The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-13 00:00:00

SIIIP NEWS.

• DEAL, DEC. 12.—Arrived, and sailed for the
River, the Cadmus; Appleby, from the Isle of
Fr:ante ; Sailed the 3d Sept.; on the 4th Nov.,
in lat. 7. 30. N. long., 24. W.-, spoke the
Ilooghly; Lamb, from Loi.sion for Madras; and
on -the 9th,Nov., in'lat. 15. 17. N. long. 30. 19.
W., the Recovery, Fotherby, from.B.ataviaand
the Isle of France
.to R93terdarn. Also arrived
a whaler, suPposed the King George, Backle,
from. the South Seas.

PoRTSMOtyrn, D Er. rrived h s Majetsy'
ship Aid from the Mediterranean.
CowLs, Dix. 19.—Arrived the Malabar, As-
cough, from Batavia, out three months and 9:0
days.

itAmsGATE, DEc.l2.---.A.rrlyed the Mary and
Dorothea, Mackay, from Sunderland,. with her
anchor•stock 'broke ; and the Sarah, Hammond,
from Yarnionth for, Naples, with her bulwarks
carried away-.

• The_Company's ships Canning and Lady Mel,
ville arrived at Bombay. after a pas Sage of 45
days from St. Helena, ori the `?7th July I,Ast.
They were expected, to sail about the 18th Au-
gust—the former 'for China,,the latter for Bengal.
The Dunira was at Bombay the 25th July.. The
Warren Hastings sailed from Bombay for China
the 9th June.. The under-mentioned-ships have
left Bombay, viz.—Thames and Wirren Hast-
ings:, dityatched for China, to,touch at Penang,
the former on the 15th,- the latter on the 17th
May. The Dunira and Marquis of Huntly sailed
for Calcuttami the -25th July.

JOHN, DUKE OF MARLHOROUGH.--Nlr. COTE,
in hiS life of this great man, a work that is highly
creditable to his historical research, candour, and'
judgment, declares, that '‘it is not true, as JOHNSON
has taught Us to believe, that the tears of dotage
flowed front his eyes," and,affirms, that " he lay
for some days • aware Of approaching dissolution,
and in full poSsession of his senses."—By " his
senses" the Author Must of xourse mean his in-
tellectual facultieS. In this respect the Learned
Biographer has certainly been misinformed, as it
is well known that-the Duke had-sunk into childish
imbecility long- before his death. The late Dr.
IVIONsEy, of Chelsea College, used to relate the
foilorving aneedote :—Having a great desire to
see the Duke, he induced the House Porter to let.
him stand -behind the Halhdoor to see his
`Grace get into his sedan chair. The Qoctor was
.cautioned not to let .the Duke see him, as his
Grace was always agitated by the sight of a
stranger, and shed tears on such occasions. .The
Doctor concealed himself, .but in his anxiety to
have a full view of so great a man,he put forth his
head from behind the door so far that the Duke
saw him, and after earnestly gazing at the Doc-
tor, his face sunk into a childish expression of
grief, and tears ran down his cheeks. Dr.MoNsEY'
was rough in manners, 'nit strict in veracity,
and his 'bluntness was the true indication of :his
sincerity.' Ile used also to.tell another story of
ttie linke, which manifested the decay of his
mental powers, though riot to the state of weak-
ness to which they were,afterwards 'reduced.—
' The great Lord SomEns, when he was past the
power of engaging in business, constantly at-
tended the Cabinet Councils, but' never atteMpt-
ed to interpose or appeared to know what busi-
ness was going forward, except when a military
subject occurred; and the Duke-of MA11.1,130110 UGH
was going to speak. On such occasions he
made a loud inarticulate shout, which seem-
el to. imply a recollection of the • Duke's
character, and to, „express an opinion that
his judgment ought to be chiefly regarded.
The Duke was then in full possession of his
powers, and, struck by the situation of so great a
man as,Lard SOmEas, he used to say to old Lord
TowNsn'END,—",. If you •ever' see me in that'
state—save me, save me." It unfortunately hap-
pened that the Duke was reduced to the same
pitiable condition, and he also regularly attended
the Council, but was so feebe that he could not
walk without support, yet was sojealous of having
his bodily "weakness suspected,' that Lord To WN-
snENn always affected to be afraid of slipping on
the 'polished boards, and asked the Duke to
assist him,•that they might support each other.
By this pretext the Duke was induced to receive
help, and seemed gratified that he had the power
of affording it.: This anecdote Lord TowNsuEND
told to Dr..IIIoNsEY, by whom it vas communi-
cated to the writer of this article. Dr. MONSEY
was domestic physician to the Earl of GonoL-
PHIN, with whoin lie resided in the- Stable-yard,
St. James's,. till the death of •that Nobleman.—
The Doctor was a man of great learning, and full
of anecdotes, which he related with a, peculiar
strength of. humour. lie was intimate with the
most distinguished characters. of his time, by
whom he was received upon terms of equality,
and to whom his knowledge, talents, inti;uctive
and entertaining qualities, rendered highly
acceptable. There are two letters addressed to
him in the published collectionof Letters writ-
ten by the celebrated Earl of CuEsTcariti,o.
Dr. MONSEY died in December, 1788, in the
9-Ith year or his age, and his intellectual ppwers
were in fall vigour till the very moment of his
death.

Sir PHILIP SA DINTEY'S Curse upon, a Despiser of
Poetry.—May he live to fall deeply in love, and.
lose his mistress, only because he is unable •to
compose a Sonnet in her praise ; and may he div
conscious that he shall lose all the rewards of his
well-earned fame, because there is no one who
would write an Epitaph to perpetuate his me-
mory.
REPARTEr..---(in Counsellor BETIIreS being
accosted by a brother Barrister in the Hall of the
Four Courts yesterday (Friday, Bth inst.), who
lamented the extraordinary robbery of his,clothes,
.he replied with his usual naivete—" It is an ex-
traordinary robbery, my dear friend ; for with-
out vanity I may say, this is the first suit I ever
lost !"—(llibernietrz Journal.)
Detachments from the 47th, 65th, and 67th
regiments Of foot, have arrived at Chatham from
Winchester barracks.