The Sun.
London, England, 1808-01-30 00:00:00

beings recuivo! of the KA;lacy and N3v4 rkfr:Del
Of Cork.
statement; however, upon which the wholo
of the ingenious and patriotic observations which tva
have quoted above are founded, turns out to he
Wholly destitute of foundation, No Squadron o!
Mart-of War;-either British or—Frencht was lien
off pork Harbour, nor hag any account whatever
been-received of the Ships that escaped from Roche-
fort, or of the Squadrons of Sir J. DUCKWORTH 5
Sir R. STRACHAN, except that which we have id•
ready laid before our Readers. Therican,"howerar,
be no doubt that the two latter are ui pursuit of
the former, and there is the strongest reason to
hope will fall in with them But even if .they
should escape, there it no part of the world to
!•which. they can dire& their course in which they
will not find a force able to cope with them. If
',they should go to the Brazils, they will find there 1.11.
Sail of the Line ready to meet them ; if to India,
they find sir. Sail of, the -Line, and in the West

Indies an Aqua), force. As to the Mediterranean,
there is no chance.of their skewing themselves
there. If they should go to the Floridas thecoes!
will afford them no shelter; and if they should take
refuge In the Chesapeake, they may be easily at'
tacked there,--There is therefore every reason to
hope that a good account will ere long be given
of the Rachel art Squadron.

41ficlal Dispatches-from Botany Bay, of the 18111
-.Mar;4l mention a 'conspiracy, to Which we allude
,ed yesterday* of the Irish ,Convicts. They had
planning their schemes for - several montbgi
but were etleanally defeated. Dw Yea was" the
'leader of the gang. Their design was- to recto,the arms of' the loyal inhabitants, and with a
view to coniplete the scheme, all the Irish sein.3oii
had been pledged, at a certain period, to inascti
all their Employers, particularly all the chief peoPi°
of the Settlement.

Dwy.e4.lind been put on board tho Porpoise, Pre74
paratory to b"ks trial ; and BYANE, BP.
V1“11 SP"
other ringleaders vere alio in custody, 4nd liuely to
;eeeive the puniihinent they doserve.

A Letter from Carlshamn., dated the Ith Jpnuall•
so I received intelligence from Stralsund, tbot
the French are tittinl7 catt Privateers in that Harbou4
which are to cruizo against England, swedan,
I wrote immediately to a high cinarter to pro 4
pare a defence in our Harbour, the present winte4
!specially, the season being so mild it is, to be 10'61
ther P.,ovmy tna'y attempt try .burn nU Zneilistx
sel lying in our Harbour.
It had such an efftet, that orders wore laint"
distely issued to the Csover.nors. in. the Fortiticaticia
to take seriOua measures against. such art attenlPCk

have this day extmtited flora a Veeci4PaPel:
of the Wth, a Proclamation issued by the 4tt>r
Zravat?k, in which she infoims her SObjeas, tho
in consequence of n Treaty between ihroNApART*
and the 4tNO of SrAis, 14 which her King4o4l
is ceaed:to the: former, she considers.ber Goveiv
t.Pe.pt at an eud,. tt.nd absolves the People
Of Etrarls
from their oaths of allegiance: Ita'pßenrs, however*
that she .is try h.ave same other States. given tohe'4
Such is the facilily with which BVII44OARTS 4
poses of Kingdoms, 4n4fmch the blind and disgll;
ful submission of the Pvinco and people of,'
Con neat to the will of as imperious UsurPer•

Ter Wide which our lieaders w;11 find in nig
STyrs of this day, taken from an American paper, re'
lative to the.present state of Btietzos Ayres, i'l°f
.very interesting. and important nature, The fefilsa
to admit Neutral Vessels, even under the sautlieo °(
a` Royal .Licence, seems strongly to indicate a dispe'
sition, on the part of the People, of that
place, tv
throw off the yoke of -Spain; -though they n'lstb°
apprehen:iive of availing themselves of the assistaece
-of Great Britain -in such an at tempt,:lest they eioula
()lily change their Masters, rather than obtain tl4d
.
indstpendenc'e to which, they must naturally fall°
It iccertain the people of Buenos Ayres could nee
make an effort
.for their independence at a tner.
Seasonable moment than at present, since it is not the
interest of. Great Britain to obstru& their endeavonrsi
and they have little to dread from -the attempts °f
Spain to keep them in subjettion,while this Count/
possesses'suCii a crititnand of .the Mean. - ,

Tat high- winds,and tides which have Well 08
so inueli klaiiiage on cut COaits, have been e4Oll/
clestrualve on those of Holland, as appea" by tlll
tll
• knowing article from the Fairciordiniry flus'"
Gazettf, of i"7th Jalluary : -1
ft
d
Ilusatxo. JAN. begiOning of 10'W:
proved extremely- unfortunate to the inhabitant° is
Leyden, in consequence of WSW with 6°ll,
4.powdet being blown up iu the Canal ; indthecu1
tg
mencement of the present was no less diqastroui
our City, on account of'an immense &oil, hic,
. exceeded by two feet that Which happene
al
the year 082. Between the 14th and -500
Iftslalltft about one o'clock in the Monlitio