The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-09 00:00:00

IVEST-IADIES.

BASSETERRS, FEE. 2.—On Saturday last tlttr
Amer.'Can ketch /Dila, Capt. Bainbridge, arrived
here.under the ostensible pretext of being in search
of William Brown, Colleaor of the Customs at
New Orleans, who was said to have absconded with
150,000 dollars, and a pretended description of
whom was minutely given in a printed 'paper, but
without either signature or reward. She remained
'at anchor-with her pendant 'flying, Unnoticed and
unmolested, till Sunday 'night,' when her boats
made a search on boa; d nerly every British vessel
in the road, under I lte 'pretence that two of her
'crew had deserted. Unexpeaing such an instance
of atrocious insolence in our 'own seas, nay in ,our
own port, the masters of most of the t ess,ls were
on shore. Whilst under weigh the .next morning
this daring outrage was repeated, but not with simni
lar success, as one of her officers having. boarded the
snow, Shaw, tire mate (Mr. Hudson) ordered
to quit the vessel iininediitely, or he would' throw
him overboard : t Ite• fellow threatened to gO back
for. more assistance, and to return and- search,by
force, but he-did not venture to make'the attempt.
The deserters were found:in a grog house soon alter.
It is to be regretted' that no British vessel of war
appeared at this time, as- many of the crew of the
../Etna were known !to- -be deserters from d firent
:ships on that station. The "Vina departed for Old
Road the same day, having taken in various supplies,
and on Wednesday sailed for St. BLirtbolotnew's.,,.
ST. JOHN'S, -ANTIGUA, JAN. 3 1 .—An American
man of war, brig arrived here on Friday evening, for
the professed object of searching for the late Col-
'cam' of .the• Customs at New Orleans, s, hp had
absconded ; but the only document possessed by
this mission was a printed hand-bill, without sig-
nature, addressed " To the Agents of the United
States and others." On. the following morning
Capt. Bainbridge sent a message to the President,
desiring permission to land. The President shortly
after dispatched an officer witlra pereMptory refusal,
observing that. as our vessels of war •bad been inter-
dicted the American ports, he-could not allow them
to hold intercourse with the Island. Capt. Bain-
bridge did not, however, wait for this ,answer, for .
on the Suriyupn sloop of war . heaving in he
immediately got under neigh and stood fur St.
, , •

Sr. JOHN'S ANTIGUA,- :13.—The American
brig. of wat which, lately visited this island was the,
.Erna, of 10 long g-pounders, and two 241 b.
ronades, commanded by'Capt. or Lieut. Bainbridge.'
She afterwards visited St. Kitt's, and 'ernained two
days in Basseterre roads ;- during which time, under
pretence of looking for her fugitive. Colleetor, she
searched every vessel, not excepting the Girern-
ment schooner, having his. Majesty's commission
and bearing his pendant. Unfortunavely -Capt.
Lowe was'ar the timeion. shore, or he mild have
resisted .and resented the indignity.. Not content
with this outrage, Capt. Bainbridge ordered a party
on shore, to prosecute their search for deserters,
and a,-.tually took two men .from a public-house,
whom they alleged to be of that description, and
carried theca

The appearance of the ./Etna in these seas, is in•-
l'ulvect in-so Much mystery and suspicion, augment-
ed by some abServations -of one of her .oteers-in a
moment of inebriety, at St. Kitt's, that Admiral
Cochrane has resolved to ascertain the real cause of
her voyagehit her, and has dispatched two fast-sailing
brigs •in quest of her. Similar orders have been
given to the cruisers on this station, should they
fall in with her. • On Sunday week, she was at
St. Bartholomew's replacing her bowsprit, whiob
had teen damaged at sea, and receiving some other
repairs.

ST. JOI-LN'S, FEB. 20.---" The runaway Collector
of Nex- Orleans; b.= said to have arrivred at Jamaica
-with his 4 colations, but the Americans have be some.
means or. other seized the vessel which conveyed
hint thither.

JOH N'S, MA UCH I ,--We have not heard fur.
they !-espteting.the fEtna.

An Inquest- was held last week at Coventry, on
the body of Elizabeth B. Robbins, a girl 16 years of
age,. when after an investi,x.,ation of twelve hours, a
verditt was. returned of Wilful Murder, by starving,
against T. Swift and his w lie, to ,whotn the deceased
was an apprentice.
Futs.—A fire brake out last night in :a news-
; 'naffs shop, the corner of Tottenhamitreet. There
was very great
.difficalty at first in finding waters,
which was fortunately in some degree supplied by ,a
heavy shower of rain. When the water was pro-
cured, the flames were got under ; and we,under-
stand that the damage done was not considerable.
Last Thursday night, hetwteti twtive and one
o'clock, a dreadfi.l fire broke out at Mr glarripus',
grocer, in the Kent-road, by which, the whole of
the premises were consumed in less than an hour;
and the rapidity of the tia,nes was such, that, with
the utmost difficulty, the family were rescued frprn
their perilous . situation. By the assistance of the
, watchmen and -neighbours, they escaped through
the windows, and we are happy to say sustained
but little injury. The conflagration, 'augmented by
. -the various combustible Matter, became so 'very
alarming, that It threatened destruction to the ad-
..jacent hotaeS ; but, by the timely arrival orthe ena
; gines, was subdued without doing any further mis-
chief.

Mr. Linstead, of Norwich,• in dividing a calf's
head last week, found an entire hen's egg in the
'throat, near the root of the tongue, -which had so
completely bedded -itself as to leave the impression
taken out. 'The passage to the stomach being
apparently closed, the animal must have died •for
want of nourichinent, if it had not been, slain:.