The Sun.
London, England, 1808-01-05 00:00:00

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A heavy gate clf* wind came on at this place on
• Tuesday afternoon*, and' from six to eleven in the
evening it blew tremendously bard. About seven
o'clock the piles which form the east end' of the
Coffie lon, at the entrance of the'New Dock, .were
discovered to,have given way, owing to the violence
of the wind and Ode. Fears were 'entertained for
the safety of the works. A number "of workmen,
were collet9ed, but it being nearly h'gh Water, the
waves broke so furiously over the tops. of the piles,
that it waS almost impossible to approach the
plaCe where. their assistance was most wanted. By
the greatcxerti9ns of the engineers and the :rest of
the people employed, several supports were fixed
during the night, ,between the ANalls'of the bason
and the inside of :the piles; and the works were
thus etfeaually secured before the morning tide.—
()Or precautions have since been adopted against
the danger with which they were threatened. In
the same evening, the piling on the foreshore of the'
Humber, on the ground belonging to Messrs. Efig-•.'
lish, Earle, and Co. on the west-side of the Dock,
and a large quantity of earth which had been
thrown up for the purpose of Making a road, were
crrried away. About forty yards of a very thick
brick embankment, in frOnt of Mr. Anthony'At-
kinson's premises, a little distance from thin town,
were thrown quite down. The lead covering of St.
John's Church, about thirty feet long, and twelve
or thirteen broad, was also stripped oft', and car-
ried into the yard of the water works. Part of the
root of a malt-kiln, in Trinity House-lane, was also
blown down. .

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'tiVeare .concerned to learn the loss of the Pert
Brig, fOrmerly the Bonaparte French Privateer,
of 16 guns, Captain DONALD CAMPBELL, on the
16th of OCtober, on the Island of Margarita.—
Mt. Smouoirotc, Master,. and ten men were
drowned. The accident -happened in a hurricane,
in which she drove. from her anchors., She had
taken, the day before, the Spanish Ncket Alarme,
of six, guns, frOm Ferrol, howl& to the Spanish
Main. Capt. CAMPBELL obtained possession of her
snail and dispatches, but they were afterwards un-
fortunately lost in the Pert. CAW. CAMPBELL
came home in the Alexander, arrived last week 'at
Portsmouth. :,

The Ellin trig, Captain OWENS, which had
earried a !lumber of, Spanish. Prisoners of War
from pgrismoutiiCorunna, which place she
left on Christmas4by, arrived at Swansea on
Friday init. At the time of his departure, Cap-
tain OWENS., had not heard of any French troops
baying acaually 'entered Spain, but they were ex-
pe6ted on the frontiers about the 26111 ult.
Exlrat of a Letter from 'Captain JAMES, of the
Ship Gleamore, of Newcastle, from Madeira, dated
the 12th of November last, to his Owners.—" On
Wedpesclay, the 21st of October, a suspicious Sail
appeared, on our wake, About seven P. M. when we
beat 10 quarters at eight she fired into us, which
kive returned with two e-pounders. I immediately
bailed him, but the answer he returned was not
aitisfaCtory ; however, he sheered off, and kept
without the reach of our guns ; at five A. M. saw
him bear down towards us; at seven he was in our
ieak'e; and observing no stern gims, no doubt was
determined to keep us end on, so as to drive us froth
.ou quarters ;_but hi was mistaken, for as soon as he
. bad* within gun-shot we lowered down the jolly-
boat, and fired heavy long nines into him, which in
thtcdurse of the night we had placed there ; but
Obtwithstanding a well-direaed fire from our stern,
he still persevered in his attempt to board ; at half-
.patt eight -he attempted. our starboard quarter, but
Aim rounded to,'and gave him a broadside ; he im-
hiediately wore round, expecting to 'get on our lar-
bdard aide; but be found we were ready to receivq
him there ; he was then withinpintol shot of us:-4
A continual fire on both sides continued until-Vale-
' pSst nine, when we drove them from their quarters,
and not a:lnan was to be seen, 'nor a singles stmt
frotti him ; then hailed him,' and enquiredrwhy
- he should attempt a second time such a ship as ours
lis answet was, I wished to try what you was, and
Immediately upwards of 100 men made their ap-
pearance, From the small number I had on board,
Was afra4l to attempt boarding him; as he had the
_superiority in sOing, he immedietely made ;sail kind
mood to the west. .8116 was a beautiful Vessel,
pierced for '1 6 gims, and mounted 14 brass 6-pound,
trsi as the wad found on our decks was covered with.'
verdigrease and about the size of our sixes e, she
*as apparently a new thggfr. For the gallaetll-!
haviour of my sailors I have promised them fivegu-
neas reward to drink; which I certainly think they
deserVe, as in the very heat of the salon they ~gate
three cheers andlung oat Conquer or die !' I am"
happy to 'say not a man was hurt on ,board our Ship,-
though many shot have gone through our bulwarks
and clothes, some of our running rigging is cut, and
several shot though our sails. We must have
done him much damage, as we fired 75 shot, 12
.which were from our stern guns." - • •
The- Bury Castle, BttuM, from Shields to tiurton,
and _the Arida/us/a, WaLsoe, of sunderland, both
laden with coals, were captured off Whitby, on the
.otb ult. And retaken' on the same 'day-by.faur Ber-
wick Smacks.' The 'former is arrived 'at Scarborough,
and the latter at Bridlington. .
AsteittcA.—The Secretaryof the Navy, in a Let
ter to the Chairtnau of a Committee of Congyiss,
states, "that in aid of the fixed fortifications, which
will be submitted by the Secretary of War,' it' is
presumed that. there will be required at the. ports and
harbours, mentioned below, the number of'%On-
beats annexed to them respe(tiVely, viz. ''n( ;
."
At New Orleans 16 ;
George-Town,Savannah 8 ; St. aty's
r,
4.; Charlestan,,S. C. 10 ; S. ;
Wilmington, N. C. 3 ; Ocracoelt 4 ; Albebarle
Sound 1 a Norfolk 60 ; Alexandria 2 ; BaltintOre 3;
Philadelphia 4; Dela Ware Bay and RiVer to ; Egg
Ilarbour, 1 • Amboy, 2 ; N. York 50, ; Long
Island 4; New4;ndon 6; Conneelicut Shore-0 ;-
New-Port, R. 12.1.' Tiverton 1; 03ostott 1 ; Sa-
lem and Newburyport 6 ; Portland 6 ; New Bed-
ford, 4 ; Marblehead, and Cape Atm 2 ; York,
Xennebuek and Saco e ; Kenndbeck, Sheepscut,
Datnariscotta, Broad Bay, St. George's 5
scot 2 ; Frenchman's Bay 21 Yassamoquoddy Bl
Portsmouth, 4 ;—Making in all 2i,w-4--1
which .we have at this time provided 69-7tveuld
leave to be provided 188 Gun-boats."
The building of these Gun-boats is cstina4l34oll,
an Average at 6000 dollars each.

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Having been instrumental in circulating, tt stnry
that appears to.have been wholly without foundation,
and, which has excited great uneasinessin this Gen-
lleman, whose charader, we are assured, is re,fpe6t7
ed twherever it is known, we feel great pleasure in
ptesenting the following letter, from Dr. Movi...AN'
.himself, to our Readers. We have already signified.
that the. article to which the Doclor's letter refers,
was founded upon one. that appeared in a Morning
Paper; and that, confiding in the truth of-the fads
stated, we thought it our,duty to draw the attention
of our Readers to so important a subject, 'The. Paper
alluded to. was The Morning Herald of the 21st of.
December. • - , . .

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,

It is with the greatest astonishment that I read
last night, in your Paper of the 2, Ist, a publication,
stating, that " the Pope had lately
.issued a Bull,
"'addressed to the,TitUlar Bishops of Ireland, ex-
‘c horting them, in the most. forcible terms, to ex-.
cite in the minds of all people of the Roman
"r Catholic. persuasion, 'under their influence, and
dire6tion, an ardent devotion to the views and
objefts of BUONAiARTE, and an expectation that,
" by his assistance rind 'priatedion, they may, even-
" tually, obtain ,an uncontrouled exercise of their
" rights, religions and political ; and that this Ad-
" dress from the Roman Pontiff was accompanied
by another Paper, containing a solemn declaration,
" on the part of the Trench Ruler, that it was his
" firm determination to give the Roman Catholic
'Religion thu ascendancy in Ireland and that
" these curious and important documents came into
the hands of Doaor MOYLAN, Titular Bishop ..of
" Cork, who, with the fidelity of a loyal subject,
" submitted them to the Duke of PORTLANIL"

Now, Sir, I do most solemnly declare tint I never
received, saw, nor beard of, any such documents,
until I saw them mentioned in your Paper of, the
21st lust. ; that I verily, believe and am certain, be-
yond a doubt, that no such documents ever did or
do exist ; therefore I could not submit them to his
Grace the Duke of PORTLAND. ' ,

F. MOYLAN, Tit. Bishop,of Cork.
Cork, Dec. 27, 1807.

Several reports having been in circulation respe&-
ing the safety of Lord HUTCHINSON, we are happy
to state, that his. Lordship was expected to take-his
'passage to England in his Majesty's Sloop flame,
Capt. PHILLIII9RE, letters having been received
from Capt. Pitutimottg, of 'so late a date as the
9th ult. at which period the time of his sailing from
Gottenburgh was uncertain. Ali orders were
quite discretionary, it is probable he would regulate,
his departureaccording to existing circumstances.
-'Mr. MumE, the
.Windsor Manager, has been
charged with a want of candour in not publishing his
own letters, as well as, those of Miss Din+ICAN. It
was necessary fUr his own defence that be should
publish MisS:DUNCAN'S letters, but the reason that
he did not publish ,his own was, as we stated,. be-
cause they were in her possession, and he had.not
thought
,it necessary to: take copies of them. If they
Contain any thing that will serve the Lady, she will,
of course, publish them herself. Her conduct,
seems, bas'given so Inch • offence .tojhe people of
Windsor,that it
;will be necessary lor her to make
an ample explanation, if not an apology, before she
performs again at, that place.

•
BRAIHAM and IlEasail have united. their powers in
eoFnposing music for a new cornioOpera,.which is
soon expeded to make its appearanOe at Drury-
lane Theatre. .The dramatic part of the PiecL:. is
said to be the work of Mr. WisaArtr,t.:

•
• _ new Pantomimes at both Theatres have been
se much improved by practice, and the addition of
whithsical tricks, and humours, that they are every
night well attended and highly applauded. •
Aigmat.c again came forward last night at Covent-
Garden Theatre, and performed paavian with his
ustial energy. The part of Floranthe was for the'
first time pertbrmed by Miss SMITH, who rendered
it more impressive than most of her predecessors.
Miss NORTON supported th@' chara&er of Zoroyda
With pathetic effed.

Viscount GAZWAY has keen exercising the rites of
hospitality during the present season at Silby Hall,
Yorkshire. Some of his guests employed theta-
selves in the representation of The Provok'd Has.
bawl, and, according to report, acquitted themselves
with much greater ability thah could be expeaed
frOm mere amateurs. The daors were rewarded
not ,with " lentenenteztainment," but with a very
-fine-sitpper abounding with every thing the season
::coulci produce.

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It appears from the Recprds of Ireland, that those
Dramas called Mysteries and Moro/Wes, and which
preceded the present Tragedy and Cotnedy, were
occasionally exhibited in Dublin, preVious •to the
reign of HENRY VI IL ; they were usually perform-
ed at Christmas,—,Thornas; Fitzgerald, Earl of ,Kil-
dare; -001 Lord 'l.,ieoienant of Ireland, in the year
li2B, was invited to a new play every day in
Christmas, Arland Usher being then Mayor, and
Francis Herbert and John Squire, Bailiffs—Wherein
the Tail/fry atied the vart, of Adam. and Eve; the
Shoemakers represeoted tho story of Crispin and
Crispianus ; the Vintners acid Bacchus and' his
story the Carpenters that of Joseph and Mary, j
Vulcan, nod,what related to him, was kited by the
Smiths; and the Comedy of Ceres, the Goddess of
Corm, by the Bakerc Their stage was erected on
Heggin Green, now College Green; and on it Ole
Priors of St. John of Jerusalem, of the Blessed Tri,
pity, and of Allhallows, caused two plays to be
06W—the one to be representing the Passion of our
Saviour, and the other the several Deaths which the
Apostles suffered. From this record it should seem
that it was customary with the Chief Magistrates of
Dublin to invite the Lord Lieutenant to a new play
every day in C4ristroas. It was forrnerly customary:.
with 'the several. Corporations of Ditblin' 4i invite
. the Chief
.Governor to a play at St. George's Chapel
on the anniversaries of their Patron Saints, 'This
Chapel stood in St. Geerge!s-lane (now St. George's-
street, South), froM whence it derived its name.

lord Et.nozi will sit, on Monday next, at Lin-
coln's Inn Hall, and continue so to do daily, to
heai the remanent of petitions to causct, lunacies,
paid bankruptcies.