The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-17 00:00:00

CAPTURE OF A DUTCH SMUGGLER.

His 'Majesty's schooner IMuscodovat, com-
11/landed by Lieutenant GarFFITHs, and stationed
tiff the Irish coast, observed on Wednesday last, a
foreign vessel lying off a shOrt distance from Lam-
bny ; the Muscodovat immediately gave chace, and
the foreign vessel tacked about, and crowded all
tail to escape.; after a chace of five. hours and a.
half, she was captured near Liverpool, and found
to be the Thetis cutter, of and from Flushing,
tarrying eighteen nine pounders, having 20 men on
board, commanded by Capt. Andires King ; dur-
ing the chase, the Muscodovat fired into rise cut-
ter, and one man, who was up in the rigging, re-
ceived a ball in the breast, fell overboatd, and
'as lost ; the remainder of the crew instantly
Ivertt below into the cabin, and no exertion of the
Captain could prevail- on any of them to return
~poti deck except a. cabin boy and the carpen-
ter. the latter of whom received a ball in the left
arm, whilst working at Ihe helm.: the Captain
had then to take the helm, but having no assiAt-
*nee hut the cabin boy to steer the vessel, was
tarried so rapidly before the wind, that he
tearert running foul of some of the banks on the
Welch coast ; he therefore deemed it prudent to
surrender. Lieutenant Griffiths states, that he
flhietved nearly 100 casks thrown overboard dur-
I"K the the ; forty casks were found on board,
"elf Containing about seven gallons of Holland
geneva, mixed with salt water. Lieut.Griflith ar-
tived• with his prize in the port of Dublin on
T. sul y morning, and she has been laid up in the
Costom.house Dock, with marine centinels stati-
ruled on board her; the Captain apt! crew were on
Saturday morning brought up its custody:to thellead
Police Office, where Mr. Waller, the Solicitor for
the Revenue, attended, and prodticed before the
Atiostrates the several Acts of Parliament in force
affecting the prisoners ; it appeared by the 811 t
76., that all persons found within one
it gue Of the coast, in armed foreign vessels, not
IQ(? passengers, were each liable to a penalty of
.1 mail the papnent of which, they are to re-
ti'din in prison ; the law in this case being
warrants Were accordingly made out ; and
:('C4plainAnd his clew sent on Saturdayevening,
hsachney carriages, under escort of the Horse
c'ii"e, to Kilmainham•Gaol. TbeCaptain of the
eilter.appears to be ati intelligent young man, a
ni"t ive of Amsterdam, but speaks Engiish remark-
t)lY well ; several of-the sailors are men of verurge y
size,—(Dublin Journal, Dec. 14,)

CUSTOMS LIST.
-Entered Inwards, Dec. I6.—Nept onus, Borgerding, Ant-
*err) ; Prosperous, Lingbatn, do. ; Alleis, Honlton, Arch-
t'gel ; Hermes, Bond, do.; Benson, Brydor., Riga; Johanna
44-argaretta, Abs, Stia!sund ; Aurora, Erdtwan, Lubeck ;
I.,4inerva, ninth, Rostock; Catharina Margaretta, Permit),
".; Three Brothers, Spaull, Lisbon ; Eolus, Allison, Chris.
),tia"; Ttitoti, Walker, Dantzic; Hessle, Musgrave, Peters-
17INif ; Aurora, Green, Stettin; Wrote Jantje, Kuyt, Dordt ;
...ril:""tr Young, Cape of Good Hope.
.4;nl"ed Ouwards, Dec. 16.—Sarah Christiana, Young,
rarriiten; John, King, Jamaica; Georgiarra, Warren, Ber-
; Atlantic, Allen, Baltimore; Duke of York, Fryer, Rot-
etdnpt ; Frances and Eliza, Storer, Madeira; Duticombe,
16'4hr ; Roza de Japia, Mendez, Gijon.
Cleared Ontleards, Dee. W.—Flora, Cooper, Antwerp;
Ir.!'oza Japia, Mendez, Gijon; ‘Vashington, Forman, New
"'k ; Adamant, Smith, Jamaica ; Frances Ann CumminsttLeghorn;4 Pet., ,
i ("' ; Union, Clench, Pylades, Willson,
''vah""ll; Annesley, Colvin, St. Michael's; Mary, Shaw,
Alt:x111w • na.

at ,lie
COURT.—This morning,
he opening of the Coutt, Mr. WILSON was
as King's Counsel, and took his seat
vcot di ugly.
CAPTAIN Roes OF THE ISABELLA DISCOVERY
"111 ---An absurd biographical sketch of this
zinll' kan has lately appeared in a London
.11i
L' Ilhich it is ignorantly or maliciously
he was born of mean parents in Reli-
ct "bite, and received a very inferior education.
t'jalitain Ross is of a very respectable family in
ty,i's.,,'w.4Y•i, Hit, father, the Rev. ANDREw Ross,
nr• alituster of the parish of Inch, add proprietor
401,ie estate of Balsan ()eh, in Kirkham. A
110 t"et of Captain Ross, Major-General ANDREW
a distinguished Officer, died some years
.6), whet, in command at Alicant.— (Edinburgh,
Irt
r"dity a Court of Directors was held at the
urlia House, when Captain C. GRAHAM, o pr-;!‘iii)i William Pitt, took leave of the Court,,
lij,(1"(f!‘"! to departing for St. Helena, l3encoolen,
.11111 a.
Al Liz
tka, -nen IN HERTFORDSHIRE.—We understand
116; "be inhabitants of liroxbourne, in Hertford-
e'
have offered a reward of fifty guineas for
th, a-Pl)lehension of the monsters who murdered
~,i'l`lll,lttulate John Cooper, on the Hertford
(21, , ou his return from Spitalfields Market to
iktit""f°lll, on the night of the 3d November

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