The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-23 00:00:00

SHEERNESS, OC"I'. 22.

ARRIVED His Majssty's Sloop BLiter.7, Captain
EDIA-ARD KITTOE, from Yarmouth.
Sliled the Crash, Pivcher, and Tcazer, Gun.
brigs, for the Downs.

Yesterday a Launch took place from the Dock-
,yard atVoolwich, of a. new Seventy-four gun ship,
called Thi Plantagefrete This*Ship was built upon
a plan furnished by Admiral GAMB IE R, when one
of the Lords of the Admiralty; .and' is coniidered,
by judges of Naval Archiletture, to he of singu
larly fine mold, and exquisite proportions.. She is
upon a large scale, but without a poop, so that at
a distance at sea she may pass for a large Frigate.
—The Launch took place at half-past One. The
ceremony of throwing the' bottle and christening
her was, performed by Commissioner HARTwELL
of the Navy Board ; and she went off very finely;
amidst the huzzas of a vast crowd of admiring spec.
tutors. •

The Right Honourable the. LRp.MAYOft will
hold his last Court of Aldermen at-Guildhall-on
Tuesday. next, previous to going out of Office, for
the .dispatch 2f public business, and the eledion of
Searchers, and Sealers of Leather for I,eadenhall.

A report having. prevailed on Wednesday from
the French Papers, of the capture of the 7amaiatz
Packer, a Premium of 75 per cent. was paid on the
Insurance of the Penelope., She was underwritten
to a great amount.

The Mail brings intelligence that the AmbrisMile
Frigate from Cork, and the Gt-/ami Frigate from
Pcirtsmouth, are safe arrived at Jamaica with their
Convoys.

New-York Papers were yesterday received tip to
the gth of September, the contents of which are so
extremely uninteresting, as not to present a single.
article in the lost degree worthy cilbeing extracted.
We state, with pleasure, that no appearances of the
yellow fever have, during the last summer, been
discovered in the 'United States, ,

l'he people in jersey and Guernsey already feel
the most essential benefits fr6m the Peace.: Meat
has. fallen in, those Islands from ts: to 6d. per lb.
and 'other articles in the same proportion.

On Monday very large.droves of cattle of all de-
scriptions were driven out of Smithfield Market,
because the Butchers would not give what was de-
mAnded. The quantitcles. of pork that will very
soon be on sale at Id. and Bd. per pound, will niake
those repent who do- not accept the 'prices now
offered.

'At St. Faith' Fair; in Norfolk, which Com-
menced on Saturday the t7th-inst, there was a very
large show of cattle ofall sorts, particularly' prime
Scots, for the turnip countries; but though the
drovers reduced the prices, Nil W. per stone, there,
were buit'few sold, As none of the. principal, graziers
had attended the fait the three first do's. •
Colchester Fair on .Tuesday last was well stock-
ed.with'beasts, particularly Irish oxen rind sreOrs,
riot many of which were 'sold,. awing to.the4raiiers
requiring a further reduction of prices, whiCh the
salesmen were not dispOsed to Comply with:

At Hay Pair, Breconshire, onSaturday, there was
a general stagnation of busineSs. For pigs, although
offered at a redudion of one-third in the prices
they sold at the preceding week, there were no pur-
chasers. Butter was very dull of sale; at gs. per
stone.

A country butcher; who sold his neat on Satur-
day morning in. Bristol market for Bd. per lb. sold,
in one lot, in the evening, z cwt: o€'prime beefand
veal at 0..4 -
A dealer in bread was yesterday tonviaied; by
the Sitting Magistrate in Worship:street, in the
full penalty, of 161. for having sold 'eight hot rolls
on Sunday morning list.

A Gentleman aiming out of the pit of Covent_
garden Theatre, on WednesdKy night,: lost a small
paper parcel, containing Rills of Exchange to the
amount of 30,0001. which was picked up. by One of
the centineis. A reward of zoo guineas was offered
for the finding of the parcel. The soldier, on being
informed cif thecircuipstunce, returned it to the
ocvuer, and received the promised rewardE