The Sun. — London, England, 1801-01-19 00:00:00

de la Plata, and were now cruising on the Coast of Brazil. La Franchese, of Forty-tWo Guns and Three Hundred and Eighty Men, commanded by Citi zen Pierre Jurieu, escaped by throwing a part of her guns overboard, and also her anchors, .boats, and booms, and by night coming on ; as did also an American Schooner, their prize, fitted as a cruizer. On this occasion I hope their Lordships will Permit me to bear testimony of the spirit of the, Officers and Ship's Company of the Beliqueux ; and I have pe c uliar pleasure in mentioning the zeal and aEtivity I have ever found in Mr. Eb don, my first Lieutenant, - to whom I only do justice in recommending him to their Lordships' notice and favour. Too much praise cannot be given to the Cap. tains, Officers, and Crews of the different Ships under my Convoy, for their ready obedience to my signals, and for the whole of their conduit on that day, particularly to Captains Hamilton and Meriton, who very gallantly pursued and captured the aforesaid Frigate, La Medee ; and also to Captain Torin, of the Coutts, and Cap tain Spens, of the Neptune, who with great ala. crity pursued La Franchese, although they had not the good fortune to come up with her, for the reasons above assigned ; and my best thanks are due to the whole of the Commanders of the Ships under my Convoy, for their assistance in taking a number of Prisoners on board their re spealve Ships. ' We arrived- at Rio Janeiro on Tuesday .the i zth of August. k Admiralty-Offce, lap:nary 17, zBo t. E.vtraa of a Letter from Captain Robert Barton, Commander ve His Majesty's Ship Concorde, to' Evan Nepean, Esq. dated at Lisbon the 4th • instant. During my stay off the Bar of Oporto I cap tured the Spanish Privateer Lugger San Josef', alias Larcon, of six Guns And forty Men, out from Vigo, and had raptured the Speedy Brig, btle of our Convoy, and, in an hour more would .have captured another, as she was within hail %vhen we saw her. 8.121.,VHA11f, J.N. 17. fits Majesty's Ship Ategara arrived here last /light, about ten o'clock, from Sir HENRY V ty, off Bt . t.st, with Dispatches for the Earl of Sr. Vt arc'ENT, and brings an account that the Corn. tined Fleets are in' complete readiness for sea, consisting of Firty.two Sail of the Line, ten - of which made an 'attempt on Thursday last to Tut to sea, but our Fleet appearing, they 'put into a Bay close adjoining crest. PLYMOUTH, JAN. AN Orkl , er was received here yesterday, laying ntl Embargo on all Russian,. Danish, and Swedish Vessels ; of which there Are twenty-one's Ail in 'this Harbour. Articled the 13rig.,-Dul:e of Kent', of D 3 rtrtionth, I , OIiGE DURGAN master, from St, John's, r .cwfoundland, laden, with fish, captured by the 'lfeurerixTrench Brie Privateer, of 16 guns, with meni,and re-taken by La Sujsante Sloop of Last Evening Vice-Admiral 'Lord.NE ',sox arrived here from Exeter; and this morning bo:sted his Flag on board the San ;4:6 of 11 2 guns, now fitting for sea with all possible expe. PORTSMOUTH, J. 18. Aiitivto His Majesty's Frigates GaL!eaand Castor, from cruizing. His Majesty's Ship Santa Margaritta is gone out of the Harbour to Spithead. Yesterday His Majesty's Ship Mars sailed to join the Channel Fleet. The Stt ler& is hourly exreaed to sail, to join the Channel Fleet. Sailed His,,Majesty's Ships Jason, Brilliant, .112az ( Ard, Beaver s . SArale and Harpy, and the Av. /dope Revenue Cutter, and the Revd William's Tenders, Ant and Advice, to bring in all Danes, Swedes and Russiails that they could meet; The 4iit has sent - in a Dane, from Dieppe to/Moga dore, with tobacco. The ist Battalion of. Royals,.. and the 64th Regiment, yesterday embarked at this Port for . . Service. FALMOUTH,. JAN. 16. ARRIVED the TomwtsbendPacket, Capt:DouP l in thirty-one days from Tortola, with the Lee ward Island Mails. The* Duke_of Clarence Packet sailed from, thence four days before her, and is not yetarrived ; still hopes may be entertained of her safety, as the Tow:shod is a remarkable fast •sailer. Also arriv — ed, the American Ship Gustavus, Captain Moiß Is, in forty-two flays from Virginia, with Tobacco; called here for orders. . On Wednesday arrived the brig Gibraltar Packtt, Captain MoaRE, from Lisbon; and this clay sailed again for London. , The ship Sir jabtr Borlart Warren,. Captain DAYlss, put in hereon Wednesday erening lair, with het bowsprit sprang. She is from mouth for Bengal. Sailed the ship ineatfield, Dixos, and Aim-'«a, HIGGINS, for Africa. The Walsingbam Packet, with the Lisbon Mails of the 6th and 13th inst. is still detained by, contrary winds ; as are also the outward_ bound Lisbon and Mediterranean Convoy. DOVER, JAN. tB. MANY of His Majesty's Cruizers have passed this day, to cruize to the Westward, to intercept the Russian, Danish, and Swedish Vessels, fresh orders having been received to bring them in; and this afternoon three Danish Vessels have been sent in by different Cruizers ; and there is great reason to believe our Harbour will in a very short time be filled with Ships belonging to the above Nations. Two large Luggers, deeply laden with contra band spirits, were this evening sent in here by His Majesty's hired Armed Cutter the Sheernen. SHEERNESS, JAN. tB. Tilts being the day fixed for the Celebration of HER MAJESTY'S Birth.day, a Royal Salute was fired at one o'clock by each Ship at the Nore, when the New Standard was hoisted in the Dock. yard, for the first time. Sailed His Majesty's Sloops Arrow, of 30 guns, Capt. Borrow, and jalme, of r 8 guns, the Hon. Capt. IR BY ; the former for the Downs, anti the latter for Yarmouth. A Court-Martial was held yesterday on board I lis Majesty's Ship Monarch, at this Port, to try 7 !me: Metribal4 a Private Marine belonging to His Majesty's Sloop Eugenie, for attempting to desert; when the charge being proved, the Court adjudged him_ to receive so lashes.. , DEAL, JAW. 03. .His. Majesty's Sloop Arrow came down last night from Sheerness, and sailed this morning on a Cruize to the Westward, w:th the Ship Heiden, Savage, G;er and Gimnet Sloops. Several Danish and Swedish Vessels have, in consequence of the Embargo, been sent into the. Downs, upwards Of eight of which were this morning removed to Ramsgate Harbour. • The Brag, vsater and William Drnt Rice. ships, for Bengal, came down from the River this morning, and remain with the Bereitsl3,,, Mala bar, Nut , -au:11 and Rose, all boUnd to India fot- Rice, and His Majesty's Ships ave,:ysse/, R u 1:y , Agawmuon, fi f eclrivich, Hydra and Nemesis, and Phimper G un- vessel. COWES,' JAN. 18. By the Masters of two Atnerian Ships which arrived here yesterday from Charleprown, laden with sugar and coffee, we learn that when they left Charlestown on the 6th of December, there was plenty of Rice, but no market for it ; the price then from half a guinea to twelve shit. . rings the hundred weight ; but none at that time ~hipping for England, nor did they hear of any orders having been received front this Country. One of these ships spoke the ilgive, from Phi ladelphia, in long. 4. laden with flour for Lon don.' Two banish Ships laVe been detained in this Harbour 'by the Pincers of Customs, in conse quence of orders from Government ; and direetions have also been given, not to clear out any Bri tish Vessels: for any of the - Ports of Russia, Sweden, or penmark.. The 3d ikegiment, lately arrived from ab road, disembarkedhere yeiterday, and are marched into quarters at Newport., If 111TEIL1 EN, JAN. 3. in the gale of wind on the night of the +th inst. a.large vessel, which appears from several eireum. stances to have been the ihint;ngtor, Captain G ARDINE it; of Liverpool, was lost near Beckfoot, a few miles to the Northward of Allonby ; and it is also too apparent that every person on board had perished. She sailed from Liverpool, bound to the coast of Africa, the 3oth ult. Since then, the shore, for some miles, has been all covered with wreck ; and, amongst a variety of articles, such as cordzige, .:asks of Brandy, kegs of gun,' powder, tv.e. the. surgeon's chest has been cast up, in which was his journal. Ilis naive was Wit.- LtAMS ; and it appears, from some memorandums, that there had ben a disagreernent amongqt the crew, and an intention'of carrying the vessel into Wales. Nothing- more can be known about it. It is remarkablelhat not a single body has been thrown up. On the sanie night a . .vel,fsel, supposed to be .an Anierictn, loaded with Coffee and Tobaeco tin bales), was lost at Carsthorn, near Dumfries but all the Crel,v were'saved. It is, said that Government llas applied to tbe INl:ators of .t4e East india Corivry, for' the vice. use of Stich ships as trettot - taktt. ap foi the com merce* of India this year ; and sucb_aA. the Com pany has no otcasion for: these ships will be employed in different rays: Such of . thetiv as are fit for it; may be used al ships of war; and even such as are no longer able to perfdrm the voyage to the East, may be useful as a sort of Guarda Costas for th e defence of our own potty, rivers, anti Bays 4 It is said that a great itiftbbet of ves sels will'be put upon this service. • Government have direded the immediate equip ment of every ship of the line in a state for ser- At Chatham the shipwrights hate begun :o work two tides extra by candle-light upon the Blenheim, of 90 guns, whiCh is to be cut down to a third rate ; the Irresistible, Theseus, and Zealous, of 74. guns ; Utrecht, of 66 ; Asia, De Rio-ter, . Gelyiheid, Lion, and Standard, of 64.; and Batavier and Besthertner, of 56, are also under equipment at the same Port 3 and, in addi tion to the like energy in other of His Majesty's yards, contrals have been concluded with the owners of-private yards for as many 74's as they can.immediately In pursuance of the Order in Council of the 1.1. th, for the seizure of all vesscls belonging to Russia, Sweden, and Denmark, nearly one hun•. Bred ships ofthe two latter nations, have already been detained in the River, Downs, Dover, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Yarmouth. In pursuance of orders from Government, the Commander and Crew of the Russian Vessel Agathou, seized at Liverpool, hive been liberated. This liberal ael was not necessary, to shew by contrast, the gross Violation of Hu manity and the Rights of Nations by the Empe ror PAUL. There was Friday night a hot press for Sea men, to assist in manning the King's Ships. Captain BOORDER, of the Pj/acies Sloop, ar rived on Saturday at the Admiralty. Captain JOSEPH HANWELL is appointed to the Regulating Service at Exeter, in the room of Captain KINNEER, removed to the Command of the Sea Fencibles on the Coast of Devon.— Captain THOMAS SPARKE goes to Jersey. Lord HUGH SEYMOUR, some time since sailed from Jamaica, in the Arobion Frigate, for Cu racao ; he Fas followed by the Meleager, of 3 guns, Legere, of 24, and Nimrod, of zo, «itlt all the Marines belonging to the. Squadron on that station, •to strengthen the Garrison of the new Settlement. „ During.a late storm at Jamaica, the top-mast of the York, of 04 guns, was struck by lightning, and falling on the deck, killed five men, and se. verely wounded four others. The Maria, INGI.IS, a vessel just arrived from Charlestown, South Carolina, we understand brings letters containing the intelligence, that, contrary to. expedation, the votes of that Pro vince are in favour of Mr. JEETtRiON for the office of President. There has been a dreadful fire at New-York, by which property to the amount of too,ooo dollars has been destroyed. A hurricane has done great mischief in the City, the Harbour, and the neighbourhood of Charlestown, South Carolina. By the Maria,, INGLIS, from Charlestown, which on Friday arrived / off Dover, we on Satur day received the following Extra? of a Letter from Kirigston, Jamaica, NM. - 1 I I 800-. " On the sd inst. we had a severe gale of wind, which continued . the whole day, and did considerable damage. Five or six men . of .War returned to port, some of them dismasted. " Five days posts are now due with the-North side mails, the roads being rendered impassible .the rivers are higher than ever remembered, and it is feared the shipping on the North.side have sustained great damage." Atm tiSTIN lttcAJU, brother to the Mulatto Chieftain, lately the competitor with TOUSSAINT in the Government of St. Domingo, and who was reported to have been hanged at Curacao as a spy, is now in confinement at Jamaica, having been taken at sea by one of our cruizers. GUSTI N executed most of the desperate enter. prizes of his brother, and is represented as a man of uncommon daring. The Musquito Indians, in August last, attack. ed and reduced the SpanWl Settlement at Black River, is leagues from Truxilla, on the Coast of Honduras, and were preparing to advance against Truxilla. A very severe inundation has lately taken place in the plain of St. Marc's, in St. Domingo, by the overflowing of the river Artibonite, in which upwards of 1400 persons have perisheil, and several valuable plantations were entirely de. Tranquillity was perfe&ly restored throughout the island. Flour sold at 13 dollars per barrel, and beet and pork in proportion. The importation of Wheat during the lasi week has consisted or— From 1-I,amburgh 2,t67 qrs. I From Pillau 740 qrs Elbing t,Sts Memel soi Bremen 1,6 j 3 Holland 99 Dantzie 830 Total 7821 Oats a, too quarters; Barley a,54c quarters. E n glish Wheat has advanced during the last week about ss. per quarter ; Foreign Wheats -have risen considerably more, namely, American and Baltic rnixt from 1205. a r+os. to 13os/a 1475. ; Baltic red from ; t 69. a 138 s. to izs. a ;vs. ; Hamburgli and Bremen from ras. a r3ss, to 1205. a 140 s. ; and Memel and Riga from t los. a a 169. to- 115 s. fl sos.—Rye, Bar ley, ,Malt, Oats, Pease, and Beans, arc sever ally dearer, both English and FQl:eign., The Average Price of Sugar, computed fr( the Returns made for the Week ending the , } .‘ll of January, 1 tlo t. to Eighsj-fuur Shillings. and sixlenee 7hree Farthings r cr Cwt. Cokt.s.—A State of last Wick's Market Moriday t ;an. tz,,Cargoes sold, 27 at 46s. Weibitlewxy, - '4, g 9 at t o. s . tb, at 40s, 6d, THE OPtßiii {,. - • • S..Aferrkei, e tita beautiful bperi of 14/c:!fltf, .which hxs bedi so il6crvcdly one of the : chick favoirriteS h the musical wbild, was perrorined for the 'first time, this season; on Saturday last. there was nothing heiv ili the representstian, but ihere was a full display of all the original merit which ap_ peared in the Performers. BAivri, to whose great vocitl cowers the airs in this Opera afford ample scope, exerted Those poweis with equal zeal and oriabated success. Her first Song was such a fine display- of vocal excel: lance, that the Audience loudly ..dcit:thded - it again, and were highly gratified by a repetition; ROVEDINb, in .the ifer,•rdean Strength, levelled one of the ;•altr;rg INfe with the ground, and the Audience were, r 4 course; at least religious enough to oath in Lin dtleaCof an evil spirm Ev a di ag , which is really a very pleasing Ballet, is much improved it, the perfurmrtce.---- Rb5.P., DI OE LOT, and PAilisaT, oht,,iocii- very high applause, in which LABoki r, 14 Wife, and particularly Hi LLIGSE k RC, 41)tirldantly shared,. The improvements in this -place, materially contribute to the convenience of the Audience, as well as the general heanty of the Theatre. Though the House ,vas very inimerotisly at tended, yet the general facility of the,,,avernici ail prts, wholly prevented conftiVion.4 7 ,' PUBLIC , .OFFICE/.; , BOIK'STREE7. r. . SATURD2tY Riebard , otherwi l ie A r nold, other wise. Little Dia; •a: noted S'intigglt-r .; was brought before R. FOR b, Esq. by Dixon; one of the Bow street Officers,,who had:juit arrived in town with him from Sheerness, where IHe had been detained Prisoner on board His Majestfl Ship the Zealand, on a strong suspiCion of being the Captain of a Smuggling Cutter,, I,idtich on the 18th of June, 1794, maliciously fired into a boat belonging to-the Lively Excise Cutter, .off the Coast of Sussex, and wounding three of the Crew 4 and for whoe apprehension a reward of pool. was long advertised. The Prisoner was taken a short time since on board another Smuggling Vessel, of which ho was Commander, together ‘vith 600 tubs of Brandy and a quantity of Tobacco s and which Vessel was captured by the Relate Re venue Cutter off Harwich. , He wa:. committed for further examination. Ts 2 Ts E ATA drartivic fctisf ttt Drur')w Lane Theatre, on Saturdiy last, was the yiagedyl of King Lear, and KEM13 . 1.0 ktilll supported the venerable Hero of the Piece; in such a manner as fully to confirm • the ,fa , :ourable opinitSn' of the Public, as to his excellence in this charafter. A more accurate' regard to the text, ai we have said, has never been found, .perhaps,' iroany former of the same; part, and the admirers of SHAKSP EMU. have reason to think Itini ;for the restoration of many passages char' increoe then pathetic interest of the piece.. He was again uncommonly suctepful in the - delivork of the and .the applause. which fdlloWed lasted several minutes after the cloSe of the Mi. • t ~. Afi Innkveper at Nottingham has been fined 4os. for having reused to reeeirei itt4four o'clock in the morning, parties of the lith Light Drapoons, and of the West Norfolk atriv_ ing at, that hour, were quartered upon his house. At the Canterbury Sessions QC TUCSday; e r r Scott, for exciting , to rich, was sentenced to two years confinement in the House ofCorreaion, and, to 'find sureties for Ins. good be!'aviour for two years more ; and T. Btitcbcr, fir inaammatory, Speeches, was ordered to be out. year; Captain WaLIAM Ross, of London, nigister of the , Hamburgh Packet, now at Ilatnhargh, whither he sailed' with the , last convny, was un, fortunately drawly(' on the 3d inst. at nine o'clock in the evening, when he went on deck, while it blew hard, to shift the rigging. He was missed immediately by his men, - bin they did not find the body till eleven o'clock the next morning. The William, Wadland, arrived at Bristol, sailed from Newfoundland 20th December,undet convoy of His Majesty's Ship Camilla, o f 20 guns, with a Fleet of twenty sail, On the 3oth, in lat. 48, 35. long. 29. the Camilla lost her mainmast in a violent gale of wind, which persed the Fleet. The Camilla, ,Caicheon, from London to Bar badoei ; the Defiance, Pervis, from Liverpool and Madeira )' and the Elizabeth, ---, from Li; . verpool to Demerara, are captured by the Mouche Privateer. The following extraordinary incident occurred at St. lye's, in Cambridgeshire, tin the 9th in. stant :—A bullock walked into the passage of the Royal-Oak public-house in that Town, and the staircase door being open, it went up stairs into. the dining-room, and ran with such violence against the window, as to drive the whole into the street, where the animal fell also (the height of mere than to feet), but received no material in jury, although so much terrified, that it ran with great precipitancy down to the bridge,- and being stopped there, it leaped over the side thereof into the river, when it was carried down the current so rapidly, from a very high flood, that it has never since been heard of. A few days since, a poor man at Barking, in Essex, in removing one of the hatehe,,, in order to turn the water in the low grounds into another direction, some of the work unfortunately gave wav and he was precipitated headlong into tl , O pool, where he was drowned ho.fore any assist.. once could be procured. A.hog was last week killed at "S.'c ,7 llcotr, Nor folk, weighing t 6 stone. 71b, rneasoring from the now to the. tail 48 inches, round the girth 52 inches, and round the neck 4Q i:aches- - the fat 1\ .0 tine inches deep.