The Sun.
London, England, 1808-02-05 00:00:00

JAMAICA 111,41 L,

KINGSTON, rim s.—The Crescent touched at
Antigua, and left it on the c.).2d ult. While sha was
there, information was received from
.St. Bartholo-
%mew:s of. as great an at of brigandage tri ever
cprred at any place. Two French, Vessels, it
stated, .one a Brig, the other a Cutter, appeared off
that Island* the 16th Nov. and landed 230 men
at the town, who;
.greedy for plunder, laid all the.
inhabitants under contribution, demanded „all the
property belonging to the inhabitants of St.. Do
mingo, took all they 'could
~Colied. 'on board the
Vessels, and ituntediately set Stit. Toy Gitadaluupe
with. the booty: Vortunately for them there ,I
no English men Of War Ilex- that Island -at the time.
The Brig hi.' the audacity to come close into St.
John's, Antigua, but stole away %vitliont experienc-
ing any molestation.
KiiIGSTO, Kingston Regiment,
and thri2 troops of Horse, were mustered on the
Parade early on Wednesday morning,' when they
immediately received ,orders to proceed in divisiout
throughout the city, to search the Negro-horses,
&c. for fire-arms, which might have improperly
come into the possession of Negroes y but 'few,
however, were found. The different avenues to the
city were guarded by regulars, and the. troops of
horse visited the pens in' the vicinity. -A few
Foreigners Were taken up, but afterwards, .on exa-
mination, ,liberated.—ln the month of September, a
dreadful gale of wind was felt in the Bay of Mexico.
At Campeachy 30 houses were destroyed, and
about 50 . Vessels lost. The tide. rose to such a
height as to drive some of the Ve3sel4 three Miles
into the interior. About 12 Vthels were lost at
Vera Cruz, and most. of the crews.perished.----Thr
Hetc irrigate, of 32 guns, Captain l'sitt_BoN, ar-
rived the same day .from Citracoa: It is with sin-
cere. concern we state that she brings accounts of the
loss of the Fire-Fly Schooner, of 'l2 guns, Lieut,
NICE, and Of. the 'priVate armed Brig 'Aiglik,.
Galt:EN, :of this Port, on ate ,INlklnkies, in the gale
of. the 17th October last, and we lament to say that.
the crews of both Vessels perished:

: A white man, named WILLIAM GILGI:ASS, pro-
fessing the religion •of a Methodist, was brought
before the Common Council on the 12th, for vio-
lating the Ordinance of the-Corporate Body, restria-,
ing preaching, teaching, &c. to certain hours.—
Oar a very patient. investigation, of the cireutn-
stances, in which the charge was fully proved, he ,
was sentenced to be confined m the comnion gaol
of 'the county of Surrey for one calendAr month.— ,
Mr. JAMBS K,NOWLAN, also charged with a violation
of the same Ordinance, being ill, was unable to tip-.
pear before the Magistrates. ,
The .3avage-Brig,.of 18 guns, Captain MAURICH:.
arrived on the 12th from a cruize, and .brought in
with her the Spanish Privateer Brig Don,Qairate, of
12 guns and 913 men, commanded by .Captain
31/ANico. The Savage fell in with the Brig on the
evening of the 30th ult. of i Cirthagena, and hoisted
American colours; upon which she -immediately
bore down, and when within two miles distance
sent a Boat, for the pnrptise of boarding, the Savage,
copceiving her a Merchantman. The people in 106,
boat soon discovering their error, returned-to-their
. vessel, and the Savage then showing English co-
, louts, commenced tiring ; but finding tier shot ,d 4
not reach her, and night coming on, she shortty •
after discontinued, it. At dap-light on the follow-
ing Morning the Savage perceived the Privateer to
leeward', and gave cline ; and the fore-topmaat of,
the latter having been carrier!away, she soon came
hp. with her and succeeded in captpring her. Tire
Pi ivateer had a few days before taken the' Brig
Thorn, ANNET, of this port, after a bard contested
a6llon of two hours, in which the ,First and Second
Mates of the Vessel lost their lives.
Burin; the Savage's Cruize she fell in with Le
Goy, a Brig, and learnt that she had a few days pre-
vious spoke a Spanish Packet, bound to the Wind.:
ward Islands, which had been captured by the Pert
Brig, C:11)1. CAMPBELL. 11)6)r-in:Ilion was received
from this Vessel, that, shortly after being captured,
the Pert was lost in a violent hurricane on the In-;
dian Coast; the crew (excepting the alptain and
12 men) wee saYed, and were on board We
Prize. The Pert belonged to the Wind Ward Islan4
Station.

Yesterday Letters were received from' Algiers,
to the latter end of November. The folloWing.is
Extras from, one, dated the ' loth and 2611) of .the
same month
ALGreas, .Nov. 19, 1807.---" Within these last
few days we have beeniterribly alarmed by an earth-
quake, which
,has boen generally felt for mans .miles
round, Yesterday there was another slight shlA,
but its consequences were not so serious as those
of the former. The first overthrew a number of
housco in various parts of the:; .and rendero
many others uninhabitable. The house I occupy is
remit from top to bottom, land 1 have.not slept with
my'clot hes off for 'two days and nights.' All the in,.
habitants, Christians and Moors, as well as the Con-
sular families, sleep in the country every night,:in
the 'Open air, being apprehemive of a more violent
shock. ; The Algennes appear to be touch attached
t.) the English, and would bee-glad to hear that i hey-
had made peace ,A th' the Turks. They are.alio very
desirous of having .a brush with the French. - •
Nov. 26.--" Since writing the foregoing, we
have been alarmed every night by slight shocks of
earthquakes. Trade is exceedingly drill, Which may
be ascribed to various causes, namely, the 'war with
Tunis,4 rebellion at Oran, and the unpopnlaritv
the Day, who, having outlived the affections of his
people, is soon expeCted to be removed.
" A Frigate which sailed from hence nut long
ago, we learn, has been captured by the Turks on
board, and carried to the,Uvant.''
" N.B. Mention is made of a war with America."

Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, now living, at Brenton,
near Tavistock, in Devon, is in the i ooth yeartof
her age : she has almost a new set of teeth. About
30 years ado she had recourse to speaaeles, but at
present makes but little use of them 25 She can read
the smallest print without their assistance. She has
two sons living, the eldest 85, and the
only 70 years of age, lint remarkably strotv,
belongs to a carrier's warchouf,e, and latcly
case from, a, waggon of nearly 3 cwt. and co'.
the d.stauce of zoq yards.,