The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-22 00:00:00

LO N DON,. AVG,V72.5..T. iz, 1801.

LORD NELSON remained in the Downs yester-
day; nor was there any appearance at that time of
his immediately sailing. His Lordship had not
given any indication of, an intention to pursue the
design which his former orders for all the• hired
•
Cutters to put to Sea appeared- to indicate.
•

The ll.amburgh- Mail due on Wednesday, is not
.•
34t arrived. ,
On Monday next, the Right the LORD
MAICOk, Will,lloki a Court of Alciermenon 'Special
At airs' ; and afterwards a Wardmote at- St. Mi-
Chliel's Church, in the 'Ward of Bassishaw,. for the
Eleerion of an Alderman of the said Ward, in the
room- of Sir: WILLIAM PLOMER, Knt. deceased,
when it' iA 'expefted,. RoD giUr CLARK, Esq. 13anker,
will be eleaed without Opposition. .' „

PLYMOUTILDCK, Auc. 20.

OUR Garrison is under the,immediate egrnm3ra
Major,General ENGLAND, including tip diffael
Volunteer Corps within about ten mi es of the Li

The Park of Artillery attached to the Wester"
Diitria, is now posted at Exeter,• being a c,crl
situation, whence I't can easily move 'off to any F;.sl
of the.Coasr.

• The Alarrn:posts,through6ut the. West are
to have been selected with great judgment, and /
regular line of communication is intended-to
drawn.

AN3I.EY Huctis, Esq. son. of ;be late Genet
with some other Gentlemen of re,spef.tability, hafe
aEtively stepped forward in volunteering their set'
vices to assist the Lieutenantcy of Devon as Ad?
tants, in arraying' the posse-comitatus : Precepil
have been-accordingly issued to the Hundred CO'
stables, for, an immediate return of all males fral
16 to 6o years of age,
All Clergymen have been requested to continue
in their respeCtive Parishes ; so that every
gence• may pass through their hands, by way of
preventing false alarms in case of zaual Invasion.
. The Supplementary Militia of Devonshire 11
ordered to assemble on the '24.th inst.

lhe weather still continues most favourable Of
the harevest, the finest ever known. There has
been an amazing drop on grain •in our markets;
Wheat now selts at 18s. the bushel (doubleWinclidg
ter), **Flu- at I 2S.

The force employed in the Expedition ;Taint
'Madeira, which sailed from Portsmouth on the cfll
of last month,. under the command of Capt. Bow
in the Argo, of 44 guns, and another Frigate, 111,°'
several Transports, is ebiefly composed of the 8.9
Regiment. The whole—number of the Tro<ls
landed, is supposed to amount to upwards of Ivo:

On Tuesday-last, a Meeting of the Lieutenant"'
of the County of Essex was held at .the Shire H4l'
cheimsford, .to receive. the disbanded men of itic
late South EsSex.gegiment of 'Militia, which no
been previously ordered to be again embodied
.that day; wlien upwards of 230 men assemb:cd, 34
of ,viLiOrr) were ordered to join the Western Bats'
commanded by Colonel Sir WM. Smr•ru,
84 to join the,
.Eastern Battalion, commanded
Colonel.J. Btntocic, and the rein4nder sent 1
hoines, with suf4i.ent pay, bell%

Government are much pleased with the attentid
which the. Artillery Officers have shewn in inspeaP
ing the Arms and Accoutrements of the ctifferelt
Volunteer Corps throughout the United Kingdoo4
their reports in geueFal 'are said also to be satisfS"
faktory.

• ,
Lord NEI.SoN, with that nqinanity and nfrabiliti
which mark his eharader, makes daily visits 10
the wonndeti Off .cers arid Seamen, ,tnd enquird
after their health in the most tender manner. /If
Lordship has written i Letter of thanks •to Loll
GESAGS CAVrtpx4n, Colonel of the Perby Reg''
ment, for the attention ?aid by him, in- orderi4
his' men to assist in removing the woonded trot
the boats to the Naval Hospital at Deal, ,
*service they performed with the utmost care
attention. The letter waxed on Parade crn T4tirff
•
day morning.

lord ADAM CORDON W made a Colonel oritli
rgth of February 1762 ; 'a Major-General on Al°
zsth of gay 1772 ; a Lieutenant-General on the
2 ISt of August 1777; and :a General on the 1 01,
of Odolier 2793.

The Brice of wheat did not yesterday decline:
but remained nearly statii. continued- fall
May however be expeEtedtili,'the article has.xescfr
ed a price much lower n:that at which it at p 9
sent is. Some be samples of American Flour hale
been sold at a third of their prime cost,
On Wednesday last a petty Session was held °t
Che}Miford, 'for the pu-pose of hearing the indiet'
ments of the Weigher, lately appointed for Chelms•
ford Hundred, who, on his inspeaion, found nO
less than 76 Millers, Bakers, Grocers, Butchers/
&c. within the said Hullltired, in the-habit of using
weights short of the standard, and who not °nil
forfeited the same; but yiteie severally fined for their'
frauds. •

: The-late Et.Ecicia. of CoLoext became so`a"
corpulent, that he could not move latterly,'
He weighed, four cwt. When opened after
death, all the parts. were very sound, but covered
with a prodigious quantify of fat.
A eirCumstance which lately occurred at Flohigt
has given birth to some difference between the Bata'
.yian- and the French Republics.:—A Dutch .yeSse,"
from Bremen to Middleburgh, was compelled, by co°;
tray winds, to put into Flushing. There the Frencft
tustom.house Officers, finding' that she was laden Avit4
English goOds, called Contraband, took possession 4
Vhe vessel, and conveyed her up to Antwerp. 1"i
Dutch Government bas stated, that the conduCt.°
these Officers is in violation- of the Treaty e)dstill
between the two Republics. It was the wish of ti',o
Direaoly. that .the proem against the Capta' f
should be held at Middleburgh, as being the place°
the ship's destination; bit this being positively re-
fused, .they have sent orders to:Citizen Sex tr.. 010;
PENNINCK to i•moristrate with the First Consul °o
the sublea

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Dr. Joimam, according to the Chief Engine O
jacobinism in this Country, would probably• love
heaved a sigh and dropped a, tear over the SoPe"'
sion of the Habeas Corpus Ad ; but Dr. joHNs'4
whg loved his Country, and knew the value of O 1
Constitution, would rather have grieved, if indeed
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indignation had not absorbed his feelings/ that
English Writers should, by thtir defence of *Pd!..
Lim France, have, rendered such a Suspension nc
cessary, to guard Britain anti Conslitiai°ll from
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I yesterday advised 'you of the arrival of a Brig
from Madeira, with Dispatches brought by a Naval
Officer from thence. These contain an account of
the Surrender of th tt bland to a British Squadron,
Under the command of Capt. Bowtx,. of His M4_
iesty's Ship Argo, of 44 guns, Cary iforti of 18
Runs; and g Sloop of War, having on board the
Bth Regiment ofFoot, and a Company of Artillery.

Arrived this day, the American Ship. Brothers,
Captain .lAcon PACKWQOD, from New-York, 40
days passage, laden with Sugar and coffite,. for or-
ders. In lat. so. 30. long. it. spoke the• Anieri.
ear, Ship Thetis, from Charlestown for Liverpool:
Sailed the American Brig Currier,Capt.M‘Cott:
bEr.,, for Norfolk; Virginiai

The Princeir Amelia Packet, with Mails or May,
and which sailed-from hence the z zth•of May, was
safe- arrived at New-York prior to the Brother
iailing from thence.
One of the homeward Lisbon Fleet is said to have.
foundered in the Channel, laden with cotton, for
I,VverpoOl..

Arrived this evening .the Nirntsd. Cutter, from
"21Yrnouth.•

Smttn yesterday afternoon, the Polyphemus,
Acirniral GgAvEs, Stantiaa, of 6+, and Ariaa'ar
Sl!3cpc to join the Squadron cruizing off' the Coast
of Rolland.
Arrited the Ann Armed Ship, and D3;gene?
Cutter.

Sailed this morning, the Prier of Iftales Packet,
t4P•t. DEANI3, for Cuxhaven.

tailed the Nelson, C.kitß, for Archangel, licensed
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without Convoy; and Yare, HARRIS, for
l'orto, to join Convoy in the aowns.

The ibin, Gandur.r, and Susannah, Ro ERTs,
4re in the Roads, waiting to join Convoy for
ttimburgh.