The Sun.
London, England, 1801-04-06 00:00:00

PLYMOUTH, APAIL-4.

SAILED the R'ynl George, of zoo guns, Capt.
9.ru'Ar, to join the Channel Fleet, and
Sylph S;nop of War, on a Crui7e ; also the Ship
lobar; of and fur Liverpool, from Jamaica, re-taken
sothe",time since by the Leda Frigate.
Arrived His Majesty's Ship .Eurydice, from. Li.
verpool ; and the Ship Phan:, of and from Bre_
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men, bound to Charlestown, to procure provisions,
water, &c.

Arrived the Brilliant, of zg guns, Capt. P.
WODEHOUSE, from a Cruize.

fORT'SMOUTII? APkTL S.

SAIL to His Majesty hl Ships Caster; Porca,;fte,
Castel and Plover, with about zoo Sail Of outWar,i-
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bound West India Ships, with a fine breeze at North
bY. Fast,. • *:- •

His Majesty's Ship Vamplard is gone out of the
Harbour to Spithead.
Sailed, the Aamaar for the .North Sea.
The Aurora, Capt. CAULFIE LD, and the 4,7ki.;
Captain MITE as, which sailed from hence on
Tuesday last;and arrived this day from . off Havre- ,
bring an account of two large French Frigates hav:
ing escaped from thatport oh Tuesday night last, and
that thejason, Licut LosAcK, siding Cominander,
and the Lapwing, Capt. ROTH BRAM, were left in
chase of them, with every probability of their over-
taking them. The above was communicated to
them by some Fishing-boats, as the Frigates sailed
the night•before the Aurora and Adiait arrived off
the Port.

DOPER, Anti!, S.

SAILED the Nancy, of Dover, Captain LAITI-
Oit f 9 Calais, with a Messenger,

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WALLAcE, with corn, for Penzance ; re.taken by
Hi;Nl:ejesty's Brig EageN;e.

SIIF.ERNESS, APRIL 5.

A Court-Martial was held yesterday on board
the .1644, in sheerness Harbour, to try Mr. Thomas
. Boatswain of the.Prbecc Edward Receiving
,'Ship,-at Chatham, for striking the Centinel when
fln duty, and for mutinous behaviour to Lieuten-
ant GRACES, Commanding. Officer ef,- the Lin
(which Ship's Crew was then on boardine.-Prifter
when the Charges -being: probed, in
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the Court rendered him incapable Oreveragain
serving as an Officer in His NliijestY's Navyi and
`• twserve before the mast, 'in such of His Majesty's
Ship as-the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
stall dirca. •

Anived His Majesty's Armetl4 Ship the Ninons,
from Varmourk ; ,tutunrn Sloop, and DepOr4,Ten..
der, from the River Thames. •
The repe:.? Gun--lirig is gone out-of Harbotz to
the Lithe Nure.

• DEAL; A.1'.1: I L "

Hts • Majesty's &icy Griymet salted 'yesterday
ev;ening.orta Cruizc to the westward: 7
His ,M;ij es ty 's Sloop Enge,rtie sailed this moiniag
for Portsmouth, with several Merchant- Shipitiuder
her convoy.'

In the novin►, tile'averyis47f, Aum.Lutwibtt.

WeJllesday a Court Martial was: held o boa-4
His Majesty's Ship 'Gladiator, -in •Portsmouth'ilai—
bour, for.the trial of-Captain Dv :WAN,
and Ship'-.Company, tar the loss of the Scii4i,StoOp,,
on the Shingles, in leer passage through the Needles.
. After bearing the, narrative of Captain Du•irtAN,
the Court was of opinion, that the loss of. the:said
Sloop was occasioned by her being • drifted the
Shingles by. the rapidity of afierAe.wit
tacked,, acid before she got headway througfi the
water, the Ship haring put in stays, •by• thelltotis
diretlion, whilst the proper mark (being ilihlight or
Hurst Castle), was in si4ht, end that no Whit-wry
imputable to the said Captain FIENRIVIDuricArt,
his Officers, the Pilot, or Ship's Companyiforihei:
condutri upon that occasion. . • .

Same day, Andrew Al-Theriot, a seaman belong.
ing to the Hind, was tried for desertion. He.being
found guilty, was sentenced to receive three tkizew
lashes on board the said ship.

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In consequence of the mob having assembled at
Taunton, and insisted on the redudion of the
lerent articles of Provision, viz. Butter to be sold,:
at 8.1. per lb. and the Quartern..loaf at lod,
wee re
concerned to' state,.- that. the farmers omitted, to
bring Corn .market ; the effed of 'which
occasioned a' very ierioufi alarm to the inhabitants
•:
and an absolUte 'deency of bread- Was
.expe..., rienced. ifeilliesday two of the principal
moters, were brought in there by the Dragoons,:
and werton Friday tried, conviEted, and received'
sentence of death, without the least prospect of
mercy. This melancholy circumstance, we trust,
will be the means a restoring peace and tranquil..
lity.

The Norrisian prize is this year adjudged to the
Rev. THOMAS TituNtAsoN, A. late Fellow.of
Queen's College, for his essay on the following sub-
jeti The difittrtee cf o)sinion among Christians 4f..
firl.r no argument quint Christiattiy.
The subje& 1111
of the Poem for r. SE ATOWS Prize
for the, present year, is, Sr. Peter's Dettid of Christ,
•
The prize for the present year' will be twenty.,
eight pounds, and for every 'succeeding- year, forty,
The subjeas fdr the prizes given, by
sentatives in Parliament for the Universi the Repre,
ty, for Elli%
year,. are

Ex
coaieseentiFtz
BthrietanSenoretiluntiCtxhernloixrsimperi'
is,t:teliiar
potissimuni boni, sit superaddendust r ...
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For the Middle Batchelors, ' '
Qtie. sunt,Cait*"eur j:!rn per Plura Smeitla, Selentiv et ii_
mimes Ants, nun nisi in Chri-stianis Populis tiornerint ?
It it reported that the India Company, by
Klaoote
taav d
xvjerlaanh,-, dispatch,in.atrenvrtierc;geivteod
jaotiinviethe h_tßlitiiiitliolef
JeYpboree, with A numerous body of -troops, and
several . camels laden-with Military Stores, &c. had
been intercepted by the Mahratras, under the 'com-
mand ,of Lucka Ballot), and defeated with great -
slaughter, and the loss of all their Stores and Trea.'
sure.

GOWEADUNT SING, a Seik Chieftain, of great
enterprize, who rendered himself distinguished in
theßohllla War, has colleded an Army, and enter:.
gauss,
the Rravince of Poodana, belonging to the
•rattas, 'which he- has plundered, and laid the adja,
cent Country under contributions. The IVlahrattas
are reported to have solicited the `assistance of the
'English to expel the marauders.
'On Thursday last a melancholy' circumstance hap.
pered at Gosport :—As the First Contpany of Gos-
port' Fusileers, commanded by Captain Tnobto
,WHITCOSIB, were Marching from the town to their
parade, Mr. STUAkT, one of the privates, was Seitic4 •
with an appoledic fit, and,' after reeling a few paces, • •
fell against the railing, near Weevil, and instantly ..
expired. • He was immediately conveyed to. the Bar.
racks opposite, and every assistance rendered. him,
but without effeft.
. On Monday night last, as the horse-keeper of
the Telegraph Coach was hurting the horses to, 'at
the door of the Duke's Hcad, in Springfiekl:lanei
Chelmsford, the horses started whilst he was in the
aft of buckling the leaders' reins, and on his'-en..
deav*ouring to.stop them, they crushed him against
the knee of the brage, nearly adjoining, broke his
thigh and .arm, turned the .coach over upon the
bridge, and very much bruised an outside passenger ;
fortunately time within escaped with slight concu.
sons,

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PLESPNTPD TO THE -"HOUSE CF COMMtniS BY LORD

HAWKESBURY, R.ESI;ECTING EGYF r.

(1417MBE11.1)

SECRET ORDER TO VICE,ADMIXA,L LORD KEITH,

DATED DEC. 15, 1799.

By the Commissioners for executing the 0 fß:.'e of Lord
-f4 igh Admir.►t of Great Britain and Iriland, &e.

• WHfiILEAS
.the Right Hon. Lord GRENVILLE,
one of His Majesty's PrinCipal Secretaries Of State,
has acepuiin'tW us, by his Letter of this day''s date,
aDispatch has been received from Lord Et.;
His Majesty's Ambassador at Constantindple,
_etatibg that the Commander of the French Army in
'Egypt had made Propos'afs'to the Turk4h Gcrvern-
!Tient, offering to evacuate that Country, upon con-.
dition of being suffered to return unmolested to
France ; that the Turkish Government appeared -
disposed to acquiesce in this offer, and that applica-
tion had been made to his Lordshp, requesting hint.
_to grant, Passports forthispitepose : And whereas,
.in consequence of this infortna‘tion„ .Lord,*.GON.
.v" ILL E has signified to us His Majesty's Cornny.uids,'l
that Instrtiainns*ould be given to the Co' mrMinder
inChief df f lis Nittjesiri Fleet-in the:Medi terrane4n,
enjoining him Mt. to. consent,: on, any :accoqbt,}l to
the
,return of the, French Army. to France, oat to
their capitulating,ip4my, ?titer manner, than. jaigtly..
to the Allied Powers, whose Forces are employed_
against them, ot,ipon, any.otlte,r terms than, that of
gtv ing • ! snsrencluipg as ,VAi/ionerS';
of War to Ac Allied PO:co so emplbycd.; yur
:Lotadship herebyte,:wiied and 'dire6ied,. in pin,:
suptice of His ;Majesty's-Commands
fied, to govern yourself accordingly,...and 0n4)9
count to consent to the return of theAi'lench
In .Egypt to France, or to their -capitulating, ex-
cepting on the conditions above specified. ;'
. lii case:orthe Surrenders ofthe Army On those:
',terms, your. Lordship is On noHaccotint to adMit ;of
• the return to France of the Officers,- Or finy.;pait::of
' the Army, "on an engagetnem- not. to seri,e'imiit dx-
. changed ; *the fallacy of All tun engi&einerits; a d
the bad faith with which:.theyfiav'e-' been abseil
by the Enemy, ha.ving:bcen.provecl.by repeaTd ip-
stances,, particularly-in the .ease-=of the Seamen t'alttn
, in the
.liattleof the Niles---aftetOttids Landed
gypt,!; but in arty such. Capitulation, to- take caye-
.thlt ia stiptlation he madefor the a6unl detention of
i*loilice..rsi and .Men,. as Prisoners of War, in some
illc:..,territories, of the. Allied Powers, until.
they:Thane exchanged ; that the Vessels of 'every
description, belonging to the Eheiny, in the Port Of.
-Alexandrin, shall also-be surrendered, and be di-
vided a:nongst the Allies, in proportion to the Na-
Fore which each of them 'may have employed
.4t. 'that time' in the block do of Alexandria, or in
;My other Operations against,,the Enemy.— -
If . it should so
happen, that His Majesty ,Am..
loassador at" Constantinople- shoultr, have granted
'lass otis,..hefore His, Majesty's pleasure in this, re..
aped cart 11;, been signilied ;to kin, }'our Let::..
iShip is• in such case to dire.l the Commanders;
31 ijesty'-s shi; of Wzii under your orders,. vvlit)
luny fall in with any oisher Vesielshaving.on*zad
any of the Enemy's Troops, and being furnished with
inictifaSsports; to .ckciatcto the Commanding Of
of'suelt. Tropp'::.:shit the said P,aisports, are of
rio validity, 'not being giver) as, the. Lows of Witt
ky.przons having any, authority . foe-that
purpofie but that in this ease they should nott.ex,i
excise any other 4et of Hostility against .such Strips
-.or th.Tropstiterein embarked, than wl4t.roati=bei
inee6sary in order -to compel the Vessel to return;
with the Troops to Alexandria,
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Your Lordship..- tOscominunicate these de tertiii-;
rations by a Flag of Truce, with as-,little delaY:4si
possible, ro the F'repcii Army in Egypf; ukitss,-
you, or the Officei: employed ,13.y.y0a for Oaf' oft.'
vow, shall have certain information that the Whole;
Negotiation' has been broken off), and that thete-ls
no longer any question of such separate and, .611.,
authorized Capitulation.

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