The Sun.
London, England, 1803-11-18 00:00:00

DEATH OF ADMIRAL PAY SE.

YESTERDAY about noon died, at his-apartments
in Greenwich hospital, Joriti WILLETT PAystis,.
Eq. Rear-Admiral of the Red, Treasurer of Green.
wick Hospital, Commissioner General ani Anditui
General to His Royal Highness the PR TNCS. of,
WALES, Brother to -Lord LAVINCTON, K. B. go-
vernor of the Leeward Islands. On his return froti
town on Monday morning, he was' taken with a
cold shivering' fit; and; soon after *at- 8661e3
by a „paralytic . ttroke, which de!trived. ~him .91
speedo; he was imMediately
WALTE FARQUEIAR, who declaied 1111th
coverable. He served as Midshipinatl onboard the
Eagle, of 64 guns, bearing the Flag of Lord Howl:,
in the American War, from whence he was made
Lieutenant, and promoted to the rank of Post-Cap.
fain on the Bth of July xlBO. Ho also commanded
one of the Ship in his Lordship's Fleet in the me.
morable Aftion of the rst of June 1794.; was made
Rear-Admiral of the Red on the 4.th of February
1799, and the following year (on the. resignation of
Lord BR In PORT) was appointed Treasurer of Green.
wick Hospital,
For several years he has been the favourite cot.
panion or the Pa itfc s of WALES, and had the honour
to convey Her Royal Highness the PRINCISI of
WALLS to England, in the jsitittr of So VIM

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The following Letter has been'sint to the:dif•
ferent Generals commanding Distrias':
" Hong Guard:, Navel:tiler 14, Isa 3•

" six, --- --
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" I have received the Commander in Chief's &talon to
His Royal Highness's
desire that you will signify 'o the Officers coMManding the
several Regular and Militia Regiments within your District,
deliver the whole of the spare Arms, now in possession of their
respective Regiment's, into the nearest Ordnance depot, *tr.'
titer under the charge of a Store-keeper, an Officer of Art:li
pleasure that they are immediately to
lery, a Clerk of Stores, or a Master Gunner, accoMPain,„
by a return of the exaa number and description of arrn,Ll 7:
delivered ; and they arc to require from the Superintetar
at the depOts receipts for the same.
" You will be pleased to transmit, for the COMMAtaan
i
in Colt is information, a specific return of the Arms deliver-
ed into store, in consequence of the above directions, in Miler
that the Ordnance °dcers,
authorized, on application front the Commanding Officers 0
those-It i
--eg•mmts which deliver in the spare arms, to iSSUO the
at the several depens, mai 1,
same number in such proportion, and at such times,o9 010
augmentation to the trengtli ot their relpgaive,RepintorS
may tender accessary. 1 have the hono‘tr th be, kc; - ,
(Signed) n Ii• CALVERT, Adj. Gen. to the forces.'

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111•••••••/M.M n •
General returns of Officers present whit, °l;fih4
sent from their reCpettive Regiments, are ma" ta,
the War-Office Department on she /4.th of "e"
month, for the information of His Roy.ll ilighne"
the Commander-in-Chief, who, in case of Arlen°
quilhont haw, uniformly supersedes the Office"
who are guilty of that prominent breach 0t military
duty. It appears by the returns hitherto transtuitte4
to that effeft, for the current month, that a number
ofOfficers are reported absent vithosit

Sunday last the Earl of
three
Chief in
/ Scotlandi walked in proossion with the
.ORD ritastrietyr, and several Of tho hoods of See- •
Y-01‘A, C_ omniinder irs
~n, from the Parliament House to the fligh Church
of_ Edinburgh, where artexcenent sermon was.pseach.
.
ed by the Rev. Professor Firm AWN'. His EXinia
leney the Commander in Chief was accompanied by
'Pie,' sat in what is ca
RANCLIFF, and Lord Fosses ; as also General
Aid.de.Camps, viz. Sir Wsa. Kitts, Lord
_Acadiy, Colonel rl
—IRONS, and Colonel STEWART•
His Grace the Lord High Commissioner occupies at
the Meeting of the General Assembly of the Church
ereeled Ott
of Scotland. Iled the King's Seat, which
Lie
utenant.General , Sir James Powretatt se.
rived at East Bourn on Wednesday, and is to fake
the command of the Troops stationed on that Rao
of the Coast. The Infantry are still busy throwing
up intrenchments. Ninety a4.pounders are to be
of the 48th Foot marched into PeVen6ey Barracks
this part of the Coast. Two battalions
yesterday, .
.
..
_ The Tunbridge Volunteer Infantry comrnanded
by Colonel CUMBERLAND, received their Colours
aso few days ago front the fair hand of Lady
131.atao
430110E5,
the beautiful Miss BYNGS, and several other Ladiess
lonel Come tt a
who was accompanied on the occasion by
all wearing yellow feathers, to correspond with the
uniform of the Corps, which is 'faced with that ce,.
-611 r• LatlY BLAND BURGER trade 3 very elegantnt
and appropriate speech on the occasion, to h_
WednesdaY morning about twelve o'clock, ti.hc
LAND made a neat and suitable rcpt)
Fakenham Volunteer Infantry, commanded,vP4
.Captain CAse, to-the number of about 100 i arnie
,t
In this city from Aylesham, where they had %tilt
the preceding night. They 01;060 tO Y .4lf lII°
take of Agurigg, in the West-Riding.
on Thursday morning. •
By the returns of the Constables of the ‘llaPen-
.fof persons willing to ad as'Pioneers under the De-
ence MI, amounts to 2766.' •
Among the preparations making to defend thea
Metropolis in case of Invasion, theNewltivetHea ,
has been particularly attended to. ' A great nom
her of Workmen continue to be employed in thNlv".
they
ing up Lines of Defence. The main pipes Pr fiTs/r,
arc
plaferco,mi,
mtlitgehtexepaoslielyd
islietudactisoirnoyinet;Pci.
conductors, the number
the water let out upon the land .by ill.tlisio66l,
persons, if not guarded against.., . of
The Corporation of Lee have voted a rnteer°
ail
elegant, Colours to each Battalion ot the Volu
of that place. ,
ton-tinier-Edge Corps of .
,
On the eth inst. were discharged fort the Wor-g.
their company, with every possible mark 0f ~t111°:
grace, William Whitford, Piller liracy, and I"
/lam Fin", jun, for retui.ol; .fo fulfil tfi egge:
VuJuloccill, lo .franc pi
tnent they made, when they etirolled thrmseivelift",
tha r Corps.
The person who was taken
Monday evening, from the Admiralty, is onlet:
ingram ; he has been some tillle to a deraille‘i°s4,
of mind, and had only that ,diernoun nu e 'lir
eicape from a person who bad 1;4 care of Itintiri).
his hou,e in N4S.i.tti-st rec e . 1.,1e is possessed Of pv:o
perty, al.d is now placed under the ca,re of I 4
in BOW,,Street 0::.
ittl,l 1 eovt.3.
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