The Sun.
London, England, 1810-05-25 00:00:00

SATURDAY, MARCH 31.

On motion of Mr. MACON, the House came to
the, following resolution :—Resolved, that the Se-
cretary of Treasury be instructed to lay before
this House a statement of the gross annual amount
of •the expences of the Military and Naval Esta-
blishments of the United States, from the 4th of
March 1789, to the end of the year 1809.

• ,Mr. BASSET, from the Committee to whom was
referred the Resolution rela,tive to the sa e of the
public armed vessels and gun-boats, reported that
the President be authorised, if he should think pro-
per, to sell gun-boats Nos. 14, 16, 17, 20, and 21.

MACON'S BILL.
MACON'S Bill was called up.
The question on the motion to adheie was taken

by ayes and noes, and carc•ied ayes, 66, noes 58. The
bill is therefore dead ; for by the rules of the two
Houses no other question can be taken.

RAt,znount immediately rose, and after a short

introduetorycli,course, moved a resolution to repeal
the Non-Intercourse.

The question on considering this resolution was
taken by ayes and noes, and carried, ayes 6g, noes
b 3.1
Mr. MUMFORD moved to amend the resolution
by adding the following :—" And that provision be
made by law to maintain and defend the honour and
the rights of the Nation against the unjust edias of
Fiance and Great Britain."

Before any question was taken the House ad-
journed.

NEW-YORK, APRIL 4.
(EXTRACT OF A LETTER.)

't WASHINGTON, MACH 31.

" The House of. Representatives have this day
adhered to their foriner vote in resisting the amend-
ments of the Senate to MACON'S Bill, the conse-
quence of which is, that the Bill is dead the
Non-Intercourse Law is not repealed. The
The votes were 66 ayes, noes 58. Mr. RANDOLPH
immediately moved a resolution for the ,repeal
of the same law. Upon a motion for consideration
of this resolution it passed in the affirmative, Ayes
6g, Noes, 56."

The House then adjourned until Monday without
a&ing upon it.

NAVAL Nic.WS

PLYMOUTH, MAY 23.—Lrrived the French ship
Susan and Sarah, Captain CLENAR, from the Isle of
France, flour months passage, with a cargo consisting
of sugar, coffee, cotton, pepper, spices, china, &c.
valued at 40,0001. bound to France, prize to his

Majesty's brig Aacon, of 16 guns; Captain Lord
Viscount NEVILLE ; she was fallen in with on the
evening of the 2d of May, and chased until dark,
when the Aeleon lost sight of her, but discovered
her again at day-light on the following morning,
and after a chase of six hours, had the good fortune
to come up with and capture her. She was formerly
the Eliza Ann, American ship, belonging. to New
York, and is about 400 tons burtheu; some days
-since she carried away her rudder in a heavy gale of
wind ; the whole of her crew, with the exception
of the Captain, are Spaniards, she had three sets
of papers, American, French, and Spanish, all of
which stated her to have come iron) fl'erent ports,
immediately under the controul of the British go-
vernment. •

Arrived his Majesty's ship Aaeon from
and is sailed again on a cruizn in the Channel, after
seeing her prize in safe; also, brig Amelia, Cap-
t.i.. Loin Rio de Janeiro, laden with su-

gar. ivnry, c,,tton,
sailed in February last.

!fir•. llntind ti -London,

Sailed his Alljesty's ships Shannon for Basque
Roads; Peacock and Orestes on a cruize to the
Westward.
The Amelia has brought a mail from the Braiils.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 24.--Came in this day his
Majesty's ship Steady, from the Brazils, after a pas-

sage of 73 days, having encountered extreme bad
weather during the voyage ; she has • brought no
convoy under her r;rotection..

S :led this morning at day light his Majesty's

ship Sapphire, for Plymouth, where she is going to
bz; docked to undergo a thorough reptir.

Passed by last night the Charles, from Tobago;
seven. of the passengers have been landed here,
having been taken in at sea in a pilot boat. • .

Came into the harbour the Liv'ely and Margaret,
last from Gibraltar, with victualling stores.
Arrived his Majesty's ships Hussar, from Guern-
sey, and Venus, with a few colliers and coasters,
from the Downs.

Sailed his Majesty's ship Royalist on a cruize.

SHEERNESS, MAY 23.—Arrived his Majesty's brig
Vixen ; sailed his Majesty's brig Aggressor, with a
convoy to Heligoland; his Majesty's ship St. Do-
mingo was paid up to 6 months.

DEAL, 24.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Beaver,
with a convoy for Portsmouth ; arrived the Kan-

garoo sloop of war from a cruize; Elora transport
with French prisoners on board from Malta.

On his MAJESTY'S return from London to Wind-
sor, on Wednesday evening, he went to Princess
AMELIA'S, "A here he stopt upwards of an hour. The
report of last morning says, her Royal Highness is
much the same as yesterday. ,
OnWednesday evening, Sir Henry HALVORD arriv-
ed at Windsor, and stopt with the Princess AMELIA
all night. Next morning he returned to London.
Last morning his MAJESTY, the Duke of CAM-
BRIDGE, and Priuc,,sses AUGUSTA and SOPHIA, ac-
companied by Generals GARTH and FITZROY, Col.
TAvLor, and Lady COLLYER, rode in the Great Park
till twelVe.

This. morning about one o'clock, a dreadful fire

broke out on tlie premises of Messrs. Sloval, Pyne,
.and Co. in Great Russel-street, Bermondsey, which
entirely consumed the whole of there valuable and
extenive buildings. The loss is estimated to be
between 70 and 80,0001.

Yesterday a boy, named Stevenson, passing along
Coppice-row, Clerkenwell, was seized by a fierce
dog, .vho bit him on the head, in dangerous man-
ner, after which he ran away.