The Sun.
London, England, 1806-05-02 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLY:KOtrrii, APRIL _3O,—Arrived this' morning
• the Canopus, of 80 guns,. Rear- Admiral T. Louis,
from Jamaica sailed thence. the 13th March in
company with the Superb, of 74 guns, Admiral Sir
J. T. DUCISWORTI7I, Spencer arid Donnegal, of 74
guns each, Acasta Frigate, and the • three French
, Ships of War Jupiter, Alexandre, and Bram?, of 74
guns each, lately captured at St. Domingo by Ad-
rnifal DUCK.WORTH'S,Scitiadroll. The Superb, Don-
negal, and Aeasta parted company soon aftersail-
ing from Jamaica, and procecided*towards Cadiz to

join the Fleet cruizing there. The Alas,, of 74
guns, was left at Jamaica,
,and was soon to sail
with a Convm for England. The account said to
have been received by Aclrniral DocxwoaTH, of
another French Squadron being arrived in the West
Indies, proves to be erroneous, as the Squadron al-
luded to was, it appears, the one previously
•
de-
stroyed by. Admiral DUCKWORTH.
Arrived the Atalanta Sloop of War from a Cruize ;
the PrUSsian Galliot Jonge Brouwer, Capt. ARRA-
RAms, laden with salt, and the Prussian Galliot
Jeune Alida, Capt. SFELmAN, laden also with salt,
both from Sable de Leon, detained by His Majesty's
Ship. Aigle. •
Arrived the American Ship Thomas ' Gordon,
Capt. PLACE, from Madeira,: in ballasts 'the Right
lion. WM. Eittoz, of Port-Elliot, in the County of
'Cornwall, and FaMily, arrived in her. The corpse
of Lady, WM. EJ.Lio-r, who died at Madeira, is
brought home in the same Vessel for interment.
Sailed the Coqflance Sloop of War and Martial
Gun-brig with a Fleet of. Vietuallers under convoy
for the Channel Fleet.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY I.—Arrived the Spencer, of
74 guns, froth the West Indies ; we cannot learn
that she brings any hews of consequence. Arrived
also the Alexander; 'of 74 guns, from a Cruize.
La Touterelle Friga;e, Capt.Woaru, has detained
the Thetis, from Guernsey, bound. to RotterdaM ;
Alexandria Frigate the Diana Brig, from Cherbourg,
bound to Lisbon ; Racehorse Sloop of War, Danzaj-
cote, from Savannah, bound to Bremen, laden with
sugar ; Avenger Sloop of War, ditigusta Galliot, from
Rochelle, bound to. Bremen, laden with brandy ;
Thisbe Frigate, Yrow Anna, from Bourdeaux,, laden
with brandy, and the Freundschal I, from Bremen,
bound to St. ThOmas's, laden with tobacco, &c.
The French Ship mentioned to have arrived here
I
ast night prows, as was stated, to be La Jupiter,
•
ofl4 guns.

' The 72d Regiment of Highlanders this day em-
barked for the, Cape of Good Hope.

DOVER, MAY i.--messed by the- AmeriCan Ship
Wanderer, of Chailestown, with fruit, and the Sloop
Union Packet, Capt. GRAIMM, f 12103 St. Michael's ;
and the Schooner Father and Son, Capt. HOPKINS,
from Lisbon.

Came in this morning, the Ketch •, Mercurius,
Capt. J. CLAUS EN, and the Brig lifercurius, Capt.
MUSE LER (both of Lubec), froth Bourdeaux, de-
tained by the Steady Gun-brig, Lieut. STOW.

CO W 45, .MAY i .—Arrived , the American Ship
Panzascote, Capt. DucKENn.oaFF, from Sal!.anna
bound to Bremen ; the Bremen Brig De 13•outv
4nna, Capt. KOPER, from. •Bourdeau;s;: bound to El-
,
sinew, with Wine ; and' the Freuitheitaj, rapt.
MEYER; from, St. Thomas, bound.to Hamhurgh, havi
been detained and 'sent itv •by His Majesty's Ship
Thisbe, Capt. SHEPHERD.

Arrived kwo Transports with the Ist Battalion of
the 44th Regiment 'from GuerrisJy; and arc now
'waiting orders whether, they .are.tO be disembarked
here.

The following naelancholy circumstance occurred
here yesterday : Four Germans-had on the night be-
fore entered for seamen at tli rendezvous here,
When a suspicion arising that they were dekrters
from the 60th Regiment, one of them drew a razor
from 'his pocket, and cut thrOatso dreadfully,
that he expired almos't instantly. Tire Coroner's
Jury have since sat, and brought in their verdia-,
"Lunacy;" and
,the body has been interred in the
b trial gro*nd belonging to'Parkhurst Barracks.

FALmOttlt, APR!L 2g.--,Arrived the' princess
Elizat),A-11,1cket; Capt.:KlDD', with a Mail :fro
Lisbon, in 1.% days pas Sage; the Bremen Galliot the
Bremen* Flag, FRAUCiEYER, from Bourdeaux, de-
tained by thq .411inerva Privateer 5, Danish Ship
.4/us, Capt. PATTERSON, from St. Thotnas's, for'
Hambro', detained by the MirandaPr4-ateer ; and
the Lubec Brig 4delane, Capt. DENNIS, from Bour-
datixy for Lubec, dtgained by the Hero Privateer.

DEAI4 MAY I.—Sailed.; y esteif4ay ,evening the
•Ro3'a/
.Charlotte..', Marquis of- SlP'ellesdey, Hope,
Thames,. and Huddurt East indiatnen, and Teign
9nouth Packet, for Portsmouth.

Sailed the. F enus Frig-ate, With a Fleet of Swedish
Vessels under convoy, " for' Sheerness, to join the
Paltie Convoy. ,
_ _ _

Arrived :111d sailed for- the River the Lord 11T(son,
Capt. ADAIVIS, from Surinarii, ip 40 days' passage.=.
Pas,ingecs,'Liut.-Colouel AirLEn and Mr.
W ow).

WEST L.N7D LES.

I“I4(.:ST'ONT GAZETTE, jAMIAIti4, MARCH r

La Gracieuse Schooner, of Lo guns,. Mr. .97411'11
Master, arrived on Tuesday from a cruize. On the
16th instant, between Cape Blanca 'and' Laguira;
she was chased by two 'Line-of-Battle Ships, two
Vrigatts, and a. Schooner, which Mr. SMITii had
every reason to- believe were. Enemies, as they did
not answer any Signals that were 'made to them.

MARC- B.—The Acasta Frigate; of 40 guns, Capt.,
DUNN, Which sailed on Monday se'uniglit,- with
Vice-Adthiral DUCKWOitTiI; for the' station off Ca-
diz,
came to an anchor off the Palisadoes'opposite
to this city .on Satin-day evening, with dispatches
from Sir JOHN to Vice-Adiniral.DApßEs, requir-
ing such ShipS of the Squadron as were fit for- sea
-to join him immediately, as he had spoken ' the
Veteran,, of 64 guns, which he had
,fallen in wit:t
proceeding for POrt Royal, with intelligence that six
French Ships of the Line had arrived at.Porto-Cd-
vello. The Acasta weighed anchor about half-past'
two o'clock on Sunday afternoon, and stood to the
Eastward with a favourable wind, for the purpose
of ascertaining the , correaness of the information,
which we understand was given too the Veterg'n by
La Gracieuse S.chOotter that arrived on the 4th inst.

The Superb, of 74 guns, Capt. KEATS, bearing
the Flag of Vice-Admiral Sir J. T. DUCKWORTH,
K. B. returned y Port Royal on Sunday afternoon,
about five o'clock,
,for the purpoSe of having the
copper on her bows repaired.

Lieut. LLoyij states, that the two French Frigates
and the Corvette which escaped. from Sir JOHN T.
DUCkWPRTH'S Squadron in the adion of the Gth
ult. went through the (rooked' Island Passage on
Sunday se'nnight,,withont shewing any colours.' •
About five o'clock last Monday morning five Sail.
of large Ships were deScried from the Nassau, then
off Cape Maize, standing due North'; and at eight
o'clock of the same day•three more Were perceived
pursuing the same.course. Froth their appearance it
was judged they, were of the Line.

We are informed that the real objeca of the voy-
age of the Cartel, which was lately sent hither froth
St., Domingo by Rear-Admiral LESSEIGUES,_ was to
procure from the Officers 9f his Squadron who were
captured, and are now Prisoners. of War, their at-
testation of 'his bravery and 'gallantry in the late
adion ; which they one and all refused to comply
with, on account of his manifest cowardice.

. Accounts also brought .by the Cartel state,
poi& lost two Captains, three Lieutenants, and seL
. ,
veral Enseignes de Vaisseau, in'the late engagement,
and that upwards of Coo. of her crew Were' drowned
in attempting to reach the shore.

KINGSTON (JAMAICA), MARCH Majesty's
Frigate Acasta, Captain DUN' N, arrived on Saturday
evening, and brought Dispatches from Vice-Admiral
Sit JOHN T. DUCKWORTH to Vice. Admiral DACRRS,
purporting that the remainder of the Enemy's Fleet
had arrived at St. Domingo. .The whole of them
consists in seven,Sail of the Line. and four Frigates.
The 4casla proceeded again to sea•this morning.
.His`Majes,ty's
.Schooner Redbridge.sailed on Sun-
day, morning do a Cruize.

On Sunday arrived. t ,:Port-Royal His Majesty'g• 1
Ship Superb, having on board ViccAdmiral Sir J.
T. DUCKWORTH, when the Customary salutes were
fired. He is to repair his copper, and will ‘go to sea
on Tuesday morning with, the Squadron. And we
may truly hope that we shall soon have the pleasure
to afibrd- these newcome Monsieurs a more com-
fortable shelter, fel- the changing of the air, than
that which they are, resorted to.
MARCH 7.—Arriy6d at. Port-Royal His Majesty's
Ship Veteran-, Captain ErANs, from A Cruize, and
SehoOner Haddock, from a• Cruize ; the latter' sailed
again the same evening._ - •
MARCH O.—S-atnrday morning arrived' at Port-
Royal His Majesty's- Ship Serpelit froM a cfruize. •
His Majesty's Ship .Superb, with Sir J. T. DOcK-,
• •
WORTH on heard, quitted .Port,Royal yesterday.
His Majesty's Schooner Haddock sailed the same

•
day.
The Ship Andersm, with slaves, bringS informa-
tion that a French foree of one 74, two 64's, and a
Brig, is cruizing (n Me Coast of Africa, which had
taken His Majesty's Sloop Favo4rite, the Coin-
minder pf'which, Lieutenant J. DAVIE,, arrived in
a Cartel from Cape Mount before the Anderson's de-
parture. An apprehension was also entertained that
His Majtnty's Frigate Hele had fallen into the hands
of the Enemy.

A Gentleman who has, recently escaped froin,
son in France, in a Letter to his friend at, Path, says,
I passed through Baden,-Wirtemburgh, Hesse-
Darmstadt, Frankfort, Hesse,Cassel, and Hanover.
The.krench Troops occupied. all the country even to
the borders of Hesse,Cassel ; -the last town they gar-
rison is Giesen; the Kings,. their Allies,are prisoners
in their own 'capitals :. all orders are given by, and all
repots made to,.theOommandant de la Race, who
is a French Of ; petty. villages are' not exempted
this regulation. 1 ,left Metz on the sth of March,
and arrived at
,Gravesend ten days ago. ' Had I
stopped 24 hour:: on the road, our shipping would
all:have departed from Hamhurgh, and I Should
hare.been detained a Prisoner."

.(1..),7) 14t7TC11

(FROM ,THE. MONITF,UR).

" The Manheim Courant; aid some Other .Papeti.
in the North, already teens with false , reports, and
seem to rejoice in theapprehension of a new oppor7
.tbnity,to mislead Europewith hilseandridiculougmis-
represehtittions of the gigantic power of Russia. They
of course would Make it appear that Dalmatia is' in-
undated with, Russian Troops, and that a very. re=
speaable Army is collected hear the Mouths of the
Cataro. At St. PeterShurgh, probably:, they would
fortn better plans for a Campaign than these. If it
were not that,France insisted upon the ftiltiiment of
the late Treaty with AuStria, and upon receiving the
Mouths of the Cataro froM the hands of Austria, the
• Russians would- have been ejected 'ere now, the
Montenegrins brought to reason, and tranquillity re-
stored ; but the Dalmatian Provinces must le deli-
. vered up to the 1,1) each by' the Austriatthi and the
Frenc~is will not receive them from any other hands.
The 'Mouths of ,the Cataro are separated 'from Dal-.
matia by the State of' Ragusa; to the extent of about
thirty miles ; so That . the possession of Cat'aro is
- quite unconnected with that of Dalniatia. The,,
"French are masters of the whole of Dalmatia and
Istria, where they have, upwards of thirty thousand
men ; the Russians at this inome'nt have no more
than three Battalions 'at Cataro, making in' the
whole about i 500 men, and • not one soldier be--
yond that number. When General BiAny snrren-,
dered the forts to the Russians by
.au aa of ba'se trea-
son, he found the regihleot of Thorn in the place six-
teeu hundred strong, and this General delivered the
forts up to three hundred Russians who were landed
from two 'Frigates. The indignation of some-of the
Officers of that regiment was then atth4 highest pitch,
and M. GDISILIERi Was so base as to write to these
Officers fir the ph pose of allaying their' resentment
and reconciling them to the.surrender of the forts.
These Officers, reckoning upon the esteem of the'
French soldiers, afterwards' published• the Marquis's
Letter; adding .the, assertion,,that the pose, above=
mentioned were sold by the Marquis and General
BRADY.

.‘f On the same:day 'that the Marquis wrote the
aforesaid Letter to `the-Austrian Officers he wrote
another to Gen. ,MoLLITox.. M. GIUSILIEZL, and
those Who had given him orders, sold their Master
and their'Country in the same' manner as when the
secind Coalition was formied.—One would think it
was time to adopt that kind of condi:Z-1 'that
_would
ensure peace, and not continue to seek Jrii motives
of eternal discord in contemptible subteifages.—We
by no means doubt, •but when these Letters_ come to
the knowledge of the Wa; Departinent at Vienna,
proper punishthent will be inflicted upon those whs.
have been capable, of such perfidious condua."

[The tbllowing are the Letters referred to in the above
Article.] •

ABSTRACT .OF TUE PROCEEDINGS FOR REMITTING
THE MOUTHS OF THE CATA,RO 'TO Tug RUSSIANS
AND MONTENEGRIN. •
" On thel.oth of February, I.BOG, Generals Mo—
LITOR, DUMAS, and the 'Alarquis DE GHISILIERP,
Commissary-General of His Majesty the Emperor
Germany and of, Austria for the .transfer of Dal,
matia and the Mouths of the Cataro, arrived at Zara,
The Marquis DE Gl6'3ll,lE:at having there learnt
the summons- of the Commandant. of the Russian
Squadron to the. Comniandant of the Austrian
Troops, manifested that lie regarded that summons
as an outrage to his Sovereign; and" proposed. to go
immediately to Cataro ,which was agreed to, by the
Generals, ' .He at:acidify went there on the 25th or
52601 of February.; .
" During that time General Mogrfort put., his
Troops in march for the, Mouths of the. Cataro, and,
took the most expeditious means to efred that ob-
jeel. .That General arrived, on the •-/-th of March,
on the confines of the Republic. of Ragusa, two days'.
, journey from Castelnuovo, the'first fort on the terri-
tory ; where he learned that the Forts of the Mouths
of the Cataro were ceded to tha Russians and Mon-,
tenegrins on the 4th of'March.
," It is notorious that the Austrian Commandant •
made no protest against.the entrance of the Ilussian
Squadron into a Port belonging to them, and where.
they .expeaed the French 5., whom they. exposed,
without any information; to: the ;danger of filling:
into-the hands of the Enemy, wAen they thought Of •
entering into a friendly Port. ,
" It is farther not.ciri6us that the Austrian Com-
mandant and M. DE took no measure
for repelling the aggressions, of the Montenegrins,,
unless they regarded them also'as their Allies.
.The Austrian Officers composing the Garrison of
the Fort of Cataro protested against the condudt of
the Austrian Commandant; tor' giving up thd Fort
to the Russians : some'Otlicers were put under ar-
rest; and demanded 'by-their comrades, for having
I 'spoken strongly' against such a determination, and
that before the arrival of the MarqUis:D-E Gilt I-
MERL '•
"When. that Commissary arrived, and saw the
• Officers persist in refusing the Foi'ts and defend
themselves against every aggression, he gave, orderS,
in virtue, .as he said, of superior orders, to giveup•
to the, Russians all ri;e, FortS and Territory of the
Mouths of the -Cataro.
". General BRADY, Governor of Dalmatia and
Albania, Sent,' at the moment of-his learning the
Treaty of. Peace,' ail order to be satisfied with pro-
'testing, and to deliverthe forts to the detachment of
f. Russian Troops,. landed tram their frigates, in case
of being surntnoned. He reiterated his orders that
the RUSJi:III agents might not be ignorant of it ; the
Austrian Comniandant at Cataro informe,d -them
.of
the order, which he had received. These not being
able to determine the Russian Commandant at Corfu
ail without orders' front his Court, succeeded in'
bringing into-the Mouths of the Cataro the Russian
Squadron commanded by M. HENRY BAILY, an
-Englishman.
, Finally, the Forts. of Cataro were occupied by
a small number of Russians taken from the vessels,
of the Squadron, and' by abont‘f,lsoo MontenstHins.
The Garrison consisted of two battalions of the Re-
, &pent of ThUrn, forming a-total of 1.,503 men.
"The inhabitants are roanit) ender the Vexa-
tions which they "experience. Blov's have- alreatly
passed between them and the 1 '9ntene;.;rins., The
homes at Cataro have. Len
Such i 5 toe • state in T.Vhich the \Tar-
OGis DE HISILLE 01 would leai&e, the mouths of the
0 !n. lie Emperor of the French and
•,-(11,:g to the Tr-ortty of PresburYb.
" At t',l& h();;i Al.tich, i 8 6.'4 •

COP,Y
,C`Y-P,4L7.1-I'Elt FltoTa MARGVC.I7I

LLE P 4 TO V. Di ?ii >;;I FI CE OF T.lf :41
IILGIMI,_:ST . GO.Y;:\TUNT7..C4I7:"..b; tri"
OFFICER TO- nri COMRADES, _CY 1.7.11:-.:
OF gat .MARQUIS DT GHISILIEn:::

-!. gSOC,
" SIR-As in the difficult circtaisantes it v~rl}icl
I have found myself paced, nothing cou;a to ,
my heart than not .tO decide anfth!n2- vould
displease so brave and so. estirrable a C.,i'rriscin ag ti : t
of CAW() ; • and as besides,,amoding to what Lien-
tenant IY.EsEMBERG has itifinTned .lira, I ha‘v
son to. tear that' I hifve not entirely. 3ccofnplishc•d !'iii
obje6; I avail myself of the pet-sot-4
which I had the happiness to havo Ste, td,
Make to ybn amicably two observations only.; and to
beg of your to i:ornmunicate them also to pill' eotn.;;
rades.

U
• -
" ISt. It is not to•the suninions Ofa.Powerzii War
with our august Master, and still less, at. the demaL.l
of the MOntenegrips, with whom I. Wye not-even
entered into -treaty, but only' to the reiterated sum-
mons of a Russian Com:um-1(11ot that I hive "taken •
the resolution of withdrawing the Troops.of F is MaA
.testy from this l'rovince ; and conseqUently it is
by the *c.;.pres.i wish of a Court in frieu:;ll3p ana,
alliance with our 'own, and against whidit
orders are very precise, not to use other mOns' than
those of declarations and protests, and never any
measures of armed defence,

- " 2dly. I. „ have not entered into any, capitulution
with the Russian Commandant,which I should never
have concluded without the consenvolitie Army, but
I have simply confined myself to making the neces-
sary protests and. declarations, to leave no room of
complaint against our Court by the French, cad
insure the respect due in all circumstanc,:s to the
Flag ?nd Troops of His Majesty.
" According to these very clear observations, yott
will your Self, see,- Sit,, that the part which I have
taken is a measure altogether political, anti the only ,
one which circumstances permit, and not a measure
in any respcet military ; which ought to tranquilliSe
yourself -and, your brave comrades respeEting everV-
ConSequencc which yOu might apprehend from it, to
the disadvantage of your reputation, already too well
7ensured among the Army and the Public to be im-
plicated by a meastire,,wholly foreign to ,military
affairs.

' ' By my readiness to'enter with you and for yon,
with all the' Officers, into such details,
judge'-of the value which I affix- to your esteem nci
good will, and two lines in answer, which may be
dire&ed to
.me, to the care of the Imperial Consul
at Ragusa, will give me much 'pleasure. I am, with
perfetarespea, your's, &c.(Signed)

"

COPY OF A' LETTER WRITTEN EY THE MAEUVIS DE

GIIBILIERI TO GENERAL MOLITOR, GOVERNOR

OF DALMATIA AND ALBANIA

," isl 6.
" GeNERAL--,The same motives of pru-ien(Fe which
Induced me to precede the troops destined to occupy
the mouths of, the Cavern, under
.-four'Eßcellency's
command, haVe put me under the necessity of Or-
dering the troops of my august Master to be with-,
draw n ,not so Much to avert new dangers from a.brave
Garrison, who 'desired notating better than 4.0
as to preserve, from pillage and fro total ruin
provinCe which is already the property or
jesty the Emperor of France and .king hf
" The fury with which the Montenegiiins,.raiwd
in a niass by their chief Tonfiti,: menaced the:*Pro•
vince, and the enthnsiasna entertained .in common
with them among the inhabitants of the Mouths a
the Catar6, by the Sc&aries of the Greek Religion.
who form three-fourths of the population, had for
.some time alarmed the Government,
,when a Rus-
sian Squadron; which came to*anchor at Porte Rose
the 27th nit. in the evening,' contributed farther to
paralyse the little Means that might be employed•to
friistrate the projea's of the ,Montenegrins. The
days of the twenty-eighth of February and
.the first
and • second of March were: employed in inun-
dating the Province by' some .thousands of Mon-
s
tenegrins, reinforced by the inhabitants of Zup-
pa, Commoni, and P4,istrovicchios; and when this
horde was alrady in motion toattack the Fortsguard-
ed by the Austrian Troops, the Commandant of the
Russian Squadron summoned, on the 3d of March,
the Governor of Cataro to give up all' the Forts or
to declare himself the Enemy of his Majesty the
Emperor of all the Russias, and he next day reiterat-
ed.to hie' the ,same sumnions,. in the peremptory
terms of half an hour, always according to the prin-
ciple, that the Mouths -of the Cataro were already
French Territory, from the day that the delay of two
mouths fixed ,for their 'occupation •by the French
Troops were expired. At a moment so pressing, per-
suaded as I was that the valour of the Garrison would
not have been sufficient against a number of Monte-.
negrins infinitely' superior, nor.against the fire which
the Squadron' might have made upon the Forts, and
likewise persuaded that the devastation of the Pto-
•:ince would-have been the consequence of 'iny re-
fusal, I thought it my duty to'yield to the force of
circumstances, and not to have recourse to violent
means, after having in, vain exhausted those of per-
suasion and protests ; and by such' a eendua I saved
to my, august Master brave troops, and preserved for
your's, Geheral, the mouths of the Cataro in a
ilonriling state.

" I tither myself that, in this respeEt, the. part
)vhich I have taken will not merit the disapproba-
tion of His Majesty, my August Master, arid will
not excite the.. smallest complaint on the'part of tbc
French Government ; Which ;vill be to me the most
pleasant recompense for, the troubles of every kind
which I have suffered, and even the dangers which
I have run these last days. I have the honour, &c.
(Signed) " GnISILIEIU."
[There is another Letter, which we shall give to-morrow.]

For many years pa 4 HORNSBY and Co. have in-
variably shared :a Capital Prize on the first day of.
drawing of
,the tottery. The first drawn Ten
Thousand Pound Prize in the last Lottery was shared
by Honicsßy and Co.—The Lottery begins drawing
next Monday Shares -cif Prizes in the last
Lottery arc now paying in full, at No. :36, Cplll,ill,
iN9. 52, Charing-cross, and St. Margaret's-Hill, Bo-
rough.
Friday morning last as some children were at play
in afield belonging to Napehester farm, near Wa:der-.
share, where . some, embers had been left"by a gang
of gipseys, they added more fuel, when the clothes of
one of them callght which burnt in so drezvtlud
a manuor as
,to occasion its almost imittediate cieath.

r;

Some time agoli'very curious frauds was commit-,
ted upon the Polt Office, of Wicklow, by the inffe-
- .-
THE weather in the preceding month has been, nuity of a man of the name of Bullock, who Ls
upon the whole, favourable to vegetation; the Wheat, since suffered death for his Crime ; his praaice was,
Winter Tares, and early-sown Spring Corn, lock by an instrument contrived for the purpose, to ex-
flourishing and well; and the snow , did not impede` s trail out of the receiving-box of the Office the let-
the operations of, husbandry. The farmers, in most'tern which,were thrown into it, and seleeling such
if the forward distrias have 'nearly finished sowing- as he conceived had bank-notes, returning the le-
their barley and grass seeds. , , minder into the Office. By this means he was en-
Turnips have .remained to the end of the season abled to purloin a considerable property. , This
sound and good ; -the Swedish kind remarkably so, praaice has also obtained in other parts of the king-
affording an immense quantity of succulent and nu- dom 1 and we understand the Postmasters-General
tritious food -; and too much attention cannot be paid f hays.: offered a, considerable- reward for the appre-
to this excellent ,and valuable root, as a late crop for, 'tension of some Gentlemen who attempted ,to
'ewes and lambs and feeding sheep, on which th
-PY. realize a property by extracting letters in that way
will thrive till tares, clover, and grass seeds.are ready, from the Office at Skibbereen. . ..
-to receive them. Another. species of fraud has been committed
In the Isle of Ely the fens were laid-under water -. within these few weeks, which appeared 'at first to
'by the snow which fell in March,. and prevented -the reflea upon the Post Office ; but through the ,per-
}armers from sowing their Oats so early as is cus- Severing- industry of Mr. Thompson, the Solicitor
toinary with the;. The Coleseed for sheep is 'near- 'to that Establishment, it was discovered that a let-
ly done ; that which- -stands for seed looks pretty ter which had been intended to be put into the
well. n the,high lands the Wheat looks promis-
.13611-man's bag, and was actually supposed to have
ing, and Beans and Barley have been `sown ; and in been put into it,. was stolen by a servant out of
the low parts the semen has been- unfaVmurable for the office of an eminent merchant of this city, and
lanbing :. a good many ewes, as well-as lambs, have its contents attempted to be put into circulation by'
_ Leen 2 lost. Wheat- averages thronghout England his.accomplices. . The whole of this party-are, new
' and `Vales 74s'. 4d. per quarter; ,liarky a55,..10d.; in custody to await the reward which. Justice de-
Rye ifis. Id. iMands. . • .
' The Grasses, both natural and artificial, have ' On. Monday last the. Recorder sat at the Sessions-
lately improved much I
.and the,Meadows and Pas- house, Green-street, for the purpose of hearing
tares. in the inland counties, which are 'in tolerable, Civil Bill causes, when- obseiving that several.state-
condition, and particularly ,those formany' miles ments of accounts were exhibited in the nature of
around the metropolis, appear beautifully thriving, receipts, namely, by having the word "- settled," at
green, and luxuriant. - ' - the foot of accounts, 'with much indignation repru-
Ttie l ite dry weather has afforded' aitopportunity bated the continuance cf a fraud on the stamp du-
of toti dressing with soot and ashes the Clever and ties, which he thought; from his former intim:,
Wheats, and rolling all the young growing crops. tions, had been abolished,; and he took that-oppor-
'- Ther6 has been -at the late Fairs no scarcity of. ' tunitypf informing the Public, -that for every such
lean -stock, Which still maintain- great prices ;' as also evasion -the person so offending was by the Stamp
do yore sheep, ewes, and lambs.. . _ Aa liable to a. penalty of 201. for each offence,- and
Cows and Calves are much in demand, and at the instruthent purporting to be such a receipt was
hiol prices: . Pigs of all ' sorts are both scarce and null and void. _ .
dear'... In. Smithfield Market Beef fetches from The banditti who infest the old castle of Baggot-
3s. -tod. to ss. Bd. per stone of sib.; Mutton from E rath are. become the terror of every person who
3s. to 58-Bd. , Pork ss. Bd. . _
has occasion to pass it after sun- set They stopped
Young fresh-Horses, for the collar or the saddle, a poor teacher a fo.V nights ago; whom they titled
-till continue to sell well. , of about a guineaand a half, and then beat him in
• --- such a .manner that he expired on Wednesday

DVBLIArs ArtiL 26.

AGRICeLTURIL REPORT;

lii the last Sessioli of. Parliament a tax of 7s. 6d.
per horse was 'proposed -on, draught-horses, which
was estimated to produee,X3uo,ooo. A. tax of
per ton- on Pig Iron cannot produce so much to Go-
vernment, and yet it is no less extraordinary than
true that the "propt)*d
_tax on Iron will bear heavier,
t various trades Tthe Farmers in particular) than
the sum proposed to lie laid on them last Session.—
To elucidate this fao see,rhe following Estimate Of
the additional charges on, the Iron used by a Fanner.
who employS four" horses, should a tax of 40s- per
_ton be imposed on Pig Iron.

lb. s. d.

• .
:Vibe shoes of horses employed in Agriculture,
' And not. occasionally travelling on the read,
- weigh about 81b. each set, iheluding nails;
• and each horse requires to be shod -eight
:.tines in the year, which -.gives for each
horse - - - • 64
,
A`teani of four horses which travels occasion-- , -
idly on the road, requites shoes weighing 1,
from to to tzlb. each set, with nails, and
will require twelve sets in a year lOr each
horse - . -' - - . -

'fake the half of this weight as an average of
what a team of four horses 'wears out in a
'year - - , - • .gz
N. li. "fl-} Blacksmith will pay more than one
hal I- pcnnj per pound extra for his,iron; and .
will charge id. per pound.
Each horse of this description consumes there- -
foie gai6. of Iron in the year, at one penny ,
per pound extra - . - -
A new cart requires 400 weight of Iron, which
May last seven years, wasting one year ,64
A waggon requires 100 weight and a half every
-. ' seven years, wasting . - - 120
A-plough requires 551 b. of Iron, and lasts two •
fears, wastes,ln one year - • , 28
A seta harrows, scufHers, Btc..requires r t2lb. -
and bits seven years—wastes in one year 16

7 2

Two hundred and twenty-eight divided by the
number of horses emploSted, gives the pro-
portion of 5716-. for each horse, at 7s. 6 1.
per cwt. comes to
Wear of C;):1111;, tools. nails for hurdles, staples,
hooks, hiaxes., Vte-locks, &c.. only

3 ro

o 6

12 0

Whieb will be the extraordinary expence of each
horse under the Iron Tax. NO estimate is Made of.
the Iron consumed in threShing '.and winnowing
machines, &c. &c.
Large dray' horses in London and some other
places require shoos 'Yearly eighteen pounds per set
on the average, 'al-Al are shod at least thirteen times
-s-year, which will 'cause an additional charge of 19s.
(;(1:' per annum ',on each .borse for shdeing only.—
Therefore a tax siMilar to that proposed last year
only atrca those persons. wing draught' horses,
-and,wotild be collected without any additional expence
whate'ver,—whercas a tax cri Pig Iron will materially
:itfeCt every
•Manuftdurer in the
,'kingdom and the
Farmer also, and will be extreinely Vexatious, and ex-
p nSiveln. the collediom • . , •
Besides. thiS, on account of the increased price of
Iroll to the Blacksmiths, .ManufaCturers, &c. the
consumers will pay nearly four 'times the amount
of the nett proceeds which Government will receive,

momiug.

The Brigade of the St. James's Volunteers will•be
reviewed by hiS Royal Highness the Duke of C4m ti
-
BIiIDGE 011 the i stly of May.
On Saturday, aboutfive-o'clock in the-afternoon,
-the-inhabitants of Healicoal, a village about a mile
west of. Longfrarulington, in Northumberland, were
alarthed by the stack-yard and their houses taking
-fire.. Having assembled from the adjoining field
where they were working, every exertion was used
to, stop the progress of the flames without avail.
The wind blowing at the time strong from the north,
and having been dry weather for several days, no less
than four houses were burnt ,down.before the pro-
gress of the conflagration could be arrested. None
of the clothes or furniture of the Sufferers could be
saved,, e=ept an eight-day clock ; and What adds to
the-calamity, a poor old woman, whose infirmities
prevented her escaping, was literally burnt to death,
and no part, of her body but her head and arms
were , found entire. This calamity arose from a
boy, in carrying a lighted peat across the stack-yard,
dropping some of the ashes, and on its comtnunicat-
inc, to the straw, he threw more straw on with ,a
view of smothering it, but which raged tha more,
'till it 'communicated with the • Corn stacks and
houses as above related, by which they were all con-.

•
sumed. ,
Lately, when ploughing a field occupied by R.
Black, Strade, Island of Bute, the " ploitgh struck
upon a stone, which -at, first was supposed to be part
of a rock; ,buton clearing the ground, it was found.
to be a large flag stone, under which was discovered
a.grave, containing several parts-of a human skele-
ton, and an earthen cup. The grave is -about two
feet three inches in length, 18 inches in breadth,
and 15 inches in depth. It is flagged with a large
stone below, inclosed with one at each end, and on
each side; there wee some of the larger bones
nearly entire, the back; part of the jaw-bone with
three teeth quite firm, and part of the skull. The
cup may contain about three nglisli pints, is tole-
rably well formed, and Seems never to have been
hardened by the fire. The carving appears to have
been done by a hand-instrument on the edges, and .
on two twigs raised on the outside, and such as indi-
cates a rude state of society. From the dimensionk
of the grave, it is conje&ured that the corpse had been
burnt, and theashes and bones colleaedlogether and
placed there ; but to what use the Cup was destined,
whether to contain the heart, or to what other pur-
pose, or to what age, the whole is to be referred,
may be a fit Subjeti fOr the cobjeetUres of the An-
tiquarian.
• PUELIC-OFFICE, HATTON-GARDEN .---YeSterday
John- Flynn, alias Aracarty; alias Du,,frey,whO stood
fully committed in the House of Corre6tion, for
.robbing George Bedford, on the :highway, of a
beaver hat,- and otherwise ill-treating him, was again
put to the bar. It. appeared that, by means of an
iron bolt to which- his bedstead was affixed, and
which he had wrenched oat- of the wall, he' made a
hole in the same, through which he made his escape.
-Being missed for soiree time, he was at length found
concealed in the privy next to the outer wall, which
he intended to scale. No fresh charges appeared,
against- him, and he was, Oa hi former commitment,
sent to Newgate, for better security, and "to take his
trial. ,
• •

-------
INcityEsr.—Yesterday an Inquest„was held at the
Carpepters' Arms, in Allen-Street, Clerkenwell, be-
fore GEORGE HODGSON, Esq., to inquire into 'the
cause' of; the death of Mrs., Furtnelowe, in Great
Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, who hung herself in her
own house on Tuesday last.. It appeared that bet'
husband. 'was in the Watch-making line, and died.
insolvent about four months since, leaving herowith:
three young children. The creditors' took her case,
consideration, when they agreed to take i os. in
the pound; to Whidfi; she consented.; yet 'melon,.
preyed op her mind so as to cause her Co,
dcprive ihetself
,at existence., The • J ury, weigh-ing
the whole of the`casejeturned a verdi# of Lunacy.

LAM ‘11.13 0 LT.

COURT OF KING'S_BEICI.cp, APRIL 24.

CRIMINAL INFORMATION

Mr. o:3tiloW moved for a Criminal Inforwation
against Charles lArarrel -Blunt for sending a Letter
challeiOng• the PrOsecutor to tight. a duel. The
Prosecutor, whose name,, he said, it was unnecessary
to state, had a mortgage upon the estate of the-De-
fendiant, which he was preparing to foreclose. With,
this view he had filed a Bill ; and it was his' recur-
rence to legal measures that gave rise to the Provo;
cation in question. The Defendant resided at Ham-
Linrgh, and the Prosecutor in the County ol'Suablk.
The former sent the Letter containing the Challenge
to his Sblicitor, with express dire&ions to forward it,
to the Prosecutor. The Solicitor, unconscious of
its contents; delivered-it. Among other libellous'
passages, the Letter contained these could not
expect the condu& Of, a Gentleman , from a man
taken'from the plough." The Writer then referred
to the brutal manner in which his father had been
treated by the. Prosecutor, and added, that ‘` his be-
haviour had compelled him to tell him he-was a
cowardly poltroon, and be could look for nothing
better from such a groveling reptile:"-• The Letter
concluded by inviting the Prosecutor, in express
terms, to come to Hamburg!), and bring his friend;
as it .was one.of the best places in. the World to settle
a.dispute:of this kind..,—The Court granted • a Rule'
to sbei.v Cause.

THE KING V. JOHN' MINITOORPE

•A ArtiM'ENTOLTS REFILT;C:Cf:CN.---C:ill any ()rle w
wishes to better. ..111S condition in Hie, and-who has
no possible Means,. perhaps, of effeain,?; it but by:
the W1y,;.:1 of Fiirtune, feel no stinuiks to a:ivelttuir,..:
in a Lottery Scheme, that in less than a month May
raise opulenC'e and independence,- by a ver,,,-
trifling stake, and at a small risk of losing- that stake
If such there be, he must be utterly inattentive to
the numerous 'interesting attrilaions of that Schen2e,
which coinniences drawing in 'the course' of_ a 'few
days., • •

Mr. Serjeant 1-41tWoon moved to arrest the Judg-
ment in this case. • The Defendant had been found
guilty at the last York :Assizes upon a Criminal In-
formation, containing a variety of counts, charging
• him with having offered a bribe to one John Foster,
his Tenant,' and ASsessor under the IncOme Tax A&,
to make a false return of the annuat amount of his
rent, and to assess him for the.same at a less sum
than he was bound to pay,, with intent to defran,d
our Lord the King of his duties. Some Of the
counts were for soliciting him to make a false assesS-
_ment, without the offer of a bribe. To such counts
there. was no evidence upon the trial ; yet the Jury
found a general verdi& upon
~all the counts. The
Learned Serjeant stated, about fifteen objections,
most of them; of so very frivolous a.nature, that Lord
ELLENBOROUGH hinted he 'vas wasting the time of.
the Court, and intimated, that he was endeavouring
to stram.the construdion of the Aft, in orderto de-
feat the present InformatiOn. Lordship added;
that the objeetions were so numerous,.
,that it was
impossible to take correct notes of theM; and he
therefore wished him to state them distinctly upon
paper, and leave them with the Judges. The
and, nlost important objection merits particular ,
notice. , -It went to the regularity of the appoint-
ment of the Office of Assessor....lt appeared that
the Income Tax Aa, which passed in the 434-year
of the Icing, referred to the. Office of Assessor as
one which was to be regulated by. a subsequent Aa
'of Parliament. That Add was 'one to consolidate
certain duties,' and was then' depending in Parlia•:-
Meat, and-was intended to be passed after the PTO-
peity Act ; but .it so happened that it outran the
Property ACI. The Property Ata was retarded in
progress by various causes; and- the Consolidat-
ing Duties', Act passed Before the 'Property Bill had
'gone through the House‘_of Commons. Thus the
Property Ad referred to• the appointment of Asses-
sors by a subsequent Act, when in faEt the Act
which was intended to regulate them passed first.--
Lord ELLENBOROI.343,II seemed to think the objeCtiou
of importance. His Lordship• thought the point so
Material, that he ordered this Motion to -stand the
first atnoag the new Trials; in order-that it might be
argued without delay. •
•

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

COL. THORNTON V. C.. CHRISTIE EURTON, ESQ.

OXLE.Y'S Concentrated Essence of Jamaica Ginger
is particularly recommended/ by some of the first
Physicians in the United Kingdoni for the cure of
nervous complaints, gout, rheunrotism, indigdstion;
wind, palsy, cramp, spasm, &c.

SHIP NtlifA

POOLE, APRIL 29.

Arrived =the Union, Popel,rr!l, /Wive, Joseph Williams,
Industry. Kirig, aryl -A dive, iit.y.u.;s, from- Portsmooth ;
lohn, Williams, -Dart, tlarlind, atyl IViili.unand Ma; y,. Al-
len, from Southampton ; W 1111.1131, CoArarri, anj.l. Minerva,
Lander, from London ; Brothers, Coates, from Bristol.;
Hoke, Righthead, from Bridport ; New Hope; Manelaws,
from Lymingten.; Perseverance, Larhbert, from Tenby ; and--
Good Intent, Tatchell, from Weymouth.
Sailed--the .lpollo, Walker, and Helton. Boon, to: Li-
verpool ; aove, King, and'Blessing, Robbins, for L0...d0n ;
Friends Adventure, Chapman,- for Tenby ; - and Active,
„
hones, lOC OrtirinOU [4. •

Mr. Serjeant COCKELL moved the Court for
Rule to shew cause why Judgment entered upon a
Warrant of Attorney should. not .be set aside, and
the instrument returned to the Defendant, on pay
ing what was due to the'Plaintiff. The application
Was grounded on an affidavit, which set forth,,that
in November, 1805, the Defendant attained the age •
of 21 years, and* consequently becarnr.; entitled to
the profits of a considerable estate. Stime time pre-
viously he" had known Col. Thornton, whom he
visited at Thornville Royal, Yorkshire. While at the
latter place he was urged by the Colonel to purchase
several horses, and other property, which were to
be disposed of. An inventory of pianres, 'libraries,
curiosities, wines, 'horses, deer; hounds, anda va-
riety of sporting. articles was made out by the Plain-
tiff, and, the colledion-of pi&ures described to be.
from the pencils of the most celebrated Masters.
There were two Ruliens, valued at 1000 guineas ; a*
Caracci,, at 800 ; a P:enus,and Cupids; and 'Several,
paintings' of animals, eqoally choice.' The wines.
were recommended as a valuable acquisition. The
Port and, Sherry were said to be 4q years of age, and
some of it had belonged to the King of France ; in
short, the whole' was termed 1/onne-bouche wine,
and worthy the palate ofa Bacchanalian% The Co-
lonel proposed that the Defendant should become a
purchaser, and agreed to take securities for payment
at two instalments,. payable in the year 1807 ; the
whole amounting to 70001. Other purchases-were
made; and some, time after the Defendant, being
embarrassed in' his affairs, was arrested for 3001. at
Doncaster : on which occasion the Plaintiff bailed
him, and proposed that he should
.give It *Warrant of
Attorney to cover his effects, which he, the Y.aintiti,
. was to hold as ,a Trustee. Advice on the_ subjeCt
vas obtained froni a professional Gentleman at Don-
caster; and the Defendant finally executed the In-
strument, whi,cli confessed Judgment in the Court
of- Corrnuon- Pleas to the amount of an immense
sum. The same Judgment Was afterwards entered
up, and: the Court'was now moved to set it aside.
In support of the application it was stafed, that.the
'Defendant had beep imposed upon ; that the pie-
' tures'w'ere copies, the horses diseased, and but few
of the articles' purchased answering the description
given of them... 11.Tany of the items before enutne-
,- rated were not delivered ; and, tinder all the-circum-
stances of the cane, it was hoped the Cnurt,wonld

order the Warrant of Attorney to be. (-riven up, im.
, r,
the Defendant pziying all that was fairly •due to
the riaintiff.—The, Court granted a Rule to skew

causes.