The Sun.
London, England, 1809-01-06 00:00:00

10.1.

1 ItOls.l TRE NBW YORK EVEN'S° LOST, 18TR ULT.
TOE FRIttiCH AGAIN—It almost daily falls to my
to record tome fresh instance of piracy and cruel-
,. ty, cot-111144* upon our defenceless' fellow-citizens
by_the French. villains who infest the ocean. `I rue
it is we record them„. but to what purpose, since.the
people still permit themselves-to be cajoled into the
supptirt- of an administration, which never will
3 avenge any injurieShowever multiplied or atrociOtiS,
nor resew any indignities, however aggr:ivated if
only they proceed from a Frenchman. But nattir-
alized-French citizens themselves, bow Cottld'-it' be

suppos&d that Jefierhon and Madison should ever be
any oilier that) -both- cleat and blind to every thing
unfavO6table to France
t 'ln coMpliance with our painful duty,-we now Gave
to introduce to our Readers one more insfatice of
French villainy, in audition to the black catalogue
Which they cannot but too well retnetnber.

TRUTH IN ALL ITS COLOU4IS !
•
" PORTSMOUTH, N.. ir. Nov. 8.--.-Ou Tuesday ar-
! rived the brig Jane, Capt. Morse, who sailed from'
this poi by permission frouz the President of the
United States, about ten weeks since for the pur•
pose of collecting a. demand at St. Vincent's; hav-
ing called on' the Captain, we hand the following as
a correct statement made by him :—That the ve.sel
sailed from this port on the I.llh orAugust j'ast for
St. Vincent's, for the purpose: of cLiletting A' de-
ntand for Capt. Abraham Shaw againstjlie estate of
Josiah Durham, Esq. deceased, and arrived at St.
Vincent's on- the 7th September, colleCted on
said deMand 68 puncheons rum, and '2B hogsheads
of itioliwieS' amounting to • 4.500 dollars, 71 cents.:
on the 2d OCtober, Billed from St. Vincent's for
for this putt ; 'en the evening of the sth of October,
in lat. 18. 25. N. long. 6s. W. tell in with a. French
ship of war and two armed brigs in company,
brought us to; after firing tint,- guns, sent their
boats 4titt took:eVery person on board, and took the
brig in tow ; it being dark with a.breeze, They were
not enabled to take our baggage on board, the Corn-
' rmidore. Ou the tits began to see the sacrifice of
property:
.At day-light the brig's boat was put over
the sidle., and every small article of stoma, and the
plunder of all the chests were put oti_board.an,d car-
rivd off; at ten p. in. the three vesselsLhoisted out
their large,t beats and 'began, to disebart,Te the brig
auif receive equally on board each vessel..
• 13y this time we learned by One of their people,
that 4heir vessels were -09 their way dire& for
France, and were only going to take part of the
cargo, then the brig was to 'share the same fate of
the brig Julien, Capt. Lee; which was sunk a few
days before; after'being plundered; she sailed from
St. Vincent's in company with the jane, With a
' mital. cargo. Atter they lad taken 85 puntheons 'of
rum,severy small article of provision that could be
earned, and all our light sails 'and small rigging, and
plundered the whole crew of almost all their wearing
apparel, they were then about to sink the brig.--
Proposais•were then made our part to the Corn
MOdoretb.purehase the brig from them after she was
Condemned'by their imperial decision ; the :answer
was, they would consider oftheMatter till the after-
noaii, when,' about half-past four, they informed us
we should have the-brig-tor 1000 dollars, drawing
bills on our Owners, at 00 days, being obliged to
CoMply 'with those terms, they gave us a bill 'of
ith a condemnation of brigs and cargo ; we
were' then permitted to depart, taking on board our
vessel the Captain and crew' of the. brig Julian,
which made fifteen persons on 'board the Jane,"With
otily 40 hounds of bread, and 3(,i pounds of beelp
and left in this situation in lat. lb. 30.
'co. W.-to'stenl Our hard fate. Foriunately on the
morning folfowing,'saw two sail to leeward, which
after eight litters chase we Caine up with them who
were humane enimgh to,, take seven of our people,
turd supplied us with. a Small quantity elproVisiOns,
which enabled'us, by the' blessing of God, continu-
ing On shun allowance, once more to reach . Our ha-
tiVeland of liberty in :rarely:
- .

On theinli -ult. a young man, .servant to Mr.
Ashion,'of Chesterwood, nearliaydon-bridge, was
sent with a horse to conduli his master hatne • frcim
a neighbouring farm, ,where. they I.VVre ' making
merry after the,firat trial of a. tiewly-finished thrash-
in , g machine. 'The youth being long in returning,' a
servant girl of the family could—not 'rest 'until she
had 'prevailed on one of the men rierVa)its to accom-
pany her in looking after him.; in their road they
heard a faint cry beloW' the hod -itra'brook' which
they had to cress, .when tie gill 'heroically plunged
in, and, wading' frequently-up to bet middle, in • a
most.extrertie cold night, found .the f)bjeti of her
search, immersed 'to' the 'neck in wind, with his
head out, and to all appearance lifeless,,having lain
there, i-t is supposed, four hours. - tie_ wass imme-
diately conveyed to a 'neigbouriug cottage, where,
by the .assistanee -a surgeon from Haydon-
bride, he was reanimated, and -is in a fair way, of
had taken toil much drink !at the
farm above-mentioned,. which 'occasioned himn to
miss his way. •

CALCU rTA, MAY' 25.—The continuance' of the
wet, 'cloudy weather, during the past' 'Mutate pre-
sent week, authorises the date of the coininence-
inent of the periodical rains Of the present season to
betaken from 'Monday se'nnight, the 15th am.—
This early occurrence of:the rainy season deServesfo
tie ree.irded. • It hai entirely overturned the theo-
- Ties Of many of our most sage and venerable metero-
ioosts, who retolUtely contend, that the earlier or
Inter commencement of the rains is regulated by the
'preceding voutherly witads. From the lateness of
the setting in of these winds, and from their scanti-
ness in 'the'present season, it was, corifidently pre
-
dieted that we could have no rain till late .in next
The fadts have proved exatilyAie i*erse.
The winds in the 'early part 'of 'the ilitYtiNcitilhave,
been remarkably moderate, and the raiikli'aveOrn-
rneneed tonsiderabirearlier' 'than has be4V known
for fifteen or twenty'years pasL The qUainity 'bf
tain•t hat has fallen during the last teti days, has bad
itteheneticialetfett of redueitig the priced rice and
other grain, and has Uppity put to flight 'the- Wanes.
Of monopolizers 'and ilitegialleni, who were secretly-
cajoying the expo atiuns of famine.'

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