The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-17 00:00:00

FROM _THE DUTCH PAPERS:

VIM. 7 A, SLILY .16.-A numerous nieeting of the
States of Lower Airstria is,appo:nted for
,the 17th
inst. in whch. deliberations will be field with regard
to the 'organization of a standmg Militia. Field

Marshal Lieutenant Count Ku LoWRATH LLea-
ST.EINSKY, Cornmander in 'Chief of Transylvania,
yesterday evening again set out on his return thither.
To NINGEN, JULY 18.—Ye3terdny his Excellency
the P.-rince of PoNTE CoaVo came hither, and on his.
arrival' was .saluted by the cannon- on the batteries,
and frornythe ships in our Roads. That division of
the SpaniSh regiment of Algarva which lies here was
marched out to receive the Prince, and these troops
were reviewed by his 'Highness. On the departure
of the Prince for Husutn/he was accompanied by
the Spanish
.troops, who asked permission to leave
with him a detachment of their number, as a guard.
These brave troops. appeared proud of the honour
of- accompanying the brother-in-law of their So-

veretgn. •
BANKS OF THE MAINE, JULY 19.—The Austrian
Field Marshal Baron Von WIMPFEN has passed
through Augsburgh;' on his way to Paris. Three
thousand men are daily employed in the demolition
of, the fortress of, Brannan, and by the end of Sep-
tember it will be completely demolished.
ST. PETERSBURGH, JULY 9. —The following
Ukase has appeared here
" The Imperial Chamber of Commerce hereby
makes known to the. Merchants belonging to the
Port of St: Petersburg'', that no Merchant Ships
with. Russian produce, 'belonging to any nation -
whatever, shall sail from those ports of the Baltic
which are blockaded • by the English or Swedes, so
long as the blockade continues."
" St. Petersturgh, July 25, 1808."
MADRID, JULY 2-2.—The King arrived here on
the 20th, at seven in the evening. The ringing of
bells and the sound of cannon announced the an.'
proach of his Majesty. All the troops were under
a.rm.L ; the Generals and the Members of the Supe-
rior Authorities went out to meet him. On•the
various persons were admitted to an audience. A
great many people were,on his way, and at the win-
dows, while the shout of " Long live the King !"
was heard on all sides. In the Courant of the 17th
instant we read the following :—" The Prince Pri-
mate has sent Count Von BUEST, v.'ith a letter c.)t-
congratulattion on the accession of his Catholic Ma-
jesty to the Throne of Spain ; in which he says,
This noble, religious, and great nation, must natu-
rally wish to be ruled by. such a virtuous !Ind wise
Monarch: We are also informed, that his Majes-
ty the Emperor of gussia has taken a great interest
in this fortunate event of his Majes:y's aecession, and
we shall at a future time communicate the letlers
of congratulation to that etTe6t.
MENTZ, JULY 26.4.—The fOr;fiCallOHS Of this city
are to be considerably enlarged, and a part of the
HOckheim vin,:yards- will in consequence be destroy-
etd. I. is calculned that tio,ooo men will be neces-
sary to garrison this, city,
,and that 250,000 will be
requisite to besiege it. The detichments o(cavalry
which lay dispersed in our neighbourhood are broke
up for Spain. In Cassel, and in this city,, there are
various dep6ts, consisting of 4000 :net each, w hich are.
evelly day exercised in firing, which. is commonly
sign that in a short time they Will be about. to re-
more, • - - -‘•

FaANKroni-, JULY 81.—Oti the 27th instant a
number of horses belonging to the Grand Dilke; of
BERG passed, through here,their farther decination
not being known, though some say it iS for Naples.
--The Prince of Boa&ossr., Colonel of the 4th Re-
giment of Cuirassiers, has wipe to Bayreuth, 'where
his regiment is cautoned, and a report has prevailed
that.m,;nyTreneh troops, are expected' in those Pro-
vinces, where there are great magazines to be form-