The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-06 00:00:00

COLCIIESTER, JAN• 2.

MR Military in this neighbourhood have not yet
received 6o rounds of ammunition, as has been re.
ported in the Papers, but that such a thing has been
talked of, is obvious from the, following orders, is-
sued here yesterday, and which giVe us 'reason to
suppose that it is expetted the Enemy wily soon at_
tempt the Invasion.—All Officers have been ordered
to j lin, and even such as may' be Members of Parlia_
ment,-have been written to, to join'their Regiments
during the Recess ; and for no one to be absent but
on duty. ~

GENERAL ORDERS.

" Head-quarters, Colchester, Dee. 30.

"' Such Regiments as have received Magazines are itnme-
diatel y to give in to•thenearest'Ordnance Depot, demands for'
the number of cartridges necessary to complete them to 6o
rounds of ammunition. The magazines are to be fitted to the
crris-belts, and when in marching order, the Regiments are
always to appeor with them. Itis to beobserved, that the
pouches, exmUed.tu hold 36 rounds, the magazines are
'to carry the remaining 24 .

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" :The Regiments which are not yet supplied with maga- .
zines, are to wake similar demands as soon as they receive
them, and the Ceneral Officers :ye desired to repoit in their
-weekly states, the:anrival of magazines, for4fty, of the Regi- 1
ments ot;their Brigades,. until the whole are supujied. i.
" l; the event oranj, movement dl the Army, the men are
to .earrY With them, in their haversacks, such bread as they
tsay luive in their.posst'ssion, and the Commissaries attending
the several colunin3 cit the Ariny,have directions to use their ,
'utmost endeavo-urs to whole tip.to a full supply
of iiiree days in their possession, and three days more in their
kwaggons. - • - . . .
in the event of any distant movement, it is intended that
an Officer Of the Commissariat shall attend every 'column
that may march separately to the appointed place of rendez- ..
vi.ius tin. the- Army •, but, if none should.be present, the Ge-
iier:tl 0 trwer '(or Officer commanding the column) will ap_ i
point an intelligent Officer to ad as such, to procure supplies '
lyf bread, forage. and straw, for that column. ~ --
" At this season of the year, and particularly under the
circumstance of forced marches, which may he necessary, in i
Ithe•fiTit instance, encamping will he iMpradicable; whilst i
from the numbers of which the several columns wilieOnSist, i
it will he equally impossible, nor will it he expected, that j
qtruters-Shall -be provided in the usual manner; much incor..
venience must necessarily be experienced, but it will be en-
countered with the cheerfulness of Soldiers engaged in the
caged cause of their Country, and the fatigue that must be
Undergenlein the progress to meet the Enemy, will be as
little ,iegardeci, as the danger that will arise from attacking
Lim. • . , -

'"4" The Troops, in the event alluded to, will be cantoned
30isuch harns, out-houses, or buildfings.of any sort, as can be
procured fit for the purpose, and the Commissary must make
the necessary provision of straw, as well as-of fuel, for cook.-
ing the men's provisions.
" I-t will be the business of the Officers to see that the best
of accommodation is made, that the nature of •the case will
admit ot, while by-the maintenance of a rigorous discipline,
they ensure a due observance of order and regularity ; prevent
all tiAe confusion that must otherwise ensue: and give the
necessary proteEtion 16 the property of inhabitants, which
must not .bedestroyed or injured.
" In every case in which Corps of Volunteers arc met with
on a march, they are to share in every accommodation that
the quarters rosy anrd. The Officers in command will
pay every attention to this point."

FEMALE SHARPER.—On Saturday morning last;
the following singular circumstance took place in a
respedable, private house in the neighbourhood- of
Carey-street.
About ten o'clock in the morning, a woman of
rather genteel appearance, gained, admission to the
house, and asked to be shewn some good apartments.
-Having set those on the first Odor, she seemed to
approve of them, and wished to erg ge them
enediately, and was politely invited into a sitting-
pa'rlom- by the lady of
.the house. In reply to the
inquiries necessary an the occasion, and a desire for
a reference to son e person of respeetability, she told
a long story, saying she was the wife of a Captain
in the Navy, who had just returned from abroad,
and .was then at Portsmouth,' whom she expeded in
town.shortly ; that she herself had been in London
but a few hours, having been'set down by one of the
stages at the Angel-Inn in the Strand ; but as she
did not like to live at an Inn, she wished to be im-
mediately provided with lodgings till *her husband
arrived. Having complained very much of the
great fatigue of the journey, she begged -permission
of the lady -of the house to retire to bed for a few
hours. Her plausible tale, and respedable appear-
ance, gaining on the Unsuspicious housekeeper, who,
though not perfeelly satisfied with the stranger, had
no idea of the woman's- real charader, she ordered a
chamber to be got ready for her reception. In the
mean time, to keep up appearances, she. begged to be
furnished with pcn, ink, and paper, and wrote a
letter to her husband, which she folded up,'and di.
reeled to Captain Payne, at Plymouth, which a man*.
was dispatched with to the'next post-cflice. Having
been shewn to her apartment, she remained there.
for some hours; and about dinner time returned to
the parlour, and after a few minutes conversation,
said she *mild go hack to the Inn; and return in
the evening, and accordingly took her leave A
very short time afterwards it was diScoVered that
she had stripped the bed of the room she bad been
of the greater part of the hangings•and curtains,'
which she must have wrapped round her body be-
neath hcr clothes, and of course was heard of no
more, although application was made at the above
Se.&. There is no doubt she had hoped to meet
with a better booty ; but for want of a better, she
took the -curtains, which, however, -were almost
new, and were of a valuable and expensive kind.
Her success in. this affair.will probably tepapt her
to pot her scheMe in execution elsewhere, if she his
not already dOne so. She, appeared to be about
fort): years'of age, is about five feet six or seven-
incheS`thigh ; wore a poked straw bonnei, wiih a
kind of huff gown; and had 'altogether the appear.'
ance of a gentlewoman.

. .
The Present Lottery, which commences drawing
on Mohtiay next, peculiarly claims die attention a
Adventurers, as well from its Scheme being replete
with Capital Prizes, judiciously -arranged', as also
from: the present low price of Tickets and. Shares,
and.those we presume elitist considerably advance,
at we are well informed,• the demand hitherto ex-
perienced. has been unparalleled. Messrs. 3. John..
SOn and Co. therefore, most respeafully recommend
an immediate purchase to their numerutis Friends,'
and infimn them, they .have on sale a greet variety
of Tickets- and Shares, in choice.and selc Numbers,
at their old and truly forttinate .Licenced Sate Lot-
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bondon,• sfltich for more 'that) 3o years
,stands pre.
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Capital Prizes, both in whole Tickets and Shares..

On Monday next the State Lottery begins draw.
'log, and will continue on the /.4.,h; 18th, 21st,
-24th, 26111,-28th, and 31st of the pre'ent
and on the 2d and 4th 'February, which will: he
the last day-of drawing. NtcnoLsoN's f"Tt"nare
Tick;•ts and Shares can only be had in London .at
No;-88, Cornhill, corner of the Royal Exchange.
Ladies'Boarding-School, near the City_road.—
Mrs. CRoss respenfullyinforms the Gentry, Mer-
chants, and her Friends in general, that her School
will recommence on Monday, the zoth of January,
and that she has 'accommodation. for; Five more
young Ladies as Boarders. She hopes that the flat_
terir success she has met with for these zo year,
in etlucating the Daughters of some of the first Fa,
milies in .thetity, to whom references may he had,
will be no Strilll recommendation to those Ladies
and Gentlemen who may honour her witli their pa_
tronage. Terms—The young Ladies are boarded,
and taught the English and French Languages with
grammatical .purity and correnness, History, and
'the Needle-worksi•for,:lo guineas-per 'annum, wash-
ing included.' Parlour 'Boarders tognineas a year.
-Day Boarders three guineas per quarter ; and Day
.Scholars a guinea and a half. No Entrance Motley
expKted, either fentn 'Boarders or -Day Scholars.
.Writing, Arithmetic, Music, Dancing, Drawing,
Italian, Geography, -the Uie of the Globes, and
Astronomy, taught by Professors of eminence and
established merit.

Mrs. Cnots may be spoken with, or directed to,.
at her Seminary, No. rr, Charles's:square, near the
the City road. This Establishment consists but of
a small and selett number 'of Ladies.