The Sun.
London, England, 1808-05-24 00:00:00

THE SUN.

'GL IM QUE DICIIII 11r41,1104 AUDIAT ?

LONDON,
TUISDAYs NAY 24, 180 g.

tHP, Superb arrived yesterday at Portsmouth from
the Mediterranean. She brought dispatches from Lord
eotajNowoot), dated the £4th ult.; his Lordship,
wi); at that tim c.ruizing otr Sicily., The Rochefort
and Tooloii Squadrons were still in Toulon, and
the earth Sluadron was at Port Mahon. Sir J.
STLTAftT had arrived in Palermo to take the command
of the Troops in Sicily. Mr. ADAIR and suite came
b )me its tho Superb.

We have great pleaiture in announcing to our
tea fors a niwa gallant attack (wide by Captain
Lisc-tua, of the Relrbig, upon a Spanish Cun.
voy, near Cape Trafalgar, which VV33 completely
sucesidal. AlmeAt the whole of the Convoy Weitit
wither captured or destroyed.

His Majesty's Frigate the Tartar arrived in Leith
anarla on Friday, from North Iktr tt n . Yesterday
Re'llnighr, while the Tartar was lying becalmed near
to the shore, in the vicinity of Bergen, several Danish
'(run-boati and a Schooner made a sudden and un-
sixpeeled attack upon her, and we are extremely
§flay ro add, that, by the very. first shot which the
Enemy fired, Capt. BiIITTESWOVaiI was killed. The
141erny, howeter, had reason to repent of their attack,
for one of their Vessels was sunk and the remainder
aiipersed, having sustained considerable damage...-.
Capt. ritt7ToswoaTts was brother:•in-law to Earl
Gm; y, having married his Lordship's sister.

Las? night Dulc/ Papers to the ittst inst. reached
town. They do not add much to the intelligence
which has already reached us, b+ .they tend very
otmngiy to confirm the opinion we lave always ex-
Orpseti, via. that the BoustaoNs will very soon
tease to reign in Spain, told that that Kingdom will
'be either united to,Franue, or he ►laced under the
dominion of one of the Bt ONAPARTA family. The
'following sentence, 'which is contained in a pre.
01)&4 a tick from Toledo, indicates pretty strongly
Illearsaranals intentions upon the htlbita The

security of Spaln requires that she should be united
to France by bonds far more stria than treaties."
The bonds by which the French Ruler unites other
countries to France are perfectly well known on the
Continent--they imply absolute power on the one
hand, and implicit submission on the other—they
are not only stronger than treaties, but supersede
the necessity of them. As far as the Govetmment
of Spain is concerned, BUONAPARTZ has removed
all obstacles to the accomplishment of his designs.—
king CHARLSS has been nominally restored to his
Throne, by his good Ally, and in gratitude for such
a distinguished aSt of kindness he could not refuse to
accept an invitation to spend the remainder of
his days in France. The Prince of ASTURIAS
has been distin&ly told that there is a Wall of Brass
between him and the Throne of Spain. He too is in-
vited to pass some time in France, or, w hat is the same
thing, in one of its vassal States, and without
pretending to much foresight, we may venture to
prediel ,that he will never again return to his native
country. The Royal Family of Spain are, thus
disposed of; but it remains to be seen whether the
People will quietly submit to their new Masters :
hitherto they have displayed a noble spirit of lade-
pendence ; but without a Leader and without con--
cert, we fear their efforts will be vain.

On Sunday the Dukes of KENT, CUMBERLAND)
and CAMBRIDGE arri%ed at Windsor.

Yesterday morning the Dukes of CUMBERLAND
and CAMBRIDGE reviewed the Royal Hors* Guards
(Blues) tn Winkfield Plain. utter the Review the
Royal Dukes rode on horseback with his Mantsrir
in Windsor Park, and the Princesses AVGUSI'AI
SOPHIA, and AMELIA, accompanied by Lady G.
BUCKLEY, Generals GARTH arid FITZROY, and
Colonel TAYLOR.—Her MAJESTY, Princesses ELI•
ZABETH and MARY, took an airing to Frogmore
Lodge, and walked in the girdena.
His MAJESTY is expected in town to-morrow, to
hold a private Levee and Privy Council at the Queen's
Palace.

Yesterday evening the different tradesmen to the
Princess ELIZAgETH illuminated in honour of her
Royal Highness's Birthday. Among the most
brilliant display was that of Mr. Mica er., of Dover-
street.

The Marchionesss of SAusatray entertained a
large party of distinguished fashionables on Sunday
evening, at her house in Arlington-street.
Letters from the Minerva, of 44 guns, Captain
HAwKatis, dated the 6tA, off !,'Orient, state, that
the Boats of that Ship, manned and armed, com-
manded by Lieut. CoOkE, lauded in a bay near
L'Orient, attack(-d and carried a battery, defended
by one 18-pounder, and a large party of soldiers, in
a block-house, with loop boles. ale gallant tar:;
turned the gun towards the block-house, and fired
it through; then spiked the gun, and took the
centiuti prisoileN when the Enemy fired througb the
loop-boles, Itoct unfortimatet
COOK Z. but leis party succeeded in carrying the.
body on board, and this next day it was committed
to the deep, wi it naval and military bottoms.
On Friday a Court Martial was held on board his
Majesty's ship Sulvadur del Munch?, in Flatnuaze,
to try William Coleman and Cornelin. Krete,
bc-
longing tn the Mediator, Capt. BLAmay : William
Cidemats, for cruelly and se erely wounding the
carpenter of the said ship in the head and hand, and
also attempting to cat tinsvo Lip ut. SHAW, tier tut
other reason or pretence than that thea:arpenter wax
preparing irony to confine another of the crew, who
hadcondua,ql himseit improp):rly. Cant. ti t. A M Y %vim
the Prosecutor; and the Cou'rt, nt which Itear-Ad
miral De Couitey 'wasPresident, sentenced the said
William Coleman to be hung at the tore-yard arm
of such Ship as the Lords'of the Admiralty shall tip,
point.--rcortwlins Keene • Was tried tor contempt and
disrespect ; and was sentenced to receive too lashes
on board h Mediator.

A wonderful trotting horse, • the property of Mr,
LEAN, of Colman-street, was a few days since back-
ed by the owner to perrorm the distance Of fourte,:li
miles within an how-, in harness, at a trot. No.
such di, tance has ever been performed within the
time, publicly, and the bet in this instance wa tam:
hundred and fifty pounds to 'fifty against the horse., '
The match had occ pied tile attention of the Gen-
tlemen of the turf, and minor sportsmen, in a man.
ncr but seldom heard of ; and although the maim,
was decided as far from London as a piece of ground:
betwixt Cambridge and Hautingdoa, there were
thousands of spectators to witness it. On Saturday
morning the hors,: started with a light vehicle,
which Wit 3 driven by an expert whip of elen,n
stone, of the name of Hull, and the animalint-
nu diately made pia? at a warning rate. Bets were,
five to two against the pert rinatice, and the cos,.'''
trascenti had never an opportunity of hedging to
their money, tie horse having, kept a steady
winning pace the whole distance without even
making a break. The distance was performed
in one minute and a half less than the given tune,
and the owner refused 200 guinpis fbr the horse.—
The animal was otferLd to be backed to perform the
same disunite within an hour, and to draw twenty
stot.e.

Tux Tragedy of King Lear was
repeated last night, at Covent Garden, before a very
numerous and elegant audience. Mr. Kamat,a ClS-
tamed the character of the venerable monarch with
rpm ability throughout, and gave such effect to the
pathetic passi-ges as powerfully /tackled the au-
dience. The 1; hole was a wed-digested, impressive,
and interesting performance, and was .warmky and
deserve* appluded. Mr. C. Kassala; again
quitted himself very ably is Edgar, And eizioo4
dered the part of Kern. very prominent. Ativi
SAII7II received much applause in Cordelia.
Clpt. Williams, of the Atricsa ship Croydon,
.charged witi, the murder of a ite: ruan of the napieut
Nicholls, in .charleston, South Ca • ,elena, by tiring a
pima' at hint- and for whose apprehension Govro-
meat had cite red a reward, surrendered himself, yea-
terday, at fow.atfreet, and woe ordered by Mr. El
to be conk ed at the Brown bear.. Capt. Williams
was attend( d to the office- by thr Mate and Suritetatt
of his ship, ansfseveral other friends. -