The Sun.
London, England, 1804-03-31 00:00:00

Downs.

SHEERNESS, MARCH 30.-- Arrived. the Boxer
Gun-brig, Lieut. CHESTER.
Sailed on a Cruize, the Ethalign Frigate, Capt.
STEWART, the Crew of which were: this day, paid
up to six months, together with', a' distribution of
prize-money for their captures in the Ninth Sea.

im-
DEAL, MARCH 30.--His WiajeSosllip L'
able sailed on a Cruize off Gowrie ; liirg;irie to
the Nore, with French Prisoners ; and Monkty
Gun-brig on a Cruize off the Coast of France.
_His Majesty's Ships Immorta;iie',..D.art, Hound,
Fury, Sulphur, Confit?, and Jackal!, came in from
a Cruize off Boulogne ; and, the liirotrims from a
Cruize to the Westward.

The Persmerance, Capt. Tw E E DLE, East India
Ship, came clown' froth the River, and remains.
Inthe Downs-LMOnarch, Utrocht, Veteran, Stately, Braa.
kel, Illustrious, Trusty, Sfenne, mmortalite, Dart, Curlew,
-Bonetta, Hound, Vesuvius,. Sulphur, Conflid, 1 ackall, and
Archer ; .Deptford Transport, Chatham Lighter; Perseve-
-111101.00 ~aim oh:r.

MUTINY ON BOARD THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE

MERCHANTMAN.

LETTER FROM THE BRITISH CONSUL AT CADIZ.
SIR, Cadiz, March 2, 1804.
• -THE annexed Copy of Captain ANbREW'S Letter tO me
yesterday,. will infam you of the unpleasant circumstances
under which the Queen Charlotte anchored in this Bay the
day before. It is with pleastire I can now state to you, his
'being. in „quiet and peaceable. possession of his ship, the
French Officer and Men who went on board,in the supposition
of her being a prize, as represented by the Mutineers, having
lieen conveyed to the Lazaretto by the disposition of His
Excellency Marquis de la SOLCO,NA, our Governor, in conse-
quence of my representation to him, and being satisfied as to
the real state of the case.
At'the same time, the Mutineers, eight in number, Were
conveyed there as felons, and to be treated as such, until it
may be determined as to their being tried here, or given up to
our Government. Capt. ANDREW'S woundshre not anger-
ous ; he has aeted with great propriety.
Captain ANDREW requests your mentioning these particu-
lars to his friends, and those interested. He is left without
a crew, and badly off with respe& to anchors and cables, as
you may suppose ; and being in quarantine, adds to the diffl-
culties. Now that the essential point has been accomplished,
steps are taking to remedy all the rest, which I flatter my-
self may be the case timely for his benefiting of the convoy,
with which he arrived at Gibraltar the 26th of February,
• from Malta. We are much obliged to the Governor for the
decided and quick manner in which the thing has been ma-
naged ; and I must, in justice to the French Commissary
here, and to the Commander of L' Aigle French Ship of War,
(from which the boat was sent aboard), state, their disclaim-
ing any further prote&ion, when acquainted how the matter
really was. I remain, Sir,

Your most obedient servant,
(Signed) JAMES DUFF.

Mr. yohn

EXTRACT FROM CAPT. ANDREW'S STATEMENT TO •THE
BRITISH CONSUL AT CADIZ,•OF THE. MUTINOUS CON-
DUCT OF• THE CREW OF THAT SHIP.
• Queen Charlotte, Cadiz Bay, Thursday, March s, ISo4.
" I can only say, that of the eight Mutineers whom I have
on board, four of them I shipped in Malta in August last ;
three of these are Maltese, the other an I talian of Palerino.
The other four I shipped in Smyrna, in Odober last, all as
Italians, two of them out of an English ship, one of whom had
been long in the English service. These peOple have at all
times done their duty, and appeared to be much in fear of
French Colours ; of course, I thought I had a good ship's
company, until Tuesday night last, February 2S, lying at
anchor in Gibraltar Bay, about ten o'clock in the night, hear-
ing a noise upon deck, 1 got out of bed, and, on entering the
deck, I was struck down and received several cuts in the
head, which discharged a great quantity of blood. The cries
of my wife (who was on board) and myself nearly fainting,
had made them suppose I was dead. During that tint:: I
could not hear any thing of the Mate cr Roy. On being a little
recovered? I got tysel'fbarricaded with snails and goods at the
callin.cloor,witJl a musket. About four o',. to,. k ir, the morn-
il'SA I hqat4. the M4te'i Voice is his eribrin, ou,the ovt.;ie et

the cabin door: I had some tonvrsatior. with him. Vie fair-
ed me that the Cook bad told him they supposed me dew,
and that neither he nor the Boy should be heard further. In
the morning the Boy had some conversation with the Mate,
and told him that their intention was to mutder my woe
and infant child (about seven weeks old), This information
made my situation more hard. I opened part of my barth ri-
cading, and got the Nlate into the cabin. After this ey
found I was yet alive, had myself armed, and had it in MY
power to shoot them, if they came below. By this time, by
the courses they had and were steering, I found they were
bound_to Cadiz, which we afterwards saw distinelly in work-
ing in. I got out one of the dead lights, and told the Pilots
that were astern, that I was Master, and the peopleon deck

Were Pirates.
" When they found they could not enter the cabin to get
the ship's papers, after letting go the anchor, they hailed the
French Ship of war. I then fired out of the cabin-windefftha4
and told the Pilot that the ship was not a prize, that I
possession of my cabin and all my papers. After this, two
French boats, manned and armed, came to fire into the cabin'
windows. At this rime I told them I would surrender, PO'
viding a French Officer would come on board, since SPY sittrl°
tion was horrid, with my `rife and child. I cannot St Pe-
sent give an account of the loss sustained : only the 31016 r
and cable, longboat, and some cordage. If you wish to knell.
more particulars, I hope some person will come tow:erne*

At present remains, with ttt greatest respea. Bso.
(Signed) "ALE X. ANDREW."
P., S. I wish to know if it will be necessary to send in °‘
press to the Commanding Officer of the Conroy.

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Government has taken into its service the 10110"
ing Vessels:
Mercator - Capt. WELsH.
Thames • - Capt. PoNsoisal:•
Adelphi - Capt. PRATIR.
Magdalen - Capt.'. PorkLAN:.
By the Swan cutter, which arrived on Wednes"
day at Yarmouth, from the squadron under Cod';
modore Sir SIDNEY SMITH, we learn, that ofi
13 s
Saturday evening five boats manned with volunteer,
from the Antelope, and four boats from the gag
czenne, undertook to cut out near the Scaw an atlne
brig, but before they could effet their porr:sch'
they were attacked by an armed schooner, svb,;c,
obliged them to abandon their enterprize.
boats sustained considerable loss, having five 1111
killed and ten wounded, among the latter are
n o '
ff'
Officers, one of whom is wounded in the ti
. The boats succeeded in etting fire to the brig
fore they quitted her, but the schooner taking Pos.-
seso9.l).of her immediately, the Enemy found 'l'''"ll9.,
to extinguish the flames.--Official dispatches, with
an account of this affair, were sent off by the Lori
Ndio'frr,cutter, which sailed before the Swan icic
the squadron.
The four French Privateers, which were known
to have sailed from Teneriffe for the Coast of Africa'
some time ago, were seen in that quarter about and
latter end of January. La Braave, 0122 POI allt
250 men; L'Egyptienne, of 36 guns, and 400 Men '
and a Privateer of 16 guns, were joined about tlic
same time by six privateers of 14. and 18 guns each'
from Cayenne, and all are gone down the Coast I°
Angola. The other-privateer, Uncle Toby, of 14'4
guns, and 250 men, arrived at Senegal on the 24'
of January. The prizes they may take, it is sup-
posed will be sent to the river Plate.
avh
A letter from Hastings, dated March 28, 51th
" The Brig Mary Anne, of Mevagissey, laden W',4
ordnance stores for London, was captured bY hr
French Lugger Privateer, last night, at eig;le
o'clock, about two leagues off Beachy
ere Head 0114
C,
the
made and crew are just come on shore h, 113
made !helr escape in the Enemy's boats, in ooh
confusion of boarding. Many other vessels
after appeared in sight, and it is feared sonic
them arc taken."
The Liberty,lloasoN, from Shields to London
with coals, is on shore about eight miles to ,1111
southward of Whitby ; ship and cargo lost, an°
on board perished. e oat°
The Jean, BoußcH, of Newburgh, - ,
and potatoes fur Selby, is on shore near Whitby
cargo saved, and hopes are entertained that the v
set will be got off.
An English vessel trading from London to
lin, was captured a few days since by a French ,r,;
s vAteer, in sight of the Land's End, and soon ''''set
recaptured by Sir EDWARD PELLEW. Vse,c):4
was put in charge of a Midshipman (Mr. I`,
CRUSE) to conduct her to Falmouth, in wn',7 oft
experienced much difficulty in consequence 'biro
of the crew having formed a design to throw rt,
overboard, and carry the ship into a French APcdie
but by the timely discovery of the riot, an- ~erg
firm and resolute condud in the Officer, them utin.fil,
were secured, and the ship is now safe at Falm°ulie,
Letters from our blockading squadron off Pc'l„l
fort, state, that two French sail of the lino av,,
two frigates have succeeded in effeßing their csca''
from that port. frrli
Captain BAUD IN, *llO commanded the 5-I‘,'l,
French Squadron, destined to sail round the wnstei,"
died at the Isle of France, on the 16th of last DLL;
tember. A disagreement among the Offi?ers apy
prevented the Mother Country from deriving
benefit from this Expedition, which has cost ant
upwards of two millions of livres. es.A`a,
Ad-
have now joined those under the command °I ilea
miral LiNots, and some of them have alteadY sa
on a cruize against the English.

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net
On Thursday at half-past one o'clock a Cato
Council was held at Lord HAWKESBURY'S °.,0-f6ce::
which was attended by the Russian, Swedish, l'ri,
politan, and Portugueze Ambassadors. The C`jtj
cil broke up soon after three. • Id
Two Troops of the 7th Dragoons Guards roace•
°0
into Newcastle on Saturday, and one more on
e,i
day. The rest of this fine Regiment are stati°" at
he
te
as follows :—Two Troops at Mansr ; tvi° 0
Sheffield; and one at Leeds. Head.guarters.
Newcastle.
of Reserve recelVl3J°
The 3d Battalion of the Army iv.el
their Colours on Thtirsday sennight, from
„for
General FISHER, in College-green, Bristol) get.
hearing an excellent sermon preached ,by the._cato
. the Dean of Bristol. The other Mtia Reg.'," .04
citt-trtered in that City (the Bedford,
2,3 Wtlis) attended thc ceremoryra as
.

YOLU .AIT

ON Thursday afternoon, on the return' of the
Westminster Volutiteers from a Field-day in Hyde
Park, 'they: were addressed by their .Colonel, who'
acquainted them, that he.had received a letter from
the Secretary of State (Mr. YORKE), infOtrtlifik
him, that .as several Corps had offered to 'place
themselves 'upon permanent' duty, he wished 'to.
know if they were desirous of being placed nrr the
same footing. It was the wish of His M:4jesty's
Ministers, he added, if the Regiment approved of
the measure, that they should prepare to leave town,
and enter upon permanent duty, for a fortnight Qr.
three weeks. They would, during their absence
.1
from their homes, be entitled to full pay, and re-
ceive immediately the marching guinea. The Co-.
lonel, after making some observations on the nature
of the application, concluded with hoping the Corps
would give the proposal of Government due conside-
ration. The speech of the Colonel was received
with unanimous approbatton.
Letters to the same effen have been sent to all
other Volunreer Corps. Lord AMHERST, it was
expeaed, would address the St. James's upon the
ssubjeet this day in their drill ground.
The St: George'.s Regiment of V ‘lunteers, with
the lexception of a few married men, &c. have vo-
lunteered to do permanent duty for one month, to
perforni Which they will quit . London in Abe course
of the ensuing month. This Corps will have a field-
day on Monday Morning next in Hyde Park, under
the command of the Earl of CHRsTpRpi ELD i -after
tvliich the Officers will dine at their mess, at the
Thatched House.

MR. YORKE'S BILL.

As Mr. PITT hail intended to bring fotwaid
a measure for the Increase and Regulation of the
Army, and had thrown out his ideas upon that
stihjett, the Ministers, as usual, determined to alt-ticipate it, and to introduce a plan of their own,
founded upon some of his ideas, but as usual, de-
patting tram them sufficiently to he, enabled to call
the measure their own—and we think, in this, as
in most other instances, to ;Toil the whole scheme.
Mr. Port's plan had for is object to destroy com-
petition in recruiting—Mr. YORKE'S plan pro! ses
the.
_same thing, but his plan will not attain that
desirable end,—and without it he will not raise
E 606 of the 40,000 men, with which he proposes
to increase our Army. We will venture to assert,
that the Bill tviill undergo as many alterations,
as
the late Volunteer Bill, and will, after all, in all
probability, he in the end as deleatve as. e w
, ay
convinced that will be. We cannot see
wiiy the,
• Irish Militia should be permitted,
ivolunteer their_
services for Great Britain. Can it be said that
Pure voluntary zeal induces this offer ? Do we
want them here ? and is it not a singular thing r')
bring a force from that Country, more in danger
than tis, merel to send 'as many men from this,
County" to chary? and where is the a.ivaritage
defending. England with Irish Militia, and Ireland
with English Soldier's ? upon the whole, w we. think;
IVIr. YORKE'S plan in many parts objedionable,
in otheri roe's
fficient, and it seems:to us introduced
oy that Mr. PITT might not have the credit, ofP,toPoainEra better.
• Yesterday'
the Cit
ttets, the'Hon, y fWeittniater Loyal Volun-
Colonel ED me
isseinbled in:West!:
minster Hall, where they heard .an excelrent Seritiotto.
preached by the key. T. DeWcwi, Chaplain-tO
the
Corps. After that the 4th Company went out. to-
lttersea, to pra6tise light infantry manceuvreir,
along with the Light Company.
The Gtm,lemen of St. Pancras met on Thursday:.
evening in Hyde's Rooms, Tottenham-street, when',
a Committee was appointed, and an instrudion was:
Riven to the Committee that they should, without'
write to the Lord Lieutenant f the Coty,;
requesting him' to state to the Righto Hon. thune' Se,.:
eretary at War, that they were ready to make 41
flesh tender of their services towards the defence of
erdisa their Country, and expressing a hope that any 'for_
which sub fisted in the C•.o.ps
would not be considered an obstacle to their wish
of manifesting their loyalty and patriotism at the
present crisis.
Of all the Mahratta Princes Row
Sc t N.
DI AR, who heads the present confederacy against us,
possesses the most numerous, best appoid,
best disciplined Army. It was originallynte fo and
by his predecessor MAHAt Sot NDI rmed
AH,
established some Brigades of Infantry on t who
he to '
eopenn system. These brigades were afterwards
inco•ased to 2j,000 men, all which,. together
with a very large body of Artillery, was broughtu
to a high state of discipline under .General D ColoNE, a native of Savoy, who was upwards of
twenty years in SCIZ,IDIALI'S service, and who, by
the way, now resides in Paris.
Our confidence must be increased, when we see,
from recent events, that the English soldiers are the
same now as in the days of MARLBOROUGH, Fifty
English soldiers in the Island of Goree, valiantly
withstood 600 French, arid did not yield till they
had killed double their own. notnber of the Enemy.
In the late action in the East Indies, the British
Army, consisting of only 60,06 men, most of whom were natives, put to the rout 35,0000 f the Mahratta
troops, commanded by French and German Officers,
and with every circumstance in their .favoor.
Sir Horan POPHAM'S ens:-/ into" the House of
Commons was very creditable to his talents and to -
his feeliggs. He took as trong interest in the claims
of his naval brethren, grounded however upon the
.honour and interest of the Country. But this is not
411, for Sir HOME placed that subject in a clear light
which did not seem to be very well understood by
those ii;ho had introduced it.
MATCH AG Al WST TIUE.—On Sunday "-night a
Person set out from Birmingham to ride to London,
and return in 48 hours, on a mare belonging to a Mr.
near that place. The equestrian butcher)
*et off nearly at score, and continued his speed
through Coventry, Daventry, and Dunchurch ;'but
at Redhurn, about 85 miles on his road,• he was
completely knocked up, and put to bed for some
hours, and was wholly
.unable to prosecute the join.
ct Y.—The match, which was for ioo guineas, was
course lost.