The Sun.
London, England, 1802-03-26 00:00:00

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crowned with success. These letters even bellt
the Official Dispatches, and represent the first
military evolutions as unproduElive of any efficient
Pove, and the devastations at Cape Town, to
!4i've greatly exceeded the descriptions either of
'Admiral VILLARET-JOYEUSE, or our brother-in-
law General LE CLERC.
• An Officer writes from the Cape on the Bth of
February,
that " the <7.4.4.-)ole To,pun was nothing but
as heap of ruins'. The white inhabitants, in the
utmost disorder, sought refuge on board of our
;l,a, -happy to Eutl an asylum, which they would
ve in vain obtained elsewhere. We pursue the
N.egroes in all direttions, and we have already ap-
Prehended a great number, whom 'we instantly shot;
and had our Troops landed ten minutes sooner,
hHD istorliE and TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE would
ave fallen into our hands."
The•
only comment we shall Make on this subject
that if the French suppose they can conciliate (for
the ecii6nY can only be submissive by conciliation)
the hlacksi
by
fit Shooting those whom they have
ade •
rrtsatiets, their cause is infallibly; and irre_
trievably lost; A firm spirit is not inconsistent
With a mild temper and therefore to early a dls-
, lar of Power must be followed either by mea-
.llres ezikulated to appal, or by a relaxation which
will render French policy contertiptible.
In •
elther rase, the issue is doubtful; and on *hat-
evei.
Side victory plants her banner, it must be
ozrd
. • ngly dyed in the blood of thousands:

This.-
arrived One of the tcvd Heimbrei-gb
.11 due on Wedne;clay:—lts cements have been,
3 11S11"1) -chiefly anticipated by the French Papers.

furs ,
AIEStt yesterday Morning took an ex.
"Iti t° Kew Palace.
etY:eks,t"d"Y Her MA:Este and the elder PR:N.
Princesssok an aiiing round Putney.
at 1.;,,;: CRAti.LoTTE of WALES dined yesterday
• 04'41164m House:
Pus• ni,..4(eutJnt of tl)e LOiip CIiANDELLOP.'S indis.
TiLn Levees are discontinued.
-Gtva ifendred and fifty of the Light Infantry of
eo.retecluLards -are arrived in von, from Chatham, es.
gtment:Y .their Officers; and are to fill up those
that are deficient in munbet%
ts,lreSterday was a holiday at the bank, but Con.
were done for money at 691'
theTY tht' death of ENV,
•• Earl PAticorrritit,
--ord
Lieutenancy and Custos Rotulorum of the
orth
lilln
f' Yorkshire becorhes vacant. His
ed ,(2,416--p Was g
also one of the Lords of His Majesty's
chamber. He was twice married—by CHAR-
t,"ITE, sister to Lord Viscount MELBOURNE, his
tizot wife, he had four daughters, Lady CHAR.
2A-11't WYNI,I, Lady ANNE WOMBWELL, ELI.
ti-411/, Countess of LuCAN, now living, and Lady
seer,kk I ET, who died in her infancy. Re married,
QH—:diY) JANE, eldest daughter of the late Jottm
helll"cltt, Esq. Beninton, Herts, by whom
ec; "as left no issue. Ihe Earldom therefore be.
111e4,neixti"ti ; but the titles of Viscount and Baron
1-PiucT( -`)erg devolvo.. on Row LAND BELAsYst, Esq.
s 'rdship was in the 58th year of his age.
Lady
I"kw
,
vtredwe are happy to heart reco.
Sit late indkpo,ition,
attei:d to V'°Nnil'hEe r AkD ts
ti-itNcHANt, though not yet able to
Public business, is somewhat better : he
The a severe attack of the gout.
next rl of CONYNGHAM is expeaed in town
,
zronti,v-" his Lordship has been passing a few
Aat his beautiful seat in Ireland.
til'itl e" Est,Ev, Member for Reading, who has
av :or 'nnle weeks past confined to his bed with
finery
severe cold, is, we are happy to state, get-
much 'better.
larzlor V"E ITUNT is we hear going to establish a
inuQtory on his estate in Ireland—a truly
example for Gentlemen of that Country to
fin The Lord Eishop of LIMERICK is on his way
14tial Ireland, to pay a visit to his Son, who has
t'Y returned from the Cape of Good Hope.
th •EX TAzior arrived at Bourdeaux on the
Ivi inst.
t)is-..4t,'danle de GENLis has ()Stained from the IVI.
of _the Interior of France, an apartment
oec„-rs' in .t National House. This apartment was
tor. Pled by GREGoiRE, lately appointed a Sena.
-N.av„-e Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and
plan •r, Jioarels have pursued a new and excellent
ton
' r u
ierlul the breaking up of the Aboukir, of 84 guns,
'nett as unserviceable some time since. The
ilevwtights anti labourers employed in the taking
‘Yorti, Pieces do not, as heretofore, perform it by day
b which would make it a tedious job, but do it
zolhiaask work to be finished in a given time, and
"
vhi_,Ze so trau.li for the performance of the contraa,
" is a great saving to Government.
It •,
the is sects;; the Public should know, that by
eve last regulation of Hackney Coach Fares, when-
int' the
"verage price of Oats is at or under one
place ea l'er•T:arter, the following dt;duCtions take
t, ail fires from 25. to 55.-63.; between
it-'ll-(11{1.1(1 • ; from 73. 6d. to 105.—15. 6d.;
upwards—zs.
the Grand Juries in several of the Counties have
-audablY. set their faces against the impositions of
aPiurlsox,i.nb's—but there is another serious combination
bel:l4 the Stable_k€Prers and Liverymen, which it
lill'et'ives the 'Legislature to notice, via. the shame
of.is.
6d. per night for hay, and 6,i. per
110:.:.tun to,r oats, besides a regular charge for
hc,ters• So that if a Gentleman has a pair of
ci,ar'e,, and puts diem up, for 'evcey 565. is
whertlgel-1--645. per quarter for oats is exorbitant,
be Price. c01y20% Magistrates ought w
ern
kets. poi,vercd to fix the pike according to the Mar-

NAVAL NEWS.

SHEERNESS, MARCH
25.

A Court-Martial was held yesterday, and the day
before, on board the Beichert/ref. at the Dore, Rear.
Admiral ROWLEY President, on Capt". FRASER, of
that Ship, for having behaved in a tyrannical and
oppressive manner, and for having collared Lieut.
THOMAS GABORIAN MARSHALL, late of that ship,
and shaking him, the said Lieutenant, on the gang.:.
way while on watch, on the night of the list ult. ;
when the Charges which were exhibited by Lieut.
MARSHALL, being considered by the Court as ill,
founded, the said Captain FRASER was most fully
acquitted.