The Sun.
London, England, 1813-05-27 00:00:00

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MAY. 25.—The famous American
Junes, Capt. A. TAYLOR, which has
annoyed our trade, arrived here
mize to the Leonidas frigate, by
captured on the 23d inst. at 5 P. M.
he s9uthward of Cape Clear.—The
very fine vessel, about 250 tons
,oner rigged, pierced for twenty
urited fifteen long sixes and a cavro-
complement of one hundred men,
,ing fast sailer. She was discovered
Is, after• a very thick fog, laying to,
bear. the frigate, :was soon in ber
,ad been out five weeks, and made
3• She belongs to New York. On
capture, she took a brig from Coik
'On, which the Leonidas was left in
which are hourly expected here, as
,übt of her having been recaptured.
sloop of war is fitting-in Barnpool
,and will be ready for sea in a few

'St/ Irian of war, bound to the Aledi-
detaint 113 Cawsand Bay by contrary

man of ' war went up the harbour
docked.

:ant slob') 01 war on a cruize.

'.rc Regiment of Militia embarked
trillion on hoard transports in Cat-
'eland, which will sail for Cork the
wind proves favourable, under Ctfl..
taxer gun-brig. The Cheshire Mill-
into this garrison.

:M.—The fleet of outward bound
11 'to near seventy sail they are still

Majesty's ship Chatham for off Flush-

411'40 the nudger cutter from off ditto.
b44lloorir, sAlAltTs.—Nrrived the Pacrebot
41e'
) from Merlaix, with six French and English
4 pasSellgCts.—The c.,rtel returned the same
IVAux, ,
ul MAT 26.---Arrived the Piercer from
ogolaud, with a vessel under her convoy to
111 water for the island ; she hiings .no news.
ailed the I.)Yender for the Downs ; and the King
11P.urge for of the Texel.

• PoicramouTit, MAY 26. —h-l'riN:ed his Majesty's
oSlornpshootei., of gns, GoLDIE,
1 convoy from Guernsey Mialetoe schooner,
AVILLiAms, from Plymouth.
Came into harbour the liossian frige
Valved at his Majesty's dock yard. ate, .to h
The Downs conyhy has just fired a gun, and
lailasetted his fore-top tail, awl 'it is expvcted swill
tu-tiiglit.

MAY 26.—The Lady Frances, Capt,
has arrived to-day frOnt Gottenburgb,
passa-;e•of nine days. She landed her mails
:: Pis:tenger io the northward; It is reported
rinAs an account of a battle:being fought be-
-I,l,llthe Allies and French of four dayiduration,
Ith the latter w
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' were driven- in on till paint s:
)1e have much later intelligence by way of
the i
tu, it s inch doubted. the
INI oiIERLOCK, and • Auckland, ,LYNE,
tf,,,t !le mails of the 25th, sall'early to-morrow
• hitt 115 the former for Gottenburgb, and the
• 'tieltgoland.
ktrth
I "41 ISLAND gi APRIL the 22d
Cotgla I.4st, the Spapi"sh. ship Nostra de
Lantos, front Ilavanna to 'repel.'.a t!,
Actio.9l) übed at sea near Madeira, by the American
c,,el‘ Privateer Gweral Armstrong, 'Captain_
Q 1 SalCm ; under British colours, °f_
1.41", and other articles to the amount of
,%144;!, en
three atn four I.bousand dollars, the
lt) ticel'•ew having been'confined upwards of
1-`lll, with tentries. op the hatcbcs„- and the
pinioned in the cabin of the prisate
cr,
1:4,1.t .16 plundering Was
_going forward.' On
At
shlp they gave the following paper :
sea, March 22 1813. Received of the
..,.,4rer, ,
Oat, the stun of 100'dollars, being in Lull, for
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and ruin.
();faun( LOv Lima. of 11. B. M. a chooner
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.nietape, of Plymouth. _
.e e pnvateer having sent her boats on shot
mnt Cruz, Telieriffe on the 27th April, the
ii:44(1"8, were recognizisl, but haviug infornt7
tt
that at were taking for their seizure, they
of tt:lt.4tiately effected their escape. The purpose
visit, from those vindicators of the rights of
to tiff Iv" t'olaiiti the following letter addressed
S•ruattaiiittucE, 'Esq. his Britannic
I 4,lNy!tt c
onsal General
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20, an board. tho UnitettStates iniVate.
tr • anned-sebenner o(7teral 417:nerw.ig,
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kn,
411 matg captured the British packet
7, front itialta,. I any in possession of the

Mails. that werc on board, consisting of two large
leather bags of letters, which, should you, Choose,
to ransom, I will deliver them up by your paying
me a handsome reward. My boat will wait a
quarter of an hour for yonr answer and the cash.

am, Sir,

Your ,most obedient servant,

(Signed) J. Sm I Tll.

Yesterday Captain TIM AS r4LPHINSTOVE was
appointed to the command of his Majesty's ship
the Dublin, now lying at Plymouth.

EAST INDIA SIIIPPING.---AD account bas been
received of the' arrival of the foll,ming outward 7
bound ships at Teneriffe, on the 11 th
under convoy of his Majesty's ships Doi-is and
Salsette, viz.- the Walmer Castle, Hnzh
Lord t7lel ille, Cumberland, Worley, iloper Loth-
ther Castle, Devaynes, General Stuart, Ocean, Sir
Pulteney, Unicorn, and lluddart.-The
Lord Eldon and William Pitt, which were left ut
Madeira, hod joined the ships at.Teneritl'e and the
whole feet were under weigh on the 14th of the
same month.
The Cornet of IJelensburgh, a vessel worked by
steam, and the first of the kilt! ever seen in this
quarter, is at present lying, in Leith harbour.

Notice ofanewly.discoverad Shoal.—lt is singu;
fatly remarkable, that notwithstanding the lapse
of 320 years, since Vasquez de (lama opened the
passage between India and Etn ope by the way of
the Cape of 'Good Hope, the discovery of a shoal,
imminently dangerous both from its extent and
situation, to ships frequenting that-route, should
be reserved for this late clay. Such however is the
fact : a very dangerims shoal having been.' recent-
ly discovered•a few degrees to the Eastward of the
Cape, by the'American ship Uni 7n, on her pas,
sage from New YOrk to the Isk: of Fiance. Asit
is of importance to the interests of 'navigation
that the position of this newly-disoovei ed danger be
as speedily and. widely promulgated as possible,
we embrace the earliest opportunity. to give in-
sertion to the annexed extract, containing de-
scription of this shoal, from a journal' kept on
board his Majesty's ship Ties-idea,. Captain War,
ren, who received an attested copy of the exo'act
from the American ship Ull4Oll, on her arrival at.
the Isle of France :

" Description of a Shoal seen by the American ship Union,
Captain Macneven, Mr. Chardon,•Supercargo, bound flow
New'York and the Cape of 'Good Hope
,to the Isle of
Mauritius.
" July 9.2, 181 : Lat. at noon, n§ 513 min, S. „I fmg,
by Chro. 41 deg. 29 min: E. Long. by Lun. Ob. 41 deg.
1.2 min. IL
" Light winds—eery clear sky—ship just steering--at four
sawsa rock alma yardslong, and six feet above the
water, surrounded by a bank of sand,,visible as the 1 reapers
receded ; and from ,it, in an easterly direction, breakers as
far as the eye could reach from the main-top-mast head. At
sun-set, the extremes from N. E. half-East to East and by
South—the body of the shoal about three miles distant ; no
bottom with 120 fathoms. At sun-set taCked."
On inspecting the Map of the Indian Ocean and
adverting to the position of this shoal, nearly in
the direct tract both of ships outward ttud home-
ward-bound, the mind shudders at the idea that a
danger threatening instant destruction to all who
approach it, should haVe rentainqd so long. un-
known and it .Cannot be doubted that some at
leastOf the Many .shipi -known to have been lost
at sea no great distance froM the Cape, !me met
their fate from the total. ignorance T. ill this
time has prevailed, of the existence
the danger of which is increo!!ed by it •
in a stornry latitude, rewl:4-ingthe safety
of boats or, rafts, of The people of tiny yesscl w •
Upon it, almost entirely hopeless.

On the 29th idt. a Swedish frigate suddenly
went down in open day, between Steynes and
Fnlstcrhoe, and, her Captain, I.lielinstierna, one
Major, and six men, alone were saved. This ship,
which had 200 quint of gunpowder qn board,
and a crew only of only
,130 men, was on her
voyage from Carlscrona to Salmoe, there to take
on board the rest of • her complement. On tier
leaving Carlscrona,she•grandaipon a rock, with-
out receiving much apparent damage; but it is
supposed she had sprung a plank; and the water.
.gained solast upon,her, that, the above-mentioned
eight men bad only time to take to one 'of her
boats, and make their escape., „

DISTRIBUTION OF REWARDS DY.TIIE SOCIETY OF
' ARTS. • ' •

On Tuesday morning, in a very short time after
the opening of the &Curs, the Great Room of the
Society in the Adelphi, was crowded with a'bril-
liant assemblage of Ladies, and persons of dis-
tinction, to witness the public delivery,. from the
hands Of the Duke of NiivoLK, the WeilAnt,
of the medals, and other rcwards, adjudged, dur-
ing the past Session of the Society of Arts.
Dr. T.ty con; 'the Secretary, opened the busi-
ness, by reading a'pretty long account of the In-
stitution and objects of thc Society, and of the
principal rewards which they had bestowed since
1764.
The Duke of NNW/MX concluded the business
with a very able speech, in which he drew a just
picture of the utility vT this patriotic SOeicty,
and of its increasing prosperity and usefabiess
and addiessigg himself co the brilliant circle of
Ladies, who were evidently crowded to indonve-
nience in the room, said he hoped that before
another distribution, some plan could be devised
for their greater accommodation iii witnessing
the same. The Margravinc of ANSPACII, and
several other distinguished Ladies, . who are
members, were present : the Turkish, and se-
veral Ambassadors, &c..

The Select Committee of the House of Com-
mons, appointed to inquire into the Corn Trade
has made its report. It
of the United Kingdom,
states, as a fair practical inference to be drawn
from their ingitiry into the means which Great
Ilritain and Ireland Possess, of growing an addi-
tional quantity, that they ere able to vroduce as
Much more corn in addition to that which they
already. grow, as woold relieve them front the tie,
ce4sity Of continuing in any degree slependttut for
a supply on foreign countries. In the Inst. live
'years, the, value of the whale corn imported into
Great Witain 18193413 We of sy WO, my"
than one-third was'lrislt Corn.

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dtter hyil Junes.
ly so nitielt aim
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trenini2,.., prize
H she was captu
- the miles to the sy
fit°
ritateei is a very
sett Dora cr
itts has mounted
;10 !tie, with a emu]
Ys an amazing f
the Leonidas, all
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,'being very new.
; bud ht
, y capttiKes. si
day of her capti
;I,;titiffs i'ttid to Lishn,
as`' 01, both wbic
le is no doubt o
nt,
i °. The Childers sloe
lt! ,
ivo4 Ihilifax, 'and v
!du: The Son Asti ill
,04110.e.ay.un, is detuir
1,(1 !4J',111 1;e Suprrb m
an
if:cof6l to be dock
p.' " l'
.0 heasi
IThe
rophire
.)esttrih,
fro., ditta. II f
,the 4•Bter, for Ireland
01441114 a the wind
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,t 4 hue marched
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