The Sun.
London, England, 1803-09-01 00:00:00

92ATE OP TUE ORDINAR

Portsmouth -
Plymouth -
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Chatham
S I iceruev,
River

Nati ce to lfartner.s.—Last week, the Loma Light,
on tie Vurn.Point unfortunately. took fire in the
night, and was burnt down. A light will cnntinue
to burn on 'crie of the sand hills until it neW'one is
er,
Extract of a Letter from New York, July 19,-
44 We have, just received intelligence of the Hornet
Sloop of War having fallen in with a French Fri.
gate, of 36 gims, and a Brig, of 18 guns, both of
which she flogged, and carried ofra FrenCh Guinea.
nun that MIS under their. convoy,"
A letter from Ayr, dated Ang. ag, states, that
Captain FARTS, in the Ainrtifell, of Irvine, arrived
.there on the. 23(1, and off the Mull of Cantyre, that
morning, he spoke the Ship Privateer Pißot.y, of
Liverpool, Captain ACEXANDIR MORRI3OI4,,WitiI
the Vroso Aorta Catharina, a Dutch East Indiaman,
bound to Amsterdam, ''which he captured on the ist
of August off the Island of St. Michael's. They
were proceeding for Liverpool. Capt. MORRISON
sent his Mate on board. the Aim'well with a note
stating the circuinstance, which has been forwarded
to his Owners at Liverpool.
O'REILLY the Royal Marine, who is rewarded
from the Patriotic Fund at Lloyd's for his Conduft
in the boats of La Loire Frigate, when cutting Out
the French
.gun,brig, the Penteaux, from under
the batteries of Isle BA, displaYed it seems an uo.-
common. degree of heroism.. In boirdiug he was
wounded with a pike, and he received several oilier
wounds upon the deck. He posted himself how.
ever 'at the hatchway to keep the Frenchmen below,
and remained at his post till he aaually dropped from
loss of blood.

•
It must give every lover of iiistivntry a great
pleasure to observe, that at this moment, all those
distinaions so trifling and envious;likhicli have so
long existed betwixt Churchmen and Dissenters,
are hut ,in the common-cause t as a proof of this,
the other SUnday, after an excellent Arid patriutie
Sermon, preached by the Rev, Mr. HUGIJ RS, to the
Protestant Diasenting Congregation, at aitter,ea,
without any' previOus notice, 461. 30i. 711. Wil3 col-
lected at the door, and sent in to the. Patriotic Fund
at Lloyd's. We think so laudable an ,example ought
to be published tar atiii Wide— thit Others.inay fol;
low itc

. ,
EJT.E/t D4Y Ai six o'clock, the DUKE
of GLOUCESTER'S Loyal Wluwerrs met at CAit.
tct's Riding Iloust, in North Attilley-street, to
know the result of Lord Lit ETWYND'S cornmunica.
lion with the SECRETARY of l'E, relative to the
declaration of the Corps on Mondry last, that, " if
their number wa% to be d isninished, they would not
continue to be embodied',"

Lord CtiEtwi-211) informed thein; that he had ap.
plied to the Right.ilon. CtHAitz.r Yukku, through
the medium of the-Marquis of ItreuFt a t.o, the
Lord Lieutenant of the• County ; and by the stone
channel had rereived-;an answer. The letteis
-which passed on the.,' caasion,: his LOrdship then
read to the Gentlemen assembled, with the proposal
made. to them Is.tGovernment,. follows =That
the Corps should consist of eight-companies of 6o
men each, which, with the Officers and Non.com.
missioned
,Officers, would amount to 543 men."
The proposal was received with.an unanimous :assent.
Lord CHITWYtin then observed, that from the re.
signations which he had been requested to receive,
he hattevery reason to believe that the Corps would
not. exceed' the limited number. At the' same
time he informed them, that if there should he any
supernumerary, Members, they might attend duty in
their'regimentals whenever they pleased;: but that
such attendance would not exempt them from` the
Militia and Army of Reserie.
IL was then moved by Mr. Lewts, :that the
Field Officers and two Gentlemen of each' company
should he appointed as .a Committee,' to deter Mine
who were to form the supernumerary' part of the
Corps ; such determination to be subjel to a general
meeting urif • it. Lord CHETWYND theh ^put the
'question, but finding a difficulty in collettmg the
votes, he left the .bUsiness to he concluded ,by Mr.
BOODLE, the Lieut. Colonel, and it was at length
carried in favour of Mr. Lewis's motion.

The Letter of the SPEAKER, communicating the
Thanks (1 the House of C mffloni, wit's read tu the
Mretings and received with three cheers.

The. Squadron of Lincolnshire Light Horse Ran.
gers, con:minded by Sir GILBERT HEATHCOTE,
Bart. (in witt.4.7 the Mr. BURRELL, ROBERT
HcATHcaTi,.aaifloHN MANNERS, El. are Cap.
tains), have.been.qtereising five days nearFalking„
ham. This o.4ps"pflomises to be one of the. first
in this Kingdom, bring principally composed of
opulent young graziers,- mounted on well.hred ac..
tive horses, who'ate to be armed with carbines and
sabres.
' The number Of Volunteer; in the TOwn.Of Leeds,.
exceeds the quota of six times the number of the.
Old Militia by thirteen hundred.
The Subscription at Leeds' for encouraging VO.
lunteers amounts to• upwards of .2+,000!... Lord
FITZWILLIMA 113 S Wiperibed 2,000 i. the Dtike''ol
LEED3 and Lord Dowris each:sool. and 'Lord
ROSLIN t SOI.
A General SubScription has been entered into in
'Denbighshire, for the purpose of cloathing all the
Volunteer Corps. in that County, the expellee of
which is estimated at no inure than 11. Bs. iod. per
Man. •

Sir WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNNE has subscribed
001. to .the'.Denbi,',-hshire Subwription for (loath..
tog Vohinteers; besides subscribing 2001. in Mont.
gowerydiire and Merionethdlire ; and doodling
at his own expence, a Corps' of sbtry Colliers at
Trevor Clawdd.

'MO THEATRE.4---After Tht Alcamtailleerr,
Farce was brought forward last night at the' Hay.;
Market Theatre, under the title :of Mode' ,nus
Des fair. The hero of. clic Piei e, Aicademuh 6 a
t,ervara , is sure to Collllllit Some.
plundering
ke;iWiprOClllce some IllitiC1110.11) every thiog
does. After breaking Chios," krting a favou(ite
bird and, greyhound belonging, to his master, es.
cape, and a multiplicity of other mishaps, he re.
solves to kill himself. His master, in , order to
preserve, some battles bf ChlinPagne
.which ,he
has not tinge to luck up, plaCes a label on.them
kuiporting that they are poison. 'Nicarientus, de.
apatring of his rna,ter's forgiveness, resorts to
this suppoied poison,, and advises his sister and.
mother who areAervants in the same house, and,
partners in, his bliinders,, to partake in the liquor;
and iri , adopting his advice they are all
intoxicated, tinstighibe ladits are not suffered to ap.
pear in this unseenilY state. There are, tif.6urse,
a couple of /overt, and the hetoine elopes from her
father, who is reconciled by a place obtained.for
him by, the lover's father., This Piece, is one of
the dullest we ever witnessed. IVIs.viEW3, who
played the blundering:servant, did all he could to
support it, and but for his efrurts' it would have
been "driven from the Stage before the close of the
first .ad. However, the sentence of cOndeinnation
.was .so decisive at the conclusion, that Et,ras:roN
came forward and signified that the Piece Was finally
willOrawr. This Plea has been imputed to the
MARGRAVINE of Ar,sP.‘cra, but we have too rod
an opinion of that I,3,ty's taste and pivots to cre.
dit the report.
IVl,ooluti AD,
,whose merits its a musical composer

are well.knucva to the Public by several' of his
works which have been admired at Covent Garden
Theatrep died a few Lys ag.) at the Lunatic A,sylurn,
Liverpool, lie had several titres been in a deranged
state of mind.

It Ns been thottglit that.the Femah Corp
,will find
themstives in an aukward predicament, if, in case
of Invasion, they shouLt be ordered to drive all the
horned tattle. It cannor, howeVeri, be doubted that
some of them are used to tb»t tervice.

Tuesday a waggon, fined with all the paiapher.
nalia of a Barthollnirwlair Droll, broke down in
Cheapside, anktlr• tinthe time blocked u,) the pas-
sage. Psrachandihts'lrift lay sera +,ling in the mud,
Kings an& Qideekt wesc trampled under the hews
Leer, and Palettes and 16/em,,e Trinfrles w ere hid low.

A 'considerable bustle: wax occasioned the Other,
day, near Charing-Cross, from a hackney ctiachmim
accusing a:gentleman's servant of havlng stolen his
inutther. - The fact was, that the cOaelnifan hiving
taktn more than his fare, the gentleman, who con-
sidered himself impascd upon,,ordereil his servant,
who Wag latel)-.
come fiom the country, to. take the
number of the coach, which he literally did, for he
!Witted it off—the Coach; door, and rut it in his

.11AGILIE, Auc.u.s‘r

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• • Tr, is 'confirmed that git iZeil geteIN!NVP:I:I4 N.
ig I igCk will go to Pa risas A intiNicictor and Commis.
sary.Generaf frnin our Republic.
' The French General CA,SA-6NiS. heis flied his
head.qtyt'rters at ti7oirda',' where he embarked .on the
13th on hoarda yacht feirAtimerdarn. Gvneral
DubsoWchA.l7 has 'revitivid the TroOpi in and ileit
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