The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-01 00:00:00

01=1.1(.& OP-VICDNANCE,

Aug, 17,, 1810.
THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HIS 111A-
jESTY's ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, than
Proposalv.will be received at their Office, in Pall-Malt,- on Gr.
before ll'fbres.lay, the sth d,o; of Sept: next: from such Persons
a:. may be willing to undertake the supply of, HE LM ETS and
C A PS, for Service. of this Department,, lor a feriod ofTbr.ee
.• . •
Years,

Patterns 'th: Articles may be viewed upon application at.
the Principal • Stonkeeper'solli:ce at the Tower- and the Term
and Conditions of the contralti, tivether with all further pa rticu hp-s,
may be known at the Secretay's Office in Pall- Mall, V, esaid,.
any day between the 114urs of Ten and Four o'Clock, where the.
Proposals must Ge delivered, sealed up and indorsed, " Proposals
for Helmets and Caps ;" but T./ Proposal care be admitted alter
the said sib day .nf Seinember, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon of the
same day; neither any 'TenderGi noticed, unless the Party
making k, or an Agent in his behalf, shall attend.

B) Order of the Board,
R. N. CREW, Secrttapy.

OFFICE. OF.:CeRDI\ANCE, •
Aug. 22, 1610_
rrliE TRINCIPA Le OFFICERS of ILIS 11l el-
yEStrs ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice,' That
they Will sell by Public Auction, at the Tower, on Thursday,
thekth Day of September next, briween the bows of ten and four
o'clock, sunky-Lots cf old and uoser7.,ic,ab:e O RDINIINC.E
STORES, consisting Barnes, Collars, Bit-halters, Rope-
traces, and v.:riot.: other articles 0/ Saddleiy, and Harness.
Clothing, and sandy article.; of Bedding, Powder hOrns,Tents,
and S'anri-.bags ; Copper, Steel, and Mixed Metal, Tools of
sorts ; 1301ofvs- forge. and'Hand-carts ; Cartiidges, [tides,
old Match, atxj Fire-engines, with a variety of other articles;
the Whole'of which may be vim ed,, 'upon application at the
nourable Prinnfil ekeerer's Office at the n7lo^, and at the
R9.al Arsenal at 111,4wich,,until :the day of Salt', at which
places Printed Litt: of the Lot: will be delivered to those-Persons
,oho mai, apply jor the same.
Ordcr of the Board,

A. H. CREM See,

ESA'.NTIAL SALT OF LEMONS,
For taking Iron Moulds, Ink Spots, Red 'Wine, and other
VainS,- out of Linen, Muslin, Lace, &c and for ,many.
oi her uses, as a.subst ante for lemons. Price One Shining.
' the Box. •
HiAcV 1 N
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ona 7a ndurrntehroe tu coitle t rsnp ai n t thatE
ontpusiKO NS, are not only irieffet.tual, but that they burn and de.
stroy the.Lintn, I Wink it necessary to intorm the Public,
that none is io be dep'eatied upon asinine but what has my
signature on the buttons of each Box,, and on the ,:t.n.bide.ot
the wrapper. W. BAY LEY.
N. B. Tne Salt of Lem Ons is particularly useful to Ladies.
in washing their hands, as it instantly takes out the stems of
fruit, colourettgluves, &c. and is much Mute agreeable to use
titan lemon irael.f. -1, •
Sold, W holesale and Retail, by Bayley and Blew, Cock spur-
sreet, London. „
Also, Its ley's Scouring Drops,
,for taking (..; MSC out of
Silk, Stuff, Woollen Cloth, Aic. •

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THE SAMP FORD GHOST.

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A PhOV 1 NCIAL: PAPER.I
We shall use little ceremony in introducing our
reader to the subjca Of'(liese. remarks, as the sub-
ject:o7.ll 4)9qsto hl/4,c,,.p.e.k.g0.s N 4 .haate,l4,vourt..4l with
,ts visitation. We toast give it an hasty slop or two,
and ietire.—Mr. Chave and hi, lainily (the tenant's
of the hauoted house) must therefore be put in the:
w itness-box, and we shall proceed to-.call a tew la.:ts

The sail Mr. Chave, then, it appears, has lived
in the house he now occupies at Saninford Pere-
Al • a bout...seAren---t n out hst....A4aetata- levto t Intakitts,
Reade:- ! for we beg that every circumstance, how-
ever. minute, may be dilly attvnded to. Before ht
came to this'Vace to exercise his 'present business of •
an huckster; the premises in -question 4u..rre unmo-
by,its preseirt troublesome• guest ;
Chace, the huckster, brings_ it:to the-a Lies sill pre-
mises two servants, the e
.SoineWha: strick, n in
years, the otter,- a girl-aboot eighteen, called Silly.
A person teimid Taylor .(Mr., e's brother) s
also another I, m rte of the house, a strappitigb'ack.
haired young m.m, about t wenty-fia e years of age,
whose employmeat we Caenot learn, or even,guess
at, from any. thing that Chive can have for him to
do, but who is 'ra'presented by the honest folks at
Sampfordao•be a " wildish sort of a young man."'
• About a fortnight ago,twoGentlemen, front Tann.
ton,_ attended the troubled house, and requested per.
iniSion to pas's the night. in the haul te.d rooto—Tasa.
for,looked out of his bed-room -,4;indovv, which%
next 40 the haunted room, and'only separated frdtis
it by.
,a thin partition, and after saristylng himself of
the respeCtabilayof thepersons who applied fur ad-
mit!atice, assured 'them, that it wooid be of no use
for them. to sit op,,unless theie'.viere females in The
house, for otherwise, nothing av,is ever heard, and
there were then no womenin the house. Et:treaties
t re in vain, and the Gentlemen alluded fo retired,
after a promise ,orbeing admitted the next mottling.
.Accordingly they went to the 'house early un the
next'iday, and were eaertained by Mr. Chive with a
history, compared with'which, Baron Aluncliaus,,
-Artventureslorm a series of probabitties After 'hav-
ing had't he mOuskr descri bed, (very ma,ch resembling
a black rabbit, only wonderfully larger'.) and which,
viien pursued,' escapes t;iroug!l the close palings of
his garden in a•mothent; permission was allowed tas
visit the, haunted room but which -was delayed by
Mr. Chave a short time, b,cause the maid sertaois
were 'not up. Proceeding at lase: to the chamber,
Taylor's room Was passed throtigh. He `was laying
in bed, with a drawn sword on it. The unfortu-
nate chamber was.then examined, i and agreeaby to
the prescribed mode of incantation, the float- was
stialped upon; aid the ghost politely_ entreated to
favour his visitors with a few conversational thump's,'
but it. was not so inclined, Nut a, single knock,
ta2, groan, or even a social grunt, could be extort-
eWrotri it, and altattempts at a friendly 'dialogue
proved utterly fruitless. .In the adjoining roain
where Taylor slept, some boards had been mkt-)
up. A considerable hollow depth appeared under- •
heath, but'houi far it went Mr. Chave not 1,04.0 w.
Sally waainterrcigated as to, the attacks, which lorje
been made on her by the monstera She observed,
it never came when there was a light in the, r.oth.
She hadcatight is twice; that it was very large and
'heavy, felt like a dog or rabbit, and' so powerCi
that .she could not hold it ; that it usually camp' :its
soon as. the light was withdrawn, and' vanished do
its apipearanee 5 that she bad repeatedly been slam
-
lied by some invisible means ; and th'at she I,stcly
saw through the sheet, while here beild was und:±t
the•bed-clothes, a riratts hand and arm, p,erfectiy
white'." All this in the dark too 1- Oh Sally ! !
Since the ap6Ve stated particulars occurred, it has _
been: ascertainedsthat the Ghost ,never /visits Sally
while she is asleep ; for this damsel, in the. middle
Of the night lately, while two gentlemen • were in
the adjoining room, 'having-gOf into a profound
sleep, end the Ghost being perfectly peaceable, the
experienent was tried by waking her. Soon after,
Sally, by her representations, evinced that the
GhOst had.nait forgotten her, _though, like Sally, it
had thought fit toindUlge in a little nap:
But what end is propo•ed in the conduct of so de-
testable a plan 2 Our reacteramust have a little pa-
tience. •
.Wekhow the end in clew, ainit he public
shall be very soon in full possesiori of it. For the
present, one or two observationsanust content them,
as we can ill spare the room
.already engtossed by-
the subjeEt.
Mr..Chave, .we find, is extremely enraged at the
promise we made a fortnight ago to deveh;Pe the
affair. Now, by reference to our paper, it will be
found, that we tri.ide pot the -slightest allusion to
him.; and, therefore, .it cannot tail striking our
readers as a circumstance extremely odd, that lice
should be angry on the occasion. Angry, indeed!
Here's Mr. Chave, rhe hockatere who, according
to the Rev. C. Colton's affidavit, is sustaining a st-
rionS injury in his trade, because nobody v%
wale to his premises after dark-Whoie servants art
deprived of their rest, and who is. in all respells a
great loser by the Ghost, hears of a friend who pro!.
mires to banish all his troubles; and instead of ex-
presSaig hiS gratitude, he falls into a mighty
,rage,
for all the world as if he was interested iu support.
ins; the impo,ture ! Really this huckster is a hard
man to deal with. We promise to take the Ghost
off his hands; which, by his account, is as great a
nuisance to his shop as rotten cheese, and he duublea
his fist at us!
Let us look a little at Mr. Chave's loss of custom.
Since the Ghost hag' appeared we have had the sun
until nearly nine o'clock. Peopre, Mr. Chave sayS,
were afraid income AO it Nsrs.clark, but Who are
the petsons who frequent this situp after nine d'cli.tcic

By the .Trident, arrived at Green(,ck from New-
York, American
.Papers have been received to the
2.8t1r of July. Althoug'r not of so late a date as the
papers received on Ttiwsday, they contain Lome in-
telligence we 'have Pot had before, which, in the
present state of the between this Country
and the United States, is of c;),isidetable importance,
as will be seen by the fo'lluwing article

WAsurNwrot4, Jutor 26-.--We are informed thal
on the 24th June, 1810, the United SAttei brig
Vixen, Lieut. 'num, carry tug 14 guns, on her
way to New Orleans, under orders from our Go.
cernment, near the Bahamas,' was, in a wanton
and unprovoked manner, fired into by the B.itish
sloop of war, the Moselle, Capt. BoYCE, rating 20
guns, 32 pouniers—a 32 pound shot carried away
tie main boom of the Vixen within a shoil distance
of Colonel POINDEXTEn, a member of Congress,
who, with his family, had taken passage on board,
on his return from Conkress ; and a splinter from
.‘:the boom woun&,l slightly Mr.. iton"Ngv, son of
the Attorney Ger cral or the United Slates; who
likewise woo on his way to,New Otleaus.
The bubjuined extract of a lett, r from a gentle-
man of great respectability o:i board' the Vixen, to
his friend i!) this city, wit! give a detail of circum-
stances; and on the conduct of Lieut. ThIPPE
will ksbear to make a comment, because, in our
'war. with Tripoli, this offictr signalized bilil,elf
but more especially as we are itifoaned,thst he has
been ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to repair
immediately to Washington, fur the pureose of an
inquiry into his cunduEt, is not returning the fl re
of tne Moselle.

" 0 the g4th inst. (June) an occurrence took
place, which was equal:y unpleasant and unexwct-
ed. The character of the affair, however, c-orrt-s-
-p nds with the treatment wh ch we , ave so otten
received front the British Nasal Commanders on for-
mer oc,-asionl. The Moselle, a2O ilun brig, carry-
ing 3a pounders, was lying at anciitir
StitrUp Roy, bear the Ba..aura 13 The kixen
approached her under toll sail, with her peib.ant acid
ensign hoisted. 'Die commander of the Moselle
hoisted French colours, and exhibited several pri-

vote signals.
"Capt. Thaw, on- perceiting a boat, which he
suppo.ed wi.hed to speak his, vessel, hauled up and
received the Officer, who recriested him to go down
to the British vessel. With this request Cap.t.TRIPPE
declined a compliance, furnishing the Officer, at the.
the same time, with the name of vessel, and her
destinalien. Capt. B ;YCE, who commands the
Moselle, fired a shut at us as we passed, which Capt.
Tours considered•as an intimation that he wished
to speak with us.- Several musket balls were fircct
from the boat into the vessel ; and at the very mo-
ment the British Officer was politely received tin
board the Vixen, a:,ti before he had taken a memo-
randum of the' ieply, which was given by Capt.
TaiPPE-In the me.,age which was delivered—C.ip.
BOYCE fired a round shut, which came over the
quarter-deck, and penetrated the main boom of the

Vixen.
" Cap,3lll TIIIPPE immediately discharged the
Bri!ish Otticcr, arai prei,..red for attion. British
trio slipped her c-ibie, and got under way, menacing
an attack ou our vessel. • So soon as she approached
ithiu a proper ditchice, Ciptain TKIPPE dispatched.
a boat, wi+h his First Lieutenant, to dethaud of the
Briti,h Officer a❑ expiahation ut hip conduct ; who
sent Lis Lieutenant on board the Vixen, Nith vari-

cu.; apologies, wl,;clt were not understood iu a sa-
t:staCtory wanner ; and Captain Tau' 'addressed a
note to Captain BOYCE, requiring a written State-
ment of the reasons which had induced him to fi-e
two blots at his vessel.

" Captain 13nyce returned for answer, that he re-
cr;gnized, a ith vleasure, the existing amity between
tite two couldies, and was extremely sorry for hav-
ing Ut us—that the reasons which -induced him

to fire, were that he es)uld not aistitiguiub our colours,
and saw no preparaticns for in sail—that he
had been iritormed two French privateers were
Alain; out in he. Utiittd Stlles, and supposed we
might probably be one of them. He a.s.) plAlged
his houour that his shot was not alined at our ves-
sel.

" The explanation was deemed by Gipt. THIPPE,
sufficient to prevent any further conflict ; and we
instantly made sail, and proceeded on our course.—
The injury which we sustained was trifling. Mr.
RODNE;Y'S sou was struck by a splinter from the
boom, .Ylnch occasioned his mon!li to bleed a shots
time—no other person was touched.
" The condutt of Captiiin 'flume in this affair
was highly honourable to himself, to the American
nivy, and to his country. The Vixen was prepared
for action with the greatest promptitude and order,
and the explanation demanded in a manner whitt
left do doubt as to his determination to %Indicate
the honour of the national flag, or perish in Ott'', at-
tempt. The official assurances of Capt. Boyce
could not be questioned in an official, form, but I feel
the most perfect convictions that he knew the Vixen
to bean Amet ican man of war—that he fired the se.
Fond shot directly at the vessel, with the view of pro=
yoking a return of the fire, and thereby furnish him
IA nil an excuse for going into. action :with a vessel of
inferior metal, and then Sluff the responsibility from
himself, by dcclating that his shot was fired through
mistake, and withutot any intention of injuring the.
v 5..e.1, I was on deck and saw the gun on the fore-
castle of the Moselle leVelled directly at the Vixen,
and was not more t! an Moe feet num.:the place
iAttiere the Shut struck the boom. The insolence of
this transaction is not more remarkable than the
meanness displayed by tLe British commander,
,in
otcases fur his conduct." _ w.

By a Gentleman who recently arrived from Hol-
land we learn, that nothing can 'exceed the con-
sternation, misery, and despair, which r revail in
that Country, except the horror and detesta:i in in
which the character. of. BUONAPARTE is held by
all ranks of people. They are, however, kept
under such severe 'restraint, tat of.v_ dare not
giiVe vent to their feelings, and, w.. tch d •as they
are, are obliged to disguise them as muca as possible,
uider the appearance of satisfaaion. The con.
scripts for the year 1814, are drawing out, and the
young population throughout the country are sent
off to the armies.

When this Gentleman came away, the Renoir
were beginning to seize on the higher elessas of the
people, parocuTarly those suspetited to be hostile to
the new order of things, and were enrolling them
in the conscription. If they pro‘ide substitutes,
and those substitutes should be killed or desert, they
are obliged to find others, and even then they have
reason to fear they will themselves be forced to join
.the armies.

Under a shew of moderation, the French do %%hat
thq please, and whatever the Officers appear to
lime must be presented to them, or the owner will
rue the consequence of withholding the property.

Such is the deplorable state of Holland, and the
people are in general so dejetied, thit little is to be
hoped from any attempt to liberate themselves from
the yoke of oppression.

It is reported that Mr. MACKRNZIE has formally
demanded his passports to quit Murlaix, in conse-
quence of no answer having b .ea received to, the
ultimatum of our Government.

If it were possible to suppose. that BERNADOTTE,
one of the infamous satellites of BUONAPARTE, would
quietly be permitted to ascend the throne formerly
occupied by GUSTAVUS VASA and other illustrious
heroes, the Swedish nation would be unworthy of
any sentiment of respell and compassion, and would
be resigned to the contempt of mankind. BUt

whatever artifices may be practised by the agents of
iltiorsni.AturE, •in order to raise another of-.lust Ali.
pions to a throne, for the purpose of promoting his
ambitious views, and establishing the dynasty of
France in his own upstart race, it is /Int to be ima•
gined that the Swedish people, who look with red
vcrence on their wicestors, and have not lost all
sense.of national character, can submit to such a
degradation as to ooey a man who has raised himself
from ob.curi•y by 'aiding and abetting the progress
of the most detestable of all tyrants. 'No—timid
and submissive as roost part of Europe ha 3 become,
we hope better things from !be hardy Swedes,t hough
perhaps some of.thetr nobles may have.betn cajoled
by the arts, or seduced by the bribery of the Cor-
sican Usurper to betray
,their .country, ,•nd, eyen
could BERNADOTTE succeed io his views, which
seem even ridiculous,'by the assistance of a Fie,,et,
army (if it would permit him to transport one)
there could be little doubt that he would soon be
the vi&im of patriotic vengeance. But it is so evi-
dently tlie interest of.ltossia to prevent Sweden

from -falling into such a state of- degc ad:l6w, ilia
abject as the Erorenar -tat xvkNbEit' seems "td have
become, it is hardly possible fOr him but tb rouse
from his disgraceful torpor, now That his Enemy,
who has deceived him so long under the mask 01
triendship, is likely to be at his door. The true po-
licy of Russia is to form an alliance with this coun-
try, by which ALEXANDER may preserve Swe_
den, and secure his own territories against a dan-
gerous neighbour. It be is not wholly besotted
by the.artifices of the illf3llloUS CAULINCOURT, or
terrified by his menaces, be will at once shake off
the yoke of BUONAPARTE, and bid defi ince to his
power. The Sys odes never can be deludr d by the
expectation of pecuniary assistance flora BERNA-
DOTTE, to admit such an upstart upon the throne ut
their illustrious line of Icings for, reduced as they
are, their new Monarch -would endeavour to ex-
tort the very means of supply which it is said
that he has offered to them; as a lure, to b,,sic.v
the Crown on him, from the;nselves. He would
soon deluge their country with a French array, and
be has too much expel ience in the.art Of oppression
and spoliation, to give them any chancefof the,re-
:.
covery of their liberties, if he ooce obtains a.footing
in their country. The fate of .Spain is,now,briore
them, as well as that of Holland. Thefball, in-
deed present lamentahL, and awful watnings.tp Rus-
sia as well as Sweden. The infatuated ALEXAN-
DER may learn, from the treatment which the Royal
Family of Spain sutlered,'after all the sacrifices which
had been n,ade to BUONAPARTE, what ingratitude
and treachery. he has to expect from the- wi!), Cor-
sican. We cannot but hope that this new proof oi
the ambition of BUONAPARTE to raise another of
his minions, will operate forcibly on Sweden and
Russia, and convince them that their only securily is
in a sincere and close cenneCtion with this country.
Atter all, we should not wonder if matters are so
far ripened in Sweden respeoling BERNADOTTE, as to
preclude the people themselves from all hope of pre-
serving their independence, unless by an imme-
diate effort, as BUONAPARTE has interposed,

" For ills but thought by him are half pertOrinecl."

A letter by the last arrivals from the Cape of Good
Hope stales, that the Garihon, coMmanded by the
'Hon. Lieut.-Gen. GREY, con.ists -of the ht bat-
talion of the 24th, 72d, 833, 87th, and 93d, with
►he 21st Lglit Dragoons. Prinz:: ions arevery.chap—
beef, 3d. per I. ; bread 2d. per ib. ; a bottle of
wine WI; and other artictes proporiioilahly low.
There is no mention male of the reported expedi-
tion to tiie isle of France.

A Gentleman has attired from Alicant by a mer-
chant vessel, which left thin port the end of July:
He gives a satisr.,elory account of the r,tate of affairs
in that neighbourhood, and mentions .that Genyral
SEBASTIANI-,. ':tier the losses he had sustained, was
in no condition to make anyimpression thi:re. The
fortifications were'd,ily improving under the direc-
tion of skilful • engineers, a,d General .BLARE was
expedet.: to resume the command of the uops at the
Nonh-eastern exit-entity of the Peninsula.
The acconat roceived from Cadii are of a
very satisfa(.torty•itatuie. All the works which were
deemesi necessary fur the &truce of the town aid
Island of Leon had. been 'completed. The garrison
was numerous; healthy, amply supplied w,th pro-
visions, and the Spanish part of it.daily improving
in discipline and military appearance.: Far different,
according to the accounts reLeived from deserters,
and through other channela, was the situation of the
blockading army. • The enemy were in a manner
pent up in the position which .they occupied before
the Isle of Leon. The unceasing activity of the
patriotic bands interrupted the ccirninunications of
the French, and rendered the passage of their con-
voys tedious and uncertain. The to pops in conse-
quence were often straitened for provisions—an in-
convenience that was more likely to increase titan
diminish. For the last twelve months .no pay had
been issued; some regiments had eighteen months'
arrears due to them. Under these circumstances of
penury and privation, strict discipline could hardly
be expe&ed to be preserved; and the inhabitants
felt the full etfeeds of its relaxation. The exces-es
that ensued added to their antipathy of the French,
and infused fresh vigour into their exertions. This
would naturally account for the difficulty in obtain-
ing supplies, that was felt in the camp at Chiclana.
The number of the blockading army was not sup-
posed to be much greater than that cf the.gartison
of Cadiz and the Island. The enemy were more
intent on taking precautions against a powerful
sortie, than in preparations fur opening the siege in
form.

It is with much pleasure we see Sir JOHN SIN-
CLAIR honoured with the rank of Privy Coodselkor.
•Few men have more liberally saerified pri'.ate in-
terest to the honourable discharge of p,t;sllc dotty,
without emolument. wholelif haq ben s Seri-s
of useful and pinhsnthropic owl tionifor the benefit
of his county.
The toilowitik Extract ola Letter contains an au-
thentic account of the state or t,e Oreers of the
regini,tot, wounded in the atfair on the Col, w
Colonel HULL, of that regiment, was uniortutialeiy
killed :

COIMBRA, AUG. 4.—State of the Officers of the
43d regimen+, wounded. .

Capt. i►islion, slightly, alhicst well,,is with the regiment.
Captains Lloyd and Napi r, dying Wall, and with &tic re-
gm!: tfl.

Cart Hull, severely, but in A fair way; pine to Lishm:
1 to .teualitS Itirvey and loluison, sli6litty, doing weh, 411 d
%vitt) t,tt: re: tutrnt.
!Actin:m.l,as :)11aw, flopkilv, and Ste} Jenson, doing well,
and at Cucnbra.
Lieutenant ktederick, hi. leg arnputatA in the ceneral