. " • 111. The trench Army shall keep its present position . IV . . All the Ports of the Kingdbms of Naples and Sicily shall be shut against,,all Vessels of War or Trade, whether English or Turkish, until the Definitive Treaty of Peace between France and those two Powers; and the Ships which belong to them shall depart from the said Ports within twenty-four hours from thc signing of thipresent Treaty, after due notice. V. The French Ships of War and Merchant Vessels, and those of their Allies, shalt enjoy in the Ports of the two Sicilies the privileges granted to the most favoured Na tioils, The subsequent Articles -relate to the liberty given by the French Republic to the Neapolitan vessels tcrinter all French ports ; to the prohibi. ti: of the exportation of ail kinds of grain and ammunitioilin favour of the English, particularly for the Island of Milta, until the conclusion o f a geoid Peace, and to the release from prison of Moittecciiii;; taken on their return froth Egyi34 as well as to that of the Neapolitan prisoners: The Armistice it 'dated Headquarters; Februiry IS, and signed by General Count 1)2 DAMAS. The Chevalier MiCHE ROUX; MURAT, the Commander in Chief. 13ER-LIN, „ MAR6i 4—; "'WO Couriers .ha - to arrived from London ,to Lord CAR YSFORT,_whO have brdught him orders to e nt e r i nto . a Meg°_ nation with the Prussian Ministry on the subject of the differences which `have arisen - between England and the Towers of the 'North: The indisposition of His ER ITANNEC MAJ EST and the change in the Administration, prevent the adoptiOn of Any decisive measures at present. The Danish, Russian; and Svv . dish Airibassaclora have frequent Conferences with our 'Ministers. Ric A, FE E. 24.-- , -The foll Owing Proelamation has been published here t— . • ". His 'Excellency the Civil Governor and, Counsellor of Stare, Chevalier Von Ric IfTERi has received the folloxing commtin'eatiorl from the Commercial College of the Eriipirc-L-t That His. Imperial Majesty beirig coklyinced, by .ex perience, that the ProduCti.ms ;ind )arc liand;ze of his Empire were exported by Prussia into Eng:. land, his said. Majesty has thought' proper :o order, that the 'transportation of theSe PrAuer. lions and Merchandizes, through Prussia, Whe ther by land or sea, shall be severeik probihi• td, and that iti Order to Accomplish this sovere:,o order, the most severe inspettioo shall place, in; conformity with . the Ukasa of' 114 sth Of December, z 800. The COminerclal Co). lege has, in consequence, required all Civil vcrnors, Ist, To communicate, thragh the me_ dittm of the Magistrates, this Order to the Body of the Merchants ; 2dly, To order the Magi. strates to instruCt their brokers to insert, as - a sti pulation in their Contral, whether m;lde with foreign or Russian Merchants, that th , i articles .bought or. sold shall.not, under any pre;ence, be : .sent into Prussia by any channel. Ashe two Parties shall bind ,thernselves to this. • The Ma gistrates are also bound to suffer none of the met" chandizes to pass thither on any pretence, and if any one shall refuse to obey this order, they are to seize the articles, and to send advice thereof forthwith.' " In consequence of this order, after having been transmitted by his Excellency the Civil Governor Council, in order to its being correctly executed, is, by these presents, communicated to the k - ,now. ledge of all the Merchants in this City."- , -Dated 4tiga, Feb. / 2, iBot. HAGUE, MARCH 7. —On the 4th of this . month the Directory sent a Message to the Lc.. gislatire Body, in which they proposed a speedy revision of the Constitution. This Message was founded on the principle that all human libtitu. dons arc capable of improvement ;—that expe. rience had shown that the existing Constitution had given rise to different contests and 'nista:der. standings, and that the most favourable moment for the revision of the Constitution wak that which occurred between the conclusion of a Continental and a general Peace. For these and other motives; the Dire dory proposed to convoke the Primary Assemblies of all Citizens in a capacity to vote, in . order to determine, whether a revision be to take place ; and in case it shall be decided in the affirmative, they require to be authorized to ap point fourteen persons, to whom the Legislative Body may join seven, or at the utmost nine per sons, in order to form within two months, the plan of a new Constitution, which is to be proposed tbr the approbation or rejeetion of the People: or else, that the Directory may be authorized themselves to form such a Constitution to be submitted to' the choice of the People. 'After very animated debates, the Message was referred to a Commit.. tee, which is to report on the 16th March. MARCH r2,—The Executive Directory are to-morrow to send a Message to the Batavian Legislative Body., demanding an Amnesty in favour of. all those who have been banished or imprisoned for political offences. The Legis lative Body will, it is thought, comply with their demand. Thus we shall see some of tho first families of the Republic return to their for.. mer homes, from whence they have been so long banished. COP ENHAGIN, MARCH 3. 7 -All the prepara. tions for placing our Harbour in' a state of defence against a bombardment, are already completed. They consist in batteries , formed on three lines, the most advanced of which extends a full league into the 'sea. • Ships of different sizes: are em ployed In it, and -six thousand men are to serve either in the floatin4 or the , fixed batteries. 'rite Commander in Chiet, TI3CRE a, is a tnan of consummate skill in naval affairs. ThP. grand, Squadron ii to consist of at least seventeen ships, which is to be uommanded by a veteran' experi enced Offic,er. The Danish and Swedish Admi. rals seem, to have agreed not to dispute the pas_ sage of the Sound with the Englisp, but •to wait their arrival at the narrow,pass which lies between the Island of Amak and that ..of Saltholm.— 'rhe coasts of Iceland and of Seania are merely fur nished with Troops and Artillery to prevent any attempt at a landing. At the late Assizes at Maidstone, Thome: Hutton was tried before Baron HOTHAMy and a respeaable Jury of the County' of Kent, for fraudulently obtaining from Peter St*, a Ser. jeant 'in the Chatham Division of Marines, the sum of 7L z zs. bounty money, for inlisting a; a Marine Soldier, knowing himself at the same time to be ineligible, by reason of his being a - fen The .lawful apprentice of Robert Noaltesk of YAM_ ing in the said County, blacksmith ; and being found guilty of the offence, he was sentenced to be imprisoned in the House of Corredion fur twelve Monr,:is, and during that time to be twice publicly whipped.--4t is hoped that this punish ment will operate as a seasonable warning to per sons of that description, and put a stop to a prat. tice by %dila 'His Majesty's Service' has been frequently defrauded,