The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-04 00:00:00

LONDON, APRIL 4., 184.

His Majesty's Ship the Co/ossur arrived on Mon-
day at Plymouth from off Brest, Living on board the
Officers.and Crew of the Magnificent, with the ex-
ception of two, Boats' Crews, who were made Pri-
soner by the French.

The Outward-bound West India Fleet sailed
from Cork on the z3d ult.. under convoy of the
Apollo, Capt. Dtxox, but in consequence of Dis-
patches received by Lord G E R he immediately
dispatched a Cutter after Capi.,Dtxorr, with orders
that the Fleet should not proceed on its, voyage. It
is probable that his Lordship countermanded the de-
parture of the Fleet, in consequence •f the report
of six Freqch Frigates having esciyed frozn Brest.

Yesterday morning His MAJESTY rode in the
Queen's Ridirg-house.
Yesterday, at one o'clock, the LORD CHANCEL-
LOR had an audience of His MAJESTY.
Yesterday, soon after one o'clock, HER
JESTY, and the PRINCESSES ELIZABETH, SOPH lA,
MARY, and AME•LIA, attended, by Ladies SYD-
NEY and CRAtILEI, took awaiting on the Croydon
Road.

The. DUKES of KENT and CAME R TDC.E dined
with HER MAJESTY.

The RoyAL FAMILY are expefteti to remove te.
Itew in the course &la week.

Yeste,rday His Royal' Highness- the DUKE of
,CLAttEtccE arrived at his house in the Stable Yard,
St. James's, from Bushy Park.
Yesterday, at half pagf eleven o'cbck, Sir L.
Ptrirs had an audience of Mr. Avut NGT'ON, at
,his
house in Downing_street, after atiending:Hrs MA-
J ESTY.

Yesterday- His Grace the Duke of BEDFORD ar-
rived in Town from Woburn, and Her Glace from
Putney, from a visit to Mrs. FORDYCE.
The KING has appointed Gen. Sir DAVID Dux-
DAS, K. B. to be Governor'of the Royal Hospital
at Chelsea, in :hero= of Gen. Sir Wrt. FAWCETT,
deceased :

Genera! WM. DALRYMPLE, Governor of Fort
George and Fort Augustus, in North Britain, vice
General Sir DAVID DUNDAS

General Sir THns. '9(IE, K. B. Lieut—Gover-
no.r of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, wire General
DALRYMPLE ; and
Lieut.-General the Hon, HENRY EDWARD Fox,
Lieut.. Governor of Gibraltar, (vice General Sir
THOS. TRIGGE•

Lieut.-Gen. RD. VYSE is appointed Colonel of
the 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards, ,ice Gen. Sir
WM. FAWCETT, deceased; and
' Major-Gen. RICHARD RtcH WiLvoan (from
the half-pay of the late lork Hussars), Colonel of
the 29th Light Dragoons, vice Lieut—Gen.VYsr.
We hear that Lord Eus•coN is no longer Ranger
of the Parks.

Lord RANCLIFF; according to report, is soon to
lead to the altar a daughter of Lord GRANARDs, •
The Bill for empowering His MAJESTY tO accrpt
the services of the Irish Militia in Great Britain,
provides that no drawing to fill up vacancies shall
take place while the Regimenti are serving out of
Ireland.

The Pit rivc ins of WALE, accompanied by. her
'Royal Daughter,- the Countess of ELGIN, and Miss
GARTH, witnessed the Grand Sham Fight in. the
neighbourhood of Dulwich, on Monday, between
the First Surrey, Lambeth, Streatham; Camberwell,
and Tooting Volunteers, amounting in ttje whole
to 1600 men: The manoeuvres wete all executed
in a very masterly manner, and the Royal Visitors_
appeared to be highly entertained.
The Light Horse Volunteers, commanded by
Colonel HERR lES, Will be reviewed to-morrow, at
twelve o'clock, in Hyde Park, by the, Earl of
HARR INGTON.

The Flank Companies of the 3tl Regiment of Lon.
don Volunteers have returned to Town, after skir-
mishing for three days in the neighbourhpud of
Croydon.

Yesterday morning the DUKE of CUMBERLAND'S
Sharp Shooters Were mustered at Chalk Farm at an
early hour, and reviewed by His Royal Highness.
They went through the various mantruvres of the
rifle service in their usual style of excellence, per.
forming them with equal promptitude, precision, and
rapidity. Part of them went through. the attack and
defence of the broad sword .exercise; .afterwards
they fired at a target placed at a distance of zoo
yards, and hit it almost 'every time ; they lastly
had a shain fight in the fields between Hampstead
and Highgate. His Royal Highness passed many
compliments on the soldier-like appearance, atten-
tion, and glivity of the Corps throughout, and
particularly on the assiduous application manifested
by Capt4,lll BARB ER in forming and disciplining so
respelable a body. Their expertness in firing, also
drew forth many encomiums from His Royal High-
ness.

The Stirling Artillery Company, who offered
their services to Government without pay, are now
doing dory in Stirling Castle.
The GlasgoW Highland Volunteers have volun-
teered, in the handsomest manner, to go on perma-
nent duty for such length of time as Government
may think proP;r.
The French Prisoners of War, which have for
some time past ben confined in the Briiewell, at
Fkiinburgh, marched on Saturday morning fur Green-
law, near Pennycn;ck, under an escort of a party of
the Inverness and Argyleshire Militia. •

PARIS, MAKCII 23.

MINISTRY OF MARINE.

EXTRACT OF DISPATCHES FROM THE FATTAIN
GENERAL OF THE• FRENCH ESTAB,LIsHMESIM

INDIA, TQ THE MINISTER OF MARINE.

The Mauritius, SePt. 11'
WHEN we descried the Coast of Coromandel, on
the rush of July, the English Squadron was before
Porto Novo. It was soon under, sail, and on that
evening the English Admiral manoeuvred in such
manner, as not to leave any doubt of his being on
the watch, and even disposed to ad offensively, 39
soon as he should think. proper. He had alreadY
committed an at of violence upon , the Belle Poulrf
four days before the arrival of the division. tic
had anchored on the starboard and larboard 'of char
Frigate, a ship of 6o guns, and a Corvette. This
condud, and the refusal to surrender Pondicherry)
had caused
-me to" demand at Madras a catege
tical answer, which I received a short time ag°t'
but it was evasive, as well as the note addressed
upon the subjed to the Adjutant_Commandant, IN°
was charged with my dispatches.
Lt Nots's division sailed in the night of the z 3tn
J
of July. I had left at Pondicherry all that l'3c
been embarked on board the Belle Poule, for theta
would have been danger in attempting to re.enib.'rit
every thing. It would hare been for the En 115,,
Admiral the signal to undertake something agl''''e"
our feeble division, which would certainly not ha'a
suffered insult, but which would have been oblg,es
to fight with very unequal force ; the
convinced us of the reality of the 'perfidious Pf"
jeft which he meditated, for he caused. the-11'1,-,
;
sport, the Cote d'Or, to be seized, which did 11.
arrive till three days after our departure, and villicwbii&
was summoned to anchor within gun-shot -of
English-squadron. the
. Adjutant Commandant BINoT expressed
English Admiral his extreme surprise at such 3 'l4
lation of treaties; he received none but a hOg
reply, The French Captain set sail to the Mall v•
tins on the t 6th, notwithstanding the vigilance e"e•'
eicised with respell to this ship at the anchorag t,
but chaced and come up with at some miles disto.'
the Captain was summoned, and cannonaded at ,
tol shot. Forced to'surrender, he was carried 10"
der the British Flag to''the anchorage of P°.„,.nas.
cherry ; it was necessary to open a negotiation at 01::
to obtain the subsequent restitution of the sh,ll'
It is ~thus that in full peace the cabinet of Sr'
James's di tares to. its agents in India, in what Mall:
nor they are to receive the
.French.—What mor-
hostile insttudions could they give even after 3
rupture ? .gorrotlA:
watchi'. Onnonacie, abuse by
their superiority of force, suchis their pacific code.',
'With the exception-of assassinations, this code is
apiece with their.system of war. and cleatniedcn
is
the old and new-world.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE CAPE OF G°°°
HOPE, DATED DECEMI)ER 34, 1803.
"The arrival of a French Commissary frcel ,-
Island of Mauritius has created here no little hos"eil
which has further been increased by that of a 011:5
Cutter which speedily folloWed. An embarr'rvior
instantly laid on all the shipping in the Bayti4l; 09
could serve as Transports were taken up, and a,, Asp.
moment four or five are laden with PrOvisiona ae -.rig
munition, put onboard by the French Cornrui9s%a,
The 23d Regiment is also embarked, and the 1,
with half the Artillery, are immediately to'fob,,o
so that we shall have little more for our Garr's epg
than the , Waldec Regiment. • The Goveroriija,
hold out the idea that it is to reinforc Batssr-,,"
1 but some think it is for a very different object
thing less than, in conjundion withLl NO Is, to rer'
Ceylon, from whence they might aim a deadly l'ic'he
at your Empire in the East. The first pant
J!:?ipeelition is to sail immediately, and all the cottie
r ships from Batavia have. received orders to Ow A
their cargoes, and take in Troops.. A Ad,
just arrived, and brought intelligence, that,. five
moral HARI-sr NK may be daily expelled,
Ships ache Line, and with orders that all the rf
that can be spared, with provisions and ret
tesoC
menus, may teadiness to embark cvlion
delay ; so that we. suppose"-thiS grand e.spcjittea,
must have been planned in. Holland. Not 3i,„cnrtlY
ture in the whole-place ilia. is not ar`"-e,40
wishing and' 'expeding -an EngliAi 'Fleet re
detstood, Cutter ha
the Bay ; but-our Government Wish .it t°
that we shall 'he-reinforced by
troops from the Isle of Frinee,--whieh, hoc.vev
lA° not believe..-If they succeed in their.grallit
.enierprize,..the'Cape is a very. secondary 01)1-, ao
Holland, being of great ekiienee, and
adual returns. It is not so to England.
Ave have at length. succee,ied in getting ore:
Settlement,Cow-Pock into the but the hoor-stritrt,'
so dreadfully alarmed,- that they- will not owe `"bite;
corn or cattle within 'thirty Miles of the ;,.)." 'I or,
leave them at the Paarl and- Stelterili64ol.
sorry to tell you, that a dreadful fire ha br ell.
out at the .latter iilace, and 'entirely C459%001t?
tWenty-fiye dWelling-110USeS,
village; among.. these is the parsonage house' •
rbtiff
The 57th Regiment marched into. Can.te
from Ashtord on Saturday. I
4nd.00 Suoday
tinued.their route to Rainsgat."'
09.°1
I3rtaAo:—Yesterday. the Master_a,nd War-e .the
the Worlshipful Company 'of Bakersi .waiteJ °ll the
ALOssllzDe.-MefA. YBOrßea,
d 4 t; !ahriedMi
t_.aan:,ipoeri4rl.-g)usei to ''r,r•feiiP
weighers' Returns, that Wheat had obnylythaeav%iceofie
rod. per Quarter' and that Flour had fallet,_ll., co •
Farthing per Sack, his Lordship- was, agreeau7 the
the Aft ok;Parliament, obliged to contiocatem
price of Bread at Sid. the Quartern Loaf Whc
and 7d. Household.
ir
The Society for the Suppression of Vice, 1W:eof;
in contemplation to take some decisiVe,steps .
ot bath.
reeling the heavy and increasing grievance .°tourio%
sveigkts and measures, from which the lab° verf
part of the community in particular sillier 5E311 t°
severely. A measure of this sort cannot
produce the most beneficial Consequeneela joist'
will not only render an essential set vice of Leeir
ing the different Inque,ts In the the
noes'
duty, but even in reducing the prices
caries of life, by. taking care that the • roney.,
shall have full weight and measure for