The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-24 00:00:00

mrizolD, Nev. 19,

The great advantige of the. Smalls Light 'to
rssels navigating the Bristol and St: George's
Channels, naturally excited
..considerable anxiety
u hen it was known that the light was not shelvn
after the_storm of the 18th and 19th of October
• last, particularly.aS the strong gales prevented all
communication with the mee oni the hock, until
the 7th instant, when they Were taken °X with-
out having sustained the least injury:
I am induced to give you the following parti-
culars, as it • may be interesting to some of' your
Readers, collected frOm the ingenious arshitect,
Mr. Henry Whitesides; of. Solva, to' whorn the
commercial interests arc indebted for, the ius•en
tion, and whose endeavours to carry into fall et*,
Poet, ciuring;a period of two years, amidst ail-
culties wilich I cannot describe : When it is recol-
lected that this Rock is exposed -to the whole
range of the sea, and that it is sometimes imps-
sibk even to
_land on it for months together, some"
idea may be. formed of the difliculties-experieneed
in fixing such a fabric, which has withstood' the
conflicting elements for 36. years, and' haS now.
,only sustained a partial injury from the violence
of a storm unexampled in those seas,' _
The Small:4 are about five leagues W. by N. from
Milford Iraven ; the Rock on which the Light-
house. is erectedis four or five feet above the level
of the sea at the highest spring tides. ',lle house
is fixed' on nine oak pillars,' eight of which form
an octagon, and one in the centre ;. the said pil-
lars arc about forty feet in height, from the Rock
to the house, and two feet in diameter at the lower
part, and 16 inches at the upper. The diameter \-"
or. the house is twenty-two feet, which is diVided.-
into two rooms, and above which is the light'
room. Boles are cut in the rock about. ten feet
into which. the pillars arc fixed with incited
lead and pebbles : about three tons of leadwere
used in fixing,each pillar. In a part of the rock 4.
a cave is rut for the purse .of holding. coals,
provisionS, oil, &c: which is 'well'secured by iron
bars; &c. On the South part. of the rock. a num-
ber of.large pillars, about two feet diameter, are
fixed in an oblique", direction, in order to break
the force of the sea : these were all washed away,'
by wl,ch one of the house pillars was broken, a
part Of the glass of the light room was broken 'by
the sea, and the men, in order to give the sea a
free passage, broke the remainder, fearing the
whole light-room. would be earriedaway, . This
and the loss of the flooring of the house, is the
Only damage it has sustained. The remaining
eight pillars are firm in the.rock, -sand the body
of the .honse not injured. it is feared the da-
mages cannot be repaired, nor a light exhibited,
before the summer.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER, LATE
BELONGING TO HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE GUFF,-

RIERE, DATED HALIFAX, OCT. 15.

" It was extremely fortunate that the American
returned to us after we were dismasted, aslhave
no doubt that. the. Guerricre would haVe gone
down before we got her in here ; so many shot
struck her between wind and water, that her hull
was nearly shattered to pieces. - We were carried
to Boston, where I remained about ten days, and
was then sent here.

" God knows what the people of England will
think of the capture of the Guerricre, but they
certainly cannot expect more than to fight her
until she was sinking. No' one that has not seen
the Constitution would believe there could be
such a ship for a frigate, the nearest ship in. the
British navy, aw,
.to her dimensions and tonnage,
is the Orion, of 74 guns. She was laid down for
a 74-gun ship; is 180 feet long on her upper
deck, and 45 feet 10 inches breadth .
of beam..—
She has no gangways, but two complete decks,
the sae as a line-of-battle ship, and is 1630 tons
burthen.

" We have been so coMpietely occupied
looking out for Commodore Rodger's squadron,
that we have.taken very few prizes. 'The Acasta,
Captain Kerr, is out on a cruize, lie has taken
some good prizes. She is the finest frigat
this station." ,

• Duel ,Prevented.—Saturday morning the lion.
,Mr and Captain C—, of the- Royal
Navy; inet in Five. Fields, Chelsea, to decide an
affair of honour. They had; however, no sooner
appeared on the ground, attended by their friends,
than they were interrupted by the interference of
two Officers of the Police. Tieing thus disap-
pointed, they retired to the residence of one of
their friends, near Sloane-street, where the mat-
ter was amicablyadjusted. .
We are sorry to announce the death of Lich-•
tenant -Yates, of his Majesty's ship the-Menelaus,
son of 'l'. L. Yates, Esq. purser of his Majesty's
ship the Hibernia, who was in
,September
through the head in a.gallint-attempt to cut 911 t:
a vescl from an enemy's port in the Meditef-
ranean..,

The fasting wc.in4n, Ann Moore, of Tetburi,
Staffordshire., is still in existence : though sLe
has •.either ate nor drank any thing for tyl.vards
of four years and two months. -

A Most daring attempt, was made on Thursday
zgig,tet, to break into the farm-house betonging to
Mr. Wood, of Hanger Hill, 'Will' Acton. The
thieves first tried to enter at the 'parlour window,
but failed, owing to some iron bars fixed inside.
They then deliberately etempted to cut a passage
through the main brickwork, and had succeeded
in mak:ing an aperture in the \wall, .01most sniff-
ciently large to admit a boy into the bed-room of
Mr. Brickcngall, the-bailiff, when they were dis-
covered,. but unfortunately efleeted• their escape.
Same night, a large quantity of linen was - stolen
from the premises of Mrs. Ilei!thei, a laundreiii,
in the above neighbourboQd, supposed by t:le
same•de_sperate gang.

It was discovered last week that implentents
had been conveyed to Winter and Allen, who
were convicted of robbing the Sisters boy, and
another prisoner, named Bell, convicted of to -
gerv, for the purpose of enabling them. to break'
out of prison.

The PoPer and Snap dons of war piled froth
Le th Roads on Mondayfor Portsmouth, It blew
so hard from the E. S. E. that they did not get out
of the Frith, but came to anchor in Aberlady Bay.
1-he wind having come rbund to the N. E. ou
• nesday !limning, and more moderate, they weigh-
ed, and wrought down. •
On Tuesday it blew a very hard gale, walk
-
squalls, and showers' of- snow and sleet, The
' ships in the Roads road heavy, and some of them
cut o-t• slipped their cables, • and run above the
highland., The Sarpedon sloop of Nvar, with her
convoy, put up to the Rods, and a brig went.
• up. the Firth yesterday with the loss of her fore topmast.
The Sarpedon sailed this Morning with her con-
. voy; six in number, and three transports for the
Nore.—Wind N. W. with a light breeze. .
Monday twenty-four prisoners of war belong-
ing to the .Piedinonta ise French frigate, were re-
leasad -frOtri Greenlaw prison,' in exchange for
'twenty-four seamen belonging t 9 -his Majesty's
schooner Laura, given up at sea- by the L'!iligente
French privateer. •-

.`Nov. 19.

Tht West, Briton, prinfect at Truro, on Tuesday,
contains the' following account of the unhappy
event at Falmouth; which We'have before noticed :
" ,Occurrence.—On Friday morning
last, about six o'clock, a gentleman arrived at the
kotel at Faimouth in a posts-chaise. Immediate-
ly on bis.arrival be Nvent to bed '; he rose, again at
tea o'clock, and breakfasted ; after which lie
went to the.house of the Captain of 'the Lisbon
packet, which was next in the order of sailing,
and paid for his passage to Lisbon; he then're-
turned-to the hotel and dined with a party of gen-
tlemen, who had engaged for their passage to LAs-
bon in the same packet ; at 'dinner he drank no-
thin but ale. ' After dinner he went with the
party to see a new packet launched ; he returned
at dtul,.and ordered a glass, of "bol:lnds and wa-
ter,- and, tWe. sheets- of writing-paper., to be
brought into his parlour. lle went to bed about
ten o'clock, and next morning at half-past ten
one of the chainber-maids went to his room in
order to make the bed, Ric. and tin-Opelling the
door, which had not been lbcked„ she w.:s struck
with horror, on perceiving the unfortunate man,
with nothing on but his shirt, lying on the.fioor,
which was,covered with blood, and the wash
son by his side almost filled with blood. An
alarm was given,and a surgeon immediately pro-
cured, but the body was quite dead ;• a razor lay
by its 'side,with which the arteries of the left arm,
at the bend of the elbow, had been out across in a
dreadful manner, which caused the deceased to
bleed to death. On the table was found a _letter
and a note, of which the following are copies.
The letter was folded, but not sealed ; the note
was open

• "Oh Almighty Lo :A God, of infinite goodness
and mercy, pray forgive me my manifold sins and
wickedness; it has pleased thee to afflict me most
grievously, and much.heavier than I can possibly
bear ; being persecuted by a set of Vile persons,
whose only aim has been to ruin me and bring
me to destruction. I toi•give, 'and I hope they
will be forgiven at the day of judgment. 0 Lord
hay.: mercy upon'the—hare mercy upon nre !
, My sufferings
,are so gteat,!that at times I am de-
lirious—my ideas wander. I know.not where ;
those perjured villains were determined to seek,
my death, that, their infamy might not come to
light, and that they pedured themselves is.as true us.
thou art in heaven. I here_ ever forgive them
Oh blessed Redeemer,;look don WWI mercy upon
MC ; Oh Lord be pleased ro ptitir down thy bless -
ings on my late worthy partners, who are so sore
afflicted, by improper conduct brought on by
others, who have sought my ruin, and ii ho I did
all in mypowcr to serve,. 0 fiOd be pleased. to
forgive them as I'do,—and I hope they Will profit
by
,my untimely fate ! G God, the thought ot-,i
being, made a. bankrupt and 'an outlaw. has fixed
my fate—these words have cut me .to the very
soul---outlato .1 for every fellow to scoff at. Qh-.
the thought is too much for me; although 1 ought
to rejoice at being an outlaw, rather than exist in
the same country with such med. 1,1a.y the au-:
thors of that infamous combination meet their
just fate, that are 'my persecutors. 1' God' of
mercy recei.ve me into thy holy sanctuary ;. my
mind so agitated, I cannot go forward or back- ,
Ward.''

1, The words in Italics are interlined.
t What follows was'Avrittea with it pencil.

" SLll'4ly name isltobert Mitchell, of Bris-
tol. 1 will thank- you.to send the trunks and mo-
ney, about UAL to .Messrs. Powells, of the said
place; and let me have. Christian burial, for have
been unjustly persecuted by_a set-of vile swindlers
1,1-0 perjurers. You, will take 20/. for your trou-
ble. You will thin l: it strange. I should address
you; Navin never seen you, .but you arc, 1 he-
Agenc.fiir the CommerCial Bris•Nl:
" Houton, of this place, Falmouth.
" Nine
.o'clock—i wish 1 was' no more, and
that the Almighty would ,nzke me into his holy
keeping."

A CAirouer's Inquest sat on the body, and
brought in a verdict of insanity."

On the.2d of November, the Spanish corvette
ElAtmsval arrived at Cadiz from Lima. Besides
a cargo of gunpowder and saltpetre,. sh.e brought
357,670 dollars.

The countrofDablin Grand Jury passed a num-
ber of Reso!utions at their meeting% an the Ali-,
chaehnas Term, expressive of their disapproba-
tion of the .discussion of the Roman. Catholic
.Claims, till the Catholic Body shall be disposed 'to
urge them with more temper and moderation, be-
cause, as they •allege, « the Catholics on the one
band profess to consider it as au insult to propose any
restrictions, and declare their resolution to reject
the offer of qualified conceesiou, and as the great
body of their Protestant Brethren, on the other,
will not, as we apprehend, conseut to surrender
the Constitution, tinder which the Empire baS so
long flourished, and insist upon adequate provi-
sions for its security.". These Resolutions are
signed by the whole body of Grand Jurors.