The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-15 00:00:00

SHIP NI S.

VORTIMAVTII. SEPT. 14.—Arrived yesterday
theOitt,LEß, from Buenos Ayres ; sailed
the 221 Juk.t.e.; his Majesty's ship TOt'toise,. froth
hi° Janeiro ; the Halifax Packet, from Halifax,
With the crew
,of his Majesty's ship Niger ;
Tyne, BELL, from Bengal ; and his Majesty's
114 Inconstant, from attending on the PRINCE
REGENT itt Brighton. Arrived to-day his Ma-
jesty's ships, Rosario and Tiber, and the Royal
:eol'ige yacht from Brighton ; Loyal Briton,
liAllll/S, and Earl St. Vincent, SMITH, from ja-
; and Harleston, TUORN HILL, from Mont-

Passed up Channel the Persia, Wit.-
114Nts, from Boston for Amsterdam, in 38 days,
and the Magnet brig, from Tobago for London,
78
l'
in
days. The Harleston spoke the GOen,
itAcY, from London for Boston, and New Ac-
ti‘je. from Dublin for Bourdeaux, all well. The
1a • I
St.
Vincent spoke, on the 25th August, in
t.,413.50. N. long. 37. %V. the Dido, MAxwEit.,
NI Liverpool for Philadelphia.
/11iP
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 13.—Arrived his Maje'ty's
Icarus from the Eastward ; his Majesty's
t 1110IiP Lee from a cruise ; and the Princess Char-
Revenue cutter from a cruise.
HARWICH, SEPT. 14.--Arrived the Henry Fre
le-
in
m
f g Packet fro Holland, and Castlereagh packet
'iloll.l Cuxhaven. Sailed the Auckland packet for
‘l,'!"°; Earl Leicester packet for Holland and
\diarlotte packet for Gottenburgh---all with
oils,
tRuLL, SEPT. 13..—Seven ships are in sight,
:IPpOied to be the Davis' Straits Fishery ships—
ey will be --op next tide.
ee‘!AIIGATES. SEPT. 13.—The brig Vrow
'.!.'AREP, from Henosan for Lisbon, with
~i!lbel*, is branght into our Roads, having been
f
shore on the Knock, and got off again
Y assistance from hence.

3.errat.

e Principe. chi Petri, Portuguese frigate, and
°Alurtuguese brig of war, sailed front 'Lisbon 14th
:sit. With nine vessels, full of troolis,-for Bahia ;
,40 26 sail of
,Igerchanttnen in company) for dit.-
'trent parts of the Brazils..

ATTACK ON THE BRITISH FLAG.
TSaturday afternoon hilt Majesty's store-ship
Mr:TnomAs Coox„ Commander, ar-
tiv eel at Portsmouth from Rio Janeiro, which
x."(lt.t she left on the 22d July. She was under
Otg,h and coming out of harbour on the 18th,
in passing. Port Santa Cruz, a gun without
teat, was fired, which, it was presumed, was in-
t:l4l"d as a signal to send a boat to the shore;
t to less than a. minute afterwards, a second
Batt •
11„ ',"h a shot, was fired, which . carried away
l!it-r:ll:P's. main-top gallant lift, while the seamen
tt) tiding the sail, and went through her fore-
-1)4.111at sail- She immediately
.anchored, and sent. a
to the Fort, with the Second Master, to in.
`it,`.ltre the reason' of the insult. Finding. the boat
kirt (letaintd,' Mr. COOK went on shore ltimselt,
144 discovered his Officer and men detained as
trotters. He stated, that he commanded a
tlish4g) shop 1, that he was the bearerof irsportatit
frrrqehes to the English Government, and also
Liar) the Portuguese Ministry to their Am bassi'.
pti Loudon ; but the Governor of the Fort re-
ki,e(lA be did not care who lie was, or what was
the sui thai-he would detain his people until
!t,c) ? returned to the •
harbour. The Tortoise
put back, , and Mr, Coox made his
,IN:e"tations to Captain SHARPE, of his Ma-
ttific,s ship Hyacinth, and to the Ambassadeir,
itti,l,"te answer, or apology, is,, believe, corns
kekt itt the Tortoise, addressed to Lord CasTLia.
tklt• Tile, people 'of the Tortoise, who had
deg Tie_ wov sent on board about son-set,
;4. been kept tinder a. guard, standing in the
venire:lr sun, without being allowed to
Itdt 1411 down, and were even refused a supply of
when asked for. These instances-of capri-
thli°Pliression are frequently practised on mer-
ktiPpj shiPs• The Tortoise has brought hoe a
Y of timber for the Dock-yard. m

Asttkp.
'AL OF THE PRTNCE REGENT...44W night
, R
,
-‘l.;-CR REGENT 'arrived at Carlton House
diy ligtitan, in perfect health, accompanied by
IN suite.

041le'NI c.vrtioLic AFFAIRS'.
ktt I, ()Wing is a copy of a letter received from
ts4lit Likritiowrsy, by Mr'. COPPINGER, of :Lee-
Itet i its us. - answer to one trot, that Gentleman;
I 'ne
t tti„ - a Vote of Thanks of the late Aggregate
kitlf • 7'.ftir his Lordship's exertions in their be-
it---.
tholl,-..T,
I,,tt - hate the honour to - acknowledge the receipt of
It4-"„Iti e.,.c,., inclosing a Resolution of the Meetin: of the OW htir "`"'olics of th County and City of Cork, in which
t e been c •
v, *hic, pleased to express their thanks to roe for the
,mr,tl,,lttre ,'I I took iii• Parliament in their behalf. I beg
T,Y 4'l hj..:4, of the sense I entertain of the unexpected
''‘itt'bthiA,l 'lave done me.; and I request your acceptance of
ttiore.elgt:ituts for the obliging terms in which you
"" .
"1 hare the honour to he, Sir.
4, " Your most obedient bumble servant,
thoi. s
' Co " lIARROWBY."
lVinger, Esq. &c. &c.43/c.
Leeniount." - •

tq
iIi,LXCHAN SEP •15 T -••-•IVe had a mid-
ik
art GE, •
1:1C1
.111)1Y of Wheat this morning from Essex
'ttl, i 'nt, but the quality of New Wheat being
from this day
°NI. ties'i°rl
sci lat a re.thietiOtt, l". of f (
q.
eat is
tit n I.°l° Gs, to is. per quarter, although
.lt i I'lrh
but a trifle cheaper ; Barley and
:8
1444"e"Y;,..7p1e Oat trade is dull, and 2s. per
41tttt. 4 lovrer.r in-Pease and Beans there is no
11 variation.
„121
~e
~..........____
~,V.l nant.General Baron LABottnis- was men-
-411 ' 111 the
g 1 ha paragraph respecting Lynne, in the
tilt' division, btit
I,ltii.c..pe.rs of IVednesdav, as the. Commandant
te 'ility • that b' we learn front the Journals of
4 1.;, '
~ ._,! .Is was al) err(ir ; it should have
ieut.-Creneral Baron CAVUEL,

NOVA SOOTIA.---(TIALIFAX.)

[From The Acadian Recorder.]
SHIP NEWS, £llolki 28T11 JUNE To. lsz AUGUST.
Saturday (noon), June 2a-,Arrived the Government
schooner, heloriging.to Cape Breton, with a detachtnent of
7th battalion 60th regiment, under the coin grand of Captain
Barrington, from Sydney; schooner Eliza, Baker, Gaspee—
cargo, fish, &c., to Messrs. J. and M. Tobin.'
Sunday, June 29-llrk Fanny, Liverpool, N. S.; sehdoner.
Harriet, Leggett, St. John's, N. F., to Messrs. J. H. End R.
R. Braille; ship Perteni, Richardson, London, 60 cays, with
Passengers, boinad. for Nests BruttiwiCk•-,put in here for pro-
visions
and water.
. ,
Monday, June 30—Arrived the brig Helen, Wilson, Killialdy
(North Britain), with 99 passengers; brg Hibernia, Nicoll,
. „
New York,t'daYs—cargo, bread; &c. to Messrs. Yeomans and
Dolby.
Wednesday, July 2-. Arrived 'the brig Nney, Livingston,
Antigua, 20 days—cargo, sugar, &c. to Messrs. Fillis and
Perkins.
•
Thultday,,July, 3--,Artived the schooner Rainhoiv, Boston,
9 days; his Majesty s brig. Saracen, Captain Gore, , from . Ja-
maica ana Bermuda, 6"days froth the latter place ; Lord Sid-
mouth packet, Captain Hale, from Falmouth, 41 days..-:pas.-
seniors, Dr. Hebb, Inspector General of Hospitals: T. F.
Winter, Esq. Assistant-Commissary-General, and Mrs. nd
Miss Hatch; ship Thomas, Bristol, Ns 'days—cargo, coals,
to Mr. John Brown--the Thomas has IfetWeen 30 and 40 pas-
sengers ; ship Jersey, A.licant, 63 days--cargo, wine, &C. to
James F'oremaiii Esq.; ship Minerva, Cork, 50 days, with
part of the 62a regiment, underthe command of Col. Good-
ridge—the kennesly CaStle sailed in company with, the M-
inerva, hat parted in a gale; schooner Spring Bird, Vasa,
New York, 9 days
. ,
Friday, July 4—Arrived the brig Douglas, Moore, 63-days
from Aberdeen—cargO, coals, &c. and several passengers.
Cleared, brigs, Nancy, Strachan, British West Ladies;
Laxford, Richards, New Brunswick; Mary Gilliat, Austen,
Antigua. Schooners Shamrock, Marcher, British West In-
dies; Farmer, Lucas, Bay Chaim-; sloop Olive, Falkner,
Boston.
Sunday, July P,-.arrived the ship Nancy, Allen, Leith,
80 days, with 130 passengers ; brig Lord Exmouth, Falt,
Lucia, 20 daYs.eargo, sugar, molasses, &c. to the Captain;
schooner An:olive, Beauchamp,- St. John's, N. I,f. 12 days,
with ad passengers ; schooner Rachel, Loveland, Baltimore,
IC days—cargo, flour; &c. to Messrs Loveland and Haw-
thorn ; schooner Rhoda, O'Brien, Baltimore, 14 days, to the
Captain ; schooner Fein Sons,.. Kelly, Bustin), 9 days.
•
Sailed the Lord Sidmouth packet, for New York ; passen-
gers, J. F Lynn, Esq.; Dr. Porter, and Major Fitzgerald.
Tuesday, Juiy B—Arrived the trig Express, Colciciifg'h,
New Providence—cargo, molasses, rrnit, &c. to Messrs. T.
and L. E. Piers ; brig Harrier, tiortriliiigham, Barbadoes ;
sloop Fame, Snow, St. Johns, N. F. cargo, fish, &c. to
Messrs. Moody and Boyle.
Wednesday, July red the schooner Brittania, Van-
Norfolk, to Mr. John Starr; ship Kennesly Castle, Fin-
laisou, 56 days from Cork, with a detachment of the 62d and
9Stli Regiment's.
Thursday, July in—:Arrived the schooners Robert, Ander-
ton,:bastatt ; Aurora, Beal, St. Andrews ; Esperanee, Lind,
say, Gasper; ship Agincourt, Mathivin, Leith, 35 days;
schooner Two Brothers, Foster, Annapolis.
Friday, July ll—Arrived the brig Amity, Andersen, Kirk-
'fess 4.5 days, with 125 passengers ; Lady Wellinitton'Oacket,
Neiv'York, 5 Alays; passengers, Me. and Mrs. Berton, of this
town ; schooner Acadian, Cragg, Demerary, 2.0 days, to Mr.
L. Doyle ; sailed 17th June, and-left in the River brig Tudor,
Spilliards, nearly loaded ; schooner Countess .Dalhousie,
Cockeyn, ditto; Matchless, Vent, f,r Boston, in a few days;
Alert, Adams, of St. John's, Nvw• Brunswick ; Olive Branch,.
*Lovett, of ditto ; Jane, at dittii. Outside tto Bar, the Kate
Kearney,. Patterson, - waiting- for pilot; had sold ; Lark,
ii.PCordy, trying the markets. Spoke 22d, brig Union, Hun,
ris, Liverpool; Nora Scotia,' for St. Vincents. The brig
Charles, Rees, of New Brunswick, sailed Tram Demerara fur
Roston 10th May.
Last evening arrived the Government sloop Earl Bathurst,
froth Sydney.
Cleared the ship Perseust•Richardion*, New Brunswick'
. .

bri"s, Mentor, Logan, Dominica; Helen Wilson, Norfolk
Sophia and Sarah, Amboy, United States Margaret, Davis,
British West Indies; rice-own, Archibald, ditto; Rambler,
. M•Leod, ditto ;—sclitioners,-Jane and Mary, Stairs, ditto;
Good Intent, Cottin,- Gispee Ti ial, Crossby, St. Andrews ;
Harriett Edwards, Boston : Jane and Martha, Bowden, l'sli-
r ratnichi Critlt, Jeffreys, Newfoundland ; Lucy, Lapierre,
Magd. Islands; Sophia, burger, ditto; Elizabeth, Walker,
Boston.
Monday, July 14—Arrived the brig Pilot, M'Lein, Dundee.
Monday—. Sailed ff. M. S. Leander, hear-Admiral Sir Da-
vid Milne, Capt. Chetharn, for Shelburne, New Brunswick,
Excellency the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie have
actompanied the Rear-Admiral in his visit to those places.
,_Toesday, July 15—Arrive,; the brig Guysborough, Ferris,
Boston; brig Sorry, Killop, Norfolk; brig Laurel, Rudolf,
LUnenburg ; brig Irene, Boston; schooners Robert, Ander-
son, Boston; Aurora, St. Andrew's • Neptune; Boston; ship
Brunswie.s, Walker, Londonderry, Atli passengers : six ships
with passengers were to sail shortly After the B.
Wednesday, 16—Sailed the Lady Wellington Packet, for
Falmouth—Passengers, John BeCkWith, Esq. and family;
Lieutenants Politick and Speering, 7th battalion dOth regi-
ment ; and Mr. Clay.
Saturday morning, July 19, six o'clock—A Repeat for a
brig' East.
Cleared, ships NaffCt, Allen, Quebec; Agincourt, Math-
win. data: Brigs, Maria. Millet, Brit. West Indies ; Re,o-
lotion, Sterling, ditto ; Express, Copley, St.. John's NeWthl.
GUyillovoifgll,
Rambler,
ditto; Britannia, Vandine, St. An-
*ilea Schooners, Ferris,
M'Leod, Brit. W. Indies Es-
Latidre, Bay Chalenrs ; Eliza, Baker,erasp-ee.; Anne;
Mabee, ditto; Roseway,-MiDonald, Boston..
, Sunday July 20—Arrived the ship Halifax ;Packet, Clark,
Londonderry, with 171 passengers; brig Grace, Stropgin.arr,-
Liverpool, r —.-Passengers, James Fraser, ssi. and Mr.
and Mrs. Walker.
Tuesday, July 22—Arrived the brig Tudor, Spilliard, De-
merara, 28 days; schooners; Countess of Dalhousie, Cocken,
ditto, 22 days; -Belvidere, Frost, Boston; Young Dove;
Hobbs, St.-Andrews; sloop Little Boston.
Wednesday, July 23—Arrived the brig. Endeavour, Scott,
Jamaica, days-, to Mr. J. W.•Morrit schooners,
tents Quebec, 18 days; Parker, Boid, New York, i Good
re days :
Passenger, A. W. Cochran, Esq;l ships, Veterlaudilabi.,
Heserenktl, from Antwerp, 68 (14-ys out, hound to Philadel-
phia, with- US passengers—put m -here (or proviso:ids and
water. . - _

Thursday, July ft—Arrived shop Sophia, of London, from
Fayal, 34 dayirgo, wine, &C.; schooner Britannia, Bos-
ton 5 days, tie Messrs. Piths and Perkins.
Friday, Joy lifsArrisosd H. M.'ship Leander, Rear-Admi-
ral Mil v, Captain Chetham, from the westward..
Cleared,-ship Thomas, Fisher, •Qtiehec. Brigs, Douglas,
Muir, St. John N. B. Shannon, Power, I3uirio ; Fanny, An-
derson, Millais West Indies; Laurel,- Rudolf, ditto; Alert
Gram, ditto ; Dasher. Collin, Demerara; Nancy, Livingston,
Barbachies. Schooner, Aurora, Beal; Moos,. Island; Squirrel,
Pilchar,St. John's ; POlll Duns, KellY9llUStoll ; St. Andrews;
Industry, Dunn, Philadelphia; Ellie, Spinney; sloop Fame,
Snow, Boston.
The schooner Nur Sbni, -Racers, of this port, cleared at
Boston, July 19. for Portsmouth, N.H. -
British schooner St. Martins, cleared at Philadelphia, July
5, for Jamaica.

Sunday, July 21--Arrived the sehoatter Brothers (of Truro),
Boston, 4,days—cargo, lumber.
Monday, July 28—Arrived the big Dolphin, Watson, St.
John's, N. F.—cargo, wine, &c. to 11Sessrs. Moody and Boyle ;
schooner Rebecca, from ditto; schooner Consolation, Thomp-
son, Martinique.
Tuesday, July 29—Arrived the brig George, Liverpool, 62
days—cargo, salt, to Mr. M. G. Black ; Princess Eli2kibetli
packet, Captain Drysdale, Falmouth, 42 deys—=passengeri,
Mr. Franklin, Mr. Sttipart, and Dr. TiarkS.
Thursday, July 31.--Arrived the ship Means Hll, White,
Londonderry, 53 days, with 450 passengers; schooner Lively,.
Cann, Sydney, 11 days.
Friday, Aug. I—Arrived the schooner Sir Thowai Hardy,
St. John's, N. B. 7 days; brig Nancy, Kirk, Dunifriei, 38
days, with 130 passengers; brig Pallas, from Lallaye; brig
Friends, Rider, Sydney. A ship and brig had arrived at
Sydney, with.4oo-passengers, from Vie. Orkney Islands; ano- .1
tiler ship with 150 passengers was expected there fiom the
same place.
Sailed the princess Elizabeth packet, with the' Mails for
New York.

Cleared, the schooners Robert, Anderson, Bottori, 46 pas-
sengers; Concord, M'Donald, New York, 82 passengers;
Sally Ann, Hawbolt, ditto, 23 passengers; Hacbct, Smith,
Birt, West Indies. •

[Further Accounts To-tootrow.]

ORIGINAL POETRY.

EPIGR.IIIIS.

"THE WONDERFUL bIETANIORPHOSIS"
fn their stile or their stanza not much-can be said
For the hobbling Poetics that lionnLEß has read
But a wonder more " Wonderful" London now skews,
Put forwardia plain egotistical
At the strange " Metamorphosis":*W.does not' stare,
When a'pOtmier of Logwood'starts lip a Loan MAYOR
NIL ADMIRARL
•

ON THE LATE SQUABBLE. AT LANCASTER.
#is Anibition restraining, his enterprise stopping.
When S.CA.RLETT insisted CROSS should not be TortiNo ;
The Rivals were each for good-temper at loss,
Since CROSS became Scanarr, and SCARLET was CROSS.
TRIO,