The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-19 00:00:00

HARWICH., J. IS.

THE Priltre of Orange Racket, Capt. BRIDGE,
which sailed from hence with, the Hamburgh and
Bremen Mails, returned this morning, not being
able to procegd further than Heligniand,.•on account
of the ice.; the Mails .vere then sent on shore;
and the Packet immediately put to sea.

COPY OF A LATTER TO CAPTAIN GRINDALL.

SIR,

" We, the Crew of His Majesty's Ship under your com-
mand, being deeply impressed with the most loyal attach-
:rent and duty to our beloved and revered Sovereign and
Country, feel the highest sense of that subordination essen-
aally and indispensibly due to Commanders. It is, there-
low with the .Tiost sincere .vst?: ete. expres!; epyr
ricsirc of convincing the Lords of the Admiralty, awl the
Nation at large, that we never had! the least Correspondence
with any Ship or Ship's Company whatever during the late
Mutiny. We are, therefore, propokionably hurt by the im-
putation of our being concerned in a crime which we abhor,
and much lamented to hear was so atrociously committed on
board the Temeraire.
" In consequence of our services being particularly re-
quired in behalf of our Country, We take this opportunity
of expressing our readiness to go on any duty the Lords of
the Admiralty may think proper to appoint. We hope, Sir,
at the same time, that you and your Qfficers will consider us
as men far different from what we have beeti represented : as
men who feel themselves most anxiously desirous of de- •
serving and receiving the esteem due to loyal Subjeas, and
the zealous defenders of our Country. We•have farther to
express the high sense of gratit4e and respea due to you and
your Oirleers—partieularly Mr. Loy E, by whose advice we
express our desire to go in a state of due subordirtation and
alacrity to any part we may be ordered. In a word, we. hope
and trust, that we shall be considered, as it will be our ut-
most endeavours to prove obedient to duty, and
" Your obedient humble Servants,
• " The SHIP'S CREW in GENERAL."
The above statement of the'crew of the For-
midable not being in the least concerned in the late
mutiny, was corroborated by the•following decla-
ration of Ward; to the Chaplain and Officers, just
before
,the awful moment of his execution yesterday
..-morning on board the above .ship:— •
c, We never had any powder, at any time, from
the Formidable, or any communication with her
crew whatever."

The Squadron for the West. Indies consists of the
Temerai re 98 Admiral
/CAMPBELL.
Formidable . 98 Captain RINDAL L.
Theseus - - 74 -131. c .
Majestic - 74
Orion .. - - 74
Vengeance - - 74
Resolution - - 74 GA a DNER.
Det•iree - 44 DACRES.
Morgiana - - 16 OTTER.
Captain BULLER has resumed the Command of
the Achille, of 74. guns, vice WALLts.
Lieutenant EDWARDS, late of the Royal William,
is appointed a Lieutenant of Haslar Hospital, vice
M'GREGOR, deceased.
Capt. MEANLAND, of the Schooner Roebuck,
which arrived at New-York from Curracoa on the
rgth December, states, that, on his passage., he
fell in with His Majesty's ship La Renard, who
informed him, that, having sent his ship's boat
ashore at Cape Samana, in the N. E. end of Hispa-
niola for water, the people on shore detained her
watering party, upon which he had the Frigate
hauled up under the Fort, and begun a heavy fire,
which was answered from the Fort ; but after an
engagement of six hours, the Frigate silenced th,e
Fort, and forced them to return herrpeople.
The West Indian Convoy which sailed from
Cork, the I9th of Oaober last,' Made the land off
Barbadoes the 16th of November; §0 'favourable did
the variable winds blow in the gist instance, and
so fresh the trade winds during the remainder of the
passage.
By letters received from Cadiz it appears, that
Admiral LINO IS is ordered to the 'West Indies, with
the French Squadron under his command, to co-ope-
rate in the Expedition to St. Domingo.
A small convoy sailed from the Bahamas for Eng-
land, on the 3oth of November, but separated in a
gale, a week after. Some of the vessels have ar.
lived.

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LtN6dLiet-iNg HALLS. JAN: f

bRURV-LANIS, THEAtRE:

titi further hearing relative to the ahOve Con-
cern came on this morning; When
The L01:1) CHANC ELLOR Paid; #c teas necessary
in the first instance to know what the charafter,
right; and interest of Mr.-Gs.ta B relative to the pro-
perty was; after which hetllqght little else would
remain to be done, it: Jp.a,rties would speedily'
come to terms. He-theFerore- direded that Copies
of the Proposal . which ',ha' been already made;
should be served tipan itliparties, and signified that
he would di&ate in Court to-morrow morning, the
question which he wished Mr. Serjeant PALMER
to decide upon, relative to Mr. Gay 88. He gave
the parties till this day week to come to proper
terms amongst themselves, and signified his de-
cided intention, if they did not, to make his De-
cree on that day; whatever might be the conse-
quence. , _

ROYAL ACADEMY.—The President and most of
the distinguished Members of this Institution, yes-
tetday held their annual dinner, in honour of HER
MAJESTY'S birth-day, at the Crown and Anchor
in the Strand. The meeting was attended by many
friends of the Academicians, and the day passed
With the utmost conviviality. Messrs. SAGE, GORE,
LELTE, and the younger KNyvti-rs were present,
and considerably enhanced the ample treat which the
Stewards, Messrs. Sit EE and Fl AXMAN had provided.
Mr. SHEE, much to the regret of the Company, by
whom he is deservedly respedecl as an Artist and
as a man, was prevented from attending by in:.
disposition, and his duty was discharged with at-
tention by Mr. RICHARDS, the Secretary.

The Stewards nominated for next year were
Messrs. WILTON and SAND BY. The dinner was
excellent, and the musical Part of the entertainment
was highly gratifying. We never heard Non Nobis
Dornine go off with more accuracy, and dignified
effeet. S. LE produced a glee for four voices, com-
posed for the occasion by himself, and which was
creditable to his musical skill as well as to his
loyalty. The usual loyal toasts were given, and
one in honour of the Peace, by the President, was
received with reiterated applause. Such Meetings
as these, in which social enjoyments result from the
success of Genius and the Arts, deserve to be re-
corded as proofs of the improving taste and liberal
patronage of the age.

' On Monday the i ith inst. a most elegant masqued
Ball and Supper were given by join 4 CLFvi.AND,
Esq. at his much admixed Seat called Tapley, near

Bideford.

The Company wqs numerous and respectable,
consisting 'tit' the principal Nobility and' Gentry
of both S;.;;-.es in the North of bevon, who began to
assemble about eight o'clock in the evening ; a
number of excellent Masks were present in rich and
appropriate dresses, and many of the charaders
were supported with niirrtirahre 1-nurnur arsA 'inaq-
14iiiiV—arpong*,6thcrs-of a "superior kind, we noticed
a .:Fiyuch Alaquis of the ci,devant Noblesse, a
Dr. Perkins with his Tradors, two No-bodies chang-
ing into All-bodies,. a Cook and Hoyse-maid, Punch,
Apollo, Pan,Tovn-crier, !larlequin, Quack DoHor,
with a motley crew of Lapland Pritehes, yews,
Sailors, ,Gypseys, Pedlars, Waggoners', Fortune-tel-
lers, Flower Girls, Shepherdesses, Old tuomen, &c.
The rooms were superbly ornamented, and bril-
liantly illuminated with variegated lamps, of differ-
ent colours, wax lights and transparencies, disposed
in the most tasteful manner. Before supper the
company were entertained with a whimsical kind of
a lottery, in which every female had the pleasure of
drawing a prize.
The-supper abounded with all the good things
and delicacies the season could afford ; the wines
were excellent, and after supper some beautiful
duets. and trios weie sung in a style of the sweet-
est harmony. ,
-About two o'clock the ball-room was thrown
Open, where the dancers continued to trip it on the
light fantastic toe, until day-light appeared, when
they ielataritly departed from a scene of mirth and
elegant festivity seldoin witnessed in this part of the
world, and hardly to be exceeded any where.
The Hon. Mr. SPENCER deserves much credit
for his Epilogue to Alfonso, as he has introduced
many new ideas with spirit and humour, in one of
the most hackneyed species of Poetical Composition.
MUNDEN the Aftor, it seems, has already begun
to think about his Benefit ; and means to revive
the Play or The Widocu'd Wife, with the Farce of
Dead. Alive.
The Athenian who advertises for a Wife; .who
speaks six tongues, :May, probably, by the time the
honeymoOn is Over, 'find one tongue too much for
him:
The French Prrisfies appear to be quite as absurd
and extravagant in their dress, as those beings
which disgrace this town. The fashion now in
Parisis, to strut about in great-coats with six and
thirty soot-coloured capes.
A curious circumstance occurred in the Pump-
room at, Bath; on Saturday morning :—The Spirit
moving a Female Quaker as she traversed the Pump-
room, she got upon a bench and spoke for•about a
quarter of an hour, more to the entertainment than
the edification of a numerous audience.
A young woman was lately conviaed at Caen of
murdering her husband by strangling him 'in his
lied. She was 18, and her husband 68. He had
formed this unfortunatennion with her when she
was only t z years old. This miserable woman
despairing of being able to acquit herself of the
accusation against her, accused a young man of, the
commune of St. Martin de is Besau, as the author,
of the. murder. This declaration sufficed for his
conkmnation;.sentence of 'death being pronounced
against him upon the declaration of a Jury, which
was confirmed by the Tribunal of Cassation, being
found regular in its forms. At the moment how-
ever of his being led out to execution, this woman,
stung by remorse, proclaimed his innocence, in csn-
sequence of which the Commissary of Government
ordered the execution to be suspended, and the
matter is referred, io the Minister.