The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-19 00:00:00

APAL NEWS.

PLYMOUth) MAY Arrived the Posario
Slop of War, of i 6 guns, from a Cruize ; and the
Swedish Ship Upland, Capt. RABEY
holm, with tar ,from Stock-
, &c. for this Port.
Sailed the Niobe Frigate on a Cruize to the West-
ward.
Private letters received here this morning from
the inshore Squadron cruizing off Brest, state, that
the Brest Fleet have made preparations for sailing,
and the whole of the British Fleet are preparing to
give them a proper recfption, as soon as they have
the temerity to put to sea.

SHEERNESS, MAY
Bl tB.—Sailed to reinforce the
ockading Squadron off Boulogne, the Sulphur
Bomb, Captain MACLEOD.
Arrived the Perseus Bomb, Captain SEXREL, to
refit.
The inchehea Troop -ship sailed this day from
the Note, to bring over some of the Irish Militia.
Lieu, JOHNSON has been appointed to the Success
Revenue Cutter, and is stationed off South End, for
the purpose of attending on Her Royal Highness
the-PRINCESS Of WALES.
DEAL, MAYIS.—HisMajesty's Ship Crescent
sailed on a Cruize oft' West Capel.
1,4 Arrived the Charlotte Schooner from Portsmouth ;
414strious from a Cruize ; and Pleasant Hill Trans'
port from Portsmouth.
Sailed the William Transport for Deptford, and
Sheerness Lighter for Sheerness.
• In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Ardent, Veteran, ll-
lustrious, Virginie, I mmortalite, Lucifer, Devastation, Lark,
Zephyr, Fury, 't artarus, Zebra, Champion, larmica, Ores-
tes, basilisk, Millbrook, anti Charlotte Schooners. sant Hill Transport, and Cuffilels East India Ship, fur Ple

Captain CHARLES FOOTE, R. N. is appointed to
the command of the Favourite Sloop of
Bheerness. War, at
Captain PieKrown a the Discovery Bomb's appointed to the command
-vessel.
Captain GRAHAM
of the Zephyr fire.shir, is
par is sod
tM. o the rank of Post Captain. This °ffi-
c
Accounts had
GRAHAM, the Magistrate.
14°0D ave been received from Commodore
at Barbadaes, stating, that the .Eclair Stoop
having sent a boat, with the master and twelve men,
to cut a French privateer from under the batteries
of Li Hayes, at Guadaloupe, that object Was ac-
complished Without any loss on our side. The par-
ticulars of this achievement, and the capture of rite
gEgyptienne, are expelled to be insetted in the
azette this evenin
"e
I he Egyp,;e,ine Privateer, captured by the Hippo-
Weft' n the West Indies, was, at the commtnce_
nt of the present War, given to the Merch o "rdeaux, for the purpose of their fitting I.erants out f.
FShe. carries 32 guns, has been a Frigate in the
rench Navy, and was called La Railleux.
T

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Theatre was opened
_HE OPtRA.—The King's
last night, in respeelful observance of WirizsuN
EVE, which should, of cqurse, he kept sacred from
public amusements. Le Pis-gine del Sole
numerous, but b drew a
y no means a crowded auaience.
CilAsszt,it . was oppressed by a cold, which im-
.. . .
Haired. her, singing, but she amply compensated
by the_ merit of her aaing, which Was very in.
teresting and pathetic. The filial exhortation
in the last Aa, often as it has been heard, was
uncoinmonly touching. WEicnsELL in a great
measure contributed to this effeet, by his delightful
accompaniments. The only encore was the admired
duet, in which also WEICHSELL'S tones were highly
admired. The prominent features of both dances
were DES HAYES and his wive, who were capital in
agility and expression.
The first dramatic novelty expeeted at the Hay-
market Theatre, is a Comedy from Mr. C. DI BDIN.
It is in great forwardness, and has a very good re-
port from the Aaors.. It it said to be in the usual
free style of this comic writer, but to Possess a con.
siderable share of strong marked humour.
The preparations for the-new Ballet which is to be
brought forward at the Haymarket Theatre, found-
ed upon' SHAKSPEARE's Tempest have been attend-
ed with very great expellee, but the entertainment
is likely to be so full of beauty and splendor, that
the Proprietor will probably receive an ample in..
dernnity for hi,, liberal speculation.
Mrs. SECOND being realyper recovered from her
late severe indisposition, is said to have consented
to perform at the Amateur Concert at the Hanover-
(l,ll.r,a" Rooms, out of compliment to the Dutchess
or at
her distinguished Patroness.
Lady SAtAii FA NE, according to report, gives her
hand next Week to Lord VILLIERS. There will be
_in' want of happiness in this union, if happiness
tie Pend upon riches.
The Newspaper \Vitlings have not been very
cninplimantary to the Dutchess of BEDFORD, in say-
ing that the name of the Stable Yard -is peculiarly
Ppropriate at present, as it has been littered by
tier Grace.
Lord GLENBT av i e has relinquished all pobtica/
4.11'77e, and confines himself wholly to Bushy ?ark,
4nd hia Pheasantry.
IVIr„ TIERNEY, according to his memorable al.
fusion to the old Fable, had the Goose and the Corn
at his table, but he could not get the Fox.
The French threat, that "happen what will,we shall
not retain Malta," is like the boast of (hot NDOWER:
'1 I can call Spirits from the vasty deep"—" But
will they come ?"
BONAPARTE, it seems, will want hob, oil CM his
Imperial Inauguration at Rheims, as it was ail de.
atroyed in the fury of the Revolution. He will,
however, have plenty of ?utter and that has been
properly called " odof fool."
00 Wednesday se'nniet , WI LLI Aq TURBLITT,
and THomas HAv P. RS, E(lrf;. were admitted to the
D egree of Batristera at La
ciety of Gray', of, 11;t11;tthe Honourable
S laa.

REST: NrATION O COLOURS

TO
THE LO?AL LONDOT VOLUNTEERS.

YESTERDAY morning at five o'clock, the. Flag
was hoisted from the Stone Gallery at Sr. Paul's, as
a signal for the ten Regiments that were to have
their Colours presented, as well as those to keep
the ground, to hold themselves in readiness to em-
bark.

At eight o'clock the different Regiments repair-
ed to the places appointed for embarkation.
The different Regiments wete thus arranged :
In the first boats, the Commander and Field.ol
ficers, Adjutants excepted;-2d. The Band.-33.
The Regiment.—The Grenadiers and Light Infan-
try preceding.--4th. The Adjutant and Quarter-
Master.

After the embarkation, some of the boats having
to pass through Loudon Bridge, it was ten o'clock
before they all reached the place of rendezvous, off
the 'rower.

Precisely at a quarter befOre nine, o'clock, the
Earl of HARRINGTON arrived at the Mansion House
accompanied by Lady HARRINGTON, Lord PETER-
SHAM, and Lidy ANNE MARIA STANHOPE,. and
his Staff. About the samt time arrived the Sheriff ,
of London. The whole party immediately set oil
to the Tower Stairs, in order of procession as they
arrived, preceded by the LORD MAYOR'S Carriage
arid six horses, in which were his family. Having
reached the water side, the Earl of HARRINGTON
and the LORD MAYOR alighted, and repaired to the
Governor's of the Tower, where, they met His
Royal Highness the DutcE of YORK, and his four
Aides-de_Camp, with whom they returned, and
embarked immediately, together with the rest of
their party, under a Royal Salute from the Tower,
and proceeded without further delay, gccompanied
by the Committee's Barge for the day, and the Lord
Nelsen Barge, in which were several persons of dis.
tindion.

As this part of the Flotilla moved along, they
were preceded and followed
,by some hundreds of
boats, many of which were elegantly decorated. 46
equal number still remained with the River Fen-
ctble Boats, containing the Volunteer Regiments,
which was attended with a happy effea ; for had
the whole of the Flotilla • moved off together, the
attratlion would have been confined to one spot, and
the River would have been blocked up from the
mense number of boa ts.

The shores on each side of the River were crowd.'
ed with people. The tops of the houses were co-
vered; nor was there a spot in the whole distance
to Greenwich unoccupied.
All the way as the Flotilla passed, it was saluted
with incessant discharges from temporary batteries
On shore, and the Ships in the River.
The whole of the business on the River was con.
dude:l with the greatest regularity. Four River
Fencible Boats preceded the Barges, to keep a clear
passage, and each boat. mounted an 181 b. carron_
ade, and was wed manned. On the Loan MAYOR'S
Barge arriving opposite the Thames Police Office,
the Volunteers belonging to that establishment were
drawn out in boats, and saluted it. The same at-
tention was paid by the Volunteers at the West
India Docks, who appeared on the banks in
tary array, and fired three vollies with great pre_
lion. At Deptford, the Militia of the Tower Ham-
lets saluted.

The several divisions of boats did not proceed
frOm the Tower until nearly half an hour after the
LORD MAvott's Barge. Each division was com-
manded by an Officer of the River Fencibles ; and a
space of about leo yards was allowed between each
division. The first division, which comprised the,
zst Regiment, was contained in 9 boats. The zd
Regiment occupied tz boats ; the +tit, ; • and
rest, about the same proportion. The Bands' of
each Regiment played all the way, and produced a
most charming died upon the water.
A gun was fired from a Gun-boat abreast of His
Majesty's Ship Enterprise, at the approach of each
Corps, as a signal ; and when the whole was set in
motion, the masts and yards of every Vessel in
the river was manned. The Enterprise (the tender)
Was decorated with the colours of all nations, the
Royal Yacht at Deptford, and a sheer hulk off
Greenwich, were each ornamented in the same way.
The Colours of almost every Nation in the cosnmer---.
dal world were floating at various parts of the
Thames, and exhibited such a
,pr:Jud display of the
extended trade of the Metrcrolis, as would have
made any foreigner envy us to see it.
The same good order which had hithetto pre-
vailed; existed at the disembarkation at Green.
wich. The company in the LORD MAYOR'S Barge
landed at the centre stairs, and were all hospitably
received at the Governor's house, until it was time
to repair to the Heath. The other two City Barges,
and the Doke of MANCHESTER'S Yacht, landed
their companies at the same place. •
The disenibarkation having thus taken place, the
Greenwich Pensioners lined the different corners of
the Hospital, in their holiday clothes. The park of
artillery from Woolw:ch, placed on the left of the
landing, gave its repeated discharges ; and the dif-
ferent Corps belonging to the neighbourhood lined
the shore from right to left, • and presented arms to
each Regiment. On their arrival at the bottom of
Greenwich.hill, the whole formed into a kind of
close column, in order to proceed to Blackheath.
The River Fencibles, under the command of Com-
modore LucAs, assisted by a Detachment of the
Westminster Light Horse, formed an opening
through. the crowd, from the bottom of the hill to
the gate, leading on to the Heath. The Committee
led the van, preceded by a Band, with the ten Pair
of Colours, and Standards fur the Cavalry. On
their arrival at the top of the hill, they drew up on
the right of the gate, and the Regiments passed them
in Companies, according to seniority of number,
headed by His Royal Highness the DUKE of YORK,
attended by his Staff, to the Heath, and took up
their ground, which extended for full two miles,
being the whole extremity of the spot. On their
being formed, they stood nearly in the following
order

On the right of the line were the London Volun-
teer Cavalry, with their field-pieces, dismounted, in
their Flying Cars, Sze. ist, 2d, and 4th Regiments,
formed on their left, with theirbacks towards Wool-
wich, at the extremity of the Heath that way : sth,

6th, 7th, Bthrand-0-1, formed an angleon ttle
ad, and 4th, and extended, across towards the Lon-
don Road ; the loth and ri th forming , another
angle on them, facing the Ist, ad, and 4,h. They
being now in full readiness to receive the LORD
MAYOR, Committee, and Attendants, His Royal
Highness dispatched an Aid-de-Camp to acquaint
the MAYOR and Members of the Corporation, that
the Troops were ready to receive them ; on which
his Lordship beaded the Colours, and proceeded to
the centre of the Troops, when, on a gun being
fired,- the whole line presented Arms, Officers sa-
luted, Drums beat, &c. On another gun being
fired, a Standard Guard from the Lr,mon Volunteer
Cavalry, and the Grenadiers, accompanied by the
Ensigns who were to receive the Colours, and
precehd-Nby their respeftive Bands, advanced to a
position which Lord HARRINGTON had marked for
them in the centre, and where His Royal Highness
and the LORD MAYOR had placed themselves. The
eleven Companies of Grenadiers, and the Standard
Guard of the Cavalry, formed a circle rOuni them,
in which were Her Royal Highness the PRINCESS of
WALES, Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES, the LORD
MAYOR'S party, and from 6 to 700 persons of rank
and distinCtion.

The Colours were now unfurled, and consecrated
in the,most solemn manner ; after which the En_
sighs came forward, and kneeling down, received
them with a Speech from the Right Hon. the LORD
MAYOR, which being concluded, the Ensigns rose
by command, and placed themselves with their Co-
lours in the centre of their respenive Companies,
whO faced to the right about, and marched in ordi-
nary time to their Regiments ; this was a grand
sight indeed ; in every direnion was to he seen
standards-hearing down to their Regiments, sup.
ported by .Companies of Grenadiers.
The Colours are the general Standard for all Bri-
tish Military Bodies, and the City Arms, with the
number of the Regiment on that which belongs pe-
culiarly to the Corps.
On the Colours being paraded in front of each
Regiment, the word -was given to form circle of
Battalions, when the Commanding Officer of each
addressed his Regiment in a short speech on the oc:
casion.

The Corps here gave three cheers, and being, by
another. signal gun, thrown into line, they fired three
willies off:amlions," from right to left of the line,
in a masterly style.
On another signal-gun being fired, the whole line
wheeled backwards by companies,' and by another
signal-gtin being fired, stepped off altogether in or-
dinary time, to pass the Royal Party in review or-
der. Her Royal Highness the PR INC 555 of WALES,
a close carriage, was on the right about 300
yards, and PRINCESS CHARLOTTE •with. her.—
The young Princess stood at. the carriage window,
and, by order of His Royal Highness the DUKE of
YORK, received from each company, as they passed,
a Royal Salute. The Colours of each waved on
the ground as they passed .Her Highness; which
compliments she returned with a wdive of her hand
from her bosom, in a very attradive manner.

Her Royal Highness the PR INC F3S of WALES,
and, thee' Dote of YoRK, received also, as the Re-
giment passed, a Royal Salute. After the London
Regiments had passed the Royal Patty, the Royal
Artillery Company, with their tield.pieces, the
Cities of London and • Westminster Light Horse
Volunteers, with their 'dismounted Cavalry, and
flying cars, and the Deptford Volunteers, passed by
their Highnesses. The ground was kept in an ad_
mirable manner by.the following Corps :
London Light Horse Volunteers. Greenwich Volunteers.
Westminster Volunteer Cavalry. Deptford Volunteers. •
St. James's Volunteers. Royal Artillery Company.
Custom-House Regiment.
The latter Regitr:nt'embarked, with their Band,
on hoard the boats that. brought the otherS down,
and, under the command of the Naval Officers and
Captain LtrcAs, were safely landed in London. The
ten LondOn Regiments marched to town, under the
command of their respedive Colonels.
The Captain of , the Marine Society's Ship, in
order to add to the interest of the scene, and to
dispiziy the'objedof that excellent Institution, ar-
ranged the boys in the mast.judicious manner in the
rigging, where they cheered the Duke of YORK,
the LORD MAYOR, and the respedive Regiments,
as they passed. Several Governors and Gentlemen
were tin board. •
It is with pleasure we add, that no accident oc-
curred to interrupt the:general satisladion. Alter
the business of the day was' concluded, the LOR D
MAYOR Set Off to Town in his coach and six, to
meet His Royal }iighnes the DiiKE of YORK, the
Earl of HARR I NCTON, and. the Field Oacers of the
different Corps, at dinner at the, Mansion-house,
where the evening wa's spent in the greatest hilarity.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.