The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-17 00:00:00

A POLITICAL MANIAC.

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Sailed His Majesty's Ship fitar on' a cruize and
tf. :
:His Majesty's Ship. for Plymouth, with a
convoy. •

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 15. Arrived the Glatton, of
5o guns, with supernumeraries from the- Downs,
and Brisk Sloop of War from the Eastward ; also
the Danish Ship Elizabeill. Louisa, C. F. KROG,
laden with bale-goOds from Leghorn, bound to Co-
penhagen, detained by the Indefatigable Privateer.,.
Sailed the Tribune Frigate for the Channel Fleet.
• Arrived the *Susanna, 'Rois.ox, and. Ranger,
HALLU both from,ltiga, with hemp for .the Dock
Yard.
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SHEERNESS, SEPT. 16. Arrived the Centinel
Gun7brig-, Lieut. CHESTER; from Harwich :; also
the Mary Tender, from. Leiih, with Volunteers and
impressed Men for the Fleet.
Several Volunteers and inipressed Men were
brought down from the Tower. •

PENZANCE, SEPT. t4.—,-The Master of a Smack,
arrived here this morning, reports-that he saw a
Frigate off the Land's End with another in tow dis-
masted.

DEAL, SEFT. 16.--,Came down_frona Sheerness
the Anzaranthe 'Sloop •Of IWar, and remain in the
Downs .with tlie Ships as per last.

BRIXASI QUAY, SEPT. 15.--Put into Torbay last
night, aiid•sailed again this afternoon, the Safeguard
Gun:;brig, with the Union, ,Skelton Castle, and
Margaret East Indiarnen; under convoy. for Ports,
mouth.

YESTERDAy, about three o'clock, as the Merchan ts
were assembling on 'Change, a _well-dressed maj
stood upon a chair in the midst of them, and re-
quested to be heard on a subjeel in which they, a 5
Well as the Country at large, were interested. \

They suffered lilm for a short time to proceed,
supposing lie had some official communication to
make, when he , uttered several incoherent sen-
tences respeaing the irreparable loss of Mr. FOx
to the Country, and the necessity of fixing upon a,
person .1-or his successor. who; like him, was
en-
dowed with siverior wisdom and talents. Con-
vinced there Was no method in his madness, the Mer-
chants ordered him off 'Change; but he was obliged
to-be-taken away by force. Being again at liberty,
he Mounted'his rostrum (the chair) at the door of
Messrs. HAZARD; BORNE, and Co.'s LOttery-office,
Where he made another effort to 'be heard. He
said he had written to. the Patriotic Committee, tell-
ing them it was their duty to confer_ beliefits on the
Country in more ways than by simply distributing
contributions to the unfortunate seamen and, their
friends : 'it was incumbent on them to find an effi-
cient person to supply' the place of Mr. Fox, Br.c..
To• this he had received a short reply, which was
to the purpOrt, " that the Committee had returned
him his letter, supposing he had made a mistake in
addressing it to them." He said he had made no
mistake ; it was their, business to find a man
that would save- the country.

He next threw amongst the mob printed hand
bills : one of them set forth A great reward for 'the.
apprehension of TALLEYRAND, which he -afterwards
explained to, be the thanks of the Country. Being
tired of his kfosions., the mob unfeelingly pusbpd
mier"the'rostrurn, and the poor maniac fell with his
elbow through the window, when some person pass-
ing by•at the time, who knew him; interfered and
took him away.

4 number of ships are already loading for South
America, in consequence of the capture of Buenos
Ayres. It is the opinion of the best-informed men,
that nothing more will be requisite to insure the most
extensive benefits from the acquisition that has been
made, than to facilitate an intercourse between this
country and South America. The. Spanish Govern-
ment was so impolitic• in its regulations, that the
industry of the people was totally' discouraged, and
the finest region in the world deprived of all its na-
tural advantages. The removal of these restraints,
and the protekion of a just Administration, will at
once' secure the prosperity of the governed, and corn;
mand their
.aratitUde. Our superiority at sea will
prevent the StPaniards, were they mote enterprising
than they are, from making any attempt to reccter
what they' have lost ; and the people of the Colonies
will of themselves make no ellort in favourof a Go-
vernment Of whose jealous and illiberal policy they
have long been the victims. No very considerable
number of
,troops be required to garrison the
principal points. Wise and conciliating measures,
to gain the esteem and confidence of the pQOple,
will render them faithful subjeats; and in proportion
as they under' British prote6tion, they will
become unwilling to return to their former yoke.—
The principles on which our commercial intercourse
with these Colonies is to be carried on will speedily
be settled, and we have' no doubt they Will be fa-
vourable to the true interests of this Country; v.r!le
they will be calculated likewise for the wants and
Interests of the conquered.
Paraguay and La, Plata, according to the most cor-
reEraild authentic Spanish writers,. are 1500 miies-id
length, and 1000 in breadth, lying between 19 and
37 degrees of south latitude, and 50 and 75 degrees
of west longitude. Buenos Ayres is the Capital of a
Province of that name, which is called the Southern
Division of the Viceroyalty of La Plata. The narrow
policy of the Spaniards has suppressed all accounts
of the interior of: the country ; but British enterprize
and industry will soon explore all its vast physical,
:moral, and political resources. The La Plata River is
navigable to a considerable distance from the sea; and
its numerous bays and lakes are calculated to afford
great facilities to commerce, foreign and inland:-.;-
The. province is populous, and its rich produce in
sugar, cotton, indigo, drugs, Peruvian bark; and Co-
chineal, &c. will affbrd freights for some thousand
tons of British shipping.
Captain' MACLAINE, of the. 20th Foot, who- was
the only Officer killed in, the late action with the
French in Calabria, was ,a son of GILLIAN MAC-
LAINE, of Scallastle, in the Island of. Mull. Ile
highly distinguished himself in the Campaign of
1799, in Holland, and was particularly noticed in
one of the actions fought there by Lieutenant-Gen.
Mooac. He afterwards served in the Egyptian .
Campaign, and returned with . his. Regiment to
Malta. In the late glorious battle, fought on the
plains of Maida, Captain MACLAINE being on, the
_advance with tl4, Light Infantry, he was the first
who :charged the Enemy with the bayonet, and after
putting those opposed to him to the rout; fell, 'much
damented by his Regiment.
.A silver mine has been discovered in the vicinity
of Shankhill;near the Scalp, ifi the county of Dub-
lin and several .persona of skill have been latterly
employed ip ascertaining the nature of .the ore, and
verfc:rminz the necessary experiments, upon it.

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TIIE SOLDIER IN.if STORM.

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VICTORY IN CALABRIA.

I.

I CAN hear the rolling thunder—
See the lightning's vivid flash ;
Though they rend the earth asunder,
Unconedrn!d I meet the crash.
Cowards only shrink at danger ; •
But the Soldier's noble aim,
When he dies, to tear a stranger,
Is to live hi deathless Fame.

On my faithful Charger mounted,
Over hill and vale 1 go ;
For e'en Death may be surmounted,
If we dare to think it SQ:
Cowards only, &c.

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What a glorioui sweet contagion
Honour's breath conveys to all !
In Calabria's burning region
See how Britons fight the Gaul !
Cowards only, &c.

IV.

How my bosom panti for glory !
Comrades to our Standard fly ;
Fame is always placed before Vie,
And we live when others die.
Coward's only shrink at danger,
Dot the Soldier's noble aim ,
When he dies, to fear a stranger,

Is to live in tleatliless fame.

SPORTLVG LVIELLIGENCE.

WRITTEN IN CONSEQUENCE ' OF THE LAST e;Lontotr's

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