The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-07 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDI:2I7R.
*** The tetter from C. L. M. on the of the Rout
Markes, shall appear To-morrow.

THE SUN.

SOLEM QUXS DiCERZ FALSE/St AUDEAT ?

L 0 ND 0 N, .
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,180 R.

Last night some German and Dutch Papers readied
Town; they are perfeCily silent respeCting Spain, and
bay very little about Austria. The Kings of Bava-
ria and Saxony are assembling their troops, in obe-
dience, probably, to the orders of BVONAPARTri A
part of the French troops that were in Silesia :have
been withdrawn; and it is said the whole Province
isito be evacuated. This measure is attributed, in
the german Papers, to BUONAPARTE'S tencvotent
feeling,s for the,distressed state of the Province. The
real cause, however, may be found in the formidable
preparations of Austria.

' 'We are happy to find, that the whole of the
Spanish Troops have arrived in safety at Gotten-
burgh. This intelligence was brought by the ilfus-
qiiito Sloop of War, which arrived yesterday rtfOrws
ing at Yarmouth. She also brings an account that
the:Russian Fldet, consisting of eleven Sail of the
Line, was off Stockholm ; but we are not inclined
to give any credit to this statement:

The meeting at Hackney, yesterday se'nnight, is
an eVent-tbat
.should not be passed over without some
observations, as from a due consideration of its na-
ture, and the circumstances attending it, every sincere
friend to his country will, derive great satisfaction.--
The meeting, as we before informed my Readers,
1 •
I was but thinly attended, and among the tew Free-
fielders present diet-6.w= many officious intruders
who had no. right to appear under that ctiarader.
Various reasons have heen:given -Why tit-6-'l.e-- Was so
scanty an assenihlage,_ and it has been ihferred, that
as the glorious events in Spain were so well known,
and had. diffused universal pleastire over the country,
the Freeholders in general deemed it unnecessary to
meet in order to testify those emotions of joy which
animfte every British bosom. There is doubtless
some weight in this inference; but we believe
another reason can be' assigned, as lionourable, to
the understandings of Englishmen as those emotions
of generous. syMpathy with a va)ourons people,, who
now triumph over oPprenion, are to, their hearts, The
main cause of the thin attendance at Hackney, in
our opinion, is, the perfect contempt and, insign;fi-
-cane° into which a party who have often attempted
to distur6 rho country with their mischievous doc-

trines and ruinous:ip'ect4ations, have fallen in the
general estimation. These men, notwithstanding
all the h9rrors, which. t he tenets which th.. 3, profess
have brought upon France, and so many other coun-
tries, still persevere in maintaining the.satne ruinous
doctrines, and skew that they are too stupid to, be
.enlightened by experience, or too evil-minded aver
to be diverted from their wicked purposes. • But
they have been abandoppd by, gym body at all en-
'. titled; to respea, and thy now constitute such a
miserable remnant Of fakiion, that all their attempts
to recover a little notoriety are fruitless, and only
serve to bring mortitiFation on _themselves, by
fisting the insignificance to.which they are
.reduced.
This, we conceive,: tolhave been the generat reason
why the band who mustered at Hackney on Tues-
day last were so:l'ew in, numbers; andwe trust that
after this palpable demonstration of their weakness,
they` will hardly' have the ctinfidence'again"to think
of exalting themselves into the power of exciting—
any•pubtiedisturbance. Another reason„ of less im-
portance, however, maybe mentioned as likely to
have had Some influence in preventing .the more re,
speetable order of Freeholders from attending, and
that was, the report, that the 44ctiii-e-ss, and Petitim if
not the Resolutions, had been 'prePared .4- a man
old in mischief, and who, though he is brought by
age and infirmities upon' the -confines Of another
world, seems resolved to do as much harm as he
can-before he drops into the grave, 'and to employ
his last efforts inthe.Same unworthy cause. As it

is. impassible to suppose that he man alluded to has
in his nature any spark of public virtue, it is natural

'to conclude that up9n SO glorious an occasion as the

triumph, of the Spaniards over the, efforts of tyranny,
every rational Freeholder who had heard that a Pe-
tition, an Address, or. Resolutions, were yto.
come from such a man, must have conceived that
something mischievous was to be produced,
that ought
,not to be associated with the laudable_
°hied of manifesting the sympathy which this
nation feels the' noble'ascendancy of .Spanish va-
l Our and wisdom.-- These Considerations, we con-
ceive, will sufficiently account for the thin attendance
a; . Hackney, and we sincerely' congratulate our
countrymen in .tiding that the zealots of Party will
now be obliged -to '‘ hide their diminished heads,"
an.l that the\ people in general are attached to their
good King and excellent Constitution, and now
heartily despise all JacJbins and Levellers, under

r whatever form they may attempt to spreal theirdc-
lasions. But we should be guilty of injustice if we
did not mention another reason why the Meeting I
alluded to proved such a paltry attempt to interrupt
the public tranquillity, under the pretence of testify-
ing a sympathy with the heretic efforts of the Spa-
nish Nation. The vigour, promptitude, and ability
displayed by the present Administration have
operated with due effea upon the minds of all rew
String 'Englishmen, and they are convinced that
the national safety and the national honour may be
safely entrusted to their guidance. Their condua, ,
respecting Spain has been such, as not only English-
men-, but the whole world,, must approve; and, not-
withstanding all the pitiful attempts which hovel
:been made to lessen their credit in this respect,
by accusations of torpidity and delay, it is manifest
that they have with the utmost celerity availed thenv.,
selves of every opportunity to assist the Spaniards
and Portuguese, and that every obstacle in their
way was unavoidable. But the fats speak for
themselves. The Spaniards wanted arms, ammU-
nition, and money, and those we have liberally and •
promptly supplied. They wanted to reserve the ho—
nour of vindicating their national character to them
selves, and we left, them to achieve that honour, but
sent them a strong military force in case of neces-
sity. To the Portuguese, who wanted a powerful
military support, we sent a gallant army, under
9ificers of proyed and eminent ability; and the
glorious victory which we had on' Friday the e*quirn
site gratification of communicating to the pub'"
lie, is not only in the highest degree honourable to
those who achieved 'that victory, hut to the Adini..
nis.tration who so providently and so ably arranged
and ciireaed the measures that led to an event which
'Mast give pleasure to all mankind.

•
The West India Con,voy is appointed to sail from;
Cork, early in the ensein„e"month.
Yesterday' a Cabinet "Ciitioeil 'was held at the
Foreign OfEce,ar Which were present his Grace the
Duke of PORTLAND, Earl of CAIVLDEN, Lords CAS'
TLEREAGH„ ITAWIS,RSDUIIY, ,MULGRAVEk anti AIF,
CANNING.
Monday morning his MMESTY, PrinceSses Sot.
PHIA, AUGUSTA, and AMELIA, accompanied by La-
dy THYNNC, Lords Riv Ens and WAt.sustogAm,
peral Fer,z,aor and Colonel TAYLOR, rode kik 1N7144-
sor Park, and returned to the Palace at twelve.--;t.
Afterwards the Princesses, accompanied by Lady
Tn.:lrma, Lords RivEßs and WALSINGHAM.,-
and
Colonel TAYLOR,, took another ride for an. hour.
Yesterday' his M.AJest-v, Princesses Sop osA, AU.
GUSTA and AMELIA, accompanied, o'y f 4). THYNNEp.
General FITZROY, and Colonel. TAYLOR, rode tin,
noon in Windsor. Park.
Sir THOMAS DYER left town on Sunday last for
Oviedo, to present his MAJeITY:S PiCtiz4e 4,5; W!,
Assembly of tbe.ASturias, and, with a'goid hox,, "sec
wiih diamonds, as a present from his lAAJ.Es-rx_ta
the President. The same are to .be sent to each of
the I'‘oviticial Assemblies..
A very large embarkation of artillery and ammo.-nition, destined for Spain, tookplace onMorelay and,
Tuesday, at. Woolwich. The guns were all Spanish;',..
eighty-two were shipped by yesterday evening.' The
Tench having taken away or destroyed as much as
they could of the artillery in the Royal Arsenals, in.
Spain, our Government has g,enercusly Come for-.
ward to afford a fresh supply. It is considered, as, a
compliment, that, the artillery and: stnall arms sent
,to-our Allies are all of the nrianefacture of their own'
country.
The following Regiments will. Immediately ern!.
bark at. .Ramsgate, viz. the Ist Brigade of Guardi,
from Deal; six:Companies of .95th Ride Corps, and
one Company of 'Royal Staff Corps, froni.Hythe;
and three Troops of Royal Waggon Train, now on
their march, from Croydon. The Brigade.of Guards
at Chatham, and all the Regiments in the Eastern
District, under Orders for foreign service, are also to
embark without loss of time : besides which, orders
have been given for the immediate 'embarkation of
several- Regiments of heavy as well as light Cavalry..
Among the first go the Blues, under Colonel Dolt*"
and the Bays, , under Lord GEORGE -BERUS" FORD ; thelOth, 13th, 14th, 2nd'lstil Dragoons.--
Several Officers belonging to the Regituei.ts about to
embark at Cork have set out to join their respective
Corps.
To the'accountsof the growing discontents in dif-
ferent parts of France, which we.have from time to
time had the satisfattion to cotrununicate to the pub- •
lie, we are ena'aledao add the substance of a letter
received yesterday from a Gentleman of high re-
spettability at. Bourdeaux, .well known to the prin-
cipal merchants intlie city; and which was brought
by a vessel that arrived on Monday in the River from
thence, laden with brandy :
" BonangAux, AUG. am preparing to quit
'this place, for my seat about ten leagues from hence,
where I hope to avoid the etfetts of the storm which
.is gathering around,Us. The discontents of the peo-
plein this place can no longer be soothed by rne. •
naces or promises; and ere lung, if my-judgment is
not:much Misled, you will hear of insurrections in
this and the neighbouring towns, which will lead to
events of great magnitude. The people will rid them-
-selves of the restrictions which are fast leading to
their entire ruin, or they will die in the attempt.
With the example of Spain before their eyes, they •
have formed a determination which a short space of
time will develope."
According to accounts lately received in Holland
from France, ByoNAPAAT,B is not disposed to abandon
his design of establishing his brother on the Throne of
Spain. The protection of the coast of France has been
hitherto confided to a descript,on of troops who were
unfit for more active service. These, we understand,
have lately received orders to march for Spain;. The
more etficient part of his army he reserves for other
purposes. But what can these exhausted veterans
effect 'against the niyriads•who are inarms in Spa n ?
Yesterday the Lord Mayor ordered the price of
Bread to be raised to Is. 14d, the quartern loaf of
wheaten, and i lid. household. • -