The Sun.
London, England, 1803-08-19 00:00:00

.NdYylL FIEWS..

YARI4OUTi3, B.—" Arrived the Home.
ward.bound Baltic Fleet, under Convoy of the
Unicorn and Amaragthe Frigates,. Diligence Armed
Ship, Mallard Gun.brig, and two Cutters. The
Cary fort Frigate parted company► with them about
nine days since, with the Fleet for Liverpool, to gc;
North about.

Arrived in the Roads; the Stork Cutter and Bald
Gun.brig, from.a
As soon as the Ships arrived in the Roads, a very
sharp Press took place, in consequence of which a
great many men have been procured, and carried on
board the GeObeid, Admiral TDORNBOROUGII.
Arrived Die lenge Maria, FLANS HENDRICK
WoLUERS, from Teneriffe, with wine, hound to
Glukstad, sent in by Ills Majesty's Ship Penelope'.

Sailed the Five Brothers, ALDON, for Harwich ;
IPedderburn, MURRAY, for Leith ; Ceres, OTTEY,
for London ;.Nancy, ARCHER, and Industry, HAI/-
DONS, for Hull.

Arrived in the Roads, six Dutch Schuyts, prizes
:o His Majesty's Frigate Pens Ne. •

FALMOUTII, Auc. t6.--Arrived ,this. morning
His Majesty's Ship Galatea, of 32 guns, Captain
illivriscout, and sailed again immediately. to the
Weitward ; also 'arrived the East-India Ship,tl/ex.
ander, Capt. Bitootts, from Liverpool, in ballast,
for London; the Carrqiira Cutter from. a Cruize-;
His Majesty's Ship Tramp, of 64. guns, Lieut. NOR-
WAY, to he stationed at chis. Port as a G04..14114; ;
the Smack Penryn, Capt. BUIIsTP it, from London,
with bale goods,,,troceries, &c. for this Port.
Yesterclayarrived the Brig Fan*, from Greenock,
with stores, &O. for 'Portsmouth.; the Norway
Brig, Freya, Capt. from Ncirway, with
timber for the mines ; the Brigi,Sarah, Capt. Jotiss,
from Taterford with buiter, oats, &c. for Chiches.
ter : spoke yesterday a small French Privateer, Prize
to ilk Majesty's Ship Jamaica ; alsb arrived the
Priticr.. of Wahl, TR ELUDR.A, from London. •
The Lady Arabella Packet, froth America, Prince
Ernest, from the Leeward Islands, Queen Charlotte,
from Jamaica. and King George and Auckland, from
Lisbon, are daily expeaeti.

Pt.vtsiotrrH,. Atro. I7.—ArriVed the Dread-
nought, of 98 guns, from the Channel Fleet., and.
Jamaicai of 28 guns, from a Cruize to the West-.
ward ; also the _Ranger Revenue Cutter, Captain
FaAsER, from the Dawns, with a large Fleet of
Merchantmen under Convoy._

nna Sputter, eir, 14.emq each,
to join the Channel Fleet, and jamaica,'of 28 guns,
on a eruize to the West‘irard.

A Fleet of Merchantmen convoyed by a Frigate
arrived this evening; the former, with.a few Ves-
sels under Convoy, arc, passed by to the West-
ward,

DitAL, Au°. Majesty's Gun-brig Snipe
sailed last night to the Eastward.

Arrived the Archer and yackillGun.vessels from
a Cruize, and remain with His Majesty's Ships
Vire:the, Leda, L'AfricaiNe, and Dicrow,:y Bomb.

BRISTOLi AUG. t7.!---A letter received 'from
Cork to.day, says, the Jamaica Convoy was just
coming into that Harbour," The lkyade Frigate
arrived at Cork. on.the nth inst. from a Cruize.—
About 200 leagues to.the Westward she fell in with
the following Ships, Viz. Nero, Thetis, Tregwlaiwn.y
Planter, Mary and Surannah, and Aane, KING,
froM Jamaica, for London, and took them under her
protedion, and brought them in with Cape Clear ;
the, three former are arrived a: Cork,the others over-
shot that port, and it is supposed put into Waterford
the tith.

HuLt.,'Atto. ts.—The Alonzo armed ship ar-
rived in Grimsby Roads on Wednesday last, and
sailed on Friday with a large fleet of ships for the
Baltic. On Wednesday butt, the Ho//apidia, s'a
Dutch Greenlandmsn, wait five fish and a suck t,
raptured to the Northward of Shetland by-,the
Mar" privateer of, Hastings, arrived at Shields.—
Some of the Privateer's crew report, that when
they met the Greenlander, in lat: 53. they' per-
suaded her to steer to an English port, on pretence
that there were great disturbances in Holland : they
came together to Leith Roads, when the British
flag was hoisted above the Dutch. The reason for
the above delusion was, that the Privateer had only
25 men, and the Dutchman s 3. Four sail of Dutch
Greenland Ohio have been sent into Yarmouth, by
the North Sea Fleet. The Galilee (of Whitby),
CLARKa, frim,London to Malta, is captured by
the Coneorilia French Privateer, And carried into
Carthagena.

Yesterday afternoon, abuut half after two
o'clock, was launched from Perry's Dock, Black_
wall, the Hero, of 74 guns. She went off the
stocks under jury ,masts, in very fine..stile, and
was upon.the whole esteemed an -excellent' laynch.
The name *4O given by Lord i-loou, who,.
with Lord .CAsTLEKLa.uIt, *Lord AUCKI,AND;
Countcs of CAMDEN) &c. were present.. The" Hero
h„, been five ye.irs on the „stocks, She will imme.
cutely proceed to Chath:iin. The spedatori were
numerm, and the diTtay of fine women, elezantly

dressed, made the scene extremely ry ;Ind
ful. A cold collation and a dance followed, induct,.
ing the usual festivities on such occasions...
_

Anew ship of 7+ guns is ordered to be built at
Chatham Dockyard, to he called ihe Ab
Captain De COURC is
,appointed to, command
the Plantagenet, of 74. guns, vice Captain Hiat.
MOND, who is by illness compelled to relinquish the
Command.
Accounts have been received from ,the-Caroline,
of 3b, guns, stating her arrival at Madeira, and that
during her Cruize she captured several valuable
French vessels.
The-Portuguese have at length gained an advan•
tage by sea over the Algerines. The raw dr
:Gana, a Portuguese ship of the line, - cruizing be.
fore Algiers, was attacked by three large xebecs
and a forty.gun frigate, which formerly belonged
to the Portuguese. The Algerines attacked with
their usual fury and desperation, but the Portuguese
Captain made so good a defence, that after a fight►
which lasted three hours, he sunk two of. the xebecs
and captured the third, in which he had the
ness to find zoo prisoners, whom he set.at liberty
The frigate, however, contrived to make her escape.

\rester.lny the LORD 1V1A3012. held a Bnar.l or
Cnmmissioners of Land Taxi at Guildhall, to c!'"'''.
by ballot seven Gentlemen to' at as Commissionos
nn Property, when the following were elettecl :
Mr. ennings . 38 Votes Mr. Deputy Pinder 25 Votri
Mr. as. Dixon 3s Mr. Thos. Poyndev 7.;
Mr. nob Poak 3c ;v1.1"„ James Palwer '.,,,
Mr. )ep. Blaxland 2.e
The ;following were
missioners ':
Mr. Prec'ous ao Votes
Air. Pinegar 20
Mr. Weddell 2o-
Mr. Jacks a

,hosen as Asastant Corn

Mr. S. Thorpe Is vote
Mr. Willey Is
Mr. Deputy Routlat t 4

Yesterday morning a party of recruits marched
into Windsor for the 'Staffordshire Militia, vvh(T''
ranks pow are very nearly complete. 'f he M",-
cians Of the Band are exercised daily as coon„
soldiers.
The Dutchess of DEVONIHIRR,- the Martriq C,
HARTINGToN, Lady HARRIET CAVENDPSH. an"
Lady IVloskraTtr, set off yesterday On their long-
talked-of visit to Castle Howard, in Yorkshire,
the sea! ofc Earl CARLISLE.
Sir r Is- VI N tux has at lengN rAMIsELE.
th
i
a Parliamentaiy release from London, and is gone
to hiS seat in Nottinghamshire.
Lord FINCAsTLE, who was married l aosbt t as: ne
eeka
-to the youngest daughter of the Doke of Haivitt.-
TON, and BRANDON, it passing the honeymoon with
his lovely bride, at' the Duke of Qua aNsßakity's,
at Richmond.
The Earl ofSHAFTsausY, who has been a pri-
*sow at Paris, was removed last week to-Brussels,
for the benefit of the waters.
.Sir JAMES CRAUFURDLiS said to' be dangerouslY
ill at Valenciennes. , .
Mr. and Mrs. I)aummoND SMITH die at Rich-
mond, the richest. Scene of natural beauty nor the
metropolis. . .
Amongst the last Artivals at Cheltenham'Sir Wnt'
WI
Dowager Lady Clilford, Lady and Miss Kents,
and Lady Sir Robert Ainslie. Dr. Elickes,
Capt. Laroche, Mr. and Mrs. -411atuiard, IVll\t-‘
Mrs. liaillte, Mr. and Mrs. Applwhaile, Mr. 04 P'l'.l
lhewell, Mr. and Mrs. Taal*, Nlr. and Mts. BrowniVrt
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cvmtkin,_ Mr. and Miss Whtl„le4Y,.'
Mr. Dumas, Mr. Riddell, Mr. Bevan, Mr. Alleyne,
•
COblitm, Mr. Evan, Mr. liarroW, Mr. Clarke, Mr. 11057
Mr. Tinue, Mr. M'Calmoul, Mr. Ctlrlint, 'Mrs.l.l9Yl
Mrs. Oliver, Mrs. Throckmorfon, Mrs. Aicastic, Nlr; sP".
Mrs. Ann Nevill, arc.
The King his accepted the very splendid offer
;
made 'by' the Marquis of BUCKINGHAM, of giv•ng to
each of the Three Thousand Five Hundred and :Nine'
tylfinse Volunteers called for in Buckinghlmshire
ny
tile Training Bill, a bounty of tine Gaines, so so"
'as they shall be certified fit for service. This frog"
nificent proposition has alteatly had the best
ble et e& : the Country sees itself relieved from all
the cogrl'ilsory obligations of the late An, and the
Volunteers, who crowd to be enrolled, find th!''n'
selves reimbursed for their loss of time in training.
Saturdays at a Court of Cornmori Council, Di'
EVANS, Esq. was defied Mara. of Brig"
roomttlaßoraEysTC:STLX, Esq. lately deceas-'
on studa last _A
Merchants of Sunderlaanc;ie:witaiostliorrt:v-a‘inrdtheeditroitGterr:vea;n:
men?, praying leave for Mr. Bot.Tou to. make 4,
.6
further copper coinage, tvhich ,is expetled. to I)
granted, as there is iso capital recitiired Irorn Go'
vernmenc. Ac the same time they prayed ibr.
issue of small coin. r a.als
Tuesday morning last, the shipping o.
c
from the new Rail Road, on the' North Wall, ne'ir
,Whitehaven, just finished, which. has costa vci4
large sun) money, took place in the presene,r,ua
thousands of people. The Crowd was also gollu'r,
with a sight of the first itiatiO waggon it
namented with two handsome fl igs of yellovcise',,s
inscribed "Success to the Whitehetven Coaljr,'., of
".Lnwther and the Constitution.'-'--Sect,l'
rejoicing followed, as has seldom been witness
ea
that part of the kingdom., •
The,' Performances 'at Drury-lane Theatre.
commence early in the next' month ; the- pr"duce ti is
the first evening is to be devoted to the Patriot
Fund 'a VLlnyd's. , the)
Dr. LAWRENCE remains in his old Cop,

Lumber Troop. .
.. Sod.
Dr. LRTTSOM has seta good example to the if
eiety of which he is an enlightened member, for.n:
like him,'they are restrained by their refiginuorria;
ciples from giving their .support to militiiryrnels
sures, by contributing at least towards the co door
of the Soldiers, they .may' prove themselves Frii"

to their Country.
Mrs. BtLituarott will be. re.engaged
AAtfinler
Opera. 'Surely Europe cannot produce
Singer.
The late Mr. CHALIS, of Bedford.seare, wais
well known about town for being.almost conoton'lti
upon horseback, and al ways being upon a goick t
as r° 3
This pratlice, conneClCd with his•profecbin,
Wine. Merchant, procured'him the title of Thc
klaccktts. lie was an intelligent gOod-huaiL)ute
man. ' t the
Our several modes of military defence agains ch
menaced Invasion had been described in the Frenhic
Pipers an Rtrtvieldy mast, and it is highly'll4 it,
indeed that. the French tYjU Bever tl~ethie t° 1141:4

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