The Sun. — London, England, 1804-09-26 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, IT has often been observed that a well-regulated Newspaper should be a sort of Cu:to, Morum; as from tlmpanner in which they are circulated, and read by aliclasses; - the good or evil which —it is in their power to do, is both great and extensive. The Editor of one, therefore, stands in a situation awfully responsible, and has, perhaps, to answer for - much-1)f the vice or virtue, the religion, or, the want of ir, am-►ng the Society in which it is spread. In your Paper, I must confess, there i 4 seldom any thing to I va met with offensive to Religion or Morality. Hence it is that I wish to make it the vehicle for these observations. A few days since I was both shocked and burprizekto see in several Papers the account of a raceon Ilirham Downs, in which one of the horses was named " 13y jassis." No corn . trtent:that 1 have seen, no censure has been passed upon impiety so shneking—iMpropriety so glaring. tilli then aChristianCountry ? Do the inhabitants of it hope in reality for salvation through that Hely Niche so profaned ? or is it supposed that the childish affectation of wit, by pronouncing and spelling the:name of our Redeemer according to the Irish accent, obviates or atones for the indecency of using it in such a manner ? lam willing to hope that idle levity, rather than impiety or infidelity, dreww the owner of this horse into an impropriety so offensive to all serious and religious persons ; and . trust, Sir, that you will shew your•sense of it, by inserting these or other observations upon it, in your excellent Paper soon. • 1 remain,, Sift, Your most obedient Servant, A CHRISTIAN. MAILS. DUI. ♦AA IV ID. liamburgh z • .• . . • PRICE OF STOCKS, TUl.ti LAY ♦T TWILVit O'CLOCK. -57 i I 011111jUIT1 - Consuls - - . 6a THE SUN. 801.&1# QUltLit& VALIUM AUDZAT ? I. 0 N 0 N, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER z 6, 1804. HIS MAJEtiTY holds a Council this day at Wey. mouth, afar which he does not mean to return, although the Morning Chronicle has positively as. mired its Readers of his' intention ao to do. We have great pleasure in assuring our Readers, that Ills Masi EsTY 'finds himself 'so well' at Weymouth, that he means to pass great part of Odober there, vir , g ntichrr apprr!msions of Invasion, nor other reasons for 'his- immediate'return. YESTFRDAY part of our Squadron stood over to the, French Coast, to watch the motions of the Enc. my, which 'we apprehend are not likely to be of any greater extent than usud, that of creep. jog alOng.shore under their Batteries. •As to their attempting to invade England with their paltry Flotilla, while we have so powerful a Fleet as we n'sw possess in the Downs, it is too absurd to be believed by any one who has the slightest know. ledge of tile advantages which large Ships possess over small ones. BotgArAaTE knows this very well ; and if we may judge from the whole of his political life, white •he ,pretends to threaten Eng_ land from the shores of Boulogne, he is, in lad, me. ditafing how Lc shall strike a blow at us in another quarter. Although he may be well aware that he has no chance whatever to conquer England, he may yet do it a great deal of mischief borh at home and in its COlonies. We should not therefore be stir_ priv,d, if his Squadrons should unfortunately escape the vigilance of the Fleets that now blockade them,. to hear of that from 1 1 %.rr0l pushing fur the East Indies ; of that of Rochefort for the West In. dies ; and the Brest Fleet for Ireland for although the chances dre ten to one that the whole• of them wou:d ultimately fall into our hands, yet .if, in the mean time, he can dimes& our Trade, or embarrass our Government, his objet will in — rome degree be answered, as kir losses can always be made good by ra i ine anti plunder, so long as any of the Petty , States of Eurr.pe remain for his insatiable grasp.. A report is in circulation, and we have every reason to believe it - to be true, that Lieutenant WitICHT, who was confined in the Temple at Paris,. bas been released but on what conditions we have r.ut yet !carried. The mortality on board one of the Cartel Ships that arrived lately front jmnaica has been very great, owing to the dirtiness, the want of discipline, and the inhumanity of the he'althy prisoners towards the sick, which prevailed on the passage. The Matter of the Vessel had no authority over them whatso. ever, and the Officers were as filthy and unruly as the caninon prisoners. YEVIERIIrtV 3 number of Gentlemen engaged in the Sxaoish Trade waited upon Lord HARR()\VIII', at his-desire, at his Office in Powning.street._lll s L or d 4 11 y statcd to them, that there were now cer !ain t•Lgotiation% p 4:ng between this Country and Spain, the issue of which, was uncertain ; thareir. plariations had been required as to the intentions with which theArmamentS now prepaiing in the Ports of Spain were to be fitted out., to which tap sa. tisfidory answer had hitherto been received... His Lordship added, that he considered it his duty to. communicate this information to the Gentlemen whose property was embarked in trade with that Country, in - order that they might take such mea. sures, and adopt such precautions as they might think most advisable. The Gentlemen who attended having returned his Lordship thanks for the commu. nication, recapitulated several grievances which our Trade had sustained in the Ports of Spain, particn. larly the infraction of the article in_the Treaty of Amiens, by which the British property which had been tonfiscated should be restored. His Lordship took minutes of the different points whiCh they stated, after which they withdrew. Upon' this imp9rtant fad , we shall forbear at present to make any comments, except merely to say, that although it is not a proof chat a War with Spain is absolutelyinevitable, it shows; that, in the opinion of Ministers, such..an event. is by•no means improh:thle. If tVar can be avoided, consis. tently with the safety and honour of this Country, we are sure that the present Ministers will not engage in it ; but, if the _timid policy of Spain,, and the implacable hostiliry of France, should force us into the Contest, the result, we are convinced, , will be as advantageous to ;he Interests, as be glorious to the Arms, of Great Britain. ' YESTERDAY afternoon eve received Paris Papers to the 101 instant, They contain very little intelligence of interest or importance. The report is revived of the KING of PRU3sIA, being about to assume an Imperial Title, in imitation of the new EMpEROR of FRANCE, and the still newer ENIFERoIt of AUSTRIA. It is not improbable that such an event may take place, although the rumour may perhaps be circulated by the French Papers, for the purpose at contributing still more to keep in countenance the assumption of the Imperial D;gnity by the Corsican Usurper. It is also stated that French Garrisons will be placed in the Manse Towns, in the event of hostili. tics aetually commencing between Russia and France. The pursuit of a French Convoy by a detachment of Lord NtfAlbei Fleet, which we mentioned ycs. terday, is detailed in one of the French Journals, with a very pompous panegyric on the Corsican Horae.Chasseurs, 'who came down to the Coast, and, in perfeft safety, very htroical& set our Fleet at defiance. Dispatches were yesterday received from Sir JAM Es SAUMAtt Fz, ut jersey. They contain an ae c onnt of several 4n.)vcinents Living taken place on the Enemy's Coast, The bland WAS in every respect prepared to resist an attack. A Gentleman has contrived and drawn up a very simple and ingeeionc Code of Signals for the use of the Navy, Which we understand are now under trial by Admiral Thottraftoll,Gli in the Text! Fleet, and which, if found to answer the expefta_ tions that are, formed of them, will be universally adopted in the Service. A Court of Proprietors of the Wink of gngland was held yesterday, at which the late Resolution of the Court of Directors, with regard to the increase of their salaries, was confirmed. Mr. PITT left town yesterday everting for Cox. heath, on a visit to iris Brother, the Earl of CHAT. His Royal fliglinetis the DUK F. of Yoittc returned to town yesterday fiom Weymotith. The Duke and Dotehevtof Sr. AL BANS and ase.. lea party dined yesterday with the COUntC3B of PERTH, at her hou,e at Hampton Court. Ead and Counteo of ALIikMARLE returned to town yesrcrday. _ The 1, , 1rd Chief Justice of Ireland returned yes_ terday to Hottl, jermyn.street, from Lord SHEFFIELD'S tiCat 10 Sussex. The Duke arid DLIFCIISS ofST. AG RANI, left town to.d ty, for their seat in Cambridgeshire. Countess PAITLE TT, it is supposed, will be ap pointed a Lady off - the Bed.chambet to the QUEEN, in the room of the late Lady SrnwELL. 114 Paper that iq invariably hostile to Govern ment., alter expressing its - conjedures that :our Block. 1,, about to be augment e d, h as ' t h e ailing Squadron following passage It is long since we stated . the necessity of this augmentation. At the time, tie suggestioo was trealta with contempt by Mi. : nisters and their supporters. • - iNwv, however, they have altered their tone, and what formerly was presented as the eff.tt of ignorance, turns out to be the efeided ofi4 , ;Qll of the first Naval Offcerr in the service." Yet the s a me Paper, on the same d iy, says, " The Minister May be perfcetly assured that BONAPARTE is not without hopes, hum thediwgree. ableandlijeless service of a Blockading Fleet." With out expressing any d'aubt that the Opposition Writer may know the bolts of BONAPARTE, or animad. verriog en his atreMpt to render our sailors discon tented with the blo'ckading service, we may surely presume to notice. this glaring inconsistency in the Paper alluded to, and,its presumption as well as folly in calling that service disagreeable iott lifeless, the. augmentation of which, the Writer says, he himself recon!meeded, awl which, by his :own account, is sandit lied by " the decided rf , inio,r o f .the first Na , val fiff errs in the service !" It is • really, dif licit to .detertnine whether the Pal er in question kiSplays most iuirudence, IIIitiCVOICIIC 3 or stupidity. NAPAL EWS. DIAL ' SFPT. 25. -Arri ved the Plymouth Trans port, and Findou and Pita/ant N/ hired Stoops,. from Ply mouth; .the two former remains, the latter sailed for Deptford. Sailed the Humber, Armed Ship, with Convoy for Plymouth. Arrived . the Charlotte Schooner from 8 Croix.. Sailed ihe Seiar, Champion, Fury, Dart, Hermes, and . Speedy 'Sloops ; Devastation, Lucifer, and tuviur Bombs ; Mariner, Archer, Minx, Bruizer, and Bloodhound Gttt:brigs, on a Cruize off Boulogne: This morning at daylight a large Swedish Ship was _discovered on shore on the Godwin Sands, to tallydismasted ; the Boats from hence and Rams.' gate immediately proceeded out to her, and found only one man on, board, the rest of the crew having left her in the long. boat, but have not yet heard whether they got safe on shore at any place in this neighbourhood ; her,cargn consisted of masts, deals, and iron. The Ship is totally lost, one broadside being out. Further particulars am not able. to gain this Post. The Right Hun. Lord KEITH . and Sir HomE PoraAm are now coming in . from their Cruize ()IT Boulogne, in His Majesty's Ship Monarch. In the Downs Utrecht, Inflexible, Penell)pc, Castor, rey huund, L'Ainfable, lamaica, Eugenic, Orestes, lackall, PlOlOllO Transport, Elution Sloop, TrAnsports anti Defence *hips as before. . _ _ SHEERNESS ) SEPT. z6.—Arrived the Blazer and Mallard Gun.brigs, and Kitty Armed Ship, which sailed a few days arc► with the Convoy for the Elbe., Came into Harbour the Th;rbe to re. fir. Sailed the Agamtmaim for Spithead. Th e p,th ia Sioop of War continues the Signal for Convoy to:the Baltic. Arrived the Ferreter Gun.brig, Lieut. 11. Wr and the Agincourt, of 64. guns, Capt. Ba loos, from the, Medi terfanean. Ships at this Port : The Zealand, Agincourt, Clatton,' Ceres, Rosina, Firm, Sparkler, and terreter and Escort GUn-b;i4s, Po RTSMOUTI4, SF PT. 25.—Arrived the Economy, lilt A NDli AM, from Riga ; Dinar, jo VI, from Dept. ford ; Beiley , LONG, from Bristol ; and 11eroinr, from a Cruize. Sailed the George, FOR ResTrit, for Gibraltar. Passed by the Surat Castle for the East DISTRIBUTION OF pßizr MONEY. To the Officers and Company of His Msjestrs Ship Ca. reline, for the Capture of tne I , rencit brig La Bonne Mere, the 2.9 th May, 1803, on Saturday next-, ;Ind every day for three years to one, at No, 6, Stanhope-Weer, Strand. The Washington Packet, which was in worst of service for Lisbon, with the Mail of the tBth inst. has been countettnanded at Falmouth, until further orders. The Samson, Copt. ATKINS, from Boston, is arrived off 13, , ,ver, bound to Amsterdam. In lat. 46. 14.. long. 31. she fell in with the 0/hew. Fri. Kite and a Fleet under her convoy, bound to Que bec,: out 18 days, and all well. A. vessel, called the l'inar, was insured at Lloyd's a fe4 months ago, from Hull to Tonningen, and was reported to have been lost, tngether with her cargo, and all hinds ; in'conseptence of which th Underwriters settled her loss. , To their great stir. prize, ,however, yesterday, her arrival WaS an. flounced at a Port in Norway, with a cargo on board. It appeared. she had been picked.up'at sear having been deserted by her crew while it was supposed she was in a. sinking state. A Convoy is petitioned for, to-sail from Hull the 3d of October for Tonningen. Lord NELSON'S health has been for some time • in a delicate state, but the most alarming of his complaints is a diminutiop of - sight in his remaining eye.. This is a very lamentable circumstance in. deed, respelling that gallant Veteran, as nobody in the British service was ever more quick.sighted i& watching the Enemies of his Country. On Monday morning the Lox D YOR, accompa. nied by the LADY. MAYORESS, anti a party of Ladies, went to Blackheath, to see the Royal. Fast London Militia, commanded by Colonel Sir Jou EAMER, who have pitched their rents t'or the purpose of prat. rising the Regiment in Camp Duties. The Lottn MAYOR arrived in the rear of the Camp, and was received by the Colonel in a very handsome M ar . Tice. They proceeded down the main street to the front •of the Camp. When the drum beat to arms, the Regiment quitted their . tents and occupi e d t h e i r streets, and formed line in front in the space of three minutes. Aker having presented arms to his Lord ship,:and marched past in ordinary time, preceded by two Battalion Ouns,_they proceeded in open Co. lumns to the end of the Heath, where they went through a great variety of mano.ravres in a rapid, corred, and masterly manner, and marched hack in line to the Encampment, preceded by the Light Infantry, and their cannon firing the whole way. His Lordship and the COmpany, which was numerous, paid them high compliments on their discipline and soldier.like appearance. The Company were of. terwards entertained by the Colonel at his houSe with a eitjeleae. The LORD MAYOR then embarked on board the -London Arn4d - Schooner, and after a sail of . ab , ait an hour and a half, returned to the Ship Tavern to partake of a Soldier's Dinner. Much conviviality crowned the board, 'and a dance in the evening concluded this very . pleasant day, which contributed to the happiness of every one present. Sir WALTER STIRLING, Bait. the. reopetLble Banker, was on Saturday last, sworn a /Alois of Portsmouth, Str T. YEs'rrr, DAY, after prayers on hoard the Rejal Sovereign Yacht, the ROYAL FAMILY landed at the Pier, at the end of the Esplanade, soon after one o'clock, the Ships at the same time firing a Royal Salute.—They proceeded in three carriages to Glou. rester LAge, where they spent the afternoon ;in the ' evening they went to the Rooms, and stopped a short tittle; after which THsla MAJESTIES had j idea party of Nobility at the Lodge to supper. HER MAJESTY'S Band were in attendance, and played several pieces of serious music, chiefly from, ,the works of HANDEL. t This morning HIS MAJESTY was on horseback before seven o'clock, accompanied by the Duxes of YORK and CAMBRIDGE, on their chargers ; Generals MAtiretliartAm, MANNERS, GARTH, and DELA*. CRY; Earl U.c:BRIDGE, LOtdWALSINGHAM, and all the Staff, toll Aids-de-Camp. HER MAJESTY, the PIUNCESEES AtIG:T . STA and ELIZABETH, and Coun. tens of ILCB ESTER ; the PRINCESSES SOIPHIA, Al4it• LIA, and MAxy, and Lady E. TFIYNNI, Mrs. Dasx and Mrs. DRAY GROSVEVOR, &c. in six 'carriages, left the Lodge for Radipole Hill, where His MA• J.ESTY reviewed the Somerset Militia, who went through their evolutions with the utmost precision,' and were complimented for the same by the Duet. of YORK; before twelve o'clock the Roy AL PARTY . returned to Gloucester Lodge. His:MAJESTY did not stop in-doors ten minutes, but as soon as, hia spurs were taken walked with the DUKE of YORK down the Esplanade, over 'she bridge, into Melcombe Regis, and along the %tater sid e ' opposite to the place where. the Royal Yachts were this morning moored. From thence they proceedea, round Weymouth, and returned to the Lage,.' is remarked by the people of Weymourhohat HIV i isilniEsTy is wonderfully altered in health sea: 0" f , pearanee for the better since he came ; 10, 1, 1 1 1 6 1 . 1 : 6i l e a md c -11 .. °li vered .aud. those about him pretend to hav e t • . he left this alteration almost daily ever since 5 Windsor. to a This evenin a grand Ball . is to be giv e n s t large party of Nobility anti Gentry at the RO5 Hotel, by the Eari.. of UxBR IDGE J ESTI ES and the Roy4u. FAMILY are .expe honour it with their At ten o ' clock this evening, it is expetted that the Du n s ' of Yo./.s:, and Sus% ex will leave Weymo uth fo r London.., , Arrivals at LANE'S Hotel rod, Esq. _ . PARISIAN F44.51110N5. • The calv2tes begin to have more simplicity in their appear, . :ince, that is, they are less loaded with ribbons,-or any vane" t i gated ornaments. ---W bile hats are much worn, with .a W ' ow ", Witter turnixi up. to the rigitt ; and abo ve the border thirs turned up is worn a large bunch of flowers. - In. the nliLW' nets' shops, the newest ribbons scent to be lilac upou a r 171:,, ground—not those most genera ly in use are white Orpor, • coloured, In the head-dress, the hair is worn much Owner. with much less of that protitsion of diamonds' than OS 0 041 -r. worn hitherto. There are some of our eitgaNtes who,thotii. t they . wear a quantity of diamonds elsewhere, are contenitei turning up Lae hair with a plain tortoiseshell-contb,,,;.„d In prevailed prolixity Some. Ladt4i appear. dressed with their-be h in. a "et of silkor gold twist ; but they are seldom ca n .°l . • o, : t h t u he t a b t ra tt i t i e an b t at A ls s t: c e n number to iittroduce it as a fashion_ ; lb the jerchl' at --)(' kanelagh )ou see nothing but robes v t itl; t railil a ra!Va s The robes which ch, ny arc scarcely to be seen this ye'ar • mental kith white ribbons ' plated at unequal distances, b as to form all round a kind, of tan: The me n in general wear cocked hats with feathers anti smalksquare gold shoe-buckles . • strings at the knee-gAttersi And silk stockings, nankeen or 11,5e-COlOtlf. •. ...................-................. • there are only short goyvne, _ :c... of Survanleft, wercsoin.a; THE THEATRE.-- The Belle's StratalemintrOo heed a Livros a sec ond t ime to the boards o f . Drury. lane Ttleatre last night, in the' of Dri c. 7 l (surf, which he rendered conspicuous in the pit ch particularly in the moral and g raver passag es ' a nd, , Aaor has forcible powers ; and in TragediP, _ A. but his thing the sententious parts of ConledY, is will ealcullag ,!() make a strong impression on the audienee..rit I_l4S also a considerable share of fi re ,and sin and but not equally marked bY ea s f i t sprightliness. • However, ,the part of 'rn r ' all ' , •,„ w hi c h; which seems to he generally mistaken, _or „fionle !he fair Author has not executed her own illini i - e re.; I _ 3 not 4 part of the most vivacious kinds . SP I P : WO ' that she amply f ore upon the whole very well correspolir .imt I ELL-as-Toss. - talents and habits. Mrs. .1 ° , 1 7i / i4 was so . entertaining in those passages of 4 i l of I . ant, which require spirit and broad-114(1r of compensated for, any vi ant t ie elegance and refinement in those of a nw re .„ -. valet' kind. BAotisti,Tsn. in Fluittr, IVIOY G ll eh : Tos in Sir George Touchwood, Dow . ros in i l l f ",; ( 1 : and indeed all the rest of the Performers, actrott,-di .themselves so ably; that the Comedy went off v 1 , 1,4 its original spirit, and will doubtless be tel' ej K a N.lll with great success. ' 1 he House was very. well 111 *. tended. . . • - ... 0 LE is thus complimented by a public co", o u n his performance of 0a,m,;,,,„,i, T h e m og ia;ttre s h ` he blended with great fe/;city their/be& 01 the frightful." ' declinedN'lrs. S I playingDD 0 N s , w i i t th ha t s he be y en oll i n n t vi ß di o n f u e : m l y b sa' , i r a r t h h e p a re . s! i n s ,, n w t s st is the l always st testis to i t n o tahsesiasstsyatwionoii.ig - rn i l / 4 4 . e r i li t, '" f r t , which 1 to promote the interests of the Theatre ill • I she is engaged. . :I hid.CH ERk V, . who has been so successful 'wi t i fie ,v• Comedy of The Soldirr's DlluA.bter, has '') i , of 1 Opera for Drury-lane Th e Ar e. The Mttlic i- - Come fr.,,rn CORR I. daltk ! At a Court of Alderman held yesterday at con ; hall,. the A4size of Brea4 was ordered 1° b e „ Jr - 1 -viz. tinued the same as' l'o'c''we'ek, tern loaf, wheaten, and rod—hou.ehollh,,.,,ini Sheriffs attended, and reported that they h!'l le l " 0 'tared Mr.. J TIN App . / 4 0N NEWMAN (° in Olt . I Keeper of His .Majesty's Gaol of 145 1 '11 , 3 , 1 re ; I >l4 ll, 1 ,- i'lid , the 4, rbe . room of Mr. JAIN KIRBY, decea'sed ; ol co ' ini ner TEAcus to be Kt:L.l,er of Giltsisur-stree y l and Ludgate Prison ;*IOC A .:, be Keeper of the Poultry Cornpier :t ° a n int.vt si and Mr. Ensvisit.ol(ll`l,4o) Court a greed, and they were severallY aw , t their res i , eztive offices accordiuglY• - . 1: . i s s ,,._ l 4 On the 12th irst. ~t ROBERT 114 1 - 1 • 4 04 05 ~.. WI l'i'.' 'IP Of Moor Park, the Lady of WILLIA" j af ails - E,-q. of Link;olu's.inn.ftelds, was delivele i gain bor. Ail'