The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-24 00:00:00

COMB WOOD FETE.

,The great preparations made by the .Countess
of LivtiteooL.,: for the Grand ate of ,y,tst chitty ,
‘vereuittch currailed,lowiavo the nionbcr:or ex-
cuses yecei,ved by her Ladyship on the part Ut
thosci.jnYiP,*
Arii*Thol,tiT•before three o'clock, Quer:l4,
and.,t4e,Pyineesses„ ELIZABETH • rind. MARY,
compapied „the, Countess :of ILCHESTER,
eseorted,bY a partY,of the I tighst DragoOps,
arrived at Conk, Lodge ; her MAJESTY and the •
p,icaSsEs were handed front their carriages by
the Earl of
.LIVERPOOL and- I.4(Hd CAS,TLEREA(;FI,
and were graciously received by •the Noble.
i.7,ountess and I.4ady.CAsTLEra„Ao.n, who
.contlneted
her MAJESTY and.,the l'ittNcEssEs to the drawing-
room. ilk Lordship's open landau, with four
-horses!: were, in
,readiness, and; drew up to the
front. (fool., when her MAJESTY., and the
Pats
f.,,WAV.44111(1 the Eitrl of LivotepoL, got in,. and
rude: ;n the rides in the wood and the planta-
tions, and returned at fOur o clock.
,At half past four dinner was announced,
:when
her MAJESTY anti the PairickssEs were conducted
to the. principal dining:-room"by.:Lord CASTLE-
. itEAolt, and Lord GitisiSTo'NE, The dinner was
Served up in a superior style of elegance, and con-
sisted of ull the delicacies in season.. Just as the
company sat down to dinner, an orderly, titan, be-.
longing to the Life Guards, arrived with, a letter:
;of excuse an the part of his Royal Highness the
totike.tif YORK. At half past seven her MAJESTY
and the PIIINOESES, With their escort, set out for
Wintlsor, •

In addition to the ROYAL FAMILY, there were
present, Lord and, Lady- :CASTLEREAGH, the Earl
-BATHURST, • Lord GapisToNE, the CHANCELLOR
.4., • „
Ot the 114XCHEQUEE, _DEEM-LEY PAGET, &C.

NINON' rTu.

. IRISH HOSTILITY.
The Ir4lt Due! God w9t !.
Would fight, lU:eause exempt from ire-
-47.101 loaded a shot, ,
114:vuizie they did oiat 'Utean to fire.
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BOUNCE.

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'LONDON SALT WATEII.BATHS.
A curturni wight, to catch byow4,

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Has foraerl_ lagemoits
Ift every clay pmclairns aloud
4e sells at:it-water " fresh and (rah."'
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Thenachesit of 'RUTLAND Was safely dellveVed,
of -and' heir, at thieveleyPark, Friday
lie great loy .or that Noble -
Grate and the , infant garquis oI
CitAirti-irivere.both as well as could be expected on
Sunday morning' lust.
LordWntrwowrn and the Drich'ess of DORSET,,
.acconit-kanied by hi:; Grace the yotint; Duke of
POI
RSET, and suite, are. gone. tip Earl Earl`
seat, ngestrie
whefe . 'they intend OD pass
some '<lays, prior to theirAeparture for Ireland.
Dritry-Lane Theatre-open on the llth of Sep.;
telpher.'

is;.gotte to perforM fur a few; nights at
Limerick. He is likely to reap a very plentiful
harvest in his Irish expedition;
A new Bullet of Action is in rehearsal, and will
be speedily produced at the Lycenm Theatre.
'.h.'Gentleman-having had it dispute with an ac-
quaintance, whO left. town soon aftcri the' mistut-
dcrstamang had taken. place., rowed, Most su-
lemnly, that lie would jottuto .60.0 t-fender all 'over
the world till he net hint. ,
The ,Preparations made by 'lluoNAP.AßTtt,for the
„tit:v(110011o( the 'churcliat Ilamburgh oueght not
to vf4te our surprise. %Vita tan he more natural
thin that such a favourite of the should be
well-dispose) tol/o/c-Up St. Miami.
The vain-glorious and discomfited Sono% was
vested wiih the commission of " Lieutenant de
T tanpereurl7; in Spain :.‘--this Means' lite"rally,
pl-Ace-holder., " but which Lord WELL-1 NOTON
-took, care sltourd:be at ti`reSpeCifra distancej
On the window ut one of the, city cotfee-honses
waslately stuck up the following CorriTt notiftca,
tion ;--" This coact:-*room renaived up staits till
..dceident.--Reports were prevalent in
Dublin,yesterday, which caused greater.anxiety,,.
,thau.the arrival of the Fancy cutter; or the Ame-
rican frigate off Lainbay and Palkey ! ! ! , These
-related to the, fall of a great Counsellor, in a duel;
With a Counsellor All Ireland.-trembled at
the news, from the Giants' Causeway. -to the
Mountains of, Clara,,and. thenre to the higheSt of
M,Gillacuddies Reeks ! M length, we-understatid
the mighty cloud burst ii and utter the vapour
cleared, it was discOvered that the great Coun-
sellor, us we are inftirmed,, gave another Coun-
sellor the Lie, which the latter lout the effrontery
to return by a sottod kicking. 01 Course, a third
'Counsellor was selected H$ the great Counsellor's
friend; and after a full, clear, audeoncite exam',
nation of witnesses, and much speaking to evi-
dence, matters were amicably adjnsted, without
the painful necessity of ithy 'duel at all! We un-
derstand 7'e Deum is to be sung in all the Chatpels on Sunday, next, for this hero's eicape.—
(//,ib. Journal.)
man named rose was found font y, ~at: Sussex
Asiies, of stealing a horse—his defence was,
that ,he only borrowed, it without leave °Pk

owncr ! •
in 'the course Of busine.s, . 'Queen
The wife •of shopkeeper in Sontemetshire, has
1, ely 17“akrteitil;ig, which has been antitenticaNd to
be the very one coined in 1711, anti for which, she
has been Offered a very considerable stmt.
one of the many exeelieneies of Mr. Alztt..kan's
new Imperial Patent Twine Shirtings anti Sheetinp,
is, their possessing the invaluable property of not
imbibing-tire damp atmosphere ; a thing et infinite
advantage to people going on long, voyages of
Journies. It. is sto be -hoped the attention of NU •
insteis will he Shortly turned to this articlei for
the beneat.of the Army and
m
,1 --A remarkable instance of productiveness in the
'Clierry tree is exhibited in the garden of. Messrs.
Quarter, Lincolnshire—
' .‘,..ll,'.:t.l,el4llo4l;citch'isinkiiktdirblereaks a crop considerfibly ed.
yanevd, being the tiecoltd durin this season.

TILE PELICAN AND ARGUS.

The official details of the capture of the Ame-
rican sloop Arges were reciveut last night, and
tit iii ~,pees in the Gazutte of this evening. The
delav in the publication of the official account of
'capture of, the 4r us arises from the circum-
stance- of its *jug trunsinitted through Admiral
Tuonsuottouon on, the Cork station, to which
the. Pelican betoi)gs; mill° which she immediately
returned after tle, engl!,...,,etnent,' while the-Arm
Was sew to Portsmouth. In The mean time, the
folloWing accontit of the action, from the Ply-
mouth Telegraph,',Will,bejead with interest
" T.he' AnuttirS'wanted another proof of Brie
tisk sitperien Phi the ocean. The, Pelican has
afforded it, in the rapture of the Arg.us. On the
14th instant; at a quarter past six a. m. the Peli=
Cali descried a vessel on tire, between Milford
11;tven and the Sahees, with a brig in company :
on approaching nearer, the brig stood away
uit-
der easy,sail front the vessel on fire,. when the Pe-
lican crowded all sail in pursuit ocher. The brig
continued her course for some time, until, being
ready for'action, she took in her royals, and hove
to the wind on the, larboard tack. When close
enough, the brig give three cheers, and. a broad-
side. Soon nfterWards the Pelican, being also
prepared for action, returned the salute of three
diem, 'and e: broadside with a similar compli-
ment. The opponents closed, and after a contest
Of forty minutes, in. which the brig was raked five
times; Captain Makt.ts gave directions for board-
ing on
,lies- starboard bow,. and she was idatantly
carried, the Americans making no resistance
whatever, and running below. In the •ect of
boarding, the American edsien was louvered, and,
after the brig had struck, YOUNG, the Mas-
ter's mate, !received his death-wound, by a ball
front the fore,top The Argus fought well.
while the Cannonading continued ; but her
guns:. 'wet.e, pot leVellect :with precision, and
InatlY' shots pissed through the Pelican's masts.
—The Argio s hanmiocks Were 'cut away fore
and, aft, and, her, hides,shew evident tokens of
the dexterity of her. Thc Pelican's
sides are-also fell of grape-Shot ; but her 'rigging
and sails are injured the' most. TWo shots, how»
ever, found their mvav through the boatswain's and
carpenter's cabins. 'The British, though justly
irritated with American braggadocio, were cool
and steady, and .their enthesiaSin: was regulated by
the most attentive discipline. A spent ball, after
pas:sitig through the, lianntuteks, struck one of
Captain MAPLES' buttons, and, fell on the.'ileck.
ioientenant GRANvit.t..E,'Master,
highly distinguished Ltivemselves: but it is, Per-.
imp's, invidious to select titny unities where one
and all .performed their duty. The-Argus carries
eighteen. !2,1-prmnders. and two ;ong twelves, for-
'wetly iteloniug to the Macedonian, and had 136
nien nt the commencement of the action, of whom
six men were killed, and 16 wounded, besides ber
Ciptain. • The PeLcow mounts 16 32-pounder
ctirronadeS, and began the battle with only 113
men, (Me. I'ARNI3 sail five men bring absent with
a prize),. 'of Wgioni two, were kilaA and three
wounded. Captain. AhLes, .the Commander of
the. ilrgas, lcht his leg at the second broadside;
hetdid leave the deck until front his fainting
away through the loss. of blood, it. became abso-
itety neeesOry to remove hint helogs."