The Sun.
London, England, 1801-12-25 00:00:00

LONDON,- DECEMBER

By our. Plymouth Letter, we receive a confirma-
tion of the intelligeaCe contained in the last Paris
Paptrs,\ of the sailing of the. Brest Fleet,• which
took place on the 15th inst. It is stated to con-
sist of Sixteen Sail of the Line, of which Eleven
are• French, and Fide Spanish, o:Tether with FOrty
Transports. The number of Troops is t0,000.--:
Their destination, it has already I:?een repeatedly
gthed, is Domingo.

TWQ.liirmbgrgb Mails still remain due.
Their Royal Ilighness.es the PLUNCg of WALES
•- and the .DUKE, of CAMBRIDGE 'have been on a
shooting party at Sir HARRY Fg'ffiERSTONE.
tiAtiGH'S, at Up-park, where the PRINCE of
WALES killed above anhundied pheasants; besides
other game.
ft is said that no more French Prisoners are to be
pe'emitted to return to France, till after the Defini-
tive Treaty is ratified..
'The Ratification of the Danes to the Convention
signed at Sr.
.Petersburgh, was received by the
last Messenger from the North ofEurope."
The Meeting of the Booksellers and Printers at
the -CroWn and Anchor TaVeim, on Tuesday laSt,
was Very numerous and respeAable. It was una.. .
niinously resolved to petition Parliament for the' re..
peal of the last Duty imposed on all Paper, Paste-
board, and IVlillboard.
. On Thursday se'nnight r7o sick, under size, and
aged Soldiers, were discharged at-the Lines, Dnck,
from the z9th Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant-Col.
Lord F. MoNTAGUE.
Mr. POLE, Wbo has declared himself tr,Candidate
for the Queen's County in Ireland, sthe tepr6enta-
tion of. which is vacant by the death of the. much_
lamented Sir JOHN PARNELL, Bart. is next brother
to the MarquisWELLEO,E;r. Mr. P. added his pre-
sent,to the fa.mily name of WELLELEY, on succeed.;
ing to the estates of his relative, the lath '-WNI.
POLE, Esq. •
The return of Peace has preduced sentiments of
moderation and good-huniour even among those
who were most divided by 'political principles and
opinions. A certain Nobleman, hOweyer; does not
seem to be affep,ed by these kindly feelings. He
is still anxious' for inquiry, and rett3ut;on. The
.present does, not. satisfy him; he must probe into the
past. But Mr, PlTr.and 'his Colleagues condutted
themselveS with so much regard 'to' the honour
and interests of. their Conntry; we can have little
doubt that all the investigations of the Noble Lord
will tend to bring new lustre on' the charaelL. of
men Who so ably 'C.onduaed the vessel of the State,
through the most dangerous seas, and the most tem-
pestuous weather whichit ever encountered.
At. is asserted in the Paris Journals, that the last
Books of LIVY'S History of 'Rothe, have been dis.
covered to exist at Morocco, in the Arabic Lan.
f'kuarie • • '
•

. When Mr. Holland, in the Court of Chancery,
called one' of. the workmen of Drury-Lane 'Theatre
i! the little Carpenter,". the title was-i.received.with
some tokens of resentment ; but thiS was a designa.
tiOn applied to a- great Indian Warriqr, and Mr.
HOLLAND therefore, perhaps, intended •to signify
that the person alluded te... was well c.#lculated to
fight the hattlfs of the Proprietory.'•
On account of - die number of 46lions which
are. broUght into our. Courts relative to Shipping,
Na'v'igation, &c. it has been recommended as a ne-
cessary part of L,7rrister!s education, to pass an ex
amination at the Trinity House,- and be rated ac...
• eordingly. It would certainly be .proper for.Bax-
risters to pass an examination somewhere ; but it.
4f.enlS to be the fate only of Witnesses to be rata.
Great anxiety
.seems to prevail among the Oppo-
siricin Writers for a renewal of Payments in Specie
.at the Bank. This:.aniety „is very creditable to
.the feelings of the writers. in question,' as it relates
'to a- sabje& in ,which' they cannot be supposed to
have the least interest.

TA.L LEYRAND is said to have solicited with suc-
cess the erasure of three persons from the Emigrant
:List, as a personal favour from the CHIEF CONSUL.
One of these persons is the brother of TAL L EY..
RAND, who, by this aft, seems to chew that his
sense of consanguinity has not been completely re-
riidutionized.

It is Well known that the Veterans who preside at
the ekaminations ofSurgeorns, question veryminuiely
those .Who wish to become qualified. After answer-
ing very satisfaEtorily to the numerous inquiries
made, ayoung Gentleman Ivas asked, if he wished to
give his patient a profuse perspiration, what he would
prescribe. He mentioned many diaphoretic medi_
cine in case the first failed,. and had some -hopes
that he should pass with credit ; but the .unmerciful
question thus contiqued-.--Pray, Sir, suppose none of
those succeeded, what step- wciald you take neit?
1f Why, Sir," rejoined' the enraged and harassed
young. l'sculapilts, "1 would send him here to be
examined, and if that would not hint a sweat,
I do riot know wh?t would.",

On Monday evening last, M. G. LEwis, Esti.
M. P. had a fall from -his horse. at the corner of
Lower,Sloane.Lstreet, 'and wae.a.good deal hurt.' He
was taken in a state otinsensibility to a house in the
neighbdurhood, and was, immediately attended by
a Surgeon; who bloOded him, and sent him home.
Yesterday morning was taken into custody by the
OfficeiSlX.BoW-Street, on a charge of house-break-
ing, ''Leoikaid White and .Upping. White. In the
apattinent§ 'of the latter, in Mary-le-bonne, were
found a quantity of picklock keyS, 'iron crows, and
i'ini)lenient for. hOuse:.breaking. 11/bite is
also eliaraged withescaping from NeWiate.

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, D2c. z. 3.

BY a 'Vessel which arrived here this morning
from France, intelligence is received that a Fleet,
consisting of Eleven Sail of French? and Five Sail of
Spanish Ships of the Line, with Forty Transports,
having on board Ten Thousand Troops, sailed from
Brest on the tsth ipst. for St. Domingo.