The Sun. — London, England, 1801-12-21 00:00:00

)ruty,E4 e Stage nly she poS Si would ir ;bed rani history. a ppearei ;edy of ' iced befo her pod ess p.cxvvF lIA RWICH, DE C . 20. t THE leittg George Post-OfEce Packer, Captain 41 :1"//,' sailed from hence this morning for Cuxha. l 'eri with a farourabie wind, having on board the l ianthurgh and Bremen Mails of yesterday. The Brigantine G/o t y, of Nev,-York, JoiU I;t4 4t•ra master, with barley and rye, from Ham. 154 rgh bound to Lisbon, has been brought into this 14:bour by a fishing-smaek, with the loss of her t44 in.mast, and otherwise received tOnsiderable da kge, so that the cargo must be taken out before ship eamproceecl to the Port of destination. • The Eari of Lelrester and .1611 George Packets It ." ll 4ine—No arrival from' the Continent. Y fißMUCtrit, Dos. 206 SAYLID the Hound and Jarmo Armed Ships, ° `aiiger Sloop, and Cruizer Brig. • Passed by, on her passage from Memel to ton it', c! the Memel, us. Luis Port, JOHN MAsort mas. te r. • , Arrived in the Roads a few days ago, wind. 'ond, the Sally, ROSSINDALE, from Dantzic ; ancy, WARD, from Memel; and Rachel and Ann, S ow t) Er , from Riga, all bound to Hull. Remain in thib.;.-Roads, the Blenheim, Admiral Itir.SoN, Monarch, Admiral GRAVES, Sr :Whams, (6 4, Standard, Plincest of Orange, RAhy, Veteran, 4 ";3tant e , Ra ;towable, Agamemnon, and Poinhe k‘r., Ships of the Line ; Shannon Frigate, Bittern, 44 ; riatitr• Ins,teror, and Far.wurite Sloops ; SiseeZ .well, Kite and jal,use Briii Mid Adder Gun.. ship. was in, ,the pass uld.ped Toes to r. She bent& Oars of she has !er to a' ►y-, or rance cti her pro: er pril value n itself ,e' had Tt in I not sCe equenc,' sometcl! made his voc velty ye," , wttlAt s lot be,t Lay z ipte h 6 rest recluit: or 04 ETT, 2 , le. risiL - iri e Pape day fit ER frd nrie 3, frig : office on at JO epair tJ ler 50: r were as' 'T. ' IV n aTi A :en Ow to rat ° hange .to vigatioo UNIISEW to con" able rii • a/ bisti v 3 I 'de' om diS i >le i w ill pith th e ry in witl* we do. eady T(.) irchasei r LO A j ESTI ►e Are) WHOM ING Lt 7 ion. ' e th ‘ lay (/' NAV:4L IgETrS. From the LOM:I2Iq D.c. ;9. MY LORDS vitaired Lord Keith, K. B'. ,df.&c.&c. Offica iond Ogaiyen idled on blirlibt.P 41164 Turto Yooke, Gunner.—Two Seamen.. LllgOtrilf, plc. 79. Atx . tviit• Sloop from atruiie: roarsmourff, Det 16. Viz; ° antzic: Hop ; aitefson; from Petersbuiiir. bia aa , Wood, from. Rip. Ilepture, :'Marshall; roin ChritiatiZ Also, itch; be*ter; from Dantiici with wheat. , 14dmiralts+.0jice, Dec. 19, 180 x. Copy of a Letter tram Lieutenant Wooldridge, cont. manding the Pasley'Hired Evan Neisea-k, Eq. dated at Gibraltar, oa. 31, isor. SIR, I beg leave to inclose, for their LordsliipS formation, the Copy of a Letter to my Lord Keith, giving an 'account of an Aetion and Capture of a Spanish Privateer Ship by His Majesty's Brig fin. der my CoMmand ; and have the Honour of being, Sir, &c. &c. &c. W. WOOLDRIDGt. ifis Majesty's Armed Brig, Pasley, Gibraltar. I have the honour Of informing you, that, in ex ecution of your orders, on Wednesday the zBth inst. Cape de Gat bearing W. N. W. so leagues, I fell in with a Polacca Ship, who immediately gave chace, and, from her being to windward, we very sbon neared each other, and commenced the Anion, which continued for an hour, when, , finding her guns much too heavy, and the,gaffs, most of the stays and main rigging 'shot away, the only alternative was to lie her on board, Which was done by running across her hawse, and lashing her - bowprit to the capstern : the contest now became severe; but, freni the intrepidity of the Pasley's Ship's Company, notwithstanding the very great tuperiority of numbers on board the Enemy, she Was carrieditr about, a 'quarter of an honr, and /proved the -Spanish Ship Privateer El Virgine 'del Rosa r io, pierced for io guns, but only so mounted, viz, two long z4-pounders, and eight long twelves, with alsomplernent of 9 4 men, belonging to Kilaga, en-a - crnize, out twenty days, but had taken m illing. Ibe to ittloie 2 List of the Killed and Wound-. ed ; and an r, W. WOOLDRLDGE. qietertnd Men tuoun dd. lieutenant Conlittaluter, shot ihroaih left shoulder. kr. Arubi•osc L.DA3, tiat.ter, iO, - 'ottndectl 43tigirortilY un ttlt head. r. Gecirge Javie r r Ott ikia,te,,Shiiit lye Sciurien. ~.Q 7 , _ 1 0$ ILO StaMEN iirtrePaiirOtaittiGii odard th Zliefoor. lirs't and Second CAptain, Second Lieuteuant, two . 4 jlasters, the Gto r tber i •,,rd tittcet Se4Mti, k nizteett C)facefs atid Seamen, woutdect. wiled the Fisga=rd Frigate; .Roariet, Renal 4, hiatne siO*l ktthsei and liztfy Cut_ tei4 bn a Cruizt. 1 • • AAR MED- yestettian His Majesty's Shit!, hole. ) from LisCon. Sailed the indeallgahie, far Torbay. This morning the Pearl Frigate ) Capiaiii tAt..= tAltn, came into Harbour to be paid of. The Carysfirt and Caroline made signals 1d cattle In to Harbour; but• it 'coming, on to . Wow strong Ftatri the S. W. they did, not weigh iheir anchors: Arrived the following Ship's with Naval Stores, :Sitrais; B4rch, and Welt:0111c Messenger, PaPPiewelli ftom Sailed the Anteri,:an Srhboner, 1 r 1 - I.Vire-de-Giac6 ; and ilpsitai PuttLirti for Tobago. DEAL, DEC. 20. HT s Majesty's Ships Chichester_ and froohiliq) sailed this morni n g to theßi'ver. - ~ • , Remain the Overyssel,Are;nesis, Amazor;;BriMaw, Arrow,' . Galgo, Savage, kagewie,and Ei-pre:ii Ad vice-boat, SIIEERNESS, DEC. 20. . . YESTEILDAY . sailed for Chatham to r 'OM off', Elie Bellipptx, of 64.'gups; Capt. BuLTE EL. Arrived the Alonzo Sloop, from Yarmouth. . _ . _ Tfirs day arrived the Crash and Boxer Gun-brigs, the fOhbit from the Downs, and the latter frotn the ThAmes. A CourT-Martial has bleh held on Peter jonet, and Robert ih omat (r), Seamen of His Majesty's Ship Belliquelt.i.*, for having atterripted to break into the Magazine of The said Ship, and to blow her up ; when the charges being proved against Jones (but being found insane);. he was only adjudged to be confined in such place hs . the Lords Comnii3sioners of the Admiralty shall mired; and the same not be: ing proved against Thosia's, he was-acquitted. A Court-Martial was also held on Mr. John Lisk, Master of the Daphne, for having behaved in a manner very unbecoming the Charader of an Officer and a Gentleman ; when the charges being proved, he was sentenced to be dismissed His IViajeSi3r's Ser. ! vice, and never to serve therein again, in the capa: city of an Officer. Another Court-Martial was also held on Lieut. Jeremiah Leaver, commanding His IVlajes'ty'stun.. brig 'lentil, for having embezzled a parr of HiS , Majesty is Stores entrusted to his charge, and having wronged the Crew of the said vessel of their provi sions, as•set forth in a Letter from the Crew of the said .vessel ; when the former part of the charges being " not proved," he was acquitted of them ; but the latter being " proved" in part, he was severely reprimanded by the Court. A tuition:. was circulated on Saturday, of His Majesty's Ship Delft, commanded by Capt. RED.. MIL, being lost on her passage home with Troops from Egypt ; but we are happy to learn that ac counts have been ieceived of her safe arrival at Gibraltar‘ Tuesday a Court-Martial was held on hoard the Gladiator, in Portsmouth Harbour, to try Lieut. Joseph Murray; of the Guildford Prison-ship, for thsembezzlement of Stores talso on Mr. friiiitzm Bell, Carpenter of the Royal William, charged with the like offence. After a full investigation of the charges, they were both acquitted. - The Porguin of 18 guns, in her passage otti tVith Diiiiatclies . for Sir R. COuris, detained two 'Valu able Swedish East Indiamen, and between the Ma_ deira and Canary - Islands', engaged a large Fretich Corvette; and two Armed Morthantmery;, one of the latter struck, and the corvette was, nearly silenced - , When the Penguin's foretop-mast went by the board, which enabled the Enemy to escape. The follolving is an extra -a of a Letter from Coin modore DAL E, who 'commands the small American Squadron lately sent by the United States into the Mediterranean :—" I am happy to inform you, that' Mr. STE R ET, in the SChesoller Evterprize, of ri guns, and ninety men, fell in with one of the Tripoline Cruizers off this Island (Malta).—She mounted 14 guns and So men. He took- her after an action of three hours, killed twenty. .01.1ter men, and wounded thirty: Not a man hurt on board the Schooner. The Bey's Crullers have not taken any of our merchani vessels as vet." Extra of A Letter 11.0 m Capt . : Caitiz icnz t, , of the Ship 1/enly, to his Owners in Liverpool, dated Kingston; Jamaica, it th Odober, rB6 t:—“ On the zoth we were attacked by a Spanish feluccaPri. weer, completely inanned, with One iS.poUnder and small -arms. .We immediatey prepared for action, and at seven in the morning the action Corn menCedi during which he kept up a constant fire with his great gun, and in such a Situation that prevented three of our quatter:.deck guns from bearing upoh him. After half ah hour'; engage.. ment he hoiited his flag; and scented resolVed to carry us by bbaiding ; we were, however, Mined to defend our vessel to the last, and there fore immediately loaded our stern guns. with rbund . and grape Shot. As he arprbaehecl our vessel (with in (so yards) we filed upon hitn, and must have killed and wounded many of his crew ; nevertheless .he tante close along our latboaid, quarter; and, after discharging, several of his small arms, at tempted to board tis The first man that ap proached our vessel received a boattling-pike in his belly, and went to the bottom: This very much aided in raising the spirits of our people, who fired upon the enemy with such enterprising reso lution, that the Spanish -privateer had his foremast carried away, and' immediately made off. We had none either killed or wounded, except a slight wound which I received in• the mouttvand-, a' cut in, the hand by a cutlass . , which has since healed. Our rigging, however, was very much ;damaged.: and the stern of our vessel and a small boat was very much shattered ; but we. have got all repaired. The crew of the Henry consisted only of nine men, four boys, and three riegroes." A scaffold ereeted in the County-Flall of Chester, for the purpose 'of finishing the inside if the roof, gave way on Monday, while several workmen were on it ; one of them was. killed on the spot, and four others desperately bruised. 15, The Cisalpine Government had ordered that a s;ibreshotild be presented to General MuitAT, with the inscription, " the grateful Cisalpine People to the General in Chief MURAT.''.,qhe General; in acknoWiedging the communication of this order, and testifying his sense 0f.th4;r4a,r1,,: of respea, treated.the Government4o.re s erir e for more urgent purposes the s um a pp ro p riate d . to that objeti;— " 1 ani• toe' well acquainted". he..observed," with the critical state of your- Finances, to iicimit of your being at the smallest expence On ac'eounL," ,4 The Ki ra ; of ETRURIJ): has testifieai to uenerlt MURAT his high satisfadion, at; the,goOd..eondiiß observed by the Republican Trcopsin his Stites: 0.• The Princess of COURLAND and Baron MAttm:. FELDT; Lietitenant General iri the Swedish Army; have passed through' Strasbuiiti on their way to Count ST. MAkSAX, Minister of the King of Sardinia, has arrived at Fi7inkfirt froth Nap/es— Some suppose that he will reside there until the final determination of the fate of his Sovereign ; while Others report that he will proceed to the Congres6 at Amiens: 'Lettera from Craco;tv state, that the pay of the Soldiers in garrisons in that City has been augm ent . ed °tie -kretitzer a day; on account of the gat scar. -City which prevails 'there. The Eleetiir Palatine has issiied an Edict the suppression of luxury among the•tlass of domestics. They are prohibited from wearing gold and Silver laCe, which are much Used in Bavaria in decorations for head-dresses . , handkerchiefs, and other articles of apparel. • Letters from the Right Bank of the Rhine state, that not only will the Eletiorate of Mentz be pre_ served, but that the,Eleaor will receive a complete indemnification for the loss of his Possessions on the Left Bank of the Rhine. The King of SPA IN has transmitted to the Prince of Peace a Decree containing a full pardon for all those concerned in the insurredion in Valentia, who were not leaders, or principal agents ; and announe 7 ing the appointment. of a Coumellor to stipereede the Jurisdiction of the Court appointed in conse; quence of that affair. The two French Frigates which were.at AnaPla,, left_that: Port in the beginning of last , month for 14/os. The Pope's 'Legate immediately took pos-• session of the place, and appointed FRAric Ist° CAmERAra, Governor. His Holiness was to take soleinn and formal possession of the whole of the Papal territory on the zzd ult. but on account of the diittresses of the time, he dispensed with- the, expensive pageantry usual on such occasions.. BREST, DEC. 6.-It is now io A. the; winds which have constantly prevented the sailing of the'lleet' are become almost favourable enough to permit it ttio put to sea. But they must be 'very eager to sail, who would attempt to go to sea with a wind so 'Uncertain and so little propitious. The cannon are firing; but it is not a. signal of departure, as sonic supposed ; it is, _according to established - custom, to give-notice 'to the peasants, in the environs, that some galley slaVes have.made their_ escape.. The Frigate Didon enttred the Hathotir the cloy befdre yesterday froin St; Ma/d. She met with a violent storm at - sea, which carried her to the English coast. For a week .she contended with• dreadful -gales and a tempestuous-sea, and it was 'with 'difficulty she , got into port. , She• perceived cn the English coast a 'numerous English squadron, which; as it was accompanied by a great number of Transports . , is presumed; ,to be the Army from Egypt. BouariaAttx; DEC. B'.--The preparations for, the Armaments hay.e been suspended on account of the necessity of providing for the safety of the Ships in the Harbour ; but every thing .annotinces that they, will soon recommence., The Diredor of the * Port informs us,' that the non-arrival of the Couriers from Toulwise and _Bayonne is occasioned by the overflowing of the Garonne, which has undated the roads. A • : A Comniereial • .Treaty;.embracipm l , a vaiiety b arrangements, highly advantageous ro.the interests of the East India Company in the Northern Ms trifts.,, has been todcluded between the Peishwa alld the Nizam; The India t ottiany have . 6xtencte,d their Mili tary Estliblishment 15y the addition of some new RegimentS of ip.'avalry and Infantry, in Conseqnence Of the recent .changes in the Carnatic, &e. The fo:ce which the . Cornpany stipulates to keep..U t p in Oude for the protection Of .that Pro Vince; is to comprise .16,doci men'; brit it May, upon any press ing 'occasion, be reduced to 8666 ; in which case, however, a proportionate reddliofi is to .be Made in the annual tribute tai be paid by the Nabob'. . . It appeall by letters frern Madi-as, that the ita. nee of Ddre having sdppOrted the Pkiliga‘r of Vera.. patchy iii hi; late tebellion, .a detachment of the Southern Arrriy was : sent agaiiist her z expefting an atte r ek; she had Made Consid6rable preparations to resist it, but our tiooo having, by extraordinary energies, reduced her to gteat extretnities,,she - con_ seated to submit to the clemency of the Company, being assured as to her personal safety ; and has, with the principal peesons of her Court, been sent prisoner to bindigur. The Princess is. confined ire the same Fort with the Poligar, bur is treated with 'all - the atientibn due to her tank. The following ad of genetoSity, .which does the highest honour to the Princess of Li CHTE NSTE /ST, is stated in the German Papers: On her birth-day shezave a Fete at Felsberg, to some of"the inha bitants 'of that place, whose houses, 140 a short time before been &strafed by fire,. When the gaiety of the guests had been a little raised by wine, the Pripcess went into the. Hall, and said, " you owe me 4:5,000 florins, which I lent you to enable you to rebuild your houses."- The company lame,. diately rose, aild : interrupting- her, said, " we ac knoWledgeit, but we entreat you to have a little patience." She " will not wait any longer." She thqt_ordcrt'd a.scrvaut tO bring in a chafing-dish, ;nal i!nmedißtely burnt ;dl the Securities which they, had given her.- Ain CONSUIIiPTION OF CATiLE. THE follouing comparison be t we en the aver.; ;tie of bulliicks; was one hundred, yearg.ago, and•irs it is at the present time, ~li ' on Sc;;;lbs. (3;li yes; - ditto, sa "7" . LIP SIiCCI), dittO., 11410 ! 28 7 ,- Laipbs, ditto, ditto, .18 Notwithstanding this:increase of size, the num ber of beasts, arid the Price of meat, have &Orne poi donate incte,~se: The following aVeri tai~tiin .nine yeaCs each, shew the nurni)L 7 of _etttle and sheep S6lol' in from the . viz. 1737. to t 749, yearlyAvergage, Cattle 83,966 5kep..564,659 1741 t0.i;"445. ditto, 7-7 7 , 1094 . ---- 5-59;9t 1.750 to 1748; aitio;. - --- ;331. -4-__. 6 23 , 09 1759 to 1767, I , littO, ---- 83,4 ~-,-;-... ' 615,328 t 768 to .-1 770r ' ..ClittO? - ,gi..,)L 2 .r:• -- " 6A,7;80; 1777 tO r7f,..4, ditto, , ,--- 99, 2 . 1 —_ 68 7 , 5 5;$ 1786 io 1 794, ditto, ---z. 10(;075 . 4 1 -- 707,456 . . , We are not informed of, the tirecise yeArfy a We -13.2 Cage of the se v e n l as t yea r s; b ut un de rstand that It conSideiably e3lceeds that of any fin - trier period: • Mr;. ARTHUR YOU! , G, in his Agricultural Stir veys of Lincolnshire and Suffolk; asserts; (and he is borne out by every other writer on the subject) that if theprcidirce of land 'sells 'for five rimes the renr; (which on the average:of the Kingdom was stared at I gs. per acre), the fanner would be amply paid for his risk,' labour,. and. every, incidental expence, inclUding iz per cent. interest on hid capital.— These Estimated were -made preyions to the year when ,the price of Barley, for i nstance , on an average of Many yeare, did not a m ount to 3s , per bushel; the average prices _of r 7.80 and - 17.8 t; amounted tono,thore than as.. id. *yet the .farmer Was Content and amply paid ; but 'now that Barley sells at an average - 01 nearly 6s. per bushel, mei"- sures'haVebc:en resorted t o , st ill further ici enhance the price, on _the prete)tt ofgivink encouragement. to the. Growers, although they .now have on.the fore going Estimate a produce of ninth that twelve times their. rent. • - • At Stamford, Lingoln, Doncaster; and most - Of the peigllbotiring markets; the price of wheat has experienced some depreision. . • At 1 1.5ppingliani rime wheats are about- 6s, per qiiarterrdearer ; a t Lynn 4s, .Louth 35.. and Gains -borough . and Saliibury zs. ; at Leicester, Newark, 'Warminster,.-Newbury,, 1 - lerburp,,an(l some other places, the ptices are steac;fy: At Exeter, , Nheat is siXpence per lyu' shcl cheaper --=nosy selling at Bs. 6d. and the quartern loaf at al • . •-- • - . • At Devizes, .prime Avheat has fallen aLous:.ss.,Ber quarter, viz, to 695„,.. ;:, At .13a111; I:he:average, price of flour has declined is. t1f.4; , 134 sack; viz. 0553 . a i.l.4risSicin of fifteen shillings witiiin a foxtnigl,t ,---the price --a the quartern loaf. was Weduesty, fi-ed "al tcri- ,, ence- bUt will be such lOwer ort.regulating •• • . ile:a assize'. . • ; At NiVrWich the avci•age . oric'e"ot stilie - iu has . . „ - - dined iibdut — threetenlee per coonib, tn naely,• to 375.- the price - of [loth fi - OrhVos: - 20; to sss: theVeight 'of the-shilling,loaf has, ncirwithst-itia . ifig„ been redifceLl :from 4 1b, B'oz. "i 2 to 4 - 15;14 oz, The last week's iMportation orange's a mounte d to 2,264;096; And' the price of the Lest LisbOn .repAcked; varied from three ipifoiq guineas fie, ches',„ On Sattiray last Joi-rN fqll. - ..n , t, 'Assistant V, a. ter-bailiff, brought before • the to Ail A y - o e, at the Mansion-house, l'l/72re,' F: and cr. Ci-a'.'..stv, fishermen; for .working. with unlawful nets; and taking a . large quantity of smelt's, un:rer _Size:, between 13Iackwall - and Porfleet. His' - Lord . ship,. after ethmining the parties, ordered their nc :2 to be d6stroyeci, and fined each of them in thcPenalty of sos. .• BtrattOn Straiviess-Hall, in Norfolk, belonging to IVIrMAR V; AM, *as bur nt t o ground b n Tuesday night ; it is thought to be awing iti "th* careleSsness of work men employed th ere . A singular circumstance occurred On Saturday at the ManSion-house A number of inforination3 were 'exhibited before the LoRO againso different personS• in the city, for not sweepi ng t h e footpath before their doots,• agreeable law ; an t i . • 'On entering into the etamination, the first charg: ;ippeared to be against his Lordship, presented b y 3 Common councilman. Hi s Lordship confessed the .ortissioby:ind immediately pdid the penalty {five shillings). The other per s on s Ni'Cle excused, Upon their protrirsing improved attention in furuie, One day last week a entleinan of Chancery. lane received as a present from a friend near Aylesbury; a brace of partridges, a co u pl e o f f ow l s, a hare, and a quart bottle of wine; itrl Cif which were completely shut up in la hollow turnip, which, hefo're it was Made halloW, had weighed ;•81bs. and when s'oSoped cntained to gtiaftS. The_ following is said to be•an excellent retzzedy asthma : " Gum Arrinioniac, Venice Soap, Turkey Rhubarb, Russia Castor, fresh green oreadi two scruples; teat all ia.a ;pass, and mike them into Pills of a moderate Yiv'e taken at night going to bed Will rinich relieve, the c-:omplaint. Friday as two lads we r e going ;acng Union. street, in the Borough,, havingg some words, one of them put a quantity rif silk handkerchiefs into his breeches, which being observed by a constable, he seized them, both, and ,took eleven handkerchiefs from them, bye which, it waS discovered they had ,robbed a shopkeeper in Grace;.church-s tree r, the same morning. Among the vouchers to the elicacy of the Metal.. . lit TraCtors Diseases of the Homan Body anti Horfies, whose communications arc introduced in MO last Publications alone, are eight Professors in four different Universities, iu the various branches as follow : four of Medicine, three of .Natural Philosophy, and orie of Natural History : also nineteen regular Phy§icians, seven teen. Surgeons,. twenty-six Clergymen, eleven of whom. are. Do tors of Divinity, and many other charaders of equal respectability. - The number.. of Cures attested by thesepersonages amounts to._early three thousand ! This: simple statement precludes the necessity of any observations, to prove how lin portant. is. the discovery of Dr. PlRKitts ; and, at the' same time, how vain are the exeFtions of into, rested men to prevenCitsproglts.