The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-21 00:00:00

LONDON, AUGUST zr, iBor.

INTe have great satisfaCtion in being enabled to
state from good authority, that the British. Troops
which were sent early in the last month to the Island
of Madeira, for the purpose of assisting in the
proteftion of that. Island if it should be attacked,.
were landed there on the asth ult. and were, re-
ceived as ti*,,,-ViienclS and allies of the Court of
Portugal.

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The Hamllarkk Mail of Wednesday had not ar-
rived when our-Paper was put to Press.
This being the Birth-day of His, Royal Highness
, ,
the DUKE of CLARE NC E, wno completed . the 36th
year of his age, 'En EIR MA J EST lES would receive
the Compliments of 'the Nobility. at Gloucester-
Lodge.
- Another instance. of the liberality of the Commer-
cial,
World is to be seen in the -front of our Paper,
in the- Subscription entered into at -Lloyd's: Coffee:
house, for - the- relief of such brave Men as have
, suffered, or may suffer under the Command of Lord
NELSON, in defeating the attempts of the French
for the,lnvasion of this Co.trntry. The sum imme-
-diately subscribed was upwards of 2001.
Accounts were yesterday received in town, of the
death of General Lord ADAM GORDON, Colon& of
the .Ist Regiment -of Foot (consisting of two bat-
talions), and Governor of Edinburgh. Castle. -
... • •
The return of Lord ST. HELENS from Paters_
burgh; may be very soon expeclect" According to
the letters from Petersburgh of the lath ult. iVII.-
GARL GARLIKg had received Credentials as EmbassadOr
to succeed him there
Mr. SAUMAREA, brother to Sir J. SAUNIAREZ,
has these few days been, appointed to a Civil
Situation at Ceylon, worth =poi. per annum. The
present Administration will not be condemned, even
by the Morning.Chvonide, for tardiness in shewing
their sense of-distinguished services rendered to the
Country.
Mr: FINCH ITArro resigned- his 'office of Under
Secretary 'of State, inn thetHome Department,, on
Monday last,• and is succeeded by Sir GEo. SHEE.
FRINCE ROYAL Of PRussiA, born on the
z9th of June been las ten baptized by the name of
FREDERIC (.:HAE.LES--'ALEXANDER. 'The cere-
niony, whiCh was exceedingly brilliant, took place
at Charlottenbourg. Among, the persons present
were the Duke .-,12f OLDENBOURG, and the Prince.
BishOp .of Lir s EC. Those present-by proxy were
.the Empress of GERMANY, the Emperor and Em-
press of Rtrssi A, the Prince and Princess.of WALES,
the Archduke CHARLES of AUSTRIAI the Duke of
BRUNSWICK, thellereditary Prince and Princess of-
MtcKLENBURG SCHWERIN, and the Margrave'of.
ANSrAC,H. •

Capt. YOUNG, of the Royal' Artillery, insrEteii
on the glacis of the Citadel'alt Plymouth, on Tues..-
day; the arms and accoutrements' of the Plymouth,
or ,Prince of Wales's 'Regiment of- Volunteers 3
Langmead's Volunteer's,. PLy.motith Rangers,_Major
JULIAN; Plymouth Blues, "Major, CuLME. The
very few•,arms that were yinerviteairle 'were con-
demned. • After 'the' inspeCtion, Capt.'Youtco ex-
pressed his approbation of; the soldierly appearance
of the different Cdrps under arms, and also of the
high 'order in which he foUnd- the arms and accou-
trements. •

Bfimproving our native floCks with a judicioustnixture of the Spanish wool, Lord SOMEILVILLE
has this season sold the wool of his fleck (including
weder and chilv,er bogs,) to staplers in Somerset-
shire, at one guinea p,er fleece, which alio proved an
excellent bargain- to the purchasers, the average
weight being upwards of 611 b. per fleece;

• Letters fromJ3uty.;.:of the-iBth insr.,state,: that
the prices of l.grain.have greatly declined'. in their
rnarket.".- Th4r4orice .of the finest English wheat on
Tuesday wAs:)gerl. too-905.. Barley 32:3 to 4.05. and,
Oats 245. tolo.,per quarter. The Wheat is near.'
ly all got. in,:in-:that ,part-.of Suffolk, the'weather
having been extremely fayourable'; the-quality and
quantity exceeds,the most sanguine e:zpedations..
The following quantity. of Grain was last week
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synpoo pito Hull 4 quarters of wheat ;
2857 of oats ; 305 of :barley ; 4 of pease; .314 of
yheat flour ;, 5:4. of rye flour ; io of Indiarr meal
and 122 tierces of rice. . • '

The S. W. Paulson, ---, from Virginia. to Li_.
yerpool, is put back to St. Bartholomew's ;n dis_
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PLYMOUTH, A. 1,.

• StmoAy night last the Boats of the Renard and
-I.a Safi:tante Sloops of War proteeded up the river of
N9rlaix in order to cut out a French Cutter which
lay at anchor three miles above the Outer Batteries;
-whic.h gallant attempt would certainly have been fol-
lowed by success, .11-.ld they not in their way fell in
with a boat which gave the alarm, and they were in
consequence fired upon, and obliged to retreat, -after
having five men 'wounded, two of them badly, who •
were brought over in a Cartel that arrived here'
this morning. • •
Arrived a French Merchant Brig (name un-'
known), laden with wine, pitch, tar, ;cc. cut out
of a Bay near Rochefort by the boats of L'lliron.
del& Sloop of War, and others. • -
Arrived the Revolretionaire Frigate from Cork,
and L'Oiseau Frigate, Capt. Lord AUGUSTUS 1' ITZ-
uoy, from a Cruize off the Coast of Spzlin.• The
latter came into.Harbour this morning to refit. .
Arrived the Spanish Chasse Marie Franciira,
laden with wheat, from St. Andero boun'd to Co-
runna, captured on the loth inst. by the Phcen;x
Privateer of Jersey, which, vessel has Also taken
five other Spanish and one French Merchantman,
laden_ with wheat.