The Sun.
London, England, 1804-12-26 00:00:00

PARISIAN THEATRE.

piety were the fashion, all Paris, would run
to the Theatre Louvois, to. Nee .:i‘s Trois C,;;5ti,,,,;:4
thatroing Piece Of DANCOURT, which PICARD'
has got up with great care and expence : but, alas"
the people go to the Comedic, now only to'
,weep !
aild the cannon of alarm of Tippeo Saib, and the
,belfry of Lisbon, will draw more company than, the
fine scenery of Les Trois Cousines, and.the comic and
epirited dialogue which pervades the whole Piece.
A new Piece, entitled The Su:rep:We, was lately
Produced with success at the same Theatre; and, to
-vary the scene, PICARD has lately announced, for.
the gratification of the lovers of the Old Comedy,
The Baisa d' Alhicrac, • a Piece in five Ads, by
THOMAS CORNS ILLS. ' • •
The Original a,vd thy Portrali, a Piece for some
time announced at the Theatre in the Rue de Char.
Ere's is a beautiful rateirville, composed by M.
.CUR, jun. Author of Deux l'euves, of Portrait 'de
Fielding, and Mari Retrouvi.,
Camilla not being produdive, as WAS expeded,
the &Ores are preparing to get up Les Ocnievras
new Opera of M. MoscA, their .Manager. The
poem is an imitation of ARIODANT. •
- The Theatre Favart has announced for this Win-
ter apiece of DELIONY and 160Y1ILDISIY. The
poetry and music of which have completely succeed.
•ed at St. Petetsbargh, It is, a Russian subject,
which must, according to report., be interesting even
in France.

A new Piece, entitled Atlri lea Stye', by GAR.
Vet, and in which DUPORT plays a principal parts
*has been lately brought out with success.
The Opera Comique has announced Pizarro, a
Grand Speetacle, in three Afis,in which GAVAUDAU
will play the principal part. M. RastcotraT, .and
'ldadernoiselle Pt NOINFT, are sick at the. Opera Cu.•
'rnique ; M. Jut, E ts 7 ,at Vaufleville; and M.Tt ate E.
L NI and Mademoiselle CAROLINE, at Mantansier.
At the Theatre Francaise the Comedians are all
well—lt is only the Comedy that is sicka

Mrs. EDWIN is the comic heroine of the Dublin
Stage at present. She has played Beatrice with. very
reat tuccess to HOLMAN'S BCl;rdieh, which also
has been much admired. They have'acquired great
fame in Doff Felix and 'Via/ante. Mrs. '.I,.:DWIN 19
wife to the Son of the former great Comic prop of
the London Stage. The spirit of the Fattier, how.
.ever,, is not inherited by the Son. •
NIORTON'II new CI:MC(Iy is to be read to the'Per.
formers concerned in it tomorrow, at Covent.
prden Theatre. All the , comic strength of the
House, is, of course, included in it.
'BONAPARTE, it is said, hired at Lisbon the
jetiels for his coronation. It is probable, that he
will take good tare that they shall not be lost, and
therefore, keep them in safe custody till lte,.is able
to ay for them.
Mr. T. a remarkable Miser, lately died in the
West of Ireland; a few hours before his death, lte
sent for the Undertaker herrizined ter his c€ffi4,
and received tempts(' halfpenny discount fur promie
paymen):

. .
Saturday morning a man'and his wife were found
with their. throatt cut in a-tniiat 'shockidg manner,
in their house in East Peckbarn; Kent ; tll4tvnman
was piite dead, but the man survived a SIMI Cline.

FROM I 1.1-,t, i 4;vrC..'il P4f 4,E RS:

C'Aurk. -Dec. :.,...--Accounti from Barcelona', of-
the '2 Tit. ult. contain the particulars of the c:, tn't'f!
of the Spanish Convoy b'onnd for Putt Mahon, -I:nd7
which put' to bea. in
.consequence of the posi!ive
declaration of the' F.;pglish chat it should sail in
safety.

, The Regiment of the Volunteers of Castile left
Barcelona on the, i4th, in three Spanish Merchant_
men, which were taken by the English Squadron
on the 56th, four leagues from Port Mahon.—
The ,vessels and troops were immediately sent to
Malta. The Officers, on the other hand, to the
number of eighty, the women who followed the
Regiment, and the Crews of the vessels, were kept
onboard the Spencer Ship of the Line, for the pur.
pose of being afterwards sent on shore. 'lshe Of.
ficerti had their private effects given up to them, and
there were also restored to them, in consequence of
representations on, that subject, the Colours of the
Regiment, and the Royal Bills, or Vales, found in
the Military Chest. The specie, however, amount.
ing to is,ooo dollars, was retained.
The whole, consisting of eight Sail of the Line,
and several' Frigates, then set sail for. the Spanish
Coast, where, on the iSth, two leagues from land,
it fell in with the Swedish vessel La Medea, Capt.
Lusuarao, coming from Barcelona,' in'ballast.—
He was stoppeciby the Squadron, arid ordered to take
on board 'and carry ashore the SPanish PrisOners
who were on board the English Ships. This order
he obeyed ; but on his arrival, himself and his Pas.
u scors from Barcelona, being !Inwards, in all, of
an hundred individuals, were obliged to perform a
quarantine of ten days, on account of having held
communication with the English Fleet, notwith.
standing his being provided with a Bill of Health
signed-by Lord NELSON himself.

Some Letters, in addition to this account, mention
the circumstance, that the Captain. General of Ca.
talonia having, previous to the sailing of the Trans.. ports, sent to inquire of the Commander of the
English Frigate.cruizing off that Port, whether the
Transports might sail without having any thing to
fear on the part of the English ?--the said Com.
minder replied, that they might sail in perfeet safe.
ty. This instance of bad faith, which rendered the
subsequent violence still more odious, augmented
the general indignation provoked by the proceed.
ings of Admiral NELSON.

Not content with aiuing in an hostile manner
against an armed force, whose destination, in the
prob9ble case of a war, might be contrary to the in-
terests or England, this Officer has since attacked
all panish vessels indiscriminately. He has, ac.
cording to the accounts brought by the Officers
who were prisoners .with him, isaued orders to make
prize of all vessels carrying. the Spanish Flag ; to
send to Malta 'such as are more than too tons bur.
then ; to Sink those of an inferior tonnage ; •and to
burn such vessels as should be found at anchor on
the eastern coast of Spain. These orders have
been already executed with regard to several Spanish
vessels.

Two Merchantmen, bound to .Barcelora from
Leghorn, have been taken. Three West Indiamen
havebeen burnid in the vicinity of this Port, and
the Crews wtre tcaicely left timegnOugh to escape
from, the !lames, 'and get on Shiite.
•, -
The Detachment ol'Aitillety'dotined for., Putt
Mahon, consisting' of only . 213 meo, having sailed
tram llarcelona one -day before the Regiment of the
Line;
.in a fast sailing corvette, which served as a
Guarda Costa, was fortunate enough to reach her
debtiPation'; hut on her : return to- Barcelona, she
was captured by the English, who took laer into
. their service, 'and employed her the day after (the
2Fit NOvember) in:giving cline to and taking the
Majorca Packet.boar, in sight even of the.hatbour
of Barcelona.
In consequence of these proceedings, we justly
consider this City, as being blockaded by sea, and
we arc so much the more apprehensive of a famine,
as the numerous herds of cattle intended for its stip-
,ply are prevented from arriving by..the cordon to.
wards, Perpignan, which enforces its orders with
the :utmost rigour.
lip to the .zzd ult.- the Neutrality of Cadiz was
still respated by the ,nglish Squadron• which
'crisped before that Port. On the iStli and tqth,
two'Spanish Frigates were dispatched to South
America, with intelligence of the coannencernerit

of hostilities, and instructions for the Governors of
•t he Colonies. The' first of the two, the Amphitrite,
escaped the vigilance of the Engtish, ih consequence
of a violent' gale of wind.

The secwiti Fr;gate, La. Matlelaine, was stopped
by'thetic on 9i aud detained fouran,d,twenfy
hours; but, in c,filisequence of a requisition madt by
GoVernor of . she was sent back the
follovving day, with notice net to attempt sailing
main,'''the'CorTiiiinder of the English Sqiiadron
at the same tirnedeclared, that, he had received or-
ders •frpm his GOvernor. not to' suffer any of the'
King's Ships" to enter or leave the Ports of Spain.
During this condukt, the Spanish Merchant Vessels
ixperierced mOlestation whatever ; the richest
cargoisTfrom the American Settlements being allow.
ea to the'latest mu*nt,tei toter Port, after haVing
liedn disked by the English. .‘

The last accounts from .Vslentia infirm us of the
exCCution of, the embargo ordered to be laid upon
ships and property., There were only three
igestelti,of trifling value.. At Gilboa two only were
;seiled, 'and it seems, , that in the other ports, where
the tardincss with which this measure is put in exe.
cution has given the English Merchants time to
take their precautions, the seizures will.; not be
mare consjderable. Tt is_ Cet tain, for instance, no
orders were received at St. •Andero when .she cm.
bargti was laid oriliritia4 ships at Bilboa and such
inconsiderate measures of rigour were taken there
as'to. prohibit the Spanish Merchants from accept'.
ing and paying bills drawn from England ; a step
which must rather turn to the dettiment And ruin
of the Spanish, than to the distitlir'antrige, the,tta.
titan against !hid' they are going to war. • But it
must be added, that this dues nwr to—have
proceeded, as.yet, from any general system of the
6ovarnalipt ; but, rather,' at Billmai w be an effcd

, . .
'of the zeal which the Kines„Cummissary for jub.
ing the disturbances In Brcc3y, has "exerted in the
''execution of the Royal ORless.

At Madrid the British Subjefts.have hitl.erto not
been imilested; hot it is thought th.it an ouktfor.
their quitiing the kingdoni, and the seizure of their
property,.will be the immediate consequence- of the
formal
,Declaration of War, which- must have been
signed by His Majesty on the, i7rh of NoveMber,-
and of which the publication is er,peeted every
day.

The Commercial Gazette of 'the 296 publishes.a
Letter of his Highness M. l)c CEYALLOS, ~c() the
Minister of Finance, informing him, forthebcoefit
of the Merchants, that the DEY of .ALot IRS' has
sent out his Corsaivi, with orders to bring in all,.
Ships laden with Coro into hi•i Ports, :wlierc the.
Cargo will lie purchased at the market. price of
.the
Country ; that, an Imperial vessel, though prOvided.
with a ,Firman from the GRAND SElGtidit, was
already brought in ; and that it, is to be expe6led
that the. Algerine, Pirates will capture every v'etsel.
laden with provisions, and compel her to sell her,
cargo at a very low rice., without
.-regard to the
nation she may belong. to.. Privaie Letters from
Algiers explain this strange proceeding from the
scarcity which prevails there, in consequence Of, the
failure of this year's crops.

PARISIAN FASHIONS.

TM E newest riding coats are of black cloth, or
barbel blue. We see some black velvet.
velvet collars are very common. • The velvet hats,
of the same. colour as the coats, have in front a
large bunch of velvet. When they are of black
velvet, the tuft in front is generally a bunch of
roses. The. white velvet hats, which are very
stylish, have some bunches
. of white roses ; otheri
of red roses. The moo fashionable ribbons are
in imitation of the borders of the Cachemire
shawls. The hair upon the nape of the neck is plait-
ed, 'and brought forward so as to form a diadem
before, without overwhelming the forehead, or
passing the ringlets upon the tcmplos. Next to
the black Cachemire shawls those most in repute
are the long shawls of ‘yhite.easitnir, with borders
embroidered in gold. White silk stockings arc all
the rage, yet .we see many of white cotton with
open clocks«

The following. is an Eictrael of a Letter from an Officer in
the East India Company's Service, Elated Camp Kooch,
liondlecond, April 7.
" The 19th of January the Corps left Plumb-
ghur, to join the Army in this quarter, which WiM
expeded to have been attacked by a very large
force under Aumeer Khan; a Mahratte Chief. We
joined this division of the Army in eleven days,
basing marched in that time above 220 miles,
which was very harassing to our camp followers and
cattle.

61 There are no inns to be met with in India, but
we are under the necessity of carrying with us sup:
plies and necessaries for several months expendi-
ture. About the time wi joinedAhli army the
dreadful attack very soon blew over, and ever
Since we have been marching and counter-march.
ing, but no enemy to be met with.. This 'country
has lately been ceded to us by the Peishwa ; . the
original holders of the lands_ are in general our al.
lies,, who kept them,. paying to the . Company the
same tribute that they had paid to their head (the
Peishwa), which they generally avoided, fulfilling,
they having very large bodies, of Troops.of their
own; and, unless. compelled by force alarms, he
gets little or
,noshing. It is the finest country I
have 'ever omen, ,not even excepting. Bengal.:---the
natives. have only,. to open the , ground, *and sow
their grain, which repays them, in,great akounslance.
What, is strange,,, they have .ikw 4esorvoirs or v.'ells
to water their fields. ,In eyery,orher, part
,of:lndia,
unless their grounds -are constantly .supplied with
water, their crops, generally fail,; hut, it, i 3 onplea.
sant to think, that if a failure. of the annual;trAs ,
should take place,• a famine, must be the..conso..
quence,. . .
"Scarcely, a hut is to he seen throughout theyihok
of this country, unless , immediately under 'the pen.
tettion of a fort, where all their villagei are set
'down, and where they take refuge from the numerous
'bodies of Pendarries• (bandittitorsemen) who arc
constantly laying the inhabitants under contribution,
and plundering the country. - - '. - '
" The heat, in my opinion, is very oppressive,
the thermometer in my tent, a• very large ,one, at
tor, and when exposed to the sun, t zB, -which is
very harassing. to us Europeans." ' • ' . .
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ArriVat,e'lettet (him Aronburgh, recv!ived by the'
lot Mail; states, that, BotrArAtt rr: itt.trniicil to set
out immediately after Christmas, to vi,it his Arthy
on'the•Coast, accompanied by all those numerous,
Military Deputies .from the Army of the Line,"as'
well as 'from thellational Guarcli, invited, to Nrisi
for. his Coronation, and :destined- to invade this:.
Country. They were to,earry, withJthem
standards and eagles received from BortarAstra„
and consecrated by the enPa,sand which they hadr
by a voluntary agreement, sworn icillatat on titer'
British shore,:or to 'perish-itr the attempt. t'
A Diplomatic Agent at Hamburgbwat inftitmed
of these particulars by 'one of him- contltryrdeti; in.
the same capacity at 13.1ris ; that at the
grand diplomatic audience before BON t A tires Co.
ronations, where,• besides. all 'the Members of the'
Diploinatie Corp's, neat Princes and other 1+o„
feigners of distinaion. were present,' the'Ustitper,
in conversing with the German Elector Arch-Chan«
ccllor, said, loud cnoillt to be heard by all penoos
present, theie. remark tble word; 44 Rest assured,
that before'Gerniinal (March 22, 1'865), the grand
question between Fringe
~and England will be de.
tided, 'either in the C'abinet or tri'the anti
Europe shall recover its long lost irilnquillity."..
Among the numerous :-kaiters on the Serpentine
on Monday 4fterntioll, was; a young. Lady, babittd
tit vet,. hose adroittle+s in the art was the.od-
nitration. ni the dazing spectators. • She repaired'
thither About thole o'clock, and. remaintd nearly arr.
hour ; (luring 'whiili..tinte 'she displayed skill in...
ivrror to Mine. • •

CC, fa: LL.CH/INGF, ze;•

The River being now. fret' of:frpediment
ftios.r, and the Market furni:,.!it,i kvi,n
sti;T.:es of 'Wheat, sales are heavy, ar,
chearer:excePting• a few of the iliter sort~;` but kty
bilers in general •at this seasun ;J l7ari.; is very
pjentiful, last prices are asked; hot. it -is ov.itiently a:
ss. price ; tte..Malt trade aloo is t?ery. heavy; Deani
of both sorts are cheaper ;,:etkll While ,
great supply ; we haveQ4:s in tolerable quart,
thy, 1,61,ich gcr off far about I:t,t prices; from the
steeks of Flour, it scarcely.' siTrotla the prices
quoted.

•
Wheat ES3 it loy. a 11.3'. 13e,:w1 ,A.ls a 5,)3 ctl
Fine eitto - I'2; a 114 s Tick Hearts iras a 4A3ioa.
Rye - 543 a 53,;,. orl'i kats` 3os a
.r., a 4 3,48 co
13,11:1cy , 40 0,l Pk,1117.1 5s a 40s 6tl
Malt. - 71; :1 1.;,:,; :AI Rare ge.lll - 421 a 451
kV bite Peas f.' s_!; ()Li cci Flue Flour - yos it 954'i.f
GitT ditto - 42> .4 C 3 o,t , ElsCpll(iS -

L()UISIAVJL

xtraa of a Letter trot i..i at g.:ttchitochtts, to his
Friend in Niittjlei, (tateti••
.o.et. z 7, iBo4.
ff We liave, 'since' the I'it of afiober, been ex-
peding to hear somlthingof the nett -mode of G.)_
ve.rninentthat was to have taken place in Louisiar.l
at ;that period ; but no account, of it ii as yet reach_
ed us. It seems highly necessary fo..us that The
Government of the United .Stares thoeld t.ither per.
mit us to govern corselves, do it for ti;, or kl.e;)
their lawless vagabonds at borne ; for while such
hoides of them are daily pouring ixr upon us, finding
noGO'vernment among tea, and 'bringing none with
them, five are hard run to hold our own. But this is,
not all ,we have in encounter ; we ate beset on every
side. About-4%1i Weeks ago a 'Spaniard front Na..
gadoches appearti
here; he pretended to have ab.
scontied 'fru,* that place fat. bealing.a Priest,. for
confessing his' wile in' 'a manner he disapproved of
This man has been througlr the Settlement amonge...
the negroes, inciting thein'tb instrrrettion,'robbery,.!
and desertion; and asioring therm, that on thir. ar.
rival at p4,,,ad0e11e., they should obtain, their free.
(loin, and '-tite.proteCtion of " the Spanish .Govettr,
men!, agreeably. to .a Decree of the Kitt of Spain;
which, hdd been sornd'tinit• ago,proclaiwed
gadoehes bY thle Commankhot ; it ,consequence 0f.,•
which nine negroei,l on, Sunday night last, after
having, coinmitte,i, several robberies, —made' their
ehipenient for Nigatioches ; almongst the articles 2.
they stole and took away wi(h theuvvvetelhirty or
fbety pounds of powder, ',cal,
ten or a dozen iIIUSkV3, knit as 'many of die best •
horses in the-Settlement.
„Poe s4.11(1 wr,s t 0 Gave
gone with them 11,11 beet; rake,;; and' has, confeased-
the toolle vilor. Since kvl.ielt more have been se...
cured, who were to have j-',ined them, andaccounts
are hourly 'comirg in of the •extenstoti:of the Con..
spiracy. A. geniit.tl Insotrettion of the negroei
very much apprehended.• Tie ia are alter...
!lately under artns, and every measure is, .takingt~yr '
the 'Commandant " to secure the tranquillity ,e.l
rh
country:. but such is 'the agitation oiling, distritii,
that it will be impossible the ciaps-c
The stoty of this Spanish incentii,try, who has, now
disappeared,:of betting the _Priest, it seem.; on
ft, riher enttotty,'Wentirely, withoirt it:Jun:U.36n
the belief Is; 'that 'he was sent in here .4'ront
doeltes','fOr the eit;preis purpose °Pie:tem:ink witat
he has Anne: The conduit 14;111eSrvinish Govems
mint iii this' loaf ter has for tiomv time rut
strongly mititeil with kiltistiic disposition -touitti,
theUttitectState4 notoi vc gtn-is tar. r-
ly been atnused bypur,GoverntaFnt, with
,Assuranc,l
that no such dispOsitictvin
'Government. .real,ii.worn, 40 igtv)rant.pf,
lion of ,Spait3.siOlYnro:4 1.1 - weirder.
,fer ings are consisten r, enough ; but.
cannot sec thprpiotiq pLouti.ing„tto, oil our g0;:r:.4,,,
that we may become, a ',awe i>4l I!,c
rime is nOW.rartiVed. Whet),WO ought,
thetitlle,GOVefintrent;olclA►ui ed Satsi itt,t6l(?
.40 afford us that proteaiu;) of. .propertios,.
they ~have OrcitymeLl Tr,,31) ,'or
:dont they have ,a•tighr to ci.litt.l,;:or

It. is in ~cOhleri)plation trm'f)httrite Tido of I`'.l,lr;,
Wielt to est-ablish"a nto4e t f ielitifarite,sitong, them ;.
shlpped3t
4-&e. p11•e, o'h*Wp:Aday Sena:Tat,
when it was determined to I'r:rot:lnv,: iclorin.irinn. oh
the: sithjeZl4,.:and to.call a Cv•ithst iog Jot' jbose
peesoni-iitiireSted, as' kbort•!i9 twEisihf'e. •
Last swetk it iittk
'the lino* of Dohlun,---ein-ttie Atiwentielif his portrait,
went drink "sifiiii"tiVatt;r "-NA dt'-ithe kettle then art
the fire, which ficalded barn so inut:ll, that, utitivith.
,staildink every meillettfl ;askitittiocui wilich could be
,affilrded, he died ,the4.sattp ,the owe
.excruciating tormentilw
A. melancholy' occurrence took'plac,l early yester.
day morning 'at thertep.of Swallow-street, Oxford..
street. '• Atio..us, of Malle-stre, t„ coin-
-1)40y, with his wife nod (I.4tiOper, ,a child of
years •nitl, was. going to ,Harrnty,.• ip 4 3ntiiie.:horse
chaise; when the horse suthignly tcti, and the int..tr.t.
was pimbeciffrotn.• her inutlie,,es 1,)116,4'4-
a* distancei. by v.hich, her f.1v,a,3.„ was Airep,2l4llv
lacerated. "fhe mother, irt,to ,"the terror of...thi-
.moment,- jtunp...(l front Cos: her
arm was brokeo. it 1,, hi.m•tr,',„..r,
child will recover.
t\t Shrewsbury fair yesle:rday sentlight and .Sx'c.d.
nesd.iy last, pigs, few in numbet„, sold at !iiith,er
prices than last lair, viz. at I; i..per lb. ; :;4r
tleand-sheep 6d. to 7,1. ttn,l It ,a
.(:4001
horses braught capital; pric,zo. Clwese wekt tro.n
sss. to .655, per !intuited; tiiir 074,,a1:Cat quart.
tity, but little sold.'! Silt.buttier t ta.. io
12s.- per gar,,,vii of, r2lh.. and
went from 7d.. to 743. pet lb.
At Oswestry fair, on NiontJay .7,e'imigikt, the
average pricaofcacjie.were as follyws,:r.,7l'.ll, cmotie
6.1 d. per lb. .Fai sheep 611. .Liens oats r.ithet lovr.
Pigs about 61. pe.r lb.
Yesterday• seinnight, as r;,,,r0., \vcils, tate a
post.boy be Inngialz to the ru;.o l ut, iit Rocl;eth„.4,
was shooting on the ba.iks tiow.(rd,
Maidstone, a fli&a.of p,used_ov,:r
him, which he fired at,-,anct brought dolor') thr,t(
he regaled his aclt naintance with a supper ot
lowi,o and it is said 5,.111 fur tv
g1441:41, 410 .11c

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