The Sun.
London, England, 1802-03-11 00:00:00

DEAL, MARCH 10.

united Came down the Lord Nelsn, SPOTTISWOOD, and
Kingdom, Euu.ocx, for the East Indies,
and remain,

sr. IVES, MARCH 4. -
t)l4 Thiir A ---
ba b ! aY-last was driven on 'shore in this
y, y a violent
Stiffolk, of Lundgale of wind N. E. the ship
at
goods and ricwith
on, Capt. MILLER, laden bale
Pa'ssage of six' mfroorn_ Bengal, after a troubreles.onmae
iking and distressedall Conditions having split
pieces the night befoie - and of twenty-
°ne hands on b 1 ' do
°ant, six only were able toduty,
- and therest being
sick;
the ship proving very leaky,;
obi' Water Continuing. to gain on them, they were
obliged ro let her drift on shore before wind and
.- s.ea• The crew remained on board in a peillOus;
situation for some hours.; but, by the vigilant ex.:
ettions
of the people from the shore (who always in
such cases
distinguish themselves by manly alacri-
ty), having got boats from the creek of Hayle, and
s!arge eight-oar boat, carried from St. Ive's (three
111. Lles) by land, and being well manned, they at-
lllPted at all hazard to get to the ship. In the mean
title the Captain and crew on board fastened a line
!c''
Cre keg, and let it drift from the ship ; the boat's
w got hold of it, and by that means hauled the
people on shore, one by one, until they were all
safely landed, except two, who were so.ill as not
to be able to struggle, and so died in their ham-
-1110 Mks. The weather next day proving favourable,
all he bale goods, which consisted of raw silk and
iilitislins, with some hundred bags of rice, were
.7ought to St, five's by boats ;
and yesterday the
niP, with part of the cargo of rice, was got off, ,
and brought into St. Ive's sier, much damaged.
11'"ut
T :his morning was brought in here by the Do j_
, JOHNS, a sloop laden with spirits, and salt. tobacco,

PENZANCE, MAICH 6.

TH'IiitSDAY se'nnight, in the morning, about four
N
o'c
E. as has lock, came on as violent a gale of wind from N.
. been temembered for many years,
which did considerable damage to the fishing and
pilot boats of this place. The Hunter Sloop of War
parted her cables in Gwavas Lake, and as she swang
rouild, struck on the rocks at Point Lee, which
greatly alarmed the Officers and
ficers and seventeen of the men. Three Of-
crew g
over the point ; quitted the
Brig
from the bowsprit, which hun
fortunately she got off again in a few but
minutes, and
went for Plymouth to repair damage.

It is of great importance that the Ship.owners
and Masters should be aware, that from a very re-
cent opinion of the ATTORNEY and SOL2CITOR
GENERAL, a vessel of any description whose length
{aloft) exceeds more in proportion, than three feet
rithznd a half ito on. 11,...t breadth, must be furnished
a licence from the Lords of the Admiralty,
before the can be used far any plirpSe ewbatever.

There has been a very general sweep among some of
the Principal Officers of Plymouth Dock-yard, for
abuse of their trust, and attempting to defraud Go-
- Vernment,
by charging board-wages, while they were
receiving the allowances of the Navy. One of
these Officers has had aetions commenced against
him by Lord Sr.
amount of 50001. VINCENT, for penalties to the
sh The greatest bustle and confusion took place at
eerness on Saturday morning last ; the Royal
14 I'd '
~. ,va 1 s stationed there had previously received
.tilgers to march for Dover Castle on that day
t e baggage waggons were loaded ;—the drums
a.llnea march ;—and at the moment an express
rived for their remaining : what the cause might
~.114ve been we have not been able to ascertain. It
Zter_was reported, that they were to be conveyed by
, and that gun- brigs were coming down from
amit ptford for that purpose; a staff of marines, it is
eQded, are to be stationed in the barracks to do
the
duty in the dock-yard, and the usual duty in
e garrison".
the
Pur
Xidnapping, it is sanid, still
P ose of goes on in Paris, for
g money by way of ran:am.
1
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THE OR At'o 7? 10.

Covent-Garden.

The Messiah was performed last night at this
Theatre, with precision, dignity and grandeur,
worthy the sublimity of the composition, This
noble work of its great author was opened by
BRAHAM, with an awful solemnity that strongly
impressed the audience.

Mrs. BILLINGTON, after having distinguished
herself in the First Aft, went to the CONCERT or
ANCIENT Music, and returned to conclude the
Messiah at this Theatre.

At the end of the First MI, a beautiful Con_
certante was perfotmed, in which Mr. G. and Mr.
C. ASHLEY displayed their talents, on the Violin
and Violoncello, with great success, and were pow-
erfully aided by WOIDNER, LINOS, and PARKIN-
SON, on the Flute, Oboe, and Bassoon.
The numerous Audience which the Oratorios
draw, so early in the season, may be considered as
the natural and proper efreft of their merit, under
the liberal and judicious superintendance of Mr.
ASHLEY.

Yesterday New-York Papers were received, to the
3oth of January inclusive.
The Baltimore Gazette of Jan. '23, states, that a
Gentleman belonging to a respe6table mercantile
house in Alexandria, had received a letter from his
Partner the night before, which said, « I am sorry
to inform you TOUSSAINT is no more : he has been
caught by the Blacks, and burnt alive !"

two days—after this article appeared, a different
account was inserted in the same Paper, given as a
letter from Cape Francois, dated the 3oth of Dec.
in-which it is stated, " that the Island was in a
state of tranquillity, as if nothing had happened,
and that business was entirely at a stand in conse-
quence of the Peace. The French, it was said,
were hourly expeled ; but it was a matter of uncer.
tainty whether they would be opposed by Tous
SAINT, who was then on a tour through his domi,
nions, and was not expeCted to return for two or
three months."—The Editor of the Baltimore Ga-
zette acknowledges himself incompetent to decide
which of the accounts are of the latest date.

A private Letter from Paris informs us, that in con-
sequence of the late pretended Conspiracy, several
Emigrants and Royalists are arrested, or sent out of
the Country. Among these, it is said that the.
Abbe SICARD, the Teacher of the Deaf and Dumb,
is sent into exile. M. SICARD, it seems, was
guilty of writing something to prove that, the
title of Citizen was not applicable to Frenchmen.
The Duke de IVIoN.rmoRENcy- LAVAL has been
sent away, and the Abbe du PARc, lately returned
from England, sent to the Hotel de la Force.

. The following curious bequests art contained in
,the Will of THOMAS ROB INSON. late of Roebar_ ton; near Taunton, in Sornersetshire, •who died late-
- ly. The Executors are the Governor of the Bank
of England, and ABRAHAM NEWLAND, Esq. the
Principal Cashier :

" All my property in the Stocks I give to the
assistance of Government—it is my voluntary con-
tribution to the defence of the Nation ; and I ap-
point the Governor and Cashier of the Bank of Eng-
land Executors and Trustees ; and I trust they will
have it placed to the proper account immediately
after my death.
" All I have in Taunton, in money or goods of
any kind, I give to my servant,. Elizabeth Clerk,
in requital for her taking care of me during two
long illnesses ; the first of which was caused by
poison given me by Miss Hannah Shute, which took
out all my teeth, caused two or three impoStliumes,
and from which I recovered by miracle, by a milk
diet."

The Haymarket Theatre is to undergo several
changes in its Company next season. Mr. H.
JOHNSTON and his %vile have quitted it. Mrs.
LITCHFIELD is another of the seceders, intending
to perform on provincial boards. POWELL, Mrs.
MILLS and Miss MENAGE are not, it seems includ-
ed in the new arrangements. Mr. C. KEZ4I3 LE re-
sumes his former station in that Theatre, and the
Company is to be strengthened by the addition of
MURRAY, Miss Ho w E es, and Mrs. ST. LEG E R.—
What is the cause of these secessions or these ac-
quisitions, we presume not to determine.
The practice of folfeiting Performers for non-
attendance at Rehearsals, &c. has been discon-
tinued at Drury Lane Theatre, but notice is
taken of all such ads of • negligence, and the
offenders will probably be decisively reminded
of their errors at the close of the season,—An
effectual regulation is indeed requisite, as there
are some Performers who do not think it necessary
to burthen their memories with the (words of their
characters, and others who contrive almost to wash
away all sense of those charaders by co healths five
fathom deep."

JuNrus.:—lt is confidently asserted that indispu-
table proof has at length been found that Wi LK ES
was really the Author of Junius's Letters, and this
proof, we understand, is to be submitted to the
Public.—After so many conjectures and reports
upon this subject, it Will he difficult to excite pub-
lic confidence. Besides, though WrucEs was cer-
tainly a man of talents and literature, there is
nothing published with his name which can induce
a belief that his powers were adequate to such mas-
terly. compositions, to say nothing of the, con-
temptuous manner in which he is himself treated
in those letters.—A man for the sake of effect-
ing or concealing a design, might speak Of him-
self .with indignation, but it is not very likely
that he would hold himself forth to contempt.
An Establishment is about to be erected at Ham_
burgh, which will be equally useful and agreeable,
both to natives and foreigners ; the plan of M.
HosTaur to erect a Society.house in the neigh-
bourhood of the Exchange. It is to comprehend se-
veral large halls and coffee-rooms. In the. last of
these will every day be found the latest German,
English, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, kussian, and
American Newspapers, Prices Current, Ship and
Coast-Lists. frotocols also will be lodged there
under the care of a Librarian, to regulate, all
mercantile and
_Political atilirs. Five hundred of
the principal houses have already subscribed to this
noble building, which is expeCted to be opened in
the year 1803 fur the accommdaiiQn of all Nations,

ItERTFORb ASSIZES, MARcti

MAIL ROBBERY.

jen%les Sizook was indicted for feloniously asnault_
ing on the King's highway John Stevens, the Post-
boy who was employed to convey the letter-bags
from 'l'ring to Hemel Hempsted; putting him in
fear of his life, and taking from him the said letter_
bags. •

I he darkness of the night prevented Stevens from
having such a view of the robber as to be able to
identify the person of the Prisoner ; but the fol-
lowing chain of circumstantial evidence was sub-
mitted to the Jury, to guide their determination as
to the guilt of the Prisoner :

Several Witnesses proved that he had been seen in
the neighbourhood a few days before the robbery,
riding upon an iron-grey horse, and one of them
had met him cobbling the girths of the saddle,
which had been broke. The morning after the
robbery, an iron-grey horse of the same description,
and a saddle, the girths of which had been broken
and unskilfully cobbled, were found, with some of
the letter-bags, in a field adjoining to the place
where the robbery was committed.

A considerable number of Witnesses were brought
forward on the part of the Prosecution, by whom
several of the Notes that Were taken out of the let-
ters in the bags were traced up to the Prisoner,
who sent them into circulation the day after the rob-
bery. The circumstances of the Prisoner being
possessed of this property the day after the °rob-
bery, his being a man of no. visible means of liveli-
hood, or possibility of coming honestly by those
notes ; his having disguised himself by assuming
different names ; having absconded, and at the time
of his arrest having a brace of pistols in his pockets;
'together with the 'general evidence of his having
been seen in that neighbourhood a few days previ-
ous to the robbery; formed such a mass-of circum-
stantial evidence, that-the-jury, Without hesitation,
found him Guilty.
Justice HEATH, in his address to the Prisoner,
previous to passing sentence upon him, observed,
that there would he no 'security for the lives or pro-
perties of His Majesty's good Subjects, if the mid-
night depredator was strfc of escaping the justice of
the country, when: he had concealed his_ person ei-
ther by the darkness of the 'night, or under a
dis-
guise ; he told him, that his crime was of a nature
so destructive to .society and the commercial in-
terests of this COuntry, that -he must 'not 'flatter
himself with a thought of pardon'.
The sentence was, that he. should be hanged on
Thursday, near the spot where he committed the
robbery.