The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-03 00:00:00

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As vit never feel greater *CrimplaCency.fowards
ur literary labours thati when employed in lend-
;-ng their buthble aid to the promotion of 13enevo-
lent p„,.13705et.,
we have lately called PnbliC at
• .•
tention to tWo very'excellent Charities. ii the Me-
and trust the motive will excuse our
trestpdssing upon our Readers-again to recommend
'• a ProvineialEstablitliment;which seems to possess
• inore than common claims to encouragement. We
allude to the North Staffordshire Infirmary, an
AdvertiZeinent respecting which will be found in
bur First Page, 'so fu!ly'explanatory of its nature
and usefu!ness, and speaking so directly to eery
feeling heart in favour of the proposed Plan, tliat
..'we can add nothing of reasoning to promote that
Plject which must succeed, from the mere
ini-
Pulsesof timpani' y acknowledged by every bosom,
even were the understanding-to take the opposite
• "le. which it can never do.--;••As the following
• .ttae:,t, however, from a worthy Correspondentiti
Siaffordshire, may advance the establishment of
,i'l"ildr•Charities in other parts of the Country, we
Insert it with pleasure in THE SUN
"The necessity of an Infirmary in this poptt-
11°01, Mining, and Manufacturing District, has
inthg been acknowledged ;, but the difficulty lay
.; want of means to support such an Justitu-
`m•—,This I have had the good fortune to he
the means of surmounting by striking out aplan
07 (t small weekly contribution front the um:l-king
• cluues, aria nc:bly, indeed, have they answered the
611,Peal that has iieen made to them. s The appiica-
!jull of .the principle to Institutions of this kind
Is new; but it is evidently of the highest import-
. -4,11ce tu encourage and draw forth the exercise of
it> in-every shape, amongst the lower orders. As
ir as their tocsins extent; let them be parties in
Phil-at-nitropie anal benevolent undertakings, and it
4unot fail to augment these bles,ings to their
o'l.ll class of the community, awl' to mend the
I..caqs of the cowl-anti-ors.. Ina manner highly
..ionourable to themselves, and creditable to the
laracter 6f the country,. the Staffordshire Potters
Iwill have led the way, and already we understand
that the manufacturing places are in motion from
*ur example,"

LUDICROUS NAVAL :MISTAKE.

To support of the belief of a second American
Squadron being at sea, the following curious ex-
tract of a latter, from. one of the Lieutenants of
Iris Majesty's ship Leander, dated at Fayal, 14th
cljanbatYs is in circulation :
," search et' the American sqmidron, we saw
a tr., I. •
d us the other day, which: the Ctiptain or-
e
red os to draw to, but under moderate sail, so
-a,s lint to
11-00, • any particular :anxiety, suspecting-,
tnreietreuinstances, she was a British vessel cap-
of being desitotts, if she should prove so,
andbl'"?,(l hold 6f :the American prize-master,
can N.'', this skip upon him as an Ameri-
wi.se -gate) obtaining information which other-
We might not get. Nothing conic! have hap-
pened better.
l'er It; ..r.g proved the John, of Li-
Ponl, lately Captured by the Perry privateer ;
Yand the American priZe master, a high-blooded.
ankee, hOist ed. out his boat, and, without any
'esitation, came on board the Leander. The
Moment .he got upon deck, be congratulated
the Othcers on the squadron being at sea, and
Ltl a situation where they would, as be ex-
pressed it, do a larnution share of mischiet to
• the damned English sarpenis, and play the de-
game with their rag of a flag. He then
• Observed, that he knew this ship the moment he
saw her, by her-black painted masts and sides,
" the cut of her sails, to be the President, as
Ile was in New York jest hefore'she sailed : after
these observations, in whieh the Yankee profess-
.G
to.be t;ery well informed, he walked up to Sir
RottoE COLLIER, and to the extreme amusement
us all, making his bow, addressed him as the
at American Commodore Dt.:CATUR:, rewinding hint
the same time of having once seen him ar New
Sir GEORGE agreed to all this : when the
Yankee presented the John's papers, to shew what
the was, and complained of his crew, Which be said
Were such a set of vile mutinous sarpents, that his
fitfe Ives in his hand every night, and requested there-
:te, some of them might be changed for so many of
le Supposed President's crew, and that one in par-
ticular might have a second flogging. All this
be GEORGE GEORGE promised with great gravity Stlot•ld
done, and ordered the First Lieutenant tai have
as many men
rained of. ready in exchange for those corn-,
The Captain then asked Jonathan into
1,118 Cabin, and retiring for a moment for a chart,
ueturned with can in which the Leander's tracx
Marked, over which was written " .Pre-
i)l;'eot from New York, on a cruise," and placing
tly% ger upon these words, as if by accident,
immediately caught the eye of the Yankee,
ttli° exclaimed, that he knew the President the
z"nient he saw her, and Nick himself could
1(!let deceive him. He was then asked by Sir
I us
.B°RGE, pointing to the Acasta, if he knew her ;
' reply was, that she was the Macedonia ; and
didll:hen.asked what the Newcastle was, he said he
' ?not know her ; on which Sir GEORGE told him-
le Was the ConStitution; he replied, he recol-,
i!ctO she was, though not painted. as she used to
a e then marked the Perry's cruizing ground,
tll,
rn
(, said he had spoken the
Whig privateer, who
11)1d hint he would probably soon fall in with Co-
' L2dore DECATUR'S squadron, which rejoiced
410 s heart, as he knew he should then get rid of
tob'e of his mutinous crew. After he had no more
th tell, Sir GEORGE recommended his returning to
mpohn, and in great form returned him the
titsi:'' Papers, Avishing him a good voyage, and
• he ng he would not forget to let it be known
Lett ,he
Dsca-rua and his squadron
\t'en.
real Jonathan took his' leave with great appa-
e' satisfaction, but when about to quit the
3to4hllder, our First Lieutenant, MacDovoaeL,
tioVea biro and apprised him of his real situa-
,
fcr. a long time he considered this a joke,
duffel casting an eye upon the English •Captain s
ht isrtil. in which Sir G. COLLIER then appeared,
ca2le almost frantic with disappointment"!