The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-14 00:00:00

bUBLLV, JAN. 10.

. . .
pn.SttudaYlast a meeting.toak- place at Chintroaci,
neat. Faiths, between ..14uss arri Lieu-
tenant C7,--LY, of the, Artnagh Militia, The tormet
.Gentlernan:was attended: by Major At of.
the Clare Regiment, and the latter,by an Officer of
the Armagh ; of tet.exchanging two, shots eaelh with-
out etrea, the husine-ss,was arnicalgy adjusted.
On: Mondothight, the 6th itistittlt, Capt. Coons,
,of the Vethard :Cavalry, hadttg. heard that an
armed banditti was to attack the, house of Mldif..
HEEPERNAN, of Barret4own, ne4.11.. Fethard, to rob
hini3Of fire-arms, called on. a few of his Corps and
a party of. the 23d Light Dragoons,. with I.vhich,he
proceeded on foot to the.place,.. about three miles,.
and ,tlicte concealed. himsel,f, and .his . ,party in
the out-offices, when ,shortly.. after .they saw
some ofthe villains come to . the door; „armed,
abodt twelve
,eclock. at night, v'ith a gun :and
v blundertm, a-nd , ceremony broke
it open, add "elitered, the, house ; Capt. CooKE;
with sonie of,the party insiantly rushed in and
'seized on tines
.or the fellows, :Who Were in the a(t.
of discharging their plebes -at the 15:iity, tied them,
and Marched thetii int6the'gdard:house of Fethard,
'froth Whelice they ‘'.,ere committed to the jail of
tlonthel, b) Captain cOOKE.. :The tem-Ander of
the banditti tied On seeing the 'Military by the light
of the Moon.

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toiarAturt, it is said, is to ekatt the EleEtots of
,„
‘
BAVARIA and 11' EMAERGIntO Aings, for the set--
Vices tlley have rendered
,him,dUring the late
Campaign. It would he but cmsistent if he weru
i't:so to give m(Marclacat dignitil' to the ,Landatmnan.
Pf Switzerland, and the OTtan d ?culinary of Hal-
kland, who have been equally deveted to him. The
feelings and printiples of tile Swiss and the Dutch,
Who are republicans, are not there worthy of his
regard than those attic French, ,‘.l:to, after having
Sworn " eternal hatred to lthlgi," are now re-
duced to the Most servile and abjea submission to
Imperial trsulepatiom
As a proof of the 'consistency ot the Opposition
Writ*, it is prol;er to remark, that the very same
Paper Which has
,beep river and over again reproach-
ing Ministers for not having Sent some efieciive
Force in aid of the Allied Powers, now bitterly
'complains that the tritish Tfoops which have been
sent abroad are absolutely thrown away. It is
needlessto observe, in" answer. to this inconsistent.
thaleVolence, that our Troops were sent at- 41 time
when the wanton cause of European States wore a
more favourable asped than it does at this moment,
and ..A.IAI it would have been the height of absur-
dity to predi& such disastroits events
.as have.
fortumtely taken place. •
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Last week Mr. TURNER, who was. many-.years
Steward to Lord ELLtoT, and much respeded, after
Coining home in perfed health, sat. down in .1113
chair and expired. His Lordship's coachman also
(tied Suddenly the same week, without any pievious
illness..

Durin6', the. Funeral Procession of Lord lircr.s6N
up the River on Wednesday last, a Lady of the name
of BAYNE, related to the late Captain Wm. BAYNE,
who lost 'his life hi the West 'lndies, under Lord
RODNEY, was so atkaed at the scene, that she fell
into hysterics, and died a few minutes after.
Sunday morning, at nine o'clock, the Funeral
Cra which conveyed tiiIVPITRatTIS. 'Of- the, honoured
and greatly regretted Lord NELSON to St. Paul's was
taken from the King'A Mews, at Charing-cross, to.
Greenwich Hospital. It was drawn by six of the
_King's black, horses, with three postillions in the
royal, liveries, attended by a coachman' on horse-
back, and escorted by 2 strong, detachment of the
Royal WestminsterVolunteersfaccompanied bya part
of the band of that cerps. The spe6tatorss_ as may
be supposed, were very numerous.
It was doubted whether Divine Service could be
performed at St. Paul's while the scatfolding used
for the Funeral of Lord NELSON' remained there.
On Saturday afternoon the Bishop of CHESTER, the
Canon in residence, determined, that the experi-
ment should be tried.. The doors leading to the
scaffblding, as well as every other place, \vete or-
dered to be kept fast, and the Public to be admit-
tedinto the Choir by the gate near the altar. The
Minor Canons, the Vicars Choral, and the young
Gentlemen of the Choir, bad on their black silk
gloves and scarfs, the same as they wore at the Fu-
neral of Lord NELSON. The Cathedral being so
unexpe&edly opened for Divine Service, only one
person attended, till the Psalms were nearly over.
The Sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. HoLMES,
one of the Minor Canons. He took his text from
the i 6th chapter of JOB, and 17th verse: The Rev.
'Gentleman embraced the opportunity of preaching.
a Funeral Sermon on the death of Lord NELSON.
A Bust of the late Lord NELSON is carving at
Plymouth, for the head of the Conqueror, of 74 guns;
more than ordinary care is to be devoted to its exe-
cution.

A boy about fifteen years of age, in Ratcliffe High-
way, was so terrified at the storm on Friday morn-
ing, that lie fell into convulsions, and immediately
expired.

on the 18th ult. a fire broke out in the dwelling
of a poor cottager, at Much Dewchurch, Hereford
'shire, which destroyed the whole of his Lute pro-
perty, and reduced himself with a large family to
great distress: A poor man, in humanely endea-
vourina to extingUiSh the flames, unfOttunately
perished by a wall falling on him he,has left a wife
pregnant, and several children, to lament his un-
happy fate.-
On the night of the t 9th ult, a are broke out at
the house of Mr. Jo4U Hazard, jun. in Burford-St.-
'Martin, Wilts, which burned the house, with part
of his goods, and some wearing-apparel, all unin-
sured:

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Last Thursday night a young woman lost her
;way in passing over Datchet Co neon; and the nigh
:being extremely dark, she fell into a ditch,,,and was
unfortnnately. t'irOwued. •
On * Friday - morning, 'between two and three
o'cleek, the Observatory. of ColOnd BEAVFOY, of
Hackney-Wick, ..was. hrot-e open, and a variety of
articles oivalue stolen—ainutig them was a curious
nautical-clock. •
. A bather, of Brighton, of 'the name of Tattersall,
usually distinguished as Doc tor Tattersall, while en-.
deavouring to procure salt water, on Thursday after-
noon, in a pail, unfortunately felt over the Groyne,
and, ere any assistance could be given him,. was
4ro

EASILINDIES:
ExTll4lcT VT A LETTER; DATEJ) PACTOtiY:,
MOcEIA, DECe RECRtVEO
AT EO)IvCRAY, ot; !nig .1 I T.t oP, ittl!tEl, I , „
" We arrived • here in the' Patithe?-;;ltfter an ex-
ceedingpleasant 'passage of only fottrteett dttys, h'nd •
Lord VhLENTTIA was received with the most marked
attention by Mr. Pantott, the Resiclpt. The se-
cond day after our arrival, Viscount VALENTIA; ac-
companied by the Resident, and the other Gentle-
men of his, party,- paid a ceremonious visit to the
Dolotif Mocha, and were received _by,that Chief in
very gre)A state, at his palace,- in the. western quar-
ter of the bity, the
_splendour and 'pomp displayed
on this -occasion far exceeding.any.thing cf the kind
I ever witnessed' -at any of our Eastern Durbars.—
Abotitfifte.-en or tWenty state horses Met, us, imme-
diately afterdeaving the ,Resident's house,. most su-
perbly caparisoned, and the animals the mostbeauti-
fal I ever beheld ; thec are-. a peculiarly-fine and
high castk frcrn-the vicinity of Sanaa, the residence
'of thelmaurn,-, and the capital of ,Arabia t'elix. I
understand Lord VALENTIA intends prosecuting his •
voyage on Western, or Abyssinian side, towards
Spez, :with.a view of exploring some parts of that
coast, and:islands contiguous, that have hitherto
escaped . the notide or observation of navigators in
those seas, and for which. purpose the Panther will
sail from•hence in a few days.
• " In all probability I should have deferred ad-
dressing you ,until our arrival at Suez, had it not
been owing to a very extraordinary and unfortunate
circumstance, an account of which may nut be un-
interesting... .
" The ship Alert, CaptainMotatfsoiNr, from ",-2n-
gal, bound to Bombay,
.sailed from calcutta some _
time in June, in company with eight other vessels,
but, from some accident or other, parted company
from her companions.
It appears that part of her Crew, consisting
of from fifteen to . twenty Arabs, rose and mur-
dered the Commander and Officers, and some
other Europeans on board, to the number of nine
persons, and possessed themselves •of the Ship,;
they immediately changed the course, steered for
the Arabian Coast, and, after much difficulty,
made the Island of Soccatra, Where they continued •
for three weeks or a month ; during which period
they disposed of as much of the Ship's cargo as
they 'were able. From thence they made the best of
their way to Maculla Bay, and; on their arrival, an-
nounced themselves 'to the Chief of that Place as
belonging to Moosa, the rich Monola, at Tellicherry.
Here they endeavoured, for some time, to get. rid of
the remaining part of , the piece goods, of which ar-
ticles it appeared a great part of her cargo had con-
sisted. •

", Purchasers, 'it seems, they
.met with in ibun.
dance, for so ignorant were these wretches of the
value.and current price of the various articles they
exposed to sale, that they offered them frequently
from 50 to 76 per cent. under the -natal prime cost
of these articles in the markets at Bengal. This,
and 'various other circumstances', leading to a suspi-
cion that they could not have come by these things
fairly and honestly, and suspicion being fulloed
.up by inquiries, the foregoing catastrophe was soon.
discovered ; but it appears, that as soon as these in-
quiries were set on foot, and there appeared a pro-
bability of discovery, . the .villians who perpetrated
this horrid deed made their-: :ape, and fled to
Sahar, where, it is said, they now are.
" The foregoing information was communicated
to Mr. PRINGLE by a person employed in, his irate-
rest, and who is at present at Aden, to Which place,
understand, Mr. PRINGLE means to proceed, for
the purpose of reclaiming the Ship and Cargo (it any
.remains) as the property of British Subjects.
By subsequent information, we understand,
that on Mr. PRINGLE'S claiming the Ship Alert and
Cargo, as British property, she'was immediately re-
stored by the Chief of Maculla, with all the pro-
perty which had tallen into his hands,,in conformity
.to an account received from 'him, after deducaing
some very considerable charges for various disburse-
, .meats on account of the ship." • •

. On. Thursday last an unfortunate affair took place
between Major T. of.the t oth Militia and an Officer
of the satne,regiment, which terminated rather un-
favourably with regard to the Major, who received a
.ball in his thigh. Only one round was fired, and it
is believed the Major's pistol went off as he was
falling.
pugilistic contest took place yesterday at Bays-
water, for ten guineas, between a Carpenter named
Jameson, and Stephen Higgs, a Yorkshireman. The
Yorkshiremau had publicly declared, that he was a
match for any bruiser of his weight. His opponent,
who possesses a -good deal of science, but seldom
praetises, accepted this sort of challenge, and agreed
to fight for the above. After a 'hard-fought battle
of 35.minntes, Higgs Ni,as beat. _

At the different (churches and Chapels in Black-
burn, during the last year, there were 777 christen-
ings,- 580 burials, -and 25$ marriages ; being a de-
crease of in the former, and an increase of 168
burials and 25 marriages, between the years 1804
and 1504,..

At the Churches in Carlisle, during the last year,
there were 3 G christenings, 9.05 burials, and 108

marriages.
A few nights since, an Officer belonging to the
loth Regiment of J.ight Dragoons; riding over
Barnes Common from Putney to Richmond, ixa,
stopped byia single footpad. The Officer was de-
terminal not to be robbed ;' both their pistols fiash-
ed.in the pan, and the Officer rode off without be-
ing robbed.
On Tuesday- last George Siggery, a fine little
boy, was stmtbrtunately killed; by having his head
accidentally pressed between two beams of a horse-
mill used for grinding clay, in a brick-yard west-
ward of Brighton, which crushed his head to atoms.
Coroner's Verdic-t—ifccickrital Drath.

A Gentleman. that deals in -comparisons, 'and-who
generally well-times them, hearing a friend speak of
a common praCtice, exclaimed--," Aye; as common
as to wish the compliments of the season at Christ-
mas ; or for Dividend. Receivers to purchase a Lot,
tery Chance."--Never was a comparison tnor4 apro-
pos tO4he mothent than the latter.-t•rDividends to an
immense amount-are now on payment at the Lark
while one cf the most advantageous- Lottery Schemes;
ever const-ritaed invites , the Receivers of the pi.
vidends toi risk .a trifle, for the chance of adding
largely to. their present quantum of Stock.