The Sun.
London, England, 1802-12-30 00:00:00

DEAL, liEb.

AitikriiEb rnm t"oitsrnouth; anci
lot Sheernessi the Thames Frigate.

BULL, DEC. 27.

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oitr four o'clock in the afternoon of Fridiy
4inni6t, the Statehouse, of Plymouth; from that
port to Shields, in ballast, during a heaVy gale of
Zindi came on Sliorit in the Humber, between
„tc"leil Banks and the Main. About eleven o'clOck
at evening the vessel broke up. Two of the
'Len reached the shote about two o'clock in the
anon part of the wreck. The remainder,
tonsisting 'of the Master; Mate, and_ ten men,
Were swallowed up by the waves. The Mate, whose
rnt was Cowg,u4i, was a native and inhabitant of
*his town-.
On Tuesday seinnight a sloop, coal laden; was
14,1510- in the Htimbet, by a sudden gust of wind.
ti WO men, a woman, and a child, who were on
tc)4101, saved their livts with great difficulty, by
to.the boat. Another Child, about five years
71 was in the cabin, And unfortunately went
"v*n with the vessel.

The Hon. ALEXANDES HoiE, the brdther to
*de Earl of HOTETOUN, W1)0111 Hatfield personated,
lirri red in,London on Monday ilst from the Conti..
/lent. He is now in Lord MELvILLE's house in
Charles-street, Berkeley-square, where his Lord-
°MP is not etpeeted till about the diddle of Fe.
bruary.

Major attgroN, who is travelling in the Suite of
PRINCE WILLIAM Of GLdOCesTsit, is Son to the
'celebrated Hiberno_Austriap General of that name,
Ivho was killed when- on a reconnoitring party be.
fore Dunkirk. His Royal Highness the Dolts of
who was particularly partial to the veteran
Chief, generously took charge Of his Son's military
fortune. It cannot be in better hands.

The Earl of CADOGANIS late beautiful seat at
Caversham near Reading, now belonging to Major
MAasAcx, it is said, is to be disposed of.
Mr. CONANT, the Police Magistrate, has, within
'hese few days succeeded, in consequence of the be.
[nest of an old Lady, to a fortune of Three Thou.
iand Pounds per Annum, which, at his death, goes
to his second Son. At this circumstance of good.
Fortune to the worthy Magistrate, a very numer.
'us circle of friends will sincerely rejoice.
The damage lately sustained at the• West India
ioeks, we are glad to learn, is completely re-
'aired. Notice has been given that the, ships must
had therein after the end of.the present year.
The Ambassador from Tunis to Paris is said to
:try with him a most valuable present :for Madame
t)IitIPARTE.
BY Letters dated Malacca, June zg, we learn, that
leY had there heard of the signing of the Definitive
stance
of Peace, by-a vessel from
.Bombay, 'an in.
4'ance of the rapidity of communication worthy of
Thatic.
The Welcome, WATSON, 4! tons, in ballast, was
've rset and sunk in Lowestoft Roads. The Master
.
two men drowned; one Stan saved:,

iqtYlirbiitt-g6 PiiiEtro

A system of Plundering wrecked vessels .aa
different parts of the Coast has .beerl Dept up toi
many years, and is. now arrived at an alarming
pitch:. The following is a very daring and singn-,
lar case of the kind:

In the beginning of this month a DUtch
laden with too casks of sugar, 13' o casks of pot-
ashes, together with some printed. calicoes; .ind
a few cases of musical instruments, sailed from the
River, and on the t zth sprung a leak off Whit-
stable. About three miles from the Shore; the ves-
sel made such a quantity of water in a short space,
having started a plank, that it was useless to endea-
vour to keep her afloat. The Captain and the
Crew, therefore; betook themselves to their boats,
and the weather being fine, they reached the shore,
in safety. The vessel sunk shortly after they, had
quitted her, but. the place not being very deep,
the hull of the ship was only a few feet below the
surface of the water, and the masts and rigging
remained out of it. At Whitstable there are
few inhabitants but what- live by the plundering
of wrecks, and smuggling, and are constantly on
the look-otit. Three men of that desCription, of the
names of Tall, Weatherby,, and Maui:4 having
seen tLe vessel quitted, manned a vessel of their own,
(which they keep for such occasions, arid which
resembles a Grairesend Boat) and put off to the ship
that was sunk; in order to save as much of the car-
go And 'materials as they were able, taking with
them bloCks, tackle, and other implements, Which
they knew would best assist their purpose.=
It might, at the first blush, be supposed; that
their intention was an ati of kindness towards
the Owner of the Vessel, or the Underwriters, but ,
it was no such thing ; it has a long time ben con-
sidered with these men; that all stranded vessels
upon their coast, were legal prizes, and therefore ,
-they made no secret of plundering vessels in the open
day. With grappling irons, and other instruments,
they procured a great quantity oft he goods on board;
they attended the vessel for eleven days; and at length
succeeded in their grand objet in getting her on
shore. The unfortunate Captain of the Dutch vessel
was all this tithe a spetiator of the scene of-pl,under,
and was obliged to behold the remainder of the cargo
taken out of his vessel, and housed by the Plunder-
ers with as much sarig froid as Merchants would
their own property. The Captain was not even al-
lowed to go on board; alter the vessel had been got
on shore. Being this circumstanced, and finding
it fruitless to appeal to those lawless people, he
came to the resolution of leaving them to divide the
property, and set off to Town; where he arrived
on Thursday last, to give an account of the affair
to the Underwriters who had insured the vessel,
that they might take proper measures for recover-
ing the cargo.

Mr. Gt LsoN was one who had made an insurance
upon her. This Gentleman related the whole affair
_to the Lord Mayor, who cheerfully granted him
sueli assistance as night be wanted to take the of-
fenders into custody.
Mr. CANNER, one of the City Marshals, accom-
panied Mr. GrLsoN to Whitstable, on Saturday last.
In their way, they procured warrants at Canter-
bury-, and on the Sunday apprehended Tait, Wea-
therby, Mount, and a person of the name of Moidy,
who 11;fti assisted in the plunder. They were all
rinich astonished at the circumstance, and wondered at
their being molested, while only engaged in the
prosecution of their profession, by which some of
them had amassed to the amount of 76661.
On Monday they Mere all taken before Jour;
LADE, Esq. of Canterbury; where they underwent
a long examination.

Salisbury, an Officer of Whitstable, proved, that
Peter Tall refused to give up z 8 casks of sugar and
pot-ashes, which he claimed for the UnderiVriters,
and that he was obliked, by force; to put the broad
arrow Upon them while on his premises:

Mr. CANNER proved; that Moidy acknowledged
the having in his possession one cask of pot-ash,
but he, mistrusting him, iiamined hi 6 house, and
found four more.

Other evidence was given, which shewed that all
the four persons had been concerned in stripping the
ship of every thing valuable, both in the inside and
out.
The Magistrate being a little at a loss how to a&
in such a singular case, proposed to Mr. CANNER
that the different depositions of the Witnesses should
be taken down', and laid before Counsel in town,
for their opinion, Whether the crime imputed to
these then cin be constituted an aft of felony:

'We have received several series of Atherican
Newspipers' which, though not of later date than
the 24th of November, Yet; coming from parts of
that Continent, froth which we had little or no in-
telligence by the latest previods arrivals from Ame.
ricai bring several pieces of inform. ation; both nevi
and not uninteresting.
Peace was proclaimed at New Orleans, the capital
of Louisiana, on the loth of Oaober last. ' That
Port ceases, in Consequence of this event, to have
to the Anglo-Americans, the chargter of a Neutral
Port at which they may land, and for a time deposit
their goods for re.exportation, without being sub-
jeet to the payment of duties ; by the French at Sr.
Domingo, by the Spaniards in the trade to the
Spanish Vlain, by the Portuguese in attempts to
trade to their Colonies in South America, the
Anglo-Americans have been lately plundered, in-
sulted, harassed, to a degree .at which their keenest
indignation is awakened, and they are taught to
prefer therrtraffic with Britain and the British Colo-
nies to that of all the world beside.

A letter from Chelicotte, in the North Western
Territory, dated on the 4th of November, commu-
nicated at New-York intelligence, that the in-
habitants of that territory had, in a convention,
just resolved to joint the Union as its 17th State.

We are very glad to find that the Commissioners
for lighting, eve. the City of Bath, have had the
spirit to fine the Lamp Contraßors 401. for neglea
of duty. We hope this example will hare some el.
felt upon the ContraEtors for lighting the Metro-
polis ; it will at least remind the Commissioners of
their duty.