The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-15 00:00:00

SHEERNESS, A6c. 14.

SAILED His Majesty's Ship Princess Charlotte,
of 4.0 guns, Captain the Hon. F. F. GARDNER, • for
the Downs.
The Pylades is taken into Dock.

. Early on Thursday morning a signal was made
from the Medusa, for all the Men of War's Boats in
the Downs to go ashore which,being obeyed, the
Boar's crews were direEled to tow ,all.the Flat..botL
tomed Boats out of the Dock-yard of Deal. In less
than three hours this service was sompletedi and
about twenty Boats launchedinto the sea, and fitted
with oars, poles, anchors, powder-cases, Ste. They
were then towed into the Dawns. These Bodti
are admirably construftecl, and adapted for the pur-
pose of attacking in shallow water. •They carry
about forty men each, and a 24-pounder at the bow.
They are easily-rowed, and draw only a foot• and an
half, or two feet of water.

The Hon. Capt. DUNDAS, Commander of the
Cale., has been appointed by Sir JAMES SAUNIARE Z
to the command of the St. Antonio, captured in the
Adion of the r zth of July.
R'ear- Admiral CAI:4PS E 1., brother to Lord Cnw_
DOR, is IO hoist his Flag in the Channel Fleet, un_
der the orders of Admiral CORNWALL IS.

One of the mutineers of the Dare, commanded
by Lord Paoux, when carried into Brest, has been
apprehended at Jersey. •
The Court of Appeals has finally condemned the
G irtuff Bernstori Ship. and Cargo, captured iii Sep-
tember 1798, by His Majesty's, Ship La Sinsible,
JOHN BAKER. HAY, Esq. Commander.
Letters frOm Codiz, among other details of. the
.destru&ion of the two Spanish i i z gun Ships, state,
it was nat until a few motrients before the 'explosion,
that they recognized each other,

The Frome-Selwood Troop of Volunteer Cavalry,
commanded
_by Captain WICKHAM, have unani.
mously offered to extend their services to any *Lai,:
-ngtankt, IU cab TWAT if
S4oaid invade thir
Country, •

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There can be little doubt that those venomous
desperadoes who have so malignantly accused Ad=
ministration of ereating, a dvg-bear of Invasion, for
their own sinister ends, notwithstanding the vast.
Military preparations which the French are making;
upon their Coasti, would have been equally' Tanco,
Tom in their charges of criminal negleft on theesso
of our. Rulers, if they had suffered those preparations;
to proceed without taking any measures to counter.
a 4 them. But we believe there is but one opinion
respetting the motives and the drift of those
nant ::harges ; they are obviously the result of face
tjous malevolence, and they are designed to lull the
N4tion.into a delusive security, that if possible the
Enemy may take us by iuririse,
' The declaration which has appeared in the PubliC
Prints, purporting to be the answer of BortArAßTg.
to the Note presented by M. KALureir, err, in the
name of the E.MrEROR of RvsszA, may be genuine,
but it does not seem to wear any marks of authen,
ficity. The Chief Consul, in the plenitude of hi*
power over the French, might be expefted to ad.!
dress other States in a high tone, Writ* he conde-f -
scended to answer at all, he is likely to have, adop'"
ed a more deciiive‘ language. Indeed the evasive
style of the answer alluded to; is rather calculated
to excite resentment than to afford satisfaClion.

Grain of all sorts were yesterday on the decline;
but the state of the Market is now such, that it iS.
difficult to giye the exaCt Price of any article,
One of the last French Papers contains the follow" :
ing method for preserving Corn that has been 'gag" • •
ed, by rain.
,As soon as the Corn is heat dovini•it should with
all possible dispatch be colleCted into sheaveq.anfl
stead of being piled upon one another,. each sheaf
should be set on end, the blade being uppermost.
Several of these sheaves should betied together tight,
near the blade, so as to make the whole mass-smaller
at the top than at the bottom, They are again t 6, •
be tied quite close to the. top, and the ears then
opened out like an umbrella, so as to form a kind•of
gutter for the water to, run off. Whereas,- in, the.
ordinary mode of piling up the Corn together,, tber:
water lodges, and it is necessary constantly to open'
the sheaves in order to dry them. •
At Lansdown Fair on Monday, there was a to.
lerable,show of fat and lean cattle; the .foriner ex-
perienced a ready sale, but extravagant pikes .b 6.-
ing clemanded for the poorer sort, the-greater part •
remained unsold. Eight ptime Herefordshire oxen),
fine in stature, and in good condition, fetched 2001.
Sheep and lambs were dear. Of horses there were
but few, and those chiefly of low quality.. There
was a large quantity of cheese, which sold at the '
following reduced prices :—Best. Coward, train44S. .
to s4s. per cwt, Half Coward from 32s.'to 365.
and a.considerable part remained unsold.
On Tuesday last a quantity of 'forged Bank of
England Notes were found in the possession of 'lwo
Non-commissioned Officers belonging to the-Regi-
ment of the Isles, now quartered in LiVerpool.
They were in consequence taken into custody.

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