The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-08 00:00:00

ITSG.47, Jki. 6.

Yesterday arrived in the Downs the following
Transports from Cork, • under convoy of His' Ma,
jesty's Sloop Brisk;' the Richard, 327 tons; Har-
riet, 459 'tons ; and Wendel-mere, 465 tosos ; hav,
ing on board part of the 45th and 60d RegiMents,
which were intended' to have gone for the Elbe.
At present they wait in the, Downs, until further
orders.

The German Horse; which landed here last
week, so much out of order, are greatly recovered,
and 'hopes are entertained that most of them will
soon be fit for service again.

DOVER, JAN. 6.

A. shocking accident happened on FridaY, on board
a gun-boat in the harbour. As the: people were in
the a& of lowering the mast previous to going through
the Bridge, the staprope, which supported it, unfor-
tunately gave way, and the Mast falling on the head
of one of the men, it crushed him in such a dreadful
manner that he. lived but a few hours afterwards.=--
His name is William Evansand- belonged to His
Majesty's ship Antelope.
A fine new Gun-brig was launched froth Messrs.
KING'S Yard, yesterday morning, pierced for 32
guns, and burthen 380 tons, is supposed to be the
finest Vessel of her this§ that has been built for many
years. A Frigate is to "be built on the slip from
whence this vessel was launched-immediately.

The Celebrated ScaLian, DENON, of-Egyptian me-
mory, is on his route- to Vienna, to superintend
the plunder of the Cabinets and Galleries in the Im-
perial Palace, of whatever. is most rare, curious, or
Valuable, among the contents, in the fine arts and
literature thus, the scenes of plunder, at Florence,
Rome, and Venice, never practised before the time
of the French Revolutionary Barbarians, are to be
fe'-a6ted in that devoted city. We should think,
hoWever, a spirited remonstrance from that gallant
arid illustrious Prince, the ArchdukeCHARLES, back-
ed as he is by an unbroken Army, of near eighty thou-
sand men, would not beunattended to on such an
occasion.

The following is the Address of the English Inha-
bitants of Madras to Marquis CORNWALLIS on his
arrival there

" Madras, July 22, aos.
" To Ike ?Jost i),roble •CriAnLus, Marquis CORN.-
viALLIs, K. G. Governor-General and Commander
- in' Chief in India.
" MY LORD,

" We, the undersigned Inhabitants of Madras,
beg leave to offer to your LO".rciship our most sincere
congratulations on your Lordship's safe arrival in
India; to take upon yourself again, at this momen-
tous period, the Government of these valuable Pos-
Sessions.

" The signal advantages which the British Empire
derived from thejustice, wisdom and moderation, that
so conspicuously charatacrized your Lord Ship's former
Administration, are deeply impressed on the minds
Of all ; and, while we admire the pure and exalted
patriotism which has impelled yarn- Lordship to Un-
dertake the arduous duty committed to your charge,
and to sacrifice to the, public. good that repose to
which a life spent in the higheSt offices; and most
important duties of our Country, afforded so just a
claim, we cannot suppresr-the -elusions of grati-
tude to our most Gracious Sovereign for his parental
interest in the welfare and, happiness of his loyal
end faithful Subje6ls in India, evinced by.seleeting
for this great trust a Nobledlan of your Lordship's
transcendent talents and yirtue. .
" A6tuated by these feelings, We approackyour,
Lordship with the expressionof our unfeigned re-
spent; and of our most ardent wishes for the con-
tinued hon Our and prosperity of yOur Lordship's
Government."

[Heie follows a List. of Signatures.]
• j
To this Address ht Lordship returned the follow-
ing Answer : .

" GENTLEMEN,

No circumstance could be more gratifying to
my feelings than the assurance which you give me
that my former endeavours to promote the welfare
and prosperity of the valuable Possessions of Britain
in the East are still honoured with your favourable
recolle&ion.

" The only encouragement that I could have; at
fayiadvanced period of life, to undertake again the
nre.uous task to which it has pleased His Majesty
and the Honourable Company to call me, was
founded on the hope that the principles by \i,hich
my formqr conduct was uniformly regulated would
not yet be fprgotten either by the Subjedts of Bri-
tain or by the., Native Princes or Powers of Hin-
dostan. " CORNWALLIS."
". Fort St. deoige, 23t1 lull; 1305."- •

Monday an inquest was taken befOre the Coroner
for Canterbury, on the body of ThomasTadeock, a
boy between twelve and thirteen Years old, who
iianged himself -in Broa&street, on Friday night ;
*hen it appearing ~to the-Jury that from some inju-
ry he received about twelve months since, for which
he had twice had the assistance of the Kent and
Canterbury Hospital without effe,a, his intellects
were from that period deranged, they brought in their
verdiEt---:Lunacy.
A person of. the name of Wellard,, an inhabitant
of Harbledown, near Canterbury, a short time since
placed some gunpowder in the oven of the house
where he dwelt, to secure it from dampness,
Sun-
day a fire was kindled,in the oven by his wife in or
der to bake bread, and as the powder was not re-
colleeled a dreadful explosion took place, which
shattered the oven to pieces, threw down the chim-
ney, and forced- the--oven-door wiith such, violence
against the woman as bmak her leg, and burned
her face, hands, and different parts of her body so
dangerously that it is feared she will not recover froh
the shocking effeeis of this. unthinkihgly-oceasioned
accident.

Friday sennight the tallow-chandiers shop of Mr.
W. Harvey, of Penzance, was con suinc,d by- fire,
together with a large quantity of tallow and other
materials, no part 'of whieh, was i.usured.. Mrs -Har-
vey, alarmed at the calamity, was prematurely de-
livered of- two -boys, who,- with the mother, are
likely: to ,do

EST
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The MADRID GAZETTE 295.1105,

42.1' EXfIORTATICIN BEHALF OF -7r2 POOll WI-

DOWS AND ORPHANS OF THE 2)EFENDI:II'B Ot•THE
COUNTRY, WHO FELL IN THE BAY OF CADIZ, 0k
THE 21ST OF OCTOBER.

By a Fellow Counti•Yrriali

Europe bad scarcely begun to breathe; after an
Unintermitting and bloody contest of ten years, and
Spain, under the genial shade of peace, was occupied
only in arranging the details of a wise and happy
System of Administration, when almost at the
critical moment- that ,her Cabinet received from
that of 'London the most flattering assurances that
our neutrality should. be respeaed at that very in-:
stant did the haughty English, unexpedediy and
violently; declare against this Monarchy the most
unjust of wars. . - •

That covetous thirst of gold which the British
Government _could not satiate but by the confisca-.
tion of Spanish property ; their infernal policy of
arrogating the supremacy of three parts of the globe,
by an arbitrary. dominion over the immense ocean ; •
their resentment in consequence of being prevented
from imperiously inundating our soil with their mai-
nufaCtures, joined to their ardent avidity to get pos7.
•session of our Squadrons, or to destroy our arsenals;
arid finally,their stupidity in. listening to the voice
of momentary interest in preference to the dilates
of reason and the feelings of humanity—these were
the sole motives which impelled -their absurd and
abominable political Administration- to plunge us
into the horrors of a new war, notwithstanding the
integrity of our Ministry had, on their part, atiOrded
no pretext for so unexpected an aggression:
We have all of us witnessed the truly Wonderful
successes which ensued; and the extraordinary ac-
tivity with•which, in the shortest space of time, our
Squadrons were sent forth to plough the seas-,-
which was more particularly an obje& of admira-
tion to all Eurbpe,, and of coyisternation to our Ene-
mies, as we were erroneously deemed incapable Of
such a display of energy. We have, all of us, seen
the heroic Defenders of the Country braving the
most imminent dangers, and. asserting with heroic
intrepidity,: and by the sacrifice of their own lives,
the security of the
.State, the splendour and dignity
of the Crown, and' the safety of our persons and
property, and every' thing that is most dear to us.—
In every quarter -liave been repelled with rivers of
blood the devastating enterprizes, the injuries, the
insults, and the hostilities, of our implacable Ene7,
mies. To these painful sacrifices have eve been
driven by the hatred and jealousy which the E -
lish cherish in their bosoms, forgetting that frond
this fire of incessant persecution will shoot forth the
devouring flame which will reduce- them to a state
of total ruin. •- • '

O beloved countrymen who have survived the
glorious catastrophe of the 2.lst of 061ober ! to „ you
the nation commits the task of redressing its wrongs,
and avenging the victims sacrificed in that dreadful
combat. Your arms Will be re-inVigorated,forifew
battles and new triumphs 5. your truly heroiC sou-N
will derive fresh energy from the just reWanis bet;toiv-..
ed upon you by the beneficent hand of our, august
Sovereign. • :Enjoy the, satisfaction, that- not only
our common father and Monarch, and the nation at
large, 4avish upon: you the most hanoufeble eulogies:
for your loyalty and patriotism, bnt that- even from
our natural enemies, you- will receive -the Most:flat-
tering. testimonies of esteem for your. valour. At'
this instant London, and the whole of. England, re=
peat, with enthusiasm, the immOrtal names of all
those gallant Spanish Commanders; and loudly- ex-
tol those individuals of the Squadron,l who vtied with
each-other in mingling their- blood with the waters:
of the ocean.in the defence of their Country: Of all
thoie exposed theit lives in this daidn, there is-
nora main who has.not entitled himself to universal
esteem and veneration 5. not one of them, in necessi- •
tons circumstances, who- is not a deserving obje6fol
the pious benevolence of the nation.

• The heroism of the Spanish Navy has been reward-
ed by the liberal hand of the Sovereign,„ eXtendiiisg
itself to every rank, and mitigating the aplidion of.
many, families with succours so bountiful as alrapit
to transgress the limits required by a tegardrto other
obje&s of indispensible attention in the Maintenance
of so-just a war. TheSJlTiiiiToTthe Royal munifi-
cence have excited.that feeling of national efithusi-,
aSm.which is. Charaderistic qf the generous Spaniard
With what a pleasing. sensation do we remark that
the commercial interest of the capital of the king-
doin—distinguished upon Various former occasions
by repeated acts of philanthropy And humanity, and
elearified anew by a- noble impulse of patriotism and
beneficence towards the poor families of those whO
have fallen in this combat--has opened . a vo-
luntary subscription, the produce of which is to be
applied to the relief of those widows and orphani
who.are in most necessitous circumstances. This
lautlablegenerosity,,.which-egnally animates the nó:-
ble bosoms of the natives of Biscay, is an indication
of that patriotic affeaion which pervades every rank
alfd tver:,T individual in the Country, all of whom-are
warmed and influenced by similar sentiments of cott-
passion ; for all are aduated with the same resolUr
tion, to attain for us a peace advantageous and per-
manent. •In these flespeds, every heart is pene-
trated with, patriotisni ; all of us concur in advanc.;
ing the-glory, and prosperity of the Country, and all
of us breathe but one wish, which is, that we may,
by unanimous and uniform - exertions,, more and
more invigorate the never-failing valour of our wor-
thy defenders.

. The Government.has, with,this view; madedis-
positions which will prove still more formidable and
astonishing than the firstrespeaable Armaments;
and thatwe-may all co.-operate in the re-equipment
of a new and powerful Naval force, nothing is want-
ing but to give-a proper direction to the energies of.
the whole massnmassi of the Spanish -People. In all pre-
dominates the same greatneSs of soul as that which
has relleded so Much credit on the inhabitants of
Cadiz, anilfthe towns and villages on that part of
the coast--Every breast is warmed by. the same
spirit- which animates the respe6table individuals
who -have prprooted the sUbscription at Madrid: Let
us perlorm whit remains to:be dons on our part; let
us one and all exert ourselves to realize those pions
succours whiCh a virtuous- enihUsiasm suggested at
the first patriotic.impulse, s and which should now

-with redoubled fervour in. Consequence of our
being appriied of the sanguinary result of thiS
rious Combat. Let us 'contribute every assistance in
our, pthkrer, as an offering will:pleasing in the--7sight
of the. Creator himself, by being appropriated. to
the defence of a just cause: For this pUrpose; let
all descriptions of people, froth the highest to the
lowest, exert their united efforts; leteyery indivi-
dual yield to the conscious impulse of enthusiasm ih
favour of his Country.; and we liall speedilydisconL
cert the devastating projeCtsof our Enernies who
will ever find our defenderS ready* to' confront,theni
in the field of honour, and toolied the laSt drop of
their blood, wherever they-are called by the dangerS
Of their Country.
This piCture is net new in the history of this
nation. - It has been handed dOwn from age to age;
and the most remote-posterity will look back, with
pleasing adniiration, on that patriotism and celerity
wherewith, 'a few years after the destru&ion of the
Grand Armada fitted out by our King D. Pin LIP 11.
all good Spaniards contributed. to.the equipmerit of
that formidable Fleet whiCh covered the Spanish
marine with glory at the battle of Lepanto.. All v.,aS
due to the alacrityand ardent zeal with which,anxious'
to re-conquer the national renown, and to repair the
damage sustained by the Royal. Navy, s the worthy
patriots of all ranks came forward to 'Otter assistance
in money, eire&s, or stores, in completing an ar-
mament destined' for the defence of Religion and the
State. Gifts of the greatest and of the smallest de-
nomination facilitated the exertions of the Govern-
ments and even the poorest day labourers presented,
with pleasure, some Of them' hemp 'and timber;
some of 'them .tar, and other productions of the
sweat of their brow. The artizans deposited in the .
arsenals; nails, cordage, sails, and all the Other ar-
ticles :requisite for thes equipment of the new- Fleet.
Every heart Concurred in ahappypatriotiCco-opera-
lion, and even the pooreSt was able to make some
small :offering, in order to invigorate
.the springs of
the COmmon Weal.

Never did Spain glow with more ardent transports
of patriotism than, at this moment. All—all to a
man—are anxious to contribute. to the common wel-
fare, the national 'glory, and to' frustrate the unjust
aggressions of our enemies. Let there revive in one
and all of us, our immemorial and neVer-failing con=
stancy in bearing up against unavoidable reverses
and speedily we -shall. see our efforts crowned with
glory and success against a People who are the dei.
stroyerS of our happiness. Etery class of the Na-
tion feels an interest in it,. and in co-operatina in
every thing which can add to the vigour of our Royal
Marine. ' :This constitutes the support Of, our ,Mer=
cantile Marine : on both depend the prosperity of
commerce, and the increased 'circulation of money
from these result the diminished interest' of capiL
tal ; and, from the. whole combined, the preserva-
tion and encouragement of our trausmarine posses=
sions, the enrichment arid general individual
ness of the great and small Proprietors, the increased
trthe-revenu.-s of ecclesiastical bodies, and otter in-
numerable benefits, extending to every 'indiVidUal,
whether employed' in agriculture, manufaaures, or
my other branch tit -iustry. ; .not .excepthig, even
the aieanest cottage, : rospority of every.condi-
. tion being twat of the State, and the
success of. its arms •

Our Gove 'its wisdom, is aliVe.to all
these ,:ons:derations. Penetrated with the convic-
tioni that Spain ought to be .a Power essentially.nia-
ritiwe,lt has issued .fresh orders, and made the
most 'etfeelual dispositions for equipping, with all
possible expedition, a tespeetable naval three, which
will continue to show itself more and more terrible
to our Enemies,-until we have obtained the most glo-
q:ious
:and decided triumphs. by means of that valour
which i.Cliaraaeristie of .such heroic 'defenders as
have recently asserted theltational Bilotti-, with the
loss, it is true, of Many liv.es,; but with a Much more
Copious' easien of th 6 Of our enemies, and, in,
a battle Much. more- 'glorious to the Spaniards than.
the English, whp will have many occasions of learn,.
ing to their cost, what. our nation is capable of
find that every Spaniard is an undaunted,
lion, who will brave every danger in gratifying the
noble•impulses of a just-patriotic revenge.
The' satiSfaetion we shall feel in accomplishing
this purpose, under Divine Providence, and. that,'
perhaps, sooner than could have been ekpe6ted,
ought
,tp alleviate
.`the bitter sorrow produced by,:,
.the individual losses sustainca on :this occasion.---
Mothers, sons, who have.lost your husbands, your
fathers, recolleet that they resigned their • lives in.
the bed of honour; and let that thought serve to
dry up your tears, and restore. serenity to your
bosoms. The country; at large
,confers upon .them
the
,praise, and_ displays.towardS.. them:, that grati-
tude to which they are justly. entitled,; nay, more,
the 'whole Country takes a pleasing interest in the
fate of those families which have been plunged into
mourning. The benevolent image 9f our loved
Monarch predominates amidst all their regrets. His
grateful dame, and the accents of thanksgiving for
so many benefits conferred, intermingle, and check
their tears and Stifle their sighs., O' how delightful_
the celestial accord of the:feeling-s:of nature, and the
echoes Of incessant benediction, wherewith the
grateful reply to the unexampled bounties of their
benefador

In order to give effea to the patriotic. wishes Of
the,ComMercial Board at Madrid, and those of all
the other Corporations and 'individuals in the King-
dom, in behalf of those poor families -which have
lost their supporters, it would, perhaps, be most
proper that these same patriots should take upon
themselves the duty of procuring, by- means of De-
legates of known pdblic character, a doiniciliary,
patriotic, , and voluntary contribution, instead of
waiting for the conveyance' of donations . to any
particular place.- This idea possesses the advan-
tage of being able to collect even the" smallest sums
from such individuals as, are not in a condition'
to make sacrifices of any considerable amount. The
donations might be extended to every description of
provisions and supplies necessary at sea ; to every
kind of assistance requisite for the cure and- comfort
of the -sick and- wounded ; and to naval stores, Whe-
ther in the raw. material, or in a manufaaured state.
From the aggregate of all those patriotic succours
would result ttre more speedy equipment of theres.
peaable naval force. ordered to be got in readiness
and with this object at the smile time would be nom--
blued two most interesting purposes—the promotion
of the prosperity of the Stati:,, and the- Tenet of, so
many families reduced 'to 'poverty.' Every thing

.m 2), iv n(jAieved by an,a:-(leni. loye of country:,_ .-t; ti
wily i butin all the other citits,...tkili%ns:
and villages ?f Spain. the Grandees a'!ld.
the . illustrious Prelato; the ,chapters,. paQipu.4
Houses, Council's, and TribunalS; , the Corregidores;
Alcaldeii, Intendants: Administrators, Governors,
Proprietors, Consuls, Corperations,- Merchants,
,a'nd
all the other classes in the kingdom,. may, concur{ iii
a service so grateful both .to God' and Man: This
universal display of patriotic beneficence will flunsii
the . best guar tae- of the ultimate . inviolabilitY of
Spain, and the . most effe6tnal Means of deitrOyibg,-,
the common enemy of the peace OP the world of
more
.and mere ekcititig the herdic enferpriza_ofc-)uir
Defenders; and of obtaining a oeade lasting, tl.onottr
able, and advantageous., and all the benefits of an in-
dependent and flourishing Comnierce.