The Sun.
London, England, 1802-03-23 00:00:00

GREENOCK, MARCH r 6.

The sloop Elizabeth, Sharp, from Port Glasgow
for Dublin, with a cargo of sugar, in coming down
the river on Friday morning last, run foul of a
lighter, by which the pin of her anchor, which was
banging over her bow, was driven into her bottom ;
she 'came to off Mr. Scot's building-yard—the pump
was tried, and the master went ashore ; the men
in the boat, after landing him, on returning along-
side, observed the vessel was sinking, when a signal
of distress was immediately made. Fortunately at
the time several merchants were on the quay, and
assistance was instantly procured ; the vessel was
drawn upon the ground, and the greatest part of
the cargo was got out in safety.
Just arrived the Thetis,. Smith, from Charles-
town, in 38 days; and the Ariadne, Johnston,
front Demerara, after a passage of 53 days—was
15 days before she got clear of the islands..
The ship, Clio, Capt. Macfie, of Glasgow, ar-
rived at Port Royal, Jamaica, from Grenada, on
the 19th January ; on the 17th she spoke the For-
tune, Leitcht ; Union, Bradshas', and Garthland,
Reid, from the Clyde to Jamaica, then off the isle'
of Ash, out thirty-five days, all well, and Capt.
Macfie thought they might get into Port Antonio
on the 19th.

At Monmouth Assizes, on Monday se'nnight, the
following prisoners -were tried: David Thomas, for
stealing two oxen and three steers, and George
Barton, for stealing wearing apparel, were capi-
tally conviaed, and received sentence of death ;
Edward Jones, for stealing a quantity of sugar,
was sentenced to six months imprisonment ; Wm.
Williams, for stealing ironmongery goods, Anne
Smith, for stealing wearing apparel, Rowland Phil-
lips, and Ann Phillips, for stealing household
goods, Wm. Lewis, for stealing iron cluing, John
Williams for a nuisance in the River Wye, and
Wm. Jenkins for bastardy, were discharged.
At these Assizes, two causes of material import-
ance to the:free navigation of the River 'Wye, and
to the cornirade in general, and more particularly
so to the Landholders in the, several Counties of.
Hereford, Gloudester, and MOnmouth, came on to
he tried, wherein Mr. Win. Porter, an eminent Corn
Fa dor and Maltster, at Wilton; in the County of
Hereford, and Mr. John Hardwick, a respeaabte
Landowner and Farmer, at Blidstow, in the said
County, were severally • plaintiffs, and the Inha-
bitants of the Hundred of Ragland,, in the County
Monmouth, defendants, which were severally
brought to recover from the hundred the amount in
damages of the value- of a cargo of wheat, ,barley,
and Pease, belonging to the, plaintiffs, and which
were on the i6th day of March, iBoi, in its way
to Bristol, stopped, 'robbed; and plundered, by a
lawless mob, at Landogo,. in the County of Mon.
mouth ; when, after every objeaion to the proceed-
ings which legal abilities could invent; and full
proofs of the plaintiffs' cases, verdias were severally
given in favour of Mr. Porter, for the-sum of 1781.
and in favour of Mr. Hardwick it 11. besides costs,
being the value of-the cargo taken by
,such mob ;
thereby establithing the -right of every person to
send corn dawn the River. Wye, and that any one
interrupting the navigation, as in these cases, is
guilty of felony, and liable to be punished with death.

PIIILADELPHI.4, IA.N. t?o!,

(EXTRACT OF A LETTER.)

Ct As a piece oflnformation, I enclose you an Ad;
vertisement from •Mr. Peale, relative to the Mam-
moth, it is certainly_ one of the most extraordinary
produdions of Nature ; and a circumstance which to
me appears not less extraordinary than its existence
is, that every ,trace (except the few discovered
bones) of so enormous an animal shOuld be totally
extina.—The skeleton is rather more than eleven
feet in height, so that when covered with flesh, we
may imagine it could not be less than 1 z feet. The
Tusks are elevell feet long, one of which Mr. Peale
has in hiS possession, and from which he has formed
the models attached to the Skeleton.---Mr. Peale
his another Skeleton nearly, if not quite as large
as this, which he proposes to send to England in
the spring.—Some few of the bones, which were
missing, he has carved in wood, but as what was
deficient in the one, existed for the most part in, the
other, he. has formed a very 'accurate skeleton.—l
think when the Philosophers .of Eur Ope• see this
stripenduous frame, they will not consider Nature
here as on a small scale. Yours, &c.

MAMMOTH.

cc J. R. C."

TAKEN FROM A PAPER PUBLISHED AT PHILADP.L-

PHIAL DEC. 23, 1801.

Ninety years have elapsed since the first remains
,of this animal were, found in this Country, they
were then thought to he the remains of a Giant :
Numerous have beet) the attempts by scientific
charaters of all Nations to procure a satisfatory
colle6tion of hones—at length the Subscriber has
accomplished this great objea, and now announces
to the Public, that he is in possession of a complete
Skeleton of this antique wonder of North Americ-a ;
after a long, ;laborious and uncertain enterprize,
they were dug up in Orange and Ulster Counties,
(State of New York), where they must have lain,
certaiirli, many hundred ycars—No other vestige
remains of these animais ; nothing but a confused
tradition among the natives of our Country, which
states their existence ten thousand moons ago ; but
whatever might have been the appearance, of this
ENORMOUS QUADRUPED when cloathed with flesh,
his massy bones can alone lead us to imagine ; already
convinced that he was the largest of 'terrestrial

beings.

C. W. PE ALE.

SurclDE.—On Friday- afternoon, about five
o'clock, as two labouring men were returning with
a cart from Dulwich towards Peckham Rye, they
Were alarmed by the sound of two successive pistols ;
conceiving some robbery had been committed, or
attempted, they followed the sound, and found &I
gentleman weltering in his blood ; he had two horse
pistols lying beside him, one in each .hand; He
was quite dead ; and it appeared that he had shot
himself in two places in the head ; one on the right
had grazed up -the side of the head—that on the
left which operated fatally,,,went in near the,tern.
poral artery on-the left, and passing through the
head, went out just above the ear on the right. On
searching the body no papers of any kind could be
found. Thee jury sat on the body on Saturday
evening, and brought in a verdiB LUnacy. By the
restlirsony.of a gentleman, who casually attended,
it appeared that the name of the deceased was Sey-
mour, that-, he was a man in a very respeaable line
of life, and that his circumstances were-not such as
to make a man displeased with his situation. .

The long wished for improvement is now about
to take place at Bath. The passage from the old to
the new part of that City, called Cock Alley, has
been always, considered as a great nuisance :—the
opening now to be made, is from the Old Bear-yard
through the back of Bond-street, into Milsom
street.

In consequence of some robberies having been
committed at Bath, the Chief Magistrate convened
a Meeting of the Inhabitants to form some plan for
prevLting such depredations. The least violation
of the regularity and stri& Police of that City,, im-
mediately creates alarm.

Some nights since, the dwelling-house of John
Kilvarton, an aged industrious farmer, who resides
at.Stagdale, in the County of Limerick, Ireland,
was attacked by a nunierous armed set of ruffians,
for the purpose of robbing him, ar,i forcibly carry-
ing off his daughter. Kilverton having got in'_
timation of an intended attack. on his house,
applied to a Gentleman in his neighbourhood, who
supplied him, for his defence, with two bayonets,
and with the assistance of his son and nephew,
beat off the assailants, who fired thirteen shots
into the house ; some 'of the ruffians, who, with
sledges, broke the lower part of the door, had the
temerity to enter the house ; old Kilverton and
his small party made so good use of their bayonets
and a pitchfork, that three of the assailarits died
the next day, and another is languishing, who
received a stab from old Kilverton in the throat,
endeavouring to force in at a window. Mr. Hugh
.Massey has taken four of the above party. Much
praise is due to this brave old man, his son and
nephew, ,for their spirited defence.

i~aith, I would think it a crinif unp-•
were Knot to manifest this cure to the suirc•lnD
people in like circumstances.
I am, Sir, your's, &c.

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T. W 1 LSOS'

Keswick, Od. t 799.
To Dr. GARDNER, Long-acre.
Tlie Dodoes Medicine play be had of ail venders,
in town and country, at 24. 3(1. 55. 10:. 6d. ar,
zrs. a box, 'duty included.—Each box is signcv
J. Gardner.

The Stock Exchange, Lloyd's Coffee-house, afl"
the Lottery Offices, are now thronged all' daY (),1
wi:hinquiries about the Loan, the Definlttle
Treaty, and the State of the Wittel,-.L.-Two t°°f:Li
was betted yesterday, that Mr. NEwt,AND
announce -the Loan in three days :_Five to T':
that the Treaty will arrive in the month of Mar` n 1
—NA even betting, one of the four Prizd
z 0,0001., of one of the two Prizes of 10,°,°°;;;
will be drawn in the course of this week, eNci6s,ce
of the zo,oool. attached to the first drawn Is'7,
to--morrow morning.-L:What with Loans, Trove;
and Capital Priies, at present. the public iniria
be
pretty well occupied ; however, they will 50°10
relieved from the latter, as all the Capital rs
Will be drawn in a few days.

ENGLISH STATE LOTTERY.;

°lr,ac
NINTEINTH 'DAY.—Theiollowing NUMbers 11

Prizes.
No. 34,914► 34,466, Prizes of sool. each•
No. 11,756,,5036 Prizes of 501. each.

SHIP NEWS.

CRAVEST.ND,-1,4A.RC14. 21.

CP*
Passed by—the Atitomasia,. Curtis, from B•IngaI; oileit;
Coupland, from Martinique; Sophia, Smith, troll,
Two Sisters, Stewart, from Dunkirk ; VroW
from Bremen; and Vrow Eda, —, from Einbeicn•o;
It
Sailed=—the Lacy Maria, Dawes, for the East st.oir;
Phoebe, Hogan, for Cork; Farmer, Comely, far t
Eiiliotti
Robert, Andrews, for Montserrat; Scarborougil• .4 i
for Newfoundland; . Williarnsau, Abbott, for jallla'—
Ritson, Whipple, for Virginia.

STN
On Friday last, at Broadstairs, the Lady of Car-
'rence O'Neill,. Royal Navy, of a Son.

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