The Sun. — London, England, 1806-07-03 00:00:00

It is stated, that Capt. WHITaY, of the Leander, has been put under an arrest at Halifax, inconse quence of his conduta off New-York, and .that the American Ships which he had detained were re leased. THE Stocks continued to rise this morning, and a report 'was circulated in the City that the Prelimi naries of Peace were aaually signed. It can hardly be necessary fur us to assure-our Readers,.that there is no foundation for the report. That a•Negotiatiofi with France is in a state of progress, we hmie no doubt, and that is all that can with propriety be stated at this 'moment. THE Prince of Wa/esTacket, 'which has arrived at Falmouth from Lisbon; • brings ititelligentie that JEROME BONAPARTE'S' Squadron had arrived at Ba tavia on the 4th of,April, and that he sailed again on the .9.lst of the same month, but his destination was not known. • Lord MINTo, we have reason to believe, will cer-t tainly go out to India as Governor General,. and will • be succeeded at the Board c)f ContrOul by Mr. T. GRENVILLE. He cannot have a' more able suc cessor. Mr. Fox was this day so much better that he will, very probably, be soon able to resume his at tention to business. YESTERDAY Lord GRENVILLE and Lord HENRY PETTY delivered Messages from His MAJESTY to both Houses of Parlianient, stating; that the!Annui ties granted to the Younger Branches of the ROYAL FAMILY, out of the Aggregate Fund, in 1778, not 'laving been regularly secured, when the Revenues composing the Aggregate Fund were transferred to the Consolidated'Fund,- these Annuities had-failed, 'and become ineffeitual ; His MAJESTY, therefore, recommended to Parliatrient to take proper measures to secure the said annuities, and to consider of the. propriety of making such . increase in the se . allow 'ances as the chat ge of circumstances, which have taken place since, that period, appear to have ren dered just and necessary.. His MAJESTY'S Message was .referred to a Committee of Supply. Yesterday, soon after one o'clock, His MAJESTY arrived at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor, escort ed by a party of Light Horse. The Royal Dukes soon alter visited their Royal Father. Soon after tivo o'clock HIS MAJESTY gave audi&ices to the, LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord GRENVILLE, EaYl SPENCER, Lord HENRY PETTY, Viscount SiDMOUTH, and Earl FiTzwiLLiAm. After which His MAJESTY held a Private Levee, which was attended by, besides the above distinguished Personages, - • The “.rehbishop c,t Canterbur ) . Marquisses - WAtertord, Headtort, Thomond, and Huntly. Carystort, Moira, Vartmouth,',and Catnarvon, Caledon, and Howick. .Lords —Alden and Cathcart. - 13. Neale, g. Cotterel, and Dalrymple. hlr. Windham. ' The following had the honour of being presented • to His MAJESTY. . The Margins of Huntly, upon . his being appointed to the cotrunand of the 42c1 Regiment. Sir Hugh Dalrymple, upon his being appointed Lieu tenant-Governor of • After which His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, at which' Viscount CA LEDON was intrsduced, and sworn in Governor of the Cape . of Good Hope. At the close . of the Council the Marquis of HEADTORT was intro duced to His MAJESTY by the Earl Of CARYSFORT, and Viscount DILLON, preceded by a Gentleman Usher, carrying the Sword of State, when His MA JESTY was pleased to create the Noble Marquis a Knight of the Noble Order of. St. Patrick, and was afterwards graciously pleased to invest him with the Order worn by the late Duke of LEINSTEE. The Marquis of HUNTLY had afterwards an audi ence of His MAJESTY. - • At five o'clock His MAJESTY set off for Windsor. The Diana Frigate, 'with the Fleet under convoy, arrived at Gibraltar on' the 30th .May, in 15 days' passage, from Falmouth. PIGEON .SHOOTING,—The match between MORE . TON, the, celebrated ,shot, and Mr. G. KEATES; of Abingdon, in Berkshire, ,at •21 pigeons. each, took . place yesterday, at Child's Hill, near Hampstead, for 100 guineas. NOtwithstanding the celebrity of MORETON, from the reports-Which 'had been spread abroad, bets, were S to 4 on. Mr. KEATES on , the ground. The bounds were one hundred yards for the bird to fall in. 2 3 4 NIORF.TON. XEATES. kllled -. hit. hit , killed. killed. hit, and fell 3 yards off bounds. missed - killed. killed killed. killed - killed. 7 - killed : killed. 8 - killed - killed. 9 - missed - killed. to • • missed - killed. .. as killed - iz • , . - missed . missed. 1 3 , - killed. • 14. - hit killed. - kilted - killed. • • 16 - killed - 17 - killed - eS hit - killed. 19 - killed - killed. n o missed - ' 2 - missed - hit and died out of bounds, It will be seen that the match was deckled. at 18 shots, but the competitors shot at the number of birds to decide the bettings. The odds were 2 to 1 against MotiToN after the 10th fire, -3 to 1 after the 10th fire, 4 to 1 at the 14th, and 10 to 1 at the Wt.!). Another match, at five pigeons each, took place between a Berkshire Gentleman, and Mr. CaI,ION, of some celebrity at the sport. Mr. C. killed his five birds, which was the number allotted to each party, and his opponent, whO missed his first shot, lost after Mr. C. had killed his fifth bird. The company con chiefly of the amateuri of the sport,: and The.. Eround was wimerously and respeaably NAP AL NEWS. inst. was expebled to be put off till the 22d. The Packet brings no ,particular news. The Townsiend Ricket was arrived, at Limon, ii) 5' days from Fal mouth. The SquadrOn under JEROAIE BoNApARTE, e • consisting of 6 Sail Of the Line, arrived at• Batavia on the 4th of April, And left there The 21St of the same month, during which, and for three days aftei, an Embargo was laid upon all Vessels lying there ; their destination was • not known. Tlie Prince of Wales saw 8 Sail of the Line cruizing . off L'Orient on the 28th instant.—Remaih, .in the Tagus His. Majesty's Ships Milbrook, Curieux,: Richmond, and Morgiana. On the 16th the Star sailed on a yruize. On the 15th inst: the Diana Frigate. The, 'Richmond having hoarded a Vessel (Portuguese Ship) from the Brazils, .after permitting her to proceed for Lisbon, ,recolleaaLthat some of her papers were deficient, and in consequence went into Lisbon after her, and was, about to take 'her . I out, when an order was sent oft' for the Richmond _ .to remain in Port till further orders from the Portu ' gueSe Government : she was detained 'three days, and then released. r,l'h,e Brig Gratituck, with fruit, for London, was coming: out of the Tagus at the same time as the Prince of Wales., ' Also arrived His Majesty's Ship Brilliant, R. 8.. VINCENT, with the-Brig Fortitude, from Portsmouth ; and - the Valiant, OWEN, froM Plymouth. ' • PLYUOUTU, JULY 1 .-=-Arrived the Ainerican • Ship Samaritan, FARLEY Mater 'froni Catalonia, bound to London, put in fin- orders - , and leaky ; and the Lady 1 arren Armed Ship from the Eastward. Put back the Brig Frederick,, CHRISTIE Mater, bound to Falmouth, having carried away her main mast and foretop-mast off the Deadman PORTSMOUTH, JULY '2.—Arrived the Dapper Gun-vessel, Lieut. PRICE . ; and the Orpheus Frigate, Capt.,BRIGGS, from a Cruize); the latter is again getting under way for Plytuotith. / Sailed the Fury Boinb, Capt. SEA.RLE, with Con voy,to' the Downs ; tiie Locust Gun -vessel, with four TranspOtis, for Plymouth; 'and the Hearty Gun-brig ,on a Crulze: . The Venus Frigate, and trolverene'Sloop of War, are droPped,doivn to Helens i , .ailith part of the West India Coniroy; but thpre•is hut little prospectof their sailing, the wind being adVerse. • The Capt,ain,,of . 74 : gnus, being. refitted, this, morning went out of the Harbour. SHEERNESS, JULY 2..--The Convoy to tbe Baltic sailed this afternocu with His iNiajesty Ship Seagull. DOVER, JULY 2.-=Pried by, for Lolidon, the Ship Simon Taylor, iN4EK; . fcr Jamaica. DEAL, JULY'.2.7-7Cime down from the River last night, and sailed through the Dowhs for Ports mouth, the Camel Store-ship. Sailed this day the Malabar Man of War, and the Tygress Gun-brig, for Sheerness ; Meteor Bomb, and Dauntless .Praam, and several Gun-brigs, for the French Coast. Arrived the Astrea Frigate from, a Cruize, and remains in the Dowhs with the rest of the Ships as per last, - The Zebra Bomb bas a Signal tiying for a Con voy to the Westward. The lateq•accounts from the Mauritius, received. .via the .Cape, mention that gteat preparations were making. at that Island for a vigorous deface against an attack by the .E.ngli\sh, which was seriously ex peCted ; they had colleted provisions in store fur nine months. Ge4ral DECAEx had made large contraCt§ for tents and cots, and other military equipments, for a great number tof Troops Which were daily expeated. t . rom France. Port North-West was full of Danes, .Spaniards, and Anicricans. His Majesty's Frigate .Greyhound, Capt. &Film sToNL;was at Prince of Wales: . 6 Island the latter end of December. His Majesty's Brig Albatross wns cruizing in ,the Bay of Bengal the latter bud of December. His Mesty's Brig Seq fl awer; ST. O WE N, arr i ve d at Bombay on the 'llth of December, from a cruize on the Malabar Coast, spike His Majesty's Ship Grampus cruizing. His Majesty's Ship Psyche; Capt. WooLDRIDGE, was Sp'slC6 with in the. Bay of Bengal on the 13th of Ded:Mher. Thelloden, Admiral PELLEI.V, with the Triaot, Capt.,BELL, were at - Bombay on the 18th of Decem ber, as 'was the Allfion, FERRIER. • His Majesty's Ship Lancaster,• Capt. FOTRJ n GILL, arrived at Bombay in the Middle of January from the Streights of Malacca. His Majesty's Ship DeilaigneuF, Capt. PROCTOR, arrived in the'River Ganges on the 11th of Jan. On the 12th of Jahuary, in lat. 2Q. 2.1 , His Ma jesty's Ship Col7iWalliS 'was spoke with, all well. - Yesterday morning a marriage, long expeeled in the theatrical circles, took place at. St. George's, - Bloomsbury, between Mr. CHARLE,S,KEMBLk and Aliss DE. CAMP. Mr. J. KEMIILE was present at the ceremony, and gave away the Bride. The Con jugal pair, soon after, the ceremony, set off for Ply mouth. Yesterday the Sessions. commenced at the Old Bailey, but no?.trial of consequence occurred. A Wo nian, Mary 'lnn Ryan, was capitally copvided tor' u.tering bad silver. FAtMOITT.H, JUNE 30.—ArriVed this morning the princo of Wales Packet, Torm,. in l 3 days from The Passehgers by her sire---Mr. CAUT WRIGHT, Consul-General from Algiers Mr. ‘F. KitMoN , Si•-Mejellailt ; AL:l4l"er I - JUDSON, MeSsri; ACTIEGRE, NIENIX)ZA, and VERONEYFAY (the three latter Spanish Gentlemen), The - Fleet - for England under Convoy of His Majesty's Ship Star and Curieux Brig, which were appointed to sail the 20th .131E1110j. NEW-YoIIK, MAY 24.—Capt's NVZ,IT3II, or . the Brit is,t Ship of War Leander, we are ittiormen. , :vas , arrested, on hi;.; arrival at Halifax, by Capt. Bcags voet?, CotineandingOtlie& of that station, in conse quence of hisexceptiOnable conduct while oft Sandy Hook.-;---A Letter from a Gentlethan or the first .re speetabiiity at Trinidad,.to a Gentleman of thiS City, mentions„ that th 6 Jason Frigate, eot - omanded by a' Sun of Admiral a cocktANE, had just go n e doW n to , pay' MittA\No:i a. visit, who \l'a to 'he at anchor off Barcelona, in cOn4pany With tour Aetned Ships and. two Brigs, - Under English colours. - MAY 26.-A Letter from Newport, May 17; says, " Arrived at this' Port on Sunday last, -in five days, from Charleston, South Carolina, the Sloop Roha,, Capt.WHITTREDGE. On the 7th inst. the Rolla was fired upon, and boarded in.the latitude of 3,5. 9. lon gitude 75-41. by an Officer belonging to the British' Frigate CleoLiatra, Capt. WHITE, 44 guns, who, after treating Capt.WHIT - riir.noli. with every mark of con tempt and extreme insolence, demanded a, sight of his papers; and not content with vietving them, made • k , him produce hi s l etters , an d , w i t h out ceremony, broke open those addressed as follows,. viz. Mtsrs. Bowen and Ennis, merchants, Newport ; Messrs. Gardner and Dean, merchants, Newport ; Hon. Samuel Toby, Berkley, Massachusetts ; Mr. Gco. D. Wolfe, Bristol, Rhode Island. After having pe rOed them, the evening being far advanced, he im pressed the cook, named Nathan Wanche, an In dian (an apprentice to Michael Winslow, of:Roches ter, Massachtisetrs), and then:suffered 'Capt. NV. to, proceed. In this manner is the American Flag violated in its rightS, and plundered of its Citizens." IVItitANDA'S Expedition continues to occupy the at stention of the Public throughout Almeria ' • MAY 23.- 7 Several letters received, in town from Curacoa concur, in stating, that MIRANDA', ah:)nt the 12th of April, landed at Aruba, a swan Dutc'h Islandin 'sight. of Curacoa, ,where he eXercised' and recruited -his'. forces prep.waio to hi - s descent on thn Spanish M iin. - fie-. sailed from thence about the 20th of April. The news is correct. Capt. Wy N two'', of the Sperry Baker,informs, that Gen. MIRANDA had etfecte I a landing at Carac cas; and that the Spanish Government' had request ed 33 sh1411Gefi:Uii) Gen. FERRAND, who sent word, -lie , Mould furnish 500 trooPs; provided a. convoy, was sent to preteca them. • Ciptain HINTON, arrived this morning in twenty days from Trinidad, informs us, that the English had taken CaraccaS, on the• Spanish Main. This was prObatily the Exileditkin under - MIRANDA, and re ported as British,from the circumstance of that Gene ral being joined by six British Frigates; with 6000 troops, as we learn, by an arrival Capt. H. farther infOrms us, it was reported at Tri nidad, that,the Cork - Fleet, bound to the West Indies, had been captured by the French. THE,INItMORIAL OF S. G., OGDEN', OF THE CITY OF NEW YOAK, MERCHANT. [ React in Congress, .April, zB:6. ReTeelfully S(teweth-7-That,your /kikniorialiSt is under a -criminal prosecution for au offence against the laws of ,the Uriited.States, of which, if he is guilty, he has been led into the error by the cotidnet of Officers of the Executive Gov'erninent, who now intend, bringing npo:t him the penalties of the laWs, to sacrifice his charaCter, fortune and liberty, in expiation of their own err )rs, or to deprecate the vengeance of forein_Governments, by offering hien as a to their. resentments. Your Memoriali s t is the owner of an armed Ship Called the Leancler i which lately sailed. from the port of New-York, :under the command • or direction of General: FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA, to whom your Memorialist chartered the, said,Ship. Your ivletuf)- rialist, in hts mercantile-capacity, was an active agent in fitting and providing her for the voyage on. which she sailed and for his agency in this respect, he now stands indkted. But your Memorialist did not know that there was any law of the United States which forbade him to at as he has done, in relatiOn to the said Ship, nor could .he believe that his acts were criminal, when he was certain that the projects of Gen. AIRANDA, as connected with the expedi tion of an armainent from the United . States, had not only been "fully communicated to die President and the. Secretary of State, but had' received their applause and encouragement—wh e n he knew also, that the Executive Officers of the GovernMent of. _the United States, 'at cite City of New-York,' had afull kno.vlLdge, of the extraor4inary equipments of. j the Leander, and when he foUnd that no Measures were taken ,to caution ytiur Memorialise,- or check , these preparations. If the ads of your MemorialiA have been illegal, he cannot doubt but. that the laws may be put in force against • him. They may be instruments in the hands of. that Executive who hjs rendered him obnoxious, to the punishment they denotince. Yet as there must be, in a free Government seine shelter in every cits. from injustice and oppression, your Memorialist turns' with !confident hopes, lc) the as sembled Representatives of a free People, and trusts, that if it shall appear them that. one of their fel low-citizens has been seduced into an error by the encouragement of the Executive; ,that Executive will not be sutfered to prostitute its power,' by bringing' on him punishment, when the guilt, if any there be, rests upon themselves. Your MemoraliSt has not only to coMplain of the' injustice of caus,ink hi:n to be' prosecuted as a cri minal, but to represent to you the illegal manner, of conduCting that . prosecution, .by \‘ , llich the most .sacred rights of a citizen have been violated, anct the first principles' of justice tramp!ed 'under foot, ,by a Magistrate of the United St at e s . Th at , the, case of y o ur Memorialist may be fully before your „honourable body, !he will proceed to give a candid history of all the faEts which have relation to the offence of which he is accused. _ _ Your Memoriaiist was unacquainted with General NIIIANDA till anout the 23d day of D ember ,last, when he returned from Washington . . He then ap plied to your Memorialist, as the owner of the Ship Leander, which he proposed to engage to transport him, with s,otne men, ammuniti on , and implements of war, to a Port in the Spanish territory in South America; at the. same time inviting your Memo'rial ist to provide a variety of those Articles Which his projea required; ano, in order to induce your morialist to embark in the enterprize, and to con vince. him that it had the approbation Of the Cinvern rneut of the llaited Statei, the folio mere disclosed to your Methorialist, and were corroborated by the representation ,of Col. Wm. S.. SMITH, Sur veyor of the Port of New-Yin - la, and .by the diaeu ment herein-after mentioned . General MIRANDA is a native .of the Province of .i C.iraccas, in South America, Where he spent the earlier part Of his lift% The inhabitants of that country • were represented as groani ng un d er t h e i r dependence on'a thaspotie Government, and anxious to throw off the yoke, Many of General, MIRANDA'S coun trymen Were also stated to have been long desirous of freeing themselves from their bondage, looking to him / as their expeaed deliverer, and ready to re* ceive and unite with hint wlfenever he should bring to them a hope of success. It ws further suggested, that Gen. MIR ANDA had long e n t erta i ne d a d es i gn of emancipating his native country, which was disclosed to Mr. JEFFERSON, and th e d es i gn approved by him, so long ago as when Mr. SIiFFERSON was Minister at the Court of France from the United * States. That Gen. MIRANDA had been for some years soliciting and expecting aid in his enterprise from Great Bri tain ; but, that at length finding his expe;3ations of assistance from that quarter fallacious, he had left that country, and embarked fin- this, not with an intention to relinquish hlF.,,ciesign, but with the hope of tinditig here the meaai.t'' of success; that he had arrlved in New-York in the beginning el November last, bringing with him a very interesting and un portant Letter to a Gentleman of the first come , qeence in New-York, which fully developed his designs, and stated that he had embarked i - ;e- the United States, on the execution of the great plan whiCh he had thr so rcany year's meditated for the liberation of . his country. That in utter despair of the British Government taking any decisive step, he had'at last d e t erm i ne d to try ohat, could b e ei l e ei e d Iby such' resnurces as ,Atlld - riCa could furnish, end . r might be Wilting to afford boo, either as an enter ; prize sanctioned by public aotherit y ., or und er t a k en by individual adveniurers. Your Merninialig ova', well aoanred that this letter I was, about the latter. end of a , onretoher, eoorme n i- Cated to the Secretary of Seats, and to the P res id ent • . of the U n i te d S tates ;. that a;;er laid been some days in the hands Df theSeeretary of State, the re ceipt of it was acknowledged by' him ; and that about the last of .the same month Gen. MIRANDA proceeded to Washington, tO communicate person ally his plan to the Government.' That immediately after his arrival at Washington, General visited the Secretary of State ; that in his feast inter view he inforMed the Secretary. that he desired ,to ' make an important and confidential comenuniCation to the Government as soon "as the President should permit it to be receivede that at a subsequent inter view the Secretary of. State , inlermed him, that hav ing consulted the President on the subject of their former.conferenne, he was auth or i se d to rec ei ve h i s mm counication ; -that Gen. MinaNDA than opened to the - Secretary of State his oltieei In coming to the United States, exposed the condition of the pro vince of Caraccas, the general di .scvatent of its and the ease with which it might become independent, concluding by a request for the coun tenance and succour of the Government. That at a subsequent interview, the Secretary of State in formed Gen. MIRANDA, that he had cot munleated to the President what had passed in their preceding •canference ; that the President's sentiments could not be doubted, but that Government could aahrd neither succour nor aid to. the enterprise in, which be was engaged. That upon this Gen. MIRANDA re marked, that Without the counteeance of Govern thent, individuals anight be unwilling to .assist him ; that the Secretary replied, that the United States was a free Country; where every one might do What the laws did not forbid. That General Miaasna' then observed, that the bill dependinglor prohibiting the , exportation of arms and ainmunie titan might impede his measure's ; and the Secretary answered, that the bill might not become a law ; that General . MmAsnA inthrined the Secretary, that he had conferred with certain peiotona, in New Yerk respeCting his views, and if Governmentsshould pri vately make him a small advance of money, be might, with the assistance of those- persons, find the supplies he wanted ;- to which the Secretary replied, that the merchants would advance money whenever they became satisfied that they had an in- • terest in doing .so ; and inquired what supplies he might want, and who were the persons witn whom he had conferred ? General MIRANDA answered, that he‘wanted a few Officers and Privates, tegether with -a quantity of arms and ammunition, and that he had • conferred with Commodore LEWIS and Colonel SMITH, who had named your Memo tG General MIRANDA, as the proprietor of Vessels suitable to his views. Whereupon the Secretary expressed himself favourably concerning the fitness of these persons named by General MI RANDA, adding, in reference to your Memorialist, that it would be better than the St`. Domingo trade, in which your Memorialist had been some tithe en- • gaged; and that Colonel SMITH •was more.qualified for military service than for the Custom-house; in consequence of which last observation, General MI RANDA then said, that. Colonel Smirn would go with him, if he could ',have ,leave of absence; but the Secretary replied, that such permiSsions were un- ' usual, and could. not be, granted , in this instance; and that the'conference ended with an intimation on the part of the SecretarY of State, that whatever ' might be done, should be discreetly done; and, with ,the understandin g on the part of General MIRANDA, that though the Government, would not aid his en terprite, it met its approbation and encouragement, and -that it would not be opposed ; that t.ieneral 'MIRANDA remained at Washington fourteen days, and 'had several interviews 'with the President 'and Secretary ; in which time be wrote to Col.:I/Vial-lam SMITH two letters, of which copies follow : '.MY DEAR FRIEND, Washington Dec. xi, 035. I have received your Letters of the ist and bth ut this month, and our Coininoduic's,of the Stir. The busines s y ou and he mention is on th e tapii at tins present moment, and will be concluded, I hope, in the course of this week. Not a moment i 5 lost, and appearances I, nk very favourable. Hove a little patience, anil you shall hear soon the result. I hope yore-will act on your side with as itiJcli activity, &c. My best compliments to the worthy Admiral, and to Major A. They both s shall hear smut Inc as soon . anv thing is ' decided; write to me h ere at Stelk's Hotel, and that will be sufficient, it the direction is Mr. Whin. Your's, -M. A. DEAR FRIEND, Washington, Dec. 14, 'egos. • I saw, yesterday, for the second time, both the Gentlemen, amid, atter talking fully c 4 the subject, Libink I brought th e business to a conclusion. ' Yet flsr.Al., upon hearing my de termination of quitting this City, to-mornw, tor New-York, appeared surprised, and persa.desi me not tD Izave_it tore Tuesday next. the 171 n, when he cap - Med me ro dine • with hun , and to have a fittte . more conver,,:aion; I suppose. thought chat a stay three days longer '‘)