The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-14 00:00:00

A CHALLENGE.

MESSRS, CURRIE and Co. Surgeons, late in.
his Majesty's service, challenge the whole world to
prove a single instance where their medicine and method of
cure haVe tailed of the desired died. The praCtice of many
years in this particular branch of their. profession, has not
given rise to one unsuccessful case.
The' continue to dined their studies to. the treatment and
cure of venereal-Complaints, and that derangement of the sys,
tem, which is the consequence of the pernicious and wasteful
etßds of a habit long and most unhappily pUrsued by the
yuk:ths of both sexes. -In the one it will be found to be the
unfailing source of barrenness; the other have its ravages fik
tally developed to them by a distressing state of debility,
which, if not timely remedied, terminates in impotence.
These are its remote and ultimate effeas, while consump-
tions. loss of muscular power, and various LerVous COmplaints,
usually characterise the earlier stages of this solitary Vice..l.-
Of persons languishing under the disorders incident to such a
habit, their treatment is simple, and has never proved unsuc-.
cessful in the course of a long, laborioui, and-much extended
practice. In the most obstinate and complicated cases of ve-
nereal infection, such as obstructions in the urethra, spungy
excrescences, hard tumors, callous ulcers, eruptions, semi-
nal weakness, gleets, as also
STRICTURES, _ _

Whether recent or of long duration, and which have baf-
fled the skill of other Praditioners, are by their present ini-
proved plan of treatment, elfeetually and permanently cured,
Nyithout the Patient .suffering the excruciating pa,n and
alarming hemorrhage which frequently, follows the applica-
tion of the lunar caustic. In the course of twenty years
extensive practice in this Metropolis, numerous cases of
Strictures have been and are daily under their care, the total
eradication of which are ettedcrl by a safe, certain, and expe-
ditious mode of practice, superior to any other yet adopted.
The weakness, relaxation, and debility proceeding from this
complaint is speedily removed, and the Patient restored to
sound and vigorous health. But where the debility has for
years existed, a proper perseverance in their restorative re-
medies, after the Stricture has been destroyed, is indispensa-
bly requisite to revive the slumbering sparks of life and to
reanimate the constitution."
Messrs. Curie and Co. may be consulted by either sex
with the greatest delicacy, secrecy, and honour, at their
house, No. 107, Hatton •garden.
Patients in the Country are requested to state the particu-
' tars ot their case, age, and general habit of living, &c.. &c.
inclosing a remittance fur advice and medicines, when the
sane will bb given or sent to any part of the kingdom. To
ensure that secrecy so essential to their undertaking, the
postage ot letters may be added to the accoilnt for medicines.
9th lune, iSa9.-1070‘liatton-gardco.

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TEST,

At twelve o'clock yesterdar 'his MAJESTY arrived
ftom Windsor at the lati.!.-en's Palace, where he was
received by their Rordi Highnesses the Dukes Of
YORK, CENT, and CAMIIitIDGE;

At two o'clock his MAJESTY held a private Levee,
which was. attended by
•
The Archbishop of Canterbury ; the Duke of Portland ;
Earl Camden, the Earl of Liverpool, Earl Bathurst, Earl of
Winchilsea ; Lord Mulgrave, Lord Heathfield, Lord Arden
(in waiting); Sir David Dundas. Sir Stephen Cotterel ; Mr.
Canning, Mr. Perceval, and Mr. Verney, (Groom in wait—
ing).

The following had the honour of being presented
to his MAJESTY :---
Major-General Paget, on his return from Portugal.
Lieutenant-General Grosvenor, on his return from foreign
service.

Captain Sparrow, Aid.tti•de-Camp to Lieutenbnt-Ceneral
Grosvenor, on his return from foreign service.
Captain Bishopp, Aid*.de.camp to Lieutenant. General
•Grosvenor, on his.return Porn foreign service.
Sir Henry Ha!turd, (late Dr. Vatighan,) on, being created
a Baronet.

Sir lames. Shaw, on Ins being created a Baronet.
General Robinson, on his promotion, anci..‘;eneral Des.
oh his appointment to the Bth Garrison Battalion.

His l'ilAJEsTy afterwards held a Privy Council,
and gave audience to the-Duke of,l'ottTLAND-and the
,rest of the Cabinet ..111tnisters present.
At six O'clock ..his MAJESTY left town for Wind-
sor.,•
-

Our Portsmouth letter of this day, gives a tpelan-
choly account, .which we hope. will prove greatly
exaggerated, of the Jamaica homeward-hound fleet.
The masterof a vessel from the West Indies, arrived
at Portsmouth, reports that the fleet had encountered
a dreadful- hurricane, in which the 74 gun ship
which convoyed them, and several of the'merchant
vessels had foundered, and, a great number were
much damaged.. The following extra& of a letter
from Captain Satnto, of the Samuel Barnett; air
rived from JaMaica, which was yesterday posted at
LLOYD'S), gives an unpleasant account of the fleet,
but by no means so disastrous as the statement in our
Portsmouth lettter :

Major-Getter:ll PAQET, who had the honour 'of
being presented 3esterday to his MAJEsTy, recently
lost his tirtn in Portrtgal. '

4 Yesterday her MAJESTY, the Princesses AUGUSTA,
ELIZABETLI, and Sorut A, accomponietl by the rtukes
of YORK, CUMRERI;ANp, and KENT, Ladies IL-
•CIiESTE,R, I. TUYNNE, and several Ladies in 'wait-
ing, proceeded in the carriages of the Dukes of YORK
and KENT, to inspeCt the new '4lteatre, Co%ent-
garden. The Royal party arrived at the grand en-
alike in Bow-street about two o'clock. They were
received by Colonel DEphOW, Messrs: 41ARRIS,
jun. KENIBLE, archit66, COPLANO,
the builder, and. Mr. BEANpON, and were conduct.-
ed- up the grand staircase into the • Boes,' from
whence they proceeded to the Stage, Pit, Gallery,
and through all the different apartments of the The-,
atre. The painting; decorations, and striking ob-
jeEts of the House; were particularly described by
Messrs. SMIIRKIL and COPI,ANA. The QuEuti and
PRINcEssEs appeared highly gratified with the beau-,
tiful and elegant style.novhieh the. whole is fitted
up, particularly the Green-room, which, in point of
taste and elegance, is entitled to, the greatest 'admira-
tion. The QUEEN took a scat in the pit, aud the
PattccEssgs eiplored the front seat of the Gdllery
in shOrt, 'every part of the Theatre was subjeat to
their inspection. Her MAJESTY expressed 'Surprise
at beholding so fine a sit-46litre raised in so 'Short
a time, and' atter the Illustrions Visitants had saris.:
tied. then...curiosity during an hour, they left the
Theatre at 3 o'clock, and nroceded to the Duke of
YORK'i Stable-yard, St, James's, where an
elegant. dinner was provided on the occasion. At a
quarter befoie tauEEN, PutNcgssE4, and
suite, left town for Windspr..
A letter from our squadron in Basque Roads con-
veys the following information There are eight
sail of the line of the Rochefort squadron now afloat
river, The three-decker has been fresh cop-
pered. They have only their- lower masts standing.
and have neither men nor Stores abbard. The Cip-
(ain of a vessel we have just detained and sent in sav,
that they' are tikarching every man they 'can find in
the country into, Stain they match thetti with their
lAnds tied-behind.

Sailed from Jamaica 20th July, proceeded With
pleasant .weather until August 27, at 2 A. M. then.
near lat. 41. 20. long. 45. we experienced a most
trernendobs squall from the South, with heavy rain;
which.laid a considerable part of the larboard-side of
the main=deck under water, in which state I suppose
we must have remained nearly an hour before it
abated, when it suddenly blew round to the Mirth-
-Ward. In the morning a ship belonging to Bristol
was close by us, with loss of bowsprit, fore-mast,
Maintop-mast, and [Mien-mast. Another in'a Si-
milar state, and several with loss of top-rna4ts and

• other damage.
. . .
" We remained the 2.7 th, and-part of the 28th;
with several ships, but much scattered, and in quest
of the Commodore, but was not able to see any thing
of him ; therefore at noon on the 29th, seeing seve-
ral ships a-head, making the best of the wind, then
2t N. E. I made sail and came up with them, and
for sevral days kept company, when we sepapted
by 'different courses."

Since writing the above, we have learnt that the
Argyle, LiGHTLEY, is arrived at Liverpool, from
Jamaica. She sailed from Port Royal on the 17th
July, .in company with nineteen! sail, and from
Negril on the 20th, with
_the fleet, consisting
of thirty-three sail, under convoy of the Fa-
vourite sloop of war. On the 26th saw several of
the fleet dismasted, and parted from them on the
27th. go the 6th Sept. spoke the Favourite, of
Greenock,. from Abrtinigne to Liverpool, who had
parted from the Leeward Island fleet 27th August.
Several of them had heen distnasted.

Considerable reinforcements are going out to all
the British regiments in.Poitugal—ernbarkatioos of
men and stores, hare been going on at Portsmouth
fOr these two days. The drafty' are principally for
the curds, the. Royal fasile'ers, 45th, 48th, 67th,
and 88th regiment's.: kgreat number of Officers,
among the rest, Colonel. I)Aat3OUCH, are going out.
'The 2d battalion of the 14th- Foot, 2d .battalion
6.4 d Foot; and 5 tst Font, are now lying in the
Downs; waiting a :air wind for. Portsmouth.
The. 28th (2d battalion), also in the Downs„ is or.
tiered to diseinhaik aft Utif‘k
A part of .colonel C..)citnANE's detachment is
also in the Downs, waiting a wind for the Isle of
Wight.

The Amelia ititztiida, Gll A HAM, which, had cleared
at Ncw York for Liverpool, wai stopped with seve-
ral other vessels which were leaving that port on the
12th of August, and compelled to give bond that
they would not sail to Great Britain or her dependen-
cies.

The Ist bMtalions of the. 9th and, 42d gegiments
disembarked at Deal, and tuarched for Canterbury
on Sunday last.
The troops which have sailed, and are under or-
derS to reinforce tie army Of .Lord WELLINo:rotz,
will be landed at Lisbon.; it being Wisely determined
to confine our opera:jam' for the present to the de=
fence of Portugal:

The Opposition Prints are making new aerano-.
merits, io case of a change of Ministry, but a par-
tial change will not satisfy them.' But, before the
Principals determine upon getting into orEce it
would be quite proper for them, if, they cannot im-
prove, tile taste of their literary retainers, to endea-
vour, at least, to correEt their manners, That these
AdvoCates for party should objea to men of abilities
and integrity is not surprizing, but it is something
strange. that they do tot attempt to divest themselves
of the Jacoi.n coarseness of thei; style. They tell
the public that the " system will not be changed as
-Long as LordEnorrand Mr. PERCEVAL continue in
power." This is decent,language ; but they pro-
ceed to say, that " while there are such nuisances in
the Cabinet as Lord MULGRAVE and Lord WEST-
AIUKELANp,7 &c. &c. We cannot bring ourselves to
believe that Earl GREY, and other leading 'Members
of Opposition, can possibly sanction such despicable
vulgarity, in reference to men of rank, fortune, and
integrity, however they may differ with them in po-
litical sentiments ; but it may be fairly considered as
a certain proof of the want of fa& and argument,
when the' advocates of a
.cause resort to the lowest
personality and most, contemptible abuse in support
Of it.

There have been a. numberot sick from the dif-
ferent regiments its Zealand, landdd every day at
Deal, for the last. week—the number how exceeds
2000, about ten of whom are buried daily. The
nature of their disorder has proved very fatal.

Colonel COCH I'ANE'S battalion and the Inwrness
Militia are to '.form a part of the.; garrison at Ports-7
Mouth, where the duty is very severe, on account of
the great number of French pri,oners,
. The Surgeon-General has been at Ports.mouth
making every preparation, foi- the cotrOrtable recep77
ti.otrof sickand ‘counded soldiers, a number of whom
arrived there on Tuesday afternoon in the Queen
Charlene transport, from Portugal.
Saturday his Serene Highness the-Prince of OA A'tslGE
reviewed, on the ground' before Government House,
the WhOle park of Royal Artillery of the Plymouth gar-
rison. This distinguished corpS performed their va-
rious firings in the most rapid 'and cOrre6t style, adz
vancing and retreating in a Most perfeet manner.
After the review, his Serene Highness was pleased to
express his unqualified approbation of the manoeuvres
and firings. His Serene Highness and a select party
of Oflicers, after inspeding the citadel, the case.;
Mates, and
,biamb-proofs, partook of an elegant din-
ner given by the worthy Commander in Chief, Ge--
neral England, at his house in the Citadel.
Yesterday a Court of 17reetors was held at the
East India House, %hen the undermentioned ships
were' taken up in part of the number to. be eng 'get'
for the ensuing season, viz.:--

Anniston, Cirencester, Alfred, Woodford, Earl Camden,
Surat Castle, Wexford, Elphinstone, David Scott, Exeter,
Winchelsea, Alnwick Castle, Canton, new-snip Prince of
Wales, Thomas .Granville, Ceylon, Plicenix, Preston; Hugh
Inglis, Earl St. Vincent, William Pitt; Alexander,. Tigris,
Anne, Diana' Euphrates, Sir W. BeriStey, Sovereign, North.;
umber4and, Indus, Harriet; Huddart, Sir S. LustiEgton,
Lord Eldon, and Carmarthen.

Dispatches were received, yesterday, at the Fo-
reign ()Bee, from Flushing. • They were forwarded
from the Downs by Admiral CiIIPBELL: They
contain an account ot'the progress made in the pre-
parations for the defence of Walcheren, and the oc-
cupation-of South 13eveland by tbetenemy.

The Court adjourned • at six o'ctock till to-mor.
row. " .

BRIGHTON, SEPT 13.

NAVAL NEWS.
PI.YMOUTH, SEPT. 22:—Came down the (►arbour The merits of Mrs. SIDDONS in Lad f 7 I
y i .1' QC 'et ,
are too well known to require any eulogium. She
and anchored in the Sound, his Majesty's ship
i performed that chafatler, last night, and for the lair.
'Jalouse. time at this place. Her brother CHARLES, for sue
Arrived the Tally-I-Ito, BANKS, from Swansea •
first titne, took the arduous part of lilacextlt, and ac-
gi/son, LOVERING; ,and Aid, LAKti, from .Neath ; cording to. the opinion of our best ci•iiics, displayed
such ability in his perfot mance througitout as would
the Spanish brig San Josef, from Gibraltar, last from
i 'have received the imprimatur of a London audienre.
Portsmouth, with wine, bound to this port ; the His
general conce.ntion of the cliano.ter evinced a
brig Dotpliiii, TREmAtx„ from Gibraltar, laden with sound judgment, and thougit there was a critical
barilla, wine, and cork, bound to LOndon ; the brig precision in die detail, yet it by no means lessened
the spirit and vigour of his whole performance.—
Diadem, of London, JOHN CALISY, 'Master, from
v We are sorry that Mrs. StpuoNs and the KEMBLE3
Gibraltar, with wine and brandy, bound to Guern- take leave of us to-morrow.
sey ;. the brig Alfred, of 1..,0nd0n; Jotti HuttpLE, Boa 1).-11..igit takes 74e Foundling of the Forest
s neiit this e.Venutgs. under the patronage of
Master, from Cadiz, laden with salt,' bound to this for i!
• . the Hon.. Mrs. .FIiNEAcE, and as he is des•ervedly
vesper:lo as an. actor, and for his good humour in
port for orders; the brig Harriet, of Scarborough,
JAMES LISTER, Pt aster, front Gibraltar and Salo, private life, he is sore of a limper.

laden with brandy, wine, and cork, bound. to this
port for orders and the brig Flora, WI%4.TIcKLE;
itl/4,145t0_, troy Cadii, laden with wine and cork,
bound to-this port ; sailed from Gibraltar the St 4
August, and from Cadiz the t 2th following, in'
company with 'a fleet; consisting of 4 sail, under
convoy of his Majesty's • ship Hyperion, Capt. Btto-
DIE ; parted company 'with the convoy, on the 2d
instant, off cape Finisterre.
Arrived the Poufs, LOWTHER, from SwAnsea,

SEPT. 43.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship 40,44, from off flushing ; also the. Fox,
DUCKER, and .?1,14ry , cLARIS,, from p)tFlott..
A•ship arrived this evening, froth the West Wiles,
I cannot learn her name, but her master landed just
now, and reported. that he sailed frhin the West In-
dies, in company with a large fleet, under convoy of
a 74 gun-ship, and that t.b.e fleet was met by a
dreadful hurricane, in which the man of war, and
Many of the merchant 'ships thundered, and most of
the rest were greatly datnaed. I hope the loss of
• • • •
tite convoy is only coujealure.

DEAL, SE SEPT.. lyNesty'st ship
Nassau, for Sheerness.
Arrived the centizur from a crtiiF; and the Eu,
ropa, of Wi)itcshaven, one of the Jamaica convoy.

SHEERNESS, SE'r. P.V.-7—Arrived th 9
Leyden And Latuna. •

Sailed the Sheerwater.
SEPT. 12.--4rrived his Majesty's ship /s 11; from
Xlushing, with troops.
Caine into the harbour his-Majesty's ships Peden
and Rota, the latter proceeded up to Chatham to re-

•
fit.
Sailed up the. • Wver.Thasues his. ga.iesty'ship
Latonai tole paid off.
The Manly has made the signal for a convoy for
• • •

FALMOUTH; SET.T. i I.—Sailed last evening the
Prince3s Amelia Packet, MooßsoN, with, thailsfo'r
Madeira and Rio de Janiero ; the Eliza packer,
3ANIPSON, With mails for Gibraltar, Malta, and Sicily;
and this evening -the Princess Elizabeth; FOIi,EST7
DALE, with mails for New York and Halifax ; and
the Lady Arabella ditto, •PUKTEOUS, with' ditto fur
Barbadoes and Jamaica.
Arrived this day, the brig. Albion from Gibraltar,
with wine and hat ilia ; and the ship Brothers,
CousTEus, with ditto; the sloop Britannia, ••••••-- -
CAMPBELL, from Algesiras, all under Convoy of his
Ma.iesty's sloop Hypei ion, 35 days passage; the re-
mainder of the conVoy.went up channel last even:-

mg.

TH E THEATRE.- Vie Point of'POUT High
Lqir..l4joui Soirs.an.d-,Tefreli drew a utArnepous au-
dience to the fiVmarket Theatre last night.--
YouNq was admirable in the first piece, and Lwroa
not less effeCtive in the second. 'The last. was well
supported by all the Perfoltners, and is brought for-
ward iu 3 manner creditable to the Theatre.

Mr. ArtNoLD last night, at the Lyceum, set a gaol
example, to theatrical Managers, in allotting the en-
tertainments to the benefit of the Performers in th&,,
Orchestra. The Band at this Theatre is excellent,
and remarkably cotre6t. The musical profession de.
serves this tribute of respe6l, for it is nut now what
it was many years ago,•but its members, in general,
are liberal men of known sense'arh: knowledge, dig.
tinei from their art, and are well received in the
higher circles. We commend Mr. ARNOLD, there.
fore, for shewing this regard to their merit, and aro
glad .that the behefit last night had a numerous at.
tendance., •

We haye been informed that vessels sail from
France
.with English licenses, under any colours
except Ftench or Dutch. These are • easily forged.
411 men of war have not got the list from govern-
meet of what are granted, and sepp,o,,se the French
Merchant sends a half a dozen with' the same, except
the same man of war meets with two of them, thp
forgery is not deteEtect, and they pass safely. They
bring nothing but French produce, brandies, &c.
On Saturday the Per-Or/frigate arrived in Margate
Roads (rem Walcheren, having lefi that coast about
noon on the preceding day. She sanded Lords FRE-
DERICK and WILLIAM BRNTINCK, Colonel DISNEY,
of the Guards, Captain Evri trs, of the Artillery„ the
Hon. HELEY HUTCHINSON, (the brother of Lord H.)
Hon, Captain WARuEND,EA, and fourteen other Mi..
litary and Naval grficers: Many of them being sick,
were brought ashore in their hammocks,.

The ilmeriCan schooner, with tobacco, for Ton-
ninge'n, is detained, and sent
in hereby the General
Hesiope letter of marque.

QC/1M SEPT. 8.--. Yesterday arrived in our har-
bour, his Majesty's sloop 11:elena, having in company
Le Jason French privateer, of -Bayonne, her prize,
out 26 days, but made no capture.

A Gentleman, who arrived yesterday, after a
short voyage of three weeks, from Riga, has sup,
;plied us with some' very recent information on, the
State of that pott, respeC4g which accounts so yerl
inaccurate were receivech ...There were about one
hundred and fifty ships. in the harbour, laden With
13.altic produce, which it was presumed, from the
advanced state
,ot the season, would in a few weelq,
set sail. There was no chrticulty about American,
shipping, nor any disposition in the pubpF Agen,is to
American interests, and therefore a greai
many vessels of other nations were constgned to the
Consul of the .United Stateg„ as the most a.clvanta-
gethis means of recclniniending them- to favoar is
the offices where thdir iiaperS were to be examined.
This Gentleman, off the coast of Sweden, net
20 transports, accompanied by an Finglis.h frigate,.
,which, it Was supposed, were convejing the Rus-
sian seamen to their own country, who were brought
froM the Tagus.`.
The Directors of the Bank, the more effectually
to guard against forgeries; as wellias to promote.
greater expedition in the, issue of their notes, have
put into operation a "new-invented printing-press,.
whereby the whole of each note, with the sum, and
double number, are struck offal once. A number ofse-
ith)r clerks in the. Note Office hate been employed
for some days in the operation of. printing, which,
wilt allow a considerable diminution in the number
of the supernurmlary clerks hitherto employed,

By a liriva!e vessel we have. received a letter fronl,
Malaga, dated the 25t h nit. Seventeen Danish ships,
in that poi; Here advertised to be sold. There were
about 10u of the/same nation in the djerent ppilS Of,
itThe cause Olt Clwffiel Clreo
th
uon ut several Spanish regiments in Zealand, at the
fdr ooumbtt
le)
ex pis raineensc,:wtahse;
emdeettaetz.
time when the Marquis DE LA ROMANA and his fol-
lowers made their escape from the Baltic .under Bri-
tish prokion. On this account the Spanish Go-
vernment after much indecision, has determined on
the condemnation..of the,ships.
With those who are unacquainted with the enter•
prize of the Merchants at Liverpool, and the corny
merce of that port, the following information may
excite wonder :—Since the raising the Embargo 'in
America, 300 ships laden with produce have ar-
rived. Three thousand ships are at this. moment in
the Docks, besides stoops and small craft, and • pro-
perty to an immense amount is now afloat, on de-,
murrage, the number of Revenue Officers being M.
sufficient for its discharge. - .

The investiture of his Excellency Lieut.-Gen.
Bkcicwrrn With the insignia of the Most Honour-
able,Order of the Ruh, which took place at Fort
Royal, :Martinique, on the 20th ult. was conducted
.a most splendid. and dignified manner by Sir A,.
COCHRANE, Knight Companion of the Order, and
Representative of the Sovereign on the occasion,
assisted by many principal officers of the army and
'navy invited for the purpose.

A mushroom, of a very large size, was pulled
last week, in a field near Bishopion, and is now in
the possession of a lady in Greenock.' It measured
in cizcomference at.t he broadest imrt, Dart, 43 inclieff,'
211 inches in diameter. Its height 9 itiCLICS, exclu-
sive of the stalk, and weighed bib. boz.

The LORD MAYOR is to hold a Court of Coturilo9
Council to-tnorrow, at eleven o'clock, to consider
the propriety of celebrating, in a particular manner,
the ensuing anniversary of his MAJESTY'S accession
to the Throne, it being the day on which he enters
the 50th year of his reign.
The Brunepc, from Mafia, to Liverpjol, has bee"
taken, retaken, and arrived at