The Sun.
London, England, 1805-10-25 00:00:00

VOT.

ON ?May last Semi STRONG, Esq. Was sivorn
into the Office of Mayor of this Town and County
for the year ensuing ; and on Sunday gave 4 public
Breakfast to the Corporation and principal inha-
bitants of the Town and Neighbourhood, who af-
terwards accompanied him in procession to Church,
where a very excellent and most impressive discourse
ou the duty of Magistrates was delivered, by the
Rev. P. W. Jowm. After Divine Service the
-Company .again assembled at the Mayor's house,. to
partake of one of the Most elegant dinners we ever
remember to have- seen ; a profusion of pines,
grapes, and the choicest fruits of the. season covered
the tables, which were abundantly supplied with
choice wines,and other liquors, of which a very nu-
merous 'company partook, and afterwards accom-
panied the Chief Magistrate to attend the Evening
Service, in the course of which an excellent Anthem
was charthingly sung, and very tastefully accompa,
nied b3s Mr. Gossu, on the Organ. A Select Party
returned to supper, and tetired at a late hour, highly
gratified with the elegant hospitality and polite at-
tention of their host.

Yesterday the Loyal Southwark Volunteeri were
inspeeted for the last time this season on-Kennington
Common. . •

On Wednesday the Duke of GLoirctsTna's Vo-
lunteers, commanded by Lord CtiETWYND, had a
Field Day in Hyde-Park. • •
Wedeesday morning, at eleven o'clock, the Loyal
North Britons mustered their eireative force in Gray's-
Inn Gardens, for the purpOse of being iospe4ed by His
Royal Highness the Dolce. of Stissk, who had pre-
viously signified his intention of taking the 'command
of the Regiment. About twelve, His Royal High-
. ness arrived, mounted on a beautiful chesout Arabian,
elegantly caparisoned. His Royal Highness wore
the uniform of the Corps ; he was accompanied by
Count Bentnotots„ two Field Officers, and Colonel
JENKtNSOW. On the approach of their Royal Com-
mander, the Corpi saluted. They were then inspeet
ed by 03101101 JENKINSpS aftiti• which, His Royal
Highness gave the word .of command during a va-
.riety of practical manceuvres. An important affair
next engaged' attention. The Corps was formed
in a circle. His Royal. Highnesa and Officers
stood in the centre, and the Adjutant recited the
Articles of War. The record of the proceedings i)f.
a Court Martial recently appointed to try the ninth-
mers and ;Fifers of the Corps for disobedience of or-
ders was then read. It appeared; that they had re-
fused to return to parade with the Corps, after re-
ceiving orders to that circa while out in the fields
firing of ball. In several other instances they had
also disobeyed the orders of their Superior Officers ;
and being found' guilty, the ringleader of them was
'sentenced to receive too lashes, Others 50 lashes,
&c. in proportion to the share they had taken in the
offence. On being ordered to stand forward, unco-
vered, to await their punishment., His Royal High-
ness addressed them in nearly the following .words :
" You' have been found guilty of disobedience and
insubordination. Discipline and good behaviour ought
to be observed in this, Corps as. strictly as,in any re-
giment of the King's troops. If you had beet) in a
marching regiment, you, would have been slot ; and
had you been-brought out for,punishmerit a few, days
earlier your 'senteticeS"'would have been executed;
but, us I understand this is the first time you. have
offended; shalt forgiVe you all." After his Royal
Highness had expressedi his cleMency, the, Corps
Wheeled into line, and finally. passed in review order,
with their Band of Music playing, and deposited their
'arms in the Orderly Room', The- Royal Party then
retired by the Gate leading into the Mews, and pro-
ceeded to Kensington Gardens.. A. numerous as-
semblage of genteel spectators were in the -Gardens
'during the inspation:
On Monday last. the 2d Battalion of the 27th or
Enniskillen Regiment of Foot marched from' Edits-
burgh Castle to Newhaven, where they were -em-
barked on board the Transports, lying in the Roads.
They are probably destined to join the Force now in
the Downs.
The South Devon Militia began their march from,
Bristol to Liverpool, on Wednesday. se. night ; and
the first division of the WestiV!iddleseX marched
into' Bristol- the' same day':
The 14tkROgirnetat of .roOt marched into Deal
Barracks yesterday; .and proceeded to-day to Rams-
gate for embarkation. ,
His flightless. the, Reigning Duke of Bautowtcx
OeLs, General of Infantry in the PrUssian service,
and Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle, &c.
died an the ath instant. He was on a visit to the.
D4cal Court of eimar; and was carried off by an
hemorrhoidal ittack„aged 65 years. • By his decease
• the Sovereignty of.the' Principality of Oels devolves
to Prince WILLIAM,of BittINSWICK. •

Friday being the commencement of the New-
castle Hunt fbr this season, a silver cup was run for on
Town Moor there, ,two miles and a quarter, by eight
hunters, rode by Gentlemen, and was won by a
hunter belonging to MAR TI MORRI sow, Esq.
The Kilmenf4ntintial Greyhound Matches took
place there on 'Friday se"nnight. The day was fine,
the ground -hi good order, and the company mime,
rons, and in high spirits. .Many finedogs were up,
and several close matches were run. During the day
the compairy were highly gratified sand amused by
the dexterity of One of the Gentlemen's servants at
hare finding, he having, within the space of two
miles, in, less than two hours, found stn hares in
their seats, an astonishing instance of proficiency in
o:i of the Most diflictilt of the sportsman's.qualifi-
cat p)as:
On Friday morning the Sheffield hounds Pursued
a hare, in full ehaec, down the High street, in that
town, and killed her in a, yard opposite the Green
Man public house.
An inhabitant of Bath (now retired from business),
received last week the following rather extraordinary
letter; containing a Bank Note, value 101.—It is full
21 years since the firm alluded to existed ; and the
Gentlemen who then composed it cannot possibly re-
colleo or trace the name of their conscientious ens.
tomer
It S Teri Pounds—use as under : Many
years since I purcii:oed some goods from you, under the tirm
The Wain Or CdSil oblieed me to leave Bath without
pay ing you A IMost ever since hay,: been out of rllcKingdom.
itnoty :wt what terms u and yo
your Partner werpo
e upon,
but
shall. leave it to you to give hint his allaolei bill. For
although the debt is dead in low, it Is not dead borrour or
honesty; 4o:I 1 trust yott will be as hViet, to hoer as I sin io,)'/At.
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The representations of the Ambassador of the
United Statei to the Court of Madrid, appear to
have,. induced the Spanish Government to relax,
considerably the strianess of the/orders to their
Ships of War respeaing
,American Ships. On the
15th of August the Dire6tor-General of the Navy
addressed the' following Circular to the Command-
ants-General of the Maritime Provinces

" The Most Excellent Seignior, the Secretary of
State and of the General Office of Marine, in pur-
suance of the Royal Orderl, given the day before
yesterday, has addressed the as tbllows :
" The Most Excellent Seignior, the Minister Ple-
nipotentiary of the United States, has repeatedly
complained of the excesses committed by Spanish
Privateers upon the Vessels of his Nation, and refers to
three of them as having been conduaed into Algesiras.
He also complains, that similar excesses have been
committed on. the American islands, in violation of
the Treaty between the two Governments. His
MAJESTY being duly informed of the same, has
been pleased to,eonimand that the Spanish Priva-
teers in Europe and America should be fully im-
pressed with the consideration wherewith they
should cantina themselves, in order to avoid every
irregularity and excess, for which they will be held
responsible in every instance which shall be le-
gally proved ; and it has also been determined that
the cases of the Vessels detained shall be decided
upon with all possible expedition, due regard being
still had to the stipulations of the said Treaty."

On the 25th of August the same Minister ad-
dressed a second Circular to the same Officers, in the
following terms :
" The Most Excellent Seignior the Secretary of
State 'and the Marine Office has, in pursuance of the
Royal Orders given yesterday, addressed to me the
llowing Communication :---,
" The Most Excellent Seignior the Minister of
the United States, in complaining of new extortions
upon, and captures of, American Vessels, by Spanish
Privateers, represents, that eleven Vesiels of his
Nation have been carried into Algesiras, under vre-
'text, as is said, of their having English IVlerchandize
on board. His Mazasry beingduly informedthereof,
has been pleased to command that, , if the capture of
the said Vessels should appear to rest 'only on the
gronndalledged by the said Minister, they shall be in-
stantly released ; inasmuch as, according to the 16th
Article of the Treaty with the United Statesi the
American Flag is secured in the free conveyance of
Me.rchandize of all kinds; notwithstanding its being
Enemy's property : But should the grounds of de-
tention be of a ditlerent nature, it is His MAJESTY'S
desire that the various cases may be decided' in the
regular forth, and with all possible dispatch. In
thus informing you of 'His MAJESTY'S orders, I ‘:114
to direa that you shall transmit them to the Cap-
tains-General of the Marithne Provinces, in order.
to their being communicated to the Commissioners
'of Marine in their respeaive Distrias, and to the
,Owners of Privateers, apprising them that they will
beheld responsible ferall losses they may occasion."

S i.viNnLlNG.—Another. imposition on benevolent
,characters, similar to that prattised on Lord C. by Per-
ji,a, some months since, has been carried to a groat
extent, within a few weeks, by a person who re-
presented himself as a Clergyman. Several Gen-
tlemen whose philanthropy rendered them the dupes
of his artifice are in possession of letters received
from him as having been written by distressed per-
sons, who were% the eve of perishing. A Gentlemen
in Cavendish-spare, who had more than once con-
tributed, as he suKosed to the unfortunate, and in
particular to a widow and distressed family at West
Ham, repaired thither on Seturday last, to ascer-
tain the real situation of those who implored re-
lief; but to his astonishment no such person exist-
ed. The pretended Parson waited on his bent:-
faClor again on Monday to receive a contribution for
a distressed family at Camden-town. The Gentle-
, man requested, or insisted on being conducted to
the seat of wretchedness, where 'he would admi-
nister relief as circumstances required. The impos-
tor, after making apparently feeling remarks on the
nature of imposing delicacy on the distressed, com-
plied—but he contrived to absent himself on the
way thither. This, like the former, turned out to
be a family of straw. It, has been ascertained that
the imposition has been very general, and from the
steps which have been taken, we hope to give a
further account of the offender eta long.
A swindler of genteel appearance, prepossessing'
ddress, and apparently of artless manners, appeared
lately in Duudee. His mode of deceiving the na-
tives was by drafts for small sums on Messrs, Thomas
Coutts and Co. Bankers, London. His ,pretended
employment was an importer of coulS, which, he
' said, his connexions with that trade in Newcastle
enabled him to carry on with advantage. His real
employment was of a darker hue. After a very short
acquaintance, and some (=versed= on business,
. he generally requested the fevour of cash for a draft
on his favourite bankers, and was freqoently suc-
cessful. In his pocket ledger he chewed transaetions
with Coutts and:Co. to the amount Of 4'15001. The
drafts returning under protest, and some acquaint-
ances from other places making rather officious in-
quiries after han, the hoax became evident, and he
decamped on Sunday se'nuight to self his coals else-
where.

Tuesday sennight, as a man was repairing a well-
rope for two buckets, at Mr. Heptinstall's, in Ann-
street, Birmingham, one of the buckets, by accident,
fell into the water, and the ropeinaker, consented
to go down and fetch It up ;' but when he had
neirly reached the top, the chain broke, and he was
precipitated twenty-live yards into water nine feet
deep; this dreadful misfortune was only the fore-
runner oeanother as deplorable, for the poor fellow
being drawn up to the mouth of the well, the chain
again unfortunately broke, and he was a second time
hurled to the bottom I Most providentially the man
escaped from those ..‘ccumulated disasters without
any broken limbs, and is in fair way of recovery
from the many bruises he recoivede

To.morrow morning, at nine o'clock, the Lottery
begins. _Twenty Thousand Pounds will be given
to the First-drawn Ticket. The Lottery will
finish drawing to-morrow week ; and all the Twenty
Thousands are yet in the \late', besides other
Prizes of Ten Thousand Pounds, Five Thousand
Pounds, &v. are. &c.

Their Majesties, with the rest of the R0y.41
Family, removed their residence on Tuesday last,
from the Palace of St. Ilclephonso to St. Lorenzo
El Real, where they continue to enjoy their ustril
state of health. D. BRUNO DE _,HEZETA, Com-
mandant General of Aigesiras, his written to d:
PRINCE of PEACE, that in the morning of the 2 1,.
of September appeared in sight a Brigantine
without any colours hoisted, which an English
Gun-boat soon after took under her escort for 1.40)-
raltar, D. FRANCISCO MAURELLE, Captain of Fri-
gate and. Major-General, immediately set off in a
long-boat to intercept the Brigantine. On his com-.:
ing up with her, an English Frigate of .forty guns, a
Corvette of twenty-four, and two Gun-boats, got
under way to frustrate his purpose: The Chief of
Squadron, D. NICHOLAS De Esraink, proceeded
to the proteEtion of MAURELLE with a, squadron cf.
fourteen Gunvesseis and five Boats. As soon as
our Squadron got within grape-shot distance of the
Enemy, who had already opened their fire, an ac-
tion commenced, which was vigorously maintained
on both sides for more than three hours. The
Enemy at length retreated under the guns of their
fortress, and our Squadron returned to .A.lgesiras,
with the Brigantine, which belongs_ to Denmark,
and was going to Gibraltar With a cargo of timber.
We sustained but very little loss in this affair. 2he
Enemy received considerable damage in their • •
They were obliged to take one of the Gun-boats in
tow, and the day after -th.!), were seen repairinz, the
sides of the Corvette, which had received three shots
below the water-line.

The List advices from the Viceroy of Alexi, o
state, that his Excellency was taking measures to
place the Fortress of Vera Cruz, and the Castle of
St. Juan de Ulua, in the best state of defence. FL
had colleaed a competent number of Gun-boats,
and other armed Vessels, and cautoned in the vei-
nity a body of Infantry, Cavalry, and Flying Artil-
lery, to be ready to ad according to circumstances.

A letter from Dundee says,--.." The death of
DANIn SCOTT'', Esq. late M. P., for this district of
Burghs, has occasioned a vacancy in Parliament, for
which two Candidates are now offering themselves ;
Sir DAVIDWEDDERBUR,N, of Ballindean, Ban. and
Mr. Scorr,son and representative of the late Mem-
ber. We can only say, that a keen canvass has
taken place, and that, to-day, Sir awn), with his
friends in this quarter, have been waiting upon the
Magistrates, Tqwn Council, and Deacons of Trades,
soliciting, in person, their support ; but we cannot
pretend to anticipate what the result may be, either
us this Buth, 'or in the general contest."
Soule time ago a Gentleman who lives in the
neighbourhood of Tottenham-court-road, London,
applied to a locksmith to repair the lock of a box
which he had some years in his possession. The
smith took it off, and found engraves on the inside,
in German, the translation of which, in. Eeelish k--
" Whoever will give information to the I.Ynder Se-
cretary of State who pofistil the box to which this
lock belongs, shall be rewarded according to his
merit, besides possessing the King's countsmance.
The lock-smith, by the „advice of his friends, ac-
quainted, by a letter, a, person high in office, of the
circumstance, who immediately ordered the buslness
to be minutely examined, and the person to whom
it belonged interrogated as to the matmer it came into
his possession, who stated that it was left in his hous:
by a German Gentleman at the time the premises
were occupied by hii tathcl, and who suddenly dis
appeared. On examining the box further, a 454.
act drawer was discovered, the content.; of which
clearly ascertained it to be the identical dispatch-box
which contained the dispatches transmitted by
Frederick the Great, of the battle ofßreslau, to his
Ministeeht Berlin, the bearer of which was, murder•
ed and robbed on his journey from the latter to the
former place, and for the recovery of which a great
reward was offered. • .

Canterbury Michaelmas Fair commenced on Fri-
day setnnight. This Fair Seems chiefly remarkable
for eating and drinking, as a Kentish Paper, giving
an account of it, says, that the following quantity of
meat and bread were consumed in one eating-
house only "on Rattirday last : eight rounds of beef,
forty joints of pork, (many of them legs from hogs
of from ten to eleven score each,) between fifty and
sixty quartern loaves, besides soups, vegetables, Scc.
At St. Faith's fair on Thursday se'unight, there
was but a small supply of cheese and butter. The
best dairies of one-meal cheese sold from iil. Lis. to
61. Inferior from 61. to tos. Good household
cheese sold from 525, to 665. inferior 48s. Butter,
per firkin, 4ai. Halves 255. There was a very
poor supply of horses, and but few sold. , A large
show of lean cattle went off very brisk in the after-
noon at high prices ; very few of the tat kind, none
sold.

At Ayr Fair, lact week, "cloth sold readily at a
considerable advance of price. The show of horses
was but indiffi,rent ; the demand was great, aria
good smart horses brought high prices.

CORK-EXCHANGE, OCT, 25 .—Tile fresh imports
of Wheat to-day are few, hut a tolerable supply at
hand; a further redu6tion being expeaed, very
few sales are made ; but little fine Barley, and
at rather better price'; Malt and Pease at stilali dif.
ference ; new 'lick Brans are lower ; hay.:! te‘,.-
Oat arrivals, those of first quality are sultiewhlt
dearer ; in Flour no alteration.
Wttrat 42 a ;fit a 7ps o 4 Reams -44 s a s›; 01
Fine ditto - 72$ a 7ss. 041 Tick Iteani $4, 4 44r41
Rye - - 3as a 3si oft 04ts 20 41 30 A 34*.thl
DatleY * .., 334 a 391 cd Poland do. 3)4 0.1304..
Must • • 72.4 .1 !a, 0 PApc St.':•ed ... .. 4(.1 ,:. 43
White Pease S'2s a ss. oo 1 hoe flour - 150 1 ti•i G''
Grey ditto - 3ss n 39$ 1(1 1 •:,:cc:lcit k thab it 0,51,,,t1