The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-26 00:00:00

HARWICH, OCT. 25.

YESTERDAY arrived the Danish Ship Endracht,
belonging to Altona, HANS ARDIkES ERICKS mas-
ter, loadedwith salt, from Alicant bound to Ham-
Virgil. This Ship has received considerable damage
at sea, and was assisted into Port by some Pilots
from Aldbro', which re all put under Quarantine.
Also arrived the gix Sisters, P. FALKENBURG,
from Larwick, with deals ; and the Concordia, H.
P. JANs master, from Hamburgh, to Lisbon, with
barley : this latteE„ ship has received considerable
damage, and it is feared the cargo must be unloaded
before she can proceed to the port of her destina-
tion.

The Tam- Gebroders, H. GAR R ETTS, from Lon-
don, with coffee and other goods, bOund to Amster_
dam, with
,several other Foreign Ships outward_
bound, are put Into this Port by the late strong
North-east wind,

His Majesty's Ship Squirrel arrived this morning
from Yarmouth Roads, with three large ships load-
ed with masts; detained some time, since under
Neutral Colours.

ADMIRALTY-COURT.

pocTOß's' ,COMMON'S; OCT. 23.

THE Amelia, a Danish neutral ship, laden with
timber, had a considerable time since been captured
by an English Frigate, as she was steering in a di-
re&ion for Toulon. She endeavoured to avoid be-
ing intercepted by the English Frigate, and after-
wards made some opposition to a Lieutenant's com-
ing on board to examine her cargo and papers. It
appearing that her cargo was ship-timber, and her
papers not altogether regular, she was taken pos-
session of and carried to Leghorn, where the Cap-
tain protested agaiiiSt the legality of the capture,'
offered to produce documents to prove his neu-
trality ; and that although he was bound to a French
port, it was not to Toulon. The ship, with these
papers on board, was sent to Corsica, then in pos-
session of the English, and the papers were deliver-
ed to the Commissioners for Prizes. In consequence
of the evacuation of Bastia by the English, and•tbe
confusion naturally produced by s'o sudden an event,
the papers were lost. The prize was then sent to
England, and the ship and cargo sold for the benefit
of the Captors. The evidence in support of the cap.

tore consisted of such of the crew of the Frigate as
took possession of her, and examined her papers,
and the nature of her cargo. The Claimants, on the.
other hand, contended that the timber consisted 01,
Danish fir, which was as applicable to the building
of houses as ships; that the cargo was not destined
for the French dockyard at Toulon, bat was pro-
ceeding to Hieres, to be employed for other rut•
poses ; that the papers which- had been lost, either
through the negligence or misfortune of the Calltors,
would, if produced, have proved these faas ; and)
therefore; that further time ought to be given to,.
die Claitrlants to supply- the want of them by other
proof. it appeared, however, that this cause I:nd
long been in agitation, and that ample time had
been allowed the Claimants to ha‘ e obtained further
proof; but that they had failed in bringing it for,
ward.

Sir WILLIAM S 3r-1. delivered his. judgment at
great length: he obServed that there must bz sou
limits to the continuance of causes of this nature ;
that the Claimants had bad sufficient time granted
them for that purpose, and still there was no other
evidence :before the Court but what had been ad-
duced on the part of the Captors. The first olje3
to which he had directed his attention was the des'
tination of'the ship ; the Captors had sworn she %vie
sailing within three points of the port of Toulon,
and was manifestly proceeding to that place. 16
answer to this, a variety of nautical arguments had
been urged to prove that, from the description of the
Captors, as to her course, she could not have bee
steering for Toulon, but for the Hieres. He w. 34
not sufficiently acquainted with the science of navi-,
gation, to judge whether such arguments %It'
founded in truth; but -he certainly did not thioV-.
they ought to weigh against the positive oaths of
the Captors, alledging that her destination was ev%;
dently for Toulon. The next question was with
to the cargo, which was proved by the cap-
tors to have been ship-timber ; this, he had no he-
sitation in saying, was contraband, and, considerio
it as such, be should have little regarded whether
it was going to Toulon or to Hieres, from whence
it might easily have been conveyed to the former
place the faE of its not being contraband rested
on the bare assertion of the Claimants, and was not
verified by such proof as was admissible. Consi-
dering, therefore, that the ship and cargo had beet'
destined for Toulon : that the cargo was contra-
band ; and that a sufficient delay had already hcel,
allowed the Claimants to have supplied the *want 01
the ship's papers, aliedged to have been lost at Cor-
sica, he thought himself justified in making an eO,l
of the suit, by declaring both ship and cargo lawfr
prizes.

On the z3d of August, His Majesty's Ship Apoll°
descried off Savannah.la-Mar damaica), a Felucci,
Privateer-: it being perfettly calm, Capt. HALKETT
maimed -the-barge- and two:other-boats, and sent
them to attack her. The barge lout-rowed the
others, and got up to the Privateer, when her con",
sorts remained a considerable distance astern, 01
with a gallantry deserving a better fate, they sine
attempted to board. -The Felucca was full of rucn
and after a severe conflid, our people were over-
powered, and the barge sent adrift. When the,,,
other boats came up with the barge, they fowl:
only one man on board, dead,' having been td
through the body, and the hat of the Mario,:
Officer very much cut and hacked.-1, he barge
crew consisted of the Second Lieutenant of- (1).-
Apollo, a Lieutenant of Marines, and fourteen trierli
all of whom, it is feared, -have fallen vidimo CO
their too impetuous and ardent gallantry.

The Merchants of Port Royal,: Jamaica, some
time since purchased the Tidier. :;cllooner, , and pre'
sented her to Lord H. SEYMOUR, requesting
she might b.e employed in protating the trade of the
Wand from the numerous petty Privateers that
fest it from Cuba. His Lordship has, however, re'
turned her to them, with a letter, stating, that sill
was unfit for service ; and the Coasts of the Isla&
continued to be daily insulted and scoured by Ol'e
or more of those marauders. The Pon of Cu
alone had fitted out no loss than sz feluccas,
every maritime town in the Island had a propo
tionate number.

Tpe following Vessels, part of Admiral Mr)34'
TActrt's Convoy, were lost on 'the Island of M"i#
tinique the 7th August, viz. the' Elizabt.s ,
na, part of the cargo saved ; Hope, ditto, lost on
Point' Saline; Ea'svard, sunk in Trois Islet .334.,'
John, for Martinique ; Pacific, foe ditto, with
Government Stores, all of London ; and a Schooner,
for Antigua, all bands perished.

The Synod of Glasgow and Ayr have appoint
the second Sunday in November, and the Synod
Fife .the gth of November, for a general thank i
giving within their ministry, for the blessine
Peace and the late abundant harvest.

- -- -- - - ----
In Edinburgh, fine fresh herrings sell at sixPellos
per dozen;
• It is a curious faa that in the small countY.4
Mearns,, or Kincardine, containing only z 6 1-7 iO, s.
habitants, there are 2 hi.. 6 fewer males than t,,aiiell',
being nearly a twelfth part of the gross populati°

Mr. EpYE, is the new Mayor of Bristol.
At the last Quarter Sessions for the count,'
0,..°6
Buckingham, a question of considerable iinporn;r,
relating to the Poors Rate, came before the coLi.,,a
The Overseers of the Poor of Great Marlow
rated the stock. of every tralesman in the tow'i:
not excepting the Surgeon. The number of al'i'en
lants corresponded to the number of parsons
whom this new charge was made. The Oversc.e'to
produced Witnesses to endeavour to substantia,i
the rate, all of whom were heard, when the Alircidie%
of BucxlNott Am, Chairman of the Sessions, he
dared it to be the opinion of the Court, that to
rate had not beerrsubstantiated in any one instLo..4l
as to the sums charged on stock in trade ; for thoooof
it may be legal •co tax stock, yet the difficulti'd
ascertaining the sum on which the tax is to be 131 ost
so great as to render it impraeticable in °in' to
every instance, as the Overseers must be able._o,
prove that the sum so rated is the .clear!proPer„,
tsciof the person charged, exclusive of all bit debyp
The rate was therefore quashed as far as reltc
the tax on stock.

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