The Sun. — London, England, 1804-05-24 00:00:00

joyful occa•inn of the Proclamation of BONAr Emperor of France. AR T A report was very generally circulated yesterda, y that Di spatches had been received at the India House, containing the intelligence of the taking of the S ett l ement of Bencoolen by the United Squa drons of Admirals tarots and HARTSINK : it was also stated, that the Caroline Frigate, which wai in the. Harbo ur o f Bencoolen, was taken. We cannot undertake positively to deny the (aft, but certainly to official information upon the subjeft has been re. ceived eithe r by Government or at the India House. By the Auckland Packet arr i ve d at Falmouth, we learn that Mr. F auna was expelled at Lisbon from Madrid, to take his passage to this Country. It was reported at Lisbon explanation o f some 'that on hi s requesting an words ins erte d i n t h e F rench Noniteur, respeding a supposed Conversation be tween him and the formed Pri nce of Peace, the latter in him, that if he wanted satisfadion it must be from 60,000 Spaniards the F renc , wh om h e could send to join h Army of England. THE Hamburgh Mail whith became due yester. day, arrived this morning. The following principal content s : are its VIENNA, MA'Ar 19.--On the 6th i nst . B aron MAsstatzikoi irtiVed h ere f rom Petersbureh as a 0 Courier, and brought an order, th among oth ers , to c Russian Ambassador here, Count RASUMO-W -. SKY, to put on mourning for seven days, f or - t h e Lite puke D'Exon 4 El; which he accordingly did, With ail the persons attached to the othe r Russians in this his leg at i on , an d : City. uss Thean day after the ar r i va l of tth Courier, the en had a pri' ate audience of his Imperial Majesty) a n d a conferenee with the Mini ster of State; Count COB E NTZ EL. l'he En g l ish .I vo snot 7-, Mr. S P E NC E i Silft :1-, has t remained long at Baden, but continued his jour tity to Bohemia, &c• 4 French Officer e lately as a Courier 'ward s all kinds 'and immediately after_ of reports were tirculated. Sot le 'said, application had Troops thro u gh the been made for a passage for Austrian T erritory ; others, that -su c h proposals had Very diffic u l t t o been ma d e as it would be comply with. I t is evident, however, htiv little such re ports are t o b e regar d e d. patche s r NPLAN.--A Courier i s arrived here with Dis elative 'to the Hereditary Imperial Dignity PrePosed to b e established in France. The COIMIN immediate] said y held an extraordinary Assembly-. It i that t i le s C) 0W11 ?Lo m b ar d y will lik ew i se be offered, in the name of the Italian People, to the Pounder of our Republic. A Russian Courier has passed through Naples, tvh ° left Petetsburgh with two other Couriers ; one ° whom is going to Paris, and the other to Ratis h°/) and Vienna. The Russian Troops which have lately arrived , In the republic of the Seven Islands, have taken Possession of all the important posts, and the for tifications have been repaired and strengthened. EbRESDEN, MAY 4.—Mr. DaAxt, the English nvoy to the Court of Munich, arrived here on th 9 e I h, wi t h his Lady, and pursued his j ,urneythe fol. lowing evening, accompanied by Mr. HuNTE X j the 'eeretary of Legation. . MESSINA) APRIL 4.—According to the ac c ount of some Captains fr om the Black Sea, many Ships of hWar and Transports are lying ready to sail i arb ours of the Czimea, n the PARIS, MAY 9.—lt is believed that the Cpl.°. nation of the Emperor of the French will take Place on the 4.th of July, in the Cathedral Church of Notre Dame, and that the teremony will be per. formed by the Papal Legate CAPRARA. , To d ay M. BAYKOFT arrived here, as Courier :tom Peter s arrived and has brought important Dis- Patches. -rt. 'e f amily of Di vorr, and Pritice TRu bEsKol, have left this• City. An extraordinar Body i s to be y meeti ng o f th Legislative egislative held on the 4th of July, w hi c h w ill be a splendid and remar —.. a` day . ... We understand that a Commission of Five Flag Olt cers is abou t to be appoi nte d, f or the purpose of examining into the state in which the Dockyards h ave been left by the late Admiralty Board. The euoirnission er o f each Yard will be joined in the C°rnmission for his own particular Yard. The chat ratter and credit of the present Admiralty Board demand some such investigation, that the. Cou ntry Ma y be informed under what disadvantageous cir cumstances they enter upon their Naval Admini ti° °. Th e econom stra. y of their predecessors has left them every thing g to do in the way of repairi ng s providing st ores , hips, and replacing those that accident has subtracted from our Naval St Port of rength. The Re misted these Commission ers w i ll probably be sub_ to Parliament, and some further proceedings in 4 y ta ke plate, if circumstances shall quir t i t, seem to re. Lord Metcutt, with th e v i gou r an d d e ci s io n that mark his political charaCter, has already added about One Flundred Gun-boati to our Nival sirengrh ; the kind of Force which we so much wanted, and from our deficiency in which, the Enemy have pro_ Lted so greatly in the movements of their Flotillas from Port to Port, along their own shores. The Country will . learn, not without astoniSh ment; that the late Admiralty Board had sent out orders to Lord NELSON to return home, and had appointed Sir CHAR.LEs POLE to succeed him in the Command of the Fleet in the Mediterranean. lt was of course one of the first aEts of the new Board to send out orders to Lord NELSON to remain in his Command, and to annul the appointment of his intended Successor. Yesterday morning Mr. PITT and Mr. ADDINt.. TON had audiences of the KING, which lasted till near twelve o'clock, when Hts MAJESTY, accom panied by the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE, and followed by the QUEEN, PRINCESSES, and the DUKES Of KENT and CUMBERLAND, and attended by the Countesses of CARDIGAN and AYLESBURY, took an airing to Kew, and returned to the Queen's House to dinner. . Yesterday the DUKE Of CUMB E RL AND dined with HER MAJESTY. Sunday last, the first day on which the Prince of CONDE held a Levee, since the murder of his grand. son, he was waited upon by the Russian Ambassa dor. GEORGE HILPORD, Esq. is appointed Secretary to the Ccimmissioners for the Affairs of India, vice BENJAMIN HOBHOUSE, Esq. JOHN BARROW, Esq. is appointed second Score. tary•to the Board of Admiralty, in the room of Mr. TUCKER, resigned. The Nuptials of Lady SARAH FANE and Lord VILLIERS were celebrated last night: The happy Couple diced together at the Earl of WESTMOR LAND'S. At half after nine o'clock the marriage ev-mony was performed in the grand Saloon t - iy Dr. BENNET, the Bishop of Clorne. The bride was most elegantly. attired in a Brussels lace robe, With a Brussels lace cloak and veil, which cost upwards of five hundred guineas. Among the company pre. sent were, the Earl and Countess of WEsTmort'LAran, the Earl and Countess of JEllsEy, Lord \Tr R youngest brother, Mr. DENT, one of the Trustees, and her Ladyship's two sisters, who were bride. Maids; the Earl of WESTMORLAND gave her Lady. ship away. After the ceremony • was performed, the happy couple set off for Osterly Park, in Lord Vii.rtEits'a chariot and four. This morning the Trial of Cshbett, for a Libel oit the Irish Government, came on in the Court of nench, at Westminster. After an able speech from the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, and evidence called on the part of the prosecution, Mr. ADAM rose of i behalf of the Defendant, and was left pro_ ceeding in his defence when this Paper wasput to Press. We shall give a full and detailed Account of the Trial to-ihorrow. Sir Eowkko PELLE W has received his appoint ment as Commander in Chief in the East Indies. He owes this appintinent, however, to the libera lity of the present First Lord of the Admiralty, and to his own high professional character, more than to the favcur of Lord ST. VINCENT, which Sir. ED-. WI.RD went such lenwhs to secure. The p.enple in tile West of England are very anxiously looking cot the restoration of Mr. MAR SHALL, the late Builder of Plymouth Dock-yard, to his former situation, whiCh he so ably and honestly, filled. The result of the examination of the. Naval Commission, will no doubt procure justice for every injured individual. The quick turns in the political world are in nothing more observable than in the conduct of the Public Prints. A Morning Paper, Which was in the habit of paying the . most fawning homage to the late First Lord of the Admiralty, gave this day an account of the journey of a Naval Officer to town, in order to render a professional support to that Nobleman. We are told that the Officer, whom the Print calls the Naval Solicitor General, after his memorable Speech waited on the Premier, and disclosed his expeffitions ; and he was referred to the Chief of the Admiralty, having previously scheited permission to use the Premier's name. He first solicited a Commissioner's post for his Brother, which was granted ; he next Solicited the post of Master and Commander for another near relative, and this was given with equal promptitude. He next solicited a Command for himself, in a distant quarter, and finding the same facility in obtaining patronage, finally solicited fifty guineas to defray his journey to Town, for the purpose ()learning the fruits of his other solicitations: Such is the story told in the Print re.. cently , besotted in its devotions to the late First Lord -'of the Admiralty, and all his dependents-;butit seems on the whole to be so extraordinary, that it may probably be classed with the romantic his tory of the Islands of Pellerw. Lord MELVILLE brings an understanding and a knowledge of business that will fully qualify him for condueting . the naval department of this Couu try ; but it seems to be generally thought in the service, that the shortest and best way for him to proceed, is to reverse the measures of his predecessor. Mrs. MARTYR had a very produtlive Benefit last night at Covent Garden Theatre. The Siege of Bd_ grade was performed on this occasion. Coma was a very spirited representative of Cobenberg. BRA,LIANI aßed much better than usual in the part o f The Seraskier, , and sung very delightfully. Mi ss MARTYR shewed promising talents in Catherine. INCLEDON and Mrs. MARTYR enhanced the repast by some original airs from SHIELD. The Margate Theatre opens next month, under the management of RussELL. There is of course to be a regular Company, but the Theatre is to be rendered more attractive by the occ a ,i onal visits of some of the chief London Performers, in SUCcessi:m. The Chief Opposition Bench on Tuk:s.tay last at the King's Theatre, was in Galloway A G „, w h ere GRASSINI is so great a favourite,. that no t hi ng CAA go right, unless she is the Operat ic Premier. ti 'vAPAL NEWS. F - Atmot.rrti, MAY tr.—Arrived the Auckland Packet, SCHUYLER, with Mails from Lisbon, after pa , sitge of to days. Left lying in the Tagus His Majesty's Ship Fiszard, of 4.4. guns, and ano ther Frigate ; alSo the Tvzimshend Packet, which . , had arrived on the day the Packet sailed, eight days passage, and was expelled to sail again from thence on the arrival of the Wa/siaghamPaCket from England. Mr. FRERE was expelled at Lisbon from Ma drid, to take his passage for England. It teas ru moured at Lisbon, that on his requesting an ex . pia nation of some words inserted in the French Jour. nalist MOniteiit, by the PRINCE of PEACE, that the latter informed him if he wanted satisfaftion, it must be from 60,000 Spaniards, who he could send to join the French Army of England. On the day the Packet sailed, General LASNES was to give a Grand Festival in the Italian Church, with a Te Deum for BONAPARTE'S escape from Assassi nation, P. S. As the wind has blown very strong all this day at South, it is exerted that the Pt iocess Elizabeth Packet, with the Leeward Islands Mail, will put back. Pr...Y . Mourt-;, MA 22.—Arrived the Bacchante Sloop of War, of io guEs, Capt. DASH wool:), with the following Merchantmen under convoy from Oporto, put in by contrary winds : sailed from Oporto the 9th inst. The Mentor, Capt. Chrittie ; Three Brothers, Capt Pa. trick ; Respect, Capt. Phce ; Forty-Second, Capt. Phil lips; Alexander, Capt. Street; Lively, Capt. Smith; In dustry, Capt. Lotus ; ar.d James, Capt. loneS. PORTSMOUTH, MAt Z 3. - Sailed a Fleet of Transports, under Convoy of His Majesty's Ship klexibie, fur the DownS, in consequence of an Express from Governmint. They are supposed to be destined fur some Siiciet Expedition. MOUTH, MAN- 23.;----Yesterday afternoon arrived in the Roads, the Pe'arlope Frigate, with men who were wounded in the tate affair with Sir SIDNEY SNit-rtes Suadron, on the Coast of France. The Auckla.nd Packet arrived this morning in the Ittads from Htisdm, with Mails and Passengers. She left 1-lusual on the zoth. 4ARIA, I C 11, MAY' 23.--Yesterday the King Geor ge Packet, Captain SAO ND E its, and the Dorset; Captain HAMILT6x, arrived with Mails; the for, mer frnin Gottenburgh, and the latter froai Husain. The Lady Nelean P:►ckct, Capt. GEORGE DEANE, artiVed thiS morning from Gottenburgh, and will take this day% Mail for Husum : the Piince of 'Vale s , Captain ANTHONY DEANE, has the Mail on board for Gottenburgh. Dr..A L , MAY 23.—Arrived His Majesty's Ships Ifetet•-a n , Sulphur, Volcano, Hecla, Explvion, and Fury, from a cruize off Boulogne ; the Jamaica, Champi on , Oreftes, and Dart, from a cruize off Calais. They state, that the firing heard the day before yesterday, was a salute front all the Batte ries from Calais to Boulogne, and all along the Coast, in honour of BONAPARTE being eleded Em peror. ice. Admiral PATTON struck his Flag last night on board the Utrecia, and set off for London this morning. Arrived the Africana, jaNtq, Seahorse, ALL CROW, Brook Warta'', TULLOCK, and Seriggapa. tam, DAY, South.S:fa whalers, and an American Ship (Prize), from St. Helena, In the Downs—the Monarch, Illustrious, Veteran, Ardent, Vaginie, Jamaica, Champion, Dart, 0 restcs, Zebra, Vol cano, Hecla, Sulphur, Explosion, Fury, &mem, Zephyr, and Millbrook. • Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India Liouse, when the following Ships were consigned to the undermentioned places, and ap. pointed to come afloat and•sail from Gravesend at the periods set against their respective names, viz. 7'o he aji:mt, Sail from Graysend. Travers, St. Helena and Bengal, 24th May .2.1t1i June Union, do. - - • - Do. - Do. -- . Indus, Madras, - - - - Do. Do. • Lord Keith, Bengal, - - - Do. Do. Ocean, Do. .. - - 7th lune 7th July. N.S.. Mestaer, Bombay, -23 d Do. 23d Do. Devaynes, Madras - - Do. Do. Elarriet, Bengal, - - - - - Do.• - Do. H udilar t, Do. . Do. _ 7th August. The undermentioned Commanders took leave, pre. vious to departing lot' their respettive destina tions, viz.—Captain Dixon MEAD.: ws, Bat-sing, Bengal and Madras ; Captain Jott'N S.I.NrEa, Unit ed Kingdom, Bengal ; Captain SEARLES WOOD, IPorcester, Madtas. The Transport Board have given direacions for the purchaseiot 50 vessels in the RI% er, from one to two hundred tons burden, to be iminctliatcly con. verted into gunboats the want of which was de. plurally felt by Sir SiDNEY Smlni, in his late ac. tihn with the Enemy's Flotil:a between Flushing and Ostend!, Admiral HOLLOWAY is appointed Corrirmnder in Chief on the DownS station. Capt. O4Mnn EY 'is appointed to the cgmmand of the 50 gum, at Portsmouth ; and Lieutenant otsi:r, o u command the Coif i 8 Gun.vesel at i h to Deal. Accounts Were received yesterday at the Mali -4rougltt by the Li sboa Mail,. which state the safe arrival of the Leviathan, of 7¢ guns, and coti voy, at Gibraltar, on the i9th of A r ril, which sail.. ed from Portsmouth in the early part of that Month, The Acheron, Etna, and Thninferer .gomb_vesseis arrived at the same time, and on the Zvi following got under weigh for the purpose of joining the fl-ec Under Lord NELsoN's comMand. The Leviathai was also preparing to follow. The Indiamen and Whalers that lately arriOd, lay some time at St. Helena, but as no Man of WA( touched there, they agreed to run it ; on their pas: sage a large i'rench Privateer of 36 guns, supposed La &liana,. hung on the rear of the Co n v o y, to Cut off one of the heavy-sailing Ships; bat the good countenance shewn by the rest of the Indi,imen, who bore down, obliged her to sheer off to the south:. ward. They saw two black-sided Brig PriVateers off Scilly, but ompearing the Indiamen, both sheer. ed off; with every rag of sail they could set: . • Monday morning all the hands of the four East- Indiamen arrived at Plymouth, were pressed out them, and sent on board the Admiral's Ship for dis. tribution in the Fleet. Two vessels have lately been equipped at the ex. pence of the Russian Government, to proceed on a voyage of circumnavigation round Cape Horn to the North West of America, and to return to Europe by the Cape of Good Hope. Orders have in cense. quence been given by our Government, that the 'British ReSidents abroad should pay every attention to these vessels at the ports whi c h th e y ma y touc h at. A Barbadoes Paper just received, contains the folloWing article, in relation to the Surinam Sloop Of War :—" A Dutch Cartel Schooner arrived yes. terday; 23 days froniCurac oa, with Capt. TUCK E.R. and the other Officers of His Majesty's late Ship Sarinan, which put in there on the 231 June iast to water, but was detained by the Dutch Com- Mandant, and afterwards made prize of. It is with great indignation we have heard of the in. hospitable and harsh treatment which the officers and whole crew haVe suffered during their iinprisoo., menr ; which was aggravated by the most shocking brutality in an attetbpt to take their lives by firing upon them while under confinement in a loathsome prison. Fourteen officers arrived here in the Car. tel, one Lieutenant and the Surgeon died in prison, and the crew were sent to Jamaica. There is a fine Dutch Frigate, of 44. guns, layin4 there, but neither her nor the Surinam (which has been equipped as a cruizer), can put to sea fur want of men ; a great number of French Privateers have however been fitted out there." The ranelmav, PIETERS, from London to tali,_ den, is totally lost off the Istand of tOrCktIM. one passenger and the cook saved. The Eliza., CHAMPLIN, from /3ristol to Philadtl. phia; was lost on the Lie of Slbles ist t f Pebruary;, Captain and three men drowne The Castle Douglas, ALLEN, froM Liverpool for Rostock, frai captured on the 33 inst. off the ak ney, by a Privateer, and suppos'ed to be sent for the TeXel. The catharine; STOTHARD, froth Bristol to Thomas's and Hutiduras, is taken in the West In. dies by a French Privateer, after a very severe en. gagement. the Ernantud, -Rotstil, from Newcistle, waa captured by a Dutch Privateer, on the 31st April, in the North Sea, and burnt. General CItADDOCK, Governor of Madris, pro ceeds with his. Suite in the Baring. On Tuesday next; the three Regirhenti of Royal East India Volunteers will he b►ig.ided its Hyde Park with the Artillery Company and five Regiments of the Loyal London Volunteers, and will be inspeeted by the Earl of HARRlti'dTtilst, pre vious to their General Review on the lath of next month. A Letter from Cadiz, dated April i 6, says " A few days ago a serious affray took pl.ce between a boat's crew belonging to an English Friga•e, and. a boat's crew of the French line of batzle ship L' Aisle, lying here, while they were at the landing-place. The quarrel began about poll. tics, and as the debate warmed, from words they soon came to blows. The numbers were nearly equal, but most of the French Were armed wit's sabres the English seamen had no weapons but the boat's stretchers and their oars, with which, however, they in a few minutes contrived to beat out the brains of the French Officer and two of his men, and drove the remainder overboard, with the loss of one man kill. ed, and a few slightly hurt." Yesterday a boat, having on board four Persons, who had embarked on a party of pleasure, was run down by a lighter, between London and Blackfriars bridges. A youth of 16 years of age was opium. nattily drowned, and the others were picked up by two boats, after having been for some time in the water. A Tc RM-DAYANECDOTE, for the use of Landlords. At a time not very remote, when the Duke of Gor don, and all the Lords of that family were Roman Catholics, a Protestant, not unknown to his Grace,. rented a small farm under him, near Huntley Castle, and, from whatever cause, had fallen behind in his payments. A vigilant steward, in the Mice's ab. sense, seized the farmer's stock 14 arrears of rent, and advertised it- by the parish crier to be rouprd, that is, sold by auction, on a fixed day. The Duke happily returned in the interval ; his tenant, who knew his road, made the best of his way onward to the Duke's apartment, and he was not inter, rupted, but forwarded in it by the servants, who concluded he came by' appointment. " What is INS" matter, Donald ?" said the Duke, as he saw him enter melancholy.—Donald told his sorrowful talc in a concise, natural manner ; it touched the Duke's heart, and produced an acquittance in form. &at.. ing, as he cheerily withdrew, at the piCtures and images, he expressed a curiosity to-know what they were, in, his homely way. " These," said the Duke, with great condescension, " these are the Saints who intercede with God for me." " My Lori Duke," said Donald, IS would it not be better to apply yourself directly to God I went to muck Sawney Gordon, and to little Sawney G ,- 4don ; but if I had not come to your guid Grace's self, c.,0 , A not have got my discharge, and baitls and toy bairns had been