The Sun. — London, England, 1807-08-24 00:00:00

.;ear-rigg e d Boat in the south-east, standing dirertly for the land : the Lieutenant immediately rowed in for the land in hopes to cut her ott- but hl3 efforts proved ineffectual, as she reached the shore just he fore him. He saw her in the a& of landing her goods, when he hailed her to deoist, and at the same time fired a shot over the party. The smuggler's immediately fired a, volley of small arms at the. King's Boat, which wounded a man through the groin ; on which Lieut. C. run his bOat on the beach, and landed with his party of men, consisting of six, and attacked the smugglers - , who by thui time mustered bet ween sixty and scventV, wh , ll an ince.slnt fire was kept up‘ During the fracas, one man, which I understand•to be the Coxswain of 'the Boat, was shot, and two more wounded : the Lieu. tenant immediately prgcared a guard from the Bar racks, and seized th grxicls and the Galley. The Spirited con of Lieut, CAMFBELL is deserving of, the highest praise, and will, I tru,t, convince these desperadoes, that the superiority of numbers will rot deter a British Officer from the discharge of his duty. We only want a few such men .to clear our coast of these rabble. ISLANDS OF SCILLY, Auo. 15.—Cnnle in to refit the Carolina IP'ilhelmina, D:cx FIosKEN Master, from Kniphausen, in ballast, ha% i lo,t her bow . grit, and sustained other damage, in a gale of wind. • Sarno day arrived His M:ijesty's Ships Plover, Cyt. 'BRovVN„ and Scorpion Brig, Capt. CART. !WR !GIL T . AUG' 17.—Carpe in the Br s ig, from Monte V ldo, laden with hides and hair, bound to London. Captain MATHER, of the "Eqhts, arrived at New York on the 13th -ult. from Canton, and give in formation that a .British 64, and ten Company's Ship, were pt Canton when he left that place. Some of the British seamen had hilted a Chinese, and the Government had demanded an Englishman from one of theShipg, which was refits_ed; in.ContieqUence 'of which the Cainese had prohibited goods from being carried on board the Ships. Thursday a Fleet oh thirty-two Sail of Transports With Troops on 'board, tinder convoy of a Were sew), flosn Aldborough, steering to the North wan!, supposed 14 the Baltic. The sea being calm, end the wind fair, many bows, with company, went of from that place to visit ihdeer. It had been lying ten or twelVe days in Ft B ty, , • Orders were sent off ye,terchy to Chathain for the 31w/borough, ELizotelk, and the two 74's last launched tht.re, to be i;it ready for sea with all ro6iule expedition. • Sir JANIES SAC:4.IIIEL is appointed Coinmander in Chief on the IA sl and Guernsey station. A search has twill wade throughout the Spanihh Bide ofMill Prison, Plythout't, for we4iatta, in con - - sequence of i:lforthation hAving been . gteett by. the Spatt:.sh prisoner t:xecuted a short time since, pre. %ions to his execution. There .wer e f ,und in the Tools of the priion, concea l e d, 32 ‘eo llipletc daggers, tnishrd, and a bundle of iron illops cot in lengths and flattened, for the purpose of making daggers. The whole wax very property taken away and de. 6t royed ; • CUOYDON AKD ROTH Elt KITH R CABAL.-.-This im portant work, :whch wits begin about ti% e years ago, is now .nearly linislna. It conn..ences at the tow n of • Croydon, passes . over Penge Common, crosses the road leachng from London into • Syden- Imo, close to that tow n, over which a bridge has been long since erected ; and then runs along the east side of . Sydenhatit Common; Foresthill, and: Nun c a d, until it crosses the Deptford road, near. the New Cross turnpike, cn - the London side.— Within the last three months, a commo.tions bridge bas been erected over the canal on this part of . the Toad. From this down to Rotherbithe, the Canal bas long since been cuts and scarcely any thing is tow wanting to set it working, but the completion of the towing paths. Tu obviate the difficulty of obtaining water along the elevated grounds over Which the Canal passes, between Sydenham and Nevi Cross, several large reservoirs have been form ed. The chief of these . is on Sydenham Common, where it has wore the appearanc e of a large lake than a pond. It is a complete excavation, of an oblong form, occupying upwards of thirty acres, and is seve ral feet above the level of the Otnal, frOm which it is about fifty yards distant, and into which the water can be conveyed through sluices, whenever it is. re quired. Such is the descent near the Deptford-road, Dotwithstattding the great depth to which the cut was made, that within the space of . a quarter of a mi!e, there are no less than nine. or ten gates, at each of which there are reserviirs- to catch the rain, and collateral cuts.near the bottom to receive the springs. I his tea will considerably facilitate the trade between the metropolis and counties of Surrey and Kent. • • _ A new Dock has been made at Rotherhithe, called the East Country Dock, for the reception of timber afloat, with I,varehouses.attached to it for pitch, tar, 'and other Goods, The North Hants Militia, at Gosport, on Saturday morning commenced volunteering to serve in the Line. On'Monday last as his Grace the Duke of Mort- Taosg was exercisinglii4 regiment- (the Stirlingshire Militia), in the neighbourhood of Dumfries, the horse took fright, while his Grace was in the a& of mounting, by which he was thrown forward on the ground, will) such violence as to dislocate his right shoulder. The luxation was immediately reduced, and his Grace is not likely, to experience any bad consequences from the accident. • In the long depending cause respeeting the resi duary plopetty of Mrs. CAM, the Lotto Cuaritit- Loa has lately decreed the sum of nearly 40,0001. stock to the Corporation of the Sc.itis of the Clergy. The harvest in Wales is this season much forwarder than has been 'known for many years, and,. we have the olenci, gn. _I h OFFICIAL ACCOUNT 07 ES.rHE LOSS OF THE G ANG TO Titt.wORSMIPFUt. ROSERT PATTON, COVILINOR, Sec. " perform a painful duty, in acquainting you with the total loss of the Hon. Company's Ship Ganges, lately under my command, on Friday the 2gth ult. off the Cape of Good Hope, in lat. 38.22.- 5. and long. tg. 50 E. of Greenwich; the particnlars Of which are faithfully and carefully stated in an ea 'tract from her log-book, which I have the honour to inclose herewith. The Ship had been in a leaky state for some time previous to this melancholy event ; indeed, sp much so, as to render it iudespensably ne- Cessary that she should proceed under easy sail, and that the most prudeat and cautious measures should be adopted by myself and Officers in the couduel of her: On the 2I st ult. it was my misfortune to se.pti Me,. in a gale of wind, from his Majesty's Ship Concorde, and .the Hon. Co.opanyN Ships, viz.. Ben gal, Lady Jane Dundas, Asia, IPcilikamstaw, and iiie.rander; and next morning, the Hon. Company's Ship St. Vincent only being in sight,' 1 plFed my selt under the ceders of Capt. lorias, who, with the must watchful and unceasing care, continued. to keep as near the Ganges ascircUmstances would admit, from that time till the day on whiCh she foundered. You will participate in the satislatlion I feel in be ing able to acquaint you, that not a single life has . been lost in this ill-tated Ship, though not less than two hundred and nine persona were on board but a few hours before she sunk ; and, from the state of the weather, it will 'be easy for you to ima gine with what peculiar circumstances of difficulty and danger . her Boats were hoisted out, and so miraculous as well as so general a preservation ef fected. I'o Captain JONES, of the St. Vincent, who, under Providence, has beeti the happy instrument of our deliverance, his own feelings must have, proved at the time, and will ever prove, through life, to him sources of higher satisfaction than any praise of mine can bestow ; but I should ill dis charge those, duties which my present situation calls upon me to fulfil, it I did not express to you, . in this public manner, the strong and grateful sense which is entertained by my passengers, Officers, and self, of his humane and generous conduct, both previous to and on the occasion of the loss of the agitges, as also of his liberal and hospitable atten tions to us on board .the St. Vincent subsequent to that .rnistbrtune. I have the honour to inciose a cur re& list of all who sere on board the Ganges before it took place. Of my Officers, I cannot, perhaps, speak in terms more adequate to their deserts, or more satisfactory to themselves, than by saying they discharged their several duties its the most exemplary manner ; and, with respeef to the ship'• company, among whom must ' , es classed a Dumber of men of his Majesty's 77in . Regiment, working their passage home in her, 1 feel twist happy hi (estop. ii 4 ;. that they united all the good qualities of Brim kh Seam , -ii and British Soldiers, when, placed to get h ‘r in scenes of danger and distress, till they c ou ld no longer be of service' to the cause, in Whit h they were engaged, I have the honour to be, Sir, your must obe.itent hum(le servant, Signed) " T. FIARINGToN." Hon. Company's chip Ead St.Vint,ent, loth ,twe, EXTRACT FROM THE► LOG-BOOK OF THE SHIP GA NG 13, FRIDAY, MAY 21)ni, 1807. " Light airs and' cloudy m P. M. A. M. light breeze and fair, the swell much gone down,. but tits, Ship rolling dreadfully, and rendering it dangerous for the boats to take persons on board, whether astern or alongside. At a quarter past noon, the St. Vincent being still nearly four miles astern of us, there being seven tee; water in the well, the stern-pas' being now tour inches off the dead wood, and the Ship utt- - - go% ernanle by the helm, got the launch at all risk '. alongside, having in vain attempted t o put the Ladiea .on board of her out of the stern gallery, though 'the railing was cut away for the purpose. At throe qua! ters past noon she left us with all the passen gers, except Mr. 11 , 11eston, of the BOntbay Civil Establishment, who insisted, in a manner the most friendly to me, and the most honourable to himself, on remaining on board until my . officers and self quitted the Ship. At one P.M. the yawl left us, Kith the sick people, and some of the other ship's company and 'soldiers of his Majesty's 77th .regi thent. The men still kept working at the pumps with unabated vigour and good will. At three P.M. eight feet water tn'the well, and the ship settling fast. At half past four nine feet water in the well, and seeing the launch on her return, called the people up from the pumps. Down both Cutters, and sent them otf as fast as prudence would permit, with or ders not to return. At five, the Launch, Yaw), and one of the St. Vincent's Boats, catne alongside, and by half past five had all left the Ship again, full of people, the Third and Fifth Officers in charge of the Launch and Yawl. I, immediately after the boats_ had quitted us, mustered the people, and there be ing 4 9 m en still'on board (Mr.BoLLESTON, the Chia, Fourth and Sixth Officers, and myself included). againiet the pumps to work, as the night was closing in. fast, and the St. Vincent still at some distance from *us; At six P. M. in company with the Chief Qtti cer, gunner, and carpenter, visited the gun-room for the last time, found the head of the stern-post had forsaken thetransom full six inches, the garboard ' seam of the counter two.inehes open fore, or 7 feet down at least, the*Ood-ends five inches off the stern posts, and all then Counter-timber gone-at the heels, At half-past eight P. M. the St. Vincent's boat and the yawl once more came alongside, and then (and not till then) were the pumps finally quitted by my orders. Filled the two boats, and dispatched them to return no more; five minutes afterwards, the launch came back to us, and. at three quarters past eight, accompanied by Mr. Rolleston, the Chief, Fourth and Sixth Officers, and all that re mained, of the ship's company, I quitted the un fortunate Ganges, with three cheers from us all, and twenty minutes after boarded the St. Vin cent in safety; where we were received by Cap tain. JONES with 'all that feeling and humanity which has distinnished his Condud.since our se .paration from the fleet; and here, before the journal of this eventful voyage is' finally closed, I conceive it to be my duty to state, that on leaving the ship she had ten -.feet water in the well, that she had settled half way up her bends, that she was wholly -.ungovernable by the helm, that the.poop, vaster,- deck, and upper-works generally were in motion, and that as no human means were left untried, so were no human powers equal to save her from de struclion, 84c. &c.. ie:,,..,...4‘ • fc.r- ra- ....—......- u 11/71030:R, '..AuGysT 23. . . Their MAYEsTies and she - Par/icissik accom panied by the Dukes of KENT and CUbIBERLAND, came. upon t Terrace this evening at seven o'clock, and retired about half-past eight. His MAJESTY was as usual in the Windsor uniform, and afforded high gratification to all who' siw him, as he ap peared to be in gOod health and spirits. The Ter. race was uncommonly crowded. with beauty and fashion, - inclee&much more than on any evening in the course of the present season: • The Comedy of Laugh When You Can ,was represented at our Theatre last night, by desire of the Officers of 'the Blues. Mrs. Mesta, who is one of the best Ac tresses, out of the MetrePolis, in the range of parts generally performed by Mrs.•SIDDONS, appeared in the charaaer of Mrs. Mortimer, which she per formed in a very interesting manner. CHATTERLEY was very entertaining in Gossamer. They both re-. ceived great'applause. The Farce was The, P, rize. The House had a very genteel audience. Mutinex is to perform Sir Abel Handy, in Speed the Plough, to-morrow evening, and a good house is naturally expected. Egham Races commence to-morrow -on Itunny Mead, and are to continne on Wednesday MU Thursday. 1114RGATE, AUGUST 23. The arrivals at this place for the last week ex ceeds every thing in'onr memory. Yesterday morn ing the packets brought us 300 visitors. We have Plays, Masquerades, Balls and Concerts for their amusement. Miss. SMITH, of Covent-garden Theatre, Wnow our great attraZilion. She has per fortnkl Belvidera, and recited CoLLINSIS Ode, with great effect. She has also appeared in Airs. Oakliw with equal success, and again recited the Ode. A very numerous audience attended her. Theatre is well supplied with performers., This morning,we had an addition of. 150 visitors.. There are a troop of Equestrian Performers at Ramsgate, so that this town and its neighbourhood will, provide entertain meats enough, it our w isitoss will bring money.,-- The Lady-birds continue to swarm 'among. us, and we are not without an abundance of other insects of a larger size. Mrs. LITCHFIELD had a very numerous audiehce on iter benefit nn Saturday at the'Ellymarket Thea. Ire. The Play was The Stranger, and the Farce The Allies of a Day. In the, former, YouNo and I.lrcitnat.o obtained great applause, and in the latter she acquitted herself with great spirit 'as Mr. GREEN, of Sorner's Town, has a dog, of a breed between the greyhound and the Newfound. laod kind, who feels uneasy ,every morning till he has hail a glass of gin with bread snaked in it ; and when tli 0%% tier takes the dog with him to hunt, he never fails providing him with this exhilirating drop. Fifty guineas have been offered, but refused, for this ,singular animal. Oct Tuesday last WILLIAM ADAMS E q. M. P. ,CToiness, was unanimously elected Recurder of tat Born At the commencement of Mr. PITT'S last Admi nistration, the dilapidated - state of the Navy became the objet-1 of inquiry, and the then Board of Admi. ralty immediately gave orders for 'laying down eigh• Ships of the line, of 74 guns each, on the vacan t Slips in the King's Yards : these, we understand, will be all ready tiir launching in the ensuing spring, The Dublin Evening Post states, that Mr. CIESAR COLCLOUGH, elder brother of the late Join; COL ccouon, Representative for the County of Wexford, and killed in a duel by Mr. ALcocK. has received permission to return to Ireland from France, where he has long been detained a prisoner by BONAPARTE. • JOHN WILSON CROKER. 'Esc', M. P. for Downpa trick, and who is so likely to distinguish himself in the Senate, is an Irish Barrister at 'l'Bo4, and se cond sou of JOHN Cnottea, Esq. formerly of Cork, but now Revenue Surveyor General , o( Gentleman eminent- on account of his literary qnali fications, and knowledge of Ireland, and also for a most convivial and philanthropic disposition. .Though "Mr. DIBDIN'S new Comedy of Errors • Excepted was avowedly a hasty production; .written chiefly for the .purpose of giving'novelty and variety to the season; at the Haymarket, it bears the marks of original . humour ; and, if laughter be a•test of dramatic merit, the public have given • abundant proofs in its favour every time it has been performed. CASINER, the young flarpist, who lately camp from France under the proteetion of Colonel MACLEOD, Was brought up under the cape •of the celebrated Madame Dtt, GENLIs, to whom be is said to be near ly related. He is about 16 years of age, and the first performer on the harp that ever appeared. He does not perform professionally, and therefore is followed with great eagerness by the musical world: On Friday evening a party of Gentlemen at .t Tavern in the neighbourhood of Newgate-streat, made a bet that a young man, then in company, Who is not more than live feet four inches in height, did not run round the pavement ofSt. Paul's Church yard three times in ten minutes, but to the astonish ment of above two htindred spedat?rs, he perform ed it in the short space of eight minutes and two seconds. PECK Hili4 FAta.--Saturday a qui lam Attorney, Who had rendered himself odious in the neighbour hood of Peckham, was roughly handled by' the po pulace at the fair.—lt appeared he haelAbreatened a notorious depredator who kept an E. 0. table, with information, unless he was - permitted to shale the spoil. The Swindler not wishing any other to par ticipate in the fruits of his industry, refused to com ply ; a quarrel consequently ensued, and the speda tars took a decided part against the qui lain, who was peltel with dirt, and compelled to fly, from, the fury of his assailants, much bruised and disfigurech * EDINBURG/I, AUGUST ftik • ;• • 4, stttotrkktt Passrieststiots.—On Thursday the 13 h curt. 'AM four o'clock in the afternoon, a vieli4ut whirlwind crossed the parish of Mid-cal:ler, id d dire& line from south to north,,a little to the west ward of tliis village. In ha progress it exhibited a grand but very alarming appearance. Two cloud:, one from the north, the other from the south, came • in eutuad, near the farm of Contentibus, where the whirlwind began. For some- time 'they seemed to contend with each other, and then assumed he form 'of a whitish pillar, which appeared to operate like a syringe, at one time forcing down with great vio lence every thing betige it, and at another drawing up into the air every thing within its reach. As it . moved along it unroofed h considerable part of some • houses belonging to that ferni, lifted a cart with its wheels about 15 paces, till it-was entangled in rt hedge, and drew the water out of a rivulet-in Calder Wood to an immense height in the air. When cross!. ing the evremity of this wood the first blast seem' ed to level the trees with the ground. In a moment. ; however, they were raised again, and the branches were seen flying about in every direttion. Its traces • on the ground c, ere very, visible wherever it pass- • ed ; it seemed to have been between Go' and 10(1 yards in breadth, and the whole of its course near be wood was strewed with broken branches. In cross ing the West Calder road, about hillf a mile from this plaCe, one tree was torn up by the roots, and the tops of many were br o k e n down. Two of them especially were broken ott about eight feet tro:n the ground, and some 6f the limbs, a loot in di:tin:- ter, were carried,•with all their branches, to a consii derable distance. The noise that accomp•anee this whirlwind was very loud, and greatly alirmAl cot only the labourer; in the fields, who witnessed its visible effeets, but likewise rli-se in the houses neat which it .passed. So terrible was its appearance that the - workmen ran in all directions to Lh_.lter themselves from its f engeauce, and every motutut expeded death. An obstinate attempt at suicide occurred at New• ington, near .Sittingbeurn, yesterday tenniglit John Cold, a labouring man, seventy-two years of age, first attempted to 'put end to his existence by hanging himself; but, by timely assistance, was cut down, and recovered. Disappointed in this, be, then jumped down a . ‘Vell, seventy-eight feet deep, and containing eleven feet of water ; :being, how ever, observed, he was - drawn up about half way, when he let go his hold, and fell to the bottom. He *as, nevertheless, again recovered, and drawn up, having 'sustained little other hurt than a - slight bruise on the back part,of hiS head. The came of these attempts is, sintularly enough, attributed to jealousy' of an old woman, about his own age. A shocking accident happened on Friday morn ing, in Charlotte-street, Ita . hbone-pl.ice, in con sequetwe of a scaffold, ereeled in the front of a house under repair, giving way. Four or five work men sere upon it. At the time, including the mas ter. One of thetn fell upon the spikes another had his leg, and a third his back broken. The master escaped unhurt, by clinging to the window.: The ,injured men were carried to the. Hospital.— One of them, it is said, died onSeturday. • Mr. KEMP, intl. (I.vhe lately-married Miss BAR/Pra, Of Sussex,) has just purchased the Herstmonceaut Mansion, Park, &e. of Mr. HARR NAYLOR, for 65 ,0001.,—Herstmonceaux Castle, novi in ruins, was once a magnificent seat, near the sea, not far froth Pevensey Level. •- On Tuesday, 'a melancholy accident happened at the buildings at Clifton, • erected by Mr. Watts; the scaffolding, upon which seven men were at work, ,gave way, and they,xvere - .precipitated from an' im mense height., Three were killed on the spot ; ono taken to the Infirmary,. without hopes of recovery ; the other.three sustained themselves c:in a projecting point of t/te building, till rescued from their peril ous situation. On Saturday se'nnight a Ind named Oaks, shot away part of his ear, in the a& of keeping birds off corn, at Denver:, near Downhatn, Nurtblk. On Wednesday, a poor woman of Ipswich, the mother of two children, having a quantity bf linen to wash, procured,a pOppy-head, the juice Of which. she gave to one of her children , a little girl of ab out ten months old, to m ike her sleep, white iihe pur. sued her. employment., On the busband'S coming home,' Ile' enquiredior his little favourite, and was mach alarmed at her, altered appearance ; whe n , on taking the child in his arms, she, fell into convul• sion.fits, and almost immediately expired, SMITHFIELD MARKET. Auctisr 24. This day's market exhibited a large show of Sheep and Lambs, and the supply of prime Beast.: was very good ; Veal and Lamb are dearer than our last re port ; Beef, Mutton, and Pork are cheaper, and the trade fur the most part was pretty bri,k,---The sales in the Haymarket were rather lively ; Hay, Straw, and Clover fetched better prices than Friday's mar ket. —The under:mentioned prices and numbers are au accurate statement To sink the OMI per stone Sib. Beef 4s. otl. to 43. 6.l.—Mutton 43. ocl. to 43. 61—Veal 6s. oti. to 73. eci.--Lonb ss, ott: to Ss. Bd.--Puck 45. od. to Si. od. . Beasts 1978.—Sheep and Latnbs, 2 . 1 760.--Capres, 38,..-. PIP 4fi SMITIIPIRLD HAY •MAI:KtT. Hay 41. los. to 71. as.---ClCver6l. os. od. to 71. to. ad. Straw 21. 13s. 0d..t0 . 31. lbs. od. CORN-EXCHANGE, Ant). 24.—The marketjo-day is rather scantily suppli e d w i t h Wh eat; go( ' sam ples fatly support the pric es quote d, and int . ior are heavy of sale ; fine n ew a t 745 . per quarter ; ifLrley and Malt continue at littl e V ar i at i on; Wt, to wnd e ll Grey Pease are each cheaper ; Beans of e t ,v 3 kinds inishort supply and rather dearer ; . .., ; r e i gn Oat are in considerable supply, 'and keep their ice. i sales of Flour at less. 11. Wheat 4ss a . 56 . a 6ss od Beans (Old), 50s i;, '' Fine ditto . 61,N . i% 7ai :It Tick ditto (do.) 4as .1 , Rye . . , 414 a 46s cd Oats - 221 2f:3 a Liu* . . 32s a 3aS 6d 1 Poland ditto 31S i i ma - . 6. 1 s a 72s od I Rape Seed - 2.41 nill ; White Pea:e 95s a i,:: od I Fine riotii - -52 i 2::S. Croy, Mt.er. - rde 1 -2... .et C -.......1 azt