The Sun.
London, England, 1804-11-17 00:00:00

iNTB7VDAD 731PROt'EMENIS,;11 47NDS OR CAS

A LTHDIJCII the repairs of the above Pile of
toildingslpvt occupied a considerable space of time,
only that appropriated to the Rom FAM) LY has
been rendered habitable. his MAJESTY, Who rises
every morning at half past five o'clock, takes great
delight in superintending the progress of the work.
men. The attention of the men at .present is di.
relied to the repairing of. the Round To.ver, and
removing the very large French Windows which
overlook the Court Yard. They were introduced
there by King CHARLES 11. whose want of taste
in architetture has been commented on more than
once by HIS MA j ESTY, adding, to his remarks to
Mr. WYATT, " as the Castle is entirely Gothic,
pray let us have Gothic windows."
'The Round Tower is to beraistal +o feet higher,
being at present overlooked by the South; Eastern
Tower. Among other alterations, the Round
Tower is to be insulated by the removal of the
houses which are contiguous to the Staircase'S lead,
ing thereunto : they are to be pulled dawn with all
possible dispatch, the foise filled up, and the glacis
Made even. The great gate opposite the Qu Et
Lode, venerable fkir its antiqUity, is to be altered,
tepatred, and finished, with the addition of some
beautiful pieces of sculpture.
The mustering of the Troops every Sunday morn.
log in the quadrangle, before the ROYAL FAMILY
pes to the Cathedral, is a very grand speelacle.—
They assembled last Sunday precisely at so o'clock;
the Oxford Blues were on the right and left of the
teed. entrance into the Castle; the Band .of-tha
re Militia occupied the intermediate space
between the Oxford Blues ; and the Staffordshire lined
the remaining two sides, forming a hollow square:
The Guard and the Oxford Blues presented arms
when the .itsc passed. His TsiAt RE.TY, agreeable
to his regular pradice, walked round theline before
be went into the Church, accompanied by - their
Itt) Yel Highnesses the Duxes of Corsa lIIILAND and
`4)inalool.

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Missy, Nov. ./0......0n Saturday last arrived at
t.ilillier's, after being a month on board ship,
11l experiencing a series of stormg, seven Comp-
"4llOf the ad -Battalion of the I Silt Regiment of
Foot. Next day they marched' to Grouville Bar:
"jektiv Considerable 'apprehensions were entertain.
td lA' the safety of the remaining three Companies,
and also f\wellie 2d Battalion of the s7th and 6 ist ;
'kUt last night they arrived safe in St. Hillier's Basi,
sod ,are to disembark fOgrOOffoW. On-Friday the
Slatitegiment embarked on board the Transports
that Nought the seven Companies of the Ash, and
loiled.the same evening with a fair wind for .Eng..
ilotte The. fl3d Regiment marched into Sr. Hillier's
"'"4 day, to replace the 31st.
.',411 Trenlate—.-The /raj to Keep iliar was
•' r atighs eepresented at Drury-lane Theatre. Mrs,
ptrO4st,getreznimation and humour to the part of
• thtlf/idaie Adm.'''. Mrs. H. jOH MT ON, for the
tick time, appeared in Mrs. Loventort, and supported
pert with feeling, The rest of the. charaarrs
!are performed as usual, and call .for no.particular
rro.,,„titte, In the After-piece, which was The Citizels,
"Illi DUNCAN made her first appearance as Maria.
'iv ,•
the Audience
she had previously performed prepared
e Audience to expect that she would 'at least dis.
play all requisite spirit in this Town.livdest, , and
lel-were by AO reins disippoinied. 'The bathing
..,"e and the A./idled Ideas were well contrasted:t
11.1° the whole of the performance' obtained great
applause, She sung a Scotch Air with Much taste;
°tit it was tediously long,' and if it had been re..
r'ilreas according to the wish of some of her inju.
oiOns friends, the Audience, in general, would
have found it a /u//e4y. . ' ' .
t IVlrrs MLitt/on); is at Birmingham, and has
itle,l,l Prevented froth coming to town by a severe
Zolsposition. In consequence of this unlucky
penr, the commencement of the Opera Season is
eljtatily retarded. . .
rjestettley, arMarlborough-street, a Theatrical
.
rinieman was charged with . riotous behaviour,
;" a house where.t Theatrical- Lady resides. It
LPPeared that the former frequently sapped with the.
7lttet after the play .; ones that on Thursday, the
.4farallord ordered the Gentleman to quit the Lady's
:Palltnent quietly, or he should be kicked out olit.
rle accordingly employed a Watchman, who con-
till!ted the &Want to the watcb.house, upon the
Principle that his house should not be stigmatized
!kith Indecencies ; which did not, however, appear
t bra she ease in the present insiance. The Magi,
!tray, thewore, disehaeged the Defendant.
A few days age a Dual-Was fought near Naas, in
Ireland, between a Gentleman of that town and a
Young Surgeon, in consequence of a :
suppose) eritni"
hal intercourse which the latter had with the wile of
Pie by the husformer. The Surgeon was severely wounded
band). who was the challenger'.
A
pr, Monday Morning a Detachment of the Sth
02.1;14 marched into Derby from Nottingham
,on
4 route to Lichfield, where the effeEttve then
th te aa drafted, and the invalids 'discharged. Qn
aallie day a Troop of the 7th Dragoons 48,0
ma
.. rehed into Derby, and on the following day pio..
en
to Lichfield. . . .
omA great subterraneous fire has burst forth 'near
br Taman,
Fortress Plianagorio, on the peniOsula,
.. where a similar phenomenon took place
`Oole years since. .
. .
‘Nrednesclay evening, about sevet o'clock, as
,s°ltes LRITII9 Isq. was returning from Sand.
;lop Market. to Deal,. he was stopped at a place
le led Minn Gap, by three men, one in soldiers'
ik!inientals, the other two in round white frocks :
h"iciY robbed him pf upwards of seventy pounds and
Watch; .anti left him for dead on the road. He
hasttaken up some time afterwards by some perspns
"ling on the road, and taken home to his house at
4.,,Ter Court,- where he lies •dangerously ill.
sin men that committed. the above robbery are
nn_re found to be three Suldiers belonging to the
. :avrOwent of Guards in the Barracks at VV. almer.
a ' -ere discovered, by ;he Setjeant on
_nt rguard ;
ow the
viould not • .
mendropping afive
hi guinea note, hut
,_ say it was his, on which they searched
they
whenand in the sleeve of his waistcoat
rnore of the
when h notes concealed and the watch ;
vilme. e made a confession, and discovered the
h 4,. They are all three under confineMent, but
ve no. yet undergone an examination.

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OCiCS.

Yesterday being the day appointed for filling
these,noble Docks with water, the Proprietors, Di.
teants,, and persons attached to the Cotnpany, as.
sembled upon the ground at eleven o'clock to Wit.
nets this grand process. At twelve oiclock they
were joined by the Duke of MONTROSE, the Mar.
quis ut BLANDFORD, Lords HAWKESSIIRt, MRL.
VILLE, and CASTLEkEAGI-1, Mr. PITT, Mr. LONG,
Mr. Hulitissorr, and.several other persons of dis.
tindion. Immediately after their arrival they
proceeded to inspea. the walls, the Dock, the
various bridges and sluices, and the immense
pile of warehouses. Having gratified their curio-
sity in all these points, they took their station
upon the hank of the river, about the time appoint.
ed for inundating the Dock. Previbus to this grand
operation all the ships, vessels, and boats, in the
cinity, were ordered to keep clear of the sluices
*i
wwithin the possible sphere of the action of the cur.
rent as it should flow into the Dock. The signal
beintgiven for admitting the water, a moment of
awful suspense followed ; at length the sluices were
opened, and old Father Thames rushed forward with
irresistible force, to take possession of his new do.
minions. It is impossible to conceive an •adequate
idea of the grandeur of this scene. An earthqu:ikc,
or any other convulsion of nature, could not have
produced a greater circa. 'The river apptared to
be deserting its bed, and seeking a .new channel.
The rapidity of the stream, the foam and dashing of
1 the swelling waves, and the reflux upon their en.
countecupon. the opposing sides of the Dock, pro.
duced a scene of awe and pleasing terror. During
the first quarter of an 'hour after the opening of tke
sluices, the water ran with such amazing rapidity,
and such immense quantity into the basin, as
to produce an ebb in the Thames as high up
as Billingsgate, although it was then running at
nearly full tide ; a circumstance which, of course,
rendered the influx into the Dock rapid and tre-
mendous in the extreme. The whole of this im.
mem,e, excavation was completely filled at. four
o'clock. At that hour the sluices and drawbridges
wert•laid down, and the water appeared in as quiet
ar;d pelc(%ible possession of that which has been dry
land since the deluge, as if it had been for twenty
yeats in quiet and uninterrupted. possession. The
irlunditiion being completid, the Director's, NO-
. ,prictorg, &c. accompanied by Mr. PITT, Lord
MoLvt Lt.', , Ana the rest of the Nobility and Gen.
try from the West End of the town, repaired to the
London Tav'ern, where a most sumptuous dinner
was. provided.
' The conctiurse. of speetators at this grand wed_
ding of earth and water, for such it may be called,
was immense ; and, if ever the beautiful was hap.
pily combined with the tremendous, 'it . was in
the contrast between the picturesque scenery of.
folded by the groupes of lovely women, &c. on the
hanks, and the terrible rush of the water into the
basin.

Accounts at Boston from St. Domingo state, tha
the Black Army of DESCALINES had begun its
march 'for the purpose of besieging the City of St,.
Domingo. The same accounts add, that the Eli.
tish have blockaded Aux.Cayes.
DIISSALINIII was proclaimed Emperor of Hayti
on the isth of September. The rejoicings con-
tinued three days,. the illuminations three nights.
This measure might, perhaps, have been hastened,
in otder that DesSALME.S, being an older Emperor
than the Corsican, might take, precedence of him
among the Sovereigns of the world—Borw.Arra
not being strietly so until after his Coronation.
BOSTON, OCT. 3.--The Cities of New-York and
Philadelphia have been remarkably healthy during
the past summet; but we are sorry to observe, that
in many of the inland towns, .both of. New. York
and Pennsylvania, a very distressing mortality has
been experienced by diseases-of various kinds ;in
some places bearing strong marks of the malignant
fever which has so often visited their large and po.
pulous towns.
YouNC, who arrived at PrOVi.,
dente a few days since, in fourteen days from Cadiz,
informs, that our Minister, Mr. PINCKNEY, was,
when he sailed; n his way from Madrid to Cadiz, to
embark for America, having abruptly left that city.
Mr. SWARTWOUT, Second to 'Vice-President
BURR, in the late Duel, has arrived at Savannah.
Mr. BURR was at Mr. BUTLRR'S Plantation, but
was expelled at Savannah.
Capt. SWAINS, arrived at New-York from Lis-
bon, mentions, that shortly before he sailed, .a Fri.
gate had been dispatched from Lisbon for France,
with a Crown for BortAvAare, a present from the
QssesN of PORTUGAL, which was said to have cost
two millions Sterling, being ornamented with dia.
monde and precious atones.- (Bastox Palladium,
OR. S.)
BOSTON, Ocr. S.—Two-very respeflable Socie.
ties in Charlestown, the Cincinnati, and American
Revolution Society, have set on foot memorials to
the Legislature of South Carolina that measures may
be taken to put a stop to duelling in that place.—
Thia memorial is offered for subscription' in all the
public offices and bankinkhousea in this city. ,
PROVIDENCE, OCT. r severe storm cam-
DISOCeti on the morning of Tuesday last, attended
with thunder anti lightning, and, at intervals, with
very heavy rain. Towards night the wind varying
to .different points
,from N. E. to S. E. increased
with great fury, and in the course of the night
this town experienced the heaviest gale within the
recollection of any of its, inhabitants. Several yes-
vela were driven from their moorings to the shore,
among which were the ships Paterson and Susan.
Sever.il barns and other buildings, in town and its
vicinity, were considerably injured ; some, we
understand, were destroyed. A number of chim.
nevi were blown down, and many trees, fences,
&c. destroyed. It is thought that the shipping on
the coast must have suffered severely.
The Senate of Hamburgh have come to the reso-
lution to demolish the inner Fortifications, Owing
to the danger it would he in were it to be exposed
to the horrors of a siege, which, under the present
troubled circumstances, might probably happen.
Another Earthquake has been felt in Tuscany,
which threw down several houses at Siena and at
Pozzibonzi.