The Sun.
London, England, 1806-10-07 00:00:00

NA VA L N E WS.

PORTSMOVTH, OCT. 6.-!--Arrived the Plover Sloop,
Capt. HANCOCK, and the Cheerly Gun-brig, with
Prisoners, from Plymouth ; and L'Espiegle Sloop,
capt..Monn:s, from Cork also Glory, MoßoAg,
from Chepstow ; Speedwell, HARRINGTON, from
Dover ; Freedom, SHAII2, from Sunderland ; and
Supply, MOCKFORD, from Waterford.
Sailed the Clinker Gun-brig on a cruize off
Havre.

Yesterday morning the Snow Neptune, of South•
Shields, caught fire while loading at Ryde, but it
got under without any very material damage.

FALMOIITH,OCT. 4.—Arrived the Princess Eliza•
teth Packet, KIDD, with Mails from Lisbon, 14
days passage : left the Princess of Wales and Town-
shend Packets, the latter arrived out in 5 days ; left
also the Fleet tinder Admiral Earl ST. VINCENT,
seven Sail of the Line and two Frigates.

DOVER, OCT. 6.—The Calypso. Sloop of War
arrived at Deal this morning, about eleven o'clock,

fro‘rn France, and landed Mr. BASILIC°, the Mes-
senger, who proceeded to London, post. BASILICA
spealCs as. if Peace is at no great way off.

SHEERNESS, Oca, 6.—The Spartan, kbeautifta
new Frigate, Came town from Chatham and went
out to thePreat Nom '
The Deb ford 'render, Lieut. cam
down from the Tower with iinfressed men and
volunteers for the Fleet.

The Texel is paid bount) and will sail for Leith.

to-morrow.
Sailed the Swift with a Convoy for ionnitigen.

YARMOUTH., OCT. 6.--Yeste-day, at 6 P. M. a
Frigate appeared at the back of tle Sands, and made
Signal of having seen several suspicious Sail. All
the Officers who were on shore were immediately
ordered on board, and early this morning Admiral
RUSSEL:sailed with the Fleet under his command.—
It appears since; that the Ships seen were a Russian
Squadron ; two Packets, the Dorsei and Diana, ar-
rived this morning, and thing inthrmation that they
had fallen in with theM the daY befOte:,--arid lid no
doubt they were a Russian Fleet.

DEAL, Om 6.—This day at noon tbe"Cdypso
Sloop of War arrived in the Downs from Calais,
and landed at Deal M. BAsluco, the Messenger,
who immediately proceeded with his Dispatches for
London.

Caine down from Chatham this morning, and
sailed for Calais, an English Sloop wish French Pri-

soners.

Arrived and sailed for the River, the Lord Dun.
can, LOWS, from Limerick.
Arrived the Spitfire Sloop of War, Combatant
Praam, and several Gun-brigs, frcm a Craize.

Sailed the Fury Bomb, with the Serapis Store.
ship, Royal George, KERR, for Buenos Ayres ; and
the rest of the outward-bound under convoy for

Portsmouth.

The Vesuvius Bomb has a signal for a Convoy to
the WeAtward.

A liamburgh Ship, Perle, arrived at Portsmouth
from Monte Video, brings the intelligence, that she:
fell in with the Jamaica Frigate off the Banks of
Newfoundland, cruizing in seareha Sir JOHN Boa-.
I.ASE WAnitiN's Squadron, with the information
that the French Fleet, under Admiral VILLEAT.TME2,
had been seen off the Chesapeak.. We hope, there-
-fore, that Sir JOHN will receive timely inforination.
.of the Enemy's route. Some fear- is entertained
that .Sirlong's'Senadron may have encountered the-.
storm by which Sir RICHARD STRA.C.HAN suffered so
severely ;. but no intelligence to that effed has been
received, as was yesterday reported.
By the Lisbon Mail dispatches, dated the Igth
nit; have been received from Admiral Lord Sr.
VINCRNT, who at that time was preparing to sail
from the Tagus with the whole of his Squadron,
having accomplished the obje6t of his mission to
the Court of Lisbon,' by forming such arrangements
as are deemed calculated to insure the safety and in-
dependence of Portugal. '• We are not accurately
informed of the nature of. the measures adopted for
the accomplishment of this' important purpose ; butt
whatever they may be, our Ministers are entitled
to credit for the attention which they have thus
evidently paid to the interests of an old and faiththl
Ally.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM LISBON, SEPT 19.
Lord ST. VINCENT iS Still here. It IS now as-
certained that the obje& of his visit to Lisbon was
to concert measures for the security of the country,
in the event of its being attacked by BONAPARTE.
The English Plenipotentiaries, Lords ST. VINCENT,
ROSSLYN, and STRANGFORD, have. daily and long
Conferences with the Portuguese Government. The
latter dispatched his Secretary to Pata, express, on
the 15th. Matters appear to go on very Well, and
not a doubt is entertained of the ultimate security
of Portugal. No unfavourable effects have been
produced upon the commerce of the two Coun-
tries."

The Friends of Earl PiRCY, ont of respeCt to the
memory of Mr. Fox, have agreed to postpone the
Dinner, in commemoration of his Eleetion as a Re-
presentative of the _City of Westminster, until an
early dal• after the meeting of Parliament.
Married, on the 25th ult., at Westport-House,
the seat of the Marquis of SLIGO, in Ireland, JOHN
CATOR, Esq. of Beckingham-place, in the County
of Kent, to Miss MASION, eldest daughter of Ross
MAHON,. Esq. of Castlegar, and niece to his Lord-
ship.

11:13IPSHIRE 2U2ETINO.

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wtteentserilee b'C'r.' 4
A .Meeting- of the Vriends Of Mr. THISTLE,-
THWAYTE , and Mr. HERBERT WaS held on Thursday',
at the George Inn, ih this City. ,
Sir T. MILLER \being called to the Chair, &in-'
cisely stated 'the motives for convening the Assem-
bly. In `consequence of
,the proceedings of the
Friends of the present Mea&rs, it became_ nee,*
nary to call together the supporters of the:real In-
dependence of the County, to concert measures.for
its preservation. He did not, use the words •" In,
dependence of the County" for any particular and
sinister purpose : be used them in their, plain mean,
ing; and he had no other objeee than to: obtSin
their ineptin-lable purport,: he' arid" his friends had
long contended .ii: an:Cl now ihere Were the
best hopes of .success. We had got an Administra-1
tion comprising men of ttle'greatest talents, and..
sanctioned by the voice of the People. The Conn-,
try stood in need of a•Strong Administration from
the charaaer of its Enemy, and its peculiar embar-
rassments ; but no .AdminiStratiOn could be strong'
that did not possess the voice of the People. He
therefore looked 'with great confidence' to the
sent Administration, and he wished for..Membera
ross.estsilig- tile • slime sentiments. - In saying thii;
however, ne meant ,to require no more than a g*-
ial 'pledge from 'the Candidates : he would -place
them
,unshackled in Parliament—there he would
have ;hens '_c-oudition as free mas the present
SemGly was to chuse them. He had now nothing
further to do than tolled their sentiments and
obty: their voice.
Mr: HERBERT then rose, and , addressed the
Meeting in a speech ofsvery great.merit. - He:said,
bo-We,:er:diflident he ;night be of birtiself and ho!w-
ever he might. acquit himself in a manner little be-
cotnieg- the pueity. of his' Motives, he :was called
Upon to' state thOse motives. It WaS to have 'been
wished that the sense of the Freeholders should
have been colleCtively gathered previous to any can-
vass ; but that course was not permitted- by their
opponents. It had been publicly stated, that the
Colin ty, had been disturbed by: their canvass. He'
begged most distinctly to deny that: lie had no
knowledge of Lord TEMPLE'S conversation with Sir
W. HEATHCOTE, till Sir WILLIAM'S statement,'or
rather mis-statement, appeared. That conversation
he could not 'conceive to be .a hostile measure, bet
rather one of conciliation;- On this, however, the
County, Club, accustomed-to= ditatee'aricitlie reel
oppressors of the County, commence an Ani.o hos-
tility, and attempt to plunge the County, tacitly at
least,
,to the support of their sentiments. After this
could the FreeholderS, who did not entertain those
eentiments, and whce wis sed to rescue.the County
from the denomination of a Club, could they re-•
main inactive )=The real hostile act was committed
by the Meeting of the 9th
,of September, called
•to support the present Members. The other party
think. themselves- a solid and unanimous body, but
their measures -instantly reached their opponents''
, cars,'and their-secret intentions mere known as Well'
to one 'as the other: - They did commence_ a can-
vass, and that not merely of the highest, but of the
lowest Freeholders, so aaive and determined was it.
—ln political, 'as in warlike operations, prompti-
tude may win the field—and if be and his colleague
bad waited, their opponents might now possess. that
'vantage post, which, he trusted, they securely oc-
cupied. The real question was, whether the Free-
boiders would shake off the yoke of the diaatorial
Leaders of the Hants County Club ?—lthad been
Laid, that their canvass was an attempt to make the
County a Government Borough—but the attempt to
destroy the independence of the County came from
the other party, all the influence they retain (and
the y affect that to be more unbroken than it,is) being
exes ted to give the Club's Members to ,the County.
The attempt of the friends of his colleague and him%
self was to restore the independence of the CCtilitY,
doubt, persons more able might- haVe. 'been
found for Candidateg, and than himself certairl)e
there were numbers more able.—But no such were
willing to engage in the contest. If any is scull
come forward they would readily withdraw. if a
Gentlemaite who had represented the County.most
-worthily, if Mr. JERVOISE would have stood the
contest, he would gladly have retired. But:be and
lii•Colleagtie, since none more fit were found, bad
re*olved, by youthful activity, to make up .for their.
*ideas, and to attempt the rescue of the County from
.long-prevailing -and self-created influence." Tate`
principles of both their families were well known.;:
The father of his Colleague had represented, thee.
County ; and for his own father, he had ever been
-known the steady friend .of the liberties of the people.;
and, in his opinion, the liberties of the people.were
the firmest support of the Crown. He could not
down in silence 'respeaing an attack mede on Earl'
TEMPLE, his Noble Relative. His Lordship's letter
is to be taken, by concession, as the true statemeet.
of the matter, and he distinaly denied that be used
Lord GRENVILLE'S nanie, which was introduced by
Sir WILLIAM HEATHCOTE, and that in terms of
praise ; while on the. other hand, Sir WitetAm's.
narrative does not itself pretend to say that Lord
Gae`evlex..e,'s name was introduced for any impro-
per perpose. He had aright to assume, and would
. do so, that Lord GRENVILLE, or Goveroment, was
never introduced into that-conversation, as stated in
the narrative, and that Lord TEMPLE'S communica-
tion-was intended forethettost proper -and-honotm-
• able purposes. elie would conclude by observing,
that the canvass of his friend and bitnselfbad--beeti
'such as to' skew, that whoever might be the Candi-
dates in the cause they bud espoused, that causel#lisi,!
prevail,
Mr. THISTLETHWAYTE said, after the explidit'and
able manner in which his Colleague bad eXplained
the motives which had induced them,to offer' them=-
,selves for the honour of representing the-County, he-
did not feel it necessary to trouble the Meeting 'en
his part ; he would, therefore, only say,. he joined
most coidially in. the sentiments so amply expressed
in behalf of both.'
Mr. Poweerr rose and moved, ic That the Hon.
"ATT. HERBERT and THOMAS THIsTLETFLwAyTt,
l,sq. be nominated to represent the, County at the
Ilext General Election." He took that occasion to
'indicate Sir THOMAS MILLER and himself frem,a
charge, of inconsistency. He said, the principles
they had supported for thirty years, were those or
the present Government; and they tend never given
a pledge so monstrous, as that they would support
Uo Government, or that the peesons whose,

ples were,congenial with .thtir own ah. uld never
:come into poixer.
Sir JOHN CARTER said, he was happy to second
the nSinhiation. The principles of the family 'II-
? on:.s.of the candidates were well known to him, and
,y
ilii4tiaderstood those of Mr. HERBERT'S family to be
ti t. sane ; and these, he was pefsuaded, .would be
I the, .most successful recommendation to the inde-
pendent part of the, County. The-three-principal
Resolutions were then passed unanimously, pledg-
incr.die Meeting to support the :Honourable Mr.
ZERBERTIIII(I3Ir.THISTLETHWAYTa in their canvass,
for the County of Hants, a44-approvilig,of the con-
duo of Earl TEmrt.E. in hiS.correspondence with Sir
WM. VEATHCOTE.
• Mi.. rPORTALL then moved the Thanks of the.
Meeting to; the worthy Baronet in the Chair, 0117 •
serving; there was'ne one who, on this or any other
Occasion, can fill the station more to his own "ho-
. ttou'r,;.or more *t he iadvan.tage- of his cause:, He
begged leave, liowever, to say a word or two of the
two first 'Resolutions: - They of that party had got
into a-strange situation by some hops pocus,move-
.l3:ients. They who had..uniformly struggled fol.: the:
independence of the County were now reprobated
as-• the servile .supporters- of Government.. He had
; little objeEt-ion to the Parliamentary
..cOndlid'of the
present Members, because he. Made little inquiry into
it ; but -herthought, they had received their_ death-
wound,when they declined presenting theßesolutions.
Of the Cotihtyrespeaing Lord M BIN I an d aCtually
signed a protest direalyin contradiEtion toits wishes.
With respeta to Sir W. HE ATIICOTE, he thought Lord
TEMPLE'S ,letter an nap "of culpable mercy towards
him. The' County -Club, he contended, were' bent
upon dietating to the F:eeholders--7-and it. was, im-
possible.not to canvass fur the lesOlution, of the
9th of September—the gauntlet was thrown dOwn--.
itWAS all over with them if silent—they. .Were to
speak them, 'or ever after hold their tongue. He
would therefore,-support those Gentlemen, or any
other, on what he deemed the. independent:interest
and principles of the County. The Earl of CAR-
NARvorr, he, must observe, had formerly.left Admi,
nistration• to support these principled, by the sup-
-porto.f, .Mr, JERVOISE. One word more—he liked
young men,who were not hacknied in the ways of
, corruption.
..The Motion having passed unanimously, Sir T.
MILLER thanked the Meeting for the:great honour
done him.. He had aCted that day on, principles that
:had,
oever . governed his condua, and. .which he
• •
-wuld
"continue to_the latest day of his life.
On the i.Ndotidn•of MT. riODGES, Sir J. CARTER
and Mr. PowtErr: wre thanked unanimously for
proposing the two Candidates.