The Sun. — London, England, 1806-01-18 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 1 6.—Yesterchy at five p.' the gallant Sir S. SMITH, in his . Barge, event on, board the Pom pee, and hoisted his Flag as Rear - - Adrniral of the Blue; on WhiCh all the Ships hoisted their Colours, and his Flag was saluted with eleven guns, which he returned. The hurricane, at With lightning and hail, if possible, increased tenfold this morning. , . PORTSMOUTH, JAN. t7.—Arrived His Majesty's Gun-brig Defender from Spithead. Also arrived His Majesty's Ships Sprightly and speedwell from a Cruize. Sailed the Squadron tinder command of Sir Jomr E. WARREN on . a Cruize. - - The Union, Capt. TURNBULL, , which was on shore yesterday, is got off without receiving any damage. The Anson Frigate, Capt. Li DIARD, drove on shore at the Command-hard in yesterday's gale, with the Cyclops Frigate, her hulk. They were both got off last night without damage. A signal received here this morning announces the arrival of the Channel Fleet at Torbay. Alarm having been excited for the safety of the Plantagenet and Revolutionaire, we are credibly in formed that , they and the Phoenix. Frigate, Capt. MUDGE, are cruizing off Ferrol. Two hundred French Prisoners were removed this morning from the Staunch Gun-brig., Lieut. STREET, ±O, the Prison-ships in the Harbour. They came from Plymouth. Came up to Spithead the Camel, Apollo, and Rose, trom St. Helen's. It was the Kent, of 74 guns, Captain GARNETT, *Which arrived at St. Helen's : she Was going to Ply inouth to receive Admiral Tito RNBROU GHIS Flag, but Sprung her main-yard in the gale of wind, which obliged her to anchor at St. Helen's. Arrived the Woolivie Prevoyante, Defender, and Locust. tORBAY, JAN. 16.—1 n addition to the Ville de Ptris,Princess Royal, Prince George, Windsor Castle, ,Dragon, and Humber, which arrived at Torbay .yester day, arrived last night His Majesty's Ships Penelope and L'Aigle, with the Enterprize Cutter, and several small Brigs. it blew a heavy gale of wind again all last night; several, of the small craft. drove, among the rest His Majesty's hired Armed' Ship Humber, Capt. HILL (Master and Commander),, who in the night drove foul of the Ville de Paris, and. thereby lost her anchor, and knocked away her foretoPtitast. It continues to blow heavy with squalls at W. N.W. YARMOUTH, JAN. 17.—Arrived the 'Ell, - Want and Antelope, from a cruize off the Thitch Coa:st ;. the Majestic, Admiral RUSSEL, Stately, and Prince of Orange, may be. hourly expe&ed, the weather hav ing moderated. Also, the Nightingale and Forward Gun-brigs. Remain the Roebuck, Antelope, Elephant, • Ruby, Agincourt, Cormorant, 'and three Gun-brigs. The Hope, Cotxs; from, London, is put,in with loss of anchors. . . - , - FALMOUTH, JAN. 15.--In the Brig Success, Capt. SPENCE, last from Viana (whose arrival we yester day mentioned), came passenger Capt. DAVIS, late of the Kidwelly Castle, of Kidwelly, which 'vas taken on her passage from Lisbon to Bristol by the Spa hish Privateer San Pedro, in lat. 38'. 46. long. 9. 56. after an ad - ion of nearly two- hours : the Privateer mounted 7 guns and 52' men, and the Kidwelly Castle 4 guns and icy men the Prize was lost going into Viana. Arrived also the Petteispe Frigate, and Contest Gun-brig from a Cruize. Sailed the Virago Gun-brig. SFIZ.BENESS, JAN. 17.---Sailed this day His I.N'ta jesty's Ship Tribuitr, Capt. Bzrirmr-tr, for Spithead 3 anti the Thetis; Capt. GAGE, for Deal. Arrived His Majesty's Ship Fame from Gravesend DEAL, .IA-g. 17.—Arrived the Otter, from off 13oulogne; and Earl Spencer, from irala'nci, with Convoy. Sailed the Wrangler Gun-brig, off Bologne. Arrived, and sailed for the River, the 4leona, OYANT, from Waterford. Put back the Mercury, for St. Thomas ; Par/ Si. Vincent, 1-leptort, and 'Veranda, M t LAURIN, fOr ill:: West. Indies. GREENOCK, JAN. 1 3 .-4,etterS frOrn Ttheriffe, state, that the Union, one of the West India Fleet, under Convoy of His Majesty's Ship Mastrioug, has been taken by the Ro - chefort Squadron ; this is be lieved to be the Union, M‘MILLAN, of this port, supposed to have foundered, The Mary Ann; INGALLS, of and for Charles town, from hence ; the Grace, of and for New-York, from Belfast; .and two Sloops (names unknown) went on-shore at Lochryan on the t oth Inst. in a gale. The Mary Ann was expcaed to be got off soon, and without much damage. .~'. ~. .670 Z FoR . 14iAliArgAll, 1806: 81 SEtiRY lAxEs ryE,'Esa. T• L. WHIN ardetrt zeal for virtuous t a me, • - When Virtuous honour's holy flame, Sit on the generous warrior's sword, Weak is the loudest lay the-Muse cm sing Mis deeds of valour to record; And weak, the boldest flight of F A N cy's wing:— For far abCwe her high career, Upborne by worth tit" immortal C it rz r shall rise, And to the. lay-enraptur'd ear Of seraphs list'ning from th' empyreal sphere, Glory her hymn divine shall carol thro' the skies. ror,thoc the Muse in all unequal strain * Sting of the wreaths that A o N's warriors bore From ev'ry region and from ev'ry shore, The naval triumphs of her G 80 R G x's reign— Triumphs by many a valiant son Front- Gaul, Iberia, and Batavia won ; Or by St. Vincent's rocky mound, Or sltiggish Texel's shoaly sound ; Or Haiti - lies + hyperborean wave, Or where Canopus' billows lave Th' Egyptian coast, while ALBION'S 'genius guides Her dauntless Hero thro' the fav'ring tides, Where rocks, nor sands, nor.tempests roar, Nor batteries thund'ring from the shore, Arrest the tury of his naval war, When GLORY shines the leading star;-- Still higher deeds the lay recording claim, Still rise Bit ur n t4N re's sons to more exalted fame. The fervid source of heat and light Descending thro' the western,skies. Tho' veil'd awhile from mortal.s:ght, Emerging soon with gulden beam shall rise, In orient climes with brighter radiance shine, And sow th' ethereal plains with flame divine. So, dany'd by P,z ACE'S transient smile, It r 's glory seem to fade awhile, Yet when occasion's kindling ra)s Relumine valour's gen'rous blaze, Higher the radiant flamesaspire, • And shine with clearer.light, and glow with fiercer fire. From Europe's shores th' insidious train, Eluding 131 t I T A 1 WS watchful eye, Rapid across tie Atlantic fly To isles that stud the western main ; There proud their conqu'ruig banners seem to rise,. And fann'd by shadowy triumphs flout the skies But, lo! th' avenging pow'r, appears, • His vietur•tiag itninoi tat NELS ON rears ; Swift as the raven's ominous race . Fly the strong eagle o'er th' ethereal space, The Gallic barks the billowy deep divide, Their conquests lost in air,,o'erwhehri:d in shame their pride The hourof vengeance comes—by Gades' tow'rs,' By high Trafalgar's ever-trophied shore, The god-like Warrior on the-adverse pow'rs Leads his resistless Fleet with daring prore. Terrific as th' dean,: bolt that flies With tatalsliock athwart the thutd'ring skies, By the mysterious will of Heaven On Man's presuming offspring driven, - Full on the scatter'd Foe he hurls his fires, Verforms the-dread behest; and in the flash expires— BUt not his fame—while Chiefs who bleed For sacred duty's holy meed, • With GLORY'S amaranthine wreath, By weeping VI croßy,crOwn'd in death, • _ I❑ HISTORY'S awful pageshall stand Foremost amid th', heroic. band;. NELSON ! so long.thy hallow'd hame. Thy Country's gratitude shall claim ; And, while a People's paeans raise ~ To - thee the choral by nn of praise, And while a Patriot_Monareb's tear BedeWs and sanaifies thy bier, Each youth of martial hope shall feel True valour's aniniating Zeal; With emulative wish thy trophies see, And Heroes yet unborn shall BRITAIN owe to thee. * Alluding to a Poerif called NA U T . written by the Author, and dedicated, by pettnission, to His Majesty. + Copenhagen. TEE THEA TRE.—The admired comic Opera of The Duenna drew a very crowded auditory last night to Drury4ana Theatre. The only novelty in the representation was the appearance of STO RACE itt. Clara, a charaaer 'for which her habits are wholly unfit, as it requires something of refine 'bent, deliCacy, and tenderness, not precisely con-1 sistent With that cli:thhing spirit which usually marks her-aahlg. The. character should have been given to M. MoU - x . rAtx., who is now the best singer on the English Stage, aud whose voice is much better adapted toile airs: STORACE possesses science, but 'her vocal powers are by no means, of the 'first order. She, however, acquitted herself much better in . "Adieu thou drerity Pile," than could be expeaed.— BiAIIAM. would have been tnuch more pleasing in the Songs of Carlos 3f he had not indulged himself in his usual wantonness of decorhiithi,, which, to a cer -tain extent, is surprising ; but which beyond that, with all his skill, is too apt to excite disgust.-- 'Nothing could be more chaste . and interesting than his manner of giving the first : stanza of 4' Had I heart ;" but in the 'Second his : musical manoeuvres, if we may use. such an expression, ex 'ceeded all the tricks of Harlequin v, hen pursued by Pantaloon - ands his myrmidons.—Ferdipand was sus tained 'with great spirit by KitalY, who sung the airs with soMuch animation, that he was highly applaud- ! ed. Drlcint is now much too pursy for a Lover, and 'he contrives to sport his figure, by his mode of dress; in'such a way as not to render it very conciliating ' to the eye. He was by no means fortunate in giving the airs of Antonio, either vodally or in gesture.— The part should have been assigned to Grego:,{, 1,v116, though .very stiff and formal as an A&or, has a very good voice, :end is an improving Singer.--When this Opera is repeated, Mrs. MouwrAtt4 should certainly have the part.of Clara. To leave - such a Singer out of an Opera at any time is a solecism indeed in mu. , siCal arrangements: - - • . • . 'e read of a marriage between a Mr. MotiET.and Miss Flittsicn; no ()fie dan dOnbt of its being one of the most desirable objefis at present of the French to unito with any of the Money family, fek?,ti:tj Elik+PAOßb'AifY AUG. I 6,-fgo:s7 An_; ddresi from . the Students of the College of Fort William to the Most-NO* Marquis WELLES LEY, of: which the annexed is a Copy, having been presented on the 6th instant, 'his Lordship was pleas ed to transmit the Answer which is published after it, to the Gentlemen of the College • To the Most Nolte the Marquis IL ellesley, , X. B. &c. &c. &c. MY LORD, . . We have already had the honour of uniting with the British Inhabitants of Calcutta -in a public ac kno*ledgment of the general benefits which have been ,experienced under your Lordship's. Govern ment, but wefeel that those who have partaken in the advantages arising from t t he College of Fort Wil liam, have still a peculiar dig to perthrrin, in con veying to your Lordship thi''lipression of their re speCt, affeCtion,•and gratitude Convinced, by personal experience, of the'advan tages which have been already, derived from this In stitution, we presume to express our hope that the ultimate expectations of your Lordship will not be disappointed, but - that, under the continued .and certain operation of the same liberal, benevolent, and comprehensive system, the Students of the Col lege of Fort William may become. useful .instru .ments 'in' securing the prosperity of these opulent Provinces, and' in augmenting' the happiness and confidence of their Inhabitants. • - But whatever may be the future progress: and success of this InStitution, we shall constantly retain a lively reColleaion of the obligation conferred upon ,us by your Lordship, and •shall most gratefully ad knowledge the high sense which we entertain of the advantages afforded to us under your Admini stration. • The interest which • your Lordship - has 'professed '. to feel in our honourable progress through life, will never cease to be a powerful inducement to zealous exertion in the discharge of our public duty; and an anxious desire to deserve and to, maintain the good opinion of your Lordship; will animate ()Ur endeaVours to diffuse those benefits which it 'was your obje& to perpetuate by the institution of the College of Fort William. • There are many, my Lord, who haVe with us par , taken in the benefits of the Institution, whose ab sence prevents them from joining in this tribute of gratitude and esteem; our. knowledge, hoWever, of their general sentiments, justifies . uS in assuring your Lordship, that they, cordially participate in the . feel inaS which we have presumed to express, and that they unite in the fervent hope, that you may long live to enjoy the just reward of your great and splen .did services, in the consciousness of their beneficial effe&s, and in the merited -appiause, and admiration . of your country, and of mankin;... ' - We have the honour to be, with the greatest re . spea, . '' My Lord, . • Your Lordship's most obedient • and , faithful Servants, (si g niqt) Wm. Scott, H. Hodgson, R. C. Plowden, Wrn. B. Bayley, Thos. Perry, J., Wauchope,. I. Walker, George Swinton, W. Morton, I. Littledale, Hugh Hope, C. It. Lind say, M. H: Turnbull, H. Alexander; H G. Christian, C.H. • ' Hopper, Alg, Reveler, W. Dorin, W. W. Bird, H. Newn ., ham, C.Chapagan, F. D. Gordvn, W. Loch; A. Mackenzie, M. Ricketts, las. Ewing, john Eyre, W.C. Ward, E. Parry • Thos. Packenham, J. L. Savage, W. B. Gord , n, P. Monk ton,Thos. C. Scott, G. 1. Siddons, H. A. - Williams, N. f. Halhed, I. kwer, R. B. Gardiner, W. Wright, W. F. Clark, Walter Ewer, W. C. Smith, H. Wood, C. Lushington,' R. Walpole, A. Blagrave, H. Oakeley, I.T. Watson,atson, I. Rober. dean, R. B. Burney, I. Shunt, C..llawes, F. Maxwell, Robt. Vansittart. . - ' Fort Wilkiain, August 6, 1805. . . To the Gentlemen of 'the College of Fort William. GtNTLEMEN, I request yOu to - accept.my sincere thanks for the grateful and affe6tionate :marks of kind attention with Whicli y9u have honoured me in .your letter of the 6th August. The advantages afforded .by the 'College of Fort William have been confirmed and augmented by the favourable disposition of .'the Students at every Period of time since the foundation of the institu-; tion ; and, I am happy to' find, that the same zeal, industry, and spirit of emulation, Which have re ., peatedly demanded my approbation, continue to ani mate the Students in the prosecution of their pre scribed course of study. The merit of your condu6t in the 'public Servite . will ever be an object truly interesting to my heart ; -and will afford the most satisfactory proof of your kind remembrance, and of your personal regard for me. Your successful progress in the honourable ca reer of your respe&ive public duties will, ,I trust, contribute to preserve the memory of my admi nistration, together with the integrity of the Bri tish name, and the prosperity of the British interests in Asia. Nor can I contemplate any reward equal to the gratification *bleb I expel to derive from observing the improvement of these provinces, un der the operation of a liberal and comprehensive system of Public Education, aided by the happy in fluence and proteling care of a wise, just, and bene volent Government. • I have the honour to be, with the most 'sincere regard, and with the most earnest anxiety for your welfare and honour, Gentlemen, Your faithful Friend and Servant, (Signed) WELLESLEY. Fort W i lliam, Aug. 10, 1805. In addition to the ravages of the storm, near Lon don, we haVe to add, that the warehduses, Nos. 4, 5, and 7, at the West India Docks, Brackwall, had the copper covering carried away a considerable dis tance; the damage is calculated at 10,0001.: and on Thursday morning several transporis and craft were by the storm blown from .their moorings near the Vi&nailing Ottice, Deptford, to the opposite shore at Mill Wall, Limehonse, and sustained much da mage., At the General Quarter Sessions for Wilts,held at Devizes, on Wedne.sday last, George Young, of Trowbridge, was convicted on the trial of an indict ment preferred against him, under the dire&ion of his Majesty% Commissioners for the Afbirs of Taxes, for assaulting and . ohstruCting Joseph Mor- . ris,, Colle&or of Taxes for . Trowbridge, and John Burgess, a Constable, in the due discharge of their duties, and sentenced to three months imprisonment in the Comnion Gaol, to pay a tine. of IC and to give security ; with two responsible persons, for his good behaviour, dicc. for two years. - . , .When he Fly Cruller, belonginiio ihe East India with Dispatches, was 'captureci.by the FrenchCnpa 7y Pd vateer the 4tilph of Persia, Company the Packetil were thrown overboard, fo s prevelit fall ing into the hands of the enemy. It appears ) that Mr. FLowza, who was a passeiT; ger on board the Fly; had taken very correa bear ings of the ithip's situation at the time the letter were throivu overboard. When laftded soon 'after, at Bushire,' s he communicated his observation? Captain Yoth, and Mr. LOANE j and they being it strongly impt'►'ssed. with the idea of the possibility of recovering the Packet, pnrchaSed vessel, and having proViaed creepers; and other ilece:s4rY apps; ratus; set sail towards the spot where the Packet had been dropped,, near the Isle of Khen. At the :end of three days; their labours were crowned with sn'cCess: they instantly , weighed anchor, and were probeeding down the,Gulph; on their way to Bombay, with the recovered Packet, when they were unexpe&edly at tacked .by two pirate boats belonging to Joehassnm; and full of ar►ned Arabs; who, boarding the vesel; and cutting and stabbing all whom they met; forced the whole crew overboard.. Nine, out of sixteen; were wounded ; and all must have perished rni: serably, had not a long-boat, which they a6cil deatally picked up at sea; been in tow at the tlrne.: In it they took refuge, and the Arabs finally took them into one of their boats, and landed them at tjtnatun, a small town on the Arab side, about thirty miles fromNeselkeim: it has a good harbour, pearsanA to be their place of rendezvout. There they. Were detained thirty-three days, subject to ezei'y hardship ; and, at the end of that time, to complete their Misery, were about to be sold as slaves; when a Wahabee Chief, who heard that they wece EngliSh, and who had known the British Re sident at Bussora, interfered, and procured them a passage to Khen. They weretlanded. at that island, after Inning been stripped of every thing, -except their shirts and trowsers, and the Packet, the 'great source of their labours and Sufferings. Two days were now devoted to drying the Letters, which had been 'about five weeks' in the sea ; and their pur pose was not yet effected; when ten jochassum Boats appeared in sight. The unhappy men, instantly carrying off the PaCket, sought. shelter among, the . rocks, where they remained hid for two days crnd 'nightS, exposed to every hardship, and nearly pe -rishing with hunger and thirst. Meanwhile, the Pirates burned and laid waste the villages on the - Island, whiCh forced the wretched inhabi tants, to pass over to the main land ; so that On the departure Of the Pirates, our sufferers were left the undisturbed end solitary possessors of the Island.' After waitin& four days longer . for an op :portimity of crossing over to the Continent, they obtained a passage to the neighbourhood of Ara 'rack; on their arrival at which place they 'learned that the Pirate Boats had anchored there, and were committing,the same havoc as at Mien.. Thus pur sued by misfortune, they were forced to walk to . Cheroo, a .distance of nearly forty miles. This town is under the government of Sheik Aga IVlahomed, 'who, at first, received them in; a friendly manner.; but finding them without money, and stripped of every, thing valuable, he drove 'them froth the mouse which he had provided for them, and.treated them with the most unfeeling cruelty andicOntempti For some nights, in. excessive bad weather, they had no covering but an inverted Boat, under which they took refuge. Finding at length no , probability of being enabled to' proceed on their Voyage by sea, they determined to walk on foot to Bushire. . After two days march from Cheroo s ' they - reached.Nochy4 100, without shoes or stockings; where ; to their great surprise and joy, they found that Sheik Rama, had invited them to his Island of Busheab; and stip , ; Plied them with . .every thing that his house afforded with the kindest hosptality. Nevertheless, in con , sequence of their 'past sufferings,', they . were all seized with fever and ague. The. extreme state of debility to which, from their, long hardships, they were all reduced, joined with the want of medicines ,and medical advice, made their illness extremely se vere, and though. Sheik Rama gave them a Boat, in which theYartived at Bushire, on the 4th of January; Capt. Your., worn out with ,sicktiess and fatigue died on the sth, and was followed to the grave by Mr. FLownn, on the 7th. Some of the seamen like- Wise died. We are happy to learn that Mr. LOANE who arrived' some time ago at Bombay, is quite re-- Covered.' We understand the Bombay Governnient has or dered a very liberal allowance to be paid to the par ties concerned; and ta the families of such of them as are deacL SURREY SESSIONS. Post the two last days the attention of the Court has been occupied hi hearing Appeals: There were only. two that nierited the smallest notice... . One, the PrOprietOrs of Cole's Wharf, against the Rate made on them by the Inhabitants of St. John's, Sonthwark. 'The other The Proprietors, of the River Wey; against aßate niaae by the Parish of Woking, on -account of the Tolls colleaed at a Lock. • In both cases the Rate *as in part confirmed, , and notice given that Appeals would be entered to bting the case before the Court of King's Bench. Charles Etheringtail, for robbing his master, of . wheat, was found Gpilty: And Leonora White, for stealing fowls, .was acquitted. AA half past six yesterday the Sessions adjoUrned; On'Sattirday a man was executed at Militia for cow stealing. At the commencement of the fatal ceremony, the rope broke, and the unfortunate wretch fell upon the failing betbte the dritrrice , of the prison: He was brought Up to the place of execution, dreadfully bruised and cut, and the awful sentence of the laW was completed without any 'far:: ther obstruction. From Fortune de Guerre BONAFARTE is exa&ing • , large tiontributions on the Austrian btates-77wread— ing thereby misery more extreme, How different from that Fortune. de Letterie, who is on the eve almost of presenting betiefrti, in this tonntry, to a. multitUde of individuals !—Monday fortnight the latter spreads her rich bcinners. Ilas - te adventurers to her Standard I Wealth and independence await many of you. -,-)