The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-22 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF VIE SUS.

SlR—'l ht Pol' I:rewer§' having received an
aliowanee tour shillings per barrel. upon their
stock of•heer, taken the-sth of July last, awl are
to receive sixteen shillings per quarter upon the
malt in their posses Sum at the same period ;
jo& the iwit steels raised the price of their beverage
on accou,,t of the -very. high 'prices of malt and
hops, should it not lie made known that they tar
1101 justified in so doing ?lf, Sir, theExcist.would
favour you with the amount of Ihe:beer and malt
claimed by the twelve principal 13.rewers in Lon-
don, at the above period, anti the quantity of beer
brewed since, it will clearly prove to yon, and the
Public at large, that the present high prices will
not atfect them in the lei st,• as scarcely one :(4
them will have occasion to go to market this sea-
son for eithi r malt or hops.
• I remain, Sir, your humble servant, •
A CONSTANT READER.
Saturday, Oct. 19, ISUL,

Saturday, morning the Inconstant frigate, Com-
modore fit JAMRS L. l'co, arrived trout Citecoast
of Africa, where, Turin}; her cruise of several
months, she captured five vessels, under Portu-
guese enlOurs, with '2S( slaves on board. Many
others were fallen in with, engaged in the inhu-
man traffic, but they were tinder Spanish and
American colours and much of the treaties. be-
tween the Governments upon the subject c/f this
trade, is so easily capable of a double meaning,
thst, to prevent litigation and unpleasant disputes,
they were notderained : these vessels were crowd-
ed vsith unfortnnatc captives. The. Inconstant
left Aera (in the •Bight of Benin) eight weeks
since, and Barbadoes on the 19th ult. The ships
on the latter station had been rather sickly they
*were proceeding to *ea to check its prevalence.—
The Scamander, Captain W. Eworr, had cap-
tured- two American vessels, which he' discovered
trading with our Islands, iu violation of treaty.
She was about to proceed from Barbadoes to Ja-
maica with speck. Sir JAMES YBO fired'A salute,
and struck his broad pendant, upon anchoring at
Spithead, which was 'returned by the flag-ship in
the harbour. . .

. .
DEATH OF EARL BRAUCHAMP.—We are con-,
eprned to announce the sudden' death of this ami-
tt'lle and respectable Noblettiaii., at his house in
James's-square. Elis Lordship went to bed
no Smidatnight in apparent good health. About
Once o'clock yeSteriby 'Morning he was seized
with an apoplectic fit and immediately expired.—
Pis Lordship is succeeded in his titles-and estates
by his son, Lord Viscount ELNILEY, now Hirt
BEAUCHAMP. Lord BEAUCHAMP was in his 70th
sear. His Lordship was created a Baron during
theadittinistration of Mr. I'ox, after having re-
presented the county of NVorcester in six successive
Parliaments. His advancement to an Earldom
took place before the last Session of Patliment.
4l vacancy fur that county occurs upon the tiilC-
ce:4sion of Lord ELMLEY to the title.

•On Wednesday last-the officers of his Majesty's
ship Queen •Churlotte gave a parting dinner to
their late much esteemed Cap-taln, Sir J. Bats-
*Alm, at the Fountain Inn, Portsmouth.

Mr. itzuntx will go thro►►gh the whole range
or his characters at Covent Garden Theatre this
season. beginning an Fliday, with the character
of Cato.

Mr, and Mrs. H. Ketuntr, %slim a. few seasons
ago performed at the Haymarket Theatre, are Dour
with the Bath Cninporiy. ThCformer, who is the
son of Mr. STEPltutv KEMIL.II, has much distin-
guished himself in the eharacter of Bertram, in
the Tragedy of that name. The latter, who pos-
sesses a very fins voice, and has been some time a
pupil 'of .I.3ltAkt4u, has excited much. approbation,
both as an actress and vocal performer, in the
part of iloretta in The Cabinet.
At Perth, on Tuesday lest, the Synod; after
same routine business, agreed' to an, Address to
the PRINGS RtoetiT, to congratulate his Royal
highness on the late brilliant success of his Ma-
jesty's arms before Algiers, which was transmitted
by the Modetator to Lord Viscount Alttoitt.La,
with a request to his Glrdship to lay it before his
Royal Highness.
The PRINCE& REIGEWT:S Stag!hounds will melt
ert Fri,Loy next, at Swinley, at ten o'clock.,
VkToodcocks have already appeared in many parts
aq.Cortowo.oll atoll Devon ; five were killed in that
neighbourhood lost week. _

"On Satin<lay last, the remains of the late Lord
WALLSCOURT were removed from Fleming Villa,
so be interred in the family vault, St. James's,
We ars happy to hear that the manufacturers of
this city and nei6hbourbood have been enabled to
advance the wages of their weavers one shiait►g
cut.---('C'arlisle Math/0
On ,Saturday a hackney-coachman was con-
victed on a spirited charge of .Mr. SCOTT, of the
Sans Pared Theatre; for galloping his horses in the
Strand, so as to endanger his life, which 'the
gistrate cnnsidertil misbehtiviour to his fare.

An ingenious artist in the cutlery business at
Manchester has lately make a knife, which con-
'tains three blades, a button hook, a saw, a punch
and screw driver, a box, cork-screw, hook and
gimblet, two phlemes, picker and tweezers, two
lancets, With a ring at the head, and the whole
sseigns but one pennyweight fourteen grains.
llox no---Asa prelude to the sport cut out for
the day, a. well-contested' battle was fought yes-
terday at Reain's Meadows, near Woodford,' be-
tween two good taco in Miniature, named Green
and Pocock', which was won by the latter, in 33
. sounds. Both were tolerably willed, 'and their
.fancies could only tell them by speech, froM the
distortion of features.---The fight between Curtis
and Turner will lake plaee this day at Moulsey.—
Two other battles will also take place.
The Eighth Wonder of the World,, as it may
'justly be called, is the Grand Bridge at Sunderland,
being mere than 100 feet above high water Mark,
of which Prints or large Medals, beautifully e 34,..
entedi'are presented td-every Purchaser in the
truly advantageous Lottery, Where the proportion
of Capital Prizes is more than 8 times greater, and
the Tickets above SO per cent. cheapel thou usual'.
The whole :will be drawn the 31st of this-month,
when the-First-drawn Ticket will have 5,1251.—
Tickets 71. lfis. and Sixteenths Eleven Shillings
duly,
,are selling •by the Contractor, J. SIVE..
%.ItIGEIT) Loudon, antthis Agents iu the principal
Tawas.