The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-21 00:00:00

the IiOUSEaCOMNIUNS.

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Instead of a tedious detail-of Dates and proper Names iue-
ceeding racy other, without interest, and devoid of, useful in-
formation or rational entertainment, the. • present Work
abounds in anecdote and in fads relative to the Living Peer-
age. It 's precisely the kind of A ork which, under the
name of Compendious Peerage, has always been sought for;
but which it has the observations of a long.and
active live to coiled into the present Volurne.
This tv urk, among its oriOnal matter, contains a Biogra-
phical Account 'of 'the Right Rev, the ;,tench of Bishops,
with a Summary of their labours, both religious and literary.
Although Barons, and consequently Lords of Parliament,
they have never before been included hi any Peerage whatso-
ever.

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PARIS, Nov. 1c...a1e Minister, MARET,' Seere.
tary of State, set out the day .before yesterday for
Bayonne. The troops. who bat, arrived in Ro-
chelle from Ls'noti were inspet•let,4 thsle by the
Prince of N2UFCHATR-1., and are now oa t heir march
to Bayonne, by. the way of Bottrdeaux. Tit s•cOips
is ctlledthe van of the Army of Poi tugal. Lieneral
L. MARaUE, the conqueror of Ciprea, ha. ret,injt d
to Naples, ,and expertencet.l,the st distingui•Wed
reception on the part of his Mait-.,ty.,C.:um
TE.IINICH, the AtistriatiAmbassador, has lettAhe
capital, on a journey tt; Vienna, OR ilet01111; ,11,:
private business. His Lady remains here.—(74
same Paper.) .
COPENHAGEN, -OCT. 29.—Qcr D,ini,ll Court Ga-
zette of this day -excites here g.c.o .sehsation. it
contains several extract;;trimn letturs- and oilier pa-
pers, pointing out the manlier iu «lticl, tire thereoi:fr.
tile corte,ponSence.betweenEngland and the pa, is
in the Baltic is carried on. The Danish. Govern-
ment has expresse.d the utmost indignation at the
clandestin,• intercoor-e «it ti" Gi eat Britain; and ts
shwa to adopt tire most vigorous measures to pie-
vent! it in future ..-.(1-lueqe.tit'Gaz‘t'fite, • Aov. 10.)
PARIS,' NOV. s.—The troops than het e re' urned
froth I",,riugal are now assemitted at Y-er.nes, wbeiice,
after hating been org.;nised imew, they w ill bvgin
their march tOr the. army in Spluu. With xespea to
the transadions: in P trtugitl, we hate
there are two armies of Inshr4e,,ts 1n that etttintry,
One in'Alentejo, Under the •co!ninand of the G•i;'zA
litintsinan cit the CIO n, anu the other to the pro-
vinces of Beira and Entre Dow() y Alin; to, under the
'command of an old General. The limner of these.,
irr conjunction with some-Spanish insurg,:nts, wa.3
bloCkading the fot tress of •Elvas, and the Litter, at
thevime of the Battle of Virniera, for the most, part
in the neighbourhood of Coimbra.

The English having understood that the 'Portu-
guese were in the field, and wishing to take pCP:,!.
bion of the
_country its the name (4 the Eugibh Go-
vernment, hastened to conclude a C,.uvelitton w;,11
the Duke Of -ABRANTES. The' English Flag 'ivas
hoisted,. and an. English Administration appointe:f.
As soon as this came to the knowledge of t Chiefs
of-the Portuguese; they issued a Proclamation, for-
bidding obedijnce to any other Power than the Re-
gency appointed by' the Prince of BRAZIL he
left Portugal, requiring at the same time the Elglish
Generals to acknowledge that Regency, and to
the Portuguese Flag. The inhabitants of Lisbon
beginning to murmur, the English Generals gave
me Portuguese the satisfaction .they required, re-
taining, however, in their own power, ever "thing
relative to maritime affairs and commerce.

The letters from Bayonne bring no particular in,
formation. They only speak of the daii) arrival of
troops-to join the grand artily.
ST. CYR; whose head-quart(-rs are at Pt.rplgil_w, rr-
vieweti the troops under his coninimid the (.28th -,4,:;f
0at:06% The division of General Soot-JAM, aild
the Italian division of General Prso,• the ad-
a,ced guard _of that army, which, it appears,
begin its operations hy. taking possesiion of guies anti
Gironne, in order to forma junction with General
DUHESMr, 1.010 is at Eihcelona.

Nov.BERLIN, l.-,-13y the 15th instant, N,i,e ex-
peer here a regiment of the Royal Prussian hussars.
In the mean time exertions are teaktaking i u restore the
public gardens to.their former condition. They had
been used as a parade for
.the trnopc. The caiiihy
barracks are also., undergoing a repair.. Nothing is
yet fixed.with regard to ti,e festiv hies. to tcikeplace
on his Majei;ty:s rei urn to his Capital this city bethg
so complete,y exhausted, tne expences.of such Jesti-
vides cannot be defrayed but
.by the:: most serioM
pecuniary sacrifices,. The following bas been. pub-.
listed iu daily orders:

;The General ot, Ditision, Commandant of .Ikr.
lin anti the .NRltiletuark, in. pursuance, of orders
from his Excellency the .iVlarshat. Duke. or ,AtrEitt
STADT, hereby informs Me.ssyettra the
,Pros.siati
fi,..ers, that they are ti.gain at liberty to wear ti,e titti.;;
forms ot their respet live regiments, and, of course,
th.,t the regulatita torn-wily issued in Gaily ortik.brii
upon this subject are revoked. .

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``The Marsn .al trusts that the good understandinft
whik.b has subsisted between the Prussian soldiery,
the French, and the. inhabitants, will experience, no
interruption, and that he shall in in) case be called'
upon to adopt any measure of severity. against the
soldiery, &c. .

" ST. HILAIRE."

BERLIN, NOV. 6.--i-General, ST.. HILAIRE Will
leave-this place on the wth. The Palace is getting
ready, for the reception of our Sovereigb. The ar-
rears of the contributions, requisitions, &c. are now
levying with greater rigour than ever.

COPENHAGEN, Nov. I.—On the 424th of October,
at day-break, appeared before the fortress of Chris-,
tianhoe an English Squadron, conSi,ting of tao Sail
of the Line, 'tine of them A three-decker, a Frigate,
a Brig, and.Oree Bomb-ketches, each carrying two
mortars. At seven o'clock the latter stood in and
formed a line on the East side of the fortress, and
labout 4000 ttises from the Squadron. At halt pXst
seven they commenced a bombardment, which Just-
ed, without intertnissiop, until half past eleven, more

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s,bn . •,
silent haitrig been thrown chirinethaftirie.
:40t a man of the garrison was killed, but six Swedish
prisoners were killed by a shell, Which fell upon the
pi isOn, and a woman also lost•her lite, at she was
tarrying some food. to her husband, who was on
duty. T4ie Commandant Kont. was wounded in the
leg by a spent-shot, at the commencement of the.
action; but made himself be 'carried about on a
661)6 to encourage his men, until the•contlusion of
the anion. Besides the CoMmandaiii, there are
only nine wounded ; but, on the other hand, the
buildings in the fort, and the Ships in the harbour,
have suffered considerably. None, however, of the,
latter were sunk. The whole of- the Officers and
garrison displayed the highest gallantry and intrepidity
Upon this occasion. The gunner LID'E particularly
distinguished himself; though wounded, he Con-
tinued at his post. The object of the enemy seems
to have been to burn the town and -the prizes lying
in the harbour, several of which have been damaged
in their decks and masts. This intelligence has been
brought by the Privateer Mandahl, Capt. WULFFSON.
Some Danish pepiOners'arrived from Gotteaburgh,
bring adVice that the RUssians, upon rapture of
the armistice is Finland, made a general attack on
the Swedish army, which Was completely rotiii7z.',
after a bloody engagement, in whiCh they had 6000 ,
;nen killed or wounded,.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. •
The Letter of AIL sr n son, the subjed of the Portu-
gal Conventisni, though liberal in its views, tends to a
prejudicaticin of matters that are now in a proper train for
discussiou, and therefore we must decline it.

We shall To-morrow resume the valuable Article on Bye-
- NA R T E'S Campaign in Italy.—The subjed will be the
seizure of the Property of the Church, and the robbery of
the Mounts of Piety.

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101,,TDAY, NOVEMBER "..! i, 180'8.

A Report was very prevalent at Plymouth, imme-
diately After the arrival of the Black Joke Lugger,
from St. Andero, that a very desperate battle had been
fought between the armies of Generals NEY and
13LAKE, in which the former was said to have been
'totally defeated, with the loss of goon men, in killed,
*rounded, and, prisoners. It was also added, that
gen. NEY was wounded. We should feel the most
sincere pleasure in being able to confirm this report,
but the fail is, that no intelligence of the kind was
brought by , the Black Joke, nor does it appear
that any glion- has taken place since. the attack
made by General BLAKE on the French near Val-
maseda, on the 4th instant. •

We yesterday received Spanish Papers to the 16th
inst. but they do not contain any accounts of an
glaion subsequent to the 4th. iireport had reached
Gijon, that Gen. BLAKE bad reoccupied • Bilboa
on the Ith, but we beliore it was unfounded.

Dutch Papers- to the 16th inst. reached toiVn last
right, but they bring Niery little news. The Danes,
it appears, are exceedingly indignant at the trade
carried on by the Briti3ll in the Baltic, and very
stronginsinual.ionsacethrown out in the Copenhagen
Paper, that Russia and Prussia are ostensibly rigid,
but secretly indulgent, to British Cotrimerce.

Yesterday morning, his MAJESTY, Princesses Au-
41USTA, SOPHIA., and AMELIA, accompanied by
Lady CAROLINE WALDEGRAVE, General FIYZROY,
.and Colonel Dessßow, went to St. George's Cha-
pel, and heard divine service.
The Royal Party afterwards returned to the Pa-
lace.

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Dispatches. Were yesterday morning received at
the Admiralty Otfce from Lisbon, of the I Ith inst.
They came by the_ Talbot; which brought home a
fleet of Transports from, the Tagus, . .
Mr. JOHNSON, the King's Messenger, left the Fo-
reign Orfice on Saturday night, at 'eleven o'clock,
with dispatches for our Ambassador, Mr: Fling; at
Madrid.

• "Ilia:Spanish Deputies; of Friday arrived ;t Ports-
mouth, -to embark for Corunna in the Laviniti fri-
gate. AdmirarAPODACA only remains.
Gen. 'MACK, Prince AUSENBERG, Prince AVERS-
!ERG, and Col. THEIS, have received a pardon from
the Emperor of AUSTRIA, and have been set:at
liberty. _ _

he Gaiette of Saturday contained a Proclama-
tion, continuing the prohibition 'of the ditillation
of spirits from corn or grain, for 40 days after the
next meeting of Parliament.

The Bounty to Seamen, on entering his Majesty's
service, is continued by an Order in Council in Sa-
turday's Gazette, to the 31st December, 1 &09.—
This Order is generally renewed every six months.
On Saturday the LORD MA Mt received a requisi-
tiob, signed by a considerable number of the Livery-
men, to convene a Con-moll Hall, lily the purpose
of .taking into consicleratj,o47lhe 'COnvent kin' of Cin-
tra, and adopting certain resolutions in consequence
of the Answer of his Majesty's. Minister to the late
Address of the City-of London. The necessary ar-
rangements caused by the going-out Of the Late, and
the coming-in of the present Loan MAYOR, have
alone prevented the Meeting' from being sooner held..
The attendance of the Livery on the occasion is ex-
peaed to be more 'numerous than in any instance for
several years past. The Common Hall will be held
4n f a
the course o few .days. .
On Thursday a large quantity of pike, jacks, and
other 'fish, Which nearly filled a cart, were put'into
the Canal in St. James's Park, by order of Lord
inly E-4, the Park-keeper.