The Sun.
London, England, 1809-01-14 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

•
YARMOUTH, JAN. O.—Sailed ,the DM tutor; of
,61gtins, Admiral BURTIE, for ;the Note ; and the
4u orR, EKELANp, for Gottenbargh, with iron,
81q.

'The 'le: el Squtuiron is expeaed t 9
row .under the,orders of Commodore PATER, Of the
Princess Carolinp. , •
ltemairr—koebnclr., BeltzrophOn, Aboukir, ,Princeis Caro-
line, Stately, Calypso, Rosarnond, Sarpett, BritOinart, Ar-
nest, and Forward.

. POE SMOUTIT, JAN. 11.—ArrivO his Mtljesty's
, •
Ships Mathes, .Tpleigenla,. Fis4ard, and kmsicird,
from the Dawns. •

Several Transpor(s here are ordered to hold them-
selves in readiness for piling.

JAN. 1 i.-.---Arrived the Eliz;al:etit,
&tan, from•Tfinidad, a running ship, in to wee4s,
Left the following _ships for Clyde : Mary Ann,
DICKIE ; Thine, *TAGGART; and Jean,. FINNIE ;
the latter ship. was
.completely loaded and cleat for
lea,-..-and tite Vanguard, RISING, for London.
• The iiriadne, STEVENSON, from DeMerara, spoke
on the nth December; the Brig Jane, Stiaxcatt, of
and to Poole, out three weeks from Newfoundland,
under jurymasts, lat. O. 43. long. 23. 44.--Dec.
28. at 3 P. I‘l. passed the wreck of a brig, 'with her
bowsprit and. part of her mainmast• standing, her_
quarter-deck off, and stern stove in, without any
person on board, apparently British built.—Jan:
spoke the Brig Spanish'Patriut, Hict, 31 clays from.
Lisbon, bound to Liverpool, short of provisions and.
supplied her. r
Arrived the Ocean, WiLsorr, :from . Quebec,
whence she sailed on the 23d November : had ori-
ginally sailed on the 11th, in company -with the
Mint, DRYSDALR ; Neptune, BIpSART, and a large
spar Ship belonging to London, all bound to
maica, but was obliged to put back, in cotisecf,tictice.
of damn° she received in a gale on' the gith,
which The following' Vessels suffered
Wasow, for this Port ; and iVeva; Jiro London,
driven on shore in.Xamauraska Bay, but without
much damage. .
We have .seen a' letter regarding the
.Farner,
which states, that it was apprehehded she would
not be able to.get off till next spring (2d ult.) btu
should she be obliged to winter there, will be 'per-
fealy said, and:Clia iles4 of Hall, and
put back to Quebec; the fOrMer
having re4eivod,rntleb• damage, the latter with loia
of atteneri and cables. The I,ady Barri igloo way
1041 on Hare Island Reef. The Banterer Sloop of
'War wai lost on port ,Neufe, in __St. Lawrence, latter
end of October, crew. saved ; and a Trausimrt sailed
•
in company with the paean to take the ere* to, /jail
-
fax. On the 24th November, otT Green Island, spoke
the Mite, DaysDALE,
.011 W4ll on ;the 23ti•olt. in
54.7. long, i 2. 28. :.was boarded by the Princess
CliarlotieTrigace, cruizing for the protection of: the
North Channel.

The following vessels would ba ready to 'sail in
a few (lays after the Ocean : Gla:yguw, Of Gl494e-
ntouth, -, for Port Glasgow ; Jane, ft

GFangeintntth ; Francis, l..lurro 14, tbr Liverpool;
and Reliance, W t9r
Arriveh the Ruth, W AtIREo,
.frotn,Li4bon, in ?.7.
days. Left loading the indowing Clyde Ships
Herold, K essocK ; Magnet, M' LACHLAN Countess
of Bate, M`VICAR. and Hart, 0 MAY.
The Hawke, MotuttioN, which arrived hem on
Monday froth Lisbon, spoke on the 30th ult. the
Brit& Ann, of -Sundedand,' from Lisbon, botind to
Cork, out t days, with theiess of mainmast.
Arrived at Port-Glasgow, the A'hglirn, 13CHICHlift,

from St. Andrew's (New Brunswick) in 40‘ dais—

• spoke otT Cape Clear the Schooner Eliza, ti
out Vi'days troot Newfoundland, fOr Bristol all well.

Deny, JAN, i3,—Arrived and sailed. for the River
the Mounts Bay, from •St. Kitt's, and the JZa►
HUNT' from Waterford.

;A Fleet of Vessels are now corning round the
South Foreland, fur the Downs, supposed to _be
part of the outward-bound which sailed yesterday
for PortSitiouth.

SHEERNESS, JAN. 12.—Arrived the Leveret Sloop

from ihe

JAN, 13.---Arrived the Safeguad from the Downs,,,
The A (Luau is ordered round to Posistuotith, and
will sail to-morrow. •

The Lord Cranstoun, and the Lydia, Lzwii,H
,
from Liverpool for St,- Kites, anti the American
Brig Suspoo/t, H A U., from Malta for lialti.nore,
have been captured Uy the .4ippltilrile Fleoch
gate, of 44, gun., and 450tne4,;::: "I'he JortnerVglasell:
%yip; captured on the 29tit November, ju Jat.
long. 21. the Lydia, on the 3d December,. in
lat. 31. 2 i . Jong. r4q long. 37. po. ono thSO
santigh, on the' 2d ".13,!eember. 'The tatter VesNel was ,
-given up to 't tit: crew, and arrived at I,iverpool uo
'fltursday la,t. •

A ti ita'saian Frigate; trot .the Baltic tor thP
razik, u to Leillt Roads on 11lowlay
othe.rwis'e tlatnagtd she is taken

r....aqz, DEC. ig.—Tim .Superintencianf-Zeneral
of Financei hascommunicated to this Supreme Junta
the following Royal Order, dated the, 17th
Not withsfanding the Itet.4Olation of the Supreme
Central Junta of Government, by loyal Order of
the 4th of Ociober last, .concerning the permissioa
granted by. yonr_2 Excellency for thp importation ,of
English goods. at thpr,Port of Cadiz, it has
,heen
pleased to dired that thelntroduction thereot be con-
tinued generally, and that Pr :the present the paY-
ment ot duties be conformable to 'what was charged.
beforpth...: tv,:r of 1804.

" .T.,ulahe this communication tu yohr Excell:mcy,
that you 'nay diyea complktnce therewith by the
proper Officers.
(Signed) " The Marquis de GaiiN;qA,
(Countersigned) " SONET."

Yesterday a singular circumstance•occurred at the
Admiralty. About ?fit) sailors and marines, lately
belonging toothe stani.icrd, who arrived
,a few days
agO from pie:Mediterranean, and from. which Shit)
they Gad
been furned over to the actiderer, :it
Chatham, slier their arrival, came in'a body to the
AdMiralty. poor f.4IIOWs, from being )ongin
the Mediterranean,. had arrears due, to them,
seems to imagine was sarnitholii imputabie
td negligence on the part of' the A2,ents. The,:
were .very: kindly received
,by the First Lord of OA
Admiralty; and learnti to their great satislaaidu,
that the delay had-arisen' only fioffl their wing on
_a foreign, statiro, and that orders were already
sued for p:tying them. They were highly gratifiO4
with their reception, and instantly set off again in a
body' for Chatham. .

_ .
THEATatc.kr. Fo-I,:n.—Mr. Courrs; the Banker,
w.ith.his'usnal liberality, it seems, ' has contributed
another Jou,l to this laudable ii.stitution. But. why
should it stand in need- of "ereetnOsynary assistance,'
when, if is were ....properly suppor,ted by the Per-
formers themselves, it Would afford a sure, and
comfOrlable asylum for thUse'Who maybe ,wort) out.
in the service ot.- the pubic; or disabled by misfar...
tune. The ini'Mortal GAlieicx was always zealous
to support this' tner toriotis, Establishment, which
was .indebted`fifits origin to the late.Nlr. riu4.-7-3
. man whose private' charaefei" Would have'dobe 110"
. .
flour to any rank in life..--43.4.iiiiicx, to marl his
,at.:.
tachment to the theatrical comniumly, g, at ifio the
'public tin-the-List time in support of t ilia Fiind,.aa4
repeated the hnin,,rdna Addres4 which lie had ofte4
,spoken for its heneftt.—The chief 'Performers of two
gpiviient"day are known to be liberal in their disposi
'.fidAti.,-and we halt; they will combine their etfortii
evil year, in Order to place so beite‘plent an In:'
Itirotion above the necessity of any aiSistance OF
what may- arise frOm their .own exOtions.' `''lre
Performers in general have hitherib not been so,anit.
tnated in the cause as they ought to have' been, "4
we hope tlley will endeavour to atOnefor their ;or-
met. hegiigenco 'by their zeal in: behalf of ati Inati"
tuition Which ii calculated to do honour to the pro-
tession, as well m to afford a I.eft.ige for intirtnitY,
distress, and old age. • ' ' • - •
The new comedy of Nan and. Wife, Prnmises to
do more foi- Prurrlano Theatre than. any similar
produ6iion Whi:::, it has' brOtight forward tor nit3oY,
yeats, not even er;.cepting 7.10 liovy Moon. , 711‘0
author has been ilartienti4Fly hidpy in .o.spring 00
chart ter which he bits drawn hit Mrs. JoanArg tti,
the talents of that admirable alic,,s, nid the excql-
lence she disphys in it would well atcount for the
. success of -the' piece, even if the rest of the pal.
fortners did not support it with*, inueli ability.
'A tug, it is said, has.'suggested all a prop;ir motto
for the new Theatre, "A:Jr': for 'a Muse of tfire rr
This wag, we m ty presupetheii, supposes that ille.
ManFigers wifl wish for another conflagration as sooP,
as their edifice is amipleted." '
ANECDoTi.-4When the Mores and. Candia: (01
into the hands of the Turks, the Genoese seated i
coNay of Greeks. kin the farmer province' at ApcOie
in Corsica. •Amatig,.. these emigrants Was.a fatVIDY
named Ka?.ll.4,spc-(Clilomerps),,.who translated 'Oa
name' to fitl.lNAvAturS. NAPoLtiot4 has since bis.,
elevation sent lan emissary to Ithonea,, to
,the neigh:
bourhood of Sparta, to 'rind out the elder braoc`,
of hii family, .
~ . ';..': ' '
DUEL. -;,- A . duel was. fought on Thurstlay,jit
Eveisley Hutch,' near Wendover, between a -0111"
LN'T.vrEN,' of EvendeY, and a Lient. thwsoN in 6)nl
, ? t.
sequenCe of an. unlucky altercation between. OP Ft'
i i ties at a ball'in the neighbonrhood, on the proetttlia
.ielicniug. Tt Was understood that Some Propositioo
'Welre made to a tentale'relatite of Mr. MATtiNCii, 14
.thelLieutenant, tending to canse'it goiAl deal of 1111:
tiety and disturbitnce in the hMily, if such had 119
been over- heard. The parties fired and nassed ; it''''
on tiring a second time, eaelt ‘iertt wountkci, tbg) ,
Lieutenant dangerously in the hip, and his advvr'''lr),,
in the pistol shoulder. . The duellists, who wet.e. pw,
vicius to this tn,.eting good friends, werils,condnit.to4.
away in one carrillge.; • , ..
Spiings,ppointecl in Middlesex and London, be:
n, I.4;owAtip Lord ELlANnottou.o"' friredtiClelTligiFlLli 116
Justice, &f:, in antliiiier Hilary Toro'
IN Tt..ltM.

Mintmtstx. I.osisabr, k
Friday - - 17th tiaturci4v— . Jan IV':
Thursday - Feb. zd Satumtay . ife4. 4t1,:
Friday fah Saturday'
AFT It TE NL
Thursday - Llta t Wednesday - irtG

Last week some persons amusing themselves with
ande-piece, on the Salford side of Irweti,- Sitter
shire, a ball from it entered the window of a bolo',
iti,,,Strangeways, struck 011 the head of achiOs dol!
aside, Tut passed through to the back4aitt,
rqvidentially, at the instant the shot was fired,' the
oyii,tress of the house was stooping to sweep the,
otherwise it must have proved fatal to her!
Several children were Playing in the yard at 110
time. The danger or pratii ice has liaen before
pointed outi, from similar hazard attending it.
0n thtz2BthAdr.WaherTr.irtibull, carver betwee,
Belches, in 11,,xnurghshire, and Blininirgh, perioV
tg 'Le snow,- atrour two miles from Middleton, '1!
was next), 80 years of age,- and, bad been a carrier
ilia years, A. farmer near Crofts, haNing occaiioo t,
crotivßramley Moor last week, during a tall ot snow:
:gait:4 his load, and peavristwd. His Lody.vos 6)01'
nekvddy, with his favourite dog lying beside ituy
Fn a several dai's oast the post has not ar.i‘ledi'l
Wovehaveo until ten or twelve hours Ater toe uti
tune .„ and K? astonishingly .deep has'tiw snovc.''bew
Upon. Staimmior, that in one 'place it is plizAt. t,
gre.it a height,
.that a road. has been 'cut througi'
,tehiCh iUd

POETRY.

~,

THE -DAWN.
B rs 3 OW al SO a:

• •••••••••
' There is a soft and fragrant hour,
Sweet, fresh, roviving is its power ;
'Tis when a ray •
Steals from the veil of parting night, _ t
And by its mild prelusive light,••
Fortells.tho Day. '

'T is when some ling'ring.stars scarce shed
O'er the mist.clad mountain's head
Their fairy beam ;
Then one .5, cute retiring, shroud,
thin glitteriug.thro' a fleecy cloud,
•
Their last faint gleam. ,•Ll.,
"Tis when (just wak'd from transient death
By some fresh zephyrs balmy breath)
Th' unfolding ro'so
Sheds on the air its rich perfume,
While every bud with deeper blown . • ,
, . And beauty glows.
• 'Tis when the Stet-girt turret's brow
Receives thetait'slitst kindling glow,
- And the dark wave,
Swelling to meet the orient gleam,
Refleits the warmly strengtlrning beam
It seems to lave.
'Tis when the restless child of sorrow,
Watching the wisted-for rising mortoiv.
His conch foregoes,
And seeks midst scenes so 's%•vett, so 6i Id,
# To sooth those pangs so keen, so wild,
Of hopeless woes.
daY, nor night-, this hour can chi*, .
Nor moon:1W ray, nor taon-ride beam,
Does it betray ; '
But 'fresh, 're'viving, dewy. sx‘iver,
It hates the iluWing hours to *fleet
Of rising day.' -
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DC? 114 EDITOR OF TUE SUY.

‘llDITott,
in yoii'r veinal ks open the recent performance of
Macbeth, at the Hayiyatket Theatre, though you
justly paid homage to the merit of Mrs. SIDISIONS,
you furgdt to notice ore ,circurnstance that shevol
ow ready she is to submit to the advice of judicious
criticism. Some objedions were raised against' her.
Mode of pronouncing 'her answer to Macbeth,. when
speaking of the plopoSed murder of Duncan, he
says-'-m If we Mould fail!" In repeating the words
" We fail,- Mrs. sippois had been accustomed to
say, " we fail," in au easy familiar manner, as\if
no dreadful consequence_ would, result to Nadal;
tand .his wife from the failure, a manner that ope-
rating on his hesitating mind, would have induced
bun at once to uOaudon so perilous an eriterprize.
Litt on Wednesday last, she uttered those words
With dejected asped, as if the miscarriage would
indeed be. a terrible event for botb.. This change
erfainly manifests a laudable attention to liberal ad-
vice y but , atilt it may. be qeestioned whether Mrs..
Btnpows has adopted the right Mode, and whether
shv ought nut to say). " with a kind of
triumphisitt presage, that they must. succeed if he
acted with proper spirit. Or perhaps with,a partial=
lar eMpitasis on the word,,, we," as Duncan-was in
their house, and yo completely in their power, that
none " dare question," as she says, 'whatever re-
presentation they might think proper to.give of the
horrible transattion.. if you insert this,. I maybe
induced to trouble you with somwhing more on the
admirable tragedy in question, and its late represen-
tation. •

Cit tTo.

DUI3L.III, TiIEATRE, JAN. 10.

Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of 'licit-
toNr) honoured the Theatre with their presence, on
Saturday evening. At an early hour, the Howe
overflowed .in every 'part ; ratd we are pretty cer-
tain net half the number of perAons who presented
themselVes at the doors cotild obtain admissions-,
11111 M-deb aloof Aolliing, and Mather Goose] were
the command.—Mr. HuL,M4l's lienedia nwell Served the repeated applause bestowed by the au'
dience. it is one,of those difficult, but entertaining
characters, few are equal to, and in which none have tt:en moresuccessful than Mr. FJOIAIAN. ' • Beatrice, by Mks SNIITEI, cannot he Npoketi of' in
ether than terms of high pNise, She was spirited,
tared, and fascinating, and was, of course, gene,.
rally and frequently applauded;
M ss Loctut imparted to Hero all the interest of
which the character is capable • she spoke with
Propriety, and the elegance capable;
her figure, and
beauty of her face, added every necessary arae-lion.
Mullter Goose went oir with great success-13a An-
nutty introduced some new tricks, and very proper-
ly omitted others. ELLER appeared with increased
adVantage, and Mies Glitonx displayed her usual
grace, and was much applauded.
• T

-.rut THEATRE --The pathetic Tragedy of The
Gainestert which has a stronger recommendation of
moral utility than most of our aolim- play,:, was re,
presented last night at the Haymarket Theatre.; be.
Yore a very numerous audience.: Airs. Sinnetes,has
long been celebrated for her personation oVi2lirs.
Beverley, and we never saw her sustain the clit;roc.
ter with greater skill or more powerful.effea, ','tie'
whole was indeed so chaste, so animated, and so
,atetling, that it may be considered as one of the
most perle6t achievements of the nrt, 17but4ro
for the first time made his appearance in the character
°f Eeverie,x, and supported:it in. a manner, worthy of
being classed with the efforts of 'the great with
Whom he appeared. His performance was uniformly.
marked by good sense, strong feeling, and capresinve
energy. Coox E was somewhat hoarse, yet he suppor ed
the charaCter of Stokely with his usual etteet.‘Consi.
dering tile extent cif the dark:ter, there is tio,heiter
performance on the stage than CPARLES keSmi.a's
Lewson,- which was highly spirited and 'interesting.
Excepting in the st.gge-box on the right side, which
seems to bethe favourite haunt of gessippirrs tuf Gies
811 g.pupples, the audience in general were
deeply interested in . the performance, and libcial
applause.

LONDOLV DOCK CO IP;INE

Yesterday a Half-Yearly General,Meeting, of this
Company was held at the City of London Tavern,
BiShopsgate-street ; BEESTUN LoNq, Esq. in the
Chair.

After the Minutes of the'last Meeting had. heen
'continued, the Chairman moved, tit* a dividend (tt
304 pounds fif!een shillings percent. for the la.t
•half year be declared, and exprgisecl 114 hope, that
when the Company considered, 'lbw great an increase
of their capital had. been, found, necessary beyond
What was originally expeaed, how much the price
of labour, as well as of every •atticle consumed M
the Docks, had advanced; and how fully one of the
great purposes of the Institution, that of giving, se-
'corky and facility to the,transaaious of the mercan-
iii*body, had been fulfilled, they would not (eel
disappointed, that a greater dividend was not recom-
mended than that which had been declared on former
'occasions.

. A PROPRIETOR begged leave to inquire, what was
the amount of the receipts of the Company, arising
from permanent or ordinary sources, during the last
-half year ? and what Were their eipences, during
that period; 'arising also from permanent or ordinary
capses?

This inquiry produced some conversation. The
CliAlititAN was not aware'that he could with pro-
priety answer the question. In most Public Bodies
such a communication As that new required was not_
made ; in the Bank of England, for instance, where
he had the honour to preside, it was not. - When
the Company eleded their Court' of Directors, they
invested them with their confidente, and if they
titre thought unworthy of this, the remedy would
be its vieding others. If the Company should.
choose by a vote to call for such accounts, they would
of course be produced ; ,but he thought there would
be inconvenience and impropriety in the disclosure.
Mr. GoLosstin, a candidate, as was said, for
the Diredion, was of opinion, that the accounts
called for were unnecessary, and hoped the Meeting
would not be prolonged by unnecessary questions.—
Mr.Devrms'es declared his readiness to produce the
accounts, it. called for; but was also of opinion, that
the communication would be attended with incon-
venience and impropriety.
This was the sdhstance of what was said in reply
to the Enquiry.' On the other hand, it was urged,
in several replies, by the Proprietor', who made it,
than his object might be granted without inconve-
nience, since he did not ask for accounts of hems,.
but merely for a general statement in two sums of
the receipts and expenditure,, during the half year;
that this statement might be reqnired, without im-
propriety, since the Proprietors were not to be con-
sidered as mortgagees, or annuitants, entitled only
to a certain interest for their money, but were eel-
low Proprietors with the Diredors, and were
tied to, know the exalt state of the Company's afrairsi
that there was, on the contrary, an obvious pro-
priety in their having this knowledge. since it might
govern their conduct, with respeet to their stock;
and that the enquiry, for it did not imply; nor was
it intended, in the slightest. degree, to imply, any
impeachment of the prudence, or the respectability
of the Directors, One part of the Honourable
Chairman's speech he was particularly &strums to
notice, that which seeenied intended to establish a
similarity between the Bank of England and the
London Dock Company, as tntbepoliepef making
disclosures of receipts and expenditures. Against
tills he pruteste4, because the circumstance_; of the
two 'Companies_ were: in so many respetts
The London Dock Company had no attention to pay
to public opinion, as far as that merely respected
their finances. If their profits were ever so envie.
ble, no other persons could interfere with theta;
if they were evt:r so small, the Public might know,
this, without inconvenience to the Cempaey, for
they required no credit:
The question for the declaration of a dividend of
-tWo pounds fifteen shillings per cent. was then put
and carried ; litter which the Meeting, on the 'mu.-
tion of the CUATIOIAN, wai-adjonrued.

LINCOLN, JAN. i2.—Much „inconvenience is ex'
perieneed)vithin iht. precinas et. this
,city by the
late rapid thaw after so large alall of snow, The
banks of the Witham have been in some places
burst by the weight, of waters, tint] all the eireum-
jacent low lands ate. inundated. Yesterday evening
patt of of the oldgewt bridges in the. City gave
way, and'a fire was in,censequence lighted ou,what
remained of the bridge, and men were employed to
watch all night; to prevent accidents. , •
On Friday last upwards of 1!000 poor people
(members of about 180 families) were relieved at
Louth, by the distribution of a very large quantity
of prime beef, potatoes, and strong beer, the gener-
ous present of Join; SLMPSON, 4,g. a West India
Merchant residing at that place, lately:M. P. for the
Borough of St. Michael's, in Cornwall.--The above
was the second distribution this winter from , the
board of. Mr. Sti‘tisoN, for the relief of-thegrateful
poor of Louth.

'Tie-circumstances attending the trails-Miss* Of
the 17th, teth, and • teth Bulletins, to this' countyy,
are sorneWhat curious, .and, nut being generally
known, may be interesting to our Readers.. A -fish-
ing smack from Dover, encountering a severe gale
otf Dungeness, the Master (whose name is Drstr-
sev) took to the boat, and was shortly after picked
up by a West Indianian. Two days, afterwards a
;countryman. passing on the shore opposite to Breck-
man's Barn, at Ilvthe, saw a boat without any per-
sonmu board. fin examination he diSeoyered, ly-
j in her bottom a parcel of papent, which he took
to Mr. SittPLIEN, of Edythe, who, finding ;them to
be Moniteuts, with the 17th, 18th, and loth Bul-
letins, forwarded the Papers to London. The boat
- proved to be that belonging to Mr. DiMPSEY, which
had biteb turned adrift when he was taken On board
the West Indianian. Some days after the finding of•
these papers, a cask with a flag fixed (tilt, was seen
floating off Sandgate, and being picked ;up was ear-'
rind to Ramsgate. On being opeeed; it was found
to contain more French Papers, which,*ere also for-
t • warded to London. To whom these Papers Were
transmitted we know not ; but at Ratnsgate no
doubt is entertained, that the cask contained papers
of a subsequent data to those which have been made
;puplic, 0 • '
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