The Sun.
London, England, 1801-12-30 00:00:00

SHEERNESS, DEC. zg.

• s 'Tins day arrived from. Yarmouth, the Albion
Artnpcl Ship,
.

• Mary, M'Donald, -from Seville to London,
has been on shore on the Sandwich Flats, got off by
the Deal Bdatinen, and carried into Ramsgate
boor, with four feet water in the hold.
The British Queen, Lesley, from. London, run
against the North Pier at Bridlington, the r6th. inst.
and it is_ e4eaed will be wrecked i crew saved.
The Ships Whydah, and gie Leviathan, in going •
from the North. Side of Jamaica, to Port Antonio,
in October, to join convoy, for Liverpool, were
captured by two. Feluccas, after a severe engage- •
mcnr. •
The Brig Sally, from Jamaica far Dublin, foun-
dered at sea; after heing thirty-one dajts out. Crew
saved by the Peggy,. Thomson, froth Cadiz,.bound
to Philadelphia. •
The Schooner Trusty, from America for Jamaica,
was taken about rhp_4lb of the east end..
of Jamaica, by a Spanish Privateer. •

. -
The CArl Salmon, Wise, from Barcelona to Lon-
don., 'has been taken by tbe. Spaniards ; since re-
takin and carried into Lisbon.

Yesterday the Master and Wardens of the Com-
pany of Bakers waited On the LORD MAYOR at the
Mansion-House respeding the Assize- of Bread,
when his Lordship, after minutely examining the
returns of the Meal-weighers, found that Wheat and,
Flour had risen since their last retur.ns, he therefore
was obliged, very reludantly,, to raise the Bread
half an assize, or one. penny. in a peck loaf; to corn,
menee and take place to-morrow—the price of the
criartern loaf will then be onemttilling and one far-
thing.
A ,P,roclarnation ha,s been issued by the Loan
tuTENANT and CounCil of Ireland, offering a
reward of zOO% for the apprehension and convidion
Of each of the first three persons concerned in set-
sing fire to the dWelling-house of Thomas Neale, of
Ballinapierce, county of Wexford, -and moldering
the said-Thomas Neale, 'and desperately wounding
Michael Neale, and Catherine Neale, ' his children,
while endeavouring to extinguish the fire.'
At the Assizes hehf last week, at Naas, in Ire,
land, a father and son, named Moonty',"..Weid con,.
rued, and 'ordered for speedy execution, 'for rob;
bing the Cork mail.. It was one of the most daring
robberies ever attempted of the' kind. The mail
coach was' strongly escorted .; but-these geSpera-
does; accompanied by six or severs others,
.fired
volley from behind' a wall, with such effed on the
escort, as wounded several, and made the rest fly—
on which they inmiediately plundered the Mail of
property to a considerable amount.---:-One-oithe gang
was hanged a few months since for the satherob-
bery. -

Two, very melancholy. accidents happened at
Plymouth in the gale of wind of Saturday. About
sun-set, as a Swedish and two American seamen
were rowing, up Catwater in their ship's•boar, with
a cah ale and spare anchor to pay on board her, when
off Deadman's Bay, a sudden squall came on, and
the boat Shipping heavy sea, the poor fellows
could not cut,, or.had 'not the presence of mind to
cut, the stopper of the anchor, and the boat went
down stern.foremost, which accident unfortunately
launched them into a watery grave. Their bodies
'floated ashore.this forenoon on the Cat,down side:
In liatrioaze, a Marrof War's boat, with 14 people
on hoard, .upset in g violent squall at N.'W. and
-t.4 were drowned.

December 16th died at Jersey, greatly lamented,
the,Lady of MATTHEW GOSSET, Esq. Viscount of
tharislandi the youngest daughter of the late Sir
THOS. FRANKLAND, Bart. and sister to the present.

On Thursday last a very severe battle was fought
at Ratcliff between two noted pugilists; one of the
mak. of James Smallwood, otherwise Strong-arm
Jim, and James Caton, otherwise the Cabbage-
gilder, when a severe cOnflid ensued ; but Small-
wood, at last, gave his, antagonist a knock-down
blow, which determined the battle in favour of the
former, after twenty,minutes very hard fighting.

,THE OPERA.

K;ng' s Theatre.

THE Season commenced at this place last night
with a new Comic Opera, entitled L' Angiclina, oul
11 Matrimonio per Busurro, the music of which wag
composed by SALIER I. 'The Overture is a good
composition, and was much admired. The Piece
itself chiefly afforded scope for the comic powers of
MORELLI, who appeared in several disguises, and
sung with his usual' force and humour.

VINCI came fOrward with great success. She
looked very well, and was particularly applauded id'
a travura in the first ad.

A very beautiful tetzetto in the setond aft VPAi
SO WCIISUppOrted:VVINCI, VidANozir, and Sig.
nora RovEthvio, that it was encored. The Opera
altogether was admired, though not very warmly.,
The first Ballet was not very new nor very strik-
ing. Tho second Ballet was Ifeliska.ou La Fille
Soldat, originally performed for the benefit of PA-
RISOT, who went through the manual exercise with
-great adroitness. She, LABOAIE arAl his wife, and
Mad. FAVRE :GUIARDEtLE) were .the principal
Dancers.

A printed paper was dispersed over the Theatre,
soliciting the indulgence of the Audience for
, HILLIGSB,ERG, .Who ,not sufficiently recovered
from her lee accident tbiesume her situation in the
Theatre. The absence. of such a charniing Per-
fotmcr was of coursealoss'io the Audience. ••

The Rouse though by 'no means numerously
attended, had as 'large an Audience as' is
seen on the opening of the season:

Therleath of Mr. RUSH is a great lossso the Pub..
lic, as there were very few men in the Chirurgical
Province who were more profoundly•skilled in their
Profession. .• His-chief excellence was in the treat-
ment of gun-shot wounds,, in which he had .consi-
derable and various experience. Persons suffering
under such misfortunes recovered with extraordi-
nary ,rapidity in hands. It was his intention,
,we understand, to communicate the result of all_his
'knowledge and obseryation, in this respel, to the
Public ; and it is .to be hoped that he has left some
manuscripts on the subjea, as they would doubtless
be. -highly acceptable, and very advantageous to
Praaitioners and mankind. In his proleSs,iun he
combined tenderness with decision and was, in the
whole of his charaaer a striking.exampleThf huma-
nity, intelligence, affability,land reaitude.
It has been observed, that among the EmiGRA:4T
PRIESTHOOD in this Country, though they have
been many years among us, scarce one in fifty could
converse for five minutes in our language. But:
those venerable fugitives have probably ken too
etch, absorbed in the sense of their misfortunes and
thenneertainty of their situation .to allow them to,
devote their minds to the study of a new and diffi-
cult language. The calculation is, however, too
extensive. The 'tench Laity at least are exempt
froth so nice an estimation, for they in general min-
gie intimately with English families, and can ex".
press very plainly theirt,:nantr_arirLmiirk,-
It has been humorously said, that now there is ao
end of hostilities- between this Country and France.
the individuals of each State, as well as the respec-f
tive Governments, should ‘.‘, disband theirpassi-07/4,
and reduce their animosities to a peace-establish
meta."

In an account of the end of the. EMPEROR PAUL
it is said, that when it was agreed that the ENI-.
E4o.ft should be put to death, it was agreed also
" to leave as little appearance of -.violence as possi-
ble," Yet the same account proceeds to say "he
was strangledi_ trampled upon, and braised for several
hours, tilt it was quite certain he was dead."—
After such an account of the manner of the Elsa-
rEttox's death, the Historian mu4t-',have a very
strange idea of the " least possible violence."
The great advantage derived from crossing the
breed of cattle, has induced a similar experiment
upon oysters. A ,Gentleman has imported several
of the' Carlingford and other famous Irish Oysters,.
which he has,laid down in the: beds of the English
Nai;,i,es and Melton's. The produce of this ,
is said to be of 'superior taete and flavour: This
fa(t strongly proves the truth of Tilburina's obser-
vation in the "Critic, that " an Oyster may be
crossedin love." .

• However convivial the man may be who has I
been committed to Prison for a wanton and cruel
outrage-at the Theatre, it is probable he will find
that place a very unsuitable one tin cracking a
bottle.

Mrs. BLAND luis been thought too bulky for the
delicate Ariel ; but a whimsicai Critic attempts to
justify her assumption of this Charader by a re•
ferow.e to the text : ailegiilg, that as the Spirt has
been recently released from long conOncment by
Prospero, it might, be. supposed. to haie grown fat
for want of exercise.

SIMMONS has taken the part of the Old Butler in
Lovers' Vows, since the indisposition of MuNor.N;
SIMMONS,- without servile imitation, might adopt
more of the•dry gravity,of the original performer;
but at present he- seems to make the oid man inten-
tionally turn himself into ridicule.
STEPHEN KEMBLE has been preparing Venice
for representation at Newcastle ; but on
account of the political character of die play, does,
not venture to bring it forward till its revival has
been sanctioned on the London ..oards. This seems
a needless fear, or delicacy ; for every thing offen-
sive may be, expunged from the Piece, and it will
still have more sterling merit than any modern work;
of the Tragic Muse.
Lord Norbury, Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas of Ireland, has purchased the e'statc of. 1\49-
ret, containing about 'zoo acres, in the Queen's
County, one of .three valuable properties in °tar
and the King's county, announced for-'sale by Elle
Marquis of Lansdowne.
The Speedi, Quested, of London, was: well at
Botany Bay, in March last.
The Pallas, Uckerman, from Stettin to London,
was lost on the Flemish Coast, 23d Nov. Captaill
and" 13 people drowned.':;::