The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-01 00:00:00

ISWITISIT FORCE, TO TH

Line

In Portand fitting, and ?
9
with sealed orders
Guard-ships - - -
In the English and Irish.?
Channels - S
On the DONVIIS and North
Sea stations
At theWestindia Islands
and on the Passage
On the Jamaica station- 2
American ,& Newfound-
land stations -
C. of G. Hope, E. Ind. ' 6

arid on tl3assage.
Coast of Africii -
Portugal and Gibraltar - o ,
Mediterraneartand on passage, to 1
Hospital and Prison Ships j

Total in Commission 38
Receiving Ships - 6
Serviceable and repairn,g
..
tor Service - ' - S 2.3
_

In ordinary - io6
Building - - 24

Total 197

arATE Or Tlit ORDINXR

Portsmouth - -
P 1). mouth - -
Chatham . -
Sheerness - -
River - -

'fi

0

0

1j

13 I 107
0 I 7

II to
It 86
0 9

r.

Tot

tiCfl t'

Line. 50's Frig } Sps. Tot.
39 3 28 15 Si
48 1 21 21 91
43 7 IS 2 73
3 1l 7 to 21
2 , o 33 27 59

0
3
13
2

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71 . 273
3 I 34

0
46.
3

zig I 60

'ORT.

Total Qs I 22 I 104 I 75 i 326

THE BRITISH ARMY.

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRITISH

ARMY, JAN. 1, 1803.

Regulars.
Cay.
2a 23

England and Wales -

North ricitain -

Ireland
Jersey, Guernsey, &c
Gibraltar -
Egypt and Malta -
Canada, Nova Scotia, &c. - 7
West Indies - - at
Cape of G. H. Gorec, &c. 6
East I ndica, & on Pass. to ,5
On Pass. to Eng. or Ire. ? 4
from sundry places

S 21

FenciUrr.
Inf.

- 7
r 8

The. Inv,.
Bat. cmp.

43 19
4 3.3 -
4 13

Total, Ex. Artillory,&c. t 7.6 s --167 38*
* Exclusive of the, ieven Royal Garrison Battalions at
present forming..

THEATRES.—The Trip to Scarboroufb at Drury
Lane, and the Road to Rain at Covent Garden, with
the new Pantomimes,. drew full. Houses. At both
the performances, passed off* with much applause.
The receipts of Dtury.lune Theatre this season,
are said to have exceeded, up to Christmas last,
those of the same period last year. This Circum-
stance clearly demonstrates the beneficial effeas.of
the Board of M41147g07141a. To the Mernberi of
this Board the Creditors of the Theatre owe para.
cular obligations, for notwithstanding their labour
is excessive, not one of them receives any Salary.
Our it:co,,vtliG young GENTLEMEN arc said to
sport what they term hidden elegance ; this IS a
drab cloth coat lined vi it h ,t:elvet. We are sorry
to observe, that whatever elegance the young men
of the present day may possess, they have, for some
time, been in the habits of concealing it.
Costly drabigreat-coats are now all the fashion
with our young men. We fear this rage for Drabs
will in the end prove ruin:y to most of them.
On Chrivtmas Day last, during Divine Service, a
person having the appearance .of an Officer drain
down and immediately expired ;at the Chapel in
Betkeley-street. On being taken, to a pUblic-house
in the neigrthourhoud, his pockets,,were searched,
when.a letter was fund addressed to Mr. BtlowN,
but the name of the writer was unfortunately torn
off. He lay there two days, when he was at
length discovered to be a Mr. BitolvN, aNeoulan
of the Guard.

It is a curious fail, in regard to the cure of the
Plague; that a French soldier of artillery being de-
lirious under the infettion in Egypt, threw himself
into the Nile, in which, without drowning, he re-
mained full half an hour before he could be taken
out, and that, in consequence of the immersion, he
soon recovered entirely from the disease.
A shock of an Eltthquake was felt at Coire, on
the ltd of November.

The Hurricane of the itst of November, and the
rains which followed, caused much damage in the
Maritime Alps. A part of one of the Mountains
was thrown down in the Commune of Eza, by which
the communication between Nice and Menton was
entirely interrupted.
Oue of those savages called Drovers, was yester.
clay brought before N. Borth, Esq. charged by Mr.
Thothpson, an Adlioneer, with having cruelly
beaten and ill treated an ox, a few days since, in the
Strand. The tart being clearly proved, the Prisoner
was convieed in the penalty of los. which he paid.

On Tuesday evening, two foreigners of distinction
were stopped on Bexley Heath, and robbed of notes
sod money to the mount of near tool. They had
just come from the Continent, and were on their
way to the Capital. Among the property taken were
number ()loves of foreign coin, which it is pro_
bable may lead to the detection of the parties.

A few afternoons since, between four and ,Five
o'clock, as Mr. ORAN, of Birmingham, was travel-
ling., in a single. horse chaise, accompanied by his set.
vant, Ito was stopped betWcell Waltham and Epping,
by two highwaymen, who robbed him ofitis cash and
notes. They then insisted on Mr. OtsAm getting nut
of the chaise, and delivering to them the trunk which
he had fastened to the chaise, which he very re-
luttantip was ',bilged to comply with. One of the
highwaymen rode away with the unnk, anti the
other remained over Mr. ORM.? and his servant,
with * pistol, for a short timet threatening to blow
their brains out if they looked after them, or made
any alarm. The trunk contained sixty guineas,
thirty-five half guineas, six seven-shilling pieces,
about 801. in Bank Notes, 111. in silver, and sonic
other proptrty,