The Sun.
London, England, 1802-02-24 00:00:00

_VIENNA,yzk, 3.

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EVERY thing, at Belgrade remAins as it was ; it is
et2in, however, that an attack will soon be ntade
tlPon that Fortress, as the number of the Turkish
Forces
tv „is daily increasing. It is reported, from
.}, quarter, that PAM AN OGLou maintains a
',.°'--)(1 understanding with the rebellious Janissaries.

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nighttiu: Ei::et..---BANT I made her appearance lait
w serious Opera] callediMitridaie,
'the musid by NA§soL i N,, W
pal, ' becomes more in-
. !cresting from the circumstance of that celebrated
tornpOser having died last year
.at the early ae o
three and thirty; after having called the
attentiOg n
f
Of the musical world to his extraordinary e
ling at that early period of life the
rst-comznitposh,er
Of his Country: We think we discovered in one of
ttAtri's songs some trace of GiIaLIELMIi whose
music is i. pecul;crly suited to the pathos of that
. : singer,., and, as it deservbd, was produaive of the
highest effea. It is difficult to seleci, -where the
composition throughout is, excellent i the Trio with
OVE DI 1,1 ci and Viamcdru, and the buet with
. the latter, seemed to meet with general applause,.
and were' loudly encored. BANTI Was in fine veice,
utnd sung with great spirit andleeling.GlßAurs ap.
rea again in the Divertisement ; he is a.power..:
7'll atiive dancer, but by no means graceful. The
ballet of Jrza ollowed, and was, as usual, well
andreceived. The HouSe Was extremely crowded,
the boxes full of fashion and beauty.
At a Writerj the late Dr. Mooin will rank among
‘e, Most eminent Classics of his country ; the stile
4'l4Travels through Fiance and Italy, is a model
1)f" ease and perspicuity; and in the construCtion
of his Novel of Zeluco there is A truck, a force,
r.d.an originality whiCh will render it a lasting
mooutnent of national genius: To posterity we may
leave the ea% of hir.• farne as an author,' to his co'.
temporaries and friends, at this awful moment; the
mild virtues and warm sensibility which graced his
private life, are more interesting subjeds of con:-
templation. His early and liberal notice of
iaNs, entitles him to the thanks of every critic
that we shall tind his claim to our affeclions.
inid patron, but it is' in the b'o'somof Us family,
It has been a just reproach to
tbkit
.they are men of letters,
lon gl,, too apt to consider themselves as toe-
-,:ig to the world at large, and to.
be lent
of those priVate duties which fall withi negeig
n th nar
faw circle' of domestic life ; from that reproof let
those absolve Dt. NlOoai, who have witnessed the
Care and anxiousness with which he unceasingly
thwatched over the welfare of his family, and now, that
e high ambition's hopes which
.he had formed of
their claims to public distinftion. have been realized,
let the ilame of the father be associated with that of_
the childwnwitn, the grateful reeolleaion of their
cQuntrymen.--,ln him; this was the *prevailing. sen-
. timeut ; and at the solemn close of his tong and ho-
nourable career, when the triumphs "of his genius had
t.4ded from his memory, his feelingS for his children
Were unimPaired, and his last tears - were those of
P'c'as thankfulness for their sucec.,s.
Un Monday a Match was made. ai the' Turf Cof-'
T::
t,e-house :--Sir F. STArtoisFr's Eagle,.
f .I'. "
Ir \7. TEMP EST'S ,Rolla ;6to - against Sir
4, ou Etigh. Sir . TENIPZST!S I?6,lla,,against Lord SACKVI I. L E'S
-', 'V. Across the Flat, tozooogs, h. ft* The odds
1 ''.4 o4on Rd la.

IkrAVAL XEVS.

Pros the LONDON G.4ZE77E, Feb. 23, Aoi.

Admiralty-OJc,, Febrierv, 23, iflbt.

Cot) of a Letter from Vice= Admiral S'ir• Roger
Curtis, Bart. Commander in Chief of H;s Ma-
jesty's &Yips. and Vessels at the Cape tf Good
Hope, to Ezan NePean, Esq. dated at the Cape,
Member 20, 18q t .

SIK,

The private ship of war the Chanee, belonging
to Mr. Hogan, of this place, and commanded by
Mr. William White, having been an 'a 'cr uize.on
the coast of Peru, returned on the it th instaent.
The Commander of the Chance addressed a letter
to me containing an account of his proceedings
during his cruize. He appears to have uniformly
ailed with great propriety; but his conduit, 'and
that of his- Officers and men, was, on two occasions,
so highly creditable to them That I send his account
of these occurrences for their Lordships' informa-
tion. 1 am, &c:

ROGER CURTIS.

Extras of a Letter from Mt. White, Com_
• mander of the Chance Private Ship, of War,
fitted out at the Cape of Good Moe, to .1/ice-
Admiral Sir Roger Curtis, Bart.
At four P. M. on the •z 9th of August, the
Island St. Laurence bearing N. E. two leagues, saw
a large ship bearing down towards us ; at nine
brought her to close anion, and engaged her within
half pistol-shot for an hour and a half, 'but finding
her metal much heavier than ours, and fu,ll of .men,
boarded her on the starboard quarter, lashing the
Chance's bowsprit to her mizen-mast, and after a
desperate resistance of three quarters of an hour,
beat them off, the upper deck, but they still de-
fended from the cabin and lower deck With long pikes
in a most gallant manner, till they.had twenty-five
men killed and twenty-eight wounded, of whom
the Captain wag one.; getting final. possession, she
was So dose to the Island that with trinEh difficulty
we got her off shore, all her braces and rigging
being cut to pieces by our grape sliot.)''.She proved.
to be the new Spanish ship •Aniiabik -IVlaria; of
about six hundred tons, rnountinerciurteen guns,
eighteen, twelve, and nine pounders, brass; and
carrying, one hundred and twenty men, frOniCon-
ception bound to Lima, laden with corn, wine,
bale goods, &c. On this occasion lam much con-
-corned to state- Mr. Bennett, a very valuable and'
brave Officer, was so dangerously wounded that he
died three, days after the Anion ; the second and
fourth Mates, Marine Officer, and two Seamen
badly wounded by pikes, but'since recovere& On
the loth, both- ships being much disabled, and
having more Prisoners than Crew, I stood close in
and sent eighty-six on shOre in the large ship's
launch to Lima.; w.eafterwards learned that seven-
teen of the wounded had died. •
At four A. M, on the 24th September, standing
iri to cut out from the Roads of Puna, in (.uiaquill
Bay, a ship that I had information of, mounting
twenty-two guns, fell in with a large Spanish Brig,
with. a brdad pendant at main-top-mast-head ; at
five she commenced her fire od us, but. she being
at a distance to windward, and desirous to bring
her close to anion, we received three broadsides
before a shot was returried ;. at half past five, being
yard-arm and yard-artn, Commenced our fire with
great effen, and after a 'Very severe anion of two
hours and three quarters, during the latter part she
made every effort to get away, I had the hotiOur
to see the Spanish flag struck to the Chance. She
proved to be the Spanish Man of War Brig Liuieno,
mounting eighteen long,six-pound guns, commanded
by Cornmodom Don-Philip de Martinez, the Senior
Officer. of the Spanish Marine on that coast, and
manned With one hundred and forty men, sent from
for the express purpose of taking the
Chance, and then to proceed to the Northward to
take three English, Whalers laying in 'one of their
ports ; she had fourteen men killeit:ind seven
wounded ; the Captain mortally wourided; Who
died two days after the anon the Chance had
two men killed 'and one wounded, and had only
fifty men at the commencenient of the an tri ion; citin.; t
ing sitteen guns twelve and six -pOtinderS;
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PORTSMOUTH, F.

AR it tv in the Liberty Sloop of War from a Cr Mize
and the John, MARMON, from Tenby:
Sailed the Swift, HYDE, for London; and Bet.
sty WINTER] for Arundel.