The Sun.
London, England, 1814-05-21 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS,

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FA I.I4OtITH, TL 18.-L-Sailed the Osborne
packet for Halifak. Arrived his Majesty's ship
Goldfinch' from Bourdeanx, with a cuavoy ; the
Portuguese brig of ,war Men from Rio de Ja-
neiro, in 84 days, with dispatches ; on the 2d
inst. fell in With the American schooner privateer
Laurence, of Baltimore, Captain WESEL—SI e
mounts 10 guns ; in lat. 48. long. 13. she cap-
tured three brigs and two ships. The Windsor
Castle packet sailed from Rio for England the
same day as the Balen.—Wind 'E. S. E.
DEAL, MAY 20.—The whole of the fleet un-
der the command of his Royal Highness the Duke
Of CLARENCE remain in the Downs for further
orders.—Wind N. E.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 20.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Hope from the Downs, Tyrian from Ply-
mouth, Surly from Morlaix', with prisoners, :►aid
the Snap from Guernsey. Sailed his Majesty's
ship Briton to the Eastward. Went out of har-
bour his MjestY's ship Forth. Came in the Sir
Francis Drake.--Wiml Easterly.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 19.—N0 arrivals that are
likely to hying any information, and nothing sailed
to-dav fro -,,,t this port,---Wind E.
HARWICII, MAY 20.---Arrived the ChOrlettC,
STEWART, with hams and butter, from Rutter-'
darn. Sailed the New Union, with passesigers, for
Rotterdam ; Lady Nepean packet, with a mail
nod passengers, for Holland ; and the Thetis,
110 w-us, for ditto.—Wind E.

The Lords of the Admiralty have lately pro-
moted the Lieutenants of the Royal Sovereign
and' Royal CharlOtte yachts, who, Were serving
at the conveyance. of Loots XVIII; from this
Country to
,Prance, as welt as some of the Mid-
shipmen who were employed- in the flCet under
the command of his Royal Highness the Duke of
CLARENCE, the Commander in Chief.
By the last letters. from Barbadoes, it appears
that " the Pique frigate, of 3G guns, Captain
MAITLAND; fell in with the American frigate Co'n--
stitution, in the Mona Passage, but being to lee-
ward, s-he laid-to, fired guns,. and hoisted her co-
lours—the enemy, -however, kept his wind; and
was lost sight of in the night."

AFPRAY LE GRAND.—A dispute, attended with
• singular consequences, arose restsaalay iu oue Of
the Committee IlOoms of the
The Committee were engaged in discussing the
- I merits of the New Post-Offiee Billy- when, in the
course csf .the debate, Mr. H-- the
Hon. Member for ,S--y, made some observa-
tions upon the City of London, which called forth
a vindication of the. Metropolis from its worthy
Represeutative, , Sir The County
Member having, however, repeated his animad-
versions, they were repelled with consider-
able warmth by Sir sJ--; upon which his
opponent snatched lip an ink-siand, and dis-
charged it, contents and all, by way of argumen-
t= Atram6ntarium, at the head of the Baronet.
This, I ke the remarks, extorted the retort cour-
teous, and Sir J— returned the compliment with
another ink-stand equally charged. Both happily
missed their aim, aad the greatest injury svas sus-
tained by the surrounding Committee and by-
standers, some of whom, on revisiting the precincts
of the ehearful day, made a very whimsical and
piebald appearance.—The room was spun cleared
of strangers, and, we are happy to say, that, by
friendly interference, proper explanations and apo-
logies were offered and accepted, and the parties
shook handshefore they separated.
GREAT PEDESTRIAN PEAT.—Mr. THOMPSON, the
pedestrian, who started from London on Monday
seyinight, to go .60 miles a day for five days,
finished his Herculean undertaking On the following
Friday.—Mr. THOMPSON was much distressed on
Thursday evening, and atter going ten limas on
the last day his legs swelled, but he persevered,
and accomplished the task, which, next to the
BARCLAY match, is the first on record.
CURIOUS FACT IN NATURAL IIISTORY.—A mar-
tin last year fixed her nest directly over the win-
dow of the Inn at Rampside, in Low Fames.—
After her young were hatched she became a very
troublesome visitant, by throwing the cleansing
of her nest upon the window. The servant girl,
with more attention to cleanliness than humanity,
iemoved the inconvenience by destroying the nest
with a broom. The young birds fell to the ground
of course ; in the meantime the parents collected
a great number of their own species, who quickly
built a second nest, sufficient for the reception of
the distressed family, and the young were safely
conveyed to their new lodgings by the parents and
their assistants.—“Vestmoreland-Adrertiser.)
Some anonymous inflammatory hand-bills, dis-
tributed in the course of last week, exciting the
labouring manufacturers to dissatisfaction at the
pending alteration in the Corn Laws, caused large
assemblies-of idle and riotusly disposed persons to
hang effigies- of several respectable millers; farmers,.
and bakers, in various parts of Norwich- on Sa-
turday; the Market in consequence was thinly at-
tended, and less done .than -in many preceding .
weeks, to the great injury of all classes.
On Alanday afternoon, a woman residing in York-
street, Nottingham, put a period to her existence
by taking, a large quantity of' laudanum. The
poor woman was the wife of a discharged blind
sergeant, who is pensioned : they had been hut
•few days in Nottingham. It is assigned as the
reason for the rash act, that her husband pro-
posed to her to lead him out to beg, which so
hurt her spirits, that she was precipitated to the
fatal 'step of self-destruction. Afte' having swal-
lowed the poison, she ran Out of the house in a
stare of delirium, and Was 'overtaken, with her
youngest chil.i, On the Forest. In the frenzy of
despair, %%hen first laid hold of, she wounded a
man in His wrist with' a knife so badly, twat it, has
rendered him incapable of atteading to his bnsi-
ness. Having, however, been scented, she was
brought _borne, and medical assistance rendered
her iarm,ediarely, but without effect. She (hell
about
,tine o'clock at night. The wretched hus-
band is left with two childrcaa

111IPErtIAL PA 4LIAMENT.

'OUSE OF LORDS, MAY 20.

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Counsel weru rl finally in Cl^ Appeal Hepburn v. crown.
Judgment was r .eci, • •
C9lnt!:t. were tin- liy hear,/ in the Appeal CliadwM: v.
Jo,lgui.,t confirmed.
In the Appeal Waii,:r V. .6-ibson; the I,;rd Chancellor, at
consideri.bie length, eicprt.--,ed his opinion (in, which hews;
cort6rnte:t by Lard Redesttoie), that the Judgment of t!:
Co,irt of Session should be in tin main confirmed; but tha
there were scree ,dints of it on which consideration was ne-
cessary. ,Tm)_:tuent wusen:;srplently postpoo,-:.
'f!it.! Marquis of 1-IuNTTLuIt presented Several Petitions from
Aberdeen, apilist the pnposed alteration in the Corn Laws.
Ordered.tolte on the table.

DULWICH- COLT.:7F.GE.
Lord KENYON plesented a. Petition from ti!,e Rector,
Church wardt.ns, awl. Inhabitants of the'Parish of St. Luke,
praying that the -,ulwieli College Bill mignt not pass into a
law. The Noble Lord woved that the i'vtitioq should lie on
the table.

The Earl of LAUDERDALE contended, that the greater
par of the matter of the Petition( was wholly irrelevant tothe
Bill in q.:,2stion.
Lord KENYON presumed, that at any rate the Noble Lord
wonld'uot object t,b allw the Petition.,o lie on the table.
The LORD CE NCELLOR states, that it was impossible,
from iae mere hearing of a•Petition of such length, to ascer-
tain its exact nattAre. Lie sugy,eitcd that the den,te upon it
sk)Uld be adjourned; to which suggestion Lord Kenyon
agreed. •
Mr. Brogden, Mr. Lygon, Sir James Graham, Sze. from-the
Commons, brought up the Elide lluty Bill, the }reach Goods
Bill, the Custom and Excise Duties Contiaaation Bills, the
Irish Pat-Office Regulation &c. which were severally
read a first time.

The scotch Verdicts Bill, the India-built Ships Bib, and
the Irish Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, went through Committees.
The Sitar 'r)umy Bill was read a third time, and passed.
Viscount Sin.mou'ria- presented a Petition from the Priso-
ners confined for Debt in Bristol Jail, praying relief. Ordered
to lie on the table.---Adjourned to Monday.