The Sun.
London, England, 1801-01-27 00:00:00

HARWICH, Jo. 156

YKSTKROAT were brought into this Port, by
the Are; and Repass Revenue Ciluigers, the
Sloop Helen, of Leith, laden with 3724 quarters
of wheat ; and the Brig' Thostas aNd Dorothy, of
Sutiderlan.l, laden with coals, having been cap.
tured on the zoth isist. off the Humber, by the
French Privateer Brig le 'Cbassessr, Citizen
BLACKMAN Commander, and te.capturerl by the
4irgus and Reprise on the e3d inst• about twelve
leagues E. by S. from arfordness. The Privateer
left- Dunkirk on the 19th inst. end on the even.
Ina ,of the aoth captured\ off the Humber seven
vessels, laden with grain and coals for London.

• GREENOCK, JAN. 29..

Autvto this morning, the ilitrara,.
Tilts; from Virginia, in 29 days, with tobacco,
and having on board SOCK) bushels India.corn, for
his Grace the Duke of ARGYLL, besides 106
barrels flour. She brings the disagreeable news
of the loss of the ship 413eligs MARQU is, of this
port, from Liverpool, for Virginia, with salt, on
the middle ground at the entrance of the Chesa-
peake. hist as the Aurora was coming away,
the ship Pique?, Luca, from Bristol, arrived after
a passage of eight weeks, as also, the ship,Eliza!
Itili'AtAsTra, of Glasgow. To tile Westwatd
of the banks of Newfoundland, spoke the Pamme,
/WA, from Liverpool; for New York, out 36
days, all well ; and eleven days ago spoke tire
Martha Bland, MTARLANE) from the Clyde,
from Virgirtia.

TO EARL SPENCER, &e. &c. &c.

MY LARD,

AT a tims when the estimation in which the
British Navy is held, is so justly high, and when
the greatest exertions are eatrying on in the
Naval Department, to maintain the Honour of
our Country, and to which the anxiety of the
Nation is direCted ; it is natural to reflect on the
encouragement which has been given, and which
it may be proper to Hold out, to every branch of
the Naval Services and the Marine Corps, form.
ing a considerable part of it, I beg leave to sub.
mit a few remarks on the subject to your Lord-
ship's consideration.

There are now alive one hundred and twenty.
two Admirals on the eireitive List, who have
been promoted to that tank Prom the List of Post
Captains, Once the ist of 'February, 1793 ; at
which time His Majesty's Marine FONCS can-
sisted of about 4000 Men, formed into 70 Com-
panics, sixteen Field Officers : they have
since been increased to .14.5 Companiesi and now
constitute a force of above 24,000 Men, a fifth
Dart of the Naval Establishment ; and yet only
ine Field Officers have been added to the Corps.
This surely, my Lord, is in no proportion to the
Promotion experienced by the Navy there are
now some Captains of Marines serving, who were
Officers when some of our Admirals were Mid.
thipmen.
From the War of t 755, the Marine Corps has
butt repeatedly employed, adios in Battalions,

on Foreign Service, •with, the Fine -; and. have '
frequently contributed greatly' to the success of
military operations. Many General Officers have
witnessed, and publicly acknowledged their gal.
lantry and your Lordship is well ae4tiaiiited,
that as a Corps, they possess as much ;zeal and
loyalty as any other part of His Majesty's Forces. •
Most of the present Field Officers are turned of
sixty, and some are seventy years, of age: At
this period of life, after an average of long and
faithful service of between forty and fifty year;,
they have surely a strong claim on their Country
to an honourable retirement. The Corps yet
flatter themselves that yottr Lordship, as presid-
ing over the Department to which it is annexed,
and in which you have obtained the confidence of
the Empire, will become their Patron, in recom-
mending it to their Sovereign to (fired a further
provision to he made for their Veterans, and to
give such a Promotion of Field Officers, . as may
afford some prospea to the junior part of it of
rising in the Service ; and that they shall have
no longer reason to regret their not• sharing in
some degree of the rewards, as they universally
do in the dangersi, which their Brethren in Arms
experience.
I am, Yout Lordship's
Most Obedient humble Servant,
Mll-SS.
yam. 23, !Sot.

Letter from Capt. Mearns, of the Brig Expe-
dition, to his Owners in Montrose, dated Canna
Island, 7th January, ri3o r.
" We have arrived in this harbour after a,pas-
sage cif two days,from Stornoway. We have had
the hardest.gale Of wind that ever was known in
this part of the. world ; it began on.the 4th P. M.
and continued for 24. hours ; every Ship in the
harbour was put on shore, but. we, with yards and
topmasts struck., expeaed nothing but to be
obliged, to cut our mast's. The Brig. Glasgow,
Capt: Baird, from DantzicibOund to Londonder-
ry, is 'on shore, loaded. with ashes ; ship and cu_
go both damagO. The Brig Grace., of
Ayr, from St. PetersbUrgh; Capt. M‘Laine, is on
shore; laded with hemp, and has got consider-
able dam-ige.—l am afraid they Will ,both need to
be launched. The:Captains would take it as a
Varticular favour, if you would put this in the
Newspapers, as it may be the means or their con-
cerns knowing, as this is a bad place to get let-
ters Several Ships put on shore—two
w(3.le seen off thiiisland yesterday, dismigted.—
We have not, received any damage 4"

The Lady Prances Packet will convey the Fe.
bruary Mail to Jamaica. She carries 14 twelves
and sixes, with 3s hands. She is a fine ship, and
has the appearance ofa Sloop of War : on her last
voyage she beat off a Privateer of superior force.
Friday se'nnight in the evening, an order was
received at the Custom.house, Whitehaven, to
stop all Vessels belonging to Sweden ; and the
next morning a Swedish Snow arrived there 1—
the only Vessel belonging to that kingdom which
has entered that Port for many months past.—
She was seized, of course.—Her name in Custer-
vui Tara ; bound from St. Übe's to Liverpool.—
She hid mistaken her course, and Would probably
have been stranded to the "Northward, had she
not fallen in with a Vessel coming round from
Harrington, which concluded her safe into that
Port.

In the violent storm of the sth instant, the
Schooner Litt/.,john, of Wiseasset, frnm Charles_
town to the Clyde, was driven on shore, near
the mouth of West Loch Tarbet, with the loss of
her cables and anchOrs. The crew were hospita.
bly received and entertained by Robert Stewart,
of Stewart&ld, Esq. a Qentlernan resident in that
neighbourhood, by whose. exertions it his hoped
she will be got off without much damage.

The vessel whosC crew were carried into Aber..
deco by the Alexander, Brand, was the Hap, from
Wisbeach for Leith, with oats and wheat. She
was off the Isle of May on the 4th, driven to
sca by a hurricane on the sth, and being ungovern_
able, and so leaky as not to be kept under by, the
pumps, the crew were obliged to abandon her, to
save their lives.

. .
Many Shy' s navigating under the Danish Flag
have been 'detained by the. Governor of Saint
Helena, and. sent to England. for legal adjudica-
tion. The Governor of that Island' received in-
formation two years ago, that an immense quart.
.tity of tonnage would be attempted to be• car-
ried home from Tranquebar through an illicit
medium, by WhiCh Europe has for a length of
time been supplied with the produce of our
Eastern Territories.

We learn that one of the most respeetable
Houses in London, concerned in the Russian
Trade, has agreed to settle its Insurances in tin
following manner:--that thellnderwritirs should
pay a total loss, on the House in question assign.
ing over to them all the property insured; and it
agrees in return to buy back this property at
per Cent. As the whole amount of the Insurances
of this House is near two hundred thousand
pounds, the re-purchasing of property to so large
an amount at 4o per cent. argues a strong conti.
dente and hope that it will not finally be lost,
By Letters from Cork, we are concerned to
find, that a very dreadful fire lately, broke out
there, in the tallow.house of Mr. Hawkes, chand.
ler, and raged with such fury for several hours, as
to alarm the inhabitants exceedingly ' it was,
however, at length got under by the aftive exer.
tions of the' Towns.people, Army, Firemen, Sic.
Too much praise cannot be given to Lieutenant
Comte, of the ibtli Regiment, who, at the risque
of his life, boldly plunged into the flames, saved
the lives of several persons, and also prevented
the Barnes from communicating with the neigh.
booting buildings.. He has been publicly returned
thanks for his aaivity ; and we hear that the
Corporation-of Cork, (the most ancient and re.
speaable in the Kingdom, that of Ballintemple
excepted) had it in contemplation to present him
with the freedom of the City.

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AMERICA..

ALFINDRIA, DEC.-15.
•
krit informed, by authority. upon which
we can rely, that SITattEAVES has at length
negotiattd and adjusted our differences with
Baitain, which have ,arisen in conse-
quence of the Sixth Article of our Treaty of
Amityi Commerce, and Nav•ig;,.;ion with that
Power.. Government,, we believe, has not yet
received an Official Copy of this Instrume•nt, and
our knowledge of it is not sufficiently exten-
sive to state exactly many of th leading feature,
or the nature of the claims which ;Ire' barre,cl by
it in future hut we can venture to assert, that
as the basis upon which the future, friendship of
the two Nations is to he founded, it is stipulated,
" that a specified sum of money Shall be• paid by
the 06i:emn1ent of the United States to that of
Great Britain ;" and, in consequence, that Cer-
tain elaiMs; of' a particular nature, shall not he
again. adduced. The Conimissioners will Then
resume the eurcise of their fundtions. •

NEV,*-YORK, DEC. 20.

By thd td Article of tht Capitulation between
the Governor of Curacoa .and the British, ail,
deserters from British Ships, and particularly any
of the ilermione'i ereW, *ere to be" tip ; in
consequence of which, four of the germitthes men
were'tem oh board the NeiTiite. Frigate ; they
were to be sent to jaMlica*for trial, and ere this
must have been executed.

Mr, Lts-tox, His Britannic Majes;v's Envoy,
arrived at Norfolk th,! 9th inst. and is to take
shipping from thence in the Frigate Andromache,
for the West Indies.

On Saturday, Nov. the z 7. th, in the Legista-
ture of Maryland, it was determined, that the
Constitution of the United States did not pro-
hibit an individual. State from passing Bankrupt
Laws, or granting relief to Insolvent Debtors.
The pleadings of Counsel on this. important ques-
tion occupied two days.