The Sun.
London, England, 1805-04-23 00:00:00

NEIVS.

PLYMoUTII, APRIL 20..--There are now only
!eft in th.tildy the bloctueux, of 8 guns Coura.
geux, 74..,gun5; and the' Caossus, of 7+ guns.
In the Sound, La lourterdli and Lady Warren,
of p guns.— These Ships will .be-ail rfE to their
dill rent stations.

Yesterday all was mirth, riot, and jollity amongst
the jolly Tars of the Pallas Frigate, ,of. 32 gtini,
Capt. Lnrd COCHitAN E., both at Dock, North Cfir.
ner, Mutton Cove, and at Plymouth, in Castle B4y,
&c. They were paid in hard cash Thirty Pounds
teach, in hollapi and Were allowed to go, on
shore to reple .themselveti, except those who
were prudent enough to stop on board their Ship,
'and remit their prtze.money to their friends and re.
lations. The Pallas is ordered to fit for foreign
service, and it is supposed her• destination will be
to the West

La Loire, of 44
.T.ms, Cipt. MAI TL AND, laile4
very early yesterii.ly morning for Ireland, and .not
befurs.

Arrtu. Danish Eastan.
diaman has just Fume to in the 'Harbour. On the
22d of ntrch, in itr. 19. long. 3r. she was board.,
ed by an English Sloop of War, in company with
about So' sail, steering to the Westward, supposed
to be the Magicienne Fligate and her Convoy,
hound to the West Indies. The Captain of her•
says, that he sailed' from the. Mauritius on the 31st
Dec. ; put into the CApe of Good Hope 3rst Jan. anal
sailed from thence on the 6th Feb. ; that he did not
put into St. Helena. The Marengo Man of War was
undergoing a thorough repair, but Wes not , expel.
ed to be equipped fur sailing till February or IViatebr
The; Belle Poule, titld Atalante Frigates,'
were out on a Cruizs. The. Princess. Charlotte, and
a Brig bound from India for England, were the only
English built Vessels prizes there, of about eigh—,
teen country Ships, or large burthen, which'had
been carried in there at different times ; lie is posi-
tive that no Ship of the name of the Prince of
had been carried in.

APRIL 22.-7-Arrived the Harlequin Transport
from the Coast of Africa; Heela Bomb, with the
.
Sally, REIS, for Dublin'; Li/i4ve Branch, WRIGHT,
for Gibraltar ; Retairdror, WAKE, Hindi', DAL-
LRY, Glamorgan, SHRLyr, and the Mary and
Alizabeth, Qu t troN, bound to the West Indies ;
and several other outward-bound Vesel, under
convoy from the Downs.

DEAL, APLIIL zz.—S.tiled the jam,i;ca, Cygnet,
and Ortstes Stoops, Lucifer and Deru,irtatiln Bombs',
Furious, qailant, 11/rallgler, and Basilisk Goo.
briss,' for their stations off Calais. The Blood-
hound Gon.htig came in frnhi her station fF Vime.
flux, and sailt,d again to ,thte

S,tiloi the Pretty Las, Armed Ship with Convoy
for Plymouth.
Camp in a Min oeWar Brig launched last Tues-
day from Mr. KING't Yard, at Dover, and ,sailed
for Sheerness to lie cntiliertitt and fitted tor sea.
Came dawn from. the River the lane Dutehtts of
Gordon, Capt. J CnMatcotry and Retreat, Lapt. J.
HAT, East Indlathen, and ;titled for Portsmouth.

•
ill the Down --Mon:Arch, Utrecht, Diomede, •SeritpiS,
poinoriii, Arab, Arizntna, Explut.ion' and Voic4nu Boun)s ;
Thiashcr ariil Ritielnitri Ckllt-PriAS ; Ann, klcidcrt koyaiist,
Osborn, Inact4tl4able, Ariattnc, and liellona, Armed
fence Snips.'

C6V/list APRIL Otirti.ty the Primian
Brig Loui Cato. C. Gitour, fur Tcncriffe, in

Lic I;ki, Al'it I I. '2O. --On VVlrdneaty arrived. irs
Leith 1t0,14,ii, on `iier mutt) iron) tonvuying the
outward-bound Tonoiogets Meet, the Chap n,ix
Artssed

Yesterday, sailed: from Leith Roads the Sally
Armed Ship„ Lord Itleit ille Armed Brig, and .St.
11'o:cot (fired /Vinci! Cutter, with about i6o Sail
ot Ships for the Baltic.

The ',bill( Suterl, BXNJAMIN Yicititits Master,
from Blistol to Newfoundland, laden with sundry
merchandise, struck on Aritlow Banks about a
quarter past ten o'clur k. the night of the rs.th inst,
where she unshipped her rudder,' The cargo Inuit
be entirely discharged, and it is fea're'd the vessel
will nett be got off.
A Qunvoy will sail front Leith Roads, for Ton-
ningen, on tile fit of May.; and one tor the Baltic
on the ad of May. ' '
Some difference having arisen between two Gen.
Ilemeh of the G tuition of. Winchester, 'they had
• i • .
agreied in decide their dispute n a held not far. from
ttiat City : hut the intention Of the ti.irties having
transpired, the meeting was prevented,, and the
Qentlemen were bound to keep the peace.
A meeting took .place on Sourday pennigilt, in
the vicinity of. Edinburgh, betWeen'uwo Military
gentlemen. They exchanged shots ,a effldt ;
but on the secono fire one of 'them was slightly
Twounded in the thigh, whcri the secOnds interfered,
and the matter was ainicabiy settled. •
o.morrow the Sessions of Oyer and Terminer,
And G r I Delivery', continence at Justice
the ad ; at which there are is° pi isomers for
tri:4l, on several chargtt tit felonies', 4.-numbtr-ot
whnm Are fu c.wital tiffoKele

70 I HE EDIT9R OF TUE SIN

I

MR. EDITOR,
IT is universally admitted that the first barrel.,
stein made up.an our minds by the coralua of othert,
IS on every impottant occasion, stronger than is
justifi:...d by_leason... arid maturer. rell,..ai.on. Tii*
held is ifways, for a time, gained over to be s
party with the heart, and instead t.; exercising 171
duties of deliberation and juigment, it occupies it•
self in finding justifications, of the cause it has
adopted :, but these first are• only transitory feel,
inge; the emotions of our mind, whish prompt Its
to the extremes of apprObAtion or severity, Preason,;renson resuming her sveilyc , is 21
soon away, anti
last left to, decide upon risen) and atttions acording
to their teat merits, and according to those shades
and circumstances which sometimes imikethem much
less
meritorious or blameable -than they at first IP
pear to be.
I have been led to make these observations ftoni
being awitness,f die' sensati on in- tiauCed on thr
Public mind by the publication of the Tenth Report
,
of the Commissioners for Naval Itlytity,mons la
and I)/
the -proceedings in the House. of Com
which that Report gave rise. No titan ivtikieni
that the sentiment which these events protium! 111
,4
41 1 ,
of the strongest kind; no maxi will say 111.i1,
not proceed from one ot the best princides to out P 1;
tore--the love of jUstice. But there i, WO':
I!ar that too constant, a view of one side of rileld'l'
Ja
tion ani_y is now carrying the public resentiataillo
cunis
far, and the in the yolirical eotite,t with 4.1''''.11,f..
suhjeet is unfortunately blended, we ''re 'cl'it.
tantes which teaches its to
trotted to have that deliberate consitierolt°4 fi:(il
with mercy, .and whiCh time, a star ucc,iu"
never fails to produCe. • ,
The irregularities now „under review, bill f,::,
ceived the censure of one of .the BPoicb° „list
14gislatufe, we. must respeetfuliy. ituirsii i° i,,,,
•rellyer ctur i-
has already beer; done; but as every' Uirc:l.Ce) ''':l
. he 11,
her of greater or of lesser degree, ought w ",,, of
lowed, .bp its ithri- aild j-niy its jot 1)101)‘)":')ing
punishment, let Us divest Ottoeives CI every ..4c0,,,,.
which we can suspect to be caught (roils l'uliijc,4,ol
to ion and temperately examining the citcuals 1 of
13t P4lllatt I°ll i,' loch attend the CribC,IICIAC A let
to
weigh whether the further punishment Pn/lvsi the
b_e inflided is such as the Reprogniall"itra°l* II
Country taught, ii! ter calm jeubcrationt to ii—nt' 0.•
doing' this, I shall sup Pose that 1 am ajdfC"fil go c of
sell to the, justice of every ;Wernher of die,o:ilitt
Commons,. and after having admitted Cl'o, oiiiito
Mr. raorritß, in availiog himself of his s',l4rge,
to make vitt interest Alf Pohtic M All it' leis ciid et,
and Lord MLLVILLE tit not pteventlo4 Its re si;
pose themselves to the consequences 114 im the
ready experienced, I would, it) mitigatijn't cif.
further 11
t-r-eatened pimishtneni, submit olleatti
eumstances of the strongest extenuttiont,°,oi,cars
itilheltejiint itself. From. that Kerr"( 'ioio,
unCont radidedthat no lossWhateeet has 1)cell!aj tat
ed, no fraud whatever has hecti t,:orotilittriii %,,io.
the i'ublic hal not been prevented win tilt 'i,lliore
rnenCor one farthing which It con;4l oillrollortiiil
'' lo.tie. Tltat ne it hcr (dale persons accOseil'''ul; oft.
attempt to incrc.ise the haitiitces tit,Jer ih'tt. wet
e
l'ilv se balances witich, white not in their cosi' , )I',t,
dead as to putilic odvatit Age. in llflt Pik- 4)0 tiot
ands:' vV.ic otver incee..4cd by thett sflel,,'„:oo3
ci'll4l toes, by any infitac. ce Whaljver, 11' 1
,i,,,tion
I'l the Last •degi cc. That no del,') l'r h,,,,y aed,
°I. a moment ever Al'Ue, : in the paytne" :4,j Nlll,'
detimnd during the 'whole ut the vett il 11.. „citri
lichees ants ,:vir• TROTIV.It lii,ol 0101 /`:11,01,45
1--es ; And tltdt tne whole 0,0,0. a, wit'}, ot.Cl
the Y aloud Clhifgeabie were p.:,) over "':,,,,ed 0
cess,or 3 'on the vet' dayoil V0.1,1C11 114
Yti
att., i „H:itio'
Let'. us now examine the extent ant' ilt PO
, t tt 41 i
the ineasure• that have. already been ;1""i'-oli as'
Lord *I ELY I t.t..s and Mr. rawrils. ' i, pot,
that which i, 'further proposed. ''1)410tr,..-144'
every MetnHer art the 1-I,,us,e e‘m 2144%,i,r1) 01
must eel 'A fiat it is tor the tonna, to ~C coofeti.
a high stinttion, to be marked with ►'''° eniog 01
ille Comm,,lts of Engi;lnd, and, in the e!
ionit%*
highly' Uacto. ii;e, to find I,it. tillerk°° 111,tiotiOn ICI
Celient qualities, anti his unceasing afiilic uni
t's
Pablo.; 1,t,t0ir1ct,..,, avail him nothing.t. 1 Ivieg 1)
,ter:.
flleill Mr. TaoTTER has buffeted, 'i huzietr, .14'
dismissed from his Office, indar 341) 14 of no SC.'
passing over all the,e con,iderationsi 2$ 1.1001
red next. di
count, the House is Moved to roe— 1 , ifyass
day to a Vote of Pro, Cll Wl'i': ley,aitie °ill:
will involve both its objeds in ir'el" ~, po's"
It will not then aintil L: rd
If t,' iiiits,"
3. 0 . ~,,, rr ii..
that.lie had, no snare •iii Mr. TR° ''''r,, ne 0)30 ,
Fit inu,t, necessarily,, as the Princiil3"l 1 e besiallt
able for the ads ~f his D pory,•4.";" Trtirt it,
thus accountable ll a:1 that I\llr. r'
'',,, „sy. '",:o
have made,. „n 4 ha., ~,,c .00w
.thc cur .0,:,
'll/2, lair to
whatever Mr. .1.14 Wrig Et 1.1/15 stbeot 'lle.i tar, '1;0
Year.* must stow be wanting w•I'':" e'.'
~,tiogi I`lllo
the inevitable coose -c at 'hi', Pr'et f.,f life '
, quer, eo'
once instituted, must he itn,,tris ntririnmvotilo,
°him, and total foss of fortune t. 4 I, '''
er on itgloV,
.Sorely this result, which every ,',\'l.oll.':'flii Aopje,
will find ti, be incvitahlelif the '''ti'
. a h''''' ii
r ~t' tiofi ' (J,
is nor foreseen—Surely' st)ine:el'`' 1, 00-- tori,
to accompany this severe- decrer•
~ nvily. 11' •,,nti
think, be anticipated, Orr will'''. v't. 10041 \c.
duals of the 1-fouse of, Contort-0s l'"'f,r, j 0 n 3 co,
friends in the charaCteis of Rc(.l,,if'ivitvt:tiletc)olll
nountants, it this very in ,iie"; d 7 ucticil.iphei-
(let- me call it fair and .ack.,,,wi:tli4c
slit' cil,ir ,
off
Public Money in their h;,.,,,,), ~ tii,r 3 , iiie 0101.0 fr
law which has not been atVil iii.".''..l",„ioat 1"( ,o.
of man, will be revived upon tilt-% o'''',,,,,felY I of
Ifier avenging an ifalt6:4l' .‘`' ' Ici)le'
.ng
. , Iv, /,;11 pp,
nished, and which tiiviCe• " " 1,
" is . N
: 61 ,'" 011'
makini Public Men italiie for i"te'''' ~ die/ cry
lances stilew.- i ir OtitYr '4' aft V
eX.ett,:lSing t le
,• t„Attyri
out any shade of ailferenCe t:, th.! t exact
Public Accountant in the kingdom; rot,lic e rot,
Enough, I trust, has been Lotie for
._,il,, 11
.i
vcri, i", 630'
ale. A- ,:r 1 1 qe to , ~_
ep-a ing, ..t iere i , of;'"' ,u 0",
and to that tempered spirit v•-ticll ',`,„..i.),- al op.
I will h.-pe, that 'a breach of ,!', ' '
~,,,.,,,s 0,1 togs,
cc! and attended with Stich c;rc''''l% ioNills
gation,. will 'not he In isle the c 00,,; ",
,i, ',is. oci,
'9c9 in ruin f 1 --i airy, oil at' i1)10‘-':
No W IAA.) .
- . . .. f;•:'''
a

EXTRACI
ntOM 7yll PAPERS LAID BEFORE THE HOL7AI DT
COMMO,NS, ItEbpEctnic SIR HOME PO UAM.

(Co'Petinaei from our Paper of Yeiterday.)
Charles COomit Nixon, Boatswain of the Ram.
raj.
Did You_ go out of England Boatswain of the
Romney ? Yes.
Have you continued in her ever since ? Yes ; ex..
seat 13 months absent at sick quarters.
What 'time did you go to sick quarters ? The Bth
' Jan. Igoe.
IWhat was the state of the Romney when she went
ntl the River Ganges to refit ? In the passage up
Liwnt the Red Sea she made about two feet water an
pcilr,to as to keep the engine pump, ,resides the two
main deck pumps, going.
In what state was the rigging, sails, and other
ankles in your department ? There was not a run.
fling rope in her 'good for any thing ; her standing
4134%014 wanted refitting • her sails were in very
bad condition, and not fit to 'bend.
In what state were her boats ? In very bad state.
What became of the launch you took out in the
ahip? She was left at Jedda, for the Harbour Master,
I being in very bad repair.
Had You a great deal of service for the boats while
employed in the Red Sea ? Yes.
R
L.What !Wither of boats had you on charge ? A
bate two cutters, a launch, and a jolly boat.
), ,what boats have yob on charge now ? Two ; a
'aut:ehi end one cutter.
fiweent to us how the other three were disposed
b'ffit?" I,!anrY.five feet cutter returned to Chat.
bat
„I„an eighteen feet boat supplied the Naiad ; and
tbho-atrauteek tiVied the Ardent ; for which several
1.. akVC the receipts.
the"here were You supplied with a launch in lieu of
,„ oil You left at Jade ? At Calcutta.
bi Wet the launch you carried out of England cepa-
e°lcarrying out the bower anchor of the Romney ?
Noof
ItYour present launch capable of carrying a bower
anchor ? No.
Were
b the condemned sails regularly surveyed, and
I ~,Y,ZhicHri? Yes ; by Mr. Louts, the Naval °nicer
I .. %Iletitta.
Had YOl3 occasion to demand worn canvas while
4 dnisa
rvtitting at Calcutta, and was you supplied with any ?
a-a
e
any. —.cm no worn canvas, nor was supplied with
hatr•a —rit r" supplied with boat covers, awnings, or
tiers ticK cloths t g was, all in lieu ; the boat co-
tietn:
s old '
canvas and the awnings and hammock
, were made of
_wo.
R ad
* Mt any cables condemned at Calcutta ?Yes
?NO to Inches. ;
3 .' n 'i Youo any
receivepart of the said cables as
uk ?
• 3104 7VI Many anchors did the ship take out with
41, 'min England ? Six ; the established number,
ower, a sledge, and stream.
Stnew many has the ship been supplied with since ?
/11°: etym....as will appear by my accounts.
boti",,), returned all your stores into Chatham
coyer. ? All except the hammocks, hammock
a tor-e;": uaila, and two boats, and a few other small
04 e
11. ad
. Y, any‘ stores upon charge over and above
all lbhahnient of the ship ? Several—which are
iireilr..larted into Chatham Dck Yard.
Nont:e Yee any surplus on board not upon charge ?
Have
lito , You ever observed any unnecessary or im.swaPt"_,,ettPentiiture of stores while you were boat.
te, that chi
. the Romney, of any more stores supplied
at ship than were absolutely necessary ? • No.
I . b.Pre• ;Poirot, Caulker of the Romney. ' i"
v Y;11 go out of England Caulker of the Ram-
'y ..
I.
di
th.habl state were the decks, wales, and topsides
bld ' `Nctrooty when bite came to sea ? In a very
‘ltiiiete before she got clear of the Channel?
lesvi re had she first' a general caulking after
0.,"11 England ? The topsides and three seams
it she Of the decks were caulked on the passage ;
water e ay Pe' the wales, and part of the decks and
ways
WhAt
Cape ) ,ate did you find the wales in at the
on caul
v e.t'Y had In some parts.
~, , atilking the
abatewles at Calcutta did you find
loot of ti
hi
pieceslem to bad -
rot( were shifted in consequence of their being
veipn...and decayed wirhin.side.
vet 4* the ship thoroughly caulked at Calcutta ?
•
' 1/11 the
veu I 1 ship been since caulked ? Yes--rho.
tigoZicsullied at Bombay.
)1,,, h. ''' the ship been since caulked at Bombay ?
ti .en verY well, except whetA it blow, hard.
'roper"Ave Youever observed ex . •-•daerved any unnecessary or im.
of the
.. penditure of stores while you were Caulker
the
shil"11), or any work unnecessarily done while
' t 2 was at CalCUtta and Bombay ? No.
otv
'rally sworn before me in Chatham Dock
hard, the 18th day of May, 1803,
Cl'l C. Hope.
..........
ly tdtir a "Letter from Capt. Sit 11. POI•4M t 0. Sir
" Nealtatr, Bart. 31 Dated 27th July, 1803.
Stk, York.lslaer, Portman. sqsart,
;it.. ,
Yuly 27, tBo3.
k.ortimitainnets of the Navy and ViBualling
ihVirl desired
-Ntetio me, in pursuance of their Lordships'
ethinti litt to send to their several Boards any ac.otiiio "light have relating to the ships lately
in ciiirthrYineonLmand in the Red Sea, I lost no time
; Mr. T. R. Spearman, who tonne led
;he d'utY pt 114 val Officer on tliat station, in con.
BliimiiiclteYtt:° the precedent established by Admiral
i an iteco„..lo transmit, with the least possible delay,
st; v.; anti I at the
tifites "nt of all his disbursements to the several
ineent's same time submitted to Lord
tettin consideration* the expediency of di.
4040111:
beterv!ral Boards to call on my personal
i 4‘ NI-trine, the'e the Committees of Investigation,
i then-1814 most expeditious mode of giving
tti pitin exPlinotions as the mi ht tr uest, anti
Y g q
I hit: "1" Y Point to immediate issue.
1.7i,„,en't,:.,,1_.q..1tad the honour to receive Lord St.
~,ti __""3,%tt to my letter of the 4th rust, iii.
r, to t 0
4 pp I
Y try their Lordships through you,
'
% 'ng. i'.l Ott` 'A hi! I ttl'itht be +a tqato Di

having i.uts6ed with regard to the 6u1;p:,1
ed in that note ; and as the acceleration_ of every.
Report .on toy conduit is an objett I sincerely 1,41 iShi
request you will move their Lorchiliips to diree.t the
Commissioners of the Navy and ViElttalling to take
any accounts which can be considered as. relating to
me into imaiediate investigation, and to call for my
personal attendance whenever it is thought I can
forward an ohjet which cannot receive too early an
examination. _ . _

I have the honour to be, &c.
Sir Evan Neistan, Bart. H. POPHAM.

(To be continued )

The PRINCESS of WA L RS, who is always engaged
in some an of kindness, has presented the Lady of
the Russian General SABLORICOFF with a pkture
of herself and the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. The
PR INC Ess of WALES, among other ads of benignity,
has recently placed a little girl in a private seminary
at Bath, where she it to receive an education suitable
to the hopes of a permanent provision which she has
been allowed to entertain by her august Patroness.—
This little girl was left at the gate of the Pat NcEss's
house at Blackheath, and her origin is wholly on.
known. _ _

Music.--The Marchioness of HERTFORD gave
a grand Concert on Sunday evening, in Manchester.
square. SALOMON led the Band ,with his usual
correaness and animation. ' Madame BIANCHI.
BRAHMA, anti-Mottt;Lt.t, were the vocal performers.
The PRINCE of WALES, and a large assemblage of
the fashionable world, were present.
It has been erroneously surmized that the Rev.
Mr. Flout E. is the Author of The Soldier's Return,
which has been set to music by the respectable
teran of the art, his father. The former, 'however,
has renounced dramatic writing, though he often
employs his pen with spirit and aetivity in the per.
vice of his Country. The little dramatic Piece in
question is, we understand, the produdiun of a
Gentleman of the University of Cambridge.
BRUNTON resumes the management of the Brigh.
ton Theatre in the summer. It. was very success.
ful under his conduit last' season. BANNISTER is
to play a few nights there, and other London Per.
• formers are to gratify the inhabitants in due suc.
cession.
I Mr. GRATTAN'S residence in the neighbourhood
of Twickenham gave occasion to a very severe
satire on his political condua.—He is going to re-
side in the vicinity of Hanoter.square, where it is
probable that he may again be haunted by the Shade
qf Pops.
A Grand Ball was recently given at the Festino
Rooms, Edinburgh, in honour ot the Earl of Moi
The IMP BRIM. ARMS, and ammo of LotrooN and
Mo IRA, beautifully represented in transparent
paintings, were among the ornaments on this caeca.
:lion. Military trophies, Sea pieces, and other
gecorations, with the PRINCE of WALES'S Crest in
variegated lamps, gave additional splendour to the
entertainment, which was attended by a large con,
course of the Higher Orders.

Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London, he.
fate the Right Hon. Sir Pates MANi4t am),
Knight, Lord Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court
of Common Pleas, at Westminster, in and after Easter
.Term, 18og,
IN TERM.
attuuticsax. LoNiioN.
Friday - May 3. Saturdo May 4.
Thursday . g. Friday . . 1(3.

Thursday Friday '7.
Wednesday -s;,. U rAity
AFTER. TERM.
Tuesday 214. Wednesday • ' • 29.

FOOT RACE.—A great concourse of people, in.
eluding several Gentlemen, assembled yesterday at
nine.o'clock in the morning, in Hyde Park, to wit.
ness a running match between Brown, the hoot.
closer, and the Earl of Dorchester's coachman. The
distance was too-yards, and the stun staked twenty
guineas. Brown gave his competitor three yards,
and the odds were at first seven to four, and latterly
two to one in his favour. He was, however, beaten
by the coachman, who ran it in 30 seconds, • and
won the race by nearly a yard and a hAf. This is
the fifth race won by the coachman within a short
time, and the first time Brown has been beaten.
The coachman is a short clumsy figure, about forty
years of age. He objets to run a greater distance
than too yards.
The St. Andrew and St. George's Volunteers
returned to town on Sunday, from Croydon, where
they had been for the last ten days performing mi.
litary'duty. During-that time they drilled every
morning from ,six till half past eight ; performed
field exercise from ten to three, and again mustered
on parade from seven till eight in the evening.—
They have thus perfeaed themselves in discipline
equal to Regular Troops, much to the credit of their
Commandant, Colonel READER, who, previous to
dismissing them on the Parade on Sunday, paid them
many high and deserved compliments.
Friday se'nnight a very fine turtle, Weighing
from So to 90 pounds, was taken out of the Clyde,
above the Wooden Bridge. It Was taken by a than
and a boy, both of whom positively assert that. the
animal was alive when they laid hold of it, but that
they cut its throat to prevent its escape, and to se.:
cure it from biting them. It is allowed to have
every appearance of , being recently killed. This
turtle has probably escaped from some of the West
indiamen lately arrived.
At a Fair at Middleton, in Teesdale, on Thurs..
day the t ith instant, there was a great show of cat.
tie and horses. Those in good condition went off at
good prices, and met a ready sale.
At the Fair of Ayr, leis week, there was a con.
siderable quantity of woollen and linen cloth. The
woollens rather declined in price from what they
were last fair, and some even remain unsold.
The Town of Brixton; in the Isle of Wight, was'
on Tuesday last thrown into much consternation,
by the arrestation of a Spy 1 he was 'taken newt the
Beacon, in the very.gtof—taking a general survey
of the Country round. Information being given, a
file of six men, strongly armed, soon suceeeded in
securing him ; they marched him near two miles
to the Commanding Officer, through the alarmed
neighbourhood ; upon examination and search, he
was found to have concealed about radon
n;sl.l cap, 4nd a discharge from a Volunteer
Corps; anti proving himself to be a working.
jeweller, of Southampton, upon a Sunsiv exqutfion)
he wo not trVerely rtni;hed,

DREADFUL ME at now, i 7 MIDDLESEX.

(FURTHER rARTICULARL)

ABOUT nine o'clock on Sunday night the fire was
first discovered, bursting through the windows of
one of the'rualt.houses on the North end of the ex.
tensive range of malt.houses and milk belonging to
Messrs. John and Charles Millwood. In a very
short time the adj )ining mill, and every article ap_
pertaining toit, were consumed. Soon after the first
engine began to play, :but without the least died ;
and so tremendous was the blaze, and excessive the
heat, the firemen *ere. obliged to shift their stoat-
ters, and, with much difficulty, got the engine over
a wooden bridge, which was connected with the pre-
mises : scarcely had this been effected, when the
whole range of malt.houses and mills, together with
the out houses, offices, &c. were in a blaze, and the
flour and grain burned with astonishing fury. In
less than thee houra every part of the concern
was consumed to the very foundation, consiscing
of four, flour mills, malt.houses of six.. and seven
floors, containing upwards; at 2,000 sacks of flour,
and a considerable quantity of wheat, rye, and-
other grain ; two Bagel, .which lay in the River
Lea, adjoining the preniiiea, one of them laden
with wheat, were consumed : the tide being out,
they lay high and dry upon the bank. A strong
Easterly wind set in the greater part of the time, and
the tremendous blaze was c. rued through the win.
dows of the malt.houies, to tie comptingihouse,
and the dwelling.house of the Miller, Mr. Brook.
man, which were separate buildings, at the least 20
feet distant from die malt.houses, where the fire first
commenced. The compting.tmuse, with all the
books, papers, &c. in a few moments fell in ruins,
immediately otter, the dwelling.house shared the
same fate ; but, fortunately, the Miller had time to
remove the greater part of liis furniture, About
eleven o'clock most of the fire.engines of London
bad arrived, .and every possible exertion was made
,by the firemen, assisted by a great number of the
inhabitants of Bow, Brumley, .Stratford, and time
surrounding neighbourhood, without the least ef.H
feet. By this time the attention was called to ar,
most alarming •subject : the flames were fast op. '
proaching._ the adjacent Distillery, belonging to,
Messrs.Hatchard, Corry, Smith and Co. and Ine-
vitable destrudion must have followed, not only to
buildings in the neighbourhood, but to a great
'number of individuals who,were on the spot, from
the fire communicating with the spirits, of which
there was a gtcat quantity in the stores. All hands
were now called to this quarter, and, by the most
persevering exertions, in constantly playing upon
the party.wall, and keeping it oumpletely wet, the
flames were prevented from spreading to these con.
cerns. By one o'clock yesterday morning the roof,'
walls, &v. of the-milt-hams and mills tell in, and
not till then Was the fire got undei, nor were opp
prehension. dissipated with feSpCCi so the distillery.
For several hours after, this mass of ruin continued
to blaze with great fury, and even late last night
scope parts of it were still burning. Every fear of
further danger, however, was over.• The • whole
place exhibits a mot, terrific and melancholy scene
a few.tuttering-walls remain standing,; in the inside,
of which, wheat, flour, timber, brick, &c..are pro.
miscuously mingled together, iu one great heap of
confusion ; the large beams, lial(consumed, lay still
smoaking, and scarcely a vestige of the mill.wheels
are to be seen ; the iron.wotk scattered about in
various direCtions, and where the barges lay, the
river is c0ve;44,1 with burned planks, corn, &c. tu'a
considerable .extent.

The premises, which are completely levelled with
the ground by this calamity, were situated at the
northern extremity of what is 'called the Limehome
or-Bromley Cur, being an artificial channel Con.
neffing the ThaMei with the River Lea. The mills,
as we have before noticed, were in the occupation
of Messrs. John and Charles Midwo(4, but were
the property of J. Lockwood, Esq. of Lam.
bourn, ,in &Sex. There are two 'distinCtions of
mills near this junttion of th: Cut and the,
'ter; the one on the Cut consists of water.mins,
and has received the name of the pour the
other, adjacent to the River, comprises windmilfi,
and is called' The Three Mills. The former are de.
fin-nye(' ; the latter have suffered no injury what.
ever. Although ,the - first hale for a series of
years been known by the appellation of The Four
they, in fad, ina►uded five ,itifferent aquatic
wheels, and worked fourteen mill.stnnes.

The cost of the oration of these was only B,atol.
they ware insured at to,o)ol. lit. we understand,
in consequence of the prodigious increase in the price
of labour and timber, they cannot he rebuilt 'Rt'a less
expence than double the amount of the sum insured.
The Other buildings, which have been reduced to a
state of ruin, are two granaries of. Messrs. Mill-
Wood's, and one of Messrs. Hatch, and Co. and a
small dwelling-house, with a- counting.hotise at.
ladled to it. The extremity of a malt-house across
the channel was burnt, and the hoarded front of a
cottager on the-110rib side, was ripped off to proten
the Contiguous edifices.
We have' much satisfanion in stating, that no
person whatever received the Smallest personal in.
jury, except one rwm, who was bruised in the hand,
by the falling of a beam. The road from Mile.rnd
to Bow Was covered with people the whole of yes.
tents'', going to view the dreadlol devastation
had been committed: A number of boys and persons
of the lower class wore occupied in carrying away
quantities of the flAir and grain in handkerchiefs,
bags, &c. which they collated from among the
ruins. It le supposed a small portion of the stock,
which is underneath, may 'still he saved from amongst
the rubbish ; but property to a very considerable
amount must inevitably have been lost.

No certain cause can be assigned fur the accident ;
but it is generally imagined, it arose from the heat.
ing of the wheels in the mill. The premises had been
shut up, 'and no work whatever dune from since
o'clock that afternoon.

On Wednesday last a Gentleman arrived at the
j't.o)-ial o.lk inn, Manchester, and in the evening
went to'the play i next morning he was "heisted with
a violent oain in his bowels, and, notwithstanding
r
every posNible medieat albsistance, he expired on
Thursday evening. From the papers found in his
potket,he is supposed to be the itev. Mr, rivwLlY;
Of itsughtun, near Carlisle.