The Sun.
London, England, 1801-09-16 00:00:00

THE MARQUIS.-OF DOWNSHIRE,

T Charat:ter of this truly Noble Personage,,
as given in the Public Prints of Ireland, where his
immense possessions lie, his uncommon kindness
and benevolence of heart were principally diffused,
and Iris memory must be more particularly revered,
is briefly and justly stated in the following words
'5 To speak of this excellent • Noblenian as he
,‘ would deserve, we should refer to the whole Po-

!ideal History of Ireland during his life; we

" shall therefi.nd him -the steady and undismayed
" supporter of. evety measure which-had for its ob.
jet the safety of the Constitution in Church and
" .State. To him that admirable Instittition, the
" Irish Militia, owed its origin; to him upon every
occasion of danger or, apprehension, were the
eyes of the good and loyal direded ; to him, as
" the poiverfuf supporter of tlw Protestant Estab.
" lishment-i—of the 13fitish Connedion—of Social
" Order—of Domestic Tranquillity';.: in hisloss are
" to be deplored not only the public, misfortune in
" being deprived of such a States Man,. but ,the ex..:
" tended. Catarnity. 'of those witOknew him, as a
" Friend or.as a Landlord ; who 'revered his. high
" honour, his generous spirit, his anxious integrity,
'" or loiieci his Mild and elegant natinners—his
" kindness of heart—his endearing condescension-7
" their -loss is, indeed great. Thc Country in which
" he lived will long remember the hospitality of
", Hillsborough, and the improving hand 'of its
" Owner; nor will 'a brave and loyal Yeomanry,
" • fostered by his goodness, and proteded by his
" power, ever forget their good, their kind, their
" affeCtionate Landlord.". . •

The 1711 E kra.g.—The Tragedy of Hamlet drew.
a large audience to Drury-lane Theatre last night.
KEM B ito racticin the character Offiander is well-
known.. The same judgment, digriity-, and critical
exhibition of the text with'Which-he has Usually. re-
presented 'this chat-after, were equally observable on.
this occasion. Indeed,' on the whole, KENax.--i's*
performance of Hamlei is so much superior to the
acing of.those degeriOrate.days of the Stage, that it
-must be set down as a'classical entertainment. .The
audience seemed to he of this opinion by the,ap-
piause which they bestowed ;. and to the credit of
the audience, it should be-observed, that their ap-
plause. was not inaiseriminately imparted, but ap-
plied_ to exertions of prominent and conspicuous

The .14aymarkc.t Theatre closed for the Season
last night, with, the translated Play of. The Point of
Honour, and the rantsimimic Romance of. The Cor-
sair. This Theatre has been very successful during
the season, and if the delegated management of
FAWCETT has not been marked by novelty, it has,
'at least, been recommended by dramatic exhibitions
of merit.,
.and by a general spirit and regularity in
the performances, very- creditable to his charaeler
for attention and diligence.
.At the end of the. Play FAWCETT came forward
and delivered the following Address to the Ptiblic,
..which was received with their usual liberality of
applause.
".LADIES AND GXNiLLMLN,

• " This' Theatre closes it's Season to-night ; and lam de-
puterl by the Prep4etcr to return you his sincerest acknOw.,
ledgements for the ample Patronage with which you have
honoured him. Repeated favour demands ,repetition' of gra-
titude and although variety of expression maY be nearly ex-
hausted, his sense of your liberality will ever be unbounded.
The Performers, Ladies and Gentlemen, request to join me
in heart-felt thatiks to "you; and hoping that our future
exertions here may merit your future approbation, we most
respectfully bid you farewell."

COOKE, the Ador is an illustration of the old
saYing, " give a dog an name, ace." for be was
generally supposed to have been prevented from
performing on Monday-night, by the consequences
of a jovial dispos;tion, which has been imputed to
him, and which his professional rivals have magni-
fied with all the aggravations of envious detraftion.

The Direaors of the Liverpool Concerts have an_
.
hounced their Performers for the ensuing Subscrip.
non ; the Vocal List exhibits a proof of the wealth
and consequence of that place :—HARRISON, Mrs.
Asa& (the Sylen of Bath), VICANONI, and BEL-
LAMY, are all engaged, and the Leader of their
Band is YANIEW Ic Z, who is now settled there.

Sivitrx, formerly Private Secretary to Mr.
PITT, has purchased Shortgrove Park, in Essex, of
'the Hon. PERCY WYNIYHAM, for 40,0001.. '-ThiS
was the old family teat and domairillef the Elils of
:THemorto, the last of whom beque,athed it td , the
Earl of EGItEM6NT, who presented it to his brother.

• At Chester last week, as the. Corporation were
proceeding to their Sessions, a.drunken fellow made
a hideous noise, upon which he was ordered into
-custody ; being put to the Bars, he told the Recor-
der that he was brought there for screakbrg,. and
with his permission he would give him a specimen.;
he then gave such a proof of Stentorian lungs,
that at bnce alarmed some, and convulsed others
with' laughte6 be wasp however., committed to the
I:louse of Corroaion for zqr hoar*,

PARIS; SEPT.- r 3‘..

Letter's prom &aklei of 3d instant mention,
that the English quitted,that part of the coast
twenty-four hour's and that the convoy from Fr'
vi nine had pursued its de.stination.
Command
s Admiral TRUGUET has taken .the in
Chief of the whole .navAl f0tc..1., consisting:of French
and Spanish vessels, in the Rotk.-of Cadiz. .
We learn front the Itazue;' at.-the Batavian
Fleet, under the command DE WINTER,
•19 just ready to sail. • This Fleet is in the best
order, and its .stews' are burning with drciour.:to
enpge`the English.

The authors of the Franckfort Papers haVe :been
directed to be more circumspea for the ftiture, and
not to publish all the feports spread abroad concern_
ing-the_affairs of Egypt ; but to confine themselves
to the Official accounts of the French Government.

• DUNKIRK, SEPT. 6.—Rear-Admiral NIELLY,
the Maritime Prefect, has addressed the following.
letter to the Editor of the Dunkirk Journal..
" There has appeared, Citizen, in the London
Paper of the 22d Of August an article of which
I wish to correEt the innaccuracy. The articleis
We learn that the Enemy's gun-,
boats anchored at Dunkirk. Thirty-live in number
had •reached although our 'vessels which
blockaded them were- stationed very neat to the
coast, but it appears that the Evenly, seeing the ins-
;possibility of making- 'way between the ,n and the
land, pasted outside our 'vessels.' _
." This article relates to the Flotilla of thirty:.'
five Gun_boats un.;..:r the command of, Captain
MEYNE, who sailed from this port on the tlth of
,August last. The English flattered themselves,, if
not with being able to interrupt their navigation,
at least to block them up far a great length of .time
in Dunkirk Road. Their Division, stationed. a
league from Gravelines, kept Advice-boats on the
watch before our port during the whole! of . the day
(the 18th). It was not until eight in the: evening,
that seeing no movement in 'onr Flotilla, ,the.y re-
sumed their station, And had left Capt. MEYNE
every possible latitude in the execution of.the trust
reposed- in 'him. He had, -inspired me with the
greatest confidence, and het ,tvai a man who iustified
it.—As soon "as the- Enemy-cliSappeared, le gave
orders to hiS Fibtilla to hots itself in readiness to
sail at the first signal. At-nine in the. evening,
every thing being.F.trang-,ed,.the signal was. given,.
and all our Gun-boats pased. in the.greatest order
before Gravelines, between the Ingloh and the
land,. and continued with the greatest security their
route to Calais, where they orri yeti on..the
ing:day (the 19th) at- six in the mottling.''
" This is the truth, the Er.glish have therefore
roneausly insinuated that' they kept. the-road so
strictly that they prevented our Ships from passing
along 'the 'shore. They are unwilling to admit that-
thei!' vigilance has been deceived ; but supposing
that our Flotilla had not es.captd their vigilance,
haVe no `doubt that it Would have rendered all the
efforts made to stop it in its march ineffeCluat.
-hare too great zyreltanee on the talents of the Offi-
cer 'who commanded it,
,and on the courage of the.
brave men whom he commanded, not ,to be per-
suaded' that nothing hut disgrace, Would have 'at-
tached to the Etieniy'frOM'any attempts which they.
would have made; and7Which'inust haVe been incl.:
fettual, like many others. • .

(Signed) '64.

Boy LocrT.E, SEPT. 7.—The Westerlywind which
has prevailed for some days, not allowing our Flo.-
tilla to remain any longer apan advanced guard in
our road, it returned with all the honours• of. War
and Vielork, after having braved for seven leagues
the English Coait, and,twiee:repulsed the Duke of
NELSON and BRONTE.

„ .
On the 31st ult. Gen. LATCIACH E TREvlr.t.E gave
a. brilliant Fete of Valour amidst an immense crowd
of spedtators : he distributed twelve axes, six Tius_
kets, and' four grenadcS of honour, that the G3verp-
ment sent to the Channel Fleet, among the Sailors
who chiefly distinguished themselves in the bom-
bardment
.of the 4th, and in the engagement of
the 16th of August. The City was illuminated
all .the day long-=the English might have heard
the noise
,of cannon on our ramparts, and ' four
of their ships had. even apptoached sufficiently' to see
our Troops defile to the shore; It was not a divi-
sion of gun-boats that the English attacked coming
out of St. ralety, but six boats and a canoe, laden
with iron and a number of sailors' for the flotilla 'at
Boulogne. Two of the'boats and the cLibe were
taken,.bui the crews escaped, the remaining four, ot
safe to Boulogne.

RATISBON, SEPT. 2.--The Minister, of the KING
(If ?Russ' A transmitted, on the 31st. of August,. to
the two College's, a\ Supplement of the Vote rela-
tive to the Bishopricks of Cologne and, Munster.
It is there expressly said, 'F-thiir the Capicularies
of the great and, little Chapters which are vacant,
or which may
,becoine. so during the deliberation,
could not proceed to new Eledions without mani-
fest inconsistency. His Majesty consequently in..
vices his illustrious Co-Estates to sanetion the fol-
lowing decision, "—That in case of the .vacancy
of any Seat whatever, no eleEtion shall-be'prOceed-
ed in; until a decision to the contrary of this shall
have been determined upon." Trussta "has besides
determined to santion no eleCtion *which shall oc.
cur in the interval. . .. • • _

Baron Lt tte'Am, Minister of Cdogne and Munster,
protested on the sante•day in the two Colleges against
this declaration of the Court of Prussia:

On the 31st of last month M. PLERSCH, formerly
Professor of Civil Law, was ele6led Abbot; Prelate
of Elch;trgen, an Abbey situated on the Danube, near
U/74. This eleetion is only remarkable with -rela-
tion to' the circumstances and debates which had
arisen relative to the Bishoprics of Alun,aer and
Cologne.
STRASBUROIi, Sdr.T. S.—Yesterday, the Hon.
ARTHUR PAOET, Minister PienipOtelitiply of the
Kr/cc of ENGLA:trn•to the EMPEROR OfGERMAIIA',
pased,by this Town on his way to- rieilna, to re-
place Lord Mr NTO: He was provided; with a kass.
Potts, signed by the Chief, Cons*