The Sun.
London, England, 1801-03-04 00:00:00

PLYMOUTH, MiiRCH 2.

ARRIVED. the. Danish Ship jel:fr-e
Douwr Jcius..master, from. _Malaga, bound O.
Ilambroi, laden- With- vOine," brandy,., and fruit,
detained by the 44cryne Frigate.

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of ;74 itini each, itiri‘ied ibis tldrning rem
the Westward, and remain.
His Majesty's Ship Agineovrt sailed this after:
tlocn to, the Northward.

YARMOUTH, MARCH 3.

ARRIVED a Privateer, of 14. guns, but could
*not learn the particulars.

CAPTURE OF 7116 KENT EAST INDIAMAN•

[TROEt THE INDIA TELEGRAPH, OP OCT. IS, 180e).]
Ox Sunday last accounts were received in town
(Calcutta) of the capture of the Hon. Company's
Ship Kent, Captain RIVINGTON, after an en-
gagement of cousiderable duration with the Con_
fiance, Captain SURCOUFF, off the Sand Heads.
The fdllowing particulars we have copied from
the Mirror.

"(In Tuesday morning the 7th instant, at day-
light, a strange sail was discovered in the N. W.
Puarter; the Kent at that time was lying to for a
ilot, and Capt. RverzroTort,. conceiving the
vessel in sight to be a Pilot Schooner, immediately
born down, hoisted his Colours, •and made the
signal for a Pilot. The stranger, upon this made
sail, and hauled up towards the Kent ; it wasloon
after discovered that she was a ship; the hands were
immediately called to quarters, and the ship prepar;
ed, for aCtion. Upon her approach to the Kent, as
she chewed no Colours, a shot was fired at her
from the larboard side, which was followed up, as
she passed upon the opposite tack, by a broad-
side, and a constant fire kept up while she was
within reach of the gaps.. The Privateer, for it
was now ascertained to be so, soon afterwards
tacked, came up on the larboard side, and commen.
ced the Engagement within about musquet-shot,
but without doing much injury, although she con-
tinued in this position for some time. She then
shot n-heat,and passing round the bow Of the Kent,
renewed the Engagement on the other side, nearly
at the same distance, and for the same length of
time, but with as little elle& as before. She
afterwards made sail ahead, as if with the inten-
tion of relinquishing the attack and making off,
which she could easily have done, having greatly
flit Superiority in sailing; when she had got
about the distance off' half a mile a-head of
the Kent, she was, however, observed to haul
her. niain:.tAil up, and wear round immediate-
ly_ towards her; and in about ten or fifteen
Minutes afterwards, or as soon as her guns
would hear, she, for the first time, hoisted the
•44ational Colours (Sotracarrr afterwards de-
'dared that he had forgot them before) and fired
a broadside and a volley of musketry from every
' part -of the ship, which was immediately returned
y the Kent, and continued while her guns would
bear • tiie,Privateer then wearing round her stern,
fanged elOse up alongside, and received a full dis-
charge from the Kent',‘ starboard guns ; at this mo_
tient the &Lida whole broadside, and threw a num-
tort of handirertades from her tops into the Kent,
Wile of which penetrated the taiiper deck, and
burst on the gun.deck ; at the same-time a fire Of
,musketry was kept up from her tops, which killed
and wounded a number of the Passengers and Re-
cruits that were on the .quarter.deck and poop.
When the ships were completely locked with each
other, Captain SURCOV re entered at the head of
about 150 men, ~..ompletely armed for boarding,
having each a sahrennet a brace of pistols ; the
iconte“ upon deck. was now desperate, and Ansi-
'ecl fur about twenty minutes, but the Enemy,
haviiig greatly the superiority, both in numbers
and arms, were vittorious; anti a dreadful carnage
)ensued; they shewing no quarter to any who came •
in their way, whether
,with or without arms ;
such was their sayage cruelty) that they even
stabbed some of the sick in bed.
• Upon gaining possession of the poop, and trench
immediately cut down- theCOlCitits, and soon after
this had complete possession of the ship.
Captain •StiacOuryi finding SQIiIC
Lion in, his crew to board, had been under the ne..

cessity of plying them several times with liquor,
as well as to promise them an hodr's pillage, in-
the event of carrying the ship, and this time they
completely occupied, breaking open 'every pack-
age they could come at, and even taking the
Coats, hats). shoes, . &c. froth the persons of the
Officers And Passengers.

• ,
Irorn the coMMenceirient of the Attion anal
the French were in possession of the ship, was
shout-an boar and forty-seven minutes ; and from
the gallant manner in which the Officers and Crew
of the Kehl behaved while the ships were clear of
each other, there is riot a ddubt but she would
have overcome the Privateer ; but there being a
very
.great defickney orsmall arms, they had no
means of repelling such a' number of boarders; .so
well prepared for close action ;.. and Captain Suit-
couFF acknowledged, that had he not succeeded
in carrying her, his own ship must soon have sunk
alongside,

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his with extreme regterwe add, that Capt.
113v.tNprom, after the most manly ,coanduet in
the defence of his ship, fell by the.musketry from
the tops of the Privateer,. while SURCOUFF was
in ;he aft of.boarding.

In the afternoon 'the Officers, Passengers and
Creiv-of the Kent were sent on board an Arab ves-
sel, which have in sight, and which bad been
plundered by. the Privateer .the day before ; some
of the Seamen werel holveverr detained on board
the Privateer and put in irons, with the hopes of
inducing them tp enter. The Chief Qffieer, Sur.
gcon, and Surgeon's Mate, with about thirteen
of the nibs; dangerously wounded, *ere detained
on board the Kent, under pretence 'of.its requiring
too much time to remove them.

Although the -Prkze.gnaster ,informed the 'on.
fortunate people who were sent on board the Arab,
that there ‘4s abundance of pro:cision4 and water,
yet iipo'n inquiry, there was', found only a 'very
small quantity of rain water, scarcely equal -to
half a pint each per day, for four dayi, with a
few dates and raw rice to subsist on, and they
Were 6anse4tkently reduced to the utinost distress,

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they were relieved by one of the
Schoonirs, whidi,they. met in the Roads::..

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Loist or urrrearts, SEAMEN, P A sm.. ezas-aturraiwirs,
Killed and. Wounded on .board .the Hon. Company's
Ship Kent, in Action with tz Covjancel French. Privu.
tier, off the Sand Heads; in the Bay of Bengal; 7th 'or'
Otlober, in is fathoms water,
[Published by Order of Gbvemment.]
Robert. Rivington, Esq. Com- Killed,
mancler • - -
Mr. J. Findlay, Carpenter - Ditto.
Mr.W. Bazely, Boatswain's Mate Ditto.
Mr. R. Youl, Third Officer - Dangerotislywounthd
Mr. J. Tween; Fourth dittb :. Ditto, ditto.
John Cooper, ScamarY, Ditto, and left on
Henry Bransley, ditto, board the Kent.
Cornelius Zadhn, ditto,
William Karr, ditto, . . Wounded.
.
Mr. W. Cator, Free Merchant, Killed.
Bengal, - - -
Mr. T. H.. Graham, Writer, ditto, Ditto.
Mr. J. Puller, - ditto, ditto, Dangerously wound..
Mr. B. Tichburn, Cadet, Madras, ed. and could nut be
Mr. R. Sherwood, Assistant Sur- . removed from the
geon, - - - ditto, Mat.
Mr. . Ewer, writer,. Bengal, Slightly wounded.
ii
Mr. John Warner, Cadet, • Wounded.
Mr. . Gibson, Assist. Surgeon, Ditto: •
Severely wounded,
Mr. R.. Moore Cadet Madras
I, * . Since dead.
Mr. Alex. Pentland, ditto, ditto, Ditto.
Mr. Charles Gahagan, ditto, ditto, Wounded.
•Mr. Charles Mitchell, ditto, ditto, Ditto.
Mr. L. S, Smith, ditto; . • • Ditto.
Corp. Wally, H. M. Loth Reg. Foot; - Killed.
'l'; Cooper, 76th ditto, Ditto. -
S. Cole, H. M.-27th Light Drag. Ditto. -
. Davies, asth ditto,:
• J.
Ditto.
. Pickering,.H. M. 29th ditto, Ditto. •
J. Mullagen, H. Comp. recruit,, Ditto.
apt. Pilkington, Aid-tie-Camp
Severely wounded.
to Hon. General St:John, i
of
Ensign Pt
almer, H. M; loth Reg. iVounded dangerously '- • , -
Ensign By tie, H. M. 76th ditto, Ditto.
Serf. Obrien, H. M. loth ditto, 1
Seq. M`Culluni; FL M. 29th
Light Dragoons, • I Dangerously wound.
P. Lucas, H. M. 76th ditto, ' 'ed, and could not be
A. Cruwdall, H. M. ditto, ditto, removed • from the
Francis Fletcher, H. M. ditto, Kent.
Hen. Magness, H. M. ditto, ditto, .
J.Floyd, li. M. 25th Light Drag. J
Corporal Finegan, I I . M. •.i.stli ditto, Wounded.
Corporal Spicer, H. M. 76th Foot, Ditto.
John Healing, ditto, Ditto.
john Seawood, ditto, _ Ditto.
W. Potts, ditto, Ditto.
W. Colliers, H. M. 27th Lt. Drags. Ditto.
Henry Perry, ditto, Ditto,
Sam. Daniels, H. M. loth Reg. Ft. Ditto.
Richard:Gillings, ditto, - Ditto. . .
G :Wright, H. M . 29th Light Drags. Ditto.
J.Grifliths,Hon.Company'S recruit Ditto.
Henry Hayding, ditto, .. - Ditto.
John Gamerith, ditto, - Ditto.
Andrew O'Neal, ditto, . Ditto.
John Stafford, ditto, - - • Ditto.
William Dickson, ditto, - Ditto.
( Dangerously wound-
E . Ford, private, H.M . 76th Foot, -11 eel, and left on board
( the Kent.
Abstract II Killed, .
44 Wounded.
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Total Killed and Wounded 55

The Hon. Capt. Woootionst is appointed to
the Brilliant, of 28 guns, 'vice Hon. Capt. PAC r r,
appointed to the Hydra, 'vice' Capt. Sir F. LA.
FOR PI, appointed to the Polverful.
Orders are given to detain all Ruisians, Danes,
and Swedes, now serving on board any of His
Majesty's Ships. •
The Danish Commercial Gazette, gives a list
of all the Danish Ships under embargo in the
English Ports, amounting to 139 ; adding, that
as long as the Embargo lasts, the English Go.
vernment alloWs ,eery Danish Captain 35. 6d.
every Mate as. and every common Sailor ss. sd.
a-day, for necessaries.
The Shannon Frigate has cut out of Ports in
Norway, three vessels which hid been sent in
there by French Privateers. From Egersund,
Captain PATER cut out the Charlotte, MACH It,
from London to Bo'ness, and the Jason, from
Meinel for Lynn ; and from Stavenger he took
the Henry, 'Captain GREY, from Dantzie for
London, laden. with wheat. The Henry, for her
better protection, had been lashed, by the Enemy
alongside the Town Wharf, at Stavanger, buto in
that situation out Tars boarded her in the pre.
sence of five thousand people, and carried her (Alt,
two former having arrived in the Forth,

Yesterday morning the Old Stock Exchange
was opened for the first time, under the title of
" Stock Subscription Room," when only thoie
Gentlemen who had been regularly balloted for,
and lEid paid their subscription of ten guineas,
and who had agreed tb subjea themselves to the
new rules and. regulations of the House, were ad.
mitted.

A shOrt times however. after their-louse opened,
a Mr..HAttas, who had been objeaed to•on ac-
count of the lateness Of .his application, attempted
to force his .way into the new Subscription-
Room, in order to transaft business as .usual,
when his entrance was opposed by several Sub.
scribers, who took part with the Committee ;
which on being observed: by another party, also
Subscribers in the House, they immediately came
to the suppOrt- of Mr. Hitting, and with their
assistance, he carried his point so-far as to obtain
a peaceable admission. A Mr. Thostrsort,. on
having been made acquainted with the success of
Mr. HAINES, made a tender of his subscriptioo,.
which being refused, he walked dittelly into,
the Subscription Room, and' met with no inter.
ruption. The Committee, in the interim, having
been advised with regard to themselves no longer
to adopt compulsory measures, immediately sent
for a Constable, and took hint-into custody while
in the Subscription Room ; but on their bringing
him to the door, they released him.
On the first appearance of disturbance, the
LORD MAYOR was applied to, to decide whether
the Subscription Room ought-to be considered as
'private property or a public niarker; .btir his
Lordship Would ndt take any ecispitance of the
affair.

There have been several new• rules and regu-
lations made and introduced on the opening- of
the new ,Stock Subscription Room, which, 'if ad..
hered to, will certainly put it on a more re.
speaable footing 'than it has hitherto been. There
is a penalty of two guineas to be -levied on every
subscriber, who throws off another's hat, which
was paid yesterday by one of the Committee,
though. it was suspeeted to have been done inten-
tionally, •in order that none may - attempt after.
wards to exctise themselves,