The Sun.
London, England, 1804-08-06 00:00:00

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elusive have reached town.—One of the Papets
mentions a report of the surrenderof Currecoa to a
Squadron from Jamaica, and the consequent re-pos.
session of the Surinam Sloop of War. The statement,
however, appears to he unfounded.
The Egyptien,,e French Frigate, lately taken in
the West Inoies, has been hr, k,o up, not being worth
the repairs which would have
.been requisite to.fit
her for sea. , •
The Ulysses, Capt. CoLumaitee, lately capture('
a large French Privateer, in the Gulph of Mexico.
Antigua, in June lair, was greatly distressed by
the want of water ; the ranks being all dried up,
the only supply of the inhabitants was derived from
the neighbouring
A Cans.), was appointed by Commodore Hoop,
to sail from the West Indies for Europe, on the
3Pt ult.
The West India ad Jamaica Fleets are expeEled in
about te,) .lays—the former comprises z;o sail.; the
latter 174.—Forty sail from the Mediterranean, a
small Fleet from Portugal, and 17 China ships, are
likewise expelled within the month, forming a
greater number of ships than ever before arrived
within a like period.
The Centaur, Easy, and lioruet, remained in Car.
lisle Bay, Robadoes, on the I ztls June.
It will affbrd much satisfaelicin to the friendi of
the gallant Captain WRIGHT, of the P:iarege, to
ham, that a Letter has just been received front him,
in which he does nut complain of being suhjefied
toany peculiar hardship. Ile has never been joined
by 311)! of his officers or crew, as he is-kept at Paris,
while they are at Verdun, or Epinal, whither they
were marched immediately after, landing. It ap.
pears that this little Sloop alone sustained an engage.
ment of two hours, against 17 of the Enemy's Gun.
boats; hut, in consequence of the great superiority
of numbers, most. of Capt. W.'s crew were killed.
Saturday a young man of fashionable appearance
was examined at the \Vursbip.street Police-Office,
charged with having, in conjunclion with other •
persons, stolen horses in various Counties near the-,
etropolis. One of the horses stolen was said' to
' be the property of the Duke of Gloucester ; four
other horses are owned. As a number of other
charges are exPeeted to appea'r against hitt), he was
temanded for re-examination.
A Letter from an Officer in our Squadron 'off
.Flushing, dated on Wednesday last, estates,, that the
Stag Cutter joined the Comm ,dove the preceding
day, with fresh.provisions from Yarmouth. There
were in Flushing, on Wednesday, one Frigate,
twenty.oee Schooners, two Brigs, al ,d several smaller
vessels; they were hourly expeelaal to attempt a
Passage to Ostend ; our Ships lay about three miles
from the shore, anxiously wishing the approach of
the Enemy. The Rattler and Cruizer had been
detaclied to the Mouth of the Scheldt. The Squa.
diem is supplied with several Seturyts, which are to
be manned on the approach of the Enemy, and to
attack' him in 'the shallows, which heretofore fa.
toured his•escape. •
A letter from Dominica states, thet the Master
and the Mate of an American
,vessel, were lately
executed at Guadeloupe, fisr having landed on that
, • Island a Negro from Sr. Domingo.
The .4th West India Regiment has embarked at
Dominica, for Ceylon.
Most of the Generals attached to the Troops en.
camped on the. Curragli of Kildare, haVe taken houses
in the neighbourhood. • Lord. CATHCART means.,
for some time, to reside or; the ground.—General
I:htNN commands the Cavalry, and General FLOYD
the whole line.
General MYERS, who commands at St. Vincent,
has for his AidN.de.Cainp, Captains Easkiert, J.
Mytas, I'. BYARD, and H. F. MULLER; Major
rp,TIR, Secretary, as locumienens for Captain C.-
WYeas. Previous to General MYERS'S arrival
Colonel 111•Lsaw.commandecl.
, At a Review of the York Volunteers which took
Place last week, on Knevestnire, 'a heavy rain came
450, by which they were so severely drenched, that
Vie's a general volley was ordered, only one mils.
out of soo went off; the rest all hung fire.
The following are the Regiments which,are im.
mediately to encamp on Lexden Heath : • the tat
and 4d Battalions if the 40, or
,Royal Highlanders ;
a
Ist and ;I Battalions of the 92d, Of Gordon
Kighlandrrs ; the West, Suffolc, North York, 'East
middlesex, Westminster, Fifeshire, Lanarkshire,
41._41 2d Lancashire ; making, together,' a body of
ten thousand men ; to be, under. the command of
LordC
C. . ITZROY.
The Shropshire Militia, under Lord BRADFORD,,
marched
• from Yarmouth on Tuesday morning, and
'niched their tents on the Cliffs between Gotlestone
and Holston,.
(3,7rar
Dote is su c 1 I the Dunbar Distrift
y c ect et in
gather I
General r. " LPIIINSTONE•
The CaptAin Itrivet! on St.
turday the hives Neutral
A Vessel,
genCe oat, Bo from the 'xel, brings intrl:i.
Amsterdam, illiParteto was shortly expeffed at
did kinl w d
'hill p cto
repa. ; ins of the most splen_
we making for his reception. •
Lord Mo
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ft 4
and Lady ‘I,OtIDOUN arrived at.
g t
Po "a'oesday last.
Tint opERA d.
NI the last •^A very numerous audience attep
clo •
sed foe the
night of the Opera, on Saturday, which
Rah season with' the representation of
dr Proserpina, and Le "rimgemerit du Ber-
t" PaPij. Ti •
he encores in the Opera were six ; and
• Mrs, BILLINOTON sting with such excellence as
must have im *
impressed on the audience a full convic.
ti 'Kt that the is tl•-• r -s. -
world.
ass's wal a , Inger in the
Usual T,. elegant, dignified,
and impressive as
Vocal P:lfsue Is not to be held in the first rank of
ormers, she is a fine Mims and a-Singer
of no
ordinary rate. The Ballet fr
went () •an a very
g",),d F.itYl*. PARIS() danced
T uncommonly • well,
an the Des flAvas' •
exerted themselves with the
"'most ze4l, Irtoft, it seemed to he the aim of the
Vocal Performerspraid„n favourana aineers to leave a strong im.
of the o,4ta as a scientific and
elaat P
seouree of pUblic
tAs inn amusement and resort of
„__ nucclosed season of uncommon bril.
llitneY, if not of profit. Madame La aria 1 e was
°Saingreeted •
with every mark of public-applause
an" achy,
a, and was evidently much aff:aed by
Its cordial and fl• •
ottering reception.

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