The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-08 00:00:00

iv AVAL NEWS.

PLYMoUTII, Dec. 6.—Arrived • the American
Ship Sally, WILLIS, from London, in ballitst ; the
American Brig Wheeler, GRONNELS, from London,
bound to Malta, laden with sugar, coffee and indi-
go, Put in here by contrary winds ; the American
Ship Vermont, --, from London,, bound to Spain,
in ballast, put in here by contrary winds; the Swe-
dish Brig Eneheden, OLoF CoEMET, • Master, and
the Swedish Ship Marie Christie, Capt. MEEK, both
.f.rnrtt Stockholm, bound to this Port, laden with
iron, deals, &c.
Passed by the Humber hired Armed Ship, Capt.
1.11L1,' with a convoy for Falmouth.
Arrivd the Argun Sloop of War from the Downs,
and the Ann,
BRADFORD, from Malta, with wine
and brandy, for orders ; the Portuguese Ship Serra
Piguinnct, from London, bound to the Brazils ;
'the Jupiter, of 50 guns, from Portsmouth. Atriv-
" also, this afternoon, a Brig Sloop of War from
the' westward, supposed from Spain ; her name, or
any particulars she brings, is not learnt.
toot'
he
Seine Frigate went out of Harbour this after-

FALMOUTII, DEC' 5
Afor • Arrived his Majesty's Ship
rtstottn with a convoy from Plymouth, for
ales ; Portuguese Ship Teresa from the Brazils ;
and three light Transports, part of 32 Sail off this
Fort; from Plymouth.
Sailed his Majesty's Ship Amazon, and King
George
and Resolution Cutters on, a cruize off the
coast of France.

ORTSUoUTH, DEC. 7.—Sailed his Majesty's Ship
.Escort, Lieut. Wm. SMITH, for Jersey.
Went out of Harbour His Majesty's Ship Eliza-
volt.

SHEERNESS, DEC. s.—Arrived the Deptford Ten-
der with volunteers and impressed men for the Fleet.
t2e. 6.--Arrived the Onyx from Heligoland.
h Al'o arrived His Majesty's Ships Rose and Etna
Saito orn ,
e North Sea.
His Majesty's Ship Bellerophon, Capt.
WARRN, for Yarmouth.
large Fleet are passing for the River.

TDISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.
o
on
th the Gun-brig Furious, for the Capture of the Aurora,
at N°e , lath
Clem inst. and
-Inn.W onWednesdays and Thursdays after,
• 14, ent's
o'lo the Gun-brig Linnet, for the Recapture of the English
irt g Harmony, of Southampton, on the Linnet's arrival
°Ad
ii Po, at No. 28, Iligh-street, Portsmouth, and every
dy and Thursday, for three months, at the same place.
,ro the Ruby, for the Detention of the Prussian Ship Fen-
!non, (the Stately in Company) on board, at Portsmouth,
~ the lath inst. if then in port, and every Wednesday and
il),lnsday, at No. 14, Clement's Inn.
vt4;o the Ruby, for the Detention of the following Prussian
luq:ele, De longe Holscher, Frioadschaft, De Oude Feld,
Pore °ll board, at Portsmouth, on the 12th inst. it' then in
CI ' an board
every Wednesday and Thursday after, at No. 14,
Nen
To
Lt s Inn.
tairtedloke Gun-brig Ferreter, for the Gute Mother Suze,N de-
ts -- °Y the Gun brigs Escort and lierreter, at o. 10,
_se
larnstreet, on the 12th inst. and for three months, at the
4o th
tuna e Gun-vessel Tigress, for the Capture of the For-
thr4 !ti the 16th. at No. 13, Great George-street, and for
To theths after, at the same place.
nun,
(:Sceptre, for the. Capture ot the Dutch East India-
Ce ' St. Helena, on the 15th inst. at No. 13, Great
, arge-strept
place, --.• Westminster, and afterwards at the same

1
ot disti
not f°llotving instance of sagacity in an animal, !
bguished for that quality,
oftention of is worthy of the
the Public, as it is attested by the name
.:
l• a resPeEtable Correspondent of a periodical pub: i
4leation : - •
.4. ,
„,._- I nave long been in possession of an anecdote of ..
;?'me of the brute creation, which I send to you, not,
_tnrach for, the amusement of your readers, as that
',wit% Bingley may, if he thinks it worth y,
insert it
14 the next ,edition of his
Animal Biography :, it is..
britAly true, and would have appeared before, had it
een leis -e
3 hindxtraordinary ; for nothing but diffidence
ered
t truth me from sending it;. but recorecollecting needs not to be ashamed, it is brought be-
-I.Ar: the public, and is,as follows :—Walking with a
oflilthrough some meadows between two villages,
count 'lames of Upper and Lower Slaughter, in the
tuntil of GloOcester, the path lay within about one
lail,-Is'red Yards of a small brook. Many ewes and
li,:v3 were in the meadow : .we were about half-
ye'ry ever it when a ewe came up to us and bleated
offy 'l°ll`llY3 lookinc, up in my face, and then ran
_.. towards the brook's I could not help remarking
xnts.extraordin,... "V behaviour, but my attention was
F:rttcularly
d r°"Sed when she repeated it ; and, bleat-
g I°ll-er, seemed wish to signify something. it)
parlicuiar .
s, to.
(fired- i be then ran .off as
before in the same
teachl(3b, repeatedly looking behind her till she
sied the brook, where she stood still. After
stand to look at her some time, we continued
41), tir Walk, and had
nearly reached the gate that letl ~
'tit° the next meadow, when she came runing after
,43 the third time, and seetned et more ,if v,.°3sible; than before., I then deytermiried toearnest endea-
;rie9l4 to discover the motive for such singular beha-
ur :. I followed the ewe towards the brook ; see-
-211t5 tne advance, she ran as fast as she was able;
t('''lcing behind her several times; v;hen we came
i° the-brook, she peeped over the edge of a hillock,
,11Y) the water, looked up in my face,'and bleated
'lath the most voice I. ever heard from a
(lia adraped.
st
' Judge of my surprise, when, on look-
Illg:into the stream, I saw her lamb standing close
I]..Lk .el' the hillock, u ith the water nearly over its
ti; I instantly drew it ont, when the fond mo-
t''r began to lick, and give it suck, and, looking up
u tile, uttered several sounds very different from
ii:ose she had Uttered before, and eviden;ly p
exress-
ttg tsatisfaCtion and pleasure. I needed
not those
that 'l'"Ks, for I never performed one naion in my life
brute a gave me more unmixed pleasure ; no did ever
'4ppear wore grateful.'