The Sun.
London, England, 1818-09-08 00:00:00

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1811

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Sept. I, 1818.

THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of His MA-
JESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that
Proposals will be received at their Office in Pall-Mall, on or
before Friday, the 18th Instant, from such Persons as may be
rcfllineg to undertake the Supply of FORAkiE for the Ordnance
Horses stationed in thefollowing Districts, to be delivered at
Nee Expence of the Contractor. viz.
Woolwich, Western, •
North Britain, Sussex,
Midland, Kent, exclusive of Woolwich,
South West, Eastern,
for a period of Six Monthsfron: theta! day of October,next.
The Oats to be good, sweet, dry, and clean, without any
mixture of Foxy or Mowburnt Oats, and must not weigh less
than 37 pounds per frinchester Bushel; the Hay to be mud
and dry, and deliveredin Trusses 0f.561b5. weight; the Straw
to, be goo-d, clean, and dry Wheat or Rye Strati, and delivered
in Trusses of 36lbs. weight.

The Prices to be paid for the respectipe Quantities of each
/trade which may he delivered at the following rates, viz.
For the 04-9, at per loolbs. Avoirdupois weight,
For the tidy at per hundred and twelve pounds,

For the Straw at per hundred and twelve pounds.
The Proposals may be delivered separately or jointlaAr
two or more of the said Districts, and it is expectcd that the
Contractor shall receive the Stable Dung, which, during the
period of his Contract, may ac, annulate, making an allowance
for the some alter the rate of per Horse per 'reek.
Farther particulars may be known upon application to the
Officers commanding the RollaP.eirtillery in each District,
and also at the Secretary's tyke in Pall-Mall aforesaid, any
day hetwitu the hones 11 Ten and Four o'Clock, where the
Proposals must be delivered, sealed up and endorsed " Pro-
posals fur Forage;" but no Proposals can be admitted aPer the
said 18th Instant, at Twelve ,o'Clock at Noon of the same
day; Will any .Tender be noticed wilco the Party
malting it, or His 4gent in his be.italf, shall attend.

lig Order of the Board,'
R. H. CREW, Secretary.

THE COLONIES,

NOVA SCOTIA.
Halifax, July 27, 1818.
AR RIVFD. - Ttiescky, schooners Elizabeth,
Walker, Boston, 6 days ; Neptune, Hilton, Indian
Island.

Thmstlav, brig 111arionn and Louisa, AVdlsb,
Antigua, 19 days.

Saturday, H. M. ship Dee, Captain Cambers,
fr,itu a cri►ize.

This morning, 11. M. brig Saracen, Captain
Gore, from a maze.
CLEARED.—Brig Three Sisters, Harris, Que-
bec ; schooners 'llia!, Crosby, St. Andrew's ;
Margaret, M' Donald, Jamaica.
SAILED.— Wednesday, Lady Mary Pelham
packet, for Falmouth ; passengers, G. Aamerum
E'sq."Mr-,.•Damertrin, and Mr. Phippen.
Friday, H. M. brig Grasshopper, Capt. Forbes,.
for Lutienburg and Bermuda.
Yesterday, for Qiebec, htigs ailiree Sisters,
Harris ; and Mariann and Louisa, Walsh.
LOADING. Brig Hibernia, Nicoll, British
West Indies ; schooners Lavinia, Brost n, Lon-
-408 ; Four Sons, Kelly, Boston ; Swift, Greg-
son, John's, N. F. ; Parker, Estill, Kingston,
Jamaica.

Arrived at Philadelphia, 14 days from hence,
br,,; Thompson's packet, Thcimpson, with 153
passengers; at New York, schooner Jane and
Martha, Bowden, with a cargo of plaster, and
72 Welsh passengers.
Passengers in the Three Sisters—Captain Fitz-
roy, A.D C. to It Grace the Duke of Richmond,
Capt. Hill, at the Staff Corps, and Mrs. WI,
Nir. Howe, &e.

Lieu(.-Colonel Lnektort, Assistant•Quarter-
i\l,ister-General, seven officers and 537 men, of
37th, 60,1,►, 68th, and 78th regiments, arrived at
Quebec., July 1. _ _ _

Oti the 16th and 17th of June, lat. 46 24,
lung. 44 38, the sloop Maria and Ellen tell in
with several immense masses or islands of Ice, from
which a bluish vapour appeared to ascend. The
height of some -f their peaks was estimated at no
less than 540 feet from the surface of the ocean;
from many parts of which the water rushed in tor-
rents ; whilst the sea constantly broke on their
weather side will) vreat fury. The passengers
who came in the sloop speak very handsomely of
thy master, Mr. Eugene
Of the eight American vessels detected fishing
on the coast of Nova Scotia, and sent into this
port for adjudication, five were liberated on Fri-
day last, but with the full understanding that the
indulgence would not be again granted to them ;
a cep iticate to that eWecd was indorsed upon their
Registers, and the Skippers rediaested to make it
as public as possible, for the information of the
subjects of the United States, engaged 'in the
fisheries. Time remaining three, discovered fish-
ing in harbours to the eastward of Halifax, are
now libelled, and will, very shortly, be brought
to trial in ,the Court of Vice-Admiralty, where,
we have no doubt, they will be condemned.
The lenity thus shewn, by Rear Adtniral Sir
David Milne, to the vessels which he has liberat-
ed, must convince the Goveloment of the United
States of the s•roug desire he feels to preserve
the harmony which at present happily subsists
bet ween Groat Britain and the United States ;
and we sincerely hope will so operate, as to deter,
for the future, American vessels front committing
similar trespasses. At the same time his Majes-
,ty's subjects in his North American Dominions
must be saii,fied that it is the Rear Admiral's
determination to guard, front every infringement
and violation, those rights to the fisheries which
exclusively attach to them.
The house of Mr. John A. Vieth, at Fort
Needham, was very materially injured by the
lightning on Saturday morning last much of his
furniture destroyed, and two horses belonging to
hint, which were in a pasture near the house, were

His Excellency the Eat I of Dalhousie embarked.
•on Friday morning, on► board of his Majesty's
brig Grasshopper, which soon after sailed- for
Limenburg ; after landing his Excellency there,
the Grasshopper proceeds to Bermuda. •
Thomas Ritchie and John Warwick, Esqrs.
have been elected the Representatives of the
Cottwy of Annapolis.

(From The Quebec Mercury, July 7.)

•
On Sund.y, by the Catholic Bishop of this
Diocese, assisted by most of the Clergy of that
Church in the vicinity of Quebec, the Rev. Mr.
Burke, of Halifax, %VHS installed Catholic Bishop
of Nova Scotia. The ceremony took place in the
Catholic latish church of this city. An appro-
priate discourse %vas delivered on the occasion by
M. De Calonne, of Three Rivers. This is the
first Catholic Bishop ever appointed to the See of
Nova Scotia.