The Sun.
London, England, 1803-09-15 00:00:00

LONDON; SEPTEMBER 15, 1803.

BY the Chesterfield Pa,cket, which arrived at FAL
mouth on Stuiday night from Jamaica, we have
an account, which we hope will be confirmed,
of Admiral Ducto,votwes Squadron having taken
Prcnvh 71 gun Ship, and part of it hay.
ing gone in chace of another. if this account
be corren, these are probably the two French Line
of Rattle Ships which our Squadron had for some
time been bhxking up at Cape Frdocoi3.

Yesterday morning abciut half past ,nine o'clock
the' ROYAL 1.4..A141 t. Y left Windsor for, Kewl.
~;In
their arrival there they were met by the DUKE
Of KENT, who accompanied Hts MAJESTY to in,:
speet the new. Parace .''Soon after rwcfve o'clock
THEIR Mittr.STrEs and the PRlNcEssts.AtiousTA
and ELI ZAHETII, attended by-, Lady ST&WEL left
liew•for London, and arrived at St, jarnes's.Pdhice
about 4 quarter before one, Hem MAI gsfy and the
PI INCEsSEs honoured 'Lady CHARLOTTE FINCH
with a vieit, and continued. -with her• Ladyship
till near three o'clock, when' they left the .Palace
for Kew. About half pat one the Levee corn.
menced, which, wart ittended by Hi Royal Highness
the DUKE, of CAMERID6Ep the Bish,epri of -WIN.
CIJLSTER and ERISTOL, the ]Litt? CHANCEL.LoE,
tile CII ANC E LEosit of the EXC.:LIEQUER, the SECRE4.
of. ST A the: Tut:op it 14 k' of the NA.V-Yi
the CHIEF JUSTICE Of the Coutt'r of COMMON
PLCAs,' the 1•;;I'No's• AnvOCA4E GENERAL, the.
Loßn MA, ou, the SHEIt.IPPs Of LoNDON, the RE.
coat:v.3. of 1.,0rin0:4, and the

Duke 'qf Portland.. •
Eaits.Atorrmey and Westmorland.

rwlients-tiov'vc aid Iloott;•

L,ris—CatheAtt, SritnurSiitt (in,waiting), Eldon, Ilubai. t,
A lvanky and Cw):(iir. • •
svani44,-Itussian, Dafilsh, Impe.
ri.d and S..l;:nn.
,/71-1. Attbri, I,ophani, G. Shec, 1, It')sc', J.
Nighois, t;. Ynngcandrß.Wrich.
•
anti St. john.

Cilnels—Cookq, Elliott, 14;o:"C, M‘Qqarri.:, P.ehow,
v.:x.34100 Darling, Ltarlovf, and Cidvert.
A 1::, or Cof,sar.
Rev. Dr. I.ukin, (Dean of' Wells.)
..1./.rviie:irs—S. Samplcin, Grin/itle, Addington, C,
rrtd.iins, Swan, Price,—lierney, Rev. Ilutchtni, Faulk:.
liouverie, carey,
,V;4oso.tart, .and Yorke, ••
following were among the presentations to
'its MAlattrr
('oi. Cooke on hi 4 return front Ainerica, by Mr. Spencer
Swish. •
col. Elliott on hi* promotion to that lank in the Westrnin,ter
Cavalry.
1%,1ai0; Cur,sar, on ha 3 prornution to that rank in the :,aync
ps. , •
Lierit, Cu). Illoore of the a3tl Light Dragoon!). late Deputy
Act Gcneral to the Army or i!:gypt,.by LOIll
ville en liii-)ort,ta to 1' irgianct.
Mr. Sainirkin, by the American Mirtitter:
Curiw;eilur Swan 'by the I old in Waiting.

The Btstior of W txcuusTEg preichitul an
tirsei to Els ESTY [rum the"ClergY 'of hi*
Diocoie.

• Sir Jo:it; St. Aunytr presented an Address from'
the Inhabitants cif Plymcuth Duck.
The f,evee closed at half past two o'.clock,..when
nil MAJEsCEY held a Privy Council,- which.mt a
eonsiderahle time.
After
,IVIAJESTY held ,lootliel
Council for the empt:ess.. purpose of receiving
Recorder's- Report Of the persons capitally eonviCied
at the last July Sessions, to the number ril4fteen,
Thompson, tonvincd highway robbery was or.
aerecil for execution mtxt Werinesdity.
Ills MAjavry enc,;k private Audiences to
:vit. ADD' zi oN, ',tisk:4 ::,.w o. '44 T, Lord How a,

and Lord CATHCART, who is supposed to have 1
taken,leave of His MAJESTY previously to his going
to Ireland as Commander in Chief: his Lordship is
expetied to go in the course (4- a few (130.
About half past four tits MAJESTY left Sr. James's
for Kew. '

About a mile distant from Portsmouth the PRINCE
of WisLis was met by General WHITELOCK e and
his Staff. The different Troops under command of
the Major. General, were drawn
,up in single files
from ,the. Market.place, to near a mile distant.
The l'itits-c e, 'on approaching the Geneial, left
his carriage 'and inOunted his horse, when the
Bands of the iespedive Regiments played God
w sa.the Kin,7, he'paiied. On his coming within
the Land.port gate, a Royal Salute was fired from,
the bastion,. which lasted till His Royal Highness
arrived, at. the.linuse of .Adm. MONTAGU, where he
;remained a few minutes ; . and then, accompanied by
Admiral MONTAtsu,Rear,Adm. HOLLOWAY, Ge!l
WIIITELOCKEt &c. proceeded to the new Sally..l
port, where the PRINCR embarked in the Port-Ad-
mind's barge for Spithead, A lm. MUNTACT/ lead-
ing the way, Rear-Adm. HoLLowAy- following His
Royal Highness, arid the different Captains in ;heir
barges according .seniority. .A. salute was fired
as the Royal Standard passed the Platform. When
'His Royal Highness went on board the Windsor
Castle,. of: 9.8 guns, the Port Admiral's flag was,
hauled..dosyn „and the Standard hoisted; the whole;
of the shipping at the same time saluting. His
Royal ,Highneis'alsn visited the'Mainjficent, 01,74
guns, Captain JERVIS ; on board of which 'ship he
partook of an elegant cold collation.
His Royal Highness returned in the same manner
as. he went, and was saluted as befor6—the Proces.
sign of barges going to the King's Stairs in the Dock.
yard. On his landing, Sir C. SAXTONi
missioner, contiuded the Royal Visitor through the
different working departments and store-houses. In
the rope-house, a large anchor was laid : at the
smithy the tilikei of a large anchor were worked on :
the Royal William was hauled out of Dock into the
Bason ; and the Pandour from the Bason into the
Dock. His Royal Highness was extremely minute
in his inquiries, as he went through the various de-
partments, of, this 'grand repository of, our Naval
strength. „;..After inspecting the, working Depart_
meats, the',PsotlZca visited the Academy.'
Dispatches- have been received flans Admiral
CoaNwAti.rs, off Ushant. No movement has
taken place in the enemy's fleet ; and the Admiral
had been joined by the Drags', of 74 guns, with
live stock and vegetables from Plymouth.
On Monday lst-, the tsf and zd Divisions of the
Corps of Trinity House Royal Volunteer Artillery,
were in training with' four pieces of ship ordnance.
On Tuesday the 3d'and 4th Divisions were likewise
in training, as were this day the sth and 6th, and
the rest on subsequent days. The Address inserted
in another column of our• Paper, has been read
at the head of the Divisiona, explanatory of the
nature of their services, and of those patriotic
principles which have called forth even the energies
of veterans, an example that highly merits the at.
tentive emulation of every younger seaman. The
Officers of the whole body were entertained ak the
Landon Tavern on Monday, and there introduced
to each other, and to their respedive Captains of
Divisions,

At a Meeting of the Lieutenancy of the Cinque
Ports on Tuesday se'nnight, the quota for the Army
of Reserve tá be furnished by the different Towns
and Members was fixed, and it was also determined
that the.price to be pail fora Substitute in the Army
of Reserve, should in no case exceed thirty guineas.
It was agreed, to raise a local subscription in each
Port and. ,Nlmber towards defraying the expences
Of Volunteer Corps, and a . general subscription in
aid of the local one.

, The general 'Subscription in. Kent towards the
expeoces of the Volunteer corps iii that County,
amounts to 50261.. iss. At. a :Meeting of the Com-
mittee of Lieutenancy, held on Monday, an uniform
was adopted for those COrps.who shall claim assist.
ante, from the general. Subscription, the whole ex-
penceot. which. amounts to 3 6d•
An additional .Company of Vulmitecr
,Infantry
(or the City of, .C.antcrbuty, to conAst of 400 rank-
and file, has beenaceepted by Government,
The most magnificent offer made ilzy Lord Rini-
t.Esott, in consequence olthe Meeting at Skip-
ton, has.been graciously accepted by His M.AJPTY.
Near 2000 'Volunteers have enrolled themselves
for the 'Cavalry and Infantry Corps, which are to
be commanded by his Lordship, under the denotni-
nation of The Craven Legion, and to consist of
Regiment of Cavalry, and a Battalion of Infantry.
The former, exclusive of ()Akers and non.conl.
Miasioned, to be 200, the latter, 1200 Volun-
teers. • •

Ministers have made ,another compromaie with
respe6i rn the Volunteers, in the cast of the
131noinsbury. Corps.. It had been officially
fied, ;hat that Corps, which is at present twelve
hundred strong was to be reduced to seven hundred
and twenty.;. those remaining, above the limited num..
ber to be considered as Supernumeraries. A.Requisi.
tion was in consequence signed by several Members
of the Association to call tt General Meeting of the
Corps, to consider of the proposed, measure. In the
mean time, however, another official letter has been
tent stating, that the Corps maybe considerea in every'
re.t urn, and as toevery efreaive purpose, 35 Corps of
twelve hundred men, but that with respett to the
formality of exemption from 'the tallot for the
Army of Reserve and Militia only 72 shall be re—
turned in 'the Muster Roll to the Lord Lieutenant,
a distinetion which is absurd in itself, and whi"ch
, must entirely defeat its Own obi,a, Government
hop in fia, in direa qpppsition to the Ministerial'
Official Letters,,which limited ;the Corps to seven;
hundred and twenty, accepted it its a Corpsof twelve:
hundred.

order the more eft-eetually to promote the
contributions of the Lailick of Manchester to the
Patriotic Fund efitabiished there, the • Assembly
Rooms are to be opened eor a Ball,on the 22(1 inst.
The profits of which are to be appropri,ited tb the
Fund, and the company invited to give what NUM
they please. for their ad toissiptt ahove-the fixed price.
The Patriotic Fund at I\ancltester alr6tly n
to near 20,0c01.

NAVAL. NEWS.

FALMOUTII, SEPT. gypley,
M'INTAGERT, from Liverpool ;* Friends' Del ght,
LLEWtti.Lim, from Cork ; ChdOW, RICE, from
is:eath•:;• Louisa, RICHARDS, from Cork; and
Ft ieNd.thip, HODGE, from Caernarvon. .
Late last night, arrived the Chesterfield Packet,
BLIGHT, in fifty clays from Jamaica.' A number of
French Prizes were carried into that Island during
the time.tl4 .Chisterfield lay'at Kingston, amongst
which were La Yigilanti French Brig Corvette, of.
i 6 guns, taken by. La Hercule, Schooner Lit Deux
Antis, Sloop Klepa, cut Out of Jeremie; Ship Les
Quatre Antis, frOM Atix*Cays,botind toNantz ;-Ship
La Desiree, in ballast, and Schooner La Mre de Fa.
pudic, laden with flour;' bouncl'to Jerernit, all taken
by the Theseus ; Schooner Let DeU x Scours, Ittderi
with cloathing for the French. Troops at Cape
Nicola 'Mole; taken by the lianguisr4

Three days after the Chesterfield sailed from Ja.`
mica, she spoke an American, who informed (hem •
that he had been boarded by the boats of the Cr. •
berland, of 74. guns, the Officer in which informed
hiM, that their Squadron bad captured a French '74.
gun Ship, and tliat'pzirt of the Squadron were gone •
in' chace of another Ship of the same force.

The Earl Spencer Cutter Privateer, of, Dover,
16 guns, -Captain CHITTY, arrived on Friday at
Helftird from a. CrUize, having'captured a French
Ship from St. Domingo,' a Bfig 'Schooner from
Louisiana, and recaptured the Ship Rtiyal ,CSar.
lotto, of LondOD, Capt. HAM.ILTON,. from North
Carolina,' bound. to Londen, which had been cap.
ttired by La Venal Brig Privateer, of Nantz, of 14,
inns and 77 men, Soon after the Earl Spencer fell
in with La Venus, which she engaged some time,
until she made off.
.Captain CH 'ITT Y and.four men
Were severely wounded, and two men killed.—On
the 7th inst. about .zoo miles West' of Scilly, the
Earl Spencer fell in with a Swedish Dagger, having
on board part of the Crew of the King George (late
Packet); three Gentlemen Passengers left the Dog-
ger, and came in the Earl Spencer.
Sailed the (Lneen Charlotte, Mtsoat, with Mails
for Barhadoes and Jainaica ; and Audland, Packet,
SCHUYLER, with two Mail S-for Lisbon ; Brothers,
tUC /I EY, for Swansea; Feversbami HA RDi NG, for
Portsmouth; Nancy, RICHARDS, for Bury.

POETSMOUTHt SEPT. 14,—Arrived at the Mo.
therbank, and there put under quarantine, a large
French Brig, mounting 14. guns, a Prize to
L'Egyptienne Frigate., She had captured a Brig
belonging to Guernsey, of considerable value, which
also was retaken by L'Egyptienne.
Arrived the Providence, FRANCIS, from Water.
ford, with butter.

DOV ERA SEPT. 14...--..111e vessel' which sailed
from hence with passengeri for Fran-cc a few days
ago, returned again last night, the French having
refused to admit her into the Harbor, or to land
her Passentersi though nearly the whole of them
•
Were French.

DEAL, SEPT. Majesty's Bomb Disco.
*very came dowa last night from the Northward;
and this morning the Ces47l4Gon.brig arrived from
the Westward.

SAtled the IfarAy Sloop, and Jackal! Gyn.brig,
on a Cru4,ei and His Majesty's Ships Monarch,
Utrecht, York, and L'Africable, remain.

YARMOUTH,• SEPT. 14.. The Ilentietta East
Indiaman, is sailed for the Nore under Convoy of
the 'Galgo Armed Ship and Vesuviur Bcimb.
The Pegasus Frigate, arrived in the Road, is
waiting for a fair wind to proceed to Lynn, with
French Prisoners from Portsmouth.

•l)e Be/opin, Mtut.nysx, from the Dogger Bank,'
with fish and silt, bound to Embden, is sent in here
by theliwwk Armed Cutter.
De
.7ottge Mina, Da .DUNCE IVIAnTEIt, is releas-
ed, and sailed for the River.

The Shannqn of '36 guns, lately launched at
Chatham), is Ordered into commission, and Captain
Gawßit appointed to the command.
The CbeAterfieli Packet,.w hose arrival at Falmouth
from Jamaica we yesterday announced, arrived at
the Island on the 'l6th ofjuly, and.sailed from thence
On. the 23d. She brings advice that the homeward-
' bowid Fleet was appointed to sail 'from Port Royal
an the 24. th Of July, under Convoy of a Line of
Battle Ship and a' Frigate. They intended' going
ihitingh 'the Gulph. On the ':4th of August, in
hit. 31. long. 66. she passed a large Fleet, supposed
to be the Leeward island Fleet.

After an absence of twelve years on duty in the
west ',aka, on Tuesday sennight marched into
Maidstone, the 47th Regiment at FOJr, which toik
their route the following morning hr Essex.
Qn
Thursday they Passed wiet at Tilbary Fort, on
their route to Colchester barracks, wherethey are'
to form a part. of that Garrison.

- .
Saturday night at 'nine o'clock, a fire brake out
in the, rear of the Derby Regiment a(iliorapton,
which entirely consumed 14.' huth hifuegi„—
to. ,
soldlets v.ho had 6inititts, pith -their
z i)rpertv, i
the ,eat distress of the petit sufferers; - " - ,