The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-01 00:00:00

NA P 1 L IV EPr S.

PL+MOUTFr, DEC. 30. - Arrived the American
Ship Rodney, from Wilmington, laden with timber
for the Dock-yard at this Port also the Gailiot
brow Metta, laden with wine, from Bourdeaux, bound
to Bremen, detainA in the Channel by the Snap-

•
Dragon Privateer.
Sailed the lose Sloop of War, with a Fleet of
Viauallers under Convoy, for Torbay.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 3 I.—Arrived the Dryad
Fri-
'gate, Capt. DRUMMOND, from Cork.
Sailed Rear-Admiral MURRAY, in the' Polyphemits.„
of 64 guns, together with-the whole of.the-Squadron
under, his command ;
,also the Alticore Sloop of
War, Capt. BARNS, on the Guernsey station ; and
the Pomone Frigate, 'Capt. BA AR Is, on a cruize to
.the WeStward.

The wind having been to the eastward the whole
of the day, it, is'expe6ted that the Downs Fleet-will
bo here early in the morning.:

.DEC. 3 t .—This morning sailed from the
Downs His Majesty's Ships Amaranthe an.d Fury,
with the. Britannia, ,Alfred, Retreat; Scalesby
Cas-
tle, Devaynes, and True Briton Eastlndianien ; the
Transports having on board the 14th, gth, 60th,
and gtst Regiments, bound to Ireland, and: a very
large-Fleet of other outwardbound Vessels, Coasters,
and Colliers; under Convoy for Portsmouth ; Hum-.
ter.ArmediShip, with the Convoy for. Plymouth and
Falmouth ; Thames. Frigate, and several other Cruiz-
ers, for the French Coast. • •
Arrived the Firm and Blazer Gun-brigs from a
cruize, and-remain in the Downs with the rest of
the Ships as per last.:
I•.
'Came
.doWn from the River, the Nottingham East
indiaman, and several other outward-bound. Vessels,
and sailed for Portstnouth.

P.S. The outward-boundfrom Ramsgate Pier are
just sailed throUgh
,the Downs, under convoy of a
Sloop of War, for Portsmouth.

DEC..3I.—A Packet is now in. sight,
supposed to be the Lady Aepean,• GEORGg
DEANE,- with a Mail from Gottenbutgh, but .as the
tide iS.COntrary, the Bo it C.annot, be on s'hore in time
fot,post the Charger,
.Centinel, and E,scprt
Brigs, with. the 41,:gits, Badger, and Viper Bei:curie
cruizers,, sailed 1,,,r tnol- IC%

lhig moruing_ali z,i, thathave been de-
taiiked some tithe b) L.. sailed for their
respei-3tie ' pdrts (,1 ; the wiud .hav-.
inn -Ohanbe.: t., ward, the Mails of
to=day wt.; • the- /Auckland. Packet,
Capt. the Eft;../ qf Leicester, C3pt.
ioiwer for Gclitenburgh, and the
_Litter 1.01 5 these Packets re:main with
the Acute Guti-bri.

SHEERNESS, • Court. 'Martial was
held yesterday on bawd the Maranime fbr the trial
.of the First Lieutenant of the Sophie for drunken-
ness and disobedience of orders : the charges were
proved ;- but, in consideral:iGn of 'Circumstances,. he
was only reprimanded. • •
The Firm Gun-brig saild fOr the Dmens.

All the Sloops of War here that have been fitted
for. foreign service have. received orders to return
their :additional stores,
.and fit only for the North
Seas.; two Ships, of 74 guns,
,and forir, 'of have
had their, poops cut down, and'are:fitting for the
North Sea station, and Will be ready in two months.
DEc..sl.—"Went into Harbour the: Sophie Sloop
of War.

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FALMOUTH, DEC, 29.--Yesterday morning -ar- •
rived His Majesty's Ship Moselle, to give instruc-
.tions'to the outward-bound Vessels waiting convoy ,
here for the Mediterranean. The Bacchus Cutter,
Lieut. WERMICK, from Plymouth ; and this day the
Ship Middleton, Capt. GARBOUT, from Gibraltar,'
in •34 days.

Sailed His Majesty's .Ship Fortune, 44 'guns, .and
Nimrod Cutter, with the Savage and Rapid Gun-
brigs, on a Crie.
Remain, per contrary wind, the followint Packets,
:—The•Prince of Wales and ToivOliend,
for Lisbon • Duke .of Illontrose, for .New_Yerk ;
Duke of Kent, for the Leeward Wands ;:and•Ploidc
Frigate and • Cecilia Tenders, for ,•the•W6t lndier. ~

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R
GREENOCK, 'Dec. 29.—'The George, TAYLO
rived here on Saturday, last from New-York, after
a passage of 24 days.. The BRUCE;' was. ex-
peeled to sail flat day for this Port. The Coißmerce,
M'INTYRE, from hence, for New-York, had not ar-
rived when Capt. TAYLOR sailed ; Capt. TAYLOR fell

in with the Sally, frcim Baltimore for Cork, in great
distress,
,having made a deal of water. Capt.. TAY-
LQR took the Captain and crew on board, and saw
the Vessel go down soon ,after.:---Five of the hands
were put on board a Vessel, bound for the ,West
loiFs.
Iviie Diana, LYON, from Newfoundland, for this
Purr, has got into West-Loch-Tarbet, withiloss of
sails,
&c. ;111.1 three of her.crew.

The Indlencience alt.) WALKI:I), from Charleq-
ton, mentioned iii our last as having been driven on
shore at the Hill .of Ardmore, with the loss of her
foremast and main-top-ma'A, has beet) since got off
without farther damage. All the others have re-
gained their fOrruer anchorage.
The.fallowing are the losses whiCh have come to
our"knowledge in consequence of the gale on Thurs.
day . .
The Margaret, STEWART) from Dublin to this
port, is,lost at Port-Crav;ford, near the point of Pen-
corse, .opp-osite the Cumbrays—a man, a boy, and
threepassengers, drowned. .

The Elizabeth, PEARSON, a Sloop, from Port.,
_Glasgow. to. Tortola, driven out of LamLish Bay, on
shore at Knock Castle, near Largs, but expeaed to
be got off with little damage.
The Aurord, BRYPENT, of ,Irvine, from Ireland,
with grain, driven out of Lainlash Bay, and totally
lost, with all the crew, on the little Cumbrays.
A Sloop on shore immediately below the Cloch
Light-house.

The Juno, AGNEW, from Stranraer, with 340
quarters oats, on shore at Weinys Bay, and unload 4
ing there.

An abstract from the
...H4ton's (of Lynn) Jog-'
book, WILLIAU GARLAND Master,..frorn Lynni
bound to Portsmouth, lying in the Downs
five A. Al. saw a. Brig of War iu
the east of us, fore-sail pp, .and. Main-top-sails to the
Mast, having a:large Sloop brought to tinder his
stern, We were at
.this time going,about five
knots through the water, <wind about W. by N. the
North Foreland
.Light,W.-S. W. of us.
• "At half-past;six A. NC saw-,two Sail, in the- S.E.
which Idid not like,: of-course kept the Ship to the
I\..Wr. At this time the North Foreland-light bore
-of me W.N.W.abotit four or five leagues, wind
,about S.W. by w,
". As soon -as the sails were trimmed, I made out
very plain the one io bey a.Lugger boarding a Brig;
I immediately began , firing guns, and making the
signal common -for an enemy being near: wheo-it
was good day-light we .roigitt-,be- about two miles
, from him ; he was then very busy in capturing-and
sending -off the sternmOst and leeWardmost. Ships,
and continued this as long as'lcotild ste hitn, whiCh
was till nine o'clock A.M. ; he was ther4boarding a
Brig, and going off, the rest steering for a port its
France: , •

174:1t is. my firm opinion that he took•ac many as
cfnlid man ; for after-I had been under the North
Foreland some time, fw.O. Brigs came up within ;
they informed me that they were close by him when
he ;Weill off with the last Vessel ; myself and others
Lkept our signals. hr an Enemy', top :gallant sheets
flying, and close under the laud, thd most part of the
) day.

•
" I plainly saw the Ships in the Downs; also a
Brig' of War riding open of the Queen's Channel;
but no notice whatever was taken of our signals-a
great pity indeed,.. for if either of them had, the
Merch.inen :night have been retaken, and very.
likely the privateer brought into. an, English porte
Otxt of about 70 Sail only tiff came in ; those wnich
were not captured 'must" have gone back to Yar-
mouth roads.

(Signed) WIC GARLAND."

1 BRITI s.zi Nitvil;--Ttie following is the state of thes
1 tritish Y .vnl Force tip to this day :: in' cOrnmission
1.1234 Ships of the 'Lille (8 1 of them at sea)• E, 13 of
from 60 guns to 44 (8 of them at sea); 163 Frigates,
Y....(N3.0f the.tn at sea); Igo sloops, itc:(l4s of them
' tit. sea);.: and 266 Gun-brigs and. other Vessels (2c t
of the,rn at sea), making a total of 765 Vessels (55E4
.1- Of thew at sea.) In ordinary; 50'Ships of' the Line ;
:flg-fr6in 50 to'44•guns; 62 Frigates, 50 Sloops, C.
I and le: Gun-brigs, and other Vesses.—Total 183.
1 Building, 37 Ships of . the- Line, 32 .•Frigattsi 3g '
Sloops, 6,-..e. 7 Gun-brigs, and other Vessels.-=—Totat
1 115. The whole amount to'lo ,p :Ship-sand Vessels,
of which. 220 are of the Line.
The last convoy for Eni,riand, from Np'.i.found-
, land, was ro sail•the2oth of Deceinuer, under the
icare of H. M.S. Heron.
Tuesday Dispatches; were received at Mr. Wind-'
i ham's Office, from Botany Bay, brought by the
Ocean, Captain .Batsrow, who 'has arrived in the
River, . „ .

Yesterday a Court of Dire6tors v'vas held At the

East-India-liouse, when the following
.Captains
:vim worn' into- the Co',*,tnand of 'their rep.:.ctive
Ships, viz. Capt. T. Hansom, 6ley/on
LANDS, Walpole ; .Madias and 'Bengal. 'The Court
adjounied at six o'clock till Tuesday next.
:Oa Tuesday the
,Chairman and Direaor's of the
,East India Company will entertain Minits, and 3
number of other pers6ns of dktirfftion, with a sump-
tuous entertainment, at the London Tavern.
The late Duke of RICHMOND, according to 're-

port, • has bequeathed no less tilat, iy-o,ooot.l.o:c„cix-

)f' bt.threedaughteri by 'the Lady to ‘‘liorn the
Gossipping Ciicies had united- hits in Hymeneal
bonds.

. By the demise of His Grace of RtcmCioND, the
lucrative Coloneley of the-Oxford .Biti6s to
he disposal of Ministers, 'as' well as a blueribbon
Of ,the'Order-of the Garter, the Lord Lieutenantcy
hf S'usSex, and the command of the Sussex Militia._

The Duchess of GORDON has at length received
tiie' high gratification •of seeing four of her daughters
elevated" marriage; three of them to the rank of
Duchesss, and one to that of an English
'Marchioness, viz.--Lady .Georgiana, Duchess of
BEDFORD; Lady Stcan, Duchess Of MANCHESTER 4
Lady Charioite, now Duche,S of litciAUND; and
Lady Louisa; Marciiioness CoaNwAws. •
This being IN.v*v:Kear's Day, his Royal Highness,
the Duke of GLOUCESTAR Msoe6ted his Regiment of
Font Guards, of which his loyal Highness is Co-
lonel, in their new state clothing, on the Parade in
'St. James's Park.

A very extraordinary instance of the premature:
gNwth of the human body i at present exilibnedl
Antwerp. A male child, born in theneignbburni#l`:
of that.:iown,, and the rcglster of whole birth pro,e'
that he is only. aged five years,
,weaures about
French tcl:et, has. thSvoice ,)(a man, and a beard, ao'
can)Wiffry pounds weight with 'each hand.

REP 3LUTIO2V iV isr. Domm-eo.

A-rmrss or TIM 'ARMY OF HAYTI TO THE •GEICE'RAL

IN CHIEF, HENRY CHEISTOPHE.

" Tyranny has• been destroyed_ along with the
tyrant ! Liberty revives ! Since the 17th a have
free----trilring example of revolutions etie&ed
NlachiaVelism, and which proves that a people
I" 'g bimdage, if once made acquainted with their.
?Wn strength, thongh they may suffer themselves to
abused for a time by those they believed capable
tif putting, them in the enjoyment of their efforts,
• let it 'will never be possible to shut their eyes against
their true interests; •• • -ant agitations which
incessant
have succeeded each other have sufficiently proved
and.that the obje& proposed had not yet been
"btained--:that peribd alone when the Temple of
•nr
ar • maybe Closed.
" The principles you .have
.always a&ed upon,
,and which you_have had the courage to communi-
'elle to the' Generals in the periodS of 'barbarism,
When even our breath was construed into- a meaning,
Lgtcl might bring the heads of the most innocent to
scaflbid ; these principles have been the eleOric
flame which has caused the commotion, that has
been so strongly felt, and which has carried away
every thing with it, to the moment when JEAN
4CQUES DESSALINES, our common oppressor,•ceas-
ttl to li%e. •
" Vengeance has had its operation, and now the
army only waits for your preseuce to concur in the
formation of the-social compa& which should unite
us----of a Constitution, in which every Citizen 'Shall
it length find security for his person,' and the sa-
cred right of property, emanating from general
will ; trot like that mis-shapen A:a which we have
trodden under our feet, made in the silence of-the
Cabinet, ,without the knowledge of those most -in-
teresied An it, and ::calculated only to flatter the
c''Priee of a single individual, and even in the letter
of 'contrary to every principle of liberty, Thus
i 6ntalinsed, we have sworn not to separate till we
l'at'er seen the new . Constitutional Aat proclaimed
---tbat At by which we, ought to be governed—
Until we have approved of it; and sworn 'to obey
tt ; and Until; tomforinably to the usages of an-
tient Warrior's, We have publicly acknowledged you
lOr the Head of our Government, and borne you
11,101-1 our shields.

" Satisfy, General, the impatience Of your brave
Soldiers, of the whole nation assembled, who are ad-
mirers of you :virtues, and 'to which nothing is
'wanting, at these moments Of joy, but yOur pre-
)se rice. •

•
" Head-quarters, Portooau-Pririce, 0et..21, tBo6.
" (Signed) E. Gerin, Minister of War and Marine ;
Pettori, General Commandant of the zd Division of
the West; Yayou, Vaval, Generals of Brigade;
Bonnet, Adjutant General Chief of the Staff; Ma-
iion Verret- Lacroix, E. V. Mentor, Adjutants-Ge.
•neral Coldnels Prancis'que, Beauregarde, Ouguac,
Dieudonne, LamaYre, Sanglaou, 1. L. Mento, Dour-
* der, Tertein, Metellm, and Gedeon ; Chiefs de Bat-
talion Adim, Cadet, Hastein, Baude •Aquerre, Fre-
deric, Lestradc, Flanbert, Caneaux, Boyer, Lefranc,
Latospat,t, Borgella; L'Evequi, Delaunay, Gireaud,
Cleitnont, Baudes ; Chetwain, Commissary of War ;
I nbert, Gilles, (sons)~Bigot, Longues, Allier, Peroni,
Bordu. Latond, 4enbOu, lean Louis DorninNue,
feint riche, Belly„Adonis, Confidant,
"Vottur.e, Baptiste; riche,
Bigott de eenoneourt,
- Caitaing, L'Arnitie, Sanou, Gardel, Silvain, Roux,.
legcndre, DeStouches, Gourman, SabOtirin, Viau,
liberal, Ice." folluived by a great numb& of other
- -1-- StgisatUrp-