The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-09 00:00:00

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N4w YOttE., MAY 2.---1-‘l;'ilied yesterday morn',
ing the: Pilot-boat Patriot; Capt. INCai.O.A'n",'l,-vho
was dispatched on Saturday everlinglas.st in pursuit
of the Vessels which hzd been captured within our
jurisdieiion,.and sent to Halifax. Capt. -hi oiAriAn.
proceeded about 160 miles beyond, St. George's
tank, and returned without discovering either of
the VesSelS.. • _

NEW-YORK EL ECTIO N:. -C}nThursday terminated
the Election for Representatives in Congress, and
Senators and Members of Assembly to the State
Legislature. We have not yet been able to obtain
authentic Returns of Votes .for the different Candi;
dates.

An Eveping Paper states, that the Democratic
Ticket for Congress succeeded by a Majority of about
‘6OO. We lent from Staten Island,, that Mr. Must.
REAti has beet eluted a Member' of the Assenibly,
by a majority of 17 votes over Mr. DUNN, the
Fed&ral Candidate.
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The Brig Eli a, BURGES, for Havannah, went to
sea on Tuesday, and was not. boarded by the British
Blockading Squadron. -otr -otir Harbour. The Ship
Ann, FOWLER, from Hull, suffered detention of
about half an hour.'

MAY 6.—By the Brig Franklin, Capt. HASSEY,
arrived last evening, in 2 t days from Montegobay,
Jamaica Papers to the 12th ult. have been received
at this office, from which we have selected the

following.
MONTEGOBAY, APRIL 12.—La Pique Frigate,.
of 36 guns, Capt. Ross, and the Drake Sloop of
War, of 22 guns, Capt. WISE, arrived at Port Royal,
from a Cruize. La. Pique brought in with her the
Spanish Privateer Schooner Santa-Clara, of one gun
and 27 men, in ballast from St. Jago de Cuba bound
Porto Rico, taken on the 16th ult. and the French
Imperial Brigs La Phaeton and Le. Voltigeur, each
of i 6 guns 4u5i,40.5 men, commanded by Lieute-
nants de Vaisseau FiLENCIUZT and Sr. CRIEQ., from.
Martinique bound to St. Domingo, captured within
a mile of the sand of Saona, on the 26th ult. after
nning fight of one hour and twenty minutes.

r -Th6 loi, on board. Ca 'ique was 9 men killed ;
among Whom we' regret to nu-rnber Mr. Tuomrsoll,
the
_Master, &c. and 17 wounded, including the
First' and Third Lieutenants, Messrs. WARD and
BAKER. That of the Enemy is stated to have been
about .o,l4lled.and wounded. . ,

!`;iTtorri the infoimation obtained by the report
of the prisoners,,,wpunderstand that these Vessels
sailed urig'+,t~zlly fpm Lielvoetsluys on- the 16th
oetober, and railed at Cayenne with Dispatches ;
and that after remaining there some time, they
proceedea" to Martinique, from which Island
they:proc' ceded on their way to Santos Domingo
to cruize under the orders of General FERRAND
•
against all AmeriCan V-es'sels trading to the ports oc-
cupied.by the rebels; when they fell in, on the 25th
ult. with a King's Brig (supposed to belong to the
Wind Ward I3land station), which they engaged and
beat off, and on the following day were captured by
La Pique." - -

MIRANDA 4 while at St. Domingo, purchased two.
more American Vessels; the Bee and Bacchus.
One of the-Charleston Papers, which reached us
yesterday, states, 'that 'Mritiornfri, previous to his
leaving Jacquemel, declared that' his objet was to
, revolutionize the whole ofthe Spanish Settlements
on Terra Firnia. His means certainly appear in-
adequate to the undertaking; When 'we reflect on
the extent and yopulation of those Colonies,—,By
an accurate surrey taken last year of . the Provinces
dependent upon the Captain-Generalship of the
Carraccas, it was ascertained, that .the Province of
Venezuela alone, including Darinus, contained a
popUlation of 500,060 ; the inhabitants of
-Maracaybo were 100,000 in number ;. of Cumana
81,000 ; .of Spanish Guiana 34,600 ; and of the
Island *of Marg,uerita 14,000;
,makino• - a total of
728,000 souls. Of this population, the White In-
habitants form'about tl.vo=tenths ; the Blacits, three;
the effranchised Slaves, or their deScendants, four
and the Indians the remainder: Considering,. how-
ever, the fertility of the sod, which might be in-
creased a hundred fold, thlspopulation is very small;
and the trivial propOrtion of;Europeans amongst the
people arises from the diffictilties of emigrating from
the Mother Country—as ntrperson is 'allowed to
embark for Spanish America without an -express
order from the King, which limits..thatime of his
residence, and is never .granted except on com-
mercial business. This prohibition extends to; fe-
Males ; and even the Creoles, who visit Spain,
cannot return to their native country 'without ob-
taining permission from the. Court. On the other
hand, the predileEtion for the Mines attraEts to
Mexico and Peru all the Spaniards whose ambition
induces them to leave Europe ; and so opposite is
the system of emigration from Spain to that of all
other Governments,' that no individual.has been suf-

fered to emigrate to those Settlements since the year
1584, unless he procured strong recommendations.
But notwithstanding the revolt 'which, according to
report, now prevails in -the Carraccas, the subjea
of surprize is—how a body of two or three hundred
men, which the whole-force of MIRANDA does not
exceed, can forward the. ambitious views of their
Leader amongst a population of so many hundreds
of thousands.
• The Gazelle of Saturday contains an Order of
Council, in the usual form, for the distribution of
prizes made from'the subjeas of the King of Prussia
and the town of Pappenburgh.

ROY ~1L ACADEME

No. 384. Portrait of NI Byyan, Esq.—A. Por E.
No. 385. Portiait of 'a Young Lady.—llitto.
No. 31,39. Portrait of J. P. Curran, Esq.—Ditto.

Though these Portraits are only drawings, they
are eteCuted in such a peculiar style of excel;ence
as It) lie entitled to distinguished notice. They have
all-the force of oil-painting, and all the nicety of
miniature;_ and though.they are highly finished, they
are marked by spirit and expression. The first is
an -admirable likeness of Mr. BRYAN, a Gentleman
well-known in the circle of the Fine Arts. The se-
cond is an equally faithful Portrait of-Miss WHEAT-
LEY, daughter of the late Mr. WHEATLEY, the Ar-
tist. The third is a remarkably exaa likeness of
Mr. CURRAN, the Irish Barrister. • While Mr. POPE
can.produce such works as these 'he can have no
occasion to depeild on the precarious tenure of the
theatiiCal profession.

No. 76. The Brook.—A. W. CALCOTT•

A very pleasing and brilliant Piawe., There is a
kind 'of animation thiough the whole that gives an
original air to the piece, though there is nothing very
new in the subject:
No. 2E6. Portrait of W. Jones, Esq.—A. W. pAv ts.
This Artist is so successful ittsmall whole-lengths
that. we should not have expe&ed equal merit in
Portraits of the full size, if he had not a few years
since sent a very excellent Picture of PARISOT to the..
Royal Acarlemy.• This is a very strong likeness-of the'
original ; it, is painted with a firm pencil; and it is
chara&erized by force and harmony of colouring.

THE OPERA:—.The serio-comic Opera of Camilla
drew as numerous an Audience on Saturday to the
King's Theatre as has been seen . through the
' season. GRASSINI was quite herself, and was
highly applauded. NALDI also, 'thougih not entirely
recovered, exerted himself with • considerable suc-
cess. He is a very fine singer, and an AEor of
the first-rate ,merit in the comic province. The
Carpi de Ballet much enlivened the scene; but the
repetition.of Ninette a la Cour, first brought forward
on PARISOT'S benefit, was by.no means satisfaetory
to the Audience, who iddeed, expressed so much
dissatisfaction that, as “ the iron tongue of mid-.
night's-was about to strike, the curtain very proper--
ly put an end to the performances and the •dissen-,
tion eogether. • . .
A plaisterer and hii boy being employed to white--
wash a house by the day, were so' tedious," that,
tiring the patience of the owner, he• one day asked
the
.lad, in his'. master's absence; when he thought
they would have done 4 The boy bluntly replied,
that his master was _looking out • for another job ;
and if he found one,- they should 'make, an end of'
it that week but if he missed,,oe any other work,
it Would be the-Lord knows when
._bvfore that was
finished. . ,

the year L.79r, the .Rev. who
held a living not many miles from • Hull, returning
hoe from doing duty one day, attended by his
Wife and an old' nurse, their carriage broke down.
The ages of the parties, their driver, &c. at that
time were,as under, viz. the vicar,7s.years, his wife
83, nurse, 663, coachman 77, first horse 45, second
horse 15, and, the carriage 50 ; in all 429 years.
It is a remarkable fad, that in the year 1014, and
in the reign of thee Saxon King ETHELRED, a. law
was enacted to prevent the human race being sold-
to foreigners ; a custom having prevailed about 'that
time of' the English sellibg their children and kin
dred into Ireland for slaves,- with as little concern as
they did their cattle.
On the 13th ult. Mrs. ASHBURNER; wife of
'ASUBtJRNER, Maltster, in Pennington, near Ulver-
ston, cut her throat, but not so effedually as to
cause immediate death. She lived till themh
repenting the rash a&, and expired in great agony...
The -Common Crier of 'Lincolnshire lately gave
notice in the following manner :—" p yez ! This
is 'to give notice, as the two fair days have been wet
and rainy, the fair day is to-morrow."
By the late overland Dispatch, we have accounts
from Bombay to the 23d of February'; from. which
we learn, that an Mt of ,Indemnity has been pub-
, lished in favour of all the tributary 'Chieftains who
joined the Mahrattas during the late War. One of
the collations of the Peace with SCINDIA is the
submission of the Rajah of Jebangur. This Chief
escaped frorn Lord LAX: E when the power of Sem-
.wasreduced in 1.804 ; and retiring to the hills,
inaccessible to our Troops, has there maintained
himself by-plundering the,adjacent villages.
• The Danish Government, at the instance of the
French Minister,
.has prohibited all intercourse be-
tween.- its West Indian Possessions and • St. Do-
mingo. •

his not yet discovered who was the unfortunate
vi&im of the late fire in Chandos-street; but it is
,probable that he ,was a Clergyman, whose mind was
in some degree deranged, a circumstance that will
account for his having frequented such places, and
for the unhappy and discreditable termination of his
life.. s ' , . ,
k.. The- Second Report of the Commissioners for in-
quiring into the_Civil Affairs of the Navy has been
..published. It states, that the a&ual duties of the
Officers in the several Dock-yards
,are'so imperfe&ly.
'understood,-that an Officer who had served half his
'life in one Dock-yard,. if removed to another, Woad
find himself nearly as much at 'a'loss to knckv his
precise .duty as if he had never been in the service.
It then- states, that great inconvenience and dif-,
. ficulty had' hence arisen in carrying on the, busi-
ness at the Navy Office ; and 'adds, that to remedy
the evil,-the. Commissioners had drawn up instruc-
tions to be observed by all Officers and Assistants
uniformly in .the Dock-yards. The instructions
. are- annexed to the Report. They occupy 165
pages...
The Matches between Maddox and Cody, young'
Ward and Quirk, O'Donnel_ and Smith, ,and Ned
Belcher and a fighting Coachman, all Pugilists of ce-
lebrity, will be decided.this day in Essex. The Ama-
teurs of the fist'will have plenty of diversion. Cody,
Quirk, O'Donnel, and Belcher, are the favourites,
but bettings are nearly level.
A Publican, at Datchet, near Windsor, has pre-
sented to the-Public a list of diversions to take place
at Datchet - this day. Besides jingling, foot-races,
back-sword, cricketting for ribbcnis, maid; running
for chemises,_ Sze. boys --are to eat rolls and treacle
out of a tub of water, with their hands tied behind
them ; no boy to have a mouth mdre-than five inches
wide. .