The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-31 00:00:00

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

Yesterday morning arrived at Leith, the Queen
Charlotte Berwick Snack, Capt. NISH ET, from
London ; which Veqsel, on Tuesday last, near
Blackney, fell in with a Privateer Cutter_brig,
mounting fourteen guns, and full of men.—The
Privateer was a remarkably fast sailer, and ranged
alongside the Queen Charlotte with an inten-
tion to board her, which was effedually prevented
by a judicious manoeuvre of Calq,tainl•Tisa ET'S. A
running fight then commenced, which lasted about
an hour and three quarters ; but a well-dire&ed shot
from the Queen charlotte having shivered the main
boom, and carried away the main and peak hal-
liards of the Privateer, she soon after gave up the
chace and bore up to some vessels that were in sight
to leeward. Captain NtssrT had the misfortune
to be wounded in the belly by a musket shot, but
not dangerously ; and one of his men slightly
wgunded on the head. The Queen Charlotte is one
of the Smacks fitted up at the expence of Govern-
ment,
with six 18-poundei carronades, on the non-
recoil principle, fur the protetlion of the coast in
case of Invasion.

The Pamela, RAMSAY, arrived in the Clyde
yesterday morning. Sailed from Port Antonio, Ja.
maica, orl the Est ult. with 42 sli!, under convoy of
the Cumberland, 74., and the Creole, of 44 guns;
before the Fleet passed the windward passage, the
Garthhva and Lady Bruce, for Clyde ;' Britannia
and British Queen, for Liverpool ; Aim and Aa'ria-
sic, for London ; and two others which Capt. RAM-
aAy did not know, parted from the Fleet.
When the P'2lllo7la parted company with the Fleet
per iignal from the
the Commodore on Saturday last,
y,Were reduced to 145 sail, viz. 13 for London,
and got ,71 Buu and Otter, for Liverpool.
The Carthland ran foul of the F MAC L,
N E
anti carried away the head and bowsprit, and it was
supposed she back to Port Antonio.

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A Letter from 'anOfficer belonging to the Shannon
Frigate, dated D:T. 4.2, at Cden, in Normandy, gives
some particulars resi.eain,g the circumstance which
game rise t her falling intci the hands of the Enemy.
It wai ono.he loth, Of De..e, diiring a rainy and tem-
pestutilis night; that the Frigate got aground within
Teach of a battery;
five 24- pounders. neat. Cape. La Hogue, mounting
The nuMbei of shot received in
her bottom was so great, that the Captain and
Oficers, with all the exertictiS 'of the Crew,
could not keep
filled • her afloat. As the tide rose she
with water, and it became necessary to
strike, after a very gallant resistance of Upwards of
nine hours to the shot of the battery, besides the fire
oft hree field-pieces,
usketry. 11 and a considerable quantity of
"Ireernen were killed on board the
Frigate, and a 'number wounded. None of the
Officers suffered. were immediately Crew, marched for Verdun, in Lorraine,
English are in future to be detained.
The Reno', cant. Di
1 ~RADL EY, from Africa, bound
to Barbadoes (belonging to Liverpool,
Nov. 1803, in lat. 13. 4. on the .17th of
North, long. 59. :West, fell
in with a French Privateer called the Erq9uf, Mount
ing 15 guns and Sc weu, when
.a very severe en.
gagement cornrnencei, which' lasted for four hours.
Night then coming on, the Frenchman sheered off;
bol.st. still kept within sight of the Henry, and at five
and the oext morning, the Aftion recommenced,
boGittrcileaeltttill..- near seven, - when the Frenchman
)Ellice ; ii,,i-Wie4!j, And...a dreadful slaughter took
to strike, ai4brit' hting overpowered, was oblige the eith of Decer'neh.wa the Henry
carried into Guadaloupe on
killed and seven wounded : the loss on
had three men
Privateer appeared ton he ver board of file
same Privateer had captured aYbre'nflfsideritble. The
Newfound.
land, which was in sight at the til,g,er,o,fmthe A6tion.
A. Court Martial was held
rthl on board the Gladiator-, on Capt. AUsTII+I
oti Frid;iy at Ports.
intosttht, his Officers and ship's company, to inquire
ivi. • cause and circumstances of the loss of His
'lNY's late Ship La Creole, on the xd inst. The
Court •
i being of ()pinion that her loss was occasioned
bY ner extreme leaky. condition, they were all
-----euitted.- The same day Mr. W. TALBOT, Master
of the .
du, "speedy, Was tried for absenting himself from
.LY without leave. He was sentenced to be dis.
rn.issed his office as Master of the Speedy,
serve as a petty Officer in a warm climate. and to
Last Ft petty morning seven prime Seamen belong-
log to the Cur/eut Sloop lowered down the Boat
from the stern oft he Ship, and effeaed their escape
over to South. he
They were immediately pur-
sued by another of the Ship's Boats, but they did
not succeed in overta
h,)wever king them; their pursuers,
, landed shortly after, and communicated
the circumstance of their desertion to the Com-
manding Officer at South. End, who immediately
dispatched a Serjeant's Patty of Cavalry to scour
the country near where they landed, in quest of
them.

A melancholy accident hap
His pened lately on hoard
jesty is Ship Alagicienne, Capt. MACK ENZI E,
on her passage from Yarmouth to Sheerness. A
You;lg Gentlemar. of the name of SM/Til, one of
the Master's Mates, having been sent to impress
rnen from some Merchantmen near the Ship, after
performing that duty, came alongside, when, from
I)ing: benumbed by the cold from long sitting in
the b"at, and the side ropes being wet, his hold
gave way, and he went down between the ship
end the boat, without its being possible to afford
the least assistance.

PUGILIS.I!:

YESTERDAY a battle was fought on Wil'Cir2ll-
- on the Edgware-road, between a coaehrtan;
whose name is H ,Imes, and Blake, a butcher. Tltis
fight was desperately maintained on both sides, and
we may say, stands almost unrivalled in the annals of
pugilism. An immense concourse of people assembled
at the proposed spot, in a field near Paddington, bur
the amateurs of boxing; for the safety of their com-
panions, proposed that they should pass on to the
seat of affion, which was acceded to. •

The parties stripped, as usual, after a ring had
been formed for them; but they waited for some
time before they began, on account of some differ-
ences arising on the purse for which they
.were to
fight; which at length was settled by the words of
some f the leading' Gentlemen in the ring.
The first round commenced with a seemingly de-
termined spirit to conquer. After much squaring,
some slight blows were struck, and Blake slipped up.
Blake was at this time the favourite, and remained
so until the eighth round; when even Betts were ven-
tured, and the Coachman tor many rounds seerned to
be the strongest man, and put in some hare! 13lovis
about the body of his antagonist. About the_middie of
the battle, Blake, from a former hurt, fell lathe in
the knees, and had had the disadvantage for several
former rounds. Betts were at this moment five to
one against hirri. He fought still lathe for several
rounds with great spirit; when his lameness left
him, and he seemed for some time to be gaining an
his antagonist.
The fight from this time was on a balance; none
of the amateurs of boxing being able to Call the fa.
vourite. Blake had received some severe blows on
the stomach, and was lilind with one eye, While his
antagonist was covered with blood; which came
freely from his ears, nose, and in short every part
of his face. They maintained the fight desperately,
until they were both so weakened as to be. almost
unable to throw their fists from them, and after the
68th round Holmes resigned the contest.
They were both conduCled off the ground by their
companions, and both seemed to have been most
severely hurt, bur of the two the vitor was the
worst ,beaten. This fight laSted one hour and twenty
minutes, and dttring that time they were in close
udiov, very little time having been lost between the
rounds. The Amateurs declared this to be one of
the most obstinate battles they had ever beheld, and
each of them was allowed, to use a technical phrase,
to he bottom.

Blake was seconded by lanes and Old Crib, and
Hilmes by Caleb Baldwin and Maddox. Amongst
the company we ob.,erved Lord Camelford, Mr.
Reed, &c. The twitch was for twenty guineas,
nineteen of which were adjudged to the victor'

Mr. GODWIN, an eminent Goldsmith and jewel-
ler in the Strand, went yesterday morning, about
eight o'clock, into the square of SumerSet-House,
and leaped down from the railing on the eastern side,
froni height cf nearly'torty feet. Some workmen
saw Kith in the aft. They took him up and carried
him one Of the offices of Somerset House. His
left leg, near the anve, and his thigh, near the hip.
bone, were broken; :Ind he was otherwise much
bruised. Mr. StArttOtl, the Surgeon of the
liouse, was immediately sent for, and bled hia..
He was just able to speak; and swallow a little
wine aria water. He was alsti able to say his name
was GoDwnv. In a few minutes after he expired.
Last night, at eight o'clock, an Inquest was
summoned by Mr. Ho DG'ON, Coroner for the
Western Division of Middlesex, on the Ludy of
Mr. GoDwrx.

James Perry, a stone-mason, who had worked
for some time at Somerset-House, said that he knew
the deceased by sight, having frequently seen him
ottss along the terrace. About rime o'clock that morn-
ing, he saw him pass the East gateway, near the Privy
Seal Offiee ; observed him get on the top of the rails;
his hat fell off, and he himself immediately follov. ed,
falong backward into the area below. The Witness
immediately got the key from the house-keeper,
and went round, where he found the deceased lying
on his back, with some rema!ns of life. He was
carried up to Mr. TAYLOR'S room, in the Auditor's
Office, where Mr. STANTON, Surgeon, immediately
attended and bled him, but without effect. He was
only able to answer a question put to him,.as to his
identity, and expired in about twenty minutes, when
he was carried to his own house. The depth of his fall
was 33 feet 6 inches. The Witness had no doubt of
his intention to precipitate himself, as he mounted
with the agility of a boy, and not a moment elapsed
previous to his descent.
Christian Sa:iderson, who had lived with the de_
ceased as shop woman for 18 years, said, that he
had been desponding for some time, and for the last
week or ten days had been particularly depressed..
On the morning of the accident, be went out a few
minutes before nine, after taking a single cup of
tea, saying he was better, and promising to return
in a short time. The Witness did not afterwards
see him alive. She did not think the deceased in
his perfed mind.
Another servant in the house corroborated the
statement of the last witness, as to the situation of
the mind of the deceased.

After a very accurate charge from the Coroner,
the Jury, without the smallest hesitation, found a
verdict of Lunacy.

Died on the 27th instant, in his 77th year, Ro-
B ERT COALES, the principal Partner in the
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, which he had
conduced alone during a period of more than thirty
years, but retired from taking an active part on the
commencement of the present century, with a cha-
racler highly resreaable for his liberality in a
public capacity, for his benevolence in a private
one.

At the late Quarter Sessions in Glamorganshire,
William Pugh and David Jones, who served SA.
MOE L HOMFRAY, Esq. of Penn y Darran, in the
capacities of footman and groom, were cons fitted of
felony, in stealing porter by means of a fake key
from a cellar in their master's house, and sentenced
to seven years transportation._,Tis hoped this
sentence will tend to remove the vulgar notion en-
tertained by servants, that to purloin their employers
vktuals and drink, when and where they can, i 5 no
felony.