The Sun.
London, England, 1813-12-28 00:00:00

JA MA I CA. MAIL.

By the Jamaica Mail we have Jamaica Courants,
Kingston Chronicles, anti Royal Gazettiv, to the
date of the nil October, from, which the follow-
ing are 'extracts :
HAVANNA,rSATT. 6.—The Ainerkan Insiwgents
arc again rising in .East Forida. From Pensacola
gentlemarnol respectability mentions that ap-
prehensions were entertainvd that the Atnericans
would take possession of that 'place.
SAME, Am.—The Spanish commerce is now
much annoycd by the Carthugenian privateers.
We understand there are 18 of theta.

.11Ell'AttiDA), JUJA phenome•
non of a most uncommon. nature has ionic its ap-
pearance ‘vithin.a few
.nights past : It rises in the
South-East, and is eNtremly vivid. On Thurs-
slay evening, when looking at it through a good
Clay glass, u flame of a light yellow colour, the
extremes of which were of a bluish cast, issuing
from it, was very discernible,' which seemed agi-
tated by a. strong current of air. The body ap-
peared to be an immense globe of fire, issuing a
flame, which sometimes gradually decreases, and
.again linrsts forth with' apparent fury. The phe-
nomenon, when seen through a glass, has an up-;
pearanee similar. to the crater of a volcano.
lirom an Havanna Paper of the 7th inst, it ap-.
prats that an aged priest, Guatimala has latoly
upplied hinfsell to the production of Opium in
that, proyince, and hag- succeeded, to a degree
that promises to make his discoveries a great na-
tional benefit. The Guatimala Opium is said to
be of a mach superior quality to that which can
be obtained *out the Levant, the Fea Opium,
whirl) is the best, being used by the 'Forks them.-
te es, and only the inferior finalities exported.

LOSS OF THE D.EDALUS..
LFrow tht szsintry and Winchester Journal.).

BRUTTON„ of tkii city, has put into our
Muds a letter from his brother, Lieut. Winton,
Of the marines, giving an account of the loss of
the Datctalus frigate., No,partieulars of this itn,.
fortunate circniastance having yet. appeared:" in
the public papers, the following extract froth the
letter alluded to will excite much interest :

AlAnitAS, Atm,. 5,1813.—1 t is with extreme
concern I announce to ysiti the total destruction
of the Dmdalus. We, on the Ist of July; after a
prosperous though tedious voyage,'with our con-
voy, made the island of Ceylon, near Point tie
Gene, and Were not more than four days sail from
our destination (Madras) when on the nfornitig
of the 211, about eight o'clock, going seven or
eight knols an hour, all hands .were roused and
alarmed,, in consequence of the ship touching the
grourd : we all rushed on deck, when the dis-
. tressing truth too evidently appeared—the ship
bad struck and grounded on a shoal ! Fortunately
for us and convoy that it did not occur in the
night ; if it had, certainly not a soul would have
been saved to relate the lamentable tale. We re-
mained on the rocks about twenty minutes, 'and,
while the boats were ascertaining the deepest wa-
ter, the ship gathered way, when sail was imme-
diately set, and she once more floated. Whilst
agroried, we observed the }'else keel and some'
splinters separate from I,er, but had hoped that
the damage extended no further. 'A report was
now made that she leaked very much ;. the pumps,
which had been previously manned, were vigo—
rously worked, and for some time our excitions
seemed successful. The principal injury was sus-
pected to be far aft, and 'not much under water
mark. •A. sail, thickened with oakum and. tar,
was got over thp 'stern, with the idea of
stopping the leak, but without effect. Soon
the outer was giVim to throw all the guns, with
their shdt, &c. overboard, which was done with
the greatest expedition. All bands were alert
with hope and zeal, km! most active in the dis-
charge' of their duty. The carpenters now de-
dared the leaks to be far under water, about the
keel and stern-post ; the rudder .Was found to
work so much,. that it was thought judicious to
set It unshipped, which Was very soon. done. The
lower pica of the stern-post was et this tune ob-
served to be gone, the water gaining considerably '
on the pumps, and fast approaching. the lower
deck. Another sail ,was now got over the stern,,
thickenedAe. us before, .for the purpose of stop.
ping the leaks, if possible, which were now dis-
covered ; but, alas ! only to spew their extent
and danger, and where the stern-port fed out, a
stream was observed to rush in nearly as large as
s man's body. ,the state of the ship 'was now
nearly hopele..ss ; every expedient was tried to
stop the leaks; but they were. too numerous anti.
large to be remedied by any means. The ship's
crew were exhausted, by uneemitting labour at
the pumps for eight hours,, and seeing the water
gain on theta considerebly 'spite Of their eker-:
tions,..they began to flag. Nothing remained
untried to save the ship,' hut I am sorry to say
without success. It 'was now thought neces-
sary to provide for the saft.ty of the people.—
. They were put into different boats in waiting, and
taken on hoard the nearest Indiaman. At this
time the ship begun to take in water at the main
deck ports, and was very. fast settling ; copse-
siptently we were well assured that her time for
• .
,:rtillallllllg visible above water was very short ;
when the allicerS, after seeing .the ship's coin-
' pally out of her, and after going through every
part of the vessel vet above water,.foe the purpose
Of making sure that not about remained, with heavy
hearts quitted the ship, Our worthy Captain re-
mained till every one was in the boats, and about
six in the evening he also took a final leave of her.
In about five nutiuteS after she fell on her beam
MIS, and Contlittitti so nearly a minute.; then lac,
rightiA, shoving only' her quarter-deck pOrts
above water, when gradually and majestically dis-
appearing, the
,Daylattis , sunk for ever ! I assure
you time sight watsverylawful--I trust I shall never
witness any thingof the kind again. lam hap-
py to add, that every soul was saved, with time
greatest part,ef their private property ; the prin-
cipal oAtferers are among the officers (myself in-
cluded), having lost nearly all their traps. I had
almost, forgotten to tell you, when we,tirst struck
on the rock,, we threw out necessary signals to
the coovoy, WhiCli prevented tbem'lmin sharing
tits same fate Al ith atit,seir.l. Two of the con-
SAM but did not receive any damage."