The Sun.
London, England, 1801-01-19 00:00:00

If 111TEIL1 EN, JAN. 3.

in the gale of wind on the night of the +th inst.
a.large vessel, which appears from several eireum.
stances to have been the ihint;ngtor, Captain
G ARDINE it; of Liverpool, was lost near Beckfoot,
a few miles to the Northward of Allonby ; and it
is also too apparent that every person on board
had perished. She sailed from Liverpool, bound
to the coast of Africa, the 3oth ult. Since then,
the shore, for some miles, has been all covered
with wreck ; and, amongst a variety of articles,
such as cordzige, .:asks of Brandy, kegs of gun,'
powder, tv.e. the. surgeon's chest has been cast up,
in which was his journal. Ilis naive was Wit.-
LtAMS ; and it appears, from some memorandums,
that there had ben a disagreernent amongqt the
crew, and an intention'of carrying the vessel into
Wales. Nothing- more can be known about it.
It is remarkablelhat not a single body has been
thrown up.

On the sanie night a..vel,fsel, supposed to be
.an
Anierictn, loaded with Coffee and Tobaeco tin
bales), was lost at Carsthorn, near Dumfries but
all the Crel,v were'saved.

It is, said that Government llas applied to tbe
INl:ators of
.t4e East india Corivry, for' the

vice.

use of Stich ships as trettot-taktt. ap foi the com-
merce* of India this year; and sucb_aA. the Com-
pany has no otcasion for: these ships will be
employed in different rays: Such of.thetiv as are
fit for it; may be used al ships of war; and even
such as are no longer able to perfdrm the voyage
to the East, may be useful as a sort of Guarda
Costas for the defence of our own potty, rivers,
anti Bays 4 It is said that a great itiftbbet of ves-
sels will'be put upon this service. •
Government have direded the immediate equip-
ment of every ship of the line in a state for ser-
At Chatham the shipwrights hate begun
:o work two tides extra by candle-light upon the
Blenheim, of 90 guns, whiCh is to be cut down
to a third rate ; the Irresistible, Theseus, and
Zealous, of 74. guns ; Utrecht, of 66 ; Asia, De
Rio-ter, . Gelyiheid, Lion, and Standard, of 64.;
and Batavier and Besthertner, of 56, are also
under equipment at the same Port 3 and, in addi-
tion to the like energy in other of His Majesty's
yards, contrals have been concluded with the
owners of-private yards for as many 74's as they
can.immediately

In pursuance of the Order in Council of the
1.1. th, for the seizure of all vesscls belonging to
Russia, Sweden, and Denmark, nearly one hun•.
Bred ships ofthe two latter nations, have already
been detained in the River, Downs, Dover,
Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Yarmouth.

In pursuance of orders from Government, the
Commander and Crew of the Russian Vessel
Agathou, seized at Liverpool, hive been
liberated. This liberal ael was not necessary,
to shew by contrast, the gross Violation of Hu-
manity and the Rights of Nations by the Empe-
ror PAUL.

There was Friday night a hot press for Sea-
men, to assist in manning the King's Ships.
Captain BOORDER, of the Pj/acies Sloop, ar-
rived on Saturday at the Admiralty.

Captain JOSEPH HANWELL is appointed to
the Regulating Service at Exeter, in the room of
Captain KINNEER, removed to the Command of
the Sea Fencibles on the Coast of Devon.—
Captain THOMAS SPARKE goes to Jersey.
Lord HUGH SEYMOUR, some time since sailed
from Jamaica, in the Arobion Frigate, for Cu-
racao ; he Fas followed by the Meleager, of 3
guns, Legere, of 24, and Nimrod, of zo, «itlt
all the Marines belonging to the. Squadron on
that station, •to strengthen the Garrison of the
new Settlement.

„
During.a late storm at Jamaica, the top-mast
of the York, of 04 guns, was struck by lightning,
and falling on the deck, killed five men, and se.
verely wounded four others.

The Maria, INGI.IS, a vessel just arrived from
Charlestown, South Carolina, we understand
brings letters containing the intelligence, that,
contrary to. expedation, the votes of that Pro-
vince are in favour of Mr. JEETtRiON for the
office of President.

There has been a dreadful fire at New-York,
by which property to the amount of too,ooo
dollars has been destroyed.
A hurricane has done great mischief in the
City, the Harbour, and the neighbourhood of
Charlestown, South Carolina.

By the Maria,, INGLIS, from Charlestown,
which on Friday arrived/off Dover, we on Satur-
day received the following
Extra? of a Letter from Kirigston, Jamaica,