The Sun.
London, England, 1803-10-13 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PEAL, OCT. 1Z...--ThC Explosion Bomb arrived
Int night from off Boulogne, and sailed again this
morning for the same place.
Arrived the Starling Gun-brig from Portsmouth ;
and the Autumn Sloop, and resuruisr Bomb, from a
Cruize off Boulogne.
His Majesty's Ship Circe sailed this morning on
a Cruize off Ostend ; anal the York and Zebra on
a Cruize off Boulogne; the Blear, with a Convoy
for Portsmouth; the Menke', with Convoy for Hull;
the Meru,, and Comfia, on a Crain to the North.
ward.

In the Downs—the Motrarch, Muth', Diana,
Squirrel, Ranger and Autumn Sloops ; Sarno and
Iternniim: Bombs ; Archer and Starling Gun. brigs
and Sussex Oak Transport.

Sitatassss, OCT. /s.--Capt. j.Nt CHOI. MOP'
ti Is appointed to the Leopard, of so guns, Yic°
Capt. Curtxtttogast, who is made a Commissioner
of the ViEtuallixi, in the room of the Hon, PHI(
RODXSY, who goes as Commissioner to the Island
of Ceylon.
The greatest aCtivity and exertion have for bell
some days prevailed in the Dockyard hereto' equit
and rest the Bombs and Gan_yesseb which have
been shook by the late Bombardments on the Coact
of France ; they are all now ready, and it is expea..
id that they will immediately sail to recommence
effeaire operations against the Enemy, under the
immediate ditaitinn of Admiral Lord Kt ITU, who
bas!
'" ieeelY eletmooitring their Flotillas.
Sailed
yesterday His Majesty's Ship La rivinito
for the Baltic, having on board two of our Envoys,
one of 'them ptoceeds to Dresden, and the other to.
Stutgard.
Came down from Chatham this day to the Great
Note, His Majesty's Frigate Shalom% ; and went
out of this Harbour the Broderscarp, Cape. C 42"
TI t it, to be stationed as a Floating Battery at the
Buoy of the Knob.

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YARMOUTH; OCT. IR.—This morning
th e lark
Packet, DILL, and Lar4 Packer, Ttiostrsoos portssailed for Husain; and the Assalsord Packet'
BRIDGRI for Gottenburghp
with Mails and Polo*
gers.
The Odors and peak,' Frigates, and Cease
Oun.brig, arrived from a Cruise, and remain in the
Roads, with the Orl.yhheid, Amethyst, Ind Raramd•
ssoars( Armed Ship,
The
and Crittlairl aoo.brigo
are
sailed on a Cruise. The ?oily, rznAlt°ll'
Imo Petersbergh to London, with Iron
$5(l del4
,a
je put in hare with loss of fareenast and besvort•
The
°wre asid Mat'', a Fishing Goble, Wu
yesterday morning run down in Lowestoffßoads,
by one of the Berwick Smacks : the Crew were for'
innately saved, by getting on board the Smack, the.
Coble
going down instantly, withal' her nets, Ea
about three lasts of herrings.

P°""4"Tai OCT. 1 2.--*Artived this day, ihe
Racs,:vra;;;;f4r, DAM
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lour gru
Stockholmn d r, Nt; aarx
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and litcommtncennit, KINDER, from DAtItZiCF
om
Nano
Sailed the rfNUI Frigate to the Eastward,
Frigate for Cork., and Fo;g Sloop for alp
Indies.
Sailed the Fat:silos, BuoaNsozr , for Norway.

• Wait cdptn.radcresilot:daent :gull-Martial ompalial of theme
lowing
lowing members, was holden on board the iiii"a
dieter, in Portsmouth Harbour, viz.
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T.:try 7 is:ll7 Capt• w^ I tiVrafirP /
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' 46......, 1. 1 -Lg IP ........""'" 11, Vi i 0 il
&NICHOL**. i;
C" rage", on several Mch°9LrgLeiswreAxiiiiitliFeidAr:at,iritnil'of-t
ohiridindernsto),yt cohnisteCmalp)tt,aianntifinAe (HARDY)
of dot}'' uatYis-Aerru:"l4; -Pebirot;
sdecution was conduded by Capt. J. 0. 114""
fie
occupy more than three hours litteAn'n'ce
of the Court* who, after hearing the "'lain;
adduced to support the charges set forth, atittrYi‘;4r.
the most impartial attention to the evidence la i the
MOLLINJIMIX, were of opinion, that not one° I.
charges had been proved, and that Mr. M°ilij.
NIAUX was entitled to a most honourable acquit •
grata.
The Atalaate, r 6 guns, Captain IVIARst•--,b.
which sailed a few days since, is gone down o.° i.,',
coast of France, to try to cut out some more tii!/1";
• 11 of 14
ships, as there are many of that class tu tea
luable knees, fut locks, bends, and beams, all 690 it,
and ready to be tut up in a ship, got sate into
P 9
by hugging the French coast along shore.
A smack from Lon,lon, bound to Dunde,efb With
goods, the Formosa, of Newcastle, and Brair
of Shields, were chased into Sunderland Fipariv:teel:
Tuesday sennight, by a Schooner-rigged , ft,
with two top-sail yards, yellow sides, wis," „i,
she SI""'-
markably white sails. The Master of. hck,lorilit
saw him capture a loaded Sloop, bound:l9 to , •
off Tynentouth.

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The corporation of Derry pve a sumptuous t
ner on Thursday se'nnight to the of
Bishop of ths
See, At which the Field Officers of the GArrlin 41„er
the Clergy were among she visitors. After cl,ll.•_f
his Lordship was presented, with the Fretdo.

FIRE AT ST. ALSIP:.

Ifirre•upAr MOrning a dreadful fire broke out in
the White Hart Lin, at -St. Atban's. It was first
di,covered hf iween foni and five O'cloek: flu :the
warm being given throughour the town, the panic.
strudt'-initabitartts ..rose from their beds tq aSsist in
stillting the pr gress, of the flames ; but the fire
burnt With. such irresistible fut.y as to render
all eForts vain. In the course of half an hour, the
greatest part of the• Inn was consumed, .and the con.
flagration spre tl to the stables,. where ten capital
• horses
,were destroyed. Amitist"the alarm and con.
fusion ,t !dll must naturally occur on such an ocea.
sinn, and more especially at an Inn, it is some con.
sn.at.i,:n to find thatna buman.lives 'were Icist„ Mr.
HA rWARD, the master of the Inn, with his wife and
fsmuy, were in.the most imminent danger, being at
the rime in the upper part of the house; they how.
ever all escaped unhurt. A Mr. Wmtatt, and two
friends, who were there on a shooting party, were
saved by their promptitude in jumping out of their
bed.ronm windows into the yard, leavitig behind
them their clothes, which were burnt, together
'with five pointer dogs,. -Several travellers, both
male :and kmalr, escaped . the, devouring element
by similar means, with the loss of them clothes
and p rim inteaukt. It Was, -froly pitiable 'to' see
these distressed .people,,walking about the yard,
with nothing m re than the slender covering which
the humanity of the iiihahii nfs prtieured for them
at Ilie miinent. We did not hear that any fite-:en.
g;nes `wt.re emi lnyed ;and perhaps there—was ho
'water at hand. The ruin of the premises was c9IPL:.
Plete. Pie cause of this accident ,is nor yet asc4r.:...
tair~etl. It the Landlord is ..not ensured, his
_toss
must -he coii4ferable. ' * •

.

py„ .
uesday the Comp'itny 'of Deal Volunteers, Com.
mantled by Cant. Kett, marched to. Sandwich to
Le brig!"led with tito,e 01 Sandwich apdjtamsgate,
the whle, of which will form the Second Battalion
ot'Citique 'Ports Infantry, under thi'command of
Lo td C A allt NatoN. There. are now at Deal, be:
snits the Above, one Company of Infantry, Corn.
ru 'tided by, J. MAy, Eq. one of Bombardiers,
c nutiaiitted by R. Kkst.se, E,9. ; one TrooP or
Genrietnrn Yeomanry, under the command of J. M.
POYNTER. Esci;ind about 600 SeifFeneibles, who
are etigagrd to man the boats fitted up with car.
roil ores.
A lertet'fforn Fdlkstone states, 'that on the sag.
gestion of. Capt. Racittn, who commands the Sea
lencibles at that place, several fishing boats with
twenty men in each, provided with
signals are to
be stationed during the night oft" that part of the
Coast, and parties of inhabitants to patrole both
beaches. They also are to be provided with sig.
twits .which, in case of discovering. the Enemy, are
141:K.1144e to a guard stationed at furze beacon
near the town, and in sight of the beacon at the,
Camp Under Gen. MODE a. A
the differ:
t eight welts* on Friday evening
ens are-beacons on the East Riding Coast of York.
shire, were lighted upon the signal of the firing Of,
a gun at Spurn Point, to aseertain whether or not
they could communicate with each other, and .in
pursuance of an order of a Meeting of Lieutenanicy.
held at Beverley, on Thursday sennight. Several
of the lights on the Holderness Coast, and also the'
one at Itainton, were clearly discernable froni
Hun ; and it is understood the objet was own-
pletely answered. •
On the Bth inst. at twelve o'clock at noon, the
flags were hoisted at the proper stations in she vici.
bey of Whitby, and at eight in the evenint the
fire
acons were lighted. It appears that the signals
were communicated from Spurn Point to Whiiby,.O distance of sixty miles, in eleven minutes.
Within these few 'tiqs a very great number: of
pikes have been landed at Leith, from a vessel
whit It brought them from London. They have been
sent ro the castle.
•
The extensive ereeiions, on the New Road near
Newcastle, calle4'Egypt, lately. employed as recap.
tacles Int grain,
,aTe
converting into barracks for a
part of the numerous forces intended by Government
i n that ►neighbourhood. •
A 'recent letter from Calais says, that the French
Arm.) tlest inci4,..to invade this Country, 'amounts to
Veal' 300,000 one hid. :hey calcUlate will be
(fest r,,yed, or taken by our shipping ; ,with the re,
m.tining 150,000 they reckon .that-theCouniiy Is theirs': indeed, si folly convinced' do they:appear
to he of'ultimate. success,. that a Staff is appointed'at
Calais to accompany the first embarkation, who are to make provisions for the coping Tronps,, and lay
the Country under heavy Contributions to maintain
them,
r.
Lard MrADDWRANIC's Speech respeftilig the De.
fettcc of the Firth of Vont), is not very honourable
to the ch.oaaer of Ministers. From what his
Lordship said, it is very evident, that sufficient vi.
siiiince had not been used to• proteC't an important
place, and the'Duke of BucciatiowEdeclaration,
that an awmer from Government might be expelled
ill alerts) days, can by no means be detruetiSatisladory,
cut,sttlering the vast preparations of the Enemy, the
adivity for which his. chargter has always been
distinguished, the enormous poWer he possesses, his
readiness tii.emplOy that power • by any 'means that
funning, perfidy, and cruelty can suggest; 'and above
all, his determined ranCoUragainst this Country,
and its Independence as a Nation.
In the present moment it cannot be wholly,unin.
terming to our Reader's to lay befOre them a calcu.
distant e 4 between' the point's of assail-
Mint from the Enemy's coast,and theprinciPat Ports
on our own, which have been' Menaced With a De.
scent in former wars :--•—Distance from Brest to Gal.
waY tBo leagues ;to 'the Shannon-150; to Bantry
"Baylis ; to Cork and Kinsale 190 ; to. Plymouth
6o; to Torbay 70; Cherbourg. to Ports Mouth 26 ; •
Havre to Newhaven z 9; • Abbeville to'•Pevensey
i 7
_Boulogne to 'Rye ; Calais to Dover 7,
DunkirkiiiDeal and 'Margate t4i Flushing to
the Nore 35; Helvoetsluys to Harwich 30; Texel
to .Yarmouth 30."'
Lord HOLLAND is detatned at Madrid, by in.
dicposition Family.,He has, however, sob.
-Serthrd to the Keniington Corps, and signified his
readiness to conforrn to any thing' which GOvern.
rrt tha)i. &ere 'necess'arrait- the' National De.'
fenta,

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evvtal. sari.

Tat sterling old •Comedy of The Pr/yoked Jim.
baud, to the credit of public taste, wasagain attend.
ed, by a numerous audience last night at this Thratre.
)(Imolai!' Lord Torten& may be considered as one
of his very best charaders in the drama of ordinary
life. It was throughout dignified, and we may say
classically corred. . ,

Miss turwrox again representeli- the -.part of
Lady Mundy. She was more in possession of her
powers, and delivered the dialogue 'With good sense
and firmness, • though. still ill rather too high a key.
Her conception of the charafteris just, and she only
wants the mellowing influence of time and prattice
to render her an easy, elegant, and animated Comic
Aftress. In the last scene she displayed much feel.
ing, under the deep rebuke and determined separa.•
tior of her offended Lord. • • • • • :

MUNDEN'S Sir Francis Wren:Ma has been
thought defeeliVe'in provincial dialed, but it had
the better 'reeoMmendation of charaderistic truth
and strong humour.
KNIGHT' and Mrs: Grans gave effective support.
to theludicrons scenes in Syatre Richard and Miss
jenny,. and Mra:litvaNpoßT was. a good forcible
epresentative ormotk. quality in Lady Ifronplvad.
FARLEY'is somewhat too heavy fur Conti Basset,
Which requires more of the light frivolous Coxcomb..
The-after.piece was theonce popular Farce of the
`Pad/ock, 'in which Miss .MoRTIMER' W:4 for
.the
first 'time, Leonora. She sung the Airs with taste
istiod expression,-. particularly .!' Say. Little Foolish
Fluttering Thing;." in which she was cowed.
There it a plaintive softness-. in ,her;:voice acid
manner that qualifies t er.for charaeters .of tender.
ness; and when she•is, etnholdened by .pratlice,. ahe
will doubtless prove a; valuable acquisition to this.
Theatre. •

The Dueintals-to-be brought fat ward next week,
at Drury.lane Theatre, fur the purpose of inno_
dUei6g a rieVir-Vocal Candidate ih the charader of
Carlo:, of whom report speaks highly.-
litrawr Roscrus. —A young Gentleman only
elei)enyeart old 'has lately made his -appearance on
the Stage at'Belfast, .with surprizing success.. He'
has performed Otman in the Tragedy of Zara,
Young Norval, Rolla, and Romeo. Such a theatri..
cal phcenomencin has naturally excitedsteat curiosity
and attention, and the accounts of his. several per.:
furmances represent them as absolutely:.wunderful.
The judgment with which he entered into the-several
characters, and displayed all the variety of ern°.
tions incident to them, almost persuaderthis hearers
that there is a theatrical inttinß, not dependant on
tuition or experience. His person is as much dis.
tinguislied fur beauty arid elegance as his mind for
extraordinary poweri, and' h6P seems ,indeed• to have
!been " formid, in the prodigality of Nature."-
,
..Mrs. H. JoHrtstoii 'is a IHTMISiOg yoong.aftress,
but she shoUld not attempt such difficult clraraders
ibe CPirlozv Behnpur., which has'iong been consi.
dcred as a. test of high comic merit, demanding the:
most polished manners and elegant vivacity. Mrs.
H. JOHNSTON 15 even mow fit for Betvideria or
isabella, which we rum she will never venture
to attempt. Miss FAR*IiN, who- was so excellent
in the IPidocm. BelmJur,J.elicimot appear in it tilt she
had had cOriaidcrable exlkirience in her prolessiOn,
'and in a great degree had qlSalified,heraelf by an. hi-
tercourse with the higher orders of society,. '
Poor SEDGWICK, the Singer, 'is at list gone.;—
Ilis Vocal Powers, by introducing 'him much into
Convivial Circles, led to', The Destruaion of his
Ifealth ; so that he - might exclaim, with Falstajf,
gg Company, villainous company, has bcc:n the ruin
of' me."

The Dutchess of DEVONSHIRC, it is said, has
already begun to entertain her friends with a con.
cert and petit romper. This is good news for her
medical
in repar attendants, who will probably soon again be
• • •
puttign.

The East.lndia Company's Tea Sale eiiierienced
yesterday morning an intertuption, front. the very
alarming sudden' illness of Sir 1.3011/4:EL DARELL,
wim Wits ire the. Chair. He was immediately taken
into the Court-Room, and in a short time attended
by Dr. BRADLEY, and four Surgeons, who ordered
him to be removed to a commodious room, near
the Secretaty's (Ace, where he was laid upon A so.
pha, • and a considerable qUantity of blood. taken
from his ,arras. After .an interval of nearly three
hotiN, Sir L10.;42i,. was sufficiently: recovered to
give diieEtions to his servants for his removal ; but
one .of the Surgeons giving it as hi,r.,opinion, • that
such a step would be -highly dangerous, ;,lied. was
ordered to be fitted 'up by' the Company's u);hOl.
stcrer. We are .happr to add, that late in the
evening, the Surgeons had giyen the strongest
hopes, that by a proper . attentton to rest and regi.
turn, Sir Ltorqr L be completely restored.
A Letter from. Captain SUTTON, late of the
Prince of Wales .Packet belonging to Dover, dated.
Valenciennes, toth Sept. last, has been receiied, bit
pia 'Father. Captain SUTTON announces the agree.
able information of the English Priioners detained
rn that City, being treated with much humanity.
They, in general, have, liberty ro walk about the
town, and on the ramparts; but cannot go out of the
gates of tite Fortress without leave of the COm.
mandant, who is r'epresented
benevolent Officer.. •
as a very worthy and

TheSubsctipti:mfor elna'thing the Volunteers in
Monmouthshire, titnonnts tO-56871.
A man of genteel aPpearance was apprehended
at Ortn' onFriday,last, suspti,died of being a
French Spy. 'He is, or pietends to be, deofand
dumb.

At the'Ggnerill Quarter Sessians for the County
of Kent, held at . the CA d Castle, in Canterbury:, on
.Vriday last, James 111;bber, for an .assault on. Sir
EDWARD KNATcIH uLt Bart. one of His 14.1je5'.
.
ty's Justices of tilt: Pea e, was sentenced to be un-.
prisoned trx calendar lno'nflis, and to fini:lnreties far.
.
t,apo years, viz. liimself.in 561. and. twp.. sureties In
25!. each. joAn..Alieston, for an assault' upon JOHN
HEAD, and for attempting to reseue Win. Maddon
,out of confinement, in. the parish uE Sail wood, to he,
imprisoned, two ealeratr inonths,, and rind sureties'.
for,R9e year, vii,hims:ll in :pl. and two sureties in
Jol

. each.