The Sun.
London, England, 1807-03-16 00:00:00

N AVAL NEWS.

, :THURSO, MARCH 2.—A 44-gun French Frigate
is on shor6 on the Sands : twenty-two of her crew
are'drowned-500 -rnen landed.—Measures arc: tak-
ing for going against them.

FALMOUTH, MARCH 12.—Sailed the RelqrGun-
brig*on a cruize; and the Windsor Castle Packet,
Capt. Strrrorr, with Mails fur Barbadoes And Ia•

maica.

Po RTSMOUTH, MARCH I b.—Yesterday arrived tht
Emulous Sloop, Capt. STUPART, from a Cruize.
Sailed yesterday the indefatigable Frigate, Capt.
Roo», to join the Squagron off Rochefort ; the Flora
Frigate, Capt. BLAND, for the Downs ; and the For.
ward Guntvessel, Lieutenant SHIELDS, on a Cruize.

The Argus Sloop is appointed to take the West
india'Ships at this Port to Cork, together with that
Coasters bound to the Westward and for Ireland. She 7.
is expected to sail to-morrow. '
General CUCKELL, Second- in Command at th•
Cape of Good Hope, is arrived here to take hi;
passage to the Cape, which he was prevented from
doing in the late Fleet, by the Ship London being
damaged in the Downs in the late gales.

Capt. G. J. 'HONEY is appointed to the Heron,
EDGECOMBE,

Mr. T. YOUNG, Purser of the Nemesis, is ap-
liointed to. the .Stately ; Wand Mr. GUY is appointed
•to the Nemesis. Lieut. W. C. HART is appointed
to the Nemesis.

The' Eleara Sloop,
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apt. TROLLOPS, with
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Mediterranean Convoy, remain at Spithe:ici waiting,
-for orders.

We regret to state the loss of the Prospero Bomb,
Capt. W. KING (Ist), and.of the Ignition Fire-ves.
_sel, Lieut..NOVOSIELSKI. They were both stranded
off Dieppe in the late gales: Seven men of the
Prospero were drowned ; the Officers and the re.
'minder of the crews were made prisoners.

A Court Martial is ordered to be held on the 20tiz
i.jticlit; on Capt. LEVESON GOWER, and the Officers of
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His..l.qajesty'4 late Ship ShannOn, Which was lost oft
December._ loth, 1803; off Cape La Hogue.

DEAL, MARCH 15.—Sailed the Fury Bomb, with
the Alexander, Jupiter, Robert and. Ann,- Mercator,
Dominica, London, and the Olive Brandt Trans.
-parti, and a Fleet of outward-bound Vessels, under
convoy, for Portsmoutle

Sus:limb/Egg, IVlAncs 15`.--.Saiied His D.Mpjesty'z
Ships Mercury, Capt. PELLY, and Favourite, Capt.
NAIIINE, for Portsmouth ; Melenger,Capt.BßOUGl3l.
TON, for Yarmouth; Alkmaar, Capt. DAVIE, with
stores, for Deal; end the,Sybille, London, and Ja4
piter Transports, to Portsmouth.
z The Falcon Sloop of War, Capt. SAUNP.ERS, with
th:.-i'Convo)i to the Baltic, remains.
Airived His Majesty's Gtan-brig Mariner, Lieut..
LA.ZSLIE, from Chatham.
' Sailed the Exertion Gun-brig to Deal.

TRURO, MARca 14.—C-Cll. WIIITLOCKE, With
about 3000 troops for South America, On board ten
Transports, under convoy of the. nista, Hermes
and Cormorant, passed the Lizard on N.Vednesday
last with a fair wind, which has continued ever

PLYMOUTH, MAacn,l4.—Sailed the Hibernia, of
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110 guns, Capt. OsBoRN, to join the Channel Fleet;s
Earl Sr. VINCENT shifted his Fla,,
this morning
from the Hibernia to the Rent, of 7 guns, laying.
in Cawsand Bay.'

Sailed the Donn'egal,vf 74 guns, Capt. MALcoim,
to j-)n the Channel Fleet ; the Crocodile, of 74 guns,
an a Cruize, and the Santius Arico/aus, Capt. PEII+
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DELL, for Palermo.

Arrived the ITilliam, Capt. HEMSoN, from Dub•
lin, with Provisions.

The San Joseph, of I t °guns, will come into Port
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in a few• days to ref t,-having lately proved leaky.

COl K MA it g.--The Beresford Revenue
Cruizer, Capt. JIINNISON, has captured, and brought
into Castletownsend, a remarkable fine smuggling
Cutter, called the Piztenir, pierced for 12 guns, and
(111 laden with spirits and tobaccos ;she fell.in with
her, close to Cape Clear. One of the men belonging
to the Smuggler was shot through the thigh, but is
likely to recover.

up at LLOYD'S,
sttictlit eighty
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anchors
i;:,utp tae Downs,
and several cable: had been J-. 4, I iii 1
supposed to belong to Ships wrecked in the late hur•
infAornNliontgictehe7.o7vonnerSsa
ricane on the 18th ult.; tlidt the were now in pos-
session of the Depot .• Warden of the Cinque Ports,
and.were ready to be restored .to the:OWners, on
paying the salvage. otufrdsatylip7
i ..
A Feet of ten or twelve Sail of the Litie is'equip-
: ping for the &inc. It i‘; to
.be •composed of old:
74's, to carry twenty-four pollner: in the in in-'
deck, insie,id oft;; rty-two's.--A cmall 1.a.. of .,-
ss'ls we should suppose better calculated to cope
'kvith the Flotilla' which the Frenc'n are fii-tuin, It
that sea, unless- it be apprehended that llelinark
. may be intimidated by BONAPARTE into measures at
onve hostile to her 'own interest aad to ours.
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DUBLIN, Matcli 10.

THE second battalion of the I.4th regiment has
marched into thiS City to embark for England. •
On Saturday morning, about the hour Of. three,
o'clock, a party ofrobbersattempted to break into the.
stables of the Countess of MOIRA, Island-Street. A
short time since these stables had been robbed of a con-
siderable quantity of saddles and harness, and since
that period a soldier was constantly stationed at night
to guard against a repetition .of such depredations.
The soldier, on discovering the robbers by their con-
versation, waited until he' perceived the place, they
meant to force and enter at ; and while one Of the
fellows was_ in the aet of breaking a door with an
iron crow, the soldier fired through the door, and
Mortally wounded the robber, who immediately ex-
pired: the body lay the whole of Saturday in the
street. • The deceased appeared to- be about seventy
years of age. The remaining villains escaped for the,
present,

On Sunday a Dragoon, in a state of intoxication,
rode over a woman in North King-street, and irn
rnediately after, rode against a GentlernanN servant,
in the Green, who; we are concerned to state, was,.
killed on the spot.

Died, at her house in Rutland-square, on Satur-
day, the 7th in3t. in her 70th Year, ALICE, Coun-
tess of WICKLOW, .reliti of the' late Lord Viscount
WICKLOW. She is succeeded :in her title by her
eldest son, the Viscount, now Earl of WicKLow.
Her very extensive property devolves upon her se-
cond son, the Right Hon. Wm. FORWARD.

' Between the hours of seven and eight o'clock on
Wonclay evening Wm. Molloy and Andrew Brenan
effedecl their escape from the gaol of Wexford, by
sawing a thick iron bar in the window of their cell,
adjoining the gaol-yard, one corner of which they
found means to climb. Two other Prisoners re-.
mained in the cell, the aperture being too small to
admit ot their escape.

The body of Mr. CHARLES HARRISoN, of Lime..
hardware merchant, who perished lately at
Conway Ferry, was found the 26th of last month.
Cash and notes to the amount of 78 guineas, his
watch, Six. were found in his pocket, which are
tectared for his friends.

Yesterday morning a fire broke out in a large
'warehouse in ; in a few minutes the whole
\vas a heap of ashes . it was occupied by a carpenter,
'lnd was nearly full of shavings.

THE Oibrii.—:The serious Opera of II Ritorno di
Serse, supported by CATALAN, had, as usual, a very
crowded audience on Saturday last at the King's
Theatre.: Her powers were exerted in full strength,
and her efforts were requited with abundant 'ap-
plause: Her a&ing also was much admired.' The
boxes were filled with. Fashion and Beauty. Tll
Baliet of La. Dansontanie affords so much scope for
the Performers, pAiticularly DESIIAYESi that it is
not less.attendcd than it was last season.

The new Comedy of num and Country is not, it
seems, to he published for some "time, as the Pro-
prietors of Covetit Garden Theatre have putchased
the copy-right-at a very lihaal price in order to avail
themselves fully of its popularity.
The new Musical Farce of The Young Hus:sar,
'With some curtailments, was represented again on
Saturday at Drury-Lane Theatre, and very well re-
ceived. ELLISTON deserves credit, considering his
rank in his profession, for his zeal in support of the
Piece; and Mrs. BLAND appears to more advantage
as an Actress in it than she ever did before. Mrs.
MoutstrAlN's vocal and theatrical powers are also a
great prop to the Piece. The Music is very credit-
able to the taste and fancy of KELLY.
MINDEN, the Aaor, was so ill last week, that
bis Medical Friends apprehended the most serious
consequences. He is, however, much better, and
will soon be able to resume his professional duties.
Mr. GIFIPARD, the son of the Manager of Good-
Tan's Fields Theatre at the time when GARRICK
nrst made his appearance before a London audience,
di'ed a few days ago at Cockermouth, in Cumher=
land. Since the death
.of MACKLIN this Gentleman
was the Father of the English Stage, and that ho-
nour now devolves to the venerable HULL. Mr.
GIPFARD, whose death we now notice, was a Per-
former on the London Stage for about twenty
years, but whate.ver his merits might have been,
they never raised him into a high degree of thea-
trical distillation.
The frail spouse of a Kentish Squire eloped on
Thursday se'imight from her residence, not a hun-
dred miles from Seven Oaks; and she has been traced
to the possession of Capt. well known in
the annals of gallantry. The Captain; as usual, was
the intimate acquaintance of the injured husband;.
and, in autumn last, spent a month in his house.
The wife has returned to her husband.

Monday evening last about eight o'clock a most
alarming fire broke out in the work -shops of Mr.
William Salter, Coach-maker, nearly opposite the
Free Grammar-School, in the High-street Exeter,
hwhich raged with unabated fury for some time...—
e hops being wholly built of wdod, and the ma-
therein. of an inflammable nature, such as
oil, paint, varnish, and quantities of dry wood, pre-
pared in various ways for the wheels and bodies of
coaches, &c. the blaze, which soon burst forth, ap-
peared so terrific' as to endanger all the houses in the
vicinity, and, indeed, nothing but the wonderful.
exertions of the populace, aided by the militaty guar-
Zed in this city
.and the barrackS, prevented all
the range of buildings, from Castle-street to the'
Bristol in
the whole , from being destroyed, and of involving
flagrati. of
that neighbourhood in one grand con-
drums beat s soon as the alarm was giver:, the,
arms 3 assistance flew from all quarters
six fire engines were speedily drawn to the spot,
where, being were
supplied with water, and aided
by the fearless and undaunted resolution of the po-
pulace, it was
without itsin about three !hours, .got under,
Naving extended beyond jr.A Salter's
workshops.

A countryman coming intoi Lottery Office, ex-
el aimed"-" Measter, I want to try my fortune."—
" In what scheme?',
askvd the clerk.—" Why, in
the ready money scheme to be sure."—Tht was not
so great a coulury bualkin as sorue ml) icl,agiu6. •

110111 E CII?CUIT.

CLIiLDISF ORD, THURSDAY, MARCH 12.
CROWN stpu.

Thomas 13utler, William Ward, Daniel famek,
.and baniel Baraitt, four countrymen; were indite
for the wilful murder of Alexander ,IVacdonald,
private suldier in the 79th regiment of foot, on the
15th of July last.
John Osborne and Henry Daniels; two lads, stated;
that they were at Claxton Fair on the 15th of July
last, 'and were at the Blacksmiths', Arms, where
there *di a company of country-peOple dancing un-
til very early the next morning. They S 3 w,the B°l7
diers coite in; Who insisted that they would have
the room to themselves and their *omen, and that
the cotintrvfOlks should not dance there. The
countrythen' then went into another, room, and in-
sisted that the soldiers should not conic among theni,
Some of the 'soldiers intruding, ilie-y were shoved out
by the countrymen. The soldiers beitig shut put;
'they drew their baYonets. The .countrymen armed
themselves with sticks. A scuffle ensued, and the
soldiers being worsted, they ran to their barrack it
Wheley, and were followed 'by the countrymen,
armed with sticks; but neither of these witiielseS
s-kw the deceased until after he was dead, and could
not tell who knocked him down.

The principal witoeSs vas
..Samuel Bird. HeStated, that the soldiers began the quarrel, and
threw a bayonet at the countrymen before they had
struck a blow. The countrymen, then armed with
sticks, drove the soldiers down stairs, .and pursued
them towards Wheley. Bird was among the party,
and he threw his fagot stick, which hit the deceased,
and made him fall. Baram immediately came up
and gave him another blow. Ward immediately
jumped upon his body.
Mary Bacon, a young girl, stated, that she alto
went to Claxton Fair, and that she saw Biitler with
the mob who followed the soldiers; she saw the
dead soldier and when she came back to the pub-
lic-house, Butler said, he feared he had killed the
Scotch man.

Several other witnesses were called who contra-
dieted the faa'that Butler was among the mob who
followed the soldiers, and stated that he was seen
standing all the time at the door of the Blacksmith's
Arms.

A man of the name of Powell also added, that he
was sure the last witness, Mary Bacon, was not
near the dead body, for she was not out of his com-
pany, and she was of a very loose charader ; in
which he was confirmed by others.
The LORD CHIEF BARON summed up the evi-
dence with great distinctness and particularity, and de-
sired the Jury particularly to consider who were the
aggressors, and cautioned them not to rely on the
evidence of the accomplice, when It was not con-
firmed ; at the same time observing it was uncolp.
firmed, except by Mary Bacon, who appeared to be
of bad chara&er, in what she had stated of Bailer
and &ram.

The Jury, after a short hesitation, acquitted all
the prisoners.
Peter Soderbey was iudiaed for the murder of Ja-'
cob Sanstrom, on board the ship Memphis, on the
13;h of February last.
By the evidence of the Captain it appeared, that
the prisoner and the deceased had been quarrelling
the whole of the day of the accident, and when they
were both alone in the forecastle, the Captain heard
a loud cry as if from one in pain. He went down
below, and saw the deceased sitting on a chest, with
a wound in his right breast, and the blood running
from it. The deceased said, see what the carpenter
has done; he has stabbed are. On the 14th of the
month he died atTilbury.—Verdia—GuikyV Man-
slaughter.

Jan Mucket was indicted for the murder of his
wife, on the 27th of SepteMber last, at Colchester.
Thomas king and his wife, the witnesses against
the Prisoner, stated, that he was a soldier in the
4th regiment, quartered at Colchester. The Pri-
soner and his wife, and the witnesses, were lodged
in the same room. About five o'clock on the day
stated in the indiCment, the Prisoner came home,
and said he would have sonic dinner ; his wife said
she would put the. kettle on and get him' some
tea—he replied that he would not have tea al-
wayS, he would have some bacon. His wife ac-
cordingly got him some bacon, and laid it on a stool
near the bed where he was lying. He then grumbled
because he hOd no potatoes. She immediately set her-
self about preparing some. He damned her for net
making more haste. She replied, she could not
handle the dirty kettle , and iron the Officer's linen
at the same time. He said he would have no half
words,Ondgrumbling at him, and immediately knock-
ed her off the stool ;. she gave him a blow in return,
do the chin, with the nozzle of 'the bellows, upon
which he kicked her and threw her across the room.
The witness then interfered, and said he should not
beat her any more. He said he wduld, " she was
his own wife, and he would do as he pleased with
her, and he would kill her as soon as' not."—
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He again gave her several-violent blows on the head
poor woman attempted to walk across the.
room, but wok very lame, and obliged to lay down
on another soldier's bed; Her husband made her
come from thence and lay on their own bed. She
was very Sick in the evening, and he appeared sorry
for his conduct. The deceased was put to bed; and
nothing more occurred until the witness heard the
prisoner calling in the night " Betty'. Betty !" and
said his wife was only ill. ' The other woman got
up, and found het quite dead. The prisoner then,
in-a state'of remorse, went down on his knees,'ek-
claiming he was a wretched man, for he had mur-
dered her !

The LORD CHIEF BARON told the JUry, that it
was a clear Case of Murder, and the Jury having
found him guilty, he 'was
.sentenced to be hanged
on Saturday morning.
Eight other Prisoners were capitmly convicted,
and about six o'clock the Assizes fint;aed.

Two veterans, W. Thompson, aged 86, and T.
Mairs, aged 80, were discharged last week from the
9th Royal Veteran Battalion. Thonipson had been
in the army 64 years and t i months. He was 24
years in the 32d Foot, 8 years in the 4th Foot, and
30 years in the Invalids; the remainder of the time
he has been an Out-pensioner of Chelsea College,
and in the Battalion above.:mentioned. Mairs was
in the service 49 years. The former fs entitled to
es. 9d. per day,, and the latter to 26. 3d.

S UN- 0 I, I,IOE,
:CALF FAST TWO O'CLOCK, 'r. m.

W 4 bpve just received the tbllowing intei4epce
by the Gotten burgh Mail, which arrived this rhorn.-
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GCTTEN-BURpli, MARCH B.—The French have
invested Stralsund.

0.--Letters received from Btt:'.lsund yes-
terday state,, that the Garrison is not under the least
apprehension of aiiy sudden attack from the Fiend),
.14. it rather prepared to ,L,l upOUthe offensive.

...Some French dun-boatS, Which were lyini,t at
Earth,
have been taken by the Boats of the Garri.
and 1 .8' Frenchmen and 4. Officers made