The Sun.
London, England, 1814-08-25 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

The French C6rninlssioner arc in-dispos-
ing of the ships" it Antrwerp. It is a fact, the►t
from the quality of the -iioi)(1- of which they are
constructed they cannot last ; the models are'very
fine, but the wood used in them being green,,they
r,ilt soon he.anfit for service.

17,1t.mour Atrp. 22.—Arrived the recaptured
packet Little Catherine from Bermuda, ‘. Iron)
whence site sailed, under convoy of the Belvidere
frigate, the 23x1 July. The Peet, ttbout•eight.sair,
is gone.up the Channel—Wind S.

PORTSMOUTH, A no. 24.—Arrived the Belvidere
frigate from Bermuda ; Leonidas ditto from Ha-
vannab ; and Freya ditto from Plyrnouth. Sailed
his Majesty's shipS Magnicent, Amphion, Ca-
mel, Rinaldo, and Hywna, with a fleet for the
West Indies ; his Majesty's. ship GranicuS, with
a fleet for Spain and Portugal, accompanied by
the Conflict and Redwing ; his Majesty's ship
Liffey ; Rave9,'with a convoy-for North America,
&c. &c.; his Majesty's ship Alpheus, &c. &c. with
a fleet for the East 'lndies and Brazils ; and his
Majesty's ship Bombay for Cork and Coast of
America.—Wind IV. ,

• PLYMOUTH, AUG. 23.—Arrived the Richard,
MENTRUP, from• Quebec, one of the Centaur's
convoy; -Tiger man of war from a cruize.—Wind
S. W.

DEAL, AUG. 2.l.—Remain his Majesty's ship
Monthouth ; Jason . frigate ; Cadmus, Griffon,
Rosario, and Redpolp slo'ops of war, and Olyn)pia
cutter; Ariel, Mary Ann, Economy, Union, Suc-
cess, Pheasant, Mary and Margaret, Hope, Nor-
folk,. Antelope,, Alexander, Isabella, Industry,
Venus, Heart of Oak, Mary Ann, Europe, Ceres,
Susannah, Harriet, North Ash,. Free Briton,
Lioness, Mary, British 'Union, and Dover trans-
ports, and a few more (particulars unknown);,
supposed to be waiting to take the German Le,
gion to Germany. Sailed tke Spanish ship
Maritana, ' Captain SUCHOCIDG, for. St. Sebas7
tian's.---Wind South.

Yesterday the Qum. and PRINCESSES left Lon-
don at one o'clock for Windsor. Mr. MOLILAKE
'skewed Princess • ELIZABETH a handsome bowl,
taken from TIPPOO SAIB, beautifully enamelled,
made TIPPOO a present of by the French, which
sl* greatly admired. / •
In consequence_of the death of Mrs.,WYNyARD
her MAJESTY was pleased to dispense with the at-
tendance of General WYNVARD for the remainder
of his term, as gquerry in Waiting at WindAor.
The nuptials of,the Duke of CUMBERLAND and
the. Princess of SALMS. are, it is said, to be cele-
brated at. Berlin. The lady has arriyed in that

Sir joWN WROTTBSLEY, with his party, . who
sailed in the Packet from Grave Send to Ostend on
Snnday laSt, reached their destined Nit in 'four-
teen hours--they have. proceeded for Ghent, and
thence go forward to Brussels, . •
Numerous letters received yesterday from Liver-
pool announce, that the several ships and cargoes.
of cotton from Amelia Island, which had been
seized by order of Government, have been re-
'stored : but as we were unacquainted with the
precise cause of their seizure, so are we unable
to announce the grounds upon which they have
been liberated. A Deputation, we understand,
from Liverpool has waited upon Government on
the subject.
Extract from a Letter, dated Liverpool, Aug. 22
—" The Alert, EIZOWN, arrived here from Thirin,
NewfoUndland ; sailed from thence:3lSt
Capt. BROWN informs, that a veiiel had arrived'
from Halifax the day befme he sailed; in four

days, the Master of which reported, that the boats
belonging to the ships? under Admiral COCHRANE
had burnt the town of Portland and the shipping
in that port. Capt. IStowN further says, that the.
account wasfully Credited'at Bnrin."
From.Eliineur we learn, under the date of the
I.th inst. that according to the latest accounts from

` Gottenburgh, a number of wounded Swedish troops'
had arrived at that place. There is said to be an
adequate supply of provisions in Norway. So late
as the beginning of this month, a number of Ves-
- gels arrived at different ports, laden with corn,
frOm Liverpool. The ,Norwegians plaCe their
principal reliance on a corpse Of experienced sharp-
shooters, Onsisting of 6000_ men: They are,
however, said• to be in want of good -arrimunition,
and but, moderately clothed ; whilst the Swelles
are well provided in every respect.
Extract of a letter from Smyrna, dated July
---"'The ravages of the.plague begin to abate. It
is .calculated that nearly 30,000 Talks have died
of it ; about 6,QOQ Greeks, and a third of the
Jewish population, are also supposed to hare
perished. The deaths are now calculated at,200
per day. Of .those attacked a great many escape,
which is a sign that the disorder -loses' its ma-
lignity." .
" ST. PETERSBURG, AUG. Government
transports, with Russian troops, are now bound
from hence to Dautzic, in order to set at liberty
and take home the British artillery and soldiers
left there. The-Exchange still continues declin-
ing. The present price is 11*."
'Lord GLENBERVIE, who has benefitted. much
by his visit to Spa, is looked for. shOrtly Eat
Vienna.

The marriage ceremony between the lion. FRE-
DERICK ROBINSON, brother of GRANTHAM,
and Lady POBART, daughter of the Earl of BUCK-
INGHAMSHIRE, which, on the authority of the
Horning Papers, we yesterday stated. Co have
taken place 9n Tuesday,, i§ not, me find, to be per-
fOrmed till next weeft.
,44. Monument to the memory of Lord NELSON
,st 9 be erected it! Norfolk ; a, resj2jAitiu- t(5" that
effect was proposed to the tsr-iinif 'Lay at' the late
Assizes by Colonel. WODEfIoUSE, at tiecoii.j.:4 by
Mr. cor.s..

-,POETRY.

A' CAUTIOUS -QUERY.

lIOW oft wi/1 man, from toss of pi
Self-slaughter'd end his life'!
But who e'er yet de3troy'd
Because lie lost his wife ?

Think not, ye slaxes -to Hymen's law,
I under-rate his noose;

I state the fact, let others draw
What inference they chnse.

THE NoNcEss or WALES

• The-. Jason frigate, Ilion. Captain KING, and
Rosario sloop, Captain PEAKE, returned on. the
2211 to the. Downs from Cuxhaven, to which place
she carried her Royal Highness the PrinCess of
%VALES, Lady E. Fattnes, Lady C. LINDSAY, Sir
NV. GELL, Colonel ST. LEGER, Dr. HoriAND,and
others of the Princess's suite. The Jason sailed
'from Lancing On the 9th instant, and `after a very
pleasant passage arrived at Cuxhavenon.the 15th,
when her Royal Highness and suite embarked in
a schooner belonging to the Master Attendant of
Heligoland, which was to land vbe Princess at
Haartnirg; and she was expected to arrive, at
Brunswick on the evening of the 16111. The
Princess of WALES was considerably agitated on
• quitting the English shore,, and was so much 'af-
' ['cued, that immediately she arrived' On the quarter-
deck of the Jason, overpowered by her emotions,
she-fainted into the arms of•her attendant's: The
PRINCESS remained. -very low •in spirits till the
next day, when the fairness of the weather ad-
mitted her to pass the day on deck. The band of
the Jason 'played, and her Royal Highness's
,suite
amused themselves with -dancing. Her Royal
Highness's mind became gradually composed.—
On the 12th at noon, whilst passing the Texel, the
Jason, at the request of the PRINCESS, fired a royal,
salute in hononr of the PRINCE REGENT'S Birth-
day ; the PRINCESS drank The PRINCE RE,
GENT'S health " at •dinner, and ordered a Ball
in the , evening, which -her *Royal Highness
opened with Sir W. GELL; and the dancing was
kept up -with great- spirit till a late hour. On
Sunday, the 14th, the P4lNCEss.attended Divine
Service, Which was performed, by the Hon. Cap-
tain KING,: on witnessing the great devOtion of •
the crew, she,appeared greatly affeete4l. On quit -
ting the Jason, yards were [napped,' and Royal
salutes fir-ed, and the Officers and erdw gave her
nine,cheers. The PRINCESS waved her' hand to-
ward •the ship, and continued doing so till out of
sight.

he Jason frigate had no sooner corm to -an-
chor in the Downs, than .sh&' 1:i:eel-red orders-to
prepare immediately for the reeeptiOn of the
PRINCE REGENT at Brighton, on which destina
tion She was to sali yesterday. The interior. of
the-cabin is repainting and iiegilding,

WEYMOUTH, AUG. 24.

This distinguished Watering-place has now to
boast of an assemblage of beauty and fashion as
have ever been Witnessed in this town, except iten.:our belOved Monarch was. present. The
Tlwatre, and all the public places of amusement,
Si• ere numerously attended, and our promenade on
the alternate evenings exhibit a most gratifying
sight ; and, when the company feel tired with the
enjoyment of
_the sea-breezes, they repair-to the
pleasing amusement afforded at Harvey's Rooms,
of one-Card 100, which is become aleiding scene
of attraction. •

. Last Friday evening the iTheatre •was'lionoured
with 'the patronage of Lientenant-ColOtiel Stull
andjthe Officers of the 39th Regiment. The per
-
forniances of the evening were heßusy Body
and The Iri,ltluarc in.. London. In the boxes we
observed Major-General Jones and the Officers of
his SN'ff Colonel'Sturt, Mrs. •Lapslie,,the Hon.
Mrs. Moore,' Mrs. Dalton, Mrs. Archer, ,Officers
of the 39th, and 13th, 14th and I tith
lgoons, and a very fashionable audience.
kir:.Williams, in Marp/ot,'and Mrs. Weston, in
Miranda; sustained. their rpspective parrs nofst
ably, 'and were universally and deservedly. ap-
'plauded. • Mr.- Egan also, in IWurtoch DOlany,
kept the house in a continued roar of laughter.
The bathing of this season has been, uncom-
monlyfine, from a long continued serene state of
-the -atmosphere; -and as the blessed retUrn of peace
dispel all-fears of "an enemy on the coast," the.
pleasure boats were never in a rreater state of re-
quisition,,and-our unrivalled Bay was never more
embellished by' small craft Of every description,
with different water partie.s.
Yesterday the Sands bore a rery gay 'appear-
ance of equestriaus : their brilliancy was much
heightened by Sir Charles IlampFylde and Mr,
Burton appearing, fotir-in'hand, among the group.

Mrs. M'GtstoN hots been playing at the Lewes
Theatre, 'ffOin'whettce she proceeds to the L'as.t-
bourn.Theatre, which will open to-day with the
tragedy of The Stranger; th.e Siranger, Mr. EGER-
TON; Hrs. Bailer, 'qrs. McGIB•BoN.:
Mr. PAWCETT , played Doctor. Pahgloss, for his
own benefit, at 'the Gloucester Theatre, on,Mon-
day night, being the last •of his enpgement.
Sir.RoBERT PEEL, on seconding the• Resolution
of the Address•Of the county of Stafford, to bits
.Royal Highness the PRINCE REGFINT, concluded
an animated speech in the following words
In his early years, his Royal flightless had 'ocen connect-
ed with a set of men NOH, were typosite to the
•Coithell, of his
Father, and whom he esteemed as friends. • 'lVhe t called to
power, his better judgment discovered, that.the stens of
his Father ranked .1110 la•the cMffideace of the people and
though we have of late been accustomed to hear of tta most
brilliant tictorie§, vet the Prince Regent had. obtained a vic-
torygreatcr than all of themi,-HE unti oaxAtNnp ANICTOnY
OVEN IIIISELP; gild had t h05e:114440.s nn his Cotinols, who
havi ultimately brongife us:tlirortgli thecontest with htutour
O-
A ovrselves; and with • the applause of taro e.--:/Loud
cheering) • • • ,

Several Gentlewen of Northamptonshiie
the adjoining counties have. deterinsined-
adopting a resolution similar to the one so.
prp-
perly entered into by the Gentlemen of the Grand
Jiiry, at the late assize§ for the Countv_of Bed-,
.;
ford, " not to counnenee.shooting till the
..September," from a consideration of the great
injury the :fartnet's iVourd sii;taili by their fields
being strorted•oVer on an earlier day, in cowe... ;
(pence of the universal backwardness of ail the
growhig crops. . I