The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-09 00:00:00

LONDON, JANUARY 9, 1804,

Fouß Ilan:burgh Mails arrived yesterday, and
-if the Intelligence they bring can be relied upon as
.authentic, it is certainly of considerable importance.
Jr is stated in a letter from the Banks of the Mein,
that the ENIPEROR of Rtrs' TA. had made an applica-
tion to the Government of France for the Evacuation
of the EleCtorate of Hanover )y the French Troops,
mind'hati also demanded chat an indemnification shotild
he nin.c.le to Cr. KING of SARDIISTA, which, if not
complete, should amount at least to one-third of the
value of the States he had lost. These demands
were, it is added, supported by the Court of Vienna,
but n2.:t with_ an absolute-refusal on the pall of the
French Government, why declared that Ha/lover
cculd` not be evacuared,lnor any Indemnification
Made 'to- the KING Of SA•RotNIA, until Peace was
. .
coricludell between England and France. • If this
ie.tellir,e'Ceis'truf.' it is not only a decisive proof
of the opinion which the Court of :Russia entertains
of the condua of• France vespeeting Hanover, but it
in.
a. great degree pledges His IMP,Eit lAL MAJESTY
t adopt ef:efttt ii measures to enforce his applica-
tion. Speculation's, • however, upon this subje&
would be idle, until the fait is ascertained.
The disputes, between Austria and Bavaria are
for the present terminated ; but the question re.
speCting the number
.M Votes in 'the College of
Princes sti;l remains onsettled ; and there is great
reason to apprehend that BONAPARTE will not omit
this opportunity of offering his services to the Em.
pire as a Mediator. An Official Note to the Diet
is shortly expeCted to be presented by the French
Minister, upon the pretence that several of the States.
of .the Empire have applied to. the First Consul for
proteti ion.

Every fresh account from Turkey brings acidi-
trona' proofs of the extreme weakness of that Go-
vernment InsurreEtions are multiplied in every
Atici thls once mighty Empire, formerly the
terror of the greater parr of Europe, seems now to,
bc tottering on the verge of ruin. In Syria, the late
nalm of Damascus, A BDALLAft, who had been su,
pered,!d in his G)vernment by DGEZZAIt P4).CHA,
lias pm himself at the head of 15.000 men, and is
the- Country waste. Letters from Vienna
stare, that disturbances have broken out in Con-
stim!ino4.)l:-. ; and, according to other accounts,
41dr,:4"ntle,ts anualy besieged by a body of Rebels.

Letters frArn Peterscbmrsk state, that Court Wo-

aoNvlcv'h;rtiretired from the Ministry, on account

of age and ili health.
.7•The news brought by these Mails from France
and
,r-lo!iana, has been anticipated by the Dutch

.rd; French Papers.

Cmunt MARKOFF left Paris on the t 4.th ult.

BY our Letter from P/:;tizciab, we have the cer_.
t.iin intelligence that the Fterch Fleet in Brest
Harbour_ had made no movement during the abcence
of Admiral CORNWALLIS, and that noble Veteran
must early in the week have resumed his 'most per.
severing and effectual blockade.

The Gazette of Saturday contains the account
of the Capture of Five French vessels by the
iinchfr.. and G T assisted by the Boats of the
hvinortalite ; we are afraid, however; that there is no
foun6ation for the report of a greater number of the
Fr;;nch Convoy being captured, as Captain Qw Er;
distirAly states that they escaped under the land in
the dark. The difference of a few Boats more or
less being taken, is very
nunimportant ; the fa 4 is
now completely ascertained, that these formidable
Gun-boats, even with the greatest superiority of
numbers, are unable to contend with the smallest
description of our Naval Force, and that their safety
can only be ensured by remaining under the protec.
tion of their Batteries.

It was in this Paper only, that the first account
of this Capture was correaly stated. The Public
should be cautious of giving credit upon any point,
to the exaggerated statements 'and vague assertions
Of some Of our Coteipporaries.

Saturday morning Firs MAJESTY, and the Duke
Of CAMB IDG E, attended by Lord WALSINGE:AM
and General S-erNct It, walked to Old Windsor, and
liont:uted Lady WA LsINGHAM and daughters with
a visit.

HA MAJE.sTy, and Princesses AUGUSTA, ELI.
ZAI3 ETU, arid MARY, Waikf:(l to Froginore.
Princess AMELIA, attei deal by Lady ELY, look
an airing to Holly Grove.

Yesterday morning the ROYAL FAMILY went to
St. George's Chapel, and heard an excellent Ser.
mon by Dr. WiLsosr, from the 6th Chapter. of St.
Mark and zath Verse.
Early yesterday morning, the Marquis of SALTS.
BURY arrived at Windsor, and attended His MA.
JEST'S( to Chapel.
Baron • LENTHE had an audience of His MA-
'3ES7Y.

The Gazette of Saturday contains an Order in
Council, prohibiting, for six ni-nths from the Ittli
inst. the exportation of Naval or Military Store;.
The Packets which are appointed to carry out the
American and West India Mails of this month, wilt
not be ready for:sea till the z ath inst. consequently
the letters of this day will be in time for conveyance
by them.
A. draft has been made from, the three Batta-
lions of Foot Guards now in London, and the De.
tachment marches to-morrow morning for Chatham
and Chelmsford.

Large quantities of clothing, and other articles,
have, within these few days, been sent from the
Slop Office, Somerset-place, to Deptford, to he put
on board Transports, which are to convey the ar-
ticles to the different Ports.
For the purpose of preventing the Prisoners of
War associating, those who are captured from Hol-
land, are to be cor,fined indifferent places from those
who are captured from France.
Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, the Excise
Volunteer Corps assembled in their yard, and 14f!er
Divine Service about 400 marched to the East India
Company's Field, and went through several ma.
razuvres in a very respeaable manner, notwith-
standing the ground was slippery in consequence of
a sudden thaw, and it was their first attempt in
the field.
Sir J. CRAIG, Commander in Chief of the Eastern
District, has ordered all Officers under his orders,
absent on leave or otherwise, to join their respective
Regiments immediately ; and no Officer is allowed
to be six hours absent from his Corps.
Lord G. H. CAvENntsH and the Hon. Lieut._
Col. SimrsoN have joined their Regiment of Militia
at Canterbury, agreeably to stria orders from Go.
vernment.
The al Corps of 'Loyal Suffolk Yeomanry Ca,
valry, commanded by Major Ena.N.R, to the nurn.
her of 137, have „agreed to take their 'rotation of
duty on the Coast,-agreeably to the requisition of
the Lord Lieutenant.
The arrrival of Admiral Plitt; P at Deal on Fri.
day last, was for the purpose of mustering the Sea_
Fencibles at that place. Government has given or.
ders to the Admiral, to visit every place at which
the Sea-Fencibles are established, for the purpose of
examining into their discipline and effedire
strength.

Madame BONAPARTFi on Christmas eve, visited
the shops of the principal confedioners in Pails,
and expended zoo Louis in articles for distribution
as Christmas-boxes. The shops were profusely de.
corated with naval trophies, gun-boats, &c. In
one of them the FIRST CONSUL was represented re-
straining Neptune with one hand, and closing the
Temple of Janus with the other.

THE auTCHRss OF BEDPoRD'STwELITii-NIGHT
PARTY.—The Dutehess of BernoßO's Masquerade
Ball on Twellth.Night, was attended by all the
Beauty and Fashion for twenty miles rouild. AU
the Gentry in the town of Bedford were present,
and min), Fashionables went froin Town the same
m“rning. Upwards of goo persons were present, and
the whole suite of rooms on the drawing.room
floor, as well as the lower apartments, were thrown
open on the occasion. The state apartments were
adorned with all kinds of flowers and evergieens,
natural as well as artificial ; in short, every means
were resorted to, to render the scene attradive.
The masks began to drop in about ten o'clock ;.
among the most conspicuous were,' the Dutchess of
BEDFORD, as a Houle Maid, which she suppor
ed to admiration ; His Grace the Duke of BE ovoß
as John Bull, or Feftmer, which he supported with
much humour, and added greatly to the entertain,
ment of the evening; and Mr. SIIERIDAN, as a fir&
woman, who delivered upon the occasion an appro.
priate speech, and kept them in a continual roar.—
Major CAR.TwRIGHT as Oberon, Mr. COTTON as
Punch, Mr. MAckcicrzts a Cloctun, Lord WILL
LIA4I RussELL, a Spaniard. There were but few
charaders ; dominos and fancy dresses. prevaile
The supper was costly and elegant, at which diF
lovely Hostess presided with her usual grace and
elegance.

BE LVOIR-CASTL S FESTIVITI Es. —Wednesday,
the 4th instant, being the Anniversary of His
Grace the Duke of RtrLANo's Natal Day, was
kept with great splendour at Belvoir Castle.
The morning was ushered in with ringing of
bells, the colours . were displayed on the New
Tower, and at noon His Grace's Tenants, who 14,tip
volunteered their services, to the amount of 466,
assembled in front of the Castle, and fired a fett.
de joye, which was answered by His Graces
mestics, by z- discharge of twelve vollies from the
principal tower. The effeti, from the echo of ,the
surrounding words, was awfully grand. The day
was spent in the old English hospitable manner,
and die scene of mirth and festivity concluded in
the evening with a grand ball.

On Saturday the State Lottery Wheels were re-
moved from Somerset-place to Cooper's Hall, under
escort of a party of Life Guards on foot, prepara-
tory to the drawing, which commenced this morning.
On Saturday morning, between eight and nine
o'clock, a 6 some boys were playing near the Duxe
of GLouc IiSTER'S ride in Hyde Park, one of them
discovered in a dyke the. feet and hands, apparently
of an infant. On a further examination, it proved
to be a newly born babe, wrapped up in a coarse
wrapper. It was taken to Mount-street watch_
house, wheie a COroner's Inquest will sit on the
body.

On. Friday last died, at her h•:use in Char
street, Berk,ley-square, in the 74th year of her age,'
the Lady ANNE CAP EL, sister to the late, and auiat
to the present, Earl of EssFx.

On Sunday Ist inst. was'i-nrirried, Mr. BENJAMIN
aVINARD, of Newbury, t() Miss Him:l-Ims, of
'Nest Ilsley, Berks.

ivArAFTEWS.

ishvn i& LONDON GAZETTE, 711. 7, /24.

Admiralty Ofre, yam. 7, do+.

_ .
-Copy of a Letter from the Right Nov. Lord Keith,
K. B. Admiral of the Blue, to Sir Evan Ne-
peas, Bart. doted on board His Mapstys Ship
she Monarch, of Ramsgate, the 6th inst.

SIR,

I enclose, for their Lordships' information, a
copy of a Letter which I have received from Capt.
Owen, of His Majesty's Ship Immortalit, acquaint.
ing me, that His Majesty's. 9un.brig the Archer,
and the Griffin Hired Cutter, (the Crew of the fur_
mer being reinforced by. Lieut. Payne and some of
the Immortalire's men) bad captured one of the
Enemy's Gan vessels, a Dogger, a Schuyt, and two
Blankenberg Fishin. 'oats, apparently part of a
Convoy proceeding .t.'oulogne.
I have a nour to be, &c.
KEITH.
dnchor en the edge of the
s, Agrelozne,-S. half 8.
miles, Wednesday, ganu.

Immo-
Bt
fis

MY LORD,

Having last night reinforced the Crew of the Ar-
cher with some men from this Ship, and pushed her
in close shore, she was iOrtunate enough to fall in
with and capture the French Lugger Gun-vessel,
No. 432, mounting an 18 and a 12-pounder,, corn.
manded by an Ensign de Vaisseau, with five Sea_.
men, a Lieutenant, and 26 Grenadiers of the 36th
Regiment of the Line, some of whom, with two
Seamen, escaped in her boat during the' running
fight, which she continued for a quarter of an hour
with her stern gun and musketry. The Archer.
had part of her rigging cut, but no one materially
hurt on either side.

The Archer and Griffin afterwards captured a
Dogger, a -Schuyt, and two Blankenberg, Fishing..
boats, which the Prisoners report to be part of a
Convoy, which, with a prame of 16 guns, and five
or six Gun-vessels escaped under the land in the
dark ; some, I understand, laden with provisions
and stores. The Schuyt has 'Gin, and the Fishing.
boats tin:bers and kriees for tioits ; each Vessel-had
three or four Soldiers on board,'
,
Lieut. Sheriff, of the- Ardier, has done every
thing I could possibly wish or exped from his zeal;
and Lieut. Payne, of this Ship, who commanded the
boat and party assisting the Archer, executed that
service with his usual alacrity, and the Commander
of the Griffin has my thanks fur the share be bore in
bringing off the latter Vessels, which was effeded
under a very heavy fire from the shore, to which they
wore as close as possible.
I have the Honour to be, &c.
(Signed) E. W. C. R. OWEN.
The Right !loiz. Lord Keith, K. B.
c. &c. &c. •

PLYMOUTH', JAR. 7.—Arrived La Marie, and
two other French Chasse Maries (names unknown),
laden with vinegar, salt, and timber converted for
shipbuilding, captured•on Tuesday the 3d instant
near the entrance of Brest Harbour, by the l'oseph
hired Armed Cutter, commanded by Lieut. Gin.
DONS. Positive intelligence has been received by
these Vessels, that the French Squadron remained
on the day above.mentioned in the Harbour of Brest,
without smallestl preparation for sailing, so that
theo re gallant
o perform, Co NWALLIS will have nothing
m
than to continue the Blockade as
to
the
r Aodin,ira
before, which, there can be little doubt, has been
carried into ellsa since Wednesday last.

;e, from a
eymout h.
TSTMOUTH, JAN. 8.--Arrived this day His
..^, ~-• ty.'sanSdhtihpes
4./zoe:svt:nct
uarn;edr
fTrormib
,
Sailed yesterday His Majesty's Ship Diomede for
Guernsey, but put back this day owing to contrary
wind. , ..

A Frigate with a quarantine signal is this even.
ing atrived at= 41. Helens, 6ut her name is not yet
known,

WYesterday evening arrived the French Brig I, a
Puae, •
rsuivanie, lately purcltased at Plymouth by a Mer-
chant of this Porte, with the crew of the Smack
Prince of Wales, of Brixham, which she ran foul of
off Berry-head, and sunk, last Thursday evening.
The Crew saved themselves by catching bold of the
Brig's bowsprit rigging.
Arrived several Colliers and Coasters. •

HARWICH, JAN. B.—Yesterday at six A. M.
arrived the Post-Office Packet King George, Capt.
SAUNDERS, from Heligokind, with the-Mails and
Passengers, after receiving some damage. at the
Island; also arrived at two P. M. the ,luckland,
Capt. BRIDGE, and the Lark, Capt. DELL, with
Mails anti sengers from' the above Limit!. Re_
main here,. Escort Gun-brig and the Hecate Gun.
brig, and die Tartres Bomb-ship.
S

DEAL, JAN. B.—Came in the immortafittl from
a cruize off Boulogne ; and the Supply Transport
from Plymouth.
Sailed the Amelia Frigatc,on a cruize off West
Cape!.
In the Downs—Monarch, Utrtcht, Immortalite, Perseus,
Mariner, Basilisk.

SHFERNESS, JAN. B.—His Majesty's Ship 17 &ter,
Cart. RENOLY, has sailed to resume her station as a
Blockship off Margate; also the Alonzo Sloop, Cap-
tain IMPEY, on a Cruize.

The appointment of Capt. Woo DLY LOSACY. to
sui ersede Captain PELLY in the Beaver, has not

taken place, the Admiralty having been satisfied,
from the report of three Captains who were ordered
on a survey for that purpose, that the cornplaint of
Captain PELL V, as to the weakness and insufficiency
of the Crew of the Beaver, was perfe6Uy correl.

MARGATE, JAN. 2.—About a fortnight since, I
informed you relative to the Auspicious,- extra East
India ship. The arbitrators met on Thursday last
in London, and awarded the crews of the Margate
boats, consisting of 31 men, the sum of 4000 gui.
neas, and 3001. as a compensation for the loss of
the LordNe,eion lugsail boat. The award is at- once
liberal and just the ship was in all human pro..
bability saved by the exertions of these br,ive men.
When the first boat came near the Auspicious, the
waves were running so high, that they were under
the necessity of casting anchor early twenty yards
astern of her. A buoy was thrown from the ship,
which reached the boar, a rope was thus conveyed
to the ship ; the other end of this rope one of the
boat's crew, Mr. J. HUB BARD, lasterirA round leis
body, and then leaped overboard. He was sown
got up by the side of the ship, and fortunately
without any injury. This was the first step to-
wards saving the ship; and if ever tearless intre-
pidity deserved high recompence, it surely did in
this -case, and the generosity of the Arbitrators
must be applauded. Many instances have occurred
when as mtich exertion has been made, as much
courage displayed, and
„the hardy felluWs have not
been paid'i tithe.of the sum. ..

THE DUI C,ll FLEET.

_ _ . _ .
It v
A LETTER from an oificr on bdard His N1;1'44 '
,
jesty's ship the Piinchs of °rave, off the_ Texel,
dated on Sunday January 1, contains tht; follow.
ing important information

4‘ As various reports were prevalent at Yar.
mputh_a few days back, respeding the movetnents
of the Enemy in the Texel, which were not a tittle
augmented on our ship and the Repulse being or.
dered to sea with all possible dispatch, I transmit
you an accurate statement of the force now in the
Texel, which we this day distinky reconnoitred ;
the island bearing N. N. E. distance:a league and a
half.
Ships, in the Inner Roads, viz. •
No. t, A ship of the line, with lOwer :assts rigged, and
topmasts up..
Na. 2. wo ships of the line ready for sea.
No. 3, One ship of tho line, topmasts struck, bearing an
Admiral's Hag at the fore.
No, 4. Two frigates, in theaft of bending topsails.
No. S. Three sloops of war, ready fpr sea.
No. 4. One large ship, under jury masts
No. Fourteen or fifteen transports (supposed), each be. • - ing numbered.
No. S. Thirty or mote fishing boats, apparently fitted out
for the conveyance of..troops.
‘‘ From this, and other information which we
gained, we doubt not but that the Enemy will cet.
tainly attempt getting out the first opportunity..
We yesterday (Saturday) hoarded an Ameri.
can vessel from Amsterdam, who assured us that
the Republic had purchased upwards of seventy mer.
chant ships, and were converting them into trans..
purls : he also informed us a report was prevalent
at Amsterdam, that the Dutch Troops . had refused
to embark ; but he said that it was soon afterwards y
contradicted; nor did he believe that the force in.
the Texel was intended for the invasiunof_Ensf,latift..
He stated that Avery article of food was very dear
and scarce.

" In Holland they have not yet been troubled
with frost or snow (4 circumstance very uncommon)
and the Dutch Pilots are of opinion that the Tezei •
will not be frozen up this Wintet,4l

We arc concerned to state the loss of the Grap.
pier gun.vessel by part of the flotilla from Gran.
vine. The Grappler, in getting under weigh froM
Chosse, struck upon one of the numerous rocks
with which the sea
.in the neighbourhood of those
islands arc studded; and while in this situation was
attacked and destroyed by the Enemy's boats from
the opposite coast. The, crew were carried pri.
.soners to Granville, excepting the Master and six
men, who had previously left her in a boat, and
are atrived at Guernsey.
• The passage of the Texel vfras not frozen up on
theist instant, a circumstance so unusual, that the
people there imagine it will not .be stopped up this
year. Our naval force off theTexel'yesterdav sc'n_ H
night comprised the Defence and Privets of Orange,
of 74. guns; Ruby, York, and i?iiithe; of 64 ;
corn arid Clyde frigates, and Mallard gun-vessel,
under the orders of Rear-Admiral TitoaNuoßouoti.
Sir SIDNEY SMITH'S squadron continues off Flush.
ing.

The Thisbe frigate will sail from Portsmouth io
a few (Lys with she trade far Portugal and the Me_
diterranean—she is to call at Falmouth fur the ves-
sels assembled there. - •

The Sisters, %VI NTE R INGHAM, from Memel,
one of the missing Baltic ships, arrived safely on
Tuesday morning in Hull Roads.
The Minereva, WH ITC ; Psearnoni, Cu UTHE t, ;
and Carlton, CU RRICY, from Quebec, are arrived
iti
tiTO "Clyde; They sailed' from -Quebec on-=c?le!:
22d of November, in company with the Teresa,
bound to London. The Little George, bound to
Bristol, was wrecked on the Coast of Orleans pre.. •
vii,us to their sailing. The winter had set in very
severe at the time of their departure, and it w.is
supposed no more ships would sail from Quebec this
season.

The President, Capt. WESTCOAT, from Amster-
dam, bound to Baltimore, was wrecked on the 6th
of December, 1803, off Boulogne. The solders
from the shore fired upon them, although the ship
was in 'he at of breaking to pieces. Same gun-
boats from the shore went and took out the crew
and passengers, and treated then) in the most cruel
manner. They plundered the ship of every thing
valuable.

The 6th Regiment of Dragoons are en their march
from Liverpool for Lincoln ; they arrived at Don-
caster on Tuesday- and Wednesday, and on Thurs-
day morning continued their route. One of the
men had his leg broke as they were leaving the
town.

A Subscription is opened in the County o Ches.
ter, for providin4 Flannel Waistcoats for tile
Mi-
litia.

}

HAMIIURGH MAILS.

PARIS, Dtc. t 6.

COUNT MARKoFr left this Capita on the,t4.tl.l
inst, on his return to Petersburgh.
During the absence of the First Consul, who in-
tends to inspet the present state of the warlike
Preparations carried on with increased vigour on
the'Coast, his Brother_in-law, G-!,eral MURAT, is
to have the command in chief of the Troops quar-
tered in Paris.
At Bourdeaux, all the English who are Prisoners
0f War on their Parole, are bound, every Sunday,
to make their appearance before General Avail.,
to prove their presence in that town; in default of
which they are arrested, and concluded from Bri-
gade to Brigade to Verdun.
, The Expedition against England, it is said, will
he carried into effect in the month of January. The
FIRST CONSUL is still here, but part.of nis equipage
has already been sent to the Coast.
General NET has left Switzerland for the camp
of Compiegne. Citizen RotrxtEßES has been pro.
visionally appointed French Chargi d'Affaires.
Several Nunneries are about to be established in
Paris.
In a late Sitting of the Council of State, the First
Consul professed sentiments very favourable to the
Liberty of the Press. Newspapers and Pamphlets
alone are to remain subjected to the necessary ctn.

VIENNA, DEc. z.
ccoit 15 NG• to stinse accounts received here,
,urhances have broken out at Constantinople.
Couriers are cot,tinually going arid returning be.
tween this City and .Paris, and Petersburgh.
The Spanish Ambassador, the PRINCE DI CASTEL
FkAtqco, and the Portugueze Charge d'Affaires, the
Chevalier MIRANDA, have both notified the Nen.
traiity of their respettive Nations in the present
War: