The Sun.
London, England, 1808-02-26 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS

SCILLY, VEIL Q t ---Pnt'in here, by contrary,
winds, a King's Cutter, with Di,ecties from the
Fket of; Lisbon ; but being a bad sailer in beating
to windward. a-small Cutter is hired here for the
purpose of forwarding her Dispatches. •

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it.
Also just came in His Majesty's Ship Camel, with
the following Transports, viz. the Jane, Captain
SUNLY, Sarah, FORSTER,. and the Ranger, APPLi:-.
.I3Y, from the Cape of Good Holm, which place they
left on the toth December; and touched at St. He-
lena about Ist January, where_ they, were. joined by
the Adventure, PARKER, from the South Seas, for
London, which is alio arrived with them.

DEAL, FEB. 25.—Arrived the Spec/dolor and
Folkstone Loggers front a cruize, and remaln,in the
Downs with the Princes. of Orange, Trusty, Success,
and Pidgeon.

PORTSMOUTH, VOA. 2.s.—Sailed His Majesty's
Ship Oberon and Flamer on a cruize.

ALGIERS, Dec. 26, 1807.

" In my last I Wormed you that the Trench in-
terest here was daily losing ground. I have now to
acquaint you, that arupture between France and this
Regency is on the eve of taking place. - •
" A Spanish courier arrived here -a feW days ago;
and brougtit dispatches for the French Consul, in
• which he was desired to demand the liberty of all
the prisoners taken under Freni:h passports of whom
it appears there are 29 Genoese; but if the Dey, refuges '
to comply with:the demand, the Consul is immediately
to depart from hence, with all ..,the French subjects.
that are here. The Bashaw, on hit part, poSitively
refines, and tells the French Consul he is at liberty
to depart from Algiers the inotnenr helms discharged-
all his debts, but eat Wore. The Deyjustifies him Self
on the ground that the French never ofticially
formed him that they were masters Qf Genoa, or he
would, not have molated theM. When the English
took Malta,' the Dey. observes, they innediatel";
gave him official notice of the event, and in conse-
quence the Maltese were treated as friend 4. From
all that has passed, our, merchants censider w war
With France as concluded upon ; in which case Eng-'.
land will enjoy the exclusive benefit of trade with •
this country.
-" If we go to war. with France, we shall be also
at war with Tunis, for there the French interest
completely prevails.
" On the i nth inst. arrived here La Volage Frigate,
from the Fleet off Toulon,with dispatches from Lord
COLLINGWOCO, for the English Consul, but of wliat
nature has not yet transpired.
" It is with pleasure, 1 inform you, that we have
experienced no further shocks of earthquakes ; and,
all alarm on that head has entirely subsided." •

A .bag of letters was received yesterday from He-.
liguland of a very late date, but they brought no
news, the communication between that Island and
rho Continent being-extremely Cifficult.'
It was rumoured yesterday.morning, that BUOVA^
PART& had left Paris upon a prirney to Bourdeaux,
foam whence he was expected to proceed to the
frontiers of Spain. .
Mr. Downe, the Pedestrian,. started in Surrey on
Tuesday, to,go 35 miles a day for twenty days, and
he finished the' first day's performance near Liphook,
Rants. It has been,stated that he performed forty
miles a day for ten days with great fatigue, but tine
weather is likely 'to be more favourable for his pre—
sent contest: ,This match is for .f2OO • guineas, and IV'
Mr. Smithey stands half with the Pedestfian. The
odds are against the performance.
early yesterday morning. some Carpenters, who
were preparing- the mansion of Ludy- FtIANCES
MnUETON, No. 46, Lower .Brook-street, -, .14 the
reception of her Ladyship and tinily, who are. at
their ,conittry seat, knocked .at the amt., but could
not gain achnit ulna), and. at Jen. o'clock in lite toern.!'
ing it was judgettnecessiny- to make an entrance,..7.
Mrs. DEACON, fll6 housekeeper, who.was"the only
occupier of the mansion, 'could not be fond,: until '
the workmen iiroceeded to, the back kitchen,
,when
they discovered hey lying dead. Vroat appear;wees
it) general it wks atifirst'supposed.she had .been
tiered, as a wound had: beta inflicted on. the
of the bend of the .left arm, but. there was , scarcely
any. bleed- to, be seen, altl.n it, was two inches
.4)
depth, andaCross the veins. Dr. tinAVISIDE,'SitttO
had endeavoured restore animation, made the caso
'known 'at Marlborough,street 'Police-office;, at-gl
Boresa, the chief Clerk, mid HaMilton, the
()dicer, .were dispatched to make the necessary
investigation.respecting the death of Mrs. Deaeoii.
After searching, the house. for above an hour,
they at. length discovered, in the front kitchen,
which was darkened,. .a chair.and,a couverpane' co-
Nered with blood, and a pair of large seisms, which
were also bloody, on. the illoor. On the side,gl
the chair was a bucket nearly half full of blood,
so that it was evident 'that the wound .qf the, de-
eeased. had bled into the bucket, and the onlycen.-
elusion that can be drawn is, that the unfortunate
woman struggled into. the back kitchen., after
having nearly bled- to death. It is not. surmised
What were the motives that led to the death of the
deceased, who, on the preceding day, had received
a letter from Lady Moreton to get the house ready
for her reception. The body remains for a Coroner's
•

. SMITR lEU) MARKET, Ps). z 6.-
'his day's market was but thinly supplied- with
,difierent kinds of Cattle,; Beef and Mutton were
dearer than our last laSt report ; Vpal and Pork
fare
cheaper, and the trade, for the most part, was not
one brisk. rrhe business done ,in the Ilaymarket
wa'srixining ; Straw has got up its lute since Mon-
day's. Market,; Clover has dropped in price; Hay
cow innes'the same as per last. We subjoin a cor-
rect statement of the prices and numbers

To sink thi 0161 per stone of 131 b.
Beef 40. od. to ss. 2d. —Mutton 43. od. to S's. O.—Vest
6s. od. to 74. 6d.---Lamb os. od. to 05.,0d. ork 03. od. to
busts. sso.—Sheep, 38atc.—Calves, 300.
Mar 41. 103. tO 61. 66. od.--Clover 6:. os. o . to 71. os.
orl. —S tra w 21. Os. ad. to .1. ss. od.

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