The Sun.
London, England, 1802-03-01 00:00:00

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- ,--DAY the Diana Packer, Capt. OSBORi4E,,
.ha "c('L` from Cuxhaven, with the TJamo,7ol Mail
Pa"engers ; and in the afternoon, immediately
tiP°h the arrival of the Mails, sailed the Prinee of
l'21" Packet, Capt. HEARN, for Helvoetsltlys, and
tt"e Prinre of Orange, Capt 4 BRIDGE, for CUX-
, "en+ Ford and Lady BARR nicyror? embarked
04 board the latter Packet.

• SIIEERNESS, FEB. ig•
- .
To*
41/41Amtr,1 is Majesty's Ship Cambrian, Capt.
for Yarmouth
Pr) from Plymouth. Sailed the ,:r
Di/4,,,e and Hasa Sloops of War,
. -

PRlTisly NAVY.
61.47E1E11t OF THE Dtstati3uTlOß OF .r"
NAVAL FORCE TO THIS DAY.
trusive of the HiaED A, VESSELS, which are,
hiefty enVioYed in protetiTng the Coasting
GREAT 13kITAIN. Trade Or

to Port and fittin Line
Guard-ships g 2
a. i. : -4
to the English and
Irish
Channels - .
:6
On the Downs and North •
Sea stations - /2
On the Baltic Service - .At the West India.lslands i • and On the larnaica station
A and on the Passage 1
und-
3
ArneriCan & Newfo
land stations
C, of C. Hope, E • Ind.•
and on the Passage 3
Africa and Madeirag
-
()tithe Lisbon Station - e
Nci )
. .
ain and Portugal with.
, out the Straits -
ill the Mediterranean - 56 4", ospital and Prison Ships
17

Total in Commission 133
iskeeiYing Ships
nice able mid repairing 4I
4
, - x 3
, wgrs.iLe - -
4 4 Cv:iriUy •
SUilding - 22

Total 49R

so's
z
I

Frig

0
4

2044 197
0 2
0 2
5 39
2 5

STAT: OF THX. ORDINAR
per ts Line.
plc Mouth .
i . Is
aharltPtlth - . 7
~„,s : .
- 3

27 245
AT EACH p
50's Frig i
O 10
O 9
3j I

Sps.

Tot.
149

59
0
64

256 606
7
o IS
7r) 140
o 19

I 32 7

Olt T.

SPs• i Tot.
21 49
I_, 42

0 I 9
2 is

'otal 43 I 5 I 43 1 71

It
at is reported that the promotion of Admirals is
ranged, and will include the Hon. Capt. COCH-
-lAut, and that the two Colonels of Marines that will

be vacant, are to be filled up by Captains MARK..
HAM and Louts. There will also be a number of
Commanders made Post-Captains, and Lieutenants
promoted to the rank of Commanders.
Sir THOMAS TRIOWBRIDGE is to be appointed a
Commodore, to succeed Admiral RAINIER in the
East Indies. Goveinor CREYKE, of the Royal
Hospital at Plymouth, takes his Flag, and Captain
01131turt DRURY is mentioned as his successor.

Captain JAMES WALLACE, late of the Achille, is
appointed to command the Fisgardy of 48 guns ;
and Captain BRAnitY, pro tempore to the Ajax.

Tuesday last a Court Martial was--held'on•board
His Majesty's Frigate Jamaica, lying in Sheerness
Harbour, and held by adjournment Again on Thurs-
day morning, to try Lieutenant" GILCHRIST, of
His Isergesty's Sloop Diligence, on Charges exhibit-
ed against him by Capt. JONES, of the said Sloop,
for neglect of duty and contempt to his Commander.
After long and mature deliberation, the Court ad-
judged Lieut. GILCHRIST to be dismissed His Ma-
jesty's Sloop Diligence, and rendered incapable of
promotion in His Majesty's Navy, or of being em-
ployed in aaual service. at sea.
Two vidualling transports, and eight or ten
fishing vessels, were driven on shore in Torbay, on
Thursday, by the high wind.—The brig Flirt,
from Lisbon for. Bristol, with oranges, which was
stranded during the night of Wednesday, went to
pieces on the morning following : the crew were
saved, but the cargo lost.
Saturday we announced the arrival of the Cum-
herlandPacket, with Mails from the Leward Islands,
after a passage of thirty-five days, from Tortola.
One of the passengers, Lieut. A. I. MACAUL EY, of
the 68th Regiment, having however died on the voy-
agehome, (on the Ittli of February) the Mails were
detained at Falmouth, for the purpose of being fu-
migated. Lieutenant ASHWORTH, of the same
corps, another passenger, and the crew of the
Packet, are healthy. The remains of Lieutenant
MAct.ut Erwere committed to the deep, the day
after his decease.

The Cumberland left, at Martinique, the South-
ampton, Tamer, Drake, Van Tromp, and Gipsey.—
While at Antigua, the Drake arrived there, with
dispatches from Admiral DUCKWORTI4, and sailed
again the same day.

THE OPERA.

King's Theatre.

THE serious Opera of Mitridate was repeated on
Saturday night, and received with unbounded ap-
plause, by a crowded audience. The music of this
Opera is most beautiful, and admirably adapted to
the powers of BANTI. Sht gave her Songs with
great taste and feeling, and was loudly encored in
several of them.

The new Divertisement was changed for Amin-
tas et Syl'vie, we suppose, on account of the absence
of GIRAUD. The Ballet of /ma followed, and
was received with great applause. The beauty of
the scenery, however, was totally obscured by the
obtrusion of strangers on the stage it is astonish-
ing that Gentlemen will thus expose themselves to
public ridicule ; would they resolve to desist from
a pra&ice so very absurd, so little gratifying to
themselves, and so unfair to the Public, we are con-
fident the low-bred and vulgar frequenters of the
Theatres (who form the much greater part of this
nuisance) would not, alone, dare thus shamelessly
to insult a whole audience.