The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-29 00:00:00

PEAL,: 2S.

His Majesty's Ship 111:.'r..7!aur arrived this. morn_
ing- from the Westward, and sailed through the
:Downs to the.l3.iv'er.

Remain the St. Al4ans,.Nemesis, Ajax, Amazon,
Brilliant, La iolaze, Galgo,fand G.annet, and. Ril'
grr Lighter_

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to Sarah, ... _Bailey,"
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: • At -
Pie.:SchOloner spoke the Brig Lucy
Aim frOin Port Republican, bound -tolNe cv,, York;
out' forty-three days,. and in t of prO
which were supplied by Captain Hu They had
on board Captain HENRY • lin? rnosit'ON,- and the:-
,Crew of the Ship Eliza, from -this Port, bound to
New York, -NrVhich had unfortkinitrely'ifounder'ed-at
'Sea, io, 2.. ind wericked ,up -by a
Sloop', and put on,s6ard the Lucy
lives- were lost.
The .11/4,..a.au, Nitt,from Jamaica, :to London,
drove: in the gales, and is loSi bit:the coast of
Boulogne.-Crew saved. •
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Seven Homburgh Malls still remain due.

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Yesterday morning Mr. MULWTZ and Mr.:
DRESS' NG, two of His 'MajeSty's'MeSsengers'left
town with Dispatches, ,thc former to-Lord ELOT/
at.constantinople, the, laiter-mhit—Eicellency the
!Marquis CokrtwALLls at Amiens.'

-His Grace the Duke of PoP.TAAND has left-Town
rtn- a few cayS.: ,
The Duke of NORFOLK" has.
.also gone to -his
.Seat,.near Epsom, for a few days.
Wednesday night the LORD MAYOR gave -an
'elegant and splendid entertainment to
,many of the
Nobility, his private friends, &c.: after which
there was a Ball ; the first dance of which was led
down by 'the-LORD MAYOR and. Lady STANHops.
A greater assemblage of female ..beauty and ele-
gance .has not graced the Mansion House for some
years. The Company were all admitted 'at the
!private door in Charlotte Street. The Dance was
in' the Long Parlour, which has been lately ele-
gantly ornamented and beautified.—An additional
:hall'is made for the accommodation of the servants
of the visitors..
The sum which. the American Government has
consented Thpty, in order to liquidate the claims
of British;q`&rehants, is .six hundred thousand
Pounds;' Which' ib to be paid by installments of
zoo,oool. every two years.

Calcutta Gazettes down to the i ith July are• re_
ceived. They contain little that would be inte-
resting to English readers. •
On the 16th of May the Governor-General, by
General Orders, expressed his approbation of the
conduCt of Colonel ST E V E NSON, Colonel SARTOR I US,
and the Detachment under Colonel STEVENSON'S
command in subduing the rebellious RAJAH of
PY CHY, and for the assertion of the British power
throughout the Province of Malabar.
By General Orders of the 22d May, the Gover-
nor General likewise expresses his approbation of
the condua of Lieutenant-Colonel INNEs, for the
suppression of the troubles in the Province of Din-
digul, and the apprehension of the POLYGAR of
PE ERAPATCHY, one of the principal rebels.
A Letter received by the Melville Castle, from
the Presidency of Bombay, dated the 14th day of
August last, says, " We have received an account
of the death of Monsieur SURCOUFF, the Marine
Officer in the French service at the Isle of France,
who has so successfully annoyed our trade in these
seas : SURCOUFF has been on this station about four
years, under the auspices of General MALARTIE ;
he was so extremely daring, that he ran all risks to
make captures, in which he too often succeeded.
We learn by the same letter, that the Subah of
Chotesgur and its dependencies, is lett out to WIN-
TUL PUNDIT, by the Berar Government, for a spe-
cific annual rent to be paid in Nagpore ; for which
grant and the rAnic. of Subandar, WINTUL PUNDIT
has agreed to pay.'very considerable price.

A Letter from Kingston, Jamaica, dated 7th No-
vember; says, " By an American vessel, arrived on
Tuesday from St. Domingo, we learn that General
MOYSE, who commanded in the Northern Distrid
of St. Domingo, and who was the Officer that took
possession of the Spanish part of that Island, by or-
der of General ToussAINT, has risen in rebellion
against him, and that aetual war is now subsisting
between the parties adherent to each other. The
Armies were in sight of each other, near Gonaives,
about six days ago."‘

EXECUTION OF COPERNOR WALL

AFTER having been twice respired, Joseph Wall'
Esq. who was conviaed at the Old Bailey on the 2001,
instant, underwent the Sentence of the Law yestet:
day morning at the usual place of execution. 0,
Council was held on Wednesday at St.
_James'',
to talce.bis case into consideu.tion,...and it was there
decided that the Law should take its course. Ike.
appeared on the platform a feW seconds after eight
o'clock, attended by the -Ordinary, the Rev. Dr'
FORD, who continued to'the last moment
,to adlik
nik'cr'e.Very.consolation to' him that his awful an°
unhappy state reqUired. ' After shaking,handsith'
one of, tike,:. Sheriffs; who stood at the entrance 'ol'
.
the platform., in :doing which he manifested 010
.agitation, heWas brought for At this dread;
Ifnl moment an expression of public opinion toolc
!place, :whit!), for 'the honour of our' Country, 111.6
lhope never, 'to:* repeated. Vie immense concourse.
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. of-people assembled on the occasion, with a ferocitt
unknown itiCivilied States, absolutely gave three
cheers .as soon -as the Executioner began to pla9o
'the halter round the' neck of the unhappy man.'
Whether it was to. express their detestation of theft,
;inhumanity which involved him in the offence fat'
which he was doomed to an ignominious death, 9t'
'wh.:ther it was intended as a mark of approbatioit
of 'the executive Power, we know not, but the aet
was:higlily -izdeco.rirne, ;!serous and
ss feelings el
bui
nt
gs which ill it e eor
,I.lleacti.,
cu:iiiti(:
tliose humane anci
therto.charaeterized the :13riiith Nation, . . '
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He had his arms bound, as is usual; ,aid'a,white
night-cap and white handkerchief on his head;
His looks were bent to the ground, and he d;.(.1- not
appear to pay the least attention to thesurroUnd4
objets. -. He spoke a few Words to the Ordinary!
;and was-immediately- after - his asc.ending the OP,
;form tietrup, Scarcely five minutes elapsed bet Ween
ibis coining out and his being launched into eternity'
iid, seemed ,to die in great agony, was strongif,
!convulsed, and lifted up his hands several times.
A-i .
--' r .I . .? even 0 clock on. Wednesday night Mr.Kirki,
!went into the 'Prisoner's cell with the man wiliO W4s
:aPpbinted•to sit up with him,.: He inquired if ant;
news had arrived ? he-was-,told none. - Mr.' Sher,.,o7,
'OO)t about this time . visited ,him in liis cell.
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iO'speOe4 a tespio,till twelve o'clocknone then a! i
iriving, after the lapse of near an hnur',.he iniuiLce/
:particularly whether the rifjcliiife,-':in being broti.glm
;ont7sfil*-Tprels-YaTd;- woul,:1 make a great noise'
and inquireij-at .%-v-ria.i. tilne.?l, •Ths attendant beins
uriwilling,tn discompose kis, mind, pretended tOls,,i
ignorant of these: ItiartrS, He fell asleep beti.Veol,l,
,fOur and•fiv-7e:'o'Cloek,)nt.l...did. not bear the noise Q'
'the fatal maatine,_which was brought out at firfl
o'clock,, 'although it shook the
,urhale prison b 0
about twenty; minutes after a Mail;co' iteli &oing bYI
he. started, .and . said, " Is not that the fatal sea'
fold r!: The same same person answered, - no, 91/q"
serving it
,was the- mail, and he might hear the
horn blow with it. He did not go to sleep again;-
he asked many other questions, and inquired wile'
ther, being a tall man, he could not avoid the jet!:
in the-falling of the scaffold, although it was doner
he apprehended, to dislocate the neck of the saficqe4
. and put him sooner out Of pain. .
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Mr. Ira It was areslzit t.. - q--grey miZeCt
!with a black collar, and dark pantaloons, and Itzld •
handkerchief in his hands.
We understand it was at the particular request
of the unfortunate Gentleman himself that the °c
;• a
cution took place so speedily after his appearanC,'
upon the scaffold. On the night previous to 11g°
execution, he had his last interview with his OW.
'The scene was most distressing,

Mr. Wall, we have been informed, was perfeall(
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indifferent as to his personal fate : his only anxierl,
respefted his unhappy wife and son. At the trying
moment of the annunciation of his doom in Coati
,we never witnessed so striking a display of calm, °f
patient resignation—indeed we may say of indil
ference, as he manifested upon that occasion.

New_York Papers received yesterday, up t°
the zsth of December, give us the proceeding;
of the House of Representatives to the 18th ; but
nothing of moment had taken place, except
motion to repeal the Ads imposing the discricninat'
ing duties between merchandize imported.in Ames
rican and merchandize imported in Foreign Vessels'
The 'Lotion, however, was not decided on the r7th'
The French Treaty was laid before the Senate
the r4th, but strangers were excluded upon. the
discussion that 'followed.

Smuggling has been carried on to so great an ex'
tent since the signing of the Preliminaries of Peace'
as to engage the serious attention of Government'
A Squadron, consisting of five Frigates and a Sloe
of War, has been ordered to sail immediately from
Plymouth, to pUt a stop to the contraband !raffic'
by which the .Revenue of the Country would
very materially affected. These vessels are 1°
cruize between the Start Point and Mount's Bay•

Letters from Paris mention, that there has beef
a very extraordinary commercial speculation entere
into by certain political charaaers at that place.<
The Commercial Statesmen bought up all the Spanis'
wool in Spain they could get, amounting to 16,0°
bags, and have sent it to Paris. Several English
Wool Merchants are there to make purchases.
The Ex-Director BARRAS has sold his estate
called Gros Bois, formerly belonging to the preseri,
KING ofFRANCE, to General MoREAu, for 16,00°
sterling, payable by instalments.
Surgeons GILLAM and Comas, of the Coldstrea°
Regiment of Foot Guards, lately returned fro 'l,ll
Egypt, and who were totally blind, have recoveree
their sight. Many of the men affliCted with th
same dreadful disorder are also in a fair way of se'
covery.
Two horrid murders were committed, in Nove.r-
ber last, at the pen of Robert Wetherell, Esq. jo
maica, bis
y a Negro. The wretch enticed two of b
own children to a rctired part of ,the property, 3,11er
cut off both their heads, then acquainted themot!' a
where to find her children ; after which he atteroPte
to put an end to his own existence, but was prevellerii
ed, and properly secured. 'What could have induc
him to perpetrate so wicked a deed, is not loosvi'l

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