The Sun.
London, England, 1803-08-09 00:00:00

POIZTSAIOUTII,' AUGUST 3.

YESTERDAY afternoon, in consequence of a notice
from Main.-General WHITELOCKE, Commander in
Chief in this Distriet, about 1600 Volunteers as.
sembled on the glacis, forming 19 cotnpanies, each-
under a Captain and three Lieutenants, fur his in-
' speelion. About six o'clock, the moment of as.
sembling, a signal was ma ;e on the hills of the Isle
of Wight, of an Enemy's Fleet being in sight :

this created a belief that the French Armada,

—which has so long threatened the Country, was
,'Aidually approaching our shores, and the most vi.
gorous measures were immediately taken : the Alag-
nifieent, by an express sent off in the Custom.house
Galley, immediately weighed anchor at St. Helens ;
the Orpheus Frigate and four Custom-house Cutters
tailed immediatelyin quest of the Enemy ; all the

Sea Fencibles occupied their Gun.boats, 19 in num.
berLi the guns of the Garrison were loaded, and all
the Regular Troops and Militia remained under
arms the whole night, and the Volunteers had their
several stations assigned them, and were ordered to
hold themselves in readiness to repair to their posts
at a signal settled upon ; which order, it is but jus.
lice to say, they must chearfullyconsented to ; and
had there been OCCa;ion, there-cannot be a doubt but
they would have zealously and courageously perform-
ed any Out), which might have been allotted them.
The alarm was occasioned by some strange Ships not
answering the signal; but the cause was not known
till this morning.

There was a Report in the City at one time yes_. terday, that Lord N 6 LsoN had fallen in with a
French Flect.irit the Mediterranean, with Troops on
board, bound to Egypt, and. had taken several Ships
and Twenty-five Thousand Troops; This Report
• • could not be traced to any authentic source. We
.mentioned yesterday that the French had marched
80,coo Additional Troops into Italy, andmeant to
take, if they could, the Island of Sardinia, from
whence they had formed the plan of an Expedition
• -to-Egypt. We have no doubt of Lord NELSON'S
giving a good account.of them, whatever may be
their plans. •
Yesterday the PRINCE of WALES gave a grand
dinner to the Members of the joc;key Club at Brigh-
' ton.

Prince.ESTERHAZY having presented thePRINCE
of WAoss with a beautiful mule; His Royal High..
ness haS given it to the Duke of MAR LBoRoUGH.
OststoßN MARKHAM, Esq. is to be appointed
Commissioner of the Navy, in the room of SirW
'I,IAM BELLtNCHAM, Bart.
Lord JOHN ToWNSHEND has been appointed by
General LOFTUS to be 'one of his Aids.duXamp ex-
Mordinary in the Eastern District.
MILES PETER ANDREWi, El. is appointed
-Colonel of the PRINCE of Wm. Es's lop! St.
:Martin's Volunteers. Mr. Arsia*Ews: had the ho.
• flour of being desired by his Royal Highness to
accept this appointment.
The Dutchess of GORDON and Lady MADELINA
ST. CLAIR left Edinburgh on Tuesday last for Gor.
don Castle.
The Duke of MoNTRoSE arrived at Edinburgh
. on Wednesday.
A noble Subscription has been Set on font at
• Hull. The Corporation has substribed moo!. and
Sir HENRY ETHER INGToN and Joss! PH SYkas, Esq.
and Sons, the same sums. Many principal Merchants
!save subscribed each tool.
We understand that the Earl of CARLISLE has
offered his services to Government to raise:a Com.
Party of Riflemen on his Lordship's Estates in the
neighbourhood of Castle. Howard, at his-Own ex-
pence, similar to the one his Lordship established
during the last war.
• As a fair specimen of the spirit of volunteering in
the City, we may state .that one thousand persons of
ehataeler and substance, have eoterets in the Ward of
Farringdon Without.
Mr. W. WE EKE, of Salisbury, has made a pa.
triatic offer of eight waggons, three carts, and fifty
horses, at a moment's.warning, if the exigences of
Government should require them.
At Southampton more than 1700 Volunteers have
.enrolled themselves, and in the Island of ortsea
nearly 2000.
Numbers are enrolling themselves with the greatest
nthusiasna in the Sea Fencibles on the Coast of
Scotland. Four hundred came *forward for that
purpnit at Leith, in the commencement of last
week,
Librkwd hundred Inhabitants of the Borough of
lunteers in Cot II enrolled themselves as W..
on Fridanywtsae4might, to serve in any part
01 Great Britain ft) case of Invasion. The Gentle.
Count
and Yeomanry of Menhenniot, in the same
'',,,ountyt are forming themselves into a Company of
N'iying Artillery.
The heavy baggage of Major-General Trioass.
T ON'S Brigade at Coxheath, has been sent to Mall.
' mg, in consequence of the late orders issued for that
purpose.
A large parry of Volunteers from the Notting-
, ham Militia passed through 'Maidstone on Wednes-
day last, on their way to Chatham, to be disposed
tot* in His Maj,sty,s Navy. They were , fine look-
ing young men.
The Ist Bat talion of the Ist Regiment
of Guards,
And the Warwick. Militia, are encamped near Chat.
hauls where large parties work. incessantly on the
• • Lincs. •
L;rd Gr,o. 11. CAvENniiii has arrived at Cox.
heath, to take the command of the Derbyshire
Militia.

• The Earl 4f HARowteks's bgother4o-laws the
R., e", LINDS4Y,- is expefted to succeed to an
Mitre in consequence. of the .death of the
"le
-Earl of. BRISTOL.
It is said in the Dublin Papers, that Mr. Justice
o
Nts is to succeed to the vacancy occasioned in
the Irish Couit of King's Bench by the horrible
,ASSlttisinatiun of Lord Kt LWARDEN.