The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-24 00:00:00

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One of the most profound and universal im-
pressions of regret that can he conceived, was yes-
terday visible throughout this city, in consequence
of it being understood that -Earl NlTnt'rwnwrn
bad been suddenly seized with a violent illness, and
that the- most serious and dejecting doubts were
entertained of his Lordship's recovery. The, news
came as tisurprise upon the Public; and the feelings
which it awakened were acute and sincere, and
bore noble testimony to the true state of opinion
concerning his Lordship's just, impartial, and en-
lizlnened -conduct, since he was placed at the head
of the Executive Administration in this country.
We have the most unfeigned regret in saying, that
there is bat too much case for the public anxiety,
and that his,ExcuLLENcY's malady was severe and
alarminl—and still continues to be so.
About two' o'clock on Saturday, Loud Wu 1f•
WORTH complained of being indisposed—and the
illnets continuing to increase with alarming strides,
medical aid was called in to his relief. The etforts
of the Physicians to give immediate ease were un-
successful; and it was not until six o'clock this
!sunning, that the medicines began to act with
the effect which was looked for. His Excellency,
however, is conceived to be in the most imminent

danger.
It i, supposed that Lnrd WIITTWORTH'S disorder
was caused by cold on.lVeduesday, whilst he was
engaged in the ceremony of laying the first stone
of the new:' bridge which is to bear his name.
Ills 1,014111 p stood, as it is thought, exposed to
a cold blast on Arran-quay fat ton long a time,
.after he had alighted from his carriage.—(Dublin
Correspqadott, Aionday.)
The same Paper inserts the, two Bulletins which
appeared in Tait SUN yesterday.

Sstur:OLtNo.r—The Public are probably little
*ware of the serious extent to which the practice
of smuggling is now carried on, part icullrly around
the Kentish Coast. Some notion may be fortucil,
of the mischief from the fact, that in Attgust
hst,alone, it ItAs
.4teen ascertained that no less
than twenty-four boa,ts, laden with foreign ma-
nufactured prohibited goods, were safely landed
cu the Deal beach only. The truth is, that
the expertness of.the mariners employed in a traf-
fick. so injurious to 0111 own 111811414CUITCCS,
is
unequalled by any which can be ctigneed to
,tleteet thaw, although every possible effort is
ms de for the purpos,e,c,, Several of the most
respectable and well-informed persons in that
quarter have lately established at Society un-
der the appellation of " The Downs Society
of Fishermen's Friends," in order, tQ: use the

superior local facilities they possess, of divert

ing,t he labours of these able mariners from the r
vresent baneful practices to legitimate. Alices
suited to their habits. The Downs Society havta
converted Deal Theatre into a manufactory,where
the older persons and the women and children
ore roployed in spinning and net making, and are
ahout to open a cooperage tor the like end. They
sre gradually establishing a fishery off' that coast,
and have made a very, prosperous commencement
, with .the herrings, which they cure in the Dutch
style. Their fundamental principles arc personally
to interest every individual whom they employ,
by making the shares so low as 5/. each, and thus
accessible.to- all ; and. to incur no responsibility
beyond their present -means..

A horrible attempt (says a Paris private letter)
%cis made, some nights back, to blow up the bar-
racks, new the hairier leading to St. Germain, on
the south side of the river. At one .o'clock in the
morning, a man was discovered with a tnatch in
his hand : he was shot by two sentinels at the
same moment, and at the place where he was
. shot, it was discovered that there was sceret coin-
mmiication with the vaults, in which several bar-
, Ills of gunpowder had been placed, for the hor-
rible purpose of destroying 000 men in an instant.
Sr.s.ve THAW& I.IY FRANCE: AND SPAlN.—Cortot-
na, Sept. 2.—" Arrived this day the st. Juan
tie Cortina, Vidal, front Botirdeaux; with mer-
chatlise, for the '4l.e-trade on the coast of Gni-
ses', where the ,sa,id vessel is bound to, having
come here to get her clearances as Spanish pro-
perty.,.,
LiA24I.IUHCLIT,. OCT. 12,.--Our market for Arne,

TlLdil produce offers ;peat dieutivagetnetit for shil
mots, particul.trly of rice and cottou the fo,
fuer article has advance(' to 29 a 30 per 1001 b.

consequence of the high price of griain ; and there
iy scarcely 300 hales of cotton remaining for sale;
Georgia, 43 a 16 groats, and New Orleans the
•:+tnep there being no prime quality of the hitter
reinatning.
Pkill.AUßLPlit k Sarr. 6.—We just learn that a
torinber of young men have recently been sedoced
away from this place, New. York, and Baltimore,
to join the revolutionary army in Mexico. A yes.
eel, it is said, sailed from Baltimote list week
with a large somber on board. They were ten►pt-
ed with the oiler of commissions, but their hopes
of preferment
.must prove illusory. They go, we
presume, to'almost certain death.
The remains of Earl BesocoAmr are to be re-
moved front his residence in St. James's-square,
for interment its the family vault at Mudreshel►l,
pear Worcester.
}I was announced that the Insolvent Debtors•
Court would proceed to [rosiness on Monday next ;
but we are sorry to state that an express ivae re-
' ceived in town yesterday front Brighton, that Mr.
berieunt RUNNINGTON was dangerously bolls-
posed, and that he could not, in all probability,
resume his functions in the Court before .the mid-
el)e of November.
Died this morning, in Chandos.street, Covent-
Garden, Mr. JAMI.IS PLATVAIR 'WILSON, in the
IlOth year of his age. This amiable young' man
was for fourteen years engaged in the Office of
this Paper, where his assiduity and integrity re-
commended 'him!'entirely to the affection of his
employers. Its his own circle he ►vas equally be-
loved and respected, for his great moral worth,
atud exemplary attentiouto his religious duties.

SU; r N ;;‘l'3.

DEAL, 66. r. 23.—Arrivecl, 'limit ailed ' fo'r the
River, the Minstrel-, IlAvAttn, from Bengal.—
Arrived, and remains, tire Mary, Him, from
Quebec. Came down from tilt River the Cain-
-11cl), BILIANOILU HST, for Antigua ; Britannia,
Cr.ersrY, for Jamaica ; Trent, GRAKT, for Bar.
badoes ; and Quebec, JACKSON, for New York,
and remain' in the Downs. Sailed the William
Manning for St. Kitt's.—Wind N.W.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 23.--Arrived the Jenne
Henrietta, 11aocx.. twin Arttverp for Charleston,
and the Amicita, MY Ea, from Amsterdam for Su-
rinam.---V ind Westerly.
hst.Mou•ru, Ocr. 21 —Sailed the Callope,
GoonwiN, for the 111editerranean.—Wind N.
.00T. 2.1.--Sailed the Prince of
Orange packet for Holland, and Henry Freding
wicket for Cuxhaven, both with mails —Wind
N. W.

MARGBTE, OCT. 23.,—F01►r large anchors, two
chain and two other cables, one anchor, and
about GO fathoms of patent cable, belotNi'ig to
the brig Carvalho, Captain MoarA, hare been
taken up and landed here.
RAMSGATE, OCT. 23.—Put in here tor shelter
the Union anti Vi te, from London ;

from Shield's ; and Fame, from Ipswich.
Ocr. 23.—Arriv0 the Christina,
Roeloff, "from Amst, rdam ; Alert, Riches, from
flamborgh ; Harmony, Pratt, from Mara n.iam ;
Coventry, lloru, from St. Luria ; Vow, llLe-
roth, from the Canary Islands.—Sailed the Ill-
novo., Adam•on,
.19r ; Eliz,beth awl
Sarah, Summers, for Goree and 'kite ; Brit islt
Queen, IVillimus, for Bruges ; Rose,
for Havre; PeLershtirgh, horn, for l'etershurgh ;
Ruby, Bryce, for Amsterdam ; Betsey, Chartie,
Far Rotterdam; and Princess of Wales, Fox, for
Ostend.

Extract of a Letter from it Young Officer on hoard
the F 1 n. East Indi c Company's Nitip Faiths,
.1. E. Wxab, Eig Commander, dated St. tic-

lena Aug. 26, 18.16 :
" Thauk God we are safe- here, after having en-
countered one of the most dreadful gales than
ever ship experienced, even in these lati'nd s, and
winter season off the Cape. We sa,fed from Ili.
tavia,the 9th of June, and had a fine and .t tiniek
passage to the Cape4.' 'when tiff there, on the
.29th of July, It. 4. it came on to blow hard, with
every appearance of tont weather, and 1 he•
liese we may thank Capt. Ward's judgment and
foresight for our safety. for rem y thine. was early,
matte snug and secure--masts and yards nil struck
--and every hotly on boatel
,prepared. To wank
evening, the wind increased to a treineminni bor•
ricane, and so contintod for 36 hours, the sea
running mountains high, and, senat was worse,
in all directions ; at this time we. lay with our
lee•deck under water, up to the cnatitings of the
hatchways : soon after, in a heavy •quall, the ship
was over:on her broadside, and nothing but the
weather side to be seen. Rotool•house awl caddy
full of water, all the windows swishei in, Kild
every piece of furniture broken. The scene wits
now horribly awful : the ship being, pressed down
by the great
.wciat of water under the heavy sea,
the captain was up willioglyobliged to m iter t he
overboard ; in doing which the poor fellows were so
immersed in the sea, that at times only their
heads were visible above water. On pumping,
• •

the water came up like syrup, the sugar, which
WAS our dead weight, being dissolved by the wa-
ter, which got through from the seams working
open, The cargo, which at leaving Batavia was.
chock up to the beams, had sunk three feet. We
have lost our guns, two boats stove, several sheep,
one hammock, rails, Anil stauncheous, and VArigniti
other damage : our people very sickly, this gale
sent len to the Doctor's list, but nes er did poor
fellows behave better ; and had it riot, been for
the prudence, skill, and laborious exertion of the
Captain and Officers, and indeed of evely man and
boy itt the ship, we limit all have perished. Oor ship
behaved nobly—has nut made a drop of 0 ;vier, and,
wonderful to relate, neither lust It omit yo.d,
•or split a sail. When the sea, came pouring in at
the round-house, 1 then, indeed, thought it was
all over with us ; butt 1‘ Flops leads us on, nor
leaves
,us but with death," and !,turned to anti:
baled the water out of the culltly, which was'
above toy knees, until toy shins were broken by
the shattered chairs floating about, when I
thought it time to knock off, The Steerat,:c
wa at one. time a lout deep in water. We
arc now caulking, and Alth the kind assistance
of the Admiral, hope to get away in a le‘v days.
There has been dratultni work in and off the Cape.
Two men of war went on shore, a thing never
known in Simon's bay before. A ship, ntrived
yesterday with loss of main and miz-n masts, and
assed the wreck of a large ship after the gale.
Indeed at one time, 1 believe, our Captain would
not have given sixpence for our chance : and they
all say, had she not been one of the strongest and
best ships ever built, and well prepared, we noto•
have all ,gone ; but, thank God, the suit shines
again, and hope to tee you all in abont two months.
I think 1 shall get a peep at; Bony."

It blew a strong gale on Sunday afternoo►►
from the N.W., which occasioned the shipping in
Leith Harbour to drive very much at high water,
but we have not heard of any damage being done.
A Leith smack sailed at mid=day on Friday
from that rnrt, and at twelve o'clock on SimOy
night arrived at Gravesend. It blew u 'hurricane
nearly the whole.time. Off Ilarwich, a vessel at
a short distance from her went flown with a sud-
den squall, and all on board perished. A coati r
that was in sight at the time al‘o lost her mast.

Saturday afternoon, about three o'clock, great
crowds of spectators of all ranks assembled in the
Long Walk in Windsor Park, to 'see is foot race
of two hundred yards between WANSALL, the
Eton man, and a soldier of the 3il regiment of
Foot Ottani*, who was thought to he the best
runner in the regiment. Much dependance was
placed on the soldier before starting, but WAN-
sALL beat him by six, yards. It was an excellent
race. This is the third tit►►e that WANaott.l. has
come in first. It is thought that there is none in
this part of the country can inn with him.