The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-22 00:00:00

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honours it has log. Indeed, it is conficlentl
said, that the Regular Force of Austria amounts
4Q three hundred thousand men, independently of all
the aid it can derive from a we'd-organized Militia—
and, if occasion should require, of a very numerous
levy en mass. A large portion of this army had been
colle&cd some time ago in Gallicia and Moravia, a;
well as in Bohemia. The Archduke CHARLES, the
idol of the army; and the favourite of all his coon.
trymen, had been incessant in his efforts to put the
army in the best state of preparation, and was ex-
peaed to take the chief command. His military
talents sufficiently justify the confidence of the army.
and the hopes of the people.

We think it necessary to take notice of a pamphlet.
which was published Gast week, entitled " A Plait,
Statement of the Condua- of the Ministry and the
Opposition, towards his Royal Highness the Duke cf
YonK." The statements which it contains are of so
very extraordinary a nature, that we cannot forbear
thinking that it has been published wholly without
the knowledge of his Royal Highness. Under
this impression, we shall at present abstain from,
making any observations, upon it.

The Duke of Kent Packet, with Mails from Near
York and Halifax, in 18 days from the latter place
also the Nocton Packet, from Jamaica, are, arrived
at Falmouth. The Letters and . Papers by both
Packets will be delivered to-morrow.
We hear from Bodmin, that the case of Sir C.
HAWKINS, Bart. and the other Defendants on the in-
formation filed against them brt he Attorney-General,
was on Friday tried before a Special Jury; when,
after a trial which lasted from nine in the morning
till four in the afternoon, all the Defendants were
most honourably acquitted.
Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses So-
PHA' , AMELIA, and MARY, aCCOMpa'
nieldbyAU GUST
A,
Generals CARTWRIGHT and
FITZROY, rode to St. George's Chapel, and heard
a sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. RYDER, from
the Gospel of St. Matthew, xvtlt chap. 28th verse,
and afterwards returned to Windsor PalaCe.
Yesterday being the Duke of CLARENCE'S birth
day, his Reyal Highness gave a superb dinner to his
Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, their Royal
Highnesses the Dukes of YORK, CUMBERLAND,
SUSSEX, and KENT, and a large party of distinguish•
ed personages, at his seat at Bushy Palk.

The following notice was on Saturday affixed at
the Bank and Stock Exchange :-
" The Contractors for the Loan having applied to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer to request that he would re'
commend to the Commiss►oners for Liquidating the Publie
Debt to apply a part of the tund for the redemption of tl►c
4 per cents, he has thottot proper to decline their request;
and of which the Contractors tlunk it incumbent on then) z°
give immediate notice."

On Saturday, being the day to which Parliament
was prorogued, the House of Lords met at half past
three o'clock, when the Commons, represented by
Mr. LEA, jun. their Clerk, appeared, attended b/
the Messengers and other Officers of the House,
when his Majesty's Commissioners, the Loral
CHANCELLOR, Lord 1-lAwKesauxY and Lord WAL.
SINOHAM, prorogued Parliament till the first day 01
Nov ember.

Admiral DACRES returned to Portsmouth, ot)
Wednesday last, after an absence of four year§
and seven months, at Jamaica, in which command
he has been succeeded by Vice-Admiral nowt..
Several transports are fitting up at Portsmouth, for
the purpose of bringing to this country, from Spain,
2000 Merino Sheep for his Majesty. _ . _

Dispatches from Jamaica were received on Satur-
day.. The vessel which brought them, the/Express
Schooner, was only four weeks on her passage, and
bring 4 intelligence that the Governor of the Havan-
nab had declared in favour of and proclaimed Fz:RPI'
NAND th;.. Seventh.

Mr. CL.p4u, the Admiralty Messenger, on his re-
turn from 'Windsor, last Saturday, had the misfor-
tune of his'horse falling with him in Hammersmith,
by which he was most dreadfully bruised in the
shoulder, and is attended by two surgeons of erni4
hence; fortunately no bones were broken.
The Mediterranean Packet is in future to touch
at Cadiz, for which place a Mail will be made up for
the first time to-morrow.
It is stated in letters from the North of Germany'
in consequence of the great distress arising from the
want of salt in Russia, an Ukaqe has been published,
ordering that all vessels freighted with that article
should be admitted into the ports of that kingdorrl,
without taking into consideration whether the cotlotries they came from were included in .the former
prohibitions against foreign commerce.
Three Danish Privateers have been recently cap-
tured near Heligoland ; but their names and parti-
eulars were not known there at the date of the Llst
accounts, the 18th inst.
The importation of Portugal and Spanish wine
has of late been very considerable ; upwards of 9°
vessels have arrived from Oporto since the expulsion
of the French from thence. About 150,000 gallons
of wine were entered at the Custom-house during
the last week, and there are now upwards of forty
vessels on our coasts proceeding to the river.
The Spanish Cortes are to be assembled in Sep'
tember, at Toledo, and it is supposed that the DLO
DE MONTIJO will then be declared Regent.
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It is said that JOSEPH EVONAPAIITE arrived
Vittoria on the 2d instant, 'and on the following daY
continued his route to France ; that a division of the
French troops, encumbered by the baggage of the
i
army, its plunder, and its sick, had been surprised
on the borders of the principality of Burgos, by a
body of Arragonian Patriots, under the orders of the
elder brother of General PALAFox,.and cut to pieces-
It was likewise stated that the Galician army, under
General BLAKE, had again advanced to the River
Carrion to resume offensive operations, and that till
Asturian levies under General P- UTE had entered
Casten, and pushed its advanced guard to Orduna,
within a few leagues of Vittoria.
The Emperor of Austria lately founded a ne_‘
Order of St. Leopold, destined for the reward °".
Military Officers, Literati, Artists, &c. it consists or
three classes, and the Members are allowed an at"
nual pension.