The Sun.
London, England, 1801-12-22 00:00:00

SHEERNESS; DEC.

YESTERDAY evening arrived, His Majesty's
Ships Chichester and Woo/with, from Spithead:
Passed by up the Thames, the Kangaroo sloop of
War, to be paid off.

This day arrived the Conftia, Biter, and 14vuacer
Gun brigs, from the Thames.

The. Dolphin Cutter has come into Harbour to be
tsaid off.

IXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM WILLIAM HAR-
WOOD, CARPENTER OF THE ALBION, OF SCAR-
BOROUGH, CAPTAIN GRAY, BOUND FROM ME-
MEL TO HULL.

" At eight in the morning of. the id November
a severe gale came on. The wind was so strong,
that the-ship lay half main-deck in the water, which
cleared the deck of every thing moveable ; making
a deal of water, all hands were employed at the
Pumps, but to little purpose. We used every
exertion to wear ship, but our sails were blown to
Shivers as soon as hoisted. Our Master and the Crew
then thought proper to free the mainmast over.
b?aid; but this had=-tio efreet on our situation. The
Master. and ti:iy self 'Went aloft to cut the lee-rigging;
but were4circed tiireiuro ; the wind blowing so
strong that- the ship lay with her masts in the
Water. Vit-ivete then obliged to get upon her
broadside, -in doing which three of our boys were
Swept off; one of them was drowned ; the other
two, by great exertions, tecoveted the ship. All
hopes
.of . life were given up, but blessed be God,
le did not forsake us; for after we had been about
an hour upon her broadside, with the heavy sea,
;And the ship working so much, our foremast, bow-
sprit, and maintopmast went away,- and the ship
righted so much, that we could with difficulty stand
upon deck; The ship being full of water, and the
gale still continuing, we were every moment in
ei~peClation of being. washed overboard, the sea
faking a clear passage over her. In this situation
I.ve remained from the 3d of 'November to the 9th,
almost drowned and perished with cold, without a
t4orsel of fetid, except 50111 C few tallow candles,
which were eaten by the Crew and 'myself. Several
Vessels passed-us in
.the interval, but the sea running
40 high, they Could render us no assistance. About
boon on Sehday the gth of November; Providence
So ordered it that the brig Cadiz Packet, Captain
Tonilinson, bound to London, liOve in sights and
Ittiscovering our signals, bore down upon us in a
VeaVy sea. They immediately hoisted out the lng
boat, came Under our lee, and flung a rope made
last to the boat, by which we hauled it close along-
side; until we were able to get in ; but the sea
running so high, it was with great difficulty we
ept the boat from filling. We all got safe on
board the Cadiz Packet, to the number of twelve
Persons, and were landed at Elsinore ; but from the
great hardsiAip we had undergone; eight of our
crew were: obliged _to be left in the Hospitals at
that place.''

Lieutenant tAI4I3OiJRN, First Lietitenarit or the
ucesar, is appointed to the pro tempre command of
the Pettei•el; and Capt. ING I. is, of the Petterel, is
appointed pro tempore to the Vanguard, vice Sir
Tito. Wt LL lAMS, who is come home indisposed.

A survey has been taken of the 01.2eryssfl, Ad_
Ural LirrwiDGE'S Flagship, and she is in copse.
(Nene.: reported unfit for further service.'

The price of Wheat fell yesterdayaabout ss. from
the preceding markets. Had. the frost contipued,
lnd the navigation been stopped, there is no doubt
hot it would have risen as much.

ey ark Herald says, " Mr. StMrsoN's Time-
-Match, noticed in our last and former Heralds, is.
.t3f4; we understand, by mutual consent, of the
PartieS. This information we think necessary for
those any way concerned in the match." •

t, Mr. CLARxv, heir to the great estate of the late
CHARLES FARNARY (a young gentleman lately
married), who went with' his wife to. Paris, on the
tkcasion of the late magnificent commemoration of
the Peace at Paris, unfortunitely fell from a scaffold;
and was killed on the spot.
A most dreadful accident happened on Thursday
evening, at Mr. Dc;kera's worsted spinning_tnill,
4t the Holum, near New-church, Rossendale, Xork.
ihire :—A number of the work people went to di.
vert thernietves on the ice of the mill-dam, but in
(Instquence;oftlicii- colleffing together, the ice gave
v;+ arid,' before -;:.t.sistirnce could be procured, eight
those unfortunate peOple were drovVned amongst
!hettrtVirs..a man about seventy years of age, 'who,
Illattempting to. save some of them, fell into the
water, and pethhed with. the rest.
The following melancholy accident happened, at
I..rapellord,. near Cambridge, on Tuesday last :
:!11. Wright, coach Mar- to Lord F. OSBORN, at
Very
old
Bills, having provided himself with a
old -fowiing-piece, went in pursuit of some
lir
lid geese, -when,- in attempting to fire the gun,-
14st, 'by which means 'his left hand was so mach
1-:erateci as to tender amputation necessary. ' •

A DO'tOROUS Oi4ositiolV. DITTY;

Aliil
By the VoITOR of the MORNING POST.
•

AtiOMPANSED WITH COMPOSITORS, PRESS-545:4, AND
" Cadmi Atricoloribus,"—(.thrglice Printer? Imp:).'
Magno'que'utulante tumultu.
"%rind.

KIND AUCtItOrS list to the disitallest straint,
Ever yet nranufaetur'd by heads without brains
OPposiTior: is ready to giVe up the Ghost,
And what will become of the fain'd Ilformi.yg Posoy3)

What Gallant Battalions We niuster'd at C A NI Y Brags' 4,
Of Whigs from the Senate, the stews, gna the shambles ;
While at War with the French, and Niquie Y.i r r ,rul'd the
roast !

Ah those were fine times for the grand Monzirg Past

By BRINDSLEY, Fox, RUSSELL, FITZPATRICK, and How

ARD,

What orations were made, and what Sirloins devour'd !
What bumper 4 wash'd down each Republican Toast !:
All the Columns they'd till of the sage Morning Pest

Wllat inveEtive was mix'd with punch, wine, and wassel,
How Counsellor ROBINSON -I- sung like a throstle—
What eulogy DIGNUM'S I Da Capos engross'd—
Forned a dainty detail for next day's Morning Post !

But since ADD t rrc•roN bade animosity cease,
And entwin'd round the Sceptre the Olive of Peace,
All-our wit, wine, and rhetoric, are drawn to the dregs,
And the Morning Post travels upon her last legs.

The efreet of this Change ivhich Whig-Newsmonl7,ers rue,
Makes our. Pressmen look black, and our Editor blue :
Troubled Waters provide us with viauals and drink,
When the Stream's undisturb'd to the bottom we sink.

For the Peace that won't yield us a tankard or slice,
Altho' most folks account it " a Pearl of great price"—
Is a pearl our Compositors all disconiposes,
Other purl they !Ave need of to fuddle their noses.—

Tho' united at home, and tespeeted abroad,
Tho'vninity ceases, and faction is aw'd,
We abhor the smooth course that a Minister steers,
Who no parties has left us to set by the ears.

At the Statesman, alas ! wham we daily defame,
The fool's bolts that we shoot still fall short•of their aim;
While our Club us the cause of Insurgency slack,
Won't attinti us one Traitor to clap on the back!

The Whig Chiefs we extoll'd,.nll secede from.their
Whence our flummery. hangs a dead weight on our :
We've prescrib'd it to GREY ft but so fulsome and gross,
Was ithrew'd, ten 'to one but he nauseates pe dose.—

What if GRky,wliat EitSKINE, or fEK Y L ,
Will scarce take a sip of our eulogy treacle—
All our i'itricits are not of so squeamis:h a sorts
For R-13 S-44 engag6 to lap up a quart.

Now deafness befriend all the Treasury Bench,
At St. Steptwes, when operates so copious a drench,
While he raves (as our drastic,applause flaws effect)
I oppose—l deny—l contend--I objea." §

Then, since k—as —Ws so kind. as to come in the nick,
And swallow our praise that makes other folks sick,
Let our Readers henceforth our Old Title forget,
Aga our Prtper R r

Fbr of R-13 s—n's deserts and atchievements sublime,
We 'll descant as he speaks, without reason or rhyme,
Aloft, on our paragraphs propp'd, he shall soar
Like the scum when a kettle of porridge boils o'er.

And what Member with R----ss—N would vie in renown,
Could we once make a shift to write AnnlNCT 64 down?
And down be must go, Sirs, you know very well,

When the world shall believe half the lies that WC4

Rut one charge is too true, (we speak truth now iud ihen),
" The best Places he fills with the honestest men ;"
Hence ourselves and our Friends of Advancement despair,
And devoutly unite in this new Form of Prayer.

"May Culprits give Law, and be Magistrates lash'd,
" Be impudence honour'd, and merit abash'd;
'Let the Minister's Friends, for their rrobity
"'And let Traitors protal oUr dear Country and. King.
" Let ADDINGTON' Su x -from our hemisphere fade:
" In the Zenith be R-11,--res DARK L'acM- (ORN display'd;
" For When Ignorance mounts Wit shall find dur right
level,

And grumble who list, 'twill be nuts for the Devil !"

• The Shakespeare Tavern;

, .
+ The Whigs are infinitely indCbted to thi,s leatned
Patrio-
tic and tuneful Counsellor, who may be deservedly stiled
"The Throstle with his Note io true," as he never tails to
enlist Harmony in the cause of Politics, dud to temper the
tervours of ,Whiggism with the mblOdies of "
Ora," and the Grand Punchinello," Frfornied i;64 adriiira-
tion, and rapturously applauded (as Out Friend Jl'S.
loß-
o informs us from fountain head), at the recurring
festive solemnities of their Club.

t After this incomparable Warbler of the Rai, little Die-
N OM, whose modesty emulates his merit, will readily con-
tent hiniself with the Second Place, and allow us to depic-
tore him as the " Wren" in the subsequent line of the quo.
tation, an image equally expressive of the spherical graces of
liis person and the sweetness of his voice,

Coun.s. ROBINSON—" The Throstle with his. note, so
• , true ;
Mr, C. Di cNuzu---" The Wren with little quill."
SHAY Z.5.141D. NIGHT'S DR.EAIit.

11 See The Morning Port of Friday, Dec, IT, iSo t.

§ The 2110,;euseg Post Editor challenges tl* acknowledge-
ments. of his hearers for the Epitome of Political SLience
presented to them in this single linc, in which the whole
amplitude, extent, and dimensions., the Alpha and °Mega,
the substance, quintessence, and marrow, the heads;
and extremities of R—RS—NEAN eloquence arc simplified,
condensed, and concentrated, like the Iliad in a nut=sliell.
Amongst those Who hold Offices under the present Ad-
ministration, The lifordifig Post Editor deems an invidious
Statement of the Names of three of Mr. Asiati4c•rox's rela-
tions sufficient to ensisre his recent scurrilities levelled against
the Minister, an easy reception with the Public; This Might
indeed be not unfavourable to the purposes of malevolence,
if he cguld instance three Genthenen whose abilities dp
greater credit to the appointments tliey hold,„pr whose cha-
r3elerka4 knore,deservedly respeaed in private life.

It is torions; that 'since the Cons,yloi form of. GO,
vernment has been adopted. in Prance, the Republican
form has disappeared from very species 'of Est lblish-
ment. The Theatres_ which were formerly Linder
the conciaa of several Managers, or as they were
called Direeleurs, have for the most part changed
their form, ani passed under the controul of one
mar.. •