The Sun. — London, England, 1806-11-22 00:00:00

NA VA 4., N E WS. i / LYMOUrFi. the Africa, Of 64 guns, co join the Expedition fitting at Portsmouth 3. the Laurel Sloop of War to :the Westward, sup n :~ d to'ha e Dispatches for the-Expedition wilithr lately sailed from Falmouth ; the De . lighbiSlciop of War on a cruize; the Dispatch. Sloop of "War, with'" Dispatches, under seaied orders, supposed-, for : the ' West Indies ; and the Harlequin Sloop of War with a .Convoy to the Eastward. • • Arrived the Danish Brig Three Brothers, with wine, from Bourdeaux for . TOnningen, detained, by the Hon) Privateer. Sailed the Glatton, of 50 guns,. with Dispatches ‘ for the Fleet off Cadiz. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. z 1 --Arrived at St. Helen's the Africa, of 64 guns, Capt. Woo4,Ey, au i d D;s , patch Brig, Capt. HAwKitts, from Plymouth, to join Admiral 111uRRAy ; the. Three Brothers, DEL LING, froin Cork', and Znigheden, SoisTEmANN.,, from Christiansen: ' • Sailed the Lavinia Frigate, Capt. Lord W. STU ART, fot the Western Islands also .Die Stadt Lu te. Vtutr,orr, for Lubeck: The Orion, of 74 guns, Capt. CODRINGTON ) *as this day released from quarantine. ritt o mormr, Nov. 19.—Arrived the &mallow, Sloop of War from a Cruize, and remains with His 11/41aiesty's Ships Conqueror, Princess 'Royal, Gibral 7 iar, Lively, Blonde, Santa Margarita, Abundance, And Saracen, with a Vleet for the West Indies. P.S. Just arrived ,the' Prince Adolphus Packet, from New York, which place she 'left on the ,2,c1 October, and Halifax on the 26th, • StmaNEss, Nov. 2 I.—Sailed the Hermes,rm ed Ship, Capt. SIBLEY, for Portsmouth, from whence *he is to proceed to Buenos Ayres. • P. S, THREE o'CLocK.—Sailed His Majesty's Ship. Narcissus, Capt. MALooLzt, to Plymouth. Arrived from Chatham the CO7ltta and Hyacinth BRIXHAM QUAY,. Nov. 20.-A Fleet of Men of War are now corning into Torbay, ,supposed .twee the Channel Fleet; under Command of Sir CRAIII.IS COTTON. DEAL, Nov. 21.—Arrived the Mercury r rigate from Portsmouth, arid sailed for Sheerness. Arrived add sailed for the River the Thames, DIACKLEY, from Oporto. Arrived the Vesuvius BoMb from Portsmouth, and . terrains in the Downs with a Fleet of Ships of War gad outward-bound Vessels. Txtraa of a letter from Lieutenant RANIsAY, commanding the Hon. Company'sCruizer Queen, to Wm. TAYLOR MONEY, Esq. .Superintenclant 'of IV:ohne, dated Surat, April. 3, 1806 re Conformably to my sailing instrutaions 're ceived, after having just seen the convoy to Suiiit :over the bar; I lost no time in making the beseef my way to the cruizing ground of Gigate Pagoda' End Bate. tine P. M. on the 27th of March,l saw the Lively Schooner, top-sails a-back, with - a Pattumar to the Northward made the private sig.. rah which she answered. We were tllen in lat. 28 N. and long. per chronometer, 68. 48. Hove -to, and sent by the Cutter, the .Barbara Pat- tamar's provisions, the other being disptehed' to the Presidency. Wore round, and stood'S.' E. Lively and Barbara in company. At BA. M. On" . ; the 27th, spoke a Boat just having been plundered of her cargo and provisions by a pirate in the ofting.v, who had possessed her two days and a half ; but , oti our approaching.them, they were under the necei sity of liberating her. Then took charge of her, made all sail in chace to the Westward, and the: signal also for the Lively and. Barbara. When : the chace began we were off Puttun Fort. At 2 P. M. .we had neared the stranger considerably. I fired seve ral rounds from our six 7 pounder bow chacers to bring her to, but without etfeet, she manmuvring various ways to gain upon us. At 4'P. M. it falling calm, and the stranger gaining fast on us by means of Iris oars, wore round, and as the Barbara was gaining considerably on the pirate, and would very shortly be up with her, sent the cutter manned and armed to assist her, and to board, it deemed prud,ent. Lieutenants HALL and Mtimist,t, it becomes My duty to state, promptly and cheerfully ,:Olunteered. their services, and proceeded to join the Barbara. At 10 P. M. the Cutter returned, after putting the Lieutenants on board the Barbara, as per breeze . springing up she retarded the Barbara's sailing. Fiorn midnight till two A. M. a heavy firing \vas kept up to the westward; at day-break bore up for Ihe Barbaro, as (lid the Lively per signal ;- p s.ed several dead bodies, duppers of ghee, .&c. fl ating past us ; at seven A. M. Lieut. MAXFIELD C board, and informed me he had sunk thepi rate, after a severe contest of two hours and a half of severe fighting within small pistol-shot. The enemy would receive no quarter; and at eight P. M. sunk alongside the Barbara, though every precau tion was taken to prevent her. The crew of the Bar-:. tiara endeavoured to save the treasure and bales of silk repotted to be on board : there are fifteen_ of the pirate's crew .on board the Queen as prisoners, one of then ,their leader : this is the same man who captured Lieutenant MAW, of the Military, and wounded him ; he admits of his capturing five Totellas, one of which he took possession of off_; Berrapore. • ' " P. S. The piratical Vessel was a Gallivat of or 146 - tons;niounter4m.-;e 12-pounders, 17e . • sides other gubp, aid vas. matir,e3 with thir . ty:. five men; twelve of ‘ilorn; including t i ne. Serangi were killed : she had on board the plunder of seve ral Vessels, 'consisting of :40,000 rupees', s(nie.balei of silk, ar* oilicer'§, wearing apparel,' and' various other articles." Calicut Roads, 2d April, Midnight. "We came in here to-day with the sea-breeze, and, anchored within a cable's length of the Marquis tralles‘ey, and waited for the land-Wind to carry us out. Akmidnight the Wellcsle?) was discovered to be. on fire, and we immediately saw the flames bursting out at all her hatchways. " c;-Pt. GRANT, his Qfficers, anslCreW, had just time to save their lives by getting pn board of us, Where they now are. Fortunately no lives were lost. How the fire arose I have not yet learned. At the time the fire began the triellesky was ly ing.ontside of us, which prevented our getting to sea. She drove from her anchors in two ,hours, and is now driving out to sea, Willing most furi ously, the most awful speEtacle I ever witnessed. She has not yet blown up, and is now so far as to prevent our receiving any damage from that circum 7stance." • APRIL Thursday last, Caine to her moor ings abreast of 'Calcutta, the American. Ship Argo; Capt. A. NOR THEY. This Vessel has been 10 months from Salem, remained at Bataviatwo months, from which she has had a very tedions'passage, occasioned by light winds and calms„having left it on the 25tIr, January. • ' The Argo left at 13atavia'. a Dutch Frigate of forty guns, under repairs, and two armed Brigs, The Frigate struck the ground on going in, which obliged them to run her on shore,' when it was found that • one of her but-ends had started ; the chief part of the Crew of the above Vessels were sick, and in •the hOspital. While the' Argo laid at Batavia nothing was heard there of the Dutch Admi ral HARTSINCK. MAY. 7.—We are concerned to state, that by the arrival of the Hope,' from Penang, accounts have been received that His Majesty's Ship 131.ei; heinz had unfortunately got on shore% in the Straits of Malacca, .2nd irr consequenL'e was obliged to cut away her masts and throw hor ghns overb,,ard, when site for tunately was` got ati the shoal, and had arrived at, Pe , tlang to .retiL- Particulars relative to the deStrnaion of L'lmpe 7 teu.v, f. - 61n . t'ne American Paper the Norhlk Herald. -fn part•bf the last Edition of our Paper, we gave a' hasty account of the destruaion of the French line-of-b4ttle-shiP L'inzi)eleu.r, of 74 guns - , com manded by Monsieur LEVEY . F.II BELArK, Member of the Legion} Of Honour. Since* then we haVe con versed with some pf the Officers of the French Ship, who say, that in a violent gale on 'the 19th 01 Aug. in lat. 26, she was tOtaily ijkmaste.d, her rudder .broke, water casks stove, and the powder wet and destroyed ; they were obliged to throw all their . guns overboard, except the lower tier, to keep her atioat. • After being in this deplorable state for 2 3 days; short of provisions, and not a drop of fresh water, early, on Sunday morning last they descried' two British Men of War, a Frigate and'an Alined Brig, being then about twelve miles oft' shore to the south_. ward of Cape 'Henry that, sooner than be taken nn at . sea they inediatelv made for tAe shore, on Isitich they run , the -ghip - before the . British got within shot, having, with their colours, a signal of distress also hOisted, They state, that the Frigate commenced firing upon them When they were aground', and within a mile of the land, and continued 'the fire until the co lours and sails were lowered. During this time the two Line-of-battle Ships were at anchor within long 'shot •; that the crew of the first 'boat which came on board from the Frigate behaved with much civi lity ; but when' the marines came, they condUCted themselves with rudeness. The Captain of the French Ship expostulated with theM, stating that they were on.netural - gnatind, but to poeffect for after taking Out. what of the crew that did not jump overboard, theyset fire to her, and effectually destroyed her. I,?brapetOtz had near 700 men ; .these taken on board the Frigate have been sent up trow Hampton Roads . , and are:•noW conifortably lodged in the Hospital ar ,Ferry PO in t. L'impeteux was one of VILLEAUMEZ7i Squadron. They • fell in with the Fpqrayqnt (the Admiral'; Ship) three days after the gale, totally ~ cliSiztasted; tultQler gone, • and . nearly a wreck---suppose she has got into; the Havanna h The Cosurd. and Faleureuse 14'rigate, belenginq .. to - , this Squadron, are also missing. Commendation is due to Mr. MYERS, who, on hear4g'of the deplorable , situation Of the poor fel lows!who swain on shore, and who were, tmking the best of their way for this place,-without clothe..., and without victuals, immediately sent carriages with provisions and clothes to meet them. The Guernsey, of Guerniey, from Newfound- land, •is taken by a, Privateer, atud carried into Al gesiras. The Henrietta, of Aberdeen, from Carnbletown to Lisbon, was totally lost vu the 2,5tb titt.at the Mull of Gailowav—crew saved. The Walzoield, BRUCE, from Hull to Oporto, was totally lost near Vella 'de Conde,, six- leagues from' Oporto, on the 3 ist . of OEtober—only the Captain, one Mari; and a boy were saved. The Glasgow Packet, of Berwick, from Leith to London, is _totally lost on the Staples—ten passen ,.gers and a seaman drowned. Lieutenant Lord JAMES TOVN'SPIEND, son of Marquis TOWNSHEND, is promoted to the rank of Commander. •-• Capt. NAIRNE is appointed to command the Fa vourite Sloop of War, at Chatham. A coursing match took place last week On Epsom Downs, between' Mr. SCOTTAR celebrated dog Fly, and 'Mr. VILLEROY'S equally renowned grey hound, named Snow-Gall. The latter, it is well known, was lately the property of Colonel TnottN TON. :The match was for 100 guineas. About ten o'clock the morning the hare was put up, and the dogs started in good style. The betting was two to one on Snaw,balt. Ile latter took the lead ; and 1: pt for a few seconds ; but shortly afterwards Ey passed her antagonist,. and, gave the three first `turns in capital order. The match was decided in abbot 'ten minutes. After the contest, fifty guineas . were offered and refused for Fly. Many o`, the first 61561141 g Gentlemen were present. . • MR. PfTT Arr: - 6- , n\vt.l, has announced his iniention w r itjnrr . " history .of England but if it is to be little 1 - Y4:II - in! of trail and impaainlity A What `he says 01 ir. PiTT, in a charaatei- which he, ha; given 0: -. .Mr. Fox. in a .Paper of thii day; it will be treated with contempt by every liberal and judicious mind:" He has observed so little of passing evuits as to say, that it is a very doubtful ptdpositioti whe qher Purr preserved this .country froM the 'anarchy and confusion with whiCh it Was threatened by-the doctrines and-the arts of France. That Mr. PITT principally contributed to , : that preservation; none but a man blinded, by party-prejudice can doubt. Mr. Gonwu presumeg . to repre - sent . Mt. PITT " .as nearly despotic as• the; Minister of a mixed Government can. be." If it was despOtism to support. the British Government by'rigorous mea - - sures, at a time when lA:yellers and shallow Philo sophers were attempting, by all 'possible means, to destroy it, Mr. PITT, was . despotc—not otherwise. It is needless to animadvert on the charges of" bloody wars, tbrandable innovations on the liberties of Englishmen, duplicity, 'unhallowed ciiexterity, and audacious desertion ! Of, his principles," which - Mr. G;,:i?W.l so rancorously brings against iinr late excel lentTinister, because it is the hadthied language of TaCtlOn. Mr. GODWIN describes • the eloquence of :Mt% PITT as " cold and artificial." We should pity the 'Walit . of judgment in this_Writer if we, were not persuaded that his opinion was faimed upon tittle observation, and upon very narrow grounds.: Mr. PITT indeed applied to . the understandings, to the goad seise, to the redeation, to the patriotism of his auditorS, rather than . to their grovelling passions; yet when he was animated by l b lis.subje.d, no man e‘ ex soared 'ivyond him in that genuine eloqUence which best e:e a great and virtuous mlnd, and one which fully embraced Jill that related to the matter in discussion, and could tend to _illustrate and en ?• able it to impress . Convidion. .He was placed in. one of the most 'difficult situations that ever occu pied. the mind and feelings of a man to whotwthe interests and honour of a great 'Empire was en trusted, and as far as Human wisdom and perse-. verithte 'could prevail, he succeeded, in securing it from all the dangers, without'and within, .and the latter,. arising froM the danger 'of ensnaring:princi ples, and de/usivephiiosophy, was pot the least for midable. His name - 214 charader will therefore never be mentioned by posterity withont adMiration and gratitude, when' most of - his con-ye:hors will be little more tban - natiles in the enlightened and un partial page of History. We shall not follow 'Mr. GODWIN through his charader of Mr. Fox, though it• May 'be . Observed, that his panegyric is as unworthy of, the real merits of Erin gpt• Orator, as_ his censure . of Mr. PITT is illiberal and unkist:' 'Speaking 'of the former, how er, he says„ " I have seen I; k eountenance,lighten up with 'more-than • mortal ardour and goodness;" . which must certainly be considered as ridiciilous bombast, to say nothing of the observations of a man of such imiions as those which Mr. GODWIN is supposed to entct - taib respeahig the nature; and attributes of beings Uto;)e mot a !ill. -I THE THEATRE.—The new Play of The tire Man was brought .forwiird last night again at Drury-lane Theatre, and effectually consigned to that fat 'which it fully deserved, and 'which, in deed was most satisfae - forily awarded the night be 'tore. It is diffleult to believe, that it was really th'e produelion of Mr. HOL.CROFT, as more observation , and energy might expe&ed •froniqris: experience and abilities. The new operatical .Speeiaele of The Deserts of Arotia was represented again last:nightat co'vent . Garden 'ibeatre, and received in such a matiner.s.s to•ptw an end to - the terror of the author. The Thunder-storm in the second a& Wasbmitted, other curtailments have been .made, in Consequenee of which the Piece is more compaki. Upon - the Whole, it may rank with- the most shewy things of the kind that have for- a' long- time beeniire-. Eented.to the Public and has also the- advantage, which such things in general want, and that i.3—the. assistance of 'good aczing and ,inging. -. • " How are the mighty fallen !"—Sir FR ANCI'S BURDEtT, after Itaving solemnly deClared that he would distribute no cockades, .nor con Sent to the distribution of cockades,••and l that he would provide no carriages, nor consent to the providing sf car riages, now quietly perMits .his friends to do both. Mr. PALTI4, ,too, after daily-boastS of his disinterest carless, and his spirit of independence; is now obliged to implore his friends to raiEe a sutscrii)tion for en abling him to _carry on a scrutiny. But-he is - the avowed Pupa of Sir F. - BURIE-17, and of course tblicil,vs the Baronet's example in deserting his • • clarattons. In this resped . they both at-ford the People , a good opportunity of judging what - regard they would pay - to consistency in' matters of greater weight and irnpOrtance. Not, however;tliat we do neit suspea Mr. l'Au Li, of his usual cunning under this apparent inconsistencj: He thinks it necessary to hold forth a spew of perseverence, but he well knows that he is not likely to hove. any success in the proposed subscription, even if he had any hope of•a:paisperous issue to his promised Petition , to Parliament ; and therefore •he is craftily providing himself with an excuse for retreating, '.upon the ground that he . should risque his fortune in the at-' tempt.:' Yeethis is' the man who talked of sacri ficing his property, and even his -/ye upon - the sceObld,in support of Sir F. BURDETT and his irides pendent principles ! ! • ..General - MoREAu, some.private letters state •po . . sitively, is lo have the principal , command of the Combined, Armies, while the different divisions will be led on by Officers of the respective Nations.. This arrangement we consider as dictated by sound. poli cy, as . .AiloitcAu is acquainted with the French. tac- tics ; and, perhaps, no man so fit to i.)e: trusted, in consideration of the mortal hatred he must ever en tertain towards the . Usu. L ier. Lord VALiNTIA has Oroughi home with him the :richest materials for a publication of his Voyages and. Tours, which will comprehend the most important and interesting information respeCting the inhabi tants; the natural history, the commercial regu .la(ions, the 'political interests, and the immediate state of the Isle of St. Helena, the Cape of Good ' Hope, various parts of India, the Red Sea,lhecsast - of Arabia, li;gypt„ Malta, Sicily, and the 'Govern . nient ot- MIDDLFSE l' ELICi'IG;'a At the do's : 6 of the Pod yesterdar, the ntinitertl for Mr. MELi.rsti Mr.-13iNG Sir F. guitriErt 2 7 2 4 7 7 2 734 - - 722 Mr. BYNG did hot come fOrward: Sir FRANcIS BtlabETT spokb iii ittbStanCe. llows.:—gentlemen, .1 am very sorry that, often as IhaVe had occasion to ,addreSs you updit the pre. sent ele&ion, I have never been fortithate enoogh to express rnesell soexplicitly as to be under-tool' by Mr. Mellish. 'He has declated himself unable to coMprehend any pare of the sentiments that nave* expressed ; and • therefore - I must feel it , a's' a misfortune, that when -I- am addreSsing yoe' as clearly . and explicitly as is in my power, Mr. Mel lish will not be able to comprehend what it is I ,lin saying., Gentlemen, this-May be My misfortune, yet the tank is ,not mine. If, however, I have beep at all in fault, I can assure Mr. Mellish that he has completely retaliated; for if, on' the one hand, he cannot comprehend what I say, I declare that what little he has ehesen•to say, is no less incompreben-.. sible and unintelligible to me.—LA lau&rh.] Short as, his speeelies are, I do not think I ever heard the same number of words, '.from which I was so at a loss to wiled the-import of them. He has really spoken more like an- oracle than an orator. The only difference is, that,the : darkness and ambigua) , theancient oracies -consisted,,in the 'Variety of meanings, which, by different '4mstrOlious, and different ways Of placing the wordS, might be in ferred from the oracular sentences ; bbt the dirk ness and obscurity of the speeches, or rather of the sentences, tittered by Mr. Nellis,h, are owing to a diffe.rent cause ; for, place them as you please, no meaning atall can. beextraaed from them. Rut, although: lie CtalieSSCS, that he does not . 'compre hend what I state, yet, without comprehending' it, he is.,perfedtly. sure • that • it is :highly Jaceeoinical. and improper, Indeed he ss su much afraid of My jacbbinical principleS, that yesterday he • stared that I. was . endeavouring to instil my principles . into him.: This is, I believe, .as perfeetiv.unintelli— .gible to you' all .. as it is to me. I should wish:to know by what species of cheinical morality this process is to be effeeled. I:Oinake 'so sorpii,ing and whimsical adiscoverv, suppose m e ni s h m u s t have 'searchelr'the "depth, of science— must have dived ; "deeper than tathom-line or plummet ever 7 Sounded ;" -. or else he must have bOrrewed the phrase from the libelloa :vett of his friend Mr. ..Bowles, who deals so largely in calumnies-and slan der. My. poisonous principl e s h e thiuks that I wish to infuse into his..l wish lie would tell what. his are : he cannot be prevailed upon to state his whole principles, I wish, he could be persuaded'to favour us, aticast,witlepat ut them, or with some o't)inion which We nigh!, judge by.. It appears, however, as hard to get an opinion from •hi,in as it .is to g e t • a guinea • from the Bank. He hoards up his opinions as they do their gold(taughter). _ however, he uses his customers at the Bank somewhat better, for if he does not give, them gold, he gives them promis sOry notes, which are better than nothing 'I think he ought also to give something - like pro missory notes here; and he might very, safely pledge himself to discharge his peomises to you at the same time that the other promissory no:6 shall be . paid in cash. He may . then centinue.to attack my principles without comprelien:fing them, but I can not attaek his principles,...because i calthOt tell what they are. He, how ver, appears in greater danger from the, inthaion, .of iiiy principles this day, than upon any former-day. While Mr. Byng stood near us he was a sort of party-wall, by which Mr. Mellish felt- himself, somewhat, proteCted from .the danger• of ;MS , party-1.1:A; hOwever, now seems no longer to exist. It seems as it, Mr.. Byng bach abdicated (alluding to his not having,addressea them),, and Mr. _Mellish becomes exposed to the':_ftili -danger of my principles. AS neither of these Candidates will give us any account of their principles, I shall venture to make a little . prophecy. \V hop. these two .Candiciates shall be returned your Representatives, they will either hold • their tongues, or they will hold the same language With those who'only talk of the immense sacrifices you : will be., called-upon to make. • When. they talk of ihe sacriticesewe are to make, I should wish" them :to 'recoll4rthe -sacrifices we have already made. Are nut the-tax-gatherers now ready to take our ,beds from under , our clothes from our back, wcill they . take ..our skin also ? (Loud hissing,' and demonstretions of disapprobation : Sortie per son fraiii the crowd said, 'Tis true, they would ,tube tlbc from under us f we were not able to pug , Let, them (continued Sir Francis), pro-' vided it be absolutely necessary for the defence of the couptry,; bat I objet to'the 'making enormous sacrifices when, they are unnecessary, and. when their objea appears,to be, in a great measure, to pay a parcel of - hireling orators:and - venal supporters of the Minister. Mr. MELLtsfr returned thanks for the support he .Jiad :received; and said; t'hat nothing he had . heard from the Uonourable Baronet should intiu-i ence either his mind or his'eondua. BATH, Nov. 540.—Last night 11:iuzziNi gave his First SubScription Concert 'at the Upper Assemb ly, Rooms, which was attended by about five hundred of eur,first-rate lovers of harmony. The first aa' commenced with Ktcy - vErr's pleasant trifle,, called " ,The Bells of Alichael's Torief," which was well performed by ASfilEI,, MAGRATH, and DOYLE. Mrs. ASH E sang. a' beaUtiful Italian song 'by cAnt.TSo:' anAl an elegiant:new, ballad of RAuzzii's composi tion, delightfully ; arr.!' Misi SHARPE gave an air by ANDItECIZZI, in her usual finished style. The grand attrktiOn and novelty of the entertainment rested . with Signior NALDJ, frorri . the Opera-house,: who sang a Duet with MORELLI, and two songs, veryetfedively, and received unbounded 'applatise. Two Concertos by ASHE and Liksan.Ey, kind a Duet by, the celebrated:PEThiar.s, complete 4 the bill of fare. Me opening'of the new year will,be memorable ,for the determination of an uliCornMouly rich and' attra&ive Lottery' Scheme. Though Consisting of but 2,5,000 Tickets; it contains; 'among unrneroLs, other Capitals, the two princely . Prize's of 30,9001. 'each.' But . What be ilitinitely _more Satisfac-, tar} to many Adventurers; tile - 'ne‘ir thus -present them worth - ftlrtniTratillsTTSUlricin t *to en able them to pass every remaining year of their - iivcs in opulence and independence. ~~ 1