The Sun. — London, England, 1804-02-16 00:00:00

L PARLIAMENT. 'ESE OF COMMONS. WEDNESDAY, FIB. 15. _Jury YORKE presented an Abstrat of tic Stustaftision Roils returned to the Secretary of State's Office, which was ordered to lie on the Table and to be printed. Sir J. H. ASTLEY presented a Petition from the Landholders, Barley Growers and Maltsters of the County of Norfolk, complaining of the in juriious consequences arising to them from the heavy duties on Malt, and praying reliel.--Ordercd to lie on the Table. Sir CHARLES BUNIVVRY presented a Petition from the Landholders, Barley Growers, and Malt_ stets of the County of Suffolk, complaining of the evil consequences resulting from the Bounties grant ed au the Importation of Barley, and praying relief. Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. WINDHAM presented a Petition from the Veterinary College, praying for a further grant of Money. --Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. FOSTER presented a Petition from the Board of Agriculture in Ireland, praying for a further grant of Money.—Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. VANSITTART brought up the report of the Committee relative to the East India Judicature, when the names of several Gentlemen were re ported as being in twenty or more of the lists, and consequently, as forming the requisite Committee under the East India Judicature Aft ; amongst others were the following : Sir C. Talbot, Bart. Sir J. Frederic, , Bart. W. Lygon, Esq. Si r W. Geary, Bart. Lord F. A. Spencer, ~ S ir L. C. Hartop, Bart. Sir Charles M. Pole, Hon. H. Lascellcs, Lord Henry Petty; , Lord Viscount Boyle, H. loddrell, Esq. Sir W. Pulttney, Bart. R. FeHowes, Esq. Hon. R. Ryder, Q. Dick, Esq. W. Sturges Bourne, Esq. R. Burdon, Esq. W. Ploiner, Esq. - G. P. HoHord, Esq. Hon. J. Scott, Tefferies Allen, Esq. I. 11. Brown, Esq. Lord Viscount Marsham, George Wood, Esq. Lcrd Durdow, Henry Baiikes, Esq. Mr. V.(kicSITTART moved for a Committee of the whole House to.mottow, to take the East-India Judicature Aft into consideration.—Ordered. Sir J. H. ASTL EY presented a Petition from the Debtors confined in the Gaol at Norwich, praying zelief.Ordered: to lie on the Table. The' names of the Committee chosen by Ballot to try the merits of two Petitions, complaining of an undue Eledion for Aylesbury, were repotted to the House, and are as follow :-- Sir H.Dashwood King, Bart. Sir f . H. Astley, Bart. Sir William Lemon, Bart. l'ascoe Grentell, Esq. Gabriel T. Steward, Esq. Sir Hugh Inglis, Barr. T. f. Browne, Esq. John Buller, Esq. J. Smith, of Wendover, Esq. Lord Ossulston, Sir G. Cornewall, Bart. E. B. Portman, Esq. 'John Hammet, Esq. The thirteen were then direeted to retire and chuse two Nominees: The Gentlemen chosen were Sir M. Brown FolkeS, Bart. and Charles W. W. Wynne, Esq. Mr. CALCRAFT presented a Petition for making a Harbour in Carnar von Bay, which was ordered to be referred to a Committee. The Committees of Supply and Ways and Means were postponed till Friday. Adjourned at half-past six till to-morrow. MAILS. DVS. ♦it Ivan. Hamburgh 2 - PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols - 551-a 544 a 54 4 i Red. Ann. 55 gas 4 jg a 55i THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERS I , AI-SUM AUDEAr LONDON, FEBRUARY 16, 1804. IT was yesterday our melancholy duty to an. nounce to our Readers the severe indisposition of His MAJESTY. It is with heartfelt concern we have to-day to inform them, that no favourable change has taken place in His MAJESTY'S situation. The following Bulletin was sent from the Queen's House to St. James's this day at noon : " No material alteration has taken place since yesterday. (Signed) " F. MILLMAN. " W. lIEBEaDEiv." The anxiety of the Public with respel to the aEtual situation of our beloved Monarch is so great, that we think they ought to be informed of every particular relating to it, that it is fit to communi cate through the medium of the Press. It is, then, with the deepest anguish we have to state, that His MAJESTY'S present illness arises from a visita - - tion of the same nature with which he has twice before been a: iced. Upon the present occasion, , the anxiety and alarM of the Public must be cnsi derably increased, when it is considered that His MAJESTY'S constitution i 3 less able to struggle with so heavy a calamity than it has heretofore been. The Dodors Father and Son, have been in at tendance upon His MAJESTY sin , :eTt r iesday morning. The degree offever and irritation arc so great, and had been so for some drys, that His MAJESTY has had for severalsights little or no sleep, whieli of course considerably adds to his disorder.' -Its WC kTIOW, has had but indifferent health for the last two months. A disorder which was supp.sed to he . the rheumatic g , . ur, appeared in his feet, which was succeeded by an erysipelas and soreness which almost deprived 1-116 MA J EST Y of the use of his feet and legs. Since he has been in Town, however, lte so far re. covered as to take exercise on' horscloAk in the lading-house. He was there for t, ast time on last Saturday se'nnight. HIS MAJESTY then com plained much of an impending bilious attack, which we understand was one of the symptoms upon the two former occasions. On Friday, Saturday, and Sun. day night last, Hts MAJESTY had no sleep, but felt a high degree of irritation and growing (ever, and on Monday it was judged advisable to remove him to a room on the lower floor of Buckingham-House. HER MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES, it may be easily conceived, were in the deepest afilielion. They have the sympathy of a Nation who know the virtues and the value of their beloved Monarch, and who cannot,but consider his illness as a great national calamity'. The'srnbere and fervent prayers of Fifteen Millions of People will be daily and hourly offered up at the Throne of Grace for His MAJESTY'S speedy recovery ! His MAJESTY'S Constitution has lately under. gone a considerable change, and those whose duty and happiness it was to be near the Royal Person have for some time observed with concern and alarm the great and rapid change. The Physicians, we understand, however, have not positively de termined, -as has been generally reported, that the disease which has been hanging about HIS MAJESTY for the last month or more, is of a decidedly dropsi. cal nature, though there is, we believe, a tendency that way. ;he I , As may be naturally supposed, His Majesty's Ministers are in a state of great alarm and conster nation. Cabinet Councils have been held 14r the last two nights at Mr. ADDINGTON'S house in Downing -street, which' have sat both nights till four in the. morning. What has been resolved upon we cannot presume to state, but the general expec tation and belief yesterday and this morning were, that a Message would this . day be brought down to both Houses of ParliaMent respeAing His Majesty's indisposition. The peculiar circumstances of the - Cotintry call for some immediate measure for sup. plying the suspension of the Executive Authority,. which the King's illness creates. The Proceedings of Parliament will be most important and inte.. resting from the present day. The ROYAL DUKES have been constant in their attendance at Buckingham House, and the PRINCE, unable from the weakness consequent upon his late severe illness, to make his personal inquiries, has not ceased to express his anxiety respecting His Royal Father by repeated messages. The anxious and deep concern, indeed, depided on every counte nance, from the highest to the lowest, is such as becomes the affeaion of a thinking people for an excellent and beloved . KING. On Monday Mr. AIMINGTON waited upon • the PRINCE of WALES, to acquaint His Royal High ness with the.KlNG's indisposition. He staid with the PRINCE about an hour. We are well in formed. when we say that Mr. ADDINGTON wrote a note to the PRINCE on Tuesday, requesting permission to wait upon him again, which visit His Royal Highness declined. We state this cir. cumstance, because it has been industriously re ported that the Minister has been with the PRINCE every day. The Cabinet Councils have been attended by all the Ministers, with the exception of Lord Sr. VINCENT. We are happy to say that the Fame East India man, about whose fate very serious apprehensions were yesterday entertained at Uoyos, was off the Isle of Wight yesterday, and had a Pilot on board. Yesterday about one thousand . Persons . of Distinc tion left their names, and made inquiries after Hi MAJESTY'S health. Yesterday the PRINC e of WALES took an airing for a short time in his carriage. Yesterday 0 iicial Notice was given, that inqui ries after His MAJESTY' S health were not to be made at the Queen's House this day,. but they are to be made between the hours of twelve and three, at St. James's Palace. 'Yesterday the answer to the inquiries after the PRINCE of WALEs's health, was, " His Royal Highness is better, but very wQak." It was y.24terday very industriously reported by the friends of the Minister, that Mr. PITT had been in Downing. Street, but this report was unfounded. Yesterday being Ash Wednesday the Bishop of LONDON preached before a numerous congregation of the Nubility and Gentry at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Yesterday a Court of Dire Tors was held at the East India House, when Capt. THOMAS BUNTON PE IRC E was sworn into the command of The Taun_ ton Castle, destined to China ; the Court adjourned at six o'clock till to-morrow. The Right Hon. Lord DYNE_ 9R,; is appointed Lord Lieutenant and (ustos Rutulorurn of . the County of Carmarthen, in the room of the late Mr. VAUGHAN'. W e understand it to be an undoubted fact that an order has been issued by . a certain Board to open all the letters of a certain Naval o.fficcr, frtri a suspicion that that Officer, in private letters to his friends, expresses his true feelings and sentiments on the conduit of the Department in which •he serves. This affair, we understand, is likely itti make seine noise hereafter. NAP4IL NEWS. FALMOUTH, FEB. I3.—Sailed this day the Ships Pelican, BROAD, Rover, DOYLE, Endea vour, KILPATRICK, Pomona, BI 6K NE LL, Mary Ann, —, and Amazon, BRITTLE, for Malta and Smyrna ; and Albion, WATSON, for Gibraltar ; to join the out%4 ard-bound Mediterranean Fleet now off this Port, under Convoy of His Majesty's Ship Thisbe, last from Plymouth; the Lisbon and Oporto Ships are detained till the 13th March. ' Also sailed, the Zealous,. BENSL EY, and Hope, HUMPHREYS, for Liverpool ; Manchester, SKURRY, for Dublin, and Pr;vidence, MEAL, for Cork. The outward-bound West India Fleet still remain, waiting the arrival of the remainder part of the convoy from Portsmouth and Plymouth ; also remain for orders, the Queen Charlotte Packet, MUDGE, for Jamaica. The Auckland Packet will take out the next Lis. bon Mail. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 15. —Sailed the Brotheis WHITE, for Sunderland; Abuna'ance Store-Ship, to join the West India Convoy at Plymouth ; Ardent, THOMPSON ; London, SC AR R ; and Indefatigable, SMITH, Transports, for Cork, with Troops, under ConVOy of His Majesty's Ship C:ycktt. The Fame East Indiaman, reported to be lost, is arrived off the Wight, and has a Cowes Pilot on board. HARWICH, FEB. rs.—Arrived the Swallow Revenue Cutter, and the ltlarilier Gun-Brig, after encountering heavy gales of wind, which pre vented their execution of removing the Light Ves sel which liea now upon the Galloper, to the part of the sand as appointed. The Beaver Sloop of War sailed at two I'. M. for the Nore. Remain the Repulse Revenue Cutter, Escort and Hecate Gun.brigs. Also arrived the Adventure, GEO. DEANE, from Husum, with the Mails, and thirty-three. Recruits for His Majesty's Service. Packets here are, 'Prince of Wales, Capt.HEARN, for Gottenburgh; the Diana, Capt. STEWART ; the Dorset, Capt. HAYEKTQN, and the Adventure, Capt. GEO. DEANE. DEAL, FEB. /s.—His Majesty's Ships Chant. pion, Vulture, Speedy, and Mil/brook Schooner, sailed on a cruize off the Coast ❑f France; andjack all Gun-brig for the Nore. In the Downs—the Monarch, Utrecht, Illuitrious, Rai sonable, Euryalus, Arab, Harpy, Dart, Lynx, Rattler, Vin cego, Fury, Perseus, Basilisk, Flirt Cutter, and Speculator Lugger. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.. The ships and vessels at the capture of St. FiOrenzo in Corsica ; also such s hips who se c l a i ms have. been. adjudged„ as entitled to shares, viz: Vidory; St. George, Princess Royal, Egmont, Captain, Fortitude, Agarnemnota, Aicide; Lowestoffe, Juno, Romulus, Meleager, Aurora s Gorgon, Rase cutter, lean de Bart, and Mulct, will be paid for la Minerve and la Fortunee frigates, on the 2SM day of Feb. at No. 2, Little Scotland Yard, Whitehall. • At the Caine time and place will be paid the ship;' and ves sels at Ow surrender of Bastia ; also such ships wh ose c laims have been adjudged as founded for such capture, viz. Vic tory,For4itude, th rio Agartien, Modeste, Nemesis, Gorgon, Proselyte, inpe 'Princess rieu se , Tartar, Royal, Cyclops, Sincere, - Speedy, P Eclair, Swallow, Rose cutter, Fox cutter, lean de Bart; and the (dicers and men detached from the artillery, the tlrh, astli, sot li, and 69th regiments; also the Officers and crews of the Windsor Castle, Egmont, Alcide, and Scout. I At the same time and place will be paid the Staff Officers, and detachments of Officers and Men tmt . the Royal Artillery, ad Battalion of Royals, t fth, 25th, 3oth, soth, and 69th Re.. giments. of Foot, of the 12t4 Light Dragoons, and others, present at the capture of La 11 . 1 inerve, and burning of la Fortunee French Frigates, in the bay of St. Fiorenzo, Cor sica, their respe dive shares of the moiety of net proceeds arising from the head-money recovered for the said Frigates. The Revolutionnaire; for theeapture of l'Hirondelle French merchant Ship, will be paid on board the Revolutionnaire, at Portsmouth, ohSaturday, the Atli instant. The Naiad, for the capture of the French Brig and Galtiot la jeane and Baliene, and the French Privateer Pi Inpatient, will be paid onboard the Naiad, at Plymouth, on Friday, the 17th inst. LOSS OF STORES AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. OuR statement respelling the Stores, &c. lost- at the Cape of Good Hope, was never meant to refled upon Sir R. CURTIS, by whose ability,' professional skill, and able arrangement, what could be brought away was done ; and during that anxious period, when Dutch and English Troops and Men of War were at; the. Cape, .the polished manners of Sir R. CuitTis preserved that harmony so necessary at that moment : we could say more, but having other points to touch .upon, we shall content ourselves with add ing, that Sir R. CußTis's abilities ought to be em t;loyed. Sir ROGER acknowledges, that Salt Provi.: sions were left at the Cape, what matters their being destined for South Wales ?—some Anchors also, but they were Dutch; a loss is a loss, Dutch or English. Sir ROGER states, that very few Stores of any kind were' left at the Cape; that implies there, were some; but Sir ROGER must -know, that the Dutch Govern ment bought a great quantity, and as we observ ed, never paid; it was the want of ships to bring them away which obliged us. to s ell. W e k new t h at loci - large Cannon, Anti: , "ark of Artillery were brought home--=Ail this supports our charge against the Board of Adrniraly, namely, that knowing what quantities of Stores, were at the Cape, it was their duty to have sent out Storeships ; for the Men of War had the GarrisOn; CiVil and Military Essablish. [ rent s to take onboard, and what Stores they Could carry. Sir ROGER was obliged to give up his cabin to the numerous persons he had on board a s piosengers. We beg . to ask Sir ROG ER , wile_ ther at his d e p artur e from the Cape he could have with'safety, in a heayy sea, opened his lower deck 1 ports to fight? When provision and water were ex pended, certainly the ships were lighter ; but t 1 1" was when near at home. Every naval man knows that a so gun ship's, lower_deck guns are so low M the water, that at times a large Frigate is a ma tch for. her. Sir ROGER has not touched upon the amount of Money, which is the most important loss.—Pe r ' haps Sir ROGER thinks that point best_ answer'. ed by Mr. MAUD and Mr. PRINGLE, the two CoM missaries. It does nor follow because those Gen : tlemen are sil ent , _ t h at. the _fartisnot so : cce wait, and perhaps ere long Admiral-LI/gots . state what the loss in Money, Stores, Sic. h 33 , been. We gave an opinion that from the dissatisfaalon° the Dutch Inhabitants, ana: eYen the:Troops, we had sent two 74.'s in' time, the Cape would have sur ren d ere d, f or i t was k nown that one o f t he Dutch R eg i ments was very d es i rous td be ta k e n into British p a y ; t h e w h o l e f orce o f the Dutch wa g , not more than a z oo , : 4 00 of which wer e detache s two hundred miles up t h e country ; therefore we maintain. that there was the strongest probabilitt That the offer of surrender would hive been mad e : had two 74.'s been: sent: We have only to add, O a ' the Cape, as a Military Post, was of such importanr° that it is highly culpable that no attempt whatever has been made to preserve it frotu the French. 1 . . The Strtmger, Lou'E, of Hull; whose capture. We lately stated, and which has' sinc e b een cut out of the Vlie by t h e boA ts =Of the Scourge Sloop; it a P ". ' pears Was captured .dn the 2 9 th of Dec. abodi . leagues to the east of Shetland, by the Dutch ',Na a tional Brig, L'UNhu, of 16 nine pounders, and 22 0 men, commanded by General SANT Fots, by whoa': Capt. Lows, and twelve of the Crew, were taken out and carried into North Bergen. At &IV° they found three Dutch National Vessels, a Corvette of 18 guns, - and two Schooners, one of 8, a n d 'one, ; of 4 guns, whi c h f orme d a S qua d ron under the cool' mand of General SANT Pots, and several Soldiers. on board. Two other vessels with troops w ere elf' petted from Holland, but in .'a storm were seen P I founder at sea. The above vessels, it appeargt. were fitting out a s f ast as possible, and, there is.r9P , son to believe were intended to alarm Shed/ • the Orkney I s la n d s ,• or some part of the N or th° Scotland, The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed Convoy to sail ,from Hull on the 23d instant, wi t " the ships for Tonningen, and have given dire,o oll ,, s to Lord KEITH to 'furnish r egu l ar Convoys ever/ fortni!: for the trade of that. port. Captain DRURY is appointed to command 0 4 Charon Storel.ship at Wuolwich. The Persevera nce , ADANI, from Dartmouth r London, was .captured, on the r2th instant, 'P Farleigh, by Le Prospere Privateer, o f Boulogi e ' , and retaken by the Hound Cutter, and sent for haven. The same Privateer had captured, pot 4th in s t ant , a W est I n di atnln, supposed to hell, Bettford, and sent herinto Dieppe, 4.7 is since lost there ; also a South, Seaman. The Britannic:, BIRCH,. from London for Bel was all well on the 3d of ,November,' in lat. 4' ° long. zs. 461- The Betsey, BAMPTON t from'L on d o n, i s at Bengal. • • MIDDLESEX ELE'CTIf.,II.—. The COMir teeagr eC d not to come to any decision on the case of the SO' Tiffs or the Mill Voters., for. the present. Tb also recommended it to the Cotinsel'on both sides tv consider of . a plan to expedite ale rernaining.part of the business. Sir CHA of rs RLES MORGP.I,I is to be Call e d up to th lionse Pee, by the title o f B aron TREpEcils a : the name of his seat in Wales. This ,honour present only delayed. on account of His MAJES II indisposition. • • . It is sa id t h at JOHN 'REEVES, Esq. is to be tae successor of Sir CHARLES MORGAN as Judge vocate General. Lord MutoxAvE having accepted the offer . 0 : the Hull Volunteers to do the duty of that they have commenced accordingly. Yesterday being kept as a holiday by all Of,: Public Offices, a great numb er of the VoluntC e d — CorpS of the Metropolis were• out to exercise, a . ,., 11 several of them had a g ran d fi e ld - d ay. The Exec •• Office, and Custom-House COrps, and the' - 4th Regiment of London Volunteers, were inspecteO v ' Colonel H ARNACE , i n t h e East-India Comp a il i o f; field, near Islington. Owing to the bad stat' it ' , , the ground, the horse of -Lord GEORGE SEYM°, tI ,- ec t,' who co m mands t h e E x di s e - Offi ce C orps, and threw his Lordship over his head, .but he 10 : f . L. nately did not receive-any material injury.nd • Col. JENKINSON inspe.ls the St. Margaret's St. John's Corps to-morrow in Westminster after which, they are to march to Hyde Park ttf"• // . a grand Field-day. . Sir MARK SYK ES ' S Corps o f W o ld s Yeoma ne Cavalry marched into the Barracks at Yak .": Monday,. to tike - permanent du Hy for fourteen d a y s , • Last week, a Court Mar t i a l w as held at 44-• on a Private belonging to the Hull and c °lifi ; ty. Volunteers, charged with intoxicati o n an d breach of duty: 'he was found guilty a nd s e , rt„ tended to receive one hundred lashes ; b u t in cP° 5 6 l , deration of this being the first offence commitl4. since the formation of the corps, the ,CommaP i hc Officer of the Distria has bee n pleased 'to remit t punishment with a suitable ch arge against such pre' tides for the future. . .ori! The Earl of MANSFIELD has generously c°'i liog buted one hundred 'guineas, in aid 4 91 ; be • and providing necessarie s f or t h e V o l un ieer& r Li County of Dumfries, over and a b r e his LoilP" : proportion of the general assessment: the Tuesday. a Coroner's Inquest was held 9" body of Mr. LACEY, a very eminent AttotocYi l i s , Bread-street-hill, wh o ' on M on d ay even ing cu r t he • throat with a razor in a dreadful. manner. 13 Y r t he evidence given before the jury, it approved 11 % 4 11 • . unhappy Gentlem a n b a d la te ly b een v isited „40 ,- , several severe at ta ck s o f t h e g out head of the ,parox•ysms of which it is supposed. lie' ' mitteil he lamentable ad that has deprived i" of a valuablemember.—Verdict„Lunacy. !