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MAILS. Vus Harnburgh, x Dublin, 4 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT Twittvx o'et.ucm. tonsors IP sgin Red. Ann— .4 4W 58 THE SUN. 110L1M guts DICAlti PliLaU/4 4t/DitAT ? .1 0 ND 0 N, ,yRIDAy, DECEMBER 7, 1804. We remain without ftirther advices on the sub►. jet of a Spanish War ; little doubt, however, can be entertained of Mr., FR,EI. I 3'. having actually left Madrid. • In announcing to the Public this intelligence,which Was brought by the last Lisbon Mail, an 000. sitian Paper unguardedly says, that those w ho con sidered' a War as improbable,' di'd net rejlea that tar. PITT was Mutirter of ,Englafrid We believe this to be very true, and equally so, that the Ca. binet of Madrid did not foresee the probZility . . , of a change in the system of our Councils, when they signed Treatievpernickus to our Interests,, and deiogatory:faun a tr Honour, or when they pro: 'lore(' Armaments which couid have no destinatiOn consistent with' their professed amity towards Eng. land. T he Ministers of Fits Catholic Majss.fy, 'no doubt, expelled (and considering the- events of late years,their speculation was not unwise) that we should leave it to them to commence Hostilities whenever t kry should see oceasinii; .They well knew, that bad Mr.,PITT been Minister.. of England they would not have been allowed to explain, their own ainris acf'grding to theiroWn views. Bat we must confess, that having been thwarted in their expetta don of baying 'constantly, Mr. ADDINGTON to deal with, they have beek,fnitunate in procuring an Ally in this Country, in the: : Paper in 'goes. lion j an Advocate who takes up , the cause of his Client from the.. period !w,hich he considers as most favourable to ; his. interests, and; endea. *ours entirely to rout ,otir from memory every pre. , ceding event ! The Paper to which we allude is faith fill and vigilant in the interests of its friends ; kint, vihoart those . friendi ? Any Power, or person, whose interests are opposed to those of this CokintrY We could scarcely have believed, had not this latrnal been unfortunately , ono newly.in ituted raper,. that A iirlLl4lt write!,- owusong, the conduct or a Negotiation with a Foreign State,'Should brgiAt with the first Ael of opposition ou the part of the tish Government to a suits of hostile 'measures on that rit its adversary, parsimg aver a liogeittr the measures which' made this oppnsition necessary I 'Bolt is afreCied to be thought syrsetterous to attack a Nation situated . as Spain now is Spain be about to add another to dm list ofcalmnities which af. fl Alter, it is her own fault.--Pik (as we once observ ed before) might induce us to wink at kis of passive obedience to the commands of our principal Enemy even though we were ultimately injured by them; but if Spain be not htrielfsa much aware of the difficulty of her situation, as to abstain from measeres of alive hostility towards us, and the weapon uplifted is an aet of hostility, though no blow be struck, it is quite absorb in her to ground her claims for mercy upon the imbecility and wretchedness of her situation. When it is officially known that out Minister has left Ma Iftd, a Dect.A4A - r tort will probably be published, stating the causes which have led to the Rupture. On the warlike measures which may be adopted in consequence, we certainly shall not spe. culate, We will, however, venture to aisert, that there never was a period when our Troops were in better condition fur any service whatsoever. TH e Dispatch Sloop of Ma has capttireil, 4nci.,af terwards destroyed, two French Pinnaces, the craws end stores of which she brought into Plymouth on Wednesday. We yesterday stopped the Prose to anilJunce the receipt of the smaller raiii ?aprri to the 18th and Darth Journals to the td inst. The intelligence they bring is very unimportapt. It chicity relates to the preparations for t h e Coro nation of the Usurper, which there is little doohr took place last Sunday. he listavian Legislative Body seem to display tr spirit of resistance to the demands of ilorrAPAßTit which could scarcely be ex' pelted in the forlorn situ. aoon of their unfortunate Country, and which we fear will draw down upon them the accumulated venivanct of their Tyrant, who, it is very probable, wilt - establish in Holland a Qovernmeut completely despotic. A Leiter from Ftankfort speaks of some nth. , . u n uerstanurog diqlng aritiell between the Courts of Berlin anti So. Peterstlurgh, but it i 3 very probably n Parisian fairtication. Yesterday morning Firs YA / 11Tt left Xew in his travelling carriage, to dine with the Panictis of WALES, at Blackheath. His MAJESTY,' on his return, arrived at the Queen's Houle a few minutes before five,_ and returned to Kew about seven o'clock. „ . Yesterday the DUKES of YORK, CAMERIDOE and Sussex, dined with HER MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES. In the evening'HEß . MAJESTY had a sele& parry of the Nobility to tea and cards. This day the ROYAL FAMILY Will remove to Wiadsor. His Royal Highness the Dims of YORK gave an elegant dinner yesterday► to a party of Military and other Gentlemen, at his house, in Poriman.square. The continuance of BRUM the French Ambas sador to the Porte, at Constantinople, after the de mur on the part of the GRAND St EGNO R to acknow. ledge the Corsican Uaurper as Emperor of France, is a strong proof that the latter thinks it necessary to put some restraint upon the impetuous arrogance of his temper. If he did not begin to conceive that his pride and injustice !rave excited universal in dignation, the least hesitation on the part of the ottoman Court to recognize his usurped title and authority would have kindled the utmost fury in his mind, and have induced him to order his Am. bassador to return immediately, that he might pro. pare measurei fur the most signal vengeance. It is to be hoped, that the. KING of PaussiA Will feel his own dignity too much, to be silent under the violation of Natidnal Faith which the . French Rulers are going to commit in publishing the Papers belonging to Sir, GRORGit RUMIIOLD,. as Represen. tative of the British Government. To have litre. rated the person of Sir Geonci is not enough ; Every thing respeaing him ought to have been placed in nem too, and even then, the French Po. moment would have enough to do to vindicate its gross outrage against the Laws of Nations, and the Rights of Independent States. PONAPARTE, no doubt, thinks to conciliate the Roman Catholics, and bind them more securely. to the interests of his usurpation, by procuring the consecration of the Pore himself; but this degra. dation of the Head of their Church cannot but fi ll them with pity towards the venerable Pontiff, and with horror against the -man who has forced him from his Country, at his age, at this period of the year, and for so detestable a purpose as that of anointing a Murderer, who once made a merit •of abjuring that'very Religion of which he now pretends .to be the most zealous advocate anti supporter.. Letters frotn Madrid, by the Lisbon Mail, mention the following particulars, which evince the Tyranny of the Corsican to be as great at Madrid as at Paris :—On the 6th of November the news of the capture of the Spanish Frigates by our Cruizers reac h e d Madrid ; and on the 'same day our Mini. seer, Mr:Tata*, had a long conference with the Prince of Peace, who is said to have acknowledged the justice of the explanation given on our part, or, at least, of having connoted to put off a final deter. ruination ontil further explanation was'obtained from the Spanish Ambassador at our Court. On the 7th, in the evening, a French Courier brought. Bono. YARTE'S Charge d'Affaires, M. de VAUDRIttit% a note, which was delivered. the, next day. itt lite afternoon of that day, the Prince of Peace invited' Mr. Fit rkg to another conference, when the lan. guage of ibis peaceable Prince breathed nothing but War, or the demand of a aatisladion, as impertinent to be asked on the part of Spain, as it would have been degrading on the part of England, if consented to. On the 9th, Mr. Fortte had anotrer conic. rence, in which he was informed, that the actii 3114 try the eonference of the day before were the 14M. matum of the Spanish Court ; he, therefore, on the loth asked for his passes, which, as we have stated before, were sent him on the lath, The note de. livered by the French Charge d'Afiirts is said to be written in such insolent anti . thrratening„ lan, guage, 'as would have been unbecoming in an Official Correspondence between the Usurper and one of his Slavish Prefefis, 'Twenty-four hours were only allowed the Court of Madfid to determine between a Rupture with England, or immediate War with France. Degraded as the Spaniards •have become, by their conneelion with Revolutionary Tyrants, this new insolence and humiliation', is reporte d to be severely felt by the proud Dons, who murmur loudly, and call for vengeance against the ignorant and contemptible favourite, the. Prince of Peace, who has reduced them so low by hid wealeneasa ava. rice, ambition, and incapacity. Vie may judge .of the feelings of the People of Holland from the condua Qt the Dutch Admiral towards, the Offiera of tire Re»Sasay.—lf the unfor tunate Hollanders were not disgusted beyond all patience 'by their. French oppressors, the Dutch - Admiral would not hive ventured to testify so, much humanity towards the English, lest he might Offend the Military Ruffians from France, who are spread over his country, and who watch every lo'ok; that may drew any•disconien't with thei(lot, or arty partiality towards Englishmen. Accounts from Gibraltar have been received down to the , sth ult. 'They convey the pleasing intelli.. Bence of almost the total extintlion of the Fever. .1140111 the 20E11 'of Ottober to the 3d of the follo w . ing month, - the deaths had'progreasively decreased,' till they were reduced to four or five only 'so that by the next edifices. we may hope to hear that Gib.. raltar is entirely free from the disorder. Letters from'Cadiz, dated the 9th ult. speak nerally of the gradual decline of the Feve r , Ad . vices from Valentia' and Barcelona, of 'the 7t11,- state, that neither of thoise placer; had been, ' 10' the slightest degree, visited by it. The accounts' from Alicant and Carthagena, of the same date, are of the most distressing kind : the spirits of the it,habitanti were completely exhausted between famine and the plague. ' One hundred persons c o o. tinued to die daily at each place, 'and the havock would have been much greater had the tlistarder ap. peered at an earlier period of the season. The cold weather, however, must bring their) relief. • TheVinualling.Board,have;it is said, sent Circula r Letter, to the principal Housed in the Spirit Trade; desiring offers of 200,000 Gallows 'of Ran for the use of the Navy, to be' supplied in three weeks, A Portzair of the present Speaker tat the House of • Corittnons, in his official attire, was last week placed in the Hall 'Of Christ church College, Oxford; • NillldL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, Dec. S.--Arrived the Disjsatth Sloop of War from a Cruize off the Coast of France, where she captured, and afterwards destroyed, two French Pinnaces, the crews and stores of which she broughi in with her. Arrived the Diva/nought, of 98 guns, Rear. Ad. miral• COt. LINOW 00E1 from a Cruize off Ferrol. Sailed the Santa ltfargaretta Frigate on a Cruize; the Hermes Armed Ship with a Convoy for the Downs ; the Felix Hired Armed Schooner on a Cruize off the Coast of Spain ; and the lehanna Gertrude, Capt. GEATS, from Bilhoa, for London. The Chime' Fleet passed by to .the Eastward this afternoon for Torhay. Sailed the Indefatigable Frigate on a Cruize 'Westward. Arrived the Qatmrt Sloop of War from a Cruize, FALMOUTH, Dec. 4.—Arrived yesterday the Price of Wales Packer, Tooth with Mails hem ,Lisbon, nine days passage ; and this evening the iaapa Packet, ST. - Atruror,. with Mails, also _from Lisbon, This Packet left Lisbon eleven days be. fore the Prince of Wales, and great doubts were entertained for her safety. She has brought home an English and a Spanish Messenger, with the ul. timatum (duplicates of which came also per Prince of Wales, and which were forwarded per Mail of yesterday morning) of the Court. of Spain. Ac. counts had been received at Lisbon of Mr. 'FREIte3 having quitted Madrid on his join ,ney . to Lisbon and by Letters received at Lisbon, a war between that Country (Spain) and this appears to be inevitable, It is reported that ,Sir JOHN Oap's Squadron has captured a Spanish Frigate. The Prins eof Waits, in her voyage, fell in with them cruising off Cape Finisterre, but did not speak them. His Majesty's Ships Aurora, Solis, and Wolf, with the Auckland Packet, were lying in the Tagus when the Prince of Wales sailed, Arrived also His Majesty 4 s Ship Buril;ce, of a+ guns, with about twelve sail hinm 'Portsmouth under convoy, bound to Lisbon, Oporto, and Malta ; and also' the Apollo, BALLltrea, from Liverpool,.. far. London ; and the Triton, NORTHCOTI, from Bristol for London, DEAL ; lliC. 6.--Arrived the Ram: and Chars. pion Frigates ; Prospero and Zebra Bombs Stelr. Brniztr, Consiont, Ming, Delo/4r, Stemiler, Thrasher, Lactdit, and several other. Gun. hills, Cutters, Ste. from u and trmain in the Downs with His Majesty's Ships as per lasts . and several outward.bound Vessels. I.thrurcit, Nov. Al.—Among the gallant as. dons achieved by British Tare, it gives us pleasure to record one where the gehuine, spirited, and hu. Mane charaner Of a British Sailor appeared in its highest light :—On. the t till of September a Seaman Of the ridary, of Ito guns, Lord NELSON'S Flag. Ship, fell from the forecastle into the sea ; on hear. ing the cry of a man overboard, Mr. EDW. FLIN, a Volunteer, jumped from the quarterdeck after him, and hail the good fortune to save the man, not withstanding the night being dismally dark, and the Ship sailing at more than three knots an hour. The' next morning L*rd Ns LsoN sent for Mr. FLAN, an d pres e n te d him with a Lieutenant's Commission, appointing-him to the Bittern Sloop of War ; at the same time told him that he would strongly/re commend him to the Lords of the Admiralty; in • consequence of which their Lordships have confirm. tit him in that appointment. This City has been bremarkable in furnishing t h e A rm y an d N avy o f our eloved Sovereign with number of gallant heroes : the humanity, as well as bravery, of the above . young Gentleman stand very conspicuous; and we are happy in announcing his name, anti being the second son of Mr. EDWARD FLIN, Proprietor of the „Limerick Journitl. Letters were received yesterday from Lisbon, stating the safe arrival of the _taw East IrldiarnAn o Capt. V . VerruEN, at Madeir a , o n t h e 4,111 Odoher lair, otitwartl.hound ; she was expeded to proceed on her voyage to Madras in a few days. I)ispatehes were yeEterilay received from Admiral RwisEt., off the Tote!, which state, that he in. tended to return into Purr, leaving parr of his Squa drpn. to watch the niotiuns of the Enemy duting the winter season, A Bird of Longitude was held yesterday at the Admiralty, at which Sir Juscprt BANKS lITCSIded. A Time.keepei inri the easier ascertaining of the Longitude, was laid before them, invented by Mr. Ero.NiqtAw. At a General : Meeting of the Subscribers to Lloyd's, held yesterday, 'it was resolved, that all the Correspondence between the Committee, Lord •CASTI, ER 4GI-1, and Cutir'; of Direetors of the Elm. India Company, relative fo . the Ahhea, be publish ed for the information of the Subicribers ; and that another Gcncral, Meeting lie held, to take it into considerat ion. Sir Jour! liotti.AsE Wisttima, whose arrival we yesterday mentioned e made his passage in the .ilmethyst Frigate' to Hosely-Itiy, from whence he was conveyed to Harwich by the Charge:** Gun. brig, and was saluted at 'he passed the Pe:unit s lyiog in that Harbour, by fifteen guns, which *ain't Was immediately returned b.Y the Ring; and a peal fr6in the belfry announced his landing: 'Letters by time Lisbon Ma'il stare, that His Ma. lesty'4 Paulette,'with' st Slit under cunvoy, sailed from Oporto on the 17ch ult. IRE THEATRE. Covent-Garden. Tife same eager contention for places to see Master BETTY as on all his former appearances, prevailed last night at this Theatre.. This extraordinarr youth has acquired, and deservedly, so exalted a reputation as a dramatic'performer, that the inOst trivial exertion of his surprising talents Willexcite curiosity, and attraft epeetators. The house was atterideA by as full an audience, and by more per. sons of fashion last night, than upon any Occasion since the commencement of the season. How are we to account for this ? It is not the merit of the drama of Lvvere FOIL'S which could have congre. gateil within the walls of the Theatre thoie who are among the most eminent for taste, judgment, and rank. In the preternatural talents; therefore, of this theatrical phenomenon, must alone consist the attraftion. His second appearance in Frederick was infinitely superior to that of the preceding evening. • There was more firmness and vigour in • it, and his passion and sensibility w ere more acute , • and predominant. All the points , i n the marking of which he previously energyconce displayed such accurate db.. , crimination, were given last night with increased' conception of t i ie heig htene d eimraac e r ff: a d r . a his H c is apa a b d i m ii i t r y ab :o le f : ptio a giving a share and spirit to those ideas, were co& spicuous not only in his utterance but his aftiOstj fo rs • deportment, gesture, and countenance, illiil le" . passions by which he was agitated, almost ** I*. pea* as the language of KoT%gillUl. In the scene where he finds his mother fainting by the road side, he was more impassioned and PP A ' thetic than on the preceding evening; he reac t those overpowering emotions which result Iturn i. '" combined phrenzy of grief and indignation. ThOr various passions by which,he was agitated, whilc. he listened to the story of his mother's sedation, were rooked with a truth and ju d gm ent that evifteeq, the' uncommon capacity of his mind. No era. - .- titre of art, no fattitioot being, made up for ilia delusion, and time eager uhrefiefting curiosity qf the moment, could have attained or supported.* . dramatic charaCier requiring so . much 'sensibility, energy% and discrimination. He was enthusiastically app lauded. in the Pt°"- Minent passages of the p art.. The, whole of th*. scene with Marais litildenbabg was played with sin, . . equalled energy ; but the passage wh i c h called lug PTenlinence and praise, was that in which he drear a uistintlion between the diltiel of a Magistrilt and a Minister of Religinti.. The acetife ellefgt, with which lie pronounced the concluaing P al l .9f the speech, . , • • • , A L' " A'. Priest, in judgment, is not to molder the sigltsv..t: but the impale which, led to the a 41." aded with all the force and rapidiiy of eleOrie Ace upon the Audience, and Was t‘ applauded fo tit* V e l! echo.. , . . lull • Vpon the whole, we are of opinion, t,iitt he , • amply sustained the reputation whic h he acluircan by his preceding effarts ; and the mote he it Id,. '.. he gives new occasion for adatifing the A g r p Ce l i: l e n s i esStt (4 hisAleportinent, and the filr ur a ,_ " "a dt" r4 di' of his ietion. His playing. is as . fin i sh ed 4a ' h a s ever„ versifiad as rii"t 'perhaps, of arti Actor who , . ~ trod the stage.' ' 41001 . , , .All the &Aces were. fi lled with Taitia n* .! l a . to who vied with each other in giving ilicir'suppOt...,,, . the new theatrical wonder, The DUKE of I . tf_! the Marquis and Marchioness of TatomoND, (...;, ,t 2 „, Letts MOVAT EDGICUMBI, C. .'distinguittleng.. themselves in their liberal tribute to juvenkle.Te.ril,_ . . Little BETTY had the honour of being Kisant to Theta MAJESTIE S, after his per onla rnce 4 1, Covent Garden Theatre, on Wednesday night!„,,,, thmict is said to be tae charatter in which ma t : , let BETTY is most successful. After so much o .i r,_ tion as lie has recently undergone, however, t,,1, prudent not to impose upon him the task ot " • . t ol Ha* * forming so di ffi cult and trying mi part as tha let. • Weang" The Edinburgh Theatre was to open on , . ( . day night with Mr. Cuma 613./040i ComouY.r, The Yea Indian. Mr. DWY ita, late of Dttg" . • lane Theat r e, w as annaunced for Biloar, and " ..., . Eyat, from the Bath Theatre, sot aracA,,wrii. ,_„ Di nom is the Author of ills Opera turtlicyr.ninvai at -Cuvent.Girden Thrum, under • the t l tle .m. Thirty Moreland ; _ at, !!she'd I tht Richest f who, Music is to he supplied by .Varitsfittenin°3e arseoro rh _Ol on this occasion, have enter e d into an COMpliit;CPl. ' . ion * 4 7ave , thoritaad pounds art a heavy Pei ui ~,,,. Altar in a case of gollayttly, unless he had the 1 30 . 1 , and success of young BETTY. . . „f 1 COCO The tern t of an intended un ion between. 1 ie and I .l o liss BRUNTON has been contratlitte" o at Green.room is haunted 10 a waggi , lt c i rcle) tr o d .. they are always spreading som e rumour go , 0 .. * mirth, or at least garripting prattle. • O p t h All the Teen of Liberty have, if sem 811 ~ ge l `lO down in .. France. , Surely one, at least, oilt t m l , have been left standing, for tliesake of th e r t e, *c.v- peter when he is doomed to his final exaltati°.'" 0 The following singula r No tice from thel-railliri'rti,,ol Port Nidtr (America), is co p ied from the 4V, . Agit : esttr i f fi ~ Ge o lgc Washington Web !) (Post Rider f rom W , co 0 4 Northampton) solicits the serious and candid attention,!...ol of his customers, who . are indebted to him for More T:i1001' quarter's Newspapers , t o that p ortion of 1:11 11 . 1 11 ,5, - "yetts '. may be found recorad in the tatter clause ot the . 00 / 0 , of the 'Atli Ch a pter of the (Impel accordingto st. Ph , ' i ' Pwy .bss vito,,T THOU OWLst.' t'On ° ' ... i n tatia " In discoursing from these words, its s triv two po. . . the Preacher to make no di•virim of hit rri t "'ll to tot thing to do with mow, occopt bank-tlatCS--4.....ip. eip the subject, neither logically, nor Metitphtinfifoillp scripturally, nor religiously, itot triOrallyj riOLtityftii but prremstrveily ! —As he has had a mortal svT' oa ; • ti.gi cite' people, ever since he begin to Su m mo ns, ~ counts, he wilt be as brief as a Lawyer'sas Pe . elite: t 0 ' t .O leaving his text to expl a in itSea, c oins . .. PROVIAXOT. . A t 6 it• d atttom -- i • . ' " Beloved brethren l Hearken unto Me, 1 113 to y, villa words of my inouth I Pay the iNlit ai4 er I se post '7 . thou art in error with torn—lest at any valet __,„ nd this I"l7ri 0 deliver thy account to the AttorneYs 3,7.-ver se t the o ~ . the; bekite t o i i.idge, and too a I Op r' - 1 jay 1110 0 ~i,idi ea, and t;lou be Oat into priion. Ver il y , two Asa r- mit 0010 4 4 , . . thou shalt by no means :Dint the utmost farthing! • " inr..erltr, Wt. 1 9. - . • I, WSJ 0 • hart Of We i i Pti fft; god A quantity of gutter , short of ~ ~,,10,10 ,. Wedmmesday sc'oniglig wired ill iiatl l AP given to the Four. iill