The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-27 00:00:00

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'BAT U, Morniag --L-Ft-oin the heavy
state of the roads, and the unpleasantness of the
latter part of the day, Monilay,it having rained
almost incessantly front the time the Royal party
left Marlborough, the QUEEN experienced consi-
derable fatigue. Yesterday Morning, however,
.the answer to the outiterous enquiries of the No-
bility and Gentry, at her house in Sydney-place,
was, that she had enjoyed a good night, and•wal
in a great degree 'recovered front the fatigue of her.
journey.
From the brilliancy of the morning it was ex-
pected.that her M Weitild have he‘,2n tempt-
ed abroad, and in conseipence, the neighbom-.
hood of her .residence was thronged with coot-
patty during the gi.eatei part of the day, but th(-y•
%vete not gratified by her apPearance. She did
nth leave the house the t;rhofe day. About twelve
o'clock, his Royal Highness the Duke of CLA-,
REI4CE called at the QuEENrs house, to enquire
after her AIAJESTY.'S health, and shortly after-
wards, the Royal Duke and her Royal Highness,
the Princess ELtZABETH, accompanied by Lady.
lI.CHESTER, walked out for about an hour through
some of the principal streetS. Doting their pro,
greSs they were attended by a number of,persons,
_whose salutations they very graciously returned.
The detachment of the 38th Regiment now ly-
ing here, undzir the comma(' of Colonel MotaA,
pro le»ipore, in the absence of Sir C. GREVILLE,
mount a guard of 50 Men constantly at the Sydney •
Hotel, opposite the end of Great flulteney-stieet,
and their band played several pieces of martial mu-
sic during yesterday morning.

DISTRESSING CIRCUMSTANCE.

(From " The AlornivgPost.")

The following distressing circuniStanee is re-
lated in a letter from Prince Edward's Isknd,
dated Oct. 1,1817, received in town yesterday:---

AboOt a week since was stranded, on the
Bar of New London Harbour, in this island, the
brig Harriett, HANNAH, master, from Dublin,wirh
passengers, and it is.•said bound to Quebec, an-I
from-thence to this island, to load whit timber,
ont eleven weeks., They were seven weeks intios
Gulf, attempting to get ,to Quebec, and got as tar
as Gaspee. Previous to that, several bad died
Kith 'sickness. arid famine from a long passage ; all
the provisions which the passengers had laid is
bad been exhausted some weeks previous to their
arrival. at Gaspee, when the master then own-
rne'need to make- his fortune upon their miseries,
by charging them ar the most extravagant rate for
every pound of bread, and the fresh fish that could
be occasionally caught, in like manner, MA per-
'pitting them to catch any themselves. A Mr.
O'HAnA, at G,aspee, was a true and generous
frieiol to these poor creatures, by compelling the
master to procure a vessel to take forty of them-
Qoebec ; twenty of them, who, from their re-
duced state, were landed and left in' tbe.woods at
Gaspee, and the remaining passengers on board,
between fifty and sixty, were furnished by Mr.
O.IIARA, with tlAce days provisions, allowiott
OC now:, to tits Island ; and, io a
measure to end their stifleri.,_,
ashure at New .f.ondoo-, where they were received
by the inhabitants with the greatest homanity,who
lodged, fed them, and gave them every comfort
wit hin•their power. One instance ought to be
mentioned, viz.—One of the families on board,
consisted of husband aild wife, with ten children ;
the.father was unable to pay for two of .his chilli
ren (boys)., but.io considetation of the father hav-
ing pint for all the rest, the Master agreed to
take the whole family (the boys in question).
After sailing from Dublin, they had occasion 14
call at a distant port, where the master 'net wit 4
two persons who wished to take
,their passage at
5/..each ; to accommodate these men, the Cap-
tain landed the two boys, contrary to the most:
solemn entreaties of their parents, Anil sailed,
leaving the boys on the wide world. The mother
died shortly after on the passage, with grief -awl
distraction, .and one of .the children. Several af-
fidavits have been toads respecting the CaPraio's
'conduct, and sent to his Excellency the Lieute-
nant-Governor at Quebec, who, ] have no doubt,
will take the proper means to bring the C4plaia