The Sun.
London, England, 1801-01-14 00:00:00

LO N DC) N; .1N(! ARY ISor.

THE ilambure7 !fail which remained due,
firrivett yestcrday, and the informaCion .which it
brought, though of flute importance, was insert
IA in part of our impreion. 'llie new 4 of the.
Armistice had rcached-Pienaa on the 27th, the
date of, the intellivnee from that Capital. l'he
Bead, quarters of the 4uarian Army wete at thitt,
time at NI. P,llten; they were the were on the 29th to

be.N.ftloyed to 4.5.1.4u*r;011, almo'st clots: tq rieitna.
Tilt: NOT Olq g6,41i tiOt) 1.0 ttlIS the subjrtt of
tll4.l{rtiele Irtmi Copenhit,4en, and
Tq. !,:qtnours which the last brought,. of an
itriwillin3opst; on the part o sonic of the Powers
to engage in a measure that threatens them with
Tuip at no ri.ilipteriod, are coutra4littecl by the
present, which stores a general belief prevailing,
that- the Article of Confe4eraey ure already
tiignsd,

A Letter bad been rectii,ed in Homburg); from
/?(11;rf, in which it was mild that these: Articles
were signed, 9n the t gth

li4 out _sikstquaot Columns, Ave have imptted
a! melt as our limits wo4ld admit, of tilt: Co;.,

TASpOnCiejiCe DiStWeen 4P4 %.Icl4
vernment,. relative to Prisoets of War, which
we, shall continue until we -hare put our Readers
in possession of every Paper on the subjefl, This
CorresPondence is Prefaced by the folloWing ac,
count of it, which sufficiently eNplains the mo-
tives of its publication :,—f‘ At a former period
of the present 'War, it became necessary, in order
to vindicate the. Character of this country for
'good with and humanity, to render public the
Proceedings And Cdtrespondence of the Govern-
Plants of Great Britain, and France with respea to
Prisoners of War. . the whole was submitted to
a Committee of the House of Commons, and be_
came the.Subjea of a Report, followed by cer.
nit; Resolutions unanimously adopted by the
Housc.—The following Correspondence may he
considered as a Supplement to the, DOeuments
which were printed with that Report, and the
motives for rendering it public, are the same as
on the former occasion."

The Kiwn, yesterday morning, attended by
Lords CA.l.lll7,Vler and-WAr.stwGit Nm, and col.
CAILTWE IC HT, rode to Ascot Heads, where the
Deer was turned opt fur the day's diversion :
HIS MAJESTY was met by Earl SANIIIVICIIj
Sir JIENRT Gorr, and' Son, Sir JoHN LADE,
Mr. FREMANTLE, and a.number of Gentlemen
Sportsmen,
HER. MAI ESTY and the Four PRINCEssrs took
their usual excursion to Vrogniore.
Her Royal Highness the Pittsre”s Amitt,t4,
who has been indisposed tar some time, was yes.
terday so far recovered, as to take an airing in a
coach' and four, in 'Windsor Great Park.
The ROYAL. VANE ILY come to Town this
morning from Windsor, to reside till after Hut
MAI ES LI'S
The Kt NQ had a Levee at St, James's Palace
this day.
His.
Royal 'Highness the DUKE of YORK
.attended yesterday-at his Office at the Horse
Guards.

A Connell was yesterdaynein at nari LAVER-
I' 01. E 's Office, Whitehall.
Yesterday' the Master and Wardens of the
Company of Bakers attended the Luxes IVI \l"0 It ,
at Guildhall respelling the Assize ,of Bread,
when it appeared, upon examination, of the
\l.alWeighers' returns, that t i,670 qtu of
Wheat sold between the 29th December last
and the 3d inst. from 905, to .16zs, per quarter,
and 8790 sacks of Flour sold between the 3d and
9th inst. from loos. to i3os. per • sack, forming
averages of 1.4.r5..1d,. per quarter Wheat, and
i zos. o4d per.sack Flour, which:being considera-
bly lower:than the last returns, his Lordship had
the pleasure of reducing , the Bread two Assizes
and .a haft, or Fivepence in, the. Peck Loaf,. to
take
.place to-morrow—the Quartern Loaf will
tla "be sold for is. Bd. instead of is. 911.

A Court of Aldermen will be held:on Thurs.
day at Guildhall, precisely at one, o'Clock, for
the dispatch of public busin6ss.

From the New-York Papers, which we have
received up to the-t43th of December, we colleCt
the followtog particulars':

" From the highest authority (says the Wal.
pole New-l-lampshire Gazette, of the Bth inst.),
we i can assure the Public, that on Wednesday
last the Eledors for this State gave an unanimous
vote for ADAMS and PINCKNLY."

The New London Gazette asserts, that the
Eledors of -that State have also given an unani-
mous vote to the same Gentlemen, whichis con.
firmed by the following article, dated,
,PROVIDNCE, DEC. 6.—The Elators for this
State met at Bristol on Wednesday last, and gave
their Suffrages for President and Vice-President
of the United States. The votes were sealed
up and forwarded to the seat of Government.--
The conjetlure is, ADAMS 4; PINCKNEY 44
, `!'he account, as far as we can speak with au
dimity, says the New York Daily Advertiser
of the I,3th, stands thus

ADAI,Is.I'INCKNri.II.IFERION.BUft.I4;
N. illrnrOlire ' 6 0 0
Ni,i-o• a ito,utts 16 z 6 0 , 0
8110,1, I .11.4iul 4 4 a 1
lief In, mt 4 4 , 0 0
Connectik:tzt 9 , 9 0 0
NOW 'ti nth ,0 I) 1Z 1Z
~,1::•.v
.1,16'4 7 7 0 0
Pezilt,) Ivazzia 7 7 8 8
f)r1,1,,r ar..: 3 ~ 3 0 0.
NI, q Lind 5 S 5 S ,
V irgliila 0 b , . 21 21

The,. same Paper contains the following Extrgt
iaft Letter.froin Washington : 2

" Two of the' House of Represe.ntatives have
this day received the following information from
their friends in Raleigh, North Carolina : «Judge
W ASH ING roN arrived here (Raleigh) on the 29th
ult. from South Carolina, alid stated, with' the
utmost confidence, that the votes in South Ca,
rolina woald be unanitnnusly for ADANts and
PtNC),f.NEY, and that `JEYPERSIIN anthi not pos.
sibly get a.solitary vote there. This news oh;
tains pretty general credit with both F'lrties iii
ConfYreAs."
ifpna tl whole, sanguine expktationi Went
to la. entCriithlthh that Mc.. ADANth* is
sec amt.

On Tuesday tlic ,ttli December, a i\lemorial
was presented to the Ilouse of Representat i v es, on
behalf of the Debate Reporters, praying to he
admitted within the far of the House. The
Speaker insinuated, that a compliance With the
prayer_ might give room to some inconvenience,
but, on his part, he had no objeetion tp assign
them a place in the'GaUery, which. 6114u1d be set
apart for their exclusive use.
Mr. NtCllOl,-ks insisted they' hid A ri&ht. to
the hest place which the rlouse could iiSsign, and
moied that their' Memorial should be' rcterretl to
.ele4l. ecitimittee. On this Motion, a divi'sion
took plaec--Ayes 42—Noes 34,

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Non ill; scevu,si4e
Sedrte dfium.

PORTSMOUTH, JA N. t 3,

AItRtVED this evening, His Niaiesty's Ship
Bmitfiant, with twenty-one :Sail of Transports
under Convoy, with Troops on ho4cl, These
Ships left Lisbon under Convoy of the rfleintene
Frigate, from which Vessel the Brilliant took the
charge of tliem in the Bay of Biscay,
Arrived the Beaver Slopp of 'War, from a
Cruize,. •

•
Arrived at the Motl4rbank, Aod put under
Quarantine, the Transport Lady jaw) with
Troops from Gibraltar,

SHEERNESS, JAN. 13.

AltalvEo His Majesty's Sloop -Arrc;Tv, Capt.

Bol.Tor,
Sailed His IVlajesty's Ship Lafricattgi :of 28
guar,, Capt. ROTHEILAN4 for Spitheati,..:,

On the sth inst, a Vessel was lost Upon Dub.
mill Scarf, near Allonhy on the coast of Cum.
Th herland ; from.papersund, it is supposed to be
the Ship Huntington, Gardner, from' Liverpool
to Africa; she Crew it Is feared have all pc.
rished,

A. Letter from. Coi,inhapri Several
promotions have been made in our Naval Depart-
ment, Vice-Admiral KAAS is promoted to the
rank of Admiral; itear-Adnural Vrt.ritd, is
appointed Vice-Admiral ; and Captain Tom.
tat Rs Rear-Admiral. A number of Officers have
been promoted to the Rank of Captain.' A
Commission has just been nominated by, the
i~►g,
to examine the state of the FortresScs in
Denmark and Holstein, and to order the necessary
repairs and additions to be immediately made.
Notwithstanding all these warlike appearances,
it is a fact that may. be depended• on, that our
Admiralty havc issued -orders 'l6 fit out only
three .Ships of the Line,. in ac dition' to :those
already in commission,• •Our Cottrt,ii extremely
anxious to maintain i'gbod understanding with
England. On 'the 26th arrived here,fromCron-
stadt, 200 Danish Seamen, a part of the Crews
of the English vessels detained in Russia."
The John and Mary, Gowport, from Gothen-
burg, to London, •is stranded at Just Reef,. after,
being captured.
• The Franklin, Goodrich, froM Liverpool to'
Naples, , is sent into Jersey by: the General Gor-
don Privateer.

Thc poor rates, iU mary partssof the kingdom,

are nol managed with cilia -prudence and Allay
which so important a branch of public economy
demands. As a proof' of this, it appears A.* a
number of respectable Gentlemen at Hull having,
taken upon themselves the management of the pa;
rochial expenditures, have, notwithstanding the
pressure of the times, been able to reduce the
poors' rate, one half, that is, from 8,3.201. to
436°1. a year, commencing the reduttion nett
quarter,

A liat-manufaaurer at Leipzig, Mr. CHARLES
ER NEST MUNCH, has advertised in the German
Papers, that he has invented the hrt °fusing mole
hair sit the manufaCturing of his finest hats. He
offers very considerable prices to the farMers and
country people who will supply his manufatture
with large quantities of the-skin of that little
animal. Twelve mole skins will reach as far as
one hare skin in the mannfatturing of those hats
which are remarkably fine.
A fire broke out yesterday morning at the
Rose and Crown Public-house, in Dartmouth-
street, Westminster, which consumed the whole
of the premises.
On Wednesday last, about four. o'clock, Ed.
ward Polhill, Esq. of Morden-Park, Surrey, was
stopped in his chariot, near the nine mile-stone,
on the Epsom-road, by a single highwayman,
with a crape over his face, who robbed him of a
gold-watch, and some money.
About five o'clock the same evening, Mr.
Recliner, of King-street, Portman.squate, and
two Ladies, were stopped in a post-chaise, near
the Horse'Barracks, in Hyde Park, by a single
highwayman, who robbed Mr. Bechner of his
money, and who is supposed to be the stime-man
that robbed Mr. Polhill. The robber was pur.'
sued by the coachman to Hogmore-lane, Bromp.
can, where he lost him.
Ye,terday morning, between foiir and five
o'clock, as Mr. John Smith, of Red Lion-street,
Clerkenwell, and Mr. Jones, of Pentonville,
were coming to town, on foot, from Shepherd's
Bush, they were attacked near Bayswater by two
ootpads, who robbed them of a watch and their
money.

Eaily yesterday morning, the callico.grnund
of Messrs. Thorney, Croft, and C 9. az. Long-
ford, were robbed of sixteen pieces of cambric-
muslins, which the robbers in.myeyed away in a
cart. •

Yesterday a woman appeared at the Police
Office, Winteehapel, to present a charge against
two Soldiers of the Tower, Hamlet Militia, for
having violently assaulted her on Friday last, and
carried off from her persona considerable quan.
tity of wearing apparel. in the course of the
however, it having appeared, that
this same woman had several months ago pre-
tented a -similar complaint against a respetiable
tradesman in Hacliney Parish, which turned out
to bl utterly malicious and false, the two Soldiers
were acquitted, and the accuser dismissed with 4
severe reproof and adftionition to atuen4 het
coPiltlet‘

COPENHAGEN, 14" 3.

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eammomwswe ,
$ . .
W very' e expea ve soon from Pettish/ JO the . A
~,,
of the Convention for a Neutral Navigatitr.:,
signed there between the Notthetn *Courts. '
On the 4th inst. the Danish Cabinet-Courier ,
BRUMM!R% passed through dliona and Nizonials.:;
on his way from .Petershurgh to Copenhasee.
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