The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-23 00:00:00

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E%TIRDAY a General Court was held at the
East India House, for the purpose of laying before
the Proprietors, Papers relative to the conduft of
the War in India.

The CHAIRMAN, in a short but impressive speech,
opened the business, in the course of which he paid
the highest compliments to Marquis WELLESLEY,
Generals LAKE, ST. JOHN, and WELLESLEY he
dwelt particularly on the immense Force with which
we had to contend, and concluded by observing,
that should ever the Enemy attempt an Invasion,
the glories we had obtained in India, would be fol-
lowed by a proud day for England.
The Papers detaili.g our successes in India hav-
in ing been read, the CHAIRMAN produced the follcw-
g Resolutions of the Court of Direttors ; he then
tabled them, for the approbation of the Proprietors,
viz.

" That this Court taking into consideration the Dispatches
telative to the late brilliant successes in the East Indies in the
War with the Mahratta Chieftains, Dow LAT Row SCINDIA,
and the Raja of Berar, without entering at present into the
Origin or policy of that War, the documents respeaing
are riot yet before this Court, the Thanks of this Court be
which
given to the Most Noble Marquis ‘V ELL ESLEY, for the ze.al,
vigour, adivity, and ability which he displayed, in preparing
the Armies, at the several Presidencies, to take the field, and
to which may he attributed, in a great measure, the rapid and
brilliant successes of the military operations which have
crowned the British Arms in the List Indies.
" That the Thanks of this Court We given to General G. E-
RARE, LAKE, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's, and of
the Company's Forces in India, for the great and eminent
services, and the invincible intrepidity and spirit manifested
by him in the Command of the Arms' serving its Hindostan,
by which he has of
the honour of the British Na-
fiat), and he
such additional lustre on the reputation of
Itz British Arms.
" That the Thanks of this Court be given to Major-Ce-
neral the Honourable FREDZ.RICK ST . to utc, for his courage
and steadiness in seconding the ettorts 0. the Commander in
Chief in Hinuotsar. ; and also to Major-General the Honour-
able ARTHUR IVELLESI. Et y, tor the important and brilliant
Services
.performed by Jinn in the command of the separate
.Army within the becan; and also to the several Officers of
the Arrny, both European and Native, for their gallant con-
duct and meritorious exertions during the arduous, honour-
able, and successful Campaign in the East Indies.
"" That this Court doth highly approve and acknowledge the
zeal, discipline, and bravery uniformly displayed by the Non-
commissioned Officers and Private Soldiers, both European
and Native, employed against the Enemy in the East Incites ;
thaand that the same be signified to them by the Commanders of
nveral Corps, who are desired to thank them lbr their
Platy and gallant behaviour."
The several Motions having been seconded by
the DEPUTY CHAIRMAN,
•
Mr. It o
of cic rose
e to
de give his decided approbation of
pleased with its contiutt th W3l, though he was not so well
origin.
. Mr. TWINING was also for the Motions,
Mr. P. MOORE WOUlti have been better
With them, had the pleased
y recognized the gallantry of the
Company's Oflier!rs, and given the merit so justly
due to Col. STEPHENSoN.
The CHAIRMAN denied that the Motions were
deficient in praise, to either the Company's Officers
or Soldiers. Any particular eulogium on Col. STE-
pH ENsorg might have been deemed invidious.
Sir THEOPHILUS MarcALF said, that some allu-
sions to the origin of the War, made it
for him expressly to declare, that much as h.
tt ad-
necessary
mired the succe.is of the War, nothing
duce him
Resolutions, if he
to vote fur the present should in.
thought that tha origin of the War was not entirely
ftt from aggression on the part of the Company.
Mt. ROCK called to order, on the ground that the
Policy of- the War at present, was not within the
contemplation of the Court.
The CHAIRMAN coincided in opinion with Mr.
ROCK.
On Sir TH EOPHILUS persisting in his right to ad.
Vert to the causes of the War, a long debate ensued
llvon the point of order, which was at length termini
ated by Sir THEOPHILUS moving an Amendment,
tvliich rather conveyed an opinion in favour of the
policy of the War.
Mr. 13cntRouctt3 seconded the Amendment, which
W's succe,sr_ully opposed by the CHAIRMAN, DE.
PUT Y, Messrs. Tel I N I NG, RANDLE JACKSON, Lord
KINNAIRD, Mr. R. THORNTON, JONES ADAIR,
Col. TONE, and Mr. JOHN INGLIS.
Mr. DA .
VID SCOTT spoke very ably in favour of
an
the ,
the Amendment which was at length withdrawn,
d Motions passed
jAcxsoN. unanimously, with a trifling
amendment from the Chair, suggested by Mr. B.
The Court adjourned at five o'clock, sine die.
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_..........•
THE OPERA.—There was__
sion last night at the a considerable confu.
King's Theatre, in conse-
quence of an attempt, without due notice, to perform
the Comic Opera of L' Astuzie Femmenili, instead
of the new Serious one of 11 Ratio di Proserpina.
The Audience shewed great opposition on the rising
the curtain. KELLY came forward several times,
and stated the sudden indisposition of Mrs. &L.
I.lilstrobt as the cause of disappointment. The
... tenee demanded GRASSINI, and were told that
lilt toll:11 6ot be found. KELLY' was asked why GRAS-
-7."
WaE
not
in the House, if BILLINGTON'S illness
was so sudden? a This question was not satisfactorily
v answered at length
ertisment was GRASSINI was found. The Di.
ready, and
Performed before the Opera could be
then the Second itã of the Serious Opera
Was given. GRAssitit took uncommon pains to
compensate for the disappointment. The Audience
were last content to receive this Second A and the
Ballet ft instead of the whole Opera. The dis.
latbance lasted a long time. The House was very
'well attended.
Miss WoonFALL made her second appearance last
night, in The Iron Chest, and performed the charaCter
of linen in a style of unaffected tenderness, which
;lade a strong impression on the Audience. The
,Ia Y Was altogether well supported, and ELL ISTON'S
`,'," Edward Mortimer was a performance of such
Leeling and ability, as is seldom seen upon the Stage
in these declining days of theatrical merit.
Mr. SHERIDAN is very shrewd and sagacious,
but we presume that he will not much rely upon his
Political foresight in future, for he hinted the pos.
sibility that BONAPARTE might surrender all his
Power into the hands of the People. Benedick,
when he swore he would die a bachelor, as little
conceived that he should live to be married, as
.11,1 r. SHERIDAN thought th
roatof BONAPARTE
Citizen
would make himself Emperor the Gemisp

1712 HAMBURCH MAIL

nAiIEURGH, MAY t 5.—The Ruissian EmbassY
here, as well as other Russians resident at this place,
have gone into mourning for the Duke of ENO.
la TEN, for seven, and the Swedish Embassy for eight
days.
VIENNA, MAY 5.—The late British Envoy at
Stutgard, Mr. S. SMITH, is arrived at Baden, from
Salzburg.
An Officer of the French Consular Guard arrived
here the day before yesterday, whose dispatches re-
late to the new Imperial Digtiity, and are said to
contain important proposals.
The Head of the BOURBON FAMILY, has notified
to His bar ERI#L MAJESTY, the melancholy death
of the Duke D'ENGH I EN. The arrests that took
place in the Territories of the Elelor of BADEN,
in which that unfortunate Prince was involved, and
of which he became the first victim, also form 'the
subject of a Memorial, presented on the 20111 of
April to the Imperial Vice-Chancellor, by Baron
GEMM I NGEN, the Baden Minister.
VENICE, MAY 2.-They talk of a journey to
France by the Port.
Loci EN BONAPARTE passed through Genoa on
the list of April, on his way to Rome. It is said,
that he will take the Government of Parma and Pia_
cenza, which is now administered as a French De-
partment.
CONSTANT I NOP LE, APP,IL 4.—The affairs of
Egypt, which had taken a deapet ate turn, have again
unexpeCtedly recovered a most pleasing aspea for the
Turkish Government. This change is owing to
the dissentions among the Reheis, which began
with a dispute between a Lieutenant of aria'
BEY, and the other Boys who were at Cairo. An
aetion ensued, in which the former was ki!led, with
most of his adherents. ELPH I BEY, informed of
this disaster on his arrival at Alexandria, retired to
Upper Egypt.
Soon after another and more violent dispute took
place. The Arnauts, who, ever since last summer,
had sided with the Mamelukes, have, without any
assignable motives, turned their arms against them.
On the 14th of last month, a decisive, but most des_
perate battle took place, in which most of the
Matnelukes, with IBRAHIM BEY, and several other
Chiefs, were killed, while the test were dispersed
or taken prisoners. Such is the account which the
General of the Arnauts has given to the Porte of
his vidnry. He endeavoured to excuse his former
defeeiion, and swears to remain faithfully attached
to the GRAND SIGNOR.
The Commandant of Alexandria, KORKONT PA-
CHA, has sent us this important news by a Dispatch
of the azd Match, and it was yesterday announced
to the public by a discharge of the cannon of the Se-
raglio, to the great joy of the Ottoman Ministry.
The Porte will now--probably endeavour to wrest the
Government of Egypt from the dangerous hands of
GH EZZ AR. PACHA, to whom it was entrusted merely
to meet the pressing embarrassment of the moment ;
yet we learn that the Squadron which was to second
his operations, is nevertheless to sail for that pro-
vince. These letters from KORKONT PACHA, which
are of a very recent date, make not the least men-
tion of the appearance of three English Ships of the
Line, which were reported to have entered the Port
of Alexandria, and landed 5 or boo Soldiers : conse-
quently this report, improbable in itself; deserves as
little credit as that of an English Fleet of 20 Sail
having been seen off Candia, and soon after near
Rhodes.

APRIL i6.—The late letters from Egypt assert,
that a body of Sepoys arrived at Suez from India ;
and that an English Squadron has been seen in the
Egyptian Seas. Besides the Arnauts, the Aannian
Troops, about 6000 strong, and headed by their
own Chief MEHEMET ALY, have fallen upon the
Beys, taken them by surprize, and massacred nearly
the whole of them.

The following is a correft list of the passengers
on hoard the Indiamen lately arrived :
Per Charlton.—Mr. and Mrs. Neave, Mr. and Mrs. Mac-
naughton, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, Messrs. Toucht, Camp-
bell, Pary, Golding, and Capt. Cuthbert.
Per Admiral Gardner.—Capt. Muller, Lieut. Fluskinson,
and Messrs. Townsend, Tate and Rennell ; Mrs. Coates, and
Mrs. Hawkins.
Per Earl Howe.—Col. Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson,
Mrs. Ellerker' Capt. Williams, Capt. Giahan, Misses Stoke
and Grueber, Col. Oakes and Lady.

Nothing can be more absurd and indecent than
the attempt of certain Scribblers to represent the
Dinners which the PRINCE of WALES gives in sup_
port of his illustrious rank in the State, as the meet-
ings of PARTY. Cannot the Democratic Writers be
content with reviling the PR EROGATIV E themselves ?
It is rather too bad to try to make the world
believe that their Jacobinical views are san&ion_
ed in a quarter where they must be held in the
utmost abhorrence.
The Opposition Writers are busy in their corn-
ments upon Dr. SIMMONS. We wish this Gentle-
man could cure moral as well as physical ills, for he
would then be well employed in relieving those
Writers from the excesses of a Democratic Mania.
It should be mentioned to the honour of the Gen-
tlemen who Conduet the Amateur Concert, that they
have resolved to employ British talents chiefly in
their Band ; and there is hardly an exception to this
patriotic principle among the Professors engaged in
that elegant Entertainment.
Sir JOHN-LADE is now so well satisfied with his
skill as a driver, that he does not 'confine himself
to Hyde Park, but drives his own carriage along
the Hammersmith Road every Sunday, in proud
rivalry with the Brentford Stages. It is, however,
alledged, in excuse for the Baronet's public per.
formances, that he doee not hold the reins at home.
A musical Wag has written a Dialogue in the
Shades, between► HANDEL and BRAHAM. It is pro-
bable that there would be little conversation be.
tween these parties on a meeting. The former
would doubtless have thought a word and a blow
sufficient, as he had not taste enough, or two much
vanity, to suppose that his music stood in need of
modern improvement.
A beautiful coinage of Half. Guineas has been de.
livered from the Mint to the Bank. In this im-
pression the Head of His MAJESTY is somewhat
smaller than in others, and the wreath is twined
round it more in the Roman form. The reverse
is like that of the last coinage; the legend, Fan;
Defensor, Britantrzarum Rex.