The Sun.
London, England, 1802-12-14 00:00:00

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N4YdL NE'WS.

A.,E2VOUT DEC, I;.

SAILED the Le;erster Packer, for Barbadocs and
Jamaica; and tl:e :King George l'acet, for Lisbon.

PORTSMOUTH, DE.c. 13.

SAILED the Apollo, WATSON, and Isabela,
Sr ARROW, for Sunderland ; King:ton, BUNKER,
for London ; Shillelah, ii4RDEN, for Shoreham;
Ant, SINGER, for Havre-de-Grace ; Lo Moselle,
WALKER, for Dunkirk. •
Arrived the Unity, STILE;, from Bridport ;
EnaVIVOUr, HARR INGTON, from the West Indies,
with Tronps; Four Sisters, SPRnlrt, from Exeter ;
Nysus, SAND 1 L AND, from London, for Dominica,
leaky.

The Sr.4rTHrteLD CLUB held their Annual Din-
ner yesterday at the Crown and Anchor, to hear
the'Report of die Adjudication of Prizes of the pre-
sent year, and propose those for the next year.
His Grace the Duke of BEDFORD in the Chair.
The Meeting was numerously and respetably at
; Lords 'THANET, CARRINGTON, and SO-
MERVILLE, Mr. ARTHUR YOUNG, Mr. H. HoARE,
Mr. BIGGIN, Mr. R. BYNG, Mr. WAKEFIELD,
Mr. ELLMAN, Mr. LECHMERE, Mr. WESTCAR,
and many other distinguished promoters-of the Agri-
cultural Science, to the amount of about rzo, at-
tended. The Duke of BEDFORD, from the Chair,
in a very impressive speech, recommended it strongly
to the Society to keep in view the obje& of the So-
ciety, of promoting the best method of bringing a
supply of Meat and Provision to the Market. His
Grace took a cursory view of the Establishment,
and recommended perseverance in obtaining the de-
sired effea. His Grace at the same time took an
opportunity of declining, in the must handsome
manner,, to accept two prizes which were adjudged
to his -Grace, but for which, in consequence of a
Mistake in the day appointed for show, there were

TREY write from Algiert, under date of the
loth November, that on the preceding day, about
three quarters after eleven in the morning, a shock
of an Earthquake was felt there, so violent, that for
forty seconds the Inhabitants expeCted to be buried
under the ruins of their houses. Several houses
were much damaged, and almost all were cracked.
At the distance of six leagues from Algiers, a
village, consisting of 200 houses, was entirely de-
stroyed, and all its inhabitants perished.
Two English Ships of the •Line felt the shock
strongly at thirty miles from land.
Several shocks were likewise felt in the night
and on the morning of the Bth. All the European
families were -under tents in the fields.
The hurricane in the night of the 23d ult. has
caused considerable damage on the coasts of Brit-
ian", and Normandy. Several Vessels were wrecked.
General ,MENOU, Member of the Tribunate, is
to replace General JOUR DAN, as Administrator-Ge-
neral in Piedmont; the latter of wham will sic in
the Council of State.

VIENNA, Nov. 2t.—According to intelligence
from Peterwaradin, of the date of the 18th inst.
the first Reports respeding the Earthquake at
Canstant;nop/e were much exaggerated. It was
nevertheless very violent. In the neighbdur.:
hood of the Seraglio several houses were shaken,
and a great part of those in the suburb of Galata,
together. with the Mosques, were overthrown. The
GRAND SE rcNto!% fled to the Mosque of St. Sophia,
where a great multitude of people also took re-
fuge. That edifice was not affeeted by the shock.
A number of shocks succeeded each other, for the

space of thirty minutes.
Nov. According to the Report of a Russian
Courier; ;lair Rased lately through Lemberg, the
City of Moscoaaa is entirely 'under water, the lake in
the environs having overflowed its- banks.
BASLE, Dec. 3.—The Helvetic Government
has received the official intelligence from its Envoy
at Ratis4on, that the Preliminary Negotiations
have already been set-on foot respeCting the Indem-
nities clahned by Switzer/and for the loss of its
possessions in Germany, which promise complete
The Prizes of the next year were much the same success. -
as the last; with ah alteration respeating the age General NEY has been authorized by the Mi.
and feed of the Pipes, which may be considered as nister of War to transport all the artillery, mus-
tending towards material improvement.
quets, S.sc. arising from the disarming of the Inhabi.
It appears by the Return of the Cargoes of Fish
brought for Sale into the Port of London,
,thq„..iane tants of Satuazer/anti, to Lausanne, where they will
average number in the years 1798, i7rgrattrn'aSarr-etiae guarded by the second Helvetic Battalion of
was 1,732 Cargoes, and in the year elided zsth the Line.
March. 18c52,. 2,663 Cargoes ; and that the foil,;-
The Deputies of Cr; and Schutz have set out
ing quantities were brought to Billingcgate bet Ween
Ist Oat. ISo 1, and xst July ISozi viz. for Paris.
Tov • Cwt. err. Lhi. •
The famous JEAN MATH TS, of Co;re, ha:, been
Fresh Cod, 1,416 10 3 4
Slightly salted Cod, , 17t 9 a 3 I arrested by order of General NE Y, and conducaed
Skaite, - - 649 8 2 14
Fully salted Cod, 1,120 8 z o to Arbourg.
The two letters of StSAKSI'EARE, found among With respea to the Decree of the Senate rela-
the Dorset Papers, and now about to berspublished,
rive to the War Contribution, the Executive
have been shewn to various men of letters and anti-
quaries, by All of whom their originality and au-
Council is to make a Report at the end of the
thenticity- has been admitted. The great Lord month, of the greater or less guilt of the different
Treasurer BUCKHURST, CO whom both of them are Cantons, Communes, and individuals, . when the
addressed, was the Ancestor of the present Duke of c
oenate will pronounce as to the extraordinary charge
DORSET. He wrote the first regular tragedy in
verse in our language, called " Gorboduc," and which they ought to support.
seems, if we may judge from the style of the letters, BERN E, Nov. ao.—lt is said that the English
to have lived on very friendly, if nut on familiar
Secretary, Mr. Mootte, 'has repaired to Constance
terms, with our immortal Bard.
On Wednesday evening, laic, Mrs. SIDDONS ap-
incase. where general BACHMANN is at present with
peared at ,Dublin, atter her `second illness, in the several Sayissb4,migrants.
cheraater of Margaret of 4njoft. Previous to the I The Public Papers have announced that M. RED..
rising of the curtail], Mr. HOLMAN came forward, m.o. has been set at liberty ;it is not, however,
and addressed the audieoce, to the circa, that as
certain malevolent rumours had been circulated of ALOYS REDING, but one 'of his Cousins.
Mrs. SWDONS having refused to perform for a RATISBON, DEC. 2.—The Imperial Plenipo-
charitable institution, he was authorized to contra- tentiary has not yet acceded to the Definitive
dial, so unfounded a rumour, and also to declare, ,
Conclusum of the Deputation. That accession will
that she considered herself under too many obliga-
tions to the Irish Public to refuse her support to any probably not take place until the interests of the
institution whiCh they soodion.—" These reports GRAND DUKE of TUSCANY have been finally at_
(said Mr. HOLMAN) have given her more real ranged. It is asserted, that a Courier passed
concern than the severe illness under which she suf_
fered." j through this City a few days since, going from
_
Paris to Vienna, with the result of the Negotia-
tions relative to that ,important objea, 'to receive
the sanaion of His IMPERIAL MAJESTY.
The Ministers of the Mediating Powers, and
several Sub-Delegates of the Dcputation,.are at pre-
sent occupied with the discUssion of a project for tl:e
organization of Germany, upon the principles esta- .
blished in the Plan of Indemnities, in which will
be particularly determined the relation of'the two
prevailing Religions, the powers of the Direflors of
Pubiic Worship, and several other objets.
There still exists a violent quarrel between
Bavaria and Baden, respeaing the Library at
Manheins.

ncycompetitors. ;
)..C,r,C,
His-Grace, by a writteo,projett„roposes to re-
ceive and purchase all -expensive specimens of the
best breeds from ciifferent countries, for the purpose
of making a general trial, by a variety of experi-
ments, of the-mOst.eligible breeds in this Country,
Lord SO:.tilER VILLE proposed other Prizes, and Mr.
WAKEFIELD the same, for Burnham Sheepshearing.
Noiwithktanding the opinions of the judges, the
prevailing opinion of the Meeting was in favour of
Mr. WisTc AR's grass Ox, and the Duke of BF: D-
F:oßD's small Cow, for symmetry of make, and excel-
lence.

Mrs. SIOD3NS exerted herself to the satisfaction
of a vary brilliant audience, and received the most
general a pproba ti
Hot,mAm acted 177ar.7uick with much energWand
TALBoT's King Edward was respcdable.
The Dublin Stage has been enriched by a "Mr.
Nrxot\-, who is a native of Duhlii:, and was edu-
cated at the University of that City. His talents
are of the tragic kind, and have been successfully
exerted.
A MissIVALsTErN has recently appeared upon
the Dublin hoards, who, acccording to report, is
likely to be a very distinguished Aaress. She
Made her debut in Calista, and Made a very favour.
able impression on the Audience.
Yesterday, Hatfield, who personated the Hon.
AUGUSTUS HOP E; was brought up to the Bow-street
Office, and fully committed for trial. There are,
we understand, five charges against him, three of
which are capital, the other t..vo ate for transportable
felonies.

-:,cEtrny c,!sr.
A , Lett'ef ttOm the Hague states, that though
French'Siiiß hAre arrived at Helvoetsluys, to em-
bark the lath 1i Troops in Hoi land for Louisiana,
their embarkation has been suddenly prevented by
an uttexpe6ed order from Paris. The Letter adds,
that since Lord Wit tTwoR TH'S arrival at Paris,
great doubt. are entertained upon the subjed of this
Expedition to Louisiana.
A Gentleman of opulence has arrived within a few
dap past from Botany Bay. lie mentions, that the
well:known Brrinitsn died there, a short tirn be-
fore lie jilt that plate, in a gate f insanity. •

J. Murphy, a convid, who made his escape from
the Captivity hulk, on Wednesday se'nnight, was
taken near Fart:ham, and lodged in the Eridetell at
Gosport, he made his ecape fram that prison on
Wednesday last,, by scaling the walls, and got clear
off. This is the fourth time he has contrived to
get out of confinement since he was sentenced to
transportation ; once from Newgate, from the hulk
at Woolwich, frOut the Captiviv, -at Portsmouth,
and from the gnol as above,