The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-22 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 21.—Came in this day his
Majesty's ships Pallas and Dexterous from a cruiZe•
Sailed his Majesty's ships Sabrina and Zenabia
on a cruize ; and the Mary,. GRAY, and William,
SPICER, for. Sunderland.

His Majesty's ship Hope taken convoy to the
Downs.

DEAL, MARCH 2 1 .—Came down from the River
the Cirencester East Indianian, Capt. HALKET, and
sailed again for the Westward ; Retecca for the
South Seas; Joseph for St. Vincent's ;_ and the "Inn

for Bermuda. •
Arrived the Castilian, CREATOR, and Bloodhound'
sloop of war, from a cruize.

X Letter from an Officer on board one of the
ships belonging to Lord COLLINGWOOD'S Fleet,
states, that his Lordship was cruizing off Barcelona,
in the beginning of February, with 17 sail of the
line, and three frigates. In the• early pia ofJa.
nuary, a tremendous storm visited the coast of the
Island of Minorca, and was severely felt by some
ships of war which were then upon that station,
A Moorish ship of 2 2 guns, was driven.on the rocks:
and sunk in the. arsenal—,and a felucca which had
been driven across the hawse of the Alceste frigate,
drifted on shore and went to pieces, and every soul
on board perished. Three transports were forced
on shore and much injured. An American brig
was dismasted and laid on •her beam ends. The
Bulwark, Alceste, and Spartan, drifted, but fortu-
nately brought up again. .The escape of the Grass-
hopper was almost miraculous. She struck on the
point of land S. W. of the arsenal, bUt a sea lifted
her over it, and she suffered very little damage.
The enemy's fleet in. Toulon consisted of ',eleven
sail of the line; and positive information had beers
given to Lord COLLINGWOOD, that'it would hazard.
every thing to attempt the relief of Barcelona,
where the French Garrison was starving, The
distress was. similar in Fort Mont Juy which com-
mands the city. The Catalonians had totally cut off
the communication With the country.

Yesterday a Court of .Directors was held at the
East India House, when Lieutenant-General Sir
SAMUEL ,AUCHMUTY took the usual oaths, On hii,
being appointed Commander'in Chief and Second its
Council at Fort St. George. Sir SAMUEL and Suite
aftewards dined with the Direaors, at the City of
London Tavern.--The under-mentioned Comman^
dens took leave, previous to departing for their rem
spective destinations, viz. ' Captain A. HAMILTON',
Bombay, Captain A. GLEDSTANES, Royal George,
China dire 1. The Court adjourned at six o'clock •
till to-morrow.

Four of the transports, with drivers and artillery
on board, which sailed from Cove on the 28th ult.
under convoy of the Princess Charlotte for Lisbon,
have put back, after receiving great damage.

A Gentleman has arrived in town wilo left France
last week. He had
ittaveitect from ,D.nthic to the
Rhine, and from thence to Havre de Grace by land.
His information relative to Germanysupplies us with
nOthingsiew. With repea to the. state of France,
he says, that in all thp great' towns, not only tha
luxuries, ha the ordinary indulgencies of the tables
are withdrawn; yet, that 'the common, means of
subsistence are , cheap- and abundant, - The males-
pansisted, only of the two extremes,. of childhood
and old age • all those in the intermediate periods of'
life having been sent off to the armies; and women
composetr the great mass ot Atte busy and aaive Oat
of the community. •
The officer alluded to in onr paper of Tuesday, as
having made three unsuccessful attempts to escape
from France, and or the last occasion liberated soingli
prisoners, .is named ARABIN. He was not on hill
parole at any period when he attempted to make,
•
his escape.

Some accounts have been received. from Spain,
.by the wa, of Oporto, whiCh are calculated to elk*.
courage hopes that we fear will not be realised.--SIC
is saki* that tile Trench, by precipitately advancing
into .the Soot hern,distriets of Andalusia, have.plaCed
themsoVes in a very critical situation ; that the 01";
tiyes are in arms in. the Cordillera; or chains of
mountains, behind them, and that They will be'
destroyed, uoles's they. seek for safety in a precipi'
tate flight. •

INDIA.---The Expedition from Bombay against.
the pirates in ih:r Persian Galph, it appears by the
last accounts from Bombay, sailed about 13111 °t:
i•ttlt of September. It misisted of the 65th regl:
ment, and about two hundred Native infantry, 3,Vhicti.
it is- feared, was 'not adequate to the objet, unders
contemplation. This apprehension is increase(PbY
the circumstance of the,loss'of the St rombolo, bomb'
vessel, which carried part of the irOops destined Q.
this service. The troops and crew, we are hapPY
to state, were all
,saved. The pirates bad been for
some time represented to be in great, focal
having at least'one hundred wont dows, large open
boats, capable of carrying.2oo men each-; and, fd!
the most part, supplied with guns .of heavy metals
By the intelligence from the Malabar Coast, it op
pears that MEEK KHAN had collected a force,
amoUnting, according to some of the letters, t°
25,000 Cavalry; and 40,000. infantry,— with wbicl,►
he appeared' before Bopal, at the end.Of the month,
of July. Set NDIA'S main army is said to have taltell,
Up a central Position in Hindustan. In consequence of,
an applitation front his Persian Majesty, an order
had 'been communicated to- the Bombay Govern'
'nem, for a sucvly r.?l '16;000 stand of arms, and
suitable 'proportion of artillery, and for. seleeting of:
proper Staff to accompany them, for the purpose 0..
officering and disciplining the corps, in whose hap dg
the-arms Were to be placed. Prepitratiods were i,!O.
great forwardness for etfeding the objects of thll
communication. • •

• -
Tkie General Catholic Committee of IrelaPcfhav-s
adjourned to the 24th of April and special notice
are issued for tlrir meeting in Dublin on that claii
in order to take into consideration the propriety Dd.
disavowing, on the part of the Catholic Body,
aF.t authorising an offer in. Parliament to concede P.‘.
rkto, or any similar Measure.

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Lhi

4) 0 ET In'.

• • rf washere, in fifes enchanting hour,
IVhcit all was 'coy and all was new,
1 frolic'd wild in thoughtless glee ;-
And here I twin'd my fairy bow'r,
And here my little garden grew,
Like me, at nod= liberty;

• And beer can fail their mem'ry dear,
To wring afresh my, sorrowing breast;
While thns the scenes•of happier hours
Call
.forth anew the natural tear,

And trace again those days so blest,
When here we twin'd our fairy bow'rs.

'Txvas here our anxious Father taught
' Of Honour, Loyalty, and Truth,
• And presi'd them on each infant mind;
His Hero soup the lesson caught,
And niartyrici in the dawn of youth,
His sorrowing Tufor left behind.

How rich, how varied, laugh around
The verdant fields, the villas-gay; ' -
The busy town, the swelling sail I

How rises now 'lit rningted sound, •
The civic stir, the rustic lay,
the noisy port, the- lowing vale !

. _
And can, while musing ana alone,
The heart with soothing sorrow fill,
And sad but lovely visions raise.

Arid oh, beneath a burning sun,
Or fann'd by IND lA's fragrant gales,
Or shelter'd,by the lordly palm,
• Shall here excursive fancy run,
And con again those infant tales;
This agonizing' brxast to calm I

Yes! mem'ry is a blessing given,
(When free from guilt's unholy stain;
pur fObtsteps'stray,
She is the, angel-sent from Heaven,
That lights our hope and sooths our pain,
- And cheers (he wand'rer on fiis way.

ON LEAVING • 41* **-1'

Yet once again, Aiefore we [kart,
Here let my lingering eyes delay ; •
Here look another fond adieu :
Tliosescenes that pleas'd my infant heart,
_And gladden'd many a cheerful day, '
These eyes again may never view. •

And here, with friends, on whom the grave
Has clos'd in life's first op'ning bloom,
My careless steps were wont to stray ;
Two Brothers.kind and.good and brave:
One slow; disease laid in the tomb, •
-One fell in ERIN'S dreadfuLday.

Here too—but sadreflealons rise;
Come, let me Send my thoughts abroad,
And on the-lovely prospea.pore
From where beneath the. Western skies;
Of ruggld mountains many a load,
Winds onward to the Eastern shore.

And thence, where stretch'd along the *Mei
TICAVrki, like a ttlumb'ring monster lies,
Guarded by his attendant. Isles,
By fair CLONTAik,--.-the Patriot's grave,
Whence spircs, and masts, and turrets use, -
• And Duar.zi.i in the sun-beam smiles. • .

And these have each a cheering tone,
that strikes nly'heart with rapture still,
With mem'ry of fOrmer.days,

THE ORATORIO.-COilenf-Gatdefi Theatre was
crowded ,again last night,'a, it has indeed been on
evt!ry pight'when this performance has been brought
forward. CATALANI sung rr Verdi Ptati- in a very
beautiful style. acid wit bout' any .such redundance of
ornament as dotild displease:the most rigid admirers
HANDeL, considering how well she eXecuted the
s,2ng altogetberf. Her " Hope told a flattering4Ole" was als.o another specimen of her fine taste
and brilliant execution._ Her ‘k-Son Regina," which
18 a psopular test of skill with the higher Singers, was
given in -a very superiot 'style.—tßA,FlAM, in " Gentle
dirs.," and " oflliarmion," distin-
guished him Self admirably. I'l,e-former sung Was
linely accompanied on the Violdncello by Mr. C.
ASHLEY.—Mr. G. /ism.. ardisplaYed first:•rate skill
in a violin concerto. Ther rest of the performances
"ere ,so well sustained by Mrs. BLAND, MISS, BOL-
TON, and Signora GRIbLIETTI, that
,they severally,
obtained very liberal applause.

RANOVER•SQUARE.—The fifth performance of the
'voncert of Ancient Music, one of the most scienti-
fic in' this country, if not the chief, wps last night
under the direction of Earl FORTESDUZ. The Duke
4:11‘ CUMBERLAND, the Duchess of BRUNSWICK, and
a very numerous assemblage of the_ higher orders,
Were presetif. HANDEL was, as usual, the great
8?0re-house from which the compositions were de-
rived ; bat the beautiful air of "'Softly rise, oh!
EGulhern breeze," from BoYca, was given with nn-
"teed simplicity and charming effeCt by HA R 11.1,
""N. Mrs. 13ILLINGTON, whose vocal powers are now
Wealth
recovered, proved the restoration of her
and the correaness, of her• taste in " Fare,.
ye 'impid springs hnd floods."--CAreraa's,
'-'"autiful song of " Oh, Nanny, wilt thou gang
me harmonisedinto a glee, was one of the
'uost admired performances of
,the night.—We
' should hardly have conceived that, consistent with
the' tries of the Ancient Concert, this charming
-ballad-had arrived at an age sufficient to -entitle it
to admission, As .2 glee, it -is certainly too young,
but the scientific manner. in which it is harmonised,
And the excellence of the performance, will. easily
recount for being received as a stock-piece.—
he instrumental' department was, as might be ex-
I'e6ted, admirably sustained, since the Orchestra
consists of the first Perform/Al in Europe.
The objeet of the Bill at present pending in the
House of Commons, for ley) ing a toll at ,Black-
friars-bridge, it hasjdst been discovered, is not for
a Sttntlaytoll; the City hiving already gecured this
for 21 yeari,- but for a daily toll on aa horses and
carriages, in addition to the toll which the City al-
Yeady collect., of 2th 6n-every non-freeman's cart'.
%.411 goods in it. This circumstance has created a
Considerable alarm agiong' the wharfingers and ma-
nufittuiers on the Surrey shore, whose busiress and
.4'Y'"Perty intit be most seriously affected by it:

FREXCII PI*PEI3S.

,
"NAIR; MARCH 13.—At three - o'clock resterday
the Erriperor held" a Council. His I‘VaiesT has
made It present to Prince Schwarzenberg of a car-
riage and several sets a horses. His Majesty ho-
noured the Theatre Feydeaa with.his presene yes-
terday evening. •
. .
His Highness the '.Prince - Governor,.General of
the Departments beyorid the Alps,- aril ved yesterday
at Paris. . . •

Her Majesty the Queen of Naples arrived at
Augsburg" on the, night,:of the sth, on her way to
-Brannan.,
.•
Letters of the 25411- ult.• from Madrid, state, that
the -King
.of Spain had removed his head-quarters
from Xeres to Port St. Mary, oppOsite Cadiz:
BanssELs, MARCH B.—Thp sentence of the.
Criminal Court, by which Jane Ganef-, a fortune.
teller, was condemned to death for having poisoned
a young girl at Louvain, in an. attempt to produce a
miscarriage, was. yesterday put in execution. '
AUGSBURa, MARCH 4.--There are present but
very. few Bavarian troops in the Vorarlberg. The
inhabitants of that distri& behave extreme!), well.—
They denounced some agents of the famous Ried
Muller, of Pludentz, ,Who made his escape into
Switierland, ps having been•endeavouriog w excite
to itisurreolion the people of Certain distri6ls ;- but'
they failed; snot a creature would listen to t hem.••-
The inhabitants of the Vorarlberg will .not again
allow themselves to be misled; The .cotritriunica-

lion between the Vorarlberg and the- Tyrol, by
Mount Arlberg, is not practicable at present; on
account of the snow.

The son of Hofer, who has been detained until
these few days,, in the hospital at Botzen, bas ob-
tained permission to return'to his mother: He will
be first seta to Mantua.

PETERSBURGH, FEB. 12.--The masked ball given
by the Duke of Vicenza'was'yery brilliant. Above.
400 of the Nobility and principal merchant§ were
present. The Grand •Duke Contantine was the
only one of the Imperial family present.
VIENNA, " MARCH Serene Highnesi the
Prince of Neufchatel arrived this afternoon. To-,
morrow .(Monday) he will make his public entry
into this City, when he will obtain an audience
from the Emperor and Empress::: There will be a
grand 4311 in the evening, in the hall of Apollo.
• Tuesday there will be a magnificent dinner at
Court, and jn the evening ad.ress ball. On the fol-
lowing day, his .Serene. Highness the Prince of
Neufchatel will given dinner, and afterwards re-
ceive the Nobility.
. Thursday the Bth, his Highness will demand, in
the name of hiS Majesty the Emperor of the French.
the hand of her Imperial Highness the Archduchess.
Maria I,ouisa. Iq the evening the Archdukes will
give addience; and particu)arly the Archduke Chat les,
who is..entrusted with the powers of the Emperor
Naptleon.' •
The renunciaiion of the Archduchess", will . take
place on _ the gth, and on the _t tth the.niarriage •
will be celebrated. On the 15th she will set 'out-.
for Paris. •

There is -no foundation for the, report of-a
negb-
,
tiation'between the tw,o Courts, relative to the wax
contributions due from Austria. ,

Ali the Tyrolian insurgents who took refute in
this City are ordered to quit it. lois even baid that
some'of them have been arrested.

PARIS, MARCH 12.--wH,iS Maje;ty gave audience
yesterday to the Foreign Ministers, and afterwards
reviewed in the Court. of the Fnuilleries his Guards,
and several regiments that are at Pads. The horse
grenadiers and aasseurs went through the foot dx,.
erCise. During the review, ,the Emperor, sur-
rounded; by several Marshals and superior Officers,
took his station near the grand entrance to.the
lace He was 'dressed in the uniform of the Na-
tional Guards.

It is said, that the marriage of his Majesty the
Emperor will take place on the 2gth.
BERLIN, Fps: 27--Besides the loan negociated
in Holland, another at 5 per cent.' has been
opened for fifteenhunAred millions of crowns, in
the interior of this kingdom. . The following is
the Preamble of the Royal Bch& issued upon this
subjeEt : • .

FREDERICK WILLIAM, &C.—Though we have
tried all possible resources to enable us to discharge
the-war contribution -which we owe to France, we
we, have nevertheless, not yet had it in our power
to pay off the whole ot it. We have hitherto exert-
ed ourselves incessantly to effed the • discharge of
arrears ;• and we are so much the more solicitous to
aceelerate it, as the Emperor of the French has
added,to our obligations in this respe&, by the con—
descension which he has shewn. We have endea-
voured to lighten to our
,subjeCts the burthen of this
military contribution, by ,a Considerable loan abroad,
which has already been negoctated. -- But its results.
will not be operative until the lapse of a certain
period ; whilst circumstances command, with re-
gard to France, payments as considerable as prothpt.
This urgent necessity, and our-confidence in the dis-
positions of our subjeds to make, notwithstandittg
the misfortunes'of the times, sacrifices on which de-
pends the welfare of the State, have determined us-
to direct our Minister -of Finance to open forth-
with, in the different parts of our States, a loon of
1500 millions of crowns," &c. •: •

PARIS, MARCH 1 L—The City of Paris, and the
Imperial Guard, are to give grand entertainments in
honour of the Emperor's nuptials. •,
Orders have been sent to all the Theatres„ to get
up all their performances, dUring the present month,
April, and May, in the• most magnificent style poS-
sible. A number of old plays are to be
.revived,
and as many new pie.ces as possible to be. brotight
out. The principal perfonbefs have also received
orders to make their appearances. pretty frequent.
M. Ruggieri, spnior, is
.preparing a splendid-ex-
hibition of fireworks, to be let off in the evening of
the day of the marriage. • • •
Six Imperial carriages passed through Bar-sir-Or-
lain, on the Ist instant, on their way from Paris 19.
Vienna. One of them was splepuidly :decorated,
and was drawn by eight horses. It is .supposed to
be intended for the new Empress.
.IRsPRUCK. FRB. 28.—The three divisions of the
FrenCh army .composing the thii'd —corps, which,
underkhe command of-the Prince of Ekmuhl, gain-
ed so many victories in the late war, are nw,v in ino-

tint] to oceupy, the 'new
,cantonments assigned to
them. 'Elie first oivision, under th,: orders of Ge-

nerat Morand, and consisting of the 13th light in-
., latitrv, the 17th, -80th, 57th, and st of the line,
by the end Of the next month, have all' arrived
in the Marqnjsate.of Bayreuth, vvhere,they :will re-
main till further orders.
'The second division, under the orders of General
-.Friant, and consisting of the 151 h light infantry„ the
33d, 48th,
_!oBth, -and 1 1 Ith of the line, with the
I,sth hussars, and the 11 th and 12th horse chas-,
setirs, are still in PASW.I and the environs. •

The;.third division, finder' the, orders of General

Gud in, consisting of the 21st, 1 21h, Qoth, -and 35th
of the •line,-‘tith..6oo aTtilierymen, ant .600 horse,
passed thrOugh Bayreuth, between the 14th and 23d
instant,. .on their march from the Upper Palatinate
to. Saxony. General Gudin's head-quarteri, which
were for some days, at Hott, havebeen transferrezd to
Schlactz, in the county of Reuss... •

WESTBOURNE PLAC,E.The fashionable' world
have for several days been attracted to this place, in
'order to view the furniture belonging to the cele-
brated, or notorious Mrs. CLARKS, which ttad been
' announced for public
.sale. The sale commenced
,yesterday, and .though*.so‘tue prudish ladies 'were
restrained from bidding fer. what they were perhaps
desious of purchasing, the lots in general went'off
very well. The throng of speCtators had been so'
numerous, that it was deemed necessary,to transfer
the Rostrum from the house to die garden,, and the
latter - was therefore covered with green baize; for
the accommodation of the more deliCate'bidders.—
The weather fortunately being very 4rie,' the whole
constituted a 'very interelting 'coup d'ceil, and the
Auctioneer exerted his eloquence, with great spirit
and etfeCt. The: several articles oti sale were-in the
best taste, and 'Would probably have reached a still
higher price, if they had belonged to a more imma-
culate character ; for beautitiut and elegant .as they
were in general, the female 'purchasers• will co'
doubt be desirous of cmicealing the,source whence
they were derived. We have not' room to partial.'
lariie the several articles wbich decorated•this re-
treat of contemplation and virtue, but it was rather
singular that the lease of the house- should have
been purchased by a, Mr. .WARDEN., not however
the memorable Statesmari and Reformer, who prin-
cipally contributed to furnish those articles, the tri-
bute of his disinterested patriotism, for which after-
Wards his more refle&ing virtue induced hint to de-
cline 'paying, till he was cotopelled to. do 'so by'
". Old Father Antick, the Law."7-Wherithe name
of .the bidder was announced, the companrof course
displayed a•strong expression of surprize and risi-
bility, which
,was by no means allayed when, the
eloquent Kuight of the Hammer assured them that
he wts not the Modern pattern of disinterested public
virtue.

Yesterday the sale of TiVe animals belonging to the
inte Menagerie, 'at Exeter 'Change, euinmenced,
amidst a nurneroils body of sp-ectators:
phant, which arrived a short time since -in the Lord
Keith Indiaman, was disposed of_ by Trivate con-
tract TwO Lions were sent to' the Tower, a 4 tire
property of the Prince Of Br,nnsWick, a;,;(l,,the re-
-Mair.der of the ravage Colleclion Ter:milted to be pur-
chased by the best' bidder.. Lion and Lioness .of
majestic deportment were sold t 0,4 person named
,Miles for MO guineas.-- Both iliete animals were
tame; that a child- might cr, ss and-play with
them without- danger. It was - stated that they
had beep taken in a French prize, g-oing.as a pteeitt
tci Buonaparte.. A Royal BengalTyger sold for --80
guineas ; and man'y., tno!e scarce and beautiful Qua-
drupeds produced large sums:. This Menagerie •
ooCe comprised a ver.}, usefUland valuable-colketion
of wild animals. Our Artists have
_oeCasionallycle-
rived great. information by "copYing,th- living sub.:
jean in their denS; and, on the Wirtile,
May be considered a lims is the enetro'pOLs.
The purchasers in genefal, are Showmen, who tn-1
tend to exhibit their savage companions in coutltty
fairs.

A Decree passed the beginning of this month, in
France, relative to State Prisoners, the preamble of
which says :

" There is a.certaih number of persons in the
" State' Prisons,whom it is not convenient either to
" bring to trial or to set at liberty; that; ttiough they
" would be condemned by- the Tribunals to capital
" punishments, superior considerations oppose their
" being brOughht to.triai—that several are men ac-:
customed to crimes,' but who cannot •be eon-
" damned by our Courts, thOugh they have the cer-
" tainty of their culpability—th2t some belong- to
" different countries, '‘'Aihicti have been united to
France, but that they cannot- be tried because
" their offences are either Political, or anterior to the
" union of theseS.tateg.6

This preamble proves, if any: Proofs were yet
wanting, the'horrible nature of Buonaparie's tyran-
ny; and the ,debased state of the people to whom
he dares so fearlessly to avow it, and to make our
own countrymen more in love, 'if it. be possible,
with that system_ of British jurisprudence✓ which
gives equal protection to all, and_ in the eps of
which the Prince is of no more value than the
peasant:

The late.Nlr. CALEB WHITEFOORD was asked by
a friend, who'had .recently built a house in a confin-
ed situation, what he thought of i.. , Mr. \V. spoke
favourably of the inunsion in general, and concluded
with observing, t kit the balcony wls the most dis-
interested one he had ever noticed. g' Disint.ffeste4"
said his friend, "?‘ what:do you tnean.?"-.-" Why,'.
rejoined the wag, " you havd. certainly 'no view
in it." • .
•

It the arts of this•country had not ,reached a
height
.ofexCellence which place's 6 _them above ridi
cute; we might regfet to see the pencil employed
seriously in representing a'.persqn in the dress whiolt
he wore on'a walking .match, ma -the 'amp post,-
which we presume was the goal. -There can,.how-
ever, be little dontA• which, in rational estimationi is'
the chief feature of the work, the -walker ox the
lamp-post. - -
Monday se'nnight' died, aged '2l, Mi. HENRY
SAVAGE, Joiner, of Holkhatu.—This unfortunlte
young man was bitten-in the- lore-linger by a mad
dog, about t o weeks.ogo,and lad the part cut-out
by a surge-on two .hours offer ;' the finger.had. op-
parently ,tealed, and he. felt, no further incpnve-
'Acme tilkhe:Saturclay previous to his death; when
lie was, suddenly taken ill, accompanied with all
-the dreadful .symptoms of hydrophobia. -