The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-03 00:00:00

months confounded. all the plans of our, enemies,
who were completely vanquished and routed at
every point where they were attacked.
" Notwithstanding so many glorious and succes-
sive victories, in which the enemy suifered a dimi-
'nution of more than two-thuds of his force, and with
very slender means of replacing it, JOSEPH deter-
mined to repair to his capital, in the persuasion, un-
doubtedly, that his presence 'would allay the gene-
ral uneasiness, and re-impose his yoke upon the pro.-
vinces. For this purpose he caused bithseif to be
proclaimed hem, on the 25th ult.•but he was so iii
received by its loyal inhabitants, that, notwithstand-
ing all bis--troops and .his precautions, he had the
mortification of seeing himself almost alone 'Where-
ever he went, and even in his own Palace ; the
whole of the Grandees, the Officers of State, 'and' a
great Dumber of other persons of all classes, estates,
and conditions, having absented themselves in eN.-
peCtation of his arrival. Finally, having received po-
sitive intelligence, on time 28th ult. of Gen. DuroNT's
surrender in the Andllusias, with t 7,000 of the best
troops of France, JOSEPH determined on retreating,
or rather flying, from this capital. This purpose he
with all the rest of his army precipitately executed,
directing his march towards the trUntier, and com-
mitting on their route the 'most execrable arts of
robbery, sacrilege, assassination, and excesses bf every
description. To their diNgrace, ho was followed by
DON MARIANO Louts DE URQUIJO, DON MIGUEL
JOSEPH DE AZANZA, DON QONIALO 0 FAREILL,
DON JOSEPH DE MASSAREDO, Count DE CABERRAS
in Short, all the Ministers, with the exceptibn of
DON' Pi DRO DE CEVALLOS: All the Supreme
Tribunals of the resident, in the capital
have till this moment existed in a state of oppres-
sion, without freedom of deliberation or action,
aid subje& to the: severest yoke which perfidy
and treason could impose upon them ; but the in-
stant they•were able td make their voices
.heard, they
hastened to declare null and void whateter was.done,
under the apprehension of violence, against the Livki-
ful rights of the House of BOURTION to the throne of
Spain. All classes of the State are in consequence
re-invested with the full and tree exercise of their
lawful duties, which are those alone that are com-
prised in the bole= oath taken to'Our iugnst So-
vereign- FEIIIMAND VII. when Prince of •AsTo-
Rixs,.l*idit, us to recognize him as King of Spin
and the Indies, iu case of the death or formal ab-
dication, winch has aCtually taken place, of his au-
gust Father."

[Tne letter then concludes with an order for pro•
claiming FLRDINAND VII. 'it:daring null and void
his abdication, as well as every as done by the au-
thority of the usurped Government.]

Monday last the Duchess of YORK, and a seleet
party, spent the day in fishing, at' Virginia Water.
A Letter from Demerara, dated June 8, states,
that an insurrection has been planned by the Ne-
groes in that Island. It was fortunately discovered
by Mr. GORDON, a manager of a plantation, throtigh
a Negro girl that he was in the habits of intimacy
with. She urged Min to accompany her to Berbice
so ardently, that it made him have a suspicion of the
real cause; and he having pressed.her•for an expla-
nation, she discovered the plan :---That the Negroes,
on the night of the 4th of June, his MAstis-ry's
Birth-night, intended to rise en masse, and murder
the white inhabitants; they were induced to fix on
that night, un&r an idea that the Officers woold be
regaling themselves, rejoicing on the birth-day of
their Sovereign. Twenty .of the ringleaders were
apprehended, and trie hisurreetion was prevented.
The girl .has .been obliged to be removed from the
plantation; her life having beeu threatened.
Marlborough Lamb-Fair, on Monday last, was
well attended, and the Lambs in general sold well :
Horn Lambs, bred by Mr. Thomas Palmer, of
the Parsonage at East Garston, Sold for 475. per head ;
.50 of the mixed breed, by Mr. Osrittn, of Axford
New Farm, in the parish of Ramsburv, sold at 275.
per head; and ho of the South Down bree4, by
Mr. Osman, of. Upton, near Overton, Hants, sold at
265. per head. Each of these Gentlemen had a prize
cup of six guneas vaue, on account of their lambs
being the belt of their ClasS at the fair. Silver cops
of the same value were also given to Mr. Shipway
and Mr. Pocock, the two purchasers of the greatest
number of lambs in .the fair.

At Rornscy Fair, on Friday, there was very large
s2nply of Cheese, but the sale was heavy, particular-
ly that of inferior quality. Prime old Cheese, and
new of the best kinds, meta readier sale, at a reduc-
tion in prices (from the-currency at Magdalen-hill
pair) of about 51. to 71. per tou. - This reduaion of
prices is attributed to the quantity of Dutch Cheese
on sale.

DOMESTIC HArgttqcsS.—lt has, been cynically
said, that likTiness is an illusive phantom, after
winch all are in pursuit„hnt which constantly eludes
the grasp. The ,following anecdote will at least
chew that this observation 'is ill-founded, and that
happiness may. be found even in a cottage. On
Sunday se'nnight a family party, consisting of an
old veteran, an out-pensioner of Chelsea College,
his aged partner in life, "five son's, with their wives
and children, three daughters, with their husbands
and children, foaming altogether thirty in number,
met in a public• house in Chelsea to dine. The oc-
casion of the dinner was this—by a concurrence of
circumstances rarely to be expeited in life, it so hap-
pened that the eight children, with their respedive
partners in life, and numerous progeny, called early,
in 'the morning, being the' anniversary of the ve-
teran's birth-day, on the aged pair. After divine
iservice it was 'proposed that they should adjourn to
a public-house and dine there on the joyous occa-
sion; They-did so" in a nianner befitting the day and
the occasion of the meeting. It ought to be men-
froned, that each Of the Children had succeeded well
in the world. At length the bill was called: The.
five sons, and the husbindW of the three daughters,
emulously struggled each for the honour of .e.xclu-
sively paying it. • After a good dea[ of friendly al-
• tercation ,the- veteran 'rose in hiS place, and thus ad-
dressed' his sons and.daughters :..‘f,..The pleasure I
now feel. in seeing you all assembled about me is in-
deed great ,•" it is still beightetiodt* find each of you
independent of • one another ;.'..;"but my
,pleasure is
Heightened beyond expression that I turn, by-the
bounty of my gracious King, independent of you
• all, anti therefore I will pay, the bill."