The Sun.
London, England, 1807-05-26 00:00:00

CAPTURES ,NIADE BY THE ENEMY',S PRIVATEERS.

. On the 14th ofMarch, in lat. 24. the French Pri-
va'teer Ship Alert, .Capt. MoanALT (late the Ostrey,
of Liverpool. Guineaman), of 22 eight-pounders,
and 150 men, captured the Ship•. Highlander (here.;
to/ore mentioned), from Demerara, bound to .Li-•
verpopl,,and sent her to Guadaloupe, at which place
she arrived'on the 30th. .The Ships Cup and Ajax
were in etirripatii ‘;ith.the :Highlander, and on the
16th .were .captured- by the Alert, and on the 27th
`Were seen .steering for. Guadaloupe, the French Pri-,
vateer in company. The 'Alert proceeded to sea
ithinedintely on seeing her prize safe 'at ahehor
and,. -it-WitS-Confidently stated. that she. soon after
vaptuted taco other Ships, Letters of Marque, sup-
Posed to be tbe Maxwell and Jason, of Livetpool,
Which` she nlso 'car! ied into GuadalOupe.

Onghe ist of April, the Austerlitz Privateer tap-
tared a Schooner Arm-71 Halifax (name unknown),
With fish, .and sent her for Guadaloupe.
The Ships Duke,
..Mariner,. Marina, Afgo,.
Che-
nniie, ..rid Sillon. Cook, which sailed from Plymouth.
on the- sth'-of -March, missed the Thames ConVoy.
The Sinion, Cook; ,iirgo, and Marina,. parted .cOrn,.-
Noy. with other, three on the 26th at March,
for their Liestination, The : otherthree arrived at
fly With the ileasta's COnvOy.
On the 6th-of April 'his Majesty's- Ship Curieux•
ArriVed at Barbacioes from Falmouth, having missed
thel:knmes's Convoy, with the Ships Itani bier and•
Ifawke. Two Ships, the Nancy and another, parted
an the 6th for 'Surinam, under prote.aion-of his Ma-.
Jesty's -Ship Osprey, which they fell in -with about
1.',00 miles to winds.vard.ofßarbadoes. •
On the 7th Of April his Majesty's Schooner
.'Eclair sailed from Barbadoes tor 'Tobago 'and'
:Trinidad, with the trade whielisarrived with his.M.a-
lesty's Ship-Acasta. "Same day his Majesty's Ship
liatuke• sailed from Barbadoes with the trade for
Antigua, St. Kitt's, &c. which arrived also under.
'Convoy of the Acosta.
Sanie day ailed his Majesty's Ship Wasp from.
tiobadoes, with the Drake, for Dominica.

On the ti th _the Curieux Brig sailed. from Bar,
iPadoes, with the trade for St. Vincent's and Gre-
bada. •
On the loth ttlr. his Majesty's Squadron arrived
at Barbadoes from off Martinique, consisting of the
Rilleisle, Canada, Eihalion, Rantillies,iVortfmnter:
lend, Prince George, &Atte, and L' eclair.
'rile French Privateer Brig General ErnoV, of 14
guns, and go men, was seen to capture. an English
Brig to Windward of Barbadpes, by his Majesty's
Ship Subt/e, which attempted to recapture, but
Was prevented, being obliged to defend herself:
gainst a Ship of superior force. The Brig -captured
13 supposed to be one of those which parted convoy
ba the nth of March. On the sth of April, 24
bound to Surinam, Berbice, and Demerara,
Parted by permission, withotit, convoy, for their des-
lations, Accounts received from Barbadoes, on
e 2
s t of 4 April, from Surinam,, state, that 12
.Sail
of them had arrived there safe: -On. the' 186 of
April., the Ship Mali arrived with his Majesty's
Ship Thanks; tdr Trinidad arid Tobago,. sailed .for
rhenCe udder convoy of his Majesty's Ship Jason.
On the ll'th of April, the Ships of the Thames
tonvay; bound to DOMinique, Antigua; St. Kitt's,
ke. sailed 'under convoy of his Majesty's Ship Lilly.
On the of April, his Majesty's Ship !Ramer
sailed for 'Jamaica, (the ..*aster convoy with her;)
Vincent'6;and Grenada, to be drolit in tier Ni,-ay.
ticimEwA.RD-Bout TR)sOg'.
.
• On .ths.l Ith of Akil,,his Mlijesiy's Ship 111i1i tile,
amktirig sailcdfrom Demerara, with the trade
af that phic'e;: Sui=inain, and Berbiee; consisting: of
43 for Grena . the 17th 'of April, leis
kajesty',..Ship .wiled from Bt.. VinceriCs,
Niiith-tD.Sait, hound, to Grenada;-.to join the Gre-
nad4 ind-Den:ierayairadc, and to proceed to Tor-
tola. On..the ],6th dot, .April, Majesty's Ship
-IVii,:?rod,i sailed ;#,0n4,,..1;ai-bacloeS; , for, Si. Lucia, Do
Ininica4 St. -Kit,t,:s, and.Tertola, with nine Sail. His
Majzsty:s,Ships Venus and Osprey .convoy the Fleet.

'PNEMT'S PRIVATE•EitB CRUIZING.

' BARBADUES; -Ann, L'Ectair, of
14 guns.and go men, to windward - of BarbadOeS ;
Schooner Jeune Addle, of 18-guns and 130 then, in
lat. 14. long. 56.; a Schooner, supposed the •Desiree,
1)f to gting, 300 miles to windward of Barbadoes.:
three Masted French Privateer lugger, of 1 gun.and
40 men; cfnizing in sight Of Barbadoes; and fre-
glueraly sightOf the shipping at anchor in Carlisle
131 Y. The , Schooner Suble, tender to Admiral
COCRRANE, sailed in quest of her on the 21st April.
ENEMIES' PRIVATEERS FITTING :
AT MARTINICO.---Tile Schooner Becure; of 3
tans, and Go men, to sail on the esth of April; ,to
cruize to windward/Of Barbadoes.
GUADALOUFE.—The Ship 4/ere; .NLJNIPREAU,
of 22 eight-pounders,. and, intended to saki on the
26th April, with 230 MCP, to cruize in consort with
the Prench.Privateer Brig Dnquesn, (rate iris Ma-
Jesty's Brig NO/ey) supposed to dodge. the home.:
10*i-bow-Id „trade, The Schooner Fripon, of 5
guns ; the SehOoiler his Majesty's Brig.'
?f. War Tobago); and Schooner (late his Ma-
Jesty's Brig of War. St. Lucia) intended to sail frau)
,Aladaloupe on the.3oth of .April, to windward of
iathadoes; and off Surinam.
.I:he Schooner Jena, ofl6 guns; intelided to sail
t..116'.2,tith of April, to Crnize off Hayti.,

, .
A letter-was received in town yesterday, which
lintouneed an event that excited great surprise on the
"4140: Y4NCll43gei, namely, that au „American Ship,
which.sailed from one of pur
Vts a few:weeks ago,had been captured by a Freoh
cTivifterabont twelve days after leaving. the latt4,
anal was sent into .a
French port for condetunatio9.
it he American Captain, it is added, answered the in-
tyrrs.tiatories or 'the Privateer fairly:; but the Veslel
ney.ertheles_ enp t r-
eeTeip.-!eLing neutrals. This, is_ the' first.operation
W it, a. br as we know.. If, however; the .Decree is
Ticx‘v to be 4tted Upon, the. French will make MD e-
pres, as the Americans. have long been 1010
:No an imaginary security, as far .as rulates to that

MIDDLESEX EtECTIOY,

SEVENTH DAt.

Yesterday mottling', in consequenc," of tilt •filliy
made by the friends of Sir CHRISTOPHER 'BiYtiEs
for prosecuting his Election,_ the Poll was resumed ;
kind on the ,close, at four o'clock, the naniberi
stood thus :
For WttLl AM MEtLISH; Esq, 250
C;EoRGF. Extic, Esq. - 3iBo
Sir CHRISTOPHER BAYNES, Bt. I 22;:,

It was rumoured thKoughout the day; that not-
withstanding this 'resumption on the part if , Sir,
CHRISTOPHER, the Sheriffs would, in pursuance of
-
their advertisement, finally close the , Poll at one
o'clock this day, and declare the retuins.
In consequence, however, of a meeting of the•
friends of Sir CHRISTOPHER BAYNES, held at the
Freemasons' Tavern, at three o'clock, to concert
measures for carrying on his Eleaion, with spirit, .a
Requisition, .signed by several Freeholders, was
brought down by express, and presented to the She-.
riffs, demanding'that the Poll, on the part of .Sir
•CHRISTOPHER, should remain open until the 15th
day. This Requisition was the.S-übjed of close de-
liberation between .the Sheriffs; their AssesSor, and
the Counsel for the other Candidates', for above an
hour and a half after the Poll had. closed. At length.
the Sherif&came forward on the platform ; and Air.
Sayer, one of the Under Sheriffs, read the Re-.
quisition,, with the names of the Freeholders sub-
.scribed--when the Public Crier proclaimed an :ad-
journment of the Court until nine next morning,
the Poll then to be resumed and,: continued till far-
tiler notice."

Mr. BYNG then came forward, and begged leave
to state- what had happened at the close. of the Poll.
'on Saturday last. Sir Christopher Baynes, had, On
that occasion, declared -to the Electors then as-
sembled,..that he: found the sense of the eunnty so
"far against liirin as to induce him to decline the con- ,
test. Notwithstanding which declaration, the friends
of Sir Christopher had thiS day thought fit again to,
-place his name on the pollz!baoks,,and to anuouhce
their intention of prosecuting the Eledion on his
account.. Upon such a conduit he would . make no.
comment. It was for the Eledors to form their
own opinions—Upon it, and a&' accordingly., Sir •
Christopher Baynes, on the' Same occasion, had.'
thought fit to pay him a compliment at the expense '
of Mr. Mellish ; but he begged, leave to decline
all Compliments at the • expellee of Mr. 'Mellish, .
or. any other Gentleman. Mr. Mellish': had can- •
vassed the County in his own interest.. 'He : had
. set out with declaring that he stood uncotined-
ed • with ' any 'other Candidate : he avowed they
right of holding an opinion 'of his own ; and
though Mr. Mellish and himself might differ in po--;
litical sentiments, he must candidly declare, that if
~that Gentleman should be ultimately returned to
Pailiathent,, his return' would he by the free and un- 4
biassed sense of the of Middlesex. In'
the course. of his canvass he found that Mr. Mellish
had not said one word to bias the ppiniOn of any mad
one way or the other with respeEt' to his competitors..
Mr. Byng next entreated the further exertions of his
friends against the stratagems of Ministerial influ-
ence that were exerted against him. He prOfess6.l
the purity and independence of his political princi-
pies, and declared that his conclud in Parliament
should ever continue what it had always been ; and.
that it should always be-his ambition to deserve the •
support of the people, and to be considered their ser-
vant, and not the servant of any Minister. •
Mr. MELLISI-1 observed, that he felt himself call:
ed on -to reply to some insinuations urged against
him on Saturday last, by Sir Christopher Baynes ;
but as the Baronet was not nom, present, it. would
ill become hire to go at large into any strßtures
upon the snbjed of those imputations : 'at the same
tithe,. however, he must say' a few words on the
general -ground of what passed on that occasion. He
had set out on the very commencement of this Elec-
tion', with declaring himself totally uuconneaed
with any other Candidate : that he stood entirely ••
upon his own ground ; and:that he would not coa-
lesce with one party or the other. Upon these
grounds he had stri&ly aded, and, farther than this,
he had never in the whole course of his canvass
tered one word to injure'the reputation or depreci:
ate the claims of any other Gentleman ; and,. he
would now. appeal to hundreds of those who heard
him, and had witnessed his 'ConduCt through the
whole of his-canvasi, whether they had ever heard
one word escape his lips unbecoming a Gentleman
towards the chara&ers or the interests of either of
the Other-Candidates ? As a Candidate for the Sul-
frageS of the free: Ele&ors of Middlesex, he would
refer to his past public conduct, as the best proof of.
his principles.. if they approved 'that conduct, and
*`thoseprinciPles; he was sure they would support
him. Once more he begged to express his sincere
thanks for the honour of their support, and to in-
treat that they would not relax in their exertions,
should .the Poll not finally clOse to-morrow ; a mat-
ter of which 'he was at that moment totally un-
informed. • •

No person came forward on the part of Sir Chris-
topher Baynes, rior did the Barohet appear on the
nu;thig's thrdughout the day:

THE UPRIGHT CANDIDATE.

I;ray" WhQis SirCaa sroPlli R BAYNYS ?"—Let us thCl+—•
A Man who was altirays to FaEtion a foe,; • • •
A Man who in Politics ne'er was a trimmer,
Ever ready to toast ourgood'Kirig in a brimtiteri' ••
A' gait of whom 'traitors were always 'in awe,' - •
Who hiS Country has scried -with the sword and the 11w—
Of known indeperidenee, ititegrity, b;unty,
Ati'd an honour to Britain as well as.his County,

'Yesterday, about 12 o'clockj the remains of
late Thshop of SALtsßoitv was renloved from liis
house-in Windsor Ocistle Yard, to the 'West dpoi--Of
the Cathedral, where they were received by all the
Gentlemen belonging to 'the Church. The Ge-iitle-
men of the Chair sung
,a Funeral Anthem sp the
middle aisle, into St. George's Chapel.- . r.tliefotieral
service was performed by the Rev. Dr. CnANIIIGNY;

The Service, arid all the Musk., •was the same as
performed at Lord NELSOruneral.
The Duke of SussEx attend:ed the furieral, and
sat in his stall duriug•the service.
Tfle'BIS1101):Qf BIVISTQL is translated to ilk So.:
txeLci.