The Sun.
London, England, 1802-12-23 00:00:00

.D./AUROU, DEC. 18E

ON Thursday night, during the gale from the
N. E. a Vessel, laden with barley, was put ashore
in Fi-sherrow B3y, and now lies bulged and full of
water.

The hull of a Fishing-boat was driven ashore in
Fisherrow Bay yesterday morning. It is supposed
to he one of the Brats belonging to that neighbour-
hood, returning from the herring fishing at Burnt.
island, which had unfortunately foundered in the
night, and the crew perished.
Yesterday morning a Brig laden with grain from
England, having sprung a leak in the gale of Thurs_
day night, pushed for the Harbour of Leith ; but
there being little water, she took the ground to the
westward of the Harbour ; and another Brig, also
laden with grain, not knowing the real cause of the
first one taking the Harbour, followed her example,
and got a-ground near the same place, where they
both, he.

This day the Court of Session rose for the Christ..
mas rzcess.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM EXETER, DEC. 20.

" The Succession to Dr. DOWNMAN, as Physi-
cian to the Devon Hospital, has been most warmly
and strongly contended by Doctors DYER and
RHonEs. The first was supported by L ROLL E,
HOD. Mr. FELLOW ES, Sirs L. PALK, S. NORTH-
COTE, and J. NORCLII:FE ; Messrs. ORCHARD,
COTLSFORD, J. FoRTESCI.IE, CARPENTER, and
Sam. Milford :—The last by Lords FORTESCUE,
COURTENAY, CLIFFORD, PORCHESTER ; Messrs.
CHOLMEL, 8.-‘,TARD, BULLER, Jack Lerd, and
all the Dignitaries of St. Peter's. After four
Ballots Dr. D-fER carried it, to the greatest tri-
umph of one party, and the mortific-ation of the
other, by a mjority of fi,q). Governors."

Great preparations are making at Fulda, for the
reception of the new Sovereign, the HEREDITARY
PRINCE of ORANGE. The new Government is
and lids annihilated the eight Princes,
three Collegiate Abbeys, and the Convents of the
Country. By the addition of their possessions,
the Prince's revenue has received an augmentation
of about six hundred thousand gilders.
A Letter from Cumana, South America, dated
August 16th, says, '' Yesterday we experienced
here a violent shock of an earthquake. The whole
country was agitated, as well as the sea, so that the
inhabitants fled froth their houses in terror, and ran
out into the open fields, where they fell down an
their knees to implore, in this case of general need,
the protettion of Heaven. The bed of the river
Oroonoko rose to such a prodigious height, that a
flat boar, which was lying on ir, was tossed with
such ~•iolence as to break the rudder entirely to
pieces. On the whole right side of the river new
land has appeared, while in anether place a piece of
land forty feet in breadth, formerly cultivated, has
heen changed into a pool of water. Several homes
have been destroyed, and trees torn up by the root.
At twelve o'dock,a second sock was felt more
violent than the first, by which the houses still left
standing were shaking like a ship during a storm,
so that the people every moment expeete°d that
he
earth would open and swallow them up. At eight
in the evening a third shuck was felt ; but the last
was not so violent as the first two, and little damage
was done. The devastation, however, is general,
and few houses have escaped without some damage."
At the Cape of Good Hope, the 27th July last,
the Lady of Major KE LSO, zzd Regiment, Cotn_
mandant of Simon's Town, was safely delivered of
• a Daughter.
Yesterday as a Gentleman was riding through
Somers Town, on horseback, - the horse threw
him, and being frightened, ran a considerable dis.
tance with the rider's foot entangled in the stir-
rup, by which accident his leg was broken, and,
his shoulder dislocated.

On Monday afternoon, as Mr. Glover, a Sugar-
baker, was returning to his house near the Nag's
Head, on the Wandsworth road, he was met near
the Stag's Head by three footpads, who, after rob-
bing him of all his money, and even his hat, cut
his horse's reins. The animal being very spirited,
and finding himself at per lea liberty, immediately
galloped off foil speed, to the imminent danger of
Mr. Glover, who constantly called aloud for assist-
ance, without being fortunate enough to obtain any ;
and it was not until he had been in this perilous si-
tuation for a length of time, that the animal could
be stopped on Wimbledon Common. Although the
chaise is almost broken to pieces, by frequently
coming in contact with the posts on the side of the
road, we are happy to state, Mr. Glover sustained
no material bodily injury.
Yesterday morning, about a quarter before six
o'clock, a daring robbery was committed in St.
Paul's Church-yard. As Mr. Woodey, a fish-
monger in Princes-street, Soho, was on his way to
Billingsgate market, driving a light cart, he was
stopped by five ruffians near_ the end of Paul's-chain,
one of whom took hold of the horse's head, while
the other four dragged him out at the tail of the
cart, where by striking against the side of it he was
most dreadfully bruised ; they then rifled his pockets
of z 11. 18s. in money, some other articles, and took
three barrels of oysters from the cart, leaving the
unfortunate man in the road to get up as well as he
could.

A man of the name of Woodham, was yesterday
committed for trial by Sir W. LEIGHTON', the Sit.
ring Alderman, charged with picking a Gentleman's
pocket of his handkerchief, in Fleet-street, on
Tuesday, between twelve and one o'clock in the day.
First Drawn Ticket, last Day of Drawing.—
The Ticket 17,565, drawn this day a Prize of
50001. was sold •in One Quarter, Three Eighths,
and Six Sixteenth S!)ares, at the old establ shed
Offices of 1. Bish, N. 4, Cornhill, and No. 9,
Charing-cross, where 6,373, entitled to 5000 l.•
as Fik st Drawn on Monday last, was also,
sold and registered. The Holders of Prizes in
the late Lottery may either receive the money
for their Tickets and Shares, or exchange them
for Tickets and Shares in the third Lottery for
this year, which are now selling in great variety.