The Sun.
London, England, 1808-01-08 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION Ui7 PRIZE-MONEY.

To the Officers 14 Company of. his, Majesty's Ship Pe-
*jape, (tic the CliltklWOl the Sr. lOseph ritrrinWs (in coin.
Pally with His Majesty,',; Ship Pornoneji on the soh Feb.
t 1107,1110 nit proceed 4 b%reiy Tuesday and Situtilaylbs three
inoitit., at N. 67, Fore_-street, Plymouth-Dock.
TO the °Myers and L'ortipstlie4 of His Majesty's Ships
Ganges, Diredor, Ameilia, and Latona, with-the Fox and
eouiter Cutters., the Money arising limn the Capture of the
.yon Ougiciip Han. by the said Ships, on the tgth 1799,
Will *paid on 'the lath itlfitant, at No. 3, Salters'-halt.
court, Cannon street, and elifeiy.Monday and Thursday tor
three months at the same pact.
To the'Oificers and Seamen df His Majesty's Sloop la.
louse, for the Capture of the/I'O4W, on the 116 t February,
t*, a distribution Of the pr'iieteils, every Tuesday and
ilorsday, for three years, At No, hp, joit-street. Bidet hi:
' To the Officers gird Conipani4 of His Majesty's Ships
Ganges. Direatir, Arbetica, 11raiirturutls, Prince Frederick,
Madras, Iris, Latio, limo, and Scorpion, together with
the Fox Cutter, itover. Liberty, and Hazard Luggets, hum-
tilit part of the Fleet ander the command of the late Lord
Viscount Uuneari, oti the ad May. 1719, the time of the
Capture of the Dude De Yony,v PetTOUS, will be made on the
Oth inst. at Nu. 3, Salters' Hall-ioutt, Cannon.street, and
every Monday and Thursday, for three yensi at the same
placer ,

A ship fronaltilatielphia, called The einterican,
commanded by Captain PaocTait, bound :to .'a port
in Holland, is put into Portsmouth leaky: •Oaptain
Pxocrett was yesterday on 'Change; and informed
us, that on the~l at h of December, off Scilly, te fell
in with a French Privateer of 15. guns, who hoarded
kim, demanded a sight of his papers, and diligently
Aptatuitied his ctetran the hubjeft of the real destie
tultipe of the•Ship;and finding that liii•voyage was
to bi concluded:in Hollentl, buffered her to proceed,
erst,taking froM hint two barrels of sugar, anti all
Ole stock he had upon deck. The Captain of the.
riv4teer informed -Captahl PROCTER, that during
is cruize lie hadcaptured 7 English Ships:and tour
Atne.ricans, all of which ins sent into PaSaagm tits
Hts instruttions were to bring in allgAnke-
TICAII Ships bound • to. English Ports, and those. Ile
bail captured were, bound. for Liverpool,,;; one •or
Which was from Ealtimore, uttp. from ..sew York,
and two from Charleston, The • number of prizes
be had sent in, had so shortened his bands, that he
feared the • English Captains Whorn he had on
board would attempt -to rise upon the crew of the
Privateer, and he therefore put sir of them (the se-
venth died sou after he was taken). on board The
American' presenting Captain -PROCTER with. two
bottles of brandy to sustain them until he should be
enabled:to get rid of them. . •

BRAZIL l'uAne.—Foor Ships are already pre-
paring at Liverpool, and three at Hull, to carry
freights of goods to Brazil. Upwards of twelve are
in readiness In the River to depart for the same
destination.

Two‘ men were taken up at Henlei on Tuesday
afternoon, for uttering Ipswich and Suffolk one and
tive pound bank-notes, drawn by RALPH HOL6EN,
SAoNnutts, and Co. on WlNKtmalr,flliimalts,
Id Co. Nu. d, St. 141 cl ad's-alle};, Curtail!,

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To Tut MIMORY OP LISYTIMANT - .1111
3 LGIMZNT, WHO DIIID IN lIGY/T.
' . a

IP.
OY ?

Wis u the braVe Warrior falls in fields cif fame
tVreaths of eternal glOry grace his name. ,
And shall no glory grace the Youth who hies,..
Impell'd by honour, free from duty's ties,
To where, on Egypt's sultry sands, the breath
Of pestilence taints.every gale with death;
And, following injur'd Britain's warlike calls,
For here voluntary viairn falls ?
Yes ! whether toil, or clime, the sword, or wave,
Disease, or famine, mark him for the grave,
On.him shall glory's deathless`guerdon Wait,
Who meets to glory's cause the stroke of fate:

3ST II

•.;:k

* This Gentleman was married to the elder daughter of
Figiry lames l'ye. .Esq: Poet Laureat. Lieut. Jones had
received leave of absence, but as his Regiment
.was ordered to
he preferred the service et' his Country to his private
ata►ra.

MISS DUNCAN AND MIt...MUDIE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

•
SIR,
By a paragraph which some days ago appeared in
The'Morning Chronicle, and thii.day republished in
The Morning Post, I perceive I am accused Of hu-
ng published private Letters from Miss puricaw i.
"and this 'paragraph is followed by insertion of
Miss D--'s last Letter to me, with the following
comment :

" Now as this Letter contains an obvious refe-
" rencu to a Letter which the Manager has not
" thought proper to publish, it is lefi to the Jibe-
" rality and good sense of the Public to decide—:-
cf who's to blame."

In deference and respea' to the Public, I think
it necessary to state, in answer to the. above, that
I could not publish the Letter alluded to, from the
nature. of the correspondence, being from necessity
conduaod in such haste that I bad it not in my
power, nor did I think it necessary, to keep copies
of any of my tenors. If, therefore, Miss D.
would wish to throw the Llame on me, it is in-
cumbent on her, in justification of herself, to pub-
lish the Letter to which she so emphatically alludes,
and I have no doubt but it will then appear "who's
toblame." In. the Mean tin* I beg leave to say, that
I will, in the course of a few days, publish a fair and
candid statement of the whole of my transaEtions with
Miss D. relative to au engagement, in which it .will
appear that she, in three different instances, de-
parted from. het' original proiJosels, and each time
'seemingly for the purpose of obtaining more exor-
bitant terms. I cannot conclnde thin without de-
claring, that. I never thought of writing any pri-
vate Letters to Miss D. nor of having any more
clandestine correspondence with her than what the
public-nature of the case required ; and that I was
obligedbl account immediately to the Audience for
a.disappoitament which took place in consequence
a her •suddeti alteration of mind, and in dire&
cOutrodialon tolhe hills of the day in which I had
pledged myself for that Lady's appeaiance, not
supposing she wont(' be capable of so cruel a ter-
giversation. .

Youi'i,.
Theatre Royal, kindsor, Jan., 7, 1808. -

Mrs. H. Jon N STOII has. appealed 'to the public{; on
account of the 'reception which. she met with on hgtr
return to the stage, and on the attack upon. her in
some of the newspapers. .The public in general, will
doubtless let her pursueher. calling _without 14ther
Molestation, and not think a ;Theatre a proper place
for the expression' of censure on what has no rela-
tion to her'•professional pursuits. The newspapers
iilso will most probably alt upon the same principle.
, I( EMBLE'S irsinhas produced much animadver-
Sion among the public critics, and some:of then) have
been rather severe in their comments, which, how-
ever, are of such a nature as to excite a strong suspi.
cion that the writers were not present at the per-
forrnance. The truth is, that it was impossible, ill
our opinion, for any
.atlorl to- have conceived the
chara6ter with more Judgment, but after .the first
adl, in which Mr. KiimilLE• played 'with great spirit,
ho was evidently indisposed, yet still •
" The Mies, though foxibid hut Jainrly, were rigil."
Mr. io"sms, the Irish Manager, is still in town,
' and some negotiations are said to be on four,.on his
part, for purchasing a Share of Drury-lane Theatte.
NALDi is not engaged for the present season at
the Opera House.. It is reported that he hag joined
the harmonic mélange among the • amateurs .in
Argyll-street. it; is to be regretted, however, that
the puhlic in generaLcaintet enjoy his humour and
musical skill, . since we are to have foreign
for Mers among Us. •
The present fashion of transparent drapery among
the females of hillier', and indeed those (if an in-
ferior class, iii, charaCterised llatlle 'of the
diaphanous cospime;

A Meeting of the ..11obicnii...6 and Gentlemen of
OK county .Ayr, was• ttel oti the 29th ult. at Ayr,
forbthe purpose of -faiiinkiinto consideration • the
angtneiltotien of stipend ~10,;(he: IYLiuristcrs of the
Church of Scotland. The.44shess was Stared in a
long aO,l able speech, by, the.,o4.
The grievance comphs,imispf,O, that the Jute! of
the COurt .of ',fiend 'itteeetle4. their:iniwers, in taking
upon Otero to augment tho,stlpepti so as to bCm cod
, ,
cpprqsiv.44 to the lan nect Ijlternst., beveral resoin,
Lions were passel fur the puninse 61' setiiog• Ibe ow-
ter right. Aim-vine; was, at the ;tine time; 'fixed
for the "At inst. at. Ayr, to ciniiider whether it
would be useful lo revive the trial by jury, in 'civil
cases, in Scotland.

, • ,
AMERICAN ISTivir,-,--The New-York Papers con-
tain the following Statement, exhibiting, the number
and condition of the Frigate and, other Vessels of
War of the United States. Ste: laid, pursuant to or-
der, before Congress, by the Secretary of the Navy,:

•
In service— F rigates, Constitution, requiring inconsiderable
repair, anti Chesapeake, both of 4 gunS ; Ship Wasp, 16 ;
firms Hornet and ANUS, both of 16,; Schooner Revenge, 12
ketches Spitfire, 7 s• Vengeance, 7 ;4' /Etna, ti;" Vesuvius,
;I:* Gun-boats, 60, and -seven building, /X guns. •
Ready for service—Frigates, Constellation,• of 36, and
Adams, of 3s guns; Brig Syren, t 6; Schooucr Enterprise,
14 guns ; and one Gun.huar.
4epairiqg, anti,, near): ready fur service—Frigates, United,
Siates, 44 ;. Essex, ; aptliohn Adams, 3t•
Requiring inconsiderable repair—Brig Vixen, 54; end
Schooner Nautilus, 14 guns.
Requiring ottaiiterahle repair—Frigates, President, ;
Cowes, and New-York, both of 3w gnus,
• Including one s3-utclt mortar..

S~JAV-OFFICE;

_ .
BA .1;&u TWO 0 CLOCF;.,

WI; stop;thePrksitt; state, that we haO just re-
eeived infurrnittion, on whiefi, we place the strongest
reliance, whiCh'confirres the report of ifuti.-.
rA;RTE's.rettirn to l'Orii.froni Milan. •••

_ . .
His departure from the tatter place was so indden,
that a-very fey hours notice was given of lii
intention toquit Italy. His arrival at Pali iias
equapy4PexpeOed : no preparations whativti were
midefok hii.reception.
.• , ,

, • - •
There hai,e been for some days a rthiciour of Plots
having been formed in• France against BUONAPAkIII
which we-at first considered as entitled to.very little
credit—but the very e.ittraoidinark • Manner of his
leaving Milan gives the rumour some degree of pro-.
babllity..

BUONArARTI6 journey to. Italy was, certainly nn-
dertaken with the view of accomplishing some gyeat
obje6, but we find -that he has suddenly re-
turtied, without having: done any thing except
creatidg one of his favourites, Duke of Lodi.—
We do not knoti whether it is one of his Generals,
or the Vice-President MELZI, that has been pro-
moted to:this dignity.

Yesterday the Princess CLIARLOTTR of NV mats
completed her 12th year.; the saint: was observed by
her Royal Highness tradesmen upon her establish-

ment illuminating their houses in the eveninV
On Wednesday evening, Her. Royal Highness the
Princess Cn AR LOTTE .of WALES had a seled party of

the Nobility,. at.Warwielt. House, to whom was ex-
hibited, by command of her Royal Highness, the
Phantasmagoria, Optical Ballet, &c. by Mr. BANKS,
Optician.• After which the Company partook of an
agreeable refreshment, according to the. custom of
the night, and retired highly gratified.,
Last night, between seven' and eight o'clock, a
servant girl belonging to a butcher 'of the name of
Fisher,'ln'Newgate Market, was nearly burnt to
death: she was standing near the lire, in a back
kitchen up stairs; When a spark cotninunicated to
her clothes,, and; instead of endeavouring to extin-
guish it, she instantly ran down stairs to, the pump
in the middle of the market ; but before she got
that length she' was most, terribly burnt :from head
to. fem.' Medical assistance was • immediately ob-
tained, *but• no hopes are entertained of her reco-
very; . •
:Derwertt L4ce 'Wei frozen over bYthe late severe
frost; and on Sunday the- '2,oth-ult. two boys (sous
of Mrs. Barbaraltigg,'of Newlands, near Keswick)
were .bot h drowned I The elder -was .about i 0 years
of age, and the other .14. The lee giving way, the
elder brat ,slipped tn,,asout 100 yards from the shore,
on the war aide of the Lake, and about .3() yards
.►.b small island. :called .brag-Hol and
iteepingritis beadialaore.'*ater, the:;iontieer ran an i
41-04ght a hedge-stake, . and, endeavouring to throw
it to his brqther, he fell in eke, ar abut eo yards
distance ! leans very dreadfra L:ituation thef 'were
seen by many, ,Who had not the meena of affording
them timely assistance at letigth a beat was
launched on the ice , from the shore next ''Keswick
(being a full mile frOlo the plate), which was
hauled about halt way, wheii,.hotbro:inately it broke
thr4igh It was ' then:Carried, by a young
man and a hoy,.(eoly)
.one Bushing the ice, and the,
other pulling or hauling it ; by which means they
got so near the.ehler brother, that he UfiCti
1S well liOll are coiling—soli v.,,L'l.sni.O.rlq Vet," But
betoie they Ittat4l tile slant, lie !;onk•,' Tlie
younger had disappeare-d lok betur,!. It is supposed
that
.the eider brother kept his head alitiVe ‘,vater'fo
in hoer at leaS.t.
. An Inquilitioa was taken at a public-house at
Islington, before. G. HoPotioN, I*l. Coroner, on
the body of an unknown person).'who was fpend
drowned in.the,New Riyer on.Toesday.. It appear!.
ed that the deCeated, Nvito was, respedably dressed,
,had been taken out of the river, but there was no
evidence to prove how he got there, or, who he
There were no marks of violence ott tbe body ; and
the Jury returned.a' verdid—eiceideatet beat 4.—
Another Inquisition was taken on the preceding day,
a few miles up the River, on the bedy of a young
Lady of the name of Bench, who met her death by
falling a a /data:. The deceased, an at table
'Lady, of reputable. parents, and not more.than 17
years .of age, was in company with is Lady- alid
Gentleman at . the time •of the. accident ; and it is
siipposed her. deathAvas liaatent4l,4 ft Wit ur stittO-
canon, •as she was 'Jim Atom th4n a minute unCkr
water.--•-Accidental.Detah.
' Ow Mnitttriyaftelifooh a 'slinekitig accident hap-
pened at Itensington.Gravel`Pits.---A Woman. went
initial field to'steal some turuips; a lad was:amusing
hiMsell in' the same ficld, and-in thou ad}ctining, .by
shootitt,e; Birds with a gun. The woman beiug'cuti-;
scious she Was doing wtong,-Juspeded thatthe lad
was' Watching' her';.netele leteeif nbusiv,e language t.
violent thretits paised from, notlvaf them ;- hat length
they came in coritfici together, and 'the womani.stip
prising-herself 'stititiger than the lad, endeavoured to
wrest the g'tut from him,-which unfortunately ivaa
loaded, and in' the struggle it: went off; the content
bf N%' h lodged,-lit her. thikhs: She was conveyed
to St.'fy'earge's:Hootaital, -atid is. not .considered out
of danger. The jad His in consequence been aeon:,
braided, and, corninitted 'Rohl the Pnblie Orrice,
Bow-street, for further examination, till the fate of
the woman is known.
Early yesterday morning the Red Lion public-
.house, Horse-alley, Cow-cioss, was robbed
of flannels, shawlsj ginghams, and muslin, to the
amount of 2001. the property of the landlord and
others.

The other day an irritable old Cobler in Petticoat-
lane. Whitechapsl, having had a ditferenCe with
female lodger, struck her with a stool, which frac-
tured irer skull, and she was taken to the hospital
without hopes of recomy. The man has absconded.

OtHliondav afternoon a Mari Of a rat p'eflai)le
karmic,- (*tinned an interview of the flooottrable
gr:Vtetalit's,:,trt his residence.in Cranbobrti Ledge;
Park, and applied to him for -his Mier.; -
foettickte=pro'cure him an audience of. the Ki
*Mint-anti fie" had several plans to lay before his
Majestyi.and,to expose to him a number of abtis'e;
and corttmtkins.that were committed in Weolwic:i
,Wairen ; and. like Wise to lay before Majesty
Some_ personal grievances. Mr, VaLtzas secindis-
,covered that be. was derintged, and- in consequence
agreed With all he hadsaid, pfomiSed to get hint"
introduced to the King, who, he kid.: no doubt,
:would attend to ail :he said, and wouldd-giVe hiM
letter to a Gentleman at. Windsor,. who would, scitl'e.
his business. He accordingly wrote a:letter to
Dowitett, one .of the resident' Police OffiverS at
Windsor, describing the condo t bf the'man, and.
his opinion of him ; the man took the letter t6,1)0
sett, who informed Generals furzuoY.'and
NINGHAM, his Majesty's Equerries,
,whe.,direcied,
him to take care of the man at the inn during`MonL.
day night, and to bring, him to London. on TuesdaY-
morning.----Dowsett accordingly made pieparatin s
for setting off • With-the man on Tuesday morning,
but when, the= time arrived. he discovered that The.
.man ha] neither shirt or stockings to m'eat, Baying
contrived to'send tbon'to be I.volhed without
knowledge:which prevented them froin
Windsor till the afterueoti. The wan travelled vezy
'quietly with .DOwsett, he having told him he w;%.i
taking him, by the command of the King, to Maki);-
trates and,others, who would attend.to every
he had to say. FTe'at length 'confessed that he lied
broke out lola private mad-house on Bethitai Green,
which he thought was no harm; as they had
treated him very. much, .and if it was any sin he wai
very sorry for it. When they arrived in London,
Dowsett took him to the Brown Bear public-house,
. and gave him into the care of two men, when he
was provided with some refreshment and abed, aryl
DowSetf went to Mr. READ to inform him of the-
direetions be.had received from his Majesty's Equer-
rks. Early on Wednesday morning Mr. IiCAD
patched R. Limberick to the mad-house, on Beth-:
nail Green, to make enquiries respeAing the -de-
scription the man, had given of himself, when he
found it cornet, and. one of the Keeperi set off with
Limberick to the Browo Bear public house, Bow
street, and took the man back with him, secured in
a strait waistcoat. During his confinement in a
room in the Brown Bear public-house, on Wednes-
day morning, he broke open the room door, 'mid wink .
Lighting his way out of the cage against two men,
and would have made his escape, had not DOWstit
Come up to their asnstance, who was obliged to use
great violence hi order to secure him.
Yesterday another unfortunate maniac wits M. this
Admiralty. He went in.a hackney-coach;gd de;.,
Mended an audience from the porter to the Loris of
the Admiralty.• lie said that lie had a rnessite frorli
the Alinighty.God to. them, which he mast earn.
aninicate, or otherwise it would cause hiM imme-
diate death. He said, that last night the Devil camel

t6.filtn, jild told him,, if he did iiot ,sedate die filOi
i 6 Lotds, of the Admiralty, be would kill *him ;

and if lib slid one,s.vord of an untrath, it would di:
reEtly choke him. He was dressed in a boatswain's
uniform, and said he formerly did belong to a Ship
‘thich Sir T. TRQUAIIIDGE had the command of,
but-Lbat helod gut iii discharge.

A modern. Gentleman having made a purchase of
GIBBOWS Rome, vols. in boards, took it to ii
bookseller% Shop in Ireland to have it most.eleguntly
bound. 41.. Pray, Sir (inquired the bookbihder), what
,would you like. best ? Would ydu like to
have. it bound in. Russia )." " !" replied
the man.of.tashion, ".Russia i$ too far off; l'd
rather havetit bound in Dublin. , • ..?

Sunday night, about eleVen o'clock,thedwelling.
house of Mr. Sylvester O'Halloran,, at Iteheen, near
Cork, near the NeWport'read,u-.is]attacked by some
fellows; who, with violent inipreeations, ihreW
'several: stones at, and br'oke the :windows • he
repeatedly cautioned them, ' but notwithstanding,
it increased their dating conduct, and: they con-
'tinned an hour iu.difiance of his remonstrances;
he was obliged to fite some shot, and the . Vil-
beinglntent on his pertion, as it was declare&
his life should be a sacrifice, oho of the party attempt=
lag to wrench the bar off one of the kitchen win-
dows, Mr. O'Halloran shot him dead on the' spot;
soon afterwards` the rest made theirescaps,' but it is
aupposect one of theth previously had fallen; The
deeased lived not far from the place, and was
named' Martin Hartigan, of a very indit&Tent
charaaer. Mr. O'Halloran coming to town the
following, morning,'the Mayor, 'as Coroner, General
Michel,' and other Gentlemen, went to the spot,
where an inquest Was holier!, the Jury returning a
verdict ----" That the deceased came by his death in
consequence ofa`gun.sbot wound, received in attack.
Mg the 'house of .'Mr. crailloran."