The Sun.
London, England, 1804-07-27 00:00:00

AMERICA.

NEW.YOKK, JUNE 19.
. The British Frigate CambriaN, Capt. BRADLEY,
of 44. guns, and the Sloop of War Driver, Capt..
LYI..) of 18 guns, anchored on Saturday last at a
short distance from the French Frigates in seven
days from Halifax. The Leatuter was not ready
to sail; we are assured, however, that she would

follow them in about a week. The Boston Frigate,
which was at Charleston on the 3d inst. is also ex.

peeled here in a few days. Jrßoma BONAPARTE
and Lady, we are informed, took a sail on Saturday

in the Pilot Boat Brotbire, and went round the:
Cambrian and Driver. We know not how to re—

concilc this with a report which prevailed yester—
day, that he had sailed on Saturday in the Ship.
Silenus for Amsterdam. The British Ship Pitt,
which art ived yesterday in 52 days from Greenock,
was taken possession of by six armed Boats from

the British Men of War, for the purpose of pressing
the people.
JUN.F. 20.—Yesterday morning the British Fri.
gate Boston, of 44. guns, came to anchor in the
Bay. We understand the Captain came up in a
pilot-boat, and went on board of the Cambrian
Frigate.
A Gentleman who arrived in this City a few
days since, from Guadaloupe, informs, that 14e was
on board the Packet Marlborough when captured
by the French Privateer General Erma): Oi this
event he gives the following account : About five •
o'clock on the morning of the 25th April, the Pri-
vateer came close up in the Packet's wake, when
an engagement instantly commenced. The Packet
having only twelve muskets tit far use, wished to
lay her broadside to the enemy, but owing to the
lightness of the wind the vessel would not wear.
The Privateer, on the other hand, fought 99 mos_.
kets, making the shot fly about the Mgr/boring/4's
deck and rigging like hail. A running fight was
Onndufieti in this manner for an hour and a' quarter,
during which time the Frenchmen twice attempted
to board, and were twice repulsed. Finding, how.
ever, that it was in vain any longer to continue a
resistance which must necessarily' terminate in de.
feat, Capt. BULL and several men being wounded,
and the Enemy evidently determined to carry the
Packet, the Mail was thrown overboard and the
Colours struck, Captain Btu!. was shot through
the cheek, the ball entering at his mouth: not
less than so shot were aimed at him during the
engagement. The man at the helm was also a Ire.
quent mark. Three men besides the Captain were
wounded. Upon being carried into Basseterre the
Crew were thrown into dungedn, and' treated
with a harshness bordering on cruelty.
A letter from a. person in St. jagorle Cuba, dated
May 6, to a friend in this City,. sates, that a re,
volt had taken place among the Blacks, who have
risen and massacred several 'of the Spanish, inhabi.
tants. in, addition to these; alartning symptoms,
armed Brigand Boats from Hispaniola., were, daily
making incursions on, the shore, plundering,and de,
stroying the inhabitants. Apprehensions were so
serious of approaching distress and bloodshed, that
the White residents were preparing, with all possi-
ble expedition, to leave the place, the.. only proba.
I ble means of saving their lives. . „

Juttit letter from Natchez,. dated ,43th
ult. states; that" a very heavy, rain has swept Away
all the bridges in the country great damage hat
been done to the crops. .Property, including mills,
cotton gins.,, slaves, cattle, horses, Sec. has been
destroyed, to the amount of zoo,ooo dollars. Our
country is rather gloomy at present ; no cash in cir.
culation, .and but little business."
Capt. GR trirtwo, of the SChooner nwo B robe rs,
arrived at Philadelphia in twenty days-from St. ja.
go de Cuba, informs, that the Spanish Government
had ordered all prizes, without discrimination, to
leave the Port, and in future would not permit them
to enter. The French daily take them out, set fire
to, and then desert them. Capt. G. .possesses no
particulars as to the revolt of the Slaves in St. Jago.
Accounts from St. Domingo, received at Alex.
aodria, confirm the report of the indiscriminate
butchery of women and children, Landing one
morning, this informant adds, he saw lying on the
beach the,corese of a • betutiful young woman, her
arms tied behind her, and a large wound through
each breast, and three of the same sex lying by her,
with the same marks of the infernal barbarity of these
murderers. An English Lieutenant of a Frigate Off
the town, resenting the same harsh treatment, had a
difficult. escape to his Ship,. the Comniander. of
which, hearing his complaint, required •the Ameri.
cans to haul out of the. way, chat he might lay Isis
ship to batter the town.. The satisfaffion, he re.
nulled, at first denied, was now acceded too The
extensive influence of this Revolution cannot be
calculated, hut it begins to be estimated as par.
watotis to other islands. ft
An industrious Frenchman, named Lewis L'Orient
(but better known in this place by the name of Lek.
Sharp), who for some years kept a retail dry gond
store in Church.street, was fond murdered in -his
bed on Sunday morning last, having his duvet per.
forated, and his head and'body mangled in a barbar.
ous and inhuman manner. He was an eccentric
charafter, lived by himself, and, notwithstanding his
business was cantina, still lit amassed a largeauin of
ready cash, which he kept ~by him for the pnrprtse
of attending veodues, nor having Confidence in any
body. A eroW.bar and two chisels were found io
the house. It is supposed the murderer, have •gOt.
a considerable sum in gold and banknotes: There
was near t so weight of silver indollars; St:!, found
in the house, which they had not time to catty off.
This unfortunate man had a wife anti ehiid, whieh,
we are told, he sold some years ago, and that he was
lately in Baltimore in the capacity of a servant.
A little after the above shocking murder was dis.
covered, a young fellow of the name of Greetilow,
or Greenow, was apprehende& on suspicion, and
after a.stria examination, it transpired that the on.
fortunate man had been gaming with him at'a house
of ilLfame on Saturday night, and had lost some
money ; also the smith that made the crow came
forward and mad,: oath, that Greentow was- the man
who ordered and paid 'for it. This, with other
s rung leytitntinieS, induced the examining Magi.
strafes to commit him to prison ; and last evening
a man of the name of SrnAlt was also committed to

tit inn, on li u Tido nof being acczasary in t't:z
above wurd,:i.

On & mustily last arrived in thiscity the Baron
Humboldt, iccompanietl by two of his fellow tra.
yellers in South Anierica. The B,ron Humboldt
is a aistinguished philosopher of Prussia, of which
country he is a native. Aaimated by the wide
field for research presented by the New ‘Vorld, he,
about six years ago, under the auspices Of the King.
of Prussia, arid with facilities to intercourse .arl-Qrdcd
by the Monarchy of Spain, exchanged the ease and
enjoyments of his own country for the hardships
and perils of a climate to which he had been entire.
ly a stranger. Since that period he ha, been aictively
engaged in exploring the interior of S mth Ame-
rica; in making himself acqu tinted with the ru,tn-
nets of the inhabitants, their numbers and theii pO-
litical economy ; in making astronomical observa_
lions, for which he was provided with the best
instrument ; in examining the animal and sregeiablts
kingdoms, and in becoming acquainted, from per.
sons! observation, with the Mountains, Volsom
and mines so numerously scattered over the country.
He ha's had the singular good fortune of ha vii g
endUred, for a considerable length of time, a degrele
of heat, in which the mercury stood at los degteet,
without exp n erieCing one day's sickness ; and Of
p•assing through a greater variety of climates than
are tai be found in any other quarter of the &Ise.
Ainong his proudest trophies is the having gati,d a
higher eminence of the Osimhorasso (itselt by tar
the highest mountain io the wor1.1), than had ever
before been reached.by natives or foreigners.
He is about returning to Europe to haiblish the
result of his researches, which- we have no doubt
will not only give new views of a large porti,m of
South America, but likewise rescue the a,:counts rf
• that region tiorn the fiction and incorreCtuess with
which they are at present enveloped.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM .A. GENTLEMAN AT

STOUGHToN, IN Tile coUHNFY of Isl)til,"Lti, Tu
Ills MEND IN DosToN,I,p4TED ;ONE 6, ISC+.
'' On Monday last, between the hours of eleven
and twelve, A. M. we experienced a small shower, •
accompanied' with considerable thunder and light-
ning. Previous -to the shower, when the clouds
had not much colietled, and the thunder rolled only
at a distance, we were alarmed with a sudden anti
tremendous peal, which seemed to burst upon Mit
house over our heads. Most of the family—weo:
extremely agitated, and my little daughter wa.
fainting... After attending to her .a few miotves,
went out, expo ding to discover some eEcts of the
lightning, I examined the house and‘out.buildings,
hut made nodiscovery. Soon, however, I cast my
eyes towarda the little thicket of houses rear the
meeting-house, where I observed a collection at
people, in apparenoromniotion. ,Apprehensive that
some person Might be injured, but. unwilling ,to leavz
horn:, on. accjoint of the situation of ,:ioine of the
family,„l sent, a boy.to mike inquiry. He returned
with the information, that Mr. Lewis Johnson was
4truck with lierning, and supposed to he dead. .1
immediately.rn ti the place where he 0.,„, (;he
tance being between forty and fitly rods) on my
artival, was told that he 1V:43 dead. founl that
they had, adually closed his eyes, and, as usual,
were preparing to put on a bandage to support his
jaw, •which was They had sent fur Dr.
Adams ; but he had not arrived, Recolleeting to
hive seen aniaecouni of the cih4acy of cold watcr,
when applied :to persons apparently killed with
lightning,'l caused a similar application to be made,
which 'succeeded beyond my most sanguine exi.ecia.
Lions. A bucket of water was thrown upon I'lol—.-
4 was'ilepeuted---he soon exhibited signs of life, and
began to gasp. At this moment the Dottor arrived,
and opened a ,vein in his• arm.—The application of
cold water was still continued, and not.lett4 than
buckets were poured titian' him. Symptoms of re.
turning life incteased. In about half an hour he
spoke ; and in an hour walked, with assistance,
into the house. Complaining of extreme chillness, -
he was wrapped in flannel, and laid on alied, Front
the moment of his resuscitation, he was exercised
with violent pains ict his breast, back, and limbs,
and particularly in his joints. These pains coml.
nued without intermission during the. day and fol.
lowing night. 'But being again bled, and taking
cooling Ohysie, the patbs on Tuesday morning began
to abate, and have it nee continued graduallyroole..
crease, Hi is now in a state of convalescence,
though extremely feeble, and, entirely' free from
pain. The hair on the back pact of his head wott
considerably tsinged, his skin in several places
burnt, the shoe-on his left foot rent in pieces-, but
his clothes 'receivetlifo injury. •
" From the lad.; above stated, it appears that the
copious application of cold water was the use 'row, in
the hand of Divine Pros idence, of rescuing
joinuon.froin a premature grave, restoring to his
family their head and support, and to soelety a u a.
fur menaber" •

Vel.teitloy morning the Lamp.l:gliters, to the
number in 4.i., employed' in Vauxhitli Giirtfem,
inn .t-tritiir.4l to begin their preputtitins for this.
oicitiihg
„sooner
.thiin 'tpsti.4ll they ali struck, anti tic.
minded a
.great increase of wages.. he Manag-r
b4firig by proper exertion obtaine,l the prun e
other men in &kyr:), twesi of their
of ttic most :el-rat:tory, and he otlicrs
abralt

70114 eld som and Thomas Buchiell, tht,
of 'the violated id.wa of their country, were
,d;.ty nvlrnlng 'hrnught front Newgasn to the tt
-place of
.execution, in' order. to sUrctr, the drea toti
punishment —annexed to the crime
When the officers attended to etirui&t t11.9n
their cell to the splfolti, tin found thein in a
ation which too cle-arly indit,ited that they ithd
reMpted: to destroy thrnlves, They bail
-poison ; but it wall vither not of sinflicient
or had not been administered in sine., a way as tt-,
,stroy life. It produced only
.a sose of lethargy.
not to that degree as to prevent the 1n.,:0r t ok4
from feeling the wretchedness into toi:t
bad plunged them.'. They were ohlig,%l to b.,:
ported on the platform by the executioner an'. t‘j
assistants. The weak 'state to which they
duced themNelves, rendered their i‘itslage to eternity
but of •short duration. They cx,i)irca
struggle.

ICF,Nt ASSIZES.

JULY

THE KING 0..). POW'S.

Tar. Defendant, ttninent brewer r4t Green..
„ti,d who was sentetwed to imprisoaneet in
IViaid ,rte gaol, for nn offe, ce against the Excise
Laws, t f which he was' Convitted at the last Assizrs,
was again, on this day, arraigned on another inforrna.
lion hit' a similar offerer. There was Al,o an
aefinn Against him for slandering J. Hills, an Officer
of the Revenue, who was appointed to the survey of
his bt,w-liouse. When the causes were called on,
the Solicitor of the Board of Excise agreed to ac.
cept 5001. as compensation, and not to proceed in
the actions.