The Sun.
London, England, 1812-01-03 00:00:00

of respect to his thernory, the 'eery high ccitiAei*.
tiou in which I havti alw.as held his treat talents and

virtues.

The United States have not, hot can they ap-
prove the. blockade of an extensive coast. No-t,
thing certainly can be inferred from any thing that.
has passed relative to the blockade of Miy 1,806, to
countenance such inference.

It is seen with satisfaction, that you still admit
that the application of an adequate force is necessary
to ("rive a blockade a legal cltratier ; and that it will
lose that charaeler whenever that adeqUate force
ceases .to be applied. As it_ cannot be alleged that
the application of any such adequate force has been
,continued, and ritually; exists in the case of the
blockade of May 1806, it would seem. to-be a riii•
inference, that the repeal of the Orders in Council,
will leave insuperable difficulty with respet:t to it.
To suppose the contrary, would be to suppose .that
the-Orders in Council, said to include that blockade',
resting themselves on a ptiticiple of retaliation only,
and-not sustained by the application of an adequate
force,•would -have the effect of sustaining a-blockade
admitted to require the application of an adequate
force, until such adequate forCe ,should a&ually
take'. the 'place of the Orders in Council. • When-
ever. any blockade is instituted, it will be a subjeot-_
for consideration; and if the blockade be in' con-
formity to the law of nations, there will be no dis
position in th)s 'Government to contest it.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) JAS. N10141t013.
• Aug. 1. Foster, Esq. &c.

OUTRAGES AT SLOOTHUY —Last winter some
villains committed various offences on the premises
of Mr. Samuel Taylor,„p! Sloothby,,in the Marsh.
They commenced their "base designs by misplaciag
his articles of husbandry; and, next, had the bold-
ness,to enter his beast-shed, and let loose his cattle,
which they drove out. Mr. Taylor being greatly
astonished at such treatment, and nut knowing what

the consequence might be, did, for the safety Of his
person and property, set a Watch on his premises for
several succeeding nights ; :but there being then no
disturbance, he was in hopes the villains had declined,
coming any longer. To his great surprise, however, he
was shortly of er alarmed, in the dead of the night,
by some villains, who destroyed nearly the whole
of the windows about his. house, with large stones,
&c. Mr. Taylor and his family then. thought
their lives were in danger, and were determined, if
possible, to discoveethe offender. They according-
ly, on the following night, bad their house and-pre-
mises well guarded, and continued this precaution
for several nights ; but no person coming to disturb
the house, Mr. Taylor again ventured himself with
his family to prote& them: They remained undis-
turbed the'whole of the last slimmer; but, alas, to
the horfor of all the fatnily,' their barn was broken
open on Tuesday nighty the 17th ult. and on the
Saturday lollosiving, about half past ten at night,'
their house was again beset•by a gang of villains,
whq attempted to break in through a chanahet-
Window, by . means of a ladder, which they reared
against the wall; 'but in this they were disapPoint-
ed, for the Almighty forewarned. the family of their
danger, by Mr. Taylor's eldest son. (aged eighteen
years) dreaming that some villain had broken
into the house, and was going to murder him. The
perturbation of mind occasioned by the dream
awoke him; and, to his great astonishment, the
first thing he saw, was-a man at the top of the lad-
der, endeavouring to take out the chamber window.
The young man, without giving the least alarm,
got out of bed, took his. gun (which he had by his
bed side ready loaded) and flied it. Instantly .the
Man upon the ladder dropped down ; and the re-
port of the gun alarMing the father, the whole fa-
mily were-soon up; but no one dare open thd dOor,
as the son saw two men about the home, and was
aftaid, -it the villains got admittance, the whole fal-
naily would be murdered. With great impatience
they waited for day-break ; and the first thing
they saw Was a quantity of blood on the ladder,
and several places in the road leading from the front
of the `house into the yard stained with bloody but
tio'trace of the wounded man could be found, so as
to Wad to any discovery. Mr. Taylor is perfealy
well satisfied that the villain was severely wounded,
and believes that he was taken off by his
• Yesterday morning, at one o'clock. a gentleman,
who lives in Market-street, Newport-market, from
his window observed five men and a boy of suspici-
ous appearance, in the street. They continued loi-
tering, near the house of Mr., 'Watkins, butcher, ,at
the corner of Market-street, facing Gerrard-sneer;
till three o'clock, during all which time he watched
them from his window, as it was a clear-moonlight
night:. When the watchman went his usual round
they retired out of,sight, but always came to the
spot after he had passed ; at three o'clock they be-
gan to break open the parlour window, the gentle-
man then descended and procured assistance; . but
we presume theY had one of the, party on the look
out, as they made off, putsued by the watchman
rind patrole, but unfortunately all escaped; they
only took a few books of little value.
On Monday last, about five o'clOck in t!se after-
noon, a man, about five feet eight inches high,
black coat and waistcoat, blue worsted striped pan-
taloons, and Hessian boots, with a pair of white
horse-soldier's gloves on, and a black crape over his
face, with a horse-pistol in one hand, and a broad-
sword stick in 'the other, entered the chambers of
Mr, Holship, solicitor, £2, Clement's-inn, when
'he immediately forced the mouth of- the pistol
against the head of a youth about I-3 years of age
(being at this time the Only person in the Chain-
hers), and - threatened, in case he gave the least
alarm,- that he would -immediately blow out his
brains ; he then compelled him to sit down in a
chair, which he placed in :a particular part .of ahts
room (turning the youth's face froth him); when,
after tying his hands behind him, he bound
him securely to the chair. After he had so done, he
proceeded to examine Mr. H.'s desk 'for. notes and
cash ; at this 'moment a person in the chambers
over Mr. H.'s, in removing a box, made a consider-
able noise, and immediately walked a quick pare
across the room ; this, it is•supposed, alarmed-the
villain, as he made a precipitate retreat without
taking any -ihing of material value. Mr. H. re.
turned about ten minutes after, the man had es-
caped, when he found the youth bound as before
described. . t