The Sun.
London, England, 1802-09-13 00:00:00

PRESTON JUBILEE GUILD, SEPT. 91..

Yesterday morning a Grand Seldlion of Sacred
Music was perfOrmed in the Church. The per.
formances commenced with the celebrated Overture
to the, Oratorio of Esther. Mr. MEREDITH gave
the Air " Pour forth no . more unheeded Prayers,"
with much energy, as he did "He layeth the Beams..
of his ChaMbers 'in the WaterS." Mrs. -krauts
was very respdlable in, " 0 magnify the Lord,"
from an anthem of Handel. Mad. DussvK gave the
much admired air. of " Angels ever bright and
fair," in a very pathetic and tasteful style.—
She likewise sung, " Let
,the bright Seraphims,"
most corrdlly, and was admirably , *accompa.•
nied on the trumpet by Mr. LANGHORNE. HILL
acquitted himself extremely well in " Return, 0
God OtHosfs," and in " Gentle Airs, melodious
.Strainsi", accompanied on the violoncello by Mr.'
1J- CIMADOR 'and Madame, Dossue
sting" the celebrated Duet from Marcello's Psalms
Most charmingly.' Miser: TRAVI ES, of, this County,
ti‘ -Tyrants would in impious throngs," from
kthalia, extremely well. There were about one
bundred,Perf9rmers-.---Between the parts Mr.,Wase.
displayed- trieAKeren't stops of the organ, and intro-
duced one of Baymgarten's Fugues, and " God save
the. EMr`er6-."' • ' -
4t tour o'clock the Mayor entertained a very
large ya,rty arthe Guildhall with a most-sumptuous
dinner. After which a number of appropriate
roasts were drank ; and at seven o'clock the corn-
panyadjourned to the Theatre, where a Grand
Con.rtiTt-w45.-perforrned-. - •

All the piivate Letters received from Jamaica,
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agree equally. in their accounts of the terrible de•
vastation which has been made by sickness among
the French. Trobps, and the uncommon healthiness
of own our_Fleet. It is distinctly stated, that of
the French Army Ivhich originally arrived' at St..-
Dotping? twenty-five thousand strong, not more
than zo,oco 'remain, indluding a- reinforcement of
3+boo since received 'from Europe. The assertion in
the French Papers, of the Fever raging at land ia
the Island of Jamaica, is. wholly without founda-
tion.--This superior healthiness of the British
Fleet is, under Divine Providence, to be attributed
to the - judicious arrangements and unremitting at-
tention of Sir JOHN . TitomAs DUCKWORTH, the
Naval Commander in Chief. The same letters do
no less justice to his character, for the most corre&
economy in the expenditure of. the Public Stores,
and for those. eoneiliating'manners by which be
has endeared himself to all ranks of people in the
Island of Jamaiea,--anct'regulated his ,intercourse
with ~the_ French , Commanders. When to these
excellent .qualities we,se: united an exaaness .of
which commands respect; at., the same
time that-it ensures,k9polarity; we must agree that
the highest .-credit Is due, tQ those - who have apl
pointed-.'him to this critical 'and extensive Com-
mand, and,thatthe Chnice.could not have fallen on.
any Officer, who would have given more general
-Last Wednesday` Thtirsday,.' and Friday, the 4th
Regiment marched into the Barracks at Winchester.
front:Portsmouth. ,

And on Thursday and Friday marched.frnm those,
Barracks, the 4.oth- and 69th Regiments for Ports.
mouth.

The sth Regiment haVe received their route to,
march on Wednesday or ThutAay next.
The Eclipse of the Moon on Saturday night, pre'.
seated a grand speCtacle. The clearness- of the night
rendered the Whole'of les progress distinttly
The streets. presented nutty-014s, crowds of gazers
i-oe-very.'"corner, some of whose conjectures werc•
highly curious--,one man who was conversing upon
the subject with two females; -shrewdly Furm ised
that it arose from Vapours in the Air; another with
equal happiness of imagination, ascribed the cause,
of it to a Balloon.
We have had frequent occasion to deprecate
the rage that seems to prevail for_ Balloons ; and if
some stop is not put to the pradice, much mischief
is likely to ensue. On Friday night, at ten o'clock"
a Fire-Balloon fell _on a house. in St. John's-strecr,
Clerkenwell, but was .happily extinguished before
the fire could communicate to the buildings. .113°
it fallen later in the evening, the consequences
might have been fatal.

On Wednesday as a boat was carrying twenty
passengers, several of whom were ladies, from the
beach at Brighton, to the Lad Packet, about to
sail for Dieppe, she sprung a leak, and the water
gained so fast, that she was on the point of sinking'
when a Lugger observing her situation, went r°
her relief ; a few minutes after the passengers got
our, the boat sunk, with part of their baggage.
We are concerned to state the loss of the Nimble,
Plymouth passage vessel, with eighteen passengers,
on board, on the night of Friday Se'nnight, all of
whom perished. She was run foul of in coming °lljt
of Plymouth Sound, which, it is supposed, star"
some of her timber heads, and she soon afterwards
foundered. A part of her boom ant boat wet°
picked up off Salcombe, about twenty„toU r
from Plymouth.
A theaciful accident had nearly taken place Ott
Saturday, at the King's Bench Office, in the 'retire
pie. Some workmen who were employed on
lehoa
roof of the building, in drawing up sheets of
for the purpose of new-leading the roof, careless ic
let fall a large sheet rolled up, which they had Jose
drawn to the top of the building. This imfficll-0
weight -immediately fell through the cieling berwcen
the rafters (the old lead having been taken off) IV,
a desk below at which a Gentleman was sitrins
whose head was struck by the lead, but owing to
the fortunate circumstance of his having his ue
at the time, and the lead falling in rather an obliq_d,
diredion, his life was very providentially preservs_,
The desk was broken to pieces, and the build"
much shaken by the accident.
• Small quantities of new Wheat have been eras
duced at most of the Country Markets,: as 50..T1
the more pressing vocations of the Farmer vales.,
low of their thrashing out, the prices must ne`,6,
sarily fall ;—at present they are subjea to bar
vial depression. he
The average price of Sugar, computed fr°llllo,, of
returns made for the week ending the Sill ".
SepteMber, i Soz, is Thirty. rw Shillings ana
ven Poce llalfisen.ly per 11w:died weiht•

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