The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-02 00:00:00

FREE-111‘1S0 NS.

On Monday, the Atltient and Honourable Society
of Free and Accepted Masons, under sanction of his •
Grace the Duke of .Anfor.., ceieuratecl their Festival
of Se. John'theißaptist. This august and magnifi-
cent: ceremony, had, for some years, been wisely
dispensed with, from a' desire of avoiding even the
pretence of suspicion, although their Meetings, under
certain restrictions, have been permitted by. the Le-
gislature, even during the severity of the edition
Bills. They converted at -ten o'clock,.7at White .
Conduit-,house Gardens, Penionville, whence they
proceeded. in grand proeesSi:m, attended by the
Grand Officers, with the different insignia of the •
Order,, to the number of aboiit twelve huadred,
amidst an innumerable concourse of spectators, io St.
Mary's:Church, Islington,- where a most eloquent
and itnpressiVe Sermon vvaspreached on toe occasion,.
by the Grand Chaplain, the Rev. Dr. BA Ltit Y. Tire
budrof the church was completely the Mem-
bers of the Order, and the beners7displayed in. the
gallerfes, which was distinguished by the best com-
pany cf both .sexes,and- had very.pleasing effect.
The Fraternity afterwards proceeded in reversed
order of precession, attended as before, with several
full bands of excellent music, aedwit If waving stand-
ards, distinguishing the different Lodges, to High,
bury Tavern, lilington, where a suitable dinner was
provided. The evening was spent -with that liar-
. molly and decorum so highly characteristic of the
Institution. Although the multitude of spettators
were 'immense, such was the order preserved, owing •
to the etcellyhtprecaution.aduptett by the Managers'
of the Festival, that. not tile .least.viulation, of public
tranquillity took place,

The fact of the Marquis Socorato (better known
by .'the tide of General .SOLANCi) having fallen a
viElim to the popular vengeance, •seedis to be un-
doubted. The circumstances attending this event
are thus described :,--
" Immediately after the final termination of the
negotiation between General SPENCER, Admiral
PURVIS, and Socoitno, and the receipt of the final
answer of the latter to the dispatch sent into Cadiz
by a flag of •'truce, a Bando (or Proclamation) ivas
issued, forbidding all intercourse between the inha-
bitants of-Cadiz and the British Fleet, on pain of
death. In defiance; however, of this Proclamation,
the intercourse-continued, and two Merchants of
Cadiz were apprehended,
_and ordered by SOCORRO
to be executed ; and without much ceremony the
sentence was carried into effed. The people of
Cadiz, on being informed Of the affair, instantly
Called. for vengeance. They pursued SOCORRO to
the house of DON PILZANA, at Chiclana, a village
about three leagues from Cadiz, surrounded the
house,, and demanded the person of SOCORRO. The
Marquis soon appeared; he was instantly seized,,
and without ceremony put to death.. In the spade of
a few minutes be was literally cut to pieces; and his
heart was exhibited to the people as that of an un-
worthy Spaniard, and infamous traitor."
SOCOR RO was not only Governor at Cadiz, but of
the whole Province of Andalusia ; and hence, if the
above statement be correo, it is t;'ighly probable apt
his death may have produced the most important
consequences at Cadii, and that the British Fleet"
may long ere this 1 ave obtained possession of the
. French Squadron in that harbour.

Thursday, about two o'clock in the afternoon,
Mr. :Scot-Cr) plumber, in MOunt-street, jumped
out of a two-pair of stairs window, and fell on the
iron railing in front of the house. He was suspend-
ed from one of the spikes by-the thigh 'his head
was much butt by dashing against the wall ; there
are no hopes 'of his recovery. He had been for some,
time in a state of mental derangement. • Mrs. Storer
was in the room with him at the time he jumped
out, and had only just turned round to pull. the bell-
for the servant. •
MActcutt.;—The industry with which this fish
has been lately brought to the London mrket, is
wonderful. During the easterly winds open loggers
have arrived daily laden with them from Yarmouth
and other ports of Norfolk.; One lugger aEtually
made the voyage from Yarmouth to Billinsgate itt
seventeen hours: For the firs: time these amity
years some of ihe boats, employed in catching the
fish; have also brought them to market.