The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-30 00:00:00

spelt for that htim ble, but respetable Institution,
in which my, mina- was first imprested. with 'the
value and the love of letters.,

I ani,-Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
BRITANNUS.

COUNTRY NEWS.

HULL, JAN.

The Four Brothers, Collier, from Shields to Lon-
don, was wrecked- on the Spurn Point on_Wednes,
day last ; crew. saved. Four or five vessels are on
shore on the Holderness coast and at the Spurn, and
several others on the Lincolnshire coast, the parti-
culars-of which we have not yet received. The,
Johanna, TATEi from Selby to this port, was
sunk near Brough, on Thursday,.- in..a heavy gale,.
and three men and a woman unfortunately drowned.
The Perseverance, JOHN tU kw ooD master,.of and
froni Southwold, bound to this port, foundered at
sea on the 26th ult. crew saved. The Leda,
from Riga to this port, is lost in the Categat.
Early on Thursday Morning, the most tremen-
dous gale came on at this place that has been ex-
perienced for a number, of years. It continued
without intermission until about noon, when it ra-
ther abated, but blew violently at intervals until a
late hour in the evening. The damage it has done
to the buildings, &c. is considerable. ,Our. letters
mention, that its severity has been felt in almost.
every •distrid in the kingdom. A slOop,- name un-
known, was sunk off Hessle, and two curt of three
of the crew drow9ed ; the,,-thirdreached the land
with great difficulty. Of the .crew of another
sloop in great' distress off that place, one perished
upon deck by 'the cold ; another was drown-
ed, and -the third was, by great exertions, got on
shore, and carried to 1-lessle. During the preva-
lence of the'heavy gale, as the Nons'uch'3-launch was
coming up the Humber, she was upset by 'the vio-
lence of the sea, and one of the men drowned.' The
rest were saved by clinging to the launch, which
afterwards righted, and drove on shore opposite
Hedon.

Various accidents happened on the roads. The
mail coach from,York was blOwn over within two.
miles of Halifax, but fortunately no coßsiderab:e da-
mage was sustained._ This storm, the. most vio:.
lent that
.has ha-opened in this Country within the
memory of man,. has,: we fear, been i,roduftive of
extensive injuries, and we Wait with equal dread'
and anxiety,* those accounts of its effeds
which
we may !lowly expettfrom various quirters.

*URY, JAN.: 27:

AT the Sessions held for this Borough, at the
Guildhall, on Thursday last, Mary Hicks wis con-
vie-led of grand larceny, in stealing -four pints and a
half of wine, •in three bottles, half a pound of tea,
and a pound of sugar, the property of John Benja_
field, Esq. with whom she lived as servant, by se-
creting the same in a box, in order to -convey the
several articles out of the dwelling-house. She was
also indiaed with her fellow-servant, Bridget Pooley,
for stealing three pints of wine, in two bottles, and
causing the same to be conveyed off the premises of
her master ; they were both conviacd of the latter
offence; when ;Qat Flicks w3.i sentenced to be
transported for the term of seven years, and Bridget
Pooley to be imprisoned twelve calendar months its
the . gaol of tliis town. Mary Camplin, another
servant in the same family, -was disckarged, no true
bill being found against her by the Grand Jury.

The conviction of the above female servants, of
the very atrocious offence (too commonly, it is
feared, •praEtised) of clandestinely conveying away
the provisions ,and liquors of their masters and mis-
tresses, and thereby violating the trust and conft--
dence reposed in them, will, it is. hoped, operate as
a caution to all persons in similar capacities ; since
it must convince them that this crime (though per-
haps deemed trivial in their eyes, from the frequent
lenity of their employers) is one of the most cul-
pable the Law recognises, and highly deserving
exemplary punishment ; indeed we are well assured
that it is the determination of most of the respeet-
able inhabitants of this town and neighbourhood, to
prosecute for. the same, in every case in which it
may hereafter be discovered.

During the above trial, which excited great in-
terest in this town, the Court was/more crowded
than we ever recollea to have seen it ; and the pa.:
tience and candour with which the' case was inves-
tigated, together with the impartial and impressive
manner in which the Recorder summed up the evi-
dence, and passed sentence on the Prisoners, re-
flefted no inconsiderable share of credit on the ju-
risprudence of this ancient Borough.

BRISTOL, JAN. 27.

ON Thursday se'nnight, a most daring attempt
was made to murder Mr. Samuel Simcack, jun. of
Ash Grove Farm, in Ardely, Oxfordshire.—As he
was returning from Banbury market, about five
o'clock-in the afternoon, he was met on the turnpike-
road, in Fritwell Field, by. a man on foot, who,
when he had passed him, without saying a single
word, turned round and fired a .pistol, the contents
of which entered his right ear, and came out just
below the eye, and also penetrated his hat. The
Duke of Marlborough has offered too guineas re-
ward for the convidion of the villain,, who it is
hoped, will not be long undiscovered.
About eight o'clock.on Monday evening last, a
fire broke out in a stable in the New Shambles, at
the back of High-street, Worcester, which con-
sumed the same, and considerably damaged some
warehouses adjoining but by the aaive exertions
of the neighbours,, assisted by the Officers and pri-
vates both of the sth Dragoon Guards and the
Worcester Militia, it was got under without doing
further mischief. On the first appearance of the
fire, much alarm was excited for the, safety of a
,quantity of gun-powder stowed near the spot. ,It
was, however, speedily removed out of danger.—,
The fire was occasioned by.the negligence of a ser-.
vant boy.

It has long'been a desideratum in Medicine, to
free Opium" from those distressing eireA's it
known to produce, moree—or less, whenever'it is
administered. This is at length effeEted in.the
dicine advertised in the first page, whic,ll,- by means
of a chemical process, renders it comparatively harm-
less, whilst it retains in the fullest degree its de-
sirable. properties of relieving pain; soothing irri-
tation, and procuring sleep.
•

Although Dr.. John Hunter, and. many other
Medical Men,,bave treated masterly on Venereal
Complaints, yet they all follow the steps of their
predecessors : Mercury—Mercury, is still their
grand climaEteric ! and which, not Withstanding all
its alledged improvements and combinations, is
Mercury nevertheless ! ! It still then remain to
apply_a proper, safe, and effalual substitute for
Mercury. To discover it is needless—" there is
nothing new under the Happy for this Coun-
try such a one has been long since used in an exten-
sive private praetice, and in a multiplicity of in-
stances.found to be a sovereign, a safe, a speedy,
and effeCtual remedy for every species of venereal
taint, from. a. Gonorrhoea to-a confirmed Syphilis,
as well as for all " disorders originat,ing from a de-
prayed habit or affeaions of the skin:"' This Me-
dicine is, known by the naive of the ANTI-IMPITI-
GINES. It is the best substitute ever discovered for
that dangerous mineral, Mercury ;At sweetens the
,blood, and stimulates it to expel all noxious and:
impure juices, giving strength and tone to the
nerves,. enlivening' and invigorating at one-.and the-.
same time both body. and. mind. For scorbutic, cu-
taneous eruptioils,_ dry or' wet leprosy, the Anti
• Imyn.stigines "certainl• claims a Pre-eminence over
all other Mddicine.,,, I.)eing decidedly adapted for the
speedy retnoval ui these complaints, and Will not
Only clear skin; bat heal all old sores and ulcers
of ever so long standing. It may be hid in' half-
guinea bottles of the general: Venders of aitent and
public Medicines in .'Town and Country, with Co-
pious dire.Etions.
In disorders where salivation by Mercury has re-1
peatedly failed, when no other remedy could re-;
store the:unhappy_ sufferer .to.that health he unfortu-
nately los.t, this Medicine has invariably Rove&
effectual. .

* Vide. Cullen's Praa;.ce of Pliysic, No. 1737