The Sun.
London, England, 1804-08-11 00:00:00

AHILAIIILPHIA, JULY 6.

Abfnat half past eight,, on the evening of the 4'h,c
a number of Negroes olled?d, formed themselves
into a company, appointed a Captain, Lieutenant,
and }tnsign, and marched through the town, ()cut.
siuning much disturbance. They at last amounted
to too, and were armed with clubs, swords, &c.
Ott the, night cl tLe sth they colieCted again,
alL:ut ten o'clock, from one to 2op, atmedus before,
and committed greater excesses, damning the whites,
and saying they would sliew them St. Domingo.
Extract of a Letter from Captain DAY D
of the Ship tfrilliam Wright, of New York, dated •
Cape Ftancuis,„ June t s.—We entered the Spanish
harbour Port-a.Piat on the 291 h of May, in older
to gain information respecting French L nvateera ;
after coming to anchor, a boat with two men came
up to us ; they staid ls minutes, and informed
one of my passengers (a tlyatian), as a secret, tllat
the French had taken an American Brig the day be.
fore, and sailed for Cuba. After this I endeavoured
to get out of the Harbour with sweeps. In twenty
minutes we observed a large canoe, full of armed
men, making fur us, and loading their IlitlS kers. 1
()Meted them to keep off, which they nut doing, I
ditefted my passengers to fire, the crew being at
the sweeps, After about 30 shuts, the canoe put
alm. A breeze springing up, we cleared the port
and batteries, and reached here next day. A Danish
Captain just arrived from Port-a-Plat, s tys that the
canoe came out determined to take us, Anti if we
resisted, to massacre us,

Lately, as four boys were b;ithing in the River
&Vern, near Deerhurst luck-stake, three of them
got out of their depth, and two were unfortunately
drowned. The cries t.t the u[ifortunate boys awoke
a bargeman, who was asleep in a vessel lying near
the spot he immediately threw out his biut.hook,
-which saved the third, who must otherwise have
inevitably shared the same fare. Ooe of the lads
was found in about twenty minutes; but though
every local assistance was given, 411 endeavours to
restore life were ineZ6tual. The other was ;found
.next morning. • .

On Thursday evening, between, seven And eight
;o'clock, a young Gentleman in a single.horse chaise,
i,Guoing an easy trot near the. Obelisk, S. George's
and a lad, riding a spirited horse on the Lon_
dun Road, the latter taking fright, ran away with
him, and came in contact with the body of the
chaiire, and overturned it, by which the Gentleman
was thrown some coniderable diionce, and dread.
•fully bruised. The horse that occasioned the disas.
ter gallved a‘vAy the.boy on his back, whom
he threw off near the Elepnant and Cascle, and he
was very much hurt. lie was taken to IN hospital
without hopes of recovery. We are sorry to learn,
that the Gentleman, although he had every assist.
ance given hiM by the Gentlemen of the Faculty,
died in about half an hour utter the accident.


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LORD- DUNC A:N.

IFrom Phillips's Publ c Chara.'..tets for the Year 1799.

ts distinguished Veteran, b tin at Dundee, in
Scotland, July 1, 1731, was the younger son of a
• very ancient and reputable family, which has fir a
- long series of yearstheld the Lordship of Lundie, in
the Shire of Perth. the family estate, the rental
of Which iv about socil. came to Lord DuN.dase
about twn years ago, in consequence of the death of
his elder brother the Colonel.
The younger branches, even of a respeCtablefami.
Iy, are generally obliged to force their way in life by
their owo merits and exertions. Lord DuNcAN 'ac-
c,:tritttvli• owed but little to his :relations.. He was
very early sent to sea, a profession which costs hut a
traiedn the outset, and is generally attended with but .
small expence aftei the young adventurer is thus dis.
pored of. Mudh is not known of the Adtriiral's early
services; but we are warranted in conienuring that
they must have been meritorious, by his attaining
the rank of Post. Captain, February ze, 1761, at
w tick time he. was appointed to the command of the
Valiant, by means of that ,excellent Officer Lard
KEPPEL, and was ever after hollowed with the
friendship of that gallant Commander of the 0:c1
School. During the last War Capt. DuNcArr had
nn opportunity of tlisplayiog Ms nautical talents,
except when he commanded the lihnbeim, at the re.
. lief of Gibraltar. He was with his friend at the
taking of the Mayan! alt ; and when KsPP EL was
appointed to a Flag, he chose- DUNCAN to be his
• Captain.
•
He was also a Member of the Court. Martial
Which sat upon the trial of that distinguished Ve.
-teran
.and continued attached to him by the
strongest ties of in imacy and. friendship- till his
, death.
On September .24, 1787, he was made a Rear.
Admiral ; in 1793, he was promoted to the rank of
Vice-Admiral ; and in 1795, he became Admiral
of the Blue. •
Hitherto lie had moved on in Ms profession regu.
larly, but with little notice ; for it had not beeM his
lot to get employed on any service likely tolling
him forward to public view.
His appointment, at last, to that station, in which
. he-had all at once obtained laurels equal to those
wiich adorn the hrhws of men who have been more
ex,ensiv Ely employed, met with the full approbation
of all naval men.
He afterwards obtained-an appOintment he was
admir4hly fitted tor, that of the North Sea Sta.
tion. N tines it at all refl. a upon his Lordship,
that hit• circumstances stood to need of his being thus
employed. With hardly any other fortune than his
half.pay- as an Admiral; it was natural enough for
him to he anxious to he engaged in aftive service,
for the .benefit of twife and children whom he loved.
The scene of adion which he chose was an arduous
one. .The severity of the • winter season, in that
,latitude, must also have been very trying to a man
at hislrtirnr of life. Moreover, hr had to encounter
with difficolties still more troublesome and painful
to a British Officer ; we allude to the mutinous spi.
tit w 11101 preV,ilted in his Fleet, .in.Cotntliort with
the other Naval Scriadrons in the Channel.
Jo the midst of all these utipleaßato circumstances,
coanifested a cool and steady mit d. lie kept his
• station with such persevering ardour in the most
boisterous season of the year, that the Enemy could
not by any means effed their design of escaping
fram their ports. Tice indefatigable Admiral con.
tinued blockading them, either with the whole or .
part to his squidron, till the summer of 1797, when.
the Mutiny raged in his scprir..n in a most alarMing.,
Dianne!. Even when he was left with only thtcc
ships, •he still ternaked firtn in• his station off the
Tact, and succeeded in keeping the Dutch Navy
from proceeding to sea ; a circumstance, in all pro.
htabitity, of as high consequence to the Nation as
his subsequent vi gory.
•
His behaviour at the time of the Mutiny will be
best seen from the speech which he made to the ciew
et his owrt ship, on the third of June 1747.: and
which as a piece 'of arrlegi and afrCting oratory,
carmen but he admired by the most fastidious taste.
Hoe men I zing assembled, the Admiral thus addrcss
cd them from the qaarter.deck :
" My lads,' I once more call you together, with a sorrow.
ful heart, troM what I have lately seen ot the dissalli:ction
()U tile I ,rots ; I call it dio.trpiial, for the_ crews have 'se
is a,e es. Ty d,vrred •rt my Fleet,. in the' face of an
Lireiny , tx a disgrace I b.liwc, never hetbre happen.
etttoa l&tish turn el ; nor could I have supposed it possi-
ble. My gleates, ount.trt, ,ruder Cod,' is, that I have been
sLptioLetiby the .teaint'n, and Nlarines of this ship;
for woicli, with a hart ‘,verflowing with gratitude, I request
yini ty accept ,oy s'neere thanks.
Se I Mum' in) sett much good may result- from your ex.
bringing those deluded people to a sense of the duty
vfo t, Lilo owe, slot only to menr tre, and Countly, but
toloomselves. The British Navy h ever been the support
ot that, Liberty which has been handul down to us by our
Ancestors; . and which, I trust, we shall maintain to the
late ;utiterity ; and that can only be done by unanimity and
obedience.
" he ship's company, and others who have distinguished
thetnselveA by their loyalty and ;;nod order, deserve to be,
and doubtless quilliw, the favourites of a grateful Country ;
(fret will also have, tram their inward feelings, a comfort
which must be lasting, and not like the fleeting and false con-
fidence ot those who h;ave swerved from their duty.
" It has often been my pride with you to look into the
Texel, awl seta Foe vt,hl(;h dreaded coining out to meet 'ut,
Isily pride 14 now humbled indeed I --My feelings arc not easily
to be expressed I our cup has overflowed, and made us
wanton. The All.wise Nxov tnet4e x has given us this
check as a warning, awl I hope we shalt Improve by It. On
Him, then, let us trust, where our anty security tan be
found.

66 I find there are many good. men among us r for my own
part, I have had full contidenee Of all in this Ship.; and Once
more beg to express my approbation of your comlutt.
" May Goo, who has thus so far conduaed you continue
to do sO I -and may the British Navy, the glory and support
of our Country, be restored tai its wonted splendour, and be
uot only the Bulwark of Britain, but the terror of the World
—But tins can only be etli.a.:d by s stria adherence to our
duty,and obedience • and let us pray;that the Ahnighty Coe
aoy keep us in the right' way 'ot thinking.. Goo bless you
all I"