The Sun.
London, England, 1804-03-14 00:00:00

COP A:, MARqn6.
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CAF?AIN WAGGETT, of the 48th Regiment (id
Battalion), arrived in Town this days with an ac-
count of the arrival of the Battalion in the Harbour :
they land to-morrow, and march for Mall w, twelve
miles from hence, where they are to be quartered.
The Transports with the Reserve of the 58th
are now at Cove; they sail with the first wind tor
Jersey. . They were originally destined for New
Geneva.

Th;s Morning arrived a Mail from the Leeward
Islands, brought to Falmouth by the Dub. of Kent
Packer, in six weeks; and a Mail from Lisbon,

brought by the Prince of Wales Packet, in ten days.
A►terican Papers are received down to the 4.th
Feb. They contain nothing of much-moment.
A Motion had been made in the House of Represen-
tative', for a Committee to consider of the expedien-
cy of imposing duties on all Foreign Ships entering
the Potts of the United States, as a compensation

for the benefit of the Light Houses ereled at the
expence of the United States, in the same way•as
American Vessels entering BritiSh Ports are at pre.

sent charged.
A Law has been passed in the Mississippi Legi-
slature, against Duelling, imposing on aggressors a
fine of too° dollars, imprisonment for twelve
months, and incapacity from holding any office for
five years. If either party fall, the survivor and
his associates to sufFer death! _

In the Housc of Representatives, on Jan,
was proposed and agreed to, that a tax of ten. dol-
lars be imposed upon every Slave imported into the

United States.

Information has been received at Charlestown,
that the French prisoners on board the Frigate
Clorinde, lately surrendered to the British at Cape
Fraloi3e, afterwards rose upon the,English Sailors,
reto,,k the Frigate, and carried her into Porto Rico.
A Bill is before Congress, making it death 'in any
of the crew, or owner, to run on shore, burn,
otherwise es soy, a vessel at sea.
Accounts from St. Domingo state, that Cape
Town has been ravished and plundered by the Ne.

groes, who are dividing themselves into tribes, ac-
cording to their African origin, and faint hopes .are
entertained of their settling into any tranquil state.
The French Commissaries atSt.. jag° de Cuba have
declared St. Domingo in,a state of siege, and a feW
Privateers they have fitted' 'nit take -every thing:
they can meet going'into the portsof that Illand. •
The Navy Board are about to contra6t for ' r 4.
Ships, for the purpose-of attending convoys, to be
armed with carronades, of the following burthens,
viz, four of 300 tons, six of 250 to 300, all to the
Baltic; and four of 250 to 300, for the English and
Irish Channels.
The payment 'of I-Tall-pay to. Sea Officers will
commence on MOnday next to Admirals and. Cap:.•
tains; on Tuesday to Lieutenants ; and to .morrow
se'nnight to' Masters and Surgeons. ' •
„.
The Candidates for the Borough of l'lChe'sfer, 'are'
Colonel OGILv IE, Sii EAwARD
and JOHN MANNERS, Esq. brot:l,l:4 WILLIAM.
•y C ;
Lord CAMELFORD has appoin,t;e4 y.
SMITH one of ills executors in: ,a).lstler,heiwrote
to boa, he particularly 'req9ested tlyi Sir SYDNEY
would comc to" To v, n d 3 soon as-licisttlife;Vritl ful-
fil 4 few commissions, oat of *toil
over his body to Lisbon to be interred there..., He
made an application to the samieitd to Lord
GR sNV LLF, and_ wig )understandt that. prerftrations
are making for carrying Lindship's dying re-
quest into execution. In.his will he has left 10,0001.
to Sir SyDN Ey. SMITH? and a handsome surti'''-'tb an
ingenious' chemistitwho'was- in 'qiEllitbirof 'attend -
ing in his Ltirdship's
It has' been determined by Igle-'Cotliminiter
Chief, His "Royal Highness' the Du
that Ofikers. serving in .the.
only to 'take Tank as such,- withbut iny'fifererice
to thit whieh they May. possesl •in; thB Regitiar'
Army. • '• • • • ''
The First Itegithent Gnatils left Tort yestei-
day morning-about- eleiten o'clock, in' Complete
niarehinforder, -with ammuniiion.waggons;- init.'
levy,' Sit.' They—took the Uxbridge road, with
drUrnslieatini arideolours
Thp. 1•a%%; . Association marched to Chalk Farm
yesterday morning front the 'temple, and Were fir-
ing ball there till the: afternoon. They did their
busiiesA` iii "a tnost Steady and soldierly manner.
_ _

,When they had finishedliteakfast, which was pre-
*/ ['area for them; the Colonel drank tiieir healths, and
said to them, " Gentlemen, this is the first. time 1.
have been Sealed amongst' you since I have had the
honour tw..comiiland you.—l have only seen yotam_
der arms--- here' vt-e are companions, and friends and
equals. That recolleiffion which my behaviotvr shall
always impress; so far from weakening
will secure it. The stria obedience which I shall'
always require froM you as Soldiers, will never be
felt by you as severity or unkindness, because-you
know its necessity and its value—your behaviour
1119 `uniformly evinced 'it, In what I have said
know that I speak 'the sentiments of all' your 011 i;
cers." • •
On Monday' se'nniklit Colonel O'GclitivfAtg' and
Captain N rtAtt6.were escorted to' l'ortarnehth'by'a
Troop of Dragoons from Leeke, and .ptit on board
the Royal Oak Prison-ship, fur havineticilated the
rules of parole.
Essex COU.NTT Ms t a respeBable and
numerous Meeting of the principal land owners, land
occupiers, maltsters, and viffuallers, at the Black
Boy Inn, at Chelmsford, on Friday last, tocopsider of
a petition
,to Parliament on the stititiqt..,of the high
duties on Malt, and the insuf4cjency;
s,rhe present
Corn Laws;Sce.&c, Lord 131t.A.Y loptc.tt in the Chair,
a Petition to'ParliaMent was determin442,q;..die
objets of.which area revision of theCpm.taws,a
reflation of the heavy duties on Malt, and an equa,
fixation of duties on Malt made from barley of the
growth of England, Ireland, or Scotland.* The
Petition was afterwards carried to the G.rand jury,
which was still sitting; where it was im• mediately
received,
.and signed. • -
The first COnvoy for 'Tonningen- is to sail on the
rph.inst. from Leith Roads, from whence alternate
Convoys for that place and the Baltic are to sail
monthly.