The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-31 00:00:00

PLYMOUTH, AUG. 29.

ARRIVED the Windsor Castle, of 98 guns, Vice_
Admiral Sir A. MITCHELL; Resolution, of 74. guns,
Capt. Hon., A. H. GARDNER, and Canada, of 7+
guns, Capt. J. S. YORKE, from the Channel Fleet,
to virtual and refit.
Sailed thet,LW/crolhon, of 74 guns, Capt. Lord
Viscount Gilt .iES, to join the Channel Fleet; and
Hunter, of i 6 guns, to the Eastward.

Arrived late on Thursday evening the Falcon
Sloop of War, of x guns, Captain JAMES NAsx,
from Madeira, with the Cygnet, Majestic, Chan:-
'ion, and Warrior Transports, under convoy, which
Vessels carried out the Troops that took possession
of that Island on the 25th ult.

Arrived the Prussian Brig Elizedeth Nt'euwed4'
cven, of Embden, ANDREAS JOHNSON master, from
Dantzick, bound to Bourdeaux, laden with timba
and plank, detained by the Sirius Frigate.

PORTSi•IOUTII, AUG. 30.

SAILED His Majesty's Ship.Eigar, to join tLe
Channel Fleet..,

_ .
Arrived yesterday the ,Rowcip Armed Ship,
from Guernsey and Jersey, with Convoy.
Saiied.-the St. Vincent Cutter, with the Leeward
Island homeward.bound Fleet, under convoy to the
Downs.

Arrived the Minerva, COLEY, from Guernsel:
bound to the Coast of Africa.
Arrived the &thiji Cutter, from a Cruize.
Caine into Harbour to refit, the Calcutta
Transport.

FALMOUTH, AUG. 28.

Ars RIVED this morning His Majesty's Ship Hid)
of z 3 guns,-, Capt. LAttc(4, to give instruaions to
the Vessels waiting-convoy here for the moire:
ranean. The Fleetunderconvoy of His Majesty's
Ships Triumph, Gauges, and Solebay, are expetteif
to "appear off this Port tomorrow,
His. Majesty's-Ship Thalia, of 36 guns, arrive 4
here on Wednesday, :haring on 'board Troor,
‘vhichlyere shifted on. hoard His Majesty's .ShiP
Pant(our, of 44 guns; now here waiting to j9O
the'F.'leet for. the Mediterranean. • . • •

„Yesterday arrived here, the Lady: Arabtl
Packet,' PORTEUS from Plymouth, living bee's
captured on her voyage to Lisbon, and re.eaptur4
by one of our Cruizers.

Arrived also the Lisbon Packet, with groeeric4
from London.

Sailed the Danish dogger .Six Brothers, for Emb'
den ; and the Elizabeth, JoHusors, for Plymouth..

YARMOUTH, Aim 30.

SAILED the Ne.w Mary, TEASDELL, Ceti/LEP
LEPINGIVELL, Two Friends, WIS,EMAN, Baltic°
SANDFORD, Persoverance, STEWARD, Themai
Mary' ELLIS, Norfolk, CALv ER, Nebon, BUR;
ROUGHS, Liberty, MILLER, Fortuna, Crkow,
Dione, SIMS, for the Baltic, under convoy of the
Harpy Gun.brig, who passed these Roads from the
Southward, with about Eighty Sail of other Vessels
under convoy,

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T. •
The French had'in St. Maio two finfge .r 'Agates,
three Brigs, three Cutters, and eight large fiat.:
bottomed boats ; but they were deterred from any
movements by [he appearance, of our Squadron,
Which comprises one Frigate, three trigs,. and two
Litggers.

Tuesday a CoUrt-Nkrtial was held on board the
Gladiator, in Portsmouth Harbour, for the trial of
Thomas Cram' pion, a seaman belonging .to His Ma-
Jesty's Ship Triumph, for using, contemptuous lan-
:Oage to, :arid' threatenitito strike, Mr. SLAucx-
TER, a Midshipman. The charge being proved, he
Was sentenced to receive, three dozen lashes.

And on 'Wednesday another was held on hoard
the same ship, on Mr. William Macleod, Purser of
the Fly Sloop, for not supplying .the said ship with
necessary stores, -C.runkenness, and negleft of duty ;
and being found guilty thereof; he was sentenced to
, be dismissed from Hi's Majesty's Service.
Same day, lc& Pearce, late belonging to the
liermione, was also tried, on a charge of having
aided in the murder of the Officers on board the said
ship, and carrying her into La Guira.--The charge
being folly proved, 'the Court adjudged that he
stiffer Death.

The iqy Sloop, of 16 guns, lately arrived at
Poriniouth from Africa, on her outward-hound pas_
tag`', the night after leaving Madeira, fell in with
u Spanish Frigate of 44 ()runs, and, notwithstanding
the vast disparity
of force, gave Chace to her. The
enemy, probably cli.arged with orders which did noc
admit of her awaiting our attack, stood off under
a Press of canvas, and submitted to be. chased for
some how's 'by the, F/J,
when by superior sailii
• • -
she escaped.
The N. S. del Ca: men, a Spanish Lugger Of two
guns
.(six-pounders) and 13 men, laden with tar,
rosin, tobacco, and -bait' gmodS; -has-bee'ri taken by,
the tl rd Pri::.tteer; 6f jersey', and'is'arrived at
lowey. She W.fi borirded :by a Lieutenant of the
froin a boat, with only five men, who'car...
tied her after a con,iderable resistance, after throw
111‘; sorrre, of the Spaniarl.; oi,,erboard, and forcing the
rest ifiejerseYmen were severely
htlr.t,- but not .tlangero4sl4." •

fi large French Privateer, named La Liberte,.
tul3 spine months since wrecked on the Island of
lrlatra, tu' the Southward of Acheen. Many of
ter crew reached the shore, .but being unable to
Pt9duce any certificate •of their cond.ition, they
Zvere cnnsidered by the natives as beloning. to the
°rdes of Pirates by which the`coaS'tillgriade Of the
's'and is greatly injured, and had been conduced
tnit° the Woods in the upper part of the country, for
j'ie:Outpose of being exposed to the
. itd beasts
1(h inhabit then):
irePhtxvix Indiatnan, on „her passage from the
aPe to Calcutta, saw an island lying in lat.. 9. 30.
`" lone by lunar oliservation, 89. 14. E. N. N. E.
and s. s. w. seven or eight leaguesin circumfer-
ence. This island was first discovered in 1770, by
the Ship True Briton, and by her named the Island
Of Apoloria the land is high and.--uneven, and mom,
be seen twelve or- fourteen leagues. Not, having
been since laid down in any of the Charts, the com-
munication may perhaps be of service to some of our
neat kid readers.
01.1-te Nay.).r List, pnblished on, the first of this
nth, .
Commati untains 141 AdMirals, 532 Captains, 4./8
tiers, and 2;274 Lieutenants.

The love which Englishmen bear to good order
tlas been proved to be very great, in many-late in.
kstances Of their. love of uniforthity the French
•
nave a curious story in the writings of one of their
`-otintrimen, GIOSL E,Y, who in his account of Eng_
says ,‘ This passion quite tyrannizes mei
iiliisbnlen• I myself saw a man, who having had
I.le misfortune to break his leg in jumping ovet
ditch, so as to. render it i.cessary tbr it fo be <llll.
Puta:ed, resolUtely submitted to have'the operation
Performed on' both ler.s Ow be might not have the
•
di'gracefut appearance crone leg of flesh and one of
rYud• His condu::t was: ;enerally approved. by
]Lis eountrymen.„
.
~.„Itoits somewhat singular that we
.hear of the auste_
manners which mark the .conditel of the Chief
"nsand " ul, a,„i it
y,et •
is that 'more iuxu_
ry
than IssiPation prevail at. this. moment in Frapee
at (tnY fOrtner' period. Luce , It is generally the.
ai, States to imitate 'the' manners that-
-I:e:Tu'hfle7Tai::a.undanc..v a t Cour t.
tr.e.s.at Paris-are, it scent's, constantly
Mei every night, ,aild the Political Coffee Houses
generally 'einpiy. It is not difficult to account for
1i1.15- situation of things. The. People. litid 04. are .1
,Under a Military 6,.)veinthent, and. have
little
ha.nte of being better off, so they'' devote theiii.
%elves to amusement.. Hence the'Thealie :ire fa:
They are not allowed, to converse,on Srate.AfElirs,
amid must not
,even appear to think' on such subjt.fts ;
aild hence the Political. Coffee Howes. are empty.
'lChas been said that Pope and -hh ivire, are en-
algeti at Drury-lane Theatre, but the Report is,
hear, without :foundation. These Performers
~,rfse the chief vi6lims of the unlucky disputes' at Co-.
it Carden Theatre; though, by all accounts,
waif Was by no mean's forward or zealous in the.
34"', and. the rest ".wvung from him, his". sliPul
-,e take.any part in it- •‘
b A couple,
after the customary ' publication of
auns, lately went ,to Allstonefield church, to be
rdarried ; but in the middle- of- the ceremony, the
otheY changed her mind,
.and abruptly left the altar,
!indescribable mortification and embarrass-
qient of her anxious and expeftant swain.
On Friday last, the, lock was stolen off the door
Viit 1-1 a Bey church, during the time
of divine semi.

collie owner and driver of the lionise), stage was
41rieted on Saturday, by the Sitting
_Magistrate
~the
of Public-Office in Worship-street, in the pe-
r~aefour pounds, for suffering se-vrn persons to
the on theallow s. roof of. his coach, .being one, more !Ilan
Law

Early yesterday morning, His MAJESTY, Prince
ADOLPHUS, and her Roy.zd Highnesss Princess
AUGUsTA bathed. ,

The QUEEN and Priheets rrn, accorn.
~
panieu by Lay CITHCART,' promenaded _the .Es_
planate, as far as the Quay, to view the Royal
Yacht, which had been superbly fitted up for their
reception,