The Sun.
London, England, 1803-05-12 00:00:00

DEAL, MAY I.

Altit IV OD and sailed for the River, the Magaretta,
MILNE, from Georgia ; and Thames, Lzw ES, from
Waterford.

Arrived the Stag Revenue Cutter, from Admiral
THORNBOROUGH'S Fie Ct.

HARWICH, MAY I I.

THE Earl of Leicester Packet, Captain TROMP.
SON, arrived this morning from Cuxhaven, with
the Hamburgh and Bremen Mails. Thirty-four
casks of foreign money were imported in this
Packet.

The Pocock Cutter, Captain Pootz, also arrived
from Helvoetsluys, in ballast, and sailed again at
high water express back.

The Xing George Packet, Capt. FLYN, and the
Princess Rojal, Capt. ANTHONY DEAN, sailed
this afternoon on the arrival of the Mail Coach
from London, the former with the Hamburgh and
Bremen Mails, and the latter with the Dutch Mail.
This town was a scene of bustle and confusion on
Monday last, in consequence of the Officers of the
Russar Frigate, with a patty of armed Marines,
having landed early in the morning, and impressed
every person they could get hold of that had the least
appearance of a Sailor, Yesterday they were re.
gulated by the Mayor, and all discharged except
one person (the only one liable to be impressed),
who made his escape from the town gaol. A great
number of Mates and Apprentices were impressed
from the Ships in the Harbour, and carriedon board
the Ihrisar, where they are detained.

By the West India Mail which arrived on Tues.
/day, Government have received advices of the total
loss of the Consolante, a new French Frigate of
44 guns, which foundered off the little Island of
Nl..rgaritta,

Blenheim, of 98 guns, struck on a rock off
Barbadoes, but was got off without damage.
We. bear from Trincomalee, that His Majesty's
Brigs Arnbayna and Mongoose had arrived there on
the 22d November. His Majesty's Ship the Arro.
„rant, of. 74. guns, had nearly perished in a violent
typlion in the China Seas, by which she was totally
dismastecl, but made her way to a port in China,
where she re-fitted. On the 27th Odober the Ar.
r'ogant arrived at Bombay.

The remains of Lady HARRIET HAMILTON,
eldest datlghter of the Marquis of As r RCORta, were
.deposited, on Friday last in the family vault at
'StaninOre:" Among the chief Mourners, were the
Lords Jonjt and GEORGE BERFSFORD, brothers of
the Marquis Of WATERFORD, Sir CHARLES and
Sir EDWARD HAMILTON, and. the SOLICITOR
GENERAL, Mr.. Boviav, Dr. PEstissaToN, and
Mt. BOWEN. The.,principal Domestics of both
sexes attended in deep mourning, these.:Were fol.
lowed by the servants in livery, and the procession
Was closed by a train of young unmarried women,
clothed in white, for the melancholy occasion, and
principally selefted from those:poor latnilies which
bad been more peculiarly the objects of her Lady.
ship's kindness and beneficence ; those who at.
tended in the Procession, and the numerous crowd
present' at the Funeral, bore the strongest testi.
many' to the, virtues and many excellent' finalities
of this young person, by the sorrow and afiliaion
they expressed upon the mournful oCcasion, and by
this last tribute of resped to her memory, marked
their attachment to a character which had merited
and adquired the love and admiration of all who
knew her.

Mr. DAVY, the celebrated Chemist, is engaged
to, read a Course of Lc lures before the Board of
Agriculture,, with a view to cxertiplify. the appliel.
riot-% of Chemistry to Agriculture. The first
tore of this Course was given on Tuesday last, at
their .house in Sackville.strert.
A fatal accident had nearly happened,. a few
evenings ago, in the theatre at Aberdeen. Mrs.
Beaumont, in the charatier of Isabella. (through a
strange mistake of the stage keeper) had been fur.
nished with a real dagger ; with which, not per.
ceiving it, she stabbed herself, but, fortunately,
gave.the blow in a slanting direklion,' So that she
escaped with a slight wound under the breast.
On Monday se'nnighr, a dreadful accident hap.
mid in the county of Kilkenny :—Miss Eliza
Kavannagh, a young Lady of great accomplish.
ments and fortune, was taking the ail' on horseback,
accompanied' by a Gentleman to whom she was be-
trothed ; unfortunately her bonnet was blown off,
and in attempting to recover it, ,the beast threW
her, with much violence, and she mited in a few
kurs after.

THE departure of the English .lbassador is no
longer considered as probable. 'i tic packing up of
his baggage has been stopped, and His Excellency
will come to no determination until the return o
the Courier from England, which he sent off on
Wednesday. As to the departure of •the Dutchess
of DORSET, about which so much has been said, it
is a circumstance from which no decisive inference
can be drawn. It was known several months ago,
that the Dutchess would return to London in the
summer, for the pu'rpose of lying-in. A great
number of English, however, who were at Paris,
have left it with precipitation.
Thirty-eight English Sloops have lately arrived
at Concale Bay, for oysters, and the inhabitants
near that part of the Coast infer from thence, that
the discussions between France and England are
likely to terminate amicably.
The Duke of BEDFORD dined yesterday se'nnight
with the Minister for Foreign AlEiirs. Several
English of distindion, amongst others the Dutchess
of GORDON and Lady GEORGINA GORDON, were
present.

They speak of the return of General RocHAM.
us AU from St. Doming:, and replacing him by Gen.
LAPOYPR.

BRUSSELS, MAY 5.—Several Compapies of the
first Regiment of Artillery have arrived in ci-dvvant
Flanders from Fere. A Company has been de.
cached to reinforce the Garrison of the Island of
Cadiand, which is now very numerous. The Mi.
litary Posts on our Coasts have been also aug.
mented by Detachments of Infantry and Artillery.
A few days since about two or three thousand men
defiled by Dinant and Namur, which appear to
be destined for the .frontiers of Holland. The
Fourth Regiment of Hussars, which arrived the day
before yesterday at Brussels, set out yesterday
morning for the Lower Rhine, where it is said it
will make part of the Corps which is to assemble
under the walls of Nimeguen. The movements
amongst the French Troops have iever been so
aaive as within these few days. Several Dutch
Fortresses, which had not hitherto been occupied
by our Troops, have at this moment a French Gar-
rison ; amongst others, Gt'ave.

THE .HAMBI:IRGH AJAIL.

VIENNA, APRIL 27.

TIM afternoon the Archduke FPaDtNAND Set
out for his oew residence at Sulzbur,gb.

The negotiations which have been for some time
carrying on between our Government and the. Era
rtitoß of MOROCCO, relative to the Presents, to
the amount of to,ooo Ducats, which he used for.
merly to receive from the small Commercial States
which are now become Austrian, have been brought
to so favourable an issue, that the utmost resped
will be shewn to the Austrian Flag ; and the price
of Insurance at Venice and 'lciest, which had con.
siderably risen, has again sunk to its former level.

MILAN, Arilt.lB.

ACCORDING to letters from Naples, the English
seem preparing to take possession of Sicily, should
a War break our, and thus prevent' its being ocetl.
pied by the French. They will station some 'light
Flotillas near Messina and Catania, in the strait
which separates the Kingdom of Naples from Sicily.

BERNI, APRIL 23.

TO.DAY our • new Government will be installed
with much solemnity. The Members of the Great
Council, according to the old Swiss custom, wear
black and swords. Citizen ParrALozzi is chosen
Member of the Little Council at Zurich. The
Brother of the 'First Consul is soon expeEted at
Freybourg. " •
It is said 'that the Helvetic Troops who have
entered into 'French pay, will he embarked at
Kit-seines, and sent to . COraica.. The French
Troops in Switzerland will, during the absence of
General N IC, he commanded by General
.BAtt 800.
The march of the French 'Troops from Switzerland
to Italy still continues. There is a very frequent
interchange of CoUriers between the Government of
Paris and ones at Freybourg.,
Citizen .RAPP has brought to the :Landamman
d'AFFRY, a Letter from the Fiist Consul, in which
he expresses his satisfaCtion at the proper turn
which affairs have taken 'in Switzerland* Adjutant;
General RAPT was received by the Volunteer Corps
with Military Honours : he will shortly return to
Paris, and accompany the First Consul in the tour
which he proposes to mike after the close of the
present Sitting of the Legi,laive Body* .

The condat of the French Government towards
lidififld, indicates no disposition,' on its part, to
avert Hostilities. It is one of the stipulations, on
our part, that Holland shall be left free, hut the
French have token complete possession of, and have
shnust bubjeeted that Country to 'Military Law.

, is appeatS from the A.'c'cnunts from rho Ci►stnm.
house, now lying on the -ratte dine flutist. of Corn.
mons, that out -Exports Lnitninted last to
+8,03,6831. Which is 6,833,0001. m•nrc than the
foregoing year, and this only the 'British proAnce
and manufaffires. Our foreign tnerchandlie aug-
mented still more in proportion.
Our Exports of foreign inerchandize have trebled
since the year 1792, and that of our manufatittres
and produce has- increased so per cent.
Our Imports have not increased nearly in an equal
proportion ; thus the balance in our 1;, your is great
beyond example. Last year our imports were
t,750,0001. less than the year before, which; .added
o die excess of Exports, mil.ces an augmentation of
balance in our favour in list year of 8,550,0031.

SEAMEN AND TONNAGE OF VESSELS. - The
whole number of Ships cleared inwards doling the
last year in England was,

British built -
-
- I 1,1.039
- -3. i
Foreign .
Tonnage of British - - 1,561,000
Tonnage of Foreign - 434,174
British Seamen - - . 93,9 !I'.
Foreign Seamen ' - - • 24,953

The clearance outward was, in all respeas, ex.
cept as-to the value of the cargoes, very nearly the
same. In Scotland the Exports and Lupus in ton.
nage amount io nhr•ut one sixth of Englanii, but the
vessels are smaller, therefore amount to above
one.fifth of the number.

PROHIBITION OF THE EXPORTATION OF NAVAL
AND MILITAKY SIORES.
•

By the copies of COrrespondence relative to the
preventing the exportation of-Gunpowder, raltpetre,
and Nava} Stores, laid before the [louse of Coln.
mons, it appears that the following letter was sent
on the tst of April, by Mr. VANSITTART to the
Commissioners of the Customs :
(PRIVATE)
" Ttea.tuty Chad:ter:, Ili 1803.
" SIR,

" I am commanded by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
to desire that you will take'such Ineasures as are least calcu-
lated to excite public notice, to prevent the Exportation to
France, Spain, or the Batavian Republic, of any -Saltvitre,
Gunpowder, or Naval Stores, initil you shall re.:eive
directions from His Majesty's Government upon the subjea.
" I am, Sir, itc.
" N.- V ANSITTART."'
•
Chairman of the Board of

Cutouts ill Waiting.

In consequence of this letter, information was
from time to time sent by the Board to Mr. V
SITTART, Cf ,Stores having been entered fur Ex-
portation to Amster,latn, Antwerp, Havre, .and
Rouen, which were, in consequence, respett.lively
direaed to be stopped, but information having been
received by the Cinumissioners, that one of the
Vessels which had been entered for Amsterdani, had
subsequently been, entered outwards for Etnbden,
and that there was reason to believe that the (testi.
nation of,the other Vessels would be altered in 'the
same way, either for Ernbden .or Ilamburgh, and
the information having ht en communicated to Mr.
VANsrr rival-, the following letter was sent in an-
swer, by that Gentleman :
Ti 'savvy Cl .where, 4il) ISo3.
«
Sift,
" lncunsequence of the representation of tit:, Officer con-
cermxi in giving orders fOr re-landing Naval Stores froot Ves-
sels bound for Havre and Rouen, tninsmitted in )(Air letter ot
this morning, I aert commanded by the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer to desire that tin: coni4nii,,ioo,,r; of the custarni
will give directions to pre lent any Saltpetre, -Gunpowder, or
Naval Stores, hziog exported it> Veiseis catered out for any
port or p taco abroad.
" I am, Sir, &c.
"N. VANSI!‘"fART.''
1. Hume, Ft;q.

COTTON TRADE OF Itutt. ANo.---13y papers now
laying on the Table of Ili? House of Commons, it
appears, that the duties paid on British cotton twist,
and yarn, amounted to 51o1; only, in the year, i 790.
That from that time till the Union it averaged
about 30001. annually, but that since then it has
averaged 1530001. and last year amounted to
21,7271. 91.'6.1. This is a great argument in
favour of the Union," as it aff,:cts manuiaaures in
that countiy.

We are concerned to hear from Bombay, that the
Straits of I)ryan and SyncapOre were infested by
number of piratical prows, which kid attacked a
snow off the carrimon Islands, belonl2:ing Syed,
froM Palatnbang, bound to Malaccr, nod fired tnto,
and Sunk' her from several of their shot having
struck her between wind and water. The' crew of
the snow took to their, boat, and arrived at Ma.
safety. We are sorry to add, that the
snow had a cargo on hoard, to the•amount of 4.0,000
dollars, consisting of tin and pepper. About one
hundred and fifty large prows, with valaable cargors,
from Java, bound to Malacca, 'were at RIII9, blUCk-
aded by the pirates.
On Thursday likt the Lady•of Major• IVlAtia
was delivered of a Son.

„SUOCK INQ ACC D NT.---Yesterc,Liy, about three
o'clock, an obstrudion look place in the nirroiv.
part of the Strand, near Ek-eter. 'Change, in conse.
ireace of the bOakin dawn of an hackney co'scL:
Two men and a woman crossing the street, unfur
tunately ran, betwem two coal waggons, then in
contat with each other, when the two men and the
woman were so jammed In, not Nith4tamting their
&Malls and shrieks, bane any as,'iitance could be
giver that they were killed on the spot.
MaitstokAlousv..--Yesterday information coos
givento the LOWE) sYAY 0 a , that a ntimbetof persons
had paraded the streets on Sunday night, armed
with iltidgeons, ii,Vith.which they assaidtcd every
perm they met. . the Cily Mar.
4611, harpe.ning.topastlY, WAS beat by them about;
the h,ad and face:in a violent manner, Stri4 Ortlers,
have been issued for apprehending these.. ruffians,
and hyea are entertained that they will le brought
to juttice.

A luantity of wool was brought before the Lord
Mayor, seized from a respeaahle tradesman in the
city,by the Custom House Officers, fur not having
the nark outside, diretted to be pineed upon it by
the at of Parliament. A penalty was demanded,
whicl was resisted by the owner, who stated that
the iroperty &as foreign wool, comequently not
subjel to the Aa ; it was proved to be such, the
owns" was -therefore discharged.

Mitch admired Oratorio tir 17,e
Was performed last night at the Concert
King's Theatre, Haymarket, for the Benefit of
Dec:wed Musicians. The Music wits never eke_
cute with better effect, nor received with more ap-
plause.. The company was, fashionable and brilliant
in the eXtreMe. Tt3&la MAJEITT FS, acCoMpanied
by all the Pa INC t ssas, were present, and appeared to
be highly entertained during 'the whole of the per-
formance. The Ou E Elf arid PitiNglisses joined in
many of the chortisses, and His MAj EST' frequently
gave proofs of hi; satisfaelion by clapping at the
conclusion of a song. The beautiful song at the be:
ginning of the third Part, was encored by Hts MA-
EsT Y'S express desiv.e ; and Mts. Blt.LtNcTov
exercised her powers on the repetition with such
irresistible efrea, as to call forth the loudest ap-
plause, Messrs. HARkisow, I'3 ART!. &MAN,. KNY.
V ETT, and MELD, sang with great powers, jud,
mem, and effeCt.
.Miss TiorNANT and Miss CROSB Y
are Ladies of very considerable promise as Voc,,il
Pe r formers.

The Chorusses were given in the most impies.
sive, awful, and sublime stile, and great praise is
due to Mr. BARTLEMAN, under tvliose diredion
the whole was co'ndutled. The room was crowded,
but not so as to occasion any inconvenience, and
amngst those present we noticed the greatest park
of the Beauty and Fashion now in town.

WE had not room yesterday to notice the Vocal
Concert which took place on Monday last in ad
Great Room, at the Opera House, bur its merits •
should not be passed over in silence, particularly as
it was the fim annual Concert for the bendic_ of
Messrs. CktAaLts and Wit-LIAM KNYVETT, sons
of the respectable member of the Musical World,
whose talents have long been known to the Public 4
The Room was crowded by -persons of the first
Fashion, a eitcumstance highly creditable to the
private character, as well as acknowledged abilities'
of the young Performers who were to profit by this '
splendid patronage. The Concert was most ably
led by CRAmEK, and the elder KNYVETT sat at the
Organ. It opened with HAYDN'S celebrated S'ar-
prize. which was well performed.
Among the novelties of the evening was a fa.
vourite Air of MozART, harmonized for six voices,
by Mr. W. KNi•VETT, and the barrroa4;lo;o`it'was

not unworthy of the original subje6t. ThqPeTaqDgS
distingukhed themselves by a Concerto on the
French Horn. Mr. C. KNYvm, fur the first time,
gave a Concerto on the Grand Piano Forte in pub..
lie, and in so good a style that he has altcady ekta-
Wished his repetition on that instrument. A Miss
MissvNurN made her first public appearance as a
Vocal Performer, She sung with great taste and
sweetness, and was admired for the elegance of her
manners. 1-liitittsoN's beautiful Glee" Qh../Vawtr,"
went off with admirable efreet. HA„It R I soN hirma
enriched the Concert by his talents, and, sung an
Italian Air with even more than his usual -excel.
lence. A new Glee purposely composed for this
Concert by Mr. W. Kwiry err, entitled '' The
Sheperd and his dog ihver," was highly admired.
The whole was a tilie display of musical skill, as
:nay easily be itnagthed, since the Vocal. depart.
anent was sustained by HARRISON, VIGANOgth
CIN'IADQR" Mad. DUsSEK, WALSH,,SALIK,
the KNYi,Eyrq, &c. The whole crinclhded..with
traod grand Chorus from .1-lAxurl's sublime work
intitled The Creation.

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t;,/,,0'G0//', MAY 7.

CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE.

Tut Court proc,:etled to the trial of BarneiCor.
nan and Ralph Mitch,-11 for theft, and Margaret
Coy/ and William Baird for reset of theft.- Baird
did not appear, and was outlawed ; the other Pan.
nets upon hearing the Indictment, pleaded Not
Guilty.
Mr. BROUGHAM, as Counsel for the Pannels, ad.
milted the relevancy of the charge against them;
but stated an objection to the manner in which the
list of Witnesses had been served upon Gorman and
Mitchell, which he contended ought to set aside
all farther proceedings against them. He then men.
tinned, that by an at of adjournal passed about a
century ago, it was ordained, that the Lists of
Witnesses served upon the Pannels to be tried be.
fore the High Court of Justiciary, should be written
on the tack or on the end of the Indictment,' and not
on papers apart ; that, in the present case, it ap.
peared that the copies of the Indictment served upon
these two Pannels were finished exactly upon the
bottom of the eighth page, and the List of Wit.
nesses written on the ninth and subsequent pages,
NU that the Indictment and Lists mustbe considered
as separate arid distinct papers ; that from the man.
ner in which these Indictments closed, they were
complete papers of themselves, and that the Lists
of Witnesses and Assizers must therefore be cond.
dered as written on papers apart, which was a direct
violation of the act of adjournal before mentioned,
and'therefore the Pannels had no assurance that these
two writings referred to each other, which must
prone fatal to the present prosecution. Mr. Broug.
ham then quoted different cases where objections
similar to the present were sustained, and concluded
a very able speech by expressing a hope that the
Court would be disposed to sustain them. in the
present case also.
Mr. JARDINE, upon the part of the Crown,
answered, that the paper upon, which the Witnesses
names were written, bore upon it the execution of
the messenger, which enumerated the number of
pages of the whole Indiament, of which the List of
the Witnesses and Assize formed a part ; it there.
fore must be considered as connected with and form.
ing a part of that Indiament. This oblation, he
contended,. must apply to every case where the
Indictment and List Of Witnesses were not written
upon a single sheet of paper, because it would be
easy for any person served with an indiatnent to
separate the list of witnesses at the end from the
other pages of the libel. / •
Lord MiTitsrstt said, that the obileetion was of
considerable importance, and that as it was of great
consequence that 'some mode:should be adopted to
prevent any such occurrence in future, he would
certify the present case to the High Court of justi•
ciary, which was done accordingly ; and the Pannels
ordered to appear before the High Court of Justiciary
at Edinburgh, upon Monday the i6th of May inst.

E ,4VI).

DUBI.IN, MAY 7.

Thursday four Transports, with some divisions
of the 17th Dragoons, arrived from Liverpool.
They have landed without and• acci&nt, though
four days on their passage, and experiencing
tempestuous weather.
At an early hour on Thursday morning, Mr.
Justice BELL surprised Mrs. Kearns, at her lodg.
ing in Church-Street, where he found a vast number
of Bank Forgeries concealed in her bed. This
woman, some years ago, was sentenced to transpor.
cation for life, for having in her possession a trunk
full of forged Bank of Ireland Paper ; but after re.
maining near five years in Newgate, she was par-
doned, and evinced her gratitude for such lenity
by a return to her former pradices. She is mother-
in.law to Thomas Shaughnessy, now in Newgate
for his Bank-note Manufattory, near Chapelizod,
, and who was sentenced to be hanged for forging on
the Bank of Ireland, but was also pardoned.
Mr. BELL same morning proceeded to Matthew
Fordes, in Grange-gorman-lane, where he found
Forgeries on the Bank of Ireland to a very consi.
derable amount. This man very narrowly escaped
from a capital conviction about a year ago ;. he since
married the daughter of the celebrated Sam. Watson.
Each 'of these persons had Forgeries on Ruche's
Bank, of Limerick ; Bernard's Bank, of Birr ; and
several Five.guinea Forgeries on that of Sir Thomas