The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-06 00:00:00

NAVAL NEW S.

PLVMOtyrii, Jth.y 4.—Arrived the Hi7idosta7,
of .54 gnus from off Lisbon, having under her convoy
a Transport with 150 Portuguese Emigrant's ; the
Dread hought; of 98 guns; from the Channel Fleet; and
the American Ship Tiger, SAM. CLARK, Master, from
Philadelphia, bound to BoUrdeaux ;, she has a num-
ber of French and SpaniSh Passengers on board, de,
tained by His IMajesty's Brig Growler. Arrived also
the Erebus Sloop of War.,.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY s.—Arrived the Ponwne EL
gate from Plymouth.
Sailed the Stork Sloop of War with His Eminence
the,Cardinal CALEPPI, I\TUIICIOOf His Holiness, for
the Brazils ; and Ant Schooner and Boadicea Frigate
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on ,a cruize.

Yesterday, the 1.;liOle of the Spanish Prisoners at
this Port were liberate;? ,and trans-s Lipped into sew
verat Transports for 'Spain.

SHEERNESS, JULY the DeptfordTen.
der, Lieut. ANTEAM, with volunteers and impressed
men for the Fleet, and eleven prisoners of war, late
. -
from the East Indies. •

Came down from the
.River," and anchored at the
Note, the Inolitich,•of 44 guns, and the Botniq
Cattle, of 74 guns.
JULY b.—Sailed the S.'lcerness Tender for Hull.
The Convoy for. the, Bailie still remains.

DEAL, .JULY 5,---Armed his, Majesty's Ship
.frethusa from Jamaica, with the Fleet under con-
vow, which are sailed for the River,

Extra& of a' letter from an Officer 'on board bis
Ma:Testy' s ship Phamix
“.• I,IIISTERRE BAY, JUNE take the liberty
of acquainting you where we are : the, ship is quit 6
healthy, plenty of fresh meat, and fruit in abundance
supplied by the Spatuaos...abaut this place.
were at anchor.a few days ago in Mums Roadsr;
went on shove with the Captain and his. nterpreter-; :
the people were overjoyed to see us.; men, women,
and children, the latter up to their knees in water,
crying out, Long live the English and Ferdinand
tile Seventh.' They have all red bochadea in their
hats with this-motto—J. conquer or Die for Ferdinand
the Seventh.` They off red to, supply the Ship with
whateVer was wanted. -After the return of the Mes 7--
senger, who, was sent away with the Captain's let-
ter, offering any assistance within the power of
the two Frigates off Cape I,rinisterre, theY yesterday'
sent us out a Gazette, offering U 3 any thing we,
wanted. Of course all thoughts of • war hre now
itid aside. The Coasters pass and repap-m(ithout.
being molested."

Capt. PATER is appointed to command the Prirwat,
Caroline, of 74 guns, at Portsmouth.
Two Ships, of 74 guns, to be called the Corny/4
an: PoOnshire, are to be built at DePtford.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the AOtnir
ralty from our Fleet off Brest, dated the 28th ult. at
which time nothing new had been observed in, the
state of the, Vessels. in that Harbour.,
Instruaions have been sent to all -the Out--Ports,
with 4ii-eaions to release all persons charged, with
'Dispatches from Spain, without the performance of
quarantine,. acid likewise that all Officers are to:give
every possible ,assistance in forwarding them, to,
London. Similar iustrualons were sent off to the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, do dispense with the.
performance Of quarantine, in case of any persons
arriving from Spain with Dispatches at the Port of
Cork, and to give them every possible assistance.
The accounts from Gibraltar state, " that a Spas,
nish Grandee, the Marquis DE HELos, having refused:
to become a Member of the new Government, was
ordered to be put to death, and the sentence was
immediately carried into execution, allowing him
only a few minutes fdr confession.' On his refusal,
it was remarked, that none bot those who were in
heart Frenchmen would decline to serve their coun-
try ; and that the welfare of Spain demanded that
there should be no compromise with such men."
Some of the letters lrom Gibraltar give a detailed
account of the death of Marquis SOLANOi which
differs in some respe&s from that received by the
way of Gijon. He was desrreyed in the town of
Cadiz in the following ' manner :—The people, en-
raged at the reported approach of French-troops, as-
sembled and proceeded to the dwelling of, SOLANO,
and demanded arms and ammunition to prevent their '-
entrance.—SoLallo appeared at the balcony, and ad-
'monished them to submit to the. Goverbrunt_of--
Madrid; to diverse, and prepare for the celebra-
Lion of the entry into Spain of their new King. The
populace became more than ever enraged at tni, ad.
dress, and repeated their demands. SOLANO retired
• to consult with some Officers then in his house; he
shit-0y afterwards returned to the balcony, and again
addressed the multitude,*id ioncluded by a peremp-
tory
refusal of their request: SOLANO had pistol*
in his girdle, and his Guard of Honour wds on d ty.
One person from the multitude approached him,'
and demanded• that their request might be complied with. SOLANO drew one of the pistols from- his
girdle, shot the man, and ordered his gnard to fire
on and disperse the mob. The guards fired, but
without ball, of course no mischief- was done: They
were immediately surrounded, disarmed, and -after-
wards joinedthe multitude, who instantly entered the
house. 'SOLANO esc.sped throngli the root; but was
found on the. top of an adjoining house. He was,
secured and brought down into the, street, and was '
adjttdged to be hanged in, one of the tqii.tares. Ou
tieing led to execution, he was stopped by his exe-
cutioner, and asked if lie would have a confessor
" I wart no Confessor, and I die in friendship with
the French Emperor." This declaration induced
a person near him to give him a severe blow was
a cudgel on the head, which was followed by others;
.his-brains were literally beat out by the mob, aiiL
body,disseeted as that of a traitor.
A,Erench Ship, with a misston froth the :iauri•
tins to Rangoon, was lately lot on the latte-
when most of the persons on board, induct ti;t:;
ALUassador, perished.

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• T'ANIAS
.01PO'N RIADING THE SUN OF TVE mr or JULY.

I saw the SUN of yesterday
In orient splendour rise,
And as he shot his dazzling ray
Athwart the lowering skies;

tie shone, though not with cloudless light,
With lustre more serene ;
tie seem'd to chase the shades of night
And renovate the scene ;
Rio bade the Earth no more repine,,
lies Pair and Terror cease ;
It seemid the Soil of Hope divine, -
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The liar6inger of Peace ! . .
HENItY.
td of July, 1808.

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'At a meeting of the Gresham Committee, held
Yesterday at Mercer's Hall, the Rev. SAMUEL BIRCIT,
M. A. Fellow of St. John's College, .Cambridge,
Was unanirootisly eluded Geometry LeCturer of
Oresham College, vacant by the death of the Rev.
br. KETTILBY. The Gentleman who has obtained
this appointment is the son of Mr. Alderman BIRCH,
.4/hose loyalty and talents have long secured him in
the esteem of his countrymen.
On Monday morning, a Frenchman of the name
OF DESTOUCIISS, who was lately we understand sent
out of the kingdom under his Majesty's order, was
taken into custody at 3 public-house at Newington,
known-by the sign of the Green Man, where he bad
secreted himself. This foreigner had been embarked
at Gravesend, on board a vessel, the Captain of
which had engaged to convey him to a Neutral
Port. When the vessel arrived off Yarmouth, he
succeeded; by intimidating 'the Captain,, in making
Lis escape. Deteocenes has been committed to
priSon, and if the rigour of the law is put in force,
may be. transported for life. The publican, in whote
house he was lodged; is liable to pay a penalty of
101. for not having 1-tiled upon him to produce his
licence, authorizing his residence in this country.
It it a circumstance pethap's not very generally
known, that all persons receiving Aliens into their
Louses., for the purpose of lodging or residing for
more than twenty-four hours, ought to require them
to produce a licence of this description, and to de-
live'- a copy of the same to the Justice of Peace, or
. Constable, residin
Every persong in or near their parish, ace.
negleding so to do, is liable to pay
the above penalty, upon information before'a Ma.!
iitrate; one half of which goes to the lute:ruler,
arid the other to the poor of the parish.
A splendid Ball was given by Lord ALTAMONT,
On Monday, in the Town Hall of Cambridge, es a
larewell'iribute of rest on leaving the Univei'sity,
"of that plate. The Hall was embelliAted With great
taste. The chief Nobility and Gentry of the neigh-
bonthoOd, and the principal Students of the venera-
ble abode of -learning were present. The Bail was
Opened by Lord ALTAMONT and a very elegant Lady,
whose name was unknown to the company in gene
eat. A grand Supper followed, at ,which must of
the company, amounting to upwards of 400 per-
sons, attended. Country Dances succeeded this
luturious repast, and the guests kept up the Ball
till neer -Eve in the -mottling, highly grglified by the
hospitable entertainment which they had received.—
Lord ALTAMONT is the eldest son of the Marquis of
Setoo, and is a very amiable and accomplished young
Nobleman.
The, Varbatous praaice of trotting matches seems
to gain ground, and many a poor animal is destined
to Suffer to: gratify the pride and avarice -of the
owners.—With all Mr. WteDeetes partiality for
Bull-Baiting,bis mind must sorely revolt against
this persecution of so useful an animal 23 the H,
as it is rather calculated to debase than improve thorsee
manly chara&er of our Countrymen.
The supposed allusions of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT
• to the Duke of CUMBERLAND, in a recent debate,
have clewed disapptobatidn in every friend of the
Baronet who is not enslaved by party, and indigna-
tion in every liberal mind. It seems, indeed, the
intention of certain Demagogues to loWer the Royal
Family as much as possible in the eyes of the people,
and when they find miskepresentations of faas• are
not sufficient for their purpose, they resort.to dark
mysteries and venomous insinuations. S. T.'
IT RANCIS.
laid great stress upon the exemptiOn from punish-
ment, which marked the 15th Regiment of Lieht
Dragoons under the former Colonel,and the frequency
of punisatnent under his Royal Highness. Upon
this subject the following liberal remarks have been
made, whiefewe deem it our duty to insert.
That the statement is unfounded may be most
Positively asserted : but if it were otherwi what
else could be inferred but that the regiment,se, which
at the first period had been only two hundred strong,-
bad been more disorderly, and punishments more
frequent, when it was augmented to upwards of
1000 ? It is well known that a Colonel 'has no
power of inflicting corporal punishment, which can
only be done under the sentence of a Court Martial ;
and to have substantiated any charge against the
Duke of CUMBERLAND, it was incumbent on Sir
FRANCIS to 11:,.ve shewn that such punishment bad
been inflicted by his order, without the sentence of
a Court Martial.
" It would hehighly absurd to attempt enfering into
auy defence of the Duke of CUMBERLAND'S euerits as
au Officer, or as a man. 'But there are some circum-
stances of such public notoriety, that they can, neither
beelnestioned nor doubted, and must carry-conviEtion
To the breast of every unprejudiced man ; the first is,
that since his Royal Highness has had the 15th Regi-
ment of Dragoons, it has net been quartered in any
city from which, at leavitig it, it ',has. not reeeived'
' thanks for its exemplary good behaviour, which is
the most honourable testimony to the gtiod condud
of the regiment, and the attention' and care of its
" Other proceedings provetheaffealion and attach-
nient of the privates of the regiment to their Colonel.
A great number of the men who had been discharged.
at the.peace of Amiens, returned to serve hi the re-
giment, which was completed, from that circurn:
stance, in less time than any other regiment ; and
there have .been, since it was completed, fewer in-
stances of desertion from the 15th regiment of Dra-
goon', than almost from any other in the/service,
certaiuly• would be otherwise if they wete
"treated with arty degree of uncommon severity by
their Colonel,"

mLA it~'.

Dust,. JULY i.—The camp which is at present
funned upon the Curragh of Kildare attracts ernwds
of visitors, who express the .higheSt gratiAcation at
beholding a Military spc63acle so ttilly grand. The
tiumber already encamped amounts to aboiit thirteen
thousand men, Which number, we understand; iS
Still further to be augthented. Gen. Sir D. BAtari
otumancli. the whole, and under that gallant Officer
the troops are likely to derive the greatest skill in
Military discipline. The whole of the troops are
daily exercised, from five o'clock in the morning ur
til ten, and in the afternoon from five until .between
eight and nine.
Yesterday. his Majesty's Yacht the ...Dorset, sailed
from the Pier-head at the Pigeon-house for Park ate,
.with the Right Honourable Lady . BLAYNEY and
suite. * •

it is with the greateSl satisfaation we learn from
every part of the Country accounts of the prospect
of a Most abundant harvest ; the Wheat, however,
u;ill,.it is expe&ed, be late, froth the impediment
of sowing experienced in the spring; the prospect
of hay and oats is very considerable, and if we may
form an opinion from the sample of the meadows,
now cutting throughout the County of Dublin, the
price of hay must fall immediately to a very mo-
derate rate.

,MuNntN makes his first appearanctt for this sea-
son at our Theatre, to-morrow. Miss SMITH'S debut
is announced for Monday next, in the part of Beim
videra.

DitoGHEDA, JVt z 28.—Air unfortunate trans.
aelion took place in Ardee on Saturday evening last :
Mr. KILPATRICK, of Dundalk, Excise Otiictr, as-
sisted by a Seljeant's detachment of the Queen's
Bays, seized a quantity of malt in the town and
neighbourhood of Ardee, and having procured carts
to convey the seizure to Dundalk, the party were
attacked by a number of men, armed wOli muskets,
near the town, who fired on them, anCon the first
discharge the. Serjeant was shot dead—the second
wounded two men (one dangerously), and a horse.
The 'party, .with KIL,PATRICK, then retired;
and those misguided melvtook the malt off the carts
and threw it_aboin the road. An Inquest was held
on. Sunday, and a verdid of ‘.‘ Wilful Murder"
found against six inhabitants of the town, who were
immediately apprehended and comniitted to Dun-
dalk
gaol.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM BAN-BRIDGE, DATED
JUNE 29.

On Monday,' the 2,oth inant, part of the lands
of BleAry were sold here ,by public auction. The-
purchasers were' 1V11.1:1A14 BELL, JOHN NEWUR-
BIN, anti HUGH M GILL. On Saturday night last,
about twelve o'clock, a nu.aber of men, armed with
muskets and ball-cartridges, attacked the houses of
WILLIAM BELL and Joat'i M‘Muttalbt, and fired
several shots into theat ;- one of, the b ills stuck in
the wall, within a few inches of Mr. BELLS head.
At Mclqua am's house they left a wOtien notice;
containing the most violent threats against whoever
should become purchaters of the land. They then,
set fire to One/of his but houses, and made (a—
-1,. Some persons in the neighbourhood having beert
alarmed, rose and pursued them, but they dispersed
in all diredionf, and•escaplL;d.' On Stinday night,
about twelve o'clock, a more considerable nutuber
assembled and attacked the house of HuGli APPILL,
and havitkg sheltered Omens-elves behind a hedge, they
proceeded to fire into the. house. ,From having
learned what happened the preceding night to BELL
and WMUARLN, McGI,LL 'siispecited an attack might
alsti be made on him. He and his son, therefore,
. prepared to defend themselves, and the rioters
having approached near to attack the house, they
fired, and shot one of etherm dead—his name is
Leonard Convert. His campanion, after having
dragged thelaody asconsiderable way; left it in a field,
and fled.

At the attack upon Buenos Ayres on the sth of
July last, a youth of 1.5 or 16 years of age, of the
name of Husband; wlio.had gone as a volunteer from
the Cape of Good Hope, was attached to a division
of the -87th regiment, naing under the orders of
General Sir S. AUCHMUTY ; all the commissioned
officers of which having fallen, he attempted to, take
the command. The soldiers manikisie4 some little
hesitation, owing to his youth and small stature, on
whiCh he immediately applied to Sir SAMUEL, who
teingpleased with his spirit and previous behaviour,
ordered them to consider him as their officer. He
accordingly took the command, and led them on
with such, spirit and gallantry, that at the close of
the day, Sir S. went up, clapped him on the shoulder,
and told him that his commission should bear date
from' that moment: a promise which was faithfully
fulfilled to the gallant youth. ,
Mr,WntTaiteao has given dissatisfaction even to
his friends, by his last attempt to goad Ministers
upon a subje& in which their promptitude, zeal, and
activity were too apparent to need any stimultm
We allude -to the assistance which they have so rea-.
dily, so cordially, and, we trust, so effet-tually, given
to Spain. Lord CAsTLEREaGit 'treated this obvious
attempt to obtain a little town popularity for country
consumption, with proper ridicule, not unmixed with
a strong and spirited rebuke. We regret to see a
man of such talents as Mr,. WHITBREAD possesses,
and whose situation in life places him far above the
desperate views of his party, so ready tojoin in their
measures, and so anxious to come forward on occa-
sions in which nothing but a spirt of party. can be
E hewn. It is evident, however, that a great thatte
has taken place in his character since --he was
concerned in the Impeachment of Lord MELVILLE ;
a circumstance that seems to have soured his tetii.
per, and to have induced him t,O suppose that he has
Considerably improved hisialents as en Orator.
• GLUTTON v.—A few days since, at a public-house
in Brighton, a man ate, in seven minutes and a
half, raw, with their whites, one• hundred and one
hen's eggs, which were provided at the expence of
a -person-in company, and severally broken into a
cup for that purpose. After having swallowed
~double
score and one, •he . voluntarily agreed to pay
:double the price of the other forty, if he failed in
eating them ; and having accomplished - his task,
offered a bet that he would eat forty more ; but all,
who witnessed his excess were too well satisfied of the
astQuishitig capacity of his stomach, to accept it.
i Gene-al lUy, the French Consul at New York,
halt taken French leave, and run off with 40,000
dollars of creditors' propj'rty.