The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-12 00:00:00

LONDON, JANUARY xi, 1804.

Out Dover and Deal Letters state, that a great
firing was heard yesterday morning in the diredion
of BoPique, but there having been no arrival from
the French Coast, and the weather being very hazy,
rt,_liing was known with respea to the cause of it.

WE understand from the authority of persons
lately returned from the Continent, that there still
prevails in the Fre:ich Army, and among the Mili.
tary Officers about the person of the First Consul,
grelt eagerness to attempt the'lnvasion of Eng_
land. This spirit BoN:i?n:;•rE has himself excited,
and every Military Man who wishes to pay his
court- to him, gives into this idea. On the other.
hand, the Navy are almost to a man
.against the
attempt ; they look, upon it as dangerous in the
extreme, and speak of the enterprize as im.
pradieable without a covering Fleet. This lat-
ter opinion also prevails very much in •Holland,
and in that Country is not confined to Na-
val Men alone—The Dutch Troops are very
much disinclined 'to the attempt, and Gen.VlcTort,
who was to have commanded the E>ipedition flout
the Texel, is said to have incurred 'the displeasure
of the First Consul, by representing the difficulties
which would attend it. These considerations may
induce- the Chief Consul to postpone his intention
for the present ; but nothing that we have heard
induces us to think that be has abandoned the plan
of Invasion. On the contrary, the latest accounts
from Hollami state, that the preparations arejgoing
on, and Troops still marching to the Coast from
all quarters.

Mr. PITT has been in town for a day or two past.

Sir HARRY BURY.ARD NEALE yesterday took
hia seat as one of the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty.

T *tamped Dollars are now issued from the
at ss. pit' dtst;art their intrinsic value, WC
learn, it; 4,, 90. hut that is of tittle moment in
circulation, as an accommodation to the Public.

Yesterday a Court of Direnors was held at the
F. sr Ihdta House, when Capt. RuouF, of the Sir
W. Bensley, took leave, previous to departing for
IVladeira, Madras, and Bengal. The .Court ad..
jour ned at six o'clo:k till this day.
On Tuesday last General Fox reviewed a Brigade
of Volunteer Infantry upon Blackheath, consisting
of the Lewisham and Lee Corps, the Deptf,rd
Corps, and the Deptford Rißemen. The Brigade
was commanded by the Right Fin. Colonel LONG.
They rn.:de a very military appearance, and went
through their tnanceuvres and firings with great
correctness, and General Fox expressed, himself
highly satisfied with their performance. The
General atterw,lrds reviewed tiny Troops 'of Yeo.
maury Cavalry belonging to Greenwich and. Dept-
ford, commanded by Sir T. WILSON, whose ap-
pearance and movements also, very much met with
General Fox's approbation,

Signal-posts have been ereaed upon all the great
houses situated
_upon eminences, throughout the
County of Norfolk. Last week L'g.staffs were
placed up ar Itainham Hall, the seat ot the Marquis
TOWNSH FNO ; at Holkhatn Hall, the seat of Mr.
COKE; and at Houghton Hall, the seat ot the Earl
of CHoLmoNDELEY. The-Flag is red, and is only
to be hoisted in case of-aanal Invasion, or the ap.
penance of an Enemy off the Coast.

It was on the 4th of November that General
CLvrtiANE died at Grenada. His Funeralis4tateti
to have been the most splendid ever witne4sed iw
that Island.

A very anpleasant occurrence, we are sorry to
state, has lately taken place in the Southwark. Corps
of Volunteers. One of the Captains having, on
account of his private concerns, been under the ne-
cessity of resigning his Commission, the Company
to which he had belonged proceeded to the election
of a successor, and sent to the Colooel the name of
the Gentleman of whom they had made choice,—
Colonel TIEkNEY immediately informed therm that
their proceedings were irregular, and that he had
himself appointed'a C.,prain to the vacant Company.
This answer produced a .erious remonstrance on the
part of the privates the consequence of which was,
that the Colonel• ordered the company to he dis.
baivied ; and the members have accordingly resigned
their anus into the hands of the proper officer.
Private Letter, from Hainhurgh state, that a Rus-
sian Amoy of 200,000 is aCtually collecting, the
greater part of whici. is in Livonia and Volhynia.
His ittFEttIAL MAIESTY,it added, has sent B.
ron GIEILSON to Hanover, fully authorized, accord-
ing to report, to give further assurances to the
States of his earnett solicitude to obtain the com-
plete evacuation of the Elettorate. The same let-
ter, trate, that•the Blockade of the Elbe has been re.
surned by otir Cruizeri.
.The Tiber, in the course of last month, over_
{lowed its banks, for the third time since CAnber,
d inundated the whole Country in the neighbour..
hood of • Rom; together with several parts of that

N4Y AL, NEWS.

DOVER, JAN. i .—There has been a great firing
off B,ulogne this morning, but as nothing has arrived
from the Frer.th Coast, and the weather has been
very hazy, we are ignorant of the causo. clic.

DEAL, JAN. 11. -- Sailed the /mnorta/iti this
morning, on a Cruize off the Coast of France; and
the Supply Transport for Deptford. •
This morning a very heavy Cannonading was
heard from the South East, but we do not expert
the particulars until to-morrow.

Ire
the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Perseus, Basilisk, Spe-
culator, Lugger, Flirt Armed Cutter.

PLYINMUTH, JAN. lc).--The Impetueux, of 78
guns, Captain T. B. MARTIN, which sailed on Sun-
day to join the Channel Fleet, was forced back to
Cawsand Bay yesterday a violent gale of wind
at South.

Arrived La Loire Frigate, of ¢o guns, from a
Cruize in the Irish Channel, to refit, haying car-
ried away her mizen in the late gales.
The Santa Margaritta Frigate came into liar-
hour this afternoon to refit.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. t r.--Arrived this day His
Majesty's Ship his, from the Downs, with several
outward-bound vessels.'

The Snow Eagle, CarretiFt.t, master, which
lost her masts and anchors, and cables in the late
gales, having been repaired, went out of the Har-
bour this day to join the Convoy now waiting a
wind for sailing for the West Indies.

•YARMOUTH, JAN. I i.--Arrived in the Road
yesterday after Post, the Adventure Packet, Captain
DEANE, from Heligoland, with IVlails arid Passen.

gers.

Arrived this morning the Ef.7hden Packet, Capt.
PETERSON. from Tonningen, bound to London,
with goods.

FALMOUTH, JAN. 9.—Last evening arrived the
Ship Berricks, Capt. GI zsoN, much damaged. She
sailed hence on the loth ult. with the Fleet under
convoy for Lisbon, and parted from them in the
gale of the 26th ult.

Sailed the Ship Harpooner, Capt. GEo. LAtan,
with iron, for London; and the Danish BrigAdjutm,
GELD with wine, brandy, &c. for Tonningen ; the
Eaglesbush, COURTNEY, for Swansea; the Price,
PEARC E, for Padstow ; the Martha, LIITLE, for
Looe ; and the Flying Fish, MottcAtr, for Ply.
mouth.

Appeared off last evening, the American Brig
Petersburgh, Capt. I.ricKEßy, from Norfo!k, with
tobacco and cotton, to call at this Port fox orders,
with the loss of her mainmast and foretop_mast, in
a violent gale of wind at S. E.—ln the course of
last night it came'tO biow extremely hard, and this
morning she was not to be seen; it is supposed she
has made for Plymouth.

The Brig Padstow, of Padstow, Capt. STrvrtis,
with iron, from Cardiff bound to London, making
for this Harbour, unfortunately got on the Stag
'Rocks, and received much damage, in consequence
of which she will be obliged to discharge her cargo,

The Portugueae Schooner Valante, bound to Lis-
bon, and which sailed a few days since, has this
evening put back.

The Princess Amelia, ST EVRNS, and the Lady
Arabella, Foal.Eus, with Mails of this month, the
former for Jamaica, and the latter for New-York,
will sail about the r zth inst.

jERSEIrs JAN. 7.—The Grappler Gun_brig on
this Station was. in the late gales anchored near the
Island of Chunsie, about three leagues from Gran-
ville, and nine leagues from this Island, and in pre-
paring to put to sea, was driven on the rocks, and
as soon as the weather moderated (them being no
other of His Majesty's Ships there), about eleven or
twelve boats, with about 200 men, were sent from
Granville for the purpose cf taking possession
of the Gun_brig ; but on their approach, some
little resistance was made by the' Crew, in which
the Lieutenant was wounded in the mouth. At
length the Vesiel was blown up,' and the men
were taken prisoners and carried to Granville. It
is supposed that a signal of the distress of the Gun,
boat was given by a Frenchman who was indulged
to remain in his ,possessions on the Island--he in
consequence was taken and carried to Sir JAMES
SAttmAßrz, at Guernsey, by the Vessels which
were sent to the assistance of the Gun_brig, but
which arrived too late.

SE-it ERNESSI JANI 416/0`"-A Court-Martial. was
assembled on the 5,11, and:held' by adjournment till
this day, on board His Nlajesty's Bomb.vessel.Fur,
in this Harbour,, consisting of the following Niem.
bars, wiz. Captain Min-IEL, ?resident, Captoin,
BERESIFORD, ATI'. \TESS!! Y, Lord W 4:4
STUART, • HAR-DY:AAN, -13.1.1LEYi and AaGLES
whco they rruccOed to try
.7,4.06
..7chasr,.n, a sta.

min belonging to His Majesty's Sloop Lark, on
suspicion of being guilty of a species of the most
Wanton and deliberate treachery, in that of cutting
a ship's riding cable in a gale of wind, which was
accomplished on board of His Majesty's Sloop Lark,
whilst lying in Lowestoffe Road, on the evening of
the 16th of December last, and fur recommending
the cable to be nicked. The Court was of opinion
that then: was strong presumptive proof of the Pri-
soner having cut the cable, but that the charge of
nicking the cable was fully proved ; and the
Court adjudged the Prisoner to receive 300 lashes
on his bare back, and to be put in solitary confine-
ment for one year in any of His Majesty's gaols
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty should
direst.

Yesterday Sir E. NEPEAN sent an extra, of a
letter to LLOYD'S, for the information of the Un-
derwriters and Merchants. It is dated the 3oth of
Odober, from Gibraltar, and communicates the
pleasing intelligence of the safe arrival there of the
whole of the large fleet from England, under the
convoy of the Excellent, of 74. guns, Capt. SOTHE-
RON, with the exception of the Flora, Captain
NELSON, which was captured just as she was en-
tering the Bay, being seven or eight hours sail
a-head of the convoy.

Lieut. COLES, who was recently captured on the
Coast of Holland, is re-appointed to the Amelia
Frigate, at Yarmouth.

Several shipwrights, rope.makers, and other
artificers, take their passage for Malta in the Ilin-
dostalt store-ship, to assist in completing the repairs
of the Ships of war at that place.
The Neptune, Moss, from London, is stranded
near Bridlington. Cargo expeEted to be saved..
The Ethallon, PARR ETT, from London, is wreck.
ed Flamborough Head. .
The Lady Cremorne, Glssolv, from. New Bruns.
wick, arrived at Liverpool, put into the Isle of
Mull, and found lying there the Six Sisters, Capt.
MACMI LLAN, fruin Africa, an American Brig
from Charlestown ; had been 70 days on her passage,
and had picked up five.of the crew of the Adamant,
from Quebec, bound fnk-London, which was Water-
logged, and had bemdeserted by the crew. The
remainder of the crew were washed overboard pre-
vious to their quitting the ship. Spoke the George,
of Greenock, from New-York, and the Carlton,
from Quebec, all well,

The Baton, Capt. SpENcE, on her passage from
Africa, about So leagues to windward of Barbadoes,
was captured and carried into Poinr-a-Petre, Gua-
daloupe, by a French Privateer of 14 guns and 150
men, after a severe engagement of two hours and a
half, in which Capt. SrENCE and one man were
killed, and four dangerously wounded.

SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 10.

LAST night about twelve o'clock, the drums beat
to arms throughout this town, anti the bugle horns
sounded an alarm ; when the several Corps of Caval-
ry, Loyal Forest Rangers, with the numerous South-
amptun Corps of Volunteer Infantry, assembled under
arms with surprizing promptitude and zeal in the
whole extent of it,
allnidght-ostraeect'onOsietcleurpaybil6egditshteance above Bar. The
Sea Fencibles, arid every Other Officer and IVI,In
eHIS MAJESTY, were called together, and
F ready for service within 40 minutes after the alarm
was given. About half past one this morning, the
Troops being still under arms, .vleerew,iles
bt ill; Cgr°aTi'fineaCidaitngthe°gfielcneri'al alertness and zeal rnani.
the whole of them, and informed terem hc
hbtytheir services would not be wanted on the
gmuaoisrt"cse'tnsbiy-
d
frelist:Leioccasion, as it had been recently discover-
ed present
that the alarth iiA-Orginated in mistake.

THE OPERA.—The new Opera was again te_
hearsed yesterday at, the King's Theatre. g
GRAs-
sr N I is !flitch recovered ,from her cold, and her (ones
are consequently heard to more advantae. Some of
her -tiotes are exquisitely beautiful,. 'and she will no
doubt prove a very fine Actress. Ricut has more
to boast from nature than from study,
THE THEATRE.—The Tragedy of ;fuze Shore
was represented last night at Covent Garden Thea-
tre before a numerous audience. Before the Play
Mr. KEMBLe came forward and informed the audi-
ence., that a Message hid been received between
three and four o'clock that day, importing, that Mr.
Couy was unable to attend his duty, and that Mr.
RAYMOND, of Drury Lane Theatre, had kindly of-
fered to perform the part of Gloucester. The play
then proceeded without impediment. Mrs. SID-
DONS exhibited the distress of lane ,Sbore, with all..
the genuine pathos which charaCterizes her aCting.
KEmBLE, as usual, gaVe force and dignity to Shore.
The part of Dumont which was to have been per-
formed by CooxE, was very
.well supported by
MURRAY, and the whole went off with due im-
pression.

The Stratagem and Cinderella completely filled
Drury-Lane Theatre last night.—The former piece.
indeed attracted a large audience at first, owing no
doubt to the appearance of Mrs. JORDAN in Mrs.
Sullen, a character which she sustains at least with.
archness, humour and spirit.
Mr. TAYLOR, we understand, has adjusted most
of the embarrassMents in which the Opera House
was involved, and put .matters in a train for an
entire liquidation, in consequeNce of which he is
.aCtually to resume the management in the ensuing
season.

QUICK has been playing several nights.at the
Maidstone Theatre, where he is to have a benefit
this evening.

Complaints respe&ing the scanty provision of the
Inferior Clergy have existed tipwards of 300 years.
In 421 there was a great commotion among them,
regarding the inequality of their stipends, when it
was ordained by the superior convocation, that each
BishoP'gfathi.?;:atirber should ibaye each Priest who,
had his orders frpm that payment.