The Sun.
London, England, 1804-09-04 00:00:00

ST. M-IRTHOLOAIEW FAIR.

Tx is annual Civic Carnival commenced yester.
day. It was Proclaipfd about two o'clock- by the..
Loan MAymt, who proceeded for that purpose. to
Smithfield, in his state carriage, attended by I\llr.
Sheriff SHAWE, Mr.• Alderman B9YD ELL, several,
of the Livery; and .the usual suite of City Officers.
The customary solemnities were duly observed;
with the exception of one : death had arrested the
liberal hand which was wont to present the cool
tankard to his Lordship; and as a proper mirk of..
Yelped to the memory of the deceased Mr. Kt R D Y
the Procession did not pass his house. The LOR
MAYOR was escorted to the East side of Smithfield,
made the necessary Proclamation, and swore the
Steward of the Court of Pirdpoudre into his tri..
diurnal office. His Lordship's departure. was the
signal fur commencement of the festivities in honour.
of the pious St. Bartholomew. His votaries sainted
his Lordship with shouts of applause ; but Mr.
Sheriff SHAW c was pot treated with equal courtesy
—hissing noises, something like what were lately
.heard at Brentford, rent the welkin. When the
cavalcade retired, the air resounded with symphonies
such as HAYDN or PLEYEL never dreamt of.

SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. t.---A number of flying
Artillery yesterday arrived in this town under a
strong escort ; its destination was variously reported
to be for Weymonth, and fur the Islands of Alder.
ncy and Sark.
The Town is very full, all lodging. houses are
engaged except a very few upon the largest scale.
Mrs. Si DDONS is still at the seat of V. FIT Z.
HUGH, Esq. in this neighbourhood.
The Earl of CAVAN has purchased the Tewet
Mansion on the south. west bank of the S ,tO hampton
river, and is now putting the whole of th.tt titoctinl
residence into high order.
Two great matches of horses against time, are at
present the subject of public expectation here. The
ooe, for too guineas, is to ru.i two miles in ,ix rots
notes; the oilier, for 5 guineas, the same distance
in seven minutes.

EDINBURGH, SEPT. r.—Thirteen Soldiers of
the Canadian Regiment, were sent ~tf Y; ti .users
yesterday from Gla.gow for this City, tit,d.r a mi-
litary escort, They arrived in tuwii this forenoon.

folloviing Circular Utter has ben sent to
the Officers commanding Yeiamattry Corps io he.
land

'' SIR,

Dtditin Castle, Aug. 28, 18°4.

" I am diresed by the lord Lieutenant to accpliaint you,
that it is probable the Yeomanry will be called out and pLced
upon permanent duty for a part pt the ensuing month of
October, with a view to their discipline and clicreise as by
that time it is hoped the harvest will be completed. :In tlie
mean tune, ,while, with a view to public economy, aS well-as
to the convenience of the Yeorpen at tin:, busy Meson of the
year, His Excellency has direacd that the weettly•VradeS
should cease, a monthly Parade being reserved tar the inspec-
tion and muster of the Brigade. Major, the. specific day of
which he will arrange wita you as usual. Youivill
pleased to observe this regulation, and to have it carried into
etieet immediately on the receipt of this Letter,. Should it
be finally determined to cad out the Yeomanry Corps in Oc-
tober, the necessary orders Will, of course, be issued in pro-
per time. I have the f honour to Sir, your most obedient
humble Servant,

" EVAN NEPE'AN."

Convoys will sail from Leith Roads for the Baltic
.and Tonningen on the
.19th instant.
An Aquedua, for the purpose of supplying the
populous toWn of Carmarthen with water, from
springs in the neighbourhood, is about to be imme-
diately ereCted.
Miss Porto was the Lady wno many years agri
distinguished hersrlf as an Equestrian, by riding for
a wager a thousand indes in a thousand hUU(S. She
was the daughter, of POND, a celebrated horse.
dealer.. Site died a few years ago in a :Hate of oleo.
tal deraogement. _

On Monday se'nnight Mr. ELFlin's gardener, at
Echlinvitle, County Antrim, cut a Rock Cantaloop
Melon, that measured three feet in circumference,
and weighed ten pounds three quarters. ,
Yesterday, during the time of the Lotto A,yolt
proclaiming Birtholome,v Fair, a master butcher,
at the West End of the Town, wa, hustled by some
thieves, who robbed him of 701. which he was'
going to pay a salesman for cattle he had beright
that morning.
Monday se'nnight Mr. Nrcdot.-zoig, farmer, .0e
Gainslawhill, near Berwick, baying turned seven of
his best mulch cows into a field o 1 clover log, four of
them died within a few hours, and the lives of the
the rest were with difficulty preserved. A side
and easy cure is, emptying 411 egg, filling the shell
full of tar, and putting it dot%'n the throat Of the
animal.

On Saturday last George Williamg, twenty years
foreman to Mr. Goslet, sugar-boiler„ in Wentworth.
street, Spitallieldi, 10,4 hi life by a fall from the
roof of the premi!ies, his - head coming in coma&
with a copper_boiler, which split it in two. Ills
wile, half an hour after the accident, was delivere,l
of twins, and is in the must distraded state of mind
from the accident that her husband met with.

On
theV a while some men were employed
rear
csinaetta '
ger_house, Greenock, in placing a
N
cart-whed upon a cart, the horse took fright, ran
off, 'rind in its way threw down a female child,
about two years old, the head of which it tram sled
upon in such a dreadful manwr, that after hnguidt.
ing in great agony, She exp:itd about four 0%:1,1ck
next morning..

FROM THE 'NEW YORK PAPERS.

A passenger on board the Virginia, arrived at
BaitunOre, reports, that hr was.•at Maragnira, S. W.
of Porto Rico, 28 days ago, about which.time.four
vessels were br, tight to there by, French. Priva.
Leers, two belonging to New York, arid- rwo ter
B.drimore ; of the Baltimore vessels one wits from.
C. Francois, and the Other fic,m.Port de:Paii,.. with
90,000 wt. oleoffee, and 30,000 of logwnorl ; could
nut tell. whether b;ig• or tehooners. .Eight other
-Americans, and two English verse a,- were lying.
there, but knows not how long.
Captain A.kinst„ wit' arrived ort Sunday evening
last, in g 8 days •from Malaga, -informs, that Mr.-
Kirkpatrick
,had received a letter fr..im the Ame.
rican- Consul at Tunis, in which he stated,. that
the TunisiAlii aproed-disposed to enter into a war
with the United States, and that two or three of
their Cor,..tirs were at sea
,cruising for American
vessels.. A letter from Commodore- Preble men,
tinned, that his force was nut sufficient for the ef.
fe&i.ii Wm:lWe of the.Portsof Tunis and Tripoli.

NEW-AORK sTATE soCIETr Or THE CINCINNATI.
Ara Special Meeting of the State S ttiety of the
Cincinnati, 'held at Rissi's Broad-street,
in the City of Ne Yolk, on Tuesday, the 17111 day
of July, 1804.
This Society, deeply arded by the death of their
President, General ALEXANDER HAMILTON, and
earnestly desirous of testifying the high resped
they• feel fur his memory (bowing with submis.
-lion to'the mysterious will of Heaven), and feeling
the deepest ;anion at inevent, which hasideprived
.them of their most 'illustrious 'Member—their Court.
try of its most enlightened, and useful StatesMan—
al7d the world of one of those most extraordinary
men,' which ages have rarely Roducedi unanimously
agree to the following Resolutions
Ist. Resolved, That a Letter be drafted and ad.
dr:ssed to the Vice President General of the So.
ciety, and Circular Letters to the several State So.
cities, announcing this sad event, the deep and uni.
versal sorrow it has occasioned in this .Society, and
amongst their fellow citizens of every description ;
and that the Rev. Mr. LINN, General CLARKSON,
Mr. DuNkCoMa, Mr. HARDY, and Cul. PLATT,
be a Cointnittee• to draft such Letters.
2d. Resolved, That . the said Committee draft a
Letter. r,f Condolence to• Mrs. FlAmt ',Tate, which
Letter and Letters, when prepared, are to be signed
••the President, and counter.signed by the 'Se.
cretary .4 the Society.
'3 R!solved, That General CLAtorsort, Messrs.
WATsoN, and RURREL, be a Cnin.nittee to wait on
'the ,Rev. Mr. MASON, and request him to prepare
and deliver an Oration, on the list inst. in honour
of the talents, -the virtues, and eminent services of
that gre4it man whose loss we deplore; and that the
said Conlin it tee .make. such arrangements as may be
proper on the occasion. ,
4th. Resolvetl,•That a Monumentbe ere6led in
Trinity Church, by this •Sneiety; to therneinory of
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, its late President Gene,
ral, with a suitable 'inscription; and that Mr.
Governor Mott !us, the Rev, Dr. LINN, and Mr.
MORTON, be a Committee to carry this Resolution,
into effeel.. ,
•' • s h. Resolved, That. the Thanks of this Society
tie preiettea to. Mr. Governor,. Moil xls', for
• his prnmpt compliance with their wishei; in deliver-
ing an eulogium at the funeral ceremonies of theit
deceased President, General ALEXANDER lima IL.
ToN.

6;h. Resolved, That the several Resolutions pas.
zed at this Meeting be transmitted to the Vice. Pee.
-silent-General of the Society, and to the respe:tive
State Societies, and be alsopublished.
W: S. Sm int,. President.
W. POPHAM,. Secretary.
•.• •
By a Resolution of the Standing Committee, of
the t3th instant, the publication of which has been
omitted through mistake, it is. ordered, That the.
Members of the Cincinnati wear the . Order of
their Society, the ribbon, veiled in crape, and a
crape with a rose of ribbon ,round the left arm
above the elbow, for thirty days.
. . By order of tit President,
W. Popitiot, Secretary..

LrxrNrvrort (Kew.) JULY 3.—Dr. Hunter of
Philadelphia arrived in this town on Sunday
on his way to Neches, where he is to be joined by.
Mr. Dunbar of tbe Mississippi territory ; both of
whom are commisSioned bribe President, to ascend
Red River to its source ; to take the-latitude and
longitude of the various rivers Which enter ir, with
their courses —so far as they can 'lie ascertained ;
to. examine the minerals, &e. of the Countryo,
through which they past—then, to: proceed to the
!wad of the Atkentas„,and descend that river; mak.
log the same ohlervations, inquiries, &c. and. to
transmit the result of their inquiries to the Presi.
dent. They will be provided with a barge, a party
of men, and the necessary instruments and appaii-
tus to facilitate their inquiries.

Two pieces Cif cannon, of ii very singular con:
struttion; were- found a few 'days since, by some
sweepers for anchors, in Fhiseley Bay. They are
eleven feet in length ; the bore is two inches at the
muzzle, and four in circumference ; while, the
other extremity, it is three bynine in circumference,
in the manner of a rile. From the form of these
pieces, it is evident they must have been loaded at
the iiut.enti, and a breech then lilted in and wedged ;
as the eyes which kkpt „the, wedge,are still perked.
As no touch-hole cpn be discovered on the barrel,
it is supposed, to have been contained in th breech.
They appear to have been first formed of a barrel,
or tube Of ..hammered iron; then hoops of about
three inches in width were driven un,. anti :welded
into a solid botly They went with swivels on a
carriage,-and have a long t;:il like
.a pump-handle.
SVhen first discovered they were liteially cemented
• -
together by petrified sand, and it required much
ditficuity to parethern.