The Sun.
London, England, 1804-12-18 00:00:00

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TALLEYRAND has incurred so much ridicule, and
excited so. much suspicion, by his connexion'with
;his memorable associates X. V. Z. that he is de.
terinined for the future turransait all pecuniary.hu7
ainesshimsdf. He has, therefore, issued a Decree,
requiring all persons who have money matters. to.
settle with theoFrench, Government, or*. in plain
Eta, hribei.to of to apply at once.to
Decree is intended to extend to all Princes who want
to Purchate neittrality, as well as to all individualS
who wish to escape the Trat,le, or Cajrnne...
The Sycophants of the Corsican Usurper. endea-
vour to impress the superstitious with a belief that
the Heavens shone opon'the Coronation of the .Ty.
rant. If we could suppose that the order of na.7
ture sufficed any interruption on the occasion, it
might rather be conceived, that the Sun shone to
expose more completely the National humiliation
and disgrace, after all the atrocities of the Rev. olu.
hos, .
P°, A 'Lieutenant of the ori Thuriday nignight,,Pewith a Miss
JuddicaJ circle. of Portsea.
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~,On Saturday seinnight a hare gbt into St. John's
'fiurckyard, Liverpool, and tank. shelter in a ociv•
wade grave, where it was taken

ROTTERDAM, ,DEC. 9.—They write from the.
Helder, .4 the 2d inst. that the English Prisbner
of War,Cipt.CoLvtLie, together with his Officers,
the Surgeon and Clerk, have put to sea on board a
flag of truce. &fore his departure he transmitted
a Letter to Rear-Admiral KIKKERTI'd which the
following is a Copy
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" SIR,

" Before I quit this place, so different from the
usual state of captivity and hardships we had to ex_
Pea, I beg leave, as well on my own part as on
that of my fellow Officers who belonged to His
Britannic Majesty's Ship the Rotisti'ey, to return you
our most sincere thanks, and to assure you, that the
Very humane attention which we, unfortunate men,
experienced from you, shall never be effaced frOm
our memorieti.

" We request you to assure Capt. Vettooottem,
and the other Captiins and Officers of the Ships under
your orders, that we are sensible of the great friend.
ship which has 'been sliewn to us. I will not intrude
upon your occupations by a long Letter ; the re.
membrance of.having snewn every service of hums.
pity and friejdship to the unfortunate, is sufficient
Admirul KIKKERT yet we should have proved
deficient in the respea chat, is
duCt9 14, if we had
not, before our departure, assured him of our warm.
est gratitude;
4-4 ?ern* Ipep assurance
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uY higke44.44sijeration and iespett,..tvf,th,vhio,l
!• Pcfs°uallYs4 bec,the Honour. to,be,
'",Striy.Y9ar most obedient,- and •
" Moe;-futtibl? Servant, - •
(Signed) u. - " JUHN..COLVILLit.
'" 'Captsip in Hisl3ritannie Majesty's Navy.'.
The Rear-Admiral set off. this day for Amster..
datn,. giving the command of 'the 'National Sbipe
North 0r t) Colonel and C.t:o:iin • of the
Navy Veit hooittia, ' who hoisted kear.
Admiral on bo.ittl the Deggiersbartkv
.. On the 4th of
.INceinber'; the .ftilg truce 'which
delivered the English iti,taiis atql Officirs on board
the British': Atimirat,s Ship returned to' the N 4 W.
by W. of Kvkduin, sevenileagnes distant (where.
we had three Ships of'the Line, one Frigate, and one
Luggtf). She btoUght some more Letters from the
British Officer, Rear.Admir4 KiFicYfuliapjf
VERDOOF.EN;‘ all ex:prevzioe of their 'hanks '
isprcidily tint'r fronl'Adittital'kuA:A.L, which sus:
pas%es then, all, .
.00 the 6 h ~ins't; the English Prisorkerv. will he
conveyed:to Enlcini;.zin, where every thing 15 in
readiriei's for; their reception,
lelre have. since flearned, 1 that some .alteration
may prolmbly be .subele, in. -their destination, as it.
18 ii‘SCitCri, • 1,11,0 r Dutch Prisoners have Already ar...
lived in the TLxel from to be exchanged.
for thetn. •

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Yesterday a footrace was rune on the Edgeware
Road,for a purse, between John Ward, of pUgilistic
notoriety, and Handy, a shoemaker at Padding.
tpp,•Word was concluded to the place of performance
by most Of the
igen, hmeil of the fist ; anti the sante
'compliment was paid to the son ~.of Crispin; bY
tribe of his brahrtg,,followed by a numerous groupe
of St. Monday pedestrians. The ground fixed on.
'for. the taCe was from Pine.apple.place to Hill.
'Reuse, a distance of three furlongs. Ward 'gaVe his
antagonist ten yards, and beat him by about six,
having performed the task in less than two minutes.
A series of outrages have been recently commit.
ted .upon the, residence of that celebrated Artist,
Mr. BARRY. This. respe6able Gentleman's house, .
:in -Castle-street, ,Cavetytistr.square, has been at..
tacked in the dead gf night *several times within
the last two months, His door has been. battered,
his windows broken, and the whole of, the front-of
the house covered with filth. The house is render.
ttl in a great measure uninhabitable--not a pane of
Wass is to be seen unbroken. What malignant spirit
could have prompted to such violence we cannot
conjecture; but we trust the vigilance of the Police
Will discover. It would be a national disgracelo.
allow to pass unnoticed or unpunished such wanton
outrage against a man whose charafter and talents
have rendered him uniformly and universally the
objed of respect and regard among the great. and
the. good.
As the merits of MasterißrrrY are sufficient to
entitle him to the suffrages of Criticism as well as
,to 11,e Civont of .the town, they tto not stand in
need 0r an invidions sacrific:- of the reputation
of e,t.,ll:idint iletform:!rs. We are, therefore,
surprised at the illitkral, attacks 'which are ni,itie -
upon Perfortners Whose. professional and private
merits 'ate high • in' publia` reaped, merely to
exalt the reputation of a juvenile wonder, who does
not want a support so little chaNcierisric of the ge.:
nerous feelings of Englishmen. We can most con.
fidently 'say; that the theatrical world in general,
5° Lir from .de.erving the unhandsome cornments
which have been directed against them an this
have been most forward in admitting and all.;
Plauding the' extraordinary merits of the little
Prodigy at whose shrine 'they are thus wantonly
sacrificed.

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Yesterday being the principal Market DJ), pre_
t .
ions is Christmas,` Mr. Wootton's yard, is, Smittl.
...Id, was throhgedwith company for,seiTerA I),;..:.nrfi,
to a degree which deterred mapy persons from at-
tempting to get in to view the cattle. Among the
crowd it was with difficulty that we distinguished:

Prince Esterhazy, His Grace the Duke of Bedford,: Lord
Soinz.rvillc, Lord Sackyille, Lord William Russell, Sir Tpo
etas Carr, Tho Mas Anson, Esq. Robert Thing',
.Esq. B.
Paul, Esq. Charles Gordon Grey,' Esq. Money,,Hill, Esc.
William Northey, Esq. - Moseley, Esq. Henry !Jolting,
AEsq. -Neil Malcolm, Esq. Messrs Westear.Perry, Buckley,
Crooke, Fleet, Frost, Parkinson, Ratclifl, Pester, 'Rey-
nolce, Jennings,' Grace, Tay, Whybro, Hudsnni Garrard,
,Farey, IWilson, Collinge, !cilia), J. Garner, 5 Davis, Oak-
'ley, King, Tooke, W. Sniith, I. Smith, Payne.. 1. Bovill,
B. Bovill, Capt. Perry, Berge,Williamson, Barker, Knoraek,
dre. kc.

Sir William Curtis's Bailiff, Mr. Whybro, was
present, and explained the seeming mystery respeo.
ing the two black heifers, which •had sa inuat
puzzled the breeders, on the preceding- days, by
stating, that they were by. a Suffolk, 'instead of a
Devon bull, as had been stated by mistake ; the'two
:yearlings shewn yesterday were by 'a Devon '4,11,
out of the same small Jodian cow, Which has. beer?
5 years in Sir William Curtis's possession,,,A very
large and tail Hereford ox, of Mr. Westcar% which
had been brought in since Saturday, was much adj.
mired. Mr. Robinson stewed the carcasses' of the
thief Lincolnshire sheep..which had been exhibited
on Friday and Saturday.
After inspetling the Cattle, a Meeting was held at
• the-Crown and Anchor Tavern, when Mr. Ayres,
•Mr. Wilkins, and several other breeders and graziers,
were adrnittjed Mcmbe'ri; and the same-. prizes at_
in the prt•sent -show - were determined on for nex
year, Cxcept..Class V. and it was resolved, that the:
Rules. and Regulations of the Society be printed,.
and distributed to the Meabers at the.W.oburnSheep
Shea'rint, in June next'. About five 'O4clock more
Olan $9O Gentlemen sat down to an,ptcellent dinner,
at the Crown and Anchor,• His Grace the Duke of
Bedford. in iheChairi. Money Hill, Esq."Vice.Pre..-
sident. As'. ,Boon as the cloth was. withdrawn,;
or wgis drank ; after which, His GraceT
gave " Prosperity to the Smithfield-'Society."
" G.)rid.Grazing." " The-Plough."'" The Fleece."
" Breeding in brarichea.lo •.. .

Hik gracs ofl3.'Llford then,addresed.tfte company,
titteikl;CM.tll !he Oriiinialobjefts of this
Society, whicli were, , to excite Ott, industry of the
ft.z.litrs an,l graziers, 'for irnprnving the breeds of
earth, and incrpasing the,. supply of the: markets ;
prejndicli which 11.1 d exist.
eel respiin4 ohjeets viewv.,of this Society
hutflisappeared ; and it could not be •doubted but
the.Publie mist applaud the etr..rts of the Society,
dirisEtrd as t hey .were,
.to objet Su important.
The evehipg:%Y:ai(!ipent with festivity, enlivened
by the consciousness of good intents and well.meant
endeavours. .