The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-17 00:00:00

Went. out of HArbourthe London Transport.

Sailed the Hydra Frigate on a cruize.
Arrived yesterday evening the llanuah, of Ben
from the Downs, bollix' to the East In-
dies. . . •

Yesterday the LORD CH ANC.EILOR' had' an
dience of His MAJESTY.
.On. account of the bad weather yesterday, HER,
MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES did not leave the

Queen's House. . . •
Yesterday noon' a Council was held at. Lord.
HAWKESBURV'S.Office, in Downing-street. The
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Earl ST. VIN.
CENT, Lords HOBART and HAWKESBURY, arid Mr.
Yu au: were present.
Ttitll.7iteATKE.—The Benefit of Mrs. JORDAN'
last night, at Drury-lane Theatre, attracted a
crowded audience. The -Dramatic Performances on
this occasion were, Me Comedy of The Hypo.
crite, aind,a,new Farce, entitled, The Middle D-Ish,
or The Irishman in Turkey. The Itypocrite, was
altogether very, well. cast, and the Chara&ers
were, of course, ably sustained. The new Farce
of The, Middle Dish is to be considered as
one of those hasty offerings at the shrine of
friendship, which are chiefly intended to serve
an occasional purpose. Considered .in that light, it
deserved rather more favour. than it experienced
last night. The hero of the piece, ate Irish..
man, is, .with his wife, exalted into the -si-
tuation of their superiors, the latter of whom
wait upon them, and . gratify them with the
choicest dainties, prohibiting, however, any taste
of the middle dish. This prohibition naturally
operates upon the perverse temper of mankind, in
stimulating a greater desire for that dish than
for all surrounding luxuries, particularly as honest.
Pat conceives that the forbidden fruit consists of
Tardl;4l, Potatoes, which he wants to compare with
the produce of his native soil. There is some hu.
mour in the conception of this Piece, though it is
indeed partly suggested by the Taming of the
Shrew; but it is evidently a hasty composition.
The Performers exerted themselves with great zeal,
and the Piece was much indebted to the humour

Of JOHNSTON E and Mrs. JORDAN.
BRAHANt's Benefit last night was an e rflaw;f2 g
bumper. The Dramatic Pieces were The Haunted
Tower, and No Song No Supper, with a vast variety
of vocal treasures. His own musical exertions were
very great indeed, particularly his Polaera, from
The Cabinet, which had the most hearty entore per-
hapi.ever heard in a Theatre. _

Mr. BEST and his Second, one day last week, sent
notice to Sir RICHARD FORD, that they would sur-
render themselves fur trial at the Old Bailey as yes-
terday morning ; accordingly' proper °dicers at.
tended to take charge of them, but the parties did.
not keep their appointment ; the r,:ason assigned for
which is, that Mr. BEST and his friend, at the time
they gave the above notice, took it for granted :hat
a Bill would be preferred against them this preseot
Sessions, when they would be brought to trial ; bat
having afterwards learned that no Bill had been pre-
ferred, they were apprehensive, that by surrendering
now, they would be obliged to remain in prison
until the next Sessions.
Last , night, at half past nine o'clock, a fire
broke out at a rope-walk belonging to Mr. CORN.
w.,ALL, at the end of Back-laue, St. George's Ro id,
in the parish of Shadwell, which burnt with great
fury, and In a short rime it communicated to Mr.
Mt LES'S dcal.yard,; which place, together with the
rope-walk, was entirely consurnd. The conflagra.
tion at one time became so great, that Apprehen-
sions were entertained for the whole neighbour-
hood. The timely exertions of the fire-engines,
however, prevented the dat roaion of Burton's_
buildings, several houses in which were repeat-
ed), on fire. Five or six houses were consider.
ably damaged, as well as a liotp# in Mercer's-row ;
and one in Price's-row. The ;ire was entirely go:
under at la o'clock, and no furth mi:,cl. wit, ap-
i prehended. It was not known 11uw it originated.

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Passed by—the Vrow, --, from the Bay of Roses;,
'Orphelia, Perkins, twin New-York ;. Covd Holfourig,,
Blear, Vrow Aukie, Vrow Kira, and Th•ee
Shaw, from Embden • tone Peiter, ionge 17, '
Vrow Alinda, , Twe t:, Holman,
Eight Brothers, Schoon, and Vrow Harn:.l/4.1,, from Lawyck ;
Catharina, Janson, from Calais ; iinert„ from Rot- •
tr-rdam ; Jacobs, Monder, and the Throe 'S:sters,
Dwiss, trop: Amsterdam.
Sailed—the L•Jaile, Biirchapi, far Oporto ;
Carrol, for Cadiz ; N. S. &Nona, --, for .134bf,a; Allison,
lOr Dublin ; Dart; Wutts, for Petersburg,`: ; Nep-
tune, Smith, Kroop. and the Johanna Sophia,
—, for Tonningen ; Iham, C rea, for Belfast ; Peter,
Bit-thins, for Einbchni *:;.torgansrown, --, for. hotterdam ;
Vrow Wilimina, 4,.lnge lamer, OvQrland, and the Drie
cbroders, at,wyck:

COAL EXCHANGE, April i 6.
Best Coals, in the Pool, per Ghaldron ' jj IS od
Delivered to 1-16'usekeepers at - 63$ c'd,
Sunderland, per Chaldron 45$ 04'
Delivered to Housekeepers at -57 S Od

BANKS OF THE THAMES, WEYBIIiDGE,SURREV,
By Mr. CHPJSI
In ajle coutse of next Month,
A N EKtensk7i*ANSlON., with OffiCes, Gtr.
1-1. dens, thatations, Park, and Farm, in, the whole
340 Acres. deljghtfully situated on the Bahks of the Thatnesr,
at Weybrihe, Snrrey, the property of a .Person of fashion.
pcscrkpti,vg particulars, and a Map of the Lstate, • are 'pre.
Paring, and may be 's*irtly seen in Pall-Mall. . ,

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