The Sun.
London, England, 1803-09-13 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, SEPT. 11.

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1.4i.r. night His Royal Highness the PRINCE of
Y,
Aritsarrived from town at a very late hour, and
lo..tlay. entertained a party at dinner.
Last night a melancholy incident occurred here.
A 'Private in the Prince of Wales's Light Dragoons,
who was under confinement for a regimental misde..
meanor, for which he was to be brought to a Court
Martial, connived to shoot !limself with a carbine
belonging to!ppc fif his guard.

The IVikrti;sf Of Hit NT L Y is at present confined
to his, lAgings Aberdeen, in consequence of an
abscess ItTving:krined about the seat of the wound
he received at' the Helder.—We understand he
Underwent an operation on Tuesday last, which we
sincerely hope may soon restore hiM to the 'Circle
of his anxious friends, and the military duties of a
situation which.he so eminently fills.

The Westminster Volunteer Cavalry are to be
reviewed on Wednesday the 21st inst. by Lord
HARR rtiaroN, in Hyde Park, at nine o'clock' in
the morning ; and the ground is to be kept by the
London. Volunteer,cavalry.
Yesterday morning the Sr. George's Volunteers
were reviewed in Hyde ?ark by the Earl of HAR.
' RINGTON.
The Staffordshire Militia have received orders to
march to Ncwcastle. The Shropshire are on their
march to Liverpool.
The Fairy sloop of war, Capt. Lord W. FITZ-
ROY. which sails from Portsmouth with the next
Meditettanean Convoyi takes out an appointed
Court of Admiralty for Malta, of which Dr.
Si WILL, of Donors' Commons, is .the Judge.—
This establishment will prove of particular aavan.
rage and convenience forall Captures and dettntions
made by our Navy in the Mediterranean.

When the Prince. Ernest packet, from the Leeway 4
Islands (which arrived at Falmoutha few days ago)
left the Islands, it Was understood' there that Marti.
nique was too strong to be attempted, by the British
disposable force -in the West Indies. And it was
rumoured that General GR INr 1 F D'S next objet
would be.the redniiion of the. Dutch settlements of
bemeratra and- Surinam; at both of which, it is
said, a ireat.Majority of the people were disposed
to put themselie, slinder the protedion of the British
Government.

.A considerable number of Aliens have already'
presented themielvei at Gravesend to embark under.
tits MAJESTY'S Proclamation of the 31st ult. hut'.
the Transports which were to have been' down on •
Saturday did not arrive. The VolOnteer Corps of
Infantry at that place, under the command of Mr.
WALSH, the Inspector of Aliens, have ofThred to
provide a Guard for the preservation of the peace
of the Town during the embarkation.
• On Saturday. morning a man arrived in a post.
chaise at an Inn at Salt,Hill, and while he was
taking some refrishnient, he sent. for Mr. Cltc
the Landlord, into his room, 'and conversed with,
him as to the best • method of getting to the person
of the KING at Windsor, saying he had just arrived
from abroad, and that he had some very important
'arrangements to make with Zits MAJESTY; but
from his general behaviour, Mr. CECIL strongly
suspeaed lie was going to Windsor for an improper
purpose, and sent off an express to Windsor to that
effect, and in consequence EDWARDS and Dowss'r,
the Police Officers, arrived at the Inn in a short
time. Earl ROSLIN, who resides in the neigh.
bourhood, hearing of the circumstance, came to the
Inn, and questioned him as to the object of his
journey ; he said his name is Cobbei, that he came
from Jersey, anti was landed at Portland Island
among the rocks, but refused to tell the particular
object of his journey, or the business he had with
the KING. Earl ROSLIN gave orders to the Obi.
cersto take him to London,

Two persons were last week observed taking
views of -Pile Castle, the Isle of Walney, am, in
Lancashire, and suspicions arising that they might
he SpiehiAlta, were apprehended at Dalton, arid
taken beTorc a Magistrate, when,they were found
to brd,orct Ct,otivet. and his companion, who could
'not willdold,their tribute of praise to those persons
who 1)4450 pAtrioticAlly,mterted themselves, as they
supposed, (or their Country's good.
A, person who called himself an Italian, bit re.
fused to give any further 'account of himself, WAS
taken up in the neighbourhoo4of Ulveritone, in
Lancashire, a few clays ago, and 'committed, by
Joseph Brookes, Esq. to the flo.use of Correction
at Preston, for one month, as a vagrant.
The Artificers employed at the Barracks at Wood.
bridge quitted their work last week, in a must re.
prehensible manner, because their unreasonable de.
mand of twelve shillings'for, Sunday's work was not
complied with. • "

The reduction of the Military Establishment of
Fort Marlborough, (Sumatra) to a Fadory will oc.!
casion a considerable saving 19 the India Company,
The charge of this Settlement hitherto has beeP
120' 0001. per ann. of this 60.000 j. were approprii
aced to military expences, independent of 20,0001.
employed in the repair, Sze. of,the Fortific.ations ;
the remaining 4.0,00q1. were applicable to. Civil pur.
poses, alt hough the salaries amounted only tot 5,0301.
In periods of-war the Military charges, on an average
of several years, amounted to g 6,0001.
The Annual. Exports of. British Manufailored
Goods to America, are pow computed to amount to
8,5_00,0001.

-Last night, about eight o'clock, a melancholy
circumstance took place so Holborn. A Gentleman
shot himself with. a pistol, just after he had got
into a _coach with the intention of going to the
Thearti.' He:was in the company of his, brother,
who, veatabnut \to enter the coach when this shock.
ing t.e'rnilaappetied. They had dined together at
ilartingoffce.house. The cause of such a
singular conduit in this unhappy Gentleman must as
ytieletr
be
me
re conjeaure, no circumstances having
r7tnheleltdcctiOdete conveyed into witste
short time he expired,
3rtst August last, Ha NRY
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HUNTER, 'E.q. of Kilhurne, in the County of
Derby ; Gentleman much distinguished fur the
urbanity of his manners, and the benevolence and
hospitality of his disposition,