The Sun.
London, England, 1814-09-06 00:00:00

THE PUFF MORTAL.

Entroa,—Whatever designation Philoso-
phers and Politicians may apply to the, present
age, it is•vet•y evident that it is The Age of Pay-
ing, but alas ! though people of erety class are
constantly exercising their powers ;n this respect,
there are no signs of original genius, for there, are
no proofs of inrentice novelty. '1 am induced to
trouble you with this remark, in consequence of
an article which appears in The Times Newspaper
of to-day, stating, that a Dr. lkonEnTosi luta de-
parted this life. Now, Mr. ,lidito,. I should have'
lamented that a person, who by his profession,
might have been a useful member of Society, had
been removed from it by the relentless will of
Fate, if I • had not seen the word " ADV an-
T;sEMENT— prefixed to the article; and if it had
not given the name of a Book, written by the de-
funct D9ctor, but these circurnstakes broughi
Mr. Puff in the httmourous fare of The. Critic al,
my mind, and induced me to suspect • that tue
aforesaid Doctor is still iu the land of the living,
and that, in reality, his book was either still-born,
or; after a few struggles for existence, has sunk
into -" the tomb of all the Capulets.— Hence,
Mr. Editor, I concluded that we should very soon
see a contradiction of this report, and that another
"ADVERTISEMENT" would prove that the Author is
alive; if not merry, and that his work, if dead, is not,
vet buried, and. consequently that if -those Resur-
rection-men called Booksellers, are disposed to•re-
move it tram its present state, it may still afford
work for Critical Dissectors*. Indeed, Mr. Edi-
tor, I cannot but infer that one of these ingeni-
ous Resurrection-men has actually taken this me-
thod of announcing that the, work is among his
dead-stoHc, fat. I never can suppine that the Au-
thor himself has been accessory to his own death,
unless, indeed, in order to display his superman-
rid medical powers in restoring himself once more-
to life, and .communicating this miracle to the
world at large. But, as I before. observed;
there is no novelty in killing a man, and
him in a few days, fur it is well known
iliat en. Itaiian, stained BADDII, (another author
too), after haying tried many expedients to live,
without effect, was at last induced to heat hinaeY,
and, by the assistance of a friend, a subscription
was made, for the purpose of gi..ing him. decent
interment. But, instead of being " quietly in-
tuited," the dead ratan suddenly cants to life again,
and visited the cotfee-house where the money is•as
collected, in order to express his gratitude to
thosewhose liberality had restored his animation.
There was something so ludicrous in this ex-
pedient that the late Mr. J RNINaHAM introduced
it in his Coi ..'dy of - The Welsh Heiress, and give
the character the paint! of Mr. ToransTuNg..
Szpt. 5, ISM iIERMIPPUS ItEDIVIVUS.
* The Tinzes of thiq day contains the contradiction which
our Correspondent expected.—En.

The Lotto CHANCELLOR and the Arehbishop.of
CANTERBURY having both refused to have any
thing to do with Joanna Sonthcott, Doctor
Towzia, we understand, means 'to apply to his
Holiness the )PPE to take her into .his holy
keeping.
. A few days since, two young -couple attended.
at a church, not a hundred miles from Charing-
cross, for the purpose of being joined-togther in
the holy bands of wedlock, but the ceremony of
riretting on the 'fetters in the first instance, and
the solemnly pronouncing the word -obey by the
fair lady in this case, 'had stick an effect on the
nerves 'of her comnanimn, who was waiting her
turn of good offices from the priest, that her frame
could not support the shock.? She rushed to the
church porch for air, the porch gained, she press-
ed forward into the street, and -having proceeded.
so far, she set off with the fleetness of a doe pur-
sued by the hounds, leaving the astonished bride-
groom elect- to lament or to rejoice as might he,
at the narrow escape he had experienced whilst
standing on the very brink -of the matrimonial:
precipice.
SCOTCti SUPERSTITION.—LateIy, in the upper
part of Peebleshire, a young man, a shepherd,
being dissatisfied with the quantity of milk which
some of his cows-yielded, shrewdly suspected they
were bewitched by an old woman who lived about
13 milts from the spot, whose great age excited
the boor's suspicions. Scoring aboon the breath,
being the tiny remedy prescribed by the supersti-
tion which yet remains in that part of, tbe coun-
try for an evil of such a desperate nature, the
owner of the cattle determined to try the cure,
setiout for the residence. of the supposed delin-
quent, and finding the poor old woman at home,
cut her severely on the brow. The fellow was im-
maiately brought before the -Justices, who very
properly inflicted on hint a heavy pecuniarit
and\dismissed him with a suitable adult)*
nition.

NAVAL. NF4WS.

PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. s..—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Cracker from Guernsey. Sailed, his Majcs-
ty's ship Norge for elymopth, and from thence
for Canada. The homeward-bound Jamaica fleet
is wider weigh for the River, with 'a fine wind. at
West.

Uliawitcff, SEPT. s.—Sailed the Diana packet,
with a mail for Gottenburiih, and the Henry
Freeling packet, with a mail for Cuxhaven.—
Sailed, also his l'lajesty's ship Beaver, with the
outward-bound Baltic convoy.. •
DEAL; SEPT. s.—Arrived the Obefon sloop of
war from Havre-de-Grace ;• Esher, M'MAsTEa,
from Jamaica ; Rhine, GORDON, from llavannah.
Two ships are turning through the Downs,. fur
the River—names not known. Came down from
the River, air! sailed to the Westward, the Jose
Antonio, JUYR, for Maranham.—Wind N. •
FALMOUTH, SEPT. 3.—Arrived the Star, CHARD,
from Bristol ; the Hope, MADDAR, and Lively,
LEWIS, from Portsnioath. Sailed the "Duke of
Marlborough packet for Lisbon, with a mail.—
Wind E. •

Coax, AUG. 31.—0 n Monday arrived his Ma-
iCSTy'S. sloop Brisk,. Captain HIGMAN, from a
crnize, with a recaptured" vessel. On Sunday the
Brisk descried at some distance two vessels, -one
of whom she suspected to he a privateer, which
proved to be the case ; as she neared them,- she
perceived that the privateer was in- the act of
plundering the !arge ship, and directly made off.
On the. Brisk tatiog possession of the ship, she
proved to he /he Hannan, of Greenock, -bound to.
Quebec, with a most valuable cargo, and was cap-
tured, riff the Salters, by the Prince of Neufcha-
tel American schooner privateer.
.Sbe had taken
Out a considerable quantity of hale goods, and put
a prize maser and six men on board, to take her
into L'Orient, • for which port she sailed herself :
she has made several captures, and\ alter plunder-
ing, destroyed them all.
We regret. to state, that tl fine ship,. from Li--
verpool to Quebec, witb a cargo' worth near
100,0001. took fire on Thrirsday night, off Wex-
ford, and iustai,tly burnt •to the water's edge.—
The Captain,- passengers, and crew, had merely
time .to step into a boat, and after some time were
.picked up by a vessel, and brought in here.
• This morning sailed the Nimble cutter, with
the Atla :tad- Mars transports, having on board
the 87th Regiment, fir Portsmouth.

An examination by fhree,Caritains took place on
board the .3:4lvador del Miindo, at Plymouth, on.
Saturday', of the-Midshipmen and Gentlemen Vo-
lunteers, belonging to the ships 'lately paid off.
They amount to a considerable number. Those
whO- may wish to be. discharged will receive all
arrears, with a mouth's pay. Mid,hipmen who
have not been three years.in the service will be
put back into the first class, until they have coin,
Octed that period..
The Boyne, Victorious, Pembroke, Rodney,
Duncan, and Procris, are paid oil. The -Boyne
was immediately commissioned again. The num-
ber of line-of-battle ships to be kept in commis-.
mission, as guard-ships,' during die Peace, it is
said, will be seventeen.

His Maje,ty's schooner Banation, of 6 guns
and 2fJ dm MIS been taken hp the Perry Ameri-
can prii•atecr; of 5 guns, after a running fight of
50, and a close action of 10 minutes, and carried
into Wilmington.

The Auteffca, Unit, Cepitalus,. Swallow, and
Nautilus, are on their passage from the Mediter-
rdliCiln xvith convoys. •

It is taid. the 50 senior Masters in the Royal
Navy (those made beos eeti Feb. 1777, and Feb.
179-1), are to retire fro.m.the service with a salary
of Bs. per day:
NAVAL COURT-MA lITTAL.—On Wednesday last
a Court-Martial was hell at Piyniouth, on Tho.
West, late a seaman belonging to. his Majesty's
sloop Minorca, for assisting in steering an Ame-
rican schooner, called the Grace and Green, (cap-
tured by the said -sloop, and re-captured by the
Amerr6in,niaster anfl other. Americans on board)
into Itilalseilles, during the month of November,
181 U.The C-Onrt being of opinion that the pri-
soner, in his conduct on t.'„c re-capture of the said
schooner, acted solely from compulsion, and with-
out any improper motive, fully acquitted him ;
and ascribed the re-capture entirely to negligence
on the part of the Officer intrusted with the care
of the prize.

The CollegC of Medicinsi of Stockholm his
discovered that the leaves of the potatoe root,
dyed in a particular Manner, giVe a tobacco far
superior, in point of fragrance, to ordinary to:-
bacco. The King has in consequence ordered the
Public Authorities to favour, by every means in
their power, the cultivation Of this root. \ The
Danish Gazettei warmly recommend the use .of
j_the substitute instead of foreign tobacco, which
was becothing every, day more general in the
kingthim.
A very handsOme and elegantly-dressed woman,
calling herself' Mrs. Rogers, and a person known
by the name of grs. Waterson, have been com-
mitted to Glasgow gaol, for being concerned in•
circulating baSe-money. •
Late last night, one of those unfortunate girls
who prowl about the,streets at night, coining out
of a house in Blair-street, with a bottle in her hand,
'and reeling with liquor, fell forward and broke the.
bottle ; a fragment of which pierced .her lungs,
and site died in a few minutes. It is awful to,
add, though not twenty years of age, such was
her depravity, that almost her last breath issued
in the most horrid imprecations.--(Edinburgh.
Courant)
On Tuesday there was a quantity of new oat-
meal sold in the Edinburgh market.
One of the Mail Coach guards was found dead
ip his apartment in Arbroath, on the 25th ult.
tic was sitting in Ids chair, apparently in the act
of taking otT his clothes.
On the 10th ult. at Crofthcad; in the parish 'of
Knoeltatldt", county of Eton,- a cow, of .a small
size, belonging to Mr. INKsoN, brought forth
four calves, two 'of which arc dead; but the other
two are likely to do well.,

MI LITA U Y.

EXPEDITION TO AMERICA.

The fears which are now enter( fined by all
classes in America, will be speedily Be-
sides the force. which must have by this, time
landed in Canada, and has probably already &lien
its invaders back to their territory, a fr,-sli
cnr-
barkation of about 3000 troops is on the eve of
taking place under Major-Gen. KEANE. It is ge-
nerally understood, that- these troops form; what
may be termed'. the advanced-guard of the main •
army proceeding to the same destination, under
Lieutenant-General Lord HILL. The regiinyHtS
of the lime which are to compose the above force, •
will embark- at Plymouth, where the 93d and oirei
hattAion of the 9fith are waiting in perfect mull..
ness, and they will go on hoard immediately that -
the ships from Portsmouth appear off that port.—
The military assembled at Portsmouth, to form
part of this expedition, -consist of
One squadron of the 14th Light Dragoons.
Major Munroe's Brigade of Artillery, the principal part
of whose guns are on hoard the Norge. •
Captain Lane's Rocket Brigade, and Capt. Ernmett's Com-
pany of Sappers and Miners.

The Medical Stall to accompiny, the troops
consist of
T. Thompson, Esq. Deputy Inspector of Hospitals.
Dr. Dwyer, Physician to the Forces.
Mr. Wardle, •
}Staff Surgeons.
Mr. Forcade,
Apothecary Carter, Sc. &c. &c. •
The mountain -pins to accoMpany the brigade
of artillery, have been practised on bsoutlisea Com-
mon the greater part of last week, and are found
to be most admirably calculated for the service to
which they arc destined. The Valiant has been
detained, supposed to await Lord 1-tlLt. ; and the
Zealous is expected, to sail with the Norgc, •as.
well as the Dover and Alceste frigates, getting
ready at Plymouth..

We noticed last week some disagreements in
the 10th, or PRINCE'S Hussar Regiment.' The
following is published as an extract from a letter
of the Adjutant-General of the Duke of NVELLING-•
TON, while the regiment was in the Peninsula, to
Major-General Lord E. SOMERSET, COUVilandlOg
the Hussar Brigade :—" 1 am commanded by Inv
Lord WELLINGTON to take this occasion of men-
tioning, that the complaints against the 10th Hus-
sarsare so generally and so extremely discreditable
to the regiment, and prejudicial to the interests
of the army, that it is requisite you should imme-
diately adopt measures to re-establish that disci-
pline which is necessary to good order, but which
hai.been allowed to reltrx in an unpardonable de-
greetmder the command of QUINTIN.
Your Lordsl.iir will be so 'good to communicate
to the Lieutenant-Colonel the Field-Marshal's
displeasure -at having to notice irregularities it
was in his power to have preVented, and that a
recurrence of such breach of regulations and good
order will convince his Excellency that the Lieu-
tenant-Colonel is unequal to the.command of a rt..
giment of the.first pretensions."

The regiments of Life Guards arc no‘.%, reduced
to on establishment of fifty 'Men- per troop, and
will be habituated in rotation- Id the ordinary- du-
ties in country quarters, from which both officers
and men considered themselves to be folly exempt.
Two hundred men are reported to be unit for
further service in the Ist regiment of Foot Guards
alone, and are to• be discharged immediately.. •
•By the Report it appeals, that in the Regular
Army during the year 1611, the deaths were
13,476, and the desertions 5072 ; in the Militia,
deaths 977, desertions 2015..1n 1812, in the Re-
gular Army,. deaths 16,409, desertions 6004 ; Mi-
litia,deaths 990, deiertions 1;,367. In 1813, deaths,
.18,015, desertions 6284; Militia, deaths 870, de-
sertions 1368. •

We are happy to hear, that the contractors (Jr
supplying meat fur the troops in Hampshire have
agreed to take Gd. per pound, ►+nd the sub-con-
tractor 511 d. per pound—a very striking proof of
the reduction of this Very necessary article of life.

GLASGOW JAIL

Wednesday tnorning, a plan fur breaking the
Jail of Glasgow was attempted to be executed by
the prisoners confined in the third flat of the fe-
lons' apartments. They had socceeded in mak-
ing a breach in the back wall, large enough to ef-
fect their purpose but some rubbish falling, at-
tracted the notice of the sentinel, and looking up,
ho observed one of them' with his head out at the
hole, apparently ready to drop down. The: sol-
dier immediately'threatened to fire, but the felloty,
instead of withdrawing himself, politely requested
lain to turn the corner, and let him escape. The
sentinel, however, true to his trust, again threat.
cued to fire, but the prisoner. still persisting, a •
shot was fired, the bullet of
.which struck the
x'vall about i4ches below his head, and made
quickly disappear. The J'ailor by this time
being alarmed, proceeded with a party of the guard
to the cell-rooms, and found the 'breach to be in
a closet of the day-room of the fiat, arid appeared
to have been effected by an iron .pear, ivliich haul
been 'broken off one of the beds. • On a farther
search, it was discovered that the iron statmehel
over the head of one of the cell-doors had been
cut with a spring SAW, and that Duncan Cowan,
one of the prisoners confinedt‘t,ll:iecrleiiialtsnnt::boebkeer(yl,,
a
was absent. Cowan, howet"cr, was found in 'the
adjoining
i;lai(11 )g
ecvheille,nttiry doorl)cen opened
of
bll a false key, as
the lock was not the least i!ljured. All the other
prisoners were in their cells. The spring sate
and a small file were the only itnplenients found,
besides the 'spar of 'the bed, as stated aboxe.—
These articles must have been handed to some of
the risoners by their friends when visiting them. •
A hole was likewise cut in the floor, for the put"-
pOSC of admitting the prisoners in the second
The plan appeared to have been conducted with
skill, and Cowan, who is a mason, scented to be
the principal actor. Had it been successful, a
number of the prisoners in both flats might haVe
escaped. -

Fridley a foot race was run at Wincbcomb, be-
tweti R. a respee:able butcher, and J.
T- y, A ‘veaver,i near 90 years of age, wbich
was won by the iatter.

A galig; or vather den of'cniners, have been itis-
Coveruti at Birining4n.. :They •Were busily at
`work in a subterraneoui retreat, inauulacturiug
3s. pieces. - ,