The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-12 00:00:00

SIIIP NEWS:

DEAL, DFc. ll.—Arrived, and sailed' for the
tivQr, the Simnel and Jane, IhRLAI6, from
Quebec. A;rived the Stafford, MANDELS, from
Amsterdam for St. lhomas's. Came down from
the. River the Eiliza Ann, for St. Lucia.—The
American ship Romulus, PETERS, from Virginia,
put back from Margate Roads last evening, with
loss of anchor and cable. •

DOVER, DEC. I.—Arrived De Goede Trew.
Vries, fiom Amsterdam for Bourdea►ux, with loss
of anchor and cables, and ;very leaky, having
been on=shore on the Goodwin Sands. The cargo

is discharging.
FlinwicH, DEC. 1 l .—Arrived the Lady Nepean
packet from Cuxhaven. Sailed the Eclipse packet
for ditto, and Lord Nelson packet for Holland—
all with mails.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC.. 11.—Arrived the John,
SPENCE, from London ; she lett the Downs three
days ago with 'several, others, not yet arrived.—
Also arrived, the Royalist, HERBERT, from the
Downs. Saila his Majesty's ship Hope on a

cruiie.

FALMOUTH, Dcc. 9.—Arrived the. Gratitude,
from London for Venice. Sailed the Flora for
arbadoes ; Sovereign, (or Jamaica ; and two or
three other West Indiarnen, and should the wind
continue moderate, the remainder will sail to-

Thosrow.

PLYMOUTH, DEC.. 10.7-Sailed the Clifton,
Lord Wellington, Sir Godfrey Webster, Nesbitt,
Allvy, and Europa, for the West Indies ; Reward,
and John Barry, for Jamaica; and' the Helena,
for Montserratt.

Letters received yesterd,iy- morning from Bos-
ton state, tliat the ship New Galen, Captain
TaAcY, was upset in Boston harbour, whilst load-
i;;;; for London.

THE THEATRE.--The play-bills of Drury-lane
Thf atre announced yesterdiiy, for !he night, a new
Opera, under the title of Outwitted at, Last, but,
in consequence of the sudden illness of Miss CU-
/ITT, it Was postponed, and the substitute %vim The
Duenna.

The Countess of WARIiiCK is in that interest-
ina situation which promises an heir to the family
title and houours.

The Master of St. Paul's School, the Rev. Dr:
SLE-ATU, preached last Sunday at. St. Andrew's'
Church, Holborn, to a nntnerous Cr.ngregation,
a most impressive and eloquent Sermon io sop-
port of the Nationnl Schools in the City of Lon-
don. He was, we understand, particularly
ani-
mated, land produced a powerinl effect on his au-
ditory, and enforced with much.energy the great
adv:tutages to be derived by the establishnient of
these schools. There were' one thonsand chil-
dren present. Indeed we have heard so much of
this Sermon that we•-should have been happy to
have received a. correct note of its leading fea-
tures. ..

baron Jusr, the Saxon Minister, is about to
leave England in-a day or two, on his return to
Saxony. His Excellency went tr, Clirement
on
Tuesday, to take leave of Prince LEOPOLD. Hi;
Excellency takes dispatches troll his Serene High-
uessl to his relatives, &c.

It is stated as a. fAct,.but 'little known, that
the lamented Princess CHARLOTTE corresponded
every fortnight with Prince LEOPOLD, until the
clay of her marriage. The epistolary communi-
cations commenced from the time of the meeting
of the parties at thp Pulteney -where they
were introduced to each other by the Duchess of
OLDErniutton.

Wednesday the Lords of the Council met at the
Council Office to hear and'determine Prize
peals, and come to a decision on three causes.—
The Judge.of the AdMiralty Court, arta the Mas-
ter of the Rolrs, were among the Lords present.
Mr. Puet. gave a grand dinner, at the PliceniX
Pol, Dublin, yesterday. senuight, to his Excel-
lency the. Lotto LIEUTENANT and a large number
of personages of rank, amongst whom were the
LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord NORBURY, the ATTOR-
-131-Ry-GENFIRAL, &c. Me. PEEL also entertained a
select party of friends and personages of rank at
dinner on Friday.

Yesterday-a forgery was committed upon, a very
respectable banking-house in Lombard-street, to
the amount of upwards of 10001.

BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S, DEC. 4.
•
liERBy, 1818.
11 101 apt Milton 12 to 1 agsti Ringtail
11 10 I Allegretto 14 to I Crecy
12 to 1 T utiie
.18-6 1

OAKS, 1818.
8 to 1 agst Loo 13 to 1 agst sister to Nectar
14 to 1 Mr. Chifncy's 1. l4 to 1 Ser‘autes 1.

G. CARROLL, the Contrictor, -has. the
.honour
of informing the Public, that those Numbers,
which on the Second Day were drawn &Werner),
thtry Tieltets, will he again dr,ntyn on Saturday,
the 20th Dec. and will have the same chance as
before of obtaining either of the FOUR `Prizes of
20,0001. The holders, however, have the option
of receiving- 12/. for them, :and it) proporiyou for
Shares, provided they present then), for payment
on Or before Dec. 18, in which case they give up
ail clkdin to whatever Prize it may afterwards be
drawn, should it.even prove' a 20,0001.
FRIDAY, DEC. s.=No. 4,349, drawn on Friday
Last, a Prize of 20,000/. Class 13, being entitled to
15,000/-Consois and 50001. Motley; was Sold in
Shafts by CARROLL. No. 5,842, a ,Prize of 500
Guineas 2,028, a Prize of 200 'Guineas, were
also Sold, in Shares by CARROLL ; 4,720., another
Prize of 200 Guineas, was Sold.by CARROLL, in a
Whole Ticket.—The fortunate Possessors-may re-
ceive their Money on demand, at 7, Cornhill, or
26, Oxford-street.