The Sun. — London, England, 1807-10-13 00:00:00

?ORTVG4f. Titstow, Sat. 25,-I:ie people continue in the 1 Most alarming state of suspense. Never was the fate of a country more seriously at stake. The PaINCt Reomr has resolved,'shoUld litiowArAwrz ptlt het threat Diiiwasion into execution, to embark for the Brazils rather than submit to his 'demands, and shut tlie ports against British commerce. Most of our ships are getting ready with the greatest ex peditinti ever known in this country ; the people are at work night end dly, end do not relax,in their ex. ertine's -on Sundays. The Gnvernment is continually pressing for the. Army and Nuy : strings of pressed men are passing hourly into the. arsenal, to embark on board such Ships are ready to drop down to Belica in a day clr two. Many large Brazil. 'Vessels are detained for tem, in ease of need; and two Indiamen, that ar rived last week, have been ordered not to discharge their cargoes. Every preparation is Making at Penichia, where the I'J-ince and • Boyal Family are with the troops, end part of the mobility, who intend, in case of extre ntitio„ to Cli n t their country. Five regitnents - have already marched there, and have forwarded 'l6O pieces of cannon ; part of the treasure has also been bent to . Penichia. The embaren on all Portuguese Vessels continues in Prance:' No business of any kind is deing here. No credit or faith to arty extent in observed between man and matt. It iseotneCtured, that by these extraordinary exertions., BeorsereeTs, from motives of policy, may decline the exaction of his demand, seeing that England would he 'benefited by the emigration of the Court to the Brazils, and whieh Otherwise will most certainly be the case. detioT leel not . arrived at Lisbon . 00 the . t , rib, but 30 extraordinary courier had brought lesions'. from Park and reletter to the Prince Regent, written by the hand of BLIONAPARTIT.' Lord STRA,Nrivoen, on the, following morning, had en interview with the Prince; after which a report was circulated that affairs wore a more pleasant appear. once. The ilea is , that a Council was soon after summoned for the purpose of deliberating on the dispatches, and to decide on a categorical answer to the demAnds, bat the distaissious on the subject had not been-divulged at the departure of the Packet. The five regiments of troops are all newly cloath ed, and ordered. to be in readiness at an hour's no. Lice. The Or.cers commanding •them had received erlers to join without delay, and such as should not rhaiie their appearance by a certain 'time, were to be e;.nissed the serviee, or declared invalid, and otheri appr)intea in t Ire it stead. Mr. GiOtatil.R, the .Consul from England, is sr rived : his presence has proved highly gratifying to the; Merchants who compose' the British kuttory. cat the end 04 . a few days he iiifermed several of the Merchants that the Portuguese Government would b e ee ee d tree in its faith to'Great Britain ; but, on the subji.i of commerce, Ile W 35 to have a funnel ioterview with the Fal.lory on the 25th. The efEbiati Cutter has arrived in the Tagus, with diJeatchei from the British Government, which ad. , del to 'those sent out by the IPPalsivham Packet, have bad the eifeet of renewing the confidence of all classes of people. NIAt I,S, ALI 1 ytt , Watvrtord. G ot w o h u o l, I Lisbon, r W,iterord. PRIC.;P: or; sTocKs Tuts DAY Ar TwELva. o'clock. Caosols ------ - . 6z j THE SUN. SOLCM Q4l ll DICARE 7Al.sUm AUDIAt ? L 0 N a 0 IV, TVEIDAY, ocT9BEit )3, 1807. Tan Anion Cutter arrived at Falmouth bn Saturday , with , ,Dispatches from Lisbon, which place Oho Agit on the 30th ult. The' accounts, from Portugal which have lately been received are so various, and, even contradioory, that it (lit - knit to term an opinion respeaing the situa tion of that . Country, The substance of the Dis patches brought by the Altion have nut transpired, bet they are said to be jut her of a disagreeable nature. • rvorted that the Portuguese Government bay fog pos;tiveltrefused to comply with the demands' of iItrONAPARTS; - he had finally determined upon the invasion of that Country; and it was even stated that the fiat division of the French troops were to enter - rortogal on the j 2ll 1;104 Scald:ls.o ever t ing the Make of Stifift3X a!rive.l at ‘ViakiA9r, from his 14 1 .11' through tho West id Lnz- Ekind &Ind iy afternoon the Putficz of WALpS arrived 't“ vsrin.hor from Non :.,Pa n, (..>4on, the seat, of the HAepotricr f w.lort, ha slept on Saturday night, aliti,paid a visit to Tztvrt , MAJesTIEs and Pattqcessgs, and ill the evening left Windsor for onclim. Yesterday morning the Doke of YORK transat9ed bu;inoss ih'i he KING for upwards of two hours, and afterwards rode with His MAJRIiTY, the Princesws AUGL/sTA, So'imt, and A3Z1,14., accompanied by the Heil, Miss ECIERTOtie Count MlNstair, Gene -013 FiTZROY, CAUTWRIWIT, and Colonel TAyLog i Arid retornect at twelve o'clock to 'Windsor Castle. On Saturday morning Martinis CORNwALLIS, the Nlasier of His Maiesty's stag-hounds, bad one of liis Majestyli fine deers turned out for a day's di- , versitm 4 , at the Golden Ball, near Bracknell j he aiaried with great speed, spewed considerable Apart at the edge of tlitt Purest,. and was taken, after an ex :client run for three hours, near St. Anne's Hill. . Marricis Was attended by a numerous field of (knitemen Sportsmen. His Royal Highness the Duke or cLouoicr, is on °A:visit to the Earl and Countess of CtIOLMONnef..EN, ft their hi arititul seat at Houghton•hell, in , Nortelk. Royal Flightless* WAS to spend Friday and Satur day there,, and proceed yesterday to Mr. Couto, of whine it is said lie wail spend the remainder thepreiterit week. NAVAL NEWS. POITSMOVTR, OCT. 12.—Arrived ale Success Frigate, Capt. Avscovatt, from off Havre; Amity, DANIELS, Ervin Cork; Prosperous, 111tTcHELL, from Waterford; Supply, Pot's, and Apollo, TEL • Lts, from Plymouth. Sailed this morning the Bultvgrk, Ulnas, Capt. the Hon. E. Frammo, for Off Cadiz, after receiving on board Dispatches ; the Osprey Sloop of War, Capt. CLINCH, with a convoy of 12 Sail, for the Downs; among which are the Three Sisters, Ba ASS, and Symmetry,. BATTY. The illuros Frigate, and IVitti'am Store-ship, are now lying at Coweg, w:liting for a fair wind, to proceed tollalifax. La Decade Frigate takes con-' voy for Cork. DCA L, OCT.,ll.—Arr .. .ved ►he Blaze; and .li,nke . y Gml•brigs from n Arrived the Cracker Gun-brig From off Boulogne, and sailed with the Monkey on a cruize. The,Mazer ha4' brought in two Colliers, which she recaptured ouSaturday morning off the North Saud Head, SHECIII44SS, OCT.. 13. --This day a Court Martial was held, on board the Magnanima Harbour-duty Ship, for the trial' . of Lieutenant HILL WAnxt♦u, of his Majesty's Sloop of War the Hyacinth, for drunk enness, and behaving unlike al' Officer, &c. when, the charges being in . part proved, he was Lenteucecl to be dismissed the Ship. FALMOUTH, OCT. 10.--Sailed His Majdsty's Ship Minstrel, with the outward bound Portugal and Mediterranean Fleets tinder convoy. Arrived this morning the 41biois Cutter, Lieut. Wata, with Dispatches from Lisbon, in 11 days : they are said to be of a disagreeable nature, which were immediately forwarded, by egress, for Lou. don. The French were expeeted to enter that un fortunate Country on the 12thinstant. . . GIDAALTAII, SM. 14.—0 n the 12t h the , Serapis, Capt. Li.cryD, - arrived tiora Malta in 20 days pas sage. She brings accounts from Egypt to the middle of - July, at winch time every thing was 'quiet. in Alexandria. The accounts froM- Spain state, that t wo Freileh armies had already entered that coun try—the one to take possession of Portugal, and the other to garrison Algesiras, the Spanish, lines, and alt the forts in this neighbourhood.—This morning the Brig ,Raven and Diligent Store-ship arrived with the convoy from England in 20 days passage. Sir CHARLX3 IiI)Lf.OWAY and his family are on board ast passengers for this place. DISTRIBUTIOn OF PRIZE-MONEY. To the Officers . and Cott Mani , of Hts Majesty's Gun.brig Ferreter, the pr‘ieeeds of .;4k. Verwatiting, captured on . the i9th July, r8.6,-and of. tit,: George. captured on the itth. August, 1806, by the said (:tlo.brig,•on ;sth - init. at No. te, fissex•sfrcer, Strand; awl at the same 1/14..:0 for the three ensiling months, a To the 0 flicc:rs and Company of His Majesty's Ship Con:. corde ' for the Capture of I.a tortutietl, Fr,:tich Ship of %va c , on the T,ll-1 of November, iSO4,thcir proportions of the Heed. niqucy arising therefrom, on the 17th inst. at NO. 6, Sion. hopc•street, Newcastle-meet,; and after tor three month's, Accounts have been received of the Martial Gun. brig having fallen in with a Fleet of Merchantmen„ laden with wine and provisions, from Bourdeaux to Brest; two of which she captured, burnt . three, and drove the remainder on shore under the Batteries: The [lon, Mr. STRWART, brother of , laird CAS- TLanimm, left town 04 Saturday evening, with Dispatches for Lord CATHCART, to venom, we en. deratand, he ii appointed Aide-de-Camp. ALEXANDRIA, JULY j4..--WO are all. daily , lb , hopes either that the army will be withdrawn from this eountry,or that we shall be reinforced so .as.ter: enable • us to commence offensive,opeouions, as no. thing can be more tiresome and melai t eboly than our present confined situation', coopt.d. up in a Luise able towa, without any : variety. or relaxation. We are well supplied with provisions by the Arabi, hut we suffer miscrably, for the avant of, water; • all that the troops get is so brackish, that it k impossibl4:4l) swallow it without being 'nixed with wine .orspi- . rita. Dysentary, ,in consequence, is becoming very prevalent, andtheOpthalmia has been so general, that upwards of 3-4ths of the army have been tacked with it. We frequently hear from the-pri sorters at Cairo ; they are tolerably well treated, ex- . cent in being stfieily cOntmed. Captain DULA - N-• CRY, of the 20th Dragoons, died lately at Csiro - a the dysentery he is Universally regretted.- ' The Turks offered to give up all our prisoners if we, would evacuate the country; this of course could not, be accepted. Fifteen . thousand men would, with the assistance of the Marnelukes, easily con quer the whole . country ; and there is no doubt but that the Mamelukes would openly declare for us il . a.BlltfiCidlit army were sent • here, but they do not clime to, expose themselves to the ven geance of the Ttirki:-.11 Government, till they rare certain whether we intend remaining in the coun ty or not, which_ our present small force ren- dins so dunbtlith Our army here i 3 ar .prwsent per fatly useless, and ought' either to be augmented or withdiawn, as it Is so twiny Met) lost to the ser vice of their country, without any rationtd ohjeet or end iti View. 'there was no Colin of Aldermen held' to-day, but the LORD MAYOR, after inspecting the Return;- of the Alealweighers, , ordered the price at Bread to be raised Id. per lack; th e Leaf will than be.. lid. housrny tN OLD Alit:.---In the lutti,sh of no r m, Ilt*btfrghshirei there is a' stnall°'farm, pos.. sessed by an old man and his wile, by which they . make a decent livelihood. exClusively work' the farm with one horse. Their three , ages togeOlor amouiit to 184 years. " -•- ' CAPT. BARCLAY AND WOOD: Our account* from Newmorket, state, that the ground on which the long-expected contest between _these two swift-footed heroes, -is to. be decided, was finally hied and measured for some. clays. . It is an exaa,mile upon the left side of the first mile of the turnpike road from Newmarket. It is a fine firm piece of ground, well calculated, fora fair trial. It was settled on Sunday, that the parties should start this.morning at eight, and not at nine o'clock, as re- , port ' stated. Wood arrived on Sunday at New market, , from Cambridge. Capt, Barclay had. ar rived previously. They both take , strong exercise. Their food is parboiled mutton, and half broiled beef steaks, of which they eat heartily. They are both well, and each confident of success: Capt. Barclay is trained by Ward, Gully, and Crib. 'limy are very attentive - to their pupil, and' speak ibliglitereas of his performance.. Wood is trained, by Grets6b, the noted Lancashire man, who, according to re prirt, is to fight Gully on 'Wednesday Omit the scene of action was riot, known :yesterday. The odds on Sunday morning. were 6 to b upon Captain Barclay.' In the, course of the day they rose to 2to I and 5 to 'Thii pedestrian feat,.the expetied pugilistic performance, and the races, have attracted more company to .Newmarket than .hasvi3 ever. been seen there .at on Q&ober Meeting. There is scarcely a bed, or place for a horse, to be had in the neigh bourhbod, and provisions, are, of course, dear in proportion. Imthense sums 'are ; depending' upon this match, and the parties interested who remain in town are all atpLiety i accounts of the progress of the pedestrians will be reported by a series of ex presies sent off to London until the final determi nation of the contest. • - ' Monday, Eight o'clock, A. 1111 The ground this morning was all life and bustle, and wc,re a most variegated appearance. It waico vered with tents and . booths, filled_ at an early hour ith company from London, Cambridge, Newmar ket, and all the surrounding country for Many miles. No ;Fair was ever 'more crowded. The number 'of carriages was very, great, consisting of barouches, Oilstone; sociables, buggies, caravans, &c. , Captain Barclay, and his competitor Wood, had each a mar quee, with a sopha in it, on which to rest them. selves when they - should think proper. These mar quees were pitched close to the ground on which they performed. Exactly at eight these two midi': pedestrian fame appeared at theirrespective goals, for gea.s, and commenced their contest. They were dressed alike in white flannel jackets and drawers, open at the knees ; light sandal shoes, with flannel' socks, but no stockings, and a small bandkerchrdf tied loose round the neck. Two time-pieces, regu lated by Mr. Bramble, watchmaker, Oxford-road, were sent clown to Newmarket last week for the ca;,. Oslo!). . The persons appointed to held them 'being . Placed at their stations, and all the prelitninary bu siness being settled, the swift footed heroes 'started exactly: at right o'clock, and at a quarter to nine o'elock, ,when our account was sent olf, Wood had performed four miles, and Captain Barclay three miles. The odds on the ground, at that time, were 25 to ten, and five to three upon Captain Barclay. Among the company present were the Earl of Bar rymore • Lards Foley, G. Cavendish, V. Beauclere, &c. ; Air. Mellish, and, iu short, all the sporting Noblity and Gentry. The match, as we stated in a former Paper, is to walk for 24 hours, and the man who performs the greatest number of miles in that time is to be the winner, Wood allowing his' competitor 20 miles 3: so that,:even in the event 'of ,Ciptain Barclay's sweep), he will only prove him, self a very interior man to Wood, unless, the latter should' greatly disappoint the general expeetatioe. The bets in London la 4 night were 7 to 4; end 5 .to 2in favour of Captain Barclay. The odds were also held by Wootrs friends, that he would perform • ton miles in the first lfi hours. Captain Barclay, ‘t hose pedestrian exertions have been so remarkable, is the liheal descendant of the celebrated 'Author of The Apology f o r the Quakers. I 'M: is of a family remarkable for athletic exercises. 1. His latherohe late Barclay, of Urie, who nine ;wanted Kincardine, used to walk every Session of Parliament from Sc otland to Loudon, and could per forth the journey as soon as the ordinary stages .of that time ; but he frequently deviated' trinphis ieet toad, in order to attend any lairs which hap: peed to be held at that time. Dtee.ed like a plain ''farmer, he mingled freely in all the rural sports usual at these Meetings, particularly codgel-playing end wrestling, and won Many a prize hat in his progress to St. SteptiereaChapel.. . In addition to the above,. we have this morning received the following .Letter, from Newmarket, dated yesterday, afternoon :- 4 , This match, which excited sn much cariosity, and upon which so much money was betted, ter- Alinatect very unexpe6tedly this afternoon soon after two o'clock,, very much to the disappointment of all the, spe&ntors. Captain B. and Wool) started at the appointed time, and both appeared 40 be in high health and spirits. Wool) set off with considerable velocity, which he kept al; the whole of the first Itoitt, during which time he went exactly eight miles. In the two succeeding hours he slackened his pace s little, going only, at the rate of seven 'miles an hour ; coorsequently; at the end of three hours he had gone 22 miles.: " Capt. BAIICI.AY set Offat a mtich 4ower,:pace than Woon, but he kept it with the greatest exatiness ; wentalmost to a minute six miles an hour. .At the end of the first three hours therefore he had gone eighteen. Miles, and WooD had gained . four miles. About this time the bets Wigan . ,to pin more in favour of WooD. At starting they were three to one in tltvour of the Captain, and as there was a kind of general whisper that he was certainly to win, very few people would even take the odds. But whe n pop gaited four miles upon his adversary in tlicee hours, he odds apinst him fell from a tu. t to it° 4. 114 during tie remanider of lire Wool". a peed and bottsti seemed completely to fit' him., It Was necessary, in order to bring) pills 2ri,miles which he had gnu Capt. BARCLAY, that be should gain sixteen miles upon Lim in the retnaining twenty hours ; but instead of gaining upon the Captain ,during the second three hours, he did not`even keep pact with him. He stopped twice to rest, and ap peared considerably distreued ; the second time Le stopped, he pulled off his shoos and ran without, by which means he cut his feet. At length having gone forty miles in six hours and twenty minutes, he declined the contest, and appeared so weak, that there was no probability of his gaining it, if be had continued it. " When Woen gave in, Capt. BARCLAY had re duced the four miles advantage, which Woon gained upon him in the first three hours, to about' three miles, told he continued running until 1e had brought up that distance. " Capt. B. went during the whole time etaaly six miles an hour, and at the conclusion appeared fresh and strong. After he had gone thirty-sic miles, he stopped and ate heartily. This very un expeaed termination - of the match has created much o.issatisfaaion, at least among the losers, and some of them have refused to pay the bets. But the ge-, neral opinion seemedto be that the match was per• . feetly fair, and that Wow) really gave up from real fatigue, though upon a former occasion he had gone 40 miles in much less time. It is not yet settled when GULLEY and Gage sox are to fight." IVEY2IIO6TH, OCT. 10. The arrival of the 53d Regiment has made us all life and .bustle, and the band which etcompaniei it, will, no doubt, greatly add to our aninsements. The arrivals in consequence of the fine weather are increasing daily, and it is generally imagined thi3 favourite watering place will he crowned with n good after Season and Winter. On Fridayevening there was a seleo Music Party fat the Rev. Dr. BMW; many of the profession and amateurs were present : amonig the evening's amusement we noticed VIATTI'S CUD* CCU in 0 on the'Piano-Forte, which can be seldom excelled,amnvdssbrc cu utrars o l m y ls equalled by a first rate per* fo an Ju a n.. 4 a i d i d ry ed rtin ver tt e re : o c;: co lsi r d n e p r a u t b:ly s a l t t i t o l :t ci l e ' le ci a i n r . d re As put zi tti z oll ir : wpoetindueensdtinforms u t hi ha ch t an? arrived j t e l r i s e e r y e Malo's the day before, accompanied by lix French Privateers, destined on a cruize, and that 14 of th* same were nearly ready for sea at that Port. It is therefore to be hoped that our crtiTzers in the Chan* nel will be on, the alert, and introduce them to A British Port. A strong report prevails here that the whole of the Turkish Fleet are either taken or destroyed by Admiral Lord Cot.taisowtiou, and sn express is said to have passed through aachester with the. peril- Tats TiiRATRS.--The high dramatic merit bf Henry the Eighth, tind the, admirable' manner in which it is brought forward, in aging and costume, drew a numerous audience last night to Covent"- garden Theatre. KaMBLE and Mrs. Summits wens . excellent, The Farce of The lkedding-Dny folioiv• ed. Murintar made his first appearance in Si! .Adam; Contest, which he supported with. ry cross eifect. The part of Lady Contest was, for the first time, performed by Mrs. C. l'xittn.a. JORDAN has long been so much admired in this charatter, that any successor engages in a perilous task. Mrs. K.Emat.e may, lio‘vever, congratuia o herself on her success. She was by no meats a set' vile copyist, but sustained the part with original ." spirit, archness, and humour. She gave the song m a very able manner, And was particularly success* ful in blending the .thicering feelings of the little wandering Deity, in the cold Winter Night, %vigil musical correctness and expression. as ac i yo re unidi c g o the t t 7e ti r i c lr e iot d uitg t i o 7ial l es t erapr w i thfar to' t u a t k in t i o n r s s t So d j i i ffi lr c i D ) u n2a u w h r e C ri tb The Wedding Ddiy. She w a g, jts usual, e ncored IA 0e song, and in compliment to the' wishes of the audience she repeated it, though- s h e was at the time Struggling with intense Pain. On Sunday morn in g. she wa atreaed 1y a coughing, Which prodiwo l4 considerable discharges 61 bl o oo, and she is no! unde r a very hAv.reginien, preicribed by Di. Bt.Assa. It is highly to the credit of this popular actress "h at 81 : ° tims perievered in her attempt t o irgtifi;; nee, though at the eNpeucc of a severe sac!itl Q' • herself. Mrs. StAbeNg, who has neverappeared at Web* mond, is about . tozratify the inhabitants Of thai neighbourhood (which may be considered as etas• sic ground, the abcide r of our Princes, and the lowan; of Poets) , with hei perlurmance of 4415 . 12.0,19/0? When the PRINCE .of W.ktss recently visits Bristol, Mr. Otstorrn,, the Proprietor of the Theatre, with a loyal -zeal that demi honour to his charaaeri gave an extra-play. in romplituerit to his ROYOI High. ness. The Patriots however, was reVaulted. tif' . honouring previnua engagements from : the Tbentre on ibis occasion. • The late Dr. STonor,s, Chancellor of Winchesteft was one of the most respeaable and intelliget 4 Members of the Church.--TbiS Gentleman a (0,!, ye.irs distitmished himself In a cen i trOvergY q. with a Clergyman of the Roman Catholiciers* sign, ill which he 'displayed great..leernins ability, as well as lauditble .zeal for ,that ous establishment whirl - the 'Wisdom of our costors eft:cited, and which' inculcates ti pure de' s( ? tion, e<lttally retriote from the.reyeries of entbo ° siasm and the tyranny Of superstition. This %%n et "' able of the Ortlinddit Church was the WI of Mi. 'STIIitGE4 BoUttsg, a Gentleman of weir known worth and talents, and who heti been teitious to support the purity of that Political aP t : tetra Which protects us from the coatroul of DoP. 9 isrn and tlacturtraionce of II:06mq.