The Sun.
London, England, 1803-09-28 00:00:00

MARGATE, SEPT. 26.

SATURDAY evening Lord KEITH arrived here,
and went on board several of the boys and fishing.
boats anchored at the Pier, for the purpose of, in.
speCtiog, and ascertaining such as may be fit to arm
as part of the flotilla destined for the defence,of
the Coast, it being the design of Government to
arm such as are best calculated for service with
carronailes, and man them with the fishermen, and
other seafaring persons.
The ground on the Cliff; near the Fort, which
was marked out by Mr. PITT, for ereling a guard.
house upon, is immediately to be applied to that
purpose. The labourers began digging the founda-
tion this morning. A magazine as a depCit for
arms and ammunition is likewise to be completed
with all possible dispatch, nv.,r the Eastern battery.
The second battery on the Fort is finished. The
fishermen exercise every evening from five to seven
o'clock, at.,,the.great guns, and they are iolerable
expert.','.:Thi, rifle corps, composed of the must re-
epeaable inhabitants, and the pike.men, are drilled
every morning, from six to e,ght, in Mr. Coop's
enclosures.

An order was sent down last week from the War
Office, to the Commanding Officer of the Distrid, to
block op or fortify., all the different gates in the
Island. This order has been completed with asto-
,3 nishing celerity. In :hint, every preparation has
been made to guard against surprize, and to repel
r. 4. the Enemy, should he have the temerity to make an
attempt.
the weather continues delightfully calm, and
the. baths and morning lounges are crowded with

company. This (14 and yesterday a number of
parties from this town went on board the Texel,
:1) which has shifted her position to anchorage straight
off the Pier.

Kew and Richmond Gardens (now united) were
open on Sunday for the last pUblic day this season.
Ci HIS MAJESTY'S Palace se, on the exterior, nearly
finished; but the interior can scarcely lit completed
in less than two years. A large pile of aim is
ereEting, detached a little to the northeast of the
Palace, which will add considerably to the fine
Gothic grouping
.of the whole. Great improve.
'newts are begun in the disposition of the lawns,
plantations, and water in the gardens, occasioned
• by the scite of the new residence.
We have much satisfaCtion in being enabled to
say that Lieutenant Colonel MACDONALD, of the
Royals, who so gallantly distinguished himself at
Fort Mottle Fortuni, in St. Lucia, 'was, by the
latest accounts, nearly recovered of the severe
wounsts he had received on that occasion, and had
set out to take the command at Tobago.
Grattiville is a'small sea-port town on the coast
a Lower Normandy. It was built by the English in
• the reign of CiIAR L ES VII. On an eminence above ehe
sea, in which a mole has been thrown. Its princi-
pal trade is in the Newfoundland Fishery. From
Granville and St. Milo about eighty vessels annually
sail on that branch of commerce, so productive as a
nursery of Seamen. It has a considerable connexion
with the Island of Jersey, fro' in which it is distant
about la. leagues.
Mr. JEPHSON; the respeitable veteran of Litera.
tore, whose dramatic, poetical, and humourous ef.
fusions have been so often admired, and whose
miVete merits were highly esteemed, has , been suf.
feted to drop into thefirteve without one .tribute of
Ftiendship from the Muse.
It is much to he lamented that a young Noble.:
;7" folly, is every day honourably employed
.1 superintending Our Militioy preparatiotts, should
lingrace himself
any'b appearing every night at tire
neat" with ipd- cotsrtesau, while h.'
ought to be fired with filial emulation, and enter
into the service of Ileet.oNA'.
It has been eety hutnourously 'observed by a sPi-
tited writer, who has given an animated sketch nf'
the eharatter of Toussater, that the unfortunate
hero thought, " except' what we owe to our God,
our Country, and our Relations, every man night to.
444 to kiMidf," This is a whimsical plea-in fa.
your of personal freedom, that would not have been
,unworthy of HARRY FIELDING.
On Sunday night the remains of Mrs.. SPRIGGS,
"B/C.C/rnibtlrY, Wert interred in Clerkenwell church.-
Yard.:.'Tlie funeral was attended by men with
light° •191.cl'esi- tit the particular desire of the de-
, c"a"eil ; the novelty of the sight attraCted several
hundred ersone. The deceased likewise desired to
. buried in r particular white dress and in a lace
Car she wore on the day His MAJESTY WO Crown-
ed, which was complied with t,,
la;ivee. her aurviving IC.
sortie
At
time twelve o'clock yesterday, a man who was
ego conekled for an. unnatural crime,
o
sroo4l on the pilloty in Oxfortt.street, near the Pan.
'epn• The indlgnation of the populace being
'ft"'"glY excited against the culprit, he did not
"Perience the toast • lenient treatment. Ho was
coyerea
With rotten eggs and filth ()revery son.

711EArRte

Crvent Garden:

Mrs. SIDDONS appeared last night at this Thea.
tre in the character of Isabella, the melancholy he.
roine of SOUTH ERN'S Fatal Marriage. Her ex-
cellence in this charaCter has often been witnessed by
the Public, and has as often received the warmest
tribute of applause. Her health is e vidently much
improved, and she looks as well as ever. She en.
feted into the part with all that disciiMination,
energy, and feeling, which uniformly mark her
afting, and had the same command over the sytn.
pathy of the audience,
The Theatre was crowded, and this great aflress
received on her entrance, those eager and reite.
rated greetings which arc due 'to her high profes.
sional

KEMBLe's Biro's was a very affeding performance.
The galleries were invaded by the half price vi.
sitors, just at his entrance, and the confusion dis.
turbed his efforts for some time, but subsided into
a quiet attention and consequent applause..
CHARLES KEMBLE gave force to the part of
Carlos, and Ilicurrrow played rilleroy with unaf.
feeted emotion, CORY deserves to be noticed for
the judgment and feeling which he displayed in
Count Baldwin.

The Farce was The Irishman in London, in which
ROCK performed Martoch Delany with such strong
and simple humour, as procured him the warm ap-
plause of the audience. He will certainly be a
great favourite with the Public.

EDINBURGH, SEPT. 24..

FIRST REGIMENT OF ROYAL EDINBURGH

VOLUNTEERS.

THURSDAY,the 22d, being the day appointed
for
redelivering their Colours to the tst Regiment of
Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, the Battalion and
Artillery paraded in St. Andrew's Square, at one
o'clock, from whence they, marched to the Cross,
where they formed an oblong square. As won as
they were.formed, Major HAMILTON, attended by
the Band and a Guard of Serjeants, was sent to in.
form the Lord Provost and Magistrates that the Re.
giment was ready, to receive them. •
In a few minutes the procession, preceded by the
Band and the City Sword and Mace, entered the
Square, where the Lord Advocate, First Lieutenant
Colonel of the Regiment, stood ready to receive
the Magisi rates at the head of the right Grenadier
Company. After the usual ceremonies, the Lord
Provost delivered the Colours to the Lieutenant
Colonel, with an appropriate Speech.
After having received the Colours, the Lord.
Advocate, hol‘liog the King's Colours in his right
hand, and the regimental one in his left, made an
elegant reply.

The Lieutenant Colonel was then proceeding to
order the 'Colours to be consecrated by the Chap.
lain, when liis Excellency, Lieutenant General
VYSE, unexpectedly stepped forward, and paid a
must handsome compliment to the Regiment, in a
Speech which the Lieutenant Colonel earnestly in.
treated His ExcellencY to allow to be printed, as
highly grateful and encouraging to the Volunteer
Force in general.
After this the Regiment, presented arms, and the
Colouts being placed on the drum head, the Rev.
Principal Baird, Chaplain to the Corps, delivered a
most excellent and impressive prayer.
During the ceremony Lady CHARLOTTE CAmr-
EEL 1., the Countess of GLASGOW, and several
Ladies and Gentlemen of, distinction, were within
she Square ; and the windows and the front of the
Exchange were filled with all the beauty And fashion
of Edinburgh.

The Regiment made an uncommon fine appear-
ance, and notwithstanding a crowd, great beyond
example, formed their square with the utmost re.
gularity and precision.
Inchiding their Artillery, there were tr6z men
under arms.

The ceremony being over, the Lord Advocate
mounted his . Charger, and marched, 'the Regi.
went to the castlehill, where Major Rbse, at the
head- of the Sixth Royal Garrison Battalion,' in
parade order, stood ready to receive them.
After the usual compliments between the two
Regiments, the VOltinteers were formed into a close
column, when the Lord AdvoCate read to them the
Thanks of the House of Commons; after which the
Regiment marched to the Lord Provost's house, in
Lothian Street, where the Colours were lodged and
the Regiment dismissed.
In the afternoon, the Lord Provost and Magi.
strates gave an elegant dinner, in the King's Arms
Teem, to the Officers.of the Regiment, His Et.
cellency General VYSR, the Field Officers of the
other Corps, and sever.:l other persons of distinc.
lion. •