The Sun. — London, England, 1804-01-09 00:00:00

} HAMIIURGH MAILS. PARIS, Dtc. t 6. COUNT MARKoFr left this Capita on the,t4.tl.l inst, on his return to Petersburgh. During the absence of the First Consul, who in tends to inspet the present state of the warlike Preparations carried on with increased vigour on the'Coast, his Brother_in-law, G-!,eral MURAT, is to have the command in chief of the Troops quar tered in Paris. At Bourdeaux, all the English who are Prisoners 0 f War on their Parole, are bound, every Sunday, to make their appearance before General Avail., to prove their presence in that town; in default of which they are arrested, and concluded from Bri gade to Brigade to Verdun. , The Expedition against England, it is said, will he carried into effect in the month of January. The FIRST CONSUL is still here, but part . of nis equipage has already been sent to the Coast. General NET has left Switzerland for the camp of Compiegne. Citizen RotrxtEßES has been pro. visionally appointed French Chargi d'Affaires. Several Nunneries are about to be established in Paris. In a late Sitting of the Council of State, the First Consul professed sentiments very favourable to the Liberty of the Press. Newspapers and Pamphlets alone are to remain subjected to the necessary ctn. VIENNA, DEc. z. ccoit 15 NG• to stinse accounts received here, ,urhances have broken out at Constantinople. Couriers are cot , tinually going arid returning be. tween this City and .Paris, and Petersburgh. The Spanish Ambassador, the PRINCE DI CASTEL FkAtqco, and the Portugueze Charge d'Affaires, the Chevalier MIRANDA, have both notified the Nen. traiity of their respettive Nations in the present War: CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. r 4. THE CAPUTANPACHA has received orders from the GRAND Siou'rOti, to return to this city. He has already arrivedat the D a rda ne ll es with t h ree s hips of the line—the rest-ache Fleet continue off, under the Turkish Vice-Admiral. The city of Alexandri a in Egypt, is closely be. ttieged by the Beys ; according to slime accounts PACHA, the Turkish Commandant, has aban. cloned the town to the Marnelukes, and. confined bimseif to the defence of the citadel. New disttirbancis have broken out in Syria, DGEZZAR pAtRA h av i ng been appointed Paella of Damascus, ABDALLA, the Paella who was super. sededi has put himself at the h-e.l'd 5,000 men, and is layin waste the 'Country With fire and sword, g in revenge for haying been deprived df his goi - ern. anent. • "There tire also disturbances in EutoPean Turkey. A body of Rebels have advanced against Adiiano. pie, and laid siege to that city. BANDS OF THE DANUBE, Dtc. to. ON the 6th instant the Envoy of the 'ELr Ctbil PA at Vien ra received a Courier frorn fter which hedeciarec3,-tha t the ELacToit,his Mas ter, had ordered his Troops to withdraw. from Ober. . 14 esen—)ament , ..11 that any misunderstanding should lave arisen, and was ready to agree to an equitable 2 cc)mmodation of the differences that had taken pint; It is also confir;,;ed that :'le Palatine Detach ment w as withdrawn front Oberhausen before the ar rival of the Austrian Troops which had been 'or dered to advance. A 3 therefore the Austrian Court is perfest;y satisfied with the assurances it has re ceived frolf the Court of :he ELECTOR PALATINE, the Troops which were to have been assembled on the Austrian Frontiers of Bohemia, have been or dered to halt, BANKS OF IHt DEC. :O. OUR journals.contain the following Article " The Et,trEtor, of Russ tA has made application to the French Government for the evacuation of Han. over, and at t h e same time required that an indent. n'fication should be allotted to the KING Of SAR DINIA, Which, if not complete should at least atncmnt to one-third part of the value of the States Le had lost, and that this indemnification should be assigned him On the Continent of Italy. The Court cf 1/reyrna, at the invitation of that of St. Peters burg:), supported both these propositions. BONA PARTE, howe..rer, expressly declared, that he could not consent to the evacuation of the territory of Hanove r before the restoration of Peace ; and that the indemnification of 016 KING of SARDINIA, should it be agreed to, could not be carried into effea till Peace was concluded with EngLla. In these Negotiations another great Power has taken no part. " Frequent Conferences are held between the aEnvoys of several States of the German Empire, re. ctive to the parity of votes in the College of Princes, asPrance, if this di'pute be not speedily aecurnmo_ tiate * o-ienly interpose as a Mediator. It is applieu Lor th e also Cop c ierrleti k that several States of the Empire have iativr to vari, prorection or the Ft Cr 2 .U_L eiv re e; 'us demands they conc.ive . tntiti-..ci to or final Ma ke, in virtac of the Recess, Ad of the Deputati,. T : „. re i s talk of a very important French Oftki a i N ote wOieli will soon be given.in to the Envoys at the Diet at Ratishon.— The celebrated Senator SIEVES, conferences widl .13i214?AltTE•" has now frequent NIIL:!:/, Die. 8. TO -DAY the Grenadier Battalion which is in fu. turt to att ai a Guard to the First Consul, BONA ?..RTE, as President of our Republic, began its trateh for Paris—it consists of picked men, their unform is elfgant, they arc commanded by Col. Lucutst. MESSINA, Nov. is. Pr 7o:kE the end of this month, the Ord r 01St. loh , , must entirely ev:.caare the Island of Malta, r o saran Neapolitan Vesse:s will fetch from Malta, the Council oft .der, and , conveY them to Catanea, in Sicily - , s 7rre; as is k n own, t h e Grand Master of the Order already is. The Curt. vent of Augustines, at Catanem, has been evacuated to supply the members of the Government of the Order with a residence, in the vicinity of which the Grand Master has a particular palace. GENOA, Drc-3. • ALL the Ship. Masters in our territories, whose vessels were employed in the conveyance of Troops in the Expedition to Egypt' have received direCtions to bring in their bills ftit freight, w.bicbwill' now be paid. To.day a report %vas suddet:ly spread, that the yellow fet4r had made its ilprarance in Genoa. This occasioilied - a great alarm, hut happi:. ly it was soon discovered tote - Without foundation. VENICE, DcZ.T7N , THE Turkish Fleet, which .fie rea, has land forces on boat AL banians have bee:3l landett rand 'the English Ships of Wat obser ions , of tha French off Otranto. TliE MOREA,,, Nov. 24. THE Fleet of the CAPITAN PACHA, which 1135 arrived off this Peninsula, Consists of 17 Ships of War. It is reported it will be joined by seven Eng, lisle Ships of War. FRONTIERS OF RUSSIA, ACCORDING, to accounts from Petersbrirgh, it is now determined that the truly meritorious Chancel. for of the EMpire, Count Woß.ONzo*, shall he permitted to 'resign on account of his great age, and feeble state of health, and retire to enjoy repose on his estate. His Office, however, remains undis. posed of, and PRINCE CZARTORINSKY will manage the business of it during the vacancy. THE ESCORIAL, Pze. a. We as yet know nothing more circumstantial re• lative to the contents of the Convention with France for a Neutrality. • fle're,l . as throughout the rest of Europe, curiosity analitention are strongly exciied by the great Frencli s .cxpedition -now preparing. England delays to de - Clare her intentions with re. spelt to Spain. The• great.-quantity' of English property now in oar Flatboats may possibly be the cause of this delay. In the mean time, preparations are•adively Car. tying on in all our Naval Departments. Admiral GRAY INA is still at the Escurial; but, with alew exceptions, all naval Officers are ordered to repair to their respective stations. The report from Paris, of an approaching change in our Administration, is without any foundation. His Excellency the Prince of- Peace still enjoys the most unlimited confidence of boththeir Catho lic Majesties ; as do also the Minister. for Foreign AfFaires, M. de PAVAL LOS. and the Minister of Finance, DON Go L ER. • HAGUE, DEC. 17. THE greatest dispatch is now used in supplying the Ships of War and Transports now lying in the canals of our Republic, with the necessary provisions and ammunition before the frost sets in, The number of Transports is about 300, in the road of Flushing and other places. It is hoped that the cold will not be so severe as to freeze them up, and prevent the departure of the Expedition. The march of the Troops to the coast still continues. Gen. QUAYTA, who has been ill but is now recover. ed, will command the Expedition under Gem Du.. MONCEAU, DECEMBER 20. The preparations for the Expedition against .grlgj. land still continue without intermission, canals in the interior are full of 'Transports coniej.; ing Troops to the coast. BRUSSELS, DI.C. IS. THE requisitions of forage and provisions for the Troops on the coasts. have now ceahed ; those who have furnished them are to be paid from the Na tional Treasury. "The Ft RST CONSUV. is speedily expeEted at Os. tend and Dunkirk. The Mayor at the latter town, Citizen EmmeßY, is appointed a member of the Legion of Honour. Three mire. Regiments are ex. petted in the Camp at Dunkirk. Gen. SERRAS com mands along the coast from Dua;f:irk to Calais. It appears, by letters from Stockholm, that the Swedish Government, by a late ',ilia, has subjea ed to a very stria and severe censure, the Danish Newspapers, as well as all fugitive pieces, periodi cal and political Works, published in Dernulrk, on account of the unrestrained Liberty of the Danish Press, especially with regard to the political system, and some recent measures and arrangements of the Court of Stcckholm. The Tides in the River Thames, on Saturday se'n.., night, were uncommonly high : that in the afternoon was the higllest, and exceeded in height any Tide for seven years past ; it flowed till near half past four o'clock, and then stood about iftfi,ht inches higher than the usual Spring Tides, but was not so high, by near six inches, as the great Tide in Fe bruary 1791. The Tide of Saturday morning fell short of that in the afternoon, not more than three or four inches ; and much damage was done on the Banks of the Thames, by the filling of warehouses and cellars. Westminster Hall would have been again inundated ; but since. 179 r, a new floor has been- laid upon arches, laid on the stones of the floor, which has raised. it out of the reach of the Tides. Thursday afternoon, while a Lady who lodged in the house of Mr. Rontrrs, of Clapham, was standing by the lire, wniting for company who were to dine with her husband, the red-hot poker falling from the grate, set her cloatip; in a blaze. Her screams brought to her assistance the landlord of the house, who throwing a carpet over her, extin guish:id the ;lame:. Though dreadfully burnt, some hoges are entertaiaed of her recovery. _B./ . 111 ,AT "S..E3'EIV ..-.P..4k5.,.. Atbl sc the festivities. 'of this season, none have hen wore conspicuous than an •elefrant and sui)eub 3,. Entertainment, consisting of a Pall ard Supper given by . the Gentlemen of. the neighbourhood of S vet Oaks, at the Town-Hall on Monday last. sinciotis iooins Were fitted up in a sifie of eleganci'• and grandeur seldom excelled, and illutilinated'in - Most . splendid mantiep. The most distinguished 01 the Nobility, &c. were, .•Eirl:atid Countess of STAntop . r, with the flisci nating 'Madame LUKENFA, Earl CAMDEN,. Sir RiquAit'oandliady 1-I , RDINci, and Miss SNP YD, .13ELIIIiCHAM GRAHAM, Mr. COOKS (High heriff of the County), Colonel 'and: M.s. LAM. ARD, Miss WATERMAN, Colonel and Mrs. Evs. LYN, Major,MAYNE, Major and Mrs. MOTLEY, MP. and the Miss WrwoA•rgs, - .Mrs. and the Miss HARD iNGEs, i r. an'dloll. BEST, and their daugh ters. . • • : Tim:company began to, assemble about half past nine, and the ,clancing commenced at ten o'clock. Major MAthE, and Lady HARDIN6E opened the Ball, and abant.TB couple followed. _ The Ladies were principally dressed in white, With many dianionds.' About one o'clock the sup. pereroom was thrown - open, when not a delicacy that the season could . produce was wanting, nor could the elegance and taste of the arrangement of the stippet be surpaStedi "which was concluded by the Stewardi; Many appropriate Songs were sung after supper, and aftqr resuming the .dancing, with great sprit; the whale circle broke up highly gratified with the ehtertainMeht of the evening'. • THEOr ERA.--There was another rehearsal of La Vergine del Sole, on Saturday last, at 'the King's Theatre- RIG;HR, the new ,Tenor Singer, appeared on• this occasion, and sung with great effett. His voice is good, and much stronger than VIC ANON I's. He evidently poisesses taste and judgment. Sixt, we were sorry to find,' laboUrs under a severe cold and hoarseness ; it was therefore impossible to form a proper estimate of her vocal-p"ers. The Music, as we have•said, is grand, and we hope it will be found pleasing, when it is brought forward with '" all the appliances and means to boot," which may, give it due effed upon,tlfe ear. Vi GA rtoiNt speaks so little'Englishlthar much time was lost in giving direilions to the-Orchestra, particu larly ds MORTELLARI, the Harpsichord Per former, is wholly u.naegnainted with our language. This " loss of time and hindrance of btisines3" she ws the necessity of having an Englishman ht the Harp- . 'sichord, 'as Mohr of the Band' are of this Coentry. VYt c HS - YLL,- being of course present, veiy, .kindly exerted himself inprornciting'harmor} , l but an Eng_ lishman ought .to preside at' the HArp`iich . Ord, to assist in preventing any moreaconfusion of 'the same kind. • . . . We are sorry: to learn that a- Lat3y of Fashion has interfered to recommend another. .Eareigner to Olt Qfuun HO,U4E, .because he happens to, be the nephew of a domestic in her family, The Trus_ tte and the Conductors, ho'wever, though they have apparently yielded to the intercession, 'have resolved that it shall not finally succeed, and are laudably determined to give a, preference to their -countrymen, except incases of abialute neci;s3ity. Drury 'Lane had a very numerous 'audienCe on Saturday :last to The Wift . of Two Husbands- and C'indirella, The former piece has, become very at traftive, and now it, is supported by Cinderella, the Theatre goes on as' prosperously as it did when assisted by the unrivalled talents of honest Carlo.. The superb entertainment of Cinderella is likely even to be more produElive than Blue-beard. It is a most magnificent and beautiful Spedacle, and probably will render the present the most pro.. dudive season that ever the Theatre has ex perienced.__ _ _ _ The well-known taste of Mrs. CRESPIGNY was never more conspicuously displayed than by the 'very elegant party she gave her young friends on Twelfth Night. In an apartment decorated to re. present a scene in Arcadia, on a throne of flowers sat Master Wm. CRESPIGNY, _dressed as Oberon, and Miss Bosca.wEN as Titania;. King and Queen of the Fairies, surrounded _by' a, Jrain of Nymphs and Shepherdesses. MIS.yREWIGNY, as an En. chantress, and Mr. THOMAS, as an Enchanter, opened the businesS of the evening in an appropriate pjaingue, written by Mrs. CRESPIGNY, in which, after some spirited altercati3n, they agreed to crown the young King and Q,iteen, and invest them with t heir pots er for the night. Oberon and Titania; on one knee, then received their crowns, and the wands of the Enchanters, who, after giving them a strif charge to use their power only in the cause of `Tit. tue, disappeared. An Address then followed trnin the King and Queen ; after which, waving their wands, they commanded different charaders to ap p, r before them, among which we noticed a group of Witches, Macbeth, Ariel, a Female Captive, Shepherds, Shepherdesses, &c. all admirably sup ported. In about an hour the King and Queen dis. missed their Fairy Court, when the Company ad joutnel into the Ball-rooms, two of which were opened for the dancing, which continued till sup per time. After supper there was some capital sing ing, and the Company did not separate till a late hour, all highly gratified with the varied charms of their evening's entertainment. Mr. DANCE, the Architetl, lately had a severe fall, as he was superintending some works at the house of Sir FRANCIS BARING. We are glad, however, to hear that the consequences are not so had as they were reported to be among the numerous friends of that Gentleman. We may hope that the French will come to exe cution in this Country since the success of the Archer, as many of them were taken by a SHER Trr• Captain McKgtis, of the Shropshire Militia, lately undertook to walk from the Angel Inn, at Yarmouth, to the Angel Inn, Norwich, and back, in twelve hours : the distance is forty-seven miles, and he performed it with apparent ease in eleven hours and a half. The average price of Brown or MuscovaCo Sugar, computed 1 rorn the returns made for the week ending the 4th day of January 1804., is Far y. four 61;W:flip and Eicgren Pence ligifpently fer hunfir , :d weight. roL ES TO - --~A~. Fl Stl4l.cioas - inen wer2. On I llrednescLvir • ing up here, sn't'exstr i ,ined befOre J. DEN, Esq. the a u ceorr. they '6l ther-i e)'ves Wils 'very- . Two 'of had mo.:11 the appearaoCe of foreigneiS, alth t h the' fariEnglislt: - They had 'cerise from 'Le cOitst o-ft•or,foili, 'iv, they said to get yinent hire: lust' the.l.teneral .that the)' ii:td.conse7ovei in some of the Neutral Vessels to. IJ)at - -par0...4..ti1d. sod in contecrenee of the stria look.iins kept there..llr.d mint.; hither with the - .iftten:ity , of gettinx,, ofF i,n : some .sknvgling, Vessel. to ~ ,Eran. e et possibly with inforinatio,u,„ One of them was sent off to. Dover under an escgri: of Dra , oons.• ?. A, others wet retnanded%ro'pris .; on_.and there is no diubt but that Vessels Prus. , .ian colours come out of the Port's of Bollarni, rri gain gene of-.our prelifiratior, :1 in tooseqt is . tree' `orders are given out along..the coot, io landing from vessels of such desCription i 'andtietain them for. eicatrlinatiO. • • Brigadier GenerAl MANI , TtN . G . i4NI hag been ap p inted to succeed Sir CHARLES GWEEt4' in !Le command of the Militia at Dover,.and - Captain CA. NIF RON, or the Rifle Regiment, his Major of Bii. gade. CO;N EX(M/INGE, JAN. 9. This dly the Market is well • supplied with Wheat ;. having many of last week's samples re- Maining on hand, the. Trade is exceeding (hip, and at ;:bout is. less price; Earley and Malt stll slowly, and nearly as cur List; White Pease rather cheaper Pearls at 45i. per quarte.:; in Beans but little Terence ; good Old Ticks tigher,than our :'pricesl. we have a full supply of Oats, hut they -are noted at but,little variation; Flour. is in plenty, and with difficulty fetches last prices. . 'Wheat 3Ss a 45s a 53s od i Tick Beans *•-:' 305 . ,a 34s od Fine ditto -54 s a 555 . 6d t Oats -19 s a 2.“'a :3s 94 Rye - . - aSs a 3;3 od , 'i.)lancl ditto 24s a 25s of parley - - 2os a 24s 6d Rape Seed - - 351 a 34i. Malt - - - sos a 57s od , Flue Hour -45 s a sos (At White Pease 3is a 42s oci Secomis - '.104 a 45S Oct Beans - .- 34s a 3Ss cd - . . „.. ECLIPSE.—The second Eclipse”: this;yeaP theSun, and is a . rematkable one ; it happms I 1,. in .the morning, visible in these parts of -11,e Globe should the weather- prn-Ve favourable. 'lt is the greatest Eclipse. of ,the St qt haireftrl England for sixteen years.. tocome, and it will i)e nine . years - 'before' 'there will- be another near' str grcat . , And twelve:years : hefore there will he .one large. This Eclipse will not be quite so &tams t h at . v :r js 1793 , i.vhialt - 'w-a the greatest ‘.Ve had of the; Sun since:that remarkable one of Aprill l 1764. "" The 'EclipSe of the Sun in 1820 (sixteen yests'herie), will be full' as g.reat as that was hi -1764, .which. was nearly centra l in the Southern Nits of this Kirigdoni._ 'ln, this.present Eclipse .the Sun will b'e about three-quarters eclipsedinfthe Southern - parts of Englant.“ bur, in --the .14rrtherrs . parts '; of iour,lsland, it will - be:somewhat less. In the Southe'rn parts of the EuropeaniContinent, and in Africa, this will be a.yery great Eclipse, for in the Kingdom of Algiers, on the Northern exttemiry oft the Continent of Attica,lll rat. 36. No and long. 6. E. the Sun will be centrieJlly eclipsed at noon day ; but all along the track of ceritral appearance, it is somewhat doubtful whether the. Eclipse will be total or , not ; there will be a small Anulus, or ring of solar light, encompassing the Moon on every side, the Sun's diameter exceeding that of the Moon about 2z seconds. Hence it appears that this will be great Eclipse in the South of France, in Spain, in Portugal, and at Gibraltar, in particular in-Italy, and in the Mediterranean Sea. At Lon don the Eclipse will be: observed to begin on the right-hand, about 58 deg. from the Sun's lowerthost point. • 13zginning iddie End Duration - - - - Digits eclipsed, S deg. 36 min. . 11 The real Hammersmith f..7bost, to the satisfaßion of the Inhabitants of that Town and Neighbourhood, has at last been discovered. - The much lamented sacrifice of poor the bricklayer, had such a powerful effect, that last 'Thursday evening an intermation was lodged before Mr. HILL, the Magistrate, against a Housekeeper in the Town of Hammersmith, of the none of Gra lee-m, a Boot and Shoemaker, who has,a wife and three children, for going out at .night wrapped up in a blanket, with a design to represew a Ghost ! Grahilm ‘vs consequently taken into custody, and exa tnined before the said Magistrate, who, doubtful how to aet without advize in such a case, ha 3 taken bail for Graham's appearance. Graham, when questioned by the Magistrate as to the cause of his assuming such a frightful Being, said, that he had done it in order to be revenged on the imperti. nence of bis Apprentices, who had terrified his chil dren by telling them stories of Ghosts. He expeded to check them of this disagreeable hens of their minds to the prejudice ci his Children, by presenting them, as they passed homewards, a figure of a Ghost, which it seems, he managed very successfully. GUILDHALL, JAN. 5. —Street This day Lvilliazet Worrich and Thomas K7zight, two householders in the parish of St. Dunstan's in the West, being summoned (by Mr. MORGAN, one of the Inquest of St. Bride's Parish, and a Member of the - Society for the Suppression of Vice), before the Sitting Alderman, for suffering, after admoni tion, their cocks to fight in the public street, to the annoyance of the neighbourhood and passeergers, and encouragement of cruelty to those animals. Atter a short hearing they were both convided in costs, and received an'admonitioe from the Alderman, not to appear before hitn again, charged with a repeti tion of so inhuman a pradice. As this and similar offences are punishable at the Quarter Sessions ; by preNentment to the M , ,gistrates a. nuisances, it is hoped for the sake of humanity, and lessening the cruelty to shoe and other ionoccnr aid retoffentrie g creatures; the Public will in future take nuritc of and brim to punishment ail such oireuders4,