The Sun.
London, England, 1801-09-03 00:00:00

HULL, Auc. 31.

THE Delight, JOHNSON, from Newcastle, is ar-
rived at this Port to join the Convoy for Hamburgh,
appointed to sail on the Bth of September.
On the 25th of August, the Sloop Zouch, Mr.
J cat N GREY master, arrived at Whitby from Strom-
tadr, in Sweden, to which place she was driven from
the Yorkshire Coast by stormy weather in Janu.
ary. last. On New-year's day this Vessel was
off Whitby, to which Fort she was bound from
Stockton with timber, when a heavy gale of
wind, westerly, drove her off the coast. Having
lost her masts and sails, the timber upon her decks
being washed away,
and the vessel thrown upon
her broadside, the people on board expeded every
moment that she would go down. In this dreadful
situation they drifted before the wind, till the yes.
sel providentially arrived at the above•harbour in
Sweden, where she was afterwards detained by the
embargo.

A Court-Martial was on Monday held at Pdrts-
mouth, on Capt. FERRIS, and the Officers of His
Majesty's late Ship Hannibal, to enquire into the
causes of the loss of that ship in the attion with a
French Squadron in Algesiras Bay. The result was,
a most honourable acquittal to Captain FERRIS and
his Officers, who, with the Ship's Company, were
complimented in the most handsome manner by Ad-
miral HOLLOWAY (the President) upon the heroic
bravery which they displayed on that occasion.

Yesterday a Court of Direlors was held at the
East India House, when CHARLES , MILLS, Esq.
was eletted Chairman in the room of DAVID SCOTT,
Esq. who resigned that situation.
JOHN ROBERTS, Esq. was eleBed Deputy Chair-
man—this Gentleman served the office of Chairman
in the year 1776.
Messrs. ROBERT MACURE and JOHN HILLNIAN
were sworn in as First and Second Assistant to the
Company:6 Surveyor of Shipping.
The Court adjourned at six o'clock till Wednes-
day next.
Little was done at Mark lane yesterday. There
was plenty of Wheat in the market, which would
have been parted with at prices inferior to last mar-
kef-day, if any one would have bought ; but the
buyers are so confident of a considerable fall, that
they keep off. Oats had a brisk sale at from is. to
zs. cheaper.—All kinds of Grain dull in sale, and
cheaper..

Vv 'e understand that the Company's Ship the Lad
Burgeh lately arrived from Bengal, has brought
from thence a very voluminous colleaion of Public
Records ; among which are the Wills and Inven-
tories of deceased persons, exhibited in the Supreme
Court of Judicature at Fort William, for the year
!Soo. We have to notice particularly the facility
which is given to the transmission of Papers so
interesting to the relatives of deceased persons, and
fr'om which information of the utmost importance
may be pblained, •

WEYMOUTH, 'EPT. I.

THE Eplanade Just night was but thin of Com-
pany : HIS MAJESTY walked
.Sollle time, accom-
panild by PRINCE ADOLI4HUS, PRINCESSES AO"

GUSTA and MARY, and PRINCESS SOPHIA Of GLOW
C ESTER, the Earl Of UXBRIDGE, Lord WALstrIG-
HAM, the Lord Bishop of SALISBURY, his Lady atict
Daughter. After which the ROYAL FAMILY vi-
sited the Theatre., to see the Comedy of The Ri-
vals, and the. Entertainment of Ways and Means.
Mr. BANNISTER gained great..'applause in the cha.
rafter of Acres. and Sir Dunder. He sung
the favourite Song of " Captain Wattle and Miss
.Roe" with his usual spirit. Mrs: BR AMWELL sung
" The Sailor's journal," in charaaer, between the
Play and Entertainment, and was much admired.

This morning, soon after breakfast, THEIR MA'r
J ESTI ES, with the following Nobility,' the. Earl. Or
,UXBRIDGE, Earl and Countess of MAC C LrSil ELI))
Countess of RADNOR, Lord WALS NGH AM, Pa'
roness HowE, Lady M. ERSKINE, Mr. and Mrs.
WINDHAM, Mr. and Mrs. DRAx GEosvENoFt,
Mrs. DRAKE, and several General Officers, took--
another excursion to Sea, with a fine breeze, the
wind being to the West.
Col. SNETD and family left this place yesterday.

Monday night, just before THEIR. MAJEsTIEs
withdrew from the Theatre at Weymotith, a hall
jumped on the Bench in the. Pit, close to. the Royal
Box, and behaved in a very outrageous manner;
he w•as immediately, secured by a Peace Officer, and
after undergoing an examination, was sent to prisep'
He appears to be about four and twenty years of age•

The departure of- Mr. PAGET for Vienna, by,
the. way of France, 'at a moment so critical as rite
present, and the circumstance of his making- Part!
in his way, a route certainly indireet, has excite`]
considerable hopes •in the minds of. many, that
that Gentleman is to quicken the progress of
Negotiations, and to be the meansvof brpg-ing abol4
Peace between. the two Countries. The secrecy"
observed by Ministers. is such, that no. one is en',
abled to assert_hoWiari or how little, the objea
Mr. PAGreS MitSiOrl is conned with the Nego"
tiation, and where there is so little certaint);‘,- En'
Public naturally form:-hopes':from, every circutp'

That these'conterding,VOnntries,
;England and France, whose-very Shores-Inuit pale
With envy of each others happiness,
May lose their hatred.

'The:opening of the Winter Theatres will, as
usual, he :preceded- this; day .byCthe 'Speaucles o',
.B.arshotomgw
.Fair• Much as it. ho been. the follioo
to ridicule it, it may be doubted, Whether tr,
greater part .of the. -Exhibitions de-; not—c&rie. t'
BACON'S deseriptiOns of Masques and Triumphs :"*".
" Dancing. to Song," says his. Lordship, gi is
thing of •great state and pleasure. I understand
it, that the Song be in quire, placed- aloft, and
accompanied with some broken Music, and the ditty
fitted to theJlevice. 'Atling,in: Song, especially io
pialogues, hath an extreme good grace :•I say ac'
ing, not claneing'.(for that is a mean and vulg,_a
thing). and the. Voices of the Dialogue Would
strong and manly,"

A Periodical Work, entitled .The Contemplate'
was lately published at Paris. The Government?
however, wisely considering that coidempiation 0135
not favourable to its operations, suppressed it JO
the first Number.
The British Public will, no doubt, he astonisbe!
to hear that the man Whose tough and haaiened
withstood the.dagger's of. the Sze&ler Hassars, JEO
Diu ity, has submitted to, and now smarts undef
the pundnre of the lancet of a Co,tv-Pox Prattitione,!.;
JEAN, who was ever a Patriot, has, for the benefit
of the Department of Dobbs, of which he is Prefect
submitted to be vaccinated, together with two of hi?
children ; and the French Journalist who gives
account of this interesting eq.,ent, observes, that tll6.
patients maintains their usual gaiety and traninillitj'

SAFE TRAVELLING--avith it Guar/ mid fill:
arms.—The Mail between Toulon and Paris has bee'
lately robbed. The Letters were all broke 01'61:
and property to the amount of about zoo Ligres.
taken out of them. The Mail was escorted by fbovie
Soldiers ; three ran away at the fint attack, and

fourth who stopped, was killed,
The celebrated FoNI'ENA, who is the superir';
tendant of the Cabinet of Natural History 3
Florence, has published a Memoir on -the iensibdti,
of vegetables. There is no end to the progress 01
discovery and of tenderness. Some kitchen gartieo
atawiN will soon diseover that every wabble of
the pot, wounds the feelings of a cabbage, or de'
stroys the sympathies of a turnip.
In the present 'unlucky situation of the Freilch
Navy, it is but kind tb inform them that there i 5
classical authority for laying Ships high and dri,,
upon the shore—

" Jarnque fere sicco subduam-littore puppes." t
This is the way we apprehend, the French Flee-
will be laid up in crdina,j,. Upon extraocj
Binary occasions, however, they may he employ
in snug sham tattles in the inner harbour of ,Brest',
Tht arguments of those unfeeling wretclo
dealers in the articles of the first. Necessity,
calculating upon the Public as their property, 3"rg
considering that laudable unwillingness on the 113
of Government to interfere in
,any commercial co,rli:
eerns as an admission of a right to oppress, 11131,1 e
rain that they are entitled to take advantobo
of the necessities of their neighbours, have bee,'
well answered by an analogical reason. " Wh3,t'of
it has been said, " would theSe very men thin, -$
their system, in the case of a- Surgeon, who,
Farmer or a Miller had. Met' with an accident on • rog
return from market, where he Fad been gritl'nd
the faces of the Poor, should' stand over him, .30
refuse him the aid of his prolc.'ssi'_,n, till the exaell°'
of his avarice were fully gratified 1" 10,
A Dublin Paper contains •the following phYst
gical statement. " The human heart, in one Uo
'beats 3600 times ; discharges 7 zoo ounces of bi°'.lc
conveys through it the I.vhole mass Of blood in'`,„
body' not less than 25 times. In :he-space of tve6o6
four the whole blood in the body circulates
times-thronh the heart."

COMMO' COUNCIL.

YESTERDAY the Right Honourable the LIR
MAYOR helil a Court of Common Council at Guild-
hall :—.-Present, besides his Lordship, four Alder_
men, Mr. Sheriff CADELL, and upwards of 160
Commoners.

The. Proceedings of the last Court being. read .and
Confirmed, and' the usual ceremony of sealing Leases,
reading Petitions, and Reports of the several Com-
mittees being gdnesthrough) his Lordship informed
the Court of the vacancy of Town- Clerk, by the
decease of Wm..Rxx,',Esq: and the Court appointed
Mr. BOXLEY, his principal Assistant, to officiate
as TOwn Clerk during the. present vacancy. '•

Mr. Deputy LEEKEY presented a Petition from
Mr. BOXLEY, which was read by the Reader of the
Court,stating, in consequence of his ill state of health
and declining years,. he wished to retire from the
Office, and submitted the consideration of his long
and faithful services to the Court; which was referred
to a Committee.

Mr. SAMUEL DI X oN, in a short prefatory speech,
moved, that it be referred to a Committee, con-
sisting of all the Aldermen, and one Commoner out
of each Ward, to inquire into the nature, duty,. and
emoluments of the Office of Town Clerk, and re-
Port the same to this Court ; also, whether any,
tr what alteration or improvement is necessary to
'..e made in the Office of Town Clerk, and the
Ifianan•ement thereof ; which, after being seconded
by M. Deputy LE EKEY, was agreed to, and the
"-°mmittee were ordered to be summoned to meet on
IPriday next.
Mr' 13"itti, informed the Court, that he should,
at their next Meeting bring fOrward the consider-
ation' of the Report 'respeaing the Bailiff of the
lorough of Souttiwark, and the Expences incurred
the Suit against the -Sheriff of Surrey, and re-
quested that notice be printed on the Summons for
the next Court.

The Coint broke up :it two o'ClOck.

On. S'andav, Major-General .D.cirr reviewed„ on
NVhiithuDell...l)9;v9s„ near Plymouth, Major BR.AY'S
avistoek Voltirtmrs, and the_RoyalPevon Miners,
commanded by apt.. TONKIN. The General gave
~i,
'e' Word of command, and made.. the two Corps
V t•hrough various, infitntry, --manoeuvres;
particularly 'adapted
.for the defence :and attack of
the strong 'hedges and positions-In the county' of
At 'five the next morning, 'the, General •
l-routely inspecled the works of ,the 'Citadel •of
cYlTlouth, accompanied by the Officer of the Citadel •
114(1 f'
: he expressed his of tile' o
0,
works of the different bastions, curtains,.andr` vehrres
and with the serviceable state in which
he found the South-west Battery-•«r barbel, of 42
Anders, right of the Flag.-staff. .He is to review
aid inspea all the Volunteer.AssociatedCorps in
the Western Distriel in aboutia fortnight.
THEATRE.-'-Tic Heir at lm!, was Ter-
`°rlxtc d last night at the Hay
_Market. Theatre, and
teeelved by a numerous audience with the applause
wh:•cli generally attends this amusing' and interest
J ,:
riz Comedi, The merits of the several Performers
have been too 'often noticed to reqiirc any addi_
tional ptaise. The-only variation last
.night arose ,
ivir the indisposition of Mrs. MOUNTAIN, for
o"1. 411 apology was made, and' whose part of
~DrPtei• was read by IIiss,CHAPNIAN with
, much' I,',
ara w:backj" odnille nt and feeling, as tO prevent any
the general eft& of the Piece.
• Mr.. S.IIE-it DAN has certainly. given Mrs.
_l6! 11)GT°N reason to hope that he will write an
Per 4 for the 'purpose of affording scope to her
tTei musical pOwers, as' well as 'the charm of no--
I,f• Yto her performances. The fertility of his
J•vi_ Lise cannot be doubted, and we hope he will have
resolution to keep his promise. •. In case this Opera
should afitthily be forth-coming, SHIELD 1123 also a
nti
Prio • . •
se.of being chosen a's.the Composer.
metl,l3,u4AN is likely to derive more advantage from
le k-°ve,_ll is
dissentions than any of his col-
boa,g:T tsf his situation on the LotidOn
io'.'`his treaty for the Dublin Theatre,
111111,1'.-ti.Pe!•:e doubt' of his obtaining, arid
io'fr, 'l;6l' Its' marriage, high family connections,
years%7a,lit very probable that in a very few
Turstii6u witl be able' to relinquish all theatrical

•
Chdder
Osne snc
141 e fleetest race-itorses ever known was
the New t'h° ran 74.20 yards; the'sprace of one of
thancl. half,market
Hor,se,CoUrses, in' seven minutes
whiCh i nia s at the. .azint rate of more
ean thirty_ three. Miles and alialf in an hour. This
n4'lr. exceeds the celebrate+contest eche Newmarket
Spring Meeting two years since, between Haini4e.
f,on,la7z and Diamond, who ran the Beacon Course of
tour miles-in eight,minutes and 20 seconds.
A singular circumstance occurred on Tuesday last
4t King Harry's Passage, Cornwall :—A Smuggler,
With two ankers of brandy. on the horse under him,
'vas discovered by an Exciseman, also on horseback,
the road leading to the Passage. The Smuggler'
Lnimediately rode off at full, speed, ptrsued by the
\Aker, who pressed so close upon him, that after
rushing down the steep hill'to the Passage, witirthe
gt jeatest rapidity,'he plunged'his horse into. the %Va-
1, r'
and attempted to gain, the opposite shore. The
ose
not swam half way over, before; exhausted
wac,;l iatigue and the load on his back, he was on the
of sinking,' when the intrepid rider slid from
aS flack, and with his knife cut the slings of thd
6!l,kers, and swam alongside his horse, exerting him-
self to keep .his bead above water, but all to no put.
4(-I°,se the .horse was drowned; and the. man with.
Ct sty `reached the shore. The less mettlesome
xciseman had halted on the shore, where iie sur-
.LeYed,the in.ereftual struggle, and afterwards, with
4 , e *help ,of the ferryman, got possession of the
4nkers.

1135

A few days ago, in Manchester, a young woman
has shot through the head by a young man, who
tesertted a pistol io her in jest. The pistol had
x.een loaded with ball some time, and the priming
ttaken %way ; but it is. supposed a few grains of
s,wd'er head fallen. into the pan through the touch-
d',:erand, 041-the_trigger being pulled, the ball was
j'aTged. The unticunate vi4iLD died, after
4trul4 rtabir davi;