The Sun.
London, England, 1803-07-27 00:00:00

iiRISTOI., JULY Z 2

THE Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia quartered
here, have received orders to prepare to take the
field on the shortest notice, and the COmmanding,
Officer, Culonel MOOR E, has been directed to pur.
chase a sufficient number of horses to transport the
ammunition and light baggage of the Regiment, as
occasion may require ; and it is.supposed that all the
other Regiments in ris.Distritt, have received si.
milar orders.

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THE THEATEE.---rthe new Musical Farce of
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'T,
eve Lame, at Lork-Smithti was repeated last night
before a very numernus Audience, who fully icon-,
firmed the previons decision in its Gornto.. There
is considerable merit in the Music. The Overture
is a very spirited and elegant composition, in which
Hot.mes's admirable Bassoon appears to great ad.
Vantage. The piece is Well supported by the Adore,
particulatly ELL i*ToN, MATTHEWS, and DENMAN.,
-Gttove also deserves a very commendatory notice.
MATTHEWS had an encore in a whimsical song, to
the Tune 'of 41ly Croa4tr. -The Play,. which was
The Heir at Lo.-,,u, was a little intetrupted by the
absence of cm Arm Art, fur ..whom ELLIETON made, a
Liberal apology. Cum-mail had been prevented from attending his duty at first by the illness of his•child.
The Audience behaved with their usual kindness,
On Monday night a cry of Murder- was heard'
'ruin a house in Queen Anne Street, East. Oil the
watchtnan getting in, he found the servant woman
lying on the ground in the kitchen, with the sinews
of her arms cut across, and a soldier's cap -lying
beside her. She said, a soldier, who had just made
his escape the 'back-way, had wounded her ; he,
was followed,•a,nd when overtaken turned and said,
Watchman, I am the man, I do not deny it,
take mei and be d-----d." On being brought to
Marlborough.street yesterday, he gave the follow..
ing.account of hirnielf; that hia name was Hatch,'a
private in the Coldstream Regiment ; that he
had
been ottt.asketi in church, the ring purchased,
arid the day appointed for the celebration of
--- his nuptials with the woman who was, now
,wounded ; that, when he called upon her to
gt to church, she said, '' he had out.stayed his
time, and she would tint marry him.." Stung to
madness with the disappointment, he took a knife
which lay on the dresser, and stabbed himself in
several parts of the body, and was going to cut his
throat, when the woman, in.endeavouring to Wrest'
the knife from hire, met with the wound. He
t',etned.to have no concern about his fate, and was
ortivted by the Magistrate to be take') care of; the
it .is feared, will lose thetuse of her arms
InC Ctindenßii hctielf for this unfortunate business.

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cdiit Ole A NOTE D'ULIVEREO TO TlicrlitAltO,OlsoF
TITCHIAELD, JULY 17TH,, 18c3, RV LiFul'EN
ANT-GENERAL LORD-CATHCART. ,
I r is in. the cimtemplation of ,His Nieles'Yfs • r'rre'remeet
to piovlete the it mostaii.%tllal icecaps for rine t
list from the incursion Olen Enernye who. favou eel tw exis.,-
ordinary. fortune of War, might not only have eke., cl iita dij-
positions made by-teed and sea
.to resit invalitail,•but being
landed insuperior foree, should throuAn the same fertente he
enabled to penetrate -into the country, steer enough to the e:4.
pital at least to occasion apprehensiun tor its secieray, if there
were no ptecautions taken, and ho plan Merle Jill... Ste pro-
te,ttion. Such a Matt must not only be rhorenielr digested.
'but must atually be put iii a state of ViCplf ittiott, &nit:l647)r
i 0 Ciallre the pradicability of its being carried iittS effect the
moment appearances of danger may justify the eXPchc:c and
ha:unvemenpe, small as elicae objects may DC.
Although the completion of the opeiat;ons proposer( May
for the present be poetponed, it is nevertheless indispensably
tit:celibate' es proceed, without the delay ot an hour, to make
certein iireparatory arremerneeets through rite aid of the Lords
Lieutenants of the adjacent coesuies, and even to mark out
some 'Sroanct relied upon in case of necessity, fOr the con.;
strut-}ton of field works and batteries.. ' . I
tits Rival Highness the Commander in Chie‘hae. in the
course of last War, diretted his thoughts to the dOnsideration
of this subjed; u most accurate military survey has been
made under the inspection of an Officer ofelie greatest emi-
nence and professional skill and •experience. The situation
of every necessary work, battery, and line, has been ascer-
tained, the necessary guns and troops to guard and defend
these works have been calculated, as well as the number of
hands /necessary to complete them within a given period.
The whole arrangement has undergone consideration and re-
visallfor years, and is ripe for execution.
It must afford the greatest satisitidion to every well wisher
to his Country to know, that in the opinion °fall professional
men who have been consulted, the means which Nature has
ailbriled to the Cities of Lofiden and Westminster of provin-
ing for their security, are beyOnd What have been found in
the case of almost any city in the universe ; that with due
attention to the advantages to be made by such positions as
encircle them, and with the Armed Force which may be col-
leek(' ler their defence, and that amply supplied with pro-
visions, this Capital may bid defiance to any invading force,
at least until. ample 'time is given foe the arrival of such a
power from the Country as, when combined with the force
within the lines, must be much more than sufficient to ex-
terminate any Army that could be transported to Lngland.
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Part of the Line of Defence alluded to in what has been
'said, runs through the County of Middlesex in a semicircular
form. beginning at the Thames near the mouth of the River
Lea, and ending at the Thathes above and near to Battersea
Bridge;,it passes in its northern and north-western diredion
through Stratford-le-Bose and near Clanton, along the
high grounds which bound the marshes on, the sight or
western bank of the River Lea, as far as' the neighbourhood
of Stamford Hill, %viten it quits the Lea' and' takes a western
course, passing from near the turnidke on Statnierd
by Hornsey Wood to the ridge extending by Mount [levant,
over the ..vilkige of ..Croticheend; and from thence .br the
Sheep-hopse is,iciee to Highgate and adjecentstr,from' thence,
• by Hatimeteed and adjacents, towards Willscion Green ; here
it changee. its direction to the Soutli-Weet ausiSoUtle minting
down to 'the canal near the Rect.-house, then crossing the
Canal near reessat Green, .proceeding, to Kensington Gravel
Tits end Holland Hotise, passing near Chelsea, .and
reaching twTll4llltts aboire gAtierSCii II ridge.
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The Lord Lieutenant having appointed a general Meeting
of the'Lieutetiancy of the County or Ist iddlesex, to be held
On the mBth instant, for, the purpose of carrying into effect
certain previsions of an. Act passed. this Seesion of Parlia-
ment, entitled," An Act to enable His Meistr( more efkc-
tually to provide for the Defence and Security of the Realm
during the present War;".. it becomes the' duty of Lieutenant
General Lord Car' it CA'S. T, hi come:qui:rice of orders given to-
him by. His Royal Hiehnees the Cenuitander Ili Chief, as
cornmandiug the ,Distrid in 'which that 'part of the County of
Middlesex, through which the intended' Lines of Defence pass,.
is -situated, to comronneeete witlethe Lord Lieutenant on this
subjel, and to request, thaein finning the arrangements for
the- Country Di mums eaf the County: of Middlesex, under
,the powers of the above. recited Ad, according to the Plan
of establishing a System of Communication', and another
Plan for rendering the body of the People instrumental.to 'the
General Defence, proposed by His Majesty's Principal Se-
cretary of State for the Wer Department; the Lord Lieu-
tenant will b.) pleased to hold to view the petnlier Ciretoll.
stance of the intended construction of Lines of Defence.
Whatever assistance might be rendered from the metronolis
itself, or frosts the adjacent and, .inland-counties without the
line, in the event of completing the works (and such assist.
ante would doubtless he amply and systematically attbrded),
it is essentially.requisite, for the sake of order, expedition,
regularity of and payment, as well as protection of property,
and incipient operation should be rondo
Iterepasasriasttoairlyee of the inhabitants resident upon and
that
through' a P
near the haat' defence; for this reason it is to be wished,
that in eppOliiting the Lieutenants of Divisions, and 'wee..
tors of Hundreds, provision may be made ro ascertain as
many points of communication' near the residence of Lieute-
'nants of Divisions, or of Inspectors of Hundreds, as posele
ble, the same, being contiguous to or• within reach of the
.line. If the residence of Gentlemen, accepting eitargei of
Lieutenants or Inspectors,. do, not suit this purpose, the in.
convenience may be obviated by appointing inns,' or places
near rens, where post horses nue, be had, and where lettersor
requisitions tney be addressed, and received and forwarded to
the responsible person. These places will also serve for ren-
dezvous to the. Superintendents of Parishes, who :will also
have places oi' meeting. for the agents they employ in their
respettive pariJtes.
Thus a system of most expeclitiutiscommutttdarlein will be
established between the Commanding General an the Lieu-
tenancy, and between the Lientenaney and the parighieners of
the parishesein the adjacent hundreds ; opportunities will be
given to make those who arc expeeted to comply, with requi-
sitions clearly understand the nature of .the requisitions
likely trete proposed to them, and to know the places where
individuals may be desired to assemble, or where materials.
may liecolleaed and deposited.
With 'such'. confidential' persons, implements necessary for
works of this sort, but, not otherwise to be found, will be
depOeited.i through their' means pmt elm hours( the Whole
power of the Parish.may be collected, or in the fust instance
a few hands to mark out ground e and,' lastly, through their
mearisi proper 'notice 'and communication may :be given ot
made to the owners and occupiers of any lamb, tenemeats,
or hereditament's,- intended to be measured, surveyed, or
marked for the lines of delence, or-any of the purposes of the
above recited Ad. The sane arrangements will also facilitate
the payment of such labour or materiels as may be furnished.
In the next place and as soon es.the system ot communica-
te:o is completeele it will be necessary', with the utmost
dispatch, to prepare the registers of the parishes near the
above-mentioned line, which must be made with reference to
the (Meet ot the line of defence, as well as to the other.
objects set forth in the Secretary of State's -Letter. 'These
registers must specify resident Gentlemen willing to attend
to ifititillatC and incomege the work or given parts of the line
gardeners and others expert in, or habituated to, laying oft
and meastiringgr6und, with remarks;.distinguishing.superior
abilities; smiths, and masters anti, Journeymen carpenters,
and Sawyer's, thnber-inerchants; willing to supply timberfor
platforms, and lit persons to overlook their construction and
• elediun. • . .

Carts and tarns, labourers and tools, men who have been
trained to great guns; the few men in each division who
Would first be wanted to mark and measure ground, and proper
Attendance for that purpose with carts and stakes.
When it is Nikita! upon, it. must strike every inhabitant
that it must be much more agreeable to have a survey or pre•.
partition of this sort made by neighbours and acquaintances,
in many cases by their own servants and labourers, than by
Strangers.

But the object and its advantages are equally lost, if the
utmost dispatch and celerity are not used us making all
previous arrangements, and in proportion as these' arrange-
ments are completed, the security of the Metropcslis is en-
sured.'

On Sunday Lord ELIANDOROUGH Jug.
tice Roots .dined at Lord SALISISURYEW' Near se.
venty persons, consisting of the principal Nobility
and Gentry of the County, were present.
On Monday a grand Cricket Match was played
a; Seven Oaks, between eleven Gentivfnets of the
Hosnerton Club, and eleven Ontlettlen of the Seven
Oaks and Tunbridge Clubs, for Sao gui.teas, which
was won by Ilomerton, by four wicketi, ,Even
betting at starting.