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

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ST. JAGO DE LA VEGA, AUG. 15.
John IVITay, Esq. is "appoined an -Agslstant
jucige. of .the Court of CoMilton Plcas'; and William
Ellis'Nernhhard, Esq. an Assistant Judge. of the
Court of Common :Pleas- and. Magistrate, both for
tht. parish of St.. Mary.

KINGSTON, JAMAICA, AUG. 18.

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Yesterday tnorning sailed from Port Royal, His
Majesty's Packet,:boat: Poickpr, Captain Wilson,
with a Mali for Great Britain and His Majesty's
Ship ,A7np/..ri9n as-her convoy, to, a certain latitude.,
Lieut. Parkins, late of His Majesty's Ship iliele-
ageri Was the only passenger -in the Packet.
The armed Ship-Princess Augksta, Capt. Caruth,
sailed the same morning for London, -and carries a
ship-letter hag tirade up at the General,PoSt-Office.
About a quarter past five o'clock, yesterday
morning, a very severe shock of an earthquake was
leit'in this town;

AVG. lg. —Yesterday .niorning His Majesty's
Ship Retribution, Capt. Forster, 'returned to Port.
Royal from a cruize. . _
A melancholy accident _ happened during. the
cruize of the abdve Ship : in firing at a-Vessel' one
of her guns unfortunately burst, and.killed two nien,
and the fire communicating to some powder, it blew
up, and so dreadfully wounded about *forty of her
c:ew that eighteen have since died.
The Vessel which was fired at by the Retribution
was covered by a small Battery in English Bay, and
by its shot two men in the. Boats of the Retributioa'
were killed.

At o. 20. --Tuesday evening arrived at • Port
Royal His Majesty's Ship Boizetta from a cruize.--
By her arrival we have the very unpleasant informa-
tion of the total loss. of the following Ships of the
July fleet fromthis Island; on the island of Hene,
:.rga, at midnight on the.9th inst His Majesty's
Ship Lolvsi?ffe,. Ship Bushy Park, Brown,. Swailietz,
Warden, jasm; Watt,. Milton, Robley, nd Fan;;,
Melville.

One or two Vessels were discerned the next day
on the Little Heneaga, but as there was no com-
munication with them, their names are not known.
The suflcrers after remaining on .the Island five
days,. were to the number of 4.27, taken on board
the Panetta, in which. Vessel they arrived.

Uenjamin• Waterhouse, and George liogle,Eaqrs..
are among the passengers who are roomed.,
The specie that Was on board the Loquesto_fe; eX-
ceptirig. one box, and the bag of letters, we learn,
are on board, the Binetra.

Only eighte,:n Vessels were seen to ornceed with
the Acasto Frigie. The Fleet which numhered
upwards of 8o salt% on leaving-this island, had been
very much scatterce.
Before the Bolletta left Heneaga, the hulls of the
lost Vessels were set fire to.

AUG. zz.—ExtraEt. Of a Ltter‘from Port Maria,
I 9EII Aug. 18ot.—" On Monday morning a few
minutes past five, was .felt.here a tremendous shock
of an earthquake, ,the most. violent I have felt in
this Island tor many years : fortunately it proved
of momentary duration, otherwise great damage
must have been its consequence.- It amtrently
came in an Eastern dire ion, and has, I understand,
been felt all along the .coast, but without any mate-
rial damage. that I hear of."
Auc. zB.-:-On Mbnday lair, agreeably to public.
notice, •a very respettable-. meeting of the Free
holders andinhabitants met at the "Court :House, in
Spanish TOwn, to consider of an Address to our
late worthy LieutenantiGovernor' the Rail of Bal-
&arras, fOr his uniform, upright, andirnpartial con-
! duft during his Administration, 'When, a very suit-
able Addre: was proposed by Lewis Cuthbert, Esq.
which was Unanimously agreed to,-and a‘commitiee
appointed to wait on his Lordship therewith. _
. Hts :Majesty's, Ship Decade, arrived• yesterday
from. curracoa, with the Troops7.that garrined
. that Island, they having been:relieved by other
Troops from IVl'artinico.
It-is reported that a Convention is to take place
between the Governor of this Island and the Gower--
- nor of the Havannnh, in which. it will be stipulated
that no VesSel carrying less than ,ten carriage guns
shall be cornmissioued with letters of marque and
.
reprisal. .

AtTG. zg.—The Ship mentioned to have been
captured off St. Lucia, is arrived at Martinique,
and proves to be he. Spanish Ship II! Tereisa,. mount-
ing Eighteen guns, Nine and Eighteen.pounders,
with some Thirty-two-pound Carronades, and Sikty
Men.--,She was engaged' by His Majesty's Brig
Guachupin in the -most gallant manner for an hour
and astialf, although her torce was considerabl less
both in. guns- and men, four of whoni were yilled
and three wounded. The Enemy' had fivek men
killed and wounded. It is supposed.she is a valu-
able capture, as it was understood from her crew
that there ,was a2ireat quantity of -specie on board.
When she was striking to the Big, His Majesty's
Frigate Hereux hove• in sight, and took her into
Martinique ; the Guachvpin being_ so much injured
that she was obliged to proceed to Antigua to re-
fit.

Yesterday His Majesty's Ship Amphion, and His
Majesty's Packet.boat Penelope, returned into Port
Royal ; "the latter, we are concerned to state, on
account of losing ten of her Seamen since her
departure, and the remainder being in a very sickly
condition.

-SEPT. Z.—During the last- cruize of His Ma-
jesty's Ship Bourdelois, on the coast of Porto. Rico,
a Spaniard came on• board, begging protelion, as
he had that morning murdered his Officer. Capt.
MANBY, with indignation,, heard his story, and
instantly had him tied 'hand and foot. Captain M.
then proceeded. to the Bay Of Aquadilla, and sent
`his first:Lieutenant on shore.to the Governor with
the assassin and this laconic epistle.

SIR
The B ---
British Colours disdain to protect a murderer. I
send.you one, and hope he will Meet the fate he iaeriLs.
1 am, &c.
THOMAS MANDY,
Commander of His Britannic Majesty's
Ship Bourcielois.

•14:, • •
Gpvernot was so plensed. with this net of
siYinerosity; that he returned' an. answer,
teeming with admiration of Captain- MANay's con_
dua, and sent him a large supply of fruit and ve_
ge tables.
How contrary this to the condtlft of the Spa-
niards, when they proteded the crew of the Her-
mione Frigate I
Admiral MONTAGUE arrived at Martinique a few
days ago, on his way to Jamaica, where he is ap-
pointed second in command.
SEPT, 3.—His Majesty's Ship
_7ano, arrived
from a cruize, with the Schooner Mary, Beek,
from the- savannah to St. Thomas's, with 20,000
dollars, which she has-detained.
A melancholy accident occurred yesterday on
board a Danish Brig lying at the West-end. Three
white S'amen and two. Negroes were sent into the
hold to start some casks of water, in order to
cleanse the Vessel, by' pumPing, for the reeption
elf a cargo, when immediately on opening one of
the casks, four of the people were instantly, from
the noxious vapour, deprived of fife ;; and the fifth,
who was at a little distance rendered senseless, but
by immediate assistance being procured, there is
some hope of his recovery.
SEp-r. s.—On Thursday afternoon it rained in-
cessantly for about two hours, during which there
were several awful claps of thunder accompanied
with 'severe lightning, which struck the topmasts
of an American Ship and a foreign vessel in the
Harbour, but happily no lives were lost.