The Sun.
London, England, 1804-03-09 00:00:00

N 21,7 A L NETV S.

FALMOUTH KA 6.—Arrived the American
Ship l'Yonalonset Captain RANDELL, fifty days from
Wilmington, North Carolina, with tobacco, for
orders; Marlborough .Packet,-.with
from New---Yotk ; and Brig Eliza,
,Captain GREY-
TRICKS, prom Dublin, with linen, &c. for London.
This vessel was CaPt.tired..olilhei-jtli-iiit.' off the
Land's end by La Hirondelle, French Brig Privateer 4
of 14. guns, and re-taken fifteen days since entering
Ferrol, by Sir EDWARD PELLEW'S Squadron. It
is reported that 'Sir EDWARD had received advice
that the French Squadron which sailed from Toulon
'during Lord NELSON'S absence .to Algiers, had ar_
rived at Carthagena s—they are now said to consist
of fourteen Ships of the Line, besides Frigates, &c.
&c. The.SqUadron under Sir EDWARD are, Tonnanf,
of 80, Malta, 80, Spartiate, 74; Northumberland,
74, Spentyr, 74 Cane', 74, Ardent, 64,. and Nig:-
b/eCutter, It appears that the Hussar Frigate was
bringing Dispatches from, Sir EDWA,R6 PELLEW
when she was lost on the Saints; The Spaniards
were fitting. out-,two Ships of the Line at Ferrol,
AO Express arrived here last .night;-froth Port-
reath, stating that -a French Brig Privateer had
captured off the Land's End the, following Vessels,
viz. Morristown, HARRIS, and Betsey, CUNDY,
both with copper,:ore, for Cardiff; and Brothers,
DALTON, with Coals, from Swansea. 'The latter
was abandoned by the Frenchmen on the appearance
of a Lugger, after fobbing the Captain of seven
'guineas and his. watch; &c. &c, the MarristoFwn
was re-captured by Captain Ot/CFITON and a
party . of Sea Fericibles- from Saint Ives,., and car.
vied in there. After re-taking this- Vessel, Captain
OUGHTON proceeded for 'another Brig, which
proved to be the French Nivareer, which fired se-
veral broadsides at the Boat, but fortunately not a
-shot took effd.l. For three weeks east • has. our
Coast been infested by three French Privateers„and
not a King's Ship to proted the- trade 1. -
On Friday last sailed the. Russian Ship Riffnung,
Capt. BARTELEY, and returned into Part, bx:cpn
trary wind on the following day. She wkis'boarded
off the Lizard by a French Ship Privateer or 36
'guns, which had .made one captore, a vessel frOm
Ireland ; Was a remarkable fast sailing Ship and 'full
Of men, and had made very pirticular ir,quiries.re-
spediug what. Force were in I,7alinouth Harbour.

PGRTSMOUTH, MARCH His Majesty's
Ship Urania, for the West Indies,' with about fifty
sail of Merchantmen under Convoy, amongst which
were the following : • - • -
Crown, Caffray, for Demerar ; Samuel, Sughrue, for ja-
maica ; Salus Robson, Grant, Wright.; Ccorze, Finlay, and
Hinde,•Mintr, for the Coast of Africa. ' -

DEAL, MARCH B.—His Majesty's Ships Illus-
trious, Eurjalus, Immortality, Leda, Squirrel, Lark,
and Starling sailed on a Cruize off Boulogne; the
Dolphin„ for Ireland; and Etna, with Convoy fur
Portsmouth.

The Sulphur Bomb came in from Dungeness.

Sailed the 'Canton East India Ship for Portsmouth.

In the Downs. Monarch, Utrecht, 'Trusty, Vincego,
Bonetta, Perseus,' Fury, liecla, Explosion, Sulphur, Basi.
lick, Archer, and Speculator Lugger.

YARMOUTH, MARCH 7.-"'Monday, sailed on a
cruize the Hermes armed ship and Bold p.m brig.
Arrived the Penelope frigate, and sailed again.
Tuesday, a Scotch trader, from London to Scot-
land, with goods, was chaced and fired at by a
French privateer, cruizing between the Ncsses,.but,
by Out-sailing the privateer, she escaped, and gave
information to Admiral gussEL ; in consequence of
which the Vixen gun brig immediafely,got under
weigh in pursuit of the enemy. It is reported that
the privateer made several captures, one of which
was seen off this town, and. two boats were sent
after it, but without effel.
'Arrived from Holland' two Dutch schuvts, with
passengers ; and from a cruize, the Orestes sloop of
war, and the Ferretter gun vessel.

The ships here are the Inflexible, Admiral Rris..
SE Cs flag ship ; Princess of Orange`., of 64: guns
Orestes sloop, and Ferretter gun brig. •
The report which has appeared in several of the
papers that A gun brig had foundered in sight of this
pllee, is totally fake ; the vessel which foundered,
was a brig from Sunderland, with coals.'

The Channel Fleet was left all well on the 3d
instant. Admiral Coßrwni.Lts had detached the
Prince of Wales, of 98 guns, Mars, 74., Coigne,
ror;' 74, and Terrible, 74, to watch the notions of
the Enemy at Rochefort. -
The Falcon Sloop, which sustained great damages
during the, late heavy gales, on her voyage from
Newfoundland, has been repaired at Plymouth.—
Capt. SAttx ERS is appointed to command her.
Captain MACNA,MetIt A, is appointed to the Sea
Fencihies, undei the-orders of Admiral Wit LTsti a D,
in Leland.

FIER MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES have within
these..few.days seen the Marchioness of BATH; Coun-
tess.ot CARDIGAN, and- Lady C. FINCH. •

/Yesterday the LORD CHANCELLOR had an audi.
ence of the ROYAL FAMILY,

• Yesterday about twelve o'clock Sir L. POPY3 had
an audience of Mr: ADDING.TON.

Earl Mo IRA was among the inquirers yesterklay
at St. James's.

It i; reported in Dublin, tha.t Lird'REPESDAIfE
has intimated his intention of giving in his resigna.
Lion of his office of Lord Chancelior. of Ireland..

THE EMBARGO,
AND THE SECRET EXPLDITION•

GOVERNMENT are about to adopt a mode of °P':
freaatiuon ai,aagnadin,satt thetle
sEanineemy'
time
ePoorfts.tho the
the most
mosma
t ssittn;ll.3.
nature. It. haS long been reiterated on their aqein,-‘_,.
firm- by -M-r:ltrairAiiii PrfiCr.t of SC.
Church-yard, whb submitted : the Details= to
Cabinet twelve•rnonths_ago.'
•
Mr. PHILLIPS proposes,in consequence of cur an-
disputed naval superiority, to cloak up and render
uselesS all the'Poris of the Enemy, by sinking in 6eir,
channels and entrances old. Ships properly prep
tar
for the purpose, and, filled with chalk-or:large:W(3cl°
of stone. ;By adapting the number and the size of the
Ships to the circumstances of each Port, and by sta-
tioning a few Cutters and Sloops to destroy pre-
parations of the Enemy', should they attempt t°
raise the sunken vessels, he conceives the.Blockacie
may be-rendered permanent .at a very trifling ex-
pence during-the War. ,
This plan is what Administration are about to
ea
adopt, and we learn that a great number of 01`i
Ships have been bought hp for the purpose, and that
.they are at this time being filled with Kentish Rog"
stone. The Harbours of Boulogne, Flushissg, and 5° 11°
of the shallow Torts of tiolbtod, are first to be
closed-Up; and if the plan succeeds, simile'
sures are afterwards to be adopted against the larger
Ports of France, as Brest, Toulon, L' Orient, B°#r"
deaux, &c.
• The adoption of such a slitem of operations wilt
Certainly give it new feature to 'Naval Warfare;
and it promises at first sight to conferrsecuritl c'n
the Country. The malice of the Enemy alaY.beici
treated with. contempt, and a Defensive War catrl
on at a tenth:part of the present expence. '
We shall be happy•to find that Ministers CO bit
roused to the adoption of -any plan •contreaed wis
annoyance, to the Enetny, and we think this Pqr,
'very well, adapted to occasion -delay, •at leasfrtj,
the sailing of their projetted Expedition against i
.Country, if not, itt some instances, to frustrate '
altogether.,

• IMITATION
OF THE JEU WESPRIT,,,XN OUR. PAPER. OF TuE3r""'

Hin E in repose the Ashes rest
Olth' wou'd-be
'Whom Fate, to aid, the World.'s jest,
Made, 'gainst his will, a State-Physician.

• Commander of the French. Schuyt
Tl?tou'ght.into Dover, has declared that he was 61161
• out Of.bed not an hour before he sailed, to.take the
commaod of, her.; and the Sailors have all entV'ea
on board the Squirrel Sloop of War.
it, • • -
• Bo NAP A RTOa observation in answer to the 1.1v,f,'
ing. Congratulations of the LegislatiVe Bndy,
plying that if the welfare of the' Country. werercon.
cerned in the Plot, tli *Conspirators should have
been tried ltefore a Military Tribunal, and. be. exe-
cured the .same night, is an unwary acknowledge;
menr, and spews what sort of a trial it would 111,
been, since coninnation and execution Were to fe
low of course, eCO
It is impossible to form any opinion relsrl.‘
the affair, in which MOREAU has been arrester
Paris, but it is well kiwwn that BONA? ART it' v Irt
ed hint with more jealousy than any other 11"• all he
Vranee. It is by no means improbable that r
Chief Consul gradually removed all the "fr"°P" wbo
were aikely. to have espoused the cause of MORO
before
whe ventUred to secure his person.
Ould. not be wonderful if the arrest Of 1\4,7
tt'EAti were to be' the forerunner of the Ty 1.31),.
fall. The Constituted Authorities, as they are e3l
ed, felicitate the Usurper on his escape, ani Pr,;(
!Oise co pledge their liVe,s for his protettion ; bur he
they did with ROBESPIERRE a few hours before cc
was led away to the scaffold, when they exulted ov•
his destrudion.
MoREAF, it is said, has beenvery free,o#r lyremarks on the Consular Government.. He lace as
observed that of the Tree of Liberty nothing `viler
left but l'ecorce. 'This pun, which implies eir',ll
_the hark or the Corsican, was of 'course,. not
relished at the Thuilleries, particultrly as' it 'V
recommended by truth as well as by.hum9o'.
Nieto'
Mr:- GoDwIN having wisely abandoned sto
Ihisies, and applied his acknowleciked 'rile
itit
Biography and the Belles Lettres, has trier %•eIY
• degree of public encouragement which has
been equalled. A large quarto edition- of l''9 ree
. and Age of CuAtic has been; sold within
weak
months ; and so generally is ti,e merit of the be
admitted, that the second edition isitot.likelY
hang on the hands of the Bookseller.
re'
Sir Thomas TURTo N. has contradiEted
port of his having. ofF.-.red
.hiniself as a Cana lie
l
for the Borough. of Lisketird, declaring tb3toi,
considers himself as exclusively- pledged by grr
tude and itielination to the Borough of Snuth"ia
Mf. .TIERNEY, since *die Elettion, has.cerui err
dope all he could to make the Southwark rotia'
es souse the Baronet's interest on a future
If a, camphOr bag should be fouhf a preservatis
be,
of female vit
irtuei is to be hoped that it 'Ol, oil
1 conic an appendage to feminine attire thrutlgn
the ranks of the fair sex. hog
,1 It is olierv.ed by our great dramatic Poet) I,

" A habitation giddy and unsure
" Hath he that budded' on the vulgar heart." a
j '
And nothing can-more strikingly shew
significance of. popular :rl.CCiaMd ms than thercov ,
ferent treatment which-Mrs. LEIGH and the "I:,e
DONS' received from • the crowd Oxford.
Lady endured such marks of indignation '1'1:
was 'obliged to conceal herself -till the -Mc": `,,1),
persed, and the GORDON S, on_ the other ha"`" ,f-
-tained the, warmest tokens of cOngratularion. utHors
,ing that Mrs,;LE I GB did not display any st rang
gt
lt
of a sound understanding, and that her finis '4‘ le.;
5'
gave way to impulses of another kind, it 15 -`1,1,.r•ie•7
sable to deny that she fell a' vidim Inier"S;e-.hei
signs. She was therefore encill-d •to Pity ri
~ jolt
than resentment, and the 6oßnorrs had cer"-:
no claim to p-apular respect. cr*l'•
The petrified tkeletnn Of-a ram, in high Pre:ooc
tion, was lately found in the midst of an tin
block of stone, in a tivatry near Paris.