The Sun.
London, England, 1816-01-26 00:00:00

NAVAL

DEAL, S. 25..---Arrived the Amirican ship
Belvidere, of Baltimore, Captain Lloasou, froM
Amsterdani, :Ind sailed for Liverpool. Several
transports,with troops, for Ireland, and a fleet of
coasters, ranee out of Ratusgate Harbour this
tide, and are obliged to bring up in the Downs,
it being quite

HAftwICH, JAR. 25. —Arrived the Tlictii4
'STOKES, with a mail'And passengersfroni Gotteri=
burgh Lord Nelson, DRANR, with ditto from
Helvoetsloys.—Wind S. E."

PORTSMOUTH, 25.--Arrive(t the 41112 r,
ROBERTSON, from the Downs; Henry, NELSON',
from St. Michael's ; AIMS, ANNITON, from Roth
terdam. Sailed his Majesty's ship Asia for the
Eastward ; his Majesty's ship Antelope for ja=
11111iC3.—The transports with troops for St. He-
lena, mentioned in yesterday's list as having sailed)
still remain here.—Wind southerly.
RAMSGATE, J.t . 25.—Upwards of 80 sail of
vessels left us this morning and last night for the
Westward.

PLYMOVIH, J. 24 —Arrived the Cadmus,
DENT. from London for the Lk of France.-7
Sailed the Alhirm, FtillEß, for ditto ; Robert
Page, BRUCE, for Jamaica ; the French ship Cal-
tivateur for the coast of Africa ; the Ocean, CA-
MERON.. for Leghorn ; Lady Harwood, Sappho,
David Shaw, Ranger, and Lord Wellington, for
the West Indies.

ThP Right Hon C. ARBUTHNOT left town this
morning to attend the NINCE REGENT at Brigh-

dill

Yesterday letters and papers reached town,
from the kingdom of Hayti, to the 10th of No-
vember, by which. it appeals that the utmost ani-
mo%ity still subsists between 'the rival Chiefs
CHRISTOPHR and l'imoN. A sort of Manifesto
h-d been publkbed on the 9th of November by
the former,- in whirl' he charges Pertom with
ha►'ing carried on secret negoeiations for the sur-
render of Llaytian independence to the Crown of
France.

According to the, last accounts from India, a
conflict had taken place between the British and
the troops of our Ally in the fortress of
had : several soldiers were killed on both, sides ;
but .We do not karn that the affair is likely to be
attended with any other serious con,•equeoces.
In consequence of the ballot at LLovo's to
confirm or reject the Resolution allowing a gui-
nea per they to eac'. 'Member of the: Committee
lot his personal attend lace, a great bustle took
place in the City The question wos carried as
follows : For the Resolutions 438—Agaiust them
328.—Alaj.lrity 110.
The PRINCE REGENT h3s heel, graciously pleas-
ed to aptto int the Lord Bisho.p of Ex ETE a, Clerk
of the 00., t.
Anothei C.Aintry
„stopt payment, in
Cniii,v4itieitt• of the' Stiitlen qcceaSe of the principal
l'atrier, Mr. EVTON, of Shrewsbury ; and Wig,
be; one of the Receiver 4 of the county, sub-
fonds of the firm to the process of
extent.
The 33d regiment has marched through Cam-
bridge on its route to Fl till.
90til regiment of foot, lately arrived from
passed through Exeter this week, on their
march tnr l'iymouth.
The Portitrshire and Renfrewshire regiments of
miiitia are ordered home from Ireland, and on
thou arrival in their counties, they will be dis-
embodied

Oil the 20tli lest. G 0 effective men, connnJoiled
by, Lie it..KYLE, front the depot of the 260, gi-
ment, Notched into Leith from Avr. They em-
bark on Wednesday on board the smack Btu clench,
for Gravesend, and from thence proceed to join
the battalion in Gibraltar.

the last communications (mon, Paris, the sale
of M. Da TALIAYRAND'S r,late, so OftCll alluded
toil) some of the English papers, is treated with
great. ridicule. We are assured it took place some
time ago; the article* sold were merely those
which were old and out of fashion. and M. De
TALLEYSAND never thought of making the least
mystery of the circumstance.
The Pipes of the Engines used in France, for
extinguishing fire, are made of flax, and are found

to answer the purpose much better than those
made of leather. They are wove') in the same
manner as the wicks of patent lamps, and can
be made of any length without a seam or join-
ing. When the water runs a short time through the
pipes rite flax swells and no water escapes, though
the pressure be very great. They are more pert.
able, not so liable to be out of repair, and do
not cost by one half so much as leather ories
A few days since, Peter Teems, French
lodging-house keeper in East Smithfield, was
committed to Tothill-fieldi prison by the Magis-
trates of Queens-stio.are, for not having a licence
from the Alien. Office. agreeable to the Act, and
not making a due return of ail foreigners, from,
, time to time, coming to lodge his house.
Sir H. DAVY'S lamps have beau tried it Walls.
end and nations colleries with the most com-
plete success, and the persons Who conducted the
experiments have the fullest confidence in their
safety. At the mouths of blowers, and in places
where fire-damp prevailed iii various degrees of
inflammability, they gave the fullest satisfaction.
A worthless servant having been reproved byl
his master, a farmer in the country, for his had
conduct told him, with some humour, ," 'these
were not times for improvsment."

, - •
ThC' man whom we stated a -few nays ago to
have been brought wounded to the London flos.
pital, and to have said lie was shot by robbet's in
the Commercial-road, has since confessed to a
Folice Officer that himself and the 'men who
brimght.him to the Hospital went to steal cat--
rots in a gentleman's garden in that vicinity,
when he was shot by a 'spring-gun ;
not say whose garden it wits. but he could
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11E3ti.11 t3,' Vtit NAVE,

CITRIC ArCID

I 'Vc 113 i eto acknowledge the receipt of a Lettet
from Newcaitle, signed " T. Ttiorrett, M. D.
late Physician to the Grand Fleet," &e. &c. on
the subject of the Letter from Dr. HARNESS to
Lord 111 at.vt t-tai, and our comments thereon,
which appeared in Tita Si; to of the. l2th. [lad
.that communication stated facts .in the moderate
language which is peculiarly adapted In contro-
Vero), on subjects of science, We should with plea-
sure have inserted it in*ThE SUN; but we confess
that we havean invincible repugnance to being made
the medium of it public attack upon persons highly
and deservedly respected, and especially when
that attack is couched in terms neither very mea-
sured nor Mannerly.
having however beCome, as it Were, a party in
this discussion, from delivering a decided opinion
upon .the invaluable service which we think Dr.
HARNEsS hat rendered the Navy anti the Country;
by the introduction of the Citric Acid into general
practice, we take leave to say, that we cannot for
taw -lives guess what , Dr. Thor TRR'S ptiblications
on u Scurvy,":&e. (theritorloas and useful as we
doubt not they are,) have to do with the mutter
stated in the Letter to Lord Mitusrmt.a. Dr.
Tit/yr-inn acknowledges that the first permanent
establishment for supplying his Majesty's ships
with Citric Acid, &c. took place in the whiter of
1794-5, and for this he claiMs the distinction of
being the originator of this inestimable system
Now we hare taken the pains to enquire into this
fact, and we find that Dr. TROTTER'S appoint.
ment did not take place till 1794, nearly a year
subsequent to the period when Dr. HARVESS'S
exertions had broUght the system into general ap-
plication, as appears from the following extracts
front ors) GAEDENER's Correspondence,
with the Sick and Wounded Board in December
1793.

Lord GARIMNCR) one of the Lords of the Ad-
miralty, being appointed to a distrint Command,
Irrote to the Sick and Wounded Board, on the
4th of December 1793 :

" As Lemons arc, I believe, deservedly ac-
knowledged to be the best anti-scorbutic, and
being carefully packed, will contain their good
qualities for several Months. I must beg leave to
ingest to you, whether a few chests of lemons
to each ship, may not be productive of very great
benefit to the crews of the respective ships."
" On the 13th of December 1793, the Com-
missioners of the Sick and Wounded, recommend
to the Lords of est: Admiralty, the putting a few
chests of leuous, or a quantity lemcin-juice pre-
pared for keeping, on board the ships of the
squadrou, as an anti-scorbutic for the use of the
comanies."

And wrote on the same day to Lord GAnntNta,
to inform him, ". that they had submitted his
request 10 the consideration of the Lords Commis.
'loners of the Admiralty,"
And upon the 23d of December 1793, the Com-
missioners ." inform Lord GARDEN'eR of their
Lordships approval of the and request to
be informed the number of that would be
under his command."

To the ahoy* his Lordship replied on the fol
lowing, day, eottelmling his letter with the 10l
lowing 'remarkable observation

" I am of opinion, f upon trial, lemon -juice
and sugar shmild be lonna An answer the good
purposes. intended ; and it should become an
article of Seamens diet, that the Victualling Board
will be directed in future to provide WI additional
quantity of sugar for the purpose, which you have
recommended:" • ' • •

This supply of lemon-iniee was prepared ; but,
Lord GARDENER not going out, al was intended,
it was in Aprit.l79-1, sent on board his Majesty's
ship, Suffolk, as au experiment (as described by:
Dr• Bs.*Mv.) with directious to the Stugeon to
report uo its efficacy.

This we have retoon to knosi was ten months
after lemons bad been -prescribed by Dr. Mumma
to the Mediterranean Fleet, so that there can be
no question of priority in this case ; and Dr. listt-
Ness must remain in possession of the merit which
he has publicly claimed in consequence of the as-
traordlnaryomission in Sir G. BLAwa's work.

Palau* qui meruit ferat.

Tr. is
reporteil in some of the first circles, that
the -Agricuitttlists. intend petitioning Parliament
to rCtlttee the legal interest of the realm. Some
of the hest lawyers have doishted the policy of
restricting the interest of motley at all, but parti-
cularly in a entnniercial country. The speediest
agricultural relief would be found in stocking
each farttsritit mini stet!, from the wheel of For.
tune by securing a share of the Two Prizes of
25,000 Guineas, or of the TWo Prizes of 20,0001.
Or of either of the other 6,667 Prizes of 5,0001.,
1,0001., 500 t. &v. ike. in the present New Year's
Lotte7i, which contains 200,000/., all in Sterling
money, and begins Drat in 14th February, be
Valenti:lei Day.