The Sun.
London, England, 1803-08-15 00:00:00

Mize.

Sailed His Majesty's Ship Autumn, of 20 guns,
with a Fleet under Convoy for the Downs; the
American Brig, Leopard, SHAWR, and Aurora,
Danish Brig, HENDRIKSEN, for Copenhagen; and
the American Brig Vengeance, Be'', for London.
Came in froni quarantine, being this day released,
the Brig Leander, Capt. YUUNGMAN, from Gab-
poly, with oil, &v. for orders.
The following Packets will sail the first favour.
able wind, viz. Prince of ;Valet, TODD, with Mail
fur Lisbon ; Lord Charley Spencer, COATESWORTH,
with Mail for Jamaica ; and Princes: Amelia,
STry ENS, with Mail for New.Y ,rk and Halifax.
The .Ping George and Auckland Packets from
Lisbon, the Lady Arabella and Queer: Charlotte
ditto ; the former from America, and the latter
from Jamaica, are daily expected.

PLYMOUTH, Atm. t3.--Arrived the reneraNt,
of 74. guns, from the Channel Fleet ; and Robust
and Jane Privateer, Captain VAvAsott, from a
Cruise in the Bay.

Sailed L' Impteux, of 78 guns, Captain T. B.
MARTIN, to join the Channel Fleet ; and the Sirius
Frigate to the Eastward ; also the Seagull Sloop
of War to the Eastward.

yARMOUTII, AUG. Lt.—The Do/phi's, Capt.
Fitt !STOW, from Poersburgh bound to London, arriv.
ed in these Roads yesterday : she patted company
with the homeward.bound Baltic Convoy on the
grh inst. consisting of about 400 sail : the wind
being to the Westward, he supposed they bore away
for Norway.

DOM., Apc,. Majesty's Sloop Peterll
sailed this morning, with the whole of the outward-
hound under Convoy, for Portsmouth.

HARwicl4, t4.--Yesterday evening the
Aucklaad Packet, Capt. )31/IDGE, sailed for Got.
tenburg, with the Mail, and an Extra Hired Smack
for flusum, with the Mails and Passengers.

The following are copies of letters from the
Commanders ; our cruizers, relative to the firing
lately heard oil Boulogne

• 44 His Majesty's. Gun Brig, Basilisk, of
" sit; Boulogue, Augicrt 9.
" I have the honour to acquaint you, that this
morning at three quarters past three, being at an.
chor close off Boulogne, in His Majesty's Gun.brig
under my command, ' with His Majesty's hired
armed Cutter Princess Augusta,. in a calm, seven
of the Enemy's Gunboats lull of Soldiers came out,
rowing towards us. immediately got under weigh,
and at half past four they began a heavy cannonade,
which continued until near %ix o'clock, and was te.
turned by us ; they then all towed in.shore, under
the batteries, and anchored in a line. I made the
necessary signals to His Majesty's. Bomb, Sulphur,
who then.appeareti in sight, and, in 'company with
that ship, renewed the attack, and have to refer
you to Captain- M'Lauu for my • further proceed-
ings.—l beg to remark, the Officers and Company
of this Brig were extremely firm ; and I feel my.
„if much pleased with their cOntlud on this occa.
lion.-1 have the .honour to be, &c,

(Signed) " Wm. SHIPIitARD."

" SIRS,ills Alajwy'sSrrl~f.urfei •

" I have the honour to acquaint you, that io
standing into Boulogne this morning, at half post
nine o'clock, I perceived the Basilisk with the sign"!
fur an enemy, hearing S..S. E. I instantly made ;dl
sail, and at twelve anchored, and opened our fire
with the mortars, in support of the Basilisk,
.who
was engaged with seven of the Enemy's gun.boats,
and a heavy fire from all the batteries, which con-
tinued till one o'clock, at which time I had the
satisfaction to. see the &un boat' retreat to the pier
head. The conduit of the Ship's Company and de.
tachment of Royal 4rtillery under my command,
has given 'me entire sdtisfddion. I have the honour,
&c.

(Signea) gg DANIEL IVl'Lr.up."

PORTSMOUTH, AuG. 4.

THt DUKE of Yortx, with the DuKE of Cura.
BERLAND, arrived at Major. General Wit rrs LOCK%)
where they supped and slept last night, and this
morning at seven o'clock set off to
,review the
Troops at Hilsea Barracks, and at Fort Cumberland,
consisting of about two thousand.
By ten o'clock
they reached South Sea Common, where the line
was formed of the 23d (Welsh Fuzileers), zsth, and
Bth Foot, and zbili, now 23 1, Dragoons, dismount.
; the Artillery, Artificers, the-Gloucester,
cester, Carmarthen, Flint, and Merioneth
in all about 7000 men.—lt was a vet), fine dayo'
and every person appeared in the most zesious
spirits. His Highness the Comman,kr in Chipi:wa‘
highly pleased, and so expressed himcelf, with their
various evolutions. Ile then set .off for Gospott,
and gave similar examination and approbation to
the Hereford, Monmouth, Brecon, and Glamorgan
Militia ;• and in the evening at six, the Corps of
Reserve and Volunteers, to the number of 3000,
were drawn out.--On the whole, it was a proud
day for this Country ; in the circle of six miles there
appeared at least r 4,000 approved good Soldiers,

MARGATE, Au©, 13,

Orr Thursday last Mr. PITT made a second •'Asit
to Margate, and, while at Mr. Conn's, had the
satisfaction of receiving from the Owners, the pa•
triotic offer of the Vessels and 13.)ats belonging to
this Harbour, for the service of Covetnment, to
be fitted at its expence as Gun.vessels, &T. to be
used in the general defence of die Realm, in case of
Invasion,
This measure renders efficient the noble conduit
of our Marines, who, to the number of upwards of
zoo, are enrolled as Sea Fencibles, and now training
to the use of the great guns, under command of the
Captain MIDDLEToN, of the Navy. Joined 10
these exertions, we have already enrolled under the
command of Capt. Cosa, &c. &c. upwards of 400
Volunteers of different descriptions ; so that our
little Town has now to boast of more than 600 of trtt
brave Inhaisitants marshalled for the glorious Lig;
fence of our King, our Country, our Laws, and 4L'
Religion.
Exclusive of this, our_constiiutional and local de'
fence, we have also two troops of the 101_,"P„r::
M:
goons, and 200 of the Nottinghamshire f• I
quartered in the Town ; so thati. Margate, as 6inf„-i,
the Advanced posts of the Kingdom, Is pr.,ilikteo+l a I
on the alert to resist any attack of our ,2,aring an
insidious Enemy.

I

of
Mrtth:v.
oPilititrTislTtteevirsas
;atp:liioo2),n,r:tieadmndACHLoolo7deill:oALfßieittuhitoe.
acCT7(o,iirovilotiocoti:
IthecsanSecond
is ;saortoell e.
eir:ire'oahoiiri7(sig: is-not ohliet mentioned.arß,voiyc ahl
tß)tidi contain
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ninio:
shire Militia is encamped near that TOWN an" t;1;
Cambridge Militia at Landguard Fort, oppdsim
the Town. The Right. lion. Earl TEsarLe ll4i
joined the Royal Bucks Militia. •
Two of the, Liverpool Regiments of Volunteer'
have made a tender of general service.—Col. R"'{
LINGH RAD, Who commands one or them, has olre..ret •
to cloath and equip 2so men from his coal b1,"91
to be attached to, his Cows as Pioneers. I •
At a i Meeting of the L
--eutenancy 'of the Woo
Riding Of the County of. York, held on Thg"datir,„ -
se'nnight, a Subscription- was' entered into fur t'.-
purpose of encouraging the formation of Voluntcd
Corps, when upwards of 12,0001. Wai inimedialeli ,-
subscribed.. Lord HARrwooO gave 20001.
A Meeting of the Notqlitv, Gentry, Cleq,i,
.
&e. of the County of Devc:m, was held on Fri 4
sennight, at the Castle of Exeter, when girl F 0,1"
'rimy!, after a very able and Impressive SPeecii:
moved an Addresa to Ht's MAIiSTYi 'Whirl' %,'r
seconded by the Hon. NEWTON F4l.l.oWits. Air
e
*Me excelleni -observations from Mr. S. F. N'ILE..
post D, and the reading of a Letter from Lord R"Lto,e
.reoommending a übscriptiun to be added 10,,,is
Fund at 'Lloyd's Coffee-House, the questi"n ,
put and unanimously Cat tied. IlVe.
Upwards of 800 persons have enrolled 04111' co,
during the week, in the Loyal Newark Volul'lci'lut
and a subscription of more than illool. is 1.64
defraying their expenses. • 144
At Lincoln ,• the subscriptioo towards 011"1" nob,
a Corps of Volunteer Cavalry amounts to 13(00 ,
Several names are enrolled, besides neatly 4°° .
Carps of infantry. • of
A numerous and respetclable meeting of ArtiVot
the Metropolis having resolved to. form therng., the ,
. into a Military Ass( .-iati ,n, to co.operote il,tant
:Adel= of the Country in the present irriewith
. .
crisis, such' Gentlemen as are disposed to unit far
them for that purpose, are iranrmed that )3 t the
w
signature are opened at the Royal ActitlenlYA' at
Society of Engravers' Rooms, 49 Ne B°l'4
kWer,
and at the British School of Arts, Banco- .
Jao'
In consequerce of an order to the
cd the
Churchwardens of Norwich, they have conect dup
sense of their respedive. Parishes, and 114" fillilicotet
their schedules. According to the Prestr:t„viso' ite°'
above 2000 have enrolled IliciriselVes as ,-- I g
entle"' •
On Wednesday M. Doren Ey x• uder'
Farmer, in the neighbourhood PI three '
took, for a considerable wager, to cur..t
,_ be re.
of Barley from sun-rise• to sun.set, 1
w oat
Dad", .crei
formed in twenty nainutes under the time.

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TO Till?

IT was my deliberate detetminat:on that the
Columns .of•iny.,..Papers should ,neyer be sullied
by the intr,duaion; in any way,- Of the name of
Wt LLIAM CO BR ETT, but a Lie dClibtrittely
li.itrcl 11y that Man,.io his IlieWy flegister of Slant-
der Li4d Faliebood, demands that I should-in my nwn.
vindication mention him, and obtrude myself,however
obnoxious it is to my nature, for one moment upOn
the Public. 111 y habits of life preclude me from en.
tering the iims with Nlr..Coßt ETT, in a contest
of vulgarity, calumny, and takehood ; while his
ThuSt: necess-wily have incapacitated him' from
Laving arty ideas consonant with the Charaaer
of a Gentleman. Mr. COBBETT . has been in the
praaice of attackilig int personally in the grossest
Way with his Pen for a long time past.—To these
intaelts I nwrely opposed a contemptuous silence—
bct::art,,e such slander from a Man, who, ever since,
he was obliged, from being a conviaed Libeller, to
fly froth America, I have cansidefed as an honour,
having perceived that there is no 'Worth nr Talents
• iki-sting in this COuntry, from the KING. to the
Peasato, which thatgeneral Libeller has not
Liously assailed.
it is now my duty, however reluaantly, to
relate to the Nitric a transaction which, took place
on Saturday the. 6th instant, and to: which Mr...
Coes ell' utters in his Paper of yesterday, in the
following ob,cure note to his, as!.nated
p ndents.
`"3/eNetto,k AMKRIO3)4UK for pointing ottt the infamous.
1,1,,ei upon Mr. Castle r r, *inch appeared in The Jr:'i
hot anti rhe Nu), ut S.aorday„ 11W 6th inst.' alto he
tic it-1)3,4in,, not eitlicraurprized or &Silk ,sed to heir,
" 01..1 in lei, tow, three hoofs atter the Libel wa, published,
" the Air. it Kit to r, received persanat ess:astli*ment
sn toe vet; .4;i4rtoicot where rte h4d fabricated the Label."
wet' such a Charge on Riper is necessarily an
irksome task, but the Cli.itaavr of the person who
inukes it leaves qtr, unavpid,ibly, no alternative. I
shall as brief:is I cat), and shall state nothing more
thin shall as brlullybe able to substantiate in a
C' tt.t of justice, the only Tribunal before which
;.! trans Ilion ;0-infamous as thit which 1 am about'
to rel.irt: can be determined.
Savtodity-Jite* 6th inst. about eleven o'clock
in the forenoori, 1 was tald.by one of my Servants
that .a Gentletnan wanted to see me. I instantly
elk.:siTed that he should be shewn up stairs, Two
Itten'entered the room, both personally strangers to
pie, ?nd.otte ut them said he wanted to speak (with
mc'Ar,,osE.' • Two Gentlemen were in the room
with me writing, whom I requested to walk up
stairs for a few minutes, my private room at my
(Nice being ar that time engaged ; while the Gen.
tlemen were letiring, his friend remaining, Mr. C.
Made himself known to. We ; he afterwards pulled
the TR 'BR tioN of that Morning front his pocket,
observing that there was a paragraph in it which
be hoped I kPew,pothing of. Lie pointed with
his finger to 0046 wing
" Mr; W o Xi> rof,ssai himself to be the &idlers'
- Friend. We cannot suppose however that his attachment
to a certai-t American scribbler arises from his being the
Writer of a work at the beginning of the French Revolution
baring aiLlitie, because that work had fin. its object to
excite the Soldiery to Mutiny, to which it schmts the. same
yarritufc writer now endeavours to instigate the Navy.- We
soealt merely from What' has -been said in the Mouse of
Commons : for we think no true linton.can read the works
of the person alluded to with any kind of temper. The
pillory or. Ow siWi,:t we think a more appropriate reward
14. in that which Mr. CV NDHANI 11; suggested for a Writer
lull stamp.q .
I told bins " I certainly knew about it, for hmy
stell bad ,writ ten it." He asked' me if I meant it to
ajAHy to him. I shortly answered, " I left it to
him to make the application." He again asked if
" I meant to say that he deserved the Pillory o.c
the Gibbet." I as shottly answered, " Icertainlv
thought he did." Without any further discourse
he lifted his hand and struck me on the back 'tau Of
the head.—The blow was feeble and unavailingl
imA:diately returned,the blow, and a sea; ensued'
—I had seized {rim- by the collar and had at an
litivantage, when the, 'other Ruffian with' him,
whom I sincelearn to he a Mr. ASIIBURY CKI NS,
of America, threw himself between And separated'
He then repeated the question, " do you thiok
That 4 deserve the ?Mot} or the Gibbet ?" My
an,wer was the same,—," Yes —certainly—you
sip." .The same. Ruffian then offered Mr.' Cos.
'l3F,r-r a onontli stick which.he held in his hand.—
. .1 t...a.fcl.ed it Irsm him, and after an .attempt to
threw it on the ground. Pen:rising I
two Rtillians to encounter, I went to the Eire:
place and armed myself with the ftoker, and was
alP)i,r to avenge myself, when Mr. Cos a ayes
:mld again int:•tiered and'seized the poker, which
X still continued to grasp in my right hand. Mr.
cots a er-r hint?elf then went round thedesk and
took up "the tongs., tvliich he raised in bode hands,
stud meet courcikeotitly about to let fall upon
tb.),• wh,o loon.tately, and, by a strOng ef.
f'ti, the other Rtifilin still holding the ‘pOker,
c;lug!tt thrml in my tell hand and held diem fast In
1 was standing between the two Ruf.
fNivri.s,p,..,..,,..h‘e.,:ltitl,eotikiV:lGlcertnttitmen.,' Mr. CLAttis:s and
e
;old some other persrms'in drie"hnolt-nts.44llll7rViisnttrillte'
noise of the scuffle, rushed into the room.: I
served to those that entered,
cowardly that o' these two
Rollians had come
o assault me in my
Mr—Coescl-r merely said—" He
tmeaniTig his friend) did not• assault you
" Do you mean to say that I tie,e rye the
Pillory or the Gibbet i" to which I made the same
Yes certainly you do :4& and they both
slu:dc away down stairs.
I hese are simply the ivhole of the circumstances
that Pasled—To that'part of the 'transaCtion in
which Mr. COB Err, coming with hostile
.buns and with a second to his aid, desired to 110 me
.A,L9NE, 1 have most respectable,testiMOny—To the,
?Amitotic of-defence., in,which was found, I have:
the same respeaable testimony, with other corrobo.
rating witnesses who entered the room at the 53111 C
moment. '
Such are the circumstances that took place, upon
which it is hardly Acessary, I conceive, that I should,
• ,n.lake a remark, The observationsthat I have to utfet
.Ith:iti be Very- few and 'vet.), shorri,' Mr. Cons BTT,
4.),' applying the paragraph to himself, acknowledges
""11,c11.t0 be the Author of The Soldier's Fr;eq•
t"a.r, which a more seditious and dangerous Publica.,
ti''n never issued from the Press in any Country, at
antt,
period of
,its .History, From the 'situation in

illicit 1 igia§ found by the Gentlemen wun entered
the room, and whose testimony will he brought
forward in proper time; I leave the Public to Con-
clude how probable it i<§ that I should receive a
Chastisement horn the Man whom I heaat bay
With One hand, while both of his were employed
upon the Weapon intended for my destruai,u and
while an auxiliary Ruffian held my other hard.

If Mr: Cop a Err had had any thing to say to me
in a 'manly, suaj, he would not have requested to see
me alone, retaining his accomplice with hint ; nor,
when • we were alone, had he been anxious to
gain a manly charatier, would he hove allowed the
same American Accomplice to have joined in the
Assault. To those who are acquainted whit the
Writings of WILLIAM COBB Err, it. is !walk ne-
cessary to observe, that a man so apt to *verb)
every suhje6t with the extent of his remarks, and
particularly in which be himself is concerned, if he
had not been conscious that he had afted on this oc-
casion like an
.Assassin, would have dilated upon it
as if it had been an objea of the first importance.- For
niy humble part, I have only to apologize for hav-
ing occupied so large a Onion of the Public Atten-
tion with a subject so uninteresting, and to conclude
shortly by saying, that, meaning this bbsiness
shoUld, through the medium of a Court of justice,
be hereafter more fully discussed, Mr. Coon LTT,
in his Register of Saturday last, has, to the base-
itess of an attempt at assassination, added the mean-
ness of a deliberate lie.

II 2; Strand, Aug. 14, r 533. JOHN IIP:RIOT.
P. S. After the Ruffians had gone doWn f
found' that one of my Clerks had, in his great :cell,
hacked thein in my Office, intending to send for a
PeaCe Officer to talc; them up for the Assaurr.
I immediately gaie orders that they should be
allowed .to escape, reserving for them the pu-
nishment whic% Ihave no doubt the L:111/ will in.'
aid upon such 'atrocity, and which I should not have
condescended otherwise to notice, had not Mr.
Cobur7,'r's lying prop-nut, reludantly form" thi.
statement from me.

J. IL