The Sun.
London, England, 1801-01-06 00:00:00

COUNTRY

NEWCASTLE) JANUARY 3►

The following Extra& of a Letter ,from Capt.
Humble, of the ghip Milburn; of North
dated Scarborough, December .30, i Sao, is. just
come to hand:,

" Yesterday we had a very warm action with
a French schoonerp privateer of 54. gnus, oil
Whitby. The enemy came boldly up within
thirty yards of our broadside, and fired into us; s e
returned his salute, by firing our great guns and
musquetry for half an hour, as fast as we could
load and, discharge, when the privateer sheered off.
I am satisfied we did him much damage before he
left us, and am happy to say none, of us arc any,
worse, except myself, wounad in the handby one
of our own fire-arms, I cannot say too much in
praise of my whole crew ; they gallantly stood to
their quarters during the whole time of the battle.
The :talon had scarce ceased an hour, when ano-
ther cutter privateer hove isj sight, on 'which we
thought it prudent to betir away for Scarbro.!!
The Milburn has four. four-potinders and thirteen
men, and was coming from Hull in ballast for
this purt.
A correspondent at Shields says, '‘,Are have
heard of a gallant action fought between the Nes,
srs, by the Ocean, of this port, Captain Peter
Johnson, on her passage. to London.—When the
Frenchman called to him to strike his colours, he
nobly replied* that as long as he had an outlet: of
powder on hoard be would not. strike. The
battle then became very hot ; at,length the Pri.
vateer was beat off, having many men killed and
wounded on her decks. We are concerned to
state that the-Chief Mate of the Ocean was killed
by a cannon ball carrying away his head, and
one boy severely- woanded,—The Mate ha 3 left
a wife and five small chil2acn.
The Mail. Coach from tho South did not ar„
rive here on Wedne,Aiy till past cunr o'clock,
jotaying. been retarded near London by a heavy
fall of snow,
`The intenseltost which set in a few days ago,
brol:e up on -Wednesday night, a gentle thaw
having, come oti, 'thus fortunately keeping open
the Navigaticin of our whibh was ,expea-
ed to have been frozen over in. a day ,or two, .had
the frost continued.

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OICFORD, JAN. 3.
0:: Christrips du last, about thrce,,Jmudivd
)r, people from the neighbouring parishes. Aver,.
aisembled where an excellent dine, r
was provided tor them, consisting of beef, mut,.
tun, and rice,puddings, with plc9‘ty. of strong
beet, Lady ruckiugh,un, with f.,otd. and lady
Temple, and the rest of the comp:lily, to the
number of about ten or twelve, wereiemployed
in carving fur them. They were seated at dif-
ferent tables. An instance this 'of old
hospitality at this season of the year,'aud work
the iarituticvf such as possess ample fortimes in
the e times ot-rcal want.

A bet was. made at the Duke '`of Bedford's
Shrep-sheering at Woburn, in June la,t, that his
Grace would chew a bull of the I fereford breed
against one of 'the
,Leicester'breed. The dcci.
slon took place at Shiffnall, in Shropshire., on
Monday last, before a very numerous :tssembtage
of Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Graziers; from all
parts of the kingdom. The beasts west bOth
markably fine, but the Judge Pistor, of So-
merscrshirc) decided in favour of the' Hereford
bull, which was the property of Mr. Gwillam,
near Ludlow. Mr. Honeybourne was the.owlter
of the other bull, and each of the beasts.is -sup-
posed to have ,produccd too guineas by 'wing
•shewn is. each perion,

Lit alufion Masters of am lies
A Gentleman's son in the Borouill,--hainvine
on an errand to St.
.Margaret`s.hill, on. lihurs4,
day,- the 'sr instant, .at half:.past seypl tho'
evening, was attack 61 by two alert,
as a sailor, wht:;nput, a pistol. ta.his mouth, iaistator4
ening his life, in. case .ht. made any noe,
,and;::
carried him richly a mill and a quarter into.,sortio,
fields by, Newinkton. ...They then examinedittik
pockets, and finding no Money, coustAlted,,,mtti,
said, that his &laths were not. worth talting,lttA
purled Lay tl3rvt, him into,
,the
water was sixtoit feet e cep, pnd 1,404,i,,06,714)
,aft.i4r strugg4ng- some . time; h of put,
and ran hom, ,
Soren:4.-1;1w. .folkwing meikrichoty,
detitAuTpened on. Weduciday afte room- iC ,C 1 04ri
port young man of the natty. of ,Murphy,,
who was a Mahterrsi bilatr4 After •140a,viaiiir:
many.respects as :isiti4o4;iproiii.lo,l Idtmelf
pistols, and cliichaitted,one of them ,thokb•his.
head; in-a chamber Aims, .I).re
roller's verdid was,--,Lroyaty.

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