The Sun.
London, England, 1801-03-18 00:00:00

VIENNA, Fra. 23.

AccoRDINq .to letters from Triest, we have
advice .thit a Danish Merchantmtm, worth
70,000 florins, arrived there" on the r7th inst.
as a prize to an English man a war, who hook
her on the Coast of Istria, The Danish Consul
immediately protested against the capture, and
the President of the Imperial Sea Pepartmexit,
QUIRINI, is to deside the affair.

The Wirtemberg Troops in English pay hav•:;
returned home.

Bofh Cassel; near Mextz, and Ebrenbreitatiq
are demolishing.

HAGUE, MARCH 3.

THIS day the Dire tory sent a Message for re,
vising certain parts of the Constitution, and laY,
ing it before the People for acceptance,
We have- received intelligence here that the
Trade with France. has been again permitted
in Russia,.and that, orders were given by ;hat
Court to respeft the French Flag.

EXTRACT OF A. LETTER FROM ELSINORE,
DATED MARCH 7.

"The P!tt Nes ROYAL went over to lithiggiyrg
yesterday, to meet His SwED tsx MiVESTY, it is
supposed to consult on the necerisary measures to
be taken, in conseqnence of Dispatches which
had just arrived at Copenhagen from London.
" In consequence of the request of the English
here to be removed, his Royal Highness has ex.
pressed great .satfsfadiou at being relieved from
the unpleasant necessity Of ordering, them away.
" The Shannon Frigate has taken out ,of
gersund, two Engli4h Snips laying there as. Preach
prizes, and on the t tth another froin Stroangeri*
and has since captured three others."

The KING has presented the Rev, GEORGIC
WRICM Tj Minister of Kilma rilock, to the Church
and Parish, of Markinch, in the Presbytery of
Kircaldie, and County of Fife.
The KING has also presented the Rev. G.
Ton to the Church and Parish- of Ladykirk, in
the Presbytery of Chirnsick,
wi4t •
and County of Bor.

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From the LONDON GAZETTE, March 17.

Adm;ralty-Oice, March 17, 180 t.

Copy of a Letter from Archibald Dickson, Esq.
Admiral of the Blue, to Evan Nepean, Esq.
dated at Yarmouth,' the 16th inst.

SIR,

Be pleased to acquaint my Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty, of the arrival of His
Majesty's Sloop Favorite, having brought in
with her L'Optimiste French Schooner Privateer,
of fourteen guns and forty-seven men, which she
captured after a short chace, on the r zth inst.—
I enclose for their Lordships' information, Cap-
tain \Vestbeach's Letter to me on the subjea ;
and am, Sir, &c. &c. &c.

ARCH. DICKSON.

SIR, Favorite, at Sea, March 13, 1801.

I beg leave to acquaint you that at half past
ten yesterday morning, I chaced a Lugger from
under Scarborough, and continued so till 'ten P.M.
when I lost sight of her ; I then saw a Sail to
windward, to which I also gave chace, and cap-
tured ; she proves to be l'Optimiste French
Schooner Privateer of Dunkirk, (sailed from
thence seven days) mounting fourteen carriage
guns, manned with forty-semen men, commanded
by Jean Baptiste Corenwinder.

I amp, &c,

, - -
J. WESTBEACH.
Admiral Dickson, &c. Vic. &c.

Admiralty-Office, March 17, !Sol.

Extract of a Letter front Lord Viscount, Garlic:,
Captain of His Majesty's Ship tke Hussar, to.
Evan Nepean, El. dated Cove of Cork, the
I ith instant.
In latitude 34. deg. N. long. 25 deg. W. I cap-
tured the French Schooner Privateer and Letter
of Marque Le General Bessieres, pierced for
fbutteen guns, armed with four and six swivels,
and manned with twenty-four men ; from Bour-
deaux bound to St. Domingo.