The Sun.
London, England, 1804-12-24 00:00:00

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from
siness et Lord kIA,BROWBY'S Office, two till
half past three o'eloelcs
On Saturday the DUKE Of CLARINCI gave a
grand dinner at his house in the Stable Yard, St.
James':, to their Royal Highnesses the Panics of
WALES, the Duxes of KENT, Sussex, and CAM.
BRIDGE, and several Naval and Military ()Seen
of rank.
His Royal Highness the Dual of Yoßt left
Town yesterday for °strands.
The notches: of DEVONERIII a gave last night
an petit toupee to a sele4t party of friends, at De.
vonshire Huuse.
Satprday the Polls recommenced for Common
Couniilmen in the Tower and Bridge Wards. The
polling at the Tower Ward was carried on with
great spirit, and at the close the numbers were,
' Messrs. S. Hutchinson tea, S. Dixon. rot, I, Dixon too,
M. Lucas 98, T. Dawson 97, P. Laing 95, S. Wri n 95.
T. Bridges 92, T. Fothergill 92, C. Stewart 88, S. Walker
87, J. Hartshorne 75, L. Gilson 34.
Bridge Ward.—The Poll closed at three o'clock,
and the numbers were,
Messrs. Rartram 31, A kiln 3T, Cope 3r, GAtratt jt,_Child
30, Maltby 30, Browne 3e, Roberts 30, Joyner sg, Clough
29, Wrench 28, Jackson 28, Bovill 26, Ross as, Dalton 2i,
Lacey 18, Wilde 7. '
The polling will. te-ctimmence, and finally close
this day.
We are concerned to find that a new War has
prevailed in Ceylon, and. occasioned extensive de.
vastation. It appears that in 4Oril last one of the
principal Adige rs, by liberal, lergesses and promisee,
collated a numerous.body of Ttoopa on the Fron.
tiers of Mature, and soon' afteildeclared his preten.
sierts to the Sovereignty of the Irlind, avowing his
intention to be to expel the English and depose the
present King of Candy.—He seized posiession of
several Forts, and abundantly supplied himself with
provisions and military stores. Captain MADOE
being informed of these movements, assembled all
the disposable force in the distria, crossed the
boundaries, and by a forced march, made an tutees
paled attack on the Enemy—the Insurgent Chief,
after a _slight resistance, retreated ; the British fol.
lowed, removing every impediment he opposed to
their pursuit by the bayonet.—Several villages were
involved in flames ; the country was desolated in
every diralion, and the roads and banks of nullahs
covered with the killed and wounded. The result
of this Expedition is not known, although some
Letters mention the return of Captain MADGE to

Matura.
We have received, by the late Overland Dis.
patch, a Letter from Bombay of so late a /date as
the nth August, at which period a report was pre..
valent there and. generally believed, although un.
supported by official communication, that Peace had
been restored between the British and-their Allies,
'and the Mahratta Chief Holkar, through the tnetli..
ation of the Nizam, the Nabob, and the Peishwa.
The Army of Holkar was a short time before in
extreme danger of being cut off, General We L L
Lev having penetrated between the two principal,
columns, in consequence of some misconception on.
der which the General commanding the left division
took up a position several cols distant from the one
which he was direded to occupy ; Holkar, how-
ever, with great promptitude, and by a masterly
manoeuvre, in which he was favoured by the ex.
creme darkness of the'night, effected his retreat. So
great, however, was his precipitation, and so'diffi_
cult the country through which he hat! to pass, that
great numbers of his people died of fatigue on the
march, others were drowned in crossing some deep
nullahs, and many more deserted ; Holkar ordered
the General into a'dungeon, preparatory to his fuh.
lie execution.
The Berar Rajah, in afilietion and disgust .at
the' result of the late contest with' the British FQTCelis
has declared his intention to resign, his Principality
to his adopted son, and to retire to a favourite spot
on the Banks of the Bain Gonga.

Accounts had reached Bonigity on the 2sth Au.
gust, that a Detachment of Scindla's Army having
unexpetledly appeared before a strong fort occupied
by Holkar on the Frontiers of Agunere, sent a
Messenger to demand its surrender; but the Killi.
dar,instead of complying, hung up the herald in
front of one of the gates. The besiegers exaspe.
rated by this outrage, stormed the place, and carry.
ing it, put every soul to death.
The advantages obtained by Holkar over Colonel
WiLuvr, in Bundeleund, in May last, have been
greatly exaggerated, and arose chiefly from focal
circumstances. The country is uncommonly moun.
tainous, nearly impassable from jungles and me.
rasses, and inhabited bye powerful tribe of Rajah.
pouts, warmly attached to Holkat Holkar occu.
pied one of their forts in front of his army, and
from thence greatly annoyed the out.posts of the
Allies. Colonel W11.1.0T planned an attack on this
position ; but having. in his, progress lost several
men in a morass, owing to the treachery of his
guides, and finding that a. narrow defile which he
bad to pan was defended by a strung itnitri‘ed bat.
eery, be was compelled to abandon the enterprise,
By American rapers to true 26th ult. we learn,
that the French Ambaa.ador, Ceneral TotratoT,
bearing the Official Dispatches relative to the new
dignity assumed by BONAtAriti) had arrived in the
City of Washington, and that the Charge d'Af.
faires, M. Plow, was about to return to France,
The Engrossed Bill for making farther appro.
ptiation to carry into tired the Treaty of Amity
with Great Britain, was, on the 20th ult. read a
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bird time and passed, in the House of Itepresen.

atiyes.

The Prefea of Quadaloupe has forbidden, under
a penalty, of aoo dollars, the introduition of any
Newspapers or Proclamations, whatsoever, from
any part of the world I

The Russian of didtinaion just arrived from St.
Petersburgh, who was presented to the KING on
Wednesday last by Comte WounN?:ow, is coma
over on a State Commission of the highest im.
portance ; being entrusted, it is said, with special
powers to neiottate a Secret Treaty between Great
iliitain and Russia.

Great quantities of Stores have been sent troll
the depot, at Winchester, belonging to Governtnenf,
to the difTerent hospitals round the CoAttf in th.-,
eCarSt of lin Wc4a
•

Mimics', Dec. 23.-- The brig Charlota
BRINHARD WO LPMAIINS Master,
loaded with barley, bound to Rotterdam, has
been on shore upon the North Coast, end is
brought into this harbour very leaky, with the as-
sistance of a pilor.boat.
Several Neutral Vessels have strived within
these few days from Holland, by whom we ate
informed, that every Town is now full of French
Troops, and that Inspeeting Officers are appoint-
ed to examine every cargo landed, to prevent
Bs itiah merchandize being imported into that Conn.
try ; and that all kinds of provisions are prohibited
to be exported. A patrole of horse, and every pre-
caution, is taken to prevent any persons landing upon
the Coast that have come dire& from Malaga, or
places infetted with a pestilential fever, without per.
fcirming the usual quarantine.

The Brig Pins, of Leith, from Oporto, with wine,
Jonw Low' it Master, bound to Leith, has put
into this Harbour with the loss of anchors and cables.
The.jangfrow Asa, R. Jam mots Master, from
London 'to Tooningen, with coffee, dm; the Elms',
of Ernbifen,dottN. Ha on t WANG la, front Rotterdam
to Newcastle; and the Neutral Ship Yards Ritchelt,
from Crockery to Foweyp with deals, are arrived
with the following Coasters, and many others, of
which we bave not been able to obtain their names :
Two Brothers, William Elkiion, Fanny, Shad, and the
"Thomas and Mary, Gladdon, trom London to Sunderland, in
:.ballast ; the Swift, of Newcastle, Manners, from London to
thields, in ballast; Betsey, of Hull, Taylor, with goods, and
tke Thomas and Ann, Newton, in ballast, from London to
Hill; the friendship, Poole, Four Sisters, Ptilledfen Mall
in well, Providence, Andis, and Shia Deily, all
in ballast, bound to Sunderland; Mary, Proud, from Sunder.
land, with coals; Burton, Wilkinson, liewick, Barrett,
from London to Hull, in ballast.

Tile outward-bound Packets, with the Hamburgh,
Bremen, and Gottenburgh Mail's, yet remain.; to.
gethet with the Pegasus Frigate, Escort, Chatter,
and Fearless Gun.vesaels ; the Swift hired Cutter,
and the 4rgus and lair Cruisers.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 23.--Arrived His Majesty's
ship Porde/is, Capt. DUN AR, from Oporto, cast
from the Downs, whither she had proceeded with
the convoy.

Sailed the Pdareir 4fOreve, of 74 guns, car.
Roasts, and beariag the flag of Rear.Admind
DkilltYs who is appointed Second in Command on
the Irish station.

The Thaaderer, of 74 guns, from the Channel
Fleet, and the Reiroaae/e, Capt. BALTON, from
Spithead, are also to reinforce the Squadron on the
Irish station.

It was fully determined last night that the out.
ward.bound West Tndia fleet, under the oprivoy of
the thaw", should •ail this day ; but in the night
the wind changed from N. E. to S. W. and of
course they could not get under way. The wind is
this evening got to the Eastward, and if it con.
times, the fleet mad► he otpeeted to be off in the
morning.

tan night the Raw') sloop of wat drove foul of
the D 4.14) joy ;41;d Rayalilr transports fit Spithcad,
and did them a one damage.

PLYMOUTH, Dec, 22 —Arrived the Danish ship
Emanoie4 Capt. STROLDT, laden with wheat, from
Copenhagen, bound to Bareet)qa I ptlt in to refit,
having encountered several heavy gales 91 wind on
the passage, by which she is bccogie extremely
leaky,

DUI., Deg. _3.-Sailed His MAjesty'l Ships
itletb(, Arab, and Prudent, to the Westward.

Arrived the Alert and Curlew Sloops, Ortivr,
Knit, and Startiv Gan-brigs, from a Cruize off
the Cont of France; Momby Gun.brig from Dover
Harbour ; and Minx Gun-brig, from Dungeness.
tho Downs —Monarch, Inflexible, Castor, Ardent, An.
telope, larnalca, Aimable, Speedy, Leda, leopaid, Autumn,
Orestes, Alen Curlew, Harpy, Vesuvius, Zebra, Fury,
Devastation,
_t Volcano, Lucifer, Dart? Mariner,
Minit, .
Tickler, Blazer, Thrasher, Rifleman, Firm, Iliter,
Ilaugh
4.4ty Basilisk, Mallard, Bouncer, Watchful, Tigress,
iitkeve 'Orlper,. starting, anti Mopiuty, snO Mined,
Defence ships as before.

VINCEOO SLOOP OF WAR..

'The Publicato already informed of the fate of this vessel,
and of the unjuitiflahle severity to whih her gallant
Commander has been subjetled ; the following Letter from
an Officer of theVincegu po4sesses, notwithstanding, much
interest.)

is We have at length arrive,' at our place of
rest (Verdun), after a fatiguing march of near Soo
.rnilea. Captain WRIGHT was separated from us at
Vannes, and the men were afterwards taken from
us at Verneuil ; we were. then conveyed to Paris,
and lodged in the Abbaye; as soon, however, as it
became dark, we were removed to the Temple,
where, we were confined seven weeks, ate, of
,w4;ch ewe plied ,e senior) tenfinemint. -
¶1 4s, perhaps,. you have nut heard the particu.
lave of our being taken, I will give you a short ac.
count. Ilaring our long cruize in Quiberon flay,
we wererFootinually engaged with the numerous
Gtin.boats that passed from one Port to another
with Convoys ; but haying no Pilot, and they
keepiog close in-shorq, we were unable to do any
thing decisive ; we, howeier, rook two unarmed
vessels, one a Schooner, laden with flour, and
she miter, a National Luggei, With 2000 oars lot
the Gun.boats: this lair, hum out want of 4111 en
.

1 .
drove a
Sloop and a Luggerashore, near St,Geldei
On the morning, at day light, we discovered i
number of vessels coming out of the Morbihan, am
a Corvette of r$ long IS.pounders Jay at ameba
close in-shore. The Pinar was at this time be.
canned in a strong tides.way, which drifted tsi
close on a rock, which we avoided by dropping
our anchor; when the tide slackened, having takca
a poor man from a fishing boat as a Pilot, we attempt.
ed to make the Tenuis Passage,but from his fears of
ignorance, be was of no use, and went down below.
We now trusted to chance. We were in* narrow
and intricate passage, without an air of wind; mt.
remits Gun-boats coming rapidly up with us : our
men, who had been up all night, and had laboured
three hours at the oars in a sultry morning., ,taste
quite exhausted ; and finding escape impossible, the
Captain ordered the ship's broadside to be swe_pt to,
and an engagement was kept up against such feyffoi
odds for more than two hours, when our firing II•
most wholly ceased, three of the guns being dis-
mounted, and the rest incvmbered with Walton,
from the falling of the booms, their suppoeters Ism-
ing been shot away. The men falling fens tits
,
' foremast nearly glint away► and the vessel eeePT ,
sinking, Captain %MIT was forced to hail thre
he had struck, just in time to save the lives 011 i
few that could keep the deck, as the Gun.beete we"
towing up alongside, with strateroas freoPis J.
board. He himself was wounded in the tifilftewil
in the aCtion, by a grape.shot but ner.‘
,;_r it. 4.411.
desk. We lamer* has separaw'' 4,01"'gri;,27,
would the absence of our dearettMeleft• gi's.--.
nets are those of a pedal GrOtteman-Ais abilities
of the first class--and his bra Very only equalled bir
his generosity and humanity. In his deportment!o
his inferiors he appears in the most amiable poise
of view, it being that of a kind and benevolent
father. Indeed, I have not weeds toexpreas my ad•
miration of his charade:.

" Stellate of cit Force aid ths iftemit

II J/ Carr °nide*, IS-pounders, 70 ef.
feaiVe men, including 17 boys.
istemfy's Ftrce-6 Gun.brigs, first class, 2 long
a-pounders, and one 24.-pounder, from 6o to 70
men each; 7 Gun.boats, Lugger.rigged, 2 104
tB.pounders,4o to s'o men each ; 4 ditto, of the
sd class, t heavy carronade or mortar, and from 3d
to 40 men each. Troops of the Line from 3so to
zoo. Their accounts varied. Total, 17 %yeah
36 heavy guns, and from rt4o to 1490 men.
" The linage, from havin4 been ashore befogs
this, was SO leaky as to require pumping almost
continually."

Ntw.Yo*t, Nor. 14..-. on the 231 sailed frog
Staten Island, and went to sea, about five o'clock
P. M. the fine ships Indettax of ao guns, Londe
of 16 guns, Olimier Elptuorth, Napalm, Soacirewia,
Brig Dial", of 1.1. guns, and Schooner Diaxa, ai
6 guns, all for St. Domingo. Four of these res.
sell' are owned by SAtatm. G. Orautrv, and two
chartered by the same Gentleman' •
Arrived in Basseterre Roads, the French Priv*.
tear ship la Dew Capt. M
Amber?,
LAAUStigil
7111
said Island, mounting 16 is-pound carronao
ver rs, with
two Prize Ships, the 4 and Diouf,
u"det c°""Y. both. armed Guinearnen, one of alit
.the other of 18 guns, having together five hundrea
of Li it
and forty SIVCS. Cipt. ladstemersitar fell in with
the two Ship,' one hundred leagues a
ndto,svindivamer
of
Bathadoes, and engAged them both at etime; having boarded one, the other attempted tu?
escape, but the Privateer immediately pursued and
shortly came up with her. This was formerly the
Duke of Marlborough Packet, and the same which
took the British Sl‘,,p of War Lilly, captain cObtro!
lON,

GittNocx, Dtc• 21.—Atrived hsre on Too.
the FanNy, TAYLOR, from New-Yolk ; she
made the land in 19, and this port in 2.3 d4Yes
though detained four of these by head winds, Tho
ChLowat.i, for this Port, sailed an ttlf
Game day.

Suf-
DISTRIBUTION OF FRIZEJIONEY.
To the 0 fliceri and Company of His Majesty's Slog_
&ante, tOr the Capture of the. Navigation, the 30th ohort
an; second and final payment, on "fnursday next, or duds%
three years, at Messrs. Denton and Clemcnt-iOO% Duds
No. 14, Clernmes Inn.
To the ()dicers and Company of His Majesty's 0010
Conflict, for the Capture of the French Gnu-boat, Na•
the Bth tloverriber, 41103, at NO. all, AtUridel•afte. Strands
during three years.

The Phaidx is said have ant into Baltimore'
in Ireland, the Nfocavy, *large Spanish Ship (04
La Plata, having on board a considerable quantiti
of specie.
On Tuesday arrived in Leith Rost% the 1.114
Armed Ship, from the Sound. No fleet sPrearl 10
have arrived with her, and it is
of the honseward.bound ships from
the Baltic ars
frozen in.
Cam. atilt whim i Appal," ea tev she MiNdfil:
Frigate, at Portsmouth, vice Goers.
_ndisposej
and rapt. F. Dotto LAS to thellOndro which sae
from Lymington yesterday se'nnight, with
pa tches.
, The R,rnlcer Sloop, supposed to have been 1111
was spoken with to the leeward of Cove Eisth(lb
`reported ,that some
by a Pilot-boat, which fund her in compoi wi
four sail of the outward bouna West India Fleet'
The Loa Farber, Art LEO ',
~ on her passage hu
from Surinam, has been taken and carried into Gov

shlunpe.
The Nemo', NEILL, from Quebec. for Grh
es"
ock, calling at Ayr for orders, went on ol
bilged, and is full of water : part of the cargo tua
g;
The Grace, WILLI Amsosr, of Greenoulc•
Th°
wrecked on the a ►rh inst. in Lagan Bay, Islay.

vessel and cargo will be entirely lost.
The ship Throdaria, from New Brunswick, fl
Newcastle, sprung a leak at sea, and was
Boston.
seen °P
Cape Cod, having bore away for
The Gazette of Saturday contains an Ord
Council, dared the istth, for continuing the Snit"?
to Seamen, Sec. till the tit of December,. iSor,
the
It also contains a Notice, that the Free Market 'Pt
the Sale of Coals that may arrive in the Port °I
London, will be opened on Wednesday, ita vi
January next, on the Notch Side of Lower POI*
str!et.'