The Sun. — London, England, 1812-12-28 00:00:00

THE THEATRE. The Tragedy of George Barnwell, which is very properly brought forward at the present season, - when a general desire of amuse meet_ .needs some corrective, was represent ed at both Theatres on Saturday last. ' .At Drnry tkane, it was followed by a new Pantomime, enti tled 11:arlequin'Humpo, or Colninbine by Candlelight, and at Covent-Gaiden by a similar enterteit ment, entitled ,Harlequin and the Red Dwarf, or The Adamant Rack.• le would be wasting criti cism to enter into an analysis of such productions. . It is _sufficient to say that both of these Pan - to mimes are very well calculated for the time of the year, and for those who are fond of such enter tainments. They both abound in splendid and picturesque scenery, change:i of me - chanism, and a due proportion of the trickS of Harlequin and the blunders of the Clown, and other characters. The reception; :towever, was not so favourable.at either house as might be expected, but both Nn tomimes had partizans enough to carry them through the temporary storm, and as these pro ductions are always improved by repetition, they will doubtless be sufficiently attractive dining the holiday season. Lord CAnnkN's contribution of a third' of the profits of Tel!ership, in aid of the nation, 'can notplease the Party, though it would no doubt Lave been exto!ied as a remarkable instance of patrictic gene? csity' if the act bad come from one of-iiiemzelre4-,- - c The chi - organ of the 'Party has been entertaining itself with,, sneers at' 'the reported mission of Lord WAt.rece to Vienna, styling him a Boy, and wore than insinuating, that one so very, young is totatly unfit for so delicate and important an enterprise. The Paper alluded to ought to avoid the subject Of youhful as it may only .Serve to remind the public of 'a Secret Missiqwto St. Petelsburgb, some years ago, when the Patty thought. proper to entrust a stripling with an unauthorized embassy to that capital, not for the purpose of promoting the measures of the British Government, but to bring upon them,frustratioa apd defeat.. • . CHRISTMAS-BO (ES AND NEW YgAß's '6lpTg !- The very best that- can be given or received are to be had at-CARTER's, B,Charing-cross. By 0 4 .1 e pur-: chase of Lottery Shares, you may secure to ytmr-: The risk is. self or friends an absolute-fortune. - what every one can afford ; the fortunate conse quences what every one. desires Instead, there . . fore, 'of merely wishing children or frie.ncis a' happy new year, make it. one', by giving them a probable chance of prosperity for life. Subscriptions. have been opened in Yarmouth, Ipswich, and many other provincial towns, fo r supplying the poor with bread, soup, and coals, at this inclement season. • The 7th Light Dragoons. (Hussars) have taken the Roril duty at the Horse Guards, vice 10th, now on their route.to Portsmouth, to embark for Portngal, under Lieut.-Coionel PALmr.a. The Brazen sloop of ware was dismasted in a ga,le.of wind off New Orleans on the 26th August, and has put into New Providence. • • Foot Race.---21 foot race of two miles; which • excited much sp irtintt interest, took place on the • Lea-bridge road on ;- . lt.tirday, betwixt Carter the pugilist„ and Abrahxn Wood, who :stands first o n the-fight-heeled list. Carter, who 'ex-eels:11117a: nastic exercises, did two miles on Sunbury Com mon last spring with great speed, and he was matched a few days since to run two miles against Wood, and to receive 100 yards, but his friends paid forfeit ; and another match was made for-a considerable .sum, to run off. hand, and to receive 150 yards. Neither of .the tiestrians had trained for the match. At two o'clock, the men'stripped for , action, with Greg son umpire for Carter, aLd Captain Hinton, for Wood.. Carter advanced 150. yards for the ,start, and at a quarter of a mile from the coming-in place, he was not more than; 20 yards a-head : but Wood had recovered 'second Wind ; he run the last quarter of mile at the rate, of a mile in fiv e minutes, and he won the match by about si x yards. Betting was even at starting, but Carter for choice. . A person of - the name of ,Baldock, who died lately at Canterbury, exhibited a remarkable in stance of the aced!iitilatiOn of health from very small beginnings, in fact from nothing. Ile died at the age -of little more than sixty, possessed of one million and one hundred thousand pounds !' He was originally a poor boy ealployed to look • after cows, and remarkable for slovenliness. H e • afterwards carried the hod as a bricklayer's. la bourer; and, at. length . by dint of industry and parsimony, with some assistance, he . amassed money enough to .build, the barracks at Canter _ bury, which he let to Government'at the rate of 6d. per week for each soldier. lie continued to acquire wealth in various Ivay, till at the time.of leis death it amounted to the enormous sum stated above. Sunday afternoon the roof of St. Paul's Church, • itrASheffieid, was-discoyered to be on fire, imtng-to- . . the stove being. over-heated, It happened during Divine Service, but' happily was not known to the , congregation, otherwise the c orrfequences might ./ have proved dreadful. It was extinguished with out material damage. . A letter frbm Plymouth, received on Saturday states, that no less than eight American schooners from New York to Bourdeaux, with cargoes each worth `2'0,000/.. and also from Charleston to 1.4'0- rient, had been sent into that port. The sea, it is observed, is actually swarming with them, and' ; they all hope to escape by superior sailing. The American merchants calculate, that if in their outfits for French ports, ,three out of five should be taken, yet from their close stowage and quick sailing, they will gairi a fair average profit. Caution to the Fair Sex.—We last week recorded the marri ige of a Mr. York to a Miss Thistleton, which took place at Spalding, on Monday week. , But very soon after the sacred ceremony was over, -some person informed the officiating Clergy Man, that Miss Thistleton had two .Christian names, and as,the banns bad been published in only , one of them, the marriage was deemed illegal, and , ,the " consummation so devoutly to be wished,", was inadmissible in the eye of- the law, till the whole routine of asking in church and re-marry is again performed 3 ' which commenced de novo last U and ay,—Boston Gazette. V' AMERICAN PAPERS. EALTIMORE, Nov. 9. 2 --;-The Legislature of this State, on Sunday afternotin, made choice of Pre sident and, Vice-President: The vote§ stood, in the Lower. House, for the Federal Ticket, 59 ; •Clintonian, 29 ; Madionian, 22. On a joint ballot the vOtn were—for the ClintOnian Ticket, 74; for the Federal-Ticket, 45,; amt for the Ma ,disonian Ticket, 23. . . WASHINGTON, -Nov. 3.—Colonci R. M. John son has this .moment arrived., The North Wes- . tern Army consists of 'lO,OOO men, On the 25th' last. the necessary stores will Pe concentrated at proper points, and the army will march from the. Rapids of the Miami Lake, with BO days provi sions, for the ultim:'te object , of the campaign; Which is Do less important than the boldest can wish. Its issue is as secure as any thing which is yet in the womb of futurity, JAMAICA. PAPERS. KINGSTON, OCT: 17.--During the greater part of Monday, there' was a considerable fall of rain, with a heavk•s . well Cairn the southward, and strong indications of an approaching storm. Between the hours of six and seven of that evening, the wind . began to blow With great violence, and about midnight had increased to a•perfect harricane, the sea being at. the • same time dreadfully agitated, passing over the diffe.rent wharves, and sweeping every thing iu its overwhelming course. The weather' Continued:in:this' boisterous state until eight o'clock next .morning, when the fury of the wind considerably abated, and copious torrents of rain fell during the remainder of that (14. Many • out-houses, fences, &c. were blown down in the city on Monday night,, great damage (tone to many of what ves,• and Many vessels in the har boar sunk ; and driven ashore; few, of them, indeed, escaped without damage. Qn Tues day evening, the 'weather again became boister .ons, and the wind b16 , ,v violently during the night. Ott Wednesday, about noon, it ceased, and there were only a few light showers during. the latter p4rt of that day. The wharves ~ vhich - have suffered are thoie of Me, 3 3 l s. Floseason, Banks, and Co. Mr. 'joint Jones, Messrs. Purcell and Pacifico, Mr. John Scott, Mr. Wm. Cleland, Messrs. highs, Mills, and Co. and Messrs. ' James Dick and Alex. Evans. The hulks of Messrs. Crawford and M`Lean, Mr., Nicholas titer, Mr. Francis Car rera, and Mr. Thomas Farmer, aiso receiVed con siderable The h.,uses a;ld several fences were blown down in ti)e to:vn of fort Royal during the gale, and ,the sea ran so l' gll as to carry away all the turtle-crawls, when about 80 turtles escaped. The., road hrtween Spanish Town and this city was impassable until yesterday, the water having risen to the height of four feet, On Wecintsday, a horse,. belonging to Mr. WilHun t\itor ney at law, was drowned in it, his servant Navin,, attempted to drive through it. The Rio-Cabre was so much swollen, that the water reached the top of the arch of the' iron bridge, being four feet higher than it has ever,been known to rise. 'f he Manunee-bridge turnpike carriage road, in St. Andrew's, has also sustained great injury, nearly from 150 to 200 'feet of it, near the Hope guff - 011r, tiavi 'been - Completely -- swept` will from the foundation, so that it has become, totally impassable even. for passengers on horseback,who are now under the necessity of making use of the Old road. 'Letters from different parts of the St. Andrew's,. Port Royal, and St. David's mountains, give de plorable accounts of the effects of the storm in those districts—the negro habitations on many plantations having been entirely blown down-- - -- plaintain-wiillis every where destroyed—great quantities of cafee-trees torn up by the roots, and many fruit and other trees also blown down. Many properties on the North :;\i ‘ de have also snffered severely ,• and in St. George's, .the ter rible disease among the negroes, which was so fatal there two years ago, had again made its ap pearance. On one Coffee plantation alone., 14 tregroes had died within a few days. NORTH r 1 lI~IiICA. EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED HALIFAX, NOV. 19. You Neill see a good statement of tue war in the Newspapers..We hourly expect news of an at tack upon . Lower Canada ; a large force is cer tainly prepared and marching for that purpose, but New tngland is averse t o it ; Massachusets and Connecticut have refussd to march their mili tia out of the States. Sir G. Prevost l'as taken .the fielAl with a well appointed army of 6000 men. The caoactian Militia came forward bravely, and have voluntarily offered to remove their effects from the frontier villages, and to burn them on the approach of the Americans. If th e attac k i s made, it will b e the most sanguinary conflict kndwn irr America. e . no anre- • .hensions for the-caletv of Nova Scotia ;' on the contrary, faalilies remove here from the States, as an asylum from the miseries of war. This town is alt early rifled with strangers, not a room unoccupied, the markets wonderfully good, and plentifully stipplied, ekcept flour, which is 40'to 44 dollars per barrel, althougfi there are frequent arrivals of it under Danish, Spanish, Swedish, and other colours. The Commissariat has ten months stock store. • • " Our market feeds daily 2,600 men of and belonging to the Garrison, 3000 of the Navy, 5 to 800 prisoners, besides the inhabitants, and a considerabls export to . the West Indies," The Puchess of BRUNSWICK gave a grand din ner on Christmas Day, to the Princess of `ALES, and a party, at her flighness's reshienCe in Ha noversq uare. • The accounts received by the packet which is just arrived from Jamaica, inform us that Edmund P. .LyOn, has resigned the agency of that island, and that the House .of Assembly of Jamaica passed, on the 29th of October last, the following resolution on that occasion : Resolved Unarrimonsly—That the thanks of this House ar e j u stly d ue to Ed mun d P. Lyon, Esq. late Agent for Jamaica, for his zealous and faith ful services during the period he• filled, that ap pointment, and that Mr. Speaker do transMit the same in the most acceptable manner. GERMAN PAPERS. N r bEEMBin:G . , DEC. 4.—SeVeral parties. of bri gands are at this moment desolating many dis tricts of Silesia. Their cr!!elry and audasity have in a few towns struck terror into the: Civil 'Autho rJies, so that they . have not exerted themselves seFiiciently' to apprehend 'theni. This pusillani mity; has, as might he foreseen, emboldened these Ni retch Mid occasioned fresh Outrages.. The :r -retreat is in the mountains betiveca 'Silesia and Bohemia They go Well-armed, and their leaders are men of the most notorions characters. :One of them Acted under the notoriouS Schell, Was takenron - the defeat of that partizan, and experi enced in the pieservatiOn of hif,.life'a clemency of which he has proved himself unworthy. Our Go vernment has sent de;achnie - nts of. troops is pur suit of them, furnished' v.'ith two pieces of ar tillery. GENEVA, DEc. conseription was never attended with fewer diflculties in the depart ment of Geneva than during the present year. Not single conscript has failed to attend the Counsel of recruiting. The last dep•lrture3 took place this, day. The CounSel has likewise , sent on their route a great part of the contingent, f()r the marine serivce. The retuaizider departs in a few days. /-1, great many young pcople, not expecting the appeal of 1813, volunteered their services fur ei ther the army or the navy. 'This example bal re 7 ~ : eiced_numerous imitators. In Many cantons, some conscripts of the year 181.4 have demanded and obtained _permission to set out this year, in order to serve in the corps with their fellow citi zens. - Independently of ;the . conscripts forming the contingent for the land and sea forces—inde pendantly of the voluntary enlistment, 123 young men have solicited the honour of serving in the light-armed troops' of the ,Prince Governor-Ge neral. - VIEKNA, DEC. 2.-4-On the 4th instant four re giments of Austrian infantry. marched to gain the army under Prince Schwartzenberg. The regi ments Duca and Strauch were of the-number. Pour regiments . beside marched from Moravia in Hungary for the same destination, and have been replaced by four Others from Bohemia. Prince Hohenzollern's• regirpent of cavalry returns also to Poland., It is . believed by many that the purchaser of Prince Dictrichsteiu's palact' at - Brunn, in Mora- pia, is , Queen Caroline of Sicily ; while others, who pretend to be better informed, assure us that , very • considerable pnrchases of land have been made in Hungary on account of this Princess,' and that she designs to take up her residence at, Pest. • BivoNNi, DEC. I..—Two thousand. English prisoners have passed through this town on their route to France ; among them is the , English Cavalry General, Paget. He appears in good health. MILAN - , Nov. 25:—By a Decree of his Majesty the Einiieror of the French and King of Italy, it is ordained : Ist. The ConScription of our Kingdom of ltaly for the year 1813, shall consist., as Li -. le preced ing 'year, of 15,000 men-900U Cons,:s .pts shall be called - out immediately,' and' 6000 shall remain in' reserve. 2'. 'The measures relating to this law shall he finished by' the Ist December, so',that the Con scripts may be enabled to arrive at their respec tive 'depots by the 15th of December'.—(Milan Gazette'.) EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM BERLIN O,F THE 26th NOV-. " Our Sovereign very • seldom- visits his capi tal, having for some time past fixed his residence at Potsdam. The Ministers- transact all affairs.— French military and police agents swarm` in this city, ; and'such is their dictation and uncontrolled power, that they maytruly boast of having redUced Prussia to the state of a province of their Empire. The ordinary and extraordinary taxes have quite impoverished us. Several Sharp engagements have lately taken place in- Courland. Twenty Waggons, with our wounded countrymen, h ave just arr i ve d ; they are desperate' cases, most of them either having lost, legs or arms!: it is a deplorable si g ht ; so m e o f the poor wretches are frozen to death ; a fey: of the survivors are consoling themselves with a pipe. undustand that all the hospitals in Poland are filled. " Two hundred surgeons passed through Leip zie on the Bth for Warsaw. They travelled with the utmost expedition." SMITHFIELD MARKET, DECEMBER 23 This day's Market had a good supply of prime Beasts, and the show of Cattle in other respects was rather considerable ; Mutton supports last price ; Beef, Pork, and Veal, are dearer, and the trade in general was snmewhat brisk. The sales in the Hay-market were pretty lively; Hay ob tained last price ; Straw and Clover have fallen In price. We annex a correct statement of the prices and numbeis To sink the Olfal,.per Stone of 8!b. Beef, 4s. 2d. to ss.'lod. Mutton, 4s. Gd. to Gs. Oil. Veal, ss. 01. to 75.0;1. I,anth, Os. to Os. Od. Pork, ss. Od. to Os.•od. Beasts, 2110. Sheep, 11,400. Calves, 120. Pip, 2'90. SMITHEIRLD HAY-MARKET. Hay, 31. Os. •to 51. Ws. Straw, 11. 16s. to 21. 2s. Closer , 31. Os. to 61.65. CORN-EXCRAFGE, DEC. 28.—Our Market be ing well supplied to-day with Wheat from Essex, and the sale dull, that article may be considered 4s. per quarter lower than last Monday ; Oats being much in demand, and the supply short, they are 25.. dearer ; the quantity of Barley was by no means large, and being much wanted it had a ready sale, at an advance of 2s. ; the same may be said of Malt ; Peas and Tick Beans sold freely at tbe prices •that were quoted last Monday :---Flour continues - the same. Wheat - - 765. 86s. 91 5 . -Fine ditto - - - 1265. Rye Barley - - - 463. 61s. New Ditt - - - Os. Malt • • - - - 945. 104 s. Fine ditto - - -110 s.. White Pease (boil.)110s. 120 s. New ditto - -128 s. Grey ditto - - -78 s. 82s. New ditto - - B4s. Tick Bean's- - - 735, 78s. 'Old ditto - - —s. • S:nall ditto , - Feed Oats - - - 35 5 . 48s. Fine ditto • - - - 645. Poland ditto - - $Ss. —s. Fine,ditto .• - - . 6:25. Potatoe ditto 645. Rape Seed - - - 601..701. Fine Flour - -105 s. 110 s. Sseonds - -100 s. 106 s. ?Roil TIIE LONDON GAZETTE;•PEc, 26. Pot eign, Office, .Dec. 2q, 1812 Ibis Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the nahie and on ti' behalf cif his has been pleased to cause it to be signified, by Lord Viscount Castlereagh ; his' Majesty's Princio.4l Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to the MiniS ters of Friendly Powers reading at • this Court, that the necessary measures hare been taken, by , the cottunand of .his Royal Highness, for. the blockade Of the ports and harbours Of: the Bay of the Chesapeake and of the River Dtlawile, in the , United States of America ft - 6:11 _this tinie all the mLsures authorised by the Law of Nations will be adopted and executed, with re spect to all ;vessels which mat attempt to violate the - said blockade. - • WAR DErAnTmENT. Downing-street Dee. 2 1 7, .1 912 . A Dispatch, of which the fcillo.,ving is an ex tract, has been received by' .E.ortliathui.,:t from from Gfeneral 134r41nis of. Wellington, dated Freoada, December 2,, 1812. . I enclose the return of the killed, wounde:i; and rni i -;sing, of the trcions in the operations from .9/a jar:lam:a to Ciu,ia.,l Rel'urn of • Killed, Vi , roo! led, and .. , .:ssi7.:l7 of the Army under he Comtnand of his Excaleney Geriral the_ 7 ,vl:•ry.,tis of B. in the (iperationi from the lbth•to the lnth !.wio - eintier, 181-2. General ad Dragoon Guards-15 rank and file, 12 horses, triC57 4 .!1,1•,. 4th Di - ,.i.geori horses wounded; 3 rauk aL.i .i]e, 4 misxing. sth Dragoin'Griards-1 .ti:rjeant, 11 rank and .file, 9 horSes Missing.- . • •-•-, Ist Dragoons-- , -4 rank and fik, 1 horse, wounded; 1 trum peter, urank and file, 2. horse, , , 3d Dragoon S-1 rank awl fi1,.; 4 3 korses trilled. 4th Dragoons-3 rank and file, 2 horses, ftaising. MI) Light Dragoons L-1 rank.. and file womided ; 3 rank and. file. '; horses, missing. . • • 11th Light , DrageonS- 7 2'hormes killed; 1 rank and file wound-. ed ; 1 rank and fil e , 1 . h o rse, missing. 12th Light Dragoons-1 rank and tile wounded; . 1 serjeant, 3 rank and file, 3 horses missing. lath Light Dragoons-1 horse killed; 1 horse wounded. , ' 14th Light Dragoons-3 horses killed; .3 rank and file, 3 • horses (pounded; 2 rank and file, 3 horses missing. • 16th Ditto, 1 horse wounded ; 2 rank and • tile, 2 , horses missing. • ' .• let Dragoons, King's German Legion-2 rank and file, 1 norse, missing. 2d Ditto,•.Ditto.»,l horse killed; 1 serjeant, 4 rank and file, 2-horses, missinF. • let llussars, King s German Legion-5 horses killed; 7 rank and file, i horse, wounded; -6 rank and file, 6 horses, missing. 2d-Ditto,DitioB rank and file, S linrses, missing. ' 43d Foot, Ist Batt.-1 serjeant killed; 2 lie'utenants, IC rank Land file, wounded; 17 rank and 1i1e; missing. 51st Ditto, 1 captain- killed; 1 serjeant, 7 'rank a n d . fil e - wounded. .nd Ditto;lst Batt.—l captain, 2 rank and file, killed; 2 captains, 3 serjeants, 27 rank 'and file, wounded; 8 rank and tile,. misstng. • 95th. Ditto, Ist Batt,-1 serjeant, I rank and file, woonded. 95th Ditto, 2d -Batt.'—.l'ip.nk and file killed; 5 rank and file wowided; 1 drum Mer, 8 ranl; and file, 95th'Ditto, ad 8att...1 rank and tile wounded; 9 rank and tile; , sing, Ist, Lni;. - it Batt:. King's Grman Legion-1 rank and file killed; 4 rink , nd file wounded. 2d Ditto, and file wounded. Duke of Brunswick's Light Infantry-1 rank and file killed ; s;:_ , rik and tile - wounded. • , lotel British Idss--.2 captains, 2 serjeants, 7 rank and file; 15 horses killed; 'captains, 2.1' lieutenants, 4 ser jeants,,,Bti rank and file, 9 horses, w iunded; I general . staff, 3 ser'eants, 2 drummers and trumpeters, lU6 • rank and ilk, 58 horses, missing. Total Portug - aesc loss-1 „C rankand file, killed ; lientenant..l.ensigh;"3serjearits, .10 rank and file, wounded; 66 . rank and fi.e, missing. • Total British and Portt4;lieSes--2 captains, 1 ensign, 2 ser jeants, 43 rank and file, 13 liOrs.es, killed; 2 captains, 3 lieutenants, I ensigu, 7 set-it:salt:, l rank andfile, 9 horses, wounded ; 1 - general staff, 3 serjean,s, 2 drummers and trumpeters, IP' rank and file, 58 liorFxs, missing. !Signed) . • S. A. GOODMAN; D.A.A.G. Names of the Officers killed, wounded, and missing. Killed.—British. 51st Foot—Captain INT‘Cabe. 52d Foot, Ist Batt.—Henry Dawson. • Portuguese. 20th Portuguese RegimentL—Ensign Joa Joze de Areveda. Wouuded.—British. 43d Foot, Ist Batt.—Lieutenant George Rideout, severely (leg amputated); Lieutenant H. M. Bailie, sc2dlFoot, Ist Batt.—Captain J. H. Currie, slightly; Captain Thomas T. Fuller, severely (not dangerously). Portuguese. 19th Portuguese Regiment.—Ensign F. Pinto de Casteo, slightly. 2d Portuguese Caeadores--Lieutenant Gabriel de Came Liina, slightly. Missing. Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir Edward Paget, K. B. (Signed/ S. A. GOODMAN, D.A.A.G. 21dmiralty-Office, Dec. 26, 1812. - . Copy of a Letter from Admiral the Rig i lit • Honourable Sir John Borlase Warren, Bar`. K. B. Commander in Chief of his Majesty's ships and *vessels on the North American Sta tion, to John Wilson Croker, Esq. dated at Halifax, 18th, November, 1812. SIR, I beg leave to transmit copies of letters from Captain Whinyates and Captain Sir John Beres 7 ford ; the former giving an account of the capture of his Majesty's brig Frolic, by the American ship sloop of war Wasp, after a hard contested action ; and the latter, - acquainting .me with the recapture of the Frolic, and of his having at the same time taken the Wasp, both of- which were conducted to Bermuda by the., Poietiers ; from whence I shall send further particulars for their Lordships' information the moment can learn them. I Lave the honour to be, &c.: (Signed) JOllti BORLASE WARREN. SIR, Ills :Majesty's ship PoicLiers, (kl.'”))er -23, 181'2. I It is with the most hitter sorrow and distress I ba , e_ to report w your Excellency the capture of his .7slajcsty's brig Frolic, by the ship Wa'sp be longlng.to the United States of America,. on. the t,,th instant. Having under convof the homeward-bound trade from the Bay of _Honduras, and being in la titude j 6 deg. N. and 6.4 deg. W. on thecnight of the 17th, we were o'ertaketi by a most violent gale-of wind, in which the Frolic carried away , her main yard, lost her topsails, and sprung the main top 7 inust, On the morning 'of the IStb, as ,Nre .were repairing the damages sustained in the storm, and re-asseiiabling the scattered ship s , a suspicious ship came in sight, and gave chace to the convoy. The merchant ships continued their voyage b-- fore the wind, under all sail the Frolic dropt astern, and hoisted Spanish colours, in order to decoy the stranger under her guns, and to give time for the convoy to escape. "About ten o'clock, both vessels being within hail, we hauled to the