The Sun.
London, England, 1808-10-27 00:00:00

JdMAICII, A's. S.

We are extremely gratified to communicate to our
readers, that accounts were received on Friday, by
his_ Majesty's Schooner Flying Fish, from St. Jago
de Citha, which are very favourable to the British
interest, and to our Colonial prosperity particulatly.
It. appears that the ruling Government of Spain test 4
ne time in transmitting. to Cuba official advices of
the Condu& of Buoitaparte towards that country, and
the subsequent events between the inhabitants and
the French troops; -and-that they had called in the
assistance of Great .Britain, and proclaimed peace
With that nation, and ordering that hostilities shonld
also cease against them in Cuba. This intelligence
wait, received with unbounded exultation, and pto-
,
claimed in, every direction. Invitations were instant-
ly sent to all the Officers of the Flying Fish-to come
on Shore, andthey were invited to several enteitpor
ments, and dined with the Governor on the 2d inst,
Every French Privateer in. port, amonnting to six.*
seven, was taken possession of, and the crews itn-
priSoned and there was no doubt but that the ,
whole of the French-population in Cuba would be
considered as enemies, and, guarded against accord-
ingly, as soon as the Government had made arrange-
Ments to that purpose. It was likewise-understood
at St. Jago, that a Goveinor had arrived at the Ha-
vannah, appointed since the tumult. Since prepar-
ing the above'Paractraph for publication, we have un-
derstood that the Flying Fish cied adviees to the
Governor of St. Jago, givingpaulars of tie_trans-
actions in Spain, which were discredited, but 'shortly
after their own Government confirmed them ; and
the following letter was, teceived.en .board the fi7ying
Fish, from the GOvernot of St. Jago de Cuba.; and
a prize schooner, which was coming in, was fired at'
by the fort, and ordered oif, which the Flying Fisl
went in pursuit of, and took.

TRANSLATION.
St. Ingo de Cuba, July jo, nine o'clock at night.

" I have just received an extraordinary expresS from the
Captain-General of the Havannah, the Marquis de Somerue-
loS, saying Peace was proclaimed between Spain and Eng-
land,- and ordif.ring that hostilities should cease in this district
against that Nation. I have; therefore, from this motnes►t,
directed accordingly:
•• SEBASTIAN DE KENDILAN."
" To any Officer of his Britannic Majesty's
Ships, off St. jago de Cuba." -7 F7'.

BRIDGEWATER HOUSE, IN HERTFORDSHIRE.—The
first stone of this intended magnificent pile of build.:
ing was laid on Wednesday, by ,lANWW_YATT,.tsci.
ti.., Surveyor-General. Thb.front wif exceed. three
hundred and .fitty feet in length, the whole will be of
stone. The architecture will be adu grec. it will
be three stories high, and six state apartments on
each of the principal stories complete the outline.-=
The floors will be of oak, and arranged after the Mu-
dale taste. The late Duke of Bridgewater, who long
had it in contemplation to build' a family mansion 'on
the spot, bad colleted
.togettier immense quantities
of stone,
.which have long been' lying in heaps in
the neighbourhood. , There are like%tise three hun-
dred waggon loads of fir timber reacly, which
.were
purchased by the present Earl of Bridgewater (the
projector of these great improvements) at,five pounds
per load, a short time since ; this wood. is now
guineas. The sheet lead provided for this great un-
dertaking is incalculable; it was bought vn terms
equally reasonable. It is added that Bri:lgt.,:witter
ilc .a tv:ii equal, if not excel, in splendour, cloy ot:
the country seats of our NobilitlY and Gentry is the
kingdom. It take seven years to perfea this
magnificent structure.

COFFEE.—The increased demand for Coffee, con-
sequent on the reduation of duty, has exceeded the
present means of supply, and the wholesale Grocers
cannot .pbtaio it from the roasting-houses in quanti-
ties nearly adequate. to the orders they are daily re—
ceiving. No doubt Gover9ent and the Revenue
Departments will, take the %peodiest measures for
relieving-the trade from the evil it now labours un7
der, from thq insufficiency of the roasting-houses,
thereby giving effect to a regulation which • pro:lkises
so much eventual advantage to the commercial and
iinancial revenues of. the country; meantime, while
the diffictilty eiSists, it may, be useful to the public
to know that i'aw Coffee may be bought froM the
Grocers, in small-quantities; at a price below that of.
roasted Coffee,and that the law permits the roasting
of it by.private ;families. The price of a good iron
Coffee Roaster does not exceed as. 6d.; halla pound
may be roasted in eight or ten minutes, and the
more recently roasted the Coffee is, the higher is its
flavour, and the better its quality.
On the shore at Mylnetield, pear Dundee, appear-
ed, on Monday last, 14 large fish of a non-d6Criiit:
kind, which have very, much attraded public cu
riosity. Some ichthyologists declare them to be a
family of whales,
.while others, equally profound,
pronounce them to be a kind of fish known by the
name of " I-inners." The road from Dundee, to
Mylnefield, every day this week, has been crowded
with numbers of the learned and curious to examine
these fish.. The largest one is about 23 feet in
length. Their bellies are pure white, dark-Coloured
back, with a large high flu.
.The proprietor, of the
shore where they landed is employed in cutting
qieG, up tosell their oil, which, it is understood,
will yield a considerable profit.
Yesterday morning, about five o'clock, a firebroke
out in the Cooperage of Mr:Stewart, in Hermitage-
street, Wappinab, which destroyed all the stock, and
had nearly reached the Brewery of 'Mr. Bowman,
but which was saved by the arrival of the engines.
A fire broke out on Monday night last, at the
cotton-works belonging to Sir R. PEELE, Bart. at
Abrewas, near Litchfield, which totally consumed
them. The damage is'estimated at 40,0001'
.

The fire which( we mentioned yesterday, broke
out on Tuesday night, about g o'clock,.at a wooden
rouse, near the Raven and Sun Public House, in,tibTat
part of Great Russell-street, Bermondsey, that is next
to Dock-head. The house being wholly of timber,
lath, and. plaister, the conflagration • was dreadful.
The affrighted tenants, poor people with large fami-
lies, with difficulty escaped with their lives, and num-
btrs are. left to the charity of others. for a mainte-
nance; seven homes were destroyed: There were
not any lives lost. The firemen, at the imminent
danger of their lives, ventured most gallantly, to save
the infant children and the aged. This fire .arose
from the carelessness of a washerwoman, who- lad
been out a chafing, and drank rather freely. r":''

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