The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-02 00:00:00

z 3.

pv Wednesday seinnight,•being the Anniversary
•of HER MAJESTi:'s Bitth..d,i'y, the Troops in
Aberdeen had .a 'grand Field-day under the
.corn-
mand of Major. General th-e bfHUNTLY.
The different Corps'tharahed-to the.P.inks by-twelve
o'clock, and took poSt in the folloWing order :
• •TFOOP Of 'Ole 3d Dragoon Guards,"Cotnnian4ell by
Captain' HARRIS, on the right; tst Regiment-of
Aberdeen 'Volunteer Infantry,
_Under the-:Comrbarid
of Lieutenitni-ColoheY FINLAYSON; on the left ;
and the sch British-Militia, under the command of
'the' Eat-1 of CAITHNEss, in the centre, with Aftil_
lery on the flanks. I.;nriI*HUNTLY' came 'upon the
grcUrid, attended by :he Hon. Major RAMSAY, his.
Aid-d.;.Cainp,. and. Lieutenant.ColOn'el
when the whole presented arms; after
.which the
"different Corps successively fired three volleys,
preceded by a rcyal Sainte froin'the *fie.a.'pieces.
The Corps then 'parched off the ground 'in the same
order. Upon coming to town, the Volunteeis in
Cdstle-Street, and the Militia in the Ba'rrack'Pa.
rade, were entertained by Lord with
see e'pal lioabsheads,' of pnrter to drink the.health of
the day. -Lord HUNTLY, with 11-18USUalllospititil-
ly,, gave an elegant dinner in honour of the day;
.ro
the- principal Military qentletnen* in tovn, and
'other respeetable Gentlemen in the town and neigh.
• boarhOcil.• • •

LEWES, J. 30.

A -FEw days ago ;the-body of Lee, one of ae
,Newliaven PilOts 'wilt) were unfortunately drowned
about a month.sitice oft'tlia! port, was. picked up in
:Seaford Bay. His face was Much. disfigured, and
his clothes partly.. gone ; hut Jwhat remained eon-
.tained'hiS watch, his tobaico box, and a bank note,
Which were restored to his friends.

'The'French LUgger Privateer, which for several
days had greatly annoyed our Coast, and captured a
trading Sloop off Newhaven, we are credibly . in_ •
fOrMed, has been sincevtaken by one'Of our cruizers,
who recaptured'. the Sloop ; and we are sorry to
add, it is confidently reported, that a young man,
who; not many years ago; filled a very respeCiable
situation in the Customs, at a neighbouring port;was
one of the Privateer's cre ; add that he has, in con-
sequence, been since..conimitted to-Dover Castle.
On- Thursday serini:.;-ht a very extraordinary
wt
•
high tidefio ed along e whole Of our Coast, and
being. accompanied by.. as, strong gale of wind, did
considerable damage. A t,Pitgban, near Chichester,
and in the marshes, called Meadmary, .the sea rbse
to a height never before remembere'd. _Seventy-
six fine ewe sheep, the property of ;Messrs. Hillier ;
and Barber, were:dro-:ened in the :above marshes,
and divers 'others were found in a state nearly
perishing, driven ,by. the force of the
,water to a
cOnsiderabje-distance from their pastures; and much
other damage was -ex.perienced.
Last Friday another large.portion of ;F.:. excav:lt-
ed cliff, a little to the .eastward of the Royal Gres..
cent at Brighton, fell, and formed a frigh:ulOasen
across the main road,Auite up to the adjacent corn '
Joel:4y happened in
.the early part Of the •
day, which•rindered it more generally known, and
consequently less dangerous.
The Militia Regiments in our Barracks are this
day to.be reviewed by the Earl of Craven.
• The burglary lately.,committed in the house of
an aged couple at Westharn, has at lengthbien •
Covered. Tlie o4.,!nders are five soldiers of Life
BStlis regiment, stationed in.,the barracks of the
above place, as. was, sus;.;eCled. They have under-.
gone ,two or three•-examinations before. the High '
Bailiff of Pevensey, and .are, now fully committed •
to the .prisdn.9f that Corporation, uatil an—Llabets
Corpus can be obtained for their removal to 1-I.orsi-
-11,,m,ga01,,10r trial at our ensuing. assizes. Previous
to the discovery, the- poor. toan's Icss had hcen
amply ftwi c , p to. him, by a subscription amongst
the,Oificers of the regiment,..seton:foot. by Colv.ugl
as lie,never lost sight of the suspicious
presented themselves, , fromra
Duff; whose cOndtia on the occasion is h'oilly EO-
-1,1
nourable,
sircunistances-
fruitless search,lor,the, substitution of iniitary pu-
nishinent,bUt persevered until:lie,liad fully .esta-
t Wished the guilt of;..the Prisoners, and committed
them to the safe rusted), of the civil power.

JAN. 21.

On Thursday last the
,Right Worshipful, Mayor,
after a hearing of two hours., and .on. the ,clearest
testimony of three WitileSss,.conviae4 the ),late•of •
a Ship, for harbouring and screening aSerjeant of
the Light Brigade Aviio.had deserted ; his Worshjp
according to law fined the .offender 201. half ,of
which he ordered to the two ,informers, and the
utherhalf.to Lieut. GARDE, commanding the
Light lirigade,whu very hariotsoniely,,ccfused taking
his part, in consideration of the man having a large
famity.• It is hoped
~this: e?cample; wiil preycot
others in future:tom assisting,_ harbouring, ,or
screening any deserter from-HisMajesty's,Service,
as the law direds that offenders in this way shalt
lie, lined 201.‘and in.
case. said fine is not paid•
iiifotirdays, and That no goods can be found.to
train, then tu,be imprisotied4n.the common gaol 10-r
the term of six months,'

. ; .
At the last .Guarter,Sessions held
,at Chichester
on the loth instant, -- Graystonl foreman to
the building oldie barracks at Little (la;npton, and
his brother, a deaf and dumb man, were scntcnced,
the former to 'six, and the latter to three months,
imprisonment, in Petworih: House of- Correelion,
fur heading 'the workmen, and attempting with vio-
lence to .impede Lieutenant TuomAs Sr.tr y, the
Olficei employed in the Impress Service, at Little
Hampton, in .the execution of, his duty.
.The
currence last August,. and would have
'been attended with very serious consequences, ; had
not the Lieutenantaitled successfully,.as he did,.with
_great- resolution and firmness, tempered by„coolness
and forbearance'. The DuKe of RicagoNo,
presided at the trial,' told Lieutenant tiro Y, in the
name of the Bench, that he had atied
a Gentleman, and with tha.n firmness be-
► coining his charader.