The Sun.
London, England, 1805-03-04 00:00:00

(CIRCULAR.)
Fch. 21, igos.

MY LORD,
Ilis IVl*sty having been pleased, by his Royal Proclama-
tion of the 6th of this month, to increase the Reward for the
Discovery of every Able Seaman to 31, and for Ordinary Sea.
men to cos. I have received His Majesty's Commands to
transmit the same to your Lordship, and to request that you
will recommend it in the strongest manner to the rustic:es of
the Peace, to make the same known in the County of --,
and to use their utmost diligence in causing all straggling
Seamen, or Seamen who may be secreted, to bt, apprehended
and secured for His Majesty's Nadal' Service; and 1 am further
to observe, that in addition to the said Rewards, the Conduct
Money of 6d. a toile will be alloived, as authorized by the
Circular Letter of the Lords of HiS Majesty's Most Honour-
able P Council, hearing date the 6th of April, rlo3.
1 have honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient humble Servant,
HAWKESBURY..
His Majesty's Lieutenant for the County of

Wednesday morning. an elegant entertainment was
given by P.lshwmAN,Esq. Paymaster of the ad Wilts
Regiment, at the new Foot Barracks, Weymouth ;
most of the fashionable company in the town at.
tended, and were highly amused with the Band,
which played many favourite Airs during the repast.
By letters from Bombay, to the gth August, we
have advice that HO LK Alt lately endeavoured to in-
duce the Jeypour Rajah to betray the British Offi-
cers in his service, itromising to assist him in the
recovery of his ancient dominions; but the Rajah
dismissed the proposal with indignation. HoLKAtt
made like overtures t* the Chieftains of Oude with
similar success. He had, however, won to his in.
serest a Zemindar of great popularity in the neigh-
, bourhood of Furruckabad, who assembled a nume.

rout party in opposition to the British; but he was
soon deserted, and ' obliged to seek safety in the
Jungles. HOLKAR'S emissaries appear to have pro.
ceeded to the southward, and excited some disturb.
ance 'amongst the Poligars, one of whom, in the
neighbourhood of Dindigul, had taken the field and
committed great excesses; he had, however, been
defeated by a detachment of Sepoys, and driven into

the woods.
Large quantities of military stores have, within,
these fews days, been sent from London for the use
of the Foot Guards in the vicinity of Chatham.
Several American vessels, which in August and
September arrived,at Batavia for cargoes, were ob.
lilted to proceed to China in ballast, the Company
there having resolved not to sell.
Saturday a considerable number of letters were
received from New York ; they co not, however,
add much to the information of which the Papers. to

the 3d ult. previously pohsessed us. Th-e Ship
Arpazia had arrived at New York from the Isle of
France in eighty-one days, and wrought letters from
thence, dated November 4. We do not, however,
find that they 'made any communication respelling
the Belligerent Squadrons in those Seas. The Upon
Castle and Charlotte, taken by LINOS, were lying
at St. Dennis, Isle of Bourbon, and are the only
British Prizes mentioned. A Dutch East Indiaman,
named the Elizabeth, with a 'valuable cargo, from
Batavia, and the American Ship Penman, with Dutch
property, had bees captured by the English, and
sent to Columbo.

GENERAL. CH ISTOPHE.—The following account
of this Black Chief is given in a late, American
raper :
" HrNbtY CHRISTOPOI,- General Of the Division
of the North, and Chancellor of State, is an English
Negro, being born in the island of St.Christophers,
from whence he takes his name. He is a large
stout fellow, not of the very blackest hue, and ra.
cher handsome. ' His eye is acute and penetrating,
and whets in a pleasant humour, his countenance as
somewhat engaging, He. appears to be about forty
years of age, is very polite, •and very much of the
gentleman in his manners..
,He is able to write and
read--(a ran,qualificationfor a Convitllo, of State)
possessed of a good deal of understanding
and of cimning. He ii of a very ferocious, violent,
and cruel disposition, and exercises so much tyran,
nical severity over his inferiors, that they ate in
mica dread of him. Notwithstanding this, he is
looked upon as the next man to DESa4LINOSt and,
in all probability will succeed bim in the chief
command. •

"He is 'never heard to speak a word of English ;
but always converses with Englishmen or Antoci..
cans through an interpreter. His policy in this is,
doUbtleas, that he does not wish to 6e thought
foreigner.
ss Before the Revolution this Hero kept a dram-
shop at the Cape. He than turned Privateers-nun,
and cruized out of the island in French Privateers.
From thence he went on shore and procured some
law COmmission in the Brigand Army ; was af-
terwards promoted to a Captaincy; then made Cum.
=Mara of the pike, and, finaliy,.attivcd ikt the
rank he now holds. iris
.Wife is a diminutive
wretch, horribly ugly, and black as tictik..llos3

itself. -
41 CIILISTOPIIIr seldom appears in the streets but
on horseback. He dresses very elegantly, and rides
a handsome horse, richly caparisoned, and always
rides at ti (48 gallop, accompanied by u guard of
dragoons, and his Aid-de*Cainp.'f
Extraft of a Letter from a Gentleman at New
York, to his Friend in Glasgow, dated February 3 :
41 Since I wrote you last, a number of vessels
were.detainad near three weeks by the fields of ice
choking up our harbour. The Insurance Coln.
panics here very, properly sent off a brig, loaded
with ,provisions,- to cruize off the Coast, to softly
what distressed vessels they might tall in with.,
44 The fine Ship Ardent sails for the Clyde in ten
days. Neither the Cecilia, from your Port, nor the
Miaernia from Ifeith, have yet appeared. The cx.
ttetne long passages of late are a roof of the bene.
fit of your Government's restrifttons as to provi.
stone or paisage."
The Lars ELortmet4T.--Lord PeTtre did not
leaVe town on Friday afternoon, as was repotted, in
guest of the fugitives, On Saturday his Lordship
received a letter 'from a friend, inclosing one from
the Tutor, in which, after apologi;ing in the best
way 'he could for his conduct, he acquainted his Lord.
ship that tile Lady was in puled health, and added,
that When he was assured of his pardoning them, he
would discover the place of their retreat.
The largest, river trout upon record was last week
taken in 'skid Mill stream it measured t

NAV/IL NEWS.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, March z.

Admiralty-Office, Marcia at, iSos.

Copy of a Letter from Admiral Lord Gardnrr,Com.
mander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Fes.
sets on the Coast of Ireland, to William 161arsden,
Eq, dated at Cori, the 21st February, iBos.
I It, •

Enclosed I transmit to you, for the information
of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a
Letter I have this day received from Captain Lake,
of His Majesty's Ship Topaze, acquainting me of
his having captured, on the r 3th instant, in lat.
4.8 deg. zz.min. N. lon. Is deg. West, the French
Privateer General Angereau, mounting fourteen
z.pounder Carronades, and eighty.eight men, be.
longing to Bayonne, which Vessel had been cruizing
forty.seven days without making a capture.
I am, &c. GARDNER.
11; Majesty's Sh4,,Topaze, at Sea,
February 53, 28os, Lat. 48 Deg.
MY LORD, 22 Alin. Long. is Deg. _

I have the pleasure to acquaint your Lordship,
that His MajlEy's Ship under my command has
this day captured the French Privateer General An.
gereau, Ketch-rigged, mounting fourteen z z.poun.
tier Carronades, and eighty-eight men on board.
She is the same Vessel that has been so frequently
heard of, and that boarded and carried the William
Heathcore West Indiaman. This cruize she has
been out forty.seven days without making a cap.
lure.

I have the honour to be, &c.
W. T. LAKE.

Right Hoe. Lord Gardner, Admiral
6f the Blue, &c. F.9e. &c.

41a7miralty.015ce, March 2, 2805.

Copy of a Letter from Sir John Orde, Bart. rite.
Admiral of the Red,- &c. to William Marsden,
Esq. dated on board blis Majesty's Ship Glory, of
Cadiz, the stb
,Feb. 1805.

SIR,
Inclosed I send, for their Lordships' informa.
tion, a Copy of a Letter received from the Ho.
nourable Captain Bouverie, Commander of His Ma,
jesty's Ship Mercury, under my Orders, 'acquaint.
ing me with the capture of El Fuerte de Gibraltar,
a Spanish Gun.boat, that had been driven from the
land, in her passage from Cadiz to Algeziras, the
evening before she was taken.
This Vessel, copper-bo,ttonied, newly equipped,
and completely stored, seems well calculated for the
service of Gibraltar. I am, &c.
JOHN ORDE.

lb:Majesty's Ship Mercury, at Sea,
SIR, .Februa►y 4, rElos.
I have the honour to inform you, th.tt I this
morning fell in with and captured El Fuerte de
Gibraltar, a Lateen-rigged Spanish Gun.yessel,
which sailed yesterday morning from Cadiz, bound
to Algeziras ; she is armed with two long twelve.
pounders, two sixteen-pound carronades, several
swivels, and a large quantity of small arms and cut-
lasses, and commanded by Signior Don Ramon Eu.
tate, Lieutenant de Frigate, and had on board fury_
nine men, Z am, ikc.

D. PLEYDELL BOUV ERIE
To Sir John Orde, Fite-Admiral of the Red,
Commander it; Chief, tic. t.lc.

HARWICH, MARCH 3. Arrived the Hecate
Gun.vessel from a Cruize.

Sailed the Twee` Gebrodert, J. G. VA IBS, from
Hull 4o Varel ; the rombia, H. L.. Out RNs from
Newcastle,tO Eakbden ; thelinigheit, H. H. DRY ER,
from • Leith Tonningen ; -the Charlotte WiMet.

Mbias B4RNARD WOLKMA.NN, from Windaw tO
Rotterdam,with barley ; T'wee Gebroders,A.SWAßT ;
Jonge Jerrit, C. KLOCK ; the rernnagtung, H.
OVERHAND; Maria Elizabeth, JAN VIELAWD ;
Prvut Anna, W. Da VRENOD ; jonge Doter Anna,
ANDERsoN, from 'Yarmouth.-.all for Embrien.

Also, sailed the Diana. Packet, Capt. OSBORN*,
with the Ciattenburgh Mail and Dispatches.
Remain the Pqll.llo Frigate, with the Escort and
Hecate Gun.vesscis, Argus and Iris Revenue Cutters.

DIAP,-IYlAttc4. 3.—Sailed Majesty's Ships
jpois and Champion for
Ponstnouth ; Arab, Cur.
lew, and Spy Sloops ; Haughty, Watchful,
Bruizer, Volunteer, Manly, Constant, and Pincher,
Guni.brigs, for their stations off the French Coast,

Arrived the Cutter, with the Sappy Trans
port under convoy, from Ports'mouth.

. Sailed the Pbecnix and Pripdbans East Indiamen,
for POI tilMOUtile

Also sailed the Humber Armed Ship, with Con-
voy for Valmouth ; Vi pr Cutter for Portsmouth ;
Bold Pun-brig on a cruize off Ostend ; Cygnet
Sloop for Dungeness ; and Supply 'Navy 'l:ranspurt
for Woolwich. •

Arrived the ilfricaine from the Note ; Pincher
Gun.brig, from Dungeness ; and Sussex 0.0 Navy
Transport, from Deptford for Portsmouth.

Arrived the Spanish Ship Cerroliqe, prize to the
Pa/lab from the fiavannah. In coming into the
Downs got athwart hawse an Armed Defence Ship,
and carried away fore, main, and mizen.masts, and
remains in the Downs refitting. Yesterday morn.
ing, before day.light, a loaded Collier Brig ran on
the Goodwin Sands, and was totally lost, and It is
much feared the crew all perished.

In the Poivils Monarch, Utrecht, 'tamales, Trusty;
Castor, Narcious, lunTiort4lite Harp), Orestes,
Zephyr, liarmes,,Speedy;l3onetta, Vulture, Prospero, Ns.. cowry, Explosiuu, Devastation, Ueda,. Pretty Lass, and
Laity Warren Armed 141.

rORSTIXOUTH, MA 3..--Sailed His nijesty's
Ship Dragon to join the Channel Fleet; the Trihot
Frigate on a Cruize ; and the Melpo►nene Frigate
and Meteor Bomb fur the Blockading *Aron aff
Hay re-de.Grace.

•

Also sailed the U/verstem, SNOWDEN, and Behmo
ComEn, for Sunderland ; Betsey, GitANT, for Dart-
mouth ; 'and Providence, 06ic, for Llndon.
General OAKES has resumed the command of this
Garrison.

Sir A. S. HAMOND, Comptroller ; and Sir WM.
RULE, one of the Commissioners of the Navy, have
been four days inspeding the state of the RIP
in ordinary at this port. They returned to Lon-
don on Thursday morning. The following Shill
of the line are ordered to be repaired for commis•
sion, with every possible exertion. It is expellei
that they will be ready about August : Trio/i°
Zealous, Orion,Bellona, Saturn, Canada, Gibraltar►
Ganges, San Antonio, and Brunstuick, The Frill°
George, Capt. LOSACK, is ordered to be refitted;
and the Cumberland, and U&Jses,Capt.CoLogglNE)
to be broken up.
Sir THOMAS TROUBILIDCE struck his Flag Pk
terday morning on board the Blenheim, of 74gu►
Captain illtssELL, and went to London for 1110 V
days. The Blenheim will sail with the next flit
India Convoy. The Hindustan, Captain FaAssb
with the nine East Indiamen, are detained by con•
trary winds. The his, of go guns, Captain
t4ANNEY, is to accompany them as far as.the

• -
, of
PLYMOUTH, MARCH z.--Sailed the M''' •
74 guns, Capt. GEORGE DUFF, MinOtafit4 I+olll
C. J. M. MANSFIELD, and Defiance, of 7+ 1111°'
Capt. P. C. DURHAM, fur Torbay, to Pin the
Channel Fleet.
Sailed also the Diamond and ..T.oirta Frigates' 611'
a Cruise to the Westward.
The Hibernia, of to guns, Capt.W.l3"/:ltP:d
went out of Harbour this afternoon, and 'lllcDc'ei
in Cawsand Bay ; hhe is fitted for the :100;4
the Flag of Admiral GARDNER, who °rig
here to join. her.

GREENOCK, F. 26.—Arrived
uf the
Fleet,
morning the Louisa, KNox, one
Fleet, last from Cork, where she put in " the 9,0
instant. She has seen none of the Fleet since
general dispersion, but one Brig. The 11/
RoBER.TSON, is now the only Vessel unatcounie
for, bound for this Port.
here yestetbi

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY'
Ship ~,,i_.4
Comet, for the Capture at the Nordiska
To the Officers and Compapy of His Majes,"ndlicv
Aug. s 796, on Friday seght, at mr . Gowl3lllsp.'ven and
hal,l-; or every Friday. and Sae . sween c•-•
urday, be weriscat-• vatit,
,illeo
three, during three years, at the sank place. „, en,
To the Second, Third, Fourth, . and Fifth Cl3ss—d 5
thereto a Distribption of the Balance of the Prc,ec..,,„. Shit'
French Frigate La Prudente, captured by His Ma.rstvoi, fr.
Dxdalus, the Bth lan. r 799, at No it, Cecil.orce ,
day next ; or every succeeding day during three Ye,'".,,,, OP
To the Officers and Ship's Cororrany of if is 10.1fes,(01t0
Experimetit, for the Capture at tte swedio Wig P 000 i
(in company with the Cyclops), their tespeeive Pllrialen;
as remitted from Malta, this day,'Cin board the bX131,„, 'Pc
at Portsmouth .• or every Wednesday and Friday dor '"
years, ai No. t, fames-street, Adeliihi.

Captain CLEMINT, is app :need to con lit
.....................
I 1 ibs
Sea•Fencibles at Berwick; oand Captain l°;„-.,,oti
the Isle of Wight. Captain Pemtsoig to coca (hd
the
Combatant. Fury
d Bomb
Fii a; t
e:;. Hon.
.t i.
eu
t. i
..i Captain
ot i
sETLo Lti 1 otolei-Cca:t:
of the Nautilus Sloop, to be. a I°-
m_ an ,er,, and command the invatigatortf,tetr
GltatinD,HaAnhid,,command the Argo' .
The French Frigate Le President, eontinue'liCri 0101151
Bite of sCrny Island. The British Frigalebactbe
brian had sailed on a Cruize, in the bol t 410
Enemy would take advantage of her absence '
to sea. OlO
The Revolus;onaire Frigate is greed° Ind es
from New York, to have received on b
,°„rthoPl
to the amount of three million dollars, belebeetilal;
which America, by the Treaty oft 790 ,jg le
pay in commutation of the claims of Brigi;').-.°l \fir'
for debt and property confiscated, chie“YfribtcLl::'
ginia,. previous to the American Wo' i% in
''''
Tsluttonaire was •to sail. for Europe ejr-;
P(''
eViSrWeCikn: n°l io
aottildtialeg
bruCagt. Duckett, in the Olive. vralle oot
mouth, being at anchor close to the iniJileiii 06°1
ofth
floating, from amongst which he picke" "I floll,'
great quantity quulat.ntlblyse ofrve‘ol;:e4,,rllabbl
Of articles belonging to the Eliza, foinfigroli.
London, GEORGE Pr tags Master;" 11,, 3her ti
passed a Brig on the Middle sand! w'll)„,eli i'i'es
under water, observed three fishing " 00-
closc to her, but could not speak thein cul
„,, iit
of a very heavy swell. 1, vtu, w
. Sir H. E N GLE rIEL D has discovere" -olio rod,
pie process for extracting a cheap and,bc,rll'ilfg,iiv
!Wilt from madder, equal in depth an° iis, raOcity
to the cakes tram cochineal, and inanite,,,n'ees e,',00
table. He pounds or bruizes two °,11001110" of,
1 fresh torn in a mortar, with 5 pin. ts or eic sod t4ll
water ; to this he adds an ounce of alt
al" ho oli $1
by half an ounce .of mild vegetable 6. 0'14(1,111
cipitato. s about half an. ounce of ri1i044,;.) or li'fi
brilliant colour, proper for gilhO -Iflar'°6l,l
paints. The patriotic and ingenious a 1010, 111
found that the use of hot. water 01(114 ii le,!:''
adopted
Lion of the colour in the root : a" ode At 1Y1;
etwerituenti, to an opinion that the Mt 1001 od
colouring matter. Fresh madder prod ovq il
colour, and this colour is extraaediaPth iiPP9
by the Dyers occasions $114,000,1,1'
—.. .rienos ''-° .