The Sun.
London, England, 1803-11-26 00:00:00

L ONDON, NOVEMBER 26, 1803.

Tit is morning arrived a Mail from Lisbon,
brought to Falmouth by the Auckland Packet
in nine days. Things remained in much the
same state as we learnt by limner accounts.
The supremacy of French Influence at the Court of
Lisbon became mote and more evident every day.
We are concerned to hear of dreadful damage
ha-ving been done at Funchal, the principal town
of the, Island of Madeira, on the tot!) of last
month by a deluge of rain. The greatest part of
the town was destroyed, and swept into the sea.
An immense quantity of wine was carried into
the sea from the stores, and from a thousand to
fourteen hundred of the Inhabitants were mis.
sing, probably washed into the sea in the inundation,
ana drowned. From the description of this disas-
ter, we have no doubt of its having been occasioned
by the bursting of a water.spout over the town.

Fr was supposed at Plymouth by some persons
on Wednesday, that some ships which were seen
standing up channel that afternoon, were Admiral
CORNWALLIS'S Fleet steering for Torbay, in con.
sequence of the severe gale of Tuesday. No accounts,
however, received to-day„ confirm that supposi.
ti0[4.4.0d,n0 intelligence of the arrival of the Fleet
has reached Town from Torbay ; we therefore app,
prebend the statement to have been founded in mis.
conception.

As we yeiterday stated, our Blockading Squadron
has resumed its station cliff lloulogne, 'which circum.
stance, we find, has very unaccountably given.rise
to a report. that a fresh attack upon the French
preparations is intended. We do not believe' that'
there is any foundation for such a surmise, though
no doubt can exist, after the accurate information
which we yesterday communicated, of the effeas of
the Bombardment of Calais, but that mischief may
be done to the Enemy by a well-concerted attack
made by, vessels, of .4 proper construetton for such a
service, but which we unfortunately do-not at pre-
sent possess. Were things concinded with the spirit
becoming the high and ardent feelings of the Nation
,at the present moment, we should have been pre.
pared to have met BON'APAkT aj Bruiloglie,in the
beginning of this month, and there have given
him an English Salute. It is not the system,
however, to attempt any thing affive,. vigorous,
Or enterprizing. We must rest upon our arms till
the Enemy chose to givens occasion for using them.
'This never wa the- policy of this Country in her
better. days, and can lead to nothing that is either
honourable or advantageous.

Yesterday about a quarter before one, His MA.
Jerry arrived at St. James's Palace from the
Queen's Honse, for the purpose of 'holding a Chap-
, ter for .the election of two Knights of this Noble
Order, and disposing of two Garters and' Ribbands,
vacant by the deaths ot: the Duke of llcnor OitT and
the Marquis of STAFPOR D. At one o!clock, the,
rime appointed for holding the Chapter, His MA.
with his usual ptioctuality to time,- inquired,
if -the Knights, were ready ; but the necessary ar.,
rangements. were 'not mark, nor were there a suf_
. ficient number of Knights assembled,: Abotit two
o'clock it was announced that all was in readiness to
proceed lo hold the Chapter, and' EsTY en,
tered the Great Council Chamber: On his entrance,
the Knights assembled and the proper Officers bow.
ed to fits MAJESTY, End His MAJESTY, as head
of the Order, took his seat io a must superb Chair
before the Throne, at the head of a long table
covered With crimson velVet ;. the Duke of Ni.o
FOLK, as Hereditary Marshal of England, with
his Gold Staff of Office, took his official situation,
and stood on the left side of the KING ; his Royal
Highness the Dukv. of Gt.nocevrnit wok his seat
at the table on the right side, the. Duxes of YORK,
KENT, and CAMBRIDGE followed On the Same side.;
His Royal Highness the DUKE of CI.AICEN6E took
his seat on the left side of His, MAJESTY, and was
followed by' the. Duke of RICHMOND, Earl WEST-
, MORtAND,Eart ctIATRAm, and the other Knights
present, took their seats in the following order, ac.
cording to their seniority
Marquis of Salisbury, Duke of Portland, Earl Spencer,
Earl Camden, and the Duke of Roxburgh.

After the usual forms were gone through, of
opening the Chapter, by the Bishop of WINCIII3.
TER, as the Prelate, the Bishop of SALISBURY; as
Chancellor of the Order, and Sir ISAAC Heiser),
Garter Principal King at Arms, the Knights pro.
ceeded; according to ancient custom, to deliver in
the:list of thole they approved \ to fill the two va.
cancies, on slips 'of paper 4 and, on' examination,
. His Grace the' Duke.. of ,RUIL AND, and the,Earl
of HARDW MICE, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, ap.
peared to be the Noble Personages approved as
members of the Noble'Order, when the Earl CA 144'..
DIN and the Duke of Roxaoacm, retired, and in,
traduced his Grace the Duke of RuTEAN'", who
Was waiting in an adjoining room; the 'jukes of
GLOM:ESTI!' and. You then rose and taking his
Grace by the hands, conducted him' to H is MA] giry,
when his Grace kneeling on a stool, covered with
crimson velvet, His MA JISTIr waved a sword over
his head with the usual form' anti cerrmuny, Ilia
Grace rose and bovied, and then kneeling with his-
tight knee upus the stool, their RoY4I Higimesses

ilikiltpres of YORK and GLOUCESTER put the Gar_
ter on his left kree, anti His MAJEsTY tavenetUt.
His Grace then rose, and while bowing, HIS MA-
liiTY put the rdue Ribband over his Grace's head,
and placed it on his left shoulder ; his Grace teen
bowed again. The Noble Duke was dressed in re.
gimentals of the Leicestershire Militia, of which
his Grace is commander. Sir ISAAC HEARD then
called over the list of all the members of the Noble
Order ; and those present answered to their names,
which finished the ceremony. .
The spectacle was very grand ; all the Royal and
'Noble Members wore their Collars.
None were admitted but in full Court dresses.
Among the eqmpany we noticed the Mdrehioness
of SAL Is u Y:,Conntesses CHATHAM,AYLEsIiURY,
anti MACCLESFIELD; Ladies A. and C. CARYEK.
TF,R and G. CECIL ; the PORTUGUESE AMBASSA-
DOR ; Earls AYLEsrotto and DARTMOUTH ; Lords
HAWN ESBURYi FALMOUTH, LITTLETON, C. SO-
- SELSEA ; Sir C. MORGAN,. Mr, YoRsE,
anti Admiral.DiGuY.

After the Chapter His MAJESTY gave a private
audience to Mr. Secretary Yoitica, who laid seve-
ral offi,:ial papers before HIS MAJESTY.
HIS MAJ E'STY then held a Privy Council, and it
being for the purpose of receiving the RECORDER'S
Report, Mr. Yu E, as Secretary for the Home De-
partment, according to custom, presided, and the
Lotto CHANCELLOR attended; the new RECOIDER
was admitted for the first time, when he made
report of the convicts capitally aa nv ided in the
last September Sessions before the late Recorder, and
those' before himself in the Odoher Sessions, to the
number of twenty-Cight..
His MAJ asT Y then gave private audiences 'to the
Lotto'CHANdEtjost, Mr. Youct, Lord AYLES.
FORD, and Sir C. MORGAN, who laid' before,Hts
MAJESTY 'decisions on several Courts Martial.
Soon after four, HIS MAJESTY and the DUKE of
CAMBRIDGE left the Palace for Windsor.,
HEit MAJESTY
, and:PR INCBSIES left the Queen';
House for Windsor. .

This morning arri.Ved x Mail from Ireland, with
Letters and Papers of the sad inst. which tooth,
nothing of importante.'!"
. • .
The circumstance which happened on Thuriday,
of the House of CoOmoris being neerly!l 'the point
of adjournment: for want of a suffidierie
Menthers to make a House to go up with an Ad.:
dress to His tkiAjIESTY, is, we believe,..nnprece.,
dented in the Atonal* of Parliament. That so small
a number of Members should attend.too upon such
an.oceasion, after the unanimity, with; which'the
Address had been voted, must be ranked amongst
the singular and unaccountable sotto stances of the

presentperiod.
Mr. GOLDING, %vim has been appointed one of
.the Lords of 'the Treasury and COmniitiAciner of the
Exchequer, actitlirecl' a large fQrtnne in India.
Vie Earl of IcsNMARE an 4 his famirtare still at,
Cheltenham. .
The Maraioness rf Aplicottir is "alarmingl
,affefied with the Scarlet Ptfv,er, at Stantnore.

The Warcienship of the Stanhatieei' in;, Cornwall,
was .for a long time given to .some No6lemai) of
higli rank and octet:like poisessiowin that county,
as tt is an office of great trust, exeicising- a soft of
regal Anthorig largtdisifiet. • i;
was given tq Poo'N!it it was a depilate
from the general usage. His lioiabilighness the-
PRINCE of WAtES tOshing to revive it, has now
bestowed the office on the Duke "4"Noa-filuga EIL!
LAND, a Nobleman whose estates in that part of
the country,, and wi:* rink and- character, point
him nut as the most fit to do it honour. Ifis Grace.
accepts it without salary, which was to Adtniral
rAYNE .J ZOOl.

Major General TuottwroN inspeEted the-Royal,
Westminster Militia, quartered in Sheerness, as
likewise the new works carrying on at that Gaul.
son, yesterday morning.
The Duke of Gloucester's Volunteers mustered
yesterday afternoon, about three o'cloCk, in Mr.
Carter's Riding House; in South Audley.screet,
From whence they marched to Hyde Park, under
the command of their Colonel, Lord Crum wYND,
when they fired a feu-de joie, in honour. of the
Birth-day of His Royal fitgliness.

Yesterday morning the First Reg,iment of Loyal
Volunteers .wasinspedeti by Col. HALNAGS) in the
Royal Exchange. The usual military honours being
paid him on his arrival, the Grenadiers advanced
to the centre, took open order, and were minutely
examined inarms and accoutrements, each separate.
ly; then,.elosing ranks, went through the Platoon
each Company followed. in .the same order.
We •understand that a Meeting of all the Com.
mandants of Volunteer Corps, in the London Ibis..
trill will take Place in the course of next week, to
take into consideration a plan excellently adapted
to relieve such Volunteers who may unfortunately
meet with military accidents in the course of their
praEtice.
This week the Encampments in the vicinity of
Colchester were to break up i-7-The 4.34-` and 92d,
or Highland .Regimerits,, will go into Barracki at
Wesley ; the West Suffolk, from Thorington Camp,
the Ist and 34 West York, arid' the East 'York Re.
giments, from Ehnstead Camp, will bccantoned. in
Colchester Barracks • the Royal Cheshire Regimeht
will march from A‘therton CamP, to Chelmsford
Barracks.

. The Somerse,t Place Volunteers have abolished
' the nightly guard they had" establisher) for the .pro.
tettion of their arms and ammunition.
ThursdaY morning, the 2d Regiment of Royal
Lancashire Militia marched into the New Barracks
ar Chelmiford, from their ground of encampment at
Danbury.
On Tuesday last the Loyal, Witham Company of
Riflemen returned home from Colchester,' at which
place they had been fur ten days, by order of Lieu.
tenant-General Sir JAMES Cadito, for the purpose
of learning the same inancettv rev as those pradised
by the 95th Regiment; sad although this Company
has very recently been formed, yet they have made
such pogress in discipline as would do credit to a
veteranlCorps, and their coodua ,Wat hwoured
with the approbation or the Commander in Chief of
that )3 ist4t, and
,the ()Aims of the §sttißegiment.
They appeared to be in all respetts ready and fir to
sake the field.

THE THEATRE.

Car::,eNt Glrdtg.

Trag:dy of Henry the Fifth, or, The Cot.
pelt of Fra wal represented cast night at thin
"Iheatrc,, fur the laudable purpose of aiding the no-
ble Subscription at LLOYD'S COFFrO.HOUIif SO
honourable to the spirit and feelings of the.poPtc•
A more appropriate play c.itiltf not have been stied',
ed, as it celebrates the triumph of Englishmen even
in the Country of the 'plundering hordes who
threaten us with Invasion.

The Performers in general were aninatedby.thi
cause for which their efforts were last night eni-
ployed, and the feelings of the audience were
throughout the representation perfealy in unison
witb the glowing sentiments of patriotic heroism
which our great Bard has so admirably expressed
itt
the Play.
Keta aL E was more than usually zealous on Oil
occasion, and represented the 'gallant English I\lo-.
Parch with true charaEletistic energy.

It should be mentioned .to the honour of all the
Performers, Tale and female,' of this theatre, that
they most K illingly contributed the night's pay ill
supi.ort of this righteous cause.
At the end of the Play Mr. C. Kr/Atli:a came.
forward in the dress of Tsta WEITIAINSTER. Ci►'
VALRY, of which he is a member,, and. delivered
the following admirable Address, which was writ-
ten for the occasion by WILLIAM 130SCAWEIV, Esq•
a Gentlemen whose poetical talents and learning aro
deservedly in high esteem.

OCCASION 4
1, ADORES TO THE VOLUNTEERS.

SPOKEN BY MR. C. KEMRLE•

AT 'NIL THZATAIE-ILOYAE, COVENT-OAR/4Ni
AFTER THS PEkfORMAXCE OF
ON razDAy, Nov. IS,
.1"146 PLAY Of KiNG soar

Tux

FOR Tait RElkitTIT Of TIILtATR/OXIC fUtiO.

IN Spartantauds to wake heroic lire,
' Renown'd TYR.TAUS strung his martial lyre;
TYII.I-AVS, lame and weak, unskill'dto wield
The flying spear, or grasp the ponderous shield;
•
Nor by experience taught In just array
To fonts the files, and guide the doubtful fray; .!
licav''n-inspir'il, he kticv, beyond ccomoul
Witlttitrains sublime, to. rouse the torpid seta;
Swell with proud hopes rho heart, and, by his WSW!**
Kindle rite love of Fame, the scorn of Death.
And shall the British Muse, 'midst War's alariOr.:
In stltnce rest, nor call her Sons to Arms
Shall'iiritons yield an unresisting prey,
Awl own a base USerper's Foreign sway •
• No—when yc march4o guard your sea-girt shore!,
." Returp Yi!toriotii, or return no more!"

Waged
ecd ice,' ?sit
Wars,
tarrrese:dOni's most propirims h°ll4
' Veti,thehright
And Rome, thro' many an ase, ' unjustly brave, ' ' : .
i',chight t'-' oppress, iirgl,coniluer'd iv enslavc. ,
.'
Cr • .
. 1:1!VI (knot thecitio of Freedoin, but of 1',0,0i „
our I, II %VA ans, Hugs-Its, claunr,
• While. foirekAnibi tiost,i;ilh, utisguidat.wit ' . ,
t louijit E 41'ftal's tidy 'filOr than E.lllolP',Vli.",‘,l* ~ ,•:•'r-
guf*lin, nfora,lo-o;zia'a ic,irretn unit; V '
' They
Painted liAirclians or mit Albion 's co?st, •
t)'er hei wilimcr,.(.lascen-dillg-
I I . . '
:_,
,„
On 'e4.-sAicsiegi ohs pour'd the tide o.l' N,','..... f
lain, .
When scythed chariots oyept tit' ensatiguiii'd.p
Then R.
rds enrapLur'd, cunt; this Patriot strain.:.
..........„_.
:. • ." Ye gen'rous Youths, witb guard the British shot' 4 t,
611 it i. . . ' .111'•
from afar
—e ntn yi4toriouf, or return' no In'ore i
wreaths
quzst
of
spoil
or
pover,
;,.

And Did/
• , .
, , ...•
Again, Britannia sounds herjust alarms,. •
Niirlures by.lbt,''rest Or Ambition'A airmS
i
lint Prompts to deed* whiels fairer tropliei 445tf.4, ~ ',
you guard; .-r144
~g 111" e'ell Agincourt's immorraliieJ4-.4,. ; . y
in iree and gallant strife,
Alt that adems. improves, or sweeter:S. life. . • . ,
You! tiomeS, by taithful-Leve and Friendship blest,
Each led of Love now smiling at the breast ; ' . •
..
' • I
Y,CP oiler'
anghters, freth in bloorti, mature in chart :
i
* 4
u ; ‘
oom'd,(shouldhe'conquer); to the Sp
ariti?
Yuur Sons) wr-
ho heathe Tyrant's threats with scorn!
The 1
-- AY*. the Hopes, of Ag ~
es yetunborn ; '? '.• 1
,
All, all, endear this fug, this. s'acredCausPr ! i .
YourC
-Ox'aitt ate., Throne—your•Festisost,l4:tfrii 41r
I•Aws. . . . , .
Champions of Britain's cheristi'd Rights yisstarni
_*. ~ '.'•
' "°"'r
o. PR ZSZAVZ, Av s tie }}VW POll4lOOl, r.' • - -
For to ! She clies,, amidst tbo Belle's r°B4 '
" Returi-ViCiorlous, or return no nit".
'
'
oa
After the Address the audience calledr.l; 0 Ivow
Save the ;King," which was given, by 914..ifolitS
Performers, amidst the loud and reiteratewt,ao4.
at 4 numerous audience. Mr. C. KEMBIAI u
era- ef•
ss with &trill ability and
ea the Address
--- '
'feet.' '• • • . .

IC. IN B.' LI ani CAW",
illd.....sesiliwlello. ...............
no tt is .r
;.
rig' I terrain; all the
tea 0
nllOgnant•prophecies irk the theatrical' C'--1' LA
°Pon the most cordial forting the Theatre,:
are likely to contin4'..-.46,- klmai6 heVin# brill
signed two of his parts to.Cotiis, the latill."his-
followed his example' in. ttiigyring Matlaibstnu'..r,'
taken. Ititorthift:whirlihe iv ili nil tiii übt'tenaer r''
n9insiPmaMallmr;:sa:ncSin:,)lC9clioliw)::6l:4:stihnysitaidl'oe:fPn'iilalt:sY:velvxotirelsllttibehneac.cpbepeir.°°2•6wlgelirf:l6E 1444\13
Bath Stage on Tuesday last, in the chararlia.ne.:6erl::' {Y;bel'4—*
ki;mor in the Ilitunied To and Fati,oris,lolo,l,
Brard. Her efforts were crowned with her oii.Ll
success; and to describe the merits of 1
'lii.,,,C
Singer so well known; and in possession of so foir
44.1 e
an 4 fleXible voice, we deem- unneeeSsary. 4 ---
f b 0
Boxes were all previously taken by 1-Adics °-•et..
first distindion. Her Grace the Dotehess of mg,'
vo trot iR a and her friends occupied the Stage 801 l
and the others were filled with parties consiSting Q'
the Countesles of PflASACige, Post/lore, 00'
Muit I. ~ WeSTM CAIN, Marchioness of WATIOtr°IB:2 •
Lady Be I 11FAJlt DS, STRANG e• , Stilt.To/11 JO' 7
This evening she appears in Karettft. •
Attn nofpNerlfro.r4milig widetwtsolC govreertat;G:orcdceoen::trill. hi:.
has
LiierpOOl Stage. Acror4ing_to,teporlS'lr'en) v; ,
true hereditary spirit, and in due time will Oa
disting,lished tignte on she London Boards.

14 411. TL NEWS.

FALMOUIU, NOV. z3.--'Arrived this clay, the
Auckland Packet, SCI3UVLER, with from
.Lisbon, which she left on the igth inst. in company
with 1-lis*Majesty's Brig Gannet, of 18 guns, which
she parted . from the next day, the Gannet having
returned,to Lishop, from 'Whence she "as expedell
to sail in a day or two with Dispatches for. England.
IBS MAjesty-ls Ship IC isgard, with a Fletior Eng.
land, was to sail on the r6th inst. from Lisbon.—
His Majesty's Ship Aurora, with a Fleet under
Convoy from Newfoundi.md, arrived at Lisbon on
, the 6th ult.

By this Packet welearn Oat a dreadful deluge of
rain took place on the Toth ult. at ,Madeira, by
which the town of Funchal was nearly destroyed ;
every thing was swept away in its course ; an, im.
mense quantity of wine was carried into the sea, and
from iOOO to 400 of the inhabitants ate missing.
Also arrived the Portuguese Schooner Diligante,

Capt. GomEz, frOm LOndon fin Cork; the Stt edish
Brig Fidelitas, Capt. MICBRODT, from Lortdon,
to load fish for the Mediterranean ; and the Ship
.7.44,..TRELVDDRA, frOnl 'Penzance,. to wait Con.,
voy tar the M'editerranean.
The Princess Augusta (temporary Packet) arrived'.
here on Sunday last from Londop, and will sail next
month with Mails for AmeriCa.- The Duke of Kent
Packet will sail about the 27th inst. with Mails for
'the'-Leeward Islands.
'Sailed the Sisters., WELCH, for Portsmouth ;
Lark, TAYLOR, for Chichester ; Diligence, WEBB,
for Southampton; -and Nepitne (Dane) MULLER,
for Ilamburgh.

The. Ham, Returti Privateer, of Mevagissey,
Captain GoDA, has taken and sent into St. Ives a
large. Dutch East India, Ship froth Batavia, richly
laden. •

Passengeo per Auck/aNd--Mcss.Luc As, Wfi
WARD, TRUICK) HALL, and Sou u,. .

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 25.—Arrived the Portu.
'geese Schooner Bom7'emts, CUR I sto , from Lisbon
for London? with fruit, with loss of her anchors
and cables,: •
This day arrived At. the- Mntherbank the Ship
Elliot, of London, bound, to the South Seas.' She
sailed from ih. Motherbank an Sunday last, inet
with a heavy. gale on Tuesday off the Start, and
h Lipped a sea which carried 'away her bowsprit and
teveral sails.•

DEAL, Nov. 2.s.—Came in the BarUirk G.M-
13rig- from a Cruize off Boulogne;
,and Squirrel, and
• Nilbrooke Schnonei from a Cruize off' Dunkirk.
In the, Downs—Mowch. WreCIA, Raisonable,
Champion,
L'Antaranthe ; Vulture, Sloop ; Perseus,
Zebri, and Fury &tubs ; Starling,Basilisk; ,and COnii!et
C,UnArigs ; Milbrooke Schooner.

8118EkNE53, Nov. 25..,--Arrived at:7the Note
His Majesty's Sloop Avinir.
.oatne into Harbour the Beaver Sloop, and Ter.
.rar Boni') ; the mortars of the latter are to be
taken out, anti she is to be stationed as a Bloch,.
ship at the Mouth of the Thames. •
Sailed this day the, Hope hired- Cutter, Lieut.
CLEmENTs, with three. Merchantmen under convoy
for Tonningen.

Dr. BA I nu, of the Sick and Hurt Board, has been
sent clown by,the Admiralty .to make some new ar-
rangements on board the Sussex Hospital Ship, sta-
tioned at this Port.

ADMIRALTY
'UNDER LORD SPENCER AND LORD ST.
VINCENT.

. •
•
THE Timer having made a pompous., Offeial As -
, PAU of 2.B•Sloops of. War ordered to lie built by the
present Bpard,• we promised we would lay before
the Public a List of all the stnall'Vessels of differ.
ent des'criptions sold or discharged out of the Set.
vice, We now petforro that Engagement, leaving
tnour.lteatters to. tit:lke-their Own Conclustons; for
every Individual is able :to judge whether in the
present War. we have a greater necessity for small
Craft than in the late. In the WU of the. Peace of
Amity's, Invation %rat' threatened. —ln the present,
we were told by the CHIEF CONSUL, himself, that
the attempt
.shotild 'be made if Army after Army
were sacrificed---.and at the end of eight months,
the Admiralty begin to. build 28 Sloops of Wiir to
replace the deficit underneath. , • . • •
Lni
List of Sloops of War, Ared,Ships, CMCfS,
Schdoners, sow out. of the service, discharged,.
orlost,

Pluto
Kangaroo
Bravo'
Busy •
Raileur
Campliaan
Atalanta
- udaLeti
C COW al Small
(;.irlanci
Pyl -
Otter
Pedro
L'Es'poir ,
Cygnet
L'Arrogante
Volty,eur
Providence

e_rrirnmer
Incendiary
Selby ""
. RosarioLivelyy
,IReq_ulen
cour e
La salarnule
Vulture
Wolf
Snake
Scout
La Raison
Le Sardine
Vrightly
Thetis

Voltigner.
L' A wont=
Regalia --.-
kepublidain
ilanly-
V iaoire
Albacore
I.e Babet
L' Ltspcigie
tiobart •
Dolphin.
Daphne
Cockittrfte
Atiel
&late • .
Fulminanre
L'Atheniene
Aniboyna •
Tota' of Sloops of War, 56.
List of -Gun BOatg, Fjre Vemielt, Armed Hoye,
A rtned Barges, &c. 'built and prtv rad. by Lord
Sp . r
tNCIta, or i Lie notat o I • 1.- 'IG •ICA t Britain, Ire

land. &e. an .the. late. intriglsa Invasion t• sold •and
discharged by the present Board of Admiralty; viz.
Safeguard Scorpion - Tickler .
Speaker - Teaser ' Piercer
'terror . Pelter \ Pincher •
Flurnpeti Pouncer Bouncer
• Biter - Bruiser Blazer
Sparkler Griper . , Cracker
Clinker Wrangler Viper
Flamer Swinger Sandtly
Tiger - Torride ' Scourge
Ready Manly Meteor •
Urchin Vengeance Wasp
Wolf Asp E'clipse
. Furious Furnace' . Hasty - •
Staunch • Haughty Steady
Hardy Tigress Defender
keine La Vesuve . Crash
P Eclair Defiance Eagle
Fury Force Firebrand
Ferret Badger Leopard '
Hornet Attack , Shannon
Camden General Lake _ Kingsmill
Success POrtlanil .:. Pskenhain
Satisfaction ' Friendship, Ist Friendship, zd
Bishop Amity Love & Friendship
La Legere Mary & Martha Nancy
General Duff Grace . lames & Elizabeth
Kent Fowey - Elizabeth
Forrester Caroline. . Brothers ,
Agustus Ann and Teresa Tyrone
William • William & Ann • 'Gallant.

Total of Gun Boats,- Fire Vessels, Armed 'Flays, and
Barges-96. ' •
Hired Brigs, Cutters, Luggers, Schooners, and Tenders,
amounted to—s t 6.
Thus it will appear, that during turd SPENCER'S
Administration...febad of small craft, as aboe, z6z-
, Armed Vessels of War which no longer exist. We
admit that some may have been lost. and unfit for
service ; it was the duty then, of the present Bard
to have replaced them. What have they done
Hired a few bad Cutters and Luggers, and after
eight months consideration, have eontraded for z 8
Sloops of War. In addition-to such numbers of small
craft, Lord SPENCER equipped 'a Fleet for the Bal.
tic, though the Country was then threatened with
Invasion. •
' The Admiralty are obliged c) answer the ofleti,
of service from Commanders,. in acquainting them
that they have.no Sloops or Gun.boits to.give them..
Excepting Boulogne, the French Potts have very,
few. Cruizets before them, and: our
.Convoys want
, •
better protedion.

The Nate, from the Ilwanna to Liverpool, a
very rich Ship, is taken by -a French PriTateer.
Notice of this Capture was put upon Lloyd's Books
this forenoon, .

Captain BLANCHARD, of the No:ander, froml
Archangel, arrived at Hull, saw, on the tBth of
October, the Atlas, of Plymouth,' and the b'a'by of
London, on shore, about two or three leagues to
the South of Cross ; one of • them was upset
•in his sight. On the roll November jell in with
the Telemachus, of London, Capt. H R with loss
of mainmast, in lat. orth, long. 4. 30. East,
who had two of her Crew dead, and two sick ; and
had on board only one' bucket of water : Captain
BLANCHARD supplied her with 36 gallons.

A very valuable Dutch East-Indiaman, named the
lirufle, homeward-bound from Batavia, is taken by
the Happy I?etkrn Privateer of Guernsey, and sent
into St..ives, in C.ornwall, She is, laden with sugar
and coffee.

It is now stated that Captain RICKETTSS and.not
Captain intim, as before stated, is appointed the
Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital,'-iii the room of
Admiral PAYNE. Captain RICICITYS is Lord S.
VINCILNT's nephew.

Saturday, about 250 more French Prisoners ar.
rived at: Bristol, for Stapleton prison, under an
escort of a troop of the Wells Cavalry.—Five had
escaped from Wells, but were taken live miles dis.
tant, anti are now properly confined.—The Cavalry
halted here on Saturday night, returned for Wells
Sunday morning ; and arrived here again on Toes-
,
day, •with abuut the same number of Prisontrs, des,
tined for the same prison, from Plymouth.

_ .
ThurSday and yesterday sennight the Regi-
ments encamped on. Wooe:N:0.01M, struck their
tents ; the ,first Somerset Regiment ' of Militia
marched into. Exeter, where.the principal p.rt now
remains. The second- Somerset took their route to
Tomes, Newton,. and ,that neighbourhood ; and the •
Artillery Company, with part of thF Montgomery
Militia, marched to ExMouth.
A subscription has,beeri set on fdt in Birmin .
ham, which already asnountato '2oCivby the •Latt' s,
for the comfort and relief •of :their 'Volunteers,' y
the provision of flannel- dresses.
The Leicester Paper of last week, we regret to
see, exhibits the names of eleven seceders from the.
Volunteer Corps of that County, and brands them .
with 'disaffeetion and cowardice.. •
Pittes.l-:-Allout -the environs 'of Cambridge the
Inhabitants preserve their very destrudive Pikes by
literally immersing them in water ! It might appear
astonishing, but it is. a certain fact that they:con.
'raft no rust, but, on the contrary, are rendered -
far more-injurious by their subaqueous Situation.
The different Public Offices have formed , Com.
missiOuers under the Property Ad, to levy and col.
tett the proportion ' of each individual employed in
the several departments.

,A private letter from 'Paris, in the,: Courier
de Londre: of last night, says, " It is reportecl
mysterieuily in' the COnsular Circles,. that. BUNA•
PAR'fr has diScovered the mc.z,ns of ' conveying
himself to the British dominions, without running
the risk of being taken- by the English cruizers.
He will pretend to go on boird one of the princi—
pal vessels of his fleet,- but will in reality emlYark.
in a Neutral ship, which will tike its depa'rture
from a Port at some distance from theSe which can.
tain.-the giptest..number of -vessels.?.lll this vessel
he will wait for or join his' rroopOin the coast of
Ireland."

it is Said ..upon the wine autho'rity that the
FIRST 'CONSUL, has intrusted 1,560,c00 francs
to SANTE R RE, for the purpose of distributing
amongst the ;.!cobins, to keep them quiet dur-
ing his absence, \ CAM 11 Ac s:ttEs,.in the ine,in time,
is to have a: Council of Five, whose thy ics he
is to be obliged to conform to, unless un.,er
any sudden and unforeseen circwnsiances. The
formula of an oath was, it is said, to be submit-
ted to the Senate 'to b'e'taken by the Civil and Mi-
litary Authorities to the person of NAr.ot.poN BO-
NAPARTE. It was. bOWCVer, Whether
the. Senate, blind as it is, would Adopt, witlivut
great resistance, so strange a measure.

L NIP R ~z Porch

COURT OP BENCH; Nciv. is.

Tit a Court proceeded immediately ori its sitting
to pronounce Judgment on a great number of De-
fendants who were brought up on former days in
the course of the Term, and who were committed
an. ordered tip this day for Judgment. Nothing
remiloed but to pronounce it, their different cases
having been heard before.
Mr. Justice GROSS, addressed the different :De-
feratnts in a very :able Manner, in the 'course of
which he observed. to Robert .Redhead .and Neal
Nl' Bride, that, they ,stood to receive the. JudgMen t
of the Court, convitied of a very bad misdernea.
flour, and there were circumstances peculiar to the
case of both. They were found guilty of a con.
spiracy to commit a Fraud, upon the Revenue._ That
the Defendant Robert Redhead had deposited Bran.
dies as for exportation, but not with a view or
purpose to export the same, but to put a miserable
mixture. in its plaCe, to defraud the Public of the
Drawback, and that Neal ,M' Bride, an Officer of
the Excise, had cotnrisi'ited 'a breach of his duty,
and betrayed the trust that had been reposed,in him
as an Officer of the Revenue, in conniving at and
assisting in this fraud attempted to .be .committed
on the Revenue. This was, the rum anti substance
of the offences of these two Defendants, and verY
bad rherwere, for by this fraud not only.kis. Jet.
jcsty's Revenue and Government were to have been
defrauded,,but every individual, among whom are to
be found many.who must feel the- pressure of heavy

. .
duties. However to the most affluent it was little, it
made some difference to those whose income was
considerable, but the' generality of society was
,very severely injured by these frauds. Thisihow.
ever was 'not the only bad efrA of this offence,
even the Affidavin produced in behalf of the De-
fendant Redhead aggravarei his offence. It ap.
peated that he had corrupted an Officer of the Public
Reyenuei, and 'be, bad alscicorrupted his own ser.:-
vants. Ana as to Mißride, it appeared that,
.he
had betrayed the trust reposed it) hire ; he had com...

tined to aefraua the Pbbirerivhpse 'interest it was

his duty to proteCl'as their servant, •in whom coal-,
&lice- was placed. FrOm the contrivance, and the
mode ofsproceeding observed in this fraud, it was
hardly probable that this was the first attempt of either
the one.or the other of thew offenders. The rho&
in.which,this fraud was. to ha ve,been carried into
execution, seemed to be a great.aggravation of the
guilt of Robert Redhead,' as it was by corrupting
bis,own-two servants, youtits whom' he had taken
from a seminary of industry anti learning, the 'MlL-
nifieent institution of which, would do honour to
this' country so ;long as the virtue and, abilities of
men educated diet... continued to grace our biStOry.
However unmerciful to himsell,..he might at least

have spared these youths,'. whose
;poetty and de.
pendent-station might nut, in an evil hour, have
enabled them t().teSiSt temptation. The learned Judge.
• said-he would not now mention the names of these
young men, as far as he did mention their
,case, he
hoped nothing would be remembered of them but the
lenity which had consented to bury in oblivion their
guilt, and which he trusted would be no injury to
the Public ; as to them the punishment of the two.,
offenders • now before the Court, would have the'
effect of example, while these youug 'men who had
yielded.to his arts of corruption,. Nould prove they
have deserved their pardon, by an uniform. system
of integrity and obedience * fo • the laws—on. that
Subjeel he could not but lament that men, and t)tr-
ticularly young men, whose profession or trade
threw them in the way-of temptation, did not learn
that a fatal violation of the law, on any, one given
sehjen, will ever plane tine offender d.lity
into
440 crimes, tram , one offence 'to another; until
he finds himself, at lost, :surrounded by ruin, dis.
grace, and beggary, in which intimare' associates
and near relations were too frequently compelled to
take a part. These observailons applied.not to the
offender Redhead only, but abio to the other oilers.
dens tww before the Court, who, not tecintent with
earning a miserable livelihood by clandestinenightly
fraud on the Revenue, but also brought up :their
children in the same' disgraceful Course,„,' which
unavoidably led. to ruin. There was one observe.
tion whicji the !carried Judgetjeid he could not help
making because it appeared to him to apply to the.
case of all the D4endants now in Court, which was,
that had their industry. been as earnest and- Mire.
misted, in an honest pursuit, as it bad been to de,
fraud their neighbours, they not only would have
been more respeded and be more happy,* but .they
might also have been owners of much more property
than their frauds could ever enable them to acquire,
and that every one might he well assured, that how-
ever prosperous fraud may chance to appear at its
inception, justice, though, slow, will* overtake the
offender, and anacctunolation of punishment, must :
be the consequence of his crimes. Nothing could
more fully illustrate 'this than the. histoey of the
offendex, Redhead—from ci rcumste nee s ptiiveti 'at the
trial, and the consequent punishment he stated,;in his
Affidavit that he had buffered, frottethe timebe might
have been Consideeed as the acknowledged violator of
the. Law 'of the Land, by schemes for defrauding the
Revenue, and' seducing others .to partake of:his
guilt. Conscious 'of what 'he merited, he became,
first a bankrupt', then a fugitive; compelled to '
re_
turn to his country,. he betiome, for his' offences, a'
prisoner ; and now he was to answer, perhaps, for "
all his oftnces, without the prospeet of relief from
this punishment now. to beinflided upon hiM, until
he shall have. paid a debt, which, by the paper now.
before the. Court, appeared to ty zz,ooo . which Ile
now owed to his Country, for hei was now under an
Extent from the Crown to thettenionne.- The case
therefore of the offender Redhead should be a warn-
ing to in tiftisi who now are, or who may he'em_
barked in vice ; i
,t should convince them, that even
in thie wethi, industry and virso, and obedience
to the'Law, ever :Will be their own 'reward. 0n
the ease of Neal, M'Bride, -the teemed Judge -oh.
served, it differed in enormity from the former, but
was yetatrociousi it being a scandalous breach', of
trait reposed in 'him by those whose interest it was
his duty to prote4l.—"kbe Court, .said the *learned
Judge, 'having _coosidereti all circumstances of the
eesea of these trio offenders, cloth order 'aed adjudge,
"IlJet —Yoti, Robert Redhead, far the offence yieu
have committed, be imprisoned in His Majesty's
G 461 of Newgate for Two Years; and that,'duting

tti tithe, ijoti coo once stand id aid upon the
Tory in that part of curnhill, in the-City of Lioodon,
which is opposite to the South-Orte of the Ittyal
Exchange, for One Hour, 'between Twel.tre ax
Noon ond Two in the Afterooon t— And that for
that part iu this otrepce winch you Neal,,
havetalcen, that you lie imi.ti,oned in His Mj;
Jesty's Ct+oi of. Newpte, Itix Eighteen Caleilltr
Months, and.then dibeharged.
The learned Judge thet,ponotto&d..on either
offenders, ;titer a short address stnt,dni: to chic c;i,e
of each, the filllowing sentences-1:1w: were all
Smuggleks who had ob..t toned of the Re ve.
nue in the execution Of their duty.
Amos Hearnderi—to be .linprisOtied In Miidstone
Got for 'Ong Year, .md then dischar&etl.
John Staddon---to be iinpriioneti in Exeter Cirf
Common Gaol for One Year.

Wiiiinm Fennick 'awl George Fennick—ro. be
imprisoned in Durlhnn Glut fur Six G,i(rntiar
Muntipo.

Joseph Fennick—to be imprisoned in the same
Gaol for Three Calendar Months.

John Nl‘Ledd--to be imprisoned in the King's
Bench Prison for Six C.ileAditr M.onth,, to,givp
curity for his good Charitaer for.T;tree Yettr:., him.
self in 'sool'und,.two Sureties in zsol.

Bentley NiPLe'eft--Tto pay a fine of. col.
Therms Retiinson—to he imprisoned in Maid.
stone Ga;:3l-for Six•Calen !.:r

Joseph Webh,-to bt- -wed in linrshant
Gael for Three Cal .encar
John Savage—the saint. •
John Conolly, the elder, jrdin Conoily
younger, Mary 'Cottony, and Mary West, wcre
brought np to' receive the Judgment of the Court,
for having rescued a quantity of Nav;tl Sores aficr
they had been seized by the, proper ()leer.
The Judgment on them w as follows :r-On
John Conolly, the father, impri,onnic,nt in 'Maid.
stone Gaol fors wo Years. :-011 Jt,ho Conoliy, the
son, One Year bh the same ph.'r tt-.011 MarY West
Three Months :—As io ntry Conolly, ttlr. JAR-
v Is, Counsel fir the Prosecution, 'at-sited he'inight
beset is liberty, on-aceonnt of her haying' been
der the control:I of her father.and hrothei-d-,sVC jr:,!
only 16,—She was aceordinrply disehargcd..