The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-23 00:00:00

r.l/4;DIAN SCALPS.

• Plll'6'6'll2'o- 1117, 1791.
We, the subscribers, encotiraged by a' large subscription,
do propose. to.pav 100 dollaes for every busl.ihe Indian .ealp,
with both ears, if it. be taken between this date and the, 15th
day of June next, ,by an inhabitant of Allegany County.
- GEORGE WAI,LIS, ADAMSON TAGNEMILL,
• ROBERT ELLIOT', WILLIAM WILKIM+, jut).
" WILLIAM AMREIICON, JoLIN

, •
The preceding Worthies, it is said, are the prin-
cipals of an association of the most civilized, hit
mane, and pious inhabitants cif Pittsbitrgli,, and
some of them, wr beliti.c,. arc .numbered
the Tamahaw patriots in' and' out of CongresS,
who are calking loud for the indignation of "till
Chrisiendoin" against those whom. they have com-
pelled to become their enemies, and whose 'me:d-
imes of defence and retaliation are nnanimously
described " .as of a character disgraceful to civi-
.lized nature."

- • Halifax, June :30.—0n board H. 111...5. Valiant.
I" On the Ist instant, cruizing MT New London, one of the
finest sea-ports in America., belonging; to the State of Con-
necticut, about nine in the . morning, there cainc, Mit of the
Harbour, two frigates, and one sloop of war, On purpose to
tale us. Wohad the Acasta frigate in
.companr., Cbx Ame-
rican frigates were the President, and one they inn( taken
from us some time ago. They bearing down behire the wind,.
we prepared instantly for action Omit- on perceiving us give three
cheers, throwing our tables and stoois.orerboara, tio.y hauled
their wind, and madosail—we chased theitu for sixteen hours,
until they took shelter under their batteries. We anchored
gnn-shut, right before the town, aunt that night
sling 1 heir cables, and went six miles farther tip the river.
.
0 hare them so snug,' they never can get out unless sunk or
burned. T. RAWLEY.,..

• - ,
CAPTAIN STIFLING—This Gentleman, whose
singular case we stated in THE Sus ti few days
since, still remains in the Tower; and by the care
which has been taken of him, has acquired,sorne
strength; but be has in no degree recovered the
use of speech, flis-life is now cOnsidered Out of
danger, but had be been carried to a watch-house
on the night he was found, it is probable he must
have perished:. It is remarkable that the Water-
men who landed him at Billingsgate have never
come tbrward to give any explanation of their
conduct, nor have they been in any-way
Paper and pen and ink have been placed Isefore the
unfortunate Gentletnan, and he has endeavoured
to write, but could only produce some
scratches, among which, however, there scented
to be an intention to represent the ‘vord Boni,
bay."
That valuable corps, the Royal Artillery, is to
be augmented by the addition of another bat,

On the passage of the Frolic, Capt. MITCHELL,
last week to Portsmouth, from the Downs; she
made het number to the Niobe, Capt, MONTAGUR,
which ship is in attendance on• 14.11.. H. the Duke
of CLARENCE at Brighton. As soon as his iloyal
Highness understood it was the Frolic which had
been captured by the American sloop Wasp, he
expressed a wish to go on board her, Ivhieh he
did in two hours afterwards, and held a levee,
The o 1 ceps were introduced to his Royal High-
ness, and complimented- on the native gallantry
they bad displayed. •
We have much satisfaction in stating, that ou
the 'late iuspection made by the Hon. Commis.
sinner BOY LP. and Dr. BAIRD) of the French pri.
toners at Forton, PmcbeSter, and on board the
Prisonships in the Barbour, it proved, there were
( 154 patients in the hospitals, out of 20,680
prisoners. These were all slight cases, not one
of typhus fever, or of any acute disease, except
such as had arisen from cold or iudiscretion. -
Two French officers, on parole at Jedburgh,
lately made their escape from thence. They were
assisted, by a watt of the name of James Hunter,
wbo, after a diligent pursuit of him, was appre-
hended at Softlaw smithy, on Friday last, by
Robert Aimers, one of the constables of Kelso,
He was conveyed-to Jedburgb, and, after an exa.:
nilaation betore the Sheriff, in which he acknow..
'edged having accompanied the French OT,licers to
Newcastle. he was committed to jail.
At Scarborough, on the 14th instant, at aigi,t,
a Frenchman, supposed to he an officer on parole,
provided himself with a boat, and ‘vent'off from
that place,
The inn and hotel keepers of Maidstone ceemed
resolved to profit by the attraction Which Nichol-
son created]. bed was not to he had at less than
one, guinea a night, and halt a guinea for the use
of a sitting, room. The latter was indeed demand-
ed from lodgers, who were obliged to breakfast in
their bed-rooms. For board the charge was
prOpOrtiOn to that for lodging. Posting
1
at Is. gd. per. toile.
(13:31:114t'clatelisIC:) citoti;iged
tyofChaneery after a lon. trial in•the
matter of lidridp,e, a lunatic, on Saturdayt' lust,
was adijouriNd till term.