The Sun.
London, England, 1806-02-26 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We are at all times willing to Oblige our Correrp9ndents by the in:.
sertion of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, but to much uneasiness
b4s ari,en inconsequence of false information, that all articler of
that kind must be satisfadargy authenticated before rho, can be
admi ire a'.

THE SUN.

SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDF.AT ?

LONDON,

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1806.

ThE I''w-York Papers, which _arrived yesterday;
•
clown to the 26th ult. contain intelligence of a very
important nature. It is with the utmost regret we
find that the. Party in America whose hostility to
Great Britain is avowed, have not only succeeded
in_exciting a general_clamour throughout the United,
States against the conduCt of the British Cruiz-
.ers, but have a&ually proposed to the Legisla-
ture a, Bill of such an extraordinary nature, and
containing such unprecedented provisions, that
if it should pass, and be acted upon, it must,
be produCtive of the • most fatal consequences.---'
The professed object of this Bill is, to put a stop to
the praCtice which it is stated has been carried on to
a great extent by the Captains of British Vessels,
viz. that of impressing American Seamen ; and, in
order to attain this objeCt, it enacts, that any person
•ho shall impress an American Seaman, under the
pretext or colour of a Commission from any Foreign
Power, shall be adjudged a pirate or felon, and upon
conviction shall sutler death. A reward of 200 dol-
lars is to be paid to any American subjea who
shall ki.l4 any persons attempting to impress
him. lt is also enacted, that if any American
Subject shall have been impressed on board any
k'oreign Vessel, and shall suffer death, or any other
corporal punishment, the President of the United
States is authorized to infiia the most rigorous and
exaa retaliation upon any SubjcCtOfthat Government,
whom he may seize for that purpose ; and finally, every
American Subject so impressed shall receive Go dollars
a month, which sum may be raised by " attaching

any private Debt due from any Citizen of the United
States to any Subje& of that Government by Whose
SubjeEts he had been impressed." Such are the pro-
visions of this most extraordinary Eill, which, if
carried into a Law, must have the effee-t of preventitig-
Dot only any Commercial intercourse, "but all inter-
coure whate er - between Great Britain and the.
V:rnited Stat :s. The Bill. does not define what ten-

stitutes a run a.Citizen of Unit td States—it att
. .
riot state what doctinients shall be *considered as a
sufficient 'proof 'Of liis claim to that Charr'.a:,..t,
does, it inflia Any pitniShrtient ttpOn those who shall
, .
grant to Aliens false Certificates of their being Ame-
rican Subje6ts. 'lt would .be an insult Upon the.uu-
derStanding of bur Readers to offer any:titore"cOni-
Ments upon this extraordinary measure; we Iliive;
however, too high an opinion of the good sense of
the Atneilcan Legislature, to suppose that they can,
however inflamed by prejudice, or misled by tiiis-
representation, finally give their assent to it.

Tau
,Squadron under the command of Rear--
Admiral TH6IIIOIROUGH has sailed 'from Ply-
mouth, in consequence of a report of four Sail Of
the Line having escaped from Brest.

A very gallant A&ion took place a few days agd
between tile Contest Gun-brig and a French Corvette
of (2+ guns ; the latter was driven on the rocks in
Bertheaume Bay,
.and would have been completely
destroyed if -it had not been for the heavy fire kept
up from- the Batteries.

Her MAJESTY is exiiee-ted to hold 'a Drawing-
room to-morrow sennight.
-Yesterday morning the DUKE of YORK arrived in
town from Windsor, and held a Public Day at his
Oiiice in the Horse Guards, and gave audiences to a
nwnber of Officers.

The K.iN'G has been pleased to present the Rev.
Jimrs INGLIS to the Church and Parith Of Kir:cos-
wold, alias Cu!Jelin, in the Presbytery, of. Ayr, va-
cant by theAeath of Mr. MATTHEW BIGGAR.
The KING has also been pleased to present the
Rev. ALEXANDER IRVINE to the Church and Parish
of Little ..Dunkeld, .in the, Presbytery ,of Dunkeld
and 'County of Perth, vacant by the transportation
of Mr. JOHN STEWART, late. Minister: there, to the
Church and Parish of Blair Atholl.
The KING has also been pleased to present the
Rev. 'WM. LITTON to the Church' and Parish of
Locklee, in the Presbytery of Brechin, and'County
of Forfar, void by the death of I.llr. JOHN PERIE;
late Minister them

The KING has also been pleased to present Doaor
ThomAs DUNIAN to the New Church and Parish of
Dumfries, in the Presbytery and County of Di.uni'riv,
vacant by the transportation. of Mr. ALEXANDER
SCOT to the Church of St. Michael, -at Dumfries.

• NEGRO RgVOLT.----Capt. RYAN, who has arrived
at 'Wilmington, North Carolina, from 'Trinidad,
Which place he left.the 14th of December, infdrins,
that a few days before he sailed, 7000 Negroes Vial_
revolted, and embodied at a-port there, with an in-
; tention of destroying the place, and committing
general massacre of the White's.;
.that Martial-taw
. had been proclaimed, the Troops and' Inhabitants
turned out, and the King of the Insurgents; With
17 of their ring-leaders, were taken,' examined, and'
committed to prison ; but in the afternoon of the
14th, when Capt. RYAw-was under way, there was a
general alarm tired, and the bloody flag hoisted
(New York Paper, Jan. 22)

• Capt. BAKER arrived, at Chatham on Wednesday
to take the command of the Aangarooi• in lieu of
Capt. LAROCHE; appointed to the Blanche Frigate,
fitting at Deptford. . . .

- Yesterday the DispatcheS were finally closed. at
the East India House, and delivered to the Pursers
of the following Ships, viz.

For Madras and Bengal : Lady lane Dundas, Captain Hon.
H. Lindsay ; Hugh Inglis, Capt. W. Fairfax.
Madras and -China ; Bengal, A. Confine ; Alnwick Castle,
Capt. C. E. Presscott.

• Posssiaorui-'rEit Flynn Inctts.--For Bengal—Mr.
Gordon Forbes, Factor; Mess. Bromley, Perret, Lashwood,
fent-ins, !.evade, Lomas, Brandon, Hough, Homer, Rutlidge,
Pear. c, Thomas, Lawrence, Christie, Mandell and
Chainhersi Cadets; Mr. G. Buyldon ; Mr. and Miss Quires,
Mrs. Caldwel4.7Gould and Daughter, Mrs. Forbes and
Child; Misses, H. and E. Rutli4e. • For MadraS--Mess..
G..iodrich, Rubinson, Townsend, Snowden, Matthews, Ham-
Mond, Pridhant, -Aitkin and Samuel, Cadets. •
PASS LNGEKS rER AI.NIVICK CASTLE. For Bengal
rAless: Alison and Ogilvie.. For NladraS-• Mess. I. G watkin
and D. Hill, Writers ; Mess. Janson, Roberts, Kippin, Dow-
sOn, Christian, Evans, Golding Pratt, Hodge, Kelly and
Wood, Cadets ; Mess Colley, Batchelor and Crockall, Free
Mariners ; Mr. W. Bosariquet, for .China. •
.PAS:ii.NCEILS PER 13i NG L.— For Bengal-- Mess. Monck-
ton, T. Sisson, Larribertand Grant, Writers ; Mr. Crichton;
Mess. Lyons, Curtis, Thornton, Christian, Chapuset, Jack-
son, Hollins, Bruce, Auldjo, Stuart, Cubit, Jeffery, Byrne,
Thornton and Martin, Cadets ; Mrs. Thornhill and Storing
'Misses Harrington, Hawes, two Storings. For Madras.-tic.
Jones, Assistant Surgeon; Mess. !ones, Crichtun, •M'C lash_
am and Burnside.

PASSENGERS'ZER LADY JANE Dump A.S.--For Bengal--
Mess. Dupre, Porcher, and) :Sparkes, Writers ,• Major Nan'.
greave ;- Mess. Nicholson, Graham, Holbrow, Gosling, Wal-
ker, Moore, Cotes, Campbell, Aplin, Young, Davis, Black-
hall and Benson, Cadets ; Misses Barclay, Dashwood, and
I•:rovrie. For Madras_- Mr. W. Cruttenden,Writer ; Mess.
Fduke, H. Holmes, Steel, E. Holmes, Borthwick, Hamil-
ton, Bole's, Michael, liggins, Dunn and Ashby, Cadets; Mr.
W. Lan:, and Mrs., Smith.

PASSENGERS PXR. ELPIIIIISTONE.—For Bombay--Mr.
E. I ronside, E.'Steplienson, Writers; .Mr. and Mrs.
13ris..oe, 11, Keir ; and Mr. J. S. Canning, Cadet.
PASSLNCERS PER eLItSEVEItANCE.—For BenCOOlen
Miss M. Leicester.

YASS:.NGEkS PLR WINCIIXLSEA.—For Bombay—,Mr. I.
H. Cranford, Writer; Mr. laine:i• Alolon_y, Writer ror
China—Capt.-Lieut. C. C. I. tiona'aßE'Son, Mr. Pruen,
and J. feakeb, Bombay Minnie Mrs. S. Pruen and Mrs.
I. Watkins and Son.

PASSENGERS ?nit Six W. BENSLEY.—For Bengal—Lt.
J. Watts, Mess. T . F'. Calvert, G . Everest, J. 11. B. jes-
sup,.G. W. lone., C. Godly, S. Maltby, and G. Watson,
CadetS% For Madras—Mess. j. R. Godfrey, U. Crosdaik,
J. Barnes andKennin, Cadets.
PASSENGERS PER WALMER CASTLE.-..FOP Bombay—
Mr. A. Trash, and R. V. Kennett, Cadets.
PASSENGERS PER CERES.—For Bombay— Mr. T. 11,
Sliendan, Writer; Mess. W. Black, W. Godley, j. Ellis,
and W. Inglis, Cadets. _

PASSNGUIS PER LORD CASTLEREAGH.—For. Bengal--
Mr. W. Black, Free Mariner ; Mess. G. Roxburgh, F. G.
Lister, F. W. Broughton, R. Roche, S. Woolly, P. Nl‘Car-
ty, P. Becher, I. Cowslade, I. E. Conway, A. M'Neilly,
C. Barnard, G. Snodgrass, W.Mathew,.and N.De
Cadets ; Mrs. C. Stanton, Mrs. A. M; Abbott, Mrs. M:
Blair. For Madras—Mess. E.White, T. Jackson, E. Frost,
I. Willows, I. F. Cushny, I. Newall, and R..H.
Cadets.

PASSENGERS PER ESSEN.—For Bengal—Mr. A. Ander-
son, Assistant Surgeon. For Madras—Capt. J. Ovetend,
Mr. G.Adims, Assistant Surgeon : Mr. A. Robertson, 'Fret!
Mariner : Mess. G. Field, E. Leigh, C. Brumfield, R.
Nliggison, 1. H. "1-a.lori and T. i'yte.' Cadets.
PASSENGEKS PER DesVID SCOTT.--For Bengal—Mr. I.
M. M'Nab, Writer ; Mess. C. P. King, Dixon, Charter,
Shuldhain, Poole an !'earl, Cadets. For Madras—Mr. C.
E. Stuart. Writer ; Capt. Nl'lntosh, Lieut. Fernyhougn,
Mess. Lewis, rennent, Carmichael, Hesker, Parker, Fen-
wick, Horn, Webster, Woolcuck, Scoons, Howell, Perry,
Dore' Henderson' Cowan, Stacy, Denny and Byrn, Cadets ;
Mr Hunter and R. Goldio, Assistant surgeons; Misses Ni-
cholson and .Mackay, and Mrs. Bisliut a id three daughters.