The Sun. — London, England, 1806-01-15 00:00:00

Letter I have received from daptain MrKeniie, of the Wolf, acquainting me of his having . ie-captured an American Ship, and run on shore the .Privateer that captured her. I am, &c. • ,J. R: DACRES. His Majesty's Sloop. Wolf, at Sea, Oct zo, 1805. SIR, I have to acquaint you, that yesterday evening, in consequence of information I received from the shore, I gave chace to two Sail in the Offing, and soon came up with a Ship, which proved to be an American, captured a few minutes before by a Spa nish Privateer, then standing in shore. I dropt a Boat to take possession of her, and stood after the Privateer, but it' falling calm shortly after, I dis patched two Boats in chace ; they came up with and boarded her at the very moment she struck on a reef near the shore, and about ten miles to leeward of Falmouth. ; every effort proved ineffe&ual to get her off, and she went to pieces soon after.—She proved to be La Precieusa, a new Cutter, out six days from St. Jago de Cuba, Commanded by Galana Garsa, carrying three small guns and twenty-three men, five of whom made their escape in a Canoe previous to her being boarded ; had made no other captures. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) G. C. IWKENZIE. To Jas. Richard Dacres, Esq. Rear-Admiral of the Red, &c. &c. &c, Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 14.—Arrived the Avenger Sloop of War, Capt. WHITE, from Halifax ; the Red Breast Brig, Lieut, MAXWELL, and the Steady Brig, from a Cruize ; the Captain, of 74 guns, re mains at St. aelen's, but will come into the harbour in the course of a day or two to be docked. The greater part of her guns had been thrown over board previous to her being got off the rocks near Fal mouth. The West India Fleet still remains wind bound. Sailed the Charlotte Schooner, Lieut. ALT, with Transports, for Plymouth. The Hon. Capt. BLACKWOOp came from London yesterday, and resumed the command of the Euryalus. The Prince of Wales , will sail in a few days to join. Lord COLLINGWOOD'S Fleet. Capt. IRWIN, of His Majesty's Ship PiA'sant, does the duty of the Harbour during the `absence of Sir ISAAC COFFIN. Came up to Spithead the Abundance Store-ship, bound to the Mediterranean, SHEERNESS, J. 14.—Sailed the Nightingale Sloop of War, Capt. W. WILKINSON, with a few Sail of Merchant Vessels under convoy, for the Baltic. The Winchelsea continues the Signal for Convoy to the Rivers Elbe, Jade, and Weser. 'HARWICH, JAN. 14.-By the Master of a Neu tral Vessel arrived this morning from Holland, we learn, that a large American Ship was lost last Sa turday night, near Catwick, on the Dutch Coast ; the Crew took to the masts, but there was no pos sibility of saving them : this Ship is supposed to be bound to Rotterdam from London, loaded with su gar, coffee, rice, and other goods. The brinzortalitj Frigate, Capt. OWEN, and the Pegasus, Capt. PENGELLEY, sailed this day to the Northward. The Aggressor, Hecate, and Borer Gun-vessels, remain with the Argus and Hunter Cutters ; also the Earl of Leicester and Lady Nepean Packets, with the Mails for Gottenburgh and Cuxhaven. DEAL, JAN. 14. Yesterday evening arrived the Emerald and Didon Frigates from the Wesvard, and this morning sailed with the Sceptre and Dia dem,Defence Ships for Sheerness. ArriVed the Pallas. Frigate, Captain Right Hon . Lord COCHRANE, from Sheerness; and the Hecla Bomb, with a Convoy from Portsmouth, and remain in the Downs with the rest of the Ships as per last. HULL, JAN., 13.—Thursday night, and the whole of Friday last, a tremendous gale of wind, accom panied with heavy rain, came on at this place : it was late on Friday evening before the storm abated , by which we fear much mischief has been done : ti; t e subscription mill, in the environs of this toy another. mill at Soneferry, and other public ere? ,ions of a similar nature, have more or less receive(' , par tial damage. Several Brigs in the Humbr 4 : with difficulty kept their moorings. The Sheern ' Lss Ten der drove from her anchorage, and was ( /bilged to be run on shore. During the heavy gale on Friday moi ;ping last, the Brig Hawk, Capt. SPICER, from Gai'Asborough, for Newcastle, having received damage on one o f h er cables, was obliged to cut from t.he other, in Hull Roads, and soon after went ash ore below Marfleet, where she still remains, but w' ,thout farther damage. In the afternoon of Frig',aylast, the light Brig Expedition, of Sunderland ARMSTRONG, Mager, attempting to enter Wh'.itby Harbour at an early period of the tide, an' during a very hard gale pt W.N.W. after having 'got within the piers, was, by the violence of the wind, forced out to sea again, and driven upon tl - .te Scar to the Southward of the 1-1 , bour. In th' is situation' she would in all proba b have been wrecked, and the lives of the people with difficulty presen ed, had it not been for the prompt assist duce afforded by the Life Boat, in con vey ta,, a ca Pie e,id irom the \Tescel to the West Fier,. by mean g df iitiCh site was litve oft the ground; and brought into thci Harbour, with niuch less danlage than' there wad ieadon to apprehend from the perilous situation' in WhiCh she was placed. When the vessel reached the entrance of the Har bour, on her first attempt, the people lielotiging to her succeeded in getting a rope to one of the cap; sterns upon the pier; but on her touching the ground, which brought her sails , a-back, it was found impos sible to hold her, and a sailor standing near received so severe a blow on the side, from the end of the, rope, as it quitted the capstern, 'as to cause the blood to gush from his mouth and nose. The above Vessel, after she had got into the harbour, was moored oppo site to the Custom-house ; and, in the course of the night, driving against the gallery which overlooks the river, carried the whole of it away with part of the adjacent buildings. LIVFHPOOL, JAN. 13.-A violent storm of wind, hail and rain came on on Thursday night, which lasted 24 hours, accompanied with some heavy thunder and lightning.—Several Vessels 'were forced from their anchors, and drove ashore, and we are greatly afraid we shall hear of much shipwreck on the Western Coast of this Kingdom CHATHAM, JAN. 12.-- , The Viaory was last night moored along-side the Dortrech (Receiving Ship)., opposite the Dock-yard, and would have been cheer ed by the dock-men, but they had retired from the yard.' In the course of next v, - eek she will be.taken into the third dock, where sire Blonde (formerly the Hebe) now is, having bl;geways fixing to her, in or der to be hauled up(A a step for repair. The Gelykheirt, and blftexible broke from their moorings on 7,',hursday night, owing to the violence of the wind, but sustained no injury; the former is ready fo7 sailing to her destination at Falmouth: — The Resolution, Sparrow, and Orestes are also re 'mr,..ining here completely ready in their.rigging and fitting, .7, , Yesterday.was conduced to this Dock-yard, in a post-chaise, money for the payment of the men's weekly subsistence ; which is a new mode of pay ment, and is attended with all. possible advantages. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. To the Officers and Company of HiS Majesty's Ship L'Egyptienne, for the Capture of the French Brig L'Aaeon, the zd OCtober,. rSos, on board, at Plymouth, on Wednes day next • or ever") , Wedntisday and Thursday afterwards, at No. 9, New Broa&street. To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Alt . '. caine, for the Capture of the Goede Verwagting, the 4th [rine, 1804 ; the Anna Maria, Vyte Maria, Twee Gesusters, Vrow Margaretha, Liefile and Nooyte Gedacht, the azd May, 1804 ; the Selcientust, zSth Sept. 1804 ; the Yong I ervin, Nep tunis Liesbet, Zeverver, lunge Maarya, I onge Hubutje, longe Maria, Bruin Vis, Harmonie, and two Dutch Schuyts (names unknown), the z4th t une, rBol, m company with His Ma jesty's Ships Magicienne and Leaver, and • Drake and Lord Nelson Cutters, on board the Africaine, in port, this day ; or every Wednesday and .+Sa.turday, at the Yarmouth anu Sufi lk Bank, in Great Yarmouth. To the Officers and Coln any of His Majesty's Ship Lynx, for the detention of the Styli Norden, in company with the Driver, the itth Septemblr, 180 r, on Friday next, or during three years afterwards, at. No. 13, Great George• street. A Letter by the Howe Frigate, dated Bengal, teth August, was yesterday received, ,stating, that Mar quis CORNWALLIS / 011 his passage to the Upper Pro vinces, had halted:at Muxadabad, at which place the Scitor (nativf Bankers of, that place) had volun tarily offered h;..s Lordship the lean of 40 lacks of rupees on the credit of the Government of India; which he declined to accept, not being in Want of the proffered supr The loss of: the Helder Transport on the Coast of Holland is confirmed. Six - Seamen belonging to her took to the long-boat after she had struck, and just as the Dutch were about to take possession of her. After encountering extraordinary hardships; they w,ere ; . picked up by the Regulus Man of War, cruizing i,tl the North Seas, and are since arrived in that vessel at. Sheerness. They report, that all the Troops v iho were.on board the Helder, as well as the remaind(!r of the Crew, have been saved. The 'public exposure of Lord N,ELSON'S coffin in St. Pei Rs, where, it is said; every body is permitted to se( ; it who • will pay for admission; is highly dis creditable to the parties concerned. Now that the last tribute of national respe& is paid to the departed He to, his remains should lie in awful silence, not be, exhibited to, the gaping crowd, like the Lions at t! r n Tower Or Exeter 'Change. The Funeral Car, which cost 7001. becoming the property of Sir ISAAC HEARD, Knt. Garter King at Arms, has been benevolently given by that Gentle-. man to Greenwich Hospital, where it is now placed in the Painted Hall, and exhibited, not as • the gal s lant Chiefs remains continue to be, for the aggran dizement of a few mercenary individuals, but tbr the benefit of the Marine School belonging to that no ble institution. We understand the Gentleman who was carried out of St. Paul's on Thursday last,, in consequence of having had an apople&ic fit, was Capt. RICHARD WHITFORD ; and though medical assistance was im mediately obtained, both in the Cathedral as well as after he had been conveyed home to his apartments in Great Queen-street, we are sorry to add, that he died about 12 o'clock the same night. He hadbeen many years in the Jamaica Trade, was a' man of amiable manners, and highly esteemed in an exten sive circle of respe&able friends and acquaintance. A curious circumstance lately happened in a fa mily on Knaresborough Forest. A man of the name of Todd, who by great economy had accumulated 60 guißeas in gold, had occasion to go from home for a short time ;-apprehensive of losing his wealth if he took it with him, and of his family being pro fuse if he left it with them, he concealed it at the bottom of an old box containing coals. Some time before his return the contents of the box. were thrown upon the fire : when he arrived, he thought he perceived a piece of coin among the ashes, which, on examination, proved to be one of his beloved guineas ! Diligent search was made for the re mainder ; but the gold had ,melted, and the metal being incorporated with the fuel, the value of all that could be recovered did not amount to 201. At Leeds Parish Church, during the last year, there were 1290 baptisms,' 512 marriages, and 767 burials. F:llo.li . 7 ; fi'E PAiihßS,' Coro! Esg 617 TliE TtyEsDA.y,LiE . O.3 gd .—After the receipi,reading; and disposal of the Piesident'aMesSage, whlbh was referred to a Committee of the Whole House, acid I50(1 cfSpie§ ordered to be printpd; Mr: RANtiot.fa, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported A deficiency. in the l''4ayy DepartmentoT6o9,ooo Lars on which a Bill for appropriating 256,000 clOl - ,was brought ia, reid twice, and Ordered .to be engrossed for to-morrow. WEDII ESDAY, Dgc. 4.:-- went 7 -the House went d Committee of the whole on the State of Union ...- General.VAttl4um in the Chair. Mr. joi:: itANDoL Hoffered the following anion other Resoluticiti4 : Resolved, That so much of the Message of the President of the United States as relates to the Aggressions committed on our Coasts by Foreign Armed Veseeis-=to the Defence of our Ports and Harbours—to the Building of 74-gun-Ships— ari4 to the providing of Arms and Ammunition, be referred to a Seled Committee.—Which was agreed to without a ,division. rrIitIRSDAY,'DEC: 5.—A Committee was appoint ed to inquire whether any, and if any, what claims against the United States are barred by the Statute of Limitation; which in reason and justice ought to be provided for by law. FRIDAY, DEC. 6.—A Bill to prohibit the expor tation of arms and military stores, was reported, referred, and made the order of the day for Monday next. A confidential communication having been received from the President of the United States, by his Secretary, the doors were ordered to be closed, and continued .closed two hours. The House then adjourned to Monday. BOSTON, D.C. Z a—Capt: BAuGmAN, Commander of the French Privateer Creole, which lately captured the British Ship Esther,offCharlestown,has attempted to invalidate the account of the taking of that Vessel, published in the Charlestown Papers, but certainly without success. A British Ship of War has sailed in quest of the Creole . ; and as the Captain has very good information where to fall in with her, it may be presumed that Captain BRUGMAN may soon have to account for his condu& to the British Commander. NEW-YORK, DEd. 10.—Capt. LIJCKETT, arrived at Alexandria' from Cape Francois, says, " that three days before he sailed, a boat belonging to one of the British Frigates cruizing off there, came in, and the Purser informed him that a Brig, of 14 guns, from Gonaives, supposed to be the. Orion, of Bald more, had fallen in with two Ftench Privateers in. the Caicos Passage, and, after a desperate engage ment, had been captured, and every person on board massacred." BOJIRAY GAZETTE, JUIsTE 12, 1805. By letters frpm Mocha, under date 3Qth April, it is with much pleasure we learn, that Lord VALES TIA has most completely succeeded in the object of his pursuits,, and whose labours and researches in the Retl Sea, when given to the Public, cannot fail of proving both entertaining and useful. Rich and po pulous cities have been discoVered, the inhabitatr:s of which are friendly in the extreme, and are parti cularly desirous of cultivating a friendship With the English .Nation, and of becoming more familiar with the commereial world in general. they pro-, tared fresh provisions, beef,. sheep, goats, and thwls, fine spring water, and fruit in abundance, at al most every place they touched at. The, strong north-west winds having set in with much violence, his fAtcfship had bore up for Mocha. Ten thousand Turks are said to have arrived at Judda,"to check the spirit of the Wahabees, whilst 10;000 more were at Cossier and Suez. INDIA-HOLTSE.—Yetterday a Court of DireEtors was held, when Captain GEORGE MULLET took the oaths, and his seat, as Dire&or, and was appointed to the Committees of Government, Troops, and Stores, Shipping, and Private Trade. The Court adjourned at six o'clock till this day. Tan THEATRE.—Romeo and Juliet dre* a nu merous Audience last night to Drury-lane Theatre. Master BETTY was the Romeo, though he is by no means so successful in the drama of SHAKsrt ARE as in that of inferior writers, he performs this cha rataer better than he did last season. Several hostile spirits assailed him in some passages with marks of disapprobation; but they were soon drowned in the applause of his friends.—Mrs. H. SIDDONS was so Much indisposed that, though a commend able zeal for the discharge of her duty made her come forward in Juliet, BARCLAY was obliged to solicit the kindness of the audience towards the languor which her illness rendered unavoidable, and she went through the part. RUSSELL, for the first time, appeared in Mercutio, which he seemed to Understand very well, and which he performed with spirit. Towards the conclusion of the Play Master BETTY `was so hoarse that he was hardly audible : yet, from all accounts, it is not likely that he will be permitted to ecorio»iize his powers. As You Like It was, as usual, strongly cast, as it is termed, • at Coventi-Garden Theatre last night. Miss SMITH'S Rosalind increases in playfulness and spirited etfea. KEMBLE'S Jaques is one of the best personifications .of SHAKSPEARE'S charaaer that the modern Stage has afforded. FAWCETT conceives the humour of Touchstone very well, and renders it very effeCtive. The modest firmness and sensibility of Orlando were given with suitable ex pression by C. _KEMBLE. It is a delightful Play, and was, throughout much applauded. Yesterday was the day appointed for the Redemp tion of the Omnium taken in by the Bank, upon which the five last instalments had been paid by the • Direaors ; and although the sum necessary to re deem this pledge amounted to nearly two millions sterling, the Stocks were rather lower. Thelast in stalment of 5 per cent, will be paid .up on Friday next. Since the death of TIPPOO SULTAUN the English have had an opportunity of exploring' the Mysore Country ; their researches have been attended with success, as Lieutenant WARREN, in the service of the East India Company, has discovered some gold mines, which he is examining; as yet we are to learn whether they will prove equal to the expeaa tions first formed of them. An unfortunate accident happened at Stockwell yesterday morning :—Some boiling water being left incautiously in the way of a young child, she fell into it, and was so dreadfully scalded as to cause in stant death. LAU ixTELLIGRACE, Sittings in Me Eidiegyer, 1805; before the I.JORD CHIEF BArtakt and a SiE CIAL JUEY; RIOEIPT His MAJESTY'S ATTORNEY-GENERAL V.Ntrfoi. tiELL; Mr. PLUMER, the Counselfor the C t owti; stated to the Court add Jury, that this was an Information filed in the name. of His Majesty's Atuirriey-Ge neral, by Order of the COMmissiotiers of Stamps, against the Defendaht, William Bell; a Butcher, at Manchester; fdr having, in the month of 06tober; 1804, received, from a person Of the name of Bar rowclodgh, a Sheriff's OffiCet, diSd :ending at Man; chester ; the sum of 111.155.6 d. the amount of a Bill delivered for meat sold to him, and refusing, at the time the money was paid, to sign a receipt for the dame on a proper stamp, and to pay the duty thereon,. as dire&ed by the Statute of the 43d of the present King, cap. 126; which A&, in the id Se6.tion, di- . refs, that the Stamp Duty on all Receipts shall be paid by the person receiving the money. And the sth Seetion also enaals, that it shall be lawful for any person, or any ageht of any persOn, from whom any sum of money shall be due or payable, and who shall have paid such sum of money, to provide A piece of paper, duly stamped according to the. amount of the sum so paid; or some hi:her rate of duty in the said Mt contained, - dud to demand and require of the person intitled to snch sum of money a receipt for the same, and also the amount of the duty thereon ; and then it 'provides, if any person, to whom any sum of money shall 'have been paid, shall refuse to give any such receipt upon demand thereof, or pay the amount of the duty thereof, every : such person shall forfeit and pay for every such, of fence the sum of ten pounds. He then obserVedj that this A6I - casts the obligation upon the person Who receives the money to give a stamped receipt to the person paying it, or the person paying the money may tender a" receipt stamp, and may 'Oe. ,nand of the person to sign it, after he has received the money ; and he has a right . also to demand the payment of the amount of the duty: and if. the person receiving the:money does not sign a receipt, and pay the duty, he incurs the penalty. The case was proved agreeable to Mr. PLummes opening, by Barrowclough, confirmed by James Butler, who proved that the, Defendant was paid ill. los. 6d. for his bill, - and then asked to sign a receipt, which was produced by Barrowclough, and to pay the sum of 4d. which was .the price oldie stamp. 'The Defendant refused, and said he should ask the advice of his friends,. and would sign it im mediately after. Upon being freluently applied to, afterwards, he Persevered in his refusal to sign the receipt, or pay the fourpence. Mr. DAUNCEY made a few observations on behalf of the Defendant, When the Lord CHIEF BAII'UN addressed the Jury as follows :—" I think this is an extremely proper prosecutiOn. I take. the obje& of it to be to' give publicity to the Law. I entirely agree with what has fallen from. the Counsel for the Crown, that the receipt must be given immediately upon the pay ment of the money, at the peril of the party who re fuses it. By your verdict}l hope, theretbre, it will be understOod, that the Law must be put in exe-- cution ; and that a person withholds A receipt at 'the time of receiving — the money at Ills peril. It is im possible that to.a butcher (a,man in co,:siderable trade I should suppose, by having a bill of 1i I. 15s. 6d. paid . ))r a customer not of very high rank) the 4d. should he an obje& to him. I take it to be an ex periMent on the part of this man,, and perhaps many others, to try whether the Law can be avoided or not: • It -is not likely he should squabble merely' about 4d. ; nor is it likely he could have any doubt about the. terms of the receipt. It was extremely proper that it should Je published to the world, that a man must give a receipt upon receiving money, and must do it immediately._ That I take to be the true interpretation of the Law in .this case. Gentlemen; you can 'have no doubt in finding a Verdi& lOr the Crown:" The Jury immediately 'gave a Verdia for the King.—Penalty, -101. Four companies of the first battalion of 'the 95th. Rifle Regirnent marched into Canterbury on Mon day frOm Deal, for Brabourn Lees, as (lid the 45th Regiment (which, with the 62d, have been disem-," barked at Ramsgate) on 'their route for the same place. The‘62d Regiment followed . yesterday, also,•. for the same destination. Several Transports, with detachments of the Bth, 26th, 30th, and 89th Re giments, which are supposed to be those that were dispersed and driven back by the late high winds; arrived on Monday afternoon in the Downs from Yarmouth Roads. On the Ist inst. a most elegant ball, and sumptu ous supper, were,given at Berkeley, by the Mayor, DANIEL MARKLOVE, Esq. to the neighbouring No bility and Gentry, the Corporation of the town, with their families, and the most respe&able inhabi tants. Nothing could surpass the gaiety and bustle of the town : hundreds of carriages from Dursley, Wotton, and the country round, rattling in all di reations; seemed to enliven the whole. The ball commenced at six, opened by the Countess of BERKELEY and Mr. MARKLOVE,, followed by Lord DURSLEY and Mrs. MARKLOVE. The supper, con sisting of . every delicacy in profusion, and laid out in a most elegant manner, was prepared at an early hour ; after which many loyal and other toasts went.round ;, amongst others, the health of the host was drank, the. Earl of BERKELEY, the Countess Of BERKELEY,' and Lord DURSLEY, each with three times three; when his Lordship rose, and, in a speech that augured well of his future oratorical abilities, thanked the company for the ho nour they "did him. The Earl and Countess of BERKELEY, Lord DURSLEY, and some others, soon after took their leave; when the rest of the ,com pany resumed the merry dance, and did not depart till an early hour the next miming. CORN-EXCHANGE, JAN. 15.—The ,expeaed supply of Wheat is here in large arrivals ; presuming a fur ther redudion, the trade is dull, and few pur chases are made, at less terms ; Barley is in abundance, 2s. ,and 3s. cheaper_ per quarter for second and inferior samples ; White and Grey PeaSe are each cheaper, and 'in plenty; new Tick Beans but few here, and .keep their. price 255. to 315. per'quarter; having many fresh arrivals of Oars, causes, sales 2s. and 3s. per quarter lower than last week; Flour is expeeted cheaper.