The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-17 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, FEB. rs.—Sailed this morning tiv,
Franchise, of 40 guns, Rear—AdmiralDACßES, with
about 6o Sail of out ward.bound Ships
for the West Indies. under Convoi

Arrived the Argus, CHALMERi, from Dantziek;
the John, Towus, Iron Memel ; the rrow Hen'
drika, KRAMER ; the Vrow EtZe Basso, EBELING ;
the Emine Bowman, MULLER ; and the Frow
Johanna, VEssEK, all from London, to load print
goods.

Sailed the 71.772ke. of 74 guns, to join the Cban•
nel Fleet.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. t6..---Arrived the Fame
East Indiaman, reported to have been lost at the
back of the Isle of Wight ; and Penelope, 1-141'1'
from London.

Sailed the Pripsro if ;ValIS, INclistgl tl°
Guernsey.

Sfl
R R NESS, FEL t 6.—Sailed the Miiix and
Cc flits Gun.brigs, for the Downs.

This day His Majesty's Slip LvAxMle, of 64
guns, was paid two months advance and bount.°
after which she proceeds to reinforce the pocks'
ing Squadron of the Texel.

DIAL, FEB. 16.—His Majesty's Sloops DI
and Harp) sailed on a C.rt;ize off the Coast
France.

The Amnon,: Sloop came in from Dungeness, Ind
the Confia Gun.brig came down from the Note'
In the Downs—the Monarch, Utrecht, Illustrious, gyp
sonzble, Euryalus, Arab, Lynx, Rattler, Vincego, r
Perseus, Autumn, Basilisk, Conl3ia, Speculator L*
and Flirt Cutter.
PENZANCE, FEB. Z3.—Saturday morning
at two A. M. the Swedish Brig Suatattnah, of SO 0
holm, Capt. CHARLES WEELHBERd, last Kee°
Guernsey, with a small quantity of flax for Bar
of
lona, drove ashore in a cove in the eastern parted,
this Bay, and became a total wreck ; she burther',4
about 30o tons. The hull, masts, bowsprit, 3").
yards were sold yesterday by public audion for 31
only ; as several hundreds of wreckers were assent
bled with their axes, in order to cut her up itornaof
pieces most convenient for removal, the whole
what is saved will amount to very little more that`
s 4
sofficient to pay the seamen's wages and expen;s• •
One cf the crew was unfortunately drowned.
14
morning the Cie-ye/and Tender, Lieut. PAIIO
put in wind bound.

the'
There was a great desertion of Seamen frote .
outward_bJund West India Fleet, since their rco
the
to Plymouth. At the request of the Captains' tile
Mayor granted a number of search-warrant, °on.
constables,' who picked up the greater pare, d for
cealed in the purlieus of Castle Rig, suppose
the purpose of crimping there aft.. she geet
sailed. On finding the want of hands on bousrt
West indiamen, Rear Admiral DAckas kindly .„
forty stout boys, to work the Ships to few
to be returned to la Fri:while, and she olive '-
of War, on their arrival.
& The Nancy, PoTTS, from Berwick for Lid
was captured on the 25th ult.; the Captain rs tei
rived at Flushing, from whence he writes, °lto
Feb. 1, that the Zephjr, FoaSMAN, and four.°
vessels, are captured by the same Privateer. ap,
Great losses have been sustained among the sfoot
ping at Shields. On Sunday last, at nonsis,,vetl. I
eV/
Vessels were driven on the Herd Sand,-er S.- re
vie
During that night repeated signals of distresloof
heard, and on the dawn of Sunday morning,i,•"64.
was discovered, bottom upwards, on thefferd
She proved to be the Lord Diordat. Ktzo, 7ig•
with barley ; the Crew and Passengers perisheoo
4 neath the vessel. Means have been used for the 710
cation of the unhappy sufferers, whose numbecole
not yet been ascertained. The same day a light of
Her struck on the Bar, a tremendous sea Isitri°
rudder, with such violence, that one of the'l)f
of the wheel struck one of the crew, 4nd 3' 00
tore him up alive. Another vessel haritigjoido
her ballast, entered the harbour on her bOa the
Several vessels cut their cables, and run inw
harbour, but very few without daqaage.

pipet
' There was a mistake in a paragraph in our 'lo' t.
a few days ago, respecting the French Proclaroa, flog
It was printed by the French Government, 13,11.
published. Its publication was nor to take plo"'
the Enemy had lancJed in this Country,
neaing
An erroneous statement has been made rest hag
the Invincible Standard. The point in tiisrai-t-thc
long been settled respecting its capture 10" jolt,
Enemy. It was first taken by Serjeant Sitic/',Atjo
of the 42d, retaken by the Enemy, and after'4,-
taken again by Lurz. The former has beetl,"/
an Officer, and Lurz has a pension of 20"
annum. of)
The Bloomsbury and Inns of Court Assocta'
were yesterday insneaed by Col. JENKtrls°l4hati
their parade at the Foundling, after which they a g/0
a grand field day. Col. JENKINSON expressed
greatest satisfaction at their soldier-like aPPea—
and the state of their arms and accoutrements' taps
Yesterday the St. James's Corps had a
field.day. loin
The Windsor Elution has been declaredLr,
Eleaion, as far as it relates to the seat ofd 400'
WILLIAMS. Mr. RAMSBOTTOM iS WAIL pr.
lifted to present himself as a Candidate. Mr' eti a.
CON and Mr. VANSITTART, jun. are ment'°:lo,lll
Candidates for the vacancy. Mr. W. Gita"
seat is unimpeached. a1°,21;
The ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY' have had a .0 LAl-
ble addition to their stores presented to them I..ciesig„
large collection of MSS. relative to the asisris
Monuments and Inscriptions in variou9 r ilatte
Naples, which belonged to the late Sir Wig.
Li 4:4 I t.n.t.v:.

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T.,
prii-v3y cu
is Eoxeellency the Earl of nA ttpwt•cicr held a
ncil at the Castle on Tuesday last, when
"it'd bulines'.', relating to Mercantile shipping and
„F; ,
•
'''—ine .affiirS was transaded.
Sir EVAN NEP E AN was sworn of the 'Privy Conn-
-61, and rook his seat accordingly at .the Boaxd.
ed . The Right H. Mr.. WicKHAid, it is mention-
, was to take his depar..ure this week for England:
I.l:i'ee,,ninils,i,n of Oyer and-Terminer will be
opened on
the Saturday next, by the
.Right Honourable
Lottn MAYOR. It is said the presiding Judges
will be Baron GEORGE, ai.d the Hon. Justice DAY.
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Grand Juries will be then sworn in 'for the
City and. county of Dublin.
It is not understood that an ate to he tried this
is there
F°4llflisskn on charges yof treasonable practices ;: it
Ufore probable the business. will not be. heavy.
pori the North rolls, we 'inciters:and, it is now
a shameful praCtice to charge travellers at same i.ons, •
and other' places, two Britih .
giving
i'l'
silver change s, shillings, for a guinea note, while taking*iy-
.moot f9r,anymatrer of fare that such Persons may
have had at their houses.' , • -
thYesterday an equestrian Lunatic aPpeafed about
e town, whose sions not a little a frantic harangues_
;and. expres-
m
He w used the " long_eared rabble."
as mounted upon a black PoneY ,d ressed* in- black,
• and had leather small clothes ; round the. croWn
of his hat he 'wore a reLl ribband;: brandielkipil• a
~ie in:llii, hand. .He went to allank we hear, to'
detnind -Icsatitn he he had in' it for se ve.
rat years.
town he haran...
gued the populace, caul tionseCir the
against entrusting their tnone 'thet rn. particularly
them to. be prepared to resisYt. iunottrs ; desired
this Country by the French, and Yttia bteemrP'atdyu.P9ton.
drive and carry away provisions from' any'quarter
where: they might land. ik also-leCtureti them to
peruse the Gospel, and to a due observance of tell
gton and the Sn.sibbath-day. -It is not 'Unlikly, if
he. benot '
•an auefted-Maniac, that some
pecuniary
losses- have been the cause of his derangetnent, as
he talks much of money transaCtions.
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BRIGHTON, FEB. Is.
. . .
LADY,WARRRW, whose- tireadltil misfortune we
before noticed,. we are sorry to•say, is at this time
in so alarming a situation, that her ultimate re-
covery 'is -considered as nearly impcssible--The
'shocking. hurts which her Ladyship received,' we
are informed, would haire been in a. great - me:,_
prevented, had nor the carpet in the born to
Which she was removed from the flaming chamber,
been unfOrtunately nailed to thefiodr, as the domes-
ties had imrdediare recourse .to ir ; but being disap_
pointed in this assistance, they had no other •rernedy
than by extinguhhing, the fire' of her Ladyship's
garment, with their hands, sx Ilich.- after so,' tittle,
they at length effeled, but not until her Ladyship
fleshhad endured the mnst excruciating torture, arid the
hid been literally, blistered and stripped froth
tie had
hands, in his huniane endeavours to •
overcome It. Yesterday her Ladyship was con-
ceived to be somewhat better ; hut to-day the ac-
count are Most 'unpleasantly the reverse. • -
By ,a Gentleman arrived from Middleburg?) we -
learn,' that tiq Dutchman, Or Other person, can
!trove vvithont doors in the Island of Walcheren, who
ha's not a, pass frorn the FrenchsGeneral for which
they pay nine slivers each ; and .it appears, that
..the French °filters take.all •the'duties at Flushing,
without giving their hosts one saver •;' this of course .
Occasions serious discnritent, '
•
' A letter'from a Naval Officer belonging to one
of our Crniiers off' the Dutch'Coast states, that on
§unday last .a, hundred and fifty sail of es,
were distinEtly •counred.in the port Of Flushing ;
and- that, aecording to the. information derived
from some Fishermen, the Troops in the neigh-
bourhoetd::of that place amontited to about so,000t•
.„norabirelit whom daily embarked on board - the
!',21 .4.kransports by way of exercise ; but in
:I.l.teZt_n]ittl,ites'the Flotilla never ventured beyond.
Ecuiert:vnibsi- the - land batteries. Several of the
employed as ' $ Oaainteei ColiaWielrdt the ,who with Frenchmen, who are
c.onduCt of the unfortunate
inhabitant's :
_ . vices, which reached town -
yesterday, state, that the tarter are obliged to liar_
chase permision-to pass certain presCribed biintlda-
ries, .while the' forner arc iiiider nit restraint whin-
ever. - . •
The- Bishop nfCll tc x EsTe.it. has appointed the key.
Mr. PARSLOW, of Hampstead; to the Curacy Of. 8r.,-
Giles in the Fields, ,in the room of the Rev. Mr.
KEEDox, deceased.
.
General STuAlcr has signified to The 01-Eeetti of
the Foreign Brigade which served in Egypr,, His
Mjesty's Permission to wear the Medals transmit-
ted to them by the GRAND SEIGNIOR, for their
to
gallantry in Egypt, on the memorable
21st of IVlrch.
• •
An overflowing Audience list bight attended-The
Soldier's Daughter and
Cinderella, at Drury-lane
Theatre. The Theatre was nearly full from the
openink. The. Comedy is, indeed more
than any that has been seen for a lung time.popular
The Tragedy-of The Griy
supported last night at Can Daughter was abl
XEms LE in
ovecent-arden Theatre, by
Evander, G
and Mrs. SionoNs in t: uphra-
hia. , C. KEMBLE in .Ihilotas, arid BRUNTON' in
Phocion, also contributed a respeCtable aid to. the
an
piece'; d CORY appeared to more than usual ad,
vantage in Dicirysius. The audience seemed to re.
fer the sentiments on usurpation, and tharaft
of Diousius, to the conduct and charadere ofch BO.'NAer
PARTE, by hearty tributes of applause.
. .
Mr. HOLMAN'S Comedy,- according to report, is
and p
to he called London.
This is a very pregnant title-, rOMises inexhaustible variety. Indeed; the
chief embarrassment of an Author who chases such
a prolikAgibj•ett, must arise from the 'difticulty of
selraion.
The Hanover square Rooms have been finished
at a considerable expence for the Concert of Ancient
Music. The present state of His iVIAt ESTY'S health.
however forbids us to hope that he will be able to
eni.Jn. joy his favourite amusement on the ensuing occa-
s

1,1-111 REPORT.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, FEB, 15

SITTINGS AT GUILDHALL.

WHITNELL, EXECUTOR. OF -HUSSEY, v. SKENAN.
THIS cause originated in a contest between a
couple of the fraternity called Criinfis, for I I gut.
neas crimpage money, which the Defendant ha'd re.
ceived, but. which it was contended the Plaintiff
was entitled to. By the evidence•-bf several per-
sons engaged in this profession, it.appeared, that it
'was the custom to pay three guine'as a man for pro.
curing able seamen to serve in die East India Ser-
vice. The Defendant had put on board the Corte
Etst Indiaman, five seamen, and received from
Messrs. Prescotts, the owners, the 'Slim of t.;' gut
neas, as the regular crimpage rrioney, he affirming
. that he had procured them, and the men carried on •
board affirmed the same thing. F6r the Plaintiff,
it was contended, that he was the person Who-had
aEtually procured theseseamen, and that the Defend-
ant, only as an ad of friendship (his boat going
down the River), undertook to put them on board
the Ship to oblige the Plaintiff. Some WitnesseS
Were called, who stated, that these men had lodged
and boarded at .the hotise of the Plaintiff for sorn^
days. previous to their being shipped, and one of the'
sailor's wives swore, that the Defendant had pro_
raised the seamen that he would give them or their
wives a-guinea a piece if they would say, When:
they got on board, that he was the crimp; and roof=.
the. Plaintiff. Induced by this promise, the teen
said so, but when the women came back he refused
to give them the guinea he had promised.
The Jury retired for some time in this case, and
at last,found a verdiEt for the Defendant.