The Sun.
London, England, 1808-10-21 00:00:00

NAVAL N \V S.

PORTSNOUTti. 091% 20.---Arrived this day
~bis
...‘l4..tije,ity's Ship Iris, ,from Gijon; in Spain, • with a
~..3.lsc, ~ , . .
Conui,:->ioner from the .Bpanish,, Junta, and some
,other persons, with dispatches' for Government...—
W.)114 .1. -,, • . . ,
This S,liii), on the loth instant, met with ten sail
ili o.• . ,
of Transports,, under convoy of a Frigate, in lat.,
41.*. long. 11. 30. which had been .a.ruonth 'at-:.
sea,. with French ttoops on board.f.Khey were bound
to Quiberen; .by private instruaions, instead - Of.
-Roehefort, as first understood. Thirty other. Trans;
"ports bad parted companyin a gale of wind On the
--;..h. of September, and it was not known what
,:.4oni
was i'ecomeof them. . .

s' Royal Highness the Duke of CLAtiF.Ncr. this
mOrniitc, visited the Royal IVillianzi.Admiral Mou
_,
TAoo's flag Ship, and also all the Me.n of War
Ifyitia at Spithead, which had their yards manned,
and saluted his Royal Highness with 21 guns, as he
came on board and went from each ship. '

I • YARMOUTH; O€T. 20A—Sailed His Majesty's
.Ships St. Allan, Thunderer, Nassau.. and Princ.f4s
• Caroline, on a crnize.--Last night, as Capt. HAR.-
Fotti3, of His Majesty's Brig Chantid er, And his
Boat's Crew, consisting of one Midshipman and
- eight men, were going on board their Vessel from
the beach, a sea struck the Boat, and'unforfunately
Chipt::HAaroßD, the Mulshiptnan, and two men,
- „
4iLq-e draWned.
-due 8111 ..rte

21IPIMMESS, OCT. 18.—His Majesty's Ship Mon-
Rin,LiCllt. FITZGERALD, has signal for the
011Yoy,.and expeds to sail about Saturday next.
Came down from .Long. Reach, and-anchored at
the Nore, the Defence, of 74 guns, Capt. CHARLES
EKINTS; also the Onyx Sloop of War, Capt. GILL.
OCT, 20. E-It has blown a heavy gale at north-
west since Monday.

Arrived the Richmond Gini-brig.
ertPassed by 'several Sail for the River, supposed to

OCT. 20. - Sided his Majesty's Ships
;tier/ and,Purions,. with the ivhole .of the outward-
boundFleet under convoy, to the. Westward.

•
• . . .
• FRASERBURGH, Ocr. 1 1.--,-Saturday. 'last, floring
j. the tremendous gale from North, the Sloop Isabella,
Of Rosehearty, Capt. YULE, coal laden, was driven
ashore in. the Bay ofFraserburgii. As soon as the
'..Vestel struck, the Life-boat was hurried. to the
beaCh: in an instant by the crowd,; and although the
fir instahce of her being used, she was, without
hesitzaion; manned by several stout young men, tin-
:sder the diredion of Capt. ALEXAND2R DALAYMPLE
azl.l Capt. 'foliate., and launched into: the'enraged
elements. At this tittle the sea was running nionn-
tains high, purl making a fair passage over the• Ve-
ssel ; and the' wind continuing, more boisterous,, if
possible, the
,Life-boat . was driven so much to lee-
ward, that she could reader the crew no assistance;
nor were , the _ men able to: 'pull .her up against ' the
tempestuous soaves : the crew of the Life-boat were
aiot„tholvever, to be discouraged by this—they land-
ied, and, with the assistance of those on shore, the
li Boat was carried to the
.windward, and again
aunched, but. was a second time blown "to leeward.
114.iliii of the crew being now 'exhausted, with fa-
tigue, their places were supplied by volunteers from
'the beach, and the Life-boat again carried by the
strength of. Well to windward, and launched. She
now fortunately gained the Ship, and, to the inex
pressible joy of those present, succeeded in relieving
from their cold and.perilous situation Captain YULE'
and his'crew.

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1.-JX-:esterday'a letter was retei'ved at-the East India
tHislibe from Giptain' DALE; of the
.Ship Streatham,
ildvkii-og that the repairs of the ship having" 'been
complaed, he was under Wray proceedinir on his
i
wov wity for Madras' and Berigal,
0 •- - n - •
Our woollen manufiiaure
,ii likely to be greatly
improved by the great importation of sheep Iron]
Spain.. Two thousand, were Lindell Oti Wcidne;day,
at Portsmouth, front Gijon.

ITBSITIEVSTE .iIIEETINC.

The Meeting of. the Inhabitants o'f Westminster.
took place yesterday in. Westmitokter Hall. The
Meeting was stimmoned for twelve o'clock,,. but
they did not proceed to business till near one—
mhen the High Bailiff, Mr. Morris, Mr. Shetidan,
Mr. T. Sheridan, Mr. Wishart, Mr. Clarks*, &re.
ascended the scaffold ereeted in front of the Court of
Common Pleas.
The High Bailin then-stated, tint in consequence
of'a Requisition sent to pith, and 'signed by several
inhabitants, be had convened the Meeting. Fre
then read the Requisition.
..
ii
Mr:WISH/kin' then proceeded io itittOduce the
Resolutions Which had been tirepared. H 4 insisted
strongly on-the right of the People, when dtily thirzi-
moned, to deliberate on such Subjeds as, that now
before them, and to express their free opinion;
.He
would not content himself with. stating, that the
proCeedings which' led to the Convention were as
mysterious as the tratisaaion was disgraceful. He
wished his hearers to Consider the question in all its
bearings, and then
.to say, whether the Resolutions.
met with their approbation.---Mr. WistiAßT then.
entered into an historical detail of the criminal pro-.
jests of Buonaparte. against. Spain and .Portugal=:—
Of the House of Braganza being Compelled to retire
told distant country—,of the snares. laid by the:Ty=
rant of_Krance: to,,tnake. the King ,and'Prinee of
Sr:4) (now Ferdinand VII.) prisoners, and: his
bitious aim to place his brother .on that ..drone.---;
`Thee noble-minded Spaniards, no longer ut-Opr a
corrupt Goverrinieft,..arOMi and ,al:rest.ed: the pregress
of the'Tvrabt. Our Ministers then thought it ne-
cessary to send a large,force to. Portugal, bt+t that it .
was there that it should 'have been Sent; is a clues!: I
Lion which would.beteSt",decided..in another place.
Her should not dwell.*(mthe victories which we had
gained in that country, • when our .Ministers sent,
Over as Commander in Chief a man unknown, or
known ottiv.as. having-. the 11 a peaCezibie
district. We had gained a victory Over the whole
force of theftenemy., Te had..an.ariny much sive-
rior ; and yet this man,
.pleading his ignoranCe, sent,
the, enemy's troops bowie in . British vessels, with
their plunder, aintontlition,, Sz:e. to encounter. our
best Ally. .(titis -is not irue, observed' several of the,
people*—lt was thus that out well-founded hopes
have begin blasted, and, it was .sprely a tit:subjea.l of.
inquiry, whether such a man was sent over. through
~any'sgfxa'hble about .pa'tiortage, or if that Were trot
the case, to endeavour. to detect' the source of the
mischief, ~ The Citizens .of Lwidon.,had.sept.up an •
is sUbje6.l a loyal and constitutional Address, -for
fitiwever, they had i.),:en reproved. But an
inquiry 'had been promised. What inquiry had ever
taken place .into the Convention of the Fielder ?
(None had ever been,A9n.sPred necessafy;,obsgrved a .
person' in the crowd j' Would
_the Ministers' of
have advised such an answer ? • No. When
bis son, the Puk.e of Cumbzrland, concluded the
.Convention ..ofCloster-seven, he was immediately
recalled, an&disMissed 'from all his employments.—
The King felt as a Father, but he aeted as a Sove-
reign.

Mr. CLARESsON than proceeded to read the rteso-
lotions, which we give as they were finally agreed
to: *

•
That the Britt% Forces obtained, on the 2tst of August, a
signal and decisive Vidory over. the whole of the Fren4h
Forces in Portugal, although not more than half of the Bri.
tish Army was actually ebgaq.ed.
That Preliminaries for a Convention were, on the 22d sir
august, agreed`-to by his Majesty's Commanders with the
French General, and a Convention actually signed on the
3oth of 'August, whereby the Enemy were allowed to eva-
cuate Portugal, with all their arms, baggage, and ammuni-
tion, and not to be considered as Prisoners ot War, &c. .
That this exti,aorttinary and unexpected Convention disap-
pointed the hopes and expectations of the Nation.
That a general Inquiry and full Investigation into. the
Causes Which led to the conclusion of the Convention by his
Majesty's Commanders is necessary, for the honour ot his
Majesty's Arms, and the character and secur.ty of the
Country.

. . 'Filar it appears to this• Meeting to be necessary that Par-
liament should be forthwith as.ttinbied, that such Inquiry
ma► be instituted as to them in their wisdom shall seem ex-
pedient.

that au humble Address be presented to his Majesty, con.
formable to thc.tOregoing Resolutions.

° Mr. FINERTY, said, that he did not. deern.them
sufficiently strong, and that theremedy•proposed-was
inadequate. There !were no expedation* to be en-
tertained from Minister;, and the Meeting should
therefore address his Majesty. He then entered into
an elaborate attack upon his Majesty's Ministers, and
concluded With moving, as the Representative of the
Burdettites; a stripg of ResOlutions, the import of
which was, that the late disgraceful Convention in
Portugal was iMputable to the.systern of promotion
in the British Army ; that .that arose out of the Par-
liathenrary Constitution of the National Represent-
ation 5. and that until a nefarni in Parliament should
take place, there could be, no rtxlreSs of grievances,
no -recovery of liberties lust,: no preservation of those
that remained.

.The and second' Resolutions were then
passed. . , •
Mr. SHERIDAN said, he•could not suffer the third
Resolution to pass without 'some observation, as It
lent, in his opinion, some countenance to the asper-
sion which had' been cast on the City of London by
his Majesty's Ministers, He never, he said.„ would
flinch front the subje& of ParliaMentary retOrm
when it was properly introduced. After some cotn'-;
piny:ems to Sir F. Burdett, who., he said, was absent
from a motiv.e which dill honour to his feelings, the
Right Honourable Gentleman proceeded to vin-
dicate the Citizens of London, who had done their
duty.

Mr. POWER eloquently supprirted the principles
and' the cause recommended by Mr. Sheridan.
Mr. HEWLINGS, and several others, whom it is
Unnecessary to particularize,, addressed the Meeting
on the same side.

Mr. GIBBONS said, he, would be the last man on
earth to defend a traitor to his country, or one that
hslconwraraised the national characteristic of it.—
He would even readily aid in the destruaion of such
unworthy beings ;'. but what was the obje6t of these
meetings, but to hew to our enemies, that, under
any circumstances, we cannot be unanimous : in
that they glory. There were many fries which
might have arisen opt of the local circumstances,
winch it was not in our power to know. We are
great Generals by our fire sides; but he was not dis-
posed to judze prematurely. He liked, first, to
hear Lvtih.lides of the question. It should be the
citaracieristic of .English Men not to condemn a man
on
,er parte evidence. Fair trial is-held sacred,,as the
bulwark' of liberties; yet, in this.case, we
wish to conalinn and piini4) before the accused has

been heard ilia defence; besides, we arc of opi‘
;non the proppse.d, measures were calculated to of.
insult to ina Majesty, who, had already told us;, tl.at
Pe,•Withed ctif§gquiry should silortly take, place.-=•--
Could more be skid I The Meeting thought it might
with equal propriety present a petition to a Judge,
praying-that:lre Would (when in the aCiive admi-
.. oistratiptt3f, justice) de justice, and bring criminals
befiwhim:.—Would not such an application be cid,.
culate& to wound and insult the feelings even of rrt
honest inditthlual I,.and how much more so mu t
your intended application. be calclil:ited (o wooed
and insult his IVrajesty-,-particulitrly, after his answer
to the Petition from the Citizens ofLendop. .
All the original Resc.lutiens Were,agreed to, and
those proposed by :Mr. Viiierty rej(xled. AijoLt
three o'clock the business ended,
.and. 0)0.11-m1E4i:de;
disperseekeni th;s sse.ne political agitation, • 14,
pro.e.diiitctherhiuch more ni:ful Clutlto,ulthqa
--. • ,
occupaticm ana,Drout.:lll;,c tabour.,
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. .t DIC
P NG INTEL !GEC".

ist.WMA::IKEr SECOND OCTOBE Z MEt-M:r:

_ Tituu.sb'Ay.
Mr. Fermor's Ss.r. nlb. beat Mr. Shakespori
tbrpocrites, Sst. glb. B. C. 2;:ogs. h. ft.-3 to i on.CCr-

Duke of Itutivid'S Ned, by' Teddy, Bst. zlb. best Mr,
WI; by Worthy;• %st.. ft.-6 td
4 olt.Ned,

Tl;e, Second Class of the Oatlands Szakes of Jogs. •
K. tyl, ;
Mr. S.llakesnear's Std David, *rtrio.d, qst. 6lb.'
D. of,Graft kirrrel. 3 yrs, 7st. t
Mr. Wyndtiant's Mouse; 4 yrs. 7sr. t iib. - • ~ .3
Mr. L• it Miss'Sophia, 3.yr, 6.it - '
M r. Howarth's Casstri, 5 'Yrs. Br,
Mr, I.4atsxi's Headley, S yrs. 7st. !alb.. :.• r,
, to to s agst. Sir David.-5 to 4 agst. Morel. , •
Ld•Egrernopt's brother to Trafalgar, B&t.,btat Mr Sitalur-
pear's, "Aiung,oot. 71b. 'l'. M. M. 201,-s. tt.--t, to .1
a;st . Tra (alga r. '
Fuir,:Sst
,rAlb. beat Lord Foley c. hh Don
Quixo,te, out or, Auctina, 76t. alb. Two-yr. Ohl Lour
toc:gs.--3 to t

. . -. .„
' ' Seveepstakes of_Ogs. eac4. ,First IL:II-of Ab. M..
Mr. Craven's Ban MAI. 7st. 91b. - - i
LdsKinnalr.rs Abkliire's,• 3st. 'Jolt)... - - - ' i
Mr. Lii.iyicl'44.eplayr. .7st. nib. . - - 3
i., ~ -
i.
a.5iri0),,,„.,, ti to. 4 0.1 Beau Nash. .
~ , . , ..
~.. ..
Lori innatrd s -Achilles, 9ist. 2,113. received 2ogs, from Ld
jersey's Whistler, Sst. Two-yr. old Course, sogs.
-., Mr: floworth's Lauretta, Ssr. 12IO: ret"..'. from L 3 Bari.
rytnore's .Miranda, :Ssr. 1); 1. ioogs.. . . . .
. Lord Darlington's Master Goodall, Bst, rec. sogi, front
Mr. Shakespear's7,odiac, Sst. 1314. Ab. M. 0.60 g,.
t Lord Grosvenui's Vioiante, rec. Bogs. from Mr: Sh.f.,:eu
spear's Sir David, Bst. 71b.,eita. li. C. 2oot:s. h. ft.

•
Yesterday afternoon, the Ist division of that,rio
corps, the%lkth Light Dragoons,.commanded by his
ROyal'HightWO the Duke of CUMB E I.A tea, marched
into..l3ow and Scratforci, upwards of 300. as floe men
and hdrse.S- as eyo were seen, and highly equipped
for the Service they are going upon. They march
this 'Morning ' for kings!on ; to-morrow for Guild-
ford; and -on Sunday to Portsmouth; from whence
they will embark for Spain. The ed division, elto-
upwards of 300 strong, will marchinto Bow and
Stratford this afternoon; and the 3d, consisting of
the same number, to-morrow, will continue the
same routeas the lat division. It is understood that
each brigade of I•fght Cantiry.yrill Ime attached to
it 12 pieces pf light long di:pounders, brass ordnance.
The-wbvietf theanralry grill net be lesg than 14,000
strong; the Wen are all in high spirits, &rid if the
wind- remains as at present, their arrival in Spain
is expe4ted in 6 dipti after their leaving PortsmoutlL
The 7th and loth are supposed to be very far on
their vo3-age.
About fifty sail of Danish
St.
were
found in the Tagus, and at St. Übe's, which had
been laid up with much Care ; they have been 'con-
'veiled into "Fiftinsports, and are likely to vrove very
useful in. that.'setlyie. •
A piece of round, amounting to about an acre,
and aThle-, 4 tai`.a 'dAy or two sold at Wortiiinir
fornear'ftgrai.wyt Was purchased t.r,Nm a Ipectthitio.''n
that Worthing is likely to becam?, one °tithe most
attradive Watering places in the kingdom..,
The Dike of PoitTLA.Np his received notice to -
"quit his present residence; that'boble pile' of tiaild-
ing will shortly be.levelled with the ground, to make
way for new improvements On the e,stale; At fa
said,' that a part 'of, the ground will be allotted to ati
unique row ofstately houses, built after the Tosem.
Order et Atchiteture, acrd it is to be called Min—
: ington iC res ,
Tile .11101?ilir, during last week., was honoured
'.with more tharii)be usual fashionable asSembhige of
company ; comprising nearly all the most disti;:, •
guished tarnilies in butt.)lk and the' neighbouring -
counties. . •
We arc:hank to announce the _speedy publicx-.
'tidn,•tri London, of :Madame COTTIN'S ".
'preceded by some interesting Memoir.; of
,ihe ,
;Author; also two beautiful and Classic Tales by
.111".fba CIi‘ATE AOB Lt. fAND, entitled “...-/t-4/4 et Real."
Wednesday morning .a mad dog made its .appear-
anCe in St. iatnes'6. Park, and bit a little. girl; a-
soldier on duty ati be back Of Lord M04..,...rave'5., ini-
uiediately ran the 'animal through- witn his' bayonet.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, C T :21

This day's marltt.had a middling snpply of-differ-
ent -kinds of.-Cattle; 804 and Mutton are cheaper
than our last report; Pork and Veal sold at la't
prices, and the trade in general was somewhat flat.
The,sales in the Haymarket were not lively; Hay
and Straw have dropped in price since Monday's
market; Clover -fetched last price.—The foliowing
prices and numbars are an accurate statement :
- • To siikic the Offal Per stone of Sib.
Beef 45. 4d MSS. 2d.--Muttoll 45. ad. to SS. Veal
6s. ocl.,39,ppd,—Lantb os. ad. to es. od.—P`ork 6s. cd. to
7s. od.
Beasts. 950.—Sheep, s,soo.—Calves, 240.—rigs, 300.
Hay 51. ss. od. to 61. os. od.—Clover 61. off. od. to 71.
cs. od.—Straw :I. tzs. cd. to if. iSs. od.

CORN-EXCRANgE, OcT. 21..... The supply of
Wheat this day is extremely short, and the sales
mad,: are at a small increase in price (new as pe - '
currency, fine* about t Q6s. per quarter) ; Barley
and Malt support last prices ; White Pease also ;
old Beans of each kind are dearer ; there pre lik-.
wise short bupplies of Oats, dad last prices in this
trade fully maintained ; sales of Flour on the terms
of our last currency.
wheat 723. a SAS a y4s od Tick Beans -66 s 3 723 od
Fine ditto . Os a coos ue Oats - 3SS a 3Ss a 4os O.
Rye - . sOs a S4s od Poinid ditto 41$ a 41s od
Barley - - 42$ a 47s od I Potatoe - - —s a 433 od
Matt -.- 78s a tss .d 1:,;,e Seed - 421 a 451 —ed
white Pease 14.? a 147 s cd Fine Flour . Sss a yes oci
Grey clittO'' ' - -Os a his od Seconds . - dos a 34s cd
Beans - - -63 s a 74$ cd