The Sun.
London, England, 1806-12-10 00:00:00

A CIIINESE BED CHAMBER.

We understand that a. Spanish mercantile house
lately received an order, from the Court of Spain
for the complete furniture and decoration of a bed-
chamber, fitted.up agreeably to the Chinese costume.
.Such an article is now in a state of. great rbrward-
ness. It is, without exception, of the most costly
and magnificent arrangement ever witnessed in this
country.
The bedstead is composed of pillars in rich bur-
nished gold, at the base of, which are placed green.
and -gold dragons; lizards, and other Chinese in-
se&s, entwine around the pillars. These pillars
again support a most noble canopy, at.the angles of
which are placed similar dragons, supporting trans-
parent janterns,, richly mounted ib or;thotaii, and
decorated with variegated cut-glass, in imitation of
emeralds, sapphires, &c. The whole of this canopy
is divided into compartments ; on the outside, with
highly gilt mouldings, and covered with the richest
crimson satin. A pheasant, the emblem of Chinese
ROyalty, surmounts -the whole. The' curtains and
counterpane of this -bed are of the richest foreign
crimson silk, fancifully embroidered in colours. The
borders are worked in various devices, with real gold.
The curtains are made irr a style to correspond, each
being finished With the dome, equally grand with
the bedstead.

The carpet is made entirely of silk, after the
manner of the Persiang, with a border of gold. The
moveables of this room are painted green ; the or-
naments of which are of the best or-indulu, made
at Paris. There are six .pannels, in this room,
namely, from the basement to the, cornice, tilled
with plate-glass, on which are painted Cilinese land-
scapes, after the manner of that country. In the
centre of the room is suspended a very handsome
transparent lustre, on which appears the moon and
stars, in gold ; the ground of the lamp being blue.

We mentioned some time since the marriage of
the Hon. Miss to a young gardener. The
Chester Paper says upon this subje& Our Read-
ers will recolle& having seen in the London Prints,
a few weeks since, an account Of a Nobleman's
daughter being smitten
.with the person of, and mar-
ried to, a young-gardener.-He. is. a native- of the
neighbourhood of Wrexham, and arrived there with
his fair and noble spouse on Monday last, where
they intend' residing."
The shop of Mr. Sargent, watch-maker, in Jer•
myn-street, was beset by three fellows, one 'evening
last week, who were. observed lurking about, the
shop-1,015d0w. A young man in the shop attempt- .
ed to see what they were doing, but the knocker .of
the door was fastened to the railing, so as to pre-
vent its being opened. The thieves Made theit‘
escape, but pra4tsed the same stratagem in -an hour
after, broke the. shop window, and decamped with
many valuables, before the door could be opened.—
A similar robbery was committed in Swallow-street,
on Saturday evening, and another attempt was made
on Monday night in Oxford-street.

RICHARD HARRIS, Of .No, 4, Martlett.court, Bow-street; and published by VVILLIAM ARMICIR SCRIPPS, Of South Molton
ICU, No. i if.), Strand; , where Advertisements, Orders, fur the Paper, Letters for the Editor, tic. (post-paid), rr.

LOSS -OP THE ESSEX.

Some further Particulars concerning the Loss of the. Ship
.Essex, in the Red Sea, the Massacre of her Crew, and vi
Mahomcd Ikle, the Pirate.

In the year t 803 a numerous body of ArabianS
of the seed of the Wahabees, under their leader, the
invincible, and, as they think, divine, Abdul (the
BONAPARTE of Arabia), twice sacked the city of
Mecca, destroyed the Tomb of the Great Prophet
Mahomet, and committed dreadful ravages on the
unfortunate inhabitants of all that, 'country. After
this he subdiled Medina, another city sacred in the
eyes of all good • Mussulmen, and conquered nearly
all the country Situated above -MOCha on the Eastern
side of the Red Sea, introducing a new'religiba en-
tirely subversive of the Mahometan faith. Somili
of the followers of Abdul betOok thethselves to A
new employment, that of plunderingand destroyHi
the Vessels of every nation that sailed on the Rea
-Sea. Among the rest, Mahomed Ikle
distinguished himself, having purchased the Island
Carnorin of the Sheriff, or -Prince of Loheya, whicla
is made his head-onirters, and froth 'Whencehe has
spread more terror than did the lincbane6rS for-
merly against. the Spaniards. He sail's:in a sta'onz,
well armed Vessel, with a numerous crew,- made tip
of fanatics like himself, and-enemies to every na—
tion excepting their own, 'the'l.Valtribees. Unfor-
tunately this Pirate was, with- his Ship, at Mucha,,,,
when the ill-fated Captain ORNE-arrii..ed in thap
Essex, off' Salem, with (50,000 dollars, to pur=chase
cargo of coffee. CtitK..e was -tint to be had at mar-
ket, and Capt. ORNE Was altogether at a loss, how to
proceed.

An ErL;li,h Merchant -('whose name we have not
learned) understanding- the embarrassed 'situation of
Capt. OlitiE, informed him, that if he would pro-
ceed GO Miles thrther up to a town called Hadido,
he would there prsocure coffee lower _ than usmilly-
asked for it at M.,cha, and oiFered himself to go itt
the Essex, and ei,eente the whole business for-thy,
trifling commission of 'su per cent. Captain
OR NE listened to this advice, and finally agreed
to it. The Pirate Mahomed by some means ciine
to the knowledge of all these circumstances, and
had the address to pq,suade Captain OitNE to re-
ceive on board'about thirty of his crew to hap to
navigate the Vessel, and pilot her to Had;do. Tit*
Essex sailed in company -with the 'Pirate's Ship ;
night approached, but, alas ! not one pf the una,rat-
nate crew were( fated to behold their country ap";:in,
or the light of another day. At a given signal, the
pirates on board feli,upon the crew with their kni es,
the Corsair ranged alongside, and in a few minutes
not an Arnerican was left to tell the sad tale of their
destruction.. Theheadless body of the Captain, and
mutilated carcase of the Englishman, floated on
shore ; and, being recognized, ,received the rites of
burial in a far distant land. The Essex was pluudercd
and burnt.

On Saturday morning, about eight o'clock, the
body of a man, unknown, apparently about 55 yt,:its
of age, and 5 feet 8 inches high,. dressed in a lig!:t
drab great coat, a pepper and salt coloured under
coat, buff cloth waistcoat, with the regimental but-
ton of the R. H. G. bucktin breeches, tan loather
gaiters, very good shirt and shoes, and a good ha%
was discovered, with his throat eut, in a tied be-
longing to Mr. Douglas, near the- Holt House, a
little on this side Wokiugharn, Berkshire;. a few
halfpence were found ip his pocket, and a clap
knife; under him there was laying a razor, (n.edlia
a wooden handle, so as nOt to be shut.--A Coo-
.per's Inquest, was taken, when the Jury, halind
fully considered the case, returned a spceial verdia,
according to the circumstances.

S lIIP N

GRAVESEND, DEC. 8.

Passed by—the Hannah, l'aylor, from Charlestown ;
Hayenatolston, Stable, fruin Maiaga;
fruin Motiel ; and Egenoria, Cowper' from Hasnoro%
SJiled—the lanntte, Calder, 'tur Buenos. Ay:es;
ford, Yotmg,:tOr St. Vincent's; .I.ndy Ilarewood,' B:enau,
for liarbatioes ; H I vg, isken, for G.ittenburo ; SovCreign,
Than Ats, 'Denning,. and Lord kOrbn, Asks, ta lA_
MllO.