The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-14 00:00:00

NEW.YORK, MAkCH

Oil the Stlt instant, a lad named Paul' Florence,
arrived at Providence, and gives the following in-
telligence; That he sailed some time Novem.
ber last, from Somerset (Massachusetts) in the
Schooner George, Capt. GEORGE Bo w tits ; that after
having been at the Islands of Trinidad, Grenada,
and St. Croix, she was captured by a French Picea.
rtion Privateer, mounting one gun, manned by a
banditti of French and Spanish renegadoes, and it is
supposed" Was carried into a Port in the Island of
Cuba, probably St. jag°. The crew of the George
were put on board a Boat, without sustenance,
and abandoned co the mercy of the ocean.
They reached the Island of Sr." Domingo in safety,
after having suffered much. distress, whence the
above-mentioned lad obtained- a passage to New _
York. He likewise informs, that the same Priva-
teer had taken three other American Schooners,
one of. which, it was conjectured, belonged to
New.london.

FRACAS.—Much vague rumour prevailing resped.
ing some recent occurrences at New-Orleans, by
which unimportant circumstances are magnified, so
as. to present an unpleasant asped, we conceive it
our duty to state them as correttly as letters from
that place enable us to do.
Regular Assemblies are periodically held at New_
Orleans, tinder the direction of the Municipal Offi.
cers. According to rules • fixed by them, which
existed previous to the cessi,m of the Country, the
ll irices were arranged in the following order ; first,
two cotillions; next, a country dance 'fur twelve
couple ; and lastly, the walse.
At an Assembly held on the 6th of January, some
sligot misunderstanding arose between the Ameri-
cans and the. French, the cause ,of which, though
not distinCtiy known, were generally considered as
connetted with some erroneous statement of the
feeling. of the French citizens on the rise of . the
American, in the room of the French Flag, when
the first celebration of the cession took place. .This
misunderstanding was apparently hushed, when, on
the 23d of January, another Assembly was held.
According to the above rules, the dancing com-
menced with cotillions,r followed by a country dance
of twelve couple. The music, having received in.
struelions in consonance with this arrangement,
ceased to play the tune appropriate to the country
dance as soon as the twelve couple had led down the
dance. In the Mean time, six additional couple, com-
posed of Americans, had placed themselves at the end
of the dance. As soon as the music ceased, the
Americans required a continuation of it, and of the
country dance; while the French citizens called for
the ,wahe, a dance in which it is understood as many
of the company as please participate. The music
declining to play a continuation of this tune,- an
American citizen broke the violin of one of the
band with his cane, which likewise being broken,
exposed a sword. Some tumult ensued, during
which a French Officer left the 'loom, and returned
with a broadsword. In the mean time, to appease
tote disorder, Governor CLAIBORNE and General
WiLiciNsosr addressed the company, and enquired
what were the wishes of the dissatisfied ; the French
Officer replied, "we want the waive." This reply,
from being made in French, not being understood
by the Americans, but, on the c .ntrary, being in-
terpreted into a menace, increased the disorder.
General WILKINA)N was inducing, in an amicable
way, the Officer to retire, when some American
citizens met the General, and give advice, which
he repelled. This likewise being misunderstood,
was erroneously considered as an ad of violence
offered by the French Officer to the General, and
increased the tumult. Swords wee drawn; but
no lives lost, or bodily injury done. The Officer
was arrested, and required to appear before the Ci.
vii Authority the ensuing day, when he was libe-
rated.

After the arrest, the American Commissioners,
we understand, received a letter from Mr.La.tissAT,
protesting against the exercise of authority, on
the part of the United States, in relation to French
ajra r ; alledging, that under the treaty of ces,ion,
three months having been allowed for the evacuation
of the place by the French troops, previous to the
expiration of that period French Officers were un-
der his controul. The liberation of the Officer hav-
jag previously taken place, superseded any
,further
ad on the part of the Civil Authority.
It will appear, from, this minute statement of
fads, for which our sole apology is to he found in
the sensibility of the public mind in whatever re.
lates to our new acquisition, that the transaction is
of an ordinary nature, and one which does not jus.
cif)/ the misstatement or alarm which has gone
abroad.

To avoid a repetition of the disorder which took
place a► the ball in New Orleans on the 2cd ult. the
Municipality of that city has ordered that " no per-
son of any office, quality, or condition whatever,
s:.all be admitted into the public bail, with a sword,
sabre, dirk, cane, stick, or other weapons," except
" his I,:xcellency the Governor-General of the Pro-
vince ;" and nu person shall be allowed to interrupt
any dance or tune, which may be ordered by the
Managers, under the penalty of being immediately
arrested.

The new Administration and the Lottery seem
now to engross the whole of the public attention ;
which will be finally settled first-, seems at present
doubtful. In the new Administration, one of the
capital prizes.is said to be already drawn, but in the
Lottery the whole of the Cabinet remains to be
clio,en; the first Lord of the Treasury and the
Chancellor of Exchequer (which are represented by
the two zo,000l.)
are expeded to make their ap_
pearktre on Thursday next ; at all events, at nine
o'clock, on 'Thursday morning, one of those great
Cai i let Ministers will be publicly reclaimed at
•
Cmpere Hall, in Basinghall.street, and most ro—
b ibly in the course of the day, the two Secretaries
of State, and other great officers. Tickets for this
grand occa
y Office.ioa are to be had at every Licensed Lat-
te