The Sun.
London, England, 1808-05-20 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

LOWEII ELBE, MAY 6.---Already, a was ex•
pecled, sum:: of the troops are on their march back
from Hatuburgh (i.e. those which were sent thither
atter the disturbances). The new Danish Chaqd
de, Affilites, Mr; inn, has delivered his Credentials
to thc.• Senate.

PAR-14, MAY 7.--ACCOrding to letters from Dal-
mati:a we learn that Hi, Majesty the Emperor has
conf 'reed upon General MmtstoNT, who commands
the army in that qua, ter, the title of Dukc of Ragusa.
Several decrees have been published respecting
the Imperial mat ins. Sixty battalions of marines
are to he formed, -who are to serve as the crews of
60 Ships' of 74 guns. MI the sailors'who are to be-
long to a man 01 war are at the same time to be can-
noneers ; the Officers are made responsible for the
instruEtion of their crew in manceuvres and in' firing.
Ten battalions of Marines have been organised for
the Each battalion almperial marines is to
Consist of four hundred and ninety-one men, officers
inclnded ; each battalion 'which is to serve in the
-fibrilla shall form nine companies, consisting to-
gether, Officers uled, of t,254 men.
A Cops of 26,000 men is on the coasts of Nor-
mandy. concerning the. destination of which various
opinions are formed. . •
The itionikur of .yeaterday, states a variety of
eircutrivances concerning their Majesties the King
311 d Qpt4ertr of Spain, who arrived at Bayonne on the
Ituit day of April; Where, as well as on the road,'
they have been received and- treated with all the ho-
notir and distinaion due to their rank, In half an
hour after their arrival, his Majesty paid them a
visit, which was of long duration. They reside in
the Government Palate, while the Emperor and
j4,mpreBs have taken up their residence in the castle
of Merae. •

Among the SpaniardS who waited .upon King
CHARLES IV. and Queen LoutsA was the Prince of
Asturias. After the tisual-salutationtheir Majesties
retired ;. the !'rinse was desirous to follow them ; but
the King prevented him, saying in Spaniel), " Prince,
have you not yet enough insulted my grey hairs P'
This made a 'deep impression upon the Prince, and
*ose who wete with him.

King6i ARLES expressed, with All the feeling of
an• otfvnded parent, his pain at the; conduct of the
riinee of Asturias, repeating often these words,
" Your Ale sty knows pot what it is to coMplain
of a soon: this is the most eutting.afflietion that can
be conceived."

On the t st, the King and Queen dined with the
'Emperor, in the Palace of Merac.

MAILS.
ARR IVZO-• t Dublin, z Waterford. Out —1 cottenburgh,
I Dublin, t Witerfurd.

PRICE OF STOCKS
THIS DAY AT TWE V& O'CLOCK. •
Consols . 68 671 [Reduced Ann. .6r k

THE SUN.

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LONDON,
FRIDAY, MAY QO, 1808.

We have received Dutch,Papers down to the 18th
inst. which, in their account of the affairs of Spain,
differ in some respe&s from those which We have
given. BUONAPARTR, it appears, has. not yet de-
cided in favour 'of either of the Competitors for the
Crown of that unhappy Kingdom. The great re-.
!yea with which he has treated the deposed Mo-
narch, and the perseverance of the French and
Dutch Journals, which dare not insert a syllable
without the permission of BUONAPARTR, in styling
the new Monarch the " PRINCR of ASTURIAS,"
though apparently favourable to the former, is by
no means decisive. BUONAPARTR, no doubt, likes
the proud situation of being the Umpire of con-
tending Monarchs, and he is too subtle to come to
any decision, till he can do so in. a manner most
advantageous to himself ; and ho will,
doubtless,
employ the interval with all possible' assiduity in
promoting that sole object. Upon the whole, we
must receive ail accounts of this very mysterious and

critical state of things with distrust, tilt information
begins to wear a more definitive and authentic cba-
raEter. We'think it necessary td add, that the ac-
count we gave, mentioning BuomArlatTa's acknow-
ledgment of the, new King, and the treaty ,into
which he had entered with France, appeared in the
Spanish Papers.

THE French and• Dutch Papers freqiiently take an
opportunity to mention the Embassy which BLIONC-
PARTE sent to the KING of PERSIA. We think it
right to state, that our Ministers have by no means
been negligent upon this subjeat ; for Sir H. Inas
sailed from Portsmouth in the Sapphire Frigate, in
October last, on an Embassy to Persia. He left the
Capo on the t sth January.

There is very little doubt that the Turkish Go-
vernment has at length began to manifest a disposi-
tion to resist the demands of BUONAPARTE. We
fear, however, the Porte has opened its eyes to its
true interests rather too late. In conjunetion with
Great Britain and Russia, Turkey might have suc-
cessfully opposed the views of France; but opposed
to France and Russia, we cannot entertain any very
sanguine hopes as to the result of the contest.

Ws yesterday mentioned the arrival of the Sole-
Lay Frigate from Rio Janeiro. The PRINCE RE-
GENT arrived there from Bahia on the 7th March,
and was received with every possible demonstration
of the most sincere affe6tion by the Inhabitants. His
Royal Highness has instituted a new Order called
-the " Order of Fidelity," and Commodore Moons
and Captain WALKER were among the. first that
were decorated with the Insignia of the new Order.
The following is the arrangement of the New Mi-
nistry :

DON FtIt.NANDO Ds PORTUGAL, Minister of the Tread
suty.
DON JOHN D'ALPA E IDA, for the Interior.

DoN Roortico Da SouzA COUTINUO, for thetWar and
Foreign Alfa in.
The Vis.ount of A NA DJ A, for the Navy.
Marquis of BkLLAS, Chief of the I ustiee.

ANTONO D'A ft %u.; I obtained his dismission as Minister
of State, and remaiued Coons, I lor of the Privy Council.

The important subjel of Distillation from Sugar
was last night amply discussed in the House of
Commons. The point is so clear, that it is quite
astonishing that so much difference of opinion could
arise, and we cannot help thinking, with the CHAN..
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, that many persons were
induced to object because of the quarter in which
the measures proposed to he adopted originated. It
is notorious that we are excluded from the countries
from which we annually imported grain to the'
amount of near 800,000 quarters. It is admitted
that our last harvest was very deficient, and that in
some places a great alarm bad arisen of a scarcity of.,
provisions. If, therefore, our neXt harvest should
be equally deficient, we must, of necessity,
adopt those measures which • prudence strongly
recommends, even without any consideration of the
relief which they would afford to our West India
Colonies. The Chairman of the Committee (Lord
BINNING) was censured for having deviated from
his immediate duty as Chairman of the Committee,
in order to make the question more general; but the
Noble Lord having found in the coarse of his in-
quiries and observations that the welfare of the
country at large was materially concerned, very pro-
perly extended his cares to these higher interests,
without, however, losing sight of those for which
the Committee had been specially appointed.

Her MAJESTY completed her 64th year yester-
day.' ;The day was privately celebrated at Windsor
by .agrand'dioner and' a sele& party in the evening.
• The report occurrent about the SeOhorse'Vrigate
being captured, is erroneous; she was very near an
Enemy's Port in the Mediterranean, but letters are
received in town from that Ship, which state that
she got clear
Government have received Dispatches from Ad.
miral Sir JAilfiS SAumAitaz, dated on board the,
Fielory, off Gottenbnrgh, 'and' announcing the safe
arrival there of the Expedition ender his command,
which lately sailed from the Nor! and. Yarmouth.
On the retern of Colonel MURRAY, ,who was seat
to make some arrangements with the ICING of
SweriaN ' the whole Naval and Military Force were
to proceed for their objed, which is known to be
the conetiest of Norway.'
An event has just taken place in high life, which
has excited-more interest that we ever recolle& any
similar occurrence to have produced—pnamely,
the sudden disappearance of a Lady of title and great
beatify (who ranks among the most distinguished
females for intelle&ual endowments), from, the fa-
mily residence in the neighbourhood of Penman-
square. The elopement took place about half pait
four on Wednesday afternoeC' with the Honourable
Mr. son of a Noble Earl, and the parties
went ofrfogether from the house of the injured hus-
band (Lord —) on foot. Tl retreat of the fugi-
tives is yet undiscovered, but is suspeeted to be not ,
.far distant from town. Lord—was sitting in the
drawing room when the flight took place. Valiant
rumours are afloat as to the cause which produced
the derelictien'of every moral Principle in a Lady
hitherto esteemed of irrftproaehable charader but
the excuse formed by her Ladyship is, the negleCt,:.
fel condo( of her Lord, and his notorious acne:l:-
luent to other females. They have not been mar-
ried many years, and her Ladyship's fortune wets
very considerable.

NAVAL NEWS.- •

PLYmorms, MAY B.—Sailed the Phcenie, Pu•
more, and Pallas Frigates, and Comet and Coaatrice
Sloops of War on a cruize to the Westward ; op
Orestes', Sloop of• -War, with three Vessels under
convoy, having the baggage of the North Hants
..t.
Militia on board, for Falmouth.

PORTSMOUTH, MAT
,19.—Arrived this dai the
Little William, GOPTON ; Grace, BARTLETT; Hoz'
rietta, LoNcauasr ; and William, —; from
Gibraltar; and a few Coasters and Colliers from the
Downs,

Sailed the Sappho Brig with a Convoy for Cork.
Yesterday arrived the ,Apollo, ROBINSON, front
London, bound to Cardiff, having been run foul of
by His Majesty's Ship Hyperion, which carried away
her masts and rigging; she was towed into this
Port by the same Ship.

The Britannia, ROBINSON (Transport), which,
arrived yesterday from Madeira, spoke the Demo
ram and Rose in June from Liverpool for Dem.
rara, op the 4th inst. in lat. 39 f. long. 19. 30. all
well.

The Resistance Frigate, Capt. ADAM, has a con.,
voy Signal flying for the Mediterranean.

TORBAY, MAY I B.—Arrived his Majesty's Ship
La Ileche, from a cruiie.
Sailed his Majesty's Cutter Nimrod to join the
Channel Fleet.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWSIARICE,T SECOND SPRING MEETING, 11+

THURSDAY.
Mr. Andrew's Thorn, Bst. Sib. beat Mr. C. BrowneS
Pavilion, Bst. tib. B. C. toogs.—s to 4 agst Thorn -
Mr. Sitwell's Clinker, Irst. 31b. beat Mr. Shakes, ear's Diao
count, Bst. Ab. M. soogs.—s to. ron Clinker.
Mr. Vansitsort's M omentil la, beat Ld Grosvenor's Bulrush.
Sat. sib. each. Ab. M. wogs. h. fta-2 to i agst Ma
nient:lla.
4.d Darlington's Master Good-all, Sst. Sib. beat Sir/Co
Turner's Mr. Gundy, 7st. 121 b. Two-yr old Course, 300/16
h. It.-6 to 4on Master Good-all.
Ld Grosvenor's Bulrush, 7st. 12lb. beat 141 G. 11.
versdish's Dreadnought, 82t. 41b. Ab. M. fogs. --5 Wags°
Bulrush.

Fifty Pounds for 3-yr olds, 6st.2lb. 4.yr olds, Bst. s. yr oldis
ctr.SitsGto.ojiscilpbs:Lthibtey;rs%oevihdo.smcat
..nddiimaogmuednei
,S34syty.fsrzsauoillbcid. T. M C
.
114 • •
Mr. Goddard's ch. h. Achilles, s yrs old - .
Cen. Grosvenor's ch. c. iohn-o'.Gaurit, 3 yrs old - 4
High odds agst Wood-demon—s to t agst Romeo--s to 2 apt
Achilles.
D. of Grafton's Musician, yst. 6lb. beat Mr. Shakespedi
Wormwood, Lt. 13th. Two-yr old C. tongs..-6 14+4 011
Musician.
Ld Grosvenor's Baton, Sst. beat Ld Lowther's Trafalgar.
Sst. 961 b. Across the Flat, m:15.-6 to 4 agst Eaton.
D. of Grafton's Musician, fist. 61b. beat Ld Sackville's
Bustard, Sst. tolb. Across the Flat, seegs.-6 to 4on Mu*
sician.
14 Darlington's Master Good-all (late Cites Scroggins)e
list. 71b. rec. 7ogs. from Sir C. Turner's Mr. Lundy,
Two-yr old Course, soogc. h. ft.
Mr. Lake's brother to Rumbo, agst Mr. Shakespear's
Dis-
count, Sst. 31b, each. Two-yr old Course, aoogs. h. it.
t:4l
by consent.

Mr. COOPER, the Printer, a tnan formerly well
known, in this Metropolis, dropt down in a fit. 04
Thursday last as he was walking to town from Chew
sea, and died on the spot.
Lieutenant-General. the Most Noble the Marquig
at HUNTLEY is appointed Lord Lieutenant of (64
county of Aberdeen, in the room of his Grace the
Duke of GORDON, who resigns.
The Greenock and Port Glasgow Regiment, cote'
manded ,by COl. ALEXANDER, of Southbar, at pre•
sent in quarters at Glasgow, have, we understand, ,
publiclrdeclared their willingness to commute thoit
present service for that of the Local Militia.—(6lllP
gow Courier.)
_

SHIT iFIELfI MARKET, MAY 20.
This day's market was but thinly supplied with,
,different kinds of Cattle; Mutton, Pork, and Vee'
are dearer than our last report; Beet and Lamb are
cheaper, and the trade fot the most part was rather
flat. Nhe sales in the Haymarket were ineonsidet.
able; Hays Straw, and Clover fetched better piicer
than NE). uflay's market.-..We subjoin a correct state"
meat of the prices and numbers :

'l'; sink the oral per stone of gib.
ad Val
Beef 4s. ad. to ss. 4d.---Mutton 4s. od. to SS. •1-"'-- to
6s. od. to 7s. 6d.— Latab 6s.'isti. to is. 6d.—Durk ss. Cd.
6s. 6d.
Beasts, 4so.—Sheep snd Lambs, ',ow:l.—Calves, 130.
Pigs, aso. '-
Hay si. ss. od. to 61. 6s. ed.—Clover 61. Jos. od. to 71,
os. od. —Straw tl. 01s. od. to M. ss. od.

CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 20.—There are tolerable
fresh supplies of Wheat arrived to-day, and thet
are dull at rather lower prices; Barley likewise;
Malt in large supply and lover; Pease and Beans of
the tvvo kinds nearly.at last-prices ; the bash supplies
of Oats are considerable (partly Foreign), and this
article nearly supports last prices • Aye and Rape
Seed are rather dearer ; Flour .without altekation.