The Sun.
London, England, 1808-03-03 00:00:00

To CORRESPONDENIS.

Ws received the humourous Yeu rh from our Corres.
politica* N. on the liubjea of 'the Fire at Lord CianaLs-
victAt's, but are afraid that. it might oili:nd our more
delicate Readers.
The Letter upon Dr. Mnse.s.ev's treatment of the itydro.
baia, signed 4/1 Old ,sprimun, is too lively for a subjca
of so serious a nature.—When we signified that our Paper
was open to discussion on this subjea, it was with a view
to obtain information that might be of use to the. Medical
Profession and the public.
Pastel us's Favour is received, and shall very soon appear.
We shall be obliged to him if he will send tu Wits SvH
Office for a Letter addressed to him.

MAILS.
Mt —4 Cottenburgb, c Dublin, a Waterfo;cl.

PRICE OF STOCKS
THIS DAY AT TWILVI O'CLOCK.
Consols ". 63 641 Red. Ann. - .

THE SUN.

SOLZAI QUI{ 4DICSIti PALsiJai AUDItAr ?

L 0 N a 0 .N,

THYRIDAY, MARdi 3, isoa.

It was this morning reported that the Pallas Frit
gate had been captured by a French Squadron, but
we have not been able to trace the report to any
authentic: source, and we trust that, it is wholly
without foundation.
Wa understand that the•greatest exertions have
been made to •ht out the Ships of War that have
been built at Antwerp ; and we have been assured,
though we confess we are much inclined to doubt
the feet, that several Sail of the Line have dropt
down from Antwerp to Flushing.

Patvvra Letters froth Gottenburgh state, that
hough every art is used by the Danish Government
to influence the People against this Country, yet
the propped of a visit from. a French Army, as Al-
lief, has excited very general alarm throughout
Denmark. Such is the complete subserviency of
the Danish Government to that of France, that
the former are resolved to carry on the war
with the same disregard of the usages at civilized
nations that the French have hitherto done, and
we are informed that the Prince Royal reftmed to
assent to a proposition from this Country to es-
tdbliah for the exchange of Prisoners.

Sir Joins
.Navvroivr cnquired • last night in the
110.:4_0 of Commons, whether the J. GIVIARD, Esq.
who W t lately appointed, ccountant General of the

syla

diNtnisced from another situat'on in the Custom
during the Viceroyalty of Lord HARDWICKE, an
being answeia in the affirmative by Sir ARTHU
WELLESLEY, he 'gave notice-of a Motion upon tl,
subject,. for thieday. We are utterly at a loss
conceive upcin'what grounds Sir JOHN NEWFOR
disappro'ves of this appointment—because Mr. Gus
FA.RD has upon all occasions displayed the most a(
tive loyalty, and we believe few persons mad
greater'exertions in support of their King and Conn
try, or suffered more severely during the RebelHo
in Ireland than that Gentleman. It is true he op
posed the Catholic Petition, but surely it will nc
be contended that opposition to that Petition con
stitutes sach.a degree of criminality as to disqualif
a man fromlicilding any place of honour or emolu
meat.

A Board Was held this 'day for the examination
disabled seamen, candidates for admission into th
Royal Hospital at Greenwich.
The Board of,t.pngitude was likewise held, whet
the whole of the Members attended.

. ,
'Yesterday, ahout twelve o'clouk, Ers 141AJE61-1
arrived at the ,Queeti's Palace, from Windsor, nix
appu,aftertwo held a private Levee, which was at:
tehtled by " '

The'Lord Chancellor, the President of the Council, thi
Lord Privy Seal, the three Sedretaries of SUM, the' sirs
Lord ofthe Admiralty, the Master-General of the Ordnance
the Lord Steward of the Household, the Duke of Montrose
Earls M4eclesfield and Mount lidgecumbe, ,Lords Wiilaugh
by de Broke and Selsey, Sirs S. Cotterel and P. Hales, Gen
I
arleton, and Col: Herbert.

The following had the honour of being presentee
to Hes MAJESTY :

Lieutenant-G dperal Tarleton, upon his being appointedGu
vernor of Berwick.
Lord Selsey ott Coming to his title.
Colonel Herbert, upon his being appointed Lord f.leutenani
of the County OPl4orfolk.
Earl Mount Edgecumbe, upon his being appointed Cap.
tain of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners.

His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, tq which
Colonel HERBERT was introduced, and swop] intc
his office of Lord• Lieutenant of Norfolk. -
His MAJESTY gave audience to the Cabinet Mid
nisters, and afterwards set off on his return to Wind-
SOC.

Yesterday, being Ash-Vv'ednesday, the Rishop oi
LoNnou.preached laefure the Nobility, at the Chapel
Royal.
In 11.1-4 course of Tuesday morning rout Mown'
2eri arrived at Windsor, with dispatches fromilill-
nisters to his .114AJESTY. Their contents engaged
his MAJESTYTearIy. the whole day.
The QUERN and Princess gLIZABBTIL took a ride
on Tuesday to the Qtrnioi's
,hoUse, at Frogsnare,
where they remained nearly, the whole day. Prin-
cesses AUGUSTA, SOPHIAi and AMELIA, took all iitt
ing on horseback in Windsor Park.
The Princess Et..zzAarrn has presented -,TAT
Sus STICANGEWAYS With a most 'beautiful white
dress, s ith other bridal presents,. preparatoOr to het
nuptials with Lord kIENItY niTTY.

The Duke of CLIMUERLANG gave a grand (limier
yesterday, at his house in St. James's, to filch
Rbyal Highnesses. the Dukes of Your. and CAM-
BRIDGE, Lord PAGET, Lord RENDI43JtAiII Si; 413.
TilUit; PAGET, Colonel tJ&oN, SCC.

The Duke of PORTLAND gave an elegant dinner
yesterday. to the Cabinet Ministers, at itu.rlingtOn-
house.

'Yesterday a Court of .Directors was held at (be.
East India House, when the under-mentioned UOI,,
manners took leave previous to departing for their
respective destinations, viz. Capt. C. icYlllllll, of the
Lord Castlereash,' and Gap,t. P. CAMPBELL, of the
LOrd tbr St. Helena and Bohol; Captain,p,
HERBERT, of the Euphrates, for Madras and Ben-
gal • and Capt. J. R. EttAtsciumr, of the Illortionn
beriand, for Madeira, Madras, and Bengal.
The following Ships were taken up,_ and thus tai •
Coned, viz. the Indus, Capt. G. Wluirs'll'll "lbl3
Travers, 4. COLLEN.% and the Ear/ Spencer,...„G..
I,lsmato, for Madras, and Bengal; the Lord P 4"
dOna J./W. YOT,ING; and the Carmarthen; J. Rep,
forBoml:;ay.

Capt. WELTostt Was BWO,II, conunipd
of the Ship h/445, coosigheci to Madras and Bengal*
The Court adjourned at six o'clock till to-morrow.

‘ ...isearg..•

Otir letters Irtith rowey, in Cornwall, atinouipe
ftio arrival theie of the Matchless Privateer,' Of
Guernsey, 'with a Spanish prize, taken on her ilr"
age from Si. St.hastiares to Buenos Ayres, with im-
.portant dispatches. On being boarded, the Spanish,
Captain threw his dispatches overboard, but, front
their not having been sufficiently loaded with shot'
they did not sink, and loossession was obtained of
them by the Privateer. They have been forwarded
to Government, and are said to be 7gl very. great
'importance. The Matchless is a small Privateer,
of 12 gung ; the prize is a very large vessel, carry-
ing guhs and 36 men,' arid Iler cargo is valued at
upwards of 1 o,oonl. sterling.

letters by the Camel store-ship,
An instance of extraordinaiy luck is mentioned in
which has just ar-
rived from the. Cape of Good Hope, that a privateer,
the Kitty, which had been fitted out at the Care'
in a crui2e of only ten days, had brought into t
port a large Danish Indianian, supposed to be worth
eighty or one hundred thousand pounds.
Thd Betsey, WASIIMOND, from New York t 0
Oporto, put into St. Michael's in distress; she was,
repaired and sailed from thence early in January; s
few days after was taki4 possession of by his Nib
jesty's ship Defence, and,iient for Plymouth, where
she arrived on Monday last in distress, and her cargo
of flour and corn greatly damaged. ,

The following is a pretty oorrea Statement of our
Squadrons now blockading or pursuing the Enemy :

Sailor the Line.
Ofr Brest, Witter Itear.Admirai Reims 10
OW Ferrol, under Cun»nodnre Kt raa - • - 3
Ott' Lisbon, under Vice-Admiral Sir C. Co rr . it
OtrCadis, under Itear-Admiral Puav ta - - 10
At Gibraltar, refittin.k . - 3
Ott Toulon, under Vice-Admiral Lord CoLt.tmeAvona
In puguit in the Straits under 'tear-Admiral Sir Ric
ARO STRACIiI64, K, B. 7
OWSicily, under gear-Admiral Tuna Nag owns&

Total . . t),

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTII, MARCH j.—Arrived the Ship .ru-
t
liana, SILBY, burthen about 400 tons, laden with
oil, sulphur, and raisins, from Malta, bound to
'London ; during her passage she was taken and re-
taken five times; her last capture was by the Prince
Jerome French Cutter Privateer, from the crew of
which she was re-taken' yesterday morning, off the
Lizard, by, the Unity Privateer belogging to this
to the varisztas changes which took place,
the whole of her original papers were lost.

• Arrived the Pottuguese Ship Bizarre, from the
• I:3razils, laden with cotton, hides, 8:c. detained by
the
,Surinant Sloop of War and the Bremen Gal-
. liot Margaretta Dorothea, from,Tonningen, .in
_last, detained by L'Eclair Sloop of War.
Arrived the Hindostan, of 60 guns, Hound, Pea-
cock, and Plover Sloops of War, from a cruize.
VALmourn, 29.—Came in His Majesty's
Ship Brisk from .a.cruize.

PORTSMOUTIT, MARCH 2.—Arrived L'ilegus
Sloop of War, Capt. STUART, from Cork. ,
Sallttl the Clyde Frigate, CorumodoreEM:C.lll.
OwtN, with a Convoy for the Downs f Lind' the
Cvnel Store-ship, Capt. JOYCE, for the River.

,DEAL, MARCH 2.---Sailed through the Downs
from the River the Pinusi DUNN, fur .the South
•.. Arrived His. Majesty's Ships irampeuse from
eruize; Tigris and Vigilant frote4lYinouth, with a
"tw6y Of Danish Prizes, whichirzilte:sailed for the
Also th'e Hector, Griffith from Dublin 1. Anna, Sly,'
from ; Flora, Rogerson ; and Tyson, Neale, frotn
knot ; Diana, Wrgley ; h ritannil, Hunter ; Apple,
':tottin ; and the Perse'verance. Evans, from Liverpool.
SkisitaNess, g7.—The Pincher Gun-br:g
Was unlocked, and the Blazer taken in.
2he, Success and La LoireyrigatesiCaptains Aye-
COUGH and Scltaactitao, are taking on board extra
provisions, but for the supply Ofbat Ships or place
is not known.
MARCH «.---Sailed the Orgeni Gain-brig,
Rtoay, for Yarmouth.
The Deptford Tendet, Limit...A.l4l*Am, tame
down from Limehouse, with 4/oh:niters and imiiresit
men for the: Fleet : also with the lbacers ancLmen
belonging to the Winchelya and other Ships,•which
bad hein sent up the River with the.Danlih detained
11tercharit Vessels. The Iroa/utich Tender in gding
aclvin was run foul of by a Ship, near Limehoutte,
4.4.1 so Much damaged, that she Could not proceech
Ilia I/14'0ft/ Tender was on her return from the
oro,, and received 'he iniprest men, &c. from her,
ivith whcitu she has just arrived.

- - ,
DISTRIBUTION OF TRUE-MONEY.
To such of the Officers Crew and Matines ad were pre.
ant at the Capture of the 'French FrigatWl* Psyche, on the
14th l'en. and at the recapture of the ::Lnglisif Stint Thetis.
and who have not received the first and sOcond Dividends of
tine Money for the •oapture, and salvaa for the re-capture,
TYLtBallt' No. 9, Devonshirc..squate," Biahattsgate.street, every
'lleSdaY And I. ridgy, betweon •ta and 3hialhe 6th lama.
9.
To the Officers, Seamen and others, forming the Naval
Force outler the command of Commixtore Sir Skiilluel Hood,
trtesent at the redudiou of Surinam, on the, sth M.IY. 144.
fiti.g the Officers and Companies of has Majesty's Ships
.entaur, Alligator, Drake, Emerald, Ilippornenes. Pantiour,
the pique'U schooner, Morcott (sharing by. agreement with
merald), And part olthe Officers and Crews of the
•. (;tilachaoin, anti Desperate Schooner, who were employed on
1 ;;che. -Will be paid on the tat March, at No. 6, S4nhope-
• -rect. Newcastle.street, Strand, and on every day atter fur
.
since years.
i 1, ''' the Officers and Company of his Majestt'S:Slooo.Py-
.4`,.'s• the proceeds of the Gedaehr..,4lta-'6.4gct tinge,
oilcan on the 2.7 th March, . 9 at No. ai,'A.rontlel.street,
279 ,
..,
for three years.
,ru,the Officers and Companiof his Majesty_ls•S‘hip Poly-
PRF.r"uhe Capture of the Spanish Ship, Virgin del Ito.
• rlh, (Incur Patty with the Doittqtal arid Defence) on the 2.6 th
°V' IN, at Na. :..2, Arundel-street, Strand, for three
Years.
To the (..) . .
Ph „4. ffleers and COmpany of his Majesty's,Ship Poly- ,
ital 1:,4,1°Z the rapture of the Spanish Ship Sr. Edward°.
mr4-ye..:4r.,3.er.C122f)er, 18°4, at No. 22, Arundel.strect, for
To the ()pi ' - •
vet; :for th. ",..ers4ilii Company of his Majesty's Sloop Ilea.
J. al • "' ‘..itptur, ~,- ,h„, Hendrick and lan, on the 27th
al igo,
.. -_- -- • -• Strand,i
for three
Years, . a, '4 No. if Cecil-Streer,
• . •
To the OW .
~loer4..e_eaptiir'ec'o'rffi • . ,
and Crew of his Majesty's Cutter l'heehe.
the eententt. Increase, on the izth N 9.
=ham 2804, at No ..
S 'll ton street Strand, tor
-''',4; Years, - 37, out amp . , . To the ( -
'pique I, ).fficers and Company of, hit Majesty's Sbill.La
on.th ' °„rktlte Capture of the Spanish Ship of War ti apt iso,
pant,c I°'" Fe b. !Us. (MS il.lajesty's.Sloop Peterel.iii cum.
to 'which Vessel is on the Jamaica "Uri"' and (litected
• T neldthere), at No 3-, Philpot.lane.
, .n....•
...9 tale Officers and Company of his Majesty's Hired ' in '
A r -
74t1-.:Utter Duke of York, for the recapture of ~the Schooner
endll.3''..."l'°ole. on the- r6th Otiober lasr,• every Tuesday
„ Tosy, at No.
*.31 Norfolk.street, Strand.:' .1 0 thr.RJlticers aid C p y.of his Majer!s Ship Loire,
:N•ittnwh„ettpture of 4 the °Strihip4snPrederick an
~•11...ticritri, on tae
"(I LI '3‘
, . the Eagle and Resolution, nit tile .7th August,
de t„; 'sPerahec, on the '2ISt said Montt-4-136,-i Oil Havre
, t., zaCti,' ill sight of his Majesty's Simi, Wolvereurf, Al -
rntu4sratehri.and Censor Gun-brigs, and Swift Cutter, On the rat
rhat Iloyle's Oifice,-,in St. Thornes's.street, Ports.
• flar three years. , • - • ' '
rr.te° the- mazer, tor the capture of the Pall.as., Les,Dett
~,,, I's' and L'Etonnant, «n .board the. ,blazdr, at Shciatiess,
-“,„the tith inst. and afterw.ards at No: 14, Lletnent's ,Inn.
p4('-the Eurydice tar the capture of Le noupinville French
steer.phi, one the 4th Inst. at. No. ti jar-nes-street; Ma-
sa_ evey Wednesday and Friday for three' ears at the
'Be place . •
tv*11::°? il!e :Steady, for the capture of 'the time Egwarton.,
it, '. n ' Morulay and T
hursday for three months, at No. 22,
I's!reet, Portsmouth.
prov°i the Santa Margaretta, ter the detention sE.,the Divine
. , clench, on the'
4th inst.. on. board, antiAvetyTUeralaY
anti f. c,, ,
•I t..IY atter, at No 2 , Norfolk- streeiit''ltiatici. . .
ontsto. the Alett,"for th;; ritapture of the tai on board.
_.. the 2einst. and every Tuesday and Friti:iy 411er, at Nu.
",..N°Flo.lk,street, it rand. *-C''
• & 4 tilt
f)t. the, i, Canopus, blanche, and kiogfilsbel,",. for the capture
lit vrerich I.rtgate l'resillent, un ti:e lath ikst. at ,No.',
. .
~ 4.3lZ.sptriLeett.
,i'lymouttr,. and tot tout months atter, at Lk
i ~ '
. 1,:1:.°01'e Aegtessor,Tor the capture of to:1 v rOw Maria, and
• .i,..,,..,,3.11ger 10. on Wald the 4,-7,lysW4 011, the L:4 I,llsl. 4hil
:' • .a..(tS " NO. 3i, Leadeaboll...itru-t. - ,
k.

The following is an E%tratl flora a Letter, datea'
rayal, Western Islands, January 30, 1808
I am this moment to embark;-permit me just to
add, that the British are itt 101 l possession of these
Islands. A. 74, the-Raz/11db, Capt. CURZONi
peared off here about a week since, from Which
Ship a Mr. Pottvtg was put on shore with a letter
from the Captain to the English Consul, and other
letters from the Governor-General at Torceira, where
she had previously stopped, to the Governor of this
place. The Consul, whose letter I saw, was re-
quested to deliver those addressed to the Governor
without delay, as they related to the condtra to be
observed by the people of these Islands towards the
Englip, and that enethies, in conseqUence of a re-
quisitton made by Sir S. Small, .11am-whose Squa-
dron the-74 .was dispatched.. The Azorel have al7
ways been considered as the granary, not only for
Lisbon, but .also for Madeira, which latter place is
already occupied by woo British troops. 'A consi-
derable Fleet has been freluently seen off the Island
since the Elizitteth passed, from whence there-can
be no doubt that troops are meant.to be landed here
and on Torceira and St`. Michael's, should'it belound
necessary. It is no secret that, the 'English dire&
every thing, as the French and Spaniards are obliged
to quit the Island. The French and Spanish Coitsuls
have given in their commissions : indeed, the:Go-
vernor has said.to me, that a particular arrangement,
of which we had been speaking, was forming by
the direalon ,of Sir S. SMITH. Mr. Pqiu7s, ttie
English Agent, is now occupied iu ascertaining as
there is no harbour here) if a boson can be lamed,
without too much expense."

Loss OF-THE Sun" consequence of
a complaint having been made to us,' • it the state;,
ment inserted in our klaper of the Ist and 2d ultimo,
respecting the loss of the Bremen. Ship Canopus,
Captain KORTLANG, was erroneous, and might con
vey an opiniois unfavourable to the character ofher
Commander, we have thought it our duty to inves-
tigate the circumstances of the transaction, there-
stilt of which is—that," the tnisfortUne did not arise
from any neglect or default of the Master and tirew, but
solely from the Ship having missed Stays, in conse-
quence
of the .baffling. wind, and a. particular
run .or set of tides from Cat titer and Hamoaze
Meeting in the place. where they were endeavouring
to stay the Ship, and. that Capt. KOUTLANGind his
crew have done their utmost for the preservation
of the Ship and cargo? having had their cables pro-
perly secured .and fastened, and all their Other ships'
stores in the best possible. order, and ailed daring the
whole of. the business as honest and experienced
seamen would ,have done in a similar situation."

We have lying. before us a kport of five nautical
men of respeftability, two of whom saw the Ship
while, in distress, and they•lay' confirm the state-
went we now give of the cauqe of the loss, and th
cptutuet of tlw Master 'and crew.

. •
• The sloop Tdeniaclius,\Vip:.umsON, froin Leeds,
for London, went down in the tremendous storm of
VridaY'seinnight., on "cock, John Sand near Fiver-
-sham. Her mastsremaining above water, the master
succeeded in lashing his son and brother, who com-
posed the crew, to the rigging, and • then also tied
himseif nor them. In .this 'State they remained ex-
posed to the dreadful tempest. The boy .died the
following day.' The father and the brinher without
the least 'sustenance lingered on a miserable exist.,
once till the Nfonday ; when then Fortner expired,
just aP.‘the 'Ship Fox, of Whitstable, was,eorning to
their relief:" 'The brother, in a state terrible almost.
beyond description, was rescued from the jaws of
death ; allti being carried ashore on the Isle of
Sheppy, means were Used texestoth Tried, and he is,
now in a fair way of recovery, not, however, with-
mit the loss of a leg and alibis fingers. These sad
tidings were at his last and solemn request coMmu-.
nicated to the .widow of the Captain, who, with two
surviving children, 'resides at Hunsfet near this
town. On .ttit receipt of them she hastened to the
spot to-pay the lase respect to the xemainS of these
her dearest conneaions, of which she was bereft'so
suddenly, and under such dreadfulcireuntstanees as
must excite the_ strongest sympathy in even the
most indifferent reader, who, without knowing the;
individuals, cannot but be alive to their dreadful suf-
ferings.,
GENERAL WIIITELOCRE'S
The Court assembled this morning at the usual hour,
when Copt: FRASait,.of the Artillery, was examined
as to the circumstance relating to the attack upon
Buenos Ayres : his examination was proceeding
w.hen'our report left the Court. .
We are happy to have it in our power to 'contra-,
di6.l'the report mentioned in several of the Papers,
that Ins NIAJF,,TY'S sight is -again so mita :life:Aid
as to render an operation necessary.. =.•-So far from
this rumour being true, the KING'S sight.,comiuttes
,rather
to mend than otherwiSe ; ;n every other
.
respeti our most Gracious Soy Ennis* enjoys an on-
interrupted state of health and flew of spirit, :
rises .at his usual hour of seven o'clock', and pays
the
,Most strict attention to official business every
day.
A meeting took place on Thufsdly last nr.Brad-
'ford, in Yorkshire, tar the 'purpose of considering
,the propriety of. a.
'Petition to his Matilfsr'si' on the
subject of Peace. Nine ResolAtions.we,e-pacted on
the occasion, mist of them fonoded on the usual
topic of complaint, the hurthens. of War ; but two
were 'particularly exceptienahle, vjz.. the .second,
Which stated,* that War has long been continued,
without any benefit, except. to those Who are Erin
at the 'expence of the industriourpart of the' than-
Munity. This assertion is .unjust and i}libgrtfl---War
bus been' rendered unavoidable by. the rancour of the
Enemy, and it has preserved tjttCbuutfy. The other
"exceptionable Resolution.: declares; that -if Peace be ,
not speedily obtained, it will bu proper to suspend
the payment of all pliblie Salaries'and Pensions, not
'the reward. of real service, and to apply theanionnt
of then) to those who aid su&rers by the War.—
So that it,is judged expedient to bring distress -upon'
one class' of men to relieve another. It is soot)-
, 'viously the interest of Government-to Obtain a 'secure
and honourable Peace,.....aild in) other ought m
sired—that Petitions of thiss kind are likely to excite
-discontent, without producitig any advantage.'
first of the Resolutions we ,have noticed was op-
posed by only tWo voices, and all the test paned'
unanimously. It does not appear that any leading
-charaCters •Uf the County: were. present On this
OC-
;'