The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-03 00:00:00

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pressing our surprise that its real merits should be .so
'. A considerable number of Letters were brought"
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little understood.. That the Cabinet is but a C.'sin= by L'Espoir frOm the Cppe of 4,,,,d Hope. One
from an Officer in the Expedition says—.« The only
rnittee of the Privy Council; =to whose 'Alen" sera
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Men of War ..on the station were a 64 near Si-
praaice has in general attaChedthe duties of tilzhigh 'Pond's Bay, which they burned ; aitid the Ata-
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'ante, -a fine: Frigate, stranded dose to
.Cape Town,
Offices of the State, must 'Certainty be ..adi-litted :
' . but which -we have some hopes of getting off.'
that the Lord Chief Justice`of England has been a ,
She is only 'three years Old, and has on board
Privy-Councillor co-existent with the institution it- , the guns- of- the Jason, -which was .lost op the
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- contingeq ng, ce. It is. as
self,: is elually true.:. Is it not, therefore, in fact and Coast of France.
. the Writer, that the Enemy quitted- their lines to
in law, correEt, that the KING should name to sudi , .• ~ - - .
• i - 17rtglt—art action,' 'arthey were so well fortified, Char
a Committee any •of that Body- Whence it-is chosen,
the captor. . - inil;st4-liave'been very tedious ; and,
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and which he has already eleeted,a§ his most confi- t!iki: that-. an Army
of iio,ooo
.en-NittitilinlciE''''
pow re-take the place. The Enemy having marched
dentin! Cduncil ? It is, therefore', an indisputable
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2d mto the monntainii; the Scotch 'Brigade, -t`he 7.lst,
matter of Right and.:Prevogative.; and:to.4Ssert the. 7,, and :gad 'lt4nients, whiCh routed' them o
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. - contrary; will certainly be found. untenable ground ~ the -day of jfhe ktion, arc gone in pursuit of theni,l
•on which which to maintain an argunient. , • -1i :Iwith some field-pieces"
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1 The" Subscription at Gibraltar for ereeting a Mo-
nument to the coemory of Lord NBLSON, amounts
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p upwards. of (001. ' .
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The-dispute between the India Company and the..
Rajah of Tanjore.. has been amicably adjusted.----`
His, Higbness'S .Minister, Nslio had great influence,
was detqae;:l by the British Resident, in a correspon-
dence with llolliar, through some French Agents,
:in consequence of which he has been degraded. and
dismissed. ' .
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It was -firaillragreed. that Holkar and Scindia,-af-
ter maintaining 80,00.0 Cavalry out of the revenues
• of certain nfahals in their Judhiers, were to transmit
the residne, ithe l'eishwa—but the proCtiCe de-
. clined; proportion as the power of those two
Chiefs increased, and the payment has been long
neglected. The Peishwa, however, supported by.
the' India Company, has now demanded its regular
.discharge. . ,
The Bengal Judicature has at length succeeded in
preventing the usual 'sacrifices of children on the
Island of Sagor, by declaring, as they had previously
,done in other DistriEts, that persons' assisting in such
sacrifices 'should be considered as guilty of Murder,
. and punished accordiney.
A fleet of vessels loaded with fugitives from Judda
and tfieir:tteostre, was lately* lost on their passage to
, Mocha, owing tb their-ignorance of the Gulf, when
several hUndred lives were lost. .
The Sultana Valide (mother to the. Grand Signior),
who lately died At Constantinople at.the age 'of 73,
.was indebted for her elevation to some, very fortu-
nate and. extraordinary .circumstances. By the bar-
barous customs o the Kings of the East, whieb
:are still perpetuated. by their descendants, they can
'only give successors' to the Empire by; an union.
with slaves:;,_,,And„,to prevent arobitiOus.contentions,
all the female Children,_ of. Such.. connexions are in-
capacitated .fr9m.4.l?egrning mothers. - The Sultana
Valide was asGeprgian slave, the • property of Val.
-Effendi, a former Grand .Mufti, who made her a
:present • to
,Snltan
.Mustapha. As she was hand-
some,' and a good clanal-, she captivated her Master,
'obtained the handkerchief, and had the good fortune
'toy give birth An the present Emperor. But the
most amioble trait in her chime-ter is, that she re-
. f1,,-!tled. the high favour she obtained upon the
- • son -of ,h_er formgt Master,. Velazide, who lives.
at Constantinople, where-he is at the head of quo--
Law, has vast influence, and has amassed a princely
fortune. h..• • -
BowLEs,,theCherokee Chief, died on Christmas.
,Day, in prison,-at the Havannah. An apprehension
of being poisoned prevented his using the food offer-
ed him by the Spaniards, and for forty days he subs
sisted: on oranges alone, and was in consequence re-
f
dued to a mere skeleton.
Sr. DAVID'S DAY.—The Society of Antient Bri,
tons, with the Officers and Children of the Institu-
tion; attended Divine Service on Saturday, in St.
Andrew's Church. ' "Te Deum, and Jubilate."--,
The Duet--;." Here shall soft Charity repair"--and
HANDEL'S" He was eyes unto the biind"--,were
sung by Messrs. ELLIOTT and MEBURNE, and. the
Choristers of Pericy and Grosvenor Chapels.. The
Sermon, which was excellent, was by the Rev.
BRISTOW. Mr. H. PIERCY conducted the Organ.
They afterwards went in procession round St. James'a
r square,' and-returned 'to Freemasons' Tavern to din=
ner; which was most excellently served up. Tile
Company did not separate till a late hour, convivi
ality prevailing in a high degree. Lord KENsirro-T
TON presided. -Lords KENYON and BULKELEY, Sir
\VATKIN WILLIAMS WI"NNE,,Mr. WILLIAMS, and
near four hundred Of the friends of the Charity, were-
present. The' Colletion amounted to upwards of,
eight hundred pounds. Messrs. INCLEDON, DIG-
NUM, C. TAYLOR, and HILL, gratified the Coin-
pany with someof their best songs. •
THE OPERA.-"A very brilliant and crowded au-
dience attended the representation of ,La Clenzenzet
di Scipione, on Saturday last, at the King's Thea-
tre. Mrs. BILLINGTON'S powers were exerted.to, the
utmost, and she received very great applause. Her-
delightful air, by GUGLIELMI, in the. second Adt,
was rapturously encored; 'rile- new Ballet of M.•
merlan and
_1,31/.6*, „splendid as it.is,.-is-principally
- indented 6)l2tEssit'ygs. for its attraetion.
THE THEATRES. —The Tragedy of Merope was re-
vived at Drury lane Theatre, on Saturday, for the'
purpose of introducing Master BETTY in the ch Iraftet,
of Dorilas, which is very Well.adapted to his age and
;powers, and which he supported.with success. Mrs.
POWELL- gave a _Strong interest to the part
Merope ; and Miss BOYCE displayed evident marks
- of improvement in ismene. The Play itself, however,
is very chill and heaVy.
At Covent Garden Theatre the Tragedy of, The
anneiter drew a crowded Audience on Saturday.
last. , LE ,seeli;:ed to be recovered... He "gave
a very affeCting portrait of the ruined, Beverley, and
was most ably supported by Mrs. SIDDONS in his
faithful and unhappy wife. COQKE displayed the
'su4tle villainy of Stakely with great effed; and
CHARLES KEMBLE as_ably represented the generous
and 'persevering friehdship of Lewson.
Mr. STEPHEN KEMBLE is at-Edinburgh, where
he is to appear, in Falstaff; Shylock, Job Thurnburry,
Sir Anthony Atsoluic, and othercharaders in which.,
his mei-iris well-known.
GIORDANIJ Musician of WellrknOWn tterit,,
lately died in Ireland, where he had resided many
years., " • .
The Son of Mr_LEWIS the ALlor, who lately
appeared at Co; ,-,nt-Garden.Theatre, is -now per-
funning, with success at York.