The Sun.
London, England, 1814-09-13 00:00:00

LOSS OT THE AVON.

FURTITER PARTICULARS.-011 'Thursday last,
, his Majesty's ship CaAilian, Lieut. LLOYD, (act-
( tug) and Avon, lion. Captain AcsuTnNoT, hav-
ing sailed hence about a 11101Ich jig°, gave chase
to an American schooner privateer, (having Pre-
%lonsly recaptured a vessel taken by her), but ow-
ing to•the superior sailing of the Castilian, she
left the Avon a considerable distance behind, who,
after a short time, found herself in sight of a'ves-
sel which she hailed, and demanded who she wa ?
upon which she replied, " heave to, and I'll let
yon know who I am,") this was about nine o'clock
at bight, and fired a gun at the Avon, whet a
nibst sanguinary action commenced, which con-
tinued until 11 o'clock; she then sheered oil, and
this is. the Wasp." She Appeared in a sink-
ing state, and glad to get off. The Avon then'
fired signal guns to the Castilian. Upon the Cas-
tilian coining to the Avon, she fell in with the
Wasp, and -demanded who she was ?—to which
she made no answer. The Castilian hated under
her lee quarter and gave her a broadside, and
then bailed again ; butt no rinswer, nor - yet_ a
single musket fired. The Castilian finding the
sinking state of the Avon, made every. effort to
save the lives of. her brave crew ; fortunately the
')Tole were saved. As the last boat with the
wounded bad got about half way to the: Castilian,
the Avon ,event down head foremost.
We lament to say, that between the second and
• third !-roadside, Licut. PRENDERGAST, the gallant
First Lieutenant of the Avon, received a mortal
wound agross the belly, from a grape shot, while
ilr the act of cheering the crew. The Avon lost
nine killettand thirty-three wounded, As soon as
the'Castilian had discharged the duties- of huma-
nity, in taking on hoard the Avon's crew, she
Made all sail for
.the IVasp, who appeared so cut
up as to be in a sinking state, but' could not make
out any trace whatever of tier.--(Cork, Sept. 7)

BuotcAPAtti:Ebas not been visited. at Elba by
any of our ships since The euracoa, Capt. TOWER,
was there on the 4th of June.
,Both he and his
residence had failed to excite any attention in the
Mediterranean.

Seven colliers, says a Fahnonili letter, from
Wales 'to IVaterford and. Cork, have heen taken
and stthk, within the last fortnight, by Anieri-;
can privateers.

The' Hoyl6 TAYLOR, f:6111 PeterSlllll-0 to
Newcastle, run on shore near Elsineur the 28th
ult. but has beem got off, after discharging part of
her cargo.
The -Neptune,- JOIINSON, from London to
Stockholm, cut her cables, nod broke her wind-
lass, Elsineur Roads, the Ist inst. and proceed-.
ed to Copenhagen to repair.
A vessel was totally lost upon Burnham Flats.
the Bth inst. and a sloop, laden with coals, was
wrecked on Blakeney Bar the same day ; thescrew
of the latter saved.-11 boat, painted " T%vo,
Friends, GIBSON '%7J SON," drove on shore near
Mundsley the 9th inst.
The Peacock American sloop of war was seen
9n the Ist inst. in lot. 48: 8
Eleven French ships of war at Antwerp, not
being finished within the time limited by the treaty
of Paris, were put up,.to auction on the 3 Ist.of
August, as they stood on the stocks. .All the.
timber, Kopper, iron, or other materials, lying
round the ship, were included in the same lot
with the vessel. Five months allowed, from the Ist .
instant, to break them up. Half the purchase.
money to be paid within two days in cash, the re-
mainder within one mouth; bmt.marine bons, issued
for the pay ot the navy, were to be taken in payment
for one moiety of the Slim. The ships were put
up accordingly ; but Hot a single bidding was
blade by those present,

HE
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THE THEATRE;

WINDsoa, SEPT. 12 —This morning 'her .MA.•
JEsTi,.and the PEINCESSES, with their usual at-
tendants, paid n visit' to the Duchess of Yoar.; at
Oatlands. The Royal Party partook of an early
dinner,: and returned
,to the Castle in the evening.
. Ilitymotvrn,; Sm. 12.-11er Royal 1-lighbei4
the Princess cH4RLOrre of WALEs and suite
rived here last. evening, at about eight o'clock.-=--
A great concourse or people were a3sembied
the Esplanade, Opposite CflOucester-I,odge, who'
greeted the approach of her Royal Highness with
loud cheering, which she graciously returned
with •every.mark of condescension.. The l3aud of
the-13th and 14th Light Dragoons were on the
Esplanade,_ performing several .oatiOnal airs.—
During the little her Royal Highness wa's alight=
ing from he4"`carriage, " God Save the King- was
struck up wifh reiterated htizzas.
BRIGHTON, SEPT. 11.—The Nautiliti. packet,
,frout Dieppe, reached this sat one o'clock a. M.
to-day. When the Nautilus left Dieppe, the port
was tolerably tranquil, but the inhabitants watched
'with a jealous eye every species of provisidns that
was put on board the packet. The military there
*continue to parade the streets.—lt gives its sincero,
pleasure to observe, that the reports of the atm).
dpnce•which has distitignished the Wheatrharvesti
occasioned the price of that article at the market
at Lewes, yesterday, to drop full one pound per
load.

•
WORCESTER, SEPT. Highness Prince
FREDERICK of ORANGE, accompanied by Major
Dayoy, arrived in this city. on Tuesday ; apd in
the course of the day visited the China Manufac-
tory 'and Ware-rooms of -,Mesrs." Chamberlain,
with the inspection of which he' was greatly de-
lighted ; and, before his departure; !ell a large
order for various articles iu porcelliin.
The Duke of NORFOLK is selling a ntiMber of
estates in Yorkshire.

copied from a Cotempary lately,,that the
cotton spinning in Lancashire was stopped on ac-
count of the high price of the raw material. We
are assured that this statement is not correct. But
it is true, that at Bolt'on the spinners have ceased
to work, in consequence's f an attempt 1:y their
masters to reduce their wages. At Bolton, the
price of labour was 15 per cent, higher
.thliti
-any other part of the country, and in the present
discouraging state of the trade, the masters were
4wt disposed to continue this augmentation.
A disCovery, interesting to the geogolist,.w,;s
made on Monday last, by some workmen, ;em-
ployed- in taking away part of Bunker's Bill. iq
the Duck-yard. More than 20 feet below the
surface, they found a large number of peteitieft
cockle and other shells imbedded in the sOlid rock,
which must have lain there ever Since the de-
luge !! !! as no part of the Dock-yard could liav
been subject to the influence of the sea, before
its foundaion, from the nature of the ground,
which then consisted' of cliffs or tligh rocks, con-
siderably above the level of. the tide.—(P(ymoath
Paper.)

. -
-.A ehild, about three years of age; was slain 1)y.
his-,brother, aged .four, at Langton., Just
They were at play near the house-of their tattier;
who is•alabourer, when the elder cut the other
on the head with a garden hoe, of which he died.
in two days.

MELANCHOLY ACC!DEgT.—Cin Frid;iv
some persdns at tll_, signal post near the 'Land's
End; perceived .a brig, which was p..iSsing no
.channel, to strike on the rock, called the Rundle
Stone. As the vessel instantly began►. to sink, the
erew,condsting of six persons, were seen toquit.
her in the boat; but before they.could cigar the
wrecks one of the yards of the -vessel struck the
boat, which sunk iunnediatCly and every tut.;l,
perishq.ll.

,•,
The
.Season commenced at Lovent Gareon
Theatre- la's't Pizarro; Tizt
and his 112,0.
„The 'house was crowded, eV t-t-; eit
an overtfovir; and the Chief perrorinerS were
ceired very notice as they
l:tsYOut,;(;-, who, 'oli
appeiiiitnee id the part Of R.E.I/c4; iYaS greeted
with repeated Marks of ardent ivelcoine.
tdottc.alsb, as au old tiegiiaintance Of the Londbn
Vilis well i:eCeiVeta in Plitit;rt..;. MrS,
isiAt), MrS.POW.ELL'; is•S the pi-OL;f-,-
that. iq6. A-PG.IEB9N; ‘oio pertoilued this print;:
through the whole of 'last winter,' tifii
gaged—a cireinnst.ance sortieprise, as she tira,s oue of the most judicious tintbest informed .actresses bti the Loridati State.
Before the .play began;. the fitidienee veb&itently
detnandati God save tlie anti! .I.3AR
obliged• to appear and infoilzi Them; thui
voCal performers had . dot etrived; but that
the sung Should be given at the end of the
play. : This assurance was satisfactury. The
play went off very ivell ; the loyal itiain
as promiseidi was sting on the conclitsion; and
received with enthusiasm.--- We have already
mentioned the chief alteration which has beett'
.matte in the interior, viz. a double staircase
Mg from, the lower-tai the tipper Saloon, by Which
means a certain order of fetinJes. Will be less like-
ly to annoy the audienee, another plaCe Of-
egress is provided, in case of croudeti houses. The
loiter Saloon is not leSSened, as stated in a Morn-
ing Papers for what - has been taken for the
staircases; .IS stfpplied by the removal of certtin
offices on the Covent-Garden side of the TBeatre„
to make rOont for the place of refreslinient. The
railing of the staircases and the baitnistets are very
neatly finished with brass-work. The facing of
the boxes, as well as the whole of the Theatre,'
hasnndergoite a complete cleansing, and the gild-
ing has been retouched, so that the whole weiu:s
an aspect of novel elegance anti splendour. The
green curtain, rendered venerable by time, and
indeed the only tel of th 4 old English Theatre,
has been removed, and the substitute is one of a
light olive Colour, decorated witntbe !loyal :Arms,,
surmounted by the REGENT'S Feathers, and alSo•
Ornamented with the Rose, the 'fiiistle, and the
Shanit'ock. We are always gratified in seeing the
emblems of Royalty, and types of National (futon,
but we own that we do not approve of the re-.
'nova! of the old Curtain, not only because of its
traditional character, but because its colour WeiS
refreshing to the eye, anti- because we are pci-
stiaded that any substitute will, in time, beeutne •
stale and'wearisome.

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